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Déjà vu (disambiguation)

Déjà vu is a French phrase meaning "already seen", and it refers to the experience of feeling sure that one has witnessed or experienced a new situation previously.

Déjà Vu may also refer to:

Music

 * Deja Vu, a 1980s Japanese progressive rock band formed by Motoi Sakuraba

Albums

 * Deià...Vu, by Kevin Ayers, 1984
 * Déjà vu (Blue System album) or the title song (see below), 1991
 * Déjà Vu (CNCO album), 2021
 * Déjà Vu (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young album) or the title song, 1970
 * Déjà Vu (George Duke album), 2010
 * Déjà Vu (Giorgio Moroder album) or the title song (see below), 2015
 * Déjà-vu (Hitomi album) or the title song, 1997
 * Dejavu (Koda Kumi album), 2011
 * Déjà-Vu (Metrô album) or the title song, 2002
 * Déjà-Vu (Will album), 2000
 * Deja Vu, by Mike Singer, or the title song, 2018
 * Deja Vu, by Willie Colón, 1978

EPs

 * Déjà Vu (SS501 EP) or the title song, 2006
 * Deja Vu, by Sonamoo, or the title song, 2014

Songs

 * "Déjà Vu" (3OH!3 song), 2010
 * "Deja Vu" (A.B.'s song), 1984
 * "Déjà Vu" (Beyoncé song), 2006
 * "Déjà vu" (Blue System song), 1991
 * "Déjà Vu" (Bob Taylor and Inna song), 2009
 * "Deja Vu" (Coterie song), 2022
 * "Déjà Vu" (Dionne Warwick song), 1979
 * "Déjà Vu" (Giorgio Moroder song), 2015
 * "Deja Vu" (J. Cole song), 2016
 * "Deja Vu" (Olivia Rodrigo song), 2021
 * "Deja Vu" (Post Malone song), 2016
 * "Deja Vu" (Prince Royce and Shakira song), 2017
 * "Déjà Vu" (Roger Waters song), 2017
 * "Déjà Vu" (Something for Kate song), 2003
 * "Deja Vu (All Over Again)", by John Fogerty, 2004
 * "Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)", by Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz, 1997
 * "Deja Vu", by Ateez from Zero: Fever Part.3, 2021
 * "Déjà Vu", by Avril Lavigne from Love Sux, 2022
 * "Déjà Vu", by Bear Hands from You'll Pay for This, 2016
 * "Déjà Vu", by the Bee Gees from This Is Where I Came In, 2001
 * "Déjà Vu", by Cibo Matto from Hotel Valentine, 2014
 * "Déjà Vu", by Coldrain from Final Destination, 2009
 * "Deja Vu", by Dave Rodgers, 1999
 * "Déjà Vu", by Dog Fashion Disco from Committed to a Bright Future, 2003
 * "Deja Vu", by Dreamcatcher, 2019
 * "Déjà Vu", by Eminem from Relapse, 2009
 * "Deja Vu", by En Vogue from Electric Café, 2018
 * "Déjà Vu", by Enigma from Seven Lives Many Faces, 2008
 * "Deja Vu", by f(x) from 4 Walls, 2015
 * "Déjà Vu", by Gustavo Cerati from Fuerza natural, 2009
 * "Déjà Vu", by Iron Maiden from Somewhere in Time, 1986
 * "Deja Vu", by James Arthur from It'll All Make Sense in the End, 2021
 * "Déjà Vu", by Katy Perry from Witness, 2017
 * "Deja Vu", by Killah Priest from Black August, 2003
 * "Deja Vu", by Lauren Duski, performing on season 12 of The Voice (U.S.), 2017
 * "Deja Vu", by Luna Sea from Image, 1992
 * "Déjà Vu", by Mike Posner from 31 Minutes to Takeoff, 2010
 * "Déjà Vu", by NCT Dream from NCT 2020 Resonance, 2020
 * "Dejavu", by NU'EST W from Who, You, 2018
 * "Déjà Vu", by Pitty from Anacrônico, 2005
 * "Deja Vu", by Pixy from Reborn, 2022
 * "Deja Vu", by Roc Project, 2004
 * "Déjà Vu", by Sleeping with Sirens from Feel, 2013
 * "Déjà Vu", by Steve Hackett from Genesis Revisited, 1996
 * "Deja-Vu", by T-ara from Treasure Box, 2013
 * "Deja Vu", by Tainy and Yandel, 2021
 * "Déjà Vu", by Twenty88 from Twenty88, 2016
 * "Dejavu", by Twice from What Is Love?, 2018
 * "Deja Vu", by TXT from Minisode 3: Tomorrow, 2024
 * "Deja Vu", by Velvet from The Queen, 2008
 * "Deja-vu", by Yeah Yeah Yeahs from Show Your Bones, 2006
 * "Deja Vu", by Yngwie Malmsteen from Odyssey, 1988
 * "Deja Vu", by Zion I from Enter the Woods, 1997
 * "Déjà Vu (I've Been Here Before)", by Teena Marie from Wild and Peaceful, 1979
 * "Take Me Back (Déjà Vu)", by Van Halen from Balance, 1995

Computing

 * Déjà Vu (software), a program for computer-assisted translation
 * Déjà Vu (video game), a 1985 adventure game for the Macintosh
 * DejaVu fonts, a typeface family

Film

 * Déjà Vu (1985 film), a British motion picture starring Jaclyn Smith
 * Deja Vu (1990 film), a Soviet-Polish comedy film starring Jerzy Stuhr
 * Déjà Vu (1997 film), an American film directed by Henry Jaglom
 * Déjà Vu (2006 film), an American science fiction action film starring Denzel Washington
 * Déjà Vu (2015 film), a Chinese comedy film
 * Deja Vu, a 2021 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Abhijeet Mohan Warang
 * Dejavu (2022 film), an Indian Tamil-language mystery thriller film

Television

 * Deja Vu (TV series), a Taiwan TV series
 * "Deja Vu" (The Outer Limits), a 1999 episode of The Outer Limits
 * "Deja-vu", a 2020 episode of Dark
 * "Déjà Vu" (Code Lyoko episode)
 * "Déjà Vu (or: Show 5)", an episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus

Plays

 * Déjàvu, a 1992 stage play by John Osborne
 * Déjà Vu, a 2009 radio play by Alexis Zegerman, directed by Lu Kemp

Other uses

 * Déjà Vu (radio personality), radio personality and motivational speaker
 * Déjà Vu (company), a U.S. company that owns strip clubs
 * Déjà Vu, Giant Inverted Boomerang roller coasters by Vekoma
 * Deja Vu All Over Again (disambiguation)

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Perdido Key, Florida

Perdido Key is an unincorporated community located in Escambia County, Florida, United States, between the cities of Pensacola, Florida and Orange Beach, Alabama. The community is located on and named for Perdido Key, a barrier island in northwest Florida and southeast Alabama. "Perdido" means "lost" in the Spanish and Portuguese languages. The Florida district of the Gulf Islands National Seashore includes the east end of the island, as well as other Florida islands. No more than a few hundred yards wide in most places, Perdido Key stretches some 16 mi from near Pensacola to Perdido Pass Bridge near Orange Beach.

History
From the beginning of the 17th century, Spanish and French explorers, imagining riches in the New World, began colonizing the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico. A Spanish expedition from Vera Cruz, Mexico had settled on what became known as Santa Rosa Island on Panzacola Bay, named after the indigenous people, later known as the Pensacola Indians. Panzacola means "the village of hairy people". The French developed a settlement along the coast near Maubila (Mobile). They were competing in this area. Explorers from both countries had heard of a great mysterious body of water to the west of Pensacola, but they were unable to find the entrance.

In 1693 noted cartographer and scientist Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora was sent by the Spanish government to locate the entrance. Even after he located the mouth of the bay, he was unable to find a waterway deep enough to sail through. According to legend, Siquenza's ship had been blown off course as he was again searching for the pass into the deep inland waters. The ship was spotted by an Indian chief camped with his tribe at Bear Point. As the chief was walking next to the water, he spotted Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora attempting to reef his sails. He offered to guide Siquenza and his men to a connecting deep water channel from the Gulf of Mexico into the more tranquil bay. When the search party finally located the elusive bay, they called it Perdido, which in Spanish means "lost" or "hidden".

Early maps indicate that, at the time, the pass was located on or very near to today's official State boundary between Alabama and Florida. Hurricanes and other forces—natural as well as man-made—have moved the pass back and forth several times to where it lies now in Orange Beach, Alabama, approximately 3 mi from the Florida boundary.

Segregation
Pensacola Beach was once 'whites only' and what is now The Gulf Islands National Seashore was one of the few beaches near Pensacola that was African American friendly.

Army Private Rosamond Johnson, Jr. was the first Escambia County resident to die in the Korean War on July 26, 1950. He successfully carried two wounded soldiers to safety and was returning with a third when he was fatally wounded. He joined the military at age 15 and died at 17. He posthumously received the Purple Heart on August 21, 1950 and several veteran groups are still working to see if Johnson deserved additional military honors. During the early days of an integrated military it was not uncommon for recognition to be overlooked for black troops.

Pensacola beaches were racially segregated at the time of Johnson's death; the Gulf beach area was a popular area for blacks. After the Korean War, the county-owned recreational area was renamed to honor its fallen hero at the suggestion of the Sunset Riding Club, Inc. The club had leased the land in 1950 from the county for the sole use of bathing, beach and recreational facilities for "colored citizens". Although the lease was canceled in 1956, the name Rosamond Johnson Beach remained. The area became part of Gulf Islands National Seashore on May 8, 1973.

A permanent monument in Johnson's honor was erected at Johnson Beach on June 10, 1996. Guest speaker, retired Army Maj. Gen. Mike Ferguson of Pensacola and the Veterans of Under Aged Military Service officiated the ceremony.

Geography
Perdido Bay is said to have once had an estimated 300 natural springs bubbling up from the sandy bottom. There were so many around the site of the Lillian bridge that when construction began, bridge engineers were appalled to see pilings sinking down below the surface, following the soft course of a natural spring. They had to devise a solution, which was building cofferdams to shore up the pilings to prevent them from sinking.

Circa 1933 Perdido Key became an island. Before then, the area was a small peninsula just to the west of Pensacola. It was crossed by a large ditch that was narrow enough to jump across, and sometimes filled with alligators. This ditch was improved and widened to become part of the Intracoastal Waterway in 1933.

The Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) connecting Pensacola to Mobile Bay, the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, was started during 1931 during the Great Depression. The digging that would connect Pensacola, Big Lagoon (also known as Grande Lagoon), Perdido Bay, and Mobile Bay was completed in 1933. Perdido Key Island is now about 16 mi long with almost 60% of it (9.5 miles) protected in federal or state parks.

In 1978 the National Park Service completed purchase of over 1,000 acre of land on Perdido Key from Johnson Beach to Pensacola Pass for about $8 million. For years this area was called Gulf Beach, and it evolved into being called Perdido Key. Many "old timers" still slip and call the area Gulf Beach.

On September 22, 2020, Hurricane Sally split a disconnected and undeveloped stretch of the barrier island into three smaller islands.

Environment
Environmentalists and outdoor enthusiasts visit Perdido Key due to the miles of protected beach wilderness; along with the Navarre Beach Marine Park and the many miles of Gulf Islands National Seashore, the protected coastlines are a signature of the Pensacola Bay area and the remainder of Northwest Florida. Miles of preserves are used for hiking, kayaking, and bird watching. Dolphin watch excursions and sailing tours are available, as are moonlight cruises on the bay. Perdido Key's two state parks and an expanse of National Seashore offer chances to spot gray foxes and blue herons in the wild. Local outfitters offer guided tours, and self-guided nature trails at Big Lagoon and Johnson Beach allow solitude.

Perdido Key Beach Dune Habitat
The azure waters of the Gulf of Mexico frame the white beaches. These beaches and their dune habitat host a variety of visitors and residents throughout the year.

The beach dune habitat of Perdido Key is characterized by several rows of sand dunes. "Frontal" or "primary" dunes are vegetated with grasses including sea oats, bunch grass, and beach grass. Among other plants growing in primary dunes are Florida rosemary, railroad vine and beach morning glories. "Secondary" dunes, further inland, support saw palmetto, slash and sand pines, and scrubby shrubs and oaks. Growing among the dunes are such species as cordgrass, salt-grass, pine trees, purslane and pennywort.

The scrub and grasses growing on the dunes are vital to the health of Perdido Key's beach habitat. The roots of plants are the "fingers" which hold sand in place, preventing it from blowing away in the wind or washing away in the tidal surge of Hurricane or other storms. Without the critical holding power of dunes and their plants, the beaches would blow and erode away.

The dune restoration project on Perdido Key is restoring or planting the following native plants:

Sand plants: Estuarine plants:
 * sea oats (Uniola paniculata)
 * saltmeadow cordgrass (Spartina patens)
 * coastal panicgrass (Panicum amarum)
 * turtle grass (Thallassia testudinum)
 * salt marsh cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora)
 * black needle rush (Juncus romerianus)

Wildlife
Perdido Key is home to the endangered Perdido Key beach mouse. The small white and gray mouse, weighing 13-16 grams, blends in with the white quartz sand of northern Gulf coast beaches. While the Perdido Key beach mouse feeds primarily on the seeds of sea oats and bluestem, it will occasionally eat insects.

The Perdido Key beach mouse was listed as an endangered species in 1985. Loss of habitat to development is considered to be the main factor leading to the decline of the species. Hurricanes have also taken their toll on the mouse. The beach mouse population at Perdido Key was nearly eliminated in the mid-1990s when hurricanes Erin and Opal ravaged Perdido Key. Numbering less than 40 after the storms, the mice have regenerated quite well, with current population estimates near 500. While populations appear to be growing, the Perdido Key Beach Mouse will probably never make it off the endangered species list because of continued habitat loss and degradation due to human development in the area. Other species find the white sands attractive as seasonal homes or for nesting before returning to sea. Two such visitors are the piping plover and the sea turtle.

The sea turtle is another endangered visitor to Perdido Key. Loggerhead, leatherback, ridley, and green sea turtles arrive between May and September to dig nest cavities in the sand into which 100 or more eggs are laid. About two months later, provided the nest has not been washed away, uncovered by high winds, or disturbed by predators or beach visitors, turtle hatchlings emerge. Following the brightest spot in the sky, which is usually the horizon over the water, hatchlings scramble for the sea. With development on barrier islands, lights of convenience stores, hotels and businesses (see Light pollution ) have made the trek to the sea confusing and dangerous. Few hatchlings are successful in their first adventure. Less than 1% of hatchlings survive their first year and grow old enough to return to Perdido Key to resume the cycle.

Shorebirds including black skimmers, gulls, terns, and brown pelicans are among the birds which rest on the island, nest, or feed offshore. Neotropical birds, such as warblers and cedar waxwings, live in the tropics and travel to North America to breed, stopping over to feed and rest at Perdido Key. Monarch butterflies migrating to and from South America stop here, finding refuge on the sea oats growing in the dunes of Perdido Key.

Local attractions
To the south of Perdido Key is the Gulf of Mexico, with its white sand beaches and sometimes clear blue waters. North of Perdido Key are Old River and the Intracoastal Waterway. Just north of Old River is the private Ono Island. North of Ono and separated by the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) is a small area called Innerarity Point, Florida and Innerarity Island. This small, private gated island community has mostly single-family homes with a few townhomes at the entrance.

Almost all of these waterways are accessible by boat. They lead to the Gulf of Mexico via the Alabama Pass in Orange Beach or the major harbor entrance of Pensacola Pass. These waterways are: Old River, Intracoastal Waterway (ICW), Perdido Bay, Pensacola Bay, Escambia Bay, Black Water River, Perdido River, Styx River, and a myriad of boatable canals, bayous and lakes. The inland waterways have historically given protection from the storms and hurricanes which have occurred in this area. This area has many homes lining the waterfront.

Gulf Islands National Seashore / Rosamond Johnson Beach (National Park Service)
Located on the eastern end of Perdido Key, it is open from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. It has picnic shelters, restrooms, showers, and seasonal lifeguards. The site of Fort McRee is located at the eastern tip of Johnson Beach and is accessible by boat or foot only. On the Sound side, there is a half-mile self-guided nature trail that winds past a salt marsh and through a maritime forest. The nature trail is wheelchair accessible. (Note: Nature Trail has been closed since September 2020 due to damage from Hurricane Sally. No re-opening date has been set).

The environment in this area can quickly become dangerous and inhospitable. Intense sunlight reflecting off the white sand beaches can temporarily blind visitors. Insects such as midges and other biting flies inhabit the areas around Langley Point and Redfish Point during certain times of the year, especially at or near dusk. The sand along the Gulf of Mexico side of Johnson beach is loose and difficult to walk in. Winds can reach 40 mi/h at night and can blow over tents and scatter items left unsecured. At night, the temperature can drop to an uncomfortable cool level even during midsummer.

Visitors are advised to observe surf warnings posted in the park. Two red flags means the water is closed to the public. A purple flag means dangerous sea life such as sharks or jellyfish are present. Rip currents are common due to shifting sands, especially after tropical storms. Visitors with small children are advised to stay in the main pavilion area under the supervision of the lifeguard. Lifeguards are typically on duty only from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend every year.

Big Lagoon State Recreation Area
This area is named for the bordering body of water called Big Lagoon. The Park of 678 acre upland was opened in 1978. The Cookie Trail is maintained by the Girl Scouts. Natural habitat includes numerous birds and animals: gray foxes, raccoons, skunks, opossums, great blue herons and other waterfowl, in addition to a variety of other birds. The park has more than 75 campsites; five picnic areas with shelters, a 500-seat amphitheater; boat ramp with dock; boardwalks and nature trails; and an observation tower offering a panoramic view of Big Lagoon, the park, and Gulf Islands National Seashore across the Intracoastal Waterway. it is located at 12301 Gulf Beach Highway, Pensacola, just north of the community of Perdido Key.

Perdido Key State Recreation Area
Perdido Key State Recreation Area encompasses 247 acre on a barrier island, which buffers the mainland from winds and threatening tides, and provides habitat for shore birds and other coastal animals. Saltwater fishing licenses are required. Occupied shells are alive and should be left alone. The wide white sand beaches and the rolling dunes covered with sea oats make this a pristine oasis along the rapidly developing Florida Panhandle. Picnic shelters are between the Gulf and the Old River, which bounds Perdido Key on the north.

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Talk:Twist and Shout

La Bamba?
Does anyone else think that the song is sufficiently close to the older La Bamba to merit a mention? wimbledon andy 17:35, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Yes, La Bamba was definitely an influence. You can almost sing the La Bamba lyrics along with T&S. It is mentioned on the LB page that T&S was somewhat based on LB.-- Walterego (talk) 21:19, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

 * You can sing "America the Beautiful" to "Auld Lang Syne" as well (and vice versa). Then there's "My Sweet Lord (Do Lang, Do Lang, Do Lang)..." Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 22:28, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

I absolutely agree with wimbledon andy: In the seventies of the last century, I switched singing "Twist And Shout" to "La Bamba" and vice versa during the rehearsals of our band. PeMoDe (talk) 05:53, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi PeMoDe! Note that it is no longer "mentioned on the LB page that T&S was somewhat based on LB."  Do you have a reliable source that discusses the similarities between the two songs?  GoingBatty (talk) 03:01, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Single Chronology
I've looked at a number of websites, both on wikipedia and off, and cannot figure out how to do the single chronology. If someone understands the difference between and single and EP, and whether or not to use US or UK info, please complete the infobox. Thanks, --El Slameron 15:32, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Beatles
Why is the info box just about the Beatles? They were not the first to record it. For great justice. 01:00, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

 * I suggest you add a new infobox if you wish to add information on another version of the song. --Bensin 08:49, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
 * He shouldn't have to, the information should already be there in the first place. Wikipedia has a history of excluding less popular bands and this is just another example. If you chose to edit an article you can not just post what you please, all the information should be provided. 68.219.30.13 (talk) 01:39, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

The Topnotes and Phil Spector
The first version of "Twist and Shout" has a bit of notoriety as well: it was one of the first Phil Spector productions that did not involve him as a composer or his group, The Teddy Bears, as an artist. He was hired to produce the Topnotes' version, and when composer Bert Berns heard the master, he told Spector, "You really fucked it up." When I can find the book that has that quotation, I'll add the section... that is, unless someone else beats me to it. 147.70.242.40 19:48, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Found a close online reference - with a G-rated account. 147.70.242.40 19:56, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Shakeitupferris.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:23, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Grateful Dead
I don't know when or where, but I think Grateful Dead also did a cover of Twist and Shout, since they put the lyrics up their site with songs they've done: http://www.dead.net/song/twist-and-shout 83.86.136.44 (talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.86.136.44 (talk) 02:40, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

First Harmony
In what way was this song in any way the first time the beatles sang in harmony? I'm pretty sure there are other songs on this album that are just harmonized. I suggest this unsourced quote be removed -Alex —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.216.66.104 (talk) 19:49, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Top Notes (Topnotes) article -- None yet
Can someone who knows about the Top Notes (Topnotes), add an article about them? Currently, I found none.

Maybe let me know? :) Thanks!

Misty MH (talk) 23:50, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

 * I've added some material to the article, essentially from here. I wouldn't be against creating an article on them, but I doubt if there's much to be added to what I've included here and - other than recording "Twist and Shout" with Spector - I doubt if they would pass the notability threshold.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 12:08, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
 * PS: Interesting to see that their singer Derek Martin is still going strong.... Ghmyrtle (talk) 21:27, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

Feedback regarding Beatles version
A question came up in the article feedback. The text in the Beatles section refers to their version as "a raucous, dynamic rocker". Is this an opinion or a quote or part of the reference from the next sentence? GoingBatty (talk) 01:34, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

 * I dunno, but it is a raucous, dynamic rocker! :-) :D Misty MH (talk) 02:16, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Video, Beatles
I'd love to see info in the article about a video with the Beatles playing it. This has it as an "official video": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVlr4g5-r18 Is that someone other than Ringo playing drums? Misty MH (talk) 02:15, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Probably Richard Starkey. :-)  GoingBatty (talk) 02:34, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Beatles 2nd biggest hit
Its overall chart longevity, combined with its original four-week run at #2, statistically makes it the Beatles' second most successful single in the U.S. next to "Hey Jude".

Actually that's I Want to Hold Your Hand. Please see the article.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/5557800/hot-100-55th-anniversary-by-the-numbers-top-100-artists-most-no

dnsla23 04:24, 14 August 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dnsla (talk • contribs)

Fanfiction?
Okay this is the title of a massively popular fanfiction (Dean/Castiel from Supernatural) and shouldn't it get a quick mention here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.216.99.230 (talk) 22:56, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

Nirvana, Sonic Youth
Nirvana, Sonic Youth did a cover of Twist and Shout. 81.227.190.9 (talk) 20:09, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

"Shake It Up Baby"
I haven't found any other source for the suggestion that the original title of the Top Notes' song was "Shake It Up Baby". The label shots in the article, and this one, give the title as "Twist and Shout", as does this usually pretty reliable source. I'll edit the article, and if anyone has additional evidence we can discuss it here. Ghmyrtle (talk) 11:26, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

I don't consider
this entry to be "notable" but we can talk about it if you wish.
 * " British pop-rock band McFly performed a cover of the song during a live session for The Sun."
 * Carptrash (talk) 18:10, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

Most of the cover entries fail WP:SONGCOVER. Sundayclose (talk) 18:29, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

Adding Direct Quote
Under 'The Beatles' Version' on this page, there is a short quote mentioning how John Lennon's voice wasn't the same for a long time after recording "Twist and Shout" in 1963. There is a shortened quote included and I have found the full quote and thought it would be beneficial to add all of what John Lennon said on the subject. Ammill40 (talk) 02:47, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

Mamas & Papas version missing
There's missing a reference to the version of the Mamas & Papas on one of their albums. Its's very special, outrageous, in that they do it extremely slow and softly. As I say: outrageous! --2003:C0:2703:6F00:58E2:E05F:CFE8:7528 (talk) 21:37, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

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Kippax Fair Shopping Centre

Kippax Fair is a shopping centre in the western Canberra suburb of Holt, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Named after cricketer Alan Kippax, it serves the West Belconnen region, and is anchored by a Woolworths Supermarket, an Aldi discount supermarket, and other stores, restaurants, cafeterias, bars, and community services.

History
In 1974, as the region of West Belconnen was slowly emerging, an approach was made by the ACT Government to build a sizeable shopping centre on a large plot of land neighbouring the Parkwood industrial estate. Its original design was to encompass one indoor shopping complex and two outdoor strip malls, now housing the majority of the centre's north-eastern wing. It opened in March 1976.

In the late 1980s, with the area population growing steadily and competition arising from the newly opened Belconnen Mall (now Westfield Belconnen), development began on the area now housing Woolworths, as well as building another strip mall on Kippax Place, including a Caltex service station and the West Belconnen Leagues Club. This was furthered in 2005 when an expansion was made to house Aldi, and a completely separate building was developed next to the centre's playground to house the Kippax Public Library. The centre's facade was also modernised.

In early 2019, a master plan was developed by the ACT Government, showing intent to expand the centre on the Kippax Playing Fields. This expansion would include another indoor shopping complex, housing another anchor tenant and a further range of stores. This plan was amidst controversy as it would force local sporting organisations to move their training facilities to other locations, such as the Higgins Oval, about 2 km to the centre's south.

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Ergodic sequence

In mathematics, an ergodic sequence is a certain type of integer sequence, having certain equidistribution properties.

Definition
Let $$A = \{a_j\}$$ be an infinite, strictly increasing sequence of positive integers. Then, given an integer q, this sequence is said to be ergodic mod q  if, for all integers $$1\leq k \leq q$$, one has

 * $$\lim_{t\to\infty} \frac{N(A,t,k,q)}{N(A,t)} = \frac {1}{q}$$

where

 * $$N(A,t) = \mbox{card} \{a_j \in A : a_j \leq t \}$$

and card is the count (the number of elements) of a set, so that $$N(A,t)$$ is the number of elements in the sequence A that are less than or equal to t, and

 * $$N(A,t,k,q) = \mbox{card} \{a_j \in A : a_j\leq t,\, a_j \mod q = k \}$$

so $$N(A,t,k,q)$$ is the number of elements in the sequence A, less than t, that are equivalent to k modulo q. That is, a sequence is an ergodic sequence if it becomes uniformly distributed mod q as the sequence is taken to infinity.

An equivalent definition is that the sum

 * $$\lim_{t\to\infty} \frac{1}{N(A,t)} \sum_{j; a_j\leq t}

\exp \frac{2\pi ika_j}{q} = 0$$

vanish for every integer k with $$k \mod q \ne 0$$.

If a sequence is ergodic for all q, then it is sometimes said to be ergodic for periodic systems.

Examples
The sequence of positive integers is ergodic for all q.

Almost all Bernoulli sequences, that is, sequences associated with a Bernoulli process, are ergodic for all q. That is, let $$(\Omega,Pr)$$ be a probability space of random variables over two letters $$\{0,1\}$$. Then, given $$\omega \in \Omega$$, the random variable $$X_j(\omega)$$ is 1 with some probability p and is zero with some probability 1-p; this is the definition of a Bernoulli process. Associated with each $$\omega$$ is the sequence of integers

 * $$\mathbb{Z}^\omega = \{n\in \mathbb{Z} : X_n(\omega) = 1 \}$$

Then almost every sequence $$\mathbb{Z}^\omega$$ is ergodic.

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Photo taken of Mildenhall (Minal) church, south side, looking N-W.

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Barry Seebaran

Barry Seebaran (born September 12, 1972) is a Canadian cricketer. He was a left-arm orthodox bowler, with the ability to bowl an effective arm ball.

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, the son of a former player, Seebaran first played for the National team in 1989 and was selected a year later for the 1990 ICC Trophy in the Netherlands, justifying his position at such an early age by being the best spin bowler in the tournament. He represented Canada from 1989 to 2003 including Canada vs USA Test Matches, 4 ICC World Cups, Shell Sandals Tournaments in Jamaica and St Lucia, the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Malaysia and his last appearance was One Day International cricket for Canada at the 2003 World Cup. His most notable bowling spell was 3 for 23 vs India, including the wickets of Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid. He currently resides in Queensland, Australia, teaching English and PE at Dalby Christian College before leaving in 2022. His current occupation entails instructing English and Hockey sessions at Livingstone Christian College.

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Friend or Foe (t.A.T.u. song)

"Friend or Foe" is a song by Russian recording duo t.A.T.u., taken from the group's second English language studio album Dangerous and Moving (2005). The song was written by Dave Stewart and Martin Kierszenbaum, while production was handled by Kierszenbaum and Robert Orton. The song was released by Interscope in 2005 as the album's second single. Musically, the song is a pop rock and electropop inspired song, with dance music influences. The song features ambiguous lyrics; it is unclear who exactly the words are directed at.

The song received generally positive reviews from critics, with many identifying it as the album's best song along with its praised for its dance nature and lyrical content. The song did not perform successfully like the group's previous single "All About Us", chart just under the top forty in most countries it charted in. An accompanying music video was issued, where it featured the group singing in a cave to fans.

Background and release
The song was written by Dave Stewart and Martin Kierszenbaum, while production was handled by Kierszenbaum and Robert Orton. The song was released by Interscope in 2005 as the album's second single. For the production and promotion of the single, it was handled by some big names from the rock music industry. These included Sting, who played bass on the track and Bryan Adams, who shot the cover sleeve. The song was the group's last single to be released in the United Kingdom and United States, due to the lack of success.

The song was released in multiple formats. The CD single was released in 2005 featuring the song with remixes, a music video and an "All About Us" remix. In December 2005, Interscope issued a remix EP featuring remixes that were released in Europe and the United Kingdom. A Part 2 CD single was issued in France as a maxi-single. The same month, Interscope Records announced that they would issue a 12-inch vinyl CD in the United States, only containing remixes of the single. The song was issued physically in the UK on 6 February 2006.

Critical reception
"Friend or Foe" received positive remarks from most music critics. Michael Boyles from The Pitt News gave it a positive review, saying that alone with "Loves Me Not"; " stand out as the most sexually ambiguous of this type and are two of the best tracks on the album [...]" Michael Freedburg from The Boston Phoenix said along with "Perfect Enemy", "Dangerous and Moving" and "All About Us"; "shoot straight to the gut – and to the heart." Betty Clarke from The Guardian described the song as "vapid" and "epic synth-rock". Dom Passantino from Stylus Magazine compared the lyrical content to the group's previous record "Not Gonna Get Us" by explaining "which is effectively a straight-up rewrite of previous album single 'Not Gonna Get Us.'"

Chart performance
"Friend or Foe" generally received mixed reception surrounding chart positions. The song managed to make the top three in Hungary, peaking at number three. The song then managed to peak inside the top forty in countries including the Czech Republic, Italy and the Wallonia region of Belgium. In the United Kingdom, the song spent a sole week on the UK singles chart at forty-eight. It was the group's last single to chart in the United Kingdom.

The song did not offer better success in various European countries, peaking at number three on the Flanders Ultratip extension chart in Belgium, seventy-five on the Swiss Singles Chart and eighty-nine on the Mega Single Top 100 in the Netherlands.

Music video
From 16 October 2005 to 17 October 2005, t.A.T.u. shot their video in the Los Angeles suburbs, directed by James Cox and produced by Billy Parks. The video was released on 8 November 2005.

The video was shot at Bronson Caves (where the original Batman TV series was filmed) in Hollywood by 1171 Production Group. The group previously worked on such t.A.T.u videos as "All About Us" and "Lyudi Invalidy" and has experience in making videos for Eminem and Celine Dion. Bronson Caves are famous for being the set location of Western movies and Batman series. The video was retired on Poland's TRL after spending 50 days on the countdown. The video did have more airplay in the U.S. than "All About Us" but it was still not played much.

In the video, Lena and Yulia both immaculately dressed in black, drive to the caves in a Chevrolet Chevelle. Yulia snaps her fingers and music begins to play as the girls perform in front of a mosh pit for a crowd of fans, who all dance and move to the song. Toward the middle, Yulia heads off stage, by the crowd and to a piano, where she begins to play. When she is done, she and Lena return to singing the rest of song.

A "Making Of" video for this music video was released on the DVD of The Best.

Other uses in media
The song "Friend or Foe" was also featured on MTV's 3rd season of Laguna Beach.

Track listings
UK Maxi-CD single

Released 6 February 2006
 * 1) "Friend or Foe" (Single Version)
 * 2) "All About Us" (Sunset in Ibiza Radio Mix By Guéna LG)
 * 3) "Friend or Foe" (Morel's Pink Noise Mix)
 * "Friend or Foe" (Music Video)

France Maxi-CD single

Released 6 February 2006
 * 1) "Friend or Foe" (Glam As You Mix By Guéna LG)
 * 2) "Friend or Foe" (Lenny Bertoldo Club Mix)
 * 3) "Friend or Foe" (L.E.X. Massive Dub)
 * 4) "Friend or Foe" (Morel'S Pink Noise Dub)
 * 5) "Friend or Foe" (Lenny Bertoldo Dub)

Europe Maxi-CD single

Released 10 March 2006
 * 1) "Friend or Foe" (Single Version)
 * 2) "Friend or Foe" (L.E.X. Global Oxygen Edit)
 * 3) "Friend or Foe" (Morel's Pink Noise Mix)
 * "Friend or Foe" (Music Video)

The Remixes
 * 1) "Friend or Foe" (L.E.X. Club Mix)
 * 2) "Friend or Foe" (L.E.X. Global Oxygen Mix)
 * 3) "Friend or Foe" (Morel's Pink Noise Mix)
 * 4) "Friend or Foe" (Lenny B Club Mix)
 * 5) "Friend or Foe" (L.E.X. Massive Club Edit)
 * 6) "Friend or Foe" (L.E.X. Global Oxygen Edit)
 * 7) "Friend or Foe" (Morel's Pink Noise Radio Edit)
 * 8) "Friend or Foe" (Lenny B Club Radio Edit)
 * 9) "Friend or Foe" (L.E.X. Massive Dub)
 * 10) "Friend or Foe" (Morel's Pink Noise Dub)
 * 11) "Friend or Foe" (Lenny B Dub)
 * 12) "Friend or Foe" (Glam As You Mix)
 * 13) "Friend or Foe" (Glam As You Radio Mix)

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Harvey Grant

Harvey Grant (born July 4, 1965) is an American former professional National Basketball Association basketball player. He is the identical twin brother of Horace Grant, also a former NBA player.

College
Grant transferred to Oklahoma after a year at Independence Community College and a year at Clemson with his brother Horace. He was a member of the 1988 Sooner team that went to the National Championship and lost to Kansas.

Washington Bullets (1988–1993)
Selected twelfth overall by the Washington Bullets in the 1988 NBA draft out of Oklahoma, Grant averaged 5.6 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game. He lifted his averages to 8.2 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.6 assists the following season, in 1989–90. Grant improved markedly in the 1990–91 campaign, when he averaged 18.2 points, 7.2 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.18 steals per game. At season's end, he was runner-up to the 1991 NBA Most Improved Player Award (which was earned by Orlando's Scott Skiles). In two subsequent seasons, he continued his solid play with 18.0 and 18.6 points per contest in 1991–92 and 1992–93, respectively.

Portland Trail Blazers (1993–1996)
In 1993, Grant was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for center Kevin Duckworth, where he was instead utilized in a secondary role off the bench, and in three seasons with Portland, averaged 9.6 points per game.

Return to Washington (1996–1998)
On July 15, 1996, Grant returned to the Washington Bullets via a trade, along with Blazers point guard Rod Strickland, for power forward Rasheed Wallace and shooting guard Mitchell Butler. By this stage Grant's career was on a downslide, averaging 4.1 points in 1996–97, then slipping to 2.6 points the following season when the Bullets franchise had reinvented itself as the Wizards.

Philadelphia 76ers (1999)
Grant rounded out his professional career with the Philadelphia 76ers in the lockout-shortened 1999 NBA season, averaging 3.1 points and 2.3 rebounds in 47 of 50 possible games.

Grant was traded just before the 1999–00 season along with Anthony Parker to the Orlando Magic for Billy Owens, who had previously been sent to the Magic in a trade that sent brother Horace to the Seattle SuperSonics. He subsequently was waived by the team and retired from the league afterwards, although he did try to make a comeback with the Wizards in 2000 but was waived before the 2000-01 season began.

Never proficient as a rebounder in comparison with his brother, he holds career averages of 4.4 rebounds and 9.9 points per game.

Personal life
Grant's son Jerai, who played college basketball for Clemson University, the same school that Harvey attended before transferring to Oklahoma, has since played in professional leagues in Australia, Italy, Israel, Latvia and currently Lithuania. Another son, Jerian, played for the University of Notre Dame and was selected by the New York Knicks in the 1st round of the 2015 NBA Draft, and a younger son, Jerami, played for the Syracuse University before being drafted 39th overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2014 NBA draft. Jerami was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder on November 1, 2016, and played three seasons in Oklahoma City before being traded to the Denver Nuggets on July 8, 2019. Jaelin Grant is his youngest son. Harvey Grant also has a daughter, Mikayla, born in 2005 with ex-girlfriend Karen Mitchell. Harvey currently resides in Annapolis, MD and is married to Tonya Dean Steiner Grant.

Grant is also a grandfather to Jerai's daughter, Halle.

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Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Rangerdude

Case Opened on 15:37, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Case Closed on 21:41, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Requests for arbitration/Willmcw and SlimVirgin has been merged into this case. See Requests for arbitration/Willmcw and SlimVirgin for the allegations in that case. The /Evidence, /Workshop and /Proposed decision page redirect to this case.

Please do not edit this page directly unless you wish to become a participant in this request. (All participants are subject to Arbitration Committee decisions, and the ArbCom will consider each participant's role in the dispute.) Comments are very welcome on the Talk page, and will be read, in full. Evidence, no matter who can provide it, is very welcome at /Evidence. Evidence is more useful than comments.

Arbitrators will be working on evidence and suggesting proposed decisions at /Workshop and voting on proposed decisions at /Proposed decision.

Statement by party 1
Please limit your statement to 500 words

Statement by Willmcw
Harassment of editors Rangerdude is harassing and bullying editors who disagree with him or his edits. His goal seems to be either to end our involvement as editors or to punish us for disagreeing with him.

Cberlet Rangerdude brought an RfC against Cberlet and myself on account of our edit work on Ludwig von Mises Institute. The RfC charged us with "lack of civility, disruption, POV pushing, personal attacks on other editors, disregard of WP policies, disregard of talk page and consensus-building efforts, bad faith edits and assumptions". Only four editors (two of them LvMI associates) certified or endorsed Rangerdude's statement, while 14 endorsed Cberlet's statement and a total of ten editors posted separate views, most of which were against Rangerdude and some which received wide support. On the basis of that outcome, it appears that the community strongly rejected Rangerdude's view.

Rangerdude then heavily and contentiously edited Chip Berlet's biography and sought to have Berlet's published research deemed too extreme to use as a source for Wikipedia articles. At the same time he actively edited and created articles about one of Berlet's real-life adversaries, David Horowitz, with a positive POV.

FuelWagon FuelWagon was one of the more vocal editors in the RfC, despite having had no prior involvement with either of us. He wrote a clearly-worded and boldy-formatted comment saying that the problem lay more with Rangerdude than with Cberlet or me. Rangerdude first reformatted his comment then effectively tried to add FuelWagon to the RfC. Shortly after the close of that RfC Rangerdude filed a separate RfC against FuelWagon. Requests for comment/FuelWagon. The charges include having a "belligerent" tone in RfCs and filing a "false 3RR warning against another user". The RfC against FuelWagon received no endorsements or co-certifications. An opposing view received four endorsements within the initial 48-hour period.

SlimVirgin Rangerdude has also harassed SlimVirgin, who had had no editing interactions with him prior to commenting on the Cberlet/Willmcw RfC, and whose crime seems to have been speaking positively about us. In a number of edits he attacked her by name and he has made attacks on "wiki-cliques" that seem directed at SlimVirgin and other editors. He apparently opposed Requests for adminship/FeloniousMonk simply because SlimVirgin was the nominator.

Willmcw Rangerdude has been attacking me as a "stalker" since June, 2005. He uses the de-listed RfC as an "attack file" with an ever-growing list of charges. I responded initially, but have not replied to every new addition. Rangerdude has copied and extended that file (minus my responses and other discussion) at User:Rangerdude/sandbox1/Evidence of willmcws wiki-stalking. He brandishes the charge as an attack in talk pages and edit summaries.              (Recent instances:   ) He seeks out other editors to warn them about my supposedly-abusive behavior, encourages them to bring dispute actions, and repeats the charges as a reason for editors to disregard my opinion.

Katefan0 Rangerdude bullies Katefan0 in their editing disagreements, such as in Talk:Jim Robinson and Votes for deletion/Jim Robinson.

Other issues From his earliest edits Rangerdude has been a POV warrior with a strongly pro/neo-confederate bias.      He both shows bad faith and fails to assume good faith in others. He has followed my edits with an apparent intent to harass, in ways that mimic his own definition of wikistalking.

Statement by Katefan0
Rangerdude has made unfounded and potentially damaging personal attacks against me and has attacked other editors, has bullied and harassed editors who disagreed with him, disrupted Wikipedia to make a point, and aggressively inserted biased information throughout Wikipedia, while bludgeoning and smearing good faith editors who disagree with him. I have engaged Rangerdude in extensive dialogues on talk pages, largely to no effect. I opened an RfC over our main disputed article, Houston Chronicle, which received no replies. I then requested mediation, which formally opened on June 10. However, the mediator has been absent since that time and the dispute remains stalemated. Rangerdude continues to bully editors on Stalking, through RfC’s and on other articles.

Personal attacks and harrassment

Rangerdude made a serious (and potentially libelous) attack against my personal and professional integrity. When I protested, Rangerdude’s response was to escalate. He has also targeted other editors who have disagreed with his conduct or biased edits:, , edit summary, , , among others.

Rangerdude often bullies and intimidates people who disagree with his positions (particularly during RfCs and other instances in which a vote or poll is taken) by commenting on their votes or comments, sometimes extensively, with the intent of discrediting (and thereby discounting) their opinions. ,, , , , ,.

He has purposefully misrepresented my position in a debate to further his own position my original posting here. Misrepresentations:, ,. Despite my admonitions to the contrary,, he continued harass me about my own opinions , ,.

He does not truly seek to resolve conflicts, seemingly preferring to argue his opponents into submission or deflect blame (here suggesting I alone am creating an impasse ), often reverting up to his limit under 3RR and haranguing dissenters on related talk pages. Reversions:, , ,. Talk:.

Dismissing or manipulating consensus

Rangerdude rarely accepts consensus unless it furthers his position or he is forced to yield. (Here he harangues Tony Sidaway, the VfD closer on Jim Robinson ). Or, he interprets consensus to suit his needs: Here, a consensus of two editors is enough when it furthers his position, but when it does not, a consensus of two (myself and Johntex) isn't enough; moreover, he harasses Johntex in an attempt to discredit his opinions:  ,.

He has manipulated policies to circumvent or defy consensus: (here he adds a  tag to the VfD vote on Jim Robinson ), and later on the redirect created as a result of the VfD vote ),.

He has violated WP:POINT when consensus has not gone his way. When Jim Robinson was properly VfD’d, and then failed to be undeleted through VfU, Rangerdude began voting keep on several other articles up for VfU at the same time. ,, ,. He has not voted on VfU since.

Bias

Rangerdude seems primarily interested in editing articles into which he can insert conservative viewpoints both positive (Ludwig von Mises Institute) and negative (Sheila Jackson Lee). This would not be a problem, except that Rangerdude doesn’t seem to care about ensuring that articles he works on are balanced; he regularly inserts so much conservative criticism into articles that it makes them biased, then washes his hands of the article. After these additions, , , the article referenced contained three short paragraphs of bio information on a multi-term member of the U.S. Congress, and more than a page of cheap shots:. Rangerdude left it up to others (primarily, me) to insert bio information that would serve as a balance to his additions. He later created what basically amounts to a hatchet page on her husband and, similarly, on a liberal university professor. When challenged on these edits and the directive on balance in WP:NPOV, Rangerdude’s response is to say, essentially, that he doesn’t have time to make it balanced (while continuing to work on other articles almost daily). ,, , , , , ,.

Additionally, he often justifies his biased edits with dubious sources which he deems reliable, including partisan blogs, partisan student-published tabloids, organizations with misleading mandates such as this one (which is criticized here) and unverifiable radio broadcasts, which he insists be retained when challenged. He has also been known to delete or oppose criticism of conservative figures (here scrubbing information critical of Tom DeLay (and edit warring in the process)):, , , , ). Other biased edits: , ,.

Statement by Johntex
Rangerdude has harassed Wikipedia editors, including myself. He has violated Wikipedia policies, including WP:NPOV,   WP:CIV, WP:DEL, and also Wikipedia guidelines, including WP:POINT.

Much of his harassing behavior is an attempt to inject his POV into article, such as in the example I illustrate below, where he harasses me by maliciously listing for VfD an article I created.

POV-pushing

User:Rangerdude has shown a history of POV-pushing on Houston Chronicle. His edits attempt to include as much negative information about the paper as possible. He even admits he does not feel responsible for making balanced edits, as in this exchange:
 * It is not enough to add information that unbalances an article and then wash your hands of it by saying "you can add other things if you wish…” User:Katefan0
 * Since edits here are made on a voluntary basis, it is more than enough..” User:Rangerdude

In his attempts to create a biased article, he displays a willingness to cite any source that agrees with his POV, regardless of how un-noteworthy or biased the source. He also tries to create Wikipedia articles about these sources in an effort to bolster their apparent credibility in his arguments.

Introducing spurious sources

Rangerdude created an article on Texas_Media_Watch (TMW) because he wanted to quote TMW in POV arguments he wished to make on Houston Chronicle. I looked into TMW and found evidence that it was simply a one-person “organization” pushing the agenda of Sherry Sylvester and that the “organization” had not even been active since her departure. TMW did not qualify as a reputable source to be quoting at Houston Chronicle, and she/they certainly did not meet the notability standard for her/its own article. Thus at I listed TMW for VfD. The result of the VfD discussion was "Delete":

Harassment of editor

After I listed TMW for deletion, Rangerdude took a sudden interest in an article I created on college football player Dusty Mangum and listed that page for VfD. I believe he did this in an attempt to intimidate me and anyone else who might dare consider listing one of his non-notable articles for VfD. Looking at Rangerdude’s last 3 months of edits: He has made no other edits to topics relating to college football, The University of Texas at Austin, or similar topics that would lead one to believe he was interested in Dusty Mangum for any other reason than to harass me. He has nominated no other article for VfD. He rarely even votes on VfD at all.

Among this discussion on the Dusty Mangum VfD was this statement:
 * Comment. Don't disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point. -Willmcw 07:14, May 27, 2005 (UTC)

To which Rangerdude made this unsigned reply:
 * Comment. Don%27t_disrupt_Wikipedia_to_illustrate_a_point

Thus, Rangerdude ‘’’admitted’’’ that he violated WP:POINT by listing Dusty Mangum on VfD solely because I had created the article. This is also a violation of WP:DEL which states that users should sign their posts of VfD pages. The VfD result on Dusty Mangum was "Keep"

According to Rangerdude's own postings, he has shown himself to be harassing me. He is causing serious detriment to the project.

Statement by party 2
Please limit your statement to 500 words

Response by Rangerdude
Given the timing of this dispute and the editors involved in it, I can only respond by noting that it appears to be a frivolous retaliatory move by User:Willmcw against me for filing a request for arbitration against him and User:SlimVirgin following an extensive pattern of harassment and belligerency by both of these editors towards myself. It should also be noted that this is not the first time that Willmcw has made retaliatory complaints against other users who have reported him for violation of Wikipedia policies and guidelines. Willmcw filed a similar frivolous retaliatory RfC against me in June 2005 only hours after I posted my initial complaint report against him on the incident noticeboard for wikistalking. His purpose in both cases should accordingly be viewed as a disruptive and bad faith attempt to deflect investigation into his own repeated bad behavior and policy violations by way of initiating a competing complaint against his accusers.

As I detailed and documented at length in my arbitration case against Willmcw and in a list of evidence assembled for that case and its related RfCs, Willmcw has engaged in a continuous pattern of harassment and wiki-stalking against myself since shortly after I arrived on wikipedia. In my experience with Willmcw I have found him to be an extremely vocal POV pusher who actively promotes a liberal/leftist viewpoint in his edits and who uses his editing privileges on Wikipedia to engage in political activism on a number of pet causes, among them: pro-illegal immigration, political correctness, environmentalism, and politically motivated attacks on conservatism, libertarianism, the U.S. Republican Party, and figures, groups, organizations, and publications affiliated with each.

Recent examples of POV pushing by Willmcw:
 * Use of POV weasel words - Willmcw adds/restores the scare-term "controversial" to the opening sentence of Hans-Hermann Hoppe, a libertarian philsopher who is of the opposite political viewpoint of his own. Willmcw removes the same scare-term "controversial" out of the opening sentence of Southern Poverty Law Center, a liberal organization that he agrees with.
 * Use of POV qualifiers - Willmcw adds the term "neo-confederate," a pejorative, as a descriptive qualifier of the Ludwig von Mises Institute (LVMI), a libertarian think tank he disagrees with. Willmcw removes the word "leftist" as a descriptive qualifier of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) from the same sentence, calling it a "POV term". Willmcw removes "leftist" from SPLC and reinserts "neo-confederate" before LVMI (thus keeping the pejorative on the group he dislikes and removing it from the group he likes) after I pointed out the inconsistency and noted that NPOV dictates the article should contain both, to balance each other out, or neither.

Willmcw has a bad habit of harassing other editors who differ with this viewpoint both on political and non-political articles alike. He has done this to me since we first encountered each other and I have seen him treat other editors who come from conservative or libertarian viewpoints similiarly. His stalking of me includes his following me to over 40 different articles on such diverse subject matters as United States trade law, astronomy, libertarian philosophy, the American Civil War, historians, think tanks, newspaper and radio outlets, and academic biographies. As I described in detail here, many of these cases of following were for the explicit purpose of disrupting and harassing my edits including staging challenges against settled and documented factual material and generally trolling for reasons to delete, disrupt, or even make minor unnecessary alterations to my contributions on wikipedia for no other reason than the fact that I am the one who made them. As Willmcw noted, this did indeed lead to me filing an RfC against him and another user over POV pushing and belligerency on the Ludwig von Mises Institute article (located here). What he fails to inform you of are the reasons behind this RfC, which included a blatantly inappropriate attempt by Willmcw to disrupt this article's content with quotations from David Duke, the notorious Ku Klux Klan activist. Other inappropriate behavior by Willmcw on this article included attempts to disguise edits in which he removed content as "adding citations" and censoring out sourced material that differed from his political POV. It should also be noted that several other editors involved in that article concurred that this behavior was inappropriate and others who read the RfC subsequently helped with extensive work on the LVMI article to remove the biased and inappropriate material Willmcw was pushing there at the time.

That Willmcw, who has intentionally targetted and harassed my edits over the better part of a year to degrees that would drive many other editors to leave wikipedia in frustration and disgust (and indeed, Willmcw has done just that to dozens of other editors), would turn around and accuse me of the same is the height of absurdity and suggestive that he engages in psychological projection as a defense mechanism when scrutinized over his actions. A quick review of his bizarre accusations towards me of "pro-neo-confederate POV pushing" found above demonstrate just how deep seated his agenda of harassment is as it includes diffs that were not even authored by me! (for example: ) In the same "examples" he seems to even take issue with me for such routine (1) pointing out inappropriate behavior and namecalling by other editors by linking them to the appropriate policy, (2) removing POV and pejorative terminology from articles, (3) using Wikipedia's dispute resolution procedures to resolve a difference with another editor (normally him or one of his allies), which are my right to use, and (4) adding new content to articles! The RfC's mentioned by Willmcw are of particular note as, contrary to his implications, neither constituted the "failure" he alleges. The LVMI RfC succeeded in attracting several new editors to that article, who then stood up against the POV pushing he was engaging in there and successfully rewrote the article. Even the FuelWagon RfC (which was deleted by none other than administrator Willmcw - something that should be done after 48 hours, but it's nevertheless strange that he was apparently the one waiting there to do it at the earliest possible opportunity!) succeeded in getting two other outside editors to give statements supporting my complaint, much to the contrary of Willmcw's assertion that it went unendorsed. What is similarly interesting is that in both RfC cases the opposing votes came almost entirely from none other than Willmcw, SlimVirgin, and a small crowd of allies that frequently edits in tandem with these two. It's also curious that Willmcw takes issue with the fact that I assembled a list of his wikistalking activity on a sandbox page in preparation for this RfAr when he himself has done much worse to other editors he's stalked, including one where he assembled a list of every single article another user had edited. Wait...come to think of it, he did that to me as well!

His blatant hypocrisy in making these charges aside, the real dispute Willmcw has with any of my actions is the fact that the edits I made differ with his political POV pushing and the fact that I am the one who made them (excepting, of course, the cases where he's attempted to attribute somebody else's anon IP edit to me!). Elaborating on his assertion, Willmcw accuses me of "harassing" other editors including Katefan0, SlimVirgin, and Cberlet as if to imply that I've somehow wronged each of them independent of my disputes with him. This is an absurdity in its own right, for what Willmcw fails to reveal is that each of these named editors has a strange habit of popping up right in the middle of virtually every article where I've posted a complaint or grievance with Willmcw's own behavior to either defend him in disregard of the facts, assist him in revert wars that target my edits, and generally disrupt anything I'm working on with the seeming aim of driving me off wikipedia articles (an aim that SlimVirgin has openly espoused, as documented in my RfAr against her and Willmcw below ). Examples of where this happened include Houston Chronicle, Chip Berlet, Thomas Woods, Requests_for_comment/Cberlet_%26_Willmcw, talk:Roots of anti-Semitism, and multiple others. As documented here and in my RfAr below, Willmcw and SlimVirgin have also coordinated attacks on my user page and coordinated revert wars with each other to harass my edits, coordinated hits aimed at voting down any RfC I post, and even coordinated attempts to alter my RfC posts in a way that casts their position in a favorable light or removes specific questions that I've requested comment on. To put it mildly, for this exact same group of editors - esp. Willmcw, SlimVirgin, and Katefan0 - to show up over and over and over again at virtually any article where I've disputed the edits or behavior of one of their own is anything but coincidental. In fact out of the hundreds of thousands of editors on wikipedia, untold thousands of whom I've edited along side and gotten along with, this small group of politically and personally aligned editors who constantly conduct themselves to support each other in disputes and insulate each other from culpability when one or more breaks the rules are the only editors on wikipedia who I regularly have much of any disagreement with.

I find it unusual that User:Katefan0 and User:Johntex would choose to join this arbitration request based almost entirely upon an ongoing editing dispute at the Houston Chronicle article. As the matters involving the Houston Chronicle article are currently the subject of a still-pending mediation case on that article, I consider it inappropriate and premature that they would seek to join Willmcw's arbitration case as other dispute resolution mechanisms on that article have NOT yet been exhausted, and as far as I am aware all parties to that dispute had previously agreed to mediation including Katefan0, who described her position there at length. The dispute on this particular article is political in nature and entails difference in content regarding opinion. While Katefan0 accuses of "POV pushing" on this article, she fails to disclose that she is guilty of the very same offense in her own right and perhaps even more so. Examples include deleting = sources that she deems to be critical of the Houston Chronicle ; Adding passages from far-left wing sources containing unrelated political attack information on sources used in the article ; Making ad hominem attacks on conservative sources, such as the Houston Review and Texas Media Watch, to portray them as politicized or unreliable  while simultaneously adding and promoting politicized left wing sources like the Austin Chronicle.; adding original research on indirectly related subject matter for the purpose of attacking U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay. Katefan0 has also pushed a pro-Chronicle POV by multiple reversions and extreme stubbornness exhibited on the talk page in which she has sought to remove the word "criminal complaint" from a description of a legal motion the newspaper filed (Katefan0 quote- "I will resist any attempts to use "criminal" as an adjective for the complaint") despite the fact that Texas law and even the newspaper itself described it as a criminal complaint. When the statute itself was directly cited in the article text to show that the complaint was classified as criminal under state law Katefan0 also deleted the reference. It should be noted on the Houston Chronicle article that Katefan0 has repeatedly volunteered that she is a former employee of the Houston Chronicle and cited that employment as a basis for her desired edits and in discussions about those edits. While she has been accusing everybody else who says anything critical about the Houston Chronicle of being "biased" or "POV" since the moment she arrived at this article, Katefan0 seems to exhibit a strong personal POV of her own toward this paper as a former employee and many of her edits have been aimed at removing, watering down, or spinning any criticism that's been made of the paper by another source or media outlet.

I also suspect that this move by Katefan0 may be in part retaliatory dating back to an unrelated disagreement we had many months ago on the Jim Robinson article. From that time until the present Katefan0 has been occassionally following my edits to such articles as the Houston Chronicle, Sheila Jackson Lee, various VfD's and RfA's, RfC's I have initiated on other unrelated matters (including the earlier stages of the dispute with Willmcw) and most recently Stalking - typically for the purpose of opposing whatever position I am advocating or voting against whatever way I vote, seemingly for no other reason than for my involvement. This particular editor also has very strong political opinions on many articles and frequently confuses differences of opinion with "personal attacks" on herself. Thus, opposing her opinion on article content, article subject matter, a wikipedia administrative matter, or even a vote is, in her mind, "personal attacks" or "bullying." This description has been applied by her to dozens of links to our past disputes in her case above, yet virtually every one of them is a content dispute where she has mistaken differences on wording or opinion for a personal affront to herself.

Katefan0 also seems unaware of or unwilling to abide by NPOV_tutorial, which states of articles that have viewpoint imbalance on sourced material that they "should be considered an NPOV work in progress, not an irredeemable piece of propaganda." This provision also specifically says that "The remedy is to add to the article—not to subtract from it." Yet as her complaint above evidences, Katefan0 has both used a temporary imbalance in articles such as the Houston Chronicle as a reason to justify her subtraction of critical material, no matter how sourced it is, and as a basis to attack me personally with allegations of pushing propaganda. When I suggested many times that she should add to the article instead of subtracting from it as this guideline instructs Katefan0 responded in hostility toward me personally, shunned this suggestion, and now even cites the fact that I made it in her RfAr complaint against me! If adding to the article is not the remedy for balancing it then why does the guideline say that it is and why should I be held at fault for simply informing her of the same thing that the guideline says to do?

I am at loss for an explanation of what could have induced JohnTex to seek this case beyond the fact that he was on Katefan0's side of the Houston Chronicle dispute (and was personally recruited by her to participate there). Beyond that, I have not even had substantial interaction with JohnTex on wikipedia since early June! As I have no current disputes with JohnTex and rarely if ever even encounter him on wikipedia, and as his case her pertains entirely to subjects involving an article that is currently still in mediation, I see little purpose that his arbitration request could accomplish and consider it little more than a bad faith attempt to assist Willmcw and/or Katefan0 in pressing what ultimately comes down to a frivolous complaint that was intiated without any doubt for retaliatory reasons. I do find it curious that he would choose to make WP:POINT allegations against me for a VfD at the time of the Houston Chronicle dispute given that he himself was simultaneously VfD'ing new pages I created for WP:POINT reasons and consider it outright bizarre that he would try to make a case upon the fact that I forgot to sign a single message post out of dozens in my exchanges with him. Such behavior on his part could rightly be described as a nitpicking personal vendetta and appears to offer very little if anything of relevance wikipedia's quality, content, or even genuine editing disputes. It should be noted that Johntex seems to be similarly unaware of NPOV_tutorial, hence his support for Katefan0's attempts to subtract legitimate sourced information from articles.

As a concluding note - should this case proceed involving the allegations made here, I will similarly be asking the arbitrators to examine evidence of severe POV pushing on the part of Willmcw and Katefan0 as well as the disruptive retaliatory behavior entailed in filing this case, which constitute WP:POINT abuses, in the case of all three editors. Rangerdude 03:52, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

Statement by third party (Willmcw RFA v Rangerdude): FuelWagon
I already posted my comment about Rangerdude's RFC against Cberlet and Willmcw in this diff. It is my statement as a third party in the Rangerdude RFA against Wilmcw and SlimVirgin bookmarked here. That comment applies to this RFA as well. FuelWagon 20:36, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

Statement by MacGyverMagic
My apologies for allowing this dispute to end in arbitration. Obligations outside of Wikipedia have prevented me from doing anything as time-consuming as mediation for a while now, and this particular case turned out more difficult than I initially thought. I've taken steps to ensure active people are tending to the mediation requests now. - Mgm|(talk) 07:28, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

complaint against Willmcw

 * Willmcw has engaged in a pattern of harassment, disruption, and wiki-stalking towards Rangerdude from February 2005 to the present and involving over 40 different articles (evidence). This stalking has been disruptive including dismantling of Rangerdude's additions without justification, removal of source material for political and POV reasons, and general harassment aimed at pestering Rangerdude's day-to-day edits on unrelated articles. This violates Wikipedia's policies on civility, disruption, assuming good faith, and existing Arbcom precedent and Jimbo Wales' Recycling Troll case ruling about pestering other users with stalking.
 * Willmcw's stalking of me has included disruption of the Houston Chronicle mediation including the unilateral addition of himself to a closed mediation between Rangerdude and another editor and revert warring to retain his self-addition after it was removed.
 * Willmcw has repeatedly attempted to disrupt Rangerdude's efforts in the current guideline proposal of Stalking. This includes multiple bad faith edits aimed at dismantling, weakening, and deleting the proposal's text, revert warring to add an unfriendly and undesired change to the proposal , ,  and removing material authored by Rangerdude from the proposal while it was being drafted on account of its authorship.
 * Willmcw has made WP:POINT disruptions aimed at harming the Stalking proposal. Willmcw announced his intent to file a counter-complaint of wiki-stalking against Rangerdude for the purpose of disruption after objections were made to his dismantling edits to the proposal that are described above. He was warned of WP:POINT in response, but subsequently followed through with the complaint posted to Rangerdude's talk page.
 * Willmcw has repeatedly attempted to alter and remove a question posed to him by Rangerdude regarding his purposes and disruptive edits on the Stalking article from that article's talk page. Edits were for the purposes of removing the fact that the question was addressed at his edits specifically.
 * Willmcw has engaged in and promoted revert warring against Rangerdude's edits and in disregard of talk page discussions that are pending.  Note: this particular case of revert warring was on an article that Willmcw has repeatedly stalked me to dating back to February 2005 and has edited in a disruptive manner previously.
 * Willmcw has a history of filing retaliatory motions against Rangerdude in response to reports of his policy violations and bad behavior by Rangerdude. Examples include filed 4 hours after Rangerdude reported Willmcw for wikistalking on the administrator incident board ; Threats to post  and followthrough on posting a retaliatory wikistalking counter-complaint against Rangerdude after Rangerdude voiced concerns about Willmcw's intent in editing the wiki-stalking proposal despite having a long history of having been accused of that same practice in the past; and filing a retaliatory RfAr against Rangerdude 4 days after this RfAr was posted regarding him. These examples are violations of WP:POINT and are attempts at gaming the system in response to complaints that call his editing behavior into question.
 * Willmcw recently responded by disrupting several Wikipedia articles when Rangerdude removed a POV qualifier added by another Wikipedia newcomer from the name of Thomas DiLorenzo, a libertarian economist who Willmcw dislikes, in an article that quoted DiLorenzo. The qualifier attempted to bias the introduction of DiLorenzo's quote with a politically charged statement about his membership in a controversial group & Rangerdude removed it to bring the article into NPOV compliance noting in the edit description "rem. non-encyclopedic non-neutral fact ref. (see WP:NPOV) - already mentioned on DiLorenzo article in fuller context." Willmcw responded by disrupting at least four different articles in which he removed a directly quoted and sourced self-description of Ed Sebesta - a liberal political activist he likes - while mockingly copying Rangerdude's note to apply to Sebesta "rem. non-encyclopedic non-neutral fact ref. (see WP:NPOV) - already mentioned on Sebesta article in fuller context"   It appears that Willmcw's sole intent in making these changes was to prompt a reaction and foster further ill will with Rangerdude, all the while disrupting existing Wikipedia content.
 * Willmcw has engaged in heavy POV pushing to promote a liberal/leftist political agenda and to disparage conservative/libertarian viewpoints that disagree with his own. Example: Willmcw added the scare term "controversial" to the opening sentence of Hans-Hermann Hoppe, a libertarian philsopher, yet removed it from the opening sentence of Southern Poverty Law Center, a liberal organization that he agrees with. In pursuing this political agenda Willmcw has become unusually skilled at content manipulation on wikipedia articles about conservative and libertarian writers, politicians, organizations, and think tanks. One of his most common tactics is to insert insinuations of racist, anti-semitic, neo-nazi, KKK, and other hate group affiliations into articles about mainstream conservative and libertarian topics, thereby trying to discredit them through guilt-by-association links with notorious political extremists. Example: Willmcw attempted to insert David Duke quotations into an article about a libertarian think tank.

Complaint against SlimVirgin

 * SlimVirgin assisted Willmcw in the WP:POINT disruption described above by posting a coordinated note publicizing it to the Village Pump announcement where community input was solicited for the Stalking guideline proposal. This was done for the apparent purpose of disrupting or discrediting the Village Pump request for community input on forming the guideline, as indicated by her edit summary description and accompanying comments.
 * Moments later SlimVirgin abused her administrative powers to page protect my user page, apparently aimed at preserving and promoting Willmcw's WP:POINT complaint that she had just linked to. Page protection prohibits administrators from protecting pages in disputes where they are involved. The protection was removed after Rangerdude complained on both the Admin noticeboard and the Page Protection board. SlimVirgin also made an accompanying second post at this time to the Village Pump aimed at promoting Willmcw's note after another editor removed it apparently for WP:POINT reasons. This post demonstrates that her purpose in protecting the userpage and pursuing the other editor was motivated primarily by her coordinated promotion of Willmcw's note for purposes of disrupting the guideline proposal Rangerdude was working on, rather than a simple case of vandalism as she has claimed.
 * SlimVirgin has made repeated personal attacks and bad faith allegations against Rangerdude. SlimVirgin rudely accused Rangerdude of deleting another unrelated user's comments from a noticeboard when the culprit was an apparent scripting bug that has been causing problems to that particular board. SlimVirgin made a similar bad-faith accusation of deletion agaisnt Rangerdude for merging a simultaneous and duplicate request for input on the Stalking proposal into one notice post. SlimVirgin responded with extreme belligerency and personal attacks when Rangerdude responded to this allegation by stating it was a simple attempt to merge two redundant posts. SlimVirgin also removed Rangerdude's comments explaining this merge.
 * SlimVirgin has engaged in multiple personal attacks including demeaning personal comments in response to the incidents mentioned above. Examples: "What is wrong with you" and "You're a disruptive editor".
 * SlimVirgin has made similar personal attacks towards Rangerdude previously, has exhibited extreme personal belligerency toward Rangerdude as an editor ("What's wrong with it Rangerdude, is in part that it's you who's suggesting it. My position is that you should not be editing this page") and has made attacks against Rangerdude that could be construed as a legal threat. Note: SlimVirgin has been cautioned by the Arbcom previously for making personal attacks.
 * SlimVirgin has engaged in edits aimed at benefitting, insulating, and/or protecting other editor friends of her own, including Willmcw, from adverse scrutiny in the dispute resolution process. In a recent case Rangerdude filed an RfC regarding an edit where Willmcw deleted approx. 72% of the article text on Thomas Woods and revert warred 3 times to retain this deletion. Willmcw attempted to sway the RfC by changing its description to claim the deletion was significantly less than what was noted. Rangerdude restored the original RfC and documented the accurate deletion size on the article talk page but SlimVirgin, seeking to insulate Willmcw, has attempted to revert the RfC to a text more favorable to Willmcw with the intentionally smaller size estimation.

Statement by 216.112.42.61; complaint against Willmcw
May I say something here? I just noticed this complaint by chance when looking at this page. Rangerdude is not the only one that has been stalked by Willmcw. I too have been stalked by said user, though it was a while ago so I don't remember it well. I just gave up rather than reporting it, but since others are now reporting on Willmcw, I am also. If I remember correctly, Willmcw was trying to push his own biased POV in the article 'terrorism', and I reverted his edits for a while, then gave up. Willmcw then stalked my IP to the article 'ballotechnics', which I had done substantial work on, in which Willmcw falsely portrayed it by classifying it as a pseudoscience, to discredit my contributions in anger over my attempt to prevent his pushing his biased POV. Being as others have also been stalked by Willmcw, it is clear that he has got to go.

Statement by Herschelkrustofsky; complaint against Willmcw
I wish to second the remarks of 216.112.42.61; I too have been stalked by said user. Willmcw has anticipated my contribution to this discussion in his response below, but I would like to make it official. --HK 14:33, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * ...And, Willmcw has resumed stalking me. I have begun compiling a log of frivolous edits, which I will submit as evidence if the Arbcom decides to accept this case. --HK 00:15, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

Statement by Jonah Ayers; complaint against Willmcw

 * I too have been stalked by WillmcwJonah Ayers

Statement by Gorgonzilla on Jonah Ayers complaint against Willmcw
It does not seem that the claim of Wikistalking is possible as the term is normally understood as the user Jonah Ayers appears to have almost exlusively edited one article Biff Rose and user pages. So this is not a case of following an editor around from page to page, it is a case of staying on the same article. Wikipedia is designed to encourage this, that is what the watch function is for.

Having never heard of Biff Rose and after reading the article not much wanting to I can't comment on the facts in the dispute. But the talk history does suggest that Ayers was deleting relevant information. Biff's choice of album titles does sugggest he is a racist and so the albums are clearly relevant. It would only be reasonable to remove them if there was significant doubt he published those albums. The fact he appears to be reduced to self-publication is also significant.

So the edits Ayers made and the persistence of the edits do appear to be problematic. So even if Ayers was being followed about by administrators and others that would not be at all unreasonable. The real point with wikistalking is intent. If the original edits are in violation of WP:NPOV it is not wikistalking to go around and clean them up. If someone is going round eliminating text to harass another user the issue is the harassment, not the means of harassment.

It is similar to calling someone a liar. If someone is not a liar then it is harassment. If on the other hand the facts are clear and the other person is a liar then the statment is justified in certain limited circumstances.

Recusal Notice request
As this RfAr involves two fairly well known administrators on Wikipedia, I am also requesting in compliance with Arbitration policy on conflict of interest for any arbitration participant who has a strong historical editing relationship with or other personal allegiance to SlimVirgin, Willmcw, or both to disclose this information and, if applicable, recuse him or herself in accordance with this policy. Thank you. Rangerdude 06:43, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Arbitrators' opinions on hearing this matter (4/0/0/0)

 * Accept. Merge into below case, if both are accepted. James F. (talk) 22:24, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Accept and merge Fred Bauder 19:10, August 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * Accept and merge ➥the Epopt 03:30, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Accept and merge Mindspillage (spill yours?) 15:46, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Temporary injunction (none)
=Final decision=

Remedies for disruptive editing patterns
1) An otherwise productive editor who edits some articles in an aggressively tendentious way may be banned from editing those articles.

 * Passed 7-0

Autobiography
2) Autobiography, a guideline, discourages persons who have an article about themselves in Wikipedia from editing it, suggesting that they provide input on the talk page, but points out the need for citing published sources for information to be acceptable.

 * Passed 7-0

Mercy
3) Please do not bite the newcomers, a guideline, admonishes Wikipedia users to consider the obvious fact that new users of Wikipedia will do things wrong from time to time. For those who either have or might have an article about themselves it is a temptation, especially if plainly wrong, or strongly negative information is included, to become involved in questions regarding their own article. This can open the door to rather immature behavior and loss of dignity. It is a violation of don't bite the newbies to strongly criticize users who fall into this trap rather than seeing this phenomenon as a newbie mistake.

 * Passed 6-0-1

Controversial experts
4) Knowledgeable users, including those who have been engaged in controversial activities are welcome to edit on Wikipedia, provided they cite reliable sources for their contributions and respect Neutral point of view and What Wikipedia is not, especially Wikipedia is not a publisher of original thought, Wikipedia is not a propaganda machine and Wikipedia is not a battleground.

 * Passed 7-0

Harassment of controversial experts
5) The policy expressed in Harassment as applied to controversial experts forbids violation of Neutral point of view, Verifiability and What_Wikipedia_is_not by undue focus on Wikipedia articles regarding them or organizations affiliated with them or on their editing activities.

 * Passed 7-0

Focusing attention on controversial users
6) Wikipedia editors who engage in inappropriately focusing their attention on controversial users should be extended some degree of understanding as this is a predictable newbie error.

 * Passed 7-0

POV editing by Rangerdude
1) Rangerdude has from time to time engaged in editing which can be fairly characterized as aggressive and tendentious (POV) editing of articles which relate to Houston area politics and media, and the politics of the American South. This pattern of editing is widespread and has drawn the attention of the Wikipedia administrators Slimvirgin and Willmcw, see Requests_for_arbitration/Rangerdude/Evidence and Requests_for_arbitration/Willmcw_and_SlimVirgin/Evidence.

 * Passed 7-0

Error by Willmcw
2) Willmcw has in at least one instance been caught up in the struggle over the content of political articles and edited inappropriately, see Requests_for_arbitration/Rangerdude/Evidence

 * Passed 7-0

Harassment of Cberlet
3) Rangerdude has inappropriately quarreled with and been involved in disputes regarding the articles concerning a controversial and knowledgeable expert who is also an Wikipedia editor, Cberlet, see Requests for comment/Cberlet & Willmcw and Requests_for_arbitration/Nobs01_and_others/Evidence Added 18:13, 7 December 2005 (UTC)    Fred Bauder 18:13, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Passed 7-0

Harassment of Nskinsella
4) Willmcw has inappropriately quarreled with, and been involved in disputes regarding the articles concerning, a controversial and knowledgeable expert who is also an Wikipedia editor, Nskinsella, see Requests_for_arbitration/Rangerdude/Evidence.

 * Passed 7-0

Personal attacks by Nskinsella
5) Nskinsella has made personal attacks on Willmcw

 * Passed 7-0

Over-involvement by Nskinsella in Stephan Kinsella
6) Nskinsella, a minor public figure, has involved himself inappropriately in the content of the article on himself Requests_for_arbitration/Rangerdude/Evidence.

 * Passed 5-0-1

Rangerdude placed on probation
1) Rangerdude is placed on Probation for one year. Any administrator may ban Rangerdude from editing any article which he disrupts by aggressive tendentious editing.

 * Passed 7-0

Rangerdude admonished
2) Rangerdude is admonished to extend respect and forgiveness to users such as User:Cberlet (Chip Berlet) who share the burden of being notable enough to have articles regarding them be included in Wikipedia.

 * Passed 7-0

Willmcw admonished
3) Willmcw is admonished to extend respect and forgiveness to users such as User:Nskinsella (Stephan Kinsella) who share the burden of being notable enough to have articles regarding them be included in Wikipedia.

 * Passed 7-0

Nskinsella cautioned regarding personal attacks
4) Nskinsella is cautioned to avoid personal attacks.

 * Passed 7-0

Cberlet cautioned regarding autobiography
5) Cberlet is cautioned to avoid over-involvement in the article on himself.

 * Passed 7-0

Nskinsella cautioned regarding autobiography
6) Nskinsella is cautioned to avoid over-involvement in the article on himself.

 * Passed 7-0

Enforcement by block
1) Should Rangerdude edit any article he is banned from under the terms of his probation he may be briefly blocked, up to a week in the case of repeat offenses. After 5 blocks the maximum block shall increase to one year.

 * Passed 7-0


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Myriad Botanical Gardens

Myriad Botanical Gardens is a 15-acre botanical garden in Oklahoma City’s downtown district, offering visitors seasonal activities such as bulb displays, concerts, movies, classes, and annual children’s festivals. Visitors can also explore the Inasmuch Foundation Crystal Bridge Conservatory, which features exterior grounds that are free to roam and observe.

Education
The Myriad Botanical Gardens provides multiple education opportunities for youth and adults throughout each calendar year.

The Rainforest Ecology Activity Program (REAP) is geared towards second and fourth graders. It concentrates on specific themes in biology, ecology while employing a hands-on, inquiry-based approach to understanding.

Roaming the Rainforest summer education program provides a basic level of understanding of ecology, with specific focus on Rainforest education and conservation. It is held each Tuesday and Wednesday in June and July, open to general, daycare, church and homeschool groups.

The annual Oklahoma Gardening School is one of the Gardens' signature events. Held typically the first Saturday in March, the Oklahoma Gardening School is an all-day seminar featuring acclaimed garden experts from Oklahoma and the South / Southwest regions of the US. Topics change annually and may range from best trees and shrubs for Oklahoma gardens, to sustainable vegetable gardening, gardening for floral arrangements and more.

Art in the Gardens
The Myriad Botanical Gardens is home to several pieces of art. Gateway by Hans Van de Bovenkamp stands on a raised berm at the northeast corner of the Gardens. Childhood is Everlasting (1992) by Robin Orbach is installed in the southwest quadrant of the grounds. Philodendron Dome is located on the northwest side of the lake and consists of a dome-shaped framework on an 8' x 9' base made of iron and bronze. Iron vines support the "dome" of this bronze plant's leaves, where visitors can enter for a view from underneath.

Flying Fish by Kenny McCage is a kinetic sculpture in the Gardens' east lake. Land of the Brave and the Free is a kinetic wind sculpture composed of bright colors and archetypal shapes. It located on the west side of the Gardens. It was donated in 2002 to the Festival of the Arts by California artist Susan Pascal Beran. The Spirit Poles are adjacent to the north fountain plaza, and were gifts to the City of Oklahoma City from the City of Tulsa in commemoration of Oklahoma's centennial of statehood in 2007.

Annual events

 * Oklahoma Gardening School: All-day gardening seminar featuring various speakers educating the public on a variety of Oklahoma-related gardening topics.
 * Orchids in October: The Myriad Gardens Foundation hosts this three-day event celebrating orchids. An orchid sale and luncheon honoring the Foundation's Crystal Award recipient are part of the festivities. Orchids in the Crystal Bridge are at their peak during this time. The event serves as a fundraiser for the Myriad Gardens Foundation.
 * Downtown in December: The Gardens light up beginning in late November to take part in Downtown OKC, Inc's "Downtown in December" event. Thousands of twinkling lights await visitors throughout the 17 acre outdoor gardens, and inside the Crystal Bridge Tropical Conservatory.

Transportation
The Myriad Botanical Gardens is served by the Oklahoma City Streetcar at Myriad Gardens station.

title: Myriad Botanical Gardens


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Robert Opel

Robert Opel (né Oppel; October 23, 1939 – July 7, 1979) was an American photographer and art gallery owner most famous for streaking during the 46th Academy Awards in 1974.

Biography
Opel was born in East Orange, New Jersey, in 1939. As a child, he lived in Canada, Kansas, and Kentucky before his family settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he attended grade school, high school, and college. Born Robert Oppel, he dropped the second "p" from his name after becoming an activist to distance himself from his family in Pittsburgh. Opel was concerned his activities would cause the family embarrassment.

In college, Opel was elected to Student Congress, and served as chairman of a regional debate team. After graduation, he worked as a speechwriter for then-California Governor Ronald Reagan. In 1974, Opel taught English as a second language for the Los Angeles Unified School District. He was fired from that job following the Oscars incident.

Opel owned his own photography business, Ideas Photographic. Among his clients were the LGBT publication The Advocate and Finger magazine, where he was also an editor.

In 1976, he announced his candidacy for the U.S. Presidency, using the slogans "Nothing to Hide" and "Not Just Another Crooked Dick", referring to the streaking incident and President Richard Nixon, respectively (Nixon had resigned from office in disgrace in 1974).

In March 1978, Opel opened Fey-Way Studios, a gallery of gay male art, at 1287 Howard Street in San Francisco. The gallery helped bring such erotic gay artists as Tom of Finland and Robert Mapplethorpe to national attention and showed others, such as Dom Orejudos, Bill Schmeling, Al Shapiro, Chuck Arnett, Olaf Odegaard, and Rex.

In 1979, he was in a relationship with Camille O'Grady, till his death the same year.

Streaking incident at the 1974 Oscars
On April 2, 1974, Opel apparently posed as a journalist to gain entry to the stage at the 46th Academy Awards at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. He ran naked past David Niven flashing a peace sign while Niven was introducing Elizabeth Taylor.

After breaking into laughter momentarily, Niven regained his composure, turned to the audience and quipped, "Well, ladies and gentlemen, that was almost bound to happen... But isn't it fascinating to think that probably the only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping off and showing his shortcomings?"

Later, some evidence arose suggesting that Opel's appearance was facilitated by the show's producer, Jack Haley Jr., as a stunt. Robert Metzler, the show's business manager, believed that the incident had been planned in some way. He said that, during the dress rehearsal, Niven had asked Metzler's wife to borrow a pen so he could write down the famous ad-lib. Opel apparently had to cut through an expensive background curtain in order to reach the stage.

The episode made Opel something of a celebrity. Producer Allan Carr even asked him to streak at a party for Rudolf Nureyev.

Death
Opel was hosting friends at his studio on July 7, 1979, when two armed men, Robert E. Kelly and Maurice Keenan, stormed the studio in an attempted robbery. They demanded drugs and money, to which Opel denied he had the former and proceeded to kick them out. Opel was shot at close range and was pronounced dead at 10:40 p.m. He was 39 years old. Kelly was sentenced to 25 years to life. Keenan was sentenced to death, but the sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment. , Keenan is still serving his life sentence for the murder.

Legacy
The 2010 biographical documentary Uncle Bob was produced and directed by Opel's nephew, Robert Oppel. In addition to narration and reenactments by Oppel, the film includes interviews with John Waters, Divine, Daniel Nicoletta, Mark Thompson, Jack Fritscher, and others. Oppel attempted to interview the two men serving life in prison for his uncle's murder, but was denied by Pelican Bay State Prison.

Robert Oppel and curator Rick Castro installed "Robert Opel: The Res-erection of Fey-Way Studios", a 2014 art show at Antebellum Gallery in Los Angeles, featuring original artworks, posters, and memorabilia from Fey-Way circa 1978–1979.

Opel was honored as part of the 2017 San Francisco South of Market Leather History Alley, named on a bronze bootprint.

His streaking was commemorated 50 years later during the 96th Academy Awards when John Cena presented the award for Best Costume Design naked and covered only by the envelope.

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