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Octahedral symmetry

A regular octahedron has 24 rotational (or orientation-preserving) symmetries, and 48 symmetries altogether. These include transformations that combine a reflection and a rotation. A cube has the same set of symmetries, since it is the polyhedron that is dual to an octahedron.

The group of orientation-preserving symmetries is S4, the symmetric group or the group of permutations of four objects, since there is exactly one such symmetry for each permutation of the four diagonals of the cube.

Details
Chiral and full (or achiral) octahedral symmetry are the discrete point symmetries (or equivalently, symmetries on the sphere) with the largest symmetry groups compatible with translational symmetry. They are among the crystallographic point groups of the cubic crystal system.

As the hyperoctahedral group of dimension 3 the full octahedral group is the wreath product $$\mathrm{S}_2 \wr \mathrm{S}_3 \simeq \mathrm{S}_2^3 \rtimes \mathrm{S}_3$$,and a natural way to identify its elements is as pairs (m, n) with $$m \in [0, 2^3)$$ and $$n \in [0, 3!)$$.But as it is also the direct product S4 × S2, one can simply identify the elements of tetrahedral subgroup Td as $$a \in [0, 4!)$$ and their inversions as a′.

So e.g. the identity (0, 0) is represented as 0 and the inversion (7, 0) as 0′. (3, 1) is represented as 6 and (4, 1) as 6′.

A rotoreflection is a combination of rotation and reflection.

Chiral octahedral symmetry
O, 432, or [4,3]+ of order 24, is chiral octahedral symmetry or rotational octahedral symmetry. This group is like chiral tetrahedral symmetry T, but the C2 axes are now C4 axes, and additionally there are 6 C2 axes, through the midpoints of the edges of the cube. Td and O are isomorphic as abstract groups: they both correspond to S4, the symmetric group on 4 objects. Td is the union of T and the set obtained by combining each element of O\T with inversion. O is the rotation group of the cube and the regular octahedron.

Full octahedral symmetry
Oh, *432, [4,3], or m3m of order 48 – achiral octahedral symmetry or full octahedral symmetry. This group has the same rotation axes as O, but with mirror planes, comprising both the mirror planes of Td and Th. This group is isomorphic to S4.C2, and is the full symmetry group of the cube and octahedron. It is the hyperoctahedral group for n = 3. See also the isometries of the cube.

With the 4-fold axes as coordinate axes, a fundamental domain of Oh is given by 0 ≤ x ≤ y ≤ z. An object with this symmetry is characterized by the part of the object in the fundamental domain, for example the cube is given by z = 1, and the octahedron by x + y + z = 1 (or the corresponding inequalities, to get the solid instead of the surface). ax + by + cz = 1 gives a polyhedron with 48 faces, e.g. the disdyakis dodecahedron.

Faces are 8-by-8 combined to larger faces for a = b = 0 (cube) and 6-by-6 for a = b = c (octahedron).

The 9 mirror lines of full octahedral symmetry can be divided into two subgroups of 3 and 6 (drawn in purple and red), representing in two orthogonal subsymmetries: D2h, and Td. D2h symmetry can be doubled to D4h by restoring 2 mirrors from one of three orientations.

Rotation matrices
Take the set of all 3×3 permutation matrices and assign a + or − sign to each of the three 1s. There are $$3!=6$$ permutations and $$2^3=8$$ sign combinations for a total of 48 matrices, giving the full octahedral group. 24 of these matrices have a determinant of +1; these are the rotation matrices of the chiral octahedral group. The other 24 matrices have a determinant of −1 and correspond to a reflection or inversion.

Three reflectional generator matrices are needed for octahedral symmetry, which represent the three mirrors of a Coxeter-Dynkin diagram. The product of the reflections produce 3 rotational generators.

The isometries of the cube
The cube has 48 isometries (symmetry elements), forming the symmetry group Oh, isomorphic to S4 × Z2. They can be categorized as follows:
 * O (the identity and 23 proper rotations) with the following conjugacy classes (in parentheses are given the permutations of the body diagonals and the unit quaternion representation):
 * identity (identity; 1)
 * rotation about an axis from the center of a face to the center of the opposite face by an angle of 90°: 3 axes, 2 per axis, together 6 ((1 2 3 4), etc.; ((1 ± i)/$\overline{3}$, etc.)
 * ditto by an angle of 180°: 3 axes, 1 per axis, together 3 ((1 2) (3 4), etc.; i, j, k)
 * rotation about an axis from the center of an edge to the center of the opposite edge by an angle of 180°: 6 axes, 1 per axis, together 6 ((1 2), etc.; ((i ± j)/$\overline{4}$, etc.)
 * rotation about a body diagonal by an angle of 120°: 4 axes, 2 per axis, together 8 ((1 2 3), etc.; (1 ± i ± j ± k)/2)
 * The same with inversion (x is mapped to −x) (also 24 isometries). Note that rotation by an angle of 180° about an axis combined with inversion is just reflection in the perpendicular plane. The combination of inversion and rotation about a body diagonal by an angle of 120° is rotation about the body diagonal by an angle of 60°, combined with reflection in the perpendicular plane (the rotation itself does not map the cube to itself; the intersection of the reflection plane with the cube is a regular hexagon).

An isometry of the cube can be identified in various ways:
 * by the faces three given adjacent faces (say 1, 2, and 3 on a die) are mapped to
 * by the image of a cube with on one face a non-symmetric marking: the face with the marking, whether it is normal or a mirror image, and the orientation
 * by a permutation of the four body diagonals (each of the 24 permutations is possible), combined with a toggle for inversion of the cube, or not

For cubes with colors or markings (like dice have), the symmetry group is a subgroup of Oh.

Examples:
 * C4v, [4], (*422): if one face has a different color (or two opposite faces have colors different from each other and from the other four), the cube has 8 isometries, like a square has in 2D.
 * D2h, [2,2], (*222): if opposite faces have the same colors, different for each set of two, the cube has 8 isometries, like a cuboid.
 * D4h, [4,2], (*422): if two opposite faces have the same color, and all other faces have one different color, the cube has 16 isometries, like a square prism (square box).
 * C2v, [2], (*22):
 * if two adjacent faces have the same color, and all other faces have one different color, the cube has 4 isometries.
 * if three faces, of which two opposite to each other, have one color and the other three one other color, the cube has 4 isometries.
 * if two opposite faces have the same color, and two other opposite faces also, and the last two have different colors, the cube has 4 isometries, like a piece of blank paper with a shape with a mirror symmetry.
 * Cs, [ ], (*):
 * if two adjacent faces have colors different from each other, and the other four have a third color, the cube has 2 isometries.
 * if two opposite faces have the same color, and all other faces have different colors, the cube has 2 isometries, like an asymmetric piece of blank paper.
 * C3v, [3], (*33): if three faces, of which none opposite to each other, have one color and the other three one other color, the cube has 6 isometries.

For some larger subgroups a cube with that group as symmetry group is not possible with just coloring whole faces. One has to draw some pattern on the faces.

Examples:
 * D2d, [2+,4], (2*2): if one face has a line segment dividing the face into two equal rectangles, and the opposite has the same in perpendicular direction, the cube has 8 isometries; there is a symmetry plane and 2-fold rotational symmetry with an axis at an angle of 45° to that plane, and, as a result, there is also another symmetry plane perpendicular to the first, and another axis of 2-fold rotational symmetry perpendicular to the first.
 * Th, [3+,4], (3*2): if each face has a line segment dividing the face into two equal rectangles, such that the line segments of adjacent faces do not meet at the edge, the cube has 24 isometries: the even permutations of the body diagonals and the same combined with inversion (x is mapped to −x).
 * Td, [3,3], (*332): if the cube consists of eight smaller cubes, four white and four black, put together alternatingly in all three standard directions, the cube has again 24 isometries: this time the even permutations of the body diagonals and the inverses of the other proper rotations.
 * T, [3,3]+, (332): if each face has the same pattern with 2-fold rotational symmetry, say the letter S, such that at all edges a top of one S meets a side of the other S, the cube has 12 isometries: the even permutations of the body diagonals.

The full symmetry of the cube, Oh, [4,3], (*432), is preserved if and only if all faces have the same pattern such that the full symmetry of the square is preserved, with for the square a symmetry group, Dih4, [4], of order 8.

The full symmetry of the cube under proper rotations, O, [4,3]+, (432), is preserved if and only if all faces have the same pattern with 4-fold rotational symmetry, Z4, [4]+.

Octahedral symmetry of the Bolza surface
In Riemann surface theory, the Bolza surface, sometimes called the Bolza curve, is obtained as the ramified double cover of the Riemann sphere, with ramification locus at the set of vertices of the regular inscribed octahedron. Its automorphism group includes the hyperelliptic involution which flips the two sheets of the cover. The quotient by the order 2 subgroup generated by the hyperelliptic involution yields precisely the group of symmetries of the octahedron. Among the many remarkable properties of the Bolza surface is the fact that it maximizes the systole among all genus 2 hyperbolic surfaces.

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Magic: The Gathering
Partial self-nom. This article was up for FAC ten months ago (see here); the vote was pretty much evenly split between Support and Oppose, and I think most of the concerns raised at the time have been adequately addressed. References have been added, the sections are more balanced in length, and much of the unnecessary details of gameplay, tournament structure, and strategy have been moved to separate pages. This article has not been through peer review, but it has been the center of the Magic: The Gathering WikiProject and has been shepherded by several dedicated users. Andrew Levine 21:53, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Andrew Levine 21:59, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Object. Looks very promising, but (1) List of card types should be edited to fix grammar, as well as standardize the definitions. As it stands, half the definitions make correct use of the colon, and the other half are written as though it isn't there. (2) Clarify terms such as "graveyard" and "tap" before they are used. (3) Clarify which card types are permanents and which are spells. (4) "A detailed rulebook exists..." needs a footnote linking to the rulebook's name or website. KingTT 22:42, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Even in the most recent edit, I have no idea what the purpose of artifacts in MTG are. The only information I can glean from the list of card types is what kind of fictional objects the cards represent. KingTT 14:59, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
 * If that's your biggest objection for that section, we're making progress. You would not believe what this looked like last time it was nominated. --Khaim 01:34, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Object. The images Image:White mana 40w-1-.jpg, Image:Blue mana 40w-1-.jpg, Image:Black mana 40w-1-.jpg, Image:Red mana 40w-1-.jpg, Image:Green mana 40w-1-.jpg, and Image:Magic old new border2.jpg have no source or copyright information.  --Carnildo 23:05, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * UPDATE: The images mentioned by Carnildo, with unclear copyright status, have been removed. Andrew Levine 02:16, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Image:MagicCards.jpg appears to be incorrectly labeled also. That isn't a board game cover. KingTT 23:34, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Weak object I had a long list of objections last time around, to refresh:
 * intro section too long (shouldnt be more than 1 or 2 paras)
 * history seems awful brief.
 * game play should be shortened and split into sub articles, this isnt a HOW-TO article.
 * is the section on secondary markets really necessary?
 * artwork is very brief, needs to be beefed up a bit (I originally collected for the artwork, so did many of my friends)
 * controversy should be spun off into a stub and expanded, theres been a lot of it and this brief mention doesnt do it justice in my opinion.
 * needs a few more references
 * external links are extensive and should be split into groups.
 * I would say these have all been fulfilled, however my new objections follow with the opposition of the users above, 1) this desperately needs a grammar/spelling check. 2) Some of the formatting doesnt have parallel form, 3) Images need to have clear copyright status. Once those are cleared up you have my support. Overall this is in MUCH better shape this time.  ALKIVAR ™[[Image:Radioactive.svg|18px|]] 02:33, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for recognizing the improvements. But what do you mean, "parallel form?" Please help, I want to have all objections satisfied by the end of the weekend. Andrew Levine 03:34, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Object—poorly written; Wikipedia requires the prose of FAs to be 'compelling, even brilliant'. Most sentences require surgery; here are just a few examples from the top to demonstrate that the whole text needs a thorough edit, preferably by someone else who can use 'fresh eyes' to turn the current chaos into an error-free, logical, and user-friendly article.
 * We'd like to know what 'Wizard of the Coast' is, without hitting the link. What do you mean by 'introduced'? ('published'? 'developed'? For Windows alone?)
 * 'and continues to endure with an estimated six million players in over seventy countries worldwide and on the Internet'—'70' better than 'seventy'; use 'more than', not 'over'; 'continues to endure' is tautological; is 'on the Internet' part of your 70-country and 6M count? (Categories a little fuzzy.)
 * 'The game plays as a strategy contest'—'is played' or just 'is a'.
 * 'In the game's primary fictional setting, each duel represents a battle'—Introduce the fact that the game consists of duels before you tell us something more detailed about them.
 * 'upon'—use 'on' wherever possible.
 * 'drew heavily from'—use the correct preposition.
 * 'The game boasts a thriving official tournament system'—I get the point, but the first three words are a bit hyped; just be plain and straightforward.
 * What is a 'scholarship prize'? Briefly gloss here, or deal with it later or not at all.
 * 'but is also known to be very well supported by casual gamers who only play with friends at schools, clubs, or home'—'but' is a false contrast here; you're not contradicting the previous clause, are you? 'known to be'—remove so that it's a plain statement. Remove 'only'? 'and' may be better than 'or' (same problem with your list of colours below). To follow this with 'The cards themselves also have value, much like other trading cards, but in this case based on both scarcity and game play potential' raises the question of 'also'—how is this statement connected with the previous sentence? What kind of value—real money?

 * Comment: I see external links in the "Colors of Magic" section. Could you convert those to footnotes, please? And "parallel form" means that in lists or complex sentences, the things being listed should be in the same form. A sentence not in parallel form would be something like this: "Three powers are most valued: being able to fly, the knowledge of another player's deck, and black magic." (I made this up, obviously, it's not in the article.) To put it in parallel form, rewrite like this: "Three powers are most valued: flying, casting black magic spells, and knowing the cards in another player's deck." Mamawrit  es    & listens  09:57, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Object per above. I hit the second paragraph and got confused.  "In the game's primary fictional setting, each duel represents a battle between very powerful wizards called "planeswalkers"..."  What is a "primary fictional setting"?  I take it the game somehow tells a story, but are there multiple stories in the game?  That meant that I hit the history section without much of an idea why the game could be played in "downtime".  The rest of the article is reasonably good, so I'd suggest rewriting the lead with the idea that the reader may not have a clear idea what the game is.  Jkelly 04:59, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Abstain. I'd like to support, after all, I was the past nominator - but above objections raise a good point. This needs language improvement. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 05:30, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

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Dippel's oil

Dippel's oil (sometimes referred to as bone oil) is a nitrogenous by-product of the destructive distillation of bones. A dark, viscous, tar-like liquid with an unpleasant smell, it is named after its inventor, Johann Konrad Dippel. The oil consists of aliphatic chains, with nitrogen functional groups including pyrroles, pyridines and nitriles, as well as other nitrogenous compounds.

Dippel's oil had a number of uses, which are mostly obsolete. Its primary use was as an animal and insect repellent. It saw limited use as a chemical warfare harassing agent during the desert campaign of World War II. The oil was used to render wells undrinkable and thus deny their use to the enemy. By not being lethal, the oil was claimed to not be in breach of the Geneva Protocol.

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Talk:Gary Numan

Article Picture
Why is the main picture for this article so old? It is from 1980. While this is an image of him at the height of his mainstream popularity, every other article on a famous individual I can find tends to opt for a more recent picture that is more representative of what they look like today. If there is no good reason and a modern picture would be better, I can try to find one that would be free to use. 74.196.155.140 (talk) 04:09, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

Simple Question (lyrics)

 * My favourite song is "Are friends electric?". I have a question concerning the lyrics:
 * So now I'm alone
 * Now I can think for myself
 * About little deals
 * And S.U's
 * And things that I just don't understand
 * What sort of "SU" is meant? -- Simplicius 10:53, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Not that this is really the appropriate forum for such a discussion but if you check out the "Are 'Friends' Electric?" page, you'll find the answer to your question... Cheers, Ian Rose 11:29, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Sorry, I did not realize that songs have their own articles.
 * I found the answer. Thank you very much indeed! -- Simplicius 13:52, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Wait, isn't "S.U.s" the British way of pronouncing "issues"?  And FWIW, I went to the main page of that article, and it doesn't explain it at all.   216.99.219.219 (talk) 09:40, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Plane crash
It was a long time ago, mid-80s if I remember, but I'm suprised the article doesn't make any mention of the light aircraft crash that Gary was involved in. I don't think he was the pilot but it certainly made the national news at the time it happened. Anyone have further details? Mighty Antar (talk) 09:09, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

I think it's significant enough to be mentioned, alongside several other flying incidents. For a long time there was nothing mentioned about his aviation career at all; at least that's been fixed. I keep meaning to update it with information from his autobiography, but never get around to it. Captain Sumo (talk) 08:10, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

Dates
"In late 2006, Numan announced on his website that recording would begin on his new album in January 2007, with Ade Fenton co-producing. Numan stated "think of Jagged and Pure, but faster, with bigger choruses, more energy, and more aggression" to describe the album's intended sound. The album, Jagged, was duly released on 13 March 2006."

Seems unlikely - anybody have the correct dates? --GenericBob (talk) 11:45, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

 * This is still an issue. Although an edit has been made the date discrepancy remains.THX1136 (talk) 15:32, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

 * Decided not to wait after confirming the release date for the album. Applied a logical solution to the discrepancy. Thus these sentences - "In late 2006, Numan announced on his website that recording would begin on his new album in January 2007, with Ade Fenton co-producing. The album, Jagged, was duly released on 13 March 2006." - have been changed to - "In late 2005, Numan announced on his website that recording would begin on his new album in January 2006, with Ade Fenton co-producing. The album, Jagged, was duly released on 13 March 2006." As noted in my edit comments if this is in error, feel free to revert.THX1136 (talk) 15:46, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

BLP Sources/Citations Needed?
I removed the BLP Sources template at the top of the page and I see that it was reverted by GorgeCustersSabre George Custer's Sabre. The article currently contains 28 references, so I believed that this template no longer applies.

I propose that any unreferenced statements actually be removed (if they already have a Citation needed tag) or, if there are new unsourced statements, add Citation needed tags to them and watch the page to see if other editors comes along to add citations. Otherwise, the statement should also be removed. Unsourced information should not remain in the article and there's no reason that the article can not be brought up to a standard that does not require the BLP Sources tag at the top.

Comments are welcome. MrX 13:47, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

 * Dear MrX, I hope you are well. For the sake of clarity, I have added citation needed tags where in good faith I believe the statements cannot be considered "common knowledge". They need to be referenced. When time permits, I will assist in working through these, removing each tag when I have found a source. I respectfully suggest that, if all editors interested in this page do the same, it won't take long until this article is a paradigm of thorough referencing. Best wishes to you. Yours sincerely, George Custer's Sabre (talk) 14:14, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

 * Dear MrX, further to my last comment, might I please respectfully ask other editors if I am wrong in saying that the following statements, and several others, either reflect various Wikipedia editors’ points of view or are reliably evident factual statements revealed in books, magazines, newspapers, etc? If the former, shouldn’t they be removed? If the latter, shouldn’t they be verified by reliable sources?

 * My examples:

 * “Numan's fascination with dystopian science fiction”
 * “one of Numan's most highly-regarded efforts to date”
 * “the tour actually lost him a great deal of money because of the vast expense in mounting it”
 * “the bleak, atmospheric and experimental”
 * “this latest image change was scorned by the music press”
 * “he experienced a creative malaise”

 * Best wishes, George Custer's Sabre (talk) 14:37, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I have no prob whether the tag at the top is there or not, but certainly more references are needed. Every so often I promise to do it (see further above!) but always seem to get sidetracked by another of my military history articles. Lately I've been tempted to just rewrite and fully cite it from scratch, I'd just need to collect a couple of references I don't presently have, and set aside the time. As to the particular statements from the article immediately above, they're probably all more-or-less true, but still need citations to reliable sources, as any such assertions do in WP. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 15:03, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your comments George Custer's Sabre and Ian Rose. I agree with everything said and will do what I can to assist in finding reliable sources or deleting unverifiable material.

 * I would like to suggest a slight adjustment to the article structure as well. The first major section is Biography, but in fact, the entire article is a biography. I recommend that we remove that section header and promote the 2nd and 3rd level headers below it. This seems to be more in alignment with how other Wikipedia biographies are structured. Cheers, MrX 16:35, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

 * Dear MrX, I think your outlined idea of a slight structural change is very sensible and, as you say, it's in keeping with how most other Wikipedia biographies are structured. Best wishes,George Custer's Sabre (talk) 16:53, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I think that works, MrX. I've also brought the article's Wikiproject Biography assessment back to C (which may still be too generous) -- there are way too many unsourced statements for a B-Class bio. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 23:12, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, I agree Ian Rose. I was surprised to see that the article already had a B-Class quality rating. We should be able to get it back to that rating with a little more effort. Best, MrX 23:29, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Non-relevant material
I removed the following from the Personal Life section of the article, since it has nothing to do with Numan's personal life, and is merely a trivia/pop culture reference:  Numan is referenced several times in the BBC TV series The Mighty Boosh as Vince Noir, one of the main characters, is a huge Gary Numan fan. Examples of this are in the episode "Tundra" where Numan gives Noir a lift to the Antarctic in his personal jet (a black jet with a red trim with "NUMAN" written in white), in the episode "Electro" Numan's influence is clear to see on Noir when he joins electro band "Kraftwork Orange". Along with making several other references to Numan (notably a scene where Noir states he's made some 'tapes' for a journey saying "This is the best of the 60s (holding one tape), this is the best of the 70s (holding another tape) and THIS (picks up a horde of tapes) is Gary Numan!"), Numan guest-starred in "The Power of the Crimp", being locked in a cupboard and is used (unsuccessfully) to cheer Vince up. It was also unsourced. MrX 23:26, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

 * I noted the attempt at garnering "good article" status, and wish to assist, but naturally don't want to do so without consensus - I think another reference to Gary wanting to make music with Trent Reznor (under 2009-present) should also be considered non-relevant at this stage and deleted. This may assist with compliance with the "a number of news announcements about future events" requirement, but also think all the statement about him starting to write lyrics for splinter etc need to be replaced by statements about what actually DID happen, past tense. This whole section under 2009+ is very "bitty" if you know what I mean. I intend to do a (suggested) rewrite of this section but not publish it, instead placing it for evaluation somewhere for consentual review. I'm casting about for a similar "good" article to base my rewrite, looking at the Pink Floyd article presently, which granted is a bit longer and has overall different structure. Any suggestions gratefully accepted, thanks. LittleFuzzyYeeks (talk) 05:03, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

 * If you're looking for inspiration, check out the Gary Moore biography which was listed GA in 2020, and Harry Styles which was promoted to GA in 2021. I emphasize recent nominations because the articles can change quite a lot after nomination.
 * You should also be reading Numan's recent book: (R)evolution: The Autobiography, his 1998 Praying to the Aliens: An Autobiography, and any other book about Numan that you can find. Try searching WorldCat for books. One suggestion is Paul Sutton's Understanding Gary Numan: The Machine Quartet (1978-1981) published in 2017. A "good" article is one that summarizes a wide range of sources for the reader. Binksternet (talk) 06:20, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Excellent articles, thanks and appreciate your help - I have both autobiographies, will try to aquire other sources also. LittleFuzzyYeeks (talk) 08:26, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

Influence by John Foxx Ultravox
here is a video showing Numan Talking about Ultravox and their influence on him http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QJbmUbCh18

Can someone put this reference in where it belongs? Thanks

TJ (talk) 19:00, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

having looked at the video once more I think that there is good cause to amend the text to read "Numan has cited John Foxx Ultravox as his primary source of inspration as well as Bowie (citation Needed) and Bolan (citation needed."

I have been a Numan fan for many years and have to confess that whilst I have heard him refer to John Foxx Ultravox often I have not heard him attribute any musical influence to either Bowie or Bolan. It was very fashionable for music journalists in that era to attribute influence to those two as they were part of the "Canon", which Ultravox never have been. Perhaps that is where it comes from. It isn't what the man himself says, though, as the video makes clear http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QJbmUbCh18

TJ (talk) 19:39, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

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Asperger syndrome
There is (or at one point was) a curious outbreak of male public figures and semi-public figures telling the press that they have Asperger syndrome because they took one of Simon Baron-Cohen's questionnaires at the prompting of their wives. Bram Cohen is one; Vernon L. Smith is another. Gary Numan's story is, by his own admission, the same. He didn't wait for any medical professional to tell him he had the syndrome, he just made up his own mind and started talking about it. He can believe what he wants, but it's not a basis for categorization, because the term "diagnosis" itself invokes the involvement of a medical expert. 50.185.134.48 (talk) 08:03, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
 * The Independent states: “Numan was diagnosed with Asperger's in 2001, 15 years after releasing the top 10 hit "Cars". "For years, I couldn't understand why people thought I was arrogant, but now it all makes a bit more sense," he said.” It is not up to you (or me) to decide whether the diagnosis is inaccurate or not. He says he has it. George Custer's Sabre (talk) 14:23, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

It is up to me when editing this page to verify the categories in view of available information. If you choose not to do that, then too bad. I am willing to accept ipse dixit statements in the press where no further detail is available. In this case there is, so I do not accept it. AS is defined by medical experts and it is diagnosed by medical experts, not musicians. Please remove the category. 50.185.134.48 (talk) 16:27, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

 * Nope. Numan says that he has Aspeger's and neutral, third-party newspapers have reported this. George Custer's Sabre (talk) 04:08, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

I've raised this question at WikiProject Psychology, which is a parent of WikiProject Autism. 50.185.134.48 (talk) 00:23, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

MrX, you insist on a standard that would make it practically impossible to remove any self-diagnosers from the associated list and categories, or those of the next born-genius/born-criminal diagnosis that might come along. According to you, if someone claims a self-diagnosis and that gets passed on in even one instance as "a diagnosis," suddenly it counts for as much as the opinion of a medical expert. You'd elevate personal fantasy to medical conclusion. 50.185.134.48 (talk) 04:04, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

 * This issue is that Numan is "self-diagnosed," according to the statements he has made and there is no evidence that he has an official diagnosis. Nobody disputes that he says he thinks he has AS, but he is not qualified to diagnose himself; he is a musician, not a psychologist.2602:30A:2ED1:2EE0:1D21:7F34:13D3:4F7B (talk) 01:13, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

 * Within the ContactMusic.com source titled "Numan Convinced He Has Asperger's", the source states unequivocally that Numan "has not officially been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome". In the second and only other source by the Independent titled "Asperger's syndrome: The ballad of Nikki Bacharach", the source also states that "Numan claimed that his difficulty in social situations had led him to believe he had AS". Neither of these sources show evidence that Numan has ever been diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome or any other developmental disorder. It appears, instead, that he self-identifies as having Asperger Syndrome. Wikipedia.org doesn't accept self-identification statements as reliable facts. WP editors shouldn't continue to categorize Numan as having Asperger Syndrome.2001:558:6008:3B:39D3:6322:7F0B:D324 (talk) 12:46, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

 * On April 4, 2016, Variety magazine reported that the subject had "various mood and behavioral problems related to the Asperger syndrome he wasn't diagnosed with until fairly late." This appears to confirm that the subject has recently been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. As such I have added an additional reference, citation and source link to the relevant section, and categorized the article accordingly.2001:558:6008:3B:5C60:C1D3:EE33:1BCD (talk) 15:31, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

 * Keep in mind that many people who self-diagnose something later get this confirmed with a proper diagnosis. If sources report that Numan "was diagnosed with" something, that implies a proper diagnosis, so more editorial investigation of sourcing would be in order. It's unlikely the paper would report a questionable self-diagnosis as "was diagnosed" (you wouldn't say that "I was fed a cheeseburger" if I cooked it myself), so there is probably an additional source out there about an actual diagnosis that the paper is relying on. The dates of the sources (that newspaper and the ContactMusic piece) may also matter.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  04:45, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

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Career as Pilot?
It seems like an amazing oversight that his 15 year career as a stunt pilot isn't mentioned at all.

Here's an external link where he references it: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jul/29/gary-numan-musician 2601:602:9A00:1D4B:C9D2:5F4B:FCF7:EFD2 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 14:22, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

Agreed. This was part of the article but seems to have been removed. He performed regular airshows in the 80's, and was a qualified trainer. He discusses it extensively in his autobiography. --Captain Sumo (talk) 09:20, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

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Aspergers
"A child psychologist diagnosed me with Asperger’s, I must have been about 14" - from the guardian interview - this article, and that quote, cannot both be true...

 * That has now been added. Although yes, it does seem somewhat contradictory. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:31, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

 * Considering Asperger's wasn't a common diagnosis until well into the 1980s, it's possibly dubious. - Pro hib it O ni o ns (T) 08:39, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

 * Mr Numan's claim is rather doubtful - psychologists are nearly always adults. Dark Clouds of Joy (talk) 23:40, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

Gang of Four
It mentions that Gary Numan was supported by the Gang of Four, the Chinese radical communists who opposed Deng Xiaoping. I highly doubt this to be true and considering the The Gang of Four were put on trial in 1981 and were imprisoned for life, this is most certainly impossible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C5:6E2E:9000:5506:FF7C:F4CF:3CDF (talk) 16:09, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_of_Four_(band). Though this is probably a troll comment as it's so obvious. 101.176.79.226 (talk) 06:44, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

Random (album)
The 1997 tribute album "Random, Vol. 1: A Gary Numan Tribute" played a big role in Numan's career revival, containing contributions from numerous noteworthy artists. But so far there is no article on it, such as Random (album) - Pro hib it O ni o ns (T) 11:20, 8 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Not Random (02) (1998) then? Martinevans123 (talk) 11:28, 8 November 2019 (UTC)
 * No. As that article begins, "Random (02) is a remix album by Gary Numan, released in 1998 on Beggars Banquet records as a companion album to the Random covers album of the preceding year." The second Random is a different, far less important album than the first. - Pro hib it O ni o ns (T) 10:37, 13 November 2019 (UTC)
 * OK. What's your source for the Random Vol 1 album? And the claim that it "played a big role in Numan's career revival"? Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:41, 13 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Here's the Guardian: "It (Numan's career revival) began with Random": - and here's the Allmusic review . - Pro hib it O ni o ns  (T) 11:06, 13 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Looks reasonable. Why not go ahead and add? Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:34, 13 November 2019 (UTC)
 * OK, I've created a stub for it with the above links. Surprised by how much 1997-era coverage isn't online, but other sources to improve it could include Numan's biography. - Pro hib it O ni o ns (T) 09:54, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

Android in La La Land
I have created a very short Android in La La Land page but was wondering why it isn't mentioned here. I can add but not sure why it was never here in the first place as a relevant piece of material about Numan. --BustOut (talk) 13:27, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Intruder
Still no sign of an article for Intruder_(Gary_Numan_album) even with the album expected to hit the charts any minute now. I started the most basic stub a couple of days ago, but it was swiftly reverted for being unsourced. Would someone with a bit more time like to have a go? - Pro hib it O ni o ns (T) 08:36, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

Better picture
Can we have a better picture than the one that is pretty much a selfie for the main article? 129.67.123.22 (talk) 12:00, 23 July 2021 (UTC)

I was going to start a new section but I found this was here, so I'll use it. uploaded the selfie—a still from a YouTube by Numan—to Commons and put it here and on the discography article. This was reverted at this article at least once, by on 7 September. But Ian Rose's replacement was the green image, File:Garynuman2011.jpg, which I think is unnecessarily weird for a top image. I was alerted to this article by a site one is not supposed to name on Wikipedia, which has a thread on "unflattering portraits", and found Commons was using in their infobox a headshot cropped from another 2011 performance, File:Gary Numan.jpg, which I thought was the best choice: it represents him at the peak of his fame, it's not out of focus or weirdly lit, and we usually use a head and shoulders view as the top image for a person. I also reduced the size of the portrait-mode images in the article and shortened a caption. (And I've nominated the YouTube photo and another of a different person that SomeWhatLife also screen-grabbed from YouTube for deletion on Commons, since neither has evidence of permission.) SomeWhatLife reverted me today in this edit, without an edit summary and marked as a minor edit, except that they restored the green performance photo rather than the blurry photo in his car. I've just reverted back with an explanatory edit summary, so the images need discussion, especially the lead/infobox image. I'll bow to consensus if the green image—or the selfie—is felt to better represent Numan at the top of the article, but I assume a living person would rather not appear in Google's knowledge box looking greener than a Vulcan, in a blue-green haze, and obviously singing/speaking? Yngvadottir (talk) 21:09, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
 * The lovechild of Hulk and Nosferatu the Vampyre? I think the current image is better for the lead, thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:46, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi, tks for the ping, anything was an improvement on the selfie so I picked what seemed the most appropriate from within the article for want of anything better, but the one there now is fine. I think we could even ditch the 'green' one as we have a good-quality black-and-white one in that section (I deemed a colour shot more appropriate for the infobox) but that's another matter... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:24, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
 * I realise I'm not a pro photographer and it shows (oddly enough they don't usually donate theirs), I uploaded a couple from (R)evolution to the commons recently that perhaps are insufficiently good, but at least they aren't green! Would not dare to put them in the article cos the 'Noid Old Guard would probably hate me :) True, some folk out there probably have much better pics. LittleFuzzyYeeks (talk) 15:32, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I had to kill that green pic sorry, it bothered me, and there appeared to be consensus regarding it, so... If you really hate the purple one I am sure there are more in Wikimedia Commons that would be better than the green. LittleFuzzyYeeks (talk) 06:41, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Inserted better resolution pic, hope it's OK but if better feel free (Very hard to for me to get a pic of GN in focus, not eating his mic etc, and without duckface. But I know zero photographically).LittleFuzzyYeeks (talk) 04:14, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

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Talk:Thai Ridgeback

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Oh, certainly, this is the good article. I thought a stub was needed so I made Thai Ridgeback Dog. It doesn't have any useful info that isn't already contained here. So I'll re-orient any links to the TRD article, and then ask for speedy deletion.

"UC Fresno study"
This information added " In 2001-2002 at the University of California, Fresno Veterinary College, a genetic study of 300 DNA samples taken of Thai Ridgebacks from across Thailand found the Thai Ridgeback to be a unique breed unrelated to the Rhodesian or Phu Quoc dogs. " is blatantly wrong. First off there is no "UC Fresno." I have been in contact with the university and tracked down the actual study which actually provides evidence of a common ancestor. You can see the study here http://diss-epsilon.slu.se/archive/00001669/ And it was done by Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Some samples were collected by Dr Mark Neff at UC Davis Regalthai (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 23:01, 26 November 2009 (UTC).

History in error
I believe this section is in error with known facts. Phu Quoc was the island where the western dog-fancier first encountered the breed and obtained the dog in the 19th century, when the island was colonized. However, it is long known that the so called Phu Quoc Dog and the Thai Ridgeback is one and the same dog. Actually, this dog is found in Thailand, Vietnam, Kamphuchea (Cambodia) and Indonesia. However, the it is found only on the islands of Vietnam, Kamphuchea and Indonesia, while it is found on both the islands and the mainland of Thailand. Nevertheless, the Thai Ridgeback and Phu Quoc Dog is one and the same breed, as stated by Ph.D. S. Wannakrairoj in 1995.

 * When S. Wannakrairoj state that the Phu Quoc Dog and the Thai Ridgeback is one and the same, he is of course 100% right. However, there is of course a distinct difference between the original ridgeback type (the dog from Phu Quoc if you like), which was primarily a semi-wild swift hunting dog, and the Thai Ridgeback of today, which has been breed to gain weight and so be more of a street fighter. This dog i no longer a hunter, but a product of modern breeding with a primitive attitude. There may still be a few original ridgebacks’ out there of course.

 * However, there seems to be a great deal of confusion regarding the ridgeback, which really is just one of three different varieties of the Boran Dog (a.k.a. the Mah Thai). The two other are the common Thai Dog and the Siamese Hairless Dog. The last by many thought to be extinct, though some experts believe some may have survived in northeastern parts of Thailand. Only time will tell ;-) Tbjornstad 16:43, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

The Thai Ridgeback is likely to have been the only primitime hunting dog in the world, having a rigdeback. The Hottentot Hunting Hound, which is known under many different local names and not at all extinct, but today recognized as one of several varieties of the South African breed known as the Africanis, is likely to be a primitive cross breed between the Thai dog and the African dog. As such, puppies of Africanis is still born with or without ridgeback, in a mixed litter. - Tbjornstad 08:19, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

I disagree with the statement that the dog is no longer a hunter. If left to their own devices, (which happens very commonly in Thailand as the people are primarily buddhist and vets do not euthanize animals) the dog will fend for itself and revert to feral in the jungle. I hunt with mine all the time and their natural skill rivals that of any trained modern hunting breed. I agree that the Phu Quoc and Thai Ridgeback are probably divergent varieties of the same dog but only scientific research can provide answers to theorized relationships between breeds. Regalthai (talk) 11:13, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Photo
Is it possible to get a photo that shows the dog's ridge? --Pharaoh Hound 13:56, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

The photo that has been provided and labeled a NEEDLE RIDGE is inaccurate it is not a NEEDLE RIDGE it is too wide. It is what we call a Phaen Ridge. Similar in shape to the needle ridge however it is much wider. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Trdpreservation (talk • contribs) 01:44, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

The reason that photo is labeled needle ridge is because this is English wikipedia and a English name for the Phaen Ridge has not been established. Needle is the closest one. Regalthai (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 07:36, 16 July 2009 (UTC).

Info box change
An editor is changing several dog breed articles either replacing the dog breed info box template or adding a taxonomy template. In the case of this article, the dog breed info box has been removed entirely with the edit summary "Hm, no, as they are dingoes". As far as I can tell, no discussion has taken place anywhere - certainly not on the dog project. I am about to revert this again as the dog breed info box supplies the links to the breed standards as recognised by the FCI etc. SagaciousPhil  - Chat 09:16, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

 * Hello SagaciousPhil . The breed standards cited in the taxabox returned the following results: FCI - "erreur de serveur" (that sounds so much better in the French), AKC - what is offered on that page is not a breed standard in my opinion, UKC - "the webpage cannot be found". So no standard is offered here.
 * Additionally, I found and quote below from 2014: An updated description of the Australian dingo (Canis dingo Meyer, 1793)

 * Differences from other ‘dingo forms’

 * Note that the following canids are considered by some authors as actual dingoes with some geographical variation (Corbett, 1985, 1995). Others recognized them as separate forms (Gollan, 1982).

 * 1 Different from the New Guinea singing dog Canis hallstromi by its greater height at the withers (Koler-Matznick et al., 2003). It resembles the New Guinea singing dog in most other morphological characteristics (Koler-Matznick et al., 2003).

 * 2 Different from Thai pariah dogs, as defined by Corbett (1985), by being larger in cranial (total skull length of pre-20th century dingoes 189.0 mm ± 1.8; Thai pariah dog male = 179.5 mm ± 3.1, female = 173.2 mm ± 3.6) and external measurements (Corbett, 1985).

 * It would appear that the editor in question has some support in academia and no disagreement from the breed-standards cited in the taxabox. If they had have referred this matter to this talk page first, they may have received some support for their undertaking - however they chose not to. Regards, William Harris  •   talk •   02:30, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
 * The FCI and UKC changed the links to all breed standards on their websites, which is why 404 errors were being returned, I have now corrected those for this breed. The AKC also recently revamped its website and while I feel the presentation of information is now infantile and clumsy the information is still there. SagaciousPhil  - Chat 05:36, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

Thailand is claimed to have the purest modern population dingoes, are these dingoes Thai Ridgeback, Thai Bangkaew Dog, or another population of dingo? Editor abcdef (talk) 06:09, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
 * You have asked the wrong question. The right question would have been "On what basis is the trinomial reference in the taxabox for the Thai Ridgeback classified as Canis lupis familiaris?". From what I am seeing, there is no citation provided. Regards, William Harris  •   talk •   00:48, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

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Dennis Alexio

Dennis Raymond Alexio (born March 12, 1959) is an American former professional kickboxer and actor who competed in the light heavyweight, cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions. Starting out as a light heavyweight, Alexio kicked off his career with an extensive, knockout-laden undefeated streak before losing a decision to Don "The Dragon" Wilson in a World Kickboxing Association (WKA) World Super Light Heavyweight Full Contact Championship match in 1984. He rebounded from this by winning the Professional Karate Association (PKA) World Light Heavyweight title that same year before moving up to cruiserweight and taking the International Sport Karate Association (ISKA) World Cruiserweight Full Contact strap. In the late 1980s, he began his transition to the heavyweight division where he won six world titles and was considered the undisputed World Heavyweight Champion. He faced the two toughest tests of his career in 1992 against Branko Cikatić and Stan Longinidis - both of whom were heavier fighters - fighting to a controversial draw with Cikatić and losing to Longinidis via an early low kick KO which resulted in a broken leg.

An aggressive fighter possessing good boxing skills, a powerful spinning back kick and Muay Thai style roundhouse kick to the midsection, head and legs, Alexio retired with an impressive 92% KO ratio.

In April 2017, he was sentenced to 15 years in prison on multiple counts of fraud and tax evasion.

Early life
Dennis Alexio was born and raised in Vacaville, California. He was a standout athlete in his youth, excelling in American football, baseball and basketball. In an interview with Inside Karate magazine, he claimed to have turned down an offer to play baseball with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He began his martial arts training in Kajukenbo and in college, he played American football as a linebacker, using karate to get faster and more flexible for football. Liking karate, he decided to pursue the full contact aspect of it, not just point sparring. So Alexio started learning other styles like tang soo do before moving on to full-contact karate/professional kickboxing, where he added boxing and Muay Thai skills to his kickboxing repertoire along with his karate training. His entrance music was "The Final Countdown" by Swedish rock band Europe.

Early career (1980–1983)
Alexio debuted as a professional kickboxer in early 1980, losing to Mike King via technical knockout in Culver City, California in his freshman appearance. The outcome of the bout was later overturned to a no contest by the PKA, however, with the fight deemed a mismatch as Alexio was competing for the first time with no amateur fights or any fighting experience, while King was a Professional Full Contact Karate/Kickboxer. Alexio learned from that fight and trained hard, he went on to win seventeen consecutive fights after that, all by knockout with only one going past the third round. In his first international match-up, Alexio stopped Basil Gura with a kick in round three of their contest in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia on November 19, 1983.

Light heavyweight and cruiserweight world championships (1984–1986)
Having established himself as a force on the world stage with his extensive winning streak, Alexio was given the chance to fight Don "The Dragon" Wilson for the inaugural WKA World Super Light Heavyweight (-83.2 kg/183.4 lb) Full Contact Championship in Hollywood in Wilson's home state of Florida on March 29, 1984. Televised on NBC's Sports World and with the #1 spot in the STAR System World Kickboxing Ratings on the line, Alexio's straight forward, boxing-based style played into the hands of the counterfighter Wilson, who pelted him with unchecked low kicks throughout the twelve round bout. Wilson won by a unanimous decision 119-106,119-112,118-114. Alexio disputed the result, calling it a "hometown decision." A second bout between the pair would never come to fruition.

Alexio rebounded from this defeat by winning the PKA World Light Heavyweight title in his hometown of Vacaville on September 14, 1984, knocking down Rob Salazar twice in round five en route to a decision win. He made successful defences of this belt against Bernard Clark and Neil Singleton the following year before moving up to the cruiserweight division where he was soon crowned the ISKA World Cruiserweight (-88.2 kg/194.4 lb) Full Contact Champion. He also briefly pursued a career in professional boxing between 1984 and 1985, going 7-1 with five KO victories.

In an ISKA title defence on August 16, 1986, in Denver, Colorado, Alexio survived an early scare as he was dropped with a big right hook from Lowell Nash in the first round, coming back by flooring Nash with a right hook of his own before finishing him with a right cross at the end of the fourth.

Transition to heavyweight (1987–1991)
By 1987, Alexio's record consisted of twenty-six wins and one loss, and so he made the transition to the heavyweight class where, at 1.80m/5 ft 11in and just over 91 kg/200 lb, he was one of the smaller competitors. After winning the Karate International Council of Kickboxing (KICK) full contact world heavyweight title, he made one last defence of his ISKA cruiserweight belt on June 3, 1987, when he outpointed Larry McFadden over twelve rounds in Stateline, Nevada. Less than a month later, he defended his KICK Heavyweight belt and also won the vacant ISKA Heavyweight (-96.4 kg/212.5 lb) title against Jeff Hollins on June 20, 1987, in Denver.

On August 6, 1990, at Harrah's Lake Tahoe in Stateline, Alexio faced Canadian taekwondo stylist Darrell Henegan in a heavyweight unification fight with Alexio's ISKA and KICK titles, and Henegan's Fight Factory Karate Association (FFKA) title on the line. Alexio won via TKO after the referee stopped the fight towards the end of the fifth round.

At the end of 1990, he re-located to Honolulu, Hawaii where he fought twenty times at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center, winning all twenty by knockout. He also adopted the nickname of "Kaheke" while fighting there and often fought in a Hawaiian grass skirt.

In another heavyweight title unification bout, Alexio put his ISKA belt on the line against Jerry Rhome with the vacant PKC title also up for grabs at KarateMania III held at Caesars Tahoe in Stateline on August 24, 1991. He floored Rhome with a roundhouse kick on the bell at the end of the fourth before going out and finishing him off early in five. Alexio then defeated a number of middle-of-the-road challengers from around the world under full contact before seeking super fights with champions from other rule sets.

Fights with Cikatić and Longinidis (1992)
On March 16, 1992, Alexio faced his toughest opponent to date when he met Croatian Muay Thai fighter Branko Cikatić in at the World Martial Arts Challenge at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Although Alexio still held the ISKA, KICK and FFKA heavyweight world titles, and Cikatić was the WKA/IKBF World Cruiserweight Champion, the only title on the line was the inaugural World Martial Arts Challenge (WMAC) Heavyweight Championship. The rules of the bout were disputed between both fighters right up to the day of the fight. Alexio, who had competed exclusively under full contact rules, wanted both fighters to wear foot pads. Cikatić, a Muay Thai stylist and international rules fighter, wanted low kicks as well as the Thai clinch to be allowed. In the end, low kicks were allowed and Alexio wore foot pads, and knees and the clinch were banned. The duration of the fight was set at eight, three-minute rounds.

The first two rounds were a battle but Alexio was winning with his barrage of un-answered uppercuts, hooks to the head and body kicks, but Cikatić was game and did fire back. Alexio utilized his better boxing skills but Cikatić used his powerful low kicks to his advantage. Cikatić was docked a point in the second round for kneeing Alexio in the clinch, which was not legal for this bout. The fight then ended in confusion in the third round when a stoppage was called as Alexio's right foot pad came off. The referee, Pat Burleson, decided to continue the fight without retrieving the foot pad as it had fallen out of the ring. However, before the fight was restarted Alexio hit Cikatić with two left hooks and then kicked at him but missed as he fell to the canvas. The fight was stopped there and, as it had gone less than half of the set eight rounds, was ruled a technical draw.

Following this, Alexio went on to collect three straight KO wins before agreeing to fight Australian Stan Longinidis, an up-and-coming fighter who had been calling him out for some time. One of the most highly anticipated fights in the sport's history at the time, and a bad-blooded affair, the bout took place in Longinidis' hometown of Melbourne, Victoria on December 6, 1992, with the vacant ISKA International rules Heavyweight Championship of the World up for grabs. Six seconds into the fight, Longinidis hit Alexio with a right low kick, causing Alexio's fibula and tibia to break. Officially, the fight lasted just fifteen seconds and Longinidis was named the winner via technical knockout.

Alexio and his manager, Bob Wall, disputed the fight and claimed that the fracture was caused by Alexio twisting his leg on a depression in the ring floor. Although Wall did initially comment after the fight, that Longinidis clearly won with an excellent legal kick. The outcome of the review was divided: the United States division of the ISKA overturned the ruling to a no contest, while the WKA and Australian division of the ISKA upheld the original decision. A rematch between Longinidis and Alexio was discussed but never materialized.

Later career (1993–1999)
One of kickboxing's biggest stars at the time, Dennis Alexio was offered the opportunity to fight at UFC 1, the first mixed martial arts tournament held in North America, in 1993 but declined because of the money and he was still recovering from his broken leg and a screw was sheared off by accident into his leg which complicated his return to the ring. Alexio recovered from his broken leg and made a comeback on January 22, 1994, in Lake Tahoe, where he defeated England's Heavyweight Kickboxing Champion and K-1 Kickboxer Mark Russell Of England via technical knockout in the second round to defend the PKC World Heavyweight Full Contact Karate/Kickboxing title. His first significant fight since his comeback came on March 26, 1994, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada when he defeated Dick Kimber to defend the PKC belt at KarateMania VIII. He was ordered by the referee to remove his Hawaiian grass skirt at the end of round one, and came out wearing a pair of traditional kickboxing trunks in round two and battered Kimber to a TKO victory.

He would end out his career fighting mostly in Honolulu and under full contact rules, beating a number of K-1 fighters. During the mid-1990s, he began to face growing criticism of his opponents, with Rick Roufus and Maurice Smith claiming that he was avoiding them and other high-level heavyweights, but he has stated on numerous occasions on television that he would take them on but the promoters couldn't get the fighters together with the money or the cable networks and pay per view to televise the fights with the arrival and popularity of the UFC/MMA American Kickboxing viewership was on the decline and the television ratings and Pay per view buys weren't there any longer for the networks to justify those big money fights so they never happened.

On May 31, 1997, Alexio won the vacant IKF World Heavyweight Championship when he defeated European Super Heavyweight Kickboxing Champion and MMA fighter Barrington Patterson of England who was often referred to as one of Britain's "hardest men" by TKO at the end of the fifth round in Honolulu. His first defense of this title was on November 21, 1997, when he defeated Jeff Gibson. In May 1998 in Sacramento, California, he defeated French Kickboxing/Savate Heavyweight Champion Achille Roger of France by TKO in round five to defend his title for a second time. His title was retired by the IKF on November 24, 2003. The IKF organization had been trying to contact Alexio since June 2003, to discuss what his future plans for the sport were, such as a title defense or a retirement of his title. However, they never received any return phone call.

His last ever fight came on December 18, 1999, at Honolulu's Neal S. Blaisdell Center, where he knocked out Welshman Gordon Minors to win the WAKO Pro World Heavyweight Full Contact Championship, his eight world title.

Acting appearances
Alexio starred alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme in the 1989 film Kickboxer. He also had a small role in the 1988 film Picasso Trigger in addition to an appearance in a 1990 episode of Super Force.

Legal issues
Alexio was charged with two counts of bank fraud in addition to failing to pay child support on July 1, 2003. On December 20, 2005, a federal magistrate ordered that he be detained and returned to California.

On June 12, 2007, Alexio was arrested at his home in Aiea, Hawaii for failing to appear as a witness before a federal grand jury and on an outstanding federal warrant issued in San Francisco for bank fraud. A federal judge in West Virginia had issued a warrant for his arrest on April 20 when he failed to appear as summoned to testify in a fraud case.

Alexio was again arrested by federal agents at a coffee shop in Aiea, Hawaii on November 21, 2013, and his wife Anitalei was later arrested at their home. The couple was charged with 36 counts of filing false tax claims, wire fraud and money laundering from December 2008 to August 2013. The federal government also accused him of sending false documents to obtain gold bars and coins worth hundreds of thousands of U.S. dollars. Both pleaded not guilty and were scheduled to stand trial on the charges in January 2014.

During his trial, Alexio behaved erratically and used a sovereign citizen line of defense. The court eventually terminated his self-representation. On January 22, 2016, Alexio was found guilty on 28 counts, including tax fraud, theft, money laundering and using false and fictitious financial instruments. On April 27, 2017, Alexio was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison. He is serving his sentence at Federal Correctional Institution, Beaumont under BOP Inmate Number 93052-011 and is scheduled for release in 2027.

Kickboxing

 * Fight Factory Karate Association
 * FFKA World Heavyweight Full Contact Championship
 * International Kickboxing Federation
 * IKF World Heavyweight (-97.73 kg/215.5 lb) Full Contact Championship
 * International Sport Karate Association
 * ISKA World Cruiserweight (-88.2 kg/194.4 lb) Full Contact Championship
 * ISKA World Heavyweight (-96.4 kg/212.5 lb) Full Contact Championship
 * Karate International Council of Kickboxing
 * KICK World Heavyweight Full Contact Championship
 * Professional Karate Association
 * PKA World Light Heavyweight Championship
 * Professional Kickboxing Council
 * PKC World Heavyweight Full Contact Championship
 * World Association of Kickboxing Organizations
 * WAKO Pro World Heavyweight (-94.1 kg/207.5 lb) Full Contact Championship

Boxing record

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 * 1985-11-02 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Kevin Smith || Hereford House || Sacramento, California, US || KO || 2 || || 7-1
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 * 1985-06-18 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Tim Jones || || Sacramento, California, US || Decision || 6 || 3:00 || 6-1
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 * 1985-04-06 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Bernard Clark || Hereford House || Sacramento, California, US || TKO || 4 || || 5-1
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 * 1985-02-08 || Loss ||align=left|🇺🇸 Mike Randle || || Napa, California, US || TKO || 8 || || 4-1
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 * 1984-11-02 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Tommy Tellery || || Napa, California, US || DQ || 2 || || 4-0
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 * 1984-07-13 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Tony Willingham || || Napa, California, US || KO || 4 || || 3-0
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 * 1984-06-12 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Philip Rosas || || Sacramento, California, US || KO || 2 || || 2-0
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 * 1984-02-22 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Darrell Singleton || || Santa Rosa, California, US || KO || 3 || || 1-0
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 * 1984-06-12 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Philip Rosas || || Sacramento, California, US || KO || 2 || || 2-0
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 * 1984-02-22 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Darrell Singleton || || Santa Rosa, California, US || KO || 3 || || 1-0
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 * 1984-02-22 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Darrell Singleton || || Santa Rosa, California, US || KO || 3 || || 1-0
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Kickboxing and Karate record
! style=background:white colspan=9 |Wins the WAKO Pro World Heavyweight (-94.1kg/207.5lb) Full Contact Championship. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Defends the IKF World Heavyweight (-97.73kg/215.5lb) Full Contact Championship. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Defends the IKF World Heavyweight (-97.73kg/215.5lb) Full Contact Championship. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Wins the IKF World Heavyweight (-97.73kg/215.5lb) Full Contact Championship. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Defends the ISKA World Heavyweight (-96.4kg/212.5lb) Full Contact Championship. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Defends the PKC World Heavyweight Full Contact Championship. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Defends the PKC World Heavyweight Full Contact Championship. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |For the ISKA World Heavyweight (-96.4kg/212.5lb) International Rules Championship. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Originally ruled a KO victory for Alexio in round one. The match is restarted and ends via stoppage in round two. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |For the WMAC World Heavyweight Championship. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Defends the ISKA World Heavyweight (-96.4kg/212.5lb) Full Contact Championship and wins the PKC World Heavyweight Full Contact Championship. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Defends the ISKA World Heavyweight (-96.4 kg/212 lb) Full Contact Championship and the KICK World Heavyweight Full Contact Championship, and wins the FFKA World Heavyweight Full Contact Championship. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Defends the KICK World Heavyweight Full Contact Championship. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Defends the KICK World Heavyweight Full Contact Championship and wins the ISKA World Heavyweight (-96.4 kg/212 lb) Full Contact Championship. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Defends the ISKA World Cruiserweight (-88.2kg/194.4lb) Full Contact Championship. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Defends the ISKA World Cruiserweight (-88.2kg/194.4lb) Full Contact Championship. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Defends the PKA World Light Heavyweight Championship. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Defends the PKA World Light Heavyweight Championship. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Wins the PKA World Light Heavyweight Championship. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |For the WKA World Super Light Heavyweight (-83.2kg/183.4lb) Full Contact Championship and the STAR World Super Light Heavyweight (-83.2kg/183.4lb) Championship. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |For the Pacific Cruiserweight Title. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Originally a TKO loss for Alexio. Overturned to a no contest by the PKA as the fight was deemed a mismatch.
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 * 1999-12-18 || Win ||align=left|🏴 Gordon Minors || Neal S. Blaisdell Center || Honolulu, Hawaii, US || KO || 5 || || 68-1-1 (3)
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 * 1999-05-08 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Anthony Elmore || Neal S. Blaisdell Center || Honolulu, Hawaii, US || KO || 12 || || 67-1-1 (3)
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 * 1999-03-06 || Win ||align=left|🏴 Ricky Nickelson || Neal S. Blaisdell Center || Honolulu, Hawaii, US || KO || || || 66-1-1 (3)
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 * 1998-05-01 || Win ||align=left|🇫🇷 Achille Roger || || Memorial Auditorium Sacramento, California, US || TKO || 4 || || 65-1-1 (3)
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 * 1998-05-01 || Win ||align=left|🇫🇷 Achille Roger || || Memorial Auditorium Sacramento, California, US || TKO || 4 || || 65-1-1 (3)
 * 1998-05-01 || Win ||align=left|🇫🇷 Achille Roger || || Memorial Auditorium Sacramento, California, US || TKO || 4 || || 65-1-1 (3)
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 * 1997-11-21 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Jeff Gibson || Neal S. Blaisdell Center || Honolulu, Hawaii, US || KO || || || 64-1-1 (3)
 * 1997-11-21 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Jeff Gibson || Neal S. Blaisdell Center || Honolulu, Hawaii, US || KO || || || 64-1-1 (3)
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 * 1997-05-31 || Win ||align=left|🏴 Barrington Patterson || Neal S. Blaisdell Center || Honolulu, Hawaii, US || TKO || 5 || || 63-1-1 (3)
 * 1997-05-31 || Win ||align=left|🏴 Barrington Patterson || Neal S. Blaisdell Center || Honolulu, Hawaii, US || TKO || 5 || || 63-1-1 (3)
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 * 1996-11-02 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Larry Cureton || Neal S. Blaisdell Center || Honolulu, Hawaii, US || KO (spinning back kick) || 2 || || 62-1-1 (3)
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 * 1996-08-17 || Win ||align=left|🇯🇵 Masaaki Miyamoto || Neal S. Blaisdell Center || Honolulu, Hawaii, US || TKO || 6 || 1:01 || 61-1-1 (3)
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 * 1996-08-17 || Win ||align=left|🇯🇵 Masaaki Miyamoto || Neal S. Blaisdell Center || Honolulu, Hawaii, US || TKO || 6 || 1:01 || 61-1-1 (3)
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 * 1996-05-11 || Win ||align=left|🇫🇷 Stephane Revellion || Neal S. Blaisdell Center || Honolulu, Hawaii, US || KO || 5 || || 60-1-1 (3)
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 * 1995-12-01 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Dennis Lane || Neal S. Blaisdell Center || Honolulu, Hawaii, US || KO (kick) || 1 || || 59-1-1 (3)
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 * 1995-11-12 || Win ||align=left|🇳🇿 Hiriwa Te Rangi || || Guam || KO || 3 || || 58-1-1 (3)
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 * 1995-07-01 || Win ||align=left|🏴 Stuart Green || Neal S. Blaisdell Center || Honolulu, Hawaii, US || KO || 6 || || 57-1-1 (3)
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 * 1994-11-01 || No Contest ||align=left|🇧🇷 Sérgio Batarelli || Neal S. Blaisdell Center || Honolulu, Hawaii, US || No contest (injury) || 1 || 2:00 || 56-1-1 (3)
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 * 1994-03-26 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Dick Kimber || KarateMania VIII || Montreal, Quebec, Canada || KO (punches and left body kick) || 2 || 2:26 || 56-1-1 (2)
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 * 1994-11-01 || No Contest ||align=left|🇧🇷 Sérgio Batarelli || Neal S. Blaisdell Center || Honolulu, Hawaii, US || No contest (injury) || 1 || 2:00 || 56-1-1 (3)
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 * 1994-03-26 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Dick Kimber || KarateMania VIII || Montreal, Quebec, Canada || KO (punches and left body kick) || 2 || 2:26 || 56-1-1 (2)
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 * 1994-03-26 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Dick Kimber || KarateMania VIII || Montreal, Quebec, Canada || KO (punches and left body kick) || 2 || 2:26 || 56-1-1 (2)
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 * 1994-01-22 || Win ||align=left|🏴 Mark Russell || KarateMania || Stateline, Nevada, US || KO (left hook) || 2 || 1:40 || 55-1-1 (2)
 * 1994-01-22 || Win ||align=left|🏴 Mark Russell || KarateMania || Stateline, Nevada, US || KO (left hook) || 2 || 1:40 || 55-1-1 (2)
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 * 1993-08-27 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Dennis Downey || Neal S. Blaisdell Center || Honolulu, Hawaii, US || KO (right high kick) || 3 || || 54-1-1 (2)
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 * 1992-12-06 || Loss ||align=left|🇦🇺 Stan Longinidis || Clash of the Titans, Melbourne SEC || Melbourne, Australia ||  (leg kick) || 1 || 0:15 || 53-1-1 (2)
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 * 1992-12-06 || Loss ||align=left|🇦🇺 Stan Longinidis || Clash of the Titans, Melbourne SEC || Melbourne, Australia ||  (leg kick) || 1 || 0:15 || 53-1-1 (2)
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 * 1992-11-10 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Lawrence White || Neal S. Blaisdell Center || Honolulu, Hawaii, US || KO || 2 || || 53-1-1 (1)
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 * 1992-09-06 || Win ||align=left|🇷🇺 Dmitry Kochergin || Neal S. Blaisdell Center || Honolulu, Hawaii, US || TKO (stoppage) || 2 || || 52-1-1 (1)
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 * 1992-09-06 || Win ||align=left|🇷🇺 Dmitry Kochergin || Neal S. Blaisdell Center || Honolulu, Hawaii, US || TKO (stoppage) || 2 || || 52-1-1 (1)
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 * 1992-07-11 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Dennis Downey || Neal S. Blaisdell Center || Honolulu, Hawaii, US || KO (kick) || 4 || || 51-1-1 (1)
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 * 1992-03-16 || Draw ||align=left| Branko Cikatić || World Martial Arts Challenge, Thomas & Mack Center || Las Vegas, Nevada, US || Technical draw || 3 || 1:25 || 50-1-1 (1)
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 * 1992-03-16 || Draw ||align=left| Branko Cikatić || World Martial Arts Challenge, Thomas & Mack Center || Las Vegas, Nevada, US || Technical draw || 3 || 1:25 || 50-1-1 (1)
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 * 1992-02-05 || Win ||align=left|🇫🇷 Clement Salles || Neal S. Blaisdell Center || Honolulu, Hawaii, US || KO || 5 || || 50-1 (1)
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 * 1991-12-20 || Win ||align=left|🇫🇷 David Coradini || || Pirae, Tahiti || KO (kick) || 1 || || 49-1 (1)
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 * 1991-12-07 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Larry Cureton || Arco Arena. || Sacramento, California, US || KO || 5 || || 48-1 (1)
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 * 1991-10-17 || Win ||align=left|🇧🇷 Espedito da Silva || Neal S. Blaisdell Center || Honolulu, Hawaii, US || KO || 4 || || 47-1 (1)
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 * 1991-08-24 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Jerry Rhome || KarateMania III, Caesars Tahoe || Stateline, Nevada, US || TKO (referee stoppage) || 5 || 0:26 || 46-1 (1)
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 * 1991-10-17 || Win ||align=left|🇧🇷 Espedito da Silva || Neal S. Blaisdell Center || Honolulu, Hawaii, US || KO || 4 || || 47-1 (1)
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 * 1991-08-24 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Jerry Rhome || KarateMania III, Caesars Tahoe || Stateline, Nevada, US || TKO (referee stoppage) || 5 || 0:26 || 46-1 (1)
 * 1991-08-24 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Jerry Rhome || KarateMania III, Caesars Tahoe || Stateline, Nevada, US || TKO (referee stoppage) || 5 || 0:26 || 46-1 (1)
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 * 1991-06-08 || Win ||align=left| Ahmad Jihad || Neal S. Blaisdell Center || Honolulu, Hawaii, US || KO (kick) || 2 || || 45-1 (1)
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 * 1991-04-03 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Barry Boom Boom Byers || Neal S. Blaisdell Center || Honolulu, Hawaii, US || KO (kick) || 3 || || 44-1 (1)
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 * 1990-11-29 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Horace Craft || Neal S. Blaisdell Center || Honolulu, Hawaii, US || KO (kick) || 4 || || 43-1 (1)
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 * 1990-11-01 || Win ||align=left|🇨🇦 Michael McDonald || || Sacramento, California, US || KO || 3 || || 42-1 (1)
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 * 1990-08-06 || Win ||align=left|🇨🇦 Darrell Henegan || Harrah's Lake Tahoe || Stateline, Nevada, US || TKO (punches) || 5 || 1:54 || 41-1 (1)
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 * 1990-11-01 || Win ||align=left|🇨🇦 Michael McDonald || || Sacramento, California, US || KO || 3 || || 42-1 (1)
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 * 1990-08-06 || Win ||align=left|🇨🇦 Darrell Henegan || Harrah's Lake Tahoe || Stateline, Nevada, US || TKO (punches) || 5 || 1:54 || 41-1 (1)
 * 1990-08-06 || Win ||align=left|🇨🇦 Darrell Henegan || Harrah's Lake Tahoe || Stateline, Nevada, US || TKO (punches) || 5 || 1:54 || 41-1 (1)
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 * 1990-05-18 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Dino Homsey || || Vacaville, California, US || KO (kick) || 8 || || 40-1 (1)
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 * 1990-04-27 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Curtis Jackson || || Sacramento, California, US || KO || 4 || || 39-1 (1)
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 * 1990-02-19 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Horace Craft || Radisson Hotel || Sacramento, California, US || KO (punches and left high kicks) || 2 || || 38-1 (1)
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 * 1989-11-07 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Paul Madison || || Stateline, Nevada, US || KO (kick) || 3 || || 37-1 (1)
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 * 1989-06-05 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Jeff Hollins || || Inglewood, California, US || Decision || 11 || 2:00 || 36-1 (1)
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 * 1989-11-07 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Paul Madison || || Stateline, Nevada, US || KO (kick) || 3 || || 37-1 (1)
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 * 1989-06-05 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Jeff Hollins || || Inglewood, California, US || Decision || 11 || 2:00 || 36-1 (1)
 * 1989-06-05 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Jeff Hollins || || Inglewood, California, US || Decision || 11 || 2:00 || 36-1 (1)
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 * 1988-11-16 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Maurice Tornisi || Madison Square Garden || New York City, New York, US || KO || 3 || || 35-1 (1)
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 * 1988-08-27 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Tim Jones || || Tampa, Florida, US || KO (kick) || 2 || || 34-1 (1)
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 * 1988-06-03 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Jeff Buck || || Stateline, Nevada, US || KO || 5 || || 33-1 (1)
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 * 1988-05-15 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Tom Mouton || || Miami, Florida, US || KO (kick) || 3 || || 32-1 (1)
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 * 1987-11-17 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Al Mims || || Denver, Colorado, US || KO (kick) || 2 || || 31-1 (1)
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 * 1987-06-20 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Jeff Hollins || || Denver, Colorado, US || Decision (unanimous) || 12 || 2:00 || 30-1 (1)
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 * 1987-11-17 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Al Mims || || Denver, Colorado, US || KO (kick) || 2 || || 31-1 (1)
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 * 1987-06-20 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Jeff Hollins || || Denver, Colorado, US || Decision (unanimous) || 12 || 2:00 || 30-1 (1)
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 * 1987-06-20 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Jeff Hollins || || Denver, Colorado, US || Decision (unanimous) || 12 || 2:00 || 30-1 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1987-06-03 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Larry McFadden || || Stateline, Nevada, US || Decision || 12 || 2:00 || 29-1 (1)
 * 1987-06-03 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Larry McFadden || || Stateline, Nevada, US || Decision || 12 || 2:00 || 29-1 (1)
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 * 1987-04-04 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Mike Winklejohn || || Denver, Colorado, US || Decision (unanimous) || 7 || 2:00 || 28-1 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1987-03-15 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Pete Master || || Richmond, California, US || KO (kick) || 5 || || 27-1 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1987-02-11 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Zinnie Reynolds || || Vallejo, California, US || KO (kick) || 3 || || 26-1 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1986-08-16 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Lowell Nash || || Denver, Colorado, US || KO (right cross) || 4 || 2:00 || 25-1 (1)
 * 1987-02-11 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Zinnie Reynolds || || Vallejo, California, US || KO (kick) || 3 || || 26-1 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1986-08-16 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Lowell Nash || || Denver, Colorado, US || KO (right cross) || 4 || 2:00 || 25-1 (1)
 * 1986-08-16 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Lowell Nash || || Denver, Colorado, US || KO (right cross) || 4 || 2:00 || 25-1 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1986-07-17 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 J.D. Johnson || || Dixon, California, US || KO || 6 || || 24-1 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1985-12-14 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Neil Singleton || || Sacramento, California, US || KO || 5 || || 23-1 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1985-12-14 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Neil Singleton || || Sacramento, California, US || KO || 5 || || 23-1 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1985-11-02 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Kevin Smith || || Sacramento, California, US || KO || 2 || || 22-1 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1985-04-06 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Bernard Clark || || Sacramento, California, US || TKO (left high kick and punches) || 4 || 1:19 || 21-1 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1985-04-06 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Bernard Clark || || Sacramento, California, US || TKO (left high kick and punches) || 4 || 1:19 || 21-1 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1984-12-08 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Cedric Rogers || || Sacramento, California, US || KO || 9 || || 20-1 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1984-09-14 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Rob Salazar || || Vacaville, California, US || Decision (unanimous) || 12 || 2:00 || 19-1 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1984-09-14 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Rob Salazar || || Vacaville, California, US || Decision (unanimous) || 12 || 2:00 || 19-1 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1984-07-11 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Al Mims || || Reno, Nevada, US || KO (kick) || 2 || || 18-1 (1)
 * - bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
 * 1984-03-29 || Loss ||align=left|🇺🇸 Don Wilson || || Hollywood, Florida, US || Decision (unanimous) || 12 || 2:00 || 17-1 (1)
 * - bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
 * 1984-03-29 || Loss ||align=left|🇺🇸 Don Wilson || || Hollywood, Florida, US || Decision (unanimous) || 12 || 2:00 || 17-1 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1983-11-19 || Win ||align=left|🇦🇺 Basil Gura || || Newcastle, Australia || KO (kick) || 3 || || 17-0 (1)
 * 1983-11-19 || Win ||align=left|🇦🇺 Basil Gura || || Newcastle, Australia || KO (kick) || 3 || || 17-0 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1983-10-22 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Al Mims || || Vallejo, California, US || KO || 3 || || 16-0 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1983-09-10 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Cedric Rogers || || Sacramento, California, US || KO || 3 || || 15-0 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1983-05-09 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Jerold Curry || || Vallejo, California, US || KO || 3 || || 14-0 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1983-03-11 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Neil Singleton || Chicago Fights || Chicago, Illinois, US || TKO (referee stoppage) || 2 || || 13-0 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1982-11-05 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Mike Duvall || || Boise, Idaho, US || KO || 1 || || 12-0 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1982-08-05 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Rick Dunn || || Sparks, Nevada, US || KO (kick) || 1 || || 11-0 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1982-06-02 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Bill Holmes || || Sacramento, California, US || KO (kick) || 1 || || 10-0 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1982-05-26 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Ed Taft || || Sacramento, California, US || KO || 2 || || 9-0 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1982-04-30 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Ron Jenkins || || Sacramento, California, US || KO (kick) || 1 || || 8-0 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1982-04-28 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Jess Addison || || Sacramento, California, US || KO (kick) || 1 || || 7-0 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1982-02-02 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 John Knight || || Santa Rosa, California, US || KO (kick) || 2 || || 6-0 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1981-11-13 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Bruce Leamer || || San Jose, California, US || KO (kick) || 4 || || 5-0 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1981-02-25 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Van Palacio || || Oakland, California, US || KO (kick) || 2 || || 4-0 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1980-11-25 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Wayne Taylor || || Culver City, California, US || KO || 1 || || 3-0 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1980-09-06 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Bill Norman || || Stockton, California, US || KO || 2 || || 2-0 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1980-06-30 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Reggie Eaton || || Stockton, California, US || KO || 3 || || 1-0 (1)
 * - style="background:#c5d2ea;"
 * 1980-00-00 || No Contest ||align=left|🇺🇸 Mike King || Veteran's Auditorium || Culver City, California, US || No contest (overturned by the PKA) || || || 0-0 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1981-11-13 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Bruce Leamer || || San Jose, California, US || KO (kick) || 4 || || 5-0 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1981-02-25 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Van Palacio || || Oakland, California, US || KO (kick) || 2 || || 4-0 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1980-11-25 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Wayne Taylor || || Culver City, California, US || KO || 1 || || 3-0 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1980-09-06 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Bill Norman || || Stockton, California, US || KO || 2 || || 2-0 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1980-06-30 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Reggie Eaton || || Stockton, California, US || KO || 3 || || 1-0 (1)
 * - style="background:#c5d2ea;"
 * 1980-00-00 || No Contest ||align=left|🇺🇸 Mike King || Veteran's Auditorium || Culver City, California, US || No contest (overturned by the PKA) || || || 0-0 (1)
 * - bgcolor="CCFFCC"
 * 1980-06-30 || Win ||align=left|🇺🇸 Reggie Eaton || || Stockton, California, US || KO || 3 || || 1-0 (1)
 * - style="background:#c5d2ea;"
 * 1980-00-00 || No Contest ||align=left|🇺🇸 Mike King || Veteran's Auditorium || Culver City, California, US || No contest (overturned by the PKA) || || || 0-0 (1)
 * 1980-00-00 || No Contest ||align=left|🇺🇸 Mike King || Veteran's Auditorium || Culver City, California, US || No contest (overturned by the PKA) || || || 0-0 (1)
 * colspan=9 | Legend:
 * colspan=9 | Legend:
 * colspan=9 | Legend:

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User:Gavindow

Gavin Jarrett Dow (born September 4, 1985, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American lawyer. He is a graduate of the Washington University School of Law (J.D. 2013), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.A. 2010), and Walter Payton College Prep (2004).

Gavin is an occasional Wikipedia editor, usually only modifying obvious mistakes he sees while perusing, though he sometimes does clarity-focused copy-edits. As a frequent Wikipedia reader in search of overviews of subjects instead of detailed descriptions, he is an ardent opponent of recentism.

Trivia

 * Gavin is an illegitimate descendant of King John of England.
 * Gavin won the Division 2A Illinois state pre-calculus championship in 2003 and 2004. He was also a part of the championship-winning two and eight person teams.
 * Gavin appeared on the Jerry Springer Show as an audience member in 1992 during a special show aimed at school kids. At one point, he spoke on camera about racism.

Baseball Stadiums Visited

 * Memorial Stadium, Baltimore, MD (demolished)
 * Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL
 * Comiskey Park, Chicago, IL (demolished)
 * U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago, IL
 * Camden Yards, Baltimore, MD
 * County Stadium, Milwaukee, WI (demolished)
 * Tiger Stadium, Detroit, MI (demolished)
 * Shea Stadium, New York, NY (demolished)
 * Yankee Stadium, New York, NY (demolished)
 * Stade Olympique, Montreal, QC
 * Fenway Park, Boston, MA
 * AT&T Park, San Francisco, CA
 * Miller Park, Milwaukee, WI
 * Metrodome, Minneapolis, MN (demolished)
 * Safeco Field, Seattle, WA
 * Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO

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Perspective

Perspective may refer to:

Vision and mathematics

 * Perspectivity, the formation of an image in a picture plane of a scene viewed from a fixed point, and its modeling in geometry

 * Perspective (graphical), representing the effects of visual perspective in graphic arts
 * Aerial perspective, the effect the atmosphere has on the appearance of an object as it is viewed from a distance
 * Perspective distortion (photography), the way that viewing a picture from the wrong position gives a perceived distortion
 * Perspective (geometry), a relation between geometric figures
 * Vue d'optique or perspective view, a genre of etching popular during the second half of the 18th century and into the 19th.

Entertainment

 * Perspective (P-Model album), 1982
 * Perspective (America album), 1984
 * Perspective (Jason Becker album), 1996
 * Perspective (Lawson album), 2016
 * Perspective (EP), an EP by Tesseract
 * Perspective Records, a record label
 * Perspective (film series), a 2012-2020 film series by B. P. Paquette
 * Perspective (2019 film), an adult romance drama
 * Perspective (video game), a puzzle game
 * Perspective, a 2010 album by Prague
 * Perspective, a 1955-1958 Canadian television series
 * Perspectives (TV series), a British arts documentary series
 * Perspectives (album), the 2010 album by Australian band House Vs. Hurricane
 * "Perspectives", a song from the album Sea of Faces by Kutless

Other

 * Point of view (literature), the related experience of the narrator
 * Point of view (philosophy), in philosophy and psychology, the context for opinions, beliefs and experiences
 * Perspectives on Political Science, peer-reviewed academic journal
 * The Perspective, a news and history website

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Yokosuka E14Y

The Yokosuka E14Y (Allied reporting name Glen) was an Imperial Japanese Navy reconnaissance seaplane transported aboard and launched from Japanese submarine aircraft carriers such as the JAPANESE SUBMARINE I-25 during World War II. The Japanese Navy designation was "Type 0 Small Reconnaissance Seaplane" (零式小型水上偵察機).

Operational history

The E14Y was used for several Japanese reconnaissance missions during the Pacific War.

On 26 February 1942 the Japanese submarine I-25, under the command of Captain Akiji Tagami, was off the northern tip of King Island in Bass Strait off the coast of Victoria, Australia, when an E14Y was launched on a reconnaissance flight over the Port of Melbourne. The pilot and observer/gunner were in the air for three hours, during which time they successfully flew over Port Phillip Bay and observed the ships at anchor off Melbourne before returning to land on its floats beside the submarine, where it was winched aboard and disassembled.

The E14Y is the only Japanese aircraft to overfly New Zealand during World War II (and only the second enemy aircraft after the German Friedrichshafen FF.33 'Wölfchen' during World War I). On 8 March 1942 Warrant Officer Nobuo Fujita photographed the Allied build-up in Wellington harbour in a "Glen" launched from the Japanese submarine I-25. On 13 March he flew over Auckland, before the I-25 proceeded to Australia. On the night of 24/25 May Warrant Officer Susumo Ito flew a "Glen" over Auckland from the Japanese submarine I-21. Just days later, in the same aircraft, Ito flew the reconnaissance flight preceding the sole Japanese attack on Sydney Harbour in which 21 seamen were killed when HMAS Kuttabul (ship) sank on 1 June 1942.

Type A1 submarine I-9 was caught off the New Zealand coast in early 1943; however, no Japanese aircraft was observed, and any records of overflights were lost when the submarine was sunk.

The E14Y also has the distinction of being the only submarine-based aircraft to drop bombs on the United States during World War II, in an incident known as The Lookout Air Raid. On 9 September 1942, Chief Warrant Officer Nobuo Fujita, a pilot in the Japanese Imperial Navy, and his crewman, Petty Officer Shoji Okuda, surfaced in submarine I-25 off the coast of Oregon near Brookings. The seaplane had folding wings and was transported in a watertight capsule attached to the deck of the submarine. The bombs – 76 kg (168 lb) incendiaries intended to cause forest fires – caused no injuries or real damage.

A total of 126 E14Ys were produced.

Surviving aircraft
Aviation History magazine reported in the November 2008 issue that divers had found airplane parts in the Akibasan Maru wreck, a Japanese cargo ship sunk in the Kwajalein Atoll on 20 January 1944, and rediscovered in 1965. The parts (including wings and floats) have been finally identified (April 2008) as belonging to two E14Y1 "Glen" floatplanes, through the use of photographs from the wreck and comparisons with original technical drawings and a captured technical manual.

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