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Wikipedia talk:Tools/Navigation popups

This page is for discussing Navigation popups and reporting bugs you encounter with it. Please be aware that the original author of Popups (Lupin) is no longer active on Wikipedia. All issues are handled at the discretion of other experienced editors. Note that this project has an associated Phabricator project where implementation-related discussion happens.

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Hint/tooltip glitches
Good day,

The altering of the action object property in the getPrintFunction function, in these two cases (lines 5679 and 5688): and its use for retreiving the i18n tooltip in the wikiLink function (line 6174): result in tooltips with url code between the action term and 'Hint', like: un |watch for any watch/unwatch, and delete for images (hover to see). I guess the altering of action needs to be moved to the switch statement in the wikiLink function (starting at line 6178).

Another one is email user – the i18n key 'EmailuserHint' (line 7049) needs a capital U.

With kind regards — Mar(c). 12:20, 7 January 2019 ( U T  C )

IPv6 /64 ranges
It would be useful if links for IPv6 addresses (in contributions and watchlists), when moused over, could have an option to produce a list of contributions for the /64 range to which the address belongs instead of just the specific /128 address.

One way to do this would be by splitting the link into two pieces, like this:
 * 2A02:C7F:202:7500:14B3:9AA7:46A3:B9E0

When you mouse over the left side, you should get the contribs for the 2A02:C7F:202:7500::0/64 range (which currently doesn't work). When you mouse over the right side, you get the contribs for just the specific 2A02:C7F:202:7500:14B3:9AA7:46A3:B9E0/128 address.

Navigation popup in visual diff
Since some weeks in german WP the visual diff view is active. But there the navigation popups dont work. They works only if I switch to the old wikitext mode. Is there a bug, or must I do some settings? Technical (I am web developer): It seems to me, there exists no event listeners for mouse movement.--Hlambert63 (talk) 17:42, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

 * It’s not implemented. Patches welcome —Th e DJ (talk • contribs) 18:09, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I think it should be implemented in visual diffs, not NavPopups, so I reported it at T335199. —Tacsipacsi (talk) 16:28, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * @Tacsipacsi Yes, I would think so.
 * BTW: Today in 2 Diffs it worked, but at other didnt work. Dont know why.--Hlambert63 (talk) 14:13, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
 * It might be a race condition: if the visual diff loads first, by the time NavPopups loads, the diff is there and therefore the popups are added; however, if NavPopups loads first, it doesn’t find the visual diff on load, and later it doesn’t check it again (due to visual diffs not notifying it by firing the hook). —Tacsipacsi (talk) 00:43, 23 April 2023 (UTC)
 * @Tacsipacsi When the timing is the reason: Is it possible to load or re-ping / restart the NavPopups later in my Users common.js? (currently I activated it via a checkbox in my Settings)
 * At the console I saw, my common.js is called late, and if its too early, I'll find a way to defer a subfunction for a few seconds. Hlambert63 (talk) 18:16, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
 * @Tacsipacsi I meant, not I will find a way, but I could find a way for this, but I dont know, what function I must call to reload or restart NavPopups to re-establish the mouse-event-listeners.--Hlambert63 (talk) 13:19, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

I have found a 2nd bug: In Visual Diff the links to references leads to the article diff, I'd expect a link to the ref in ref-section (but it may be a collision with other popup-tools / -settings! – sorry *streichel* – I know a bulk of incoming bugs! ;-) )--Hlambert63 (talk) 18:04, 4 June 2023 (UTC)

Revisit a popup
I'm delighted with what appears when I hover over a link. However, when I hover over the same link again later, I sometimes see just the article title and no content. It happens mainly (perhaps exclusively) when I hover over a redirect then slide the pointer onto the target to see the start of the target article. Do other users also see this? If so, would it be easy to change the behaviour so the start of the article text appears again? Certes (talk) 19:35, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I can reproduce that bug. For example: The WP:POPFAQ link initially shows the redirect-target's content, but the 2nd mouseover doesn't. Quiddity (talk) 22:09, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I found that using the "popups / reset" function will restore the initial behaviour. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 01:15, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the tip. I've done that successfully, so this is not urgent missing functionality, purely a convenience issue of not having to click Reset. Certes (talk) 07:58, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
 * https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T348606 Jidanni (talk) 09:30, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

Opening text not appearing in popups for some articles
There are articles such as Lebanon and Economy of Lebanon for which the opening text doesn't appear under the metadata in the popup as it does for most articles. Is it some template placed in front of the lead that's causing this? Largoplazo (talk) 03:30, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I suspect that happens when articles have an extraordinary long infobox, and popups doesn't get to the beginning of the prose. Same thing happens at United States. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 04:34, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Infoboxes generally have a table class parameter matching ; could the parser see that and skip the table?  Orange Suede Sofa  (talk) 05:50, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
 * No. Popups has it's own preview system based on full wikitext of the article. It doesn't actually render any of the wikitext. The extract/abstract have to be within the first 10k characters. And in this case the infobox is... well... quite long ;). The text ends with "ethnic_groups" parameter at the moment. Nux (talk) 21:34, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Infoboxes, including long ones, being a reality, I wonder whether the popup code could be modified to skip it rather than counting on there to be plain text within the first 10K characters. Largoplazo (talk) 21:53, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I think the easiest fix would be to modify an option for yourself(s): `window.popupMaxPreviewCharacters = 8000;`. Popups takes double that to generate a preview.
 * I guess that the preview could be optimized by doing a quick search for multiline templates on top and removing them before doing anything else... Would not be easy though. Would require testing on slow PC to see if using a simple template parser would be fast enough. I mean I have something like that, but not sure if that would be faster then the killer function in Popups (probably more accurate, but might not be faster). Nux (talk) 21:55, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
 * A modern version of Popups that augments the software's built-in preview function (which is able to deal with Economy of Lebanon) by all of the nice links we use and love it for would be really nice. —Kusma (talk) 22:05, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
 * @Kusma the new core preview function has it's own problems. Doesn't even try to handle anything outside the main namespace... And sometimes doesn't even handle main namespace (T346686, T272394). Nux (talk) 22:12, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Do you know what “doesn't even try to handle anything outside the main namespace” means? Does the backend it uses provide no information on non-mainspace pages, or does just the frontend not query that information? If the latter, that wouldn’t affect NavPopups. For the mainspace bugs, the current preview could be kept as a backup, especially as the new “core” preview function is actually not MediaWiki core, but an extension, so third-party users of NavPopups may not have it. —Tacsipacsi (talk) 07:26, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
 * @Tacsipacsi it's by design. I did some tests recently (due to some bugs in the pagepreviews) and when you move an article from the main namespace to the user namespace the API will no longer generate an abstract. Apparently this is be design, but seems like a bit weird choice (if for nothing else, it makes testing hard). There are other weird design choices -- e.g. it removes born/died info from a bio (which I find important). As for the placement in code -- you are right, the API comes from mw:Extension:Popups too (didn't notice that before). A longer description is on Page Previews and subpages. Nux (talk) 12:05, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
 * That doesn't happen here. For me, popups in the User space look no different, i.e. any page in Special:AllPages/User: or Special:AllPages/User_talk:. It even shows the broom in User:Nux/Code Cleanup. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 13:25, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't know why they used the name "Popups" for the extension. Maybe Lupin should've trademarked that ;). The popups extension is something different then the actual Popups (gadget). The extension uses this API: api/rest_v1/page/summary/User:Nux%2FCode_Cleanup (notice empty extract on the bottom of JSON). Nux (talk) 13:35, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Hence why Nux said "the new core preview function has its own problems", because it doesn't match what the Navigation Popups renders (which you likely use). New also being relative btw. as it's already 9+ years old now. A significant number of the readers will not even have been born when Navigation Popups was written (2005). The first iPhone is 4 years younger than this gadget, the Wikimedia foundation had just started and had not hired its first employee yet. websites were mostly still text only, as images were 'expensive'. —Th e DJ (talk • contribs) 15:13, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
 * My mistake. I was talking about the subject of this talk page, "Navigation popups" and didn't read Nux closely enough to notice that he was talking about "Page Previews". -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 16:31, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

No dab links when using
geodis is a redirect to Place name disambiguation. However, if I use the latter on a disambigution page, popups will not display any dab links. Popups will only show the links if is used. Is this a bug or intentional? RedWolf (talk) 03:22, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I can't duplicate that behaviour. Here, hovering over Central Coast (which uses ) or Clark County (which uses ) both yield pop ups with their content. The difference I notice is that the pop ups for the former don't offer "Click to disambiguate this link to:", which is annoying and might be worth fixing. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 05:16, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, when I said it will not display dab links, I meant the "Click to disambiguate..." followed by each of the links. I just changed Mount Reynolds back to using and it currently illustrates the issue. I wonder if the number of redlinks it currently has is what is causing the issue. In the case of Central Coast I wonder if the headings are causing the issue. RedWolf (talk) 19:08, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Looking at some of pages that use pnd that also show the issue: Elbow Lake, Minnesota, Highland, Indiana, Dickinson, New York, Buckingham Township, Pennsylvania. Those are all pages with just 2-4 links and no headings. RedWolf (talk) 19:19, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Indeed it depends on the template name. This is again an ancient feature that doesn’t make use of features introduced to MediaWiki in the past decade or so. It matches the page wikitext against the regexp  instead of relying on the presence of the   magic word. —Tacsipacsi (talk) 21:05, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Apparently,, and others, call which then emits that magic word. Could Popups use that? Which text is interrogated by that regex? The wikitext an editor sees, or an expanded version that gets displayed? Can Popups see categories applied by templates, or only those specified in the wikitext? -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 14:27, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
 * It matches against the wikitext an editor sees. It could be modified to match against the expanded version, but I think it would be easier and more performant (no need to download the whole expanded wikitext), and in any case would work more reliably across wikis (no need to create a local list of disambiguation templates specifically for NavPopups) to look for  or its translated version by querying page properties: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=pageprops&titles=Main%20Page|Central%20Coast|Clark%20County&ppprop=disambiguation – Main Page doesn’t have , while both Central Coast and Clark County have. —Tacsipacsi (talk) 10:25, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I've been reading up on this at mw:Extension:Disambiguator and came to the same conclusion. I guess such an API query could then replace the regex? Who can implement that? -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 12:19, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I think so. Anyone who understands the code can make an edit request. (I may give it a try, but not now, and I can’t promise anything.) —Tacsipacsi (talk) 23:18, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I went the easier route, modifying my popups configuration:
 * by adding  capturing "disambiguation}}", and it works. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 01:23, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
 * PS: I just noticed that I took the code for popupDabRegexp from the overleaf documentation as my starting point, not from Gadget-popups.js; they are slightly different. The decentralised discussions and documentation are irritating. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 01:48, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
 * PS: I just noticed that I took the code for popupDabRegexp from the overleaf documentation as my starting point, not from Gadget-popups.js; they are slightly different. The decentralised discussions and documentation are irritating. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 01:48, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

I now took the regex at mw:Gadget-popups.js as my starting point and came up with:

YMMV. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 02:28, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

Not working on Wikispecies
This template recently stopped working, for me at least (I've asked, but have had no response from other users there), on Wikispecies. I cannot figure out why. Can anyone help, please? Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:02, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

 * @Pigsonthewing You can load popups from enwiki directly. E.g. you can load like this. -- Nux (talk) 17:16, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you. That's a useful work-around, but I'd still like to identify and fix the issue, for the benefit of others. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:41, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

This is stil an issue. Can anyone assist, please? Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:53, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

 * @Pigsonthewing. I'm able to reproduce. I'm getting a WP:CONSOLEERROR which is surely the root cause. jQuery.Deferred exception: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'join') TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'join') at setTitleBase (https://species.wikimedia.org/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.gadget.Navigation_popups&skin=vector&version=10j03:116:944).
 * Rather than trying to debug that, the easiest fix is probably to ask an English Wikispecies interface administrator to copy past the contents of the following enwiki pages to the corresponding English Wikispecies pages: MediaWiki:Gadget-popups.js, MediaWiki:Gadget-navpop.css. Hope that helps. – Novem Linguae (talk) 17:02, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Wikispecies, like Commons, is language-independent, but maybe User:Koavf will kindly oblige? Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:13, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ Let me know if more is needed. ―Justin ( koa v f ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:23, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
 * It's working for me now. This is probably fixed :) – Novem Linguae (talk) 03:47, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * ―Justin ( koa v f ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:56, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

New timestamp links
Talk page timestamp links have been deployed to multiple wikis (all except English Wikipedia at the moment, example) and this gadget tries to show a preview when you hover on them, however as the fragment does not correspond to a section, the preview is always just of the entire talk page, which isn't very useful. I would suggest that any link with the class  be ignored. More generally you may also want to ignore any hash fragment starting  or   as these don't correspond to a page section. ESanders (WMF) (talk) 13:05, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

 * I don't use this gadget, how can I opt in to use this new cool feature here? Nardog (talk) 06:02, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
 * The feature isn't available on English Wikipedia yet as we are still back-filling the index table required to do the redirecting when a comment is archived. In the meantime you can enable clickable timestamp links using my commentlinks.js user script (example). ESanders (WMF) (talk) 07:44, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Javascript error
When I have Navigation Popups or Reference Tooltips on, I get barraged with the following: Javascript Error https://en.wikipedia.org/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.popups.main&skin=monobook&version=1ul2s at line 35: Uncaught SyntaxError: Failed to execute 'closest' on 'Element': The provided selector is empty. czar 14:45, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I think this is fixed now. Some other problem caused the problem with popups. See Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Empty_element_error?. You may need to do a hard reload, to clear out cached pages. --Salix alba (talk): 17:47, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Logo used in place of lead image in popup
I noticed this hovering over a link for Eurofighter Typhoon - the article's infobox has both an SVG logo used in branding and an image of the plane. in the code, this is accomplished thus:

In this case, the popup displays the logo, which is less useful than showing the image. I guess it does need to be able to use either  or , but which is more appropriate is conditional - an example of an article with an infobox containing both an image and a logo where the logo is more appropriate would be Bayer. Improving this might be a pain - use the image by default, but the logo if the article is categorised using any of the categories within Category:Companies? One cookie (talk) 13:51, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't worry about it, as this tool is aimed at editors not readers. As the documentation says, the code just picks the first image it comes across in the wiki text. At User:John of Reading/X2 I've swapped the parameters over, and popups is displaying the plane rather than the logo. -- John of Reading (talk) 14:25, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
 * And on the page, the logo still leads the image. Looks like a solution to me. Thanks! One cookie (talk) 14:29, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Feature request: popups at bottom of page should not be cut off by bottom of page
When hovering over a link that is near the bottom of a page, it'd be awesome if the popup was displayed at the top of the link instead of going out of frame at the bottom, just like classic article previews. Thanks a lot!  Coco bb8  (💬 talk • ✏ contribs) 16:20, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
 * By “classic article previews”, you mean Page Previews, which is about a decade younger than NavPopups, right? 🙂 There are some differences (apart from the time difference of a decade) because of which the always-bottom display makes more sense in case of NavPopups than it would in case of Page Previews:
 * Page Previews always shows a constrained-length popup, while NavPopups popups can get very long (e.g. if I hover over the “contribs” link in your signature, I get a popup that’s almost twice as tall as my entire screen), thus
 * it’s much more likely that the popup doesn’t fit in the screen either way, and it’s even possible that it doesn’t fit the document ; if a popup overflows at the bottom (or right) of the screen, browsers usually extend the scrollbar so that even the very bottom/right of it is visible, but if it overflows at the top (or left), it’s clipped and the overflowing part is inaccessible;
 * if some part of the popup doesn’t fit the screen, it makes more sense for it to be the bottom, as the first sentence of the article (which defines what it’s about), the latest page history entries (which are usually the most relevant) etc. are on the top.
 * NavPopups features a lot of tools and links, which are all at the top; if the popup was displayed on the top, one would move the pointer more to reach them. Page Previews has a single tool (the settings), which is hardly ever needed, its only purpose is to show the preview of the article. (Notice the difference in the name: Navigation popups is for navigation, Page Previews is for previews.) —Tacsipacsi (talk) 15:27, 23 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Ah, that makes much more sense, thank you!  Coco bb8  (💬 talk • ✏ contribs) 16:05, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

Hovering over topicons doesn't display hover text
Articles that are protected in some sort (such as the POPUPS page) have protection padlocks as topicons. They normally have hover text to indicate duration. However, navpops replaces that with a preview of the linked page, and doesn't display the hover text anywhere for some reason. Aaron Liu (talk) 11:41, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Works for me; all redirects in Category:Wikipedia fully protected pages show the 1st paragraph of the target page. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 12:43, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm not saying it doesn't show the linked page; I'm saying that the hover text, like "Editing of this page is restricted to autoconfirmed users indefinitely", doesn't show. Aaron Liu  (talk) 12:47, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

Feature request: Support for colored text
Hello!

I've come up with a potential upgrade that could make NavPopups even better than they already are:

Having preview popups support  c o l o r e d  text would be a win! This would not find any uses in the mainspace, but would be quite useful in showing an accurate preview of people's user pages that include specially formatted/colored text.

Any thoughts?

Cheers,  Coco bb8  (💬 talk • ✏ contribs) 20:11, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Add edit summaries to reverts
Currently, the "revert" function does not allow users to add an edit summary explaining the revert. Only the default edit summary (Revert to revision xxxxxxxxxx dated yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss by User using popups) can be used. My question is: Would it be possible to modify Navigation Popups to allow users to put more information in the edit summary, in addition to what already exist? Unexplained reverts are bad for Wikipedia, especially when a good faith edit is reverted without reason in the edit summary. InTheAstronomy32 (talk) 12:11, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Wiki tags are always excluded
Howdy, may I ask a hopefully simple question. At the moment, any text between any wiki tags is always excluded from the navigation popup. This applies to standard tags like  but also to self-defined tags used in a small private extension. is a very common way to modify the appearance of text, e.g.  but of course we would like to see the spanned text within the popup. Is there a way, or will there be plans, to define a list of wiki tags/html tags that will simply be stripped off the article without also removing the embedded content text? 2003:C2:3F21:FD00:FD5B:946E:6956:E8CF (talk) 10:46, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Too bad that there's no support. 2003:C2:3F3F:4A00:893D:E160:9A20:A609 (talk) 14:48, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Make it bigger ?
For the longest time, popups has been 350px wide as a maximum. Is it time to raise the width to 500px perhaps ? —Th e DJ (talk • contribs) 11:16, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
 * No objections here. But it's more limiting and frustrating that a popup only seems to be shown below the link, even when it's on the bottom of the screen. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 12:05, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
 * +1 to a box-size increase. (And perhaps the font-size, afterwards?) Quiddity (talk) 19:49, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
 * You can change font by overriding existing CSS:
 * Perhaps width logic can be modified to allow something similar... Though I think there where some options that influence width (so it might be dynamic...). Not sure. Nux (talk) 21:12, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I already do it for myself (and similar at non-Wikimedia wikis), but perhaps others might appreciate it? As we grow older, things look smaller! Quiddity (talk) 21:23, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I already do it for myself (and similar at non-Wikimedia wikis), but perhaps others might appreciate it? As we grow older, things look smaller! Quiddity (talk) 21:23, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

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Rob Penny

Robert Lee "Rob" Penny (August 6, 1941 – March 16, 2003) was an American playwright, poet, social activist, and professor. Penny wrote more than 30 plays and 300 poems.

Early life
Penny was born in Opelika, Alabama, on August 6, 1941. He moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Hill District as a toddler, where he was raised. A 1957 graduate of Central Catholic High School (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), Penny had childhood aspirations of joining the priesthood.

Academic life
Penny was in the first cohort of Black Studies faculty hired in 1968 by Jack L. Daniel, Ph.D. and Curtiss E. Porter, the co-directors of the University of Pittsburgh's Africana Studies Program.

Porter and Daniel sought to develop a faculty representative of both academia and community. Porter, in particular, himself a creative, drew on Penny's established reputation as a "straight ahead" poet, fusing the incantations of Bebop jazz and street lyricism into hard hitting graphic, terse poetics that spoke to street life.

Emanating from Pittsburgh's fabled Hill District creative arts core, he was a lead voice of The Centre Ave Poets Writer's Workshop, which included others such as Charlie Williams, Nick Flournoy and August Wilson, who would achieve later fame as America's premier African American playwright. Many considered Penny to be Wilson's mentor in those early days. Penny's hire, along with other non-traditionalists academics, such as the choreographer Bob Johnson were part of the push to infuse the Black Studies curriculum with a wholistic Black Aesthetic to correspond to an advanced exploration of Black academics that Porter, in particular, thought should comprise Black Studies. After Penny began teaching at the University of Pittsburgh, he was promoted to associate professor in 1971 under the leadership of Porter.

His tenure established a foothold for the increased production of his art. Penny, moved on to serve as chair of its Africana Studies Department from 1978 to 1984 after Porter's resignation from the Chairmanship. Penny was also a founding member of the Africana Studies Department.

Theatrical contributions
In 1968, he and his friend August Wilson, a fellow Pittsburgh poet and playwright, were approached by members of Pitt's Black Action Society (Curtiss E. Porter, Tony Fountain, E. Philip McKain), who had recently obtained funding, to establish the Black Horizons Theater, which staged performances until the mid-1970s. Dr. Vernell A. Lillie founded the Kuntu Repertory Theatre in 1974 as a way of showcasing Penny's plays. Penny was the playwright-in-residence for the Kuntu Repertory Theatre. Today, the theatre continues to hold performances of Penny's plays.

In 1976, he and Wilson co-founded the Kuntu Writers Workshop, which Penny coordinated until his death on March 16, 2003.

The Pittsburgh City Council honored Penny by presenting the Penny family with a key to the City of Pittsburgh for his commitment to social activism, dedication to encouraging youth, and contributions to the greater Hill District community. July 29, 2008, is officially the city of Pittsburgh's Rob Penny Day.

The 62-year-old poet, playwright, teacher and activist died of a heart attack at his Hill District home in Pittsburgh on March 16, 2003.

Playwright credits
Penny's plays have been nationally produced in such theatres as the aforementioned Kuntu Repertory Theatre, Chicago's ETA / Creative Arts Foundation, Inc. New York's New Federal Theatre founded by Dr. Woodie King Jr. as well as Brooklyn, New York's celebrated Billie Holiday Theatre, the 2000 world premiere of Nefertari Rising was also directed by King.

Selected plays

 * Among the Best: The Pittsburgh Crawfords and the Homestead Grays
 * Bad News
 * Blue Yonder
 * Boppin' With The Ancestors
 * Clean Drums
 * Coon Can
 * Dance of the Blues Dead
 * Deeds of Blackness
 * Depths of Her Star, The
 * Diane's Heart Dries Out Still More
 * Good Black Don't Crack
 * Good Quick Feel-and Then We Build upon a Plan, A
 * Killin’ and Chillin’
 * Life Rise
 * Little Willie Armstrong Jones
 * Nefertari Rising
 * Night of the Hawk
 * Reflections: Rob Penny’s Forum in Flight
 * Republic of New Africa, The
 * Slow Lives On A Humdrum
 * Sugar and Thomas
 * Sun Rising on the Hill District
 * Take on a Life
 * Trip, A
 * Uhh Survival Energy
 * Up to Life
 * Way, The
 * Who Loves the Dancer

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Umar Wirahadikusumah

Umar Wirahadikusumah (10 October 1924 – 21 March 2003) was an Indonesian politician and former army general, who served as the fourth vice president of Indonesia, serving from 1983 until 1988. Previously, he was chair of the Audit Board of Indonesia from 1973 until 1983, and Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army from 1969 until 1973. Born to a noble Sundanese family, he was educated at the Europeesche Lagere School Tasikmalaya and Meer Uitgebreid Lager Onderwijs Pasundan. He entered the military in 1943, during the Japanese occupation. He would go on to serve in the Indonesian Army during and after the Indonesian National Revolution, seeing combat in the Madiun Affair and the PRRI rebellion.

After hearing about the kidnapping of six Generals and seeing unidentified troops occupying the Merdeka Square, Umar sent word to Kostrad Commander, Major General Suharto of the events that had just unfolded and requested his assistance. Umar accepted Suharto's decision to assume command of the Army and supported him in his efforts to crack down on the attempted coup, gaining great trust from Suharto. In 1967, Umar became Deputy Army Chief of Staff before finally becoming the Army Chief of Staff himself in 1969. In 1973, his active military career came to an end and he became the Chairman of the State Audit Board (BPK), a position which he would hold until 1973. In 1983, he was selected by Suharto to become vice president, a choice considered rather unexpected. As vice president, he combated corruption and held prayer services at the vice presidential palace. His term as vice president ended in March 1988 when he was replaced by Sudharmono. He died on 21 March 2003, due to heart and lung problems. His body was interred at the Kalibata Heroes' Cemetery, Jakarta.

Early life and education
Umar Wirahadikusumah was born in Situraja, Sumedang, West Java on 10 October 1924, to a noble family. His father, Raden Rangga Wirahadikusumah, was the Wedana of Ciawi, and Tasikmalaya. While his mother, Raden Ratnaringrum, was the daughter of Patih Demang Kartamenda in Bandung. His brothers were Hasan, Sadikin (d. 2004), Mohammad, and Achmad Wirahadikusumah. Umar's mother died when he was a child, and he and his siblings were cared for by his grandmother, Nyi Raja Juwita, who at that time lived in Cicalengka. After his grandmother died, his father took him to Ciawi. While in Cicalengka, Umar entered kindergarten and elementary school at Hollandsch-Inlandsche School. He continued his education at the Europeesche Lagere School Tasikmalaya and Meer Uitgebreid Lager Onderwijs Pasundan, and he completed his education.

Pre-independence
In 1943, with Indonesia now under Japanese Occupation, Umar enlisted with youth groups operating under the supervision of the Japanese Occupational Government. These youth groups provided some physical training which Umar undertook. This was followed in October 1944 by PETA, an auxiliary force consisting of Indonesian recruits that was intended to assist the Japanese in fighting the Allies. When Indonesia declared its Independence, Umar, like many other youths of similar age joined the TKR (People's Security Army), the forerunner to the TNI.

After the Indonesian National Revolution in which the fledgling nation successfully prevented the Dutch from reoccupying them, Umar served in the Army. Umar served for a long time in Kodam VI/Siliwangi (Siliwangi Division) which was stationed in his native province of West Java. He worked his way up the ranks, participating in a crackdown of the Communists in 1948 as well as fighting the PRRI rebellion in Sumatra. He was also at one time, the adjutant of AH Nasution when the latter held the position of Kodam VI/Siliwangi Commander.

Post-independence

In 1959, Umar was trusted as the Commander of Kodam V/Jaya and he was now in charge of security around Jakarta. On the morning of 1 October 1965, six Generals were kidnapped from their houses. As the Commander of Kodam V/Jaya, Umar went around the city to check its security. After hearing about the kidnappings and seeing the unidentified troops occupying the Merdeka Square, Umar sent word to Kostrad Commander, Major General Suharto of the events that had just unfolded and requested his assistance.

Umar accepted Suharto's decision to assume command of the Army and supported him in his efforts to crack down on the attempted coup. Towards midday, Umar received a summon from President Sukarno who was suspicious at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport, the place where the six Generals were taken. Suharto was worried that this was an attempt to get Umar to Halim and have him killed. Suharto firmly rejected the order. As Suharto retook control of the situation in Jakarta, Umar further consolidated it. He declared a curfew between 6 pm and 6 am and placed a watch on all of the city's newspapers.

When blame for the incident was beginning to be put on the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), Umar approved of the formation of the Union of Action To Exterminate The 30 September Movement (KAP-GESTAPU), leading to the mass killing of an estimated half a million people in 1965–1966. Although he was not part of Suharto's inner circle, Umar won great trust from Suharto for the assistance and support given in putting down the 30 September Movement. As Suharto began a rise which would see him end up as President of Indonesia, Umar's career also skyrocketed. In 1965, Suharto entrusted Umar to replace him as Commander of Kostrad. In 1967, Umar became Deputy Army Chief of Staff before finally becoming the Army Chief of Staff himself in 1969. In 1973, his active military career came to an end and he became the Chairman of the State Audit Board (BPK), a position which he would hold for 10 years. As Chairman of BPK, Umar was responsible for making sure that Government Departments, Ministries, and Agencies were using their money properly. During his tenure as Chairman of BPK, Umar made the grim assessment that not even one Government department was free from corruption.

Vice Presidency

In March 1983, Umar reached the pinnacle of his career. Suharto, who had been elected for a 4th term as president by the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) selected Umar to be his Vice President. This was considered to be a rather unexpected choice as Umar's stature in Indonesian politics paled in comparison to his two predecessors, Hamengkubuwono IX and Adam Malik. Despite being a low-key personality, Umar had a good reputation and was widely respected.

As Vice President, Umar became one of the very few in the Suharto regime who chose to combat corruption. As a religious man, Umar had hoped that religion could be used to turn corruptors to do the right deeds. Umar also conducted surprise inspections (sometimes incognito) of regional towns and villages to monitor how government policies were affecting the people. During his vice presidency, Umar also held prayer services at the Vice Presidential Palace. Umar's term as vice president ended in March 1988 when he was replaced by Sudharmono. Many were disappointed to see him not continue for a second term as vice president. It was a testament to his good reputation that Sudharmono wanted to be sure of Umar's acceptance to not continue as vice president for another term.

Post-vice presidency
In May 1998, on the eve of Suharto's fall, Umar, together with Sudharmono and Try Sutrisno visited Suharto at his residence to discuss possible options. Umar died on 21 March 2003 due to heart and lung problems at 7:53 pm. at the Central Army Hospital (RSPAD) Gatot Subroto. He was interred at the Kalibata Heroes' Cemetery, Jakarta.

Personal life

Umar married Karlinah Djaja Atmadja on 2 February 1957, with whom he had two daughters. Umar was also the uncle of Agus Wirahadikusumah, a reformist military officer who himself became Commander of Kostrad. His brother, Sadikin, was the father of Reini Wirahadikusumah, rector of Bandung Institute of Technology from 2020 until 2025 and was the first woman to hold the position.

[[indonesia|🇮🇩]] National honours
The following is a list of awards awarded to Umar by the Indonesian government:
 * Bintang Republik_Indonesia Adipradana Ribbon1.gif Star of the Republic of Indonesia, 2nd Class (Bintang Republik Indonesia Adipradana) (12 March 1983)
 * Bintang Mahaputera Adipradana rib.svg Star of Mahaputera, 2nd Class (Bintang Mahaputera Adipradana) (19 May 1973)
 * Bintang Dharma rib.svg Military Distinguished Service Star (Bintang Dharma)
 * Bintang gerilya rib.png Guerrilla Star (Bintang Gerilya)
 * Bintang Kartika Eka Paksi Utama rib.svg Star of Kartika Eka Paksi, 1st Class (Bintang Kartika Eka Paksi Utama)
 * Star of the Navy - 1st Class (Indonesia) - ribbon bar.png Star of Jalasena, 1st Class (Bintang Jalasena Utama)
 * Bintang Bhayangkara Utama rib.svg Star of Bhayangkara, 1st Class (Bintang Bhayangkara Utama)
 * Kartika Eka Paksi Pratama.gif Star of Kartika Eka Paksi, 2nd Class (Bintang Kartika Eka Paksi Pratama)
 * Star of the Navy - 2nd Class (Indonesia) - ribbon bar.png Star of Jalasena, 2nd Class (Bintang Jalasena Pratama)
 * Bintang Bhayangkara Pratama rib.svg Star of Bhayangkara, 2nd Class (Bintang Bhayangkara Pratama)
 * Kartika Eka Paksi Nararya.gif Star of Kartika Eka Paksi, 3rd Class (Bintang Kartika Eka Paksi Nararya)
 * Indonesian Armed Forces "8 Years" Service Star (1945-1953).gif Indonesian Armed Forces "8 Years" Service Star (Bintang Sewindu Angkatan Perang Republik Indonesia)
 * Satyalencana Kesetiaan XXIV.gif Military Long Service Medal, 24 Years Service (Satyalancana Kesetiaan XXIV Tahun)
 * Satyalancana Perang Kemerdekaan I.gif 1st Independence War Medal (Satyalancana Perang Kemerdekaan I)
 * Satya Lencana Perang Kemerderkaan II.gif 2nd Independence War Medal (Satyalancana Perang Kemerdekaan II)
 * Satya Lencana GOM I.gif Military Operational Service Medal for Madiun 1947 (Satyalancana G.O.M I)
 * Satyalencana G.O.M. II.gif Military Operational Service Medal for Angkatan Ratu Adil 1947 (Satyalancana G.O.M II)
 * Satyalencana G.O.M. V.gif Military Operational Service Medal for Jawa Barat 1959 (Satyalancana G.O.M V)
 * Satya Lencana Sapta Marga.gif "Sapta Marga" Medal (Satyalancana Sapta Marga)
 * Satyalencana Wira Dharma (1963).gif Northern Borneo Military Campaign Medal (Satyalancana Wira Dharma)
 * Satya Lencana Penegak.gif Medal for Combat Against Communists (Satyalancana Penegak)
 * Satyalancana Dwidya Sistha.gif Military Instructor Service Medal (Satyalancana Dwidya Sistha)

Foreign honours
The following is a list of awards awarded to Umar by foreign government:
 * 🇲🇾 Malaysia :
 * Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia - PSM.svg Honorary Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (P.S.M.) (1972)
 * 🇩🇪 Germany:
 * GER Bundesverdienstkreuz 6 GrVK Stern Band.svg Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
 * 🇳🇱 Netherlands:
 * Order of Orange-Nassau ribbon - Knight Grand Cross.svg Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau
 * Yugoslavia:
 * Order of the People's Army with golden star RIB.gif Second Rank of the Order of the People's Army with Golden Star
 * 🇺🇸 United States:
 * US Legion of Merit Commander ribbon.png Commander of the Legion of Merit
 * 🇰🇷 South Korea:
 * Tong-il Security Medel Ribbon.svg First Class (Tong-il) of the Order of National Security Merit

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Chemical (disambiguation)

A chemical substance is a material with a specific chemical composition. In everyday language, often only synthetic and refined chemicals (as produced by the chemical industry) might be understood as chemicals.

Chemical may also refer to:

 * Chemical industry
 * Chemical element
 * Chemical warfare
 * Drug, any substance that, when absorbed into the body of a living organism, alters normal bodily function
 * Chemistry, relating to the science of matter and the changes it undergoes

Albums

 * Chemicals (Smile Empty Soul album), 2013

EPs

 * Chemicals (EP), a 2012 EP by Love and Death

Songs

 * "Chemical" (Crashdïet song), 2010
 * "Chemical" (Joseph Arthur song), 2000
 * "Chemical" (MK song), 2021
 * "Chemical" (Post Malone song), 2023
 * "Chemicals" (Love and Death song), 2013
 * "Chemicals" (Tiësto and Don Diablo song), 2015
 * "Chemicals" (Dean Lewis song), 2018
 * "Chemical", by New Order from Republic, 1993
 * "Chemical", by No One from No One, 2001
 * "Chemicals", by Kasabian from The Alchemist's Euphoria, 2022
 * "Chemicals", by Peking Duk featuring Sarah Aarons, 2021
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Percussion may refer to:
 * Percussion instrument, a large group of musical instruments
 * Percussion idiophone, a percussion instrument which is beaten with a hand or with a dissimilar, non-sounding beater, as opposed to a concussion idiophone which is beaten against a second similar instrument
 * In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, percussion refers generally to any object that beats against a dissimilar, non-sounding object, so a clarinet reed is described as percussion while an oboe reed is concussion
 * Percussion (medicine), a method of clinical examination
 * Percussion cap, an ignition system in firearms
 * Percussive foraging, a method of finding food used by the Aye-aye lemur

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Tyndale House

Tyndale House (also known by its sister organization Tyndale House Foundation) is a Christian publisher in Carol Stream, Illinois.

History
Tyndale was founded in 1962 by Kenneth N. Taylor in order to publish his paraphrase of the Epistles, which he had composed while commuting to work at Moody Press in Chicago. The book appeared under the title Living Letters, and received a television endorsement from Billy Graham. This ensured the book's great success, and in 1971 Tyndale published Taylor's complete Living Bible. Taylor named the company after William Tyndale, whose English translation of the New Testament was first printed in 1526. After Kenneth Taylor retired, his son, Mark D. Taylor, became the CEO. In 2021, Scott Mathews became the newest CEO.

During the first nine years of Tyndale's history, Kenneth N. Taylor continued paraphrasing the text of the Bible. Living Letters was followed by Living Prophecies (1965) and The Living New Testament (1967). Finally, The Living Bible was launched in 1971. According to Publishers Weekly, it was the bestselling book in the United States in the years 1972–74. The Living Bible was published in many different editions and binding styles, including a popular youth edition called The Way and a study edition called The Life Application Study Bible.

In 2007, Quiet Strength by Tony Dungy reached No. 1 on the New York Times hardcover, non-fiction list. It spent more than 30 weeks on either the primary or extended list, and has sold well more than one million copies. It is one of the best-selling sports-related titles in history. Subsequent books by Dungy, including Uncommon (2009), The Mentor Leader (2010), and The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge (2011), have all reached the New York Times best sellers list.

Tyndale's first non-fiction book to reach No. 1 on the New York Times hardcover, non-fiction list was Let's Roll, by Lisa Beamer. Beamer (born April 10, 1969, in Albany, New York) is the widow of Todd Beamer, a victim of the United Flight 93 crash as part of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States.

In 1996 Tyndale House released a new English translation of the Bible under the title New Living Translation (NLT). While its predecessor, The Living Bible, was a paraphrase, the NLT is a translation that was created by a team of 90 Hebrew and Greek scholars. The NLT copyright belongs to Tyndale House Foundation, which means that all a share of the profits from the sales of the Bible go towards the Foundation's charitable grants. A major revision of the NLT, aimed at making the translation more precise, was finished in 2004. A third revision in 2007 made minor alterations that had been suggested by the Translation Committee. Multiple other revisions followed, and the 2015 revision today incorporates edits from the Catholic edition created around the same time.

Tyndale also developed a British branch, which was named Coverdale House Publishers. Coverdale co-published a British edition of The Living New Testament with Hodder & Stoughton in 1974 and merged with another publisher, Victory Press, in 1977. The British company eventually became Kingsway Publications Ltd, which was sold to Kingsway Trust in 1979, and joined Cook Communications Ministries in 1993. Kingsway Books was one of the most prominent Christian paperback producers in the UK, until it ceased trading in 2013.

In 2016, Tyndale combined its two nonfiction imprints into one larger imprint, Tyndale Momentum.

In 2021, Tyndale acquired Hendrickson Publishers along with Rose Publishing.

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RVV

RVV may stand for:

 * Reeve Aleutian Airways, a defunct American airline (ICAO code)
 * Russell's viper venom, used in Dilute Russell's viper venom time
 * Raad van Vlaanderen, a Flemish Movement legislature during World War I
 * Raad van Verzet, a Dutch resistance organisation during World War II
 * Tour of Flanders, a road cycling race
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OS Inquiry
What OS does it run, Symbian, Linux, Windows Mobile? Htaccess 04:42, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * It runs the standard Motorola custom OS based on VRTXmc. - Slordak 20:35, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

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Chunkey

Chunkey (also known as chunky, chenco, tchung-kee or the hoop and stick game )  is a game of Native American origin. It was played by rolling disc-shaped stones across the ground and throwing spears at them in an attempt to land the spear as close to the stopped stone as possible. It originated around 600 CE in the Cahokia region of what is now the United States (near modern St. Louis, Missouri). Chunkey was played in huge arenas as large as 47 acres (19 ha) that housed great audiences designed to bring people of the region together (i.e. Cahokians, farmers, immigrants, and even visitors). It continued to be played after the fall of the Mississippian culture around 1500 CE. Variations were played throughout North America. Early ethnographer James Adair translated the name to mean "running hard labor". Gambling was frequently connected with the game, with some players wagering everything they owned on the outcome of the game. Losers were even known to commit suicide.

Graphic representation
The falcon dancer/warrior/chunkey player was an important mythological figure from the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex. Many different representations of the theme have been found all over the American Southeast and Midwest. Throughout the many different centuries of its portrayal, certain distinct motifs are repeated:
 * stance – Many graphic representations of the chunkey player show the participant in the act of tossing the stone roller.
 * broken stick – The chunkey stick is usually shown as a stripped stick, almost always broken. In the mythological cycle, this may signify that the game is over, if not defeat itself. Chunkey sticks are usually not found in archaeological excavations, although a copper sheath found next to chunkey stones at Cahokias Mound 72 may be an exception.
 * pillbox hat – A cylindral shaped hat composed of unknown materials, only seen on chunkey players.
 * heart/bellows shaped apron – Archaeologists theorize that this may be the graphic representation of a human scalp attached to the belt of the figure. This motif seems to echo the beaded forelock, hair style (head shaved except for top-knot) and other attachments (shell, stone and copper ornaments) usually worn by mythological figures on their heads.
 * Mangum Flounce – An oddly shaped motif consisting of looping lines hanging above and below the belt of the chunkey player. Named for a Mississippian copper plate found at the Mangum Mound Site in Claiborne County, Mississippi which includes the motif.

Although the figure described as the falcon dancer/warrior/chunkey player is not always shown in the act of playing chunkey, the placing of many of the motifs helps identify them as the same figure. Some motifs usually associated with the figure, such as the scalp, severed heads, broken chunkey sticks, and the ethnohistoric record associating it with gambling, seem to indicate the seriousness of the game. The price of defeat in the mythological record may have been the forfeiture of one's life and head.

Post-European contact
Many Native Americans continued playing the chunkey game long after European contact, including the Muscogee (Creeks), Chickasaw, Choctaw, and the Mandans, as witnessed by the artist George Catlin in 1832, The game of Tchung-kee [is] a beautiful athletic exercise, which the Mandan seem to be almost unceasingly practicing whilst the weather is fair, and they have nothing else of moment to demand their attention. This game is decidedly their favourite amusement, and is played near to the village on a pavement of clay, which has been used for that purpose until it has become as smooth and hard as a floor. ... The play commences with two (one from each party), who start off upon a trot, abreast of each other, and one of them rolls in advance of them, on the pavement, a little ring of two or three inches in diameter, cut out of a stone; and each one follows it up with his 'tchung-kee' (a stick of six feet in length, with little bits of leather projecting from its sides of an inch or more in length), which he throws before him as he runs, sliding it along upon the ground after the ring, endeavouring to place it in such a position when it stops, that the ring may fall upon it, and receive one of the little projections of leather through it.

In the early colonial era, it was still the most popular game among American Indians of the Southeast. Muscogee chunkey yards were a large carefully cleared and leveled area, surrounded by embankments on either side, with a pole in the center, and possibly two more at either end. The poles were used for playing another indigenous game – stickball. The stones, valuable objects in themselves, were owned by the town or clans, not by individuals, and would be carefully preserved.
 * Cherokees scored their game in terms of how close the stone was to certain marks on the chunkey stick.
 * Chickasaws scored their game with a point for the person nearest the disc, two if it was touching the disc.
 * Choctaws played their game on a yard 12 ft wide by 100 ft in length. Poles were made of hickory wood, with four notches on the front end, one in the middle, and two at the other end. The score depended on which set of notches was closest to the disc. The game ended when a player had reached twelve points.

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The Gone Wait

The Gone Wait is the 35th album by Jandek, and the first of two released in 2003 It is Corwood Industries release #0773, and is the first release to feature the artist accompanying himself on fretless electric bass, rather than on his usual acoustic or electric guitar. The album's title was also the name of a song on Jandek's 1993 release Twelfth Apostle.

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John Basilone

John Basilone (November 4, 1916 – February 19, 1945) was a United States Marine Corps gunnery sergeant who received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Battle for Henderson Field in the Guadalcanal campaign, and the Navy Cross posthumously for extraordinary heroism during the Battle of Iwo Jima. He was the only enlisted Marine to receive both of these decorations in World War II.

He enlisted in the Marine Corps on June 3, 1940, after serving three years in the United States Army with duty in the Philippines. He was deployed to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and in August 1942, he took part in the invasion of Guadalcanal. In October, he and the two machine-gun sections under his command held off an attack by a numerically far superior Japanese force. He was one of only three Marines in that group to survive. His actions at Guadalcanal earned him the Medal of Honor.

In February 1945, he was killed in action on the first day of the invasion of Iwo Jima, after he single-handedly destroyed an enemy blockhouse and led a Marine tank under fire safely through a minefield. Including the Medal of Honor, he has received many honors, including having base streets, military facilities, and two United States Navy destroyers named in his honor.

Early life and education
Basilone was born in his Italian American parents' home on November 4, 1916, in Buffalo, New York. He was the sixth of ten children. His five older siblings were born in Raritan, New Jersey, before the family moved to Buffalo where John was born; they returned to Raritan in 1918. His father, Salvatore Basilone, emigrated from, in the province of Benevento, Italy, and settled in Raritan. Basilone's mother, Theadora Bencivenga, was born in 1889 and grew up in Manville, New Jersey, but her parents, Carlo and Catrina, also came from Benevento. Basilone's parents met at a church gathering and married three years later.

Basilone grew up in the nearby Raritan Town (now Borough of Raritan) where he attended St. Bernard Parochial School. After completing middle school at age 15, he dropped out prior to attending high school. Basilone worked as a golf caddy for the local country club before joining the military.

U.S. Army
Basilone enlisted in the United States Army in July 1934 and completed his three-year enlistment with service in the Philippines, where he was a champion boxer. In the Army, Basilone was initially assigned to the 16th Infantry at Fort Jay, New York, before being discharged for a day, reenlisting, and being assigned to the 31st Infantry.

After he was released from active duty, Basilone returned home and worked as a truck driver in Reisterstown, Maryland. After driving trucks for a few years, he wanted to go back to Manila and believed he could get there faster by serving in the Marine Corps rather than in the Army.

U.S. Marine Corps
He enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1940, in Baltimore, Maryland. He went to recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, followed by training at Marine Corps Base Quantico and New River. The Marines sent him to Guantánamo Bay for his next assignment and then to Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands as a member of "D" Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division.

Guadalcanal
On October 24, 1942, during the Battle for Henderson Field, his unit came under attack by a regiment of about 3,000 soldiers from the Japanese Sendai Division using machine guns, grenades, and mortars against the American heavy machine guns. Basilone commanded two sections of machine guns which fought for the next two days until only Basilone and two other Marines were left standing. As the battle went on, ammunition became critically low. Despite their supply lines having been cut off by enemies who had infiltrated into the rear, Basilone fought through hostile ground to resupply his heavy machine gunners with urgently needed supplies. Basilone moved an extra gun into position and maintained continual fire against the incoming Japanese forces. He then repaired and manned another machine gun, holding the defensive line until relief arrived.

When the last of the ammunition ran out shortly before dawn on the second day, Basilone, using his pistol and a machete, held off the Japanese soldiers attacking his position. By the end of the engagement, Japanese forces opposite the Marines' lines had been virtually annihilated. For his actions during the battle, Basilone received the United States military's highest award for valor, the Medal of Honor. Afterwards, Private First Class Nash W. Phillips of Fayetteville, North Carolina, recalled from the battle for Guadalcanal:

"'Basilone had a machine gun on the go for three days and nights without sleep, rest, or food. He was in a good emplacement, and causing the Japanese lots of trouble, not only firing his machine gun, but also using his pistol.'"

War bond tours
In 1943, Basilone returned to the United States and participated in war bond tours. His arrival was highly publicized, and his hometown held a parade in his honor when he returned. The homecoming parade occurred on Sunday, September 19 and drew a huge crowd with thousands of people, including politicians, celebrities, and the national press. The parade made national news in Life magazine and Fox Movietone News. After the parade, Basilone toured the country raising money for the war effort and achieved celebrity status.

Although he appreciated the admiration, he felt out of place and requested to return to the operating forces fighting the war. The Marine Corps denied his request and told him he was needed more on the home front. He was offered a commission, which he turned down, and was later offered an assignment as an instructor, but refused this as well. When he requested again to return to the war, the request was approved. He left for Camp Pendleton, California, for training on December 27. On July 3, 1944, he reenlisted in the Marine Corps.

Marriage
While stationed at Camp Pendleton, Basilone met his future wife, Lena Mae Riggi, who was a sergeant in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve. They were married at St. Mary's Star of the Sea Church in Oceanside, California, on July 10, 1944, with a reception at the Carlsbad Hotel. They honeymooned at an onion farm near Portland, Oregon.

Iwo Jima and death

After his request to return to the fleet was approved, Basilone was assigned to "C" Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division. On February 19, 1945, the first day of the invasion of Iwo Jima, he was serving as a machine gun section leader on Red Beach II. While the Marines landed, the Japanese concentrated their fire at the incoming Marines from heavily fortified blockhouses staged throughout the island. With his unit pinned down, Basilone made his way around the side of the Japanese positions until he was directly on top of the blockhouse. He then attacked with grenades and demolitions, single-handedly destroying the entire strong point and its defending garrison.

He then fought his way toward Airfield Number 1 and aided a Marine tank that was trapped in an enemy mine field under intense mortar and artillery barrages. He guided the heavy vehicle over the hazardous terrain to safety, despite heavy weapons fire from the Japanese. Basilone was killed as he moved along the edge of the airfield. Original reports indicated he was hit by Japanese mortar shrapnel, although author Hugh Ambrose, following his research for the book and miniseries The Pacific, suggested that a burst of small arms fire hit him in the groin, neck, and left arm.

Basilone's actions helped Marines penetrate the Japanese defense and get off the landing beach during the critical early stages of the invasion. Basilone was posthumously awarded the Marine Corps' second-highest decoration for valor, the Navy Cross, for extraordinary heroism during the battle of Iwo Jima.

Burial
He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia. His widow, Lena M. Basilone, died on June 11, 1999, aged 86, and is buried at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California. Lena's obituary notes that she never remarried and was buried still wearing her wedding ring.

Awards and decorations
Gunnery Sergeant Basilone's military awards include:

Medal of Honor citation
Basilone's Medal of Honor citation reads as follows:

The President of the United States in the name of The Congress takes pride in presenting the MEDAL OF HONOR to SERGEANT JOHN BASILONE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS for service as set forth in the following CITATION:

"For extraordinary heroism and conspicuous gallantry in action against enemy Japanese forces, above and beyond the call of duty, while serving with the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division in the Lunga Area, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, on 24 and 25 October 1942. While the enemy was hammering at the Marines' defensive positions, Sgt. BASILONE, in charge of 2 sections of heavy machine guns, fought valiantly to check the savage and determined assault. In a fierce frontal attack with the Japanese blasting his guns with grenades and mortar fire, one of Sgt. BASILONE'S sections, with its gun crews, was put out of action, leaving only 2 men able to carry on. Moving an extra gun into position, he placed it in action, then, under continual fire, repaired another and personally manned it, gallantly holding his line until replacements arrived. A little later, with ammunition critically low and the supply lines cut off, Sgt. BASILONE, at great risk of his life and in the face of continued enemy attack, battled his way through hostile lines with urgently needed shells for his gunners, thereby contributing in large measure to the virtual annihilation of a Japanese regiment. His great personal valor and courageous initiative were in keeping with the highest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT"

Navy Cross citation
Basilone's Navy Cross citation reads as follows:

The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the NAVY CROSS posthumously to GUNNERY SERGEANT JOHN BASILONE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS for service as set forth in the following CITATION:

"For extraordinary heroism while serving as a Leader of a Machine-Gun Section, Company C, 1st Battalion, 27th Marines, 5th Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Iwo Jima in the Volcano Islands, 19 February 1945. Shrewdly gauging the tactical situation shortly after landing when his company's advance was held up by the concentrated fire of a heavily fortified Japanese blockhouse, Gunnery Sergeant BASILONE boldly defied the smashing bombardment of heavy caliber fire to work his way around the flank and up to a position directly on top of the blockhouse and then, attacking with grenades and demolitions, single handedly destroyed the entire hostile strong point and its defending garrison. Consistently daring and aggressive as he fought his way over the battle-torn beach and up the sloping, gun-studded terraces toward Airfield Number 1, he repeatedly exposed himself to the blasting fury of exploding shells and later in the day coolly proceeded to the aid of a friendly tank which had been trapped in an enemy mine field under intense mortar and artillery barrages, skillfully guiding the heavy vehicle over the hazardous terrain to safety, despite the overwhelming volume of hostile fire. In the forefront of the assault at all times, he pushed forward with dauntless courage and iron determination until, moving upon the edge of the airfield, he fell, instantly killed by a bursting mortar shell. Stouthearted and indomitable, Gunnery Sergeant BASILONE, by his intrepid initiative, outstanding skill, and valiant spirit of self-sacrifice in the face of the fanatic opposition, contributed materially to the advance of his company during the early critical period of the assault, and his unwavering devotion to duty throughout the bitter conflict was an inspiration to his comrades and reflects the highest credit upon Gunnery Sergeant BASILONE and the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life in the service of his country."

For the President, JAMES FORRESTAL Secretary of the Navy

Other honors
Basilone received numerous honors, including the following:

Marine Corps

 * An entry point onto Camp Pendleton from US Interstate 5 is called "Basilone Road"
 * US Interstate 5 from the San Diego County line to Camp Pendleton to the south is called "Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone Memorial Highway"
 * A parachute landing zone at Camp Pendleton is called "Basilone Drop Zone"
 * During the Crucible portion of Marine Corps Recruit Training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, there is an obstacle named "Basilone's Challenge" that consists of carrying ammunition cans filled with concrete up a steep, wooded hill

Navy

 * The United States Navy commissioned USS Basilone (DD-824), a Gearing-class destroyer, in 1949. The ship's keel was laid down on July 7, 1945, in Orange, Texas, and launched on December 21, 1945. His widow, Sergeant Lena Mae Basilone, sponsored the ship.
 * A plaque at the United States Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C.
 * The USS John Basilone (DDG-122) was laid down in January 2020.

Public

 * In 1944, Army Barracks from Washington state were moved to a site in front of Hansen Dam in Pacoima, California, and rebuilt as 1,500 apartments for returning Marines. This development was named the "Basilone Homes" and was used until about 1955. The site is now a golf course.
 * The memorial parade for Basilone along Somerset Street in his hometown of Raritan, New Jersey, has been held since 1981.
 * At Montclair State University, a residence hall is named after him.
 * At Bridgewater-Raritan High School, the football field is called "Basilone Field". On the wall of the fieldhouse next to the field is a mural honoring Basilone. The annual Basilone Bowl, presented by the Somerset County Football Coaches Association and the Marine Corps, is a football game played by select seniors from Somerset County, New Jersey and supported by select cheerleaders from Somerset County and played on Basilone Field, and began in 2012.
 * The Knights of Columbus Council #13264 in his hometown is named in his honor.
 * An overpass at the Somerville Circle in Somerville, New Jersey, on U.S. Highway 202 and 206 that goes under it, is named for Basilone.
 * The New Jersey Turnpike bridge across the Raritan River is named the "Basilone Bridge."
 * A connector road at the southwest of Newark Liberty International Airport, that connects to Earhart Drive, is named after Basilone.
 * The John Basilone Veterans Memorial Bridge crosses the Raritan River, in Raritan, New Jersey, at First Avenue and Canal Street.
 * In 1948, the John Basilone American Legion Post dedicated a memorial statue at the intersections of Old York Road and Canal Street in Raritan. The statue, featuring Basilone holding a water-cooled Browning machine gun, was sculpted by Phillip Orlando, a childhood friend.
 * A bust of Basilone is sited at Piazza Basilone, in Little Italy, San Diego, at Fir and India Streets. The war memorial there is dedicated to residents of Little Italy who served in World War II and Korean War.
 * The Order of the Sons of Italy In America Lodge #2442 in Bohemia, New York, is named in his honor.
 * The Basilone Room in Raritan Public Library is where memorabilia about him is kept.
 * On November 10, 2005, the United States Postal Service issued "Distinguished Marines" stamps honoring four Marine Corps heroes, including Basilone.
 * In 2011, Basilone was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame.
 * Basilone Road, at exit 71 of Interstate 5 from Los Angeles to San Diego, was named in his honor. It is nearest the access point to San Onofre State Beach, the now-decommissioned San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, and the northern entrance to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, through which it traverses across the northern portion of the base until terminating at Vandegraft Blvd.

In media

 * The film First to Fight (1967) features Chad Everett as "Shanghai Jack" Connell, a character based on "Manila John" Basilone.
 * The 10-part HBO miniseries The Pacific (2010) is based on the intertwined stories of Basilone and two other Marines (Robert "Lucky" Leckie and Eugene "Sledgehammer" Sledge). Actor Jon Seda plays Basilone.

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Talk:Harvard Extension School

Student Association
To mention Student Association is not trivia, it's a fact. A whole lot of other articles have explicitly stated it with references - Harvard College (see Student organizations), Yale College (Student organizations). What are these? How is it there are two set of rules for two different articles? These double standards should stop and one set of rules should be applied to all. This shows nothing but bias. The Harvard Extension Student Association (HESA) has five different societies: HES Psychological Student Society, HES Creative Writing & Literature Student Society, HES Industrial Organizational Psychology Student Society, HES Global Development Practice Student Society, and HES Veteran Student Society. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.171.16.184 (talk) 17:47, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

 * While I would remind anon to WP:AGF, I tend to agree with her. There is a whole article on List of Harvard College undergraduate organizations. I don't think a paragraph here is undue. --Slugger O'Toole (talk) 18:11, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * That does not make it DUE for this page. SPECIFICO talk 18:19, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

 * Other articles may also have undue information and that has little bearing on this article. I also think that it might be a bad idea to look to articles about Ivy League universities as role models - there is more written about those universities than most universities making it very problematic to try to compare other articles to theirs.
 * That the institution has student organizations is not noteworthy. We need secondary sources to support the assertion that these specific student organizations are noteworthy. Or at least some kind of credible attempt to tell readers and editors why those specific organizations are so important that they merit inclusion in an encyclopedia article that is attempting to summarize the entire history, organization, resources, accomplishments, and challenges of this school. ElKevbo (talk) 01:22, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

 * Who decides what is undue and not noteworthy. Have you guys read other Wikipedia articles? If you go to University of Oxford, there is a section on "Student life" - and sub-sections called Traditions, Clubs and societies and also Student union and common rooms. Why are this useless information there as well? Same way, if you go to University of Cambridge, there is a section called "Societies". As I said before, how is it there are two set of rules for two different articles? These double standards should stop and one set of rules should be applied to all.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.171.16.184 (talk) 06:04, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Notability policies are for articles, not content. Also, it seems to me that a single sentence about student clubs is exactly why WP:ABOUTSELF was written. This content meets all five of those requirements and is a textbook example of times we can use a primary source. -- Slugger O'Toole (talk) 14:32, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Proposal not accepted
took out some content with a subject line saying that "message boards are not reliable sources." I reverted, pointing out that there were two citations for that sentence, including one from the Harvard Crimson. Arbor reverted again instead of coming here to talk, once again focusing on the message board. I am not going to edit war over this but will assume that Arbor has missed the fact that there are two citations, one of which is specifically named as an RS. I will revert one more time however, now that it the point is clear on talk. --Slugger O'Toole (talk) 20:10, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

 * The Harvard Crimson article was about the proposal to rename the extension school, but the assertion about the proposal being rejected was sourced to the message board. User-generated sites like message boards are generally not accepted as reliable sources.
 * The Crimson also has this follow-up article from March 2010 about the renaming proposal, but it doesn't explicitly support the assertion about the proposal being rejected. Arbor to SJ (talk) 21:20, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

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Will Power

William Steven Power (born 1 March 1981) is an Australian racing driver who competes in the IndyCar Series, driving the No. 12 Dallara-Chevrolet for Team Penske. He won the 2018 Indianapolis 500 and has won the IndyCar Championship twice, in 2014 and 2022. Power is one of the most successful drivers in Indy car racing history, currently fourth all-time in wins (43), first all-time in poles (70), and fourth all-time in podiums (103).

Australian racing
Will Power was born in Toowoomba, Queensland. The son of open-wheel racer Bob Power, Will Power started his career in Queensland driving a Datsun 1200 at Morgan Park Raceway, Warwick as well as at Carnel Raceway, Stanthorpe. In 1999 Power began driving an ageing family-owned Swift SC92F in the Queensland Formula Ford Championship, winning races in a sporadic campaign. In 2000 Power ran a full campaign leading to his first title in the Swift while simultaneously racing a late-model Spectrum 07 on the Australian Formula Ford Championship, finishing a promising seventh. Still running a small family-oriented team in 2001, Power upgraded to a Stealth RF95, a Western Australian modification of a 1995 Van Diemen. Power finished second in the series behind the factory-supported Van Diemen driver, Will Davison.

After three years of Formula Ford racing, Power moved into Formula Holden, racing for the Graham Watson-owned Ralt Australia team driving a Reynard 94D. Power swept all before him in Formula Holden, winning the title by over 50 points from Stewart McColl, claiming the 2002 Australian Drivers' Championship by winning 7 times and achieving 3 pole positions.

Midway through the 2002 season, Power was allowed to drive for the Bevan Carrick-owned Cooltemp Racing Formula 3 team, driving a Dallara-Toyota as well in the Australian Formula 3 Championship. Despite missing the opening races, Power missed out on winning the Formula 3 championship by only a handful of points to James Manderson.

Racing in Europe
Europe beckoned and in 2003 Power joined the British Formula 3 Championship racing initially for Diamond Racing, then later for Fortec Motorsport as tight funding prevented a full campaign. A second place at Thruxton demonstrated his ability and Power mounted a full campaign in 2004 with Alan Docking Racing but finished the season in the ninth position with five podium finishes.

He tested a Minardi Formula One car in 2004 with his Australian Formula Ford and British Formula 3 rival Will Davison in Italy.

During 2005 he competed in the World Series by Renault for the Carlin Motorsport team, where he proved very competitive. During the WSR championship, he scored two race victories, with 4 trips to the podium in total, and qualified his car on the front row five times. In addition to driving in the WSR, Power was also one of the featured drivers for the Australian team in the 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season. Power raced in the series opener at Brands Hatch and piloted Australia to a second-place finish behind Team Brazil.

Champ Car
In late 2005 Power joined Champ Car Team Australia at the Lexmark Indy 300 event at Surfers Paradise in Australia, which also resulted in his departure from the World Series by Renault championship even though that season was still in progress and Power ultimately ended seventh in the championship. In the Indy 300 Power ran strongly until being knocked off the track by teammate Alex Tagliani. After the Surfers Paradise event, he signed a multi-year contract to race for the team, which began immediately at the next Champ Car round in Mexico City after Tagliani's teammate Marcus Marshall was released for what was described as a "serious breach of contract".

Power drove full-time for Team Australia in 2006. He performed well throughout the season with nine top-ten finishes and strong qualifying results. In Mexico at the final round of the season, Power took his first podium finish in Champ Car. He won the "rookie of the year" award and finished in 6th place in the championship standings.

In his home race in 2006, at Surfers Paradise in Australia, he scored the first pole position of his career in Champ Cars, in front of his home crowd. However, contact from Paul Tracy in the pit lane and then an ambitious overtaking move by Sébastien Bourdais resulted in a bent left steering arm, and he fell to the back, one lap down by the time the car was repaired, eventually finishing 12th.

On 8 April 2007, Power won his first Champ Car race at the inaugural Vegas Grand Prix, held on the streets of Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. He qualified on the pole position and led most laps, becoming the first Australian driver to win in the series. On 8 July, at the Steelback Grand Prix of Toronto, with rain pouring down and visibility near zero when he got behind other cars, Power decided it was time to get aggressive. Power drove from fourth to first in 14 laps, finally splashing past rookie Ryan Dalziel to take the lead with 23 minutes to go, and went on to an easy victory.

To get to the lead, Power also had to pass three-time Champ Car World Series champion Sébastien Bourdais and rookie Neel Jani. Thanks to a series of late caution flags, he was able to go after each of them in turn. "I was close behind Sebastien and I knew he was quite tentative in the wet and I attacked him," Power said. "I got him on a restart. Then the next restart, I got Neel and the next restart, I got Dalziel. It's just about being aggressive at the right time and not hitting anyone". "I just drove so hard here because we've just had so much bad luck in the last few races," said Power, whose first Champ Car victory came in the 2007 opener in Las Vegas. "I didn't care; I just went hard. The car was good in the wet. It was good in the dry, and we stuck it to them." Power had podium finishes at Long Beach, Mont-Tremblant, and Mexico City and pole positions at Houston, Edmonton, Surfers Paradise, and Mexico City to place fourth in the final point standings in 2007.

2008 season
The merger of Champ Car and the IRL left his future uncertain. Power's Walker Racing team announced they would not be making the switch from Champ Car to IRL due to a lack of sponsorship. However, Power later signed with KV Racing Technology, to drive the No. 8 Aussie Vineyards—Team Australia car in 2008, continuing to work with Team Australia boss Craig Gore.

Power won the final Champ Car race at Long Beach in 2008, also giving Power his first IndyCar Series win. He scored two top-five finishes in IndyCar Series races, enough for 12th overall, outpointed by teammate Oriol Servià. In the non-points event in Surfers' Paradise, Australia, Power won the pole position but crashed out while leading the race.

2009 season
Team Penske announced on 13 January 2009 that for the 2009 IndyCar Series season, Power would replace Hélio Castroneves at the helm of the No. 3 Team Penske Honda-Dallara while Castroneves attended to his federal tax evasion charges. Power drove the No. 3 Team Penske Honda-Dallara to a sixth-place finish in the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, the first race of the year. Following St. Petersburg, Castroneves was acquitted of all tax evasion charges and returned to the team for the following race at the Grand Prix of Long Beach. Roger Penske came prepared for this scenario, however, and had spare cars on hand for both St. Petersburg and Long Beach, employing the option beginning at Long Beach and continuing through five more races that season. Power's new car, the No. 12 Penske Racing Verizon Wireless Honda/Dallara was officially entered for the Long Beach Grand Prix late on Friday evening and all the setup data garnered from his two sessions in the No. 3 Dallara was successfully transferred over. Power stormed to a dominant pole position with the last-minute effort and ultimately finished 2nd to Dario Franchitti after leading 16 laps. Power was also entered in the same third car for the Indianapolis 500, in which he finished in fifth place after a pit crew gaffe on the final stop – while Power was running 2nd – cost him a shot at Castroneves for the victory. To reward Power for his efforts, he was retained by the team to drive in five more races in Toronto, Edmonton, Kentucky, Sonoma, and Homestead. His team was crewed by Penske's Rolex Sports Car Series team, as Power's races were specifically scheduled on their RSCS off-weekends. Power's dreams and efforts came to fruition when he captured his first IndyCar race win, driving the No. 12, in dominant fashion at the Rexall Edmonton Indy.

Power's season was brought to an abrupt close during practice for the 2009 Motorola Indy 300 in Sonoma however, as Nelson Philippe spun exiting Turn 3 and stalled in the middle of the racing groove. As turn 3 is a completely blind corner, taken at high speed while cresting a hill, oncoming drivers had no indication there was anything over the hill and no time to react once they got there. E. J. Viso could barely avoid him, making light contact, but Power, following just behind Viso, had nowhere to go and crashed heavily into Philippe. Both drivers were airlifted from the racetrack in short order. Power had two fractured vertebrae while Philippe suffered a fractured ankle. Both drivers were concussed in the incident and were hospitalised. Both drivers' injuries would cause them to miss the rest of 2009 season.

2010 season

On 19 November 2009, Team Penske announced that Power would join the team full-time for the 2010 season with sponsorship from Verizon Wireless. Power dominantly opened the season, winning the first two races of the 2010 season at Brazil and St. Petersburg, making him the first IndyCar driver since Sam Hornish Jr. in 2001 to win the first two events of the year. He went on to win from the pole at Watkins Glen International, giving Roger Penske his first IndyCar Series win at the historic track. Over the course of the season, Power scored five wins (all on road courses) and a record eight pole positions. Power's efforts were rewarded with triumph in the Mario Andretti Road Course Championship, winning the inaugural Mario Andretti Trophy as the road course champion for the 2010 IndyCar Series season.

2011 season
During the 2011 IndyCar Series season he won 6 races; Barber Motorsports Park, São Paulo, the second doubleheader event at Texas Motor Speedway, Edmonton City Center Airport, Infineon Raceway, and the inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix. However, his season was far from easy. At Toronto he and championship leader Dario Franchitti touched in Turn 3 while battling for 5th, resulting in a spin for Power, which put him midpack where he was hit by former teammate Alex Tagliani. Power was irate with both drivers, particularly Franchitti, who with some level of controversy was not penalised for the contact and won the race.

With a few laps to go during the IndyCar Series' 225-mile return to New Hampshire Motor Speedway, amid protests from drivers and teams to not restart because of wet track conditions, the race was restarted and Power caught in the ensuing melee started by a spinning Danica Patrick. An irate Power exited his vehicle and spoke with several officials, even consulting with his race strategist Tim Cindric before displaying the finger to IndyCar director of competition Brian Barnhart. Power's immortal obscene gesture was captured on live television and met with immense support from IndyCar Series fans as well as support from members of several other team organisations in the paddock. Power's "Double Angry Birds" gesture, however, ended up landing him with a $30,000 fine, payable through public services to the league, although team owner Roger Penske said he would gladly pay the fine off. Power won the pole at the Kentucky Speedway and led the first 48 laps until he had contact with rookie Ana Beatriz as he exited his pit box.

The resulting damage relegated him to 19th place, while title rival Franchitti led the most laps, finished 2nd, and took an 18-point advantage. Power's season ended in a violent, high-speed 15-car crash at the final race of the season in Las Vegas that claimed the life of British driver Dan Wheldon. Wheldon, Power, and 3 other drivers were taken to the hospital. He lost any chance of having the points championship after the wreck, due in part to his role in the accident (his car was damaged beyond repair) and also to the fact that the race was abandoned following the wreck. Power was later diagnosed with a vertebral compression fracture in his thoracic vertebrae and had surgery to correct the problem.

2012 season
For the 2012 IndyCar Series season, Power returned to Team Penske to once again pilot the No. 12 car with teammates Castroneves and Briscoe. The road and street course heavy 2012 schedule played into Power's strength, making him one of the pre-season favorites to win the championship. After opening the season with a seventh-place finish at St. Petersburg, Power scored three consecutive victories at Barber Motorsports Park, the streets of Long Beach, and the streets of São Paulo to vault into the championship lead. Power held onto the points lead until the tenth of fifteen races when rival driver Ryan Hunter-Reay scored his third of three consecutive wins to take over the lead. Power regained the lead and built a 36-point advantage with two races remaining after strong second-place finishes at Mid-Ohio and Sonoma, coupled with two misfortunate finishes by Hunter-Reay. The season's penultimate race on the streets of Baltimore saw Power and Hunter-Reay choosing different strategies when the rain began falling.

Electing to remain on slick tires despite the wet conditions, Hunter-Reay gained the track position necessary to earn a much-needed win, while Power finished sixth. With the lead cut to 17 points entering the MAVTV 500 season finale on the 2-mile Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, Power was well-positioned to earn his first championship. Those hopes took a huge hit when Power's car spun and hit the wall on lap 55 of the 250-lap race. Despite heavy damage, Team Penske got Power's car back on track long enough to gain an additional position, forcing Hunter-Reay to finish fifth or better to win the championship. Hunter-Reay ran outside of championship position for most of the race but finally moved into the top five with 21 laps remaining, eventually finishing fourth. Hunter-Reay's championship resulted in Power finishing second in the standings for the third consecutive season. Despite losing the overall championship, Power won for the third time the Mario Andretti Trophy as the 2012 road course champion.

2013 season
The 2013 season began very slowly for Power. In St. Petersburg, during a caution period, his car was run over by J. R. Hildebrand's, resulting in damage to both cars; Power was relegated to a 16th-place finish. In Barber, he finished 5th. In São Paulo, a blown engine and fire on the front stretch forced him to end his day early. He was competitive in Indianapolis, but he was not a factor in the race. He was involved in a crash in Detroit that took out several other cars, yet he remained in the top ten in points. Things started to pick up after Mid-Ohio. In Sonoma, after Scott Dixon collided with one of his crew members, Dixon was forced to make a drive-through penalty, handing the lead of the race to Will Power. He led the next 12 laps en route to his first win of 2013. He again collided with Scott Dixon in Baltimore that ended up having the bad end for Dixon. In Houston on Saturday, Will Power and Scott Dixon battled all day until lap 64, when a slow pit stop cost him the win. Scott Dixon ended up winning that day. Power's teammate, Helio Castroneves, had troubles throughout the day. On Sunday, Power avenged Dixon, as he dominated the race and won over Dixon. However, the win was overshadowed by Dixon's teammate, Dario Franchitti, crashing on the final lap. Power won the season finale in Fontana to end 2013 on a hot streak, winning 3 out of the last 5 races. He finished 4th in points for the season.

2014 season
Power won the 2014 season-opener in St. Petersburg after passing pole-sitter Takuma Sato (2017 Indianapolis 500 winner) on lap 31. However, controversy arose during the race when, with 28 laps remaining, Power seemed to slow down, bunching the field and causing Jack Hawksworth to crash into Marco Andretti.

In Long Beach, after some controversy between him and Simon Pagenaud, he finished 2nd behind Mike Conway. At Barber, mistakes cost him a shot at victory lane. In the GP of Indianapolis, a pit road penalty cost him a win. In the Indianapolis 500, he was merely a factor in the race. In the first of 2 races at Detroit, Power battled hard with Graham Rahal in the closing laps but came home with the victory for hometown Roger Penske, his team owner. The second day, his teammate won. At Texas, again a pit road penalty cost him yet another trophy, but he rallied back to finish 2nd in a dramatic finish.

In the final race at Fontana, Power drove on to finish in ninth and won his first IndyCar championship, 62 points ahead of Hélio Castroneves in the standings. Power broke down in tears as he stood on the championship podium.

2015 season

Power had a difficult 2015 IndyCar Series season but somehow managed to finish third in the championship despite several incidents, including being taken out completely without fault on consecutive ovals. Showing flashes of speed he for example took pole for the season double points finale at Sonoma. He broke a record and clocked 1:16.2597, at an average speed of 112.589 mph. As it was, a win would have taken him ahead of eventual champion Scott Dixon, but would not have been enough to put him ahead of teammate. The duo of Power and Juan Pablo Montoya. collided during the race, ending Power's championship chances.

The vast majority of Power's success in IndyCar has been on the road and street courses, where he has often shown great speed during qualifying and races. Although he won the second leg at Texas Motor Speedway, the general inability to squeeze out ovals wins hampered Power in his first three title runs. In 2014 he won at the miler in Milwaukee and finished second at Texas, helping him to seal his first title. At the end of 2015 Power had won three oval races, one each on long, intermediate, and short ovals, with the 19 road course wins being spread out over ten wins on street courses and nine on runoff road courses, with two of those being at the hybrid airport track in Edmonton. Being more seasoned on ovals Power came close to winning the 2015 Indianapolis 500 on his eighth attempt only just losing out to teammate Juan Pablo Montoya.

2016 season
Power missed the season-opening race at St. Petersburg due to the medical team believing that he had a concussion stemming from an accident that he had in one of the practices leading up to the race; it turned out that he did not have a concussion (it could have been an ear or sinus infection that was causing the concussion-like symptoms). Despite this setback, Power would go on to finish second in the points behind his teammate Simon Pagenaud and won 4 of the 16 races that year: the second race at Detroit (Belle Isle), Road America, Toronto, and Pocono.

2017 season
Power's 2017 season was not as good as his 2016 season, despite not missing any races. He only finished 5th in the points and claimed three victories: Indianapolis Grand Prix, Texas, and Pocono. However, Power did claim more pole positions in 2017 – five – compared with the one he received in 2016.

2018 season

Power would emerge as a championship contender once again 2018. Despite a slow start to the season, including DNFs at Phoenix and Birmingham, Power won the 2018 IndyCar Grand Prix, scoring Team Penske's 200th win in the Series. Power won the 102nd running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 27, 2018. He also won at Gateway. He was in contention for the series title up until a late accident at Portland took him out of the championship fight.

2019 season
Power again started the season slowly but by the end of the season found his form and continued his winning ways, winning at Pocono Raceway and at the Grand Prix of Portland, increasing his streak of winning at least one race per season in IndyCar to ten seasons.

2020 season
Power again returned to Team Penske in the pandemic shortened 2020 season. Despite again starting the season slowly he found his rhythm late in the season and clinched his first victory at the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio and a second at the Harvest Grand Prix, increasing his streak of winning at least one race per season in IndyCar to eleven seasons. He finished the season by getting pole position in St. Petersburg but ultimately retired during the race.

2021 season
With the departure of Helio Castroneves to Meyer Shank Racing Power became the longest-tenured member of Penske's IndyCar stable. 2021 would be one of the toughest years of Power's career and one of the toughest for Team Penske since they returned to IndyCar. Although Power scored his best opening result to the season since 2015 and was signed to a new multi-year contract with Penske that will keep him with the team through the 2023 season he struggled frequently after committing himself to a more aggressive driving style and a shake-up of crew chiefs in the Penske IndyCar paddock. Power was nearly bumped from the 105th Indianapolis 500 before managing to survive and qualify 32nd on the grid, his lowest start to date in the race and the lowest of all the Penske drivers in 2021. Power further incurred controversy during the first race in Detroit, when he led most of the race after a red flag caused by Felix Rosenqvist only to finish twentieth with five laps to go when his car's ECU overheated and prevented a restart during another red flag incident caused by Romain Grosjean, after which he blamed IndyCar for costing him the win. In Nashville Power was involved in several wheel to wheel contact incidents with teammates Simon Pagenaud and Scott McLaughlin, one of which caused a red flag. Power won his first race of 2021 at the second round on the IMS Road Course, snapping a career-long 315-day winless streak and giving Roger Penske his first win at the speedway since he purchased the facility. Power got his first pole of the season at Gateway to bring him within four of Mario Andretti's all-time IndyCar pole position record. He ultimately finished ninth in the championship.

2022 season
2022 was a massive rebound year for Power after his difficult 2021. He started the year by scoring top five finishes in each of the first five races. He picked up his only win of the season at the final Detroit Grand Prix held on Belle Isle, redeeming himself from the previous year's misfortune. He picked up five pole positions on the season, including clinching a rare double pole position at the Iowa double header. His fifth pole position broke Mario Andretti's record for the most poles in IndyCar history. Power was one of five drivers heading into the season finale at Laguna Seca who were mathematically still in contention for the series title, holding a 20 point lead over Josef Newgarden and Scott Dixon and needing to finish no worse than third to clinch the championship. In the end Power would come out as victorious and win the 2022 Astor Cup and 2022 Indycar Series.

2023 season
2023 would be the most difficult season of Power's IndyCar career. He recorded only three podium finishes on the season and saw his streak of sixteen consecutive seasons with a race win snapped.

2024 season
2024 would be a much stronger season for Power. He picked up three second place finishes in the first five point scoring races and snapped his winless streak with a victory at Road America. Power later picked up a second win at Iowa, his first win on an oval since 2019.

Sports car racing
In 2023, Power was scheduled to make his sports car racing debut, signing on to take part in the 2023 24 Hours of Daytona with SunEnergy1 Racing. However, he would be replaced by Luca Stolz just under two weeks before the event was set to take place, as he stepped away from the ride to care for his wife after she suffered complications from a recent surgery.

Personal life
Power's brother, Damien Power, is a stand-up comedian. Power plays the drums in his spare time, often playing the drums at charity events organised by IndyCar.

Power married Liz Cannon in 2010. The two met during Power's CART days when Liz joined Walker Racing as a receptionist and eventually worked in PR for the team. Their son was born in December 2016.

In popular culture
In 2013, Power supplied the voice for the Australian anchor in the animated feature film Turbo''.

Career summary
† As he was a guest driver, Power was ineligible to score points.

‡ Team standings.

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

American open-wheel racing results
(key)

IndyCar Series

 * 1 The Las Vegas Indy 300 was abandoned after Dan Wheldon died from injuries sustained in a 15-car crash on lap 11.

Complete V8 Supercar results
† Not Eligible for points

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