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User talk:Jdavidb/Archive3

Cool
I like that. I've never made templates before; I'll have to explore that a bit when I have time. paul klenk talk
 * Believe it or not, I still am a bit new and am learning so much every day. (See my user page regarding my foreign pages.)  I did take a look at your templates; I will give your procedure a look as well.   paul klenk talk 19:50, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Joyce Carol Oates
You don't really have a clue about who she is, do you? (Really, seriously, you wouldn't be calling her a spammer if you did) Tanya! Ravine 20:29, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Thank you...
...very much for that. You are very kind. · Katefan0(scribble) 04:42, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * You know, to your evidence posted this evening -- up to an hour ago, I would've agreed with you. I was pleasantly surprised by our discussions on the Ann Coulter page and was hopeful that perhaps a corner had been turned. I had even considered entering the arbitration myself just to place that in evidence as real improved behavior, Paul Klenk's well-meaning list aside. But after this, the well is irretrievably poisoned for me.  How does what I see as shameful behavior figure in to your feelings about his improvement? · Katefan0(scribble) 04:50, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Well, it's a mixed bag. Saying he's improved is not the same as saying he's 100% reformed.  I know he's not 100% reformed.  I know he's not fully aware of and committed to our policies.  (Yet, though I hope such a time can come.)  I knew about his later actions on his talk page before I knew about the Ann Coulter conversation that I posted as evidence in his favor.

 * The problem with BD is that he is so quick to take offense. He thinks everybody's out to get him (most definitely me).  He is easily confused and something as trivial as you trying to help by commenting out that weird comment is easily mistaken, in his mind, for an attack.

And in BD's mind, every offense must be avenged. You mean like this? "I was done, until you started making baseless attacks. I won't let that stand unanswered!"-- KateFan) Big Daddy 07:33, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

It entitles him, in his mind, to satisfaction extracted either through some non-existent enforcement mechanism in Wikipedia's policies or through entitling him to make personal attacks with impunity.

 * Doesn't that completely describe why he's in RFAr? Things people have done to him, things that were totally right and benign according to Wikipedia rules and standards of common decency, have appeared to him to be attacks and he has responded by fighting back ... with all guns blazing and no holds barred.

 * And my statement above, "things that were totally right and benign according to Wikipedia rules and standards of common decency," leaves some things out, doesn't it? Because aren't there truly people here who have delighted in provoking him?  They provoke him, he responds and digs his hole deeper.  Yes, his responses are unjustified.  But provoking him isn't justified, either.  Where is it written in Wikipedia policy that personal attacks are justified in response to a personal attacker?

 * It's an endless cycle of anger and fighting that can only be broken if one person stands up and says, "I will not take personal attacks into account. I will not assume that is a personal attack.  I will chalk it up to a misunderstanding and let it end with me."  I think as of yet BD has a lot of trouble doing that. Jdavidb (talk) 05:03, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * As much as I respect your thoughtful comments, I think it's past the point where this much understanding is necessary. He's been around long enough to understand the way this place works, and even if he didn't, a person doesn't have to understand Wikipedia's policies to know that you ought to treat people with a basic level of civility and respect. The situation to me seems thoroughly untenable, though I admire your continuing attempts at bridging gaps, even as he attacks you too. · Katefan0(scribble) 05:10, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Main thing I want to say is, hang in there and don't let it get to you! You tried to do the right thing, and it was misunderstood.  And the reaction was bad, and unjustifiable.  But the rest of us saw you do the right thing.  He doesn't understand, but we do.

 * In a few days it won't matter: either he will have reformed, or the RFAr will have kicked him. Jdavidb (talk) 05:14, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Well, that's a nice narrative you guys have going but it's not grounded in anything even approaching reality. The first attack from my perspective came directly from Wikipedia in the form of an article I read about Bill O'Reilly that was incivil, full of cheap personal attacks and in general a fun house mirror caricature of what the man is all about. And I did NOT KNOW that wikipedia was the liberal bastion it is accused of being. I found out in short order after checking out both metafilter and free republic but orginally I was just shocked and outraged.

Is it possible you two are just so insular that you can't see the forest for the trees? That's what I think. Remember Katefan was an editor all the while that Bill O'Reilly article (as well as Pat Robertson, Ann Coulter, Karl Rove and probably countless others) were subjected to this incivil sliming.

So Wikipedia, whoever was responsible for overseeing content, which includes Kate, assaulted me first. And not just me but everybody. Fair minded liberal and conservative alike. By pretending to be something it wasn't - nPOV.

So, admittedly I was a little passionate about this assault when I first arrived. I mean my first few posts, including my now infamous post where I claimed to have 100 isps at my disposal (as does every other resident of the city of Ann Arbor btw) was literally made on the Bill O'Reilly page. Not his talk page. His article lol! That's how new I was.

So I learned the system and began making edits. The fact that both O'Reilly's and Coulters article are SOO much better today is largely because of my efforts along with Paul Klenk.

So I feel I should be apologized to for the way Wikipedia was and thanked repeatedly for the good I have been able to accomplish, despite the ENORMOUS RESISTANCE that both of you know I encountered in doing so.

And btw, Mr. Conservative JDavid, you did NOTHING to help in any of those articles and you presided at Wikipedia when they were literally slime pits. Can you point me to some articles about conservatives that were similarly slimed that YOU helped to clean up. I'd love to see the before and after.

So, I come in and find Kate CONSTANTLY jumping down my throat. She was caught telling Ryan 'just give him enough rope - he'll hang himself' in reference to a battle that RYAN started and I was still a BRAND new newbie and that NOT COINCIDENTALLY had to do with this EXACT same thing.

So spin it in reverse as she will, it is KATE who should have known better than to edit my words on my page without at least asking me.

I reject this whole hacking story and I reject this semantic spin that it was something other than a deletion.

In the end, I grant you that it might not be that big of a deal. But notice how she clammed up, accused me of being ugly and said she's refuse to talk about it anymore? That is until you came up with your revised standard version of what happened. Then all of a sudden she's not only happy to talk about it, she's effusing about it on your page and commenting more briefly on mine.

Bottom line: Kate knows I don't trust her. She can ascribe whatever Freudian motives she may want to way, it's not a newsflash to her. She should have known WAY BETTER than to pull this stunt and pretend it was an act of 'kindness.' I don't buy it and she never should have done it. Ask Fred? Why Fred? That's suspicious too as he is one of the arbs. I think she wanted to point out the joke to Fred. But not as an act of kindness.

Trust has to be earned. Neither of you have earned it.

It's laughable that JDavid somehow thinks he's more intelligent than I am. But, I'm happy to let him revel in that conceit. Just know it's one of the least attractive aspects of your approach towards me and there's plenty of competition in that regard.

But there are plenty of people I do trust in Wikipedia. Honest and good people like the gentel Paul Klenk and the truly intelligent Gator1. Other railroaded people like ultramarine, ketoohwah and oldright.

I always WANT to get along and trust people. And I'm always hopeful that things will change. Even with you two. But, straight up, neither of you even come close to meeting that standard right now. And that's your fault...not mine.Big Daddy 05:58, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I was done, until you started making baseless attacks. I won't let that stand unanswered. As for the rest -- of course, nothing has ever been your fault. Right? · Katefan0(scribble) 06:08, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

No, I think posting on Bill O'Reilly's ARTICLE (lol!) how mad I was at the 'liberal editor' was definitely MY FAULT.

I think engaging in what can only be characterized as tit for tat insults with liberals on ARTICLE talk pages was MY FAULT.

I think some of my intemperate comments on other's talk pates are MY FAULT (or at least unecessary.)

I am happy to accept the fact that lots of things are MY FAULT.

I'm not here to be perfect or faultless. I think even you would have to admit I have a very comfortable way of approaching things on the actual article talk page especially when I'm dealing with honest actors like JamesMLaine despite our political differences. I invoke Jimmy Wales words as much as possible because afterall it's his vision and yet people jump on me over that. So, I think there's been a lot of growth here and I honestly think that, despite my slightly rough around the edges way of expressing things (I am a guy remember. Not a weeny or geek like a lot of the other people who post here - no specific person intended:) so I do engage in a little chit chat. But I try to keep that on the personal talk pages and away from the articles. I don't see any harm in the guys having a few disagreements now and then. The main problem is culture. I come from a highly masculine conservative background and most of the others do not. It's more a cultural clash than anything. I understand that. I'm willing to work within a 'geek framework.' But look how they've treated me. Disgracefully and despicably. Like little church ladies who can't wait to 'make a case' against me and railroad me out of here. If anything, the way I've been treated is evidence of how SICK the culture in here is. Not just me but the way they've treated outspoken conservatives like me, oldright, keetowah, ultramarine is unconscionable.

I'm sorry, this is not about me and whether I'll admit I'm wrong. I clearly have and gladly will again. I think I just admitted I was wrong to you, Kate tonight on the Ann Coulter page.

This is much bigger. This is much more serious. This is about how Wikipeians treat people who are different.

You can cry and shry for the next 50 years that the reason I was treated so shabbily is because of my attitude or my demeanor, but I'm telling you that people in the real world, who will ultimately deciding this case, just won't buy it.

I mean look at people like that woohookitty dude who literally is drooling and salivating all over himself at the prospect of adding 'fresh new evidence' to my case. LOL! It's pathetic.

Or Ryan, who even the gentle Paul Klenk has deemed an insufferable bully. All she does is call everybody who dares disagree with her a troll. A troll this, a troll that. trollery, trollbating, trollfishing trollfoolery, shrimp, jumbo shrimp...popcorn shrimp....

Of course, they look perfectly sane in comparsion to the completely unhinged elemosynnary and his paranoiad musings which I still think he clings to.

Think about that for a second...

They were my welcoming committee at Wikipedia. Those are the ones who represented the Wikipedia community to me.

By that standard Kate, you're actually pretty cool. (Not that I trust you.)

But these people, as they would say in MY culture, are some very SICK MOFO'S.

Are people outside the Wikipedia community, when exposed to their insidious behavior, gonna buy the argument that I was the 'mean one?' Hmmm...

If JDavid really wanted me to believe he had my best interests in mind, he would already have a proven track record of helping other persecuted conservatives in here and he'd have a track record of cleaning up hit pieces like the ones on Coulter Rove etc. At least Paul Klenk has tried.  But JDavid does not. So his arguemnt - 'Well I'm a conservative and I just get along fine in here' is unpersuasive. I'd like to see him take the lead I've established and follow suit. Instead he somehow thinks it should be the other way around. That gives me a chuckle I must admit. But JDavid, go ahead, give me a chance to say I was wrong. Point me to some articles...Big Daddy 06:46, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

 * And now you are attacking a fellow conservative. You know why he doesn't fight your battles? Because he believes in the *neutrality* of Wikipedia and he believes in working within the system. What a thought! Stay neutral, jdavid. We need more people like you who are willing to forget personal views occasionally for the betterment of everyone. --Woohookitty 07:05, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

You need to catch up my little friend. This isn't the first time that I 'attacked' JDavid. Why I've attacked him...let's see now...Oh, I know...ever since...he attacked me.Big Daddy 07:13, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Friend? Yeah. The only reason why my comments are not being deleted is because I'm posting on someone else's talk page about you. If I did this on your page, the comments wouldn't last. And btw, I'm not relishing adding evidence to the evidence page. You are one paranoid man. --Woohookitty 07:26, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Why not friends? I'm willing. I'm not quite ready to invite you over to my talk page. You've goofed up that opportunity enough that I think even you should understand my reluctance. Besides, I'm a private person. I'm kinda selective as to who I want posting there. But why not be civil? I think we have a good arrangement. I keep posting. And you...keep collecting evidence! lol! Big Daddy 07:31, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

 * And this is my last response to Big Daddy. --Woohookitty 07:47, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Damn! And I thought we were just getting a good thing going! Big Daddy 07:58, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Thank you
I've read your page and I know that you are a conservative so...I *really* appreciate the even-handedness in which you've tried to handle the BigDaddy stuff. It's much appreciated. I really think you are an example of what BD should be following, i.e. a conservative who tries to work within the system. As I've said all along, I don't object to his views. It's the methods I object to. I welcome all viewpoints. And I'm glad to see that you do as well. Thank you. --Woohookitty 07:01, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Spam
Hey there. Nlu is probably running into some spam issues. Check out this post here. I've suggested on his talk page that s/he come to you for help. I hope that is okay?

I also noticed today that you know Perl! Perhaps you can help me write a bot to clean up the reference desk archiving process? --HappyCamper 14:41, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

Karma and Reincarnation page
Dear Jdavidb, I believe you are the one who objected to my page Karma, Reincarnation and NDE? Is this correct? Did you look at my page? I have no agenda and am not selling anything. Nor do I make any money on the page. If looked at objectively, many consider it one of the best pages on the subject out there.

http://www.reversespins.com/karma.html

William House editor@reversespins.com

Your 3RR block of jguk
You blocked Jguk for a 3RR violation on his own user talk page. 3RR doesn't apply to one's own user space. I have unblocked him. Please don't do this again. Kelly Martin 21:50, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

WP policy
WP policy is that a user can do what he wants with his userspace - if you'd been here long enough, you would have learnt that - together with it deemed to be uncivil to keep re-adding comments that a user has explicitly removed.

The 3RR does not apply to the userspace either.

Additionally, please do not interfere with discussions made by editors to WP on how articles should develop. Generally you just end up angering them and prolonging the dispute, as indeed you are doing here. Kind regards, jguk

Uriah copyvios
If you haven't followed User talk:Uriah923, our friend has caused more copyright violations. The ones I checked were from a while ago, but they are blatant enough to call into question the rest of his contributions. Please see what you can do to check the rest, I won't have time. Sorry to dump this on you, but thanks. Check Copyright problems if you aren't familiar with how to deal with them. - Taxman Talk 21:38, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

Church of Christ, Scientist
I'm curious if your concern for this subject is motivated by your religious faith and if you see Melchizedek's claim to ecclesiastical statehood as a threat to that faith.
 * No. I believe in open study of all religions. I have studied religions with which I emphatically disagree, including Catholicism, Orthodox Judaism, B'nai Noach, and Islam, sometimes to such depths that I think my wife feared I was planning to convert. I do not believe in the principle of withholding information about a religion on the idea that it may be a threat to true faith. And I certainly fear nothing from the DOM "religion." I see no grain of truth there nor do I even see anything of interest.

 * Thankfully on Wikipedia we have constructed policies which can be followed by any editor regardless of his personal convictions or motivations which will result in unbiased articles. Editors on any side of an issue or even editors who do not care about an issue can still make the right decisions for an article.

I'm glad to see that you want unbiased articles. Do you really believe that the DOM article is unbiased? I certainly can't see how it is either fair, balanced, or completely factual. Do you see any genuine faith in their translation of the Bible or their effort to "resurrect" the "Dominion of Melchizedek" from antiquity?

 * No. Regardless of the fraud claims, the religious claims are utterly without merit and would probably be theologically irrelevant even if they had any merit.

I suspected you would have this opinion, but how much of their faith have you studied?

 * Your use of the pronoun "their" is disingenuous, but not unexpected. Jdavidb 13:41, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

 * What is disingenuous about my use of the word "their". Are you suggesting that I am one of them? Personally, I am a Christian Scientist, not a Melchizedekian. There is a connection in as much as DOM's translation of the Bible is based on the writings of Mary Baker Eddy. She is the founder of Christian Science. Do you also find Christian Science to be utterly without merit and/or theologically irrelevant? Johnski 16:59, 4 October 2005 (UTC) You didn't reply to this on my user talk page so moved it here in case you didn't see this.Johnski 04:02, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Mr. Jdavidb: I see you answered my question about DOM, which led me here to see you didn't answer Johnski's questions about Christian Science and how much you actually studied the Melchizedekian religion according to the Melchizedek Bible. This led me to another question:  Do you believe that any member of the Catholic Church, if asked, would say of your Church of Christ, "the religious claims are utterly without merit and would probably be theologically irrelevant even if they had any merit"? KAJ 20:21, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your assistance in regard to the DOM page
I appreciate your assistance on backing me up in terms of the lack of consensus on the DOM page. Your user page was interesting, I suppose we could have an interesting conversaton about politics. That's one of my favorite hobbies. Anyway, I hope you'll continue to check in on the pages that are being vandalized. Davidpdx 06:13, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Please answer my question instead of side stepping it

 * Jdavidb, this is not in response to the question I asked of you. Please answer it about Christian Science.  You have totally missed the point of what I am trying to do with the Melchizedek article, as I've backed off the original position and only tried to make a compromise using stuff that there is consensus on, just rewriting it to tone it down.  I didn't revert it just to revert it but because there was vandalism on the version that you seem to approve. You can also see I've reverted from vandalism on the Enenkio and New Utopia pages without making any changes to the articles.Johnski 06:19, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Esperanza Spam
Hello Esperanzians! A few announcements.

The Advisory Committee election results are in. In tranch A are Acetic Acid and Flcelloguy. In tranch B are Ryan Norton and Bratsche.

My other annoouncement is that our founder, JCarriker, has founded Esperanza's sister project, Wikipediology. I have written two essays here (my name is Matt Binder). My essays are under Teenage Wikipedians and Anon Editors.

On behalf of myself and Jay Carriker and the other wikipediologists, I would appreciate it if you were to join.

Cheers Esperanza! R e  dwolf24  (talk—How's my driving?) 23:34, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

ArbReq against Jguk
You might be interested in Requests for arbitration. ←Humus sapiens←ну? 00:21, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Martin Sheen being pro-life.
Hello, I just noticed that some people have decided that Martin Sheen is not really pro-life despite the fact that he belongs to a pro-life organization and they removed the Pro-life celebrities category that was listed on his profile.

What do you think? I think that these two obviously liberal people can't believe that one of their own could actually be pro-life and they use every flimsy excuse to erase the facts. Dwain 02:31, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

P.S. Nice to meet you

IP Check on Sockpuppets
I thought I'd let you know, I am still working on checking the various IP addresses I was talking about on the DOM page. I'll let you know if I have any sucess. Davidpdx 03:53, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

David, I was pretty sick last weekend and didn't get a chance to do it. However, I put it in just now. I guess I was hoping things would calm down and it wouldn't be necessary. It looks like that is not the case. Here are the usernames/IP adresses I had him check:

User:Johnski, User:Wiki-Facts, User:KAJ, SamuelSpade, User:207.47.122.10, User:202.162.66.158, User:12.202.45.74, User:67.124.49.20, User:63.164.145.198, User:71.130.204.74, User:66.245.247.37, User:208.57.91.27, User:68.123.207.17

Arbitration accepted
Requests for arbitration/jguk 2 has been accepted. Please place evidence at /Evidence Fred Bauder 14:01, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

Car Accident Secrets Book Review
This is censorship at it's finest. I gave a book review and followed the format of Chicken Soup for the Soul. The "admin" keeps deleting the entry. This does not make Wikipedia an open community, it makes it a censored one. You might as well have the gestapo running it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.37.164.205 (talk • contribs)

minor vandal section on recent vand
Did some surfing and found where it was added...

I'd go in and move stuff around (I assume everything "minor" should be ip low), but I'd feel better if someone who was an admin did it. I don't want someone 6 months down the line saying "OMG SYRTHISS VANDALIZED THE ViP PAGE AND REMOVED AN ENTIRE CATEGORY!11!" =D

Cheers, --Syrthiss 18:56, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Hello
Hi nice admin! That picture on your page is cool. The baby looks so happy and content!! --216.191.200.1 20:09, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

 * You're welcome. Have a good day! --216.191.200.1 20:20, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

WP:VIP
Nice work at Vandalism in progress. I came here to suggest something: for those users who are indefinitely blocked, could you just delist them from the WP:VIP page? That will help to reduce the clutter and make it more effective to use, much like WP:AIAV works. Tito xd (?!?) 05:22, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Just so you know, we noticed it on CVU, so you might want to rattle our talk page to get more opinions. Tito xd (?!?) 17:25, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Reverts on DOM page
I've reverted the page multiple times today and reported User:Wiki-Facts for a 3RR violation. However, I can't revert it again for awhile or I myself will get one. Please keep an eye on this for me for awhile. Thanks... Davidpdx 04:59, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Hello. I've ben adding new content to the above article, but Wiki-Facts is currently on a frenzy of vandalism to delete anything he doesn't like and insert his bizarre POV into it. If you could keep an eye on things and revert to the most recent version by me it would be appreciated. --Gene_poole 07:26, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Spam management
Could you let me know if you could keep an eye on this Wikipedian? --216.191.200.1 12:46, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Wikilante
Why don't you just follow the rules instead? You do recognize that while this behavior bothers you, protecting the Wiki is considered a value around here, not an undesirable thing. Jdavidb talk • contribs 14:27, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Dear David, Yes, I do agree that protecting Wikipedia is good through vigilance, and that should be included in the definition, but where am I not following the rules, lately? As I learn the rules, I follow them. I do admit that I am a slow learner, but have come a long ways. The real issue is Davidpdx's refusal to let the article become more unbiased. You and he haven't shown the slighest interest in doing that. I actually admire Davidpdx's Wikilantism on the one hand, but feel that he has gone overboard on the other. You and he claim sock-puppetry of me, and I have offered to reveal my IP address in good faith, if you agree to also, and I'll go first if you agree. Why have you not accepted my invitation? Other than having different religious backgrounds, you and I would probably see eye to eye in many other matters. Please see my comments on context and irony on the DOM talk page. Sincerely,Johnski 16:59, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Because he would rather make up his own rules, rather then follow those of Wikipedia. I guess whatever gives him his jollies. I'd be interested in seeing the text of the page he posted. It might be interesting to use against him in mediation or arbitration. Davidpdx 11:07, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Dear Davids, the text of the Wikilante article is on my user talk page and it doesn't mention either of you by name. You can also seach Wikipedia for Wikilante, then look at deleted. The reason that I've asked for mediation with only you, Davidpdx, is that, I believe Gene Poole, if you aren't his sock-puppet is less capable of mediation, and I have more hope that you are a person of a higher sense of right, whereas, Poole seems like a manipulator, with an agenda that can't be changed.  Probably the way you feel about me. However, I may seek arbitration with him later. While Davidb hasn't shown any sign of friendliness and is biased by his religious background, he hasn't gone over the line as you have. I may have to read his past publications again to see if he has lacked Wikiquette, but I don't feel that he has become a Wikilante yet. I strongly believe that you both are hiding something since you will not published your IP addresses.  Why should you have to?  Because you accused me.  If you hadn't accused me of multiple personalities, I wouldn't be in a position to demand your good faith in this regard. That's just how I see it. Sincerely,Johnski 05:29, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

71.112.115.22
Hi jdavidb. I noticed you left a message on User:71.112.115.22's talk page. I am reasonably sure that it is a bot. Both it and 131.107.0.80 (that I have noticed so far) go up and down the year pages "fixing" things. I've never got a response from messages left on either of their talk pages.

Weird edits aside, I guess I wanted to say that its unlikely you will get a response from 71.112.115.22. --Syrthiss 19:43, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

 * What about ? -- Smjg 11:50, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks!!
I know, I felt bad for abandoning you, my vandalfighting comrade, but I have had a hellaciously busy two weeks and am only just now unburying myself from the mound of work I've had to deal with. (Today I've been working for .... 10 hrs and counting!) Looking forward to easing off the throttle tomorrow. Not many spare seconds to sneak in some edits, how dare they! · Katefan0(scribble) 00:03, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

To Do List
Thanks for the help on my to do list. Did you happen to see the latest note on my talk page from Johnski? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidpdx (talk • contribs) 2005-10-28 19:02:47

 * Sure did. We might actually need to move through mediation to start escalating this to the point where it can receive the attention it needs and be addressed.

 * Any results on that sockpuppet check? My newfound banning powers would love to lend their service to making the argument with Johnski as coherent as possible by shutting off his alternate personalities. Jdavidb talk • contribs]] 19:14, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Davidb, thanks for giving him good advice to accept mediation, but sorry to see that you still believe I am schizophrenic. Is it so hard to believe, that as popular a subject as micronation, combined with the massive publicity DOM has received over the years, that there would be more than one person interested in this subject, that also see the lack of balance in the article? Sincerely,Johnski 06:11, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Yes, that may be true. In fact, if you look at my talk page, Johnski is now threatening to take me to arbitration because I am refusing to participate in mediation with him. Everything that comes out of his mouth is a lie, including misrepresenting trying to misrepresent the arbitration process itself. I guess that's what happens when you know it all.

 * I pointed out to him that in fact there are several users that have a problem with him, not just me. Of course he won't admit it, he's making it out to be a problem solely between him and I rather then several people against him. I guess that's what happens with you enjoy twisting the truth. Davidpdx 11:04, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks Sweetie!
Thank you for fixin' "my" typo ... I'll be sure to watch that fro now on! --Carradee 01:30, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

Copyright violation
Hi Jdavidb - I think I may need your help in the future regarding a copyright violation another Wikipedian spotted at Crossoff Incorporated. Would it be possible for you to give me a hand if I receive a response from the user? I may not be able to do everything myself during the next few days. I left a message here, and if you get a chance, could you also check the content of that page for more details? Please let me know if you can help out. Thanks a lot! --HappyCamper 02:50, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks for that. Oh, a little thing...I think your signature is missing a set of nowiki tags :-) --HappyCamper 00:12, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

From my talk page
 * Excuse me for intruding upon your discussion, but did you know you can check the Raw signatures box in your preferences to get rid of that extra ]] ? —Ilmari Karonen :-) 00:41, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Yup :-) --> I'm gonna paste this over to his talk page. :-) --HappyCamper 00:56, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

Block of 204.209.247.2
Thanks for blocking the vandal at 204.209.247.2. Unfortunately, I doubt it will help. The IP address belongs to a school division and administrators at that school division has stated that they see no value whatsoever in the Wikipedia and they believe the edit this page button on each article page specifically encourages and accepts vandalism. They have no intention of taking any action to prevent the vandalism. Virtually every single edit from this user for almost a year has been garbage. Occasionally, the user is blocked but then the vandalism continues as soon as the block expires. Very frustrating. --Yamla 22:35, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

JDavidb - you're the man
Hey JDavidb. I want you to know how much I appreciate your work on the church of Christ article and linkspam. You have inspired me to take a Wikichainsaw to linkspam as well. Danlovejoy 04:29, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Alito family caption
The (R), (L), and (C) refer to right, left, and centre...their positions in the pic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rorschach (talk • contribs) 2005-11-02 16:58:25

Bokak atoll
I think the first step is to protect the page, which I've done. It might take weeks for him to come to the Talk: page, but it can stay protected till then; let's hope he does. Jayjg (talk) 23:30, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
 * I hadn't realized that he had done this on so many pages. I'd have no issue with blocking him for trolling, if he starts it up again on another page. Jayjg (talk) 23:52, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Lilian Bernas
Thanks for pointing that out. When I googled, I think I mispelled Lilian with 2 l's and didn't see the references. Glad you caught that! .:.Jareth.:. babelfish 21:20, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

3RR
Jdavidb, if you have a chance would you mind taking a look at this: WP:AN/3RR. Thanks. Jayjg (talk) 02:18, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
 * I would never suggest anyone try to read the whole thing - that way lies insanity... Jayjg (talk) 03:58, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

blocking - Bidding the evil of the hateful Jews
So as typical they used a christian to do their evil deed :)

It reminds me of the BBC report about a statement made by Sharon the criminal - something to the effect - "We control america by proxy"...

You have blocked my account, even though I didn't revert any body's work. Rather my words were reverted by hateful zioinst jews. In steady - as a typical westerner - you block me.

This double standard can't continue nor would it last. That is the nature of the world. Justice will eventually prevail. Evil, silencing others, torture and bullykng can't win and will never win.

aabaas

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Aabaas (talk • contribs) 2005-11-04 06:52:51

DOM Page/Headers
David, I saw your note to Johnski on the DOM page. I'd caution you against trying to negotiate with him. The reason being is he has in the past manipulated things I've said to try to show that he had consensus when he in fact didn't. I think your probably aware of this. Also, he is trying to weaken the case against him in mediation or if it goes that far arbitration. We need to stick together on this one.

Also saw your note on my talk page about the headers. I'll try to not mess with them as much as I have. I was trying to clean up the page and make it more readable. Maybe it was just making the talk page more confusing, instead of helping. Davidpdx 04:20, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

 * This is a note left for Davidpdx: Who the hell are you to call me sockpuppet? You dudes might want to read more carefully. Just looked at Taongi talk and what Johnski wrote is that there is consensus on the DoM article about Taongi's Iroijlaplap granting a lease to it. Where has he or I ever claim other consensus on points that there is no consensus for? Put up or shut up! SamuelSpade 05:34, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

Poll: Micronation Infobox
An info box template has recently been created by myself and O^O for use in Wikipedia articles about micronations and other unrecognised entities, to address longstanding concerns and edit wars that have resulted from the inappropriate use of the standard country infobox in these types of articles.

This new info box has so far been successfully incorporated into the following articles: Sealand, Republic of Rose Island, Independent State of Aramoana, Empire of Atlantium, Avram and Province of Bumbunga, and it is intended to incorporate it into most of the other articles in the micronation category in due course.

However, one editor, Samboy has suggested that the micronation infobox should be excluded from Empire of Atlantium on the grounds that the article is "not notable" and because only 22% of micronation articles in Wikipedia currently have the info box (ie because the info box project is not yet complete).

As someone who has contributed to similar discussions in the past, I thought this might interest you. I have instituted a poll on this subject here, and invite you to review it if you are so inclined.

Thanks. --Gene_poole 06:17, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

 * My personal issue with Gene Poole's action is that there is a conflict of interest here. One of the first micronations he added this infobox to is, conveniently enough, his own micronation.  And, while he sets up a poll about whether we should add the template to the article, he did not mention the poll in WP:RFC, which is the best way to make the poll visible to people who have never been involved in the issue.  Instead, he posts the existence of the poll on the user pages of a number of users who he feels are symphathetic to his micronation.  User:Tony Sidaway has felt that this kind of campaigning is dishonest. Samboy 07:21, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

Request for Arbitration
You have been requested to appear as a plantiff an arbitration case. Comments have been added on your behalf. If you wish to add comments please contact me. Here is a link to the case Davidpdx

Arbitration accepted
Requests for arbitration/Johnski has been accepted. Please place evidence at Requests for arbitration/Johnski/Evidence. Proposals and comments may be made at Requests for arbitration/Johnski/Workshop. Fred Bauder 04:06, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

I read your blog!
I bet you didn't know you had readers, eh? Anyway, I thought I would mention that <noinclude/> works when templates are transcluded but not when they are used with <tt>subst:</tt> Demi T/C 17:07, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Fred Bauder thread
The thread on Wikipedia talk:Requests for arbitration regarding the Requests_for_arbitration has long since ceased to be productive. May I suggest a cooling off period with regards to that thread and that any follow up discussions be take to individual talk pages. FuelWagon 02:30, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

 * good job. FuelWagon 19:51, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

Hi, David. First, thanks for your support on my RfA. I have a feeling that I don't actually meet your standards, although I've lost the address of the page on which you posted them (and on which I posted mine). As far as I remember, it was one of your requirements that a candidate be here for at least a year, or you may even have said eighteen months. Anyway, I've only been here since April, so it's flattering that you made an exception in my case.

Regarding the Fred Bauder issue, the RfAr page is on my watchlist, so I saw your name popping up several times yesterday when I refreshed the page, but didn't go in and examine the thread in detail. Nevertheless, in my view, this proves that I was right to vote for you at the time of your RfA – not that I ever had any doubt. If mine goes through, which is looking increasingly likely at this stage, I hope that I'll similarly live up to your standards. Cheers. Ann Heneghan (talk) 23:31, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

Arbitration Talk Page
I have created a special arbitration talk page. This is to discuss what evidence we want as a group and to present and make recommendations before putting them on the arbitration page. Please feel free to make suggestions here: Davidpdx 07:32, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

I have begun to post evidence. Hopefully some of you can help me a bit with this. It's turning out to be a lot of work. Davidpdx 10:40, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

ASV, pt. 2
We chatted about the American Standard Version a while back, wishing about how good it would be if the text were corrected. There is an effort between the folks at eBible.org and ASV1901.com to proofread the ASV text. It's not a wiki, but it's a start (the eBible website has the latest version of the ASV for download). - Thanks, Hoshie | 03:12, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

Noahide Laws in Category:Jewish Christian topics ?
There is a dispute over whether Noahide Laws should be included in this category, anyone with an opinion is asked to express it here: Talk:Noahide_Laws —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.78.20.99 (talk • contribs) 2005-11-26 08:53:21

Category:Pro-life_celebrities
Hello again. Thanks for your (fairly) recent message I've just discovered that the above category is being voted on for deletion at Categories for deletion. Since I understand that you created it, I think somebody should have told you. I think someone did inform people who had added a category for Category:Pro-Life_Wikipedians to their user pages, but you don't seem to have done that. I've just added it to my page. There's also a vote on the same page for deleting Category:Pro-life_politicians. By the way, I don't feel passionately about whether those categories should be kept or not, but I felt you should know about it anyway. Cheers from a friend with a new username! AnnH (talk) 12:24, 29 November 2005 (UTC) (P.S. This is the real message – I accidentally hit the wrong button a moment ago!)

Last Call
Ok guys, this is a last call for evidence. No one has posted evidence besides myself. At the end of this week, I'm going to let the Arbitration Committee know that we are done.

When recommendations are made, I will need you guys to check in and sign on that you agree with them. Otherwise this will be all for not. I intend on asking for a six month ban for Johnski from Wikipedia as well as 1 year probation from editing DOM related articles. Davidpdx 01:37, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Church of Christ Link Policy
Hi! I'd like to point editors to the Church of Christ Talk Page to finalize a policy on links. Would you mind weighing in on the current language and editing, or giving a yeah or nay vote? Thanks! Danlovejoy 20:22, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

poop
u smell —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.232.148.104 (talk • contribs) 2005-12-07 17:48:06

Arbcom Comments
Thanks for posting evidence in the arbitration case. It certainly helps having someone else show the pattern of disruption besides just me. I'm really disappointed no one else helped. Hopefully, in the end they will rule in our favor. I don't know if you saw what I asked the Arbitration Committee for in terms of punishement. For Johnski and KAJ, 6 month ban from Wikipedia and 1 year ban from DOM related articles. SamSpade 1 year ban from KOM related articles. Hopefully they will take that seriously. Well I guess now we will just wait and see what happens. Please keep an eye on this as it goes through voting. Davidpdx 05:46, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

my user page
Dear Jdavidb, I've responded to your comments on my user page. Please respond to my questions there and the ones you've ignored at or near the heading above entitle, Church of Christ, Scientist. Cordially, Johnski 20:51, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Dear Jdavidb, I posed it as a question not a statement? Isn't it normal for members of your church to hate Christian Science? Do you love Christian Science? Do you have a NPOV about it? It is relevant to the subject, because the Melchizedek Bible claims to be based on the writings of Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of CS, and the DOM claims to be based on the principles of the Melchizedek Bible. You've made negative comments above about the religion of DOM, making it more than relevant. You also know that I am a Christian Scientist. Can you honestly say that none of this clouds your judgment? Can you give honest answers to my questions posed to you above under the heading, Church of Christ, Scientist, regarding it and DOM? Sincerely, Johnski 22:40, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Signpost
Posting here because you had requested to know when the Signpost was updated. By next week, I should have a system for handling these notices, and (optionally) e-mailing users when the Signpost is updated. Ral315 (talk) 05:37, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Spam project
Is there any particular reason why WikiProject Spam is living in your userspace? Is the project going inactive, or should we just move the real page into Wikipedia: space? Let me know, and I can delete the redirect to make way. -- Beland 21:43, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Huh. Well, if I make a copy, then there will be two versions, and they will slowly diverge and generally cause confusion.  If, for some reason, you wanted to keep the page in your userspace, that's fine.  Usually these sorts of pages go into Wikipedia: space so that it becomes a sort of community thing, so people don't feel uncomfortable modifying or joining it, and it will continue on even after you leave (assuming it lives that long).  And of course you can continue to participate or lead the effort as you like. -- Beland 21:54, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
 * OK, will move as requested. -- Beland 22:05, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Vandals added the change. I'm not sure how. Help!
Thanks for your POV comment. I didn't do it. I will look and see where it occurred and report back.--Beth Wellington 22:17, 14 December 2005 (UTC) (By the way my signature went astray.  Delete it if you find it.  This is my first post. --Beth Wellington 22:17, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Okay, I looked it up. This change was made by http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stanley_Williams&oldid=31373043#Aftermath. It was reversed to my version and then somehow reintroduced! This doesn't even resemble my style of writing.

This type of censorship makes me sick
Vote to keep, show these hypocrites what's what, tolerance? ha, only when it's good for them--Diatrobica;l 23:07, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Just to let you know, I responded to your question at the afd page. Diatronica;l contacted all of the people he found at Category:Conservative Wikipedians to vote for keep.  I think his resoning is fairly understandable, but then, I voted delete so what do I know.  Regards Smmurphy(Talk) 23:27, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

 * S/he appears to be spamming Category:Conservative Wikipedians - Guettarda 23:28, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

 * BLOCKING THAT USER IS AN UNJUST ACT OF WIKINAISM!!! PLEASE RESTRAIN YOUR HATE SPEECH TENDENCIES AND UNBLOCK HIM!!! VALUBLE ASSET TO THE ENCYCLOPEDIA!--Halopinacka 00:05, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Howdy
Sent ya an email.--MONGO 01:17, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Arbitration Proposed Decision
Just to make everyone aware, arbitrators have begun to write the proposed decision in the arbitration case. You can view the decision here:.

So far no punative measures have been offered to solve the problems regarding the behavior of those involved. I strongly urge people to post comments asking for a stronger proposed decision from the Arbitration Committee. Otherwise, this will be all for nothing. We need to lobby them to get a ban on users as well as having them banned from editing certain articles for a period of time. There needs to be a clear message to those involved to stop reverting the article. Your comments can be left here:.

I know this is a busy season for everyone, but this will only take a few minutes. We need to deal with this now. If not, this problem will continue to disrupt Wikipedia. Davidpdx 00:22, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks for your comments on the proposed decision talk page. It seems like we need to try to keep the pressure on to get the arbitration committee to make the sanctions stronger. I'm a little surprised Johnski hasn't been anywhere to be found lately (short of the reverts). I am sure he's probably lurking waiting to disrupt the arbitration hearing at some point. I will try to continue to keep a close eye on the pages and keep everyone updated. Davidpdx 06:59, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

More Melchizedek nonsense
Hi. I wonder if you could keep an eye on the Melchizedek entry in the micronation article. I've just edited it to remove the weasel wording the Johnski previously inserted there in an attempt to confuse things, and of course he keeps reverting my change. I've already reverted it 3 times today. I've added a comment at the bottom of the discussion page concerning this. --Gene_poole 00:54, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Need your help
Editor's contributions singled out for his faith, please help keep this notable article--172.159.25.124 16:42, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

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Barabai

Barabai is the capital city of Hulu Sungai Tengah Regency, South Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is located 165 km away from Banjarmasin, the capital of the province. The town is at the feet of the Meratus Mountains that runs in a north–south arc on the island of Borneo.

Climate
Barabai has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) with moderate rainfall in August and September and heavy rainfall in the remaining months.

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Irving Zola

Irving Kenneth Zola (1935 – December 1, 1994 ) was an American activist and writer in medical sociology and disability rights.

Early life and education
Zola came from a working class Jewish family. His mother was of Polish origin and his father Russian, both arriving in the US as immigrants as young children. He graduated from Boston Latin School and went on to enroll at Harvard College in 1956, and four years later went on to receive his Ph.D. in Sociology from Harvard University Department of Social Relations.

Health
At the age of 16, Zola contracted polio, after which he used canes to facilitate mobility. He also was injured in an automobile accident at the age of 19, which caused further health complications and disabilities. His personal experiences led him to a career in championing people with disabilities, stating that "until we own our disability as an important part, though not necessarily all, of our identity, any attempt to create a meaningful pride, social movement or culture is doomed."

Career
Soon after receiving his Ph.D. he briefly worked at Massachusetts General Hospital as a research sociologist before joining the Brandeis University Department of Sociology the next year in 1963, where he was the Mortimer Gryzmish Professor of Human Relations and taught until his death in 1994. During his time at Brandeis University, he worked with Everett C. Hughes, an American sociologist, who had a great impact on Zola's sociological perspective.

During the thirty years that he spent in the department, Zola held the position of chairman three different times over a span of eleven years. For fifteen years, he held a joint appointment in the Florence Heller Graduate School for Advanced Studies in Social Welfare at Brandeis.

Zola was one of the co-founders of Boston Self Help Center, an organization that is focused on advocating and counseling people with diseases and disabilities. From 1982 to 1987, he also served on the center's board as executive director.

He also held the chairman position of the medical sociology section of the American Sociological Association, a consultant position of the World Health Organization, a membership of President Clinton's transition team, and a fellowship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

In 1982 Zola and a group of American academics founded the Society for Disability Studies. He was the first editor of Disability Studies Quarterly.

Books
His best-known book, which first came out in 1982, is Missing Pieces: A Chronicle of Living With a Disability. It has been reissued in 2003.

The 'Dr. Irving Kenneth Zola Collection,' a repository of most of Zola's works, can be found at The Samuel Gridley Howe Library at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. Zola had taught at Brandeis since 1963.

His writings included an autobiography, "Missing Pieces: A Chronicle of Living with a Disability," published in 1982. He edited "Ordinary Lives: Voices of Disability and Disease," a 1982 anthology that was praised as a diverse collection of fictional and personal accounts.

Death
The cause of Zola's death was a heart attack; he died while being transported to the hospital on an ambulance on December 1, 1994.

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Category:Articles with weasel words

The key to improving weasel words in articles is either a) to name a source for the opinion or b) to change opinionated language to concrete facts. After you have made any necessary edits, remove the template.

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Frederick Smyth

Frederick Smyth may refer to:

 * Frederick Smyth (New Hampshire politician) (1819–1899), Governor of New Hampshire
 * Frederick Smyth (New York politician) (1832–1900), justice of the New York Supreme Court

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Stanley Lewis

Stanley Lewis is the name of:

 * J. E. Stanley Lewis (1888–1970), mayor of Ottawa, 1936–1948
 * C. Stanley Lewis, artist, Guggenheim Fellow
 * Stanley Lewis (sculptor) (1930–2006), Montreal sculptor, 1930–2004
 * Stanley Cornwell Lewis (1905–2009), British portrait painter and illustrator
 * Stan Lewis (record label owner) (1927–2018), American record label owner and songwriter

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User:Sara Love~enwiki

Aaron Elwen ( Buddy Love / Pimp Juice ) if your out there I love you. Sara Love 14:55, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

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Peasant Woman Against a Background of Wheat

Peasant Woman Against a Background of Wheat is an 1890 oil on canvas painting by Vincent van Gogh. Van Gogh went on to paint several versions of this painting.

The painting has changed hands several times. In 1997, Stephen Wynn paid $47.5 million for the painting.

On October 7, 2005, it was announced that Stephen Wynn had sold the painting along with Gauguin's Bathers to Steven A. Cohen for more than $100 million.


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Talk:Monash, South Australia

Comment
I just added some photos of the adventure park described in this article, but I'm not quite sure how to format them properly (i.e. make them a bit smaller, and have the text wrap around them, etc.), so, if someone else can do that, that'd be great! Rarosalion 14:56, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Great! Thanks. I've laid them out better. The usual trick is to find another article that does what you want, then click edit on that article and copy the code and tweak it as required. --Scott Davis Talk 14:38, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Adventure Playground
The adventure playground deserves an article of its own, as well as a much expanded section here, as does the creator of the original playground, Grant Telfer. However, I can only add original research on the subject at this time.124.182.59.153 (talk) 04:19, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Madhev0

Welcome!

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Where to ask a question or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome!
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Pamri • Talk 14:57, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Re: Views sections
I agree that perhaps both views sections will be biased easily, but they might be a vital part to the article and other editors might object to deleting it. So, I think they should be kept. Thanks. a.n.o.n.y.m  t 17:26, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

why are you being mean?
I am sorry but I did not know how to contact you...listen I am not trying to be mean...but your page on Kashmir is way to long & boring. But more importantly u leave out alot of facts! When I edit your page, I say the same stuff you say, with more facts, and I also shortened it...what is wrong with that? My email is ARYAN@LAWYER.COM

 * It is not my page, it is an encylopedia page made by many people and if you keep doing the type of editing you are doing, you'll be blocked from editing because it is considered vandalism to replace so much of the material with ur opinions. --Madhev0 23:44, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Good work
I was looking over Terrorism in Kashmir and I think you did a very good job of NPOVing and cleaning up messy material. Good work. -- a.n.o.n.y.m  t 22:20, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

Terrorism in Kashmir
Hello Madhev. I just noticed you made a lot of changes to the Terrorism in Kashmir article. Thanks for making an effort to remove POV content from the article. However, I was not very happy with some of the changes you made for example changing various subheadings and removing certain pieces of information. I am willing to make an effort to sort out our differences and make the article more encyclopedic and balanced. But for that, we'll have to use the article's talkpage. Cheers and happy editing --User:Deepak gupta|सदस्य वार्ता 23:55, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Same here. I just hate that tag. OK 1st regarding the Kashmir Flashpoint para:

I dont see anything wrong with the sentence ''Despite a large number of casualties, the militants are still believed to number thousands rather than hundreds. Several new militant groups have also emerged''. Also one must also take into account that the article is not terrorism and the Kashmir dispute in general. So the more info on the militants the better it is. I wanted to make one point while writing this article: it should be more on the separatists, militants and kashmiris and as less as possible on Pakistan and India. Adding Indian and Pakistani views is appropiate if the article was on the present dispute over Kashmir. What Pakistan has to say regarding Indian troops build up in the region is issueless in this article. I suggest that best way of making this article balanced is by expressing the views of the Kashmiri separatists and India. This terrorism is in India and not in Pakistan! Lashkar is one of the most prominent groups. The info on Lashkar was basically on their ideology through which an attempt was made to create a broader picture of the militant groups on whole. Again, I really liked yr idea and it just needs some minor formatting. Sorry about the revert though. Unfortunately I have to go somewhere right now and wouldnt be able to discuss about the issue further today. Catch you tommorow. I'm not an Indian anymore (dutch citizen), my parents are. They belong to Jammu :). Cheers and keep up the good work! --[[User:Deepak gupta|सदस्य वार्ता]] 00:28, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

hi,

thanks for yr message. It is the Pakistani POV that the Pakistanis who were killed in J&K were actually "Kashmiri insurgents". This lie has been repeated so many times that anyone who disagrees is considered as having a "pov" - even when proof is provided. Most of the Pakistanis in Kargil were in fact members of the Pak army's Northern Light Infantry and the Pakistani commando unit known as the SSG. It is a fact that dead Pakistani soldiers(from the NLI) were buried by the Indian army. This was widely reported in the media at that time.

Could you be confusing a misplaced desire to appear as a "balanced person" with what is actually npov? At any rate, one must avoid playing the role of a "useful idiot" and allow oneself to be manipulated in this manner.(no personal offence meant by the term "useful idiot", pl. take it in the right spirit). --rf

Hi Madhev,

>I am Indian but even I know this is not an Indian encyclopedia.

Firstly, I never questioned you about your nationality and I don't quite understand why you choose to remind me of it and state that this is not an "Indian encyclopedia". What does that mean and how is any of this relevant to the issue?

>It is like adding a large part about the assam violence into the India article.

My edits were on the section related to the rise of terrorism in the region hence entirely relevant to that particular section, especially in the light of world events(Kandahar->9/11->Daniel Pearl->Omar Saeed Sheikh). Of course you are entitled to a different opinion. However I did only post facts.

>And to call Pervez Musharraf by "military ruler" instead of his accurate title as head of state is very biased.

Says who? I am stunned by your above statement, Madhev. "Military ruler" is in fact the npov manner of referring to a dictator, i.e. someone who is there without a popular mandate. It is General Musharraf and his supporters' POV that he is "President", "Chief Executive" or whatever self-appointed title he chooses. Remember that this is not an elected leader. Most would agree that "Military ruler" is the most neutral term either way. The more accurate term is dictator.

I'm afraid my earlier fears appear to be confirmed. You seem to be a bit confused on the concept of POV. I do understand that you want to appear as a "good citizen" on wikipedia(i.e. a "balanced editor" as opposed to a POV bigot). Ironically that appears to be impairing your judgement on edits. However, you must not allow yourself to be manipulated(possibly subconsciously) by the fear of being labelled as "pov" editor - which is what appears to be the case right now. There is no point in being a sheep.

>If you continue to do what you are doing, you will be blocked from editing.

It is also shocking that you choose to threaten another editor in this manner simply because you espouse a particular point of view on the issues.

--rfcom

WOW!
Thank you very much. Everyone seems to be giving me a barnstar today. You do great work too and you are very close to getting a barnstar in my view. Thanks once again. And yes I am interested in India articles too, but this article needed way more work. :) -- a.n.o.n.y.m  t 19:43, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Thank you very much for you know what. ;) -- a.n.o.n.y.m  t 01:41, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

The Muslim Guild
I thought you might be interested in joining The Muslim Guild. --JuanMuslim 03:13, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

India related links
---Pamri • Talk • [ Reply] 08:23, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

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Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Waltham Forest

This is a list of Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, which contains the most parks of any government district north of the River Thames.

Ownership and Management
Waltham Forest Borough Council (LBWF) owns over 290 ha of open space including parks, sports and recreation grounds and nature reserves. However, other parks and open spaces in the borough are owned and managed by other agencies such as the City of London Corporation, which owns just over 472 ha across 10 sites in the borough and the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority.


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Helena Bergström

Helena Kristina Bergström Nutley (born 5 February 1964 ) is a Swedish actress and film director. From an acting family, she began her career in 1982. She has appeared on the stages of the Royal Dramatic Theatre (Dramaten) and the Stockholm City Theatre, but is best known for her work in films. The Women on the Roof is considered a breakout role for her. Her most awarded film is The Last Dance, for which she received the Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Festival Awards in Montreal and Istanbul. Her husband, Colin Nutley, has directed her in several movies. In 2007, she directed for the first time for the film Mind the Gap. She is also a screenwriter and a singer.

Early and personal life
Bergström was born in Kortedala, Gothenburg, the daughter of actress Kerstin Widgren and Hans Bergström, a director and actor. Her maternal grandfather, Olof Widgren, was also an actor.

Bergström studied in Mississippi in the United States as an exchange student when she was a teenager.

She is married to Colin Nutley, with whom she has two children, Molly and Timothy, and a stepson, Daniel Nutley. They met while filming Blackjack. At the time, Nutley was married and was 20 years her senior. They live in an apartment on Kungsholmen, an island in central Stockholm, where her grandparents lived. They also have a house in the country.

Career
She first appeared in a movie directed by her father in 1978, entitled Sweet Home. Bergström embarked on a film career in 1982, working in the television mini-series "Time Out". A year later she appeared in the satirical comedy series Vidöppet, or Wide Open in English. In 1988, she graduated from "Teaterhögskolan", the theatre academy, in Stockholm, after which she worked at the Royal Dramatic Theatre (Dramaten) and at the Stockholm City Theatre.

In 2008, she starred in a drama about Nobel Prize-winning author Selma Lagerlöf. She is known for her work in films, such as Miss Julie and House of Angels. The Woman on the Roof is described as the role that made her a noted actress. Although it was not a box office success, it was praised by the film critics. She became more notable after her "vivid portrayal of a tough city girl" during World War II in 1939. In 1990, she received the Swedish Film Academy Kurt Linder scholarship, and in 1992 Teaterförbundet Daniel Engdahl scholarship.

She has been directed by her husband in films including Black Jack, House of Angels, The Last Dance. Her husband has directed Bergström in films involving sex scenes; she said he found this to be uncomfortable.

With Tove Alsterdal, a playwright and journalist, she wrote her first screenplay, Så olika (2009), or So Different in English. She first directed Mind the Gap , which was released in 2007. In 2015, she directed her fourth film, Holy Mess (En underbar jävla jul) She is also a singer, singing more than 100 songs of Édith Piaf at the City Theatre. In 2002, she recorded an album of Piaf songs.

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Christopher Chavasse

Christopher Maude Chavasse, (9 November 1884 – 10 March 1962 ) was a British athlete, soldier and religious leader from the Chavasse family. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, served in the First World War and was later the Bishop of Rochester.

Early life
Chavasse was the son of Francis Chavasse, a Bishop of Liverpool and founder of St Peter's College, Oxford and his wife Edith Maude. His twin brother, Noel Godfrey Chavasse, won the Victoria Cross and bar. Christopher was the elder of the two by 20 minutes. The twins had two other brothers and three sisters.

Christopher and Noel Chavasse both attended Magdalen College School in Oxford (1896–1900) followed by Liverpool College (1900–1904) before progressing to Trinity College, Oxford, competing in rugby, lacrosse and athletics. They competed on the British team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London: Christopher came second in his preliminary heat of the 400 metres shortly after Noel came third in his heat of the same event. Neither advanced to the semi-finals. He was also an England lacrosse international.

Clergy
Christopher was ordained a priest on Trinity Sunday 1911 (22 May), by his father the Bishop of Liverpool, at Liverpool Cathedral.

After being ordained, he was appointed to the St Helens Parish Church staff. The former Liverpool RU player played mostly in the `A` Team as an amateur, and made his debut for the St Helens RLFC first team in the 24 points to 2 home victory over Hunslet on the 2 Jan 1910. The "Flying Curate", as he became known, played on the and scored three tries in six matches for the Saints.

Military service
During World War I, Chavasse served as a chaplain in the Royal Army Chaplains' Department of the British Army. On 15 August 1916, he was promoted from chaplain to the Forces 4th Class (equivalent to captain) to chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class (equivalent to major). On 30 September 1918, he was promoted to chaplain to the Forces 2nd Class (equivalent to lieutenant colonel).

Career
After the First World War, Chavasse rose through the ranks of the Church of England. He served as rector of St Aldate's, Oxford, from 1922 to 1928 and as rector of St Peter-le-Bailey, Oxford from 1927 to 1940. He became the first master of St Peter's Hall, Oxford upon its founding in 1929, continuing the work of his father, who had died in 1928. He was succeeded in 1940 by Julian Thornton-Duesbery.

He was nominated Bishop of Rochester on 19 March 1940, consecrated on 25 April the same year and served in that position until his resignation on 30 September 1960.

In 1948, a sermon given by Chavasse about Belshazzar's Feast was featured as a religious short film produced by J. Arthur Rank.

In 1943 Chavasse was chairman of the Archbishops' Commission on Evangelism which published the controversial report Towards the Conversion of England. In accordance with his hope for mass evangelisation, in 1955 Chavasse supported the Crusade of Billy Graham at Harringay Arena.

Chavasse gave his views on homosexuality informally to the Wolfenden Committee, disagreeing with the eventual proposal of the committee to allow same-sex relationships to be legal in private, and arguing that "homosexual practice is alarmingly catching".

In 1951 Chavasse founded Bennett Memorial Diocesan School in Tunbridge Wells with the school's main benefactress Lady Elena Bennett. The school was founded on 17 October 1951 and opened to students on 8 January 1953, to 400 students and only 18 teachers. Bennett Memorial is a Church of England school based within the Diocese of Rochester, having been founded while Chavasse served as the Bishop of Rochester. He founded Rochester Theological College in 1959, which was intended for mature students.

Chavasse also served briefly as an original trustee of St Peter's College upon its incorporation in 1961.

Personal life
Chavasse married Beatrice Willink shortly after the First World War, in July 1919. They had three sons: Noel, their eldest son named in honour of his uncle Noel Godfrey Chavasse, who served as an aide to Bernard Montgomery during the war, Michael and John, and two daughters, Anna and Susan.

In 1939, he lost a leg in a boating accident and was fitted with an artificial leg.

Honours and decorations

Chavasse was awarded the Military Cross (MC) during World War I. His citation, published in the London Gazette dating 25 August 1917, read: "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. His fearlessness and untiring efforts in attending to the wounded were magnificent. Although continually under fire, he volunteered on every possible occasion to search for and bring in the wounded. No danger appeared to be too great for him to face, and he inspired others to greater effort by his splendid example."

He was also awarded the Croix de Guerre (1914–1918) by the Republic of France "for distinguished services rendered during the course of the campaign". Chavasse's other World War I medals were the 1914 Star with clasp, the British War Medal, and the Victory Medal.

In the 1936 King's Birthday Honours, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in its Military Division. In 1937, he was awarded the King George VI Coronation Medal.

On 31 January 1941, he was awarded the Efficiency Decoration (TD) for long service in the Territorial Army. In June 1946, he was appointed chaplain of the Venerable Order of Saint John (CStJ). On 18 March 1959, he was commissioned as a deputy lieutenant (DL) by the Lord Lieutenant of Kent.

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Ilya Bryzgalov

Ilya Nikolayevich Bryzgalov (Илья Николаевич Брызгалов; born 22 June 1980) is a Russian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Anaheim Ducks, Phoenix Coyotes, Philadelphia Flyers, Edmonton Oilers and Minnesota Wild. He was drafted by Anaheim in the second round of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, 44th overall.

In 2006–07, Bryzgalov won the Stanley Cup with the Anaheim Ducks. Internationally, he has earned a bronze medal with Russia at the 2002 Winter Olympics, and a silver medal at the 2000 World Junior Championships. Bryzgalov also competed in the 2004 World Cup of Hockey and is a three-time Olympian. As the starting goaltender, he helped Russia win back-to-back gold medals at the 2009 World Ice Hockey Championships, making them ranked number one in the world. He was also runner-up for the Vezina Trophy and a top-five finalist for the Hart Memorial Trophy in the 2009–10 season.

Early years and Anaheim tenure
Bryzgalov started his professional career in his native Russia, splitting the 1999–2000 season between Spartak Moscow of the Russian Supreme League (RSL-2) and Lada Togliatti of the Russian Superleague (RSL). Bryzgalov played two seasons with Lada Togliatti before joining the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, who had drafted him in the second round, 44th overall, in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft.

However, with Jean-Sébastien Giguère and Martin Gerber ahead of him in the club's depth chart, Bryzgalov spent the better part of his first four seasons in North America with the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks of the American Hockey League (AHL). He made his Mighty Ducks debut in 2001–02, playing in his first of two games during that four-season stretch.

With the departure of backup Gerber, Bryzgalov took over behind Giguère in 2005–06 season. However, injuries to the Ducks starter  allowed Bryzgalov to play more games than he otherwise would have and he responded to the challenge with a 13–12–1 record with a 2.51 goals against average (GAA) and .910 save percentage. In the subsequent playoffs, Bryzgalov made three starts and one relief appearance for the Ducks in their first-round series against the Calgary Flames. In Game 1, he filled-in for an injured Giguère, taking a 2–1 overtime loss. He relieved Giguère once more in Game 5 and stopped all 19 shots he faced in a 3–2 loss. He then took over the starting job for Games 6 and 7 of the series, winning 2–1 in Game 6 and recording a shutout in the decisive Game 7. Moving past the Flames, Bryzgalov then recorded 5–0 and 3–0 shutouts in the first two games of the second series against the Colorado Avalanche for three consecutive shutouts. He tied Frank McCool's 1945 playoff record for most consecutive shutouts by a rookie and passed Giguère, who had recorded consecutive shutouts in 2003 for the third-longest playoff shutout streak of all time. Despite his success in the first two rounds, Bryzgalov struggled in the semifinals against the Edmonton Oilers and was eventually replaced by Giguère for the rest of the series as the Ducks were eliminated in five games.

Bryzgalov continued to play backup to Giguère the following season and into the 2007 playoffs. Bryzgalov made comments regarding Ducks head coach Randy Carlyle, saying he believed Carlyle had no confidence in him. However, he briefly took over as the starter for the first four games of the Western Conference Quarterfinals, winning three games as Giguère took a leave of absence with personal issues. Bryzgalov came in for relief in the Western Conference finals against the Detroit Red Wings, but remained on the bench as the Ducks went on to defeat the Ottawa Senators in the Finals in five games to win the franchise's, and Bryzgalov's, first Stanley Cup.

Phoenix Coyotes
With the re-signing of Giguère to a four-year contract in the off-season and the acquisition of Jonas Hiller from Switzerland, the Ducks attempted to trade Bryzgalov, but were unable to do so. Anaheim general manager Brian Burke claimed he had a deal worked out at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, but could not finish it. As a result, on 16 November 2007, Bryzgalov was placed on waivers and claimed by the Phoenix Coyotes the following day, on 17 November. In his first game with the team that same day, Bryzgalov made 27 saves for his third career shutout in a 1–0 win over the Los Angeles Kings. Phoenix promptly signed him to a three-year contract extension and he went on to record 26 wins in 55 games for the Coyotes as they battled for a playoff spot, establishing himself as the club's starting goaltender.

Bryzgalov again recorded 26 wins for the Coyotes during the 2008–09 season, though the Coyotes did not qualify for the playoffs. But the 2009–10 season would be a different story for Bryzgalov and the Coyotes, who would qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 2002 on the back of Bryzgalov's 42 victories. The fourth-seeded Coyotes would face-off against the veteran Detroit Red Wings in the Western Conference Quarterfinals. The series proved to be a see-saw battle that eventually saw Detroit prevail in seven games. Bryzgalov averaged 3.43 goals against per game during the series.

Despite the uncertainty surrounding the Coyotes during the 2010–11 season, Bryzgalov's 36 wins helped them to the sixth seed in the Western Conference and a return trip to the playoffs. Once again, the Coyotes faced the Red Wings. Despite Bryzgalov's strong play throughout the regular season, he struggled in the playoff rematch with Detroit, averaging 4.36 goals against per game as the Red Wings swept the Coyotes in four straight games. Set to become an unrestricted free agent in the off-season, the Coyotes did not meet Bryzgalov's asking price for a contract extension. On 6 June 2011, Bryzgalov's negotiation rights were traded to the Philadelphia Flyers for a third-round pick in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, forward Matt Clackson and future considerations. Bryzgalov averaged 33 victories a season the past four seasons with the Coyotes.

Philadelphia Flyers
During the previous two seasons, the Flyers had lacked a player who consistently filled the starting goaltender position. The duo of Michael Leighton and Brian Boucher were able to help the team to the 2010 Stanley Cup Finals in place of the injured starter Ray Emery, but neither goaltender held onto the starting position for an extended period of time. Rookie Sergei Bobrovsky was the Flyers' starter in the 2010–11 season, but he and Boucher formed another tandem with similar inconsistency, including a dismal playoff for both.

On 23 June 2011, the Flyers signed Bryzgalov to be their new starter, and signed him to a nine-year, $51 million contract. In order to accommodate his contract under the team's salary cap, the Flyers made two high-profile trades an hour before the Bryzgalov signing was first reported, sending Jeff Carter to the Columbus Blue Jackets (for Jakub Voráček, as well as first- and third-round picks in the 2011 Entry Draft) and captain Mike Richards to the Los Angeles Kings (for Wayne Simmonds, Brayden Schenn and a second-round pick).

On 27 October 2011, following a 9–8 loss to the Winnipeg Jets, Bryzgalov commented on his own play: "I have zero confidence in myself right now." He also likened himself to somebody "lost in the woods" and that, "If you probably throw a ball instead of the puck, I'm not gonna stop it." Bryzgalov would quickly rebound, however, by winning six of his next eight games.

Bryzgalov would become well known for his comments regarding the universe during the filming of HBO's 24/7 series – "Solar system is so humongous big, right? But if you see the, like, our solar system and our galaxy on the, like, on the side, you know, like, and we're so small — you can never see it — our galaxy is like huge, but if you see the big picture, our galaxy, like, it's small, tiny, like dot in the universe. Like, and I think like, 'And we have some problems here on the Earth we worry about?' Compared to like... nothing. Just... be happy. Don't worry, be happy right now." His comments have resulted in some good fun, including how when requesting information about the Universe, Siri instead returns information about Bryzgalov, referring to him as "Mr. Universe".

Bryzgalov made news when he said he believed Sergei Bobrovsky would be the starter for the 2012 NHL Winter Classic: "I have great news and even better news. Okay, great news is I'm not playing, and better news is we have a chance to win the game... [I'll] make sure I don't forget my thermos with some nice tea and enjoy the bench," he said. Bobrovsky then started the Winter Classic on 2 January 2012, a 3–2 Flyers loss to the New York Rangers at Citizens Bank Park.

Following a 6–4 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on 18 February 2012, Bryzgalov was quoted as saying, "I know I was frustrated in my game today and I know I have to be better and I will continue to work on this, but ... I will try to find peace in my soul to play in this city."

From 4 to 13 March 2012, Bryzgalov recorded four shutouts and allowed just two goals over a five-game span. Two days later, on 15 March, Bryzgalov set the Flyers all-time record for longest shutout streak, in a game against the New York Islanders.

Bryzgalov was named the NHL's First Star of the Month for March 2012.

On 8 May 2012, the Flyers and Bryzgalov recorded a 3–1 loss to the New Jersey Devils, and were eliminated in the second round of the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs. He recorded a 3.46 goals against average combined with an .887 save percentage during the playoffs.

On 2 March 2013, he won his 200th career game, a 2–1 win against the Ottawa Senators.

On 25 June 2013, Bryzgalov was informed the Flyers would use a compliance buyout to buy the remaining seven years on his contract.

Las Vegas Wranglers
On 2 October 2013, Bryzgalov signed a try-out contract with the Las Vegas Wranglers of the ECHL. According to the ECHL website, Bryzgalov was signed as an emergency backup goaltender by the Wranglers on 17 October 2013. He would be released two weeks later, on 16 October, without ever playing a game for the Wranglers.

Edmonton Oilers
On 8 November 2013, Bryzgalov entered a verbal agreement to sign a one-year contract with the Edmonton Oilers. He began on a conditioning assignment with the Edmonton's AHL affiliate, the Oklahoma City Barons, but was finally called up to the Oilers on 17 November. On 28 November, Bryzgalov made his first start of the season with a 3–0 shutout win over the Nashville Predators, stopping all 33 shots. After coming in a relief role the previous night, Bryzgalov posted his 31st career shutout. Head coach Dallas Eakins said after the game, "And he picked up right where he left off last game. I thought he was solid. He looked big in the net, everything. Check marks right across the page for him." Starting goaltender Devan Dubnyk sat as Bryzgalov's backup for the night. However, Bryzgalov was injured only two games later, temporarily halting his bid to supplant Dubnyk to become the Oilers' starter. However, Dubnyk was then traded to Nashville in January, which made Bryzgalov Edmonton's new starter until he was traded.

Minnesota Wild
On 4 March 2014, Bryzgalov was traded to the Minnesota Wild in exchange for a fourth-round draft pick. He played well for the Wild down the stretch, posting a 7–1–3 record, and he shared playing time with goaltender Darcy Kuemper in the 2014 playoffs. The Wild defeated the Colorado Avalanche in the first round but lost to the Chicago Blackhawks in round two. Bryzgalov became an unrestricted free agent at the conclusion of the season.

Return to Anaheim
On 3 December 2014, Bryzgalov signed a tryout contract with the Anaheim Ducks, the team for which he played from 2001 to 2008. After a successful tryout, the Ducks signed him to a one-year deal reportedly worth $2.88 million on 9 December 2014.

On 23 February 2015, the Ducks placed Bryzgalov on waivers and he was assigned to their AHL affiliate, the Norfolk Admirals, after fighting for the Ducks' third-string position with Jason LaBarbera. However, on 26 February, the Ducks put Bryzgalov on unconditional waivers, normally an indication a team is about to release a player. Shortly after, the Ducks made a public statement saying Bryzgalov would be returning home to his family and not finish the 2014–15 season with them, ending his professional career.

International play
Bryzgalov competed for Russia in the 2000 World Junior Championships in Umeå. He recorded a 0.77 GAA in four games to help Russia to a silver medal. Later that year, he was named to the Russia's senior team for the 2000 World Championships, where he played in four games as Russia failed to reach the podium. Two years later, he competed for Russia at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, earning bronze. Playing in a backup position, Bryzgalov did not appear in any games.

However, Bryzgalov played in a more expanded role at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, playing in 240 minutes and recording a 2.34 GAA in three games. Bryzgalov received his first international gold medal at the 2009 World Championships after defeating Canada in the final.

In popular culture
A 2006 post game interview given by Bryzgalov while he was a member of the Anaheim Ducks has become an internet meme. He was asked about by a reporter how he felt about Ducks teammate Chris Pronger who joined the Ducks after a controversial departure from the Edmonton Oilers, and Bryzgalov answered "It's only game[sic], why you have to be mad" in an unusual high-pitched voice, with his characteristically thick Russian accent. The quotation was included in the game Overwatch as a voice line spoken by the character Zarya, who is Russian. Overwatch lead writer Michael Chu explains that many of the development team are hockey fans, and he himself was introduced to hockey after watching the Disney film, The Mighty Ducks.

Personal life
Bryzgalov and his wife, Yevgeniya, have a daughter, Valery, and a son, Vladislav. The family lived in Yorba Linda, California, during Bryzgalov's tenure with the Anaheim Ducks. He spent five summers attending college in Russia, where he earned his degree, allowing him to teach and coach in Russian schools. He reads books and enjoys studying philosophy. Bryzgalov is the proud owner of a Siberian husky, a breed of dog he considers very beautiful. In HBO's 24/7 Flyers/Rangers: Road to the NHL Winter Classic series, he compared his dog to a "hot blonde girl".

Transactions

 * 24 June 2000 — Drafted by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the second round, 44th overall.
 * 17 November 2007 — Claimed off waivers by the Phoenix Coyotes from the Anaheim Ducks.
 * 7 June 2011 — Traded to the Philadelphia Flyers for Matt Clackson, a third-round draft pick in 2012 and a conditional draft pick.
 * 23 June 2011 — Signed a nine-year, $51 million deal with the Philadelphia Flyers.
 * 26 June 2013 — Remaining seven years on his contract bought out by the Philadelphia Flyers.
 * 8 November 2013 — Signed a one-year, $2 million deal with the Edmonton Oilers.
 * 4 March 2014 — Traded to the Minnesota Wild for a fourth-round draft pick in 2014.
 * 9 December 2014 — Signed a one-year, $2.88 million deal with the Anaheim Ducks.

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MrSID

MrSID (pronounced Mister Sid) is an acronym that stands for multiresolution seamless image database. It is a file format (filename extension .sid) developed and patented by LizardTech (in October 2018 absorbed into Extensis) for encoding of georeferenced raster graphics, such as orthophotos.

MrSID originated as the result of research efforts at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).

Geographic information systems
MrSID was originally developed for Geographic Information Systems (GIS). With this format, large raster image files such as aerial photographs or satellite imagery are compressed and can be quickly viewed without having to decompress the entire file.

The MrSID (.sid) format is supported in major GIS applications such as Autodesk, Bentley Systems, CARIS, ENVI, ERDAS, ESRI, Global Mapper, Intergraph, MapInfo, QGIS and MiraMon.

Fingerprints
According to the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (which releases GDAL), MrSID was developed "under the aegis of the U.S. government for storing fingerprints for the FBI."

Other uses
In a 1996 entry for the R&D 100 Awards, LANL identified other uses for the format: "it can be used as an efficient method for storing and retrieving photographic archives; it can store and retrieve satellite data for consumer games and educational CD-ROMs; and it is well suited for use in vehicle navigation systems. Moreover, MrSID holds promise for being used in image compression and editing for desktop publishing and nonlinear digital video software."

For certain downloadable images (such as maps), American Memory at the Library of Congress began using MrSID in 1996; in January 2005 it also began using JPEG 2000. Depending on image content and color depth, compression of American Memory maps is typically better with MrSID, which on average achieves a compression ratio of approximately 22:1 versus the 20:1 achieved with JPEG 2000.

Software
Extensis offers a software package called GeoExpress to read and write MrSID files. They also provide a free web browser plug-in for the Microsoft Windows operating system. (A Macintosh OS version of this viewer, introduced in 2005, was discontinued.) Most commercial GIS software packages can read some versions of MrSID files including those from GE Smallworld, ESRI, Intergraph, Bentley Systems, MapInfo, Safe Software, Autodesk, with ERDAS IMAGINE being able to both read and write MrSID files. GeoExpress can also generate JPEG 2000 (.jp2) data. When combined with LizardTech's Express Server, .sid and .jp2 data can be served quickly to a variety of GIS applications and other client applications either through direct integrations or via WMS.

There is no open source implementation of the MrSID format. Some open source GIS systems can read MrSID files, including MapWindow GIS and those based on GDAL. The Decode Software Development Kit (SDK) is made available as a free download from Extensis. This enables the capability to implement MrSID reading capability in any application.

Some image editing and management software systems can also read MrSID files, including XnView and IrfanView.

Encoding
MrSID technology uses lossless wavelet compression to create an initial image. Then the encoder divides the image into zoom levels, subbands, subblocks and bitplanes. After the initial encoding, the image creator can apply zero or more optimizations. While 2:1 compression ratios may be achieved losslessly, higher compression rates are lossy much like JPEG-compressed data.

Decoding
MrSID uses selective decoding meaning that the decoder does not have to decode the entire file to view a specific zoom level, image quality or scene for example.

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Talk:Ilya Bryzgalov

Article clean up
I've removed the following statements from the article to alleviate the lack of unsourced material: ''*He was "rented" to a second-league team (which used to be a usual practice for rookie players in Russia), Spartak Moscow but soon was spotted by his main team, Lada Togliatti. Bryzgalov played two seasons there, but decided to break the contract because of some conflicts with team management. Many Russian teams tried to compete for him after that incident, but Bryzgalov decided to try his luck overseas.
 * Long considered to be the future goaltender for the Ducks
 * the team chose to allow Bryzgalov to develop in Cincinnati, where he could adjust to the idiosyncrasies of the North American game, and become better prepared for duties at the NHL level, while also receiving the majority of the starts and significant playing time.'' (ie. I removed this because at the time, he was behind Gerber as well on the depth charts. It is more likely he simply lost the backup position to him) Orlandkurtenbach (talk) 00:23, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Rights traded to Flyers in the Lead?
Is it really necessary to mention his rights were traded in the lead? Considering there is nothing in the lead about his time in Phoenix it seems to have undue weight listing it there. I didn't bother to remove it since I have the feeling that it will just be replaced by an anon user who doesn't bother to read that it's already in the article. Thoughts?--Mo Rock...Monstrous (leech44) 20:15, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree and I've removed it. The date is already mentioned in the lead sentence and even that will be removed by June 1st. --Izzygood (talk) 18:37, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Cool, Thanks.--Mo Rock...Monstrous (leech44) 18:59, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Missing quote
Hm...noticed this article is missing one of Bryzgalov's most important contributions to sport, his famous quote: "It's only game...why you heff to be mad?" Perhaps an entry on WikiQuote would be more appropriate? $$|$$ ozhu  (talk·contribs) 20:02, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stanley Lewis

 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was keep. -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 23:09, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Stanley Lewis
No assertion of notability — someone who is a former teacher and president of a local club, in my opinion, isn't notable, and cannot be verified. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk | WS 14:58, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - as per nominator. The JPS 15:22, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nominator, article does not make any valid assertion of notability. Hall Monitor 17:55, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete under WP:CSD A7 and so tagged. If for some reason not speedy deleted, delete as non-notable. DES (talk) 18:20, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep the rewrittten diambig page. I have removed the speedy tag. DES (talk) 00:30, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, as per nominator. --JoanneB 18:23, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep the disambig, don't keep the original subject of the article. There's a former mayor J.E. Stanley Lewis who seems to be called just "Stanley Lewis", at least some of the time.  Also there's American artist in List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2005 and here, who's full name is "C. Stanley Lewis" .  --rob 00:11, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.