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User talk:Cdcon

speedy tagging
Can you please refer to Criteria for speedy deletion when tagging speedies and use criteria set down there? "spam" is an unclear reason to delete! --TimPope 18:51, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Sorry for confusion. I'm quickly running through new articles and about 50+% of what I find is what I consider "spam" or "garbage". For example, one type that comes up a lot is an article written by someone about himself, usually full of juvenile content. This is user page material, not article material. Glad you asked about it though. If you disagree with a speedy delete that I make, you're welcome to revert it.Cdcon 19:21, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

 * I think they are all good tags, the ones I have seen at least. It just makes it easier if I see a definite criteria :) --TimPope 19:23, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Articles_for_deletion/Everyonesacritic.net
Hi Cdcon, Since your vote for delete on this AfD, I have since cleaned up to adhere to NPOV and provided evidence of Notability. Also, please note that the newbies that chimed in were not doubles of the author, but people coming over showing there support of the site and it's validity. There was no bad faith on their part and AfD guidelines welcome newbies to chime in, even if their "votes" won't be considered. Could you please change your vote to keep?

Thanks,

Dave

 * What you demonstrate, by fighting hard on your AfD, willingly changing its contents to satisfy common voter demands, and on top of all messaging me personally about the situation, is that you are making a good-faith effort to improve the article. I will retract my delete vote. Cdcon 21:40, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

List of Nine Inch Nails covers
In the List of Nine Inch Nails covers AfD discussion, you voted:
 * Merge. There is really one basic issue here, and it is listcruft. If there is any notability to the elements of this list, the NIN article itself should be able to reveal it. Also, what importance does this list have?

Each page for individual Nine Inch Nails recordings already has a list of groups which have covered the song (see Head Like a Hole, Closer to God, etc.). All notable elements of this list are available on these articles—in fact, almost every link to the list comes from those pages already. Therefore, the list isn't directing anyone to new information, and seems to fall under the prime definition of listcruft: it exists solely for the sake of having such a list. In light of this, would you consider changing your merge vote to delete? - Rynne 15:55, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * That means the information is redundant, and should be deleted. Good call. Cdcon 16:03, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Robert M. Bowman
The article is expanded and does have citations from sources other than Bowman himself, not sure if you want to change your vote or stick with delete, I imagine an admin will close it soon. Schizombie 07:28, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Changed vote.  Cdcon   05:13, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Naked Short-Selling
Your contribution to the talk page of naked short selling was most appreciated because the two editors primarily involved (someone else and me) are fairly new and obviously neither of us had given much if any thought to the issue of sourcing.

Your suggestion on the solution -- one section for each POV -- was a good one, but apparently nobody has the stamina to actually implement it. Right now it's been left alone, and we're wrestling with whether to add a chunk of material that I believe would be verboten because of the sourcing policy (original research with an unsourced comment).

If you could spare a moment to examine the text in question -- which is posted on the page and concerns "grandfathering" -- any thoughts you might have would be appreciated. --Tomstoner 20:24, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks much for your response on my talk page! Again, your contribution is enormously helpful.--Tomstoner 19:53, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

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I am writing to inform you, and many others, that an AfD in which you voted delete, List of automobiles that were commercial failures, was already unsucessfully nominated a short time ago, but under a different title. This was not noted in the nomination. Please read the opposing arguments here, and reconsider your vote, because it is important that the opinions of previous voters be considered. Thanks! AdamBiswanger1 23:44, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

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Hyperactive sites without advertising: models for true service :)

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Nasirabad District

Nasirabad is a district in the centre-west of Balochistan, Pakistan. The district's headquarters are located at Dera Murad Jamali.

The original name of the district was Temple Dera, named after Captain H. M. Temple, a career British civil servant, who served as the Political Agent for Sibi from 1891 to 1892. Among the local population it is still known as 'Tipul', a corruption of the word 'temple'.

Formerly part of Kalat District, Nasirabad was granted the status of a separate district in 1974, while in 1987 the new district of Jaffarabad was cleaved out of it. For three years, from July 1987 to December 1990, it was known as Tahseel Tamboo. Tamboo is a small village 40 km west of Dera Murad Jamali.

Tehsils
The district is administratively subdivided into four Tehsils, these are:

 * Dera Murad Jamali (district headquarters)
 * Chhatter
 * Baba Kot
 * Tamboo

Union councils
These tehsils are further divided into union councils. Currently, there are 31 union councils and one municipal committee in the district:

Tehsil Dera Murad Jamali

 * Municipal Committee Dera Murad Jamali
 * Union Council Quba Sher Khan Sharqi
 * Union Council Quba Sher Khan Gharbi
 * Union Council Naseer Khan Umrani
 * Union Council Jhuder Shimali
 * Union Council Bedar Androon Sharqi
 * Union Council Bedar Gharbi
 * Union Council Manjhoti Sharqi
 * Union Council Sardar Shahzada Khan Umrani
 * Union Council Sikandarabad
 * Union Council Manjhoti Gharbi
 * Union Council Jhuder Janubi

Tehsil Chhatter

 * Union Council Chhatter
 * Union Council Phuleji
 * Union Council Shah Pur
 * Union Council Daulat Ghari Mir Nabi Bakhsh Khan
 * Union Council Daulat Ghari Mir Hassan Khosa
 * Union Council Shori Drabi

Tehsil Tamboo

 * Union Council Manjhoo Shoori
 * Union Council Aeri
 * Union Council Gola Wah
 * Union Council Ali Abad Shumali
 * Union Council Mir Behram Khan Buledi
 * Union Council Qadir Abad
 * Union Council Kharoos Wah
 * Union Council Fateh Mohammad
 * Union Council Mir Wah
 * Union Council Abdullah Bari
 * Union Council Ali Abad

Tehsil Baba Kot
 * Union Council Garhi Rehman
 * Union Council Baba Kot
 * Union Council Kuhna Tamboo

Tehsil Landhi

Demographics
At the time of the 2017 census the district had 64,302 households and a population of 487,847. Nasirabad had a sex ratio of 939 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 23.30% - 33.22% for males and 12.97% for females. 96,316 (19.74%) lived in urban areas. 192,195 (39.40%) were under 10 years of age.

At the time of the 2017 census, 39.05% of the population spoke Balochi, 22.89% Brahui, 21.22% Sindhi and 15.21% Saraiki as their first language.

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Epy Quizon

Jeffrey Smith Quizon (born January 23, 1973), professionally known as Epy Quizon, is a Filipino actor, television host and the son of comedian Dolphy.

Early life
Born Jeffrey Smith Quizon on January 23, 1973. He is the youngest of four siblings. He is the son of former actress Pamela Ponti (real name Alice Smith) with Dolphy.

Television

 * That's Entertainment (1989-1996) - Himself/Thursday group member & co-host
 * Gabi ni Dolphy (1992)
 * Purungtong (1992)
 * Lovingly Yours (1993)
 * Mikee (1995)
 * Spotlight Drama Specials (1995)
 * Mikee Forever (1995)
 * GMA Love Stories (1996)
 * Dear Mikee (1998)
 * Lihim Ng Gabi (1998)
 * Mula sa Puso (1998)
 * Campus Romance (1999)
 * Maalaala Mo Kaya (1999)
 * GMA Telecine Specials (2000)
 * Kagat ng Dilim (2000)
 * Biglang Sibol, Bayang Impasibol (2001-2002)
 * Daboy en Da Girl (2002) - Emoks
 * Road Trip (2003) - co-host
 * Maynila (2005)
 * Art Jam (2005) - host
 * Mathinik (2005)
 * Estyudantipid (Knowledge Channel Philippines, 2005)
 * Laff To Laff: Ang Kulit (2005)
 * Quizon Avenue (2005–2006)
 * Project 11 (2006)
 * Komiks (2006)
 * Alpha Omega Girl (2006)
 * Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang (2007)
 * Ang Walong Bulag (2007)
 * Sabi Ni Nanay (2007) - guest
 * Camera Café (2008-2009)
 * Dyosa (2008–2009) - Bakus
 * Maynila (2009)
 * Ful Haus (2009) - Je
 * Talentadong Pinoy (2009)
 * Zorro (2009) - Shihong
 * Full House (2009) - Jerry
 * Pidol's Wonderland (2010)
 * Showtime (2010) - Guest Judge
 * Imortal (2010) - young Abraham Villamor
 * My Driver Sweet Lover (TV series) (2010) - Jimrod
 * Juan dela Cruz (2013) - Franco
 * Kahit Nasaan Ka Man (2013) - Paulo de Chavez
 * Wanspanataym (2013)
 * Aha! (2013)
 * The Ryza Mae Show (2014)
 * Wasak (2014) - guest
 * Matanglawin (2014)
 * Boys Ride Out (2014)
 * Bogart Case Files (2015) - guest
 * Kapamilya Deal or No Deal Briefcase #13 (2015)
 * Ipaglaban Mo: Nasaan Ang Konsensya? (2015) - Ador
 * Sabado Badoo (2015)
 * Nathaniel (2015)
 * Karelasyon (2015)
 * FPJ's Ang Probinsyano (2015)
 * Ipaglaban Mo: Nagkunwaring Baliw (2015) - Patricio
 * Ang Panday (2016) - Ledge
 * Dear Uge (2016)
 * Magpakailanman (2016)
 * Pepito Manaloto (2016)
 * Oh My Mama (2016)
 * Hay, Bahay! (2016)
 * A1 Ko Sa 'Yo (2016)
 * Alyas Robin Hood (2016)
 * Laff Camera Action! (2016)
 * Home Sweetie Home (2017)
 * Tsuperhero (2017) - Lamparaz
 * Minute To Win It (2017)
 * The Better Half (2017) - Juancho Alejo (antagonist)
 * Wish Ko Lang (2017)
 * Ipaglaban Mo: Bihag (2017) - Gilbert Suratos
 * Super Ma'am (2017) - Jack
 * Tadhana (2017)
 * Wildflower (2018) - Stefano
 * Inday Will Always Love You (2018) - Volta
 * Hiwaga ng Kambat (2019) - Zandro Baron
 * Ipaglaban Mo: Pariwara (2019) - Edgar Laserna
 * Dok Ricky, Pedia (2019) - Martin
 * The Gift (2019) - Gabriel
 * Quizon CT (2022) - Himself
 * Flower of Evil (2022) - Noel Ramirez
 * Running Man Philippines (2022) - guest
 * ASAP Natin 'To (2023–present) - Himself/Host/Performer
 * Dirty Linen (2023) - Ador Pavia (antagonist)
 * Voltes V: Legacy (2023) - Zuhl
 * Pira-Pirasong Paraiso (2023) - Badong Abiog (primary antagonist)
 *  Black Rider (2024) - Sonny
 * 3-in-1 (2024) - Chino Liberica
 * Pulang Araw (2024) - Julio Borromeo

Director

 * Bukal (2021, also as producer)

Assistant director

 * Langit sa Piling Mo (1997)
 * Pagdating ng Panahon (1998)
 * Ms. Kristina Moran: Ang Babaeng Palaban (1999)

Movie producer

 * Nassan si Francis? (2006)

Movie screenplay

 * Pagdating ng Panahon (1998)
 * Ms. Kristina Moran: Ang Babaeng Palaban (1999)

TV writer

 * Quizon Avenue (2005)

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Category:Airports in Bulgaria

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Normandie Hotel

The Normandie Hotel is a historic building located in the Isleta de San Juan, in San Juan, Puerto Rico which opened on October 10, 1942 as a hotel. Its design was inspired by the French transatlantic passenger ship SS Normandie in addition to featuring the same art deco design as the ocean liner that inspired it, and the hotel's original roof sign was one of the two signs that adorned the top deck of the SS Normandie but were removed from it during an early refitting. It is an example of what came to be known as the Streamline Moderne architecture style.

the building was vacant and not in operation and in 2022, was sold to private owners who said they plan to renovate it.

History
The Normandie Hotel was the brainchild of Puerto Rican engineer Félix Benítez Rexach. He married the French singer Lucienne D'Hotelle in 1927 or 1928; reportedly, he built the hotel as a wedding present for his bride. He served as the president of the Escambron Development Company, which was incorporated in approximately 1943 to issue bonds to finance the completion of the hotel. Escambron owned and operated the hotel.

The hotel was designed by architect Raúl Reichard (1908–1996) and construction began in 1938. The hotel's exterior was designed to resemble the famed luxury ocean liner, elongated and curved in front and back, with porthole-shaped lights on the facade of the 6th floor, as well as on the front on all floors except the front entrance and 2nd floor. Inside, the hotel features art deco design, complete with Roman, Egyptian, and French details, high ceilings, corridors looking down into a central skylighted atrium, banisters that resemble those on ships on the edges of all floors except the lobby, a pool outside in the back shaped similarly to the hotel's, and had blue or orange awnings above the windows on the upper floors until the hotel closed in the 1960s. Designers and artists from Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, France, and Spain all contributed to the hotel's overall construction. When it opened on October 10, 1942, it became an instant sensation among the island's social elite. Completed at a cost of more than US$2,000,000, the hotel catered to many major Hollywood and Latin American film stars such as Cantinflas, Libertad Lamarque and Jorge Negrete. The hotel also served as a performing arts venue for many of Puerto Rico's top entertainers, such as Ruth Fernández, Myrta Silva, Sylvia Rexach, and Carmen Delia Dipini.

The coastline of Puerto Rico was expropriated by the federal government for defense during World War II, including the hotel, and Benítez Rexach, who had moved to the Dominican Republic in 1944, reportedly protested by refusing to pay his property taxes. However, court records indicate Benítez Rexach had argued unsuccessfully that as an American citizen without congressional representation, he was exempt from federal taxes. After being closed and abandoned in the 1970s, the hotel was restored in the early 1990s. Afterwards, it underwent massive renovations due to heavy damage caused by Hurricane Georges in 1998. After storm-related damages were repaired, the hotel remained in business until 2004, when another renovation project commenced. In early 2005, the 173-room hotel reopened after its refurbishing and would operate as a Boutique Hotel for 4 years, before closing again by late 2010, since then the hotel has remained unused and vacant for over a decade.

The Normandie Hotel was purchased on August 8, 2013, by Ben Medetsky and Jack Polatsek of Interra Capital Group for nearly US$4,000,000 but after initial plans for redevelopment of the hotel, the group decided to sell it. In 2015, the owners removed the hotel's historic roof sign in order to protect and preserve it, and only the structure that held up the letters of the sign remains. Although various groups of investors attempted to purchase the property in 2014, then in the spring of 2017 and again in the spring of 2018, it wasn't actually sold until January 2022.

Majority Leader Ángel Matos García (PPD) filed Joint House Resolution 0089 in March 2021; if passed, the Puerto Rico Department of Economic Development and Commerce would seize the property and demolish the hotel. The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture made a statement opposing the resolution two days later. Later that year, despite rumors to the contrary, Hard Rock International denied that it was interested in the hotel. The hotel was purchased by the Ishay Group for US$8.6 million, who plan to restore the hotel and reopen it, possibly converting some rooms into residences.

Recognition
The Normandie Hotel was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Popular culture

 * Professional boxer Hector Camacho was the victim of a hidden-camera joke consisting of someone pretending to steal one of his cars while he was at the Normandie Hotel training for one of his fights early in the 1990s, for an Hector Marcano television show named "Marcano... el show".
 * The 2001 music video for singer Sade Adu's song "King of Sorrow" (from her Lovers Rock album) was filmed in and around the hotel by director Sophie Muller.
 * The hotel served as a locale for one of the four stories that helped compose the storyline for the 2001 film 12 Horas directed by Puerto Rican director Raúl Marchand Sánchez.
 * The lobby of the hotel was used to shoot scenes from the 2009 film A Perfect Getaway.

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 * Which high school in Long Beach did Jack Grisham attend? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.139.234.110 (talk) 15:37, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Move to Jack Grisham
Done - Trevor MacInnis (Talk | Contribs) 03:19, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Completed Major Revamp 7/2008 Rohurley (talk) 21:04, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Kottonmouth Kings video
That song is definitely not a cover of Abolish Government —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.48.47.2 (talk) 22:59, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Birthplace
Need a source for his birthplace. here, its SF. at the Hayward article it was hayward. i moved his listing for "notable people from foo" to the SF list until proof can be found either way.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 19:07, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

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Jack Grisham Goth Nav Box Inclusion
Hello, I am opening a discussion with my fellow editors to include a "Goth Subculture" nav box for Jack Grisham's wikipedia page. I have added one yet it is being constantly removed. It is in my honest opinion that the inclusion of this nav box will be beneficial to wikipedia users as it includes the gothic subculture into Jack Grisham's biography and accurately documents a sometimes overlooked aspect of his and the True Sounds of Liberty's musical contributions to history. Please discuss and post your opinions here on this talk page and after a consensus has been reached, we can further its' inclusion. Thank you. Earl E. Smith (talk) 19:52, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

 * If you want to tell the reader more about Grisham's goth aspects, you are coming at the problem backwards. Rather than add a bunch of links to the bottom of the page, what you should do is add relevant text to the body of the article, text which summarizes the things that have been published about Grisham in reliable sources. Only after that is done will any goth-flavored navbox become appropriate. And even then it's questionable because of the great number of irrelevant or tangential links it would introduce. Binksternet (talk) 20:24, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

 * is correct, any goth aspect of Grisham, beyond his music, would have to be addressed in the article before that navbox would be appropriate to post here. -  FlightTime  ( open channel ) 20:40, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Deathrock is a form of goth subculture and it is already addressed. T.S.O.L. Is a Deathrock/Punk Rock band which he is the vocalist of. Earl E. Smith (talk) 22:25, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

You all like wikipedia, right? here is a wikipedia article link about deathrock, a genre T.S.O.L. is in. read it then come back and argue with me that it shouldn't be included in T.S.O.L.'s singer's wikipedia page. This is like saying the Beatles shouldn't be considered Rock because they had a Mod Style and just calling them a mod band and completely excluding them from rock and roll music.Earl E. Smith (talk) 22:32, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

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Delete this account and page. --Rachel Stevens on Wheels 20:38, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

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From 218.41.66.58
I apologize for removing some text from the Yayoi page.I'm now explaining why and I would like to ask you for your advice. As a Japanese I'm deeply concerned about the fact Korean people are educated to claim cultural superiority against us which I have actually confirmed by reading Korean junior high /high school textbooks.I fear the readers of the Yayoi article would have a recognition that Japan is a country made by Koreans although it has a weak basis such as "Information on the Goguryeo language is limited". That's why I erased it and I would be happy to hear your ideas. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.41.66.58 (talk • contribs)

 * Everyone on the wiki has a different point of view. Wikipedia is designed to be an encyclopaedia, with a neutral point of view, however, removing text from an article is probably not the way to go about this. If you feel that the Yayoi article does not fit with this, place one of the NPOV dispute tags at the top of the page, with a note explaining why on the talk page. As a courtesy for other editors on Wikipedia, please sign your talk page and user talk page posts. By adding four tildes (~) at the end of your comments, your user name or IP address and the date will be automatically added. --Nick123 17:04, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Thank you for your advice.I will try to figure out this.218.41.66.58 17:26, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

"Popups-assisted reversion to revision 32915993"
What exactly does this mean? Did you revert my user page to its prior state? Mike 19:04, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

 * I reverted vandalism on your page. Popups is a tool which offers several handy features, including the reversion tool. The number refers to which revision the edit was reverted to. --Nick123 19:14, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you kindly for your assistance.Mike 23:25, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank for the the reversion
Thank you. --  Dalbury ( Talk )  00:09, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
 * You're welcome :) --Nick123 10:32, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Message from vandal
This is your last warning. The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. -- pgk( talk ) 18:40, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

 * The preceding comment was not made by pgk, but by XMattx1224, who has since been blocked. I reverted his spam links to the page StormPay, and he appears to have copied this from his userpage, not bothering to change his signature. He quoted my removal of his page as "Reverting Vandalism"...--Nick123 10:32, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for reverting the edit made to Current Events--Kevin Hanse (talk) 21:41, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you!
Thanks for reverting the vandalism to my userpage. I appreciate it!-- Violin  G  irl ♪ 13:22, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Warning!
It appears that you have reverted some changes made to the Autosurf article. The changes you reverted appear to not be vandalism per se, but part of a NPOV war that is currently on-going. This message is not a reflection of my opinion on this article, but just a note to make sure that you understand the context of these reverted changes. CaptainObvious 02:17, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

 * The reason for me reverting the changes to the Autosurf article were to remove the affiliate links placed on that page, to the last version by Naconkantari (edit history:rv, no referrer links). This is in accordance with the tag at the top of the page. If I inadvertantly removed some content, which was added with the referrer links, then I apologise. Thank you. --Nick123 (t/c) 15:57, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

 * I see. Naconkantari only removed the referrer ids, but the kept the links themselves. The edit prior to yours, however, removed them completely, which seems to me to follow a closer reading of External links. In effect, your edit restored those spam links. I'm planning on removing them again, but I want to make sure we're aligned on this first. CaptainObvious 13:49, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

 * I've removed the links - the edit before also removed some content. --Nick123 (t/c) 15:16, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Ariel Sharon
Nick123 said: I've reverted your edit of Ariel Sharon as you appear to have chopped off the bottom of the page.

This seems to be happening an awful lot lately. I must be suffering browser troubles. I'm going to see if I can check it out, see what's wrong. Thank you for telling me. I'll be careful to save the complete article in future. Bobo192. 10:54, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Stroke
Sorry about that edit that looked like vandalism. I did the revert of vandalism at the same time as someone else.--Adam (talk) 20:35, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

 * No problem. It didn't really look like vandalism, just a mis-click. Thanks for the note anyway :) --Nick123 (t/c) 20:37, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Last Time i checked pointing out POV issues is not vandelism...
Last Time i checked pointing out POV issues is not vandelism. To put it more in an easier to understand language but outt —Preceding unsigned comment added by Orog123 (talk • contribs)

 * It isn't, however, blanking out a user page is vandalism. --Nick123 10:42, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

James W. Flanagan article
Thanks for reverting my brain freeze on this article. — Bellhalla 17:02, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

 * No problem. I wondered why you redirected it to itself :) --Nick123 (t/c) 17:05, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Arrondissement of Saint-Gaudens
Hi, Thanks for watching the page but I'm getting its size down in 2 steps - first is rplacing blanks with QQ. Please don't revert. Dl yo ns 493  Ta lk  21:27, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

 * PS Thanks for checking - its actually hard to do the size reduction because vandal fighters are so efficient :-)

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re your message, thanks for noticing, I should put down some back-story. my channel was being trolled about wikipedia being unreliable, because the si unit for kilobyte wasn't K but wikipedia said it could be waah waah WAAH (I fixed it.) He very maturely replaced the page about SI units with "Patrick` sucks", which as you can probably guess is my handle. I went to revert it, you slipped in first, proving the system works. Then I got bored and kickbanned him, but the point is I felt I owed you one for proving my point.

yitzchak kaduri
Hi, It seems I didn't work smart to correct the error. I didn't meean to revert you. How can we procede to revert Yoninahs 'move' properly and set up a proper vote?

Thanks--Shuki 22:59, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

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USS Robert K. Huntington

USS Robert K. Huntington (DD-781), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Robert Kingsbury Huntington, a naval aviator and member of Torpedo Squadron 8. The entire squadron was lost during the Battle of Midway.

Namesake
Robert Kingsbury Huntington was born on 13 March 1921 in Los Angeles, California. He attended The Lakeside School in Seattle Washington in 1940 after transferring from Pasadena College. He enlisted in the United States Navy on 21 April 1941. He served on board USS Lexington (CV-2) and was rated aviation radioman third class before being transferred to Torpedo Squadron 8 on board USS Hornet (CV-8). He served as rear gunner in George Gay's torpedo plane during an attack against Imperial Japanese Navy forces in the Battle of Midway on 4 June 1942. Flying without fighter support, Gay and Huntington pressed home their attack with utter disregard for their own personal safety, in the face of a tremendous antiaircraft barrage and overwhelming fighter opposition. Huntington was killed when his plane was shot down. He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. However, Gay survived, becoming the sole member of the squadron to live through the battle.

Construction and commissioning
Robert K. Huntington (DD-781) was laid down on 29 February 1944 by Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington and launched on 5 December 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Ruth Arnold Welsh. The ship was commissioned on 3 March 1945.

History
Robert K. Huntington joined the Pacific Fleet 31 May 1945 and from 27 June to 16 August escorted ships between Eniwetok and Ulithi. On 28 August, she joined the Fast Carrier Task Force off the Japanese coast and was one of the ships which escorted battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) into Tokyo Bay to receive the official Japanese surrender. She then returned to San Diego, carrying 100 Marines home. In the spring of 1946, she returned to the Marshalls as a unit of TF 1 during Operation Crossroads, the first atomic bomb test at Bikini. In July, she witnessed the air burst from a considerable distance, and the more spectacular underwater blast from the comparatively close range of 10 miles.

Until early in 1949, Robert K. Huntington operated and trained off the west coast, in Hawaiian waters, and in Far Eastern waters with Task Force 38, the Pacific Mobile Striking Force. In April the destroyer was transferred to the Atlantic Fleet where she was assigned to a carrier task force, then undergoing extensive antisubmarine warfare training. She spent the following winter in Arctic waters; then in February 1950 headed for the Caribbean to participate in fleet exercises.

In December Robert K. Huntington deployed for the first time to the Mediterranean and duty with the 6th Fleet. In the spring she returned to Norfolk and for the next two years she alternated cold weather operations with Caribbean cruises; then from the spring of 1953 until the summer of 1955 rotated between duty in the Mediterranean and exercises with the 2nd Fleet off the U.S. east coast and in the Caribbean. In July 1955 she was in the North Atlantic guarding president Eisenhower's plane route as he traveled to and from the Geneva Conference.

Following a Caribbean cruise in the spring of 1956, Robert K. Huntington conducted a midshipman training cruise to Europe and the Caribbean. In 1957 she operated in the Caribbean and then in European waters for NATO exercises. In both 1958 and 1959, Robert K. Huntington made 6-month Mediterranean deployments, while she spent most of 1960 undergoing a fleet rehabilitation and modernization (FRAM) overhaul and conversion. Emerging from the shipyard, the "new" destroyer steamed to her new home port, Mayport, Florida and through 1961 operated off the U.S. east coast and in the Caribbean.

Employed in ASW exercises off the east coast during the first half of 1962, Robert K. Huntington deployed to the Mediterranean 3 August, and operated in the Black Sea 3 to 12 October. She returned to Mayport 3 March 1963 and spent much of the rest of that year in the Caribbean. For the next 4 years she operated off the east coast, in the Caribbean, and in the Mediterranean. In late 1967, she deployed to the Mediterranean as part of a hunter-killer force. She returned to Mayport 16 December 1967.

In early 1968 Robert K. Huntington continued to operate off the east coast and in the Caribbean until transferring to the Pacific Fleet. In October she deployed to the Far East for six months, operating off Vietnam. She returned to Mayport on 17 April 1969 and remained in-port undergoing minor repairs until July 1969.

In July 1969, Robert K. Huntington received a new assignment and a new home port. Operating out of Bayonne, New Jersey she was active in the Atlantic and Caribbean with the Reserve program until October 1973. At that time, as a result of a survey, she was found to be unfit for further service and was decommissioned 31 October at Newport, Rhode Island Robert K. Huntington was stricken from the Navy List on the same day and sold to the Venezuelan Navy in which she was renamed Falcon.

Robert K. Huntington earned two battle stars for Vietnam service.

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Anthony Colby

Anthony Colby (November 13, 1792 –July 20, 1873) was an American businessman and politician from New London, New Hampshire. He owned and operated a grist mill and a stage line, and served as the 20th Governor of New Hampshire from 1846 to 1847.

Biography
Colby was born in New London, New Hampshire, on November 13, 1792. His was educated locally and became a successful business owner and operator, with his ventures including a stagecoach line, gristmill, and factory for producing scythes.

He was also active in the militia, serving as an ensign during the War of 1812, and attaining the rank of major general in 1837.

Colby entered politics as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, serving from 1828 to 1832 and 1837 to 1839. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Congress in 1833 and 1835, and ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1843, 1844 and 1845.

In 1846, Colby ran for governor as the Whig nominee. He originally placed second to Democrat Jared W. Williams, receiving 32% of the vote to Williams's 48%. However, the state constitution imposed a majority-vote requirement in gubernatorial elections, so the failure of any candidate in the race to win a majority threw the election to the General Court. A Whig–Liberty Party–Independent Democrat coalition, led by Independent Democrat John P. Hale, won control of the state government and elected Colby as Governor over Williams. Colby served from June 4, 1846, to June 3, 1847. He ran unsuccessfully for re-election in 1847, in which he lost to Williams.

After leaving the governorship, Colby remained active in business, the military and politics. He served again in the New Hampshire House from 1860 to 1861, and during the American Civil War served as Adjutant General of the New Hamspshire Militia from 1861 to 1863. He then became provost marshal of the militia, with his son Daniel succeeding him as adjutant general.

Colby was interested in higher education. He was a trustee of Dartmouth College from 1850 to 1870, and received an honorary Master of Arts from Dartmouth in 1850. He was also the founder of Colby Academy, which through expansions and mergers is now known as Colby-Sawyer College.

Colby died in New London on July 20, 1873, and was buried in New London's Old Main Street Cemetery.

Colby's papers are held at Colby-Sawyer College.

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Category:Airports in Cambodia

This category is for airports in Cambodia.

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User talk:Seishiro Mixenex

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Hello there. Nice to see a person find thier niche in wikipedia and start contributing right away. Concerning soem of your recent edits, however, may I ask that you desist to an extent..? In any character's given article, four quotes is enough, and any more is quite excessive. If you wish to Contribute vast amounts of quotes dedicated to KOF, may I suggest you move them to Wikiquote..? Before your arrival, we had a irritating situation regarding the addition of to many quotes (among other things) in the King of Fightes articles. I hope very much to avoid a similar situation. (see here) -ZeroTalk 22:09, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

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Pat Kelly (catcher)

Dale Patrick Kelly (born August 27, 1955) is an American former professional baseball catcher and current coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays.

Career
Drafted in the third round of 1973 amateur draft, his career in the majors consisted of three games. Kelly made his MLB debut with the Toronto Blue Jays on May 28, 1980, and played his final game six days later. In seven at-bats, he had two hits, for a .286 batting average, with no home runs or RBIs. Kelly batted and threw right-handed.

On July 3, 2007, Kelly replaced Bucky Dent as the Cincinnati Reds bench coach on an interim basis.

On June 5, 2008, Kelly's son Casey was the 30th selection of the first round, by the Boston Red Sox in the MLB's First Year Player Draft. Pat's older son, Chris, played in the Tampa Bay Rays farm system.

In January 2014, Kelly replaced Ken Griffey Sr. as the manager of the Reds' Single High-Class A California League affiliate in Bakersfield, California. Kelly had managed the Reds' Rookie League team in Billings, Montana in 2013.

In December 2014, Kelly was named manager of the Reds' Double-A affiliate, the Pensacola Blue Wahoos. On April 18, 2018, Kelly once again became the interim bench coach for the Reds.

In January 2019, Kelly was named manager of the Reds' Double-A affiliate, the Chattanooga Lookouts. He was named the manager of the Louisville Bats prior to the 2020 season.

Winter ball
In between, Kelly played winter ball with the Cardenales de Lara club of the Venezuelan League in the 1977–1978 season, and also managed the Indios de Mayagüez of Puerto Rico to the 1992 Caribbean Series championship title. He also played for the Bradenton Explorers of the Senior Professional Baseball Association in its 1989 inaugural season.

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All India Forward Bloc (Ramayan Singh)

All India Forward Bloc (Ramayan Singh) was a political party in India. Ramayan Singh, an All India Forward Bloc leader from Bihar, had been expelled from AIFB in 1978. In May 1979 he regrouped his followers at a meeting in Delhi and constituted a parallel AIFB. Singh's party adopted the tricolour with a tiger as their flag, identical to the flag of the Indian National Army.

In the 1982 West Bengal assembly elections, Singh's party supported the Indian National Congress. Singh's party didn't win any seats.

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Current Status
Trying to learn Latin

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Shen Zhu

Shen Zhu or God Pig, sometimes known as Holy pig, are pigs that have been chronically fattened for use in Hakka religious and cultural ceremonies, such as the Yimin Festival and the Lunar New Year celebration in Sanxia, northern Taiwan. Pigs are fattened in a process similar to gavage to make them as large as possible in preparation for contests and awards at the festival. The heaviest pig is declared the winner and the owner may receive a prize. The winning pig and other pigs entered into the contest are ritually killed as a sacrifice to the City God or a local deity, one popular temple that continues this tradition is Changfu Temple which is dedicated to the deified Buddhist monk Master Qingshui. However, contrary to popular belief, the pig is not sacrificed to Master Qingshui, but to the mountain deities.

After being sacrificed, the hair of the winning pig is removed or the bristles shaved into patterns, and the skin is stretched across a metal frame. Further decorations are added, such as placing a pineapple in the pig's mouth. The stretched skin, along with the carcasses or stretched skins of the other fattened pigs, are then paraded on a float. Many Holy pigs end up weighing over 800 kg, whereas a normal pig would weigh only 120 kg.

In urban areas with no access to farms housing such large animals, or places where objections based on cruelty to the pigs have been raised, the contests instead have become art projects for children to create decorated pig statues.

Controversy
The practice of feeding the pigs to become so heavy has been criticized as inhumane, partly because the great weights limit the pig's movements and strains their internal organs.

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Terry Lundgren

Terrence James Lundgren (born March 23, 1952) is an American business executive who retired on January 31, 2018, as executive chairman of Macy's, Inc. the parent company of fashion retailers Macy's, Bloomingdale's and Bluemercury. He had served for 14 years as chairman and chief executive officer of Macy's, Inc., becoming the company's executive chairman in 2017. He was named an executive in residence at Columbia Business School in 2017.

Early life
Born in Long Beach, California, Lundgren was one of six children. He was the only member of the six that went to college because of his parents' limited financial capacity. His parents stopped paying for his tuition, seeing Lundgren did not have good grades. In response, Lundgren "found a job at a local restaurant in Tucson, where he was responsible for cracking oysters and peeling shrimp." He was eventually "promoted to a waiter, then the head waiter, and then the head manager of the restaurant." Through his job, he was able to graduate from the University of Arizona.

Career
After graduating from the University of Arizona in 1974, he joined Federated Department Stores, Inc. (known as Macy's, Inc. since 2007) and rose quickly to lead the upscale specialty Bullocks Wilshire division in Los Angeles at age 35. He served as CEO of Neiman Marcus before returning to Federated in 1994.

Through his career at Macy's, Lundgren is credited with being an innovator in merchandising, branding and localization. He was instrumental in developing the company's private brands of merchandise and led the 2005 merger of Federated and May Department Stores Company, creating one of the largest retailers in the world, with more than 800 U.S. stores and 2008 net sales of US$24.9 billion. The May Company acquisition allowed Macy's to become a truly nationwide retailing brand for the first time.

Under Lundgren, Macy's implemented a successful "My Macy's", localization initiative in spring 2008 to tailor a portion of every store's assortment to local tastes and color. The company reported that of its top 15 best-performing geographic markets in the key holiday selling month of December 2008, 13 were My Macy's pilot districts. The My Macy's organizational model was then rolled out across the U.S. in 2009 and became a Harvard Business School case study for successful localization within a national retailing model.

Lundgren also led Macy's significant investments in ecommerce and mobile shopping, which led it to become one of the largest online retailers in America. Under Lundgren, Macy's, Inc. acquired beauty retailer Bluemercury in 2015.

Lundgren has been awarded numerous honors. In 2008, he received the Gold Medal Award from the National Retail Federation, considered the retailing industry's pre-eminent honor. In spring 2008, he was presented with Carnegie Hall's third annual Medal of Excellence for outstanding philanthropic leadership in the arts. The gala held in Lundgren's honor raised $4.2 million for Carnegie Hall.

Lundgren was named one of the Top 30 CEOs in the world by Barron's in 2015. He was Women's Wear Daily's "Newsmaker of the Year" in 2014 and is the recipient of the Deming Cup by Columbia Business School for distinction in leading continuous improvement.

Lundgren is very active in the community; he is a trustee of Carnegie Hall and served as commissioner on Women's Economic Development by appointment of the mayor of New York. Also, at the request of NYC Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg he served as one of the industry chairs of Fashion.NYC.2020, which looked at the future of NYC's fashion industry and made recommendations for actionable steps the NYC government could take to promote NYC's fashion industry

He has been presented with numerous business recognition awards and has served as dinner chairman or as honoree for numerous retail industry organizations and charities, including Carnegie Hall, MoMA, BRAG, the Fresh Air Fund, American Jewish Council, Breast Cancer Awareness, NOW Legal Defense, Parsons School, Fashion Institute of Technology and the Ovarian Cancer Society. Lundgren is a former board member of The New York City Partnership and United Way of New York City, in addition to participating in numerous other charitable and civic efforts. He served for two terms as chairman of the National Minority Supplier Development Council, and was co-chair of the American Heart Association's CEO Roundtable.

Lundgren currently serves on the board of directors of the Procter & Gamble Company and previously was a board member of Kraft Foods Inc. He formerly chaired the Economic Club of New York and served on the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He also served twice (from 2010 to 2013 and again from 2017 to 2018) as chairman of the National Retail Federation, the retail industry's primary trade association.

Personal life
Lundgren was married to Nancy Cross until their divorce; he has two daughters from this marriage. Lundgren married Tina Stephan in 2005.

Lundgren is also the namesake of the Terry J. Lundgren Center for Retailing at the University of Arizona, where he is also an alumnus, having graduated in 1974 with a bachelor's degree. In 2000, Lundgren was awarded an honorary doctorate and delivered the university's commencement address.

Professional history

 * Federated Department Stores: Bullock's division, 1975–1987
 * Bullocks Wilshire: 1987–1988, president
 * Neiman Marcus: 1988–1994, EVP, then chairman/CEO
 * Federated Merchandising Group: 1994–1997, chairman/CEO
 * Macy's, Inc. (called Federated Department Stores, Inc. prior to June 1, 2007):
 * 1997–2003 President and chief merchandising officer
 * 2003–2004 President and chief executive officer
 * 2004–2014 Chairman, president and CEO
 * 2014–2017 Chairman and CEO
 * 2017–2018 Executive chairman (retired January 31, 2018)

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Talk:Mufaddaliyat

This is a version of the 1911 EB text, placed here until it can be edited properly. Scans of the paper copy for reference can be found here: page 1, page 2 (about 2MB ea).

The Mofaddaliyat, strictly Mufaddaliyat, (Ar. "The Examination of al-Mufaddal") is an anthology of ancient Arabic poems, which derives its name from al-Mufaddal, son of Muhammed, son of Yal, a member of the tribe of Dabba, who compiled it some time between 762 and 784 CE in the latter of which years he died. It contains 126 poems, some complete odes, others fragmentary. They are all of the Golden Age of Arabic poetry (500—650) and are the best collection of poems of that period by different authors. There are 67 authors, two of them Christian. The oldest poems in the collection date from about 500 CE. The collection is a valuable source concerning pre-Islamic Arab life.

Al-Mufaddal was a contemporary of Hammad Ar-Rawiya and Khalaf al-Ahmar, the famous collectors of ancient Arab poetry and tradition, and was somewhat the junior of Abu 'Amr ibn al-'Ala, the first scholar who systematically set himself to preserve the poetic literature of the Arabs. He died about fifty years before Abu Ubaida and al-Asma'i, to whose labors posterity is largely indebted for the arrangement, elucidation and criticism of ancient Arabian verse; and his anthology was put together between fifty and sixty years before the compilation by Abu Tammam of the Hamasah.

Al-Mufaddal was a careful and trustworthy collector both of texts and traditions, and is praised by all authorities on Arabian history and literature as in this respect greatly the superior of Hammad and Khalaf, who are accused (especially the latter) of unscrupulous fabrication of poems in the style of the ancients. He was a native of Kufah, the northernmost of the two great military colonies founded in 638 by the caliph Umar for the control of the wide Mesopotamian plain. In Kufah and Basra were gathered representatives of all the Arabian tribes who formed the fighting force of the Islamic Empire, and from these al-Mufaddal was able to collect and record the compositions of the poets who had celebrated the fortunes and exploits of their forefathers. He, no doubt, like al-Asma'i and Abu Ubaida, also himself visited the areas occupied by the tribes for their camping grounds in the neighboring desert; and adjacent to Kufah was al-Hira (modern al-Kufah), the ancient capital of the Lakhmid kings, whose court was the most celebrated center in pre-Islamic Arabia, where, in the century before the preaching of the Prophet, poets from the whole of the northern half of the peninsula were wont to assemble. There is indeed a tradition that a written collection (diwan) existed in the family of Nu'man ibn al-Mundhir, the last Lakhmid king, containing a number of poems by the fusul, or most eminent poets of the pagan time, and especially by those who had praised the princes of the house, and that this collection passed into the possession of the Omayyad caliphs of the house of Marwan; to this, if the tradition is to be believed, al-Mufaddal probably had access.

The date of al-Mufaddal's birth is unknown; but he lived for many years under the caliphs of the Omayyad line until their overthrow by the Abbasids in 749. In 762 he took part in the rising led by Ibrahim ibn Abdallah, the Alid, called "The Pure Soul", against the caliph al-Mansur, and after the defeat and death of Ibrahim was cast into prison. Al-Mansur, however, pardoned him on the intercession of his fellow tribesman Musayyab ibn Zuhai of Dabba, and appointed him the instructor in literature of his son, afterwards the caliph al-Mahdi. It was for this prince that, at al-Mansur's instigation, al-Mufaddal compiled the Mufaddaliyat.

The collection, in its present form, contains 126 pieces of verse, long and short; that is the number included in the recension of al-Anbari, who had the text from al Ikrima of Dabba, who read it with Ibn al-Arbi, the stepson and inheritor of the tradition of al-Mufaddal. We know from the Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim (988 CE) that in his time 128 pieces were counted in the book; and this number agrees with that contained in the Vienna manuscript, which gives an additional poem, besides those annotated by al-Anbari, to al-Muraqqish the Elder, and adds at the end a poem by al-Harith ibn Hilliza. The Fihrist states (p. 68) that some scholars included more and others fewer poems, while the order of the poems in the several recensions differed; but the correct text, the author says, is that handed down through Ibn al-Anbari. It is noticeable that this traditional text, and the accompanying scholia, as represented by al-Anbari's recension, are wholly due to the scholars of Kufah, to which place al-Mufaddal himself belonged.

The rival school of Basra, on the other hand, has given currency to a story that the original collection made by al-Mufaddal included a much smaller number of poems. The Berlin manuscript of Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Marzuqi's commentary states that the number was thirty, but a better reading of the passage, found elsewhere, mentions eighty; and that al-Asma'i and his school added to this nucleus poems which increased the number to a hundred and twenty. It is curious that this tradition is ascribed by al-Marzuqi and his teacher Abu Ali al-Frisi to al Ikrima of Dabba, who is represented by al-Anbari as the transmitter of the correct text from Ibn al-Arbi. There is no mention of it in al-Anbari's work, and it is in itself somewhat improbable, as in the time of al-Asma'i schools of Kufah and Basra were in sharp opposition one to the other, and Ibn al-Arbi in particular was in the habit of censuring the interpretations of al-Asma'i the ancient poems. It is scarcely likely that he would have accepted his rivals additions to the work of his step-father, and have handed them on to al Ikrima with his annotations.

The collection is one of the highest importance as a record of the thought and poetic art of Arabia during the time immediately preceding the appearance of the Prophet. Not more than five or six of the 126 poems appear to have been composed by poets who had been born in Islam. The great majority of the authors belonged to the days of the Ignorance, and though a certain number (e.g. Mutammim ibn Nuwayrah, Rabia ibn Muhalhil, Abda ibn at-Tabib and Abu Dhu'ayb), born in paganism, accepted Islam, their work bears few marks of the new faith. The ancient virtues of hospitality to the guest and the poor, profuse expenditure of wealth, valour in battle, faithfulness to the cause of the tribeare the themes of praise; wine and the game of Inaisir, forbidden by Islam, are celebrated by poets who professed themselves converts; and if there is no mention of the old idolatry, there is also little spirituality in the outlook on life. The 126 pieces are distributed between 68 poets, and the work represents a gathering from the compositions of those who were called al-Muqilln, authors of whom little has survived, in contrast to the famous poets whose works had been collected into diwans. At the same time many of them are extremely celebrated, and among the pieces selected by al-Mufaddal several reach a very high level of excellence. Such are the two long poems of Alqama ibn Abada (Nos. 119 and 120), the three odes by Mutammim ibn Nuwayrah (Nos. 9, 67, 68), the splendid poem of Salama ibn Jandal (No. 22), the beautiful nasrb of al-Shanfara (No. 20), and the death-song of Abu-Yaghuth (No. 30). One of the most admirable and famous is the last of the series (No. 126), the long elegy by Abu Dhu'ayb of Hudhail on the death of his sons; almost every verse of this poem is cited in illustration of some phrase or meaning of a word in the national lexicons. Only one of the poets of the Mu'allaqat, al-Harith ibn Hilliza, is represented in the collection. Of others (such as Bishr ibn Abi Khazim, al-I,Iadira, Amir ibn al-Tufail, Alqamah ibn Abadah, al-Muraqqish, Ta'abbata Sharran and Abu Dhu'ayb) diwans or bodies of collected poems exist, but it is doubtful how far these had been brought together when al-Mufaddal made in the dhail or supplement to the Amtl of al-Qgli.

his compilation.

An interesting feature of the work is the treatment in it of the two poets of the Bakr bin Wa'il tribe, uncle and nephew, called al-Muraqqish, who are perhaps the most ancient in the collection. The elder Muraqqish was the great-uncle of Tarafa of Bakr, the author of the Mu'allaqat, and took part in the long warfare between the sister tribes of Bakr and Taghlib, called the war of Basfls, which began about the end of the 5th century CE. Al-Mufaddal has included ten pieces (Nos. 4554) by him in the collection, which are chiefly interesting from an antiquarian point of view. One, in particular (No. 54), presents a very archaic appearance. It is probable that the compiler set down all he could gather of this ancient author, and that his interest in him was chiefly due to his antiquity. Of the younger Muraqqish, uncle of Tarafa, there are five pieces (Nos. 5559). The only other authors of whom more than three poems are cited are Bishr ibn Abu Hazim of Asad (Nos. 9699) and Rabia ibn Maqrum of Dabba (Nos. 38, 39, 43 and 113).

The Mufaddaliyat differs from the Hamasah in being a collection of complete odes (qaidas), while the latter is an anthology of brilliant passages specially selected for their interest or effectiveness, all that is prosaic or less striking being pruned away. It is of course not the case that all the poems of al-Mufaddal's collection are complete. Many are mere fragments, and even in the longest there are often lacunae; but the compiler evidently set down all that he could collect of a poem from the memory of the rwis, and did not, like Abu Tammam, choose only the best portions. We are thus presented with a view of the literature of the age which is much more characteristic and comprehensive than that given by the brilliant poet to whom we owe the Ifamdsa, and enables us to form a better judgment on the general level of poetic achievement.

The Mufaddaliyat is not well represented by manuscripts in the libraries of the West. There is an imperfect copy of the recension of al-Marzuqi (died 1030), with his commentary, in the Berlin collection. A very ancient fragment (dated 1080) of al-Anbari's recension, containing five poems in whole or part, is in the Royal Library at Leipzig. In the British Museum there is a copy made about a century ago for C. J. Rich at Bagdad of a manuscript with brief glosses; and at Vienna there is a modern copy of a manuscript of which the original is at Constantinople, the glosses in which are taken from al-Anbari, thotigh the author had access also to al-Marzuqi. In the mosque libraries at Constantinople there are at least five manuscripts; and at Cairo there is a modern copy of one of these, containing the whole of al-Anbari's commentary. In America there are at Yale University a modern copy of the same recension, taken from the same original as the Cairo copy, and a manuscript of Persian origin, dated 1657, presenting a text identical with the Vienna codex. Quite recently a very interesting manuscript, probably of the 6th century of the Hegira, but not dated, has come to light. It purports to be the second part of a combination of two anthologies, the Mufaddaliyt of al-Mufaddal and the A~maiyt of al-Asma'i, but contains many more poems than are in either of these collections as found elsewhere. The commentary appears to be eclectic, drawn partly (perhaps chiefly) from Ibn as-Sikkit (died 858), and partly from Abu-Jafar Abmad ibn Ubaid ibn Nasih, one of al-Anbari's sources and a pupil of Ibn al-Arabi; and the compilation seems to be older in date than al-Anbari, since its glosses are often quoted by him without any name being mentioned. This manuscript (which is the property of Mr F. Krenkow of Leicester) appears to represent one of the recensions mentioned by Mubammad an-Nadim in the Fihrist (p. 68), to which reference has been made above.

In 1885 Professor Heinrich Thorbecke began an edition of the text based on the Berlin codex, but only the first fasciculus, containing forty-two poems, had appeared when his work was cut short by death. In 1891 the first volume of an edition of the text, with a short commentary taken from al-Anbari, was printed at Constantinople. In 1906 an edition of the whole text, with short glosses taken from al-Anbari's commentary, was published at Cairo by Abu Bakr b. Omar Daghistani al-Madani; this follows generally the Cairo codex above mentioned, but has profited by the scholarship of Professor Thorbecke's edition of the first half of the work. A complete edition of al-Anbri's text and commentary, with a translation of the poems, undertaken by Sir C. J. Lyall.

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It was an error to change the name of this page to Mufaddaaliyyat. It is not the second "a" which is long but the third. So it should either be "Mufaddaliyyaat" or "Mufaddaliyyat" or simply "Mufaddaliyat". Which of these doesn't matter, so long as the second "a" isn't double. It isn't usual to put "aa". The entries Mu'allaqat, Quran, Salman of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Abu Nuwas, Omar Khayyam, Islam and so on do not use it. (Do any articles do so?) Also I don't think there's any need to italicise the title, since Mu'allaqat isn't italicised. Kanjuzi (talk) 11:05, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

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Charles Pickard Ware

Charles Pickard Ware (c. 1840–1921), was an American educator and music transcriber. An abolitionist, he served as a civilian administrator in the Union Army, where he was a labor superintendent of freedmen on plantations at Port Royal, South Carolina, during the American Civil War. This included Seaside Plantation. It is here that he transcribed many slave songs with tunes and lyrics, later published in Slave Songs of the United States, which he edited with William Francis Allen and Lucy McKim Garrison. It was the first published collection of American folk music.

Ware was also an educator in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Norman Rush

Norman Rush (born October 24, 1933) is an American writer most of whose introspective novels and short stories are set in Botswana in the 1980s. He won the U.S. National Book Award and the 1992 Irish Times/Aer Lingus International Fiction Prize for his novel Mating.

Life and career
Rush was born in San Francisco and raised in Oakland, the son of Roger and Leslie (Chesse) Rush. He graduated from Swarthmore College in 1956. During the Korean War, he was sentenced to two years incarceration for his status as a conscientious objector to the war, but was released on parole after nine months. After working for fifteen years as a book dealer, he changed careers to become a teacher and found he had more time to write. He submitted a short story about his teaching experiences to The New Yorker, which was published in 1978.

Rush and his wife Elsa were co-directors of the Peace Corps in Botswana from 1978 to 1983, which provided material for his short story collection Whites (1986). Whites was a finalist for the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His Botswana experience also served as the setting for his novels Mating (1991) and Mortals (2003).

Rush lives with his wife, Elsa, in Rockland County, New York, in a farmhouse which they have shared since 1961, located on High Tor Mountain.

Rush's third novel, Subtle Bodies, was published in September 2013.

Published works

 * Whites, short stories Alfred A. Knopf, 1986, ISBN 978-0-394-54471-7 — finalist for the  Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
 * Mating, Knopf, 1991, ISBN 978-0-394-54472-4 — winner of the National Book Award for Fiction
 * Mortals, a novel Knopf, 2003, ISBN 978-0-679-40622-8.
 * Subtle Bodies, a novel, Knopf, 2013, ISBN 978-1-4000-4250-0.

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Talk:Kingdom of Lovely

Merge How to Start Your Own Country into Lovely (micronation) ?
The article of the TV series is a bit short. Anything that could be expanded on the series has probably already been said in the article on Lovely.

What do you all think? --Billpg 20:43, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I'd prefer to keep them seperate. It's, erm, lovely to see that Lovely has been developed, but I think it's important to keep the programme as a seperate article. It can eaily be expanded to include brief episode summaries (where Danny went, who he met, etc...). Some of it might have to be stolen/borrowed fron Lovely, but there's a lot of elements about the programme that need to be discussed (the death row episode, for example). Plus, there's categorisation to think about... The JPS 20:53, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

 * This article was originally an offshoot of the TV series article and people have been paying more attention to this one. I agree with above reply, I think there is enough stuff for a seperate article on the series, like the content of each episode, etc. --Jeffthejiff | Talk 08:04, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

 * either a SERIOUS clean-up is needed or a merging. I say merging. (JS) 213.107.255.247 10:12, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Specifically which aspects would you like cleaning up? It really bugs me when anon users turn up and give vague criticism like this, without any intention of working on it themselves. The JPS 11:01, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

Looks like the discussion has dried up and the consensus is against. Is there a protocol to removing the merge tags? --Billpg 20:24, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah, might as well. It's been there long enough, and, as you say, a consensus has been reached. The tag's got to go sometime! The JPS 20:32, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Infobox
In common with the other micronation articles, I've added an Infobox, following the template used by Sealand. Could someone who knows please feel in the details I've TODO'd please?

In a technical note, what territory does King Danny claim? In particular, does he claim the land on which his block of flat sits? --Billpg 00:02, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

 * I've added the motto but, as far as I know, the anthem doesn't have a title. Danny claims just his own flat, not the rest of the block or the land it sits on. --Hitchhiker89 15:07, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Hope you all don't mind, but I'm using this page as a test-bed for Template:Infobox micronation. If the experiment fails and the original infobox is reverted, remember to paste the anthem's composer and any other edits made since. I'd also appreciate your thoughts of the template on the template's talk page. Thanks. --Billpg 22:53, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

Category and userbox
I've created a new category, Citizens of Lovely, and userbox,  for Wikipedians who are citizens. Feel free to add yourself. --Hitchhiker89 16:08, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Constutional monarchy?
A section of the constiution reads:

"None of the above should be taken to imply any restriction on the King’s power to conduct affairs solely in the light of his own incontrovertible wisdom."

Does that not make him a benevolent absolute monarch?

 * I wrote that into the infobox because Lovely has both a king and a constitution, but mostly beause that's what Sealand had, from where I copied the original infobox. --Billpg 23:29, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

 * I find the story of such entities as Sealand and Hutt River Province quite liberating. It's always nice to see the small guy take on big brother and try for a taste of freedom (same goes for Radio Caroline and the other radio ships). What I don't understand, however, is why these people always set themselves up as monarchs, kings and princes?! Can anyone enlighten me as to why this might be? --kingboyk 20:31, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

 * They dont always set themselves up as kings and princes however the implication of being a president means that you either have to be elected or be a dictator. The thing with most micronationalists is that they dont want to have to be elected leader of their own nation. The thing about being King is that it guarantees that unless you abdicate or close down your nation, you remain the leader. Thats why there are less republican micronations around, however there are republican micronations out there. Izax143 11:56, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
 * But it's that which really turns me off, I'm afraid: Kings, princes, principalities, etc. Seems to be terribly vain.
 * On a more serious note, I have plonked a load of maintenance templates onto the article. It doesn't cite sources, it has too many external links, it's written in a friendly/fan tone not an enyclopedic tone, and it doesn't really demonstrate notability (although I think this entity probably is notable). --kingboyk 15:21, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Citizenship
Citizenship usually brings with it a right of entry and right of abode. If I sign up, can I go live in Danny's flat? :) --kingboyk 03:54, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Does it? I am an English citizen, but if I am on English land owned by someone else, they have the right to move me off. In Lovely, all the "land" is owned. (Leaving aside that Lovely only claims space, not land.) --Billpg 12:18, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Well our citizenship gives us the right of abode in the United Kingdom. It doesn't give me the right of abode in your house of course. In this instance, though, Lovely is Danny's house - but as you say, all the land is owned so I might have a right of abode and entry but I'd kicked out immediately for trespass. Tough one!
 * Or is it rather more conceptual - if I become a citizen, does my house secede to Lovely too? --kingboyk 20:28, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Citizens are encouraged to declare their house, or a room in it, as an embassy of Lovely (one of our slogans is "everyone is an ambassador"). Hitchhiker89 talk 10:19, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Elections
Where are the official results for the elections (both rounds)? Were these taken purely from counting votes in the thread or have they actually been posted somewhere? I've looked through the forums, the main site and even the Guardian Angel but nowhere can I find any results... Hitchhiker89 talk 14:33, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

There are only results in the public domain for round one. 84.67.28.162 20:57, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Barc0de
Why was this section removed out of interest? 84.67.28.162 20:57, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Coat of Arms
Guys, please tell me there's a better picture than that for the coat of arms... --Deville (Talk) 20:45, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Speaking of which, what's up with the (lack of) flag? --Billpg 21:50, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
 * IIRC, there was a flag pic but it got deleted because of copyrights. I'll look around and see if I can't find something --Deville (Talk) 00:41, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok, made the flag myself --Deville (Talk) 02:26, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Still no flag. Anyone know if it was taken off again? Spuddddddd —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.60.90.97 (talk) 00:37, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Foreign Minister
Yes, I am the Foreign Minister before anyone edits it.--Guydrury 20:01, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Removal of Gov. and Elections section
Why? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Guydrury (talk • contribs) 19:32, 17 July
 * Personally I think that was an excellent change. If you read the edit summary which went with it, (ample) justification was given: "removing government list. this isn't encyclopaedic nor referenced. it's just fun stuff from the forum. doesn't belong here. and too open to argument/vandalism too." I agree with that. It's fluid information, available to those who care through Lovely's official website(s) and not really desirable here, where it has been encouraging some argument. "It gets vandalised" is not a reason to keep something of Wikipedia, but combined with "it's of low value to anybody" and "it's available elsewhere"... the case is stronger. Also, it was unreferenced, which is against guidelines, and it was probably original research. See WP:NOR ("no original research" guide), WP:3RR (3 reverts rules), WP:VERIFY (verifiability rules) and WP:NOT ("what wikipedia is not" guide) for some guidelines... – Kieran T  ( talk  18:46, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

I can't argue...--Guydrury 18:45, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Somebody anonymous keeps putting this stuff back, with various personal comments (stuff like "Ellie does this") and with awful formatting. In the interests of keeping Wikipedia tidy, I'm going to wait a few hours until they've stopped fiddling, then remove it. Unless of course the person reads the edit summary where I drew their attention to this discussion, and perhaps explains here why they think this stuff is worth having. I'd like to emphasise that I don't have an axe to grind (as it happens, I'm a citizen so I'm positive towards the article in general; and I'm not involved in the fora, and have no personal interest in who thinks who is in the government.) In any case, I don't seem to be alone in thinking this stuff should go, if I'm reading the above comment correctly. We could have a poll... if only the anonymous editor would engage on here. – Kieran T  ( talk  22:42, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

 * More edits from the anon user, but still no engagement in the discussion, so section removed again. – Kieran T  ( talk  00:04, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Right you fool. This info is not readily avalible elesewhere, you know the content of citizensrequired.com. Is it just pure coincidence that you decide to remove these sections after you have lost your post as Foreign Minister? --Guydrury 06:48, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

 * First of all, Wikipedia is not the place for personal attacks. Keep that up and you'll be eligible for blocking. Seriously.

 * Secondly, as it happens I'm not that Kieran. Get your facts right. – Kieran T  ( talk  11:39, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

My apologies, just a little hacked off :(. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Guydrury (talk • contribs) 22:00, 22 July 2006

Then who the doodah are you if your not that Kieran....yet you know who he is??....

Bailiff! Valium!!

* runs off to Media Centre.* —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.105.211.1 (talk • contribs) 10:07, 6 August 2006
 * Hello. I'm just another Wikipedia editor, who happens to also be a Citizen. I am one of the majority of editors who is trying to make Wikipedia a respected, useful, and usable resource. Lovely is a real thing, which deserves an article, but the fine detail of Lovely politics and personalities would be much, much better placed on a special "Lovely Wiki". One of Danny's other projects, "Join Me" has one of its own, for example. – Kieran T  ( talk  09:55, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

If your a citizen, you are causing a few problems in the country because of your editing. Please could you return the details you have deleted and move everything to a special zone for Lovely, if that is your wish, that's fine by us, as long as whats gone returns. Lovely is meant to be a laugh, if we dont include the stuff about the drool etc, nobody reading it would understand any of it. We want it all back please. Now. Then, by the end of this week it will all be on a 'citie. Do that for us. and we'll be out of your hair. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.105.220.6 (talk • contribs) 00:03 (UTC), 7 August 2006

 * Hiya, and thanks for that (mostly) friendly response. (Friendly apart from the unneccessary threatening tone of "Now.") A few responses for you:
 * Anyone can "return the details" (though it should only be done if the consensus agreed here is that they should be returned.) Have a look at the "history" tab and you'll find every version of the page, ever. You can copy and paste the bits you need.
 * I presume, from the placement of your comment, that it's aimed at me. If so please note that I didn't do any of the recent deleting – most of that seems to have been done by an anonymous (not logged in) user as you can see from the history page. I always log in and don't sneak around. If your comment wasn't aimed at me, I apologise for misinterpreting it, but please make it clear who it is aimed at.
 * You mention a "special zone", but I don't know what you mean. In my previous comment I was referring to a separate Wiki, such as those available at wikia.com for example. Why? Because of the next point:
 * Finally, I know Lovely is a bit of a laugh. But Wikipedia isn't. It's trying to be a serious encyclopædia.

 * Thanks in advance for understanding what Wikipedia is, and what it is not. – Kieran T  ( talk  00:12, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

The Prime Minister
We will continue to use the name David Blunkett in the article, as that was the name he won the elction by. Considering he normally changes his name a few times a week, I think we will stick with this one. Guydrury 13:42, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Old links
I refer to links to sites that are currently closed and are not likely to re-open. We can either create a new section caled 'Archived/Inactive Sites', or remove the links all together? Guydrury 13:42, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

 * Nuke them in accordance with Wikipedia policy on external links. 62.30.164.158 13:55, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

 * Just a thought but shouldn't there be a link to what is commonly accepted as the current main Lovely site. Its a proboards site though so when I tried to add it it got rejected. Any way around this that anyone knows of? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.225.162.185 (talk • contribs) 19:23, 1 June 2007

 * If it can be established that it's really an official site for Lovely, it is probably appropriate. (Because the policy says: "Except for a link to a page that is the subject of the article or an official page of the article subject—and not prohibited by restrictions on linking—one should avoid: ... 10. ... discussion forums ...")
 * So the first step, before getting someone to circumvent the problem with Proboards, is to establish that it is official. Can you please provide a quote from anywhere official which says that it is? Cheers, – Kieran T  (' talk ') 21:31, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Regarding Government, Ministers etc.
If anyone else desires to make any further edits please discuss them here first. The exact wording of the Government section can be altered 'til the cows come home. Guydrury 21:16, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Heh. You can't force people to discuss first, and you can't stop them editing. Such is wiki. --kingboyk 15:12, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
 * He's not forcing he's asking politely. Such are manners.

Rename?
Should this be Lovely (micronation) or Kingdom of Lovely? The bold text in the lead and infobox use the latter name; either the article should be moved or that text changed to "Lovely". Which name would be closest to what the independent sources call this entity? --kingboyk 15:00, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Not really no as every real country on Wikipedia is just the common name (e.g The Kingdom of Spain is just Spain. AxG   ҈  ►  talk  15:02, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually you make a very good point there about the names of other micronation articles. We do indeed have articles on Spain not the Kingdom of..., the United Kingdom and not the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Would you care to fix the names of any other micronation articles which are over-lengthy per the precedent you have cited? --kingboyk 15:14, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
 * The country doesn't seem to officially use the term "Kingdom of Lovely". Unfortunately for our purposes, the constitution appears to have been written before the name of the country was chosen, and when announced, the name was given simply as "Lovely" (according to the episode of the How to Start Your Own Country TV programme in which it was covered). – Kieran T  (' talk ') 15:07, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Should the bold text be changed to Lovely then, with the Kingdom of... mentioned as an alternative name? --kingboyk 15:10, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Lovely Football Assosiation
"The LFA had died but was revived on 13 January 2007 by the current President Kris Mantle."

Is this true? If it is, does anyone know where further information can be found about it? I am unable to find any. I was part of Danvers Athletic, who won the Lovely Premier League in 05/06 and I just came across this, and was wondering why we hadn't heard about it!

88.106.196.72 19:36, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

WikiLinks
Is it necessary to make the word 'photograph' into a wikilink? Can't we assume that most people using a web browser are going to know what a photo is? 12.206.222.20 12:51, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Is it time for another AfD?
There are 9 Wikipedians who include User Lovely in their userboxes. Also, can we get this guy's flat's address. I would like to update the lat/long coordinates to five decimal places for those who wish to verify the existence of this landed micro-nation.--Straightpress 13:21, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I'd be very uneasy indeed about publishing this individual person's address, even given its special status. (Unless it's been published already, elsewhere, but I don't believe it has.) There appears to be a lot of animosity around the various internet fora regarding this place and we'd potentially be enabling some to be directed to him personally. I don't see that it adds anything to the article which the existing content doesn't (bearing in mind we have external links which provide contact details.) It's also quite a potential cleanup headache and Pandora's box, in the sense that once the info is published, it becomes hard to delete from the whole internet, even if deleted from WP by an admin.
 * Regarding the AfD: it's not something we should measure by userboxes, surely. There are a claimed circa 50,000 citizens; that makes the thing notable enough for an article regardless of how many Wikipedians take any interest. – Kieran T  (' talk ') 19:41, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Danny Wallace doesn't live in Lovely anymore
I can't verify this but trust me. I was at a book signing/reading with him yesterday in Bristol and he told me this was true. Don't delete it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by FreemDeem (talk • contribs) 16:26, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Furthermore, when Danny Wallace appeared on the BBC's "Friday Night With Jonathan Ross" TV show recently he said the same thing, that he'd moved out and left a newspaper article on a top shelf. 84.9.55.4 (talk) 08:40, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

 * Danny has moved out, and has said many times at book signings amongst other places, that he hopes that one day the new inhabitants will find the newspaper article. However, we can't really cite this as a verifiable reference from a reliable, preferably third-party source. So we need to find a journalist or some such person who's written that they've heard him say this, to be able to cite it as a reference. In the meantime, common sense prevailing, we should simply remove any comments about his living there, without adding hearsay in its place. – Kieran T  (' talk ') 19:39, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

Proposed merge
User:NE2 proposed a merge by adding a tag, which User:Ninetyone immediately removed. Given that there are absolutely no third-party reliable sources here, and it's mainly about what people are getting up to in forums and meets, I support the merge. When there are sources in there such as "Hitchhiker89 on the talk page" we know there is a problem. The JPS talk to me  18:49, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
 * It was a good hour and a half between addition and removal, some people rather have a habit of slapping a merge tag on a page and then walking away ;)

I'm sure there's plenty more out there. ninety:one  19:34, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Now:
 * Lovely featured in the Lonely Planet Guide to Micronations
 * http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/and-wallace-surveyed-his-kingdom-and-declared-it-to-be-lovely-505349.html
 * I agree that it's not a good idea to 'tag and run'. As the article stands, only the 'History' section is encyclopedic, and that can easily by merged with the main article. The other sections need to be supported by third party sources to establish notability. The sources you quote above are rather brief, and neither provide a source for much of the article. The JPS talk to me  21:22, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

 * Merge away. It is the (rather paltry) end result of a reality tv show, and miles away from Sealand-like notability.  One self-published travel guide and one offbeat teaser in a small UK newspaper is a bit lacking. Tarc (talk) 04:56, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I think it is notable because of the number of people who signed up to be citizens — it outnumbers a considerable number of other countries. But in terms of keeping Wikipedia neat, I've never thought there was a sufficiently clear distinction between the article on the country and the one on the series, so I too would support the merge — especially now that it is clear that momentum for attaining any further serious political recognition of the microstate has been lost. – Kieran T  (' talk ') 11:07, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * It's certainly not self-published! See Lonely Planet. But yeah, merger might well be for the best. ninety:one  14:13, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I support the merge, even if the micronation is notable on its own it makes sense to set it within the context of the TV program. I've added a merge template to the program's article as there wasn't one there before. Smartse (talk) 00:18, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Done. --Billpg (talk) 23:02, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

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