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User talk:Rotten

 * User's neutrality and restraint on US-related issues is controversial (contribs). 217.30.208.210 00:23, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

This from someone who won't even use their real username? Rotten

Welcome to Wikipedia. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to our encyclopedia. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing. However, unconstructive edits are considered vandalism, and if you continue in this manner you may be blocked from editing without further warning. Please stop, and consider improving rather than damaging the hard work of others. Thanks. ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 03:04, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia is obviously a joke, then. Take a look at this:

8. Bush, George Walker (S&B, 1968); U.S. President 2004- (vote fraud), appointed U.S. President, 2000- (systemic vote fraud, judicial corruption), TX Governor, 1996-2000 (his father got him the job);

Clearly nutcase rantings, like I said. But I get "nailed" for vandalism? What a joke. How can I complain about your sysadministration? You're clearly unqualified.

What, precisely, are the controversial edits by Rotten?
To ≈ jossi ≈: If you're going to lodge a complaint against someone, I would recommend making the complaint specific. I haven't looked into Rotten's edits extremely carefully, but after a quick glance, I see nothing that I would call vandalism. Please enlighten: what made you place the warning on his/her user page? Thanks. --  Cultu ral Fre edom  2006-07-17 12:17 (UTC)

Citation tag on Atkins Nutritional Approach
You removed the citation tag I added. I don't believe your changes to the sentence removed the necessity of a citation for the claim, so I have re-inserted the tag, and if it is to be removed again without supplying a citation, I request that you justify the removal on the talk page. In fact, IMO it made it more necessary, since if people are claiming this, it should be documented somewhere. Respectfully, --Anchoress 03:26, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

peta
"knock it off, butthead ;)" What's that supposed to mean? Edit summaries are there to explain your edits, not engage in personal attacks. Jean-Philippe 20:08, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Don't dispair, Rotten. But also: try to avoid falling into the trap of being so frustrated that you'll say anything. In my long experience, logic and common sense always win. So just stick to the points and provide reasoning for everything you say. For example, I contend that PETA is radical and I used a dictionary definition to support my argument. Many of these PETA-philes don't like being called radical, even though the definition fits. They can't understand that radical is not necessarily a negative term --- hey, Lech Welesa was a radical!, so was Martin Luther! --- and so the knee-jerk revert is instant. They are a funny lot, having no time for reasoning, logic, common sense or sense of humour. They get all mad when you say that animals have the right to be tasty!DocEss 20:58, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

 * They did not take kindly to my picture.[[image:TheyFoundNemo.jpg]]

PCRM on Astroturfing
Wiki isn't a forum for you to vent your frustrations on groups you disagree with. Find a reliable third party making those accusation of astrosurfings. Until then, you're breaking no original research, reliable sources and obviously, neutral point of view. Jean-Philippe 01:18, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Wiki isn't a place to vent frustrations with groups you disagree with? Really, take a look at the Antiamericanism page.

Misleading edit summary
You used the edit summary "Reverted vandalism" in this edit. I don't think that link, or the removal of that link, is vandalism, our policy on which states that "Any good-faith effort to improve the encyclopedia, even if misguided or ill-considered, is not vandalism." Am I missing something? JBKramer 19:40, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

 * He's aware I removed that link, as per my obvious edit summary "Revert.Petakillsanimals is a website of Center for Consumer Freedom. We already link to CCF". It's his only edit in the last four days, since our revert war on PCRM, so it is only fair for me to assume it was done out of sheer spite. Jean-Philippe 20:53, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Jean-Philippe is a PETA troll and shouldn't be allowed to take over Wikipedia. I am correcting his vandalism.--Rotten 21:04, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

 * This only confirms what I said, that this user is out of a personal vendetta against me. It's a very, very mild one that might not be worth reporting, but it's there. Jean-Philippe 22:45, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

3RR
I think I should draw your attention to WP:3RR, which says no editor may revert a page more than three times in 24 hours, except for some exceptions like vandalism and whatnot. Of course, you already seem to of gone over that number with United States, but the warning has to happen first I think. Homestarmy 22:23, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I reverted nothing.--Rotten 22:34, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

AntiAmericanism
Can you please tell me with Wiki rules why my edits to anti-Americanism, which clearly show anti-Americanism, are "unencyclopedic trolling nonsense"? 68.229.201.181 05:55, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
 * They add nothing to the article and are just put there to antagonize.--Rotten 14:50, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

 * So is that your opinion opposed to Wiki rules? They show the topic of the article and, in one case in particular, show mindless anti-Americanism which is in no way connected to US 'foreign policy' and shows that when nonAmerican's use the talking point, "We don't hate you.  We hate your government's foreign policy," that it's total bull. 68.229.201.181 19:15, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Put them back if you want.--Rotten 21:27, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Operation CWAL
A tag has been placed on Operation CWAL, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article seems to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert notability may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and if you can indicate why the subject of this article is notable, you may contest the tagging. To do this, add  on the top of the page (below the existing db tag) and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm its subject's notability under the guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Pascal.Tesson 07:20, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Waste of time
Do stop wasting my time tolling William M. Connolley 07:42, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Incivility
Ponder, for an hour, WP:CIVIL William M. Connolley 14:37, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * You're clearly trolling. It's not incivil at all. "Rail against"? "Fights"?--Rotten 14:38, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * This is exactly why nobody does, or should, take Wikipedia seriously. YOU WERE CLEARLY TROLLING and you're simply silencing a viewpoint you dislike.--Rotten 15:05, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * If you think "an irrational troll (you)" is acceptable on wiki, you're wrong William M. Connolley 15:24, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * C'mon William, be honest, you were trolling. "Rails against"?--Rotten 05:50, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Incivility again
Your comment here seems distinctly uncivil and violates WP:AGF:

 * I have added some relevent criticism, hopefully his cronies won't delete in 10 seconds.--Rotten 12:01, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Don't do this again.

Atlant 12:49, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * How is it uncivil? Just curious. ~ UBeR 20:35, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

 * It isn't. You'll notice that it was indeed reverted within a couple minutes.--Rotten 04:14, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Three Revert Rule violat--Rotten 05:16, 25 April 2007 (UTC)ion
You have been blocked for violating the Three Revert Rule The edits in question are:

 * 11:56, 24 April 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Connolley&diff=prev&oldid=125485882
 * 12:00, 24 April 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Connolley&diff=prev&oldid=125486560
 * 12:48, 24 April 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Connolley&diff=prev&oldid=125496530
 * 15:36, 24 April 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Connolley&diff=prev&oldid=125538889

Atlant 15:44, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Whoa, I'm blocked? I've been editing Wikipedia for 2 years without so much of an incident and suddenly I'm blocked. How about Stephen Schulz? Why didn't he get blocked for breaking the 3RR rule?--Rotten 17:00, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Alright alright. I got a little feisty. I think Stephen Schulz should be blocked as well though.--Rotten 17:03, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

 * He's just barely on the right side of the law, but I did caution him. (The additional revert came from Vsmith, a different editor and an administrator, BTW.)

 * Atlant 17:04, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Thank you, I will watch myself from now on.--Rotten 17:55, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Thanks!

 * Atlant 18:39, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Hey, any reason why I'm still blocked? I thought it was 24 hours? --Rotten 15:11, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

 * You had seven minutes to go (I wrote here before I blocked you), but I've unblocked you now.

 * Atlant 15:39, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Sorry about that. Thanks again.--Rotten 15:51, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

 * No worries!

 * Atlant 15:58, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Whoa, whoa, whoa. He made three revers, not four. Three is allowed, per WP:3RR. Check the policy again if you don't believe me. You should unblock Rotten immediately and apologize. ~ UBeR 22:40, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

 * It's a a fine point, but the rule is usually applied to mean "four applications of the same edit in 24 hours"; that's what we have here. You'll also notice that the rule states "The rule does not convey an entitlement to revert three times each day, nor does it endorse reverting as an editing technique; ...". Rotten of course has recourse should he choose to pursue it, using the "unblock" template.

 * Atlant 23:38, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I've never seen it applied as such, and I've seen my fair share of 3RR claims. The rule quite clearly states that no more than three reverts within 24 hours. But if you're banning people for not even doing that (i.e. less than four), perhaps you should rethink Stephan Schulz's three reverts. ~ UBeR 00:42, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you UBer. I added something, and Stephen deleted it. Because I was the one who added it, Stephen had to have broken the 3RR rule before I did.--Rotten 04:09, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

 * As I mentioned above, one of the removals of the text that you added came from another editor, Vsmith, whom I note is also an administrator here on the English Language Wikipedia. That's why Stephan Schulz didn't notch a WP:3RR violation (even without considering the WP:BLP exception).

 * Atlant 11:32, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
 * And neither did Rotten. ~ UBeR 13:53, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

 * The WP:3RR explicitly does not apply to editors who are removing unsourced material from biographies of living persons. Any such material may be reverted and removed at any time. FCYTravis 03:15, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
 * It wasn't unsourced materiel at all, it's right there in plain view. William Connelly, who is an admin here on Wikipedia, edited his own biography using some terms which cast him in a more favorable light and some which are still there today. I'd call that significant and worthy of being in his biography. But at the very least IT WAS SOURCED. It was IN PLAIN VIEW.--Rotten 04:07, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Please read WP:RS, WP:V, WP:OR and WP:BLP, so I don't have to waste my time explaining to you why what you're doing is unacceptable. If you continue doing it after the block expires, you will be reblocked. FCYTravis 05:05, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Dude, that is NOT original research. I cited his own edit which he made on his own biography. That's all I did, no original research whatsoever.--Rotten 05:16, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
 * In fact, it is original research - textbook original research. You can establish the fact that he edits Wikipedia. You can establish the fact that, at times, people editing their own articles on Wikipedia is controversial. What you cannot do is create a causal link between those two facts to create a faux "controversy" where none exists. You have failed to cite any reliable sources which would support your assertion that his editing Wikipedia has caused controversy. In the absence of any evidence at all to suggest that anyone cares, you may not insert it into the biography of a living person. FCYTravis 06:00, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok, I will "assume good faith" as they say and accept what you say. However, I still take issue with your "faux controversy" comment. Obviously, the admin in question is controversal as are his actions by quite a few editors here. I don't even disagree with him on this issue for the most part, I think that his actions on the whole are extremely arrogant and against the nature and spirit of Wikipedia. I know that JW praised him personally and I find that baffling. Personally I know he is a smart and informed editor, but his methods I take issue with. I'd appreciate your help on this matter if you can give it. If not, then at least you know where I stand. Anyway, thank you.--Rotten 08:06, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Criticism
Why are you deleting outright sourced material from articles? Where in WP:Criticism does it recommend this action? ·:· Will Beback ·:· 04:38, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Did you read what it said? The proliferation of criticisms sections is the most idiotic thing about Wikipedia. If you want to include it, then integrate it into the articles as it says in WP:Criticism.--Rotten 04:50, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
 * It does not say to delete sourced info. ·:· Will Beback  ·:· 05:33, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Feel free to integrate back into the article properly.--Rotten 05:46, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

 * I don't see how you can integrate a paragraph into a short article any better than it was already integrated. Please don't delete NPOV, sourced material. "WP:CRITICISM" is not a policy, or even a guideline. ·:· Will Beback  ·:· 06:09, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Criticism sections are troll magnets and allow people to use Wikipedia to spout propaganda. That isn't it's purpose is it?--Rotten 06:24, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

 * True, it is generally better to have the criticism incorporated throughout an article, rather than carved out and compiled in a Criticism section. But that doesn't mean—nor does WP:Criticism suggest—that wholesale deletion of Criticism sections is justified. Incorporating the material in the Criticism section is into the rest of article is the way to go: it improves the article, whereas simply deleting the section does not. Yilloslime 06:41, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

 * One of our core policies is Neutral point of view. It requires us to include all significant points of view whether they are laudatory or critical. So long as it is verifiable and presented neutrally, criticism belongs in articles. Having it bunched together or spread out is a minor decision, and there isn't universal agreement on which is best or how much it matters. However unsourced criticism, such as you removed from Garfield, is best removed, especially if living people are involved. ·:· Will Beback  ·:· 06:57, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Please see Talk:McDonald%27s re your recent revert LeadSongDog 16:57, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Your Userpage
Out of curiosity, where do you get your information? How do you know if Wikipedians are employed or not, for example? --Theunicyclegirl 21:09, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Just a guess. The political nature of the edits leads me to believe that these are not useful people.--Rotten 21:42, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Your medicaid edit
Those are the facts. People can come to their own conclusions about whether or not it supports government health care. Nbauman 16:32, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Airline Deregulation Act
Nothing on this page is referenced. If you want to be fair, you should delete everything. Otherwise, your selective deletion strategy appears to be POV pusing. Yilloslime 17:02, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Eh? Where is it referenced then?--Rotten 17:43, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

 * My point is that there isn't a single reference on the page for anything. The content you deleted wasn't sourced, but neither is anything else on the page. If you were to impartially apply your logic (deleting unsourced sections) then you'd end up deleting the whole page. Your selective deletion stategy appears to violate WP:NPOV.

 * Also please do not edit my userpage. You are welcome to leave constructive comments on my my talk page, but it is my right to do with my userpage as I please. And anyway, the change you objected to was me simply moving a comment to my talk page, where I should have been put in the first place.Yilloslime 18:06, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I feel I have the right to delete unsourced POV comments and will continue to do so. --Rotten 21:05, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

August 2007
Hello. Please don't forget to provide an edit summary. Thank you. Evil1987 16:37, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Talk:Single-payer_health_care#Polls_section
Wikipedia is frustrating sometimes, but let's not use personal attacks to tell editors when they make a mistake. Kborer 11:59, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

We are trying to get concensus to get this article to be less contraversial. Deleting whole sections without discussion first is unhelpful.--Tom 17:24, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

 * Pare that section down, then put it back. I'll add some rebuttal polls after you do so.--Rotten 18:48, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

 * Please try to avoid being so rude. I did not add the section and I have no intention of pruning it and no intention of tracing who added it or where it came from. If you think it is better pared down, please pare it down yourself and add whatever rebuttals you think are fair and appropriate.--Tom 14:34, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

 * Yes, please try to avoid being so rude. Nbauman 00:59, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

AAA Article
Hi,

I'm somewhat puzzled by your revert of my edit on the American Automobile Association article. The two sections in question appear to have been copied directly from AAA promotional material. (This has been an ongoing problem with the article—the AAA appears to have hired a public relations firm to manage its Wikipedia entry.) Though I have no complaint with the content of the sections, the tone seems to be "AAA promoting its own legislative accomplishments" as opposed to "an encyclopedic description of the AAA's legislative activities".

I invite you to rewrite the two sections in question using neutral language. I don't want to get into an edit war, so I'll leave the article as it is for now. Jim 22:14, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Universal_health_care
Please use moderate language. I would rather that dicussions were conducted civily and in accordance with WP policies. --Tom 16:13, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

 * I second that. Your sarcasm doesn't convince anyone, and makes it more difficult for the rest of us to have an intelligent discussion about the article. Nbauman 17:04, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Talk:Bill White (neo-Nazi)
I removed your comment about Bill White. While your observation may be true, comments about subjects don't belong on article talk pages. Those pages are for discussing articles, not subjects. See WP:TALK. Not a big deal. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 05:04, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

November 2007
Please do not delete content from pages on Wikipedia. Your edits do not appear to be constructive and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox for test edits. Sorry, "it doesn't belong here" doesn't cut it. Need a better explanation for mass deletions! AlphaEta T / C 04:05, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Citation? :D
"9 times out of ten, it is a liberal bias here and most politically charged articles have a distinct left wing bias"

May I delete this un-sourced statement?

Only joking! :D :D F33bs (talk) 02:52, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

BLP
The WP:BLP policy applies even to experts being discussed on talk pages. Remarks like this are inappropriate. Please be more careful in the future.  Will Beback   talk    06:13, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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Elevator operator

An elevator operator (North American English), liftman (in Commonwealth English, usually lift attendant), or lift girl (in British English), is a person specifically employed to operate a manually operated elevator.

While largely considered an obsolete occupation, elevator operators continue to work in historic installations and fill modern-day niches.

Historic description
Being an effective elevator operator required many skills. Manual elevators were often controlled by a large lever. The elevator operator had to regulate the elevator's speed, which typically required a good sense of timing to consistently stop the elevator level with each floor. In addition to their training in operation and safety, department stores later combined the role of operator with greeter and tour guide, announcing product departments, floor by floor, and occasionally mentioning special offers.

Buildings
With the advent of user-operated elevators such as those utilizing push buttons to select the desired floor, few elevator operators remain. A few older buildings still maintain working manually operated elevators and thus elevator operators may be employed to run them. In Dayton, Ohio, the Mendelson Liquidation Outlet operates out of an old Delco building that has an old passenger elevator run by an operator. The Fine Arts Building in Chicago; the Young–Quinlan Building in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota; City Hall in Buffalo, New York; the Commodore Apartment Building in Louisville, Kentucky; City Hall in Asheville, North Carolina; and the Cyr Building in downtown Waterville, Maine are a few in the United States to employ elevator operators. In 2017, it was estimated that over 50 buildings in New York City used elevator operators, primarily in apartment buildings on the Upper East and West Sides of Manhattan, as well as some buildings in Brooklyn. The Stockholm Concert Hall, in Sweden, employs an elevator operator by necessity since there is an entrance to the elevator directly from street level, requiring an employee to be positioned in the elevator to inspect tickets.

In more modern buildings, elevator operators are still occasionally encountered. For example, they are commonly seen in Japanese department stores such as Sogo and Mitsukoshi in Japan and Taiwan, as well as high speed elevators in skyscrapers, as seen in Taipei 101, and at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Some monuments, such as the Space Needle in Seattle, the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the CN Tower in Toronto, employ elevator operators to operate specialized or high-speed elevators, discuss the monument (or the elevator technology) and help direct crowd traffic.

New York City Subway stations
There are a few elevator operators working in the New York City Subway system. They are located at five stations: 168th Street, 181st Street at St. Nicholas Avenue and at Fort Washington Avenue, 190th Street, and 191st Street in Washington Heights, upper Manhattan. In these stations, elevators serve as the sole or primary means of non-emergency access. The elevator attendants currently serve as a way to reassure passengers as the elevators are the only entrance to the platforms, and passengers often wait for the elevators with an attendant. The attendants at the five stations are primarily maintenance and cleaning workers who suffered injuries that made it hard for them to continue doing their original jobs.

History
The elevators were made automated during the 1970s, but the operators were retained, though they were reduced in quantity in 2003.

In 2004, the number of elevator attendants at the stations was reduced to one per station as a result of budget cuts by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). The agency had intended to remove all the attendants, but kept one in each station after many riders protested. The change saved $1.2 million a year. In November 2007, the MTA proposed to eliminate the operators' positions, but on December 7, 2007, the MTA announced that it would not remove the remaining elevator operators due to pushback from elected officials and residents from the area. In October 2018, the MTA again proposed removing the elevator operators at the five stations, but this decision was reversed after dissent from the Transport Workers' Union.

San Francisco BART
As of 2022, elevator operators are currently employed in Market Street stations of the San Francisco Bay Area's Bay Area Rapid Transit rapid transit system to provide for passenger safety and elevator cleanliness amidst regional problems with homelessness and substance dependence.

Amusement parks
Theme parks and amusement parks often have observation towers, which employ elevator operators. An example is the Sky Tower at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Santa Clarita, California. While these rides may have modern or button-operated elevators that a patron is capable of using, they often employ ride operators for safety and crowd control purposes. Because many jurisdictions have stringent injury liability laws for amusement park operators and the fact that vandalism can be a big problem, some parks do not allow patrons to ride these rides without an employee present. Additionally, if there is a museum at the top of such a ride, the operator will usually give an introduction to the purpose and contents of the museum and other promotional messages about the park.

Construction sites
Manual elevator operators can be employed in the construction of multi-storied buildings, either using temporary exterior hoists or traditional elevators that are still being installed.

Elevator girls in Japan

Elevator girl (エレベーターガール), shorted to erega, describes the occupation of women who operate elevators in Japan. When the role became common in the 1920s, additional terms such as shokoki garu ("up and down controller girl"), hakojo ("box girl"), and erebeta no onna untensyu ("woman elevator driver") were also used to describe this role. However, erebeta girl remains the popular term for this occupation, a staple sight of urban Japan. Sporting tailored uniforms and robotic smiles, elevator girls are trained extensively in polite speaking and posture. In contrast with the salaryman of Japan, the elevator girl has been symbolic of women's roles in society literally and physically moving up and down as women entered the Japanese workforce. Today, few elevator girls remain in department stores, although those which retain them consider the elevator girl an effective marketing strategy. Elevator girls are an example of feminized occupations in the workplace.

History
Prior to 1929, elevator operators were men. In 1929, the Ueno Branch of Matsuzakaya department store hired women to operate the elevators in its new facilities. In the same year, Yomiuri Shinbun ran an article calling elevator operation the new occupation of Japanese women, commenting on the experiences of the first elevator girls. Although women in the United States had performed the same duty previously, in Japan the shift to female elevator operators was remarkable. At first, female elevator operators had to perform the same functional tasks as male operators, operating levers and closing elevator doors. As elevators became automated, the role shifted to greeting customers, advertising sales to customers, and making announcements.

Depiction
Elevator girls appear in numerous works of literature and film. A key storytelling tool using the elevator girl has been to juxtapose the reserved, controlled role of the elevator girl at work with the unknown, potentially scandalous role that the woman plays in her personal life. A pornographic film featuring Shoji Miyuki, Going Up: I am an Elevator Girl, played off this contrast, telling the story of a demure elevator girl who is secretly a nymphomaniac engaging in sexual activities in the elevator.

Popular anime series Crayon Shin Chan featured an elevator girl who became trapped in her elevator when the elevator broke.

The 2009 film Elevator Nightmare was advertised by comedienne Torii Miyuki watching the film in an elevator with three professional elevator girls.

Karl Greenfeld's 1995 expose of Japanese culture Speed Tribes: Days and Nights with Japan's Next Generation, featured a fictional story of an elevator girl who works the elevator by day and engages in drugs and risky sex by night.

Courtney Barnett wrote a song called Elevator Operator.

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Federico Commandino

Federico Commandino (1509 – 5 September 1575) was an Italian humanist and mathematician.

Born in Urbino, he studied at Padua and then at Ferrara, where he received his doctorate in medicine under Antonio Musa Brassavola. He had numerous patrons throughout his life. Initially, aided by Grassi, the bishop of Viterbo, he then came under the patronage of Pope Clement VIII. In Urbino, he was sponsored by Guidobaldo II della Rovere, but then came to Rome with cardinal Ranuccio Farnese. In Rome, he was patronized by Cardinal Cervini, who served briefly as Pope. Lured back to Urbino by Francesco Maria II della Rovere. In Urbino, he putatively met John Dee, and corresponded with the scholars Conrad Dasypodius (il Dasipodio), Gerolamo Cardano, Francesco Maurolico, and Christopher Clavius.

He was most famous for his central role as translator of works of ancient mathematicians. In this, his sources were primarily written in Greek and secondarily in Arabic, while his translations were primarily in Latin and secondarily in Italian. He was responsible for the publication of many treatises of Archimedes. He also translated the works of Aristarchus of Samos (On the sizes and distances of the Sun and the Moon), Pappus of Alexandria (Mathematical collection), Hero of Alexandria (Pneumatics), Ptolemy of Alexandria (Planisphere and Analemma), Apollonius of Perga (Conics) and Euclid of Alexandria (Elements). Among his pupils was Guidobaldo del Monte and Bernardino Baldi. Commandino maintained a correspondence with the astronomer Francesco Maurolico. The proposition known as Commandino's theorem first appears in his work on centers of gravity.

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Eric England (gridiron football)

Eric Jevon England (born April 25, 1971) is a gridiron football player who plays defensive end. He most recently played with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). England also played in the National Football League (NFL), the XFL and the Arena Football League (AFL). Most recently, England was signed by the New York Sentinels of the UFL. He was later cut from the team.

High school years
England attended Willowridge High School in Houston, Texas and won numerous All-American honors, and as a senior, made eleven sacks and 162 tackles.

College career
The highlight of Eric's college career at Texas A&M was his selection to the All-Southwest Conference team as a junior.

Professional career
England was drafted in the third round of the 1994 NFL Draft by the Cardinals. England played three years (1994 to 1996) with the Arizona Cardinals of the NFL, suiting up for 37 games. He played 12 games with the BC Lions of the CFL in 2000, and in 2001 he played in 7 games with the San Francisco Demons of the XFL. In 2002, he played with the Detroit Fury of the Arena Football League. In 2003, he played with the New York Dragons of the AFL, then in the same season joined Toronto of the CFL. He played with the Toronto Argonauts between 2003 and 2006 (56 total games). During his stint as an Argo, England was named an all star in 2003 & a Grey Cup champion in 2004.

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Harvey Dunn

Harvey Thomas Dunn NA, also known as J. Harvey Dunn (March 8, 1884 – October 29, 1952), was an American painter and teacher. During World War I, Dunn was an artist-correspondent with the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe. Most of Dunn's war sketches are housed at the Smithsonian Institution in the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. He is best known for his prairie-intimate masterpiece, The Prairie is My Garden (1950). In this painting, a mother and her two children are out gathering flowers from the quintessential prairie of the Great Plains.

Early life
Dunn was born on a homestead farm near Manchester, South Dakota, in the county made famous by Laura Ingalls Wilder's descriptions of prairie life. His parents were Bersha and Thomas Dunn, a Canadian-American. Dunn had a younger brother Roy and an older sister Carolyn, who was also called Carrie. As a child, he attended a rural school.

Dunn attended the South Dakota Agricultural College (now South Dakota State University), in 1901 and 1902. He studied art under Ada Caldwell who encouraged Dunn to pursue his artistic studies in Wilmington, Delaware, under the instruction of Howard Pyle. Dunn was one of a small group of Pyle's students who were trend-setting illustrators, collectively known as the Brandywine School. There he also met William James Aylward and Ernest Peixotto, artists that would later accompany him in the United States Army American Expeditionary Force. Dunn also studied art in Chicago and New York.

Artist
In 1906, after two years with Pyle, Dunn established his own studio in Wilmington and immediately began a successful career as an illustrator. He was a prodigious painter, able to produce (on one occasion) fifty-five completed paintings in eleven weeks for various clients. A contemporary described his style in these terms, “He literally attacked a canvas and sometimes I thought he would impale the painting with his brush.” In addition to his illustrations for books, Dunn's work by then was appearing regularly in such magazines as Collier's Weekly, Harper's Magazine, The Saturday Evening Post, and Scribner's.

In 1914, Dunn moved east and settled in Leonia, New Jersey, across the Hudson River from New York City and its publishing world. Inspired by Pyle's example, Dunn opened the Leonia School of Illustration in 1915 with artist Charles S. Chapman.

His experiences at the front as one of eight artist-correspondents with the American Expeditionary Force in Europe was a turning point for the artist. After the war, Dunn created works for The American Legion Monthly magazine and other national magazines. The majority of Dunn's war sketches are now housed at the Smithsonian Institution in the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.

Dunn created a body of work of pioneer prairie scenes. The South Dakota Art Museum in Brookings, South Dakota, houses approximately 140 of Dunn's best works. Most of the works are on loan by people from DeSmet and Manchester, South Dakota, or were gifts of the artist and his family. His "often seen" painting Dakota Woman, from his series of strong pioneer women, is housed at the Dakota Discovery Museum in Mitchell, South Dakota. The Chuckwagon is a 1915 Dunn painting owned by the Denver Art Museum. The Smithsonian Institution notes it is a "quiet scene depicting a small group of cowboys seated on the ground beside a chuckwagon, their backs turned toward the viewer, their horses standing nearby, and a pond in the background."

Educator
Dunn became an influential teacher. The majority of Dunn's students were either graduate level painters or professional illustrators. Dunn was not interested in teaching painting techniques. His approach was philosophically–oriented. He spoke about spirit, emotions, and discourse at length. He discussed his philosophy of life and art, offered group criticism, and strode from easel to easel discussing each student's work in turn.

Later in life Dunn remarked: "The most fruitful and worthwhile thing I have ever done has been to teach." Dunn's most inspired teaching was probably achieved at the Grand Central School of Art, which was established by the Grand Central Art Galleries and located on the top floor of Grand Central Terminal in New York City. His comments were captured by a student during a five-hour class session and were published in 1934 in a slim volume titled An Evening in the Classroom.

Dunn was a demanding teacher and at times a harsh critic. He believed in preparing his students for the harsh realities and intense competition of the commercial world. Talent was not enough. As he once said, "If you ever amount to anything at all, it will be because you are true to that deep desire or ideal which made you seek artistic expression in pictures." His students included Dean Cornwell, James E. Allen, Harry Beckhoff, John Clymer, Mac Conner, Dan Content, Mario Cooper, Wilmot Emerton Heitland, Walt S. Louderback, Henry Clarence Pitz, Arthur Sarnoff, Mead Schaeffer, Harold Von Schmidt, Frank Street, and Saul Tepper.

Art organizations
In 1945, Dunn was named a member of the National Academy of Design. He was the president of the Society of Illustrators in 1948 and 1949. Dunn received an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts degree from the South Dakota State College in 1951. He donated 37 paintings to the college.

Personal life and death
Dunn married Johanne Louise Krebs, the daughter of Harvey Johannes Krebs, on March 12, 1908. N. C. Wyeth was Dunn's best man. The Dunns had a son Robert and a daughter Louise, who was married to John R. Rutherford.

Dunn died on October 29, 1952, at his home in Tenafly, New Jersey at the age of 68 from cancer. Johanne died on October 2, 1978, in Princeton, New Jersey. His name is memorialized by Harvey Dunn Elementary School, located in the eastern part of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

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For-profit status and maintenance
Use of the naked term "audiences," while common for broadcasters, performers, promoters, etc., may be less appropriate than something like "consumer audiences" or "consumers" in the context of weighing for-profit religious broadcasting against non-profit religious broadcasting. Might that be a reasonable or inconsequential change to bring the page more in accord with the maintenance template's concern? Jetpower (talk) 06:55, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
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 * While I think there is some difference between 'consumer audiences' and 'audiences', the difference may be minor or fuzzy in this case. Overall, it seems that these terms could apply similarly to for profit and not for profit organisations depending upon the organisation's format and goals. Whereunto (talk) 11:04, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

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John Harber

John Harber (12 November 1889 – 11 August 1962) was an English first-class cricketer. Born in Malvern Wells, Worcestershire, Harber played only once at first-class level, for Worcestershire against Derbyshire at New Road in August 1914. This was Worcestershire's final game before county cricket was suspended owing to World War I; in the match, he took three wickets for 46 runs, including that of Archibald Slater in both innings.

When Harber had Slater caught for 75 in the second innings, it was the last wicket to be taken by a Worcestershire bowler in first-class cricket until a friendly match against Gloucestershire in 1919 - and as the county did not rejoin the County Championship until 1920, in that competition it was the last for nearly six years.

He died in Hill Croome, also in Worcestershire, at the age of 72.

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Mark Day (actor)

Mark Day (born October 4, 1978) is a Canadian actor and broadcaster from Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia.

1999–2004: Halifax and Toronto
In the fall of 1999, Day moved to Halifax and made his feature film debut as a young fisherman in the 2000 film Deeply starring Kirsten Dunst. His other early film roles include Songs in Ordinary Time starring Sissy Spacek and Beau Bridges, A Glimpse of Hell starring James Caan, Julie Walking Home starring Miranda Otto and A Hole in One starring Meat Loaf and Michelle Williams.

While on the set of the TV movie, The Pilot's Wife, Day met actor Dax Ravina. The two formed a close friendship and collaborated with director Jay Dahl on two award-winning short films.

The first, Backjumping was shot in Halifax in the fall of 2003. It's described as fast-paced, clips over documentary interviews with Mike and Cameron, two sport fanatics who have tried and mastered it all. Feeling bored and unchallenged, they are looking for the next big thing in extreme sports.

The film debuted at the BFI London Film Festival and went on to win several best film awards around the world.

Following the success of Backjumping, Day, Ravina and Dahl reunited to film Boyclops, a comedy chronicling the trials of a one-eyed teenager engaged in an epic athletic contest with a two-eyed rival.

The film opened at the Toronto International Film Festival and Atlantic Film Festival in 2004.

Shortly after the film's release, Mark moved to Toronto.

2004–2008: Toronto
Shortly after moving to Toronto, he landed a recurring role on the critically praised Showcase Television sitcom It's Me...Gerald.

In 2005, Day co-starred in the CBC Television pilot Cheap Draft, reuniting him with Dax Ravina and award-winning filmmaker Jay Dahl.

While shooting Cheap Draft, he auditioned for the 8-part, one hour mini series October 1970. Day was offered a supporting lead role, playing Mark Lepage, Pierre Laporte's cabinet aide. The show aired on CBC and was based on the October Crisis in Quebec involving the terrorist activities of the FLQ.

In 2006, Day co-hosted the inaugural season of CBC's Hockeyville. Mark traveled across Canada, meeting with communities vying for a chance to win $100,000 in arena upgrades and a National Hockey League hockey game. The initial four episodes were shot at the Memorial Centre in Kingston, Ontario, with the final three episodes shot in Dave Andreychuk Mountain Arena & Skating Centre in Hamilton, Ontario.

In 2008, Mark portrayed Leon Weeks in the CTV/CBS co-production police drama series Flashpoint (Ep.317 "The Good Citizen"). Shortly after shooting Flashpoint, Day landed a role in the pilot episode of the A&E drama series Breakout Kings, playing the role of Jimbo Cantrell.

2009–Present: Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal
In 2009, Day appeared in the first of five season's on CBC Television The Ron James Show. He played various roles in 54 episodes of the comedy series, including the voices of Pa James and Cousin Davey in the L'il Ronnie cartoons.

After taking some time off from acting in 2014, Day returned to the screen in The Art of More, working alongside Dennis Quaid; Jacob's Wrath, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017; and Mommy's Little Angel in 2018. His feature film credits include; Fatman, Mafia Inc and the upcoming thriller Misanthrope starring Shailene Woodley.

He has several films in development as writer and producer, the first of which is based on the death of his best friend when he was 13 years old.

Mark Day is also an award winning News Anchor and Talk Show Host on CityNews in Ottawa.

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"Critics say that the women in much of his work are portrayed in a sexist manner and that most of them look alike to each other"? I have never heard nor read about this critique before. Actually it surprises me that there ARE any critiques - I have never read one and I'm the owner of www.jhlynch.org. To me this sounds like the personal opinion of the person who added this line.
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Generation–recombination noise

Generation–recombination noise, or g–r noise, is a type of electrical signal noise caused statistically by the fluctuation of the generation and recombination of electrons in semiconductor-based photon detectors.

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Carl Radle

Carl Dean Radle (June 18, 1942 – May 30, 1980) was an American bassist who toured and recorded with many of the most influential recording artists of the late 1960s and 1970s. He was posthumously inducted to the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2006.

Early life
Carl Dean Radle was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on June 18, 1942. He shares his birth date and birth year with Beatles member Paul McCartney.

Career
Radle’s professional career started out when Leon Russell offered him his entry into the music industry, inviting him out to California.

Gary Lewis & the Playboys
His big break came along in the mid-1960s, as the bass player in Gary Lewis & the Playboys. During his time in the Playboys, he appeared with them on Hullabaloo, The Mike Douglas Show and The Ed Sullivan Show, and would play bass on the Playboy hits "Everybody Loves a Clown" and "She's Just My Style" and contribute to the albums A Session with Gary Lewis and the Playboys and Everybody Loves a Clown.

Eric Clapton
Radle was best known for his long association with Eric Clapton, starting in 1969 with Delaney and Bonnie and Friends and continuing in 1970 with Derek and the Dominos, recording with drummer Jim Gordon, guitarist Duane Allman, and keyboardist Bobby Whitlock.

He worked on all of Clapton's solo projects from 1970 until 1979 and was a member of Clapton's touring band, Eric Clapton & His Band, from 1974 to 1979. Radle was instrumental in facilitating Clapton's return to recording and touring in 1974. During Clapton's three-year hiatus, Radle furnished him with a supply of tapes of musicians with whom he had been working. Dick Sims and Jamie Oldaker were the core of Clapton's band during the 1970s. Radle served as more than a sideman, acting also as arranger on several songs, notably "Motherless Children". Radle earned credit as an associate producer of Clapton's album No Reason to Cry.

Later works
Carl also was a member of Colours, a psychedelic cult band from Dot Records for whom he played on the first album and guest appeared on the second. In 1970, Radle joined Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour.

Radle was a session musician for many of the most famous blues rock and rock and roll artists in the 1970s, including Rita Coolidge and Kris Kristofferson. He appeared in the film The Concert for Bangladesh; recordings from that concert were released as an album in 1972. Over the two-year period before the release of the album The Concert for Bangladesh, Radle recorded albums with Dave Mason, J.J. Cale, George Harrison, Joe Cocker, Leon Russell, and Buddy Guy, among others. He can be seen in Martin Scorsese's 1978 film The Last Waltz, which documented the final concert of The Band, held in 1976.

Over the course of his career, Radle played on a number of gold and platinum singles and albums and garnered the respect of many musicians. His bass lines were often simple and repetitive, but always with the purpose of supporting the song.

Death
Radle died at his home in Claremore, Oklahoma in May 1980, from the effects of alcohol and narcotics; he was 37.

Posthumous releases
Two albums by Derek and the Dominos, The Layla Sessions: 20th Anniversary Edition and Live at the Fillmore, were released in 1990 and 1994 respectively that posthumously credited Radle. The Layla Sessions featured studio jamming with Radle, and Live at the Fillmore was a live performance that originally took place in October 1970.

Hall of Fame
He was posthumously inducted to the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2006.

Albums

 * 1970 Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
 * 1973 In Concert
 * 1990 The Layla Sessions: 20th Anniversary Edition (posthumous)
 * 1994 Live at the Fillmore (posthumous)

Albums

 * 1970 Eric Clapton
 * 1974 461 Ocean Boulevard
 * 1975 E. C. Was Here
 * 1975 There's One in Every Crowd
 * 1976 No Reason to Cry
 * 1977 Slowhand
 * 1978 Backless

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East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company

The East Broad Top Railroad (EBT) is a narrow gauge historic and heritage railroad headquartered in Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania. Operating from 1871 to 1956, it is one of the United States' oldest and best-preserved narrow-gauge railroads, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964. The railroad is now preserved for use as a tourist attraction until operations ceased in 2011. After a nine-year closure, in February 2020 it was announced that the railroad had been purchased by a non-profit foundation and regular train service resumed in the summer of 2021.

Importance as narrow-gauge railroad
The EBT is unusual in that it is a complete, original railroad rather than a collection of pieces from various locations, as most tourist railroads are. All six of the narrow-gauge steam locomotives that operated on the railroad in its last years as a coal hauler are still on site, and some were used for the excursion trains. Other original equipment includes a switcher steam locomotive (non-operational), operating track-gang cars, the M-3 motorcar (built from scratch by the EBT with an engine and transmission from an automobile), and the M-1, a motorcar (doodlebug) based on scaled-down J. G. Brill and Company plans built by the EBT in 1927. The majority of rolling stock that operated on the railroad in its later coal-hauling years remains on the property in varying condition, including over a dozen flatcars, several boxcars and well over 150 hoppers. Tourist trains used original EBT passenger equipment, as well as converted EBT freight cars. The original railroad maintenance shops have a pair of Babcock & Wilcox boilers, a 19th-century stationary steam engine, and an overhead line shaft system (steel shafts, wood and iron pulleys and leather and canvas belts) that powers antique machine tools, sheet-forming machines, foundry equipment, blacksmithing tools and woodworking machines. Almost 33 mi of the railroad's original line is still in place, though only 5 mi are usable. In recent years, disused trackage from Rockhill Furnace southward and Robertsdale southward have been cleared and gauged for use with speeders and handcars (track-gang cars).

The EBT was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. The railroad was added in 1996 to the National Trust for Historic Preservation's list of America's Most Endangered Places.

Common carrier operations - 1872 to 1956
The East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company was chartered in 1856. Due to financial constraints and the American Civil War, the railroad was not built by its original charterers, but a new group of investors began to acquire right-of-way in 1867 and was able to construct the railroad as a narrow gauge line in 1872–1874. Service began from Mount Union, Pennsylvania to Orbisonia, Pennsylvania in August, 1873, and to Robertsdale in November, 1874. The line later was extended to Woodvale and Alvan, with several short branches. At its height, it had over 60 miles of track and approximately 33 miles of main line.

The primary purpose of the railroad was to haul semi-bituminous coal from the mines on the east side of the remote Broad Top Mountain plateau. In its first few decades, the railroad hauled most of the coal to Rockhill to be coked and used in iron production in the furnaces of the Rockhill Iron and Coal Company, its sister company. It then hauled the pig iron from the furnace. Shortly after the turn of the 20th century, the railroad transitioned to haul most of the coal to Mount Union to be processed and transferred to the Pennsylvania Railroad. The railroad also carried substantial amounts of ganister (orthoquartzite rock, used for furnace lining), lumber and passengers with some agricultural goods, concrete, road tar and general freight.

As the iron industry in the region faded in the early 1900s, the railroad came to subsist on coal traffic for about 90% of its revenue. Large plants for the manufacture of silica brick were developed at Mount Union around the turn of the 20th century, and these became major customers for coal and also for ganister rock, which was quarried at multiple points along the railroad. At Mount Union the yard consisted of dual gauge trackage. EBT had an enginehouse for two standard gauge locomotives which handled switching between the standard and narrow gauge sides of the coal cleaning plant.

The EBT maintained an office in Philadelphia, PA. An 1893 timetable lists their executive offices at 320 Walnut St., then the main commercial area of the city. The city's business center migrated west and by 1939 the EBT's office was at 1421 Chestnut St. EBT was generally profitable from the 1880s through the 1940s and was able to modernize its infrastructure far more than other narrow gauge railroads. The railroad's roundhouse, one of the oldest railroad roundhouses in the US still in operation, was built in 1882. A coal cleaning plant and a full maintenance shops complex were also built, bridges were upgraded from iron and wood to steel and concrete, wood rolling stock was replaced by steel, and modern high-powered steam locomotives were bought from the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia. In the post-WWII years most railroads converted to diesel motive power but the EBT considered this switch unnecessary. Steam locomotives had proven longevity and, as EBT was a coal carrier, fuel was abundant and cheap.

In 1929 the EBT formed the East Broad Top Transit Company and operated regional bus service. It acquired the Mount Union Bus Line in 1931. In 1941 this operation was sold to the Huntingdon Bus Company.

In November 1953 the railroad's innovation earned them a cover story, "Is It a Sin to be Narrow Gauge?", in an industry publication. But coal demand was already plummeting as homes and industries switched to cheap oil and gas. The last nail in the coffin came when the silica brick plants in Mount Union converted to oil and gas and not enough coal could be sold to support the mines and the railroad. The railroad closed as a coal hauler April 14, 1956, and along with the coal-mining company was sold for scrap to the Kovalchick Salvage Corporation.

First heritage operation - 1960 to 2011
Nick Kovalchick, president of Kovalchick Salvage, elected not to scrap the railroad right away, instead letting it sit in place. In 1960, the twin boroughs of Orbisonia and Rockhill Furnace—the latter being the operating hub for the railroad—celebrated their Bicentennial and asked Kovalchick to put a train out for display. Doing them one better, he rehabilitated four miles of track and two locomotives and operated tourist train rides for several months that summer. The new attraction was so successful that the ride, extended to 5 mi, opened as a regular tourist operation in 1961. The railroad operated tourist trains every summer through 2011. From 1960 to 2008 the trains were operated by the EBT under Kovalchick Salvage. From 1956 until 2020, the majority of the railroad was still owned by Kovalchick Salvage. It was overseen by Nick Kovalchick from 1956 to 1977 and by Nick's son, Joe, and his wife, Judy after 1977.

From May 2009 until December 2011, trains were operated under a lease to the East Broad Top Railroad Preservation Association, a non-profit founded with the intention of acquiring the railroad and reactivating all 33 mi of the railroad's original main line (only 5 mi operated for tourist operations). The EBTPA made a number of improvements on site as well as adding numerous special events like Day Out with Thomas and Polar Express. In 2011, EBTPA extended the season and operating days of the week. The original three-year lease expired in April 2012, and Kovalchick Salvage and EBTPA were unable to reach an agreement to continue operations. As such the lease was terminated.

About heritage operations
From 1960 until 2011 the line operated as a heritage railway, with trains pulled by narrow gauge 2-8-2 steam locomotives. Vintage diesels operated as backup power. Excursions generally ran May through October. Special events and holidays trains ran in November and December.

The rides were 10 mi round trips and took about an hour. The EBT annual Fall Spectacular, when all operating equipment was in use, was held on the Saturday and Sunday of Columbus Day weekend in October. There were also local events such as Community Appreciation Day. The train stopped at Colgate Grove, a picnic grove at the far end of the operable excursion trackage. The train was turned on a wye for the return trip. The historic railroad maintenance shops were usually open for tours when trains were running, and for group tours by arrangement. Speeder, handcar, and M-3 rides were often available on the restored trackage just south of Rockhill Furnace.

During this era of operations, four of the six Mikados were in service: #12, #14, #15 and #17. The heavier locomotives #16 and #18 never operated during this era, due to finances, differing opinions, and concerns about the effect their weight would have on the track; #17, of very similar size to #16 and #18, was used sparingly, typically only running during the annual fall spectaculars.

There were plans during this era to bring other portions of the East Broad Top back to service, most notably with the 1990 National Park Service proposal, but funding and inner politics prevented this, and operational trackage was never further extended.

As the years went on, the condition of the running locomotives deteriorated, and both rising costs and stricter operational standards after the 1995 Gettysburg Railroad boiler explosion led to the eventual retirement of many of the Mikados. #12 last operated in 2000, #17 in 2001, and #14 in 2005. Engine #15 was overhauled in the early 2000s and returned to service in 2005, allowing it to remain in service until the railroad ceased operations at the end of 2011.

Closure - 2012 to 2020
During the closure, the railroad facilities were maintained by a skeleton staff of paid employees and Friends of the East Broad Top (FEBT) volunteers. FRA inspections and paperwork were kept up on locomotive #15 in preparation for a possible reopening. Although no public excursions were held from 2012 to 2019, diesel-powered trains were operated for members of the FEBT on October 6, 2012 and October 12, 2013, as well as an M-1 excursion to McMullens Summit. Motorcar excursions were also operated for members of the FEBT attending its annual Fall Reunion on Columbus day weekends.

After the end of its operating lease, the East Broad Top Preservation Association had raised enough money to purchase some portions of the EBT. On June 3, 2013, it was announced that the East Broad Top Preservation Association had purchased the first part of the East Broad Top Railroad. In two separate transactions, the Association purchased the old PRR/Conrail spur from the Norfolk Southern mainline to the northern end of the EBT yard from Kovlachick Salvage, and the EBT Mount Union yard from the Conrail Spur tie-in to the US 522 crossing from the East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company EBTPA subsequently purchased the line from Mount Union to Aughwick. After these initial purchases, the EBTPA was unable to fund further purchases of portions of the EBT.

The Friends of the East Broad Top continued many ongoing and new restoration projects in Rockhill Furnace throughout the closure of the railroad, with the active encouragement of owner Joe Kovalchick. FEBT also assisted with routine site maintenance and repair of the EBT Facilities.

Tours of the Historic Shops complex were initially offered only for groups of 20 or more by prior arrangement with the railroad. Public tours were increasingly offered on selected summer days as the closure continued.

The neighboring Rockhill Trolley Museum continued to operate its regular summer schedule and special events, as well as their portion of the Fall Spectaculars during Columbus Day weekend in October.

Sale and reopening - 2020 to Present
On Valentine's Day, 2020, a press conference was held in Rockhill announcing that a new non-profit, the EBT Foundation, had purchased the railroad, and planned to restart excursions in 2021. The sale included approximate 27 miles of line, the yard complex in Rockhill Furnace, and all associated rolling stock and equipment. Financial details of the sale have not been disclosed. The EBTF board includes notable rail preservationists Bennett Levin and Henry Posner III, former CEO of both Norfolk Southern Railway and Amtrak, Charles "Wick" Moorman and longtime EBT activists Lawrence Biemiller, Brad Esposito and David Brightbill.

The sale of the railroad to the EBTF did not include portions of the railroad previously purchased by the East Broad Top Preservation Association. The two non-profits are separate and unaffiliated. It did not include EBT standard gauge steam locomotive #3 then stored at the Mount Union yard.

Immediately after the announcement, the EBTF began several parallel projects at the railroad to prepare for resumption of operations. All six narrow-gauge steam locomotives were thoroughly evaluated to determine their condition and which were the best candidates for return to operation. No. 14 and #No. 16 were selected to be the first to be restored and were abated of asbestos and restoration work begun. Stall #8 of the Rockhill Roundhouse was rehabilitated and converted into a restoration facility for the steam locomotives. Woodford Brothers (who performed structural repairs of the Blacksmith Shop during the closure) were contracted to perform a complete structural repair on the Rockhill Shops. The FEBT Restoration crew will perform the balance of the needed work of this project. A contractor has been secured to install a fire suppression system throughout the Shops Complex and Roundhouse. Several large scale track rebuilding projects were executed around the Rockhill yard. Thousands of ties were delivered to Rockhill to rehabilitate the tourist portion of the line. In May and June 2020 the restoration efforts encountered setbacks from an act of arson and a bridge was damaged by an over-height vehicle.

The East Broad Top reopened for limited operations in May 2021, and officially reopened for its first full season in May 2022. EBT No. 16 returned to steam in early February, 2023.

Restoration efforts
In the years following the EBT's opening as a tourist hauler, many of the structures along the disused portion of the railroad fell into disrepair and were lost to neglect or arson. Maintenance on the original railroad maintenance shops and other buildings at Rockhill Furnace and on unused equipment was neglected as employees focused the limited manpower on operating the train and maintaining core facilities. As a result, historic fabric outside the core tourist operations was severely threatened.

In 1983, the non-profit Friends of the East Broad Top (FEBT) was organized to preserve and restore the East Broad Top. While initially there was a good working relationship between the EBT and the FEBT, including two and a half years of restoration work at Rockhill Furnace, a series of events in 1985 led to friction and distrust between the two entities. At that time, FEBT re-focused on restoration at Robertsdale where it purchased or leased two historic EBT/RI&C Structures, and on former EBT combine #16 it had leased. In the late 1990s the relationship was on the mend with cooperative projects and starting in 2002 FEBT volunteers again began restoration work in Rockhill Furnace. This work continues today and has grown immensely in scope and depth during that time.

As of late 2022 the Foundation has three full-time paid track crew members. On weekends the volunteer FEBT Rockhill Restoration Crew performs restoration work on the historic railroad, except October and December, as well as a special work week per year. FEBT volunteers restore buildings, machinery, repair track and rolling stock, provide tours, and help maintain the premises. Since 2002 substantial restoration has occurred on more than half the core maintenance shop complex. Several other buildings have received moderate to extensive restoration. Five pieces of rolling stock have been returned to operation with three more in progress. Six pieces of machinery in the maintenance shops have been restored to operation and some are being used to make parts for other restoration projects. Seven pieces of track have received work. The crew also works on restoration projects on parts of the railroad outside Rockhill Furnace.

With the purchase of the railroad by the EBT Foundation, which has an excellent working relationship with FEBT, restoration work is being greatly accelerated. EBTF is providing funding and contractors for major work, and the FEBT continues to cover moderate and smaller portions of projects, as well as larger, non-pending projects. As of October 2020 yard trackage at Robertsdale, which is approximately 19 miles from the heritage Rockhill Furnace station, was cleared of brush, and the scale track in front of the depot was restored. Three coal hopper cars were transported by flatbed truck for display and marked the first time since 1956 that EBT rolling stock returned to the site of its headquarters during its days as a coal carrier.

In February 2021 workers in the carpentry shop found five cases of century-old dynamite. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries railroads commonly used explosives to clear debris. Local and federal agencies safely burned off the explosives. In October the Friends group announced plans to rebuild the Saltillo station and water tower.

Track rehabilitation
In December 2021 the railroad received a state Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant for $1.1M USD. The funds will be used to restore and reopen the main line to Saltillo and other capital improvements. In May 2022 the railroad took the first steps toward reopening the line from Rockhill Furnace south to Saltillo by cutting down growth and repairing drainage along the right-of-way.

Deteriorated structures at the Colgate picnic grove, at the railroad's wye track on the old Clay spur, were demolished. New pavilions, restrooms, and a boarding platform were opened for the 2023 season.

During 2023-2024 the right of way was rebuilt and opened up to Pennsylvania Route 475. Crews also cleared about one mile further south from Route 475 to the Pouge Bridge in preparation for re-laying rails. The Foundation will need to re-install crossing protection for the highway and contract for some masonry repair work on the bridge. In March 2024 rail was being relaid south of PA 475. In June 2024 preparations were being to made to replace the building and water tank that had once served the Satillo station. Reopening of steam heritage service to Three Springs and Satillo is anticipated by late 2025 or early 2026. The line further south to Robertsdale is blocked by two 1874-built tunnels that require significant repair work. A LIDAR equipped drone was used to survey their condition for rehabilitation planning.

At Robertsdale, which is land-locked from the operating portion of the railroad, volunteer crews have been clearing rail that had been buried under decades of overgrowth.

Locomotive restoration and rolling stock renewal
Steam locomotive No. 16, which had been dormant since 1956, was fired up in July 2022 in preparation for its entry into excursion service. It was operated during the 2023 season but the following April was found to have a crack in the center of one of its drive wheels. It was therefore withdrawn from service and the repair will take as, "...much time as needed to complete the work properly and safeguard years of continued service." No. 15 was selected as the next locomotive to be restored although there is no timetable for its return to service. No. 14 would follow after that.

In July 2022 the railroad took delivery of the first of four newly constructed passenger cars. Constructed by a Bellingham, Washington-based company, they resemble an 1890s era passenger car but with amenities such as electric lighting, baseboard heating, and modern lavatories. One car is a baggage/combine with wheelchair lifts.

The EBT once kept two-standard gauge Baldwin 0-6-0 switching locomotives at the dual-gauge Mount Union yard. Switcher No. 6 was sold in 1975 to an Indiana-based heritage railroad. In July 2023 a local contractor reported moving switcher No. 3, owned by the EBTPA, for shipment to an undisclosed Florida buyer. )

Rockhill Trolley Museum
The Rockhill Trolley Museum, operated by Railways to Yesterday, adjoins the railroad and offers 3 mi round-trip trolley rides during the tourist season on the former Shade Gap Branch of the EBT (now re-laid with ), which follows Blacklog Creek. While the trolley museum is an entirely separate entity, it coordinates its schedules with the EBT.

Friends of the East Broad Top Museum
FEBT operates a museum complex in the community of Robertsdale in Wood Township, Pennsylvania known as the Friends of the East Broad Top Museum. The museum is located in the East Broad Top Robertsdale Station, about 40 minutes from the operating portion of the railroad, and contains historic artifacts and documents. Robertsdale was hub of the coal mining operations of the Rockhill Iron and Coal Company which hauled the coal on the EBT. The goal of the FEBT Museum is to present the history and culture of the East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company and the industries it served in the surrounding area. FEBT is also nearing completion on the restoration of the RI&C Co. owned Robertsdale Post Office building, which will eventually house the museum's exhibits, while the station will be fully restored to its period appearance.

The Robertsdale Historic District and Woodvale Historic District were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

Additional reading

 * Joseph A Mannix (1960): A quick review of the East Broad Top, the narrow gauge of the East. Rockhill Furnace, Pa., East Broad Railroad and Coal Co.
 * Joseph A Mannix (1960): A quick review of the East Broad Top, the narrow gauge of the East. Rockhill Furnace, Pa., East Broad Railroad and Coal Co.