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Please Help
please help, please undo what DreamGuy reinserted in the Otherkina rticle, he does tihs without discussion, which cannot be allowed, and pursues a defamitory adgenda in the article, which is one of the main points of his arbitration. please remove what he inserted.Gimmiet 04:00, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Adding a relevant see-also isn't defamatory, and not every edit requires discussion first. If even a minor addition to this topic causes you such distress, you may want to consider taking the article off your watchlist and editing articles on a different topic instead. --fvw *  04:07, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * The See Also is not relevent, this has been shown over and over, and yet he adds it again. it is defamitory to attempt to classify this subculture as " definatly n utcases" which  hes attempting to do.  again i ask, please help.Gimmiet 04:09, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Fine
According to that link you were blocked for a 3RR violation; a situation I have yet to find myself in. You as I, are capable of errors. How would you feel if I decided to turn votes against you because of a single incident as that one. Unlike you, I have common sense to know that one single err is not a reason to reject a user. Don't expect me to kiss your ass and think you are right in this. Ignore my comments, fine, but you have - and probably will always have - a powerful enemy in me. Molotov (talk)  04:11, 5 October 2005 (UTC) (Insert evil laugh, cue lightning.)
 * This is the most melodramatic comment I have yet seen on a Talk page. I'd swear it was joke. --PhilipO 04:33, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm sorry but what was the point of the above and why do you dislike fvw so much? Ryan Norton T 04:20, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Lack of discretion; and apparently a disregard of reality: i.e. s/he makes mistakes like anybody else. S/he won't even bother to answer my statement...because I am telling the truth.  I will not be tortured by vandals and stand back and be nice to them; it may cost me adminship - but I don't care...Why would I want to be grouped with people like this. If the world was filled with people like Fvw I would kill myself. Molotov  (talk) [[Image:Flag of California.svg|25px]] 04:27, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

 * S/he said they were fine with criticism...so at this point I am sp(h)itting it out. Molotov (talk) [[Image:Flag of California.svg|25px]] 04:31, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Open Proxy? 150.176.239.178
Thanks for catching that. I saw that the reverse dns appeared to indicate that it was a proxy server for some sort of institution, and was hesitant to block it, however, sorbs and other sources confirmed it to be an open proxy, as recently as june. You're right though, I just tried the proxy and it seems they have added authentication of some sort. -- BMIComp (talk, HOWS MY DRIVING) 18:36, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Sorry, and to answer your question, yeah of course that's fine. -- BMIComp (talk, HOWS MY DRIVING) 19:05, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I noticed this on a driveby of Fvw's talk page and tagged User talk:150.176.239.178 with . Just a note to say what I did. No need for a reply. --GraemeL (talk) 23:02, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh yeah, I forgot about that. Thanks. --fvw *  23:29, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

The thrill of victory...
You are, if there was any doubt before it is gone now, cool. - brenneman (t) (c)  22:40, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Greatest compliment ever
From the above conversation, seriously consider archiving the following snippet. If the world was filled with people like Fvw I would kill myself. Molotov (talk)  04:27, 5 October 2005 (UTC) Awesome. Regards, C HAIRBOY (☎) 00:14, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

Master Chief?
I recently posted an article about the voice actor Steve Downes (voice of Master Chief, Halo). To my surprise, not 10 minutes after I posted it, you deleted it. Why so? The only description I am given is "deleteagain." Either please explain to me what "deleteagain" means or if this means nothing, please explain why my article was insufficient. Thank you, PoopDog, Oct. 5, 2005  8:30 PM
 * The article was deleted on the grounds that its subject wasn't notable (in fact, it was deleted as non-notable twice). If you want to resurrect the article, you should bring it to Votes for undeletion. Be sure to specify what has changed since the last time it was deleted to make him notable now. --fvw *  00:49, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

Saint Francis High School vandal
Hi, Fvw. I've been keeping an eye on this editor, too. When they persisted after your final warning, I blocked them for 48 hours - is this long enough? - too long? (I'm an as-yet-inexperienced admin.) You may be aware that they have also threatened further attacks on another IP address - I suspect this is just bluster, but perhaps we should keep an eye out. Regards. --RobertG ♬ talk 08:59, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 48 hours is fine; I would have probably gone for 24, in most cases you only have to block for the length of their attention span which generally isn't all that long. They're on a pac bell dynamic IP so they can easily get a fresh IP, as indeed they did after the block. I've vprotected the page instead. --fvw *  13:15, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Posting my thanks here, as well as on RobertG's talk page. I appreciate the help, and hopefully as you say, the vprotect will outlast their attention span. Cheers. Peruvianllama 16:37, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

nobody
Excuse my ignorance, but is RfD where i send this? And what do I actually tag, I can't seem to find the page. --Doc (?) 09:41, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
 * You tag template:nobody (clicking that link will redirect you, but right under "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia" it'll say "(Redirected from wherever)". If you click the wherever in that you'll end up on the redirect page. Add the Rfd tag and follow the listing instructions on WP:RfD. Let me know if I haven't made everything clear. --fvw *  13:18, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Very clear, and I don't know how I missed it. Now done - thanks. --Doc (?) 13:34, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

no place for fiction?
May I remind you that you contradict youself. Previously, you said that an article on the book needs to be added to wikipedia, and only then the reference link can be displayed on the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan page...

 * No, I said the link belongs in an article about the book. --fvw *  14:57, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

In that case, you should have left the title of the book and removed the external link on the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan page. The fact that you removed the title again makes me assume that you have some prejudice towards the subject, do not recognise that right to voice a different opinion and thus cannot be trusted to operate objectivley.

NPA
Which I am not violating, thank you very much. Agriculture 15:03, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
 * "Morons" isn't commonly used as a term of affection. --fvw *  15:06, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Banter on my talk page. Agriculture 15:11, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your support
Thank you very much for your support on my nomination for adminship. Now that I have been made an admin, I will do my best to live up to the truest you and the community have placed in me. If you ever see my doing something you think is incorrect or questionable, or does not live up to the standards that should be expected of an admin, please let me know. And I will try to be extra carful about speedy deletes. DES (talk) 16:02, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia stuff
I understand that you find it important to warn people about "NPA" but you are only adding fuel to the fire...it is upseting users, not resolving the problem. Sorry about the "comments" earlier, but I do think your discretion on Wikipedia needs some work. One incident is not a reason to oppose anyone, nor are your attempts to resolve conflicts. I am pretty sure you have made mistakes in the past on this site, stop trying to point out those of others without looking in the mirror to see what you may do wrong. Molotov (talk)  02:04, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * NPA is not optional; I point it out when people break our rules, and I'd hope anybody would do the same if they noticed me breaking the rules. --fvw<SMALL> * </SMALL> 03:00, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Whatever, it makes me fortify my earlier statements. Molotov (talk) [[Image:Flag of California.svg|25px]] 05:08, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
I always wondered what you call those things. Seriously, though, thanks for helping to hopefully prevent a repeat of last year's disaster. I've got the page watchlisted just in case anybody has a problem with it. --Michael Snow 04:14, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

My talk page
Please don't revert things without checking them first. Thanks, Alphax τεχ 06:15, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * It was an edit by banned user skyring, they're freely revertable. If you prefer I don't revert anything on your talk page in future I'd be happy to oblige though. --fvw<SMALL> * </SMALL> 06:17, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't blame you for what you are trying to do, but I do find fault in your methods. Molotov (talk) [[Image:Flag of California.svg|25px]] 06:18, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I'd prefer it if you don't, I prefer to leave comments in place (even when they blank my talk page in doing so). Alphax τεχ 06:23, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Ok, sure. If I could ask for a favour in return, could you not shared-threadify my talk page? I'll agree it has its charm, but it does sort of stop edit histories and archiving from working properly, not to mention the new message banner. I reply to people's talk on their talk page usually anyway, so if you make a shared thread there it'll end up in your shared threads too if you want. --fvw<SMALL> * </SMALL> 06:29, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Alrighty then. Alphax τεχ 10:50, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks (Greece)
Thanks. I am at two reverts and logging. I appreciate the quick response. I reverted the anon at a few Macedonian articles too -- they might return to those ones. Jkelly 06:42, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Rollins A. Emerson
Aparently you repeatedly reverted an anon's spelling corrections to this article. Could you please explain what's going on? - Mgm|(talk) 11:43, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Heya, that was a blanket revert of banned user skyring. If you'd like to vet and take responsibility for them that'd be fine, and probably worthwhile. --fvw<SMALL> * </SMALL> 21:07, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Fine, I take responsibility for them. - Mgm|(talk) 22:15, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Pure wiki deletion system
I see that you are a supporter of a pure wiki deletion system; we've moved the proposal page from meta to Pure wiki deletion system, and are looking for supporters to sign the page, as well as help in writing the code and working out the policy changes needed. Join us! JesseW, the juggling janitor 07:55, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, I used to be. Lately I've been having my doubts about the viability of pure wiki article modification for articles during disputes (though I still think it's a wonderful system in non-dispute situations), so I'm not all that sure I'm still a pure wiki deletion proponent. I'll keep an eye on the page and join in the discussion though, thanks. --fvw<SMALL> * </SMALL> 15:14, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Request for Arbitration
This is to advise you that a Request for Arbitration has been filed against you by an anonymous user, who seems unable or unwilling to inform you themselves. The details can be found at WP:Arb. Rob Church Talk 22:08, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

I need to ask something.
I have noticed in the United States Military article there is no list of weapons.

I would like to add a list if that's alright.

- Lythian

 * It might be a bit too specific for the general article on the US military, we shouldn't cram in every last detail into a single article. Have a look at the articles in Category:Lists of weapons though, a few pages there (like List of weapons of the U.S. Marine Corps) might be what you're looking for. If the list you're looking for doesn't exist yet it's probably a good idea to model it after the lists in that category. Good luck! --fvw<SMALL> * </SMALL> 13:08, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Some of those lists contain more detailed lists, e.g. List of missiles contains List of missiles by nation which has a list of missiles used by the UnitedStates. --GraemeL (talk) 13:19, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

User talk:216.229.211.243
Gah! I tried to save a warning to this page three times and got the preview changes bug. When it finally went through, I edit conflicted with you. :-P --GraemeL (talk) 14:02, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Hehe, and then I went back and toned it down a little, all blissfully unaware you were trying to edit it. Serves you right for stalking me. --fvw<SMALL> * </SMALL> 14:08, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Boundary
You wrote: ''Delete, even the 5k boundary is ridiculously low. --fvw* 13:18, 10 October 2005 (UTC)''

Well, sure. 5k is indeed low. But do you honestly believe that 500k readers doesn't qualify for notability?! (which is what I have, and discuss in the AfD). I guess you're welcome to vote that way, but it's just plain weird. Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters 15:25, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I see only a 250k figure, but considering that's just the number of web hits from unique IPs I don't consider that readers, at least not in the same way that number of books sold is. --fvw<SMALL> * </SMALL> 15:30, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

 * That 250k number is the unique IPs to gnosis.cx. But nothing is first published at gnosis.cx; it's just the site that I have the server logs for.  IBM developerWorks is where the most stuff is first published, and the articles I have published there have most certainly been read by more than 250k distinct human beings (but I don't have the server logs to get exact numbers): it's probably the most popular site for software developers (the other contender being O'Reilly's ONLamp, where I've also published (but fewer articles at the latter).  As to eyeballs/IP addresses: the ratio is not obvious.  Some people can obviously visit multiple times under a dynamic IP address; but in other cases groups of people at a company with a common gateway can visit but show as the same IP address.  I don't know how those two things balance, but in order-of-magnitude terms, it gives the right sense of actual humans.

 * I just believe this AfD claim (and your vote), is really absurd. If some minor SciFi writer had a novel that sold 1/10th my readership, this wouldn't be a serious question.  Or if an indy band had sold records to 1/10th my readership.  Or a video game sold to 1/10th my readership (or as Mel Etitis points out: a character in a video game that sold 1/10th my readership).  Or a porn actor viewed by 1/10th my readership.  But because I am a WP editor as well, people vote to delete the page.  Or maybe because most of my publication is in "new media" (i.e. online); I agree that something someone can read for free online should be counted at a somewhat lower ratio than a book, or even magazine, they bought on paper, but it's not like developerWorks (which as a whole, certainly has millions of readers), is some little obscure blog! Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters 15:47, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Uncontested deletions
I've just launched my deletion reform proposal at Deletion reform/Proposals/Uncontested deletions. Any help with publicising this - and getting up a discussion would be appreciated. --Doc (?) 18:45, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Open Proxies
hmm... looks like i may have been a bit hasty. Anyways, those IPs are being used by the Microwave auditory effect/Frey effect vandal who insists that the government is trying to read and control our minds using electromagnetic radiation and what not. I will impose a more suitable block on the IPs used as they are not truly open (even though port 8080 is open on those IPs).  Sasquatch  t|c 20:07, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks for checking. By the way, if you'll forgive my nagging, and are still blocked indefinitely. --fvw<SMALL> * </SMALL> 21:55, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Yea... i got a phone call, but i'm on it.  Sasquatch  t|c 22:27, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Unblock
Could u unblock 205.188.116.198 please. I understand vandals were using that IP number but its a AOL Ip number and someout im also stuck with that and I cant edit at all period went to my neighbor computer and I cant stay there for long and u know Im a better contributer than those vandals ;) Ty --JAranda'' | yeah 01:12, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Sure, but you'll have to tell me the exact block message you're getting, otherwise I can't tell which autoblock it is. You can mail it to me if you want, at fvw.wikipedia@var.cx. --fvw<SMALL> * </SMALL> 01:43, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

Please unblock 210.0.201.213 as it is an IP used by me in my workplace. Thank you Hello World! 15:51, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * That's an easy one, they already closed that proxy down in response to an earlier request. Unblocked. Happy editing! --fvw<SMALL> * </SMALL> 19:52, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

63.197.187.30
You beat me to the punch. :) I had blocked him 3 minutes prior to you, but became sidetracked before I could deliver the wonderful news to our contributor.  Hall Monitor 23:47, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Ah right, well done. I wish someone would code up "already blocked" warnings for special:blockip, we already check whether the username exists so it shouldn't be that hard.. Oh well, we can dream. --fvw<SMALL> * </SMALL> 23:49, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Speaking of which, does a forum exist for requesting new features? With nearly 5,000 articles now on my watchlist, it would be extremely useful to be able to filter by anonymous IP the same way we can on WP:RC.  Taking it another step further, it would also be wonderful to be able to filter by users who have blank user pages on both. Hall Monitor 23:55, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, there's Feature request and the mediawiki bugzilla (severity: enhancement), but generally if you want something done you'd better do it yourself. --fvw<SMALL> * </SMALL> 00:00, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the link, I should have guessed. In any case, I have posted my request at Feature_request.  Best regards, Hall Monitor 00:05, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep in mind that it's probably better not to RC patrol from your watchlist though, as reloading your watchlist eats huge amounts of server power whereas reloading WP:RC is relatively cheap. --fvw<SMALL> * </SMALL> 00:10, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

User talk:Nlu
Thanks for reverting. --Nlu 15:29, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

User talk:Furtim
Thanks for the heads-up! I should have been more careful. I apologised to Furtim. Lesson learned. :) --Ashenai (talk) 15:35, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

IP blocks
Thanks for keeping a cooler head than I. Believe it or not, I welcome criticism and try to learn from it, so don't be shy. :) I do put blocked pages over on the list; must have had one slip through the cracks. - Lucky 6.9 17:51, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
 * And thank you for taking suggestions/criticism so gracefully. --fvw<SMALL> * </SMALL> 18:13, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

shrimp farm
I should have known this. I've seen this before. I don't open the main page much lately. mikka (t) 20:16, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Me neither, I just sort of guess based on what's getting lots of test edits ;-) --fvw<SMALL> * </SMALL> 20:17, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

Comment from Merkey
Please unlock my talk page. I will not make any more comments about you on this page. But do me a favor. Have another editor deal with my issues. It seems pretty clear you and I don't seem to work well together, and I have a very hard time respecting you based upon some of your conduct. To avoid any further incidents in the future, please forward issues with me to someone else to handle. Please don't get involved with me if you can help it. Also, please honor this request. Anytime you come near me, I tend to get excited. How about honoring my wishes for a change.

Sincerely,

Jeff
 * You do not get to choose who handles your policy violations. Behave yourself and you won't have to deal with me at all. You talk page had already been unblocked. --fvw<SMALL> * </SMALL> 21:00, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

We need to go to the Arbitration Committee then and I need to request Arbcom sanctions placed on you to keep you away from me. You committ 3RR violations and other actions I consider abuses. Do I need to take this step, or will you simply honor my wishes and can we part ways civily? 67.137.28.187 21:04, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

vandal bot
ok, i tried 3 diff ways, but can't block this one User:Wi3*NaKt6?2!. there are a few more like this. ∞ Who ? ¿ ? 21:13, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that one was a pain. Don't know if someone fixed mediawiki but I got him now. --fvw<SMALL> * </SMALL> 21:18, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

Mike Church is back
I see you've dealt with User: Mike Church before. He's back, as User:Flaming Cow, and still promoting himself and making personal attacks. Right now he's trying to stick his own rules into the Gin rummy article, and making edit comments that are either nonsense or attacks. Would you like to help? RSpeer 05:13, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * He's late. Sure, I'll go have a look, thanks for the heads up. --fvw<SMALL> * </SMALL> 11:49, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Oi!
What's going on with my Saint Christina she's only been live 5 minutes, I've never heard her called "on wheels" either, and I'm Sicilian too! Thanks for the revert, I was only filling in a red link for an architectural page, I know nothing much about the unfortunate woman - please expand of yo care too! Regards Giano | talk 11:56, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Hehe, that's just one of our regular vandals being a nuisance, you can ignore it, it's pretty high-visibility so it always gets reverted quickly. Thanks for the article, and happy editing! --fvw<SMALL> * </SMALL> 11:58, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see, not being of a hugely religious disposition, I though perhaps poor old Saint Christina was associated with wheels like the Catherine wheel, good job you knew better, I would have left her on wheels! Poor woman seems to have had a terrible life, as it was. Giano | talk 12:23, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Block
Yes it was 216.70.13.130. I may have mis-typed. I saw your block on IRC a few seconds after I posted at WP:AIV. Thanks. ≈ jossi fresco ≈ 20:09, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

67.68.218.234
This annon 67.68.218.234 all his edits are vandalism and was warned more than 3 times and still won't stop vandalism. Could you deal with it. Ty --JAranda'' | watz sup 22:07, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * He does seem to be having a little problem with neutrality, but I wouldn't call his last edit vandalism. I've posted a hint about neutrality to his talk page, let me know if he continues. --fvw<SMALL> * </SMALL> 22:11, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * He just vandalised my user page saying junk that annon user. --JAranda'' | watz sup 22:16, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Nope, that was 70.81.136.241 (whom I've blocked). --fvw<SMALL> * </SMALL> 22:18, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Chancellor of Germany II: Foreign Office (Germany)
Thanks for doing what needed to be done on 3RR: User:Varizer, User:Miroslawa and User:212.185.62.98 at Chancellor of Germany. Another project from 212.185.62.98, the same piece of revisionism on Foreign Office (Germany) has been taken up with suspicious haste by User:216.253.3.108. Some questions, if you are interested: Thanks --- Charles Stewart 01:28, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Might either of these IP addresses be the same as that/those used by User:Miroslawa?
 * Another of 212.185.62.98's projects was at National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD), namely putting in a discredited Soviet estimate for the dead of the WWII Dresden bombing. This is a favourite of right-wing extremists in Germany, who like to claim a moral equivalence between that and the Shoah.  This edit has appeared with tiresome regularity over the past year, with a series of different IP addresses.  Is there any way to find out if these might come from the same source?  I have beautiful dreams of IP bans quickly following these edits...
 * Nope, not at the moment. But I'll keep an eye on the lot. --fvw<SMALL> * </SMALL> 17:18, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Good, thanks. Next time the Soviet estimate appears on NPD, I'll put together some sort of report. --- Charles Stewart 19:21, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Look familiar?
This user was recently created...User:Haephestus. I seem to recall another user with a similar name somewhere, but I have forgotten. Do you think it's okay to leave this account alone? --HappyCamper 02:37, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * It is pretty close to User:Hephaestos, but as long as they're not up to any mischief, let's assume good faith. --fvw<SMALL> * </SMALL> 17:22, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Toolserver
I believe, and I should well inform you, about the Toolserver, if I haven't already. --AllyUnion (talk) 09:33, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Did mention there will be access to the database? --AllyUnion (talk) 09:36, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Yup, you did actually. And I'm still salivating at the thought of near-live database reads, but on the other hand I still haven't got any concrete plans of what to do with it so I don't really have the need just yet. Thanks for the suggestion though. --fvw<SMALL> * </SMALL> 17:26, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Ah, the penny drops, I see what you're getting at now. Yeah, I suppose if the proposal fails and toolserver really gets that part of the database too, I'll be signing up. --fvw<SMALL> * </SMALL> 17:38, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

WP:RFM Opened on you
Fvw, please stay away from that page about you until I have completed it. I have opened an WP:RFM to RedWolf24 with a request you be asked to stay away from WP:AB issues until I have completed writing about you and your activities.

Thanks.

67.137.28.187 18:58, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I totally agree. We don't want your thoughts on autobiography policy Fvw. You rouge admin! ;-) --GraemeL (talk) 19:08, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Dear GraemeL. Ma-hi-ya-sqa sends her blessing unto you for your words here. 67.137.28.187 20:01, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * The trouble with using sarcasm is when you can't tell if it's being used back. :-( --GraemeL (talk) 20:20, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Oops
Soory about that, I was on the wrong page. Thanks. Feel free to delete it.Gator1 20:47, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

User:Βικιπαίδεια είναι κομουνισμός
Howdy. I unblocked this user to impose an indefinite block without realizing that the block you used in the first place was also indefinite. I was confused by the test5 message you left, which says "temporary" block, but I should have checked the logs. Anyway, just a heads-up. <b style="color:green;">a</b> ndroid 79  20:53, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Oops, my mistake, thanks for the cleanup. --fvw<SMALL> * </SMALL> 20:54, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/FRCP11 and Whitfield Larrabee

FRCP11 and Whitfield Larrabee
There's a revert war on the Bill Frist page. Two RFCs resulted in a 3-1 consensus, but a single editor, User:Whitfield Larrabee, alone in the minority, is inappropriately reverting the agreed-upon rewrites to his preferred characterizations; refusing to address criticism on the talk page; insulting those who disagree with his edits as "sock puppets" and "censors" and "pushing an agenda", and inappropriately placing NPOV tags. -- FRCP11 03:47, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I'll have Sasquatch look over this... R  e  dwolf24  (talk) 03:55, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Yup, I think this is a valid request and will be glad to see what we can do.  Sasquatch  t|c 03:56, 5 October 2005 (UTC)--Whitfield Larrabee 21:50, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Mediation will begin pending Witfield Larrabee's acceptance. R  e  dwolf24  (talk) 04:08, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I would agree to mediate the matter. I do not know how one begins a mediation.  --Whitfield Larrabee 21:28, 5 October 2005 (UTC).

Options from here on in
Well, right now we can continue mediation on the talk page of this sub page or we can move it over to a private channel such as e-mail of IRC. Let's decide on that quickly before we clog up the page over here. Seening the nature of the dispute, I would suggest we just move it over to the talk page as to avoid clogging up WP:RFM (as I have done). If either of you feels more comfortable with e-mail, I think it is a viable option as well.  Sasquatch  t|c 23:37, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Mediation has closed pending User:Whitfield Larrabee and User:FRCP11 agreement in that they will put this issue past them and that Mr. Larrabee will take more policy into consideration as well as FRCP11 possibly re-evaluating if the phrases really affect POV that much even if they are fact (I think). Hence, hopefully, these two will get along better in the future =)  Sasquatch  t|c 05:26, 9 October 2005 (UTC)


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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Widget

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

The result of the debate was Delete. Note: Anon IP and new accounts not counted. Carbonite | Talk 12:20, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

The Widget
Podcast started this summer. Probably vanity--Shanel 03:58, 5 October 2005 (UTC) Its Novel, let them have it. Mike 06:54, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete unless notability can be established. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 04:00, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - It's not notable, don't let them have it. CLW 12:52, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete podcruft.--Isotope23 14:13, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

It's an awsome podcast and those interested should be given a way to gather information on it so they can know more about it. Keep it, please think of the children!-Katong Katong

I say that given the amount of people affected by it, and the absence of anything else with this title, it should be kept. It's sure to be editied more in the future.--John

There are other podcasts on the Wikipedia, and The Widgets rating broke the top 100 on iTunes a few weeks ago. I say keep it. -Shawn

Thats right, they were #46. TWiT has an entry, and there are no conflicting entries for this. Let them have it. - Ken

I am not involved with The Widget, I am not trying to promote the show or any of the people in it, I am merely telling people that want to know about The Widget. The Widget is a podcast that brings it's material to a broad range of listeners and thrives off telling the news of Technology in a way that is somewhat different that the convential.--Scoopula 01:04, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

for the pure fact that the widget is quite well known, i think it should stay. It's meaningless, but so it the game and petals aroudn the rose. Slimy earthworm 19:00, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

Why would you delete it? Its not doing anything bad to anyone, and its just a nice thing so some people can have their fun! I mean, there are over 1000 listeners, so it has a big enough fan base. Whats wrong with keeping it? BTW, I am not involved with the creation of The Widget etc, I am just a fan who has listened to every episode and thinks it is one of the best Podcasts out there! BTW, I was mentioned at the end of Episode 6, the email about why a Pirate would own a Ninja. :-) Dshban 8:29pm, 10th October 2005 (Eastern Australia Standard Time, whatever that is)

 * First, to all you sockpuppets out there, you should know that that votes from users who have little or nothing besides their vote carry no weight here. Wikipedia has been dealing with this ploy for years.  --A D Monroe III 01:08, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete. Spam. No claim to notability.  Unverifiable.  --A D Monroe III 01:10, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

The Widget Show is a great addition to the ever growing podcast nation. Tim Ryan and Zane are great to listen to and have lots if usefull information mixed with good comedy. I have tried to listen to many other podcasts dealing with tech and similar topics and the widget is one of the best out today. Keep this podcast up and running and tell your friends and others to tune in. Go and check out the show instead of complaining about it's entry. LordStandley // 2005

This needs to be kept to help expand our knowledge of what else is out there in the world around us. You may hear a reference to the widget as you pass by two people having a conversation about the show and by using this wonderful site you can look it up to see what they are talking about. Twit has one...why not The Widget Show?--eventHorizon 12:06, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

Keep It! - Interesting way to find my details about a good pod cast, don t shoot it down just because you don t listen to it! - Matt, Melbourne Australia

KEEP IT! - For the love of 3 inches, keep this it is on itunes and a very good and funny podcast, check it out if you dont believe me. - Josh H. Mt morris, IL US

 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.


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Poetic Ammo

Poetic Ammo (previously known as PMO or Poetic Ammunition) was a Malaysian rap/hip-hop group. It consisted of Yogeswaran Veerasingam (aka Yogi B), Chandrakumar Balakrishnan (aka Land Slyde), Nicholas Ong (aka Point Blanc), and Sashi Kumar Balakrishnan (aka C. Loco). Although most of the group's songs were written in English, the group also released tracks in Malay, Tamil, and Cantonese.

Beginning
The group was founded by Yogeswaran Veerasingam (aka Yogi B) in 1990. It was originally known as Poetic Ammunition, aka PMO, with the original members Yogi B and Anand, aka McEna. PMO released a two-song single with Kenny Music (Kenny Remy Martin), "Run" and "Only You", released under Positive Tone.

Anand later left PMO and Yogi B started a talent search for new members. That is where brothers Landsylde and C Loco together with Point Blanc from Ipoh joined him. They became known as Poetic Ammo.

Achievements
Their first album, entitled It's a Nice Day to be Alive, was released in 1998, and received positive reviews and several awards. Their second album was entitled The World is Yours (2000). Their third album was entitled Return of Tha' Boombox.

The band has won numerous awards including the "Best English Album" award at the Malaysian Anugerah Industri Muzik (AIM) Music Awards 1999. They also won the "Best Music Video" awards at the AIM in 2000 and 2001. The music video "Money Money" was accepted very positively nationally, and even crossed over many countries and achieved mainstream success. Their albums were released in Indonesia by EMI Indonesia. Their albums and singles were also released in Europe by OAG.

Yogi B
Yogi B released an album titled Vallavan in 2006, a collaboration with Natchatra. It became a huge hit album in the Malaysian hip hop music industry. It also has become well known in South India with one of their remix tracks, "Madhai Thiranthu". They were invited to sing the song as an opening song "Siva Siva" and "Madhai Thiranthu" in the middle of Star Vijay TV Awards show held at India. They are often referred to as Kavidhai Kundargal. After few years Yogi B was approached by music director G. V. Prakash Kumar, to produce and perform in a song alongside S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, for the movie Polladhavan, starring Dhanush. Yogi B and his team, Emcee Jezz and Dr. Burn have sung the first Tamil movie song, with music composed by Kollywood (Tamil), Vidyasagar and also have made first appearance in the movie Kuruvi, starring Vijay, during a song number. Yogi B also has worked with India's world known composer and music director, A. R. Rahman, for the movie Enthiran.

Point Blanc
Point Blanc started his independent Voyeur Records, and came out with several singles like "Ipoh Mali" and "KL Leng Chai" in 2007. Later that year, he released Straight To The Point, his solo LP, and also released his clothing line Voyeurizm.

Landslyde
Landslyde formed his own rap metal band, Dragon Red. They won the Best New Local English Artist in the 2007 AIM Awards. Landslyde is the only person who has won the award twice.

C Loco
C Loco, now known as Sashi C Loco, pursued a solo career and released a single, "Legend of Boo". He was also featured in the soundtrack for the movie Sumo-Lah with the song "V.V.I.P". He recently released his next single in Malay, titled "Bintang", featuring Moe Nasrul. Reportedly his next English song is titled "Hip Hop", and it features a Hindi chorus sung by a new talent named Rekka.

He is also acting as a Magic:the Gathering judge.

Reunion
There has been talk of the group reuniting since early 2007, although no official confirmations or denials of this have been released by any of the members.

In late 2009, Landslyde was interviewed with his band Dragon Red, on the Hitz FM MET 10, during which he explained why the band split. That year, Sashi C Loco was interviewed on the same show, and mentioned that he is keen on the idea of a reunion should matters among the members be resolved. However, the band has been on a permanent hiatus.

Studio Albums

 * It's a nice a day to be alive (1998)
 * The world is yours (2000)
 * Return of tha' Boombox (2002)

Compilation

 * The Best of (2004)

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Cushman (company)

Cushman is a manufacturer of industrial, personal, and custom vehicles. It is based in Augusta, Georgia, United States, and is owned by Textron.

They also made a tracked fiber-glass bodied two stroke powered off road vehicle from 1970 to 1975.

History
The Cushman scooter company started in 1903 in Lincoln, Nebraska, by Everett and Clinton Cushman. The company incorporated as Cushman Motor Works in 1913. Cushman began production of their four-stroke Husky engine in 1922.

Cushman produced engines for farm equipment, pumps, lawn mowers, and boats. Cushman began making Auto-Glide scooters in 1936 as a means to increase the sale of Husky engines during the Great Depression. Cushman scooters were widely used by the United States Armed Forces in World War II and as an alternative to automobiles before and after the war.

One famous Cushman was the model 53, a military model from the World War II era. Designed to be dropped by parachute with Army Airborne troops, it became known as the Cushman Airborne. Other models were used on military bases for messenger service. The most successful model of Cushman scooter, the Eagle, was in production for approximately 16 years. It resembled a motorcycle with its exposed engine and top tank. Other Cushman models, like the post-war "turtle back" Models 50 and 60, or the economy Highlander, used a step-through design common for scooters. The step-through design and ease of operation made it popular with men and women alike.

Some late-1950s Cushmans, designated Road King and Pacemaker, had "jet-age" body styling. Sears sold a version of these models under the Allstate brand. Cushman scooters featured an automatic centrifugal clutch, which allowed the rider to twist the right grip to accelerate. Oddly, the throttle twisted forward during acceleration, opposite the usual pattern in most other motorcycles and scooters. Cushman claimed 75 mpgus, and advertised penny-a-mile operating cost. Cushman scooters usually weighed about 250 lb to 335 lb and had as much as 9 hp. In comparison to European scooters, Cushman scooters had a higher weight, larger cubic capacity (up to 0.4 L), but not more power.

In 1958, 15,000 Scooters were produced by Cushman. Scooter production ended in 1965, but some remaining Eagles were sold as 1966 models. After scooter production ceased, Cushman manufactured golf carts, industrial vehicles, and turf maintenance equipment. In Belgium there was a licence-production of Cushmann scooters under the label Belgian Cushman.

Cushman Trucksters were produced from 1952 to 2002. Small and light duty, they have been used for ice cream sales, mall and stadium maintenance, and by NYPD. Cushman became a division of the Outboard Marine Corporation in 1962. Ransomes (of Great Britain) purchased Cushman in 1989, and then Textron purchased Ransomes.

Models

 * AutoGlide - Models 1-2 (1936)
 * AutoGlide - Models 1-3 (1937)
 * AutoGlide - Models 1-3, R-1, 5-7, 5T-7T (1938-1939)
 * AutoGlide - Models 12, 14, 21, 22, 24, 29 (1940-1941)
 * 30 Series - Model 32 (1942-1945)
 * 30 Series - Model 34 (1942-1945) G679 - motor scooter, with side car, 3-wheel
 * 30 Series - Model 39 (1942-1945) G551 or G672 - motor scooter, package delivery 3-wheel
 * 50 Series - Model 52 (1946-1948)
 * 50 Series - Model 52A (1946-1948)
 * 50 Series - Model 53 (1944) G683 - motor scooter, airborne 2-wheel
 * 50 Series - Model 53A (1946-1948) Civilian Airborne
 * 50 Series - Model 54 (1946-1948)
 * 50 Series - Model 59 (1946-1948)
 * 60 Series - Model 62 (1949-1956)
 * 60 Series - Model 62A (1949-1956)
 * 60 Series - Model 64 (1949-1956)
 * 60 Series - Model 64A (1949-1956)
 * 60 Series - Model 69 (1949-1956)
 * 710 Highlander - Model 61 (1949)
 * 711 Highlander (1950-1957)
 * 714 Highlander (1952-1957)
 * 715 Deluxe (1953-1957)
 * 721 Highlander (1958)
 * 721 Highlander (1959-1964)
 * Allstate - Model 811:30 (1950-1957)
 * Allstate - Model 811:40 (1950-1957)
 * Allstate - Jetsweep (1958-1960)
 * Allstate - Standard Model (1959-1961)
 * 720 Series - Model 722 (1957-1959)
 * 720 Series - Model 722 (1960-1962)
 * 720 Series - Model 725 (1957-1959)
 * 720 Series - Model 725 (1960-1962)
 * The Eagle
 * Haulster, small industrial multi-purpose truck
 * Truckster
 * Bellhop Series, golf carts
 * Tug, large truck
 * Minute Miser, truck
 * Titan, larger industrial multi-purpose truck
 * Model C, or "binder" engine, patented in 1911, came as a 4 HP single cylinder as well as 8 HP, 15 HP, and 20 HP twin cylinder models. Commonly known for driving grain binders for harvesting crops like oats, wheat, or barley.
 * Trackster, track-based ATV
 * Golfster, golf cart 3-wheel & 4-wheel
 * motor scooter, with side car, 3-wheel, model 34 (G679)
 * The Trailster offroad model
 * Westcoaster Mailster, used by the United States Postal Service
 * Jacobsen models made by Cushman
 * White Truck

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Darrent Williams

Darrent Demarcus Williams (September 27, 1982 – January 1, 2007) was an American football player for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). After attending high school in Fort Worth, Texas, Williams played football at Oklahoma State University. He was a second-round draft pick by the Broncos in 2005. Williams was killed in a drive-by shooting the day after he finished his second season with the Broncos.

High school
Born on Monday, September 27, 1982, and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, Williams attended O. D. Wyatt High School, where he played cornerback and was also a punt returner. As a senior, he was named 7-4A Defensive Most Valuable Player after posting five interceptions that featured several long returns, including a best of 54 yards. As a punt returner, Williams averaged 30 yards per return with four touchdowns.

Williams received little recruiting attention during high school, receiving offers only from Texas Christian University, Louisiana Tech University and Oklahoma State University. Reportedly, he was the last player signed of the 2001 class, and was only signed after an OSU coach's wife urged her husband to evaluate his talent further, as she was his school counselor.

College
Williams played college football for Oklahoma State University. He played ten games his first year, becoming a starter during the second half of the season. In Williams' freshman year, he returned two interceptions for touchdowns against Baylor. During the post-game press-conference, it was revealed that he had predicted he would do this in a statement to then head coach, Les Miles. As a sophomore, Williams started all of the team's thirteen games, recording 53 tackles and three interceptions, while breaking up 13 passes.

During his junior year, Williams continued to start for the Cowboys. He posted 66 tackles and six interceptions (third in the Big 12 Conference). He also broke up 17 passes. His junior-year performance earned him first-team All-Big 12 Conference honors.

Williams' played in only seven games in his last year at Oklahoma State. He missed the last three games because of injury and was limited before that because of an arm injury. Still, Williams totaled 21 tackles (18 solo), three pass breakups, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery, which he returned 53 yards. Williams finished his collegiate career tied for first place all-time in Division I college football in career interception returns for touchdowns. He had 11 career interceptions and scored 9 touchdowns on returns (5 interception returns, 3 punt returns and 1 blocked extra point return).

2005 NFL Combine
Williams was selected by the Denver Broncos in the second round (56th overall) in the 2005 NFL draft. He recorded his first career interception on November 13, 2005 versus the Oakland Raiders. The Raiders were driving to score, when quarterback Kerry Collins attempted a pass to wide receiver Jerry Porter. Williams jumped the route, intercepted the ball and took it 82 yards for the touchdown. The Broncos won the game, 31–17.

Williams established himself as the Broncos' starting cornerback, recording 58 tackles and two interceptions. He also led the Broncos in punt and kick returns. His nine starts at cornerback in 2005 were the most for a Broncos rookie at that position since Louis Wright started 11 games in 1975. An injury kept Williams out of the Broncos' lineup for the last three games of the season. Williams was recognized as a first-team All-Rookie selection by Pro Football Weekly and the Pro Football Writers Association.

Williams played in 15 games during the 2006 season, recording 86 tackles (77 solo) and four interceptions (returning one for a touchdown), as well as serving as the team's primary punt returner. His last game was a season-ending home loss to the San Francisco 49ers. In that game, played mere hours before his death, Williams had three tackles and returned two punts for 50 yards before leaving the game with a shoulder injury late in the second half.

For his career, Williams had 1 sack, 2 forced fumbles, 6 interceptions, and 2 touchdowns.

Death
On Monday, January 1, 2007, Williams was killed during a drive-by shooting at approximately 2:10 AM (09:10 GMT). Williams and two other passengers were shot when another vehicle pulled beside his rented Hummer H2 limousine in downtown Denver, Colorado. The shooting occurred near 11th Ave. and Speer Blvd. The shooting happened less than 12 hours after the Broncos played their final game of the 2006 season against the San Francisco 49ers in Denver.

Williams had been attending a New Year's Eve party and birthday party held for and by Denver Nuggets player Kenyon Martin at a nightclub, Shelter. The Denver Police Department reported that the shooting was preceded by some type of altercation or argument at the nightclub between Crips gang members and other patrons, one of whom was Broncos teammate Brandon Marshall. A police spokesman said, "There was some confrontation between a group of people in the vehicle and a group at the nightclub." Williams was not involved in the altercation. Marshall was "one of the instigators of the fight" according to a report by ESPN.

According to the county coroner's office, Williams sustained a single gunshot wound to the neck, killing him almost instantly. After Williams was shot, he fell in the lap of Broncos teammate Javon Walker. He was pronounced dead around 2:30 AM (09:30 GMT). The two other passengers injured in the shooting were both released from the hospital the day after.

Aftermath
The Denver police impounded a vehicle in connection with the shooting. The vehicle was registered to Brian Hicks, a 28-year-old Crips gang member, who was already incarcerated awaiting trial for attempted murder and drug charges. Associates of Hicks were questioned as potential material witnesses to the Williams shooting. Although Williams is from the Carter Park neighborhood in South Fort Worth that associates with the Crips, rumors persist that it was a gang-related event because many club-goers have attested to seeing Williams along with members of his group showing Bloods gang signs and verbally representing Bloods; however, there has not been any concrete evidence to suggest that. Williams' family and teammates also say that the scenario was untrue.

Williams was survived by his seven-year-old son, four-year-old daughter and 24-year-old wife, all of whom live in Fort Worth, Texas. A memorial fund was set up in their name. Denver Nuggets players Carmelo Anthony and Kenyon Martin, who were with Williams at the nightclub the evening of the shooting, planned to honor their friend by possibly setting up a college fund for Williams' children. A fan-constructed memorial was formed on the southern wall of the fountain in front of Invesco Field at Mile High. Javon Walker decided to wear his hair in a "fro-hawk", in honor of Williams, who wore his hair in a similar way as a trademark.

On May 29, 2008, the Darrent Williams Memorial Teen Center was opened at the Denver Broncos Branch of Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver.

On May 30, 2008, the Rocky Mountain News published a story claiming that it had obtained a signed confession letter by Crips gang member Willie D. Clark, in which he admitted to firing the shot that killed Williams.

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Luftschiffbau Zeppelin

Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH is a German aircraft manufacturing company. It is perhaps best known for its leading role in the design and manufacture of rigid airships, commonly referred to as Zeppelins due to the company's prominence. The name 'Luftschiffbau' is a German word meaning building of airships.

The company was founded by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in 1908 as a formal entity to continue advancing his pioneering research into rigid airships. Luftschiffbau Zeppelin became the leading manufacturer in the field of large lighter-than-air vehicles; its products were used in both military and civilian capacities. The firm founded DELAG, the world's first airline to use an aircraft in revenue service, in 1909 on the back of public interest and using its own airships. During the First World War, Zeppelins were employed as the first long distance strategic bombers, launching numerous raids upon Belgium, France, and the United Kingdom. Following Count von Zeppelin's death in 1917, control of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin fell to Dr. Hugo Eckener, an enthusiastic proponent of the civil value of airships. However, Germany's zeppelins were claimed by the Allies as war reparations.

The company continued to innovate during the Interwar period, constructing the largest rigid airship in history, the LZ 129 Hindenburg, lead ship of the Hindenburg class. However, the company's fortunes soured during the Nazi era, particularly following the high-profile Hindenburg disaster. Its airships were grounded and scrapped in 1940 to produce fixed-wing combat aircraft for Nazi Germany's war machine. During the Second World War, the company became involved in the manufacture of the V2 rocket; its facilities were hit by Allied bombing raids and it all but ceased to exist in the final months of the conflict. During the 1980s, Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH was revived from its residual assets. It has since become a major shareholder in the company ZLT Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik GmbH, which developed and produces the Zeppelin NT, a next generation airship.

Formative years
During 1900, Count von Zeppelin's first airship performed its maiden flight. Initially, his research was being financed by the count himself, as well as by private donations, and even a lottery; public interest in Zeppelin's activities grew with the success of each flight. In 1908, the Zeppelin LZ 4 was destroyed during a high-profile test flight. However, this apparent setback proved fortunate in the long run since its loss caused a flood of public support; the ensuing donation campaign collected over six million German marks, which was used to set up both 'Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH' as well as the Zeppelin Foundation.

Luftschiffbau Zeppelin proceeded to design and manufacture a range of Zeppelin airships, which found use within both the civilian and military sectors. The company played a leading role in the field of large lighter-than-air vehicles, establishing numerous firsts and innovations over the following decades. One such innovation was the founding of DELAG in 1909, the world's first airline to use an aircraft in revenue service. At the time, orders from the German Army were not immediately forthcoming, thus Alfred Colsman, Zeppelin Luftschiffbau's business manager, suggested harnessing the German public's enthusiasm for airships via the establishment of a commercial passenger-carrying company. By July 1914, DELAG's Zeppelins had transported 34,028 passengers on 1,588 commercial flights; the fleet had flown 172,535 kilometres in 3,176 hours.

World War One
During the First World War, Imperial Germany decided to deploy Zeppelins as long-distance bombers, launching numerous attacks upon Belgium, France, and the United Kingdom. While the direct military effect of these zeppelin raids has been seen as limited, their novelty generated widespread alarm and caused substantial resources to be diverted from the Western Front to address them. At the time, the impact of such raids was overestimated in terms of both the material and psychological effects of the bombing of cities. One inadvertent consequence was the launch of a parliamentary inquiry under Jan Smuts, whose report led to the creation of the Royal Air Force (RAF) on 1 April 1918.

Zeppelin technology improved considerably as a result of the conflict. Luftschiffbau Zeppelin came under government control and new personnel were recruited to cope with the increased demand, including the aerodynamicist Paul Jaray and the stress engineer Karl Arnstein. Many technological advances originated from the firm's competitor, the Mannheim-based Schütte-Lanz company. While their dirigibles were never as successful, Professor Schütte's more scientific approach to airship design led to innovations such as a streamlined hull shape, simpler cruciform fins (replacing the more complicated box-like arrangements of older Zeppelins), individual direct-drive engine cars, anti-aircraft machine-gun positions, and gas ventilation shafts that transferred vented hydrogen to the top of the airship. New production facilities were set up to assemble Zeppelins from components fabricated in Friedrichshafen.

In 1917, Count von Zeppelin died; control of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin fell to Dr. Hugo Eckener, who had long envisioned dirigibles as vessels of peace rather than of war and hoped to quickly resume civilian flights. Despite considerable difficulties, they completed two small passenger airships: LZ 120 Bodensee (Scrapped July 1928), which first flew in August 1919 and in the following months transported passengers between Friedrichshafen and Berlin, and sister ship LZ 121 Nordstern (Scrapped September 1926), which was intended for use on a regular route to Stockholm.

However, in 1921, the Allied Powers demanded that these airships should be handed over as war reparations as compensation for the dirigibles destroyed by their crews in 1919. Germany was not allowed to construct military aircraft and only airships of less than 1000000 ft3 were permitted. This brought a halt to Zeppelin's plans for airship development, and the company temporarily resorted to the manufacture of aluminium cooking utensils.

Interwar and Second World War
Between the mid 1920s and 1940, the company worked closely with the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company to manufacture a pair of Zeppelins in the United States; to cement this relationship, a joint venture company, the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation, was created to handle such activities. The first airship to be produced under this initiative, the LZ 126, performed its first flight on 27 August 1924. However, the Goodyear-Zeppelin partnership was terminated following the outbreak of the Second World War. Despite this, the American company continued to produce blimps for several decades under the Goodyear name.

During 1926, restrictions on airship construction were relaxed by the Locarno treaties, but acquiring the necessary funds for Luftschiffbau Zeppelin's next project proved problematic in the difficult economic situation of post–First World War Germany, requiring two years of lobbying and publicity work to secure the realization of Graf Zeppelin, christened in honour of the firm's founder. On 18 September 1928, when the completed Graf Zeppelin flew for the first time. In the following years, it was not only commenced transatlantic commercial passenger flights but performed several record-breaking flights, including a successful circumnavigation of the globe. Luftschiffbau Zeppelin was keen to continue advancing the capabilities of its airships and begun design work on an even larger airship during the late 1920s.

Perhaps the single most famous airship was the LZ 129 Hindenburg, the first of two airships of the Hindenburg class. It was a large commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, being the longest class of flying machine and the largest airship by envelope volume. Hindenburg was constructed by the company between 1931 and 1936, and performed its maiden test flight from the Zeppelin dockyards at Friedrichshafen on 4 March 1936, with 87 passengers and crew aboard. It subsequently performed propaganda flight around Germany in conjunction with other airships, in addition to transatlantic commercial passenger flights to destinations in both North and South America.

The company's fortunes were greatly influenced by the rise of the Nazis to power in Germany during 1933. On the whole, Nazi Germany placed a greater value on 'heavier than air' aircraft over that of zeppelins due to their military superiority. Despite this, zeppelins were prominently used by the nation for a number of major propaganda campaigns, allegedly to great effect. As a consequence of accepting 11 million marks from Goebbels' Ministry of Propaganda and Göring's Air Ministry, the company was effectively divided, with Luftschiffbau Zeppelin making the airships and the Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei company (affiliated with Lufthansa) operating them. Officially, Hugo Eckener was the head of both entities but, in practice, Ernst Lehmann, who was less opposed to the Nazi regime, ran the latter. As a result of Eckener's criticism of the Nazi regime, Goebbels had ordered his censoring across all forms of public media in 1936.

However, Luftschiffbau Zeppelin lost much of its favour amongst political circles following the high-profile Hindenburg disaster in 1937; the event compelled the firm to terminate Zeppelin manufacturing in 1938, while all operations of existing airships was ceased by 1940. In August 1939, the Graf Zeppelin II conducted a reconnaissance flight along Great Britain's coastline in an attempt to determine whether the 100 metre towers erected from Portsmouth to Scapa Flow were used for aircraft radio location. The frames of Graf Zeppelin and Graf Zeppelin II, along with scrap material from Hindenburg, were subsequently scrapped that same year for their materials, which were used to fulfil wartime demands for fixed-wing military aircraft for the Luftwaffe.

During the autumn of 1941, the company accepted contracts to produce elements of the V-2 rocket, specifically propellant tanks and fuselage sections. By 17 August 1942, the Allies had suspected that the Zeppelin Works in Friedrichshafen (as well as the Henschel Raxwerke) were involved in the supply chain of the V-2, and on 25 July 1943, British MP Duncan Sandys reported that Friedrichshafen photos depicted rocket firing sites like Test Stand VII at Peenemünde. During the previous month, Allied bombing during Operation Bellicose had hit the Zeppelin V-2 facility, leading to production being subsequently relocated to the Mittelwerk. During the final months of the conflict, the company effectively ceased to exist, disappearing sometime around 1945.

Re-emergence
Almost 50 years following its disappearance, the company was regenerated from its residual assets. During 1993, the parent group company of the current Zeppelin maker was re-established, while the operating company producing the current Zeppelins was created in 2001.

The modern development and construction that is embodied by the Zeppelin NT had been financed by a long-standing endowment, which had been initially funded with money left over from the earlier Zeppelin company, that had been under the trusteeship of the Mayor of Friedrichshafen. A stipulation had been placed upon the endowment that limited the use of its funds to the field of airships. Over the many years, the investment value of the endowment grew to a point where it had become viable for the funds to be put to use for the purpose of designing, developing, and constructing of a new generation of Zeppelins. In 1988, the first considerations into the technological and economic feasibility of reviving the Zeppelin industry began; this included examinations of historic Zeppelin documentation as well as current designs for airships. In December 1990, a feasibility study and accompanying market research program found an initial sales potential for around 80 Zeppelin airships for purposes such as tourism, advertising, and scientific research. In mid 1991, the newly formed development team filed several patents on various technologies that would be later used on the subsequent airship, these included propeller arrangements, structure and girder design, and ballonet implementation. In March 1991, a flyable remote control proof of concept model was demonstrated, which is claimed to have revealed excellent flight characteristics from the onset.

In September 1993, the Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik GmbH (ZLT) was founded in Friedrichshafen as a corporate spin-off of the original Zeppelin company to pursue development and production of the new generation of Zeppelins, later known as the Zeppelin NT (New Technology). By spring 1994, preparatory studies for a full-sized prototype were underway. In 1995, the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt, Germany's civil aviation authority, officially recognized ZLT as a design organisation, and approved new construction regulations for airships. In November 1995, final assembly of the first airship prototype commenced, it was promoted as being the first rigid airship to be produced by the firm since the Second World War. In July 1996, the under-construction prototype of the Zeppelin NT 07 was presented to the public and the media. In September 1997, the prototype performed its maiden flight at Friedrichshafen; piloted by US test pilot Scott Danneker, it flew for a total of 40 minutes.

On 3 May 2011, Goodyear confirmed their intentions to reinstate their historic partnership with Luftschiffbau Zeppelin. Accordingly, Goodyear placed an order for three Zeppelin NT LZ N07-101 models with plans to commence operation in January 2014. The Zeppelin NT is the successor to Goodyear's non-rigid airship, the GZ-20 in Goodyear airship advertising. The first of these airships, referred to as Wingfoot One, was introduced during mid-2014.

Fixed-wing aircraft
World War I, primarily for the Luftstreitkräfte)
 * Zeppelin-Staaken Riesenflugzeuge
 * Zeppelin-Friedrichshafen C.I & C.II
 * Zeppelin-Lindau D.I
 * Zeppelin-Lindau CL.I & CL.II
 * Zeppelin-Lindau CS.I
 * Zeppelin-Lindau V.I

World War 2
 * Fliegende Panzerfaust
 * Zeppelin Rammer

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At least the History section is copied from http://www.koc.com.tr/User/tarihce_kurulus.aspx?LANGUAGE_CODE=EN --Snowdog 08:41, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

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The company logo is useful for identification of primary and subsidiary companies. Mavigogun (talk) 06:03, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

University and High school may warrant imagesMavigogun (talk) 14:08, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Opet/Aygaz Bulgaria
According to sources such as this and this, Opet/Aygaz Bulgaria has been aquired by Hellenic Petroleum in Nov 2008 and has been integrated into EKO Bulgaria EAD (see this). I did not remove Opet/Aygaz Bulgaria from the list, but added a note about the aquistion. 62.169.220.17 (talk) 07:52, 16 December 2011 (UTC)Xzar

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Delete "Fields of activities" section?
I'm just thinking that, since there aren't reliable sources for this information (I just looked), and since it's information someone could find by looking up this company's website or profile, it shouldn't be on this Wikipedia page. Greente28 (talk) 15:42, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

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Utena District Municipality

Utena District Municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania.

Structure
District structure: Population of largest Molėtai District Municipality elderships (2001):
 * 1 city – Utena;
 * 8 towns – Daugailiai, Kuktiškės, Leliūnai, Saldutiškis, Sudeikiai, Tauragnai, Užpaliai and Vyžuonos;
 * 592 villages.
 * Utena – 33860
 * Užpaliai – 877
 * Tauragnai – 602
 * Vyžuonos – 581
 * Antalgė – 564
 * Kuktiškės – 485
 * Leliūnai – 483
 * Sudeikiai – 407
 * Atkočiškės – 393
 * Saldutiškis – 389.

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Hey Hey My My Yo Yo

Hey Hey My My Yo Yo is the second and final album by Danish pop duo Junior Senior, released in Japan and parts of Europe in 2005. It was released in Australia on 9 April 2007. The album was released on 14 August 2007 in the United States and packaged with a bonus EP.

Release
Hey Hey My My Yo Yo was released in Japan and Scandinavia in 2005. Hey Hey My My Yo Yo was successful in Japan, charting at number two on the Japanese music charts. The American version of the album was released by Rykodisc Records on 14 August 2007. This release of the album included a seven-song bonus EP. In 2007, Hey Hey My My Yo Yo peaked at number five on the Billboard Top Electronic Albums chart.

Reception
Initial critical response to Hey Hey My My Yo Yo was very positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 80, based on 14 reviews.

Personnel

 * Jesper "Junior" Mortensen – vocals, guitars and synthesizers on all tracks; percussion on all tracks except 6; bass guitar on track 11; harmonica on track 8; harpsichord on track 8; piano on tracks 8, 9 and 10; kazoo on track 10; handclaps, stomps
 * Jeppe "Senior" Laursen – vocals, handclaps, stomps
 * Thomas Troelsen – synthesizer on track 6; harpsichord on track 9; percussion on track 6; drum fills on tracks 7, 8 and 9; piano on track 8; handclaps
 * The Velvelettes – backing vocals on tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 and 8
 * Carolyn Gill – vocals on track 6
 * Bertha Barbee – vocals on track 5
 * Le Tigre – backing vocals on tracks 1 and 3
 * Johanna Fateman – vocals on track 5
 * JD Samson – vocals on track 3
 * Kathleen Hanna – vocals on track 10
 * Cindy Wilson – vocals on track 4
 * Kate Pierson – vocals on track 4
 * Anna Køster – backing vocals on tracks 5, 6, 9 and 11; handclaps on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7
 * Joy Hoyle – backing vocals on track 11
 * Rasmus Kihlberg – drums on tracks 4, 7, 8, 9 and 10
 * Bjørn Joensson – drums on tracks 2, 3, 5, 6 and 11
 * Mats Ingvarsson – bass on all tracks except 10 and 11
 * Jens Lindgård, Petter Lindgård and Sven Andersson - horns on tracks 2, 5 and 7
 * Filip Runesson – strings on all tracks except 10 and 11
 * Spooner Oldham – piano on track 10
 * Rune Kjeldsen – acoustic guitar on track 9
 * Mads Nørgaard – handclaps on track 7
 * Lars Vognstrup – handclaps on track 11

Production

 * Jesper "Junior" Mortensen – producer and arranger
 * Thomas Troelsen – co-producer
 * Jens Lindgård – recorder
 * Thomas T – recorder

 * David Leonard – audio mixing
 * Bernie Grundman – mastering
 * Sune P.L. Christiansen – album cover
 * Martin Dennis – layout
 * Marc Flori – cover photos
 * Jeppe "Senior" Laursen – inside photo
 * Jesper Reginal – A&R

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Anastasios of Albania

Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania (secular name: Anastasios Yannoulatos (Αναστάσιος Γιαννουλάτος, Anastas Janullatos); born 4 November 1929) is the Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania and as such the primate and Head of the Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania. He was elected in June 1992. Professor Emeritus of the National University of Athens. Honorary Member of the Academy of Athens. Anastasios is one of the presidents of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches. He is also the honorary president of the World Conference of Religions for Peace.

Life and career
Anastasios was born in Piraeus, Greece. On 24 December 2017 he became an Albanian citizen. He is the head of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania. His work included charity in Africa in his early years prior to becoming the Archbishop of Albania.

Education
Anastasios obtained a Certificate of High School with High Honours in 1947, a Bachelor of Divinity from the National University of Athens with High Honors (1952), and carried out post-graduate studies in the History of Religions, Ethnology, Missions, and Africanology at the Universities of Hamburg and Marburg. He undertook research at Makerere University College (1965–69) under the German Foundation Alexander von Humboldt. Th.D. of the Theological Faculty of the National University of Athens (1970, Summa cum laude). During his military service (1952–54) he attended the Schools of the Reserve Offices of Syros and of the MB Signals (to both first in rank and chief of School). He studied various religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, African religions, Islam.

Church ministry
Anastasios was ordained as a deacon on 7 August 1960; as a priest on 24 May 1964; and as Bishop of Androusa for the position of the General Director of Apostoliki Diakonia of the Church of Greece on 19 November 1972. He was acting archbishop of the Holy Archbishopric of Irinoupolis (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania) from 1981 through 1991 and the Patriarchal Exarch in Albania from January 1991 through June 1992. He was Metropolitan of Androussa from August 1991 through June 1992 and Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and Primate of Albania since June 24, 1992.

After the 2019 Albania earthquake, the primate of the Orthodox Church of Albania received a letter of solidarity from Reverend Olav Fykse Tveit on behalf of the WCC, which affirms that "the poignant images of devastation and destruction grieve us greatly, as do the accounts of families left destitute by this event, especially as winter fast approaches". It concluded with the WCC asking him "to share our message of support and condolence with Christians and with all people of good will in Albania, including religious communities of other faiths with whom you work so closely."

Scientific career
Lehrbeauftragte, for teaching modern-Greek language and philology – University of Marburg, Germany (1966–69). He organized and directed the «Center of Missionary Studies» at the University of Athens (1971–76). Associate Professor of History of Religions (1972–76). Full Professor of History of Religions in the National University of Athens (1976–97). Prof. Emeritus (1997 ff.). At the same university: Director of the Department of the Science of Religions and Sociology (1983–86). Dean of the Theological Faculty and member of the Senate (1983–86). Vice-president of the Club of Students. Chairman of the Commission of Solidarity in the Cyprian Struggle (1975–84). Member of the Committee of Research of the University of Athens (1986–1990). and the «Inter-Orthodox Center of Athens» of the Church Greece (1971–75). Member of the Council of the Centre of Mediterranean and Arabic Studies (1978–82). ThD h.c. of: The Theological School of the Holy Cross, Brookline, Ma, USA (1989), the Theological Faculty of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1995),  and the St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (2003). Theological School of the Craiova University (2006); Theological Faculty of the Pontifical University of South Italy (2009); Honorary Member of the Moscow Theological Academy (1998). D. Staniloae Diploma Univ. Bucharest (the highest theological distinction of this university) (2003). PhD h.c. of: The Department of History and Archaeology of the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Ioannina (1996); The Agricultural University of Athens (1996); The Department of Political Science and Public Administration of the Law, Economic and Political Sciences and all the Departments of the Philosophical Faculty of the National University of Athens (1998); the Department of International and European Studies of the University of Piraeus (2001); The Department of Philology of the University of Crete (2002); The Departments of Physics, Medicine, Primary Education and Civic Engineers of the University of Patras (2002); Doctor of Humane Letters of Boston University (2004); The Departments of Medical and Agricultural of University of Thesalia, and Golden Medal of this university (2005); the History Department of the Ionian University, Corfou (2007); the University of Korça (2008); of the Departments of History and Ethnology as well as of Languages and Culture of Thrace's Dimokriteian University (2009); ); the University of Cyprus (2010).

Church and Social Work
Lay preacher, catechetical work with teenagers; responsible for Bible studies, students camps, missionary efforts in new social frontiers. (1954–60). Founder and director of the Inter-Orthodox Missionary Centre «Porefthendes» (1961 ff.). He organized and directed (1971–74) the Inter-Orthodox Centre of the Church of Greece; during his term of office there dozens of Conferences, Seminars and other Church and social activities were organized. During his post-graduate studies in Germany he ministered to the emigrant Greek workers and students. He has been: Member of the council: of the High School of Social Work – Deaconesses (1977–84); of the Highest Official Committee of the Church of Greece (1977–85); of the Committee of the Ecclesiastical Education of the Ministry of National Education and Religions (1977–82); of the Commission for the Protection of the Cultural Legacy of Cyprus (1985–91), of the Scholarships Commission of the Foundation Alexander Onassis (1978–94); of the Foundation Alexander Onassis (1994–2005). Member of the Philekpaideutike Society (1994 ff.).

International inter-ecclesiastical activity
General Secretary of the «Executive Committee for the External Mission» (1958–61), and vice-president of the International Organization of Orthodox Youth «Syndesmos» (1964–1977). Member of the «International Commission for Missionary Studies» of the WCC (1963–1969). Secretary for «Missionary Research and the Relations with the Orthodox Churches», in the General Secretariat of the WCC (1969–71). Member of many international scientistic committees, such as: the «Deutsche Gesellschaft für Missionswissenschaft»; the «International Society of Missionary Research»; the Commission of the WCC for the Dialogue with Other Churches and Ideologies (1975–83); the Mixed Commission of the «Conference of European Churches» and the «Conference of Roman Catholic Bishops», «Islam in Europe» (1989–91); the «International Council» of the World Conference on Religion and Peace (1985–94).

From 1959 onwards he has participated in a number of international, inter-Orthodox, inter-Christian and inter-religious conferences, and World Assemblies (several times as main speaker) representing the Church, or the university in international organizations. He has offered lectures to several University centers concerning Christian witness, the inter-religious dialogue, and worldwide solidarity and peace. Honorary member of the Curatorium of the Roman Catholic Institution «Pro Oriente», Vienna (1989 ff.). President-Moderator of the Commission on World Mission and Evangelism of the WCC (1984–1991). Member of the Central Committee of the WCC (1998–2006). Fellow of the Orthodox Academy of Crete (2001). Corresponding Member of the Academy of Athens (1993–2005). Member of the European Council of Religious Leaders/Religions for Peace (2001 ff.). Vice-president of the Conference of European Churches (2003–2009). President of the World Council of Churches (2006-) (one of the eight presidents). Honorary President of the World Conference of Religions for Peace (2006-).

Honours
The Holy Cross of the Apostle and Evangelist Mark, First Class, of the Patriarchate of Alexandria (1985), of Saint Catherine of the Mount Sinai (1985), of Sts. Cyrill and Methodios of the Orthodox Church of Czeschoslovakia (1986); the Silver Medal of the Academy of Athens «as the promoter and pioneer of missionary theology and action» (1987), and the Golden Medal with Laurel of the Greek Red Cross (1994); the Grand Cross of the Order of Honor of the Hellenic Republic (1997); the Medal of the Great Prince Vladimir (first class) of the Russian Church (1998); the Medal of Apostle Andreas of the Ecumenical Patriarchate (1999); the Grand Cross of the Order of the Orthodox Crusaders of the Holy Sepulchre (2000); the Grand Collar of the Order of Michael Archangel (Royal House of Ghassan); the Life Achievement Prize of the Council of Greeks Abroad (2000).

He was also honored with: the Athenagoras Human Rights Award 2001 (New York); the «Pro Humanitate», of the European Cultural Institution Pro Europe (Freiburg) (2001); the Grand Cross of the Order of Apostle Paul of the Church of Greece (2001); the Golden Medal of Honor and welfare work of the City of Athens (2001); the Golden key of the City of Thessaloniki (2002), and of Lamia (2002); the Polish humanitarian award «Ecce Homo» (2003); the Medal from the President of the Romanian Democracy (2003); the Golden Medal, first class, of the Municipality of Piraeus (2005); Honorary Citizen of Tirana (2005) and Korça (2007); the Prize «for outstanding activities in strengthening Unity of Orthodox Christian Nations» (Moscow 2006); Medal of Yaroslav the Wiseman of the Ukrainian Democracy (2008); Grand Golden Medal of Apostle Barnabas of the Church of Cyprus (2008); the Grand Cross of the Order of Apostle Marc of the Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa (2009).

Publications

 * The Spirits M'bandwa and the framework of their Cult (1970, in Greek)
 * The Lord of Brightness». The God of the Tribes East of Kenya. A Research in the History of Religion (in Greek, 1971; 3rd edition 1983)
 * Various Christian Approaches to the Other Religions (1971)
 * Islam: A General Survey (in Greek, 1975; 15th edition 2006)
 * Universality and Orthodoxy (in Greek, 2000; 6th edition 2006), translated into Serbian (2002), Romanian (2003), Albanian (2004), Bulgarian (2005); and English as Facing the World: Orthodox Christian Essays on Global Concerns (St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, and WCC 2003).
 * Footprints of the Quest for the Transcendent (in Greek, 2004; 3rd ed. 2006)
 * Mission in Christ's Way (2007, in Greek).
 * To the End of the Earth (2009, in Greek).
 * In Africa (2010, in Greek).
 * Three Catechetical Manuals (1960–1982; in seven reprints 1978–1982)

He has also written more than 240 essays and articles, including: Founder and editor of bilingual quarterly Porefthentes (Go-Ye) (1960–1970), of the quarterly review Panta ta Ethne (All Nations) (1981–92). Also in Albanian: the quarterly Kërkim (Search) and the monthly newspaper Ngjallja (Resurrection). From his essays and articles a number have also been published into German, French, Russian, Swedish, Finnish, Serbian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Italian, Spanish and Albanian. Archbishop Anastasios is considered a pioneer in the rekindling of the missionary endeavour in the Orthodox Churches. Scholar in the field of History of Religions and inter-religious dialogue. Simultaneously, he has struggled as a peace-maker within the Balkans.
 * "Monks and Mission in the Eastern Church during the Fourth Century" (1966).
 * "Les Missions des Eglises d'Orient" (1972).
 * "Relations between Man and Nature in the World Religions" (1983)
 * "Die Mystik in Byzanz" (1983).
 * "Der Dialog mit dem Islam aus orthodoxen Sicht" (1986).
 * "Orthodoxe Mission. Vergangenheit, Gegenwart, Zukunft" (1999).
 * "Orthodoxy Faces the Third Millennium" (2000).
 * "The Church of Albania. History and Spiritual Tradition" (2000).
 * "Responsabilité apostolique et dimension universelle de l'Eglise" (2001).
 * "Problems and Prospects of Inter-religious Dialogue" (2002).
 * "God, in your grace transform the world" (2006).
 * "Christen in einem multi-religiösen geeinten Europa" (2007).
 * "La lumière du Christ et l'Europe" (2008). "Η Ορθόδοξος Αυτοκέφαλος Εκκλησία της Αλβανίας σήμερα" (2009). "Appelés à une seule espérance en Christ" (2009).

Titles
The official title of the Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania is: His Beatitude, Anastasios, Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania;

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One People's Project

One Peoples Project (OPP) is an organization founded in 2000 to monitor and publish information about alleged racist and far-right groups and individuals, mostly in the United States. The group has about fifteen volunteers in addition to its most prominent members, Daryle Lamont Jenkins, its founder, and Joshua Hoyt, who joined the group in 2002. It has been called "the most mainstream and well-known anti-fascist or antifa" organization in the United States. Its motto is "Hate Has Consequences".

OPP originated from a July 4, 2000 protest against a Nationalist Movement rally in Morristown, New Jersey that was billed as Independence from Affirmative-Action Day. The counter-demonstration was called the One People's Rally. Three hundred anti-racist protesters turned out to face nine supporters of the Nationalist Movement. At the time, Jenkins was a member of the New Brunswick, New Jersey-based group New Jersey Freedom Organization (NJFO). Originally named One People's Coalition, with Jenkins as its spokesperson, the group researched and published information about the Nationalist Movement's awards ceremony at the Manville Veterans of Foreign Wars hall. This led to the cancellation of the event.

Over the next year, the renamed One People's Project broadened their focus, to publish information on their website about American conservatives, in addition to those on the far right. In November 2001, OPP began focusing heavily on white supremacist groups that were attempting to take advantage of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The most notable of these groups was the Hillsboro, West Virginia-based National Alliance.

OPP has published phone numbers, home addresses and workplace addresses of individuals they have identified as being far right and/or racist. While this practice has invited criticism by those who say that it can incite others to violence, the group has defended this practice as using the same free speech rights that anti-abortion extremists used to intimidate abortion providers.

On July 28, 2007, when a rally was organized to support a plan by the mayor of Morristown, New Jersey, to deputize law enforcement officials to enforce immigration laws via the Immigration and Nationality Act, OPP posted a notice on their website calling the event an "anti-immigrant rally", although the organizer described it as a rally against illegal immigration. After the rally, the OPP website included the following statement: "[w]e don't think anyone is going to lose any sleep over people chanting during the anti-immigrant side's salute to the flag, Nazis getting slapped around a bit or the pain Robb Pearson & Co. feel over being called racist all the time." According to the OPP website, all charges were dropped when one of those supporters was also charged for his role in the fight, and an agreement was reached.

In 2011, writer David Yeagley filed a lawsuit against Jenkins and OPP for participating in actions that allegedly led to the cancellation of an American Renaissance conference in 2010, where he was supposed to speak. According to Yeagley's lawsuit, OPP and others contacted hotels hosting the conference, "threatening, murder, violence and other forms of retribution" should the event take place. The hotels have never confirmed that this happened, and no charges have been laid, but Yeagley, who died in March 2014, was awarded $50,000 in a default judgement that Jenkins has said cannot be enforced until the case is filed in Pennsylvania.

OPP has played a role in reforming several neo-Nazis, most notably Bryon Widner, a former member of the Vinlanders Social Club who left his beliefs behind with the help of Jenkins and, with further help from the Southern Poverty Law Center, was able to get a massive amount of tattoos removed from his face and hands. This was the subject of the MSNBC documentary Erasing Hate, which has been turned into a feature-length motion picture titled Skin starring Jamie Bell as Widner and Mike Colter playing Jenkins. Danielle Macdonald and Vera Farmiga also star. OPP has also been featured on other television programs, such as The Montel Williams Show, A Current Affair, the Rachel Maddow Show and on AM Joy with Joy Reid. They have also appeared in several newspaper articles and have also been mentioned in Gwen Ifill's book, The Breakthrough.

In 2015, One People's Project launched Idavox.com, which serves as the news line of the organization. In 2020, Jenkins prominently featured in a Netflix documentary titled Alt-Right: Age of Rage, in which he scathingly criticized the alt-right for perpetuating  ethno-racial nationalism  in the United States.

On January 27, 2023, a concert held at a church in Asbury Park, New Jersey to benefit One People's Project was attacked by a lone assailant who smoke bombed and attempted to pepper spray attendees while yelling, “White lives matter!” Nicholas G. Mucci was arrested in March 2023 and charged with aggravated arson, two counts of causing or risking widespread injury or damage, two counts of possession of a destructive device, unlawful possession of a weapon, two counts of possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes, two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of making terroristic threats, possession of an assault firearm, possession of a large capacity ammunition magazine and hindering.

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Talk:Trefoil knot

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Why has somebody put a picture of the Figure 8 knot as a pretzel?... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.124.3.100 (talk) 15:15, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

I have removed the offending image. --Gallusgallus (talk) 16:47, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

This looks pretty full on - Maybe a little bit keyword heavy?

 * I wonder if it would be better to just link to Dror Bar-Natan's wiki rather than duplicate his efforts here? I guess this is intended to be less technical? -rb

 * This is very difficult to understand, especially for a non-mathematician. For example, saying "and is the closure of the braid σ1³" doesn't help much. σ1³? Really. --KirbyManiac (talk) 12:13, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

 * I added some comments to hopefully make it a little less confusing. But yeah, this article isn't written terribly well. Rybu (talk) 22:20, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Number theory
Both the presentation x^2=y^3 and the Alexander polynomial x^2-x+1 indicate this is related to the classic modular group of number theory. I've heard that the fundamental domain SL(2,R)\SO(2)/SL(2,Z) is some sort of \SO(2) congruence on the trefoil knot, or something like that, but I don't see how. I would be nice to see the details. linas 05:27, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

 * The correspondence you're looking for, I think it comes from this: SL(2,R)/SL(2,Z) is diffeomorphic to the complement of the trefoil. There's a lot of proofs of this in the literature, I think the first person to observe it might be Raoul Bott. Here is an elementary argument: SO(2) acts on the left. This makes SL(2,R)/SL(2,Z) into a 3-dimensional Seifert-fibred manifold. The trefoil's complement is also a 3-dimensional Seifert fibred manifold.  The trefoil complement has two singular fibres, how many does SL(2,R)/SL(2,Z) have?  I think it's two: one from the tiling of the plane by squares, the other from the tiling of the plane by hexagons. Then you compare the fibre data to get the equivalence.  There is a similar correspondence: consider the space of at most 3 points in the circle.  This is also 3-dimensional and is seifert-fibred by the SO(2) action on the circle. The two singular fibres are the antipodal subspace and the equilateral triangle subspace, so it's also the trefoil complement... there was a note on this in the AMS Notices a few years ago.  -rb (not Raoul Bott)

 * Bott passed away a couple years ago...so you couldn't be him! --C S (Talk) 22:14, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

unique?
The article says that this is the unique knot with three crossings, but the knot and it's mirror image are not isotopic and both have three crossings. Maybe it should say unique up to chirality? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ixionid (talk • contribs) 20:33, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Error
The section Nontriviality contains this sentence:

"Mathematically, this means that a trefoil knot is not isotopic to the unknot."

The word "isotopic" (without further qualification) is an equivalence relation on topological embeddings of one space into another.

With this meaning, all knots are isotopic, simply because a knot can be "pulled tight" so that it disappears, via an isotopy.

This is a mistake in the article. 2601:200:C000:1A0:52D:8748:7384:FB5A (talk) 18:05, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

False statement
The section Descriptions, after presenting equations for a trefoil knot, makes this claim:

"Any continuous deformation of the curve above is also considered a trefoil knot."

This is simply not true, because as with any knot, a merely continuous deformation can pull the knot tight so that it disappears.

I hope someone knowledgeable about knot theory can fix this mistake.

Missing word?
The section Classification contains this sentence:

"Since the knot complement is also a Seifert fibred with boundary, it has a horizontal incompressible surface—this is also the fiber of the Milnor map."

The sentence is missing a noun after the adjectival phrase "Seifert fibred".

Perhaps the noun should be "3-manifold" ?

I hope someone knowledgeable about this subject can fix this omission.

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