Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Request board/Archive 2

My apologies if this has been settled before; I could not find it in the discussion archives. Also, apologies if I've somehow done something wrong with the process...as you can see, I'm new here. Zaldax (talk) 20:16, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

The problem is that there is often a lot of contention and debate as to what the "offical" name of a country actually is. Do we follow the UN's "official" names, the IOC's "official" names, or should we follow some other international standard? No matter what we follow, someone is going to object. On the other hand if we go with whatever "name" is most commonly used in reliable English language sources (ie the current policy) there is rarely much contention or debate as to what the article's title should be. Blueboar (talk) 04:29, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

WP:Commonname is probably the best policy to become familiar with. As far as I'm concerned, it seems to be the consensus precedent that common names are preferable to official names, and I see no reason to overturn that consensus now. VanIsaac_WS^contribs

07:40, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

What about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland? Democratic People's Republic of Korea? United Mexican States? Oriental Republic of Uruguay? And why stop at countries, what about the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations? You need to touch on more than the easy targets of China and the US if you want to suggest we move everything to the official name. --Golbez (talk) 16:25, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

I'd actually be in favor of those, too; in my opinion, whatever name a sovereign state uses for itself should be the name listed in an encyclopedia. In any case, it seems that

WP:Commonname is well-supported enough that it remains consensus, and I've no problem with that. (Although I still do have an issue with the two examples I mentioned initially.) Cheers, Zaldax (talk

) 20:08, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Would we use the English translated name, or stick with it in their native language, since meaning can be lost in translation? This has only been slightly touched on thanks to Cote d'Ivoire, but this would writ it large. What makes United Mexican States more appropriate than Estados Unidos Mexicanos? The point of this is to say, just as "common name" can be ambiguous, so can what to use for the "formal name." --Golbez (talk) 21:59, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Most, if not all, nations tend to issue some English language documents -- if they use the same name for English as their native language, who are we to correct them? If Mexico terms itself Estados Unidos Mexicanos, use that -- if they term themselves United Mexican States (which they do), I'd use that. Cote d'Ivoire is an example of the former (the fact that it currently resides at Ivory Coast is a prime example of this argument) Cheers, Zaldax (talk) 22:30, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Who are we to correct any source... including those that use a name that is different from the one used "officially"? It is important to remember that WP:COMMONNAME does not say that we should never use the official name... it means we use whatever name is most commonly used by the totality of English Language sources. That might well be the official name (in fact, it often is). However... when it is not... when after examining the totality of sources we find that those sources don't use the official name, we follow the sources. Blueboar (talk) 20:42, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

Very good point, Blueboar. Come to think of it, you're absolutely right in that this isn't an issue in most cases; thanks to all editors who've posted here so far clarifying my understanding of WP:Commonname (which I admit, as a relative newbie, was rather tenuous at best.)

After thinking about the situation, and reviewing pages of controversial RMs, I've noticed a common trend; the issue of "common vs. official name" tends to be the most prominent when two potential names exist - one official, one un-official - and a strong case can be made for either as the common name. Thus, the issue with WP:Commonname is not the use of the common name over the official one, but what to do when the commonname itself is disputed. The cases I cited earlier are in fact stronger examples of this than what I originally, confusedly proposed. Seeing as how these controversial RMs occupy a huge amount of editors time, perhaps a discussion is in order to create a policy or guideline that would settle them? My proposal would be this: When the common name is disputed between two possible candidates - one official, one unofficial - favor the official name. This seems to me the most logical proposal; if we can't agree which name is more commonly used, why not use the official name, since it already has the benefit of status behind it?

This is a potentially huge addition to policy, that could solve a lot of RMs in the future, but I can understand that, as much sense as I think it makes, it will be quite controversial. There's also a good chance that I'm confused again, so I would appreciate input if that's the case, before wasting everyone's time on a massive discussion. Interest? Cheers, 17:27, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

A lead dispute, Which version better represents the topic [1]and is in keeping with Wiki lead policy found on many other articles? Talk page engagement has been ignored.--Inayity (talk) 22:18, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Instead of just removing what happened, why did you not try to rephrase it? Something like "The 9-11 Truth movement contests the accepted account that..." Also, both of the editors that reverted you have discussed the matter on the talk page, which is hardly ignoring engagement. If anything, you ignored their engagement. Ian.thomson (talk) 22:31, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

It can do that if it briefly sum the issue, why do we need to restate it and waste lead space (succinctly) ? Is something wrong with

9/11, doesn't that and every website around the world tell every living soul what happened? Even the bushmen in South Africa know the "official" accounts. the talk page is clear evidence of what is happening and the quality of the "engagement, or lack thereof" . --Inayity (talk

) 22:45, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Per

Modern geocentrism

article, and the same principle applies here. That Al-Qaeda destroyed the WTC is a fact, not an "official account." The 9-11 Truth movement has failed to understand that. The article must reflect both of those views.

And again, two other editors discussed the matter, which is engagement. If you meant "agreement," (a completely different word), then yes, there was no agreement with you, but there was engagement. Ian.thomson (talk) 22:52, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

lets just use the talk page as other comments are coming in. We do still have a duty to wiki rules regardless of our orientation.--Inayity (talk) 22:58, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes, we have a duty to guidelines and policies such as

WP:FRINGE, which say that we do not portray conspiracy theories as equal to known facts. Ian.thomson (talk

) 23:11, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

I recently began editing again after a 2 years hiatus. I was immediately met with two deletions (2 min and 18 min respectively. And the comments I posted were discounted and/or misinterpreted and there seems to be no willingness on the part of the other editor for any discussion. I haven't yet figured out where the other editor is coming from, but he apparently intends to make it impossible for me to post anything.--Margaret9mary (talk) 22:48, 1 August 2012 (UTC)And as you can see from the following, the editor concerned is interfering with my attempts to get comments from another source than him. And he has interfered and deleted part of what I was saying on this page--Margaret9mary (talk) 22:48, 1 August 2012 (UTC) One of the things he deleted was my comment that this subject's most important secondary sources date back to 1700-2000 years ago some of which are inaccessible to all but specialists in the field. But that over 25 books have been published on the subject in the last 10 years indicating a renewed interest in the subject and a reason for a WP article.--Margaret9mary (talk) 22:57, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

This issue could be seen as limited to the topic we are treating, but I see it as a larger issue. That WP rules are being taken so rigidly that the original purpose of WP is undermined or destroyed.--Margaret9mary (talk) 22:26, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Note to other users that the above post was prompted by the above user attempting to add unsourced original research to an article, while the talk page for an unsourced forum-like discussion of the subject, and then asking what my beef was for reverting the former and discouraging the latter.

In response to the post: Encyclopedias written by experts are nigh impossible to correct, very limited in scope, and take forever to update. Wikipedia, with its rather open format, corrects serious errors almost instantly and minor errors still more quickly than any other encyclopedia, is very broad in scope while being far more in-depth than many professional works, and updates constantly. This is possible because we acknowledge expertise based on a user's academic capabilities (being able to cite secondary or tertiary sources neutrally) rather than they claim to know. If someone cannot cite one book on a subject, they really aren't experts, as far as Wikipedia (or indeed, most of academia) is concerned.

The original purpose of Wikipedia is to have an accurate encyclopedia that anyone can contribute to. This means that we have to use sources, and this means not giving special treatment to anyone (no matter how much they delusionally bloviate about being an expert on a subject while simultaneously and hypocritically denying the possibility of academic recognition of their supposed talents). Ian.thomson (talk) 22:40, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Margaret9mary, I did not delete anything you posted on this page, it is incorrect (or outright false) to claim that I did so. Also in response to this, a source that dates back two millenia and is only accessible by specialists is a primary source, not a secondary source. A secondary source would be books by those specialists on that hard-to-access source. If you have 25 books on the subject, you should have presented them earlier. Ian.thomson (talk) 23:03, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

• talk | history | links | watch | logs
  )

The intent of the word "watching" may be unclear to a newcomer. I'd link "watching" to

WP:WATCH. Regards, RJH (talk

) 22:13, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Done, good idea.

User:King4057 (EthicalWiki

) 20:20, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

I'd be interested in seeing this turned into an edit notice (eventually) instead of a talk page header, for higher visibility. Now, others have countered that BLP is our most important policy and its edit notice is more subtle: to that I would respond that BLPs receive a lot less advertisement-esque edits than corporate articles do. I will concede that for the short term, an edit notice is quite ambitious. BigNate37_(T) 04:42, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

Even bolder would be a BLP-like policy for companies, followed by a corresponding edit-notice. The idea has been kicked around a few times recently. Seems like a common-sense suggestion, but it would be quite an undertaking.

User:King4057 (EthicalWiki

) 20:40, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

Well policy isn't something one can boldly create, but I certainly agree that a parallel system à la BLP would be ideal, and I also agree that it is no trivial matter. The first steps toward that end would be clearly demonstrating that it is needed, and that the current system is not adequate for looking after organization articles. BigNate37_(T) 19:38, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

The need would not be difficult to validate looking at the number of advert articles, poorly sourced criticisms and imbalanced articles focused exclusively on controversy. Perhaps the first step would be to do an analysis of 100 random company articles and scoring their BLP/COI violations. I am not quite that ambitious. :-D

User:King4057 (EthicalWiki

) 06:17, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

(unindent) As worded, I would object to the mere existence of such a template. Taken literally, it should be applied to every company and organization article, every bio article, every biography article for a person largely notable in connection with a company or organization, almost every product article, and many others. This is far too broad a brush. If the actual intent is to use a far more limited criterion or set of criteria to apply such a template, then it should be reworded to reflect that narrower criterion. I am also not convinced that such a template will change editing behavior in any significant way. DES ^(talk) 17:18, 2 September 2012 (UTC)

I would like to clear up miss information about Charles Wilson Peale the Artest. You have Priscilla Peale as his daughter who was married to Dr.Henry Boteler. The fact is Priscilla was his Granddaughter. Her name was priscilla Robinson Boteler. She was the Daughter of Angelica Robinson. Angelica was Charles Wilson Peales Daughter. She married Alexander Robinson. Priscilla was thier daughter. I am a member of the Boteler Family and can supply proof if you would like.

Sincerely,

Jane Houston

Hello. I am working on finding suitable references to confirm this. Thank-you for the correction.24.0.133.234 (talk) 00:31, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

I would like to request for a comment on latest issues being discussed in the abvove mentioned article ... the issue extends to the talk pages on Nichiren and Nichiren Buddhism. Thank you.--Catflap08 (talk) 14:20, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

Talk:Liancourt Rocks#Reverts made Clover345 (talk) 18:34, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

I am contributing to a page of a singer ( Misha B)

My Question is are interviews with the subject of the article (from a reliable source news or online resource) acceptable as sources?

any restrictions?...

Is the a difference between online video interviews and those i print?

...Zoebuggie☺whispers 15:13, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

Interviews are an acceptable source to use to support the information you are adding to a page. Of course they need to be reliable and not self published sources. There are no restrictions as long as you cite them correctly. The sources can even be in a different language. If your sources are printed, then you need to make sure you cite them correctly and you shouldn't run into any problems. Hope this helps and happy editing! Meatsgains (talk) 00:42, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

Need opinions on what is an official single and what is promotional single. ^_^ Swifty*^talk 00:25, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Leitman_Bailey Has been many edits by suspected sock puppets and need user assistance. I started and will do more tomorrow but would like to have others review and comment. 67.205.230.34 (talk) 11:04, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

Sara Foster's birthday is listed as February 5..........every other place states August 2. Not even close!

working on this but there are contradictions!Looking for info. about her having a b-day party or something to confirm.

talk

) 01:02, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Ahh-look at the article talk page. There is a link to Ms. Foster posting a Twitter msg. saying that her B-day IS Feb 5.

talk

) 01:04, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

I am wondering if it is appropriate for a small group of editors to appoint themselves as "Admins" of a project and give themselves ranks. This seems to go against our open editing policy and may discourage wider participation. I have removed this a couple of times but it is always put back.--Charles (talk) 20:39, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Hi. I see how you think it may discourage participation but the aim of this is, in fact, to encourage people to join. We feel that if we have admins members of the group will have someone to answer any of their queries. You could say that we are like a project co-ordinator of other Wikiprojects.

The ranks are there to encourage people to edit and to get them involved. We think that people are more likely to have fun, while making good edits, if there is some sort of award system. Anyway, we think that is getting out of hand. you also refuse to listen as many people involved with you have offered compromises. When they are offered you usually ignore them. I ask you-How can we sort this out if you don't talk to us? We are willing to compromise, whereas we don't think you will until you get your own way.

Thanks, Pbl1998 (talk) 12:08, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

If they want to give themselves ranks, or indeed uniforms, that is really for them to decide, but they should avoid the terms "admins" as none of the 3 are actually Wikipedia administrators, and this is plainly misleading. I have edited the project page to remove the term; other terms could be used, but please don't reinsert "admins" etc. Johnbod (talk) 16:17, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

Hi, I have changed the rank admin to Project Coordinators. I hope this okay. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me, Thanks - Willrocks10  Speak to me  18:19, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

To repeat the summary originally posted in Medcon, This dispute began when Norton began to (without consensus) inappropriately expand the

perhaps the reason for the failure to resolve is that the material could be equally well presented either way, provided it was sufficiently clear. DGG ( talk ) 18:19, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

I tried to tag the talkpage (Talk:Censorship in Islamic societies) with an RfC in the Media, Political, Religious, and Society sections using template, but it apparently did not take, or I screwed it up.

The questions that comments are requested on are:

1. Does this article require the use of solely academic sources;
2. Does the article require explicit use of the word censorship in the source; and
3. Is a restricted definition of censorship to be used, i.e. only by governmental agencies, or is the definition used in the Wikipedia article correct, where censorship may be by the government, media, private groups, or individuals?

Thanks, GregJackP Boomer! 23:33, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

To repeat the summary originally posted in Medcon, this dispute began when Norton began to (without consensus) inappropriately expand the

Could we get you to read over Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/CBS Records#Decision of the Mediation Committee before you copy and paste the same convoluted description over and over again. You are aware that the exact post is just above this one right? Adding the same thing over and over after being told is "too fragmented" and that other dont see the argument in this way is not going to help. Moxy (talk) 17:29, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

I apologize to all if this is not the right place to ask/discuss this, but there appear to be so many choices, I'm not sure which is "right."

The Featured Article yesterday (9-25-12) was the "Lynching of Jesse Washington." It is an excellent article of importance and meets the criteria for selection as a Featured Article; but the photographs, including the one displayed in the Featured Article box, are quite graphic and disturbing. I know a lot of people who use Wikipedia as their home page, including a few children and teens and a few public libraries and schools. The photographs are very powerful and help to make the article compelling, but to have it reload and redisplay every time someone opens a browser window can be a bit much.

Since the Featured Article is selected by people (not random or a 'bot), should there be a policy to consider the nature of photographs when an article is chosen as the Featured Article? The "Lynching" story could have been selected without including the photograph in the box; peoples' attention would be drawn to it, without showing a horrific image except to people who choose to read the entire article.

I'm not advocating removing the photographs from the main article or avoiding challenging material for the Featured Articles, just some sensitivity to the fact that a wide variety of people, including children, routinely see Wikipedia (which I think is generally a very good thing!). Weather13 (talk) 17:39, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

I agree --- I realize Wikipedia is not censored, but when an image is either disturbing or not safe for work, then it should be collapsed with a notation of either *(Disturbing )* or *(NSFW)*. That way, the image stays, but is not viewable except by the viewers consent (given by uncollapsing the window ) "....We are all Kosh...."  <-Babylon-5-> 19:07, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

There is currently an RfC

1217 ^{What I've done}

04:00, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

Thank you, David 1217. I don't necessarily like how that conversation went, but I support community decision making. Thanks for the support Babylon5. Weather13 (talk) 00:37, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

I've been reading a lot of ancient greek articles and almost all of them cite the dates using the acronym "BC" instead of the modern "BCE"

BC stands for "Before Christ" and including this in every historical article implies an affiliation to the christian religion. BCE stands for "Before Common Era", a much more general, modern and accurate acronym. Most of the historical community uses this acronym.

Should we be changing these articles to keep up with modern standards?

• Oppose, we allow variations in just about everything, American-British English, Chicago-MLA-Bluebook citations, date formats (DD MMM YYYY, MMM DD YYYYK etc. There is no need to require BCE over BC. GregJackP Boomer! 05:53, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
• Oppose It is a false dichotomy to label "BC" as "old" and "BCE" as modern. Allow both forms, as is currently done, and discourage people from randomly changing from one to the other, as is also now done. Beyond My Ken (talk) 23:01, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
• Oppose for the reasons given by GregJackP. JumpDiscont (talk) 06:10, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

can't find anything about Roseville Airport aka Gratiot Field, fka Packard Field which was home of the Liberty Motor and developed into a now forgotten "ghost" airport. Now home of Eastgate Shopping Center in Roseville, Mi this airport was home to many female pilots several of which won awards for acrobatically piloting their crafts in high heels, etc while practicing bombing and strafing runs above the airfield. Detailed location and wayfaring information is available at wayfaring.com and detailed historical summary is availalbe at the examiner.com

74.199.78.110 (talk) 02:11, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

You can either

1217 ^{What I've done}

02:58, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Unfortunately, examiner.com is regarded as an unreliable source by Wikipedia (it publishes user-submitted material, with little editorial oversight). In any case, the only pertinent material a search on their website seems to be concerning a single book: Roseville's Airport, written by a local resident Gail Elliott. [2] Any article is going to require more than this single source, even if it meets our reliability requirements (the author appears not to be an established writer or historian). It might be a useful starting point though, if it lists the sources it is based on. AndyTheGrump (talk) 18:56, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

An extensive, indeed exhausting, discussion between two editors has taken place between myself and

A major authority in the field, Avshalom Zoosmann-Diskin, is on record as disagreeing with that proposition. In a 2010 paper he writes:-

(a) The origin of Eastern European Jews, (EEJ) by far the largest and most important Ashkenazi population, and their affinities to other Jewish and European populations are still not resolved.'

His paper then compares

(b)two competing theories regarding the origin of EEJ,

His conclusion is:-

(c) The autosomal genetic distance analysis presented here clearly demonstrates that the investigated Jewish populations do not share a common origin. The resemblance of EEJ to Italians and other European populations portrays them as an autochthonous European population.p.4

To furnish us with assistance requires no knowledge of the subject, nor discussion of genetics. Tertiary sources, such as Jits van Straten’s The Origin of Ashkenazi Jewry: The Controversy Unraveled, published by

In short, in the technical literature there appears to be two positions. Can third parties clarify what

Perhaps the right place for this discussion is on the talk page. I don't know how to make a request that would alert the wider community to the issue. Thank you--Nishidani (talk) 15:56, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Poet Frank Marshall Davis has been the subject of several recent controversies and conspiracy theories surrounding his relationship to Barack Obama. As might be expected, such an article can tend to attract editors with partisan agendas. The issues on the table include how to deal with these issues in terms of fairness and NPOV. Editors without strong political attachments preferred. Is it possible to reach fair and constructive consensus on this sort of hot button partisan subject? Jander80 (talk) 21:05, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

On all issues dealing with fairness and NPOV, there should always be a reference backing up whatever claim is being stated. If a statement has a reference, then we must first look at whether or not it belongs on the page. Many times, users will add information that either promote or degrade a person, organization, etc. and is not even relevant to the page. If the information added does belong on the page, then the reference to support it needs to be examined. Is the source reliable? biased? neutral? These all have to be taken into consideration. Too many times users have a motive behind the page they are editing and it is clear to see their purpose for editing the page. Hope this helps! Meatsgains (talk) 00:35, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

Your comments would be appreciated at

I am placing the rfc here to get some different voices in this discussion. The request is to give an article based on the multiple comments during the 2012 election cycle a NPOV name. I would ask anyone who reviews this to look at this discussion and provide their thoughts on a name and provide inputs into the discussion.

I would object to the "Republican Party's comments" name. The statements were not statements by the party, and while the people who made those statements were from the party, they were a small handful out of thousands of serving party members, and many millions of total party members. Gaijin42 (talk) 16:12, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

I would like to ask some help from more experienced users to resolve our debate (Here:Template_talk:History_of_Hungary#Roman_Pannonia). It is a complicated issue. The main question is what kind of articles we can use in the templates. Please join in our debate. Fakirbakir (talk) 17:11, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelo_Balanta

The article about Queens Park Rangers [QPR] Footballer Angelo Balanta claims that he was scouted by QPR scouts. This statement is entirely untrue- he was in fact bought to the club by his former teacher and mentor from the Hammersmith Pupil Referral Unit [PRU] Denny Mendoza. It was Denny Mendoza that discovered and introduced Balanta to the club after he played against him in a Sunday League match in which Balanta scored five goals including a header, right foot, left foot finish. Denny Mendoza is also the person that would drive Balanta to training, wait for him to finish training and then drive him home after training, at the beginning of his QPR career. Mr. Mendoza is NOT and NEVER HAS BEEN a scout for QPR or any other professional club. Please can your "encyclopaedia" publish the correct facts about this matter as the article as it stands at this moment states facts erroneously. My source for this is simple- I am Denny Mendoza!!!! Nietzsche Braza is a pseudonym.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Baptiste

The article about footballer Rocky Baptiste claims that he was born 8 July 1973 in Neasden, North-West London which is not the case. Rocky Baptiste was actually born on 8 July 1972 in Clapham, South London. He moved to Neasden at two years old and grew up on the Chalkhill Estate in Wembley Park. The article also claims that Rocky Baptiste played for Gravesend & Northfleet, when in fact Rocky Baptiste has never played for Gravesend & Northfleet at any time during his career. Please publish accurate details about living people [and dead people for that matter!!!]. My source for this is Rocky Baptiste has been my best friend since 1974 and is Godfather to my children and is sitting right next to me as I write.

Thank You

Nietzsche Braza [Denny Mendoza]

The article

• I think we could use the photograph under fair use, but we are making a rare exercise of editorial respect for the family's wishes. I am content to wait until the copyright expires. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 12:59, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Which, if any, of the three studies (Allen et. al., Regnerus, and Marks' critique of the literature) that were peer-reviewed and published in 2012 and dispute the consensus on parenting outcomes, should be included in the article? .jj (talk) 14:10, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Background: Starting on December 10, 2012 an IP user began at one IP then moved to another deleting secondary (non-primary) or supporting references and even blanking sections such as at Mirro Aluminum Company.
Please see: Special:Contributions/75.2.208.87 Then jumping to ... Special:Contributions/75.0.192.157
I left a Welcome and a caution at User talk:75.2.208.87 then the behavior continued with reverts made by User:75.0.192.157 as, "rv frivolous revert by wikistalker who doesn't understand the issue - See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_77#Reliability_on_genealogy_websites) "
This obviously is User:75.2.208.87 at a new different IP address as User:75.0.192.157.
My understanding on references is in question.
The floating IP user citing "self-published and user-generated sources are not reliable per

Do the credentials & notability/recognitions by "reliable" third-parties which are listed in this topic's paragraph which is labeled "2." (2nd paragraph down) make the disputed source a WP:RS? And do those credentials, his extent of having been published by the 3rd parties who are listed on that Talk page (e.g. those listed in the paragraph labeled "iii" and 1 paragraph thereafter), & other notability/recognition by 3rd-parties make him a source whom WP:RS exempts from WP:SPS, i.e. do you accept that his reputation with those third-parties (and his fact-checking, e.g. how he cites his claims) allows him to reliably self-publish...or to quote WP:RS: "Self-published material may be acceptable when produced by an established expert on the topic of the article (emphasis added) whose work in the relevant field has previously been published by reliable third-party publications (emph added)"? Do you trust at least some of those 3rd-party sources as being "reliable" sources?

(NOTE: The Doctor is being cited whilst admitting he has a political bias, in accord with section 4.7 of WP:RS; "bias"/POV isn't part of the dispute, e.g. His work is being stated as,"Proponents of this side hold that...XYZ ...and their opposition holds that...ABC.")

Please note any reasons for your position. Thanks.

Disregard

 – already cross-posted over at BLP/N. Tiggerjay (talk) 08:43, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Moshe Friedman page on wikipedia - need help on the page. He is very controversial need help. 65.88.89.32 (talk) 17:51, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshe_Friedman - Many changes and simply would request fresh eyes. Tellyuer1 (talk) 03:33, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Created due to the occasional requests coming in through either

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neturei_Karta Needs a ton of work - original sources, etc. Am going to start it today and appreciate others with an interest joining.Tellyuer1 (talk) 20:12, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Recent edits to Cannabis (drug) have added a section on Safety which is strongly biased toward cannabis being a risk-free drug. Emphasis is on a claim that no marijuana related deaths have ever occurred. Yes, there are some sources where the author states no cannabis deaths to report, but using these claims selectively is misleading. Several reliable sources have reported infrequent deaths and also list cannabis smoke as a carcinogen (links to these articles or to abstracts are provided in the deleted history or on the Talk page). Summary:

• Forensic Science International

“Acute Cardiovascular Fatalities Following Cannabis Use”

• Journal of Pediatrics

“Cerebellar Infarction in Adolescent Males Associated with Acute Marijuana Use”

• Cancer Research, UK

“Does smoking cannabis cause cancer?”

• Revue Neurologique (French)

“Cannabis-induced cerebral and myocardial infarction in a young woman”

• Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

“Cannabis-Related Myocardial Infarction and Cardioembolic Stroke”

• UCLA School of Medicine

“Effects of marijuana on the lung and its immune defenses”

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, SAMHSA, DAWN

“Area Profiles of Drug-Related Mortality” (this is a government tertiary source)

• State of California

“Chemicals known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity” (This is a government tertiary source)

• Center for Effective Drug Abuse Research & Statistics, Drugwatch

“Marijuana-only drug abuse deaths” (This is a tertiary source)

A marijuana supporter will not accept published medical journals and government reports that raise any safety concerns about cannabis usage. Wikipedia requires a neutral point of view and an unbiased handling of divergent sources. Certainly, cannabis is not as dangerous as several other hard drugs, but that does not result in absolute safety. Wikipedia should include both sources that discuss safety and sources that indicate problems. A balanced and neutral view is required.

Additional input and comments are welcome on the Talk page. Rlsheehan (talk) 16:51, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Please re-evaluate E11 European long distance path, since the article has been completely re-edited in a more encyclopedic style. The travel guide tag might be removed, since the travel guide type of details are now in WikiVoyage:E11 hiking trail. DrMennoWolters (talk) 10:07, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

I think this AfD was closed too quickly, a closure basis was not reached, and the statement for closing it is not applicable. There are several lists in this same vein that should me merged, they shan't stand alone. There is a clear policy for content fork and cleanup, all these lists are difficult to browse through, their content are behind stub level. And even though the subject is notable, expect to maintain all these lists by the end of the year. Wikipedia is not a directory for every single award in the world, as I stated in the discussion, ifso then every single category in every notable award (BAFTA, ASCAP, Billboard Awards, VMA, Academy Awards, EMMY and the list goes on and on) should have their own article or list. Which I decline to believe that is the case. Eduemoni^↑talk↓ 00:52, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

If you believe this AfD was closed incorrectly, you should take the matter to

deletion review, which despite the name is the appropriate venue to discuss this. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp

00:55, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Isn't DRV for articles that got deleted? Eduemoni^↑talk↓ 00:56, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

As I said, despite the name it is the appropriate venue for this. See

WP:DRVPURPOSE. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp

01:10, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

--Johanne Johannes (talk) 13:43, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

It has been proposed that Great Commission Ministries has sufficient notability to warrant its own article. The article has been developed at

Requesting editors come to David Dziurzynski to comment on the inclusion of information regarding a particular incident in this NHL hockey player's career which has stimulated secondary media debate on the issue of fighting in hockey. Issues at hand are notability and a raised concern about recentism. Three independent editors added the information, a single editor has reverted all three. Seeking consensus on how to proceed. 68.5.176.101 (talk) 01:00, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

The current report on Susan Lindauer is a one-sided recitation of the former Bush administration's smear campaign to destroy her credibility. To present an accurate picture to a reader, it is not enough that the selected facts in a story be true; key facts must not have been omitted.

When an article fails to mention that there were other credible, professional witnesses in a hearing with evidence that counters accusations and judgments against an accused, and it fails to mention that the judge has been appointed by the party responsible for the accusations against the accused, I doubt any reader would consider that account of the accused as neutral, unbiased, or verified, or consider it to be in keeping with the noble aspirations espoused on Wikipedia's own ETHICS page:

"The success of WikiExperts is rooted in our commitment to upholding Wikipedia’s principles of Neutrality, Notability, Verifiability, and No Original Research. We provide consultation, research, writing, and translation services that adhere fully to Wikipedia guidelines. Without compromising the integrity of Wikipedia, our clients, and our own enterprise, we create, monitor, and update Wikipedia articles on behalf of our clients. In doing so, we implement strict internal rules that preclude us from uploading any disinformation or biased content."

Such is the case with your portrayal of Ms. Lindauer on the Wikipedia site. If you have any concern for integrity in your publication, I implore you to research the evidence that is available to you below and elsewhere to confirm that the piece about Ms. Lindauer needs balance and broader perspective.

AFFIDAVIT OF THAYER LINDAUER

I have practiced corporate law for 40 years, with a specialty in Multi-Level Marketing in the U.S. and international arenas. Though my expertise lies outside criminal law, I took my degree at the University of Chicago and I have broad legal experience. I am quite

satisfied that my niece, Susan Lindauer, has accurately described my involvement in her

legal fight, and the events related to her incarceration at Carswell Prison.

Most importantly, six months prior to her imprisonment, I interviewed several

important witnesses in her case, who forthrightly authenticated her claims. Those

witnesses included Edward MacKechnie, Scottish Solicitor for the Lockerbie Trial, who validated Susan's long-time work relationship with Dr. Richard Fuisz and his known

affiliation to the Central Intelligence Agency. I spoke with Paul Hoven, who admitted his

role as one of Susan's handlers, and further identified Dr. Fuisz as her second, CIA handler, overseeing her activities at the United Nations. I spoke with Parke Godfrey

about Susan's 9/11 warning, and other assundry issues in her case. During her

imprisonment, I spoke with a number of other witnesses and friends of Susan's, including, I believe, Ian Ferguson, the Scottish journalist and expert on Lockerbie.

There is no question but that Susan's history as an Asset, supervised by members of

U.S. Intelligence, would have been easily proven to the satisfaction of the Court. For those of us who trust in the legal traditions of this country, her case marked a

stunning reversal of expectations. Susan correctly relates that I have tremendous respect

for Judge Michael Mukasey and the predicament that he faced. There were serious questions of prosecutorial misconduct and withholding exculpatory knowledge from the

Court, since it was quite clear the Justice Department did not want to admit Susan's role

in Pre-War Intelligence or the 9/11 investigation, including her 9/11 warning. To incarcerate an American citizen without a trial or due process, however, opposes all of

the values that the U.S. Courts seek to uphold.

Though it might seem unlikely, Susan has accurately described the Court proceedings leading up to her prison surrender. That September day, we had no idea why the court

had ordered her to appear. Her public attorney insisted the Psychiatric Report by Dr.

Stuart Kleinman was still unavailable to him. Until we got to Court, we had no idea they intended to send her to prison, or deny her rights to a competence hearing, which is

routine procedure.

I did instruct her to fire Sam Talkin, and name me as co-counsel of her defense, so that I could demand a hearing on her behalf. It is true that the Court clerk instructed us that if

Susan tried such a thing, she would be seized immediately by U.S. Marshals, and would

forfeit her bail for the remainder of the proceedings. She was advised that if she consented to delay the hearing until after the Prison Evaluation, she would have three

days to get her affairs in order. Judge Mukasey amended that to 10 days.

There was no doubt that Susan wanted the hearing.

It is possible that Judge Mukasey expected Carswell's evaluation to be very brief.

Normally, these sorts of evaluations take 6 to 8 weeks, for other non-political defendants.

Indeed, after the court meeting, Judge Mukasey's clerk suggested to me that Susan would probably come home before Christmas.

Unfortunately, the politics of her contributions to Pre-War Intelligence and the 9/11 investigation swamped the proceedings. She has not exaggerated the threat of "indefinite" detention that she faced, or the aggressive push to forcibly drug her with Haldol.

It is absolutely correct that Carswell's psychology staff, the U.S. Attorney's Office in

New York, the FBI and the main Justice Department had direct knowledge that Susan had told the truth about her Asset work. I have spoken to witnesses myself, who told me

that they assured the FBI and/or psychologists at Carswell that Susan was telling the

truth. I must conclude the request for forcible drugging was politically motivated. Finally, Susan has stated correctly that I made three attempts to visit her at Carswell,

driving 700 miles each way. On the first two tries, guards refused to admit me to the

military base, telling me no prison was there. The second time, guards insisted the prison was closed on weekends. Only when Judge Mukasey ordered U.S. Marshals to stand by

as an escort was I admitted. This occurred at a critical moment, when I was trying to

broker a solution that would satisfy the Court and secure her freedom. At that point, we just wanted her home. The decision on competence was secondary to protecting her from

forcible drugging and winning her release.

"Extreme prejudice" strikes me as an appropriate title for the book, given what the government tried to do.

Ted Lindauer

Brian Shaughnessy's AFFIDAVIT

http://extremeprejudiceusa.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/brian-shaughnessy_attorney_affidavit1.pdf

Mr. William Gladstone 19 October 2009 Waterside Productions, Inc 2055 Oxford Avenue Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA 92007

Dear Mr. Gladstone,

I am Parke Godfrey, a tenured associate professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at York University in Toronto, Canada. At the request of Ms. Susan Lindauer, I am providing this brief affidavit describing parts of my testimony at a hearing before Judge Loretta Preska

in June 2008. This is to collaborate her story for publication.

1. I have known Ms. Lindauer since 1991, while I was working on my doctoral degree at the University of Maryland, College Park. We were close friends until I moved to Toronto to accept a

faculty post at York University in August of 1999.

a. During that period, I spoke with Ms. Lindauer two or three times weekly, and we met once weekly, on average. b. Ms. Lindauer has an artistic and mercurial temperament. She is passionate as an activist

supporting her causes. She is a creative writer and former journalist. I never observed

mental instability or mental illness in her behavior. 2. Ms. Lindauer had various concerns and predictions of terrorist attacks, which she confided in me

and others.

a. In the year 2000, coinciding with the Lockerbie trial, Ms. Lindauer confided in me on several occasions her concern that the next terrorist attack on the United States would involve airplane hijackings and/or airplane bombings. She warned me to stay out of New

York City.

b. In the spring and summer of 2001, on several occasions Ms. Lindauer expressed heightened concern that a terrorist attack was in the works that would strike the southern part of Manhattan. She claimed it would reprise the 1993 attack on the World Trade

Center. She described the attack as completing the cycle started in that first attack.

c. I have read articles by Michael Collins describing Ms. Lindauer's 9/11 warning, and I am satisfied that he has accurately described my testimony before Judge Preska in June, 2008.

3. I was involved with Ms. Lindauer’s case in various ways after her arrest in March 2004.

a. In September, 2004, I was interviewed by the FBI in Mississauga (adjacent to Toronto) in the presence of an RCMP officer. (The RCMP insisted upon this as the interview was in

Canada and I was a Canadian resident.) I spoke with FBI Special Agent Suzan

LeTourneau. While the interview focused on mundane details of Ms. Lindauer’s life and her acquaintances, the conversation did touch briefly upon the indictment against Ms.

Lindauer, and on her predictions.

b. I made myself available to speak with the investigator working for her defense attorney. I was prepared for a lengthy conversation, including a discussion of Ms. Lindauer's 9/11

warning. I was surprised when the defense investigator cut short the conversation after

only five to ten minutes. His questions seemed far inadequate for the scope of the indictment against Ms. Lindauer, and for what I felt had to share with her Defense

Attorney.

c. Several months later, I contacted Ms. Lindauer's uncle, Ted Lindauer, who spoke with me at greater length about several issues in her case. I can verify that Ms. Lindauer felt compelled to seek her uncle's assistance interviewing witnesses for her case, before she got

sent to Carswell.

d. In early December 2005, I believe, a few months after Ms. Lindauer have been sent to Carswell Prison, I spoke with the psychologist handling her competence evaluation for the Court. During our conversation, I attempted to confirm with him that Ms. Lindauer had

made predictions of a terrorist attack in Manhattan to me and other prior to the 9/11 attack.

He seemed to have no interest in hearing this. Our conversation was brief. 4. I continued to be involved in Ms. Lindauer’s case in hearings leading up to her trial, which never

transpired.

a. In my opinion, contrary with the Justice Department’s lawyers, Ms. Lindauer is now, and always was competent, to stand trial. The decision to accuse her of incompetence was baffling to me and many others. I was forced to conclude that it was likely politically

motivated to block her request for a trial.

b. While she was still detained in prison, I offered to travel from Toronto and testify at any competency hearing, as a character witness, on her mental competence, on what I knew of

her political activities before her indictment, about her warnings of terrorist attacks, and

any other aspects for which the Court might be interested. c. I attended the hearing on forcible drugging in May, 2006. I offered to testify on that day.

In fact, I arrived at the Court assuming I was to testify. However, her attorney, Mr. Sam

Talkin, did not call me to testify that day. In conversation that day, I told him that she had made warnings of a terrorist attack to me and to others in advance of 9/11. I told him that

I was mortified by what the Court seemed to be doing.

d. In June, 2008, two years later, Ms. Lindauer was finally allowed to have a hearing on her competence to stand trial. I testified before Judge Preska, who had replaced Judge

Mukasey after his retirement, that I considered Ms. Lindauer fully competent in all ways,

and devoid of mental illness or instability. I testified about the terrorist warnings, and how I had spoken with the FBI in September 2004.

Despite my friendship with Ms. Lindauer and my dislike and distrust of activities of the Federal

Administration at the time, I tried to keep an open mind and to cooperate with the prosecution. I could only hope that the government had just cause in pursuing such a case, given the vigor and energy they

put in it, despite what that would mean for Susan. Otherwise, it is a poor indictment of justice.

On the other hand, I have never had any direct reasons to believe the points of the indictment against Ms. Lindauer, or evidence myself of them. I have confidence and trust in Ms. Lindauer.

Furthermore, I have been completely appalled over the way the Justice Department proceeded in its

dealings with Ms. Lindauer, as I hope most anyone familiar with her case would be. Throughout this entire ordeal, Ms. Lindauer has suffered harassment. She faced inexcusable

delays in setting a trial date (or in dropping the charges). She was repeatedly questioned in court over

the reliability of her terrorist warnings, despite that they had been collaborated by me and by many others in affidavits and under oath in spoken testimony. She was incarcerated in a mental facility

within a federal prison for, I believe, nine months, 1,300 miles from her home for supposed

observation. And then held in confinement for months afterwards. The FBI and the US Attorneys Office behavior in Ms. Lindauer’s case were abhorrent. It is quite clear that much more was going on. Susan Lindauer’s story should be told.

If anyone should seek further clarification about issues raised in this letter, I would be available to speak with them. I can be reached in Toronto at ph. 416-736-2100 x 66671 during working hours.

Thank you much.

Sincerely, Parke Godfrey, PhD

Bush Political Prisoner Gets Her Day in Court Wednesday, 11 June 2008, 10:36 am Column: Michael Collins

The article on Ernest Bevin's wartime initiative to replace Coal Miners lost to the Armed Services between 1943 and 1948 includes a list of famous 'Bevin Boys'. Top of the list is 'Sir Jimmy Savile DJ and Charity Worker'. I took my son to this site to explain an aspect of history, and although I knew Savile was a Bevin Boy, I was surprised to see his name on a page last updated 17th March 2013.2.120.246.31 (talk) 20:09, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

If JS was a Bevin Boy there is no reason for him not to be on the list. It would be better if he was listed in alphabetical order though.--Charles (talk) 08:14, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

Hello, I am in need of a wikipedia writer. If anyone has suggestions please let me know. Must have the skills. Thanks you.

Hello. Why do you need a writer? Please sign your coments by typing four tildes(~).--Charles (talk) 08:11, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

Geert Hofstede - Another editor and I disagree on whether details of Hofstede's main theory should be included in the article on the man. See the talk page to see our opposing views. We seem to be talking past each other. I believe, since this is the main theory of the most cited European social scientist, a bit of explanation of his six dimensions (rather than just naming them) is called for. I also believe the book given as a source is a proper reference. Kdammers (talk) 09:38, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

The question is, "Should the existing photo gallery be removed from the above article?" The arguments are at

The main reason for the request for comment regarding Litecoin is that I and a few others (User:CryptoAddicto, User:Strike_Eagle, User:Coin12349) want to include information about the memory intensive nature/confirmation times and how some claim this makes litecoin superior to bitcoin, User:Taktao does not want this. Taktao also wishes to say that litecoin is almost identical to bitcoin, whereas I and the others mentioned want so say that it's similar. We haven't really gotten anywhere (just reverting each others edits repeatedly). 198.144.156.55 (talk) 18:01, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Just to clarify: I don't have a problem with it mentioning that some of its supporters claim it has advantages to bitcoin. I just asked that this mention be more concise, as the article seems to go into quite a bit of detail on claims of limited notability, for a relatively unknown cryptocurrency. As for being 'almost identical', this is consistent with how the Economist describes it, calling it a 'clone' of bitcoin, and consistent with what the source code, which is identical to bitcoin's source code apart from two changed parameters, shows Taktao (talk) 18:31, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

The major issue has to do with the infobox for a Former Country. How many states should be listed as successor states? In particular, should the 15 constituent republics that are now sovereign nations be listed, or should the Baltic republics (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) be excluded?

An "Aircraft Accident" infobox appears at the top of this article. There has been a considerable amount of debate surrounding how to set the "Summary" (formerly "Type") parameter within the infobox. The debate has largely centered around whether to include the term "Pilot Error" in the "Summary" parameter. This has also resulted in a lot of edit-warring concerning the dispute. What "Summary" should the Accident have? HeyMid (contribs) 15:57, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

I would like to suggest a new category dedicated to original research, unpublished papers or simple observations and commentaries. Such a page might stimulate scholarly research resulting in Wikipedia acceptable references in some cases and add to the public value of Wikipedia.

PeterChildress (talk) 18:23, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

The idea is a creative one, Peter, but adding an original research/simple observations/commentaries section to Wikipedia may attract many pointless observations and original research that may not be fit for an encyclopedia. Wikipedia, underneath it all, is still an encyclopedia. I encourage you to take a look at

WP:FORUM, what Wikipedia is not. WP:FORUM explicitly states that Wikipedia is not a publisher of original research. Hope this input helps. smileguy91^talk

00:00, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

The Empire State Building due to contrary belief is that the floor count ends at 102. This is not so, however. There is a small door on level 102 that leads to a small catwalk around the building that was originally a blimp landing dock. It is now only used by maintenance or celebrities and reporters, (along with the rare exception of others). Leoesb1032 (talk) 22:02, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

This template seems to have an error with a noinclude tag. The problematic result also appears at the top of JavaFX. Please have a look. François Robere (talk) 11:17, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Soviet_Union#New_Survey needs more participation 95.199.31.193 (talk) 19:31, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

Talk:Alger Hiss#New_Request_for_Comment Should the lead of the Alger Hiss article include the following information:

1. That there is a scholarly consensus of Hiss's guilt.

2. That notes from the Soviet archives have confirmed his guilt.

CJK (talk) 12:07, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

Talk:Frédéric Fontang

Please see

"Should the terms "pirate" and "piracy," when used to refer to copyright infringement (and/or associated activities) be changed to something else?"

This is a question that struck me while reading

Meh, forget it. Too many people have been sucked into entertainment industry propagandistic scare-words to make discussion of using factual instead of emotional terms to prove a point worth it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.167.76.232 (talk • contribs) 17:42, 30 June 2013

Wikipedia:Flow is a planned improvement to the way MediaWiki software handles article talk pages. There is an RfC about how to configure Flow regarding editing other people's article talk page comments. Your input would be welcome. The RfC is at Wikipedia talk:Flow#Request for Comment on editing other user's comments with Flow. --Guy Macon (talk) 13:40, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

A discussion of issues with the new Wikipedia:VisualEditor plugin. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 23:21, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

There is an RFC that may be of interest to this group at Talk:Gun_control#RFC. Subject of the RFC is "Is the use of gun restriction legislation or other confiscations by totalitarian governments (Nazi, Communist etc) accurately described as "Gun Control". Are such instances appropriate for inclusion in the Gun Control article. (Details at RFC in article)" Gaijin42 (talk) 15:59, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

This RFC could use additional input. Gaijin42 (talk) 02:20, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

I am concerned about vandalism on the Jesus Christians entry in Wiki. I don't know how to deal with it.

The history is that several years ago I requested help in trying to improve the credibility of the entry, stating that I have a personal interest in the group, as it's co-founder. I was immediately banned from making changes to the page, simply because I have a personal bias (which I was actually trying to find ways of overcoming). Anyway, fair enough.

However, at the moment, a disgruntled ex-member (Susan Gianstefani) and her friend (posting as Jinny the Squinny) are going through the entire article inserting stuff that exaggerates Susan's role, including advertising a website that they started in the U.K. under the name of the Jesus Christians. Surprisingly, Susan and Jinny use their actual names when making changes, some of which have been undone by some apparently official Wiki editors.

However, the posts keep getting put back up. Obviously Wiki is no place for the likes of Susan and myself to carry on a debate. But for the good of the entry and the good of Wikipedia's reputation as well, I think that their posts should be treated the same as mine were when I was openly seeking ways to improve the credibility of the entry.

What can be done to get someone with a bit of clout in Wiki to clean up Susan and Jinny's alterations (and perhaps to be on guard against them just starting all over again under some other name)?

Dave McKay

• Hi Dave. It's really not that surprising that Sue and I are using our names because we have nothing to hide. None of our major changes have been undone have been done by "official wiki editors" as there's nothing wrong with them. In fact many editors have been reverting back to our changes. I've been editing Wikipedia for years for pages on topics on which I have an interest, such as Woolwich, aviation disasters and the Auto Stacker, to name a few. Our edits are fine. All we've done is expand and properly reference the history section and update the lede. No-one making any changes or vandalising the page has made any entries on the Talk page to clarify what they think is incorrect. I'm finding it hard to believe you have the Wiki best interests at heart when you (or someone from your IP address) has been vandalising the page. Perhaps proper Wiki dispute/mediation procedures should be initiated. Jinnythesquinny (talk) 14:46, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

The above mentioned Template was designed for the Yogasanas pages. It is tried on Baddha Konasana page. Request please to rectify the colors, parameters, remove the desired paramentrs & add the required ones. Then I'll be translating it for Hindi wiki.
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There are many published sources with lots of interpretations on

There used to be a separate article titled Black Irish that was deleted and redirected to Irish people. While I admire the addition to Irish people, there should be a link to the article Black Irish, and the deleted page should be restored. KaldraDarkstar (talk) 00:59, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

Jennifer Carroll (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I have found information on the Wikipedia page of Jennifer Carroll as biased and inaccurate and I have made a number of attempts to correct the content; however, it keeps reverting back to the old information. I went through the process of posting on the Talk Page as another step to get this matter resolved and was told that this was the “wrong resource to go to for your concerns”. I was instructed to make my appeal through “Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Biographies”. I am informing Wikipedia that I find the following three points listed below on the page of Jennifer Carroll objectionable and the reasons are also listed. I would appreciate your assistance in getting this matter resolved. Thank you

Point 1. Carroll is no longer the Lieutenant Governor she received a new position, yet you continue to remove her new position after the first introductory line. Her current position should take precedence over her former job. “On April 24, 2013, Carroll joined Global Digital Solutions, as senior advisor; she will become president and chief operating officer after the completion of its planned merger with Airtronic USA, a woman-owned small arms manufacturer. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=GDSI”

Point 2. This is a subjective statement and one that is the writer’s opinion. Cite the facts of whom and when Carroll used poor judgment, “ increasingly viewed as an embarrassment to the man who chose her for the job” rather than someone subjectively saying so, where is Governor Scotts’ statement of this or his Administration statement of this. Where is the recording or written word of Scott or anyone else in the Administration stating that Carroll was an embarrassment? As a matter of fact, Scott repeatedly praised Carroll and her work? If the NY Times reporters comments cannot be proven, you cannot put information that is defaming if it is not supported with evidence. “The New York Times reported that Carroll's tenure as lieutenant governor was "marred by scandal and poor judgment" and she was "increasingly viewed as an embarrassment to the man who chose her for the job.”

Point 3. Site the allegations, who are they from? Cite the source that shows with evidence that Carroll was under criminal investigation. The FBI or Florida Department of Law Enforcement did not produce any documents or made any statements that Carroll was under investigation or was involved with the allegations associated with the parties of Allied Veterans. It later came out and it was never disputed by Governor Scott that Carroll resigned because he asked for her resignation. “Carroll resigned her post as lieutenant governor on March 12, 2013, following allegations that she was involved in an effort to steer money into Internet cafes that are fronts for gambling, the subject of federal and state criminal investigations”

Point 4. “She received a Master of Business Administration degree from unaccredited and now defunct Kensington University in 1995.” Kensington University received, under old California standards, permission in the State of California to administer degrees. Below is information I received from California Bureau of Post Secondary Education. Additionally, keep in mind that Carroll attended Kensington in the 1980's during the years of no internet as we currently know it. Carroll started her degree program in 1987 and finished it in 1991. RE: Kensington University Dear Ms. Carroll: The following correspondence is in reference to your inquiry to the Bureau for Private Postsec6ndary Education (BPPE) regarding the approval and closure of Kensington University, which was located in Glendale, California. The BPPE is not an accrediting agency. The BPPE is a California State regulatory agency and our legislative statute grants us the authority to approve private postsecondary educational institutions in California with an approval to operate. Kensington University which was located at 124 S Isabel Street, Glendale, CA 92014, received full approval to offer degree (of Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral levels) from the Council for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education (BPPE's predecessor agency) on June 1", 1976 until its closure on June 8, 1996. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me by telephone at (916) 431-6912. Sincerely, Valerie McZeek Office Technician

Point 5. “Carroll resigned her position on the National Commission of Presidential Scholars after a CBS investigation raised questions about her degree.” The above is not a true statement and there are no factual bases to back up this information. This comment was made by a reporter Jaime Holguin CBS News who stated in his article,” Florida Representative Jennifer Carroll just stepped down from the National Commission on Presidential Scholars.” He did not say Carroll stepped down because of the degree issue. This was an inference by you and readers. There is no evidence of Carroll stepping down because of the degree issue. Carroll’s three year term ended on the Presidential Scholars Commission and was asked to continue an appointment on a newly formed Veterans Benefit and Disability Commission and served out her three year term. She was the only female on the 13 member Veterans Benefit and Disability Commission. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Llorracj3 (talk • contribs) 15:39, 26 July 2013‎

Excuse, but I wasn't vandalizing Melcombe Bingham. I live there. I was merely updating it, so could you change it back, please? I understand it may have looked like I was vandalizing it, but I really wasn't. I'd be very grateful if you changed it back.

Unfortunately, just being a resident of

Melcombe Bingham does not give you the credentials to add information to Wikipedia pages. Your help is appreciated but there is no changing it back. If you could provide some sources to back up your claims then the information you would like to add can stay. Until then, it must the removed. Meatsgains (talk

) 01:35, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

After numerous promos and freestyles on 102 Jam. QSR Cartel did a market test and released the single "Chimney Wives Audio CD (April 18, 2000) Bubbles Entertainment/Orchard. The single was sold in Peaches Music Stores and Virgin Music. The song became a Hit and was played on the 102 Jamz song roation once or twice every hour. The group did radio interviews, shows, the song was on college radio and underground radio, not to mention mixtapes. They had a meeting with a Def Jam A&R who was in town and heard the pandamonium. The song was played by DJ Red Alert in NYC to record stations in Panama. The CD was even in Tel Aviv, Israel where the group did a show and promoted the single. It is still currently selling on amazon.com. Barbecue and Tru Being made a cameo in the movie Brown Sugar. Tru is currently working in film behind the scenes. The group has songs all over you tube. Divine, Power and now Spintek received an artist deal with Universal Records. The guys seemed unstoppable with a major and inpedendant label. QSR was eventually dropped from Universal. There are albums of music that has never been released including the anticipated QSR Cartel album "3 Letters W/40 Faces" http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=qsr

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We need some feedback and discussions on the Idea that Armored fighting Vehicles with turrets should have separate Dimensional Values assigned to both the Hull and the Turret.--Arima (talk) 04:07, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

There is an intense debate over a moving request. All comments are welcome. Fakirbakir (talk) 10:31, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

I have noticed that over the past week or two, government categories from the Europa Universalis III/IV roleplaying games have started being used for real world articles in Wikipedia.

Articles defining the terms, such as

David Trochos (talk) 16:35, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

I wish to start a discussion about whether or not pages for Guttermouth discography, Uproar Festival 2010, Uproar Festival 2011, Uproar Festival 2012 and Uproar Festival 2013 should be created. I have posted on the relevant talk pages, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Music and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Music/Noticeboard, and I feel that I have exhausted every option other than RfC. --Jax 0677 (talk) 16:27, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Should not the Gedion Zelalem able to get one side he is a part of Arsenal FC first team squad. Feels like he's relevant now.

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GT500 has 5.8L of mechanical piston displacement & 2.3L of mechanical supercharger displacement. Both compress & displace air. The supercharger turns faster on GT500 displacing more air, increasing atmosphere & Effective displacement.

MATH: 5.8L @15psig boost = 5.8L @30psi(absolute) 5.8L @30psia =11.6L of atmosphere(14.7psia) atmosphere is 14.7psia

Commonly used calculation (14.7 + boost pressure)/14.7

Tech article: "Increasing boost to approximately 15 psi, the equivalent of two atmospheres, is sufficient to effectively double an engine's displacement along with a corresponding horsepower increase" http://www.hotbikeweb.com/tech/0903_hbkp_turbos_nitrous_superchargers/viewall.html

What is engine displacement? how much atmosphere an engine moves per 4cycles of all the pistons *Volume is adversely proportionate to pressure, so you can't tell displacement without a set pressure of atmosphere. Displacement can be noted in Volume of atmosphere displaced for supercharged engines. atmosphere is about 14.7psia @sea level but we will round to 15 for ease. 5.8L @15psia would be 5.8L of air(atmosphere(15psia)) being displaced. GT500 has 15psi boost meaning 5.8L @30psi = 11.6L@15psia or 11.6L of air. 5.8L@30psia is NOT equal to 5.8L@15psi.

Any Cylinder getting 15psi of Boost(30psia) instead of N/A atmosphere(15psia) is moving(displacing) twice as much air. Any air going into an engine is being displaced, air going into the supercharger @atmosphere(14.7psi) will have to displace 11.6L of air(14.7psia) to get 30psia into 5.8L of volume. Supercharger BOOST/PRESSURE is created by DISPLACING AIR. for GT500 that is 2.3L turning about five times per 2 turns of the crankshaft.

Exercises: Does GT500 engine need twice as much fuel as a 5.8L N/A, keeping the stoichiometric ratio within limit proves the engine must be displacing twice a much, raising air pressure does not lower fuel ratio requirements.

Does a supercharger agitate the air and magically make the fuel more potent a fuel source or does it increase displacement, more air = more fuel.

   If a supercharger compresses air it is a stage of the entire engine.
   are superchargers called positive displacement for a reason.
   You CANNOT compress 5.8L of air to 30psia and still get 5.8L of volume.
   supercharged engines need to lower compression ratio because they are displacing more air.

Thermal inefficiency is made up by the fact a supercharger scavenges without needing valve overlap. GT500 exhaust valve open to atmosphere leaving 14.7psia in the chamber but when the intake opens to 30psia air flows in, half of the chamber has been scavenged. GT500 9:1 compression means 5.8L would have a .64L combustion chamber, half(.32L) has been scavenged making up for 5.55% of thermal expansion on the kelvin scale.

There is no magic way to increase the air going through an engines without it being displaced

If not explain 1 SCIENTIFIC PROCESS that would cause a supercharger's actions to make more HP in any other way than increasing displacement.

an engine’s ability to make power is directly proportionate to the amount of air and fuel that can be brought into the combustion chamber. The Magna Charger supercharger increases the displacement or “blows” more air into the engine. This is called “forced induction,” [1]

Simplest way to understand it: Put 15psi(absolute) in 5L you are displacing 5L of atmosphere Put 30psi(absolute) in 5L. That's 1atmosphere Boosted 15psi + 15psi you are displacing 10L of atmosphere Any engines pulling in 15psi Boost(30psia) instead of N/A atmosphere(15psia) is moving twice as much air 30psia is twice as much as 15psia

In one week i will being including the effective engine displacement of GT500 in the article, you have one week to get a more accurate number. ALL i need to source is GT500 15psi boost & piston's mechanical displacement to prove it's effective displacement.

11.6L is much closer to correct than 5.8L which is near to being 100% incorrect.

a supercharger is a compressor, an engine is a compressor, when rating a 2stage compressor, you don't just count one compressor!

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Primarily I dispute use of obscure historical documents, some several centuries or more old, reported by third parties and used as sources for purported factual information in article whose topic is science of animal behavoir. Secondarily, I dispute use of several highly politicized sources from left and right, on issue. I believe my concerns have been inadequately engaged on relevant talk page. I view current article as vehicle for anti-wolf faction. It has several good sources and these may be made foundation of a reasonable article...Or not. 76.250.61.95 (talk) 22:10, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Location - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Aam_Aadmi_Party Dispute - How to phrase Aam Aadmi Party's support to 2 protests carried out in June 2013 & September 2013?

Note:-There is no dispute over citations or references.

Version 1:

The Aam Aadmi Party has supported various regulatory complaints raised by rickshaw operators in Delhi." with two citations (one for the ads, one for the e-rickshaw stuff). or Something equivalent not exceeding one line.

Version 2:

In June 2013, Aam Aadmi Party protested Delhi Government's ban on putting ads on rickshaws & contested the issue in court which resulted in Delhi High Court ordering stay on this ban.

In September 2013, Aam Aadmi Party supported demands of battery operated rickshaw (e-rickshaw) drivers to have a clear guidelines/policy on e-rickshaws & because of environment friendly nature, suggested a subsidy on the purchase of e-rickshaws.

Those who advocate version 1 say that these protests are election related issues & will need 'more than one line' summary only if they turn out to be the deciding factor. Also inclusion of these issues with brief summary may violate

Those who advocate version 2, say that logical conclusion of these protests is already reached with the help of supporting party therefore impact of these issues on Delhi Election is not a criteria at all. Moreover WP:UNDUE is not violated as it does not include anything incorrect information under the name of Aam Aadmi Party.--ratastro (talk) 12:27, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Elemont is a rapper from wollongong, who has regular plays on the radio. There is no Wikipedia page about him.

With a quick Google search, I could not find any sources or articles on Elemont. Could you provide some references that we could take a look at to determine whether or not he falls under Wikipedia's notability policy? If not, then he is not a notable rapper that deserves his own page. Meatsgains (talk) 01:39, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

I think I might be bumping into another instance of Carl Hewitt in this discussion

I'm new to Wikipedia, so admitedly I did start the conversation in a bad manner, however I think the counter-attack is ridiculous.

Would be nice for someone neutral to step in.

Talk:Sexism - there is a need for help at the section about Criminal Sentencing. The discussion is taking place on the talk page of the Sexism article.2A02:2F0A:503F:FFFF:0:0:5679:42BB (talk) 02:55, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

The entry states that the Congressman made his substantial fortune as the 1st president of IDT Corp. Neither of the footnotes for that entry substantiate that assertion. The 1st links to the IDT website and no reference of Grayson is to be found. The 2nd link references a year 2000 legal case involving IDT and TyCom, the sole reference to Grayson is that of his law firms representation of IDT.

Please take a look at the sources used to support the heading for Andrew Lloyd Webber and discussed on its talk page. An editor seeks to dismiss reliable sources and is politicking for support. 107.214.30.15 (talk) 23:36, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

I don't want to enter into a war with User JoelWhy, over this input the user has made at this location;

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Valentich_disappearance&diff=579788318&oldid=579731706

A number of reversals were undertaken (see page history) with comments but it is obvious that this user will not play the wiki process.

THE ISSUE: On the following grounds that;

1. A "podcast" is not a reliable wiki source.

2. “Brian Dunning” is not notable.

3. Speculation using a fictional Movie is not relevant material to explain a real loss of life or death of a pilot.

On advice from user Darylgolden - My request is that can someone at WP:RFC look into this input/edit and make the necessary wiki fix/corrections.

Best Regards Vufors (talk) 05:29, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

Length contraction (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I must preface that I am a "tech-impaired" old man and find the labyrinth of this site confusing, so please excuse if this request is not in the right place specific to relativity (or move it if you will.) Regarding the goal (in “Scope and Goals”) to: "Carefully assess articles on non-mainstream views of relativity to determine if they should be in Wikipedia..." and regarding, from Policies and Guidlines: "Policies and guidelines should always be applied using reason and common sense”... There are many criticisms by well credentialed physicists of special relativity's claim of physical length contraction. I submitted Delbert Larson's (particle accelerator designer) conclusion that there is no evidence for length contraction, but my reference was not allowed in the "Length Contraction" section. There are many in the field who agree with that conclusion, but any criticism of length contraction is considered "non-mainstream" and therefore not allowed in the LC section. I ask for a "careful assessment" of the policy by which all criticism of physical length contraction (and of "contracted distances" between objects in space) is automatically considered to be coming from the "crank fringe" outside of the mainstream, therefore excluded form Wiki's presentation on LC. My contributions can be found both in the science reference desk and in the talk page on LC titled "Physical?" I hope for comments from a wide range of experts in the field. I have already been liberally insulted in the above pages for my insistence that planets and other physical objects and distances do not physically contract as a result of relativistic observation/measurement. (I was a professor of the philosophy of science and a psychologist before my retirement.) Thanks for your comments. May they please be civil and focused on the topic rather than ad hominem attacks. LCcritic (talk) 20:09, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

This German "author" seems to have never written more than a diploma thesis like millions of students. The other articles listed in her page cannot be found and are not referenced. Likewise, there was never a Grimme award winner named Sylvia Kugler.

213.55.76.171 (talk) 12:09, 8 November 2013 (UTC) Are you voluntary to support and establish new non profit organization in area of developing country?.

I am in dispute with another editor about the removal from the lead of Andrew Gilligan of any mention of his 2003 report for the BBC. We have discussed it here: Talk:Andrew_Gilligan#Introduction_and_Leveson (you'll have to skip the parts about the Leveson issue). No one else has commented on the introduction, so it appears we are in deadlock. Assistance appreciated - thanks. UsamahWard (talk) 11:55, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

There is an editor[[3]] who concentrates upon the single-issue of describing a certain alien creature as a specific breed of jellyfish, a ctenophore, on the Europa Report page despite having no sources for this original research. Editor consensus is that it is an inappropriate description, along with a sourced cite from the SFX people who built the alien. I assumed good faith and attempted to engage the user in the discussion process[[4]], but they switched to an IP and so far have refused to post on the relevant talk page, instead making numerous reverts on Europa Report and Ctenophora (ie. [[5]], [[6]], [[7]]) without any attempt to discuss the matter.

They do appear to be a brand new editor without knowledge of the Wikipedia basics, and do not seem to understand the Wiki definition of "reference", so I continue to WP:AGF. I am an inexperienced editor myself and have not engaged in the dispute resolution process before, and do not know how to contact an IP editor who avoids discussion. WP:RFC seems to be the proper next step if discussion cannot solve the issue. Could a more experienced editor take a look and let me know how to contact 71.174.143.126, and advise on the proper next step to somehow get this editor to join in the discussion and consensus process? Thank you! - Syd (talk) 21:22, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

The issue has been resolved as of Nov 25th, with a template and temporary block. Hopefully the editor will now join the discussion. - Syd (talk) 21:13, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

I wish to be more specific about the range in which these languages are found in Russia. The Russian Far East is a more specific and precise term in comparison to a much more vast territory known as Siberia (which also is only quasi-correct: More definitions of Siberia exclude the area in question than include it). The talk page is located at

A few months ago, I put in a request on the Wikipedia Map Workshop for a new map of the Sasanian Empire to be made by the Wikipedia map cartographers. See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Graphics_Lab/Map_workshop#New_Sasanian_Empire_Map.21

They told be that before they could make the new map, a consensus on the Sasanian Empire talk page must be reached first. So I went back on to the Sasanian Empire talk page and did just that. See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sasanian_Empire#Recommendations_to_Map_workshop_team

I have been trying to build a consensus on the Sasanian Empire talk page for months. For a little while it was successful, two people responded to the topic on the talk page with one whole agreeing with my proposal and the other having a different proposal entirely, but that was months ago and no one has responded to the topic since then. That being said, I would like a request for comments on the Sasanian Empire talk page to help reach a consensus on this topic:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sasanian_Empire#Recommendations_to_Map_workshop_team

Regards! :D Keeby101 (talk) 11:26, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

Background:A few months ago, I put in a request on the Wikipedia Map Workshop for a new high quality map of the Sasanian Empire to be made by the Wikipedia map cartographers. See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Graphics_Lab/Map_workshop#New_Sasanian_Empire_Map.21

They told be that before they could make the new map, a consensus on the Sasanian Empire talk page must be reached first. So I went back on to the Sasanian Empire talk page and did just that. See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sasanian_Empire#Recommendations_to_Map_workshop_team

Current:I have been trying to build a consensus on the Sasanian Empire talk page for months. So far only two people have responded to the topic on the talk page with one whole agreeing with my proposal and the other having a different proposal entirely, but that was months ago and no one has responded to the topic since then.

That being said, I would like a request for comments on the Sasanian Empire talk page to help reach a consensus on this topic!

Please see and comment on: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sasanian_Empire#Recommendations_to_Map_workshop_team

Regards! Keeby101 (talk) 08:23, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Hi Wiki, I am wondering why no mention/articles exist regarding the Kincaid Expedition to the Grand Canyon in March 1909. Supposedly, Ancient Egyptian artifacts were discovered, before the Smithsonian shut the Expedition down and sealed the entrance. Thanks for your time. Sincerely, Jesse http://io9.com/5875252/when-the-smithsonian-discovered-an-ancient-egyptian-colony-in-the-grand-canyon

During a political campaign any negative information about a candidate is highly objected to. A very big story hit the papers worldwide about Mitt Romney. It was termed the Cranbrook Incident. This was a well researched piece of journalism by a top newspaper that was backed up by interviews that cast Romney in a poor light. Enough jumped on this issue to squash the page and keep it off wikipedia. The only record of this giant media event that Wiki now has is a tiny one line within the bio for Mitt Romney that calls them school pranks and he doesn't remember what everyone was talking about. Romney lost, and he lost badly despite a huge flux of cash from Super PACS. It is my view that historians years from now will want to examine the reasons why he lost so badly. Everywhere but here on Wikipedia they will find lots of information. So everyone. Politics no more. This is now historical. I saved the page on my sandbox.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pbmaise/sandbox#Mitt_Romney_Cranbrook_incident

Can we tell historical truth?

Pbmaise (talk) 11:36, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

I would like some input on this as there is some conflict over interpretation of this guideline, particularly the third guideline which states:

"Minimal usage:

Minimal number of items. Multiple items of non-free content are not used if one item can convey equivalent significant information.

Minimal extent of use. An entire work is not used if a portion will suffice. Low- rather than high-resolution/fidelity/bit rate is used (especially where the original could be used for deliberate copyright infringement). This rule also applies to the copy in the File: namespace."

• Some users are choosing to interpret this as an image should be used, even multiple NFC images, over a video as it is somehow lesser. This is confusing to me, mostly because they are using this interpretation to enforce against video related content regardless of its usage or justification, that an image should always be used over a video, even though the guideline mentions video related content and does not state, even loosely, that one should be picked over another.

• My read of this guideline is that the NFC content should be minimal measured against teh source, be this a 12 hour game, a 2 hour film, or a 2 minute trailer on youtube, it should be as minimal as possible while conveying as much as possible. It does not speak against video, and a well curated video, much like a sound file or image, is preferable over one just inserted for the sake of it, and of course that a single file, in this case a short video demonstrating multiple things, is preferable to several images displaying the same.

However, the former argument is being used heavily despite it being a very strict and abstract interpretation of the text cited at the beginning, and the lack of any guidelines on Wikipedia which argue against the usage of appropriate videos, music or images, appropriate being the important qualifier. Am I wrong here? We use videos in many articles effectively when it broadens understanding. DWB (talk) / Comment on Dredd's FA nom! 17:13, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

Attention for the page: List of countries and dependencies by area. I just wanted to let you guys know that French Guiana is not on that list and that Suriname is not the smallest country in South-America. Please amend it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area

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