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User talk:Supreme Cmdr

Werewolves and the Derek Smart article
Firstly, I neither posted the werewolves link originally, nor was I the individual who most recently returned the link to the page. That said, I think a case could be certainly be made for its inclusion. Firstly, the accusation of libel is extremely dubious as the site consists primarily of archives of public discussion, and the remainder almost certainly consists of "fair comment and criticism." Additionally, the webmasters offer to remove the site if certain information was provided makes it very difficult to insinuate malice or reckless negligence.

So, I think that clears up my position on whether it detracts from the article... as far as what it adds... well, it is the largest repository of materials regarding the "internet flamewar" portion of Derek's career, and, as I've stated before, that topic is legitimately as important as game design in Smart's public activities.

I have no particular axe to grind on this issue, I'm simply committed to ensuring the article stays useful, and is neither vandalised with negative trash nor whitewashed of any mention of controversy.

Fox1 04:12, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Mediation Cabal case
Dear Supreme Cmdr: Hello, I'm Nicholas Turnbull, mediator and coordinator down at Mediation Cabal. A request for us to mediate has recently been made regarding an ongoing link dispute on the Derek Smart article, and you have been named as an involved party in the mediation request. The Mediation Cabal request page is here:
 * Mediation Cabal/Cases/2006-01-12 Derek Smart external link

I would be exceptionally grateful if you would please review the mediation request and comment as appropriate at the mediation page in the "Responses by involved parties" section, indicating whether or not you would wish to enter into mediation and, if possible, any suggestions on what you would consider to be an ideal goal of the mediation to be. Remember, this process is entirely voluntary, and you won't be subject to any disciplinary action for either participating or refusing to do so, so you don't need to feel forced to do anything. If you require any assistance relating to this dispute, please feel free to contact me; I am entirely at your service. Best regards, --NicholasTurnbull | (talk) 19:13, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Authencity of items found on werewolves site
Hello,

You state on the Derek Smart talk page that some of the emails on the Werewolves site are also clear forgeries "(compare to their Usenet originals)"

Can you point out which ones you are refering to - I checked out a few myself and they all matched.
 * If indeed you actually did check out a few, you would have noticed them immediately. How did you check them? Did you actually look up the Google original and compare against the cut and paste job that Huffman did? I don't think so. And there is no reason why Huffman can't link to the originals on Google instead of cutting, pasting and modifying in the same way photos of Smart are edited on his page. Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 13:29, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

I used header contained in the werewolves post to look up the corresponding usenet post on Google. The posts I checked were identical. Can you please point me to the ones that are forgeries? 67.121.211.77 15:24, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Derek Smart?
First you said you weren't Derek Smart. Now your user page says that you are. Which is it? -- Hinotori(talk) 08:06, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

 * I am not Derek Smart. I only recently created that page (just before the cabal) so that I could add a 'talk' link to my signature. I didn't realize that I had missed out the _not_ in the single line sentence. Thanks for pointing that out.
 * btw, I contacted Smart and offered to give him this page since most know him as the Supreme Commander (from his game world) but he has indicated that he has no interest in this debate and that he would create his own Wiki page when he wants. He also pointed out that this whole Huffman debate is reminiscent of the Usenet and that nothing will come of it except wasted time and energy. Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 12:59, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Although you say that you are not derek smart, you seem to act and talk like him which is very suspicious.

 * Whatever dude. You clearly don't know anything about dsmart. If you did then you would also know that he never hides nor posts anonymously.

 * ...Except on the official forums, where his handle is Supreme Cmdr.137.166.4.130 06:11, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

You seem to be derek smart, as only he writes as "dsmart" :) You seem to have his ego as you glorify your page to boost your ego( just have a look at your edits), and you seem to waste your time editing derek smart when you should be programming games, the same thing that hapenned during the flame wars :)

 * One trip to Google provides sufficient proof that he is not the only one who writes as 'dsmart'. You guys are really funny. Considering that a Usenet thread about this Wiki now exists, it is no surprise that you folks are once again turning his Wiki page into a version of the Usenet flamewar. It was inevitiable I guess.
 * Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 00:58, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

 * One trip to the 3000ad forums (located at http://www.3000ad.com/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi) shows Smart's alias over there as being "Supreme Cmdr". One fantastic coincidence, right?137.166.4.130 06:10, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
 * If thats how your brain works, be my guest. You obviously missed all the edits I made here and on the Derek Smart page indicating why I use this alias. Are you really that stupid? To think that I would use this alias and then claim to not be him though I am him by association with the alias? Give me a break. If you don't have better things to do with your time but to make unfounded accusations, then go flying a kite. Its Summer.
 * Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 20:57, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Derek Smart
While your claims that various links may or may not be libelous, slanderous, or dematory are all very interesting, such editorializing is absolutely inappropriate in a Wikipedia article. Please re-read and understand the no original research policy before inserting your own personal opinions into artcles. Nandesuka 13:19, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I did read the 'no original research' and found that the links posted did not qualify as such. Do you think that I would have spent that much time digging up all that information only to have it not fall within the Wiki guidelines? Also, you didn't have to revert the entire entries. You could simply have made the relevant edits because not all of the material would have failed to meet the guidelines.

 * Here read this excerpt from the guidelines:

 * Original research that creates primary sources is not allowed. However, research that consists of collecting and organizing information from existing primary and/or secondary sources is, of course, strongly encouraged. All articles on Wikipedia should be based on information collected from published primary and secondary sources. This is not "original research"; it is "source-based research", and it is fundamental to writing an encyclopedia.

 * Further, by your own admission - and Wiki guidelines - the hotly contested external links (e.g. the link to Werewolved) should not be on the page.

 * Prior to your posting here, I already brought this up on your talk page.Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 13:37, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

"Wanton reverts without cause or merit"

 * I believe you are referring to this revert,, which would be where I reverted your edit where you put this absolutely unacceptable text in a Wikipedia article:

"A collection of articles by an alleged Smart net stalker. Particularly unflattering, unsubstantiated and potentially libelous and defamatory materials] See Talk!"
 * There is so much wrong with your edits that I don't know where to begin. But I'll try.  First off, linking an article to a talk page is bad form.  Second, inserting your own personal opinion into an article is original research.  If you wish to avoid having your edits reverted, then please improve the quality of your work, because this particular edit is nowhere near Wikipedia standards. Nandesuka 13:24, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Fine, I can accept the 'personal opinion' aspect, but by the same token, you are clearly doing whole reverts, instead of editing out conflicting materials. That is also poor form. All I'm trying to do is keep this page NPOV while others are simply trying to do the same thing they have been doing on the Usenet for many years. That being, character assassinating Smart.
 * I also didn't realize the link to a talk page was considered bad form. Nevertheless, it is not against Wiki guidelines. If it is, please point me to the Wiki rules where it is cited as being unacceptable.
 * If you wanted to be neutral admin, you would not make whole reverts because that too is considered bad form and just plain lazy.
 * I did not revert you in any administrative capacity, but in my capacity as an editor reverting an edit that was sprinkled from top to bottom with problems. I suggest you begin trying to work through consensus on the article's talk page instead of trying to blast your way through perceived problems by ignoring your fellow editors.  That might work in some places, such as USENET or internet discussion forums, but it won't work here. Nandesuka 15:03, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Your edit was ridiculous and without merit because of what you did. You simply reverted to an earlier edit which in fact had problems of its own. But somehow you conveniently missed that. See my comments about that. Quite frankly, I don't see how you came about this Derek Smart page because from your profile, you have not posted on any game (or industry) related page. So I suspect that because you are an admin, you were most likely summoned here by your friends who no doubt voted you in as an admin. That is an abuse of power and I'm going to report it and bring attention to this page. I am also going to ask that this page go to arbitration in order to prevent abuse by you and your friends. I am certain that looking at your other edits - including comments by others who opposed your election as Wiki admin - it will be clear that you are not neutral and therefore woefully unfit to be an admin. Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 16:08, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Furthermore, and more importantly, regarding your request that I cite the Wiki rules wherein linking to a talk page is unacceptable, please read Wikilawyering. Anything that makes the encyclopedia suck is unacceptable.  There doesn't have to be a specific rule saying "Don't make the encyclopedia suck in specific ways A, B, C, and D".  Citing a talk page (that is, citing discussions on the encyclopedia) so obviously (a) violated WP:NOR and (b) makes the encyclopedia suck that I really don't think it warrants any serious discussion. Nandesuka 15:06, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * That is ludicrous nonsense. Refering to a talk page from an article cannot, in and of itself, be regarded as "making Wiki suck". There are lots of things that make Wiki suck and they're not challenged. Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 16:08, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Original Research
You seem to have a core misunderstanding of WP:NOR, as indicated here. The "no original research" applies to the work on Wikipedia, not the the work done on external sources. Werewolves, while you may not like it, is a source of information and is expected to be original research. I am putting this link back into the article, which you have yet again removed. - Chris 13:44, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Bill Huffman
I would encourage you to write a section in the Derek Smart article on Bill Huffman. You annotated the the Werewolves link with a link to the talk page re: Huffman, but this is the wrong way. If Huffman is key here, his involvement in the controversies probably needs a section. I wouldn't go so far as to write an article on him, but a section in the DS article would probably be a good start to quelling the back-and-forth on this link. I know the link's negative. I know you feel that the content there is unverifiable. However, reading what I can from the site, I can't see anything on the face of it that is obviously in bad faith. But please prove me wrong. Use this section to refute what is said there; and do it with citations and neutral language, not simply claiming the contrary and saying things like Bill's "obviously" a nut/stalker/whatever. I'm guessing you are a DS supporter and I'd no doubt feel the same way you do if I were in your shoes. - Chris 17:30, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Isn't that what the Bill Huffman talk page entry is for? Can we just cut and paste (with some edits for neutrality) whats already in the Talk page and create a new entry as suggested? I have already been accused of not being neutral, that I'm Derek Smart etc. So do you want to do the honors of creating the entry and lets work on it?
 * As to bad faith. Bill Huffman is a known Smart stalker and his #1 detractor. This is widely known. How can you say that you don't see anything on his site that appears in bad faith? Are you serious?
 * Apart from that, his site - like Google links - are not credible sources, are they?
 * Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 11:00, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Yes, I'm serious about the Werewolves site. It's purely negative toward Smart, but I'm simply saying that I have not seen anything on the face of it that says "This is not true".

 * As for linking to the talk page, it's just that if the material if germane to the article, include it in the article, don't just link to the talk page.

 * I'm reading the google threads you have posted on Huffman in that talk page now and I haven't seen anything yet that suggests he's a "stalker". The talk about looking up the child and the mother, while that suggests an obsession (an arguably disturbing one), it doesn't say stalker.  But it's a big thread and maybe I've just not yet gotten to the incriminating post(s).

 * uhm, absence of the truth is not a defense against libel. Just because no rebuttal exists, doesn't prove that it is true. For example, Huffman on his site has an entire page saying that Smart suffers from NPD. Now tell me, how does that make it true? Where is the evidence to support that? What if someone posted that you had AIDS? That you were a wife beater etc? What would you do about it and are we to think then that since there is nothing there to say "This is not true", that it is? Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 18:56, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

 * I never said it was, but then I never mentioned libel. I can't comment on the claim of libel, but I also didn't know that Smart sued for libel and prevailed.  Is this so?  If not, claims of libel are just claims.  This would mean that if I have an article on WP which has a particularly negative link on it, I should be allowed to have it removed just by claiming it is libelous.  With that said, I also didn't say that anything on the site is was either true or false.  It is just a source of information.

 * By the way, can I assume your reference to Huffman re: NPD on the site is this? - Chris 23:54, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes
 * Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 20:57, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Speaking of the thread, I think that google is probably one of the better bets as to verifiability in this case. Not that the material there is necessarily verifiable, but in newsgroups, there is an openness to the discussion and no one's voice can be quelled because the website owner doesn't like their opinion.  Ultimately, can you really trust anything written on the internet?  Granted, some sources are more credible than others, but even CNN and Fox News have their own slant on topics.

 * Indeed. And thats the whole problem. Smart has denied several times and posted that many threads and forums about the stuff on Huffman's site. Why else do you think the ISPs who removed his sites, did? Obviously they found valid reasons to do so. This - and other reasons - is why Huffman's site is squarely not a reliable source, regardless of what material is there. How can it possibly be a reliable source when his is a known detractor and supposed Internet stalker of Smart? This is the argument that has been going on for months now since this Wiki page showed up. The NPD claim alone is enough to disqualify the site from being included in Wiki, if we are to go by the guidelines. Think about it. Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 18:56, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

 * "Why else do you think the ISPs who removed his sites, did?" - I assume you mean that ISPs removed Huffman's sites? I'm just a little confused by "his", whether you mean Huffman or Smart.  Assuming you mean Huffman, I didn't realize ISPs removed any of his sites.  However, it's good that you bring this up.  I would think that if there were actionable libel issues, the ISP for Werewolves (or whomever hosts the site) would have removed this site.  The bottom line, at least according to what I've seen is that the only rebuttal to the content on werewolves is "Smart has denied" and claims that Huffman is a stalker.  I know it's hard, if not impossible, to prove a negative, so if it's really libel, why hasn't Smart sued Huffman and gotten a judgment?  Until that time, unless there is evidence to rebut the claims on werewolves, it's a valid source of information.  I encourage you - nay IMPLORE you - to put forth cites to the contrary. - Chris 23:54, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

 * I suppose I'll have a go at including the Huffman material in the article myself. And you're right; neutrality is the key and I'll do my best.  No, I don't think you're neutral, and I have my suspicions as to who you are, but I'll try to practice what I've preached about WP:AGF and leave my skepticism outside of WP.  Besides, if all I have is a suspicion with no proof, that's really just my own problem. - Chris 18:16, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

 * I started it this morning, but of course the anons are starting to cause problems again, now that the shoe is going on the other foot. As to the [online] stalking, there are links to it and it is a known fact that this is what was happening and has been reported several times on various forums and media sites.
 * Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 18:56, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

 * As I said, I'm still trying to wade through the thread you posted on Huffman being a stalker. And it appears that indeed Usenet should not be used as source material. - Chris 23:54, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

I don't know how many more times we can go over this. Chris, some of this might be useful to you as well. Fox1 (talk) 00:24, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
 * uhm, absence of the truth is not a defense against libel. What the heck does that even mean? We can't accuse someone of libel on WP without it being a) a link to a secondary source detailing a legal verdict supporting the accusation or b) a link to a valid source providing a quotation of an accusation of libel.
 * "Why else do you think the ISPs who removed his sites, did?" I don't have any idea, whether they did or what the reasons might be. Perhaps you do, but you're not a valid secondary source. Cite it. Then it'd be a great addition to the article.
 * Usenet's not a valid source. Among other things, there's no reliable method of ascertaining identity.
 * "How can it possibly be a reliable source when his is a known detractor and supposed Internet stalker of Smart?" Known? Known to whom? You? Do we need to go over the "you're not a valid source" thing again?
 * Minor point: why would you put in a (unsourced) statement about Huffman being banned from forums when Smart has been banned from of some of same, himself?
 * Citations, please!

Recent revert on Derek Smart
Among my other changes, you reverted simple spelling fixes. Please try not to be so indiscriminate. Ehheh 14:29, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Derek Smart Quote Permission request
On the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Derek_Smart page you state:
 * When you cut and pasted that line you did so without permission and also where you posted it puts the issue out of context.

Can you tell me what permission is expected?

3RR warning
You are in danger of violating the three-revert rule on. Please cease further reverts or you may be blocked from further editing. --Ideogram 18:16, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Derek Smart

 * As you can see, user Fox1 went and put back the link which was removed and created a section which is not only irrelevant but has no place in an autobiography of this person. Can't you folks make him stop? Seriously. How long is this going to continue for before someone bans him?
 * Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 00:38, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Wow, that's a little harsh, considering you're the only one currently on record opposing the link. Also, that's not really how banning works, but... whatever.
 * Fox1 (talk) 05:35, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Harsh? You mean like you posting that I had the page protected based on a fib?

 * As to me being the only one on record opposing the link, thats because I'm the only one of very few people remotely interested in seeing that this page get done right. I've been here since the very beginning. Would you rather that ever detractor, supporter or whatever show up here and pitch in their two cents? Is mob mentality a consensus on Wiki where it has to take more than one opposing person to get the others to adhere to Wiki guidelines and policies?

 * Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 11:36, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Um, far be for me to interrupt a rant, but I do feel compelled to point out that I never said anything about having the page "based on a fib." That may have been an anon who didn't sign their comment.
 * Fox1 (talk) 13:19, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
 * You are right. Sorry about that. I went back and chceked. I've also added anon comments to this person's sections where he doesn't sign them. Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 14:12, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I have no power to ban people nor do I have any power to block people at my discretion. Please see our blocking and banning policies. If you can quote a specific breach of one or more of these policies, I can take action. Stifle (talk) 11:25, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
 * However, if you can't, then I respectfully ask that you take your dispute off my talk page. Stifle (talk) 11:27, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

 * You unprotected the page. It is your responsibility to see that this farce gets settled one way or another I think. Apart from that, you - an admin - are clearly misinterpreting WP:RS as it pertains to the much contested Werewolves link.

 * Later today I'm going to post in the admin area and draw the attention of other more rational admins to this page so that we can see what the general consensus for WP:RS is.
 * Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 11:36, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

I saw you re-added the link (which is has a wrong syntax, by the way) to the Derek Smart flamewar article. I strongly feel it should not be there, as it is self referential (see Self references). It's ok to add it to the talk page, but to the reader of Wikipedia, it is very irrelevant. --JoanneB 21:39, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
 * OK, will remove and add to talk page. Thanks!! Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 08:32, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Smart's statements and opinion on the werewolves page
On the Derek Smart page, you have stated multiple times: "Smart himself vehemently disputes the truthfulness of this commentary and regards it as libel & character assassination"

I have make a good faith effort to find a source for this statement using google on "Derek Smart", "Follies", and "Bill Huffman". While I found some usenet postings, some message board posts, and the werewolves page of course, I couldn't find anywhere else where Derek Smart claimed to have an opinion one way or another on the Follies page. I don't use MSN, does their search engine give more results? If you make the claim, you have to provide verification. 75.17.140.87 04:27, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Then you haven't looked hard enough. There are dozens of Usenet postings, web postings etc in which he clearly offers his opinions on the page. Obviously those links are not considered to be reliable sources so they cannot be used on his Wiki page. Where else would you expect to find them if you already found them on the resources you cited? Tatooed on my back or in the latest newspaper?
 * And while you're at it, please take this crap to the Derek Smart talk page where an active discussion is already in progress because I'm just going to ignore any further commentary on this page.
 * Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 13:34, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

 * If there are dozens of them, please provide a few. Thanks.  Nandesuka 14:05, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

 * I have asked you this question multiple times on the Derek Smart talk page with no answer: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Derek_Smart&diff=67361252&oldid=67343602  and http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Derek_Smart&diff=prev&oldid=67252529 and http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Derek_Smart&diff=prev&oldid=67184317

 * Usenet is not considered as verifiable by Wiki, so you cannot use any of the "dozens" of usenet postings + you do not consider the werewolves site to be truthful or verifiable, so what verifiable source are you using for your claim: "Smart himself vehemently disputes the truthfulness of this commentary and regards it as libel & character assassination"? 75.17.140.87 15:10, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Request for Comment
A request for comment has been filed against you, and has been certified. You may respond and make comments at Requests for comment/Supreme Cmdr. Please note that you may only edit the response section and the talk page of the RFC. Stifle (talk) 00:15, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Hi, had a look at your Request for Comment. They should switch to decaff. Addhoc 11:08, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I only just became aware of it myself and have just posted a lengthy response. That Derek Smart page is an example of everything that is wrong with Wiki.
 * Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 16:17, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

My botched attempt to add a clarifying sig
Take a peek at my recent edit where I tried to undo my accidental erasure of your text. I reverted your text back in, but when I tried to indicate that the text was by you, the unsigned tag didn't behave as expected. You can go in an edit your sig in, and delete my "Ay caramba..." note if you want. My apologies. Tomlouie 13:57, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

My signature
I'm not going to further clutter up the main RfC with this conversation, so I'm taking it here. Seeing your recent comment, it is evident you need some review as to my signing talk pages.

First, you brought up my signature nickname change here. You are correct; I changed the way I sign. However, I believe that you were also insinuating that I was doing it to somehow subvert the RfC, which is simply not true.

Key points:

 * 1) I removed the nickname ("Chris", which is my actual first name and which I've had on my main user page since September of last year) to have my signatures be more identifiable.
 * 2) If I was trying to "hide", I'm not stupid enough to think that changing my sig nick would accomplish anything.
 * 3) You're simply wrong in your statement herein contradicting Stifle.  He is absolutely correct here.  Until I changed my sig, I usually signed exactly as stated, " Chris ".

- (Nuggetboy) (talk) (contribs) 16:14, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

 * I really don't care. Everything you said above is nonsense. The reason for my changing your sig on the rfc is exactly as I stated. I never insinuated anything that you are implying.
 * Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 17:14, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Abuse of powers
May I ask how I abused my powers, as you suggested at your RFC? Stifle (talk) 23:15, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
 * You will see when I document and file my complaint. Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 12:56, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

BC3M
I know you aren't Derek, but I just wanted to say BC3M totally rocks. Some of us appreciate his hard work. People sometimes cant understand how someone can be so passionate about something, its their loss. I just wish I could find a manual for B3CM somewhere! TruthCrusader 13:17, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

 * BC3M? Which game is that? Do you mean BCM? If so, I believe that the manual is included in the free release of the game. You might want to check his website downloads area for the link to the free download of that game. Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 12:49, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Yeah i got it! I still get killed a lot though..lol...thanks! TruthCrusader 09:47, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Derek Smarts legal threat against Ferrium
Eat source citations and weap.

Slashdot discussion http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/17/0533221 Lordkazan 18:21, 8 September 2006 (UTC) "Let me assure you of one thing that you can go to sleep with tonite. I have FULL intentions of getting this license. If I DO get it, you and your teenny leetle friends on your Ferrous Oxide project, are effectively, shutdown because I don't piss around when it comes to IP properties. You would do well to ask around. I've sued publishers for less and I have attorneys around the world, literally on speed dial." - Derek Smart

references:
 * http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=114794&cid=9724898
 * http://ve3dboards.ign.com/space_shooter/b10507/16425097/p1/?35
 * ORIGINAL POST BY DEREK SMART! http://forums.avault.com/showthread.php?t=3207&page=3

 * And thats a legal threat? Are you KIDDING me?!?! Like ANY entity that owns an IP, he has the rights to protect it by preventing anyone (for e.g. that mod) from tainting it. For example, just this morning I read that Microsoft shutdown a Halo mod. I fail to see where he threatened them with legal action. Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 19:48, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Are you incapable of understanding? 1st he doesn't own the freespace 2 IP, 2nd he doesn't own any IP relating to ferrium The Ferrium Project Team is the sole owner of all Ferrium Project IP. NO FreeSpace universe IP was involved in the Ferrium Project Lordkazan 18:48, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
 * You should be asking yourself that question. The point here is that he supposedly threatened legal action. Thats ludicrous to say the least. He never claimed to own any of the IPs you mentioned. He merely pointed out that IF he got the FS license, that he would shutdown all those illegally using it to create mods and whatnot. Why is this surprising? Especially when you consider that its the normal par for the course when gaming licenses are bought. Over on the Fox, Paramount and other pages, there are no entries about the numerous legal actions, threats etc that studios (and game publishers) have taken against communities that illegally use their IPs. This is only in this Wiki because it is about Derek Smart and once again a group of unknown are fighting for their own two minutes of fame. Pathetic. Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 17:18, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
 * That's because Fox, Paramount, and other movie studios are notable for producing quality content, whereas Derek Smart is only notable for acting like a raving lunatic on internet messageboards. There are thousands of independent game developers who have written games that, like Battlecruiser, are of no significance whatsoever.  Wikipedia doesn't have articles about them: we only have articles about notable things or people.  The only reason Smart is notable is because he acts like a nut.  That's why we write about particular instances of Smart's mouth writing checks that his brain can't cash, which the above citations are clear demonstrations of.  Hope that help!  Nandesuka 11:41, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
 * That there is your opinion and only shared by you and your ilk. Saying that Derek Smart is notable because he acts like a nut on forums is just stupid and irresponsible. Thats like saying Bill Gates is notable for releasing buggy software. Or that George Bush is notable for being an incompetent president. I'm happy to see posts like this because it just serves to prove what I've been saying all along. That being, you folks have no interest in the factual accuracy of his Wiki, but rather want to use it as an attack piece. There are thousands and thousands of game developers who people don't know about and who don't even release games that are worthy of discussion. Yet, there is Derek Smart, for good, bad or ugly who gained notoriety first and foremost through his games.Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 22:41, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
 * No one has heard of Smart's games. Plenty of people have heard of Smart acting like a nut.  That's really all there is to it. Nandesuka 00:23, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
 * It would be interesting to note that what "factual accuracy" means as defined by Supreme_Cmdr. Almost all the facts that can be obtained about Smart reveal him to be a hot tempered nut who delights in creating controversy as claimed by even himself in a interview.Kerr avon 13:33, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Blanking
Please refrain from removing content from Wikipedia, as you did to Derek Smart. It is considered vandalism. If you want to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Lordkazan 05:05, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Please stop. If you continue to blank or remove content from Wikipedia, as you did to Derek Smart, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia.  Lordkazan 13:15, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

 * [[Image:Stop_hand.png|left|30px]] This is your last warning. The next time you blank or remove material from a page, as you did to Derek Smart, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia.  Lordkazan 18:40, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

These warnings are invalid and innapropriate. They are an attempt to use templates to win a content dispute. JBKramer 20:20, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
 * It seems that an administrator disagrees Lordkazan 21:37, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

JBKramer 21:45, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

The unblock template is broken - this is the pasted rationale: I file this request as a 3rd party observer. I do not believe that this account participated in blanking vandalism - over the past 10 days it has one edit -, which is clearly a content dispute. The filing on AIV listed this user as "persistant blanking vandalism". I attempted to contact the blocking admin, who has not responded on their talk page for 1.5 hours. I have raised a user conduct RFC regarding the filier of the dishonest AIV report at Requests for comment/Lordkazan. JBKramer 21:48, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Unblocked
I unblocked you as you were wrongfully blocked for page-blanking vandalism. What this is, however, is a content dispute, and it would be best to make further discussion on the talk page instead of repeatedly reverting, however. Please try that, and perhaps mediation or some other dispute resolution process may also be a good idea. Cowman109 Talk 00:00, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks. These folks will try anything to silence me; while they try to clandestinely use the Derek Smart page for their personal vendetta and character assassination of him. Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 12:16, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Are you not Derek Smart?
Your contribs seem to offer no alternative interpretation to me. But if you're really not him, why not widen your scope? Try working on some other articles for a while, let the dust settle. Sub versive  13:00, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
 * No, I'm not him. This has been said before and verified by an admin. My interest in this Wiki is my own business. I have no other Wiki interests. So why is that a bad thing of even open to discussion? Do I have to pick someone else's hobby because I like my hobby (e.g. baseball)? Gimme a break. There are other editors here (e.g. JBKramer) who are also trying to keep this Wiki on an even keel without much success. Another editor, WarHawk also just showed up. I suspect that with attention being put on this Wiki that its only going to get worse.
 * Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 13:03, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Your interest in this whole thing is your own business, sure thing. I just asked because I think editors with a very narrow scope are often involved in ongoing disputes / edit warring, because the tendency is that those editors feel strongly about their favourite topic(s). I didn't want to insult you in any way. I just happen to think that it is helpful to confront oneself with the contribs one made and potential tendencies in that. Your contrib list shows very little diversity, as opposed to that of JBKramer, for example. I'm not talking agenda, but simply about the fact that your contribs are near exclusively limited to the Derek Smart article, which I don't take as proof of, but as a possible indication for strong feelings on the article subject -- and that in turn often proves to be problematic. Sub  versive  13:33, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree with what you are saying. But what got me involved in this is due to the fact that his detractors were once again using the Wiki as their battleground. I don't do much on Wiki but when I do find the time, this is the Wiki that I work on. Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 13:36, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
 * That's your chartered right and I won't challenge it in any way. Sub  versive  13:46, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Blocked for 48 hours
I have blocked you for 48 hours for repeated edit warring to the Derek Smart article. Please discuss the controversial changes you are making in the future instead of removing sourced information within the article. Thank you. Cowman109 Talk 01:00, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Your block was invalid and not well researched. Apart from that, you blocked me for 48hrs which - according to Wiki guidelines - is outside the realm of your reason for the block. It should have been for only 24hrs.

 * Fact is, the materials that I reverted are unsourced material and materials which do not pass the WP:RS test. If you compared the material which I reverted to the previous edit, this would have been obvious. For e.g. links to posts on web forums are not considered {WP:RL}. The Ph.D. material I removed is also irrelevant and is only controversial to the one party (Bill Huffman, alleged Derek Smart stalker) and his buddies. That said controversy has never appeared in any publication nor WP:RS source.

 * When those same [disruptive] people added those highly controversal materials, they were never discussed and no consensus was reached. So why on Earth would they be allowed to stand? Especially when you consider that this Derek Smart Wiki is protected under the WP:BLP.

 * Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 13:59, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

 * A ban on Supreme_cmdr was the correct thing to do, and as anyone will see during the period of the ban there will be no revert wars and the article will not deteriorate. Supreme_cmdr who is arguably Smart himself and a SPA, intentionally twists wiki guidlines to his own needs.
 * The Ph.D is very relevant indeed, as Smart himself claims to have a Ph.D but has never provided any evidence to substantiate it. A online search of Ph.D thesis never showed Smart's supposed thesis. So the issue of the Ph.D is quite relevant to a biography of person and especially more so in the case of Smart who's genuiness of the claim to have a Ph.D is suspect.
 * The Ph.D controversy has appeared in numurous USENET archives which Smart participated in and he was challenged to prove the authenticity. The werewolves site contains a compendium of the relevant USENET postings which can be verified with google groups. Anyone must agree that acadamic fraud is a serious offence and it should be mentioned.
 * Regarding WP:RS Supreme_cmdr convinently ignores it when he wants to whitewash Smart and attack his detractors as evidenced by his edit [] which shows him making completely unsubstantiated serious and potentially libelous (baby snatching allegations) against huffman. He invokes a google group link to try to substantiate his claims forgetting conveniently about WP:RS but he strongly objects quoting WP:RS when google groups are used to highlight things critical of SMart.
 * Regarding the werewolves site, supreme_cmdr obviously doesnt like it because it contains a exhaustive analysis of Smart's USENET posting and contructively criticises him. Most of the articles about Smart or his games mention and quote this site, so it would be silly for the wikipedia not to include it. It is not libellous as Smart allegates, if that is the case why hasn;t Smart shut it down already.
 * In summary this revert wars will never end until supreme_cmdr is kicked out, or he stops editing just like the flame wars died out when Smart himself coluntrarily disappered from it.

Kerr avon 17:45, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
 * The majority of what you posted is false, based on heresay and conjecture. Also, I don't need to remind you that Usenet and forum posts are not WP:RL. By your own admission, the numerous Usenet posts themselves are proof positive that there are two opposing sides.

 * Also, nobody cares if it ls libelous or not. You people just don't get it. Wiki is not a court of law. There are rules and regs for posting material, especially in a page that is protected by WP:BL. Since there is no proof either way of his Ph.D. or lackoff, you can't prove a negative. Incidentally, there are numerous court cases which people have been sued for less. I came across one just last night in which Jury awards $11.3M over defamatory Internet posts and the ./ discussion The Huffman site, like Usenet, forum posts etc is not WP:RL. It is a known detractor's site that offers one-sided commentary and apart from Usenet is the 'only' place where the Ph.D. controversy exists. That site has no place in the Wiki and will never be allowed to stand. Ever.

 * Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 12:02, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
 * The removal of the information is clearly contested, and as such you should turn to discussion instead of edit warring. Cowman109 Talk 19:53, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Nonsense. It is contested only by the same people who added it back in after it was removed several months ago. All that they have done is come back and re-posted the same material that was previously removed, but in a different context that still does not pass the test. You're just not paying attention. So I'm going to create an Rfc against you so that other more competent and unbiased admins can take a look see.
 * Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 12:02, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

{unblock reviewed|The unjust 48hr block period has since expired -- Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 00:05, 13 October 2006 (UTC)|decline=Your block will expire at 00:59, 13 October 2006 -- Nacon kantari  00:56, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
 * How come? I was blocked at 19:59, 10 October 2006 which means that it should have expired 48hrs later on 19:59 12 October 2006 (UTC) Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 12:55, 13 October 2006 (UTC)}

Blocked for 72 hours
You have now been blocked for an additional 72 hours for sockpuppetry and block evasion (as WarHawk) on Derek Smart. --InShaneee 18:16, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

{unblock|I do not have a sock puppet!! Are you KIDDING me?!?! How the heck are you associating me with the WarHawk person?!?! This is ridiculous. What PROOF do you have of this?!?! Once again you have abused your admin powers~ Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 20:00, 13 October 2006 (UTC)}

Note Requests_for_checkuser/Case/Supreme_Cmdr_2. JBKramer 20:23, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Exactly. These people don't even check anything anymore. This InShaneee person first inaccurately blocked me for blanking. Another admin had to unblock me. Now he's gone and done it again by not only blocking me but also that WarHawk person who also sent me an email indicating that he'd been blocked for being my sockpuppet. Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 20:30, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I believed he was your sockpupet as well, FYI. JBKramer 20:32, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
 * ack!!! Well at least the check user proves that I'm not. I mean seriously, why would I need a sock puppet? Why go through all that trouble for a page that has nothing to do with me? Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 20:34, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
 * In the spirit of total honestly, I also believe you are Derek Smart. I also think that the page about you could use a serious expungement of everyone who is here only to talk about Derek Smart - both you and Smart's detractors. JBKramer 20:36, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I understand fully. But I'm not him. Besides, Smart is notoriously too egotistical to post anon. He just never does it. And anyone who knows him is quite aware of that. Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 20:56, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Since the block was based on sockpuppetry, and that has been refuted by CheckUser, I've unblocked. Mango juice talk 20:37, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Huh. I haven't been able to locate any currently active autoblocks, with the information you've given me. Can I get the username of the blocking administrator, and/or original blockee? In the event it's your IP address, directly, which has been blocked, I'd need the address to look into it. Beyond that, maybe try editing the sandbox, and see if that works. Thanks, and please bear with us in the meantime. Luna Santin 23:17, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

--  Netsnipe  ►  02:25, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

{unblock-auto|70.155.235.198|Autoblocked because your IP address has been recently used by "Supreme Cmdr". The reason given for Supreme Cmdr's block is: "sockpuppetry on Derek Smart".}
 * I removed the autoblock. Things should be working fine now. Cowman109 Talk 15:14, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Harassment of Kerr avon
Your recent posts to user:Kerr avon appear to be provoking and borderline harassment and the matter is best left dropped. Please see WP:NPA as well. Thank you. Cowman109 Talk 20:02, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

 * How can you say that I'm harrassing him, considering what he has been doing to start this up? Anyway, I have since dropped the matter but you really need to stop singling me out for your admin power trips.Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 20:19, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Regarding reversions made on October 17 2006 to Derek_Smart
You have been temporarily blocked for violation of the three-revert rule. Please feel free to return after the block expires, but also please make an effort to discuss your changes further in the future. The duration of the block is 72 hours. William M. Connolley 15:35, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 16:49, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

 * You must stop reverting, period. If you engage in reasonable discussion on the talk page and convince the reasonable editors there (Myself, Nanduska, others), then you will get what you want. If you fail to convince myself and Nanduska and others, you will not. If you engage in fruitless banter with less reasonable editors, you will not convince us. Focus on the content. Thanks. JBKramer 15:40, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Inaccurate claims of my demise
Try checking the block log next time. I'm busy getting ready for my wedding. Lordkazan 14:04, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

 * Could care less dude. Now scurry along please. Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 14:06, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Edit summaries
Do not use misleading edit summaries, as you did here ever again. JBKramer 11:53, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
 * No clue what you're talking about. What was misleading about the summary? Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 12:06, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Regarding reversions made on October 23 2006 to Derek_Smart
You have been temporarily blocked for violation of the three-revert rule. Please feel free to return after the block expires, but also please make an effort to discuss your changes further in the future. The duration of the block is 7*24 hours. William M. Connolley 17:18, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

In the meantime, I suggest you start preparing a Requests for arbitration case. This edit war has gone on for too long in my opinion and it's only going to get worse for everyone until ArbCom intervene. --  Netsnipe  ►  06:45, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Blocked
You have been blocked for edit warring on Derek Smart. I am aware you have not reverted more than 3 times today, but note that you do not have a right to 3 reverts a day, and you've been blocked numerous times for edit warring on that page. -- Steel 17:56, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Article Ban
As per community consensus here, you are now banned from editing any and all articles at all relating to Derek Smart or his works for a period of one month. Editing any of these pages will result in an immediate block and a possible extension of this ban. --InShaneee 05:43, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Your ban is unwarranted and there is no supporting consensus for it. Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 23:01, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

 * Also, this is not the first time you have blocked me IMPROPERLY. First, you blocked me for blanking. Something which I didn't even do. Then you blocked me for being a sock puppert. Something that an RFCU proved to be FALSE. So, here we are again. Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 17:38, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

 * InShanee, I would suggest that Supreme Cmdr is correct, your actions contravene WP:BAN policy, specifically "community bans must be supported by a strong consensus and should never be enacted based on agreement between a handful of admins or users". Addhoc 12:10, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

 * There was a discussion on an open forum, and there was no disagreement. That's what that policy means. --InShaneee 15:25, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

 * No, when the WP:BAN policy says "community bans must be supported by a strong consensus and should never be enacted based on agreement between a handful of admins or users" that's exactly what it means. This ban isn't legitimate because it was "based on agreement between a handful of admins or users". Addhoc 16:01, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

 * I think this is because we're using the incorrect term. SC has not been banned; he's been blocked for a finite amount of time.  Notice he is not listed at WP:BU. - (Nuggetboy) (talk) (contribs) 16:16, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

 * No, we're not using the incorrect term. I was article BANNED. Because I IGNORED the ban due to it not being legitimate, I was then BLOCKED. We're not idiots you know. Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 16:22, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

 * Speak for yourself. As it happens, I agree there isn't a legitimate ban in place, however currently, there is a block, which is being appealed. Addhoc 16:25, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Blocked You have been blocked for  for 2 weeks for breaching your article ban on all Derek Smart related pages. this edit along with others are clearly made after the ban Upon discussions with the admins who placed the ban, this may and will extend indefinitely. To contest this block, add the text  on this page, along with an explanation of why you believe this block to be unjustified. You can also email the blocking administrator or any administrator from this list. Please be sure to include your username (if you have one) and IP address in your email.

If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia after the block has expired, you will be blocked for longer and longer periods of time.

Please do not erase warnings on this page. Doing so is also considered vandalism. Glen  02:17, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

 * Glen S, firstly, I would question the legitimacy of this ban, secondly, erasing warnings on a user page isn't a policy violation, lastly, "upon discussions with the admins who placed the ban, this may and will extend indefinitely", isn't correct, the discussion is supposed to involve the community, not just admins. Addhoc 12:10, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

 * Given the ban was very clearly "enacted based on agreement between a handful of admins or users", I would suggest this was unequivocally a contravention of policy. Addhoc 18:30, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

 * I agree. And Supreme Cmdr needs to bring this to the attention of other admins who can actually interprete the Wiki policies. WarHawkSP 20:32, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

 * One of which would be me, an neutral editor in whatever has happened here. WarHawkSP, you might like to back off here, as you're not making things better. Some calm reflection by this user would be helpful to everybody at this point; some calm reflection by you might also help. Just advice. ➨  ЯEDVERS  21:16, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Requests for arbitration/Derek Smart
Hello,

An Arbitration case involving you has been opened: Requests for arbitration/Derek Smart. Please add any evidence you may wish the arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Requests for arbitration/Derek Smart/Evidence. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Requests for arbitration/Derek Smart/Workshop.

On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, Thatcher131 23:26, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

 * For what little my advice may be worth, you do not do yourself any favors when you start ranting about libel and lawsuits. In the first place, you evidently don't know much about how such suits work in the real world (it is not trivial to pursue a successful lawsuit for libel in the USA). In the second place, it makes you appear (correctly or not) to be a loon. I suggest you focus on the goal of Wikipedia: to be a repository of verifiable, NPOV information that does not constitute original research. -- BBlackmoor (talk) • 2007-01-11 20:20Z

 * You're right. OK, will do. Supreme_Cmdr(talk) 22:50, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

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Requests for arbitration/Derek Smart
An arbitration case in which you were involved, Requests for arbitration/Derek Smart, has closed. For a period of six months, no single-purpose account may revert any edit made to the Derek Smart article. This article is referred to the Wikipedia editing community for clean-up, evaluation of sources, and adherence to NPOV. Any user may fully apply the principles of Biographies of living persons to this article. Supreme Cmdr is banned from Wikipedia for one year. Supreme Cmdr and other surrogates of Derek Smart are also banned from editing Derek Smart, but may edit the talkpage. This is a summary of the remedy provisions of the decision, and editors should review the complete text of the decision before taking any action. This notice is given by a Clerk on behalf of the Arbitration Committee. Newyorkbrad 23:45, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

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Catherine Spalding

Catherine Spalding, known as Mother Spalding, (December 23, 1793 – March 20, 1858) was an American educator who was a co-founder and longtime mother superior of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. She pioneered education, health services and social services for girls and orphans in Louisville and other Kentucky cities. On January 6, 2003, the Louisville Courier-Journal named Spalding as the only woman among sixteen "most influential people in Louisville/Jefferson County history."

Early life
Catherine Spalding was born on December 23, 1793, in Pomfret, Charles County, Maryland. At age four, her family moved to Nelson County, Kentucky. Her mother died the next year and her father later deserted the children due to the stress of financial obligations. An uncle and aunt, Thomas and Elizabeth Spalding Elder, raised the five Spalding children with their own ten children. At age 16, Catherine Spalding moved in with her cousins, Richard and Clementina Elder Clark, living there for three years. According to Spalding, the Elders and Clarks provided her with a stable home life, a religious faith, the skills for pioneer homemaking and health care, and the basics of education. She also developed a passion to care for other children orphaned by death or desertion,

Sisters of Charity of Nazareth
After the end of the American Revolution in 1783, over 1,000 Catholic families moved to Kentucky from Maryland. Two of the local religious leaders, Benedict Flaget, the Bishop of Bardstown, and John Baptist David realized that these families needed schools and teachers for their children. Both members of the Sulpician Society, the two clerics wanted to establish a school in Kentucky that was similar to one established by Elizabeth Bayley Seton in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

In 1812, David sought volunteers to begin a women's religious community in Kentucky to serve the Catholic children of the region. It came to be called the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth (SCN). In January 1813, the 19-year-old Spalding, accompanied by her uncle, arrived at St. Thomas Seminary farm in Nelson County, Kentucky, to join with Teresa Carrico and Elizabeth Wells in establishing the new religious community. David gave the women the Rule of Life of Vincent de Paul as was followed in Emmitsburg.

At St. Thomas, the Sisters initially performed farm work, domestic work for the priests and seminarians, and visited the sick. While Carrico had very little education and no apparent aptitude for teaching, her farming, cooking, and housekeeping skills enabled the community to thrive. Over time, three more women joined them, which allowed for the formal establishment of the community as a religious congregation. Spalding was elected as its first Mother Superior.

Nazareth Academy
In 1814, Spalding helped establish a girls school on St. Thomas Farm. Its students included paying and non-paying boarders, along with resident orphans. The St. Thomas community grew and in 1822 moved to a larger property in Nazareth, Kentucky. The girls school became known as Nazareth Academy. It soon developed a reputation as one of the best-known schools for young women in the region outside of New Orleans. Nazareth offered instruction in the usual "ladies' accomplishments" along with a curriculum of arts and sciences.

Presentation Academy
By 1828, SCN had begun caring for homeless elderly clients. In 1831, Spalding and three other SCN members opened Presentation Academy in the basement of St. Louis Church in Louisville. The school served children of all income levels. Presentation Academy later moved from the basement into several houses on Fifth Street. It is today the oldest school in Louisville. In 1829, when Louisville experienced a cholera epidemic, SCN started nursing poor victims of the disease.

St. Vincent Orphanage
To care for abandoned immigrant children, Spalding would pick them up on arrival at the Louisville wharf and house them at the Sisters' house behind the church. Spalding later raised funding to build a separate house for 25 orphans. Within three years, Spalding was forced to purchase a larger building for the increased number of orphans. In 1832, this facility became known as St. Vincent Orphanage. She later opened St. Joseph Infirmary in part of the orphanage building.

When not running her institutions, Spalding would return to St. Vincent Orphanage. With the rise in immigration from Ireland and Germany in the 1840s, the orphanage was seeing more children. As superior of the orphanage—"the only place on earth to which my heart clings"—she accepted hundreds of children, directed Sisters and lay assistants, collaborated with professional men and their wives. Spalding was often seen on the streets in Louisville, visiting businesses to solicit donations or attending to the poor in their homes. It was said that "Every orphan in the city claims you as their mother."

Mother superior
Spalding was elected to several six-year terms as mother superior by the members of SCN. Other Sisters collaborated with her council, and numerous clergy and lay persons worked to establish the three main ministries that Kentuckians lacked. From 1838 on, Spalding served two more terms in leadership. When Bishop Flaget attempted to merge SCN in Kentucky with the Sisters of Charity in Maryland, she successfully opposed it. The other Sisters did not want the merger and Spalding believed that a distant administrator in Maryland would hinder their work in Kentucky.

In 1842, Spalding sent several Sisters to establish institutions in the Diocese of Nashville. In 1843, Spalding opened the first free school in Louisville. Spalding eventually moved the St. Joseph Infirmary into its own building so that the St. Vincent orphanage could expand. Between 1854 and 1855, she directed construction of the church and new academy at Nazareth.

In 1858, Spalding contracted pneumonia while working with the sick. She died on March 20, 1858.

Legacy
SCN is now an international religious order that cares for the sick, poor, and orphaned; and advocates for social justice in five nations in North America, Asia, and Africa.

Spalding has been called the founder of social work in Kentucky. She founded Nazareth Academy (1814), St. Vincent's Academy (1820), St. Catherine's Academy in Lexington, Kentucky (1823), Presentation Academy (1831), St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum (1832), St. Joseph's Hospital (1836), and St. Francis' School at Owensboro, Kentucky (1850).

Spalding University in Louisville is named after Spalding. The Spalding Family Scholarship was established in 1967 by Hughes Spalding and is awarded annually to a student with financial need.

In 2015, a statue of Spalding was unveiled in Louisville, the first statue of a historic woman in public space in the city. It is located at the parish office on South Fifth Street downtown.

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Talk:Helmut Lottie

This is a misspelling; his name is Helmut Lotti.

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Talk:When You Wish Upon a Weinstein

Untitled
Isn't this in Season Two? Sonic Mew | talk to me 04:14, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

It was produced with what became most of season 2, with production code 2ACX05. So it was produced between Let's Go to the Hop and Da Boom, both of which aired in 2000 as part of season 2. I'm unsure exactly when Fox planned to air it (the article says 2001, holding to the fact that most fans consider it part of season 3). Andy 04:03, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Da Boom actually aired at the end of 1999, but your speculation that the episode would have aired in 2000 rings true nonetheless. It wasn't until the episode completed postproduction that the FOX executives got jittery about the possibility of Jews being offended by the episode (this is mentioned in the controversy section of the article). Robert Happelberg 22:17, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

 * This episode is on the Season 2 DVDs in the UK.

Reference
Im pretty sure when Chris calls his math teacher Mr. Shackleford it is a reference to Michael "The Wizard of Odds" Shackleford —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.172.244.110 (talk) 20:06, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Malcolm X or Louis Farrakhan?
I may be wrong about this, but isn't it Louis Farrakhan who delivers a speech written by Woody Allen, and not Malcolm X?

 * If that's supposed to be Louis Farrakhan then that would eliminate the "Malcolm X died before Soon-Yi Previn was even born" nit. Robert Happelberg 21:38, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Louis Farrakhan, of course. Drsruli (talk) 17:51, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

Tiring
This is in no way meant to be taken as anti-semitism, but sometimes Hollywood's obsession with Jewish humour gets a little old to the 98% of Americans who are not Jewish. I'm Lutheran and I loved the (brief) gag in the Simpsons episode when Lisa "creates Lutherans."

 * I might know what you mean. Sometimes it seems like Judaism adherents and Catholics are the only religious groups used as source of humor on TV. (The mean-spirited humor in this was mostly directed at Catholics. Jewish people are portrayed as kind of "other", but not in a bad way. Catholicism was portrayed as a kind of mafia with nuns set to beat you up if you try to leave) I think that's because Protestants and Muslims aren't, on the whole, very funny. Still it's nice when they try to do jokes on other groups. The Simpsons' Lutheran joke was a kick and they might be the only source for Unitarian jokes on TV. They've even done jokes about Mennonites, maybe a play on Groening's ancestry, and who else does?--T. Anthony 04:16, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

 * This is a forum for discussing improvements to the article. Lots42 (talk) 10:50, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Guitar
In the last scene, when they are talking in the back of the bus, you can see part of a guitar on the left. Does anyone know why? Afterwards nothing happens with it. Is there an scene missing?--Nauki 14:47, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

It's a goof. Drsruli (talk) 17:49, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

Lawsuit
Anyone want to update this article about the lawsuit? 69.143.26.71 02:53, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Israel
"When the episode aired in Israel (where most of the people are Jewish), the original line appears" - I'm pretty sure most people are aware that a large percentage of Israelis are Jewish. The part in bold seems unneeded. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.246.40.54 (talk) 16:01, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

 * This is changed. Readers can read the Israel article if they don't understand the significance. / edg ☺ ☭ 16:16, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

This fact.

 * The FOX version of this episode edits the episode not only by replacing the "Even though they killed my Lord" line in the "I Need a Jew" song, but also by drastically shortening the part where Quagmire is searching his pockets for his car keys. This was done so it looks less like he’s masturbating in front of Lois.

Wait, I have hard times believing that, as far as I know they didn't air the episode at all, unless there is something I'm not getting... TheBlazikenMaster (talk) 01:12, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

 * this is true for when fox aired this episode. Although this episode aired on fox AFTER it aired on adult swim. Grande13 (talk) 01:41, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

TBS Censorship
The article states that the TBS version airs the line as "I don't think they killed my lord" instead of "Even though they killed my lord". However, I recently watched this episode on TBS, and the line was "Even though they killed my lord". Did they change it or something? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.82.239.85 (talk) 22:47, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

 * Usually the first broadcast is the one that matters most. To present ongoing detail on how the show was broadcast each time on every network presents a problem with verifiability since no one network necessarily runs the same version every time, and we need either to be able to cite sources for each broadcast mentioned in the article, or demonstrate that a given network has a policy of only showing one particular version ever. Lacking that, statements like "TBS shows x version, but Fox only shows y version" should be avoided.

 * It might not be necessary to have this level of detail in the first place, Wikipedia being an encyclopedia after all, and not a fan site. / edg ☺ ☭ 23:19, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Here's something...
When Stewie gives Meg a "vision test", he holds up a black object and asks "What is this, a poopie or a Toblerone?", the image is not seen in detail. Has someone unscrambled the image? Do they know what it is? Is it a poopie? Is it a Toblerone? Is it something else? And, more importantly, is that person a Wikipedia member? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.64.120.27 (talk) 22:23, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Um, the image was drawn as a blur. It can't be unscrambled. Lots42 (talk) 10:49, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Did this episode cause FG to get cancelled?
I had always understood that the controversy around this episode was one of the main things that caused Fox to cancel Family Guy. But I can't find it mentioned anywhere on Wikipedia. Am I wrong about that? The Family Guy articles don't really explain why Fox stopped the show. Weasel Fetlocks (talk) 10:49, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I've heard this rumor several times as fact, anyone have insight on this? 67.244.2.127 (talk) 20:44, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
 * How can a 'rumor' be 'fact'? Regardless, any speculation on this would not be suitable for the article; this would require excellent sources before being acceptable.  DP 76764  (Talk) 21:00, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Tags
What's with all the relevance tags? Why not, at least, tag the whole section and not each bullet point. It looks cheesy. Lots42 (talk) 10:51, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
 * It looks cheesy cause it is cheesy.-- The Red Pen of Doom  18:11, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 10:30, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Harvey Weinstein?
I am curious whether this is in any way related to Harvey Weinstein. It might have been predictive, if it were. Mister Sneeze A Lot (talk) 13:26, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

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Mundaring Weir Branch Railway

The Mundaring Weir Branch Railway was constructed from Mundaring, Western Australia to the site of the Mundaring Weir, and opened on 1 June 1898.

Overview
One of the rail lines constructed by the Public Works Department in the early 20th century, the line was specifically built for the construction of the weir, and incorporated a zig zag.

The line taken over by the Western Australian Government Railways some years after its construction.

The branch was popular for picnics and excursions to the weir between the 1920s and 1940s. The current route of Mundaring Weir Road crosses the formation of the railway at two locations before the site of former No 2 Power station, and is parallel from the Weir road junction to the Mundaring Weir Hotel.

Difficulties
Due to the steep grades down to Mundaring Weir, a limited range of locomotives were permitted to be run on the line.

In the 1940s the declining availability of Msa Garratt steam locomotives affected the number excursion trains that could run to the weir. This was a particular problem during times when the weir overflowed, because the Msa Garratt seemed to be the only engine in service capable of negotiating the steep gradients.

Due to lack of activity on the line in the early 1950s it was closed on 14 November 1952. A bill to officially close the line passed state parliament in December 1952.

Services on the connecting line, Mundaring Branch Railway, ceased traffic on 23 January 1954. The line was closed by parliament in 1966.

Different proposals since 1966 to resurrect the railway line as a tourist attraction have not materialised.

Stopping places
The branch commenced to the east of the Mundaring Railway Station yard.

 * Mundaring Weir
 * Kardo Mordo, adjacent to the Mundaring Weir Hotel and Mundaring Weir Mechanics' Institute
 * Portagabra (near the current roundabout intersection turnoff to the Kookaburra Outdoor Cinema). Portagabra was the transfer station for cement railed from the Rivervale cement plant for the works to increase the height of Mundaring Weir in 1948.
 * O'Connor, opened as No. 2 Pumping Station in 1922. Renamed O'Connor c.1930.
 * Wonyil, west along the track where the line formation separates from the Mundaring Weir Road)

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I Wanna Talk About Me

"I Wanna Talk About Me" is a song written by Bobby Braddock and recorded by American country music artist Toby Keith. The single was released on August 20, 2001 as the second single from Keith's 2001 album Pull My Chain. The song was his seventh number one single on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

Background
Braddock ("He Stopped Loving Her Today") initially intended the song for Blake Shelton's debut album, which Braddock produced. When audience testing of the song yielded negative results, Shelton's record label decided against including it on the album. Recalling the spoken-word verses of Keith's 1998 single "Getcha Some", Braddock then decided to pitch it to him.

Keith told Billboard magazine that he knew he would get "banged a little" for cutting the song. "They're going to call it a rap, [although] there ain't nobody doing rap who would call it a rap."

Content
Similar to Keith's 1998 single "Getcha Some", "I Wanna Talk About Me" is cited as an example of country-rap, due to the use of a strong beat and rhythmically spoken lyrics. "I Wanna Talk About Me" tells of a male's frustration in his inability to converse with his partner, who wants to talk about herself. In the chorus, the singer states "I like talking about you, you, you, you, usually / But occasionally / I wanna talk about me". A musical strength of the song is its use of a I-V-vi-IV arpeggio played in a punchy rhythm.

Critical reception
Ray Waddell, of Billboard magazine said that men could relate to the song, "which Keith manages to sell through sheer force of personality." For The Washington Post, Paul Farhi called the song "a good-natured ditty" whose chorus "is either a justified demand for equal time or the response of an egotistical jerk." In contrast, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of All Music Guide called the song a "mocking macho white-rap" and the "weakest track" on Pull My Chain.

Reviewing the music video, Edward Morris of Country Music Television called the video a "comic gem and all the proof...that Keith can handle any acting chore."

Music video
The music video was directed by Michael Salomon and shows Keith in many different situations, including a man shopping with his girlfriend or wife, a police officer, a pimp, a motorcycle rider, and a surgeon. It premiered on CMT on August 28, 2001.

Chart performance
"I Wanna Talk About Me" debuted at number 51 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of August 25, 2001.

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Helmut Lotti

Helmut Lotti (born Helmut Barthold Johannes Alma Lotigiers; 22 October 1969), is a Belgian tenor and singer-songwriter. Lotti performs in several styles and languages. Once an Elvis impersonator, he has sung African and Latino and Jewish music hit records, and he crossed over into classical music in the 1990s. In 2023 he brought a selection of his favourite Heavy Metal songs at Graspop Metal Meeting.

Life and music
The son of Luc and Rita (née Lagrou), Helmut Barthold Johannes Alma Lotigiers was born in Ghent, Belgium, and began his singing career with a visual and singing style in an obvious imitation of Elvis Presley, and was described as "De Nieuwe Elvis" (in Dutch) or "The New Elvis". His first two albums were Vlaamse Nachten ("Flemish Nights", 1990) and Alles Wat Ik Voel ("All That I Feel", 1992). After a few more albums, he changed direction in 1995 with the first of what became a long series of "Helmut Lotti Goes Classic" albums, which proved to increase his popularity. Since 2000 he has also made successful recordings in traditional Latino, African and Russian-style music.

Lotti sings in his native language Dutch, as well as Afrikaans, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian, Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele and others. His albums has sold over 13 million worldwide.

Lotti does volunteer work as an ambassador for UNICEF. Lotti took part in the 0110 concerts against racism, organised by Tom Barman.

He was married 3 times, divorced 3 times and has 1 daughter. Lotti was diagnosed with autism as an adult.

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Mundaring Branch Railway

The Mundaring Branch Railway is a historical section of the original Eastern Railway main line across the Darling Scarp in the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) system.

Name variation
It has had a number of names in WAGR records – including:

 * Smiths Mill Line (locality later known as Glen Forrest) after the Eastern Railway was moved to the new line to the north – 1890s to 1920s
 * The Mundaring Loop, or Mundaring Line – 1930s to 1950s

There was confusion in the naming of the Mahogany Creek Deviation. The Mahogany Creek railway stopping place was on the Mundaring Branch Railway between Glen Forrest and Mundaring. However the Mahogany Creek Deviation was the incorrect name for the new line that followed the line of the Jane Brook to Mount Helena. It was on the second route of the Eastern Railway constructed in the 1880s to early 1890s, and it passed through the Swan View Tunnel, well to the north of the original Mahogany Creek stopping place and the creek itself.

Connections
The Branch commenced at Bellevue railway station, moving up the slope to Greenmount. Steep gradients and deviation inclines occurred through to Glen Forrest.

It connected with the newer line at Mount Helena.

Mundaring was the junction point where the Mundaring Weir Branch Railway commenced.

Timetabled passenger services on this branch (until closure in early 1954) tended to terminate at Sawyers Valley.

Closure
Traffic ceased running in 1954; the line was closed by Parliament in 1966.

Following closure, it eventually became part of the Railway Reserve Heritage Trail.

Stopping places and sidings

 * Bellevue
 * Greenmount
 * Greenmount Quarry siding
 * Mountain Quarry siding
 * Boya
 * Hudman Road Quarry siding
 * Darlington
 * Glen Forrest (originally Smith's Mill)
 * Statham Brickworks Siding
 * Nyaannia
 * Zamia (highest point on line at 1,007 feet)
 * Mundaring
 * Mundaring Weir line just outside Mundaring railway yard
 * Sawyers Valley
 * Mount Helena

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Steve Thomas (ice hockey)

Stephen Antony "Stumpy" Thomas (born July 15, 1963) is a British-born Canadian former ice hockey right winger who played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Blackhawks, New York Islanders, New Jersey Devils, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and Detroit Red Wings.

Playing career
Thomas was born in Stockport, England but was raised in Markham, Ontario, Canada where he attended Markham District High School. As he often coasted in school on his hockey skills, he once had a teacher tell him to "smarten up, Steve; hockey can only take you so far". He played junior hockey for the Toronto Marlboros of the OHL (he was the last original Toronto Marlboro to make it to the Maple Leafs of the NHL). Prior to playing in the NHL, Thomas won the Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award in 1985 as the top rookie in the American Hockey League, while playing for the St. Catharines Saints.

Thomas went undrafted after his junior career but signed as a free agent with the Toronto Maple Leafs. He began his NHL career in the 1984–85 season. He developed into a bona-fide NHL goal scorer with Toronto, scoring 35 goals in the 1986–87 season. He was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks that summer and played for Chicago until 1991–92 and was then traded to the New York Islanders.

It would be with the Islanders that Thomas would have his best years. In the 1992–93 season, Thomas scored 37 goals and 50 assists for a career-high of 87 points. During the playoffs, when Islanders superstar Pierre Turgeon was injured by a Dale Hunter check in the first round, Thomas and teammate Ray Ferraro emerged as the unlikely heroes of the Islander's playoff run. Both made the top ten in postseason scoring as the Islanders made their Cinderella run to the Prince of Wales Conference finals. The next year, he set a career-high in goals with 42.

Thomas had second stints with the Leafs (1998–2001) and Chicago (2001–2002) before moving to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. His career looked to be over with Chicago; however, the trade to the Ducks instantly rejuvenated his career. After scoring just 4 goals with the Blackhawks, Thomas had 10 goals in the final 12 games of the season with the Ducks and added 4 more goals in the postseason as his team made it to their first Stanley Cup Finals. The Ducks had wanted to keep Thomas for 2003-2004 as well, but they ran out of money, and Thomas's absence negatively affected his former linemates.

Despite being considered a great playoff player, Thomas was never able to capture a Stanley Cup in his career. He came close in 2002–03 when his Mighty Ducks of Anaheim made it to the Stanley Cup Finals, the first of his and the team's, but they lost to the New Jersey Devils in a hard-fought 7 games.

Thomas signed a one-year contract (2003–2004) with the Detroit Red Wings before the 2004–05 NHL lockout and proved effective playing on a line with youngster Pavel Datsyuk and Brett Hull. At one stretch in the season, Thomas had 10 points in 13 games, and he enjoyed more ice time than he initially expected due to injuries among the Wings' roster. The Wings finished first in the league but lost in the second round of the playoffs to the Calgary Flames.

After the 2004–05 NHL lockout he was invited to the Toronto Maple Leafs tryout in 2005, but he was cut before the regular season started.

Trades and signings
Traded to Chicago by Toronto with Rick Vaive and Bob McGill for Al Secord and Ed Olczyk, September 3, 1987

Traded to NY Islanders by Chicago with Adam Creighton for Brent Sutter and Brad Lauer, October 25, 1991

Traded to New Jersey by NY Islanders for Claude Lemieux, October 3, 1995

Signed as a free agent by Toronto, July 30, 1998.

Signed as a free agent by Chicago

Traded to Anaheim by Chicago for Anaheim's 5th round choice (Chicago drafted Alexei Ivanov) in 2003 NHL Entry Draft, March 11, 2003

Signed as a free agent by Detroit, November 5, 2003

Post-playing career
Thomas was an assistant/mentor coach for the St. Michael's Buzzers, a Jr. A team in Toronto.

On September 3, 2010, Thomas was named player development consultant for the Tampa Bay Lightning, working with former Red Wings teammate Steve Yzerman, who served as Tampa Bay's general manager. Thomas monitored and oversaw all of Tampa Bay's prospects. He later worked as an assistant coach for the Lightning from 2012 to 2016.

Thomas was named an assistant coach with the St. Louis Blues on June 30, 2016. He spent one season on the Blues' staff.

Personal life
Thomas and his wife Lori have two children, a daughter Lauren (born 1994), and a son Christian (born 1992), who is currently playing for HC Bozen-Bolzano of the Austrian Hockey League. Christian Thomas was drafted 40th overall by the New York Rangers in the 2nd round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. Lauren married current Edmonton Oilers forward Adam Henrique. In his third OHL season in 2010–11, Christian finished second in the league with 54 goals and sixth in the league in scoring with 99 points, while also tying for the league lead in power-play goals. Steve and Christian Thomas are the first father-son combination to each score 50 goals in a single OHL season.

Trivia
Thomas appeared in the 1986 hockey-themed movie Youngblood alongside Rob Lowe and Keanu Reeves and, in one scene, is memorably towel-snapped by Patrick Swayze.

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Vyborg Governorate

Vyborg Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire. It was established in 1744 in newly ceded territories from Sweden following the Treaty of Åbo and parts of Saint Petersburg Governorate which were previously ceded by Sweden in 1721 as a result of the Great Northern War.

In the Treaty of Nystad of 1721, Sweden formally ceded control of parts of the Viborg and Nyslott County and the Kexholm County located on the Karelian Isthmus and Lake Ladoga region to Russia. First these areas were part of the Saint Petersburg Governorate. Vyborg Governorate was established in 1744 when Sweden ceded control of parts of Kymmenegård and Nyslott County (which had been parts of Viborg and Nyslott County prior to the Treaty of Nystad) by the Treaty of Åbo. In Sweden (including Finland), the area of the governorate was also known as Old Finland (Gamla Finland, Vanha Suomi), and between 1802 and 1812 it was named the "Finland Governorate".

Initially the governorate had subdivision into three provinces: Saimaa Province, Vyborg Province and Kexholm Province, which reflected the previous borders of the Swedish counties (part of Kymmenegård and Nyslott County ceded in 1743, part of Viborg and Nyslott County ceded in 1721 and part of Kexholm County ceded in 1721, respectively). Catherine the Great issued a decree in 1775 to change the previous administrative division from governorates to viceroyalties (namestnichestvo), and in 1783 the Vyborg Governorate was renamed into Vyborg Viceroyalty (Выборгское наместничество, however in Finnish the name did not change) within its previous borders. The subdivision was also changed, from provinces into uyezds (уе́зд, kihlakunta), of which there were 6 in the viceroyalty: Wilmanstrand, Vyborg, Friedrichshafen, Neuschlott, Kexholm and Serdobol. Paul I changed the name back to Vyborg Governorate in 1796, renaming the previous uyezds into districts (Lands Kommissariat, округ, kihlakunta) and Alexander I changed the name to Finland Governorate in 1802.

During the Napoleonic Wars, the Kingdom of Sweden had allied itself with the Russian Empire, United Kingdom and the other parties against Napoleonic France. However, following the Treaty of Tilsit in 1807, Russia made peace with France. In 1808, and supported by France, Russia successfully challenged Swedish control over Finland in the Finnish War. In the Treaty of Fredrikshamn on September 17, 1809, Sweden was obliged to cede all its territory in Finland, east of the Torne River, to Russia. The ceded territories became a part of the Russian Empire and was reconstituted into the Grand Duchy of Finland, with the Russian tsar as the grand duke.

In 1812, the area of Vyborg Governorate was transferred from Russia proper to the grand duchy and established as Viipuri Province. The transfer, announced by Tsar Alexander I just before Christmas, on December 23, 1811 O.S. (January 4, 1812 N.S.), can be seen as a symbolic gesture and an attempt to appease the sentiment of the Finnish population, which had just experienced Russian conquest of their country by force in the Finnish War.

Governors
1744–1744 Yury Nikitich Repnin

1745–1752 Afanasey Isakov (acting)

1752–1754 Johann Christoph von Keyser

1754–1766 Afanasey Isakov

1766–1778 Nikolaus Hendrik von Engelhardt

1779–1780 Yevgeny Petrovich Kashkin

1780–1782 Pyotr Alekseyevich Stupishin

1782–1785 Wilhelm Heinrich von Engelhardt

1785–1785 Alexander Magnus von Peutling

1785–1793 Karl Johann von Günzel (acting)

1793–1797 Fyodor Pavlovich Shcherbatov

1797–1799 Karl Magnus von Rüdinger

1799–1799 Pyotr Vasilyevich Zheltuhin

1799–1804 Magnus Orraeus

1804–1808 Nikolay Fyodorovich Emin

1808–1811 Ivan Jakovlevich Buharin

1811–1812 Johan Gustaf Winter

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Talk:Avicularia

Excrement Defense Photo
I have an Avicularia Avicularia (Common Pinktoe) and have a picture of the the spider in the midst of shooting the excrement in defense. I've never seen a picture of a spider doing this anywhere else and wondered if it'd be worth putting up here. --Aboverepine 04:25, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * It sounds like an excellent addition to the page, could be used on other spider related pages as well, to illustrate tarantula defenses --Fxer 04:34, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

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Jumping and Excrement?
I did a little digging on these facts, and I believe they are OR seeing as they are neither mentioned in any citations nor did anything come up in Google or Google Scholar. I did find a museum FAQ debunking the jump (that I'll add to the page shortly), but more interesting was that there ARE sources saying that tarantulas can "throw" their spiney little hairs as a defense mechanism. Not as exciting as poop-throwing spiders, but still kind of neat. So I'm going to just chuck the content and replace it with some sourced facts so this article can be a little mo' betta. I am, however, incredibly sad I could not write "Aranea jumps" in Wikivoice. Estheim (talk) 18:25, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

 * Good find- though plenty of unique behaviors exist, neither of those sounds like typical tarantula behavior. The page definitely looks mo' better, thanks! On a semi-related note, there are some pretty interesting and unique movement styles among the huntsmen, like the wheel spider and the Moroccan flic-flac spider. Sesame  honey  tart  15:46, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I almost missed your comment since I didn't put this on my watchlist! It was kind of hard to add content for a genus when most references are describing stuff at the species-level, but I think I did okay. In trying to see if there were New World flying tarantulas, I got a lot of hits about the selenops genus. Thanks for pointing out that flic-flac, too: I laughed at the little video. It's kind of neat about the robotics bit too, immediately reminded me of Tachikoma with it's spider-robot-body and childish-cutesy voice. I live among many (MANY) arachnids, and I am not too keen on them having 'jumping' abilities: being benign little creepy-crawlies is certainly an element to the tarantula's success as a pet. Estheim (talk) 15:43, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

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Durbar High School

Durbar High School (दरबार हाई स्कूल) or Bhanu Higher Secondary School, opened in 1854 is the oldest English education school which publicly established English education system in the country. in Nepal located near Rani Pokhari,Kathmandu whereas the first school of Nepal is considered Yjnayavalkya Vidyapeeth at Matihani of Mahottari. The school was originally built to teach sons of Ranas exclusively but was opened to public citizens in 1902 by Dev Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana. At first, Rana children were given education at Thapathali Durbar but later Jung Bahadur Rana moved it into its own building at Ranipokhari, Kathmandu.

Some parts of the school were destroyed in the April 2015 Nepal earthquake. The school was rebuilt under the Chinese Aid.

History
Durbar High School also known as Bhanu Secondary School is established during Rana regime. Established in 1854, Durbar High School is the country's first school. Located in Rani Pokhari, Kathmandu, it previously taught only members of the ruling family, but was opened to private citizens in 1902.

The school had to shift constantly from Thapathali Durbar to Charburja Durbar, Seto Durbar and Narayanhiti Durbar before being located in a small shed in Jamal. Finally in 1891, the then prime minister Bir Shumsher Rana had the present long building built on the west side of Rani Pokhari In 1900, Durbar School was turned into a public school. In 1967, its name was changed to Bhanu Madhyamik Vidyalaya.

The school lies next to Rani Pokhari built by king Pratap Malla in 1670. The school was originally an elementary English school. Feeling humiliated by not being able to communicate in English during his visit to Europe, Jung Bahadur Rana set up a school at his residence in 1853 with two teachers imported from England to teach children of the ruling families. The school was later shifted to Thapathali Durbar with an Englishman called Kenning as its first teacher. Named Durbar School (palace school), it marked the beginning of modern education in Nepal, but only the ruling Ranas and their sons could attend it. In 1876, the school began admitting children of high class government officers too.

Initially, the school as a feeder institution was affiliated with Calcutta University, and students had to travel to Kolkata for their high school entrance examination until an examination centre affiliated with Patna University was opened in Kathmandu in 1929.

In 1933, the government established the School Leaving Certificate Examination Board and students did not have to travel to India for their exams.

Some parts of the school were destroyed in the April 2015 Nepal earthquake. The school was rebuilt under the Chinese Aid. The four-storey school building with more than 40 classrooms is built in an area of 4,200 square metres.

Present day
The building of Durbar High School which was reconstructed with support from the Government of China was handed over to the school management on 8 September 2020.

As of 2020, around 350 Students are studying in Durbar High School. Currently, there are 17 teachers teaching in Durbar High School. Among them, 8 teachers are for secondary level. 3 for lower secondary level and 6 for primary level. At the present, there are only 7 staffs for the school administration.

The school has also started teaching Robotics and Programming classes from Grade 3 and formed a STEAM CLUB (Initiative of KMC Mayor). It plans to focus more on the extracurricular activities. The school further plans to operate classes 11 and 12.

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Fred Lazarus Jr.

Fred R. Lazarus Jr. (October 29, 1884 – May 27, 1973) was an American founder of Federated Department Stores, which became Macy's, Inc.

Early life
Fred Lazarus Jr. was born to a Jewish family on October 29, 1884, the son of Rose (née Eichberg) and Fred Lazarus. He was the second of four brothers, Simon Sr. (August 19, 1882 – December 21, 1947), Robert Sr. (September 20, 1890 – February 4, 1973), and Jeffrey Sr. (June 20, 1894 – 1975). He grew up working in his family's store, F. & R. Lazarus, founded by his grandfather Simon Lazarus, an immigrant retailer. He briefly attended Ohio State University, but dropped out at the age of 18 to work full-time in the store.

Businessman career
In 1928, the company purchased The John Shillito Company department store in Cincinnati. In the summer of 1929, months before the Wall Street Crash of 1929, Lazarus met with Walter N. Rothschild from Abraham & Straus of Brooklyn and Edward Filene from Filene's of Boston on Rothschild's yacht in Long Island Sound. The three businessmen agreed to merge their stores and form Federated Department Stores, of which "Mr. Fred" was the chairman. Bloomingdale's of New York joined in 1930. Under his leadership, Federated eventually became the largest department store company in the United States.

Lazarus himself exerted enormous financial, social, and political clout; he is credited with convincing President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939 to move Thanksgiving a week earlier, to the fourth Thursday in November instead of the last Thursday in November, in order to make the Christmas shopping season longer in those years on which November had 5 Thursdays.

The Lazarus family pioneered many shopping firsts such as the concept of "one low price" (in which no bargaining was required); theirs was also the first department store with escalators and the first air conditioned store in the country.

Personal life
Lazarus married twice. In 1911, he married Meta Marx; she died in 1932. They had 4 children: Fred Lazarus III, Ralph Lazarus, Maurice Lazarus, and Ann Lazarus. In 1935, he married Celia Kahn Rosenthal.

Fred Lazarus Jr. is interred in the Lazarus Family Mausoleum in Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.

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Reza Enayati

Gholam Reza Enayati (born 23 September 1976) is an Iranian football manager and former player. Enayati played as a striker in the Persian Gulf Pro League and for the Iran national football team. He is the all-time top goalscorer in the Persian Gulf Pro League.

Club career
Reza Enayati started out his professional career playing for his hometown club Aboomoslem. He had a number of impressive seasons there, especially the 2001–02 season where he finished as the league's top goalscorer and was called up to the national team.

He remained in Aboomoslem for the 2002–03 season but the year after and after being linked with a move to Persepolis, he signed with Esteghlal. He was not able to impress in his first season in Tehran, but in the 2004–05 season he was able to show his talents and was able to finish as the IPL's top goalscorer again with 20 goals. The next season, he was just as impressive, scoring 21 goals, finishing as the league's top scorer and helping his club Esteghlal win the championship and also broke the record of scoring in a season in Iran and he is the all-time top scorer of Persian Gulf Cup. After World Cup 2006 he signed with the Emirates club. On 19 March 2007, Enayati extended his contract with UAE League side Al-Emarat in a deal that will keep him there until the end of the 2007–08 season.

In 2008, he secured a six-month contract with Al-Nasr. In July 2009 season he moved back to Esteghlal but after half a season he moved to Emirate league once again and joined Emirates where he scored 8 goals. For 2010–11 season Enayati signed with Sepahan for one year and joined his former coach Amir Ghalenoei where he helped the club to win the league title. He then joined to Saba Qom and later Mes Kerman. He returned to Saba on 1 July 2013. On 7 May 2014, he signed a contract with Padideh, effective from 1 July. He was given number 10 shirt. He made his debut for Padideh in 0–0 draw against Malavan on 1 August 2014. He scored his first goal for Padideh in next match, where they won the match against Naft Masjed Soleyman 3–0, which Enayati scored the final goal.

Enayati moved back to Esteghlal on 31 December 2014.

Club career statistics
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The information in Hazfi Cup and UAE Emir Cup is not complete

International career
Reza Enayati made his debut for Iran in a game versus Palestine in April 2002. Since then he has had numerous callups to the national team, including Iran's recent 2004 Asian Cup and 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualifying campaigns. He was among Iran's final squad for World Cup 2006 but did not make an appearance.

He has been selected to join the squad for the 2007 Asian Nations Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He appeared against the Uzbekistan national football team, playing 90 minutes, on 11 July, and was selected again into the starting eleven in the game against the China national football team on 15 July. He was called up again for 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying but left the camp in the first round as Ali Daei preferred Mohsen Khalili in few matches over him.

Player
Esteghlal
 * Iran Pro League: 2005–06; runner-up 2003–04

Sepahan
 * Iran Pro League: 2010–11

Individual
 * Iran Pro League top goalscorer: 2001–02 (17 goals), 2004–05 (20 goals), 2005–06 (21 goals)
 * Top scorer in Iran Pro League (154 goals)

Manager
Havadar Iran U23
 * Azadegan League runner-up: 2020–21
 * WAFF U-23 Championship runner-up: 2023

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