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Walter Harriman (politician)

Walter Harriman (April 8, 1817 – July 25, 1884) was an American minister, merchant, soldier, and politician who served as the 31st governor of New Hampshire. He was a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War. On July 23, 1866, the United States Senate confirmed President Andrew Johnson's May 31, 1866, nomination of Harriman for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers to rank from March 13, 1865.

Early life and career
Harriman was born in Warner, New Hampshire, where he was raised and educated. He taught school at a number of academies in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and New Jersey from 1835 through 1840. While teaching, he studied theology and in 1840 joined the Universalist Church. He later preached in Harvard, Massachusetts, and his native Warner.

In 1849, Harriman entered politics as a Democrat and was elected to the New Hampshire Senate, serving through 1850. The following year, he resigned as a minister and opened a store in Warner, partnering with John S. Pillsbury, a future governor of Minnesota and industrialist. In 1853, Harriman returned to politics and served as state treasurer until 1854 when he moved to Washington, D.C., to take the role as Clerk of the Pension Office, a patronage position which he held until 1856.

Harriman returned to New Hampshire and was elected to the state legislature in 1858. He was subsequently elected to the state senate, serving there from 1859 through 1861. Upon the completion of his term, he entered the newspaper business as an editor in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Civil War
In 1862, Harriman was appointed colonel of the 11th New Hampshire, a newly raised three-years regiment of infantry. He led his regiment from Cincinnati, Ohio, across the rugged Cumberland Plateau of Kentucky and Tennessee to join Major General Ambrose Burnside's army in Knoxville, Tennessee. Harriman had no horse and walked with his men. During this 20-day journey, Harriman and his regiment camped for several days on the Emory River in Tennessee near the future location of the city of Harriman. (The directors of the company that later founded the city there decided to name it for him after having a conversation with an elderly man who fondly remembered Colonel Harriman and recalled the colonel saying that there should be a town near his regiment's campsite.)

He interrupted his military service, resigning on June 26, 1863, to run as a War Democrat in the 1863 New Hampshire gubernatorial campaign. He siphoned off enough regular Democratic votes to give the election to Republican candidate Joseph A. Gilmore. Harriman rejoined the 11th New Hampshire Infantry as colonel on January 26, 1864. He was captured by the Confederates in May 1864 at the Battle of the Wilderness during the Overland Campaign. He was exchanged September 12, 1864. He commanded Brigade, 2, Division 2, IX Corps (Union Army), Army of the Potomac from April 2, 1865, to April 22, 1865. He was mustered out of the volunteers on June 4, 1865. On May 31, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Harriman for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers, to rank from March 13, 1865, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on July 23, 1866.

Postbellum career
Following the Civil War's conclusion in early 1865, Harriman joined the Republican Party and served as the New Hampshire Secretary of State until 1867, when he was elected as the state's governor. Harriman served two terms as Governor of New Hampshire from 1867 to 1869. Governor Harriman urged the public and the legislature to develop New Hampshire's agricultural, industrial and forest resources, in order to develop a post-war economy. He was very concerned with the education of post-war citizens of the state, and he signed an act creating teacher institutes. He personally drafted a law to get education out from under county commissioners, and he established an education fund with monies from the sale of state lands.

In retirement, Harriman served as Naval Officer for the Port of Boston until 1877. He published his History of Warner in 1879, and then traveled to Europe and the Far East from 1882 to 1883. He published Travels and Observations in the Far East in 1883.

Walter Harriman died July 25, 1884, in Concord, New Hampshire, and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in Warner, New Hampshire.

In the early 1890s Harriman's son, Walter C. Harriman, was one of the founders of the city of Harriman, Tennessee, which is named for Governor Harriman.

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Tamil honorifics

In Tamil, honorifics (முறை, muṟai) governs daily speech and register of both written and spoken communication. Traditionally, Tamil has been classified into two registers viz செந்தமிழ் (Centamiḻ) meaning 'classical' or 'pure ' Tamil and கொடுந்தமிழ் (Koṭuntamiḻ) meaning 'corrupt' Tamil. A huge feature of this difference is honorifics. Tamil honorifics usually are suffixes, although prefixes are not uncommon.

Lexical choice
Lexical choice plays a vital role in Tamil society as depending on the choice of words, the register may alter.

Not all words in Tamil necessarily have a different colloquial, low, standard and high equivalents.

-n, -l, -r
Tamil nouns can end in ன் (n), ள் (ḷ) or ர் (r). ன் (n) and ள் (ḷ) are used to people of lesser social order to denote male and female respectively. ர் (r) is used as a form of respect to a person of higher social order.

Reflecting the importance of this ending, some Tamil castes have re-configured their caste names to end in /r/ rather than /n/, rendering them honorific.

Kār/Mār
கார் (Kār) is a singular honorific suffix to refer to a single collective noun. காரர் (Kārar) is a higher form of கார் (Kār). For example, கடைக்கார் (kaṭaikār) means 'shop-keeper' while கடைக்காரர் (kaṭaikārar) can be translated as 'honourable shop-keeper'. It is used to show and maintain a respectful distance in a relationship, as such is used to refer to stranger(s).

மார் (Mār) is a plural honorific suffix used to refer to a collective noun. மாரர் (Mārar) is a higher form of மார் (Mār). For example, அக்காக்கள் (akkākkal) means 'elder sisters' and is a plural, அக்காமார் (Akkāmār) means 'those honourable elder sisters' and is a collective plural while அக்காமாரர் (Akkāmārar) can be translated as 'those venerable elder sisters' and is also a collective plural. It is used to show respectful closeness or appraisal in a relationship, as such is used to refer to familiar person(s).

Ar
னார் (Nār), ஞர் (ñar) and யார் (yār) is an honorific suffix affixed after a noun to highlight its influence or importance. Its use implies that the noun is a collective singular. The rules to conjugate them are as follows: if the noun ends with ன், its ending would be னார் (Nār); if a noun ends with ஞன் (ñan), its ending would be ஞர் (ñar); if a noun ends with ஐ (ai) or இ (i), its ending would be யார் (yār).

For example, தகப்பனார் (takappanār) is more polite than saying தகப்பன் (takappan). தகப்பன் (takappan) means 'father', so தகப்பனார் (takappanār) can be translated as 'respectable father'. Other examples include நாயனார் (nāyanār), இளைஞர் (iḷaiñar), மூப்பனார் (moopanār), etc.

Ṭa/Ṭi
டா (Ṭa) and டி (Ṭi) are deictic honorific suffixes used to referring male and females respectively of a lower social order. A verb usually precedes it.

Personal pronouns
The register of use can vary depending on the situation. For example, saying என் வீடு (En veeṭu) meaning 'my house' is considered rude even when if the house does not belong to the listener as it can suggest possessiveness. For the purpose of this article, the order of register descends from majestic > official > standard > low.

Others
அவ்விடம் (avviṭam) which literally means 'that place', இவ்விடம் (ivviṭam) and which literally means 'this place' உவ்விடம்(Uvviṭam)  என் இடம்( En idam ) (my place)which literallybe used to politely differentiate between three parties without explicating the difference.

வொய் / வோய் (woi) can replace a second person or proper noun in some southern dialects. It shows a lot of familiarity between the speakers. என்ன வொய்? (Enna voi) is a common phrase in districts like Madurai and Tirunelveli, and can be roughly translated as 'Wassup?'

Inclusives and Exclusives
Tamil differentiates between inclusive and exclusive plural pronouns. எம் (Em) is an exclusive 'our' whereas நம் (Nam) is an inclusive 'our'. It is usually more polite to use the latter.

Demonstratives
Tamil third person pronouns referred above also act as demonstratives as the initial prefix அ "a" refers to the person at a distance as opposed to the same pronoun used with the prefix இ "i" which refers to the person at a relative proximity: அவன்/இவன் (Avan/Ivan); அவள்/இவள் (Avaḷ/Ivaḷ); அவர்/இவர் (Avar/Ivar); அது/இது (Atu/Itu); அவர்கள்/இவர்கள் (Avargaḷ/Ivargaḷ); அவை/இவை (Avai/Ivai).

Tiru
Tiru (திரு), also rendered Thiru, is a Tamil honorific prefix used while addressing adult males. It is derived from the Sanskrit "Shri", and is the equivalent of the English "Mr" or the French "Monsieur". The female equivalent of the term is tirumati. Tiru is a word that means "sacred" or "holy". It is also a Tamil name for the deity Vishnu, who is called Tirumal (திருமால்), and his consort Lakshmi, who is called Tirumakal (திருமகள்) in Tamil. It also indicates "wealth", "respect", and "name" in Tamil.

The word tiru is a prefix of many city-names, such as Trivandrum or Thiruvananthapuram; Thiruchendur, Thiruvaiyaru, Thiruvenkadam, Tirumalai, Tirupati, Tiruchirappalli, Tirukoilur, Tirukumaran, and Tiruvannamalai.

Selvan/Selvi
These are used to refer to unmarried people. செல்வன் (Selvan): is the Tamil equivalent of Master. செல்வி (Selvi): is the Tamil equivalent of Miss.

Avarkaḷ/Vāḷ
அவர்கள் (Avarkaḷ) and வாள் (Vāḷ) are honorific suffixes that affix after a noun. They are used to show respect to people of equal or higher social order. For example, ஜோன்-அவர்கள் (Jōn-avarkaḷ), ஐயர்-வாள் (Aiyar-Vāḷ). The அவர்கள் (Avarkaḷ) honorific can only be used in third person reference.

Kanam
கனம் (kanam) means 'weight' in Tamil. It is used as a prefix, usually to refer to a judge. It is equivalent to the English 'The Right Worshipful'.

Mānpumiku
மாண்புமிகு (mānpumiku) is a prefix meaning 'very respectable' and is equivalent to the English 'The Right Honourable', it is usually followed by a noun.

Aiyā/Yā
ஐயா (Aiyā) is an honorific suffix literally meaning 'Father'. It can be used to mean 'respectful' when addressing someone of equal or higher social order.

யா (yā) is a contraction of ஐயா (Aiyā), and is also an honorific suffix attached to a noun. It shows familiarity between the speakers, and can be a faux pas if not used properly. In this context, யோ (yō) can fully replace the noun.

Ammā
அம்மா (Ammā) can also act as an honorific suffix to show respect to an elderly or middle-aged female of higher social order. It can be equivalent to the English 'Mother'.

Amuni
அமுனி (Amuni) or அம்முனி (Ammuni) is an honorific suffix also equivalent to the English 'Lady', but restricted to young women or girls of higher social order. Its use is usually restricted to rural dialects where social order is much more defined.

Aṇṇācci/Aṇṇātai
அண்ணாச்சி (aṇṇācci) strictly means 'elder brother' and is a corruption of அண்ணா (aṇṇā). More often, it is used to address a leader of a gang. அண்ணாத்தை (aṇṇātai) with the same meaning and etymology is also used in some dialects.

Cellam
செல்லம் (Cellam) is equivalent to the English 'dear'. It can be used as a suffix to show endearment.

Kuṭṭi
குட்டி (kuṭṭi) literally means 'tiny'. It can be used as an endearing suffix while referring to children.

Maccān/Maccini
மச்சான் (machchān), or மச்சினன் (maccinan) in literary Tamil, is a title used to refer to a brother-in-law. Maccini is its female equivalent. Machchan, or its contraction Machchi can also be used colloquially between friends as an expression of familiarity or fraternity.

Mā/Pā
These contractions of ammā and appā can act as an endearing suffix in colloquial Tamil when referring to females and males, respectively, of a lower social order than self. It is usually preceded by a verb. For example, wā-pā is a more endearing and polite manner for an elderly person such as a mother to invite someone younger than themselves such as a son instead of simply wā.

Periyavar/Periyavanga
பெரியவர் (periyavar) means 'lit. he/she who is big' is used to refer to an elderly stranger. Although, technically it is gender neutral, it usually refers to men. While பெரியவங்க (Periyavanga) literally meaning 'they who are big' is used for women instead. However, it is not a faux pas to use kinship honorifics to strangers.

Piḷḷai
In some dialects of Tamil, it is common for adults to call young people or children பிள்ளை (Piḷḷai) or its contraction ல (ḷa) used as a suffix. பிள்ளை (Piḷḷai) means 'child' in Tamil.

Ecclesiastical
These are titles used in clerical orders in Tamil. They may be religion specific or pan-religious.

Aiyar
ஐயர் (Aiyar) is a general title for 'priest' usually used to refer to Hindu priests. The priest in question does not have to belong to the Iyer community. It means 'father'.

Āyar/Pērāyar
ஆயர் (āyar) means 'shepherd' in Old Tamil, used by the Catholic and Anglican priests. பேராயர் (pērāyar) is Tamil for bishop.

Aṭigaḷ
அடிகள் (aṭigaḷ) is a pan-religious title used to denote priests or monks and is a Tamil alternative to the Sanskrit 'swami'. Notable examples include Ilango Adigal, a Jain monk who composed the Silappatikaram and Maraimalai Adigal. It means 'footsteps'.

Āḻvār
ஆழ்வார் (Alvar) is the title afforded to a celebrated group of twelve Vaishnavaite saint-poets. It means 'they who are deeply immersing themselves in devotion to divinity'.

Cittar
சித்தர் (cittar) were a group of saints that had achieved Ashta siddhi who founded the Siddha medicine.

Nāyanār
நாயனார் (Nāyanārs) were a celebrated group of sixty-three Shaivaite saint-poets.

Poocāri
பூசாரி (poocāri) is a title used to refer to priests of rural non-Agamic deities.

Turavi
துறவி (turavi) is a pan-religious title used specifically for monks or nuns, or generally those who have left worldly life for spirituality.

Āyā
ஆயா (Aaya) is a title which can mean 'grandma'. It is usually used for elderly maids, or wet nurse.

Appan, Aiyan, Accan and Attān
அப்பன் (Appan), ஐயன் (Aiyan), and அச்சன் (Achchan) have the semantic root meaning 'father'. However, they can be used differently depending on the context. Appan and Accan are usually used to refer to fathers. Attan can also be used to refer to a sister's husband, or simply endearingly by females. Aiyan or Aiya can be used to refer to scholars, or to show respect to a member of higher social order. They can all act as a suffix.

Ammā, Āttā, Ācci, Amman and Ammaiyar
அம்மா (Ammā), ஆத்தா (āttā), ஆச்சி (āchchi), அம்மன் (Amman) and அம்மையார் (Ammaiyar) all have the semantic root meaning 'mother', literally means mother. However, they can be used differently depending on the context. அம்மா (Ammā) is the standard register equivalent to 'mum', ஆத்தா (ātta) is a more familiar register, usually used in rural dialects, and is equivalent to 'mummy', and அம்மையார் (Ammaiyar) is the highest register equivalent to 'mother'.

அம்மா (Ammā) can also act as an honorific suffix to show respect to an elderly or middle-aged female of higher social order. It can be equivalent to the English 'Lady'.

ஆச்சி (āchchi) is an endearing and more familiar title for grandmother. Manorama, a veteran Tamil actress is affectionately known by this name. Occasionally, அம்மாச்சி (Ammāchchi), a portmanteau of the words அம்மா (Ammā) and ஆச்சி (āchchi) is also used.

அம்மன் (Amman), on its own or as a suffix refers to a range of non-Agamic folk goddesses. See Village deities of Tamil Nadu and Village deities of Tamils of Sri Lanka.

Tōḻan/Tōḻi
தோழன் (tōḻan) can be translated as 'comrade' or 'friend'. தோழி (tōḻi) is its female equivalent. A prefix மன (mana) can be affixed in front to mean best man and bridesmaid respectively. Cuntarar was known as 'Tampiran tōḻan' or Comrade of the Master. It is of high register, and as such is not used in spoken Tamil. Within the communist parties of India based in Tamil Nadu, members often refer to each other as தோழர் (tōḻar) regardless of gender.

Teacher
வாத்தியார் (vāttiyār) and ஆசிரியர் (āciriyar) both can refer to teachers. வாத்தி (vātti) a contraction of வாத்தியார் (vāttiyār) is a more familiar address to teachers, and is usually frowned upon.

Poet
புலவர் (pulavar) is the Tamil honorific suffix for poets. Notable recipients include Tiruvalluvar, Umaru Pulavar, Mayilvagana Pulavar and Kumaraswamy Pulavar.

Although, கவிஞன் (kaviñar) is also used, which is a prefix. A notable recipient is கவிஞர் கண்ணதாசன் (Kaviñar Kannadasan).

Orator
நாவலர் (nāvalar) is the Tamil honorific suffix for orators. A notable recipient is Arumuka Navalar.

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Template talk:Place name disambiguation

Guidelines on use
''This article consisting of geographical locations is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. If an article link referred you here, you might want to go back and fix it to point directly to the intended page.''

This template has just been added to the Aida (disambiguation) page, which tells users that Aida is an opera, a musical, a term used in marketing, a cruise ship line, a type of cloth, a Spanish television series, a figure in ballroom dancing, and a chain of coffeehouses. And, oh yes, a town and district in Japan.

At the same time the old was deleted.

Is there a policy on this removal? To me this borders on the ridiculous.   18:15, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

 * No, there isn't a policy - however it's noted at Category:Disambiguation that the general category is getting rather large. However, I do note that it may be ridiculous to category a disambig as just one type - what I'm doing for ones that are both names and geography, I put both and  . Perhaps we could develop disambig tags and subcategories for the arts etc. But might the page then get too cluttered with tags? Enochlau 01:22, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

why exist?
I don't understand the value in this template? How does it give more/better information than a simple disambig tag? Where is the benefit? Tedernst | talk 23:18, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

There is a vigorous discussion going on at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages) William Allen Simpson 14:25, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Category
As the category is being kept, we should keep this template as well. It's a simple way to add the category. --William Allen Simpson 23:23, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Use with ambiguous place-names
I'm trying to decide if Tom's Restaurant should have geodis instead of the standard disambig. It refers readers to two different unassociated restaurants with the same name in New York City (by some really weird coincidence, I've been to both in the last month, hence my interest). Thoughts? -/- Warren 22:47, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Template's saying changed
I disagree strongly with the change as there is now no way of telling people that what they are looking at isn't a normal DAB page but a GEODIS page as this was useful for the reader and for the editors. I would like if this modification was reverted as there is no consensus IMO for such a change. Lincher 19:15, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

 * It is still a disambiguation page, and the reader can clearly see that place names are listed. —Centrx→talk • 19:29, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

 * I know what you mean, the geodis tag as it now looks, doesn't lead the user to know that this DAB is a geographical one only. Lincher 19:33, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

 * Also, there are many disambiguation pages that have place names in addition to other terms. I don't think we should have a separate template for "This is a disambiguation page that contains place names and also disambiguates between other things too, etc." or that it would be appropriate to split them into separate pages. —Centrx→talk • 19:36, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Just my two cents on this. The way I personally was using this template was adding it to disambiguation pages that only list geographical entities, going with regular  if at least one entity of another kind was added.  I can see how it is a less-than-ideal solution, but I also don't see how making this template essentially a copy of  solves anything.  The geodis template is still here, true, but now it simply duplicates the disambig template, which is pretty much the same as deleting the geodis altogether and redirecting it to disambig.  In my view, we should either keep the old wording or delete this template for good and use disambig for all cases.  Also, why is geodis targeted, but, say , is not?  That template has exactly the same problems as this one.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 16:19, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
 * The difference is the category, and there was much more agreement that the category was useful. The only substantive difference between Template:Disambig and Template:Geodis before was that it is a page "consisting of geographical locations", which is quite obvious regardless of the template. —Centrx→talk • 21:38, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
 * A matter of taste, I guess. Besides, it is not always obvious that a page consists solely of geographic locations, especially when there are many of them.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 21:42, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
 * What would be the point of distinguishing pages based on whether they consist solely of geographical locations or not? We shouldn't have another template to say "This page consists partially of geographical locations", or"This page consists partially of geographical locations and human names, but the people were not necessarily born in those geographical locations". —Centrx→talk • 22:32, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Just like I said above—it's a matter of personal preference. Knowing at a glance whether the page lists only geographic locations or not is very useful in what I do in Wikipedia.  Admittedly, the benefit to an average reader is much less clear-cut.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 13:28, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Please add documentation template
I've created a documentation page at Template:Geodis/doc, based on the documentation for the similar Template:Hndis. I would appreciate it if an admin would add  to Template:Geodis. While you're at it, the template also has one too many  tags. Here's the revised code:

Thanks. -- Zyxw (talk) 02:26, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Done. --- RockMFR 05:35, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Allpages
To simplify finding pages with the same name, I'd like to link "with the same name" to Special:Allpages by changing the template to with the same name.

For Lake County, the link would be "with the same name". -- User:Docu

 * Hmm, I think a switch to enable the display might be advisable. Some geographic disambiguation pages would not benefit by such a link. For example while it would be helpful on a page like Adams Township, it would not be very helpful on a page like Adams Township, Michigan, where the articles are disambiguated by inserting the county name in the middle, e.g., Adams Township, Arenac County, Michigan; Adams Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan; and Adams Township, Houghton County, Michigan. In such a case, Special:Allpages/Adams Township, Michigan would not be very helpful.

 * Also, perhaps Special:Prefixindex/ would be a better choice than Special:Allpages. Compare Special:Allpages/Lake County and Special:Prefixindex/Lake County. Special:Prefixindex produces more focused results. older ≠ wiser 13:16, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

If there is a way to do the switch (e.g. by checking for a comma), that would be great, but, I don't think discrete links such as "with the same name" or the one for Whatlinkshere (on "internal link" ) are a much of a problem.

Prefixindex seems better for "Lake County", but for "Adams Township, Michigan", Allpages may be preferable as it includes links to previous pages.

Possibly the "Adams Township, Michigan" type is the exception, thus we could go with with the same name -- User:Docu

 * I'm not sure how to gauge how exceptional pages like Adams Township, Michigan are -- I know there are quite a lot for Michigan and Minnesota and there is a similar situation for states that make a Town/Village or City distinction, as in New York and Wisconsin. For example, Albion, New York.

 * In any case, it probably would not hurt to have a link to Prefixindex on such pages, it just wouldn't be of much use. What I was thinking of with a switch was something like having a parameter like "allpages=y" in the template to explicitly turn on the display. But that would likely not be very helpful as it would require an enormous amount of tedious edits to enable it on the applicable pages. older ≠ wiser 14:27, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

 * Also, pages that have "(disambiguation)" in the title would also not benefit much from such a link. Perhaps instead of a switch like  "allpages=y", perhaps the template could use an optional parameter to specify a different starting point for the link to Prefixindex? It would have to be manually inserted, unless someone can figure out way to do it programatically.  older ≠ wiser 14:32, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

name of template
To be consistent with other Wikipedia usage, shouldn't this be named  ? —EncMstr (talk) 18:34, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Replacement of Icon on template
This suggestion is purely for aesthetic purposes, and will not affect the way the template would work.

I think the greyscale disambig icon we use on these templates can be replaced with a colored variant that other Wikipedia uses. I think that can do much to liven up the template.

It does not take much effort (simply replacing the file name on template, so I think it is worthwhile to do so.

Any thoughts? Arbiteroftruth (talk) 21:42, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Attn:Administrator (page in need of edit)
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POWdis can be removed from the See also section. It was deleted and is now a redirect to the generic disambig. ~EdGl  (talk)  19:28, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

 * ✅. Documentation subpages like this one are not usually protected; you could have edited it yourself. —Remember the dot (talk) 05:27, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

"Whatlinkshere" link
editprotected Please replace  with , so that it shows backlinks only from the article namespace, as is the case with template:disambig and other disambiguation templates. Mxipp (talk) 06:22, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ —Th e DJ (talk • contribs) 09:37, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Usage example
The second option may now be simplified to disambig|geo as it's no longer necessary to add the category as shown. Best Wishes. Saga City (talk) 15:08, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Categorization
This template currently puts all pages on which it is placed into Category:Place name disambiguation pages. However, as this edit shows, it is not always appropriate, as more specific categories also exist. Thoughts?—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); January 26, 2011; 19:37 (UTC)
 * The subcategories help in seeing how many Dab pages of a certain type exist and where special dab considerations are needed the most. I can imagine the numbers of canton dabs going up massively since they exist on a lower level in several countries of Latin America. Madreselva (talk) 20:32, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from Giuliopp, 8 February 2011: smaller typeface for the second line
The Geodis template would look better like this, following the same typeface convention as the Disambig one, i.e. the text "If an internal link led you here etc." should go on an new line and with a smaller typeface, as it is relevant to editors only, not the general readers. Giuliopp (talk) 23:18, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay that seems to make sense. ✅, in the spirit of WP:BRD. If anyone disagrees please revert and discuss. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 15:36, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Edit req
Can an admin add in Category:Disambiguation pages? If someone uses, that page will get added to Category:Disambiguation pages and Category:Place name disambiguation pages. (e.g., Canaan, Nova Scotia) However, currently, using Geodis will only place the category Category:Place name disambiguation pages. (e.g., Church Green) Since these template calls are essentially the same, the categorization should be as well. Avicennasis @ 09:38, 12 Elul 5771 / 09:38, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I suppose you are right, but it is not normal to categorise a super-category when you are already using a sub-category. I would prefer to only use Category:Place name disambiguation pages in this case, so perhaps it would make more sense to change disambiguation? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 14:42, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
 * That makes sense (though from a brief look at that template, I'm not sure what to change to effect such a change.) Avicennasis @ 01:00, 15 Elul 5771 / 01:00, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I'll start a thread over there. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 15:39, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Examples
Wouldn't it be better for the two examples to link to the actual DAB/geodis pages (the constituent items can be spelt out or not - as per MOSDAB examples) Widefox ; talk 12:02, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Now that Mechanicsburg is not a geodis, we need a new example - any suggestions? Widefox ; talk 12:13, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Oh, just pick one :)—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); September 12, 2012; 13:20 (UTC)

Remove Category:Article Feedback Blacklist
Hi. Please undo this edit. The article feedback tool is now opt-in per-article. The blacklist category is no longer necessary. --MZMcBride (talk) 04:48, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done -- Red rose64 (talk) 10:44, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

How about the rivers?
Should we use this template in disambiguation pages about rivers? Which one is better? —  Ark25  (talk) 16:19, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Agriș River and Buda River contain geodis
 * Aluniș River contains disambiguation

 * I was just wondering this myself. Does it have to be a geographical location (a country, province, county, town, etc.) or will geographical features, such as rivers, lakes or mountains, do?  Should we create a new template for the latter, or expand the scope of this one?

 * For that matter, what if the same name is both the name of one or more geographical locations and of one of more geographical features, either related or not? — Smjg (talk) 13:24, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 30 January 2019
Please update the template's code from the sandbox version, which: These changes (borrowed from the template code) allow categorization to be prevented when displaying example message boxes on pages like Template_messages/General, which is currently being categorized in Category:Disambiguation pages with short description. FeRDNYC (talk) 01:30, 30 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Uses nocat to disable
 * Propagates the value of to the  transclusion.
 * Yes check.svg Done -- / Alex /21  04:16, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 13 June 2021
Please replace  (which gives the lengthy short description "Disambiguation page providing links to topics that could be referred to by the same search term")

with

— HTGS (talk) 13:45, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
 * This seems to be a way to get around the consensus at Template talk: Disambiguation. Is there a reason that this page should be treated differently? – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:34, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I don't have the impression that strong consensus was formed there. The main rationale was against having regular short descriptions on DAB pages; the pagetype param would appear to solve that. It was also three years ago, and many short descriptions have been changed and re-changed in that time. Nobody is happy with the 95 character long DAB page SD as it is, and it seems not at all inappropriate to have a (slightly) different SD for more specific templates like this. I see this as a sort of BOLD, but I understand your caution. — HTGS (talk) 00:27, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I agree that the SD is too long, but Disambiguation page short description appears to be used in 325,000 pages. I would prefer to see that SD shortened rather than seeing people doing BOLD one-by-one end runs around it. – Jonesey95 (talk) 04:37, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I get the feeling you're viewing this as some sort of… competition? I'm not trying to beat any system here. Regardless of what the DPSD ends up as, I see no downside to allowing the more specific DAB templates to have more specific SDs than the generic one. — HTGS (talk) 07:21, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Fixed at the source. – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:37, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I don’t mean to be argumentative, but this does not address the problem I was trying to solve. The opportunity of a template like this one is that we do not have to refer to the subject as “topics”, but we could instead say “places”. I don’t see this as controversial, but perhaps I’m better to start an RFC? — HTGS (talk) 11:16, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I see what you are saying; I got hung up on the ridiculously long description provided by the other template. The current (new) text of the generic dab short description is "Topics referred to by the same term". For consistency, perhaps this one could say "Places referred to by the same term" or "Places referred to by the same name". What do you think? – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:10, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for hearing me out. I think “name” is better, as it’s more specific and I can’t think of any reason a placename wouldn’t be a name. As I expressed on the DPSD discussion, I think starting with a self-reference (“This name…”) would be better (sadly I think I arrived too late to shift anyone’s perspective). I view SDs as accompanying listings in an index (of sorts), and with a self-ref, readers will understand quicker that it isn’t a description of a single term/place, but of a term for many. But that might be a better discussion to have elsewhere before making that kind of change. If you prefer to just keep consistency for now, I quite understand. — HTGS (talk) 20:34, 15 June 2021 (UTC)

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Kolokotronis

Kolokotronis (Greek: Κολοκοτρώνης) is a Greek surname. When used without any additional context, it refers to the Greek warlord Theodoros Kolokotronis, whose contribution to the Greek revolution of 1821 against the Ottoman Empire was determining for Greece to regain its freedom and become an independent country after four hundred years of Ottoman subjugation.

When used within a greater context, it may refer to the following notable people:
 * Apostolis Kolokotronis, Greek military officer
 * Gennaios Kolokotronis (1805–1868), Greek general
 * Konstantinos Kolokotronis, Greek revolutionary
 * Matina Kolokotronis (born 1964), American basketball executive
 * Panos Kolokotronis, Greek military officer
 * Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770–1843), Greek general, son of Konstantinos, father of Gennaios and Panos
 * Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium in Tripoli, Greece

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User talk:Jerroleth

Welcome!

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List of hidden tracks
Welcome on Wikipedia! I saw you merged the list of hidden tracks with the list of albums containing hidden tracks. I'm undecided if this is helpful: 1. Now there's no overview of the titles of hidden tracks anymore. The list of albums containing hidden tracks could also get another heading "List by name of the hidden track", but then each entry would need to be included in 3 lists (now 2). 2. The specific description of the hidden track is not included in the list of albums. I think we have to find a way to get this information in Wikipedia as well. This could be done by creating separate articles per song and include those is a to be created category Hidden tracks. What do you think? Brz7 14:13, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you. 1. I think it isn't really necessary too keep 3 versions of the same list, with only a different sorting. Most people will probably only look for an album of a certain artist, so I think the Artist - Album: Song sorting probably is the most useful one. And otherwise they can always use the Find function in their browser. Keeping two seperate pages with 3 lists, almost certainly mean that there will be hidden tracks that are listed in one/two list(s) (on one page) and not in the other(s) (on the other page). So I think merging the pages was a good idea, but I'm not certain if the page needs two (or three) lists. 2. Maybe if the specific description isn't too long, it can be included in the list. I don't know how many pages of songs already exist, and if there is enough information about every song for it to need its own page. (Jerroleth 13:28, 11 October 2005 (UTC))

List of people charged under Section 213 of the USA PATRIOT ACT listed at Redirects for discussion
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Falls line redirect to Fall line
Hi, please be aware that there is an article called Falls Line, about a shipping company of the same name. The Falls line redirect is very close to that. Is it really necessary? Do some people really call a 'fall line' a 'falls line'? I have had some professional exposure to this concept and it is a 'fall line'. I have never heard 'falls line' used in this context. Over to you. TrimmerinWiki (talk) 22:33, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

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Anti-submarine unguided projectile

Anti-submarine projectile are artillery pieces deployed on ships for the purpose of sinking submarines by a direct hit with a small explosive charge. These are either mortars or rockets. They are often larger versions of the mortar used by infantry and fire a projectile in relatively the same manner. They were created during World War II as a development of the depth charge and work on the same principle.

Beginnings
Anti-submarine warfare did not become an issue of great concern until World War I, when Germany used submarines in an attempt to strangle British shipping in the Atlantic Ocean and elsewhere. The earliest way to counter a submarine was in the form of depth charges, which were large canisters filled with explosives, rolled off the back of a ship and detonated by a hydrostatic fuse. Depth charges served well throughout World War I but were not without flaws. A ship had to pass directly over a submarine to score an effective hit, because of this depth charges were dropped in lines instead of more effective clusters and could only be carried in ships fast enough to avoid the concussion of the explosion. The depth charges were also not as effective as one might think at sinking a submarine - only a very close detonation would sink a submarine, and the problems of scoring a direct hit meant that a submarine was more often damaged then destroyed by depth charges.

After World War I depth charge throwers were developed, which could hurl depth charges some 100 ft off the side of a ship. These were a significant improvement over the old method, permitting the use of large 'patterns' of up to ten depth charges from the throwers and stern depth charge rails used together. However, they still required a ship to pass very close to a submarine, which entailed loss of sonar (ASDIC) contact during the final stages of the approach. Submarines could and did use this dead interval to take evasive action.

It was the British who developed the first anti-submarine mortars. Several versions appeared in 1917, most notably the BL 7.5-inch naval howitzer; however the anti-submarine mortar did not become a truly successful weapon until the advent of the multi-barrelled Hedgehog 25 years later.

World War II anti-submarine mortars

During World War II submarines once again posed a major threat to Allied shipping, which necessitated the development of more effective anti-submarine mortars. These all had the common characteristic of throwing multiple charges ahead of the attacking vessel, while it was still in sonar contact. The first was the famous Hedgehog, which consisted of 24 small mortar rounds, each one 7 in in diameter and weighing 65 lb with a 35 lb warhead. Each projectile had a range of about 250 yd and was fired in a circular pattern in front of a ship. While the warhead on a Hedgehog was much smaller than that of a depth charge it scored three times as many kills than its predecessors. This was due to the use of a contact fuse on the projectile, which would only detonate on impact with a target. Since the projectile would only explode on a hit, the long periods of sonar "blackout" from the blast and turbulence of a conventional depth charge explosion were eliminated. In the later stages of World War II the Hedgehog was complemented in Britain by the Squid three-barrelled depth charge mortar, which fired 390 lb depth charges to a range of 250 m, and in the US by the Mousetrap rockets.

Modern uses
The homing torpedo has largely replaced the anti-submarine mortar in naval combat, although several examples still exist. The British Limbo system, with three gyro-stabilized barrels, fires 350 lb projectiles to a range of 1000 yd. It remained in service with many British and Commonwealth navies until the 1980s. The Bofors anti-submarine rocket launcher was used until 1980 with the Swedish Navy. It had two or four barrels and fired a 550-pound projectile up to 3800 yd. Due to the poor sonar conditions of the Baltic Sea, mortars, rocket and missile launchers still retain a place next to torpedoes. The former Soviet Navy (and by extension, the Russian Navy) is the largest user of anti-submarine mortars. Keeping with the Soviet idea that weapons should be simple, cheap and reliable, several versions of rocket-propelled anti-submarine mortars were developed. Trials were also conducted on destroying oncoming torpedoes with anti-submarine mortars. The most common is the RBU-6000, which fires twelve 160 lb projectiles in a horseshoe pattern up to 6500 yd away. There was also a more extreme version, the nuclear RPK-1 Vikhr, though this is more technically an anti-submarine rocket. It had anti-surface and land-attack uses as well.

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Assembly modelling

Assembly modeling is a technology and method used by computer-aided design and product visualization computer software systems to handle multiple files that represent components within a product. The components within an assembly are represented as solid or surface models.

Overview
The designer generally has access to models that others are working on concurrently. For example, several people may be designing one machine that has many parts. New parts are added to an assembly model as they are created. Each designer has access to the assembly model, while a work in progress, and while working in their own parts. The design evolution is visible to everyone involved. Depending on the system, it might be necessary for the users to acquire the latest versions saved of each individual components to update the assembly.

The individual data files describing the 3D geometry of individual components are assembled together through a number of sub-assembly levels to create an assembly describing the whole product. All CAD and CPD systems support this form of bottom-up construction. Some systems, via associative copying of geometry between components also allow top-down method of design.

Components can be positioned within the product assembly using absolute coordinate placement methods or by means of mating conditions. Mating conditions are definitions of the relative position of components between each other; for example alignment of axis of two holes or distance of two faces from one another. The final position of all components based on these relationships is calculated using a geometry constraint engine built into the CAD or visualization package.

The importance of assembly modeling in achieving the full benefits of PLM has led to ongoing advances in this technology. These include the use of lightweight data structures such as JT that allow visualization of and interaction with large amounts of product data, direct interface to between Digital Mock ups and PDM systems and active digital mock up technology that unites the ability to visualize the assembly mock up with the ability to measure, analyze, simulate, design and redesign.

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Tank truck

A tank truck, gas truck, fuel truck, or tanker truck (American English) or tanker (British English) is a motor vehicle designed to carry liquids or gases on roads. The largest such vehicles are similar to railroad tank cars, which are also designed to carry liquid loads. Many variants exist due to the wide variety of liquids that can be transported. Tank trucks tend to be large; they may be insulated or non-insulated; pressurized or non-pressurized; and designed for single or multiple loads (often by means of internal divisions in their tank). Some are semi-trailer trucks. They are difficult to drive and highly susceptible to rollover due to their high center of gravity, and potentially the free surface effect of liquids sloshing in a partially filled tank.

Oil
Prior to tank distribution, oil was delivered in cans. From the 1880s, it was distributed in horse-drawn tanks. In 1910, Standard Oil started using motor tankers. Anglo American Oil introduced underground tanks and delivery tankers to the UK in 1920. Pickfords took over an oil tanker company in 1921 and soon had 1000 impgal tankers, with 3600 impgal by the mid 1930s. Elsewhere, development was slower. For example, in New Zealand, SirRobert Waley Cohen, of British Imperial Oil, first proposed use of petrol tankers in 1925 and the first (200 impgal) tanker from Auckland to arrive in Hamilton was greeted by a brass band in 1927.

Size and volume
Tank trucks are described by their size or volume capacity. Large trucks typically have capacities ranging from 5500 to 11600 USgal. In Australia, road trains up to four trailers in length (known as Quad tankers) carry loads in excess of 120,000 L. Longer road trains transporting liquids are also in use.

A tank truck is distinguished by its shape, usually a cylindrical tank upon the vehicle lying horizontally. Some less visible distinctions amongst tank trucks have to do with their intended use: compliance with human food regulations, refrigeration capability, acid resistance, pressurization capability, and more. The tanks themselves will almost always contain multiple compartments or baffles to prevent load movement destabilizing the vehicle.

Common large tank trucks
Large tank trucks are used for example to transport gasoline, diesel, and liquefied petroleum or natural gas to filling stations. They also transport a wide variety of liquid goods such as liquid sugar, molasses, milk, wine, juices, water, and industrial chemicals.

Tank trucks are constructed of various materials depending on what products they are hauling. These materials include aluminum, carbon steel, stainless steel, and fibre-reinforced plastic (FRP).

Some tank trucks are able to carry multiple products at once due to compartmentalization of the tank into 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or, in some rare cases, more tank compartments. This allows for an increased number of delivery options. These trucks are commonly used to carry different grades of gasoline to service stations to carry all products needed in one trip.

Common small tank trucks
Smaller tank trucks with a capacity under 3000 USgal are typically used to deal with light liquid cargo within a local community. A common example is vacuum truck used to empty several septic tanks and then deliver the collected fecal sludge to a treatment site. These tank trucks typically have a maximum capacity of 3000 USgal. They are equipped with a pumping system to serve their particular need.

Another common use is to deliver fuel such as liquified petroleum gas (LPG) to households, businesses, and industries. The smallest of these trucks usually carry about 1000 USgal of LPG under pressure. Typically, LPG tank trucks carry up to 3,499 US gallons of product (usually liquid propane), on a 2-axle bobtail truck. 3,500 US gallons (13,200 L; 2,900 imp gal) and greater requires a 3-axle truck (tank wagon). Some companies use lightweight steel to carry more gallons on single-axle trucks. Notably, one U.S. manufacturer has built a 3,700 gallon tank truck, fitting it on a single axle.

Tank trucks are also used to fuel aircraft at airports.

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Talk:Biography of Martin Luther King

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Why not just redirect this to Martin Luther King Jr. ? — Wackymacs 18:17, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I guess I'll do that. Johann Wolfgang 18:24, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

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Pac-Man World 3

Pac-Man World 3 is a platform video game developed by Blitz Games and published by Namco for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, and Microsoft Windows. The Nintendo DS version was ported by Human Soft. Released in 2005, it is the third and final installment in the Pac-Man World trilogy and the only one to not be released in Japan. It also features a speaking Pac-Man for the first time ever outside of the cartoon series.

Plot
In a search for power, a short evil genius called Erwin has found a way to suck raw energy out of the world of the Ghosts (the Spectral Realm). He has created a syphon that can penetrate into the Spectral Realm. This is causing the Spectral Realm to collapse into the real world (Pac-Land), bringing about an environmental catastrophe. Meanwhile, Pac-Man is celebrating his 25th birthday with his family when he is teleported by Orson, a former nemesis of Pac-Man from the original Pac-Man World. Orson communicates to him and tells him about the Spectral Realm (after Pac-Man complains to Orson about messing up his party and throwing him into a trash pit). Pac-Man is attacked by fiery Spectral monsters of the orange, green, and purple varieties which have been driven mad by Erwin's hypnosis with Inky and Blinky (Clyde) have been kidnapped as part of Erwin's evil scheme, but Pinky and Clyde (Blinky) managed to escape.

Now Pac-Man must join forces with the ghosts, Orson, Pinky, and Clyde (Blinky) to stop Erwin before he destroys both the Real World and the Spectral Realm.

Gameplay
The game features numerous differences from the previous Pac-Man World games, placing an emphasis on action and combat while still preserving most of the platforming elements from the previous entries. Pellets and fruit reappear, allowing the player to eat them for points. Additionally, there are 5 Pac-Man 25th Anniversary Statues in each level, which each grant the player 2500 points and award a bonus if all 5 statues are collected. The Butt-Bounce move is now modified so that it can only be done three times at once, but the third bounce creates a small shockwave that slightly extends the radius of the attack. The Rev-Roll is mostly the same, but can now be stopped before launching Pac-Man by pressing the jump button. Rev-Rolling can also activate machines and allow Pac-Man to call Pinky and Clyde through a Summon Point. New moves include punching, as well as acrobatic moves with poles, such as swinging and climbing. B-Doings also reappear but now only serve to launch Pac-Man into a single predetermined direction, and Pac-Dot Chains are now generated by machines that are activated using crystals with the same color. The game also features more elements of story, with a plot that is fleshed out by cutscenes and voiced character dialogue.

The power pellet is now reserved only for special sequences where Pac-Man must eat them to defeat Spectral Monsters, a special type of creature from the Spectral Realm that appears from portals and try to attack Pac-Man; this method works exactly like in previous games. In addition, new types of pellets can be eaten to try to give Pac-Man an advantage over the enemies, such as Electro-Shock Pellet, which replaces Pac-Man's punch attack with the ability to generate electricity from his hands, and the Ribbon Loop Pellet, which has Pac-Man leave a trail that can be enclosed to greatly damage enemies within.

Two sequences involve Pac-Man piloting a new Toc-Man, reimagined from the first game from being an attempt at imitating Pac-Man to now being a mecha. Toc-Man is used to defend from Erwin's forces, and has an ability to punch, as well as do a spin-based attack. The second sequence also features Clyde helming a blaster.

Accessible from the main menu is a museum where the player can look at the history of Pac-Man games, as well as play a port of the original Pac-Man game, and watch an interview with Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatani.

Development and release
The game started out as a similar but deeper game called Pac-Man Adventures, featuring involvement from animator Don Bluth, who had previously been hired by Namco to work on I-Ninja. Concept art from Bluth for the game included many different alien and creature designs, as well as the protagonist from the Dig Dug games and expressions for Pac-Man when he "loses control", implying a type of gameplay mechanic not seen in Pac-Man World 3. For unknown reasons, the game was scrapped and later reworked into Pac-Man World 3, with Bluth no longer involved. Pac-Man World 3 was released on November 15, 2005 for Windows, GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox, with versions for PlayStation Portable and Nintendo DS following on December 6 and December 7, respectively. The game was released in 2006 in Europe on May 5, for PlayStation 2, Xbox, and DS, for GameCube on June 23, and for Windows on July 28.

Reprints
In 2008 for North America only, the PlayStation 2 versions of Pac-Man World 3, Pac-Man World 2, and Pac-Man World Rally were released in a 3-pack called Pac-Man Power Pack.

Also for North America only, the Nintendo DS version of Pac-Man World 3 was re-released as part of a "Dual Pack" bundle with Namco Museum DS on October 30, 2012.

Reception
The game received generally mixed reviews from critics and has been somewhat controversial among fans. Critics praised the inclusion of elements from the previous two games, while criticism focused on the repetition and lower difficulty.

The Nintendo DS release, in particular, was poorly received for glitches.

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Concertino

Concertino may refer to:

 * Concertino (composition), a small or short concerto
 * Concertino (group), the group of soloists in a concerto grosso
 * Concertino (Janáček), a 1926 composition by Leoš Janáček
 * Concertino, a 1952 ballet by George Balanchine

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Gresford

Gresford (Gresffordd ) is a village and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales.

According to the 2001 Census, the population of the community, which also includes the village of Marford, was 5,334, reducing to 5,010 at the 2011 census.

The Grade I listed All Saints' Church, Gresford has been described as the finest parish church in Wales, and has the most surviving medieval stained glass of any Welsh church. Its bells are one of the traditional Seven Wonders of Wales.

The former Gresford Colliery was the site of the Gresford disaster, one of Britain's worst coal mining disasters, when 266 men died in an underground explosion on 22 September 1934.

History
Located close to the England–Wales border with Cheshire, the settlement existed at the time of the compilation of the Domesday Book of 1086, when it was recorded as "Gretford" within the Cheshire Hundred of Duddestan; it had a church, though perhaps not on the present site. The name, derived probably from Old English græs and ford ("grassy ford"), was later recorded as "Gresworth", "Cresford" and "Grefford", but documentary evidence shows that the place was clearly locally referred to as "Gresford" throughout its history, even under Welsh administration, and the other names merely represent alternative spellings. The Welsh form "Gresffordd", supposedly believed to indicate an etymology from y groesffordd ("the crossroads"), seems to have been the imaginative creation of Welsh genealogists of the 15th century and later. This form has, however, seen media use as an alternative spelling since at least the 19th century, and although largely unused by the mainly non-Welsh speakers of the village itself, is today often used by the Welsh press, and Welsh-language media.

In common with many of the towns and villages of the border lands, or Marches, Gresford has gone through periods of both English and Welsh dominance. The whole area was resettled by Welsh aligned to Owain Gwynedd in 1170–1203. At this time the bishopric was transferred from that of St. Werburgh's Chester to St. Asaph, and the vicars of the village were Welsh with patronymic names (for example, Morud ap Gwarius, who became vicar in 1284). It is possible, however, that settlement existed on the site from quite an early date, as a Roman altar was found within the church in 1908. The altar is likely to depict Nemesis; this and the unearthing of a Roman coin hoard nearby-dating 150–300, is possible evidence of a settlement. There is also a stand of yew trees in the churchyard, the oldest dating to A.D. 500 — long before Anglo-Saxon settlement.

Approaching Gresford from the Wrexham direction, on the left hand side of the road, there was a tree known as the 'Cross Tree', and alongside this there is the base of an ancient stone cross. This tree was removed after 1984, and has since been replaced with a young tree.

Until the late 19th century, the parish boundary encompassed a large area, including the townships of Burton, Llay, Rossett and Gwersyllt, as well as several townships later included in Isycoed. The bells of the parish church, All Saints' Church are one of the traditional Seven Wonders of Wales. Gresford Church dates to 1492 and is a large building considering the size of what the population would have been in the present day boundaries of the parish. The base of the church tower has earlier remnants of a previous building and an earlier roofline of a former transept can be detected in the tower. The colour of the stone is quite distinctive, and is typical of the Wrexham area. It is a sandy brown Millstone Grit, locally referred to as "Cefn" stone.

Pant Iocyn (later Pant-yr-Ochain) house was built in the 1550s alongside the road from Gresford to Wrexham by Edward Almer, MP and three times High Sheriff of the county. It was one of the chief houses in east Denbighshire and descended in the Almer family until it was bought and enlarged by Sir Foster Cunliffe, 3rd Baronet in 1785. The 18th-century addition now serves as a gastro pub.

Gresford Colliery
Henry Dennis and his son, Henry Dyke Dennis, began sinking a coal mine near Gresford in 1888, taking four years for the 3,280 ft deep shafts to be completed. The coalmine was located on the edge of the Alyn Valley, between the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway (later the GWR Birkenhead-Paddington line) and the old main road between Wrexham and Chester. The first coal was produced from June 1911, with full production reached before the outbreak of the First World War. The coal was renowned in the area as being of very good quality and hot burning.

Gresford Colliery was the site of one of Britain's worst coal mining disasters. The Gresford Disaster occurred on 22 September 1934, when 266 men died following an underground explosion. The bodies of only 11 of the miners underground at the time of the explosion were recovered. The headgear wheel is preserved and forms part of the Gresford Disaster Memorial, along with a plaque. The disaster is commemorated in the hymn tune "Gresford", which is also known as "the Miners' Hymn", written by Robert Saint of Hebburn, himself also a miner. This tune has been played regularly by many colliery brass bands over the years and is found on a number of recordings, and is also played at the annual Miners' Picnics around the North of England, especially at the Durham Miners' Gala.

The colliery lasted until 1973 when it was closed due to geological problems.

Transport
The stone-built Gresford (for Llay) Halt, on the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway was midway up the notorious Gresford Bank. The bank was so steep that a refuge siding was required at the station in the event of engines having to leave some of their load behind to get up the hill. Banking engines were also used on occasions. The station was demoted to halt status in 1956 and was closed altogether from 1964.

Education
All Saints' Voluntary Aided Church in Wales School is the village primary school. It still uses part of the school building constructed in 1874, in memory of Thomas Vowlier Short, a Christ Church, Oxford University theologian, and former Bishop of St Asaph.

Sport
Gresford has a football team, Gresford Athletic F.C., which currently competes in the Cymru North. The club was founded in 1946 and plays its home games at Clappers Lane.

Gresford has a cricket club, Gresford Cricket Club, which also plays at Clappers Lane.

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Category:Privately held companies

This category is for companies that do not have stock that trades on a stock market and are not subsidiaries or joint ventures of companies that are publicly traded.

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Talk:Chemical affinity

Pharmacological affinity
How does this concept relate to pharmacological affinity, i.e. The affinity of a chemical for a receptor. I would have thought it was the same but the maths seem completely different. Bilz0r 02:55, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

 * The short answer is that when a molecule has a chemical attraction to a molecular surface, the movement is quantified by a negative Gibbs free energy and qualified by the word "affinity". A more advanced analysis would use things such as "free energy maps" or model each step in the reaction process in terms of interactions, each being described by an energy of interaction.  See: Raffa's 2001 textbook Drug Receptor Thermodynamics to get an idea. --Sadi Carnot 03:16, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Review
User:Sadi Carnot has been blocked from editing because of a coordinated effort to insert original research and warped historical interpretations into Wikipedia articles. Chemsitry experts should carefully examine all of the edits by "Sadi Carnot". --JWSchmidt 22:29, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Thermodynamics section fairly unclear
The parameter reaction extent or progress of reaction variable, symbol ξ (greek lower case xi), had no link at all. How are people supposed to know what it means? Its not very common. I added links to the same pages as given. Also, the definintion of A using Q' and ξ is not a "function" of these, but a ratio of their infinitesimal increments so I changed that as well. Furthermore - the statement for the current definition of a quantiity should always get to the point first, history can follow after. I did that also, and added extra links, they were lacking anyway. Maschen (talk) 18:34, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

translation into Chinese Wikipedia
The 08:30, 1 June 2017 Magic links bot version of this article is translated into Chinese Wikipedia.--Wing (talk) 14:33, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

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St Harmon

St Harmon (Llanarmon) is a village in Radnorshire, Powys, Wales. The population of the Community at the 2011 census was 593. It is located on the Afon Marteg on the B4518 road running between Llanidloes and Rhayader. The parish church is called Saint Garmon (Germanus of Auxerre), with many people assuming it has been spelt incorrectly. In fact, the village name of St Harmon is a further Anglicisation of the name St Garmon. St Garmon's Church is known for having the diarist the Reverend Francis Kilvert serve as Vicar there between 1876 and 1877. It did have its own railway station- St Harmons railway station.

The community includes the settlement of Pantydwr and Nantgwyn.

St Harmon FC is the village football team. The Sun Inn was the village pub but has now been converted to a home.

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Preset

Preset may refer to:

 * Default (computer science), a setting or value automatically assigned to a software application, computer program, etc.
 * Preset (electronics), a variable component on a device only accessible to manufacturing or maintenance personnel
 * Pre-programmed setting on various electronic products and musical instruments, including:
 * Combination action on pipe organ
 * Preset button (tuner) - station selectors on the tuner of radio receiver and television set
 * Preset key (Hammond organ) - inverse color keys on Hammond organs, to recall pre-programmed tonewheel settings
 * Preset rhythm - pre-programmed rhythm-pattern on drum machine
 * Synthesizer patch stored a pre-programmed tone

 * Mathematics
 * Pre-ordered set

 * Music
 * The Presets - a Sydney-based Australian duo, consisting of Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes
 * Schools
 * Preset Pacesetters Institute, a private boarding Senior High school in Madina, Ghana

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Square tiling

In geometry, the square tiling, square tessellation or square grid is a regular tiling of the Euclidean plane. It has Schläfli symbol of ${4,4},$ meaning it has 4 squares around every vertex. Conway called it a quadrille.

The internal angle of the square is 90 degrees so four squares at a point make a full 360 degrees. It is one of three regular tilings of the plane. The other two are the triangular tiling and the hexagonal tiling.

Uniform colorings
There are 9 distinct uniform colorings of a square tiling. Naming the colors by indices on the 4 squares around a vertex: 1111, 1112(i), 1112(ii), 1122, 1123(i), 1123(ii), 1212, 1213, 1234. (i) cases have simple reflection symmetry, and (ii) glide reflection symmetry. Three can be seen in the same symmetry domain as reduced colorings: 1112i from 1213, 1123i from 1234, and 1112ii reduced from 1123ii.

Related polyhedra and tilings
This tiling is topologically related as a part of sequence of regular polyhedra and tilings, extending into the hyperbolic plane: {4,p}, p=3,4,5...

This tiling is also topologically related as a part of sequence of regular polyhedra and tilings with four faces per vertex, starting with the octahedron, with Schläfli symbol {n,4}, and Coxeter diagram, with n progressing to infinity.

Wythoff constructions from square tiling
Like the uniform polyhedra there are eight uniform tilings that can be based from the regular square tiling.

Drawing the tiles colored as red on the original faces, yellow at the original vertices, and blue along the original edges, all 8 forms are distinct. However treating faces identically, there are only three topologically distinct forms: square tiling, truncated square tiling, snub square tiling.

Topologically equivalent tilings
Other quadrilateral tilings can be made which are topologically equivalent to the square tiling (4 quads around every vertex). Isohedral tilings have identical faces (face-transitivity) and vertex-transitivity, there are 18 variations, with 6 identified as triangles that do not connect edge-to-edge, or as quadrilateral with two collinear edges. Symmetry given assumes all faces are the same color.

Circle packing
The square tiling can be used as a circle packing, placing equal diameter circles at the center of every point. Every circle is in contact with 4 other circles in the packing (kissing number). The packing density is π/4=78.54% coverage. There are 4 uniform colorings of the circle packings.
 * 1-uniform-5-circlepack.svg

Related regular complex apeirogons
There are 3 regular complex apeirogons, sharing the vertices of the square tiling. Regular complex apeirogons have vertices and edges, where edges can contain 2 or more vertices. Regular apeirogons p{q}r are constrained by: 1/p + 2/q + 1/r = 1. Edges have p vertices, and vertex figures are r-gonal.

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Pleven (disambiguation)

Pleven is a major town in Northern Bulgaria, capital of the Pleven Province.

Pleven may also refer to:

 * Pleven Province, a province in Northern Bulgaria
 * Pleven Municipality
 * Siege of Plevna, an important battle during the Russo-Turkish War, 1877-78
 * Pleven (horse), a horse breed
 * Pléven, a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in France
 * Pleven plan, a plan to create a supranational European army, proposed by René Pleven
 * Pleven Medical University
 * Pleven Panorama

People with the surname

 * René Pleven, French politician

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User talk:OwenX/Archive 1

Shorting/spreads
If you want to discuss edits, use my User Talk page. Don't go and trash my User page, and then mark it as a minor change!

Also, have the decency to sign your comments. OwenX 16:10, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Aloha, I just clicked and wrote. erase it when you are done. I usually do sign my stuff. I must have missed it. I was heading out to the beach and wanted to make an immediate reply. seemed minor to me. GT

User 207.127.143.101
Thue, you have blocked 207.127.143.101 last month for a day, but as you can see this had no effect, and he is back to his usual vandalism. I opened an RfC page for banning him; would you second my motion? OwenX 21:15, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Sure. But given the IP's behavior I think any admin already have the possiblity to just block the IP, without needing to create a RFC. I just blocked it for a week more; the only reason I didn't make it longer is the chance that somebody else gets the IP assigned in the future. If he comes back and vandalizes just a single time more I think blocking for a month would be in order, again just based on the blocking policy, without the need for a RFC.

 * You can use Administrator intervention against vandalism if you see a user/IP which should be blocked. Thue | talk 07:48, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Hared
Actually, only in a colloquial sense has "chared" come to mean "fear" alone (see, for example, Exodus 18:19, where it clearly means "tremble"). The reason for the colloquial usage is obvious: Frequently, people often tremble out of fear or dread. In fact, the word is commonly used in the context of trembling out of fear. Nothing, including the sources you mentioned, contravenes translating as this word as "tremble." The article already mentions that Haredi means one who trembles out of fear. HKT talk 17:05, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

Small problem with blocking...
... User:MinorEdit, one of our contributors, gets blocked if I block those IP addresses. - Ta bu shi da yu 23:41, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

Merged pages can't be deleted
Hi, if content has been merged from a page it is not a candidate for speedy deletion, in fact it should not be deleted at all, for licensing and other reasons. Please just redirect to the page it has been merged to. See Merging and moving pages. Kappa 18:59, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

Canadian beer, WP:WPB
Hi,

First -- strange, what are the odds of a Hebrew-speaking guy fooling around in Canadian beer articles? :) Anyway, just wanted to let you know about Wikiproject Beer, if you didn't already, which you might like to join. Also just to say hi, and thanks for making the improvements to a couple of articles that I saw (and probably some that I didn't). Please feel free to get in touch with me any time! --Daniel11 07:29, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

My bad
Yeah, I had that Chicago Mercantile Exchange article really screwed up. I was going to fix it, but I had to go do something before I got around to doing it. Thanks for fixing it! I also added some more detailed information. I'm amazed at how that exchange operates, and I felt that its page needed to be expanded upon a bit. Clinevol98 17:20, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

thx
Thanks for the user talk page cleanup - although I have to say, "Can I really edit this?" is remarkably tame vandalism! :-) FreplySpang (talk) 19:39, August 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh, I'm not complaining. It's just that I have another frustrated vandal emailing me "fuck you" messages several times a day, so the little message from Steven R. Smith was funny in comparison. Thanks for your work on reverting Steven R. Smith's more annoying efforts! FreplySpang (talk) 19:55, August 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * We seem to be tag-teaming G-Unot, too. (sigh) Cheers! FreplySpang (talk) 22:35, August 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * Yup. I just added him to WP:AIV. Hope an admin does something... Owen× ☎  22:37, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
 * You should probably be leaving warnings on his talk page, then. It's not really fair to block someone without giving him a few chances to realize the error of his ways. FreplySpang (talk) 22:40, August 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * Hm, you seem to have caught on to that. Jumping to test4 was a bit aggressive though. FreplySpang (talk) 22:41, August 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * Maybe, but after two of your warnings, and considering the nature of his edits, I felt it was justified. Owen× ☎  22:43, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

Thank you...
...for reverting the minor vandalism to my User page. I appreciate the help. If you need a little help with Japanese beers (I am NOT an expert, though), let me know. --Calton | Talk 01:10, August 29, 2005 (UTC)

thanks
thanks for reverting the vandalism to my userpage. Jtkiefer T - 22:36, August 29, 2005 (UTC)

Categories
Hi, -- Re categories; mostly I try to organize categories so that they have 150 or fewer articles in them. I don't mind if articles are in multiple categories, as long as they don't also appear in the parent category. Since "number theory" is potentially a huge category, I'd prefer to use it for articles that "don't fit anywhere else" or are "so important, they should be headliners". linas 00:01, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Ah, well, saw your reply. In that case, "hi!", welcome to the math pages. I invite you over to Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject Mathematics for general chatting about such topics. linas 00:20, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

Hey OwenX
or should i say...MalcolmX. That post you just deleted about Anti-pope John VIII was the truth man, stop fucking with history (posted anonymously by User:62.252.192.9)

Speedy deletion tag
Hi there! Your speedy deletion tag on All about networking should probably have been a copyvio tag, so I changed it over. Being "non-encycloepdic" is not a speedy criterion (per WP:CSD), and should be taken to VFD, and being copyright violation has a separate process. Nice to know that someone's looking out for these kinds of articles though! -Splash 01:33, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion
OwenX,

You don't understand. First off, there's no point in merging the article because it's COMPLETE DUPLICTE. The reason why we shouldn't merge because it has a bad title. There are many Tamil gods! This DOES meet criteria because it is vandalism by some anon. --Hottentot
 * That's rediculous. As if an admin is never going to check the page history before they delete it. --Hottentot

Get a Life
Dude, you really need to get a life. I feel bad for you if all you have is removing comments between family members on a free expression user page. I would ask if you had anything else better to do, but I think I know the answer. (posted anonymously by on 19:33, 1 September 2005

Wiki Nazi
OwenX, You are like a Wikipedia Nazi. You just won't let anybody have fun. Why not let Dkkicks see the edits and then change them himself? It's not like I'm dissing him or saying anything malicious...calm down. (posted anonymously by on 19:43, 1 September 2005

Carl Singebricks
That guys right you are a Wikipedia Nazi. I wrote an article about Carl Singebricks. You put up a speedy deletion thing at 22:01, 30 August 2005 because you said it was self-promotion and vanity. This is not true because I am not Carl Singebricks who was born in New York City. I live in Australia, NSW, Sydney, Concord West. Now I hope you are happy you have blocked me for 48 hours and have deleted everything on my article on Carl Singebricks. I would like to hear your response to this. Thankyou, Singie. 22:52, 2 September 2005 (UTC) (posted by on 07:52, 2 September 2005
 * You were blocked because you refused to follow Wikipedia policies, despite several warnings. Instead of discussing your article and the Speedy Delete notice with me (or any admin), you just went and removed the Speedy Delete notice. Then you started a revert war on Concord West.
 * The reason your Carl Singebricks article was deleted was not because I thought it was about yourself, but because it met criterion A7 of the speedy deletion policy:
 * An article about a real person that does not assert that person's importance or significance.
 * Read my note again: I said "If this article is about yourself, please move it to your User page."
 * Whether I'm a "Wikipedia Nazi" or not, you'll find that if you keep engaging in revert wars or arbitrarily removing tags placed by others, you'd keep getting blocked and eventually kicked out of this community. If you are willing to follow our (very reasonable!) guidelines and policies, and become a contributing member, we would all welcome you here. Owen× 13:19, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Bureaucratship
Hi, OwenX. Thank you so much for your support and kind words on my bureaucratship nomination. Unfortunately, it didn't pass, but I intend to run again soon. If you'd like to be informed next time around, please let me know on my talk page. Thanks again! Andre ( talk ) 05:25, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

User Page
Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page. I was away and only just noticed it. CambridgeBayWeather 23:55, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

Degania has two he: interwiki links
Hello, Wikipedia:Babel lists you as a Hebrew speaker.

I notice that Degania has two he: interwiki links. Can you check and verify this? Thanks. -- Curps 18:51, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Fixed. Owen× ☎  18:08, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

User talk:202.72.148.102
Yes, it was intentional: the notice at the top of the page indicates that the IP is shared by many users, there's no reason to keep all those old warnings, and they would probably confuse the person whom I intended to warn. This is common practice with widely-shared IPs. — Dan | Talk 01:35, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

ulayiti's RfA
Hi Owen, and thanks for your support and the kind words you left at my RfA. I'm an administrator now, and I hope that I'll live up to the community's expectations as one. Your vote of confidence is much appreciated. - ulayiti (talk)  15:46, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks!
Hi OwenX. Thanks for your support on my RfA and for the congratulations. Vandals had better beware RC patrol! Please do keep an eye on me and my log, and let me know if I slip up, or if I can help out. Thanks again. -Splash 13:16, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

Meaning of Tetragrammaton
Hello,

Another Hebrew question:

I am was once a redirect to God, created by User:Sam Spade, on the grounds that the English translation of the Hebrew Tetragrammaton was "I am". However, our own Wikipedia article on it says that the meaning of these four Hebrew characters is very much open to interpretation, rather than having a simple "I am" translation.

The I am page is now a disambiguation page. I have posted a comment at Talk:I am... perhaps you can supply some authoritative information?

-- Curps 20:00, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

Hello Sir
Yes Hi how are you doing? I'm Andréa. Just one question why did you delete my New York article? If you are Jewish you might know this yourself..I'm jewish from Brasil and wroted articles on anal sex in Brasil and other stuff I know about thank you.Wiki brah 05:17, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Don't play coy with me, Andréa. Your "article" about anal sex in New York was already deleted more than once in the past, and you have received a temporary block after ignoring admins' warnings. Keep this up and I can promise you a more permanent ban. Owen× ☎  14:10, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

Heh. No.
No worries. Mike and Dori are two different people. We'll just fix that on back up, then. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.121.14.230 (talk • contribs) Re: Articles for deletion/Jared M. Gordon 00:50, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

BDSM
''Why did you revert the last change on BDSM? The new wording by 64.228.63.101 does seem more NPOV. Owen× ☎  01:55, 12 September 2005 (UTC)''
 * I actually didn't object to the neutrality of the new wording. The old wording and the new wording seem to be trying to say something along the same lines.  However, the new wording refers to vanilla sex, which does not seem to be contextually correct.  Vanilla sex, according to the article on the subject, implies plain sex, which does not look like how it is being used.  I'm really not familiar with BDSM or the term Vanilla Sex, so if you think the new wording was better, feel free to revert back to it. -- BMIComp (talk, HOWS MY DRIVING) 02:19, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Good point! I'll try to come up with better wording or a different wikilink. Owen×  ☎  02:24, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Bmicomp's RfA
Well, my RfA has not quite completed yet, but either way, I'd like to thank you for your vote and your support, regardless of the outcome. -- BMIComp (talk, HOWS MY DRIVING) 18:25, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Jorn Barger edits: User:Huneric
also made Jorn Barger–related edits similar to those made by anon IPs which you reported as vandalism. I added mention of this to the Vandalism in progress report. -- Curps 18:50, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the revert!
Hey, thanks for the quick revert. I was editing at the time, so I didn't spot it. I have no idea who that was, or what I did to them! -Splash 00:45, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

Watch/schoolwatch/Sidaway ratio
I edited it to reflect my take on things, but I don't think this is really ready for prime time. If you don't mind, I'd just as soon delete it. --Tony Sidaway Talk 16:36, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for your diligent attention to matters concerning my RfA, which I have formally withdrawn. The full text of my withdrawal and statement of appreciation is on the RfA page. Sincerely, Leonard G. 03:59, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

Thank You
Your courtesy in enquiring if I could create an account is appreciated and is the kind of attitude required for Wikipedia to work. In fact I have been adding articles to Wikipedia since 2001 and am delighted that many of my early entries such as 'kangaroo' have matured into fine articles. However, Wikipedia also has a weakness, which is if a subject becomes of interest to a clique of bigot Wikipedians and there are more members (including sock puppets) of that clique than there are real writers for the subject.

For a popular subject such as 'Jerusalem' there were more Wikipedians than trouble makes, and so a revert-war would always end in the bigots lossing their attempted control of the article. But in the case of a little known or understood subject such as 'West Papua' there were 3 bigots (plus a sock puppet when needed) against only two real authors; so the bigots were able to maintain control of the subject and cast the 'black' people as dumb natives too stupid to be able to do what the American forefathers had done in the eighteenth century.

Although I eventually managed to get another Wikipedian to help attempt a 'mediation', they like other genuine Wikipedians did not want to contribute to the articles content because they did not know about the subject themselves. This of course did not stop the clique who admitted they'd never heard of West Papua before they noticed its title in the recent changes one day.

As you would know, it takes a great deal of time & effort to write a quality balanced article; and I simply have much more important things to do with my time. My work has probably been critical in getting the US Congress to write Section 1115, and will save many many thousands of West Papuan lives and their cultures.

Normally, I would not consider a section of some US Bill to warrent a Wikipedia article; however in this case there is a concerted effort by the Indonesian government and senior members of the US government to overturn the Congress and Senate majority and keep the US public from hearing about the issue. I therefore decided that an article about Section 1115 was in line with what Jimbo Wales has specified as an important part of its function.

- Sorry for length of entry but I feel this weakness of the Wikipedian system does need to be understood by more people. Best Regards.211.30.95.182 03:48, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

No problem
No problem. The only reason why I didn't block him again then is because that's an AOL IP, and the latest attack had been an hour before I found it. If the attacks to your User page become constant (hopefully not), I can protect the page for you, for as long as you like, while this guy either shapes up or moves on. Just let me know. Regards, Redux 16:44, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

HI :)
You are quite wrong just check out work i did on Nazis, Hunter S. Thompson stuff and this new one: Flaps 40. The reason I made so much aritcle about Sex and Drugs in Brasil and South America is becuase I know a lot about it and Lukcy 96 wouldn't let me write no more South Park shit.Wiki brah 17:10, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

Regara
Regara is not a sockpuppet of User: KINGA QUEINZ!. All the Riven vandals are ultimately sockpuppets of User: Regara, including USER: KINGA QUEINZ! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Someone... (talk • contribs) 02:33, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

subst:
Don't forget to substitute templates with section headers (such as  and  ) when you use them on talk pages: it reduces server load, and prevents accidental blanking of the template. -- Phroziac (talk) 18:16, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

Swamp Ass
I changed my mind as it might have a home if cleaned up and relocated to slang or the like. Speedy it if you like. I will not object. Jwissick 23:22, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

more Barger vandal
-- Curps 00:26, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

Yo man WTF.
Why do you want my article to be deleted? That does NOT come from the manual, i didn't have to post what it was for, so stop acting like you know everything. i just know how to write like an adult, which you are clearly not acting like one, if you even are an adult. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.110.89.194 (talk • contribs) 02:18, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

King of the Hill
Hi there - I initially blocked the IP you reported for 15 minutes. Then, I took this off, and blocked for 24 hours. Thanks for your sharp eye on vandalism! --HappyCamper 21:45, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Block length increased to 48 hours across all the sockpuppets...anything else I can do to help out? Perhaps protect a few pages for a day or two? --HappyCamper 22:44, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Ah ha! Check this out: User talk:63.19.146.69 - this might explain a few things, like why the IP keeps jumping around all over the place. --HappyCamper 19:53, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Yup. This vandal isn't going to get away this easily - wasted enough of everyone's time already! :-) --HappyCamper 22:07, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Hey there. You think it's a good time to unblock those pages now? --HappyCamper 10:41, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

 * All unprotected...I will be gone from the Wiki for a little bit, but will return tomorrow. All yours! :-) --HappyCamper 01:00, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

My RFA
I want to thank you very much for your vote on my RFA. Greatly apperciated, I owe you one!   Journalist   C./ '''Holla @ me!

the king of the hill troll is back
the king of the hill troll is back want me to send him a pic of Goatse.cx?

signed CD —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.241.245.49 (talk • contribs) 22:53, 24 September 2005

biased
OwenX is biased against low carb diets. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.0.194.122 (talk • contribs) 04:52, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

Signing for you
No worries. I've done it myself. We're all human :-) --Durin 22:19, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

Why are you deleting Coors Extra Gold??? why does Coors Light have its own page, but extra gold cant?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jkurgan (talk • contribs) 20:21, 25 September 2005
 * Where do you see a page for Coors Light? All I see there now is a redirect to Coors Brewing Company, which is exactly what I did with the C.E.G. "article", that had nothing in it except the name and manufacturer. That information is all included in the Coors Brewing Company article. Owen×  ☎  01:14, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Corporate Knowledge
Thanks - I should have read to the bottom. It was just too painful. Dl yo ns 493  Ta lk  20:45, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
 * No problem. This isn't my favourite reading material either. I could barely get myself to the second paragraph... :) Owen× ☎  20:59, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Teudat Zehut
I provided full explanation on Talk:Teudat Zehut. I wouldn't just omit without explaining. Magister 21:18, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Requests for adminship/Rogerd
I have posted the following reply to your comments:

I would like to take issue with that comment. I have worked in information technology for 27 years and have dealt with disaffected users, fellow programmers, subordinates and superiors on a regular basis. I may not have done a lot of communicating with other users in wikipedia as of yet, but I assure you I have handled this kind of thing. I know how to stand my ground when needed, and I would do so. --Rogerd 00:26, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

 * I believe you! I am sure that in real life you can stand your ground, present your opinion, and get your thought across to your audience. However, here on Wikipedia, we have seen very little of that. You concentrate your efforts on editing articles, which is—without doubt—the most important job here. We don't have any way to gauge your conversational abilities, or the manner in which you treat people, based on what we've seen on WP. I find the terse way in which you answered the RfA questions troubling, especially considering this is a self-nomination. I could be wrong, but my guess is that you'd find the amount of correspondence required from you as a WP admin simply overwhelming. I would rather have you here as a productive editor than as a swamped admin. Owen× ☎  01:00, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Owen X-- I don't understand--I did not mean to commit any kind of "vandalism", so I don't understand why you deleted my well-intentioned edit with the comment: "rvv and bump counter. that was pointless, wasn't it?", when all I did was delete the part of the top of the page that looks like it has been overwritten and is barely legible. I thought that that was what you meant by your page having been vandalized 9 times (or so), and to please "revert" if any vandalism was noticed (thus giving your permission). Have you seen what the top of the page looks like--it looks terrible. I just wanted to help; it looked much nicer afterwards. I think you need to take a look at the top of your page and see what has been overwritten and illegible.

67.101.192.69 01:02, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

By the way--are you Irish Catholic (I'm just wondering because I am also) given your first and middle names, which are quite Hibernian, Owen "X" (Xavier??) -- (Owen Xavier??).

I am at Kinko's now, so Slainte, Angela Mc
 * I am terribly sorry! I deal with User page vandalism so often that sometimes I misinterpret a genuine attempt to improve. The page looks fine on a couple of machines I tried it with. Which browser are you using to view it? Once again, my apologies for my harsh reaction, and thank you for your input! Owen× ☎  01:14, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Mozilla Firefox and the top of the page still looks terrible like some kind of Wiki graffiti or something. What about what I asked you--I find Irish Catholic guys really attractive, even if they have Canadian accents -- Colm Feore, Allan Rock, Kevin Lowe, Brendan Shanahan, Paolo Costanzo (OK he's Italian, I couldn't think of any more Irish guys)!! CHEERS!! 67.101.192.69 01:30, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Looks fine now--why would you have a German accent--were you raised in Germany or Austria?? 67.101.192.69 01:46, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Adminship
Hey, we haven't spoken in the past (AFAIK), but I noticed you do alot of hard work (saw your reverting some vandalism during my RC patrol), and I was wondering if you would be interested in adminship? I'd love to nominate you. Let me know :). -Greg Asche (talk) 01:35, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Alright, I nominated you at Requests for adminship/OwenX. Please answer the questions if you wouldn't mind, and good luck. -Greg Asche (talk) 01:53, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Dancing Links
You added a notice to Dancing Links saying it should be merged with linked list. Why? Dancing Links is a particular algorithm that uses linked lists. Please explain the reasoning behind your merge request, as it makes no sense to me. --Graue 03:03, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * The article in its current form is just a one-sentence definition. If it can be expanded into more than that, it makes sense to leave it on its own. Otherwise, I'd rather add it as a one-line external link (to Knuth's article) on the Linked list page. Please note that other than a comment in Sudoku, nothing links (sorry about the pun...) to this article. On Linked list, at least people would find it. Dancing Links is an important topic--don't get me wrong! I just want to find a good home for this stub. Owen×  ☎  03:10, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

I have created a new article, called exact cover. (Perhaps it should instead be named "exact cover problem"? I used the name "exact cover" because that is what was used in List_of_NP-complete_problems.)  The only reason I mention that I created this article is because it now has a link pointing to the Dancing Links article. (I just read Donald Knuth's paper for the first time today; pretty cool!) I'm not sure however what Knuth meant by "dancing links": was the name meant to refer specifically to his algorithm that solved the exact cover problem, or is it meant to be a general term referring to nodes popping in and out of existence in a linked list? User:Sciolizer 08:42, 3 October 2005 (GMT-6)

Who's RfA
Thank you for supporting my masters RfA. He appreciates your support and comments and looks forward to better serving Wikipedia the best he can. Of course I will be doing all of the real work. He would have responded to you directly, but he is currently out of town, and wanted to thank you asap. Thanks again. --Who's mop?¿? 20:57, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

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