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Hello I am editing '2015 national games of India'. In the subtopic 'medals tally' there is a table with column heading 'nation' and I want to change it to 'states' how to do it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asug1996 (talk • contribs) 04:33, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

 * Hi Asug1996, welcome to the Teahouse. The source code says  in the place where the column headings are displayed. That means Template:RankedMedalTable is used. The documentation there shows how to change the column heading. I fixed it in [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2015_National_Games_of_India&diff=645704773&oldid=645694922]. See more at Help:A quick guide to templates. PrimeHunter (talk) 04:42, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Can someone please tell me if my article draft sounds objective?
Do you have any tips or edit suggestions for my draft of RealSelf? This is my first time trying to submit an article! What do you think of my sources? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!RealSimone (talk) 16:41, 4 February 2015 (UTC)Realsimone (talk) 00:40, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Welcome to the Teahouse, . First of all, thank you for disclosing your conflict of interest on your user page. That is the ethical thing to do, and you have coomplied with Wikipedia's Terms of Service by doing so.

 * When you ask about the draft being "objective", what you probably meant was whether it was written from the neutral point of view. When I read your draft, I saw no major problems with NPOV. Instead, I wondered about notability. I want to see clearly presented references that show notability of the company. Your references are poorly formatted, and are not inline references. Please read Referencing for beginners for how to improve them. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  07:04, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

How do I enter/ link copyright information to an uploaded jpg?
I have inherited the copyright from a book published by my late father. I have uploaded images from this book, but cannot figure out how to prove this/ enter or link this to the jpg in question.

Thanks!Jafleckiii (talk) 00:15, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Welcome to the Teahouse, . Thank you for being willing to share copyrighted materials that you inherited from your father. That is a fitting tribute to both of you. Since this is a somewhat unusual copyright donation, I recommend that you contact OTRS. They are a trusted team of Wikimedia volunteers who handle a variety of special matters involving privacy, legality and foundation policy. They communicate mostly by email. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  07:14, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Which "Operating system" section type should mobile devices use?
Currently, there are 2 "clear" "Operating system" section types, used for some recent Android devices.

They are (e.g.: HTC One (M8)):

Original: Android 4.4.2 "KitKat" Current: Android 5.0.1 "Lollipop"

and (e.g.: Samsung Galaxy S5):

Android 4.4.2 "KitKat" Current: Android 5.0 "Lollipop"

Which one should be used? --Diblidabliduu (talk) 04:22, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
 * This isn't the place to ask that question. This is the teahouse talk page. The teahouse is where editors ask questions related to editing Wikipedia. This page is the wp:talk page for the teahouse, where hosts discuss issues related to how we can assist editors asking questions in the actual tea house. I think what you want is this page: Reference_desk/Computing  The reference desk is similar to a reference desk in a library where you can go and ask general questions. It is divided up into various sections based on the kind of question. I think the computing ref desk that I linked to above is the most appropriate place to aks your question.  --MadScientistX11 (talk) 14:13, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

 * Wasn't the OP was asking about how the "| os" parameter in Infobox mobile phone ought to be completed? In which case the format as used in Template:Infobox mobile phone would seem a reasonable one to follow. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:25, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
 * My mistake, thanks for correcting. --MadScientistX11 (talk) 14:48, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Need clarification of how to demonstrate "notability" of subject
My article on Silent Spring Institute (www.silentspring.org) was not accepted because the editor felt that the “submission's references do not adequately show the subject's notability. I was advised to “improve the submission's referencing, so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia” by adding “citations to secondary reliable sources that are entirely independent of the subject.”

I cited a number of peer-reviewed articles written by Silent Spring scientists; how can those be “entirely independent of the subject”? I also cited reports on Silent Spring’s work published in respected journals, including "Environmental Health Perspectives" and "Environmental Science and Technology"; why are these not considered “secondary reliable sources”? Furthermore, I included the fact that Harvard University considered Silent Spring notable important enough to acquire and catalogue its papers. I am unclear why the submission was not accepted.

<IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 23:08, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi. First off, please remember to sign in. Your IP address may change, but if you are signed in we can communicate with you on your personal talk page.  Now for your question. Notability is the standard for inclusion on Wikipedia. Notability is "multiple reliable secondary sources discussing the subject in detail". It has nothing to do with what the organization has published. It has everything to do with what has been published about the organization. Companies and organizations have another notability hurdle. The sources have to show that the organization has been made note of in a wide geographic area. In other words, if all the sources are local to metro Boston, notability has not been shown. As an aside, I would have declined the draft as promotional. It reads more like a press release than an encyclopedia article. John from Idegon (talk) 23:45, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Hello, unknown person. Welcome to the Teahouse, where we sometimes have different opinions. For example, I would submit that The Cape Cod Times is certainly a WP:Reliable source and could be used to attest to the organization's WP:Notability. If this is all you have right now, you could mark your submission as a WP: Stub. I see your draft is at Draft:Silent_Spring_Institute. I will take a look at it and try to help you. Yours, GeorgeLouis (talk) 07:41, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I was WP:Bold and prepared a new article, using some of your information, which I posted at Silent Spring Institute. GeorgeLouis (talk) 15:59, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Clarification about sockpuppet/meatpuppet policy
Hi, I have seen the following two comments made recently by two different admins on their respective talk pages:

Acting on behalf of a banned editor is not, in and of itself, in violation of any policy currently written.

We do not draw a distinction between use of multiple accounts and multiple editors pursuing an identical agenda in collusion.

Could someone please reconcile these views for me? I legitimately don't understand what's going on here. How is it that editors who "pursue an identical agenda" are assumed to be "colluding" (how could it be evidenced?) and this is not allowed when they're all "live" editors, but edits made "on behalf of" a banned editor (i.e., pursuing the same "agenda") are okay? If someone has explicitly arranged to make edits "on behalf of" the banned editor, how is that not "collusion", but a coincidence of views of new editors somehow is? <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 09:26, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

 * Hi, I normally don't answer questions at the teahouse, but I think I could help out. When the policy says "edits pursuing an identical agenda in collusion", it's not referring to a coincidence of views of new editors as you say, but rather when it says editors working collusion it refers to a group of people who organize to push an agenda. Pishcal  — ♣ 19:41, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Page was not approved, need to improve referencing.
Hi,

I submitted a page, and was told that the article was nearly there, but needed additional sources. I added more sources, and the page was declined for the same reason. I'm not sure what else I can do. How many more sources do I need? Any feedback is appreciated. Thank you. CPHansen2 (talk) 16:24, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
 * hello and welcome to The Teahouse. The last comment said that national or possibly regional sources to confirm notability were needed. Can you find any articles in national newspapers (The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune) or magazines that cover the company in some detail?— Vchimpanzee  •  talk  •  contributions  •  20:27, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Improving an article
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Seong-chan is a recently created page. And i wan't someone to help me enriching it. So how could I ask somebody to contribute to it? aGastya 18:15, 2 February 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by AgastyaC (talk • contribs)
 * hello and welcome to The Teahouse. The topic above (or possibly below when this is archived) is similar. Go to WP:BLP/N.— Vchimpanzee  •  talk  •  contributions  •  20:29, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Accidental account
I accidentally added an account, SandKitty356. Could an admin please delete it? Thank you. Kitty 56 (talk) 14:25, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi Kitty 56, and welcome to the teahouse. We can't delete accounts. But it doesn't matter much; just abandon the account and don't use it. We're not too fuzzed with the littering of unused accounts, no harm done. Martijn Hoekstra (talk)
 * Thank you so much. Kitty 56 (talk) 21:30, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Page not approved due to not enough notability
Hi there,

I created an article and it was not approved. A wikipedia editor said I should have references like news articles. So I then added some news articles as references and sent it in for approval again. I was given the same exact reason as before, as if I had not added enough. How much is enough? I have never created a wikipedia page before so maybe I am missing something?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

-Alea<IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 19:28, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Welcome to the Teahouse, IP editor. This is your only edit to Wikipedia from this IP address and there is no account named . If you log in under your account and comment here, or provide a link to the draft article, a Teahouse host will give you specific advice. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  19:40, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

 * In other words, you have to tell us what is the article you're talking about. Vanjagenije (talk) 22:03, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

 * Hi Alea. I am assuming this is about Draft:GTAnet. (To others: this was identified by looking up Alea at Special:listusers). As noted at the draft, "Most of your sources are from the GTAnet website itself. Are there any news articles written about GTAnet in newspapers?". In that regard, the sources we are looking for to establish a basis for notability and for verification of content are reliable, secondary sources, entirely unconnected with the topic, that discuss the topic substantively. If such sources do not exist then Wikipedia should not have an article on the topic. Not only are the majority of sources you cited from GTAnet itself, but many of the others are just press releases from GTAnet, regurgitated at other sites. Of the others, I see not one that meets these requirements. One is a dead link. Others don't mention GTAnet at all, much less provide substantive content about it. Others mention it in passing. We are not looking for confirmation of its existence, which is not in dispute. We're looking for reliable sources upon which the article's content can be shown to have already been the subject of publication out in the world, by sources that exercise editorial control and have a reputation for fact checking and accuracy. I don't think such sources exist and so I don't think an article should exist, but if they do, the sources presented in the draft are not them. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:39, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
 * The editor in question is . Thanks for your detective work, . Cullen328  Let's discuss it  02:25, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

 * Thanks for these tips. Your points are taken and it makes a certain amount of sense to me. I am curious, however, that pages like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CANARIE, have been published even though it appears that most of the references are from the CANARIE site itself. It is also associated with GTAnet. :-/<IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 15:06, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

 * For clarity, my response above is to CULLEN. I am so unclear even how to be a part of the discussion properly! Apologies! - Alea <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 15:07, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

Feral Five
Hi Alea and esteemed Tea House hosts.

I've been testing my editing on a couple of different things and noticed an interesting challenge to do with notability here: draft:Feral Five - I saw this band in London a while back and wanted find out more and it appears they have had some attention from people like the BBC music people and made the first track talking about replicating people using 3D printers (very topical right now since you can 3D print almost anything). I figured they're notable for that at least so should in essence despite their relative newness meet notability guidelines but I noted the article hasn't been resubmitted despite a number of changes by one or two editors. It would be interesting to know what else might be suggested if anything which would give a clearer idea of what is enough!! My thoughts are that it is not quantity but quality and I've done some reading about what is considered independent, verifiable and quality. Any guidance would be welcomed and might help Alea also with understanding. I'd also be interested to know what the page is over there too. Chantelle Cooper (talk) 22:17, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

 * Hi, ! I moved your post to a subsection, as it is not directly related to the above question by Alea. What is exactly your question? If you improved Draft:Feral Five, why didn't you re-submit it yourself? Vanjagenije (talk) 13:54, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

 * Fuhghettaboutit, you are the one I was, in fact, directing my question below to. The one that references the CANARIE page.

Chantelle, I appreciate your comment as well and am open to any and all tips and hints! -Alea Alea Drain (talk) 15:14, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
 * @Alea Drain:  Hi again Alea. Please see by way of analogy what about article X? In short, the fact that there are other non-compliant articles on Wikipedia tells you very little about what is compliant or acceptable. There is no central authority running things so we have gobs of articles that should be deleted or need improvement or violate policies and remain because they have not been looked at. In other words, the existence of comparable or more problematic articles has little precedential value. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:51, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Help with article "Hookworm"
I don't think the article "Hookworm" should be mostly about humans.Dogs are only mentioned once, and that isn't right for me.Qqwe2 (talk) 01:07, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Welcome to the Teahouse, . Our article Hookworm is primarily about the three species of such worms which infect about 500 million people worldwide, mostly in less-developed tropical countries. The lead section of the article mentions and links to other species which infect dogs and cats. The most common species in dogs is Ancylostoma caninum, and you will see that it is a major, well developed article. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  01:33, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * If you think the article is unduly focused on the hookworks that infect humans, I'd recommend starting a discussion at Talk:Hookworm. Good luck! Calliopejen1 (talk) 05:04, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Uncertain of an acceptable approach
I asked this question a few days back- but it may have been lost in the abyss, as I had not yet created a user page. My apologies if someone answered, but I received nothing at that time. Here is my apparent dilemma: I serve as president of the Edwin James Society. We are active in a number of areas- all science-related. We spend tremendous amounts of energy on research, and in the past 5 or so years, have achieved some nifty breakthroughs. Last week I attempted to enter some of that info to existing articles that were very much connected- e.g. biodiversity, biogeography, bio-invasion. Apparently those edits were quickly deleted due to a perceived conflict of interest- i.e., I am the one driving the train of these discoveries.

While a portion of our company is for profit- i.e., agricultural operations & scientific consulting; our research & publishing is not-for-profit. While retain all copyrights, our work is published and available for consumption- free of any charge. Thus I was not spamming or profiteering, but it seems I gave that impression last week. Our desire is to communicate our scholarly achievements to a broader audience, as they appear to have significant applications. Wiki seems like a good place for this. So my questions are (sorry for the long way getting here):

1) How do we appropriately communicate there is no conflict of interest &

2) Would it be better to create & submit a new article encapsulating these discoveries, or should I try top add info to existing articles?

Thanks David Sabaj-Stahl (talk) 02:19, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Welcome to the Teahouse, . The first thing that you should do is completely transform your user page, which is currently written as an unreferenced faux encyclopedia article. Your user page should be about you as a Wikipedia editor and should not promote any of your outside interests. It should, however, include a clear statement disclosing your conflict of interest. Brief, non-promotional biographical information is permitted, but nothing that simulates an encyclopedia article.

 * Next, please be aware that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia which summarizes what independent, reliable sources say about a topic. It is not a place to publicize new research. So, it is inappropriate for you to add your research to the article on Biodiversity, for example, unless independent reliable sources unconnected with your organization discuss that research. Because of your clear conflict of interest, you should not add any such material to such articles yourself, but instead, you should propose changes, along with references, on the article's talk page.

 * So, please do not try to claim that that there is no conflict of interest in this case, because there certainly is. Instead, disclose it openly, and please comply with our expectations about how editors with conflicts of interest should behave.

 * Copyrighted material can be quoted briefly here, as long as it is a reliable source, and is cited. But our policies forbid extensive use of copyrighted sources, even if given away for free, unless that material is freely and openly available for reuse for any purpose under an acceptable Creative Commons license. Attribution is the only accepted limitation. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  02:50, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Just to make it clear (and add to excellent post): conflict of interest and promotional writing can occur in non-profit and academic circles as well as commercial enterprises. A lot of people get stuck with this issue.  LouiseS1979 (pigeonhole) 07:44, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Need Syntax Help
Hello Again, Let me elaborate my question. While working on the Bidar page, I have found that there is a section titled Ghulam Yazdani's contribution to Bidar which do not belong to the page. I have also found out that there exists another page on wikipedia titled Ghulam Yazdani. I want to propose a merger for which I am stuck with syntax. I am aware of the syntax  which would be applicable for entire page. My question is - How to add only the section of a page for merger. What is the syntax for section merging? Anand2202 (talk) 10:06, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * , the template you want is Move portions from. Nthep (talk) 10:10, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Many thanks Much appreciated! :) Anand2202 (talk) 10:30, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Misspellings
Hello, I am new to Wikipedia and have already ameneded a few spelling mistakes, in addition to correcting some information on an article.

Is there any way to know how many corrections I have made without keeping my own records?

Secondly, how do I know if information I changed on an article has been accepted?

Thanks,

Woodstockboy22Woodstockboy22 (talk) 08:56, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

 * Hey there,, First & foremost, I am also new here (I mean I am not a Tea House host) so I am not sure if Technically I have the right or authority of answering your question. But I am compelled to do so! :) Well, on the top-right corner of your page you can see PREFERENCES where under User Profile you have the Number of Edits. There's also the CONTRIBUTIONS option (near the LOG OUT button) which maintains a list & details of your activity. This satisfies your first question, I suppose.
 * Regarding your second question,, changes made to articles can be tracked under VIEW HISTORY option (along side the EDIT) on the page. Whenever you edit or change some info on a article, add it to your watchlist. You will be updated automatically.
 * Happy editing! :) Anand2202 (talk) 10:25, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

 * Welcome to the Teahouse, . In general your corrections are acceptable, but you need to be a little more careful. In one case the spelling in the reference in the article was what the source used, and this was highlighted by the inclusion of "(sic)" and by a note in the reference to highlight the spelling.  In your most recent edit you changed from the correct spelling to an incorrect spelling.  I have therefore reverted both of those edits.  Thanks for your efforts, but please be a little more careful. --David Biddulph (talk) 11:13, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

trying to post a article
Ryanlee78creativebugs (talk) 09:03, 6 February 2015 (UTC) i keep getting issue trying to post an article. it said self promote.

can anyone help.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ryanlee78creativebugs/sandbox

Ryanlee78creativebugs (talk) 09:03, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * , a look at the article suggests to me that the problem is the tone that you have used. Let me take just one paragraph;

 * In a short paragraph there are two uses of us/our which suggests that the whole section is lifted from a company brochure or press release. Then every other sentence makes a claim to be number #1 or unique without any independent, reliable sources to support what is written.  Prove they are the only service provider supplying those technologies? Who says they have an impressive track record? Who has verified that that they ofer call savings of up to 90%?  Find independent sources to back up these claims and then they may have a place in the article but not as it currently stands.  I've singled out one paragraph but I have to say the rest of the article is the same and the whole draft currently does nothing but act as a sales brochure for the company. Nthep (talk) 10:04, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

 * I have placed a box at top of User:Ryanlee78creativebugs/sandbox with a button to submit it for review. However, the current version is far too promotional. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:57, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

 * Hello, . To pick up one work which is a bugbear of mine. The only circumstances I can think of where the word "solutions" might be appropriate in a Wikipedia article is in an article about physical chemistry, or about puzzles. In almost any other context it is meaningless marketing speak, and doesn't belong in an encyclopaedia.

Creating a Formal Tone
Hi there,

My article 'Pan Intercultural Arts' was not accepted due to a lack of formal tone expected of an encyclopaedia article. There are a number of independent, reliable and published sources cited, so I'm looking for some clarity/guidance in how to go about developing the article's formal tone.

Many thanks for your help, I look forward to hearing from you!

Bruns crt (talk) 15:27, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
 * hello and welcome to The Teahouse. The most obvious problems I can see are that the main section quotes from sources when it would probably be better to present the information in your own words, and that the other section is structured like a company web site (and has some of the same promotional-looking wording such as "engender" and "empower") when it would look better as paragraphs.

 * It would be better to define exactly what the various terms mean for those who know nothing about the organisation, and to explain how the organisation does those activities that are described, using the independent sources of course.— Vchimpanzee  •  talk  •  contributions  •  21:12, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

 * Thank you for your help, I will re-work the page with you recommendations Bruns crt (talk) 12:28, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Nominating an article for DYK
Hi. I recently created this account, having edited for a while with various IP addresses. I created the article Inclusive Church, which is, I think, eligible to go on the "did you know?" section of the Main Page. Apparently new users can't nominate articles, so they have to ask someone else to do it. I did so here, but haven't received a reply. Should I just go ahead and nominate it myself, or am I missing something?

Thanks for your help, and thanks for this page.

Relentlessly (talk) 19:34, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
 * @Relentlessly:  Hi Relentlessly. Just so you know you will become autoconfirmed on February 7, 2015 at 19:32 (UTC), but your concern about passing that threshold is not germane, as nominating an article for DYK does not involved any autoconfirmation-restricted acts. DYK nominations are not restricted from new users at all. (I'm curious about what made you think they were.) You can go ahead right now and create the nomination. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:27, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
 * @Fuhghettaboutit:  Thanks for your reply. The DYK project page suggests you do need to be autoconfirmed: "Any autoconfirmed registered user may nominate a DYK suggestion" from here. But I'll go ahead and do it, with your imprimatur! Relentlessly (talk) 08:04, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * @Relentlessly:  Aha. That error crept in when the instructions were placed into a header (Template talk:Did you know/Header), which was recently created. I first tested it to make sure I was correct (noting also that T:TDYK is not semi-protected which would then require an autoconfirmed user to edit the list of nominations) and then fixed it.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 15:44, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Editing Page Name
Hi,

I am trying to edit the page name and having difficulty in doing so. For my specific example the URL is showing as User:RajLiberal and along with the page name appearing as User:RajLiberal.

I am trying to remove the 'User'part and am having trouble doing so. Any idea how I can achieve this?RajLiberal (talk) 19:51, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi RajLiberal, welcome to the Teahouse. The short answer is: please don't. You have created a user page which is not an appropriate Wikipedia article. Have you read the notes on your talk page, specifically about creating an autobiography? --Neil N  talk to me 20:40, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

 * Hi,

I have created this on behalf of the person on the page strictly as an informative page and not to promote anything on his behalf. I am a first time contributor to Wikipedia and if you could guide my in the right direction on how to correct this page, that would be greatly appreciated. RajLiberal (talk) 21:25, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Your page (now deleted) was promoting the person himself. If you want to create an article, the first step is determining if he meets Wikipedia's definition of notable (WP:BIO). Are there newspaper articles that cover him? --Neil N  talk to me 21:36, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

 * Ok, I will review (WP:BIO) and determine if he meets the definition. And to answer your question, yes, there are newpaper articles that cover him. RajLiberal (talk) 21:43, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

 * when reviewing WP:BIO, note particularly the section WP:POLITICIAN - just being an unelected candidate for political office does not confer WP:Notability, so press cuttings about his candidacy will not be enough. The reason for this guideline is that Wikipedia does not wish to be used as an noticeboard for election statements. If Mr Grewal is elected, there will then be no problem about notability. If you are connected with Mr Grewal's campaign, you should also read Conflict of interest and the WP:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. JohnCD (talk) 21:54, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

What is this??
Colliding Tori Fusion Reactor - (CTFR) The legal team has reason to believe that the material that was posted here was a protected trade secret and determined removal was the best choice of action. Please do not hesitate to contact the legal team<EMAIL_ADDRESS>with any questions or concerns you may have. 2011‑12‑13

Just wanted to know. Kitty 56 (talk) 19:45, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi again Kitty 56. Occasionally, someone adds material to Wikipedia that is illegal to post publicly. In some cases, the legal team at the WMF (the organization that runs Wikipedia) will get involved and delete the material. What you've copied above is just a note informing editors what happened and who to contact if they have questions. --Neil N  talk to me 21:02, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Kitty 56 (talk) 01:16, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

I got a message about spamming, please help :/
I started my account yesterday with no intention whatsoever about spamming. I had relevant information on my site that pertained to all the information that I linked to. - I received this message earlier today.

"This is your only warning; if you insert a spam link to Wikipedia again, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Persistent spammers may have their websites blacklisted, preventing anyone from linking to them from all Wikimedia sites as well as potentially being penalized by search engines. Do not continue to spam links to Cinechew. This is your only warning. — Huntster (t @ c) 20:11, 6 February 2015 (UTC)"

Like I said, I have no intentions of spamming I just want to contribute. Can someone please tell me specifically what I did wrong so it doesn't happen again? Does this mean that I can never link to my site?

Seangonzales (talk) 22:58, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi, welcome to the Teahouse. Yes, you should never link to a site you are involved with as you have a conflict of interest. Also, we rarely link to blogs and personal sites unless they're by a recognized expert on the topic. --Neil N  talk to me 23:05, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

 * Welcome to the Teahouse, Seangonzales. Your experience mirrors mine exactly. Please don't be discouraged. Perhaps the editor who left you the message was incorrect in assuming that you're intentions were to spam. Editors on Wikipedia are supposed to assume good faith on the part of other editors.  I find the anti-spam warning to be unduly harsh myself. I don't believe it is the right thing to do to assume that your intentions are always self-promotional. I believe your contribution was viewed as spam because you are directly related to what you're writing about and you do not have a neutral point of view.

 * So, in a friendly way I like to let you know that contributions made by editors who are personally involved or are supply products and services related to the topic are strongly discouraged and viewed as spam even if that isn't your intention. I have posted a welcome message on your talk page. It will serve you well if you are able to read up on all of the topics that are contained in welcome message. If you do this, you will never be accused of spamming again in all probability. I also remove the warning template from your talk page and left a friendly message for the other editor who issue that warning to you to let them know that this dialogue is happening between you and myself. Happy editing.

 *  Bfpage |leave a message 23:06, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

 * Hi Seangonzales on top of what the others have said, looking at your additions I would say its more than just linking to your own site. It looks like you just added a link to your latest Mark Hamill post as a reference next to any mention of his name. A reference is supposed to be a source for the information preceding it. How is an article "Mark Hamill talks ‘Star Wars 7′ – says its all about the new characters" a reference for any of the places you added it? As such it looks like promotion of your post, and not about adding helpful references to wikikpedia. KylieTastic (talk) 23:16, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

 * Special:Contributions/Seangonzales was definitely spamming. We are supposed to be nice to people at the Teahouse but spam is spam no matter what the spammer calls it. The link about an upcoming Starwars Film was even added as a "reference" for Mark Hamill being on the cast of an animated Batman film from 1993.[//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Batman:_Mask_of_the_Phantasm&diff=prev&oldid=645876363] The site was started this month (and its' only the 7th) with Sean Gonzales as the first mentioned author. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:20, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks guys for everything! Like I said, it may have come across that way but I only had good intentions. For example, when I repaired the dead links for Andy Serkis, I couldn't find any links - so I took upon myself to supply it - not knowing about the COI terms. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Seangonzales (talk • contribs) 00:29, 7 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I took a look at one random instance of adding a reference regarding Mark Hamill. That was added to Joseph Campbell, a professor with a long career at Sarah Lawrence College, and an expert in mythology. There is a passage in Campbell's biography about how his work influenced George Lucas in creating Star Wars, and that later, one of Campbell's books had a photo of Hamill on the cover. All this happened over 35 years ago. One would assume that any reference inserted after Hamill's name in this context would have to do with Campbell, Lucas, Hamill and the book cover. But no. Instead we have a blog post speculating about how big or small Hamill's role will be in the upcoming seventh Star Wars film, to be released in December, 2015. This is spamming, indisputably, and it is difficult to discern "good intentions" unless the editor in question doesn't understand that the function of a reference is to verify the assertions in the preceding content. I hope that the purpose of a reference is clear to the editor now.

 * There is general consensus that we only use movie review websites that feature the work of paid professional reviewers. Random movie blogs are not considered reliable sources, either for critical opinions or factual assertions about films. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  03:43, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Public domain copyright question
Previously a photo I submitted for William Burke Belknap the younger was removed because it was not considered in the public domain. Since it was a photograph from the front of a Christmas card and I was sent one of those cards, it seems to me that it was in the public domain.Mitzi.humphrey (talk) 21:34, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi User:Mitzi.humphrey, being found in public does not mean 'Public domain' - otherwise you could claim the same for any picture on the internet not behind a login. I would assume if you looked on the back of the card if had an image copyright notice, or statement that the image was under licence. Cheers KylieTastic (talk) 21:42, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * See Public domain for all the fun information on the subject ;) KylieTastic (talk) 21:45, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

 * Thank you, KylieTastic, I appreciate your advice. I'm quite sure that neither the card which I have nor any of the places I have seen it reproduced acknowledges either a printer or a photographer. However, I will check again before re-submitting the photo if I decide to try again. Thanks again for responding to my query.Mitzi.humphrey (talk) 23:30, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * , Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously, because we allow what's published here to be re-used for any reason, including commercial purposes. So, if we accept a photo saying that it is free of copyright, or freely licensed, we need to be certain that is the case. Just because a photo has been reproduced without a copyright notice does not mean it lacks copyright. Other people reproduce photos improperly all the time, but we don't here on Wikipedia. We need hard evidence that the photo is free of copyright or freely licensed. For example, if the photo was first published before 1923, copyright has expired. If it is a work of the U.S. Federal government, it is free of copyright. If it is realeased explicitly under an acceptable Creative Commons license, it is OK to use. But the vast majority of photos you run across must be assumed to be copyrighted. The burden is on the uploaded to verify the status accurately. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  05:42, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Francisco Fort Museum
I created an article for Francisco Fort Museum about a month ago on the Main Page Sandbox but haven't seen it published yet. I did create it first in my sandbox and then to the main. Did I do something wrong? Kholance (talk) 04:10, 7 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi, welcome to the Teahouse. It seems like your draft wasn't added to the AFC review list. I've checked your sandbox and this edit says you submitted your draft for review on 12th December 2014. But I couldn't find it on the list of drafts submitted on that day. When I checked your sandbox I found out that you didn't close a  tag properly. So the draft template didn't appeared properly. Like in HTML you should always close "ref" tags otherwise it will break other templates. Anyway I fixed it for you and now your article is under review .-- Chamith   (talk)  05:45, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION Error. Our servers are currently experiencing a technical problem.
Is anyone else getting 503 errors that say something like the following, or is it just me?

WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION Error Our servers are currently experiencing a technical problem. This is probably temporary and should be fixed soon. Please try again in a few minutes. Error: 503, Service Unavailable at Thu, 05 Feb 2015 17:18:35 GMT

Gouncbeatduke (talk) 18:51, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

 * That was a temporary issue with the Wikimedia servers. It's been fixed now. --ToonLucas22 (talk) 18:53, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

 * Hi, at that moment Wikipedia was down to everyone. Wikimedia Foundation tweeted that it was due to a network problem. I don't think you are facing that issue anymore as you have accessed Teahouse, which means you can also access other Wikipedia articles.-- Chamith  (talk)  01:46, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

 * For further information, this is the summary of the site outage as published by Wikimedia Foundation.--- Chamith  (talk)  13:22, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

 * Unfortunately, Wikipedia is only highly useful if the internet works. If something, (say, the network fails), Wikipedia isn't really helpful. This is too bad, there should be a way for Wikipedia to be useful outside of the net. Frogger48 (talk) 06:11, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

About pending changes protection
I just wanted to ask why pending changes level 2 is never used. It seems like it could be helpful in some cases. Kitty 56 (talk) 19:36, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi Kitty 56, welcome to the Teahouse! Like most processes on Wikipedia, using pending changes level 2 (PC2) requires the consensus of the community. The last discussion regarding PC2 found there was no consensus for its usage. You can read a summary here and the full discussion here. --Neil N  talk to me 20:55, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * What does "no consensus" mean? Kitty 56 (talk) 01:15, 7 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Hello . "No consensus" means that a discussion took place, based on Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and in this case, there was no agreement to start general use of pending changes level 2. When we can't agree to change things, we leave them the way they were before the discussion. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  06:19, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Need help uploading profile photo to Info Box for Lewis Craig Humphrey.
I have a family photo for placement in a new entry Lewis Craig Humphrey I created. I captured the image via Bing from my husband's family tree in Ancestry.com and it has been suggested that I upload a photo to the info box for him. I first tried to load it to WikiMedia but was unsuccessful. I seemed to be in some kind of loop of instructional templates. How do I most simply transfer this old photo from my own picture files to the info box? Mitzi.humphrey (talk) 21:32, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi Mitzi.humphrey, you can't just take images from most websites as most are copyrighted (or are using images of unknown copyright). Ancestry.com has a clear copyright stamnet on the bottom of the page. So unless the picture had some overriding statement you can not upload to commons. It may be acceptable to upload locally as "Fair use" if no other images are available. Cheers KylieTastic (talk) 21:52, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * if you read the Ancestry Terms and Conditions you will find the statement "By agreeing to these Terms and Conditions, you agree to not reuse these images or documents except that you may reuse public domain images so long as you only use small portions of the images or documents for personal use." KylieTastic (talk) 21:56, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

 * Hi, talk. I think it was the upload locally as "Fair use" method that was recommended, so I will see if I can do that. Thank you for your help, Kylie.Mitzi.humphrey (talk) 23:19, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Since Lewis Craig Humphrey died in 1927, the date of the photo is important. Copyright has expired on any photo published before 1923. If it was published later than then, the photo is probably acceptable non-free content, per WP:NFCI #10. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  09:25, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

The bruacratic nature
The bureaucratic nature of Wikipedia really bothers me. Frogger48 (talk) 06:08, 7 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi Frogger48 in what way? Although Wikipedia has elements of bureaucracy, it is generally considered not a bureaucracy. There is structure, but everything is open to discussion and change. What in particular bothers you? Cheers KylieTastic (talk) 12:51, 7 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Hell Frogger48, I assume that you mean all the rules and regulations here. They are what keeps this WP together and up to the standard that makes it one of the top websites in the world. Not all people who come here have the same good intentions and kind disposition that you have (unfortunately). I don't know if you have seen how other Wikipedias in other languages are, where the rules are not maintained or enforced in the way they are here. They are not a pretty sight, and those WPs quickly loose credibility and editors willing to contribute. Remember that the English WP is international and because of the rules we somehow manage to keep this thing working in ways that other international organizations can not. Best, w.carter -Talk  13:08, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Meta-Wiki
Okay, I have a problem. I decided to create a page on Meta-Wiki. How do I create a link from that page to my main page on Wikipedia? Kitty 56 (talk) 17:16, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

 * Hi Kitty 56, just add meta: in front i.e. Kitty 56 (on Meta-Wiki) gives Kitty 56 (on Meta-Wiki) — Cheers KylieTastic (talk) 17:28, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

 * Oh I misread that - the other way round is add en: so Kitty 56 (on English WikiPedia) gives Kitty 56 (on English WikiPedia) — Cheers KylieTastic (talk) 17:31, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

I have a question concerning the "creation" of a new term, word or title.
Basically, I am looking for a legitimate way to list one more meaning to an existing word in Wikip. EMPHE (talk) 20:43, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

 * Are you sure you're thinking about Wikipedia, not Wiktionary? Thnidu (talk) 22:20, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

 * Hi EMPHE, welcome to the Teahouse. Which meaning of which word do you have in mind, and do you want to create a new page about the meaning? PrimeHunter (talk) 23:15, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

I need help removing COI banner from Thomas M. Humphrey
There is more info about my difficulty with the entry forThomas M. Humphrey on my talk page and on the View History. My recent additions to his article, for which I had previously but not recently removed a great deal of information which was considered COI. Thomas M. Humphrey is my husband and it was considered against Wikipedia rules for me to be a major contributor to his article. For a long time I submitted nothing more to the article, but recently I added some wikilinks to other economists' names already mentioned in the current article and a note about his being a recipient of an Earhart Foundation grant while in grad school at Tulane. The COI warning banner is back, and I want to know how to have it removed. Do I have to delete all my most recent additions, and if I do, will that be sufficient to take away the embarrassing banner?Mitzi.humphrey (talk) 19:00, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Hello, Mitzi.humphrey. I have looked at the page about Mr. Humphrey, and I do not believe that the main problem with  this article is the links that you added just recently.  The page seems to be written as a tribute to him  rather than as a neutral encyclopedia article, with all the most positive quotes and statements carefully chosen to make him seem as important as possible, and any just ordinary biographical information omitted.  Ask yourself this:  If all of the sources which (1) were written by Humphrey himself, (2) were written by his friends and colleagues with whom he worked personally, (3)were written by those employing him,  and (3) don't mention him at all, were removed from the article, and the content which has been cited back to them, what would be left?  A person this influential shouldn't need this; surely there are facts about him which have been written in books, magazines and newspapers that could be used to make a more balanced article. —Anne Delong (talk) 22:03, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

 * Hello, Anne Delong (talk) You may be thinking that my husband himself has contributed to this article, but that is not true. And most of the usual biographical information (which I had previously submitted) was deleted in 2014 because I was considered a COI writer. The only words which are my husband's are taken from the introduction he wrote in one of his books about influences on his economic philosopy. The references are to sources such as published books, journals, encyclopedias, magazines, etc. for which he wrote or in which his work in the history of economic thought was discussed. Most of the wikilinks in the article are to people living or dead that he has known professionally or with whom he has co-authored works in the field of economics. The article is about as objective in its perspective as any entry could be. He has written much, much more than is indicated in the Wikipedia article--at least over 100 published articles. So, my question remains about how to remove the COI banner.Mitzi.humphrey (talk) 00:00, 7 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Mitzi.humphrey, I was not suggesting that your husband wrote the text of the article, although obviously the quotes are written by him. I was talking about the sources.  Wikipedia articles are not supposed to be sourced to material written by the subject, or people he knows.  Proper sourcing would instead be published works such as books or journal articles of other economists who aren't co-workers and which discuss him and his work; news or magazine reports of his activities written by journalists; reviews of his books such as this one which describe his research and accomplishments, etc. The fact that this article appears neutral to you is a very good example of why it's not recommended that editors write about subjects with which they are emotionally (or financially in the case of companies) connected.  You ask how the COI banner can be removed; I'm afraid that it will have to stay until another editor has rewritten the article in the form of a factual biography, and sourced it to published works of writers who are not closely connected to him.  I suggest that you enlist the help of editors who are familiar with economics topics by posting a note on WT:WikiProject Economics.—Anne Delong (talk) 06:38, 7 February 2015 (UTC)
 * PS- It seems that while I was writing this two editors have started improving the article already.... —Anne Delong (talk) 06:42, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

 * I took your advice and posted a request for contributions at WT:WikiProject Economics. I like the book review link you suggested above (http://www.freepatentsonline.com/article/Southern-Economic-Journal/17021382.html), but I'll have to wait for someone else to add it. Do you think it should be quoted from directly or listed just as a footnote? By the way, I don't understand about the different types of references. How do "References", "Bibliography", "External Links", "Suggested Reading", and "Footnotes" differ? I see them all used in Wikipedia.Mitzi.humphrey (talk) 14:45, 7 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Great questions, Mitzi.humphrey. Quotations should be kept to a minimum on Wikipedia. In most cases an editor should summarize in their own words what the source says. Occasionally someone has said something iconic, so that their exact words are widely discussed, (such as MacArthur's "I shall return") and should  be quoted.
 * "References" is a general term, and the text of citations appears in that section, as well as general references which could be used as citations but haven't been yet.
 * "Bibliography" refers to the list of books, articles, etc., written or edited by the subject - if the person is a very prolific author, this is often "Selected bibliography" instead. (These are not references, but may be in the article because they are interesting information).
 * "External links" is a section at the bottom of the article where a few relevant web links can be added - maybe the subject's web site, or an organization for which he's known, etc.
 * "Footnotes" is occasionally used instead of the word "References" if the citations includes explanatory notes as well as source citations. I personally avoid these; they make the article hard to read and most important terms that need explaining should be wikilinks to another article instead.
 * "Suggested Reading" - This would have a list of books that the creator of the page thinks the reader would find interesting, but this is problematic, since Wikipedia can't promote anything, and I would avoid including that section, to avoid arguments about what should be in it.
 * You didn't mention "See Also", a section which has a list of other Wikipedia articles which are closely related, but aren't already linked in the article. For example, and article about "Pepperone pizza" might list "Mushroom pizza" (okay, silly example, but you get the idea).  I hope this is clear. —Anne Delong (talk) 23:33, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

3 strikes an out???
So, I am still struggling to understand the ins & outs of being a Wiki user/ contributor. One might say I already have 2 strikes! Initially I tried editing some articles relevant to recent discoveries made at our research institute. While I did not believe there to be a conflict of interest, I now understand from Wiki's viewpoint there was, and have since learned how to go about suggesting these kinds of edits.

Then, I created my user page. I had assumed a user page was not visible to the world at large, but apparently it is. It too was deleted, allegedly because my biographical information was considered "self-promotion". I was not attempting to promote anything, simply to provide other Wiki folks with user pages an opportunity to reach out to me based upon my qualifications, for the potential of working together on articles of interest.

So this process has taught me that Wiki is hyper-sensitive to self-promoters, spammers & profiteers. In hindsight I can understand you probably encounter a lot of that- hence the sensitivity.

I'd like to create another user page... however I am assuming a 3rd strike, as it were, would be an out- as in banned from Wiki. Ergo, how does one create a user page without providing any content about themselves while attracting those with similar interests???

Thanks

David Sabaj-Stahl (talk) 20:35, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

 * Welcome to the Teahouse, . To date, your mis-steps have been minor and common among new editors. I do not believe that you are at any immediate risk of being blocked, as long as you strive to comply with our policies and guidelines going forward. Your user page is visible to anyone who is interested in you. Since you use what is presumably your real name, it will be visible in Google searches as well. The purpose of a Wikipedia user page is to present yourself to other editors as a Wikipedia editor. Some basic biographical information is fine, to indicate your background and areas of interest, but not to promote your outside interests in any way. Editors often list articles they have written or worked on. Adding a quote or two reflecting an editor's personal philosophy is common. Many editors mention how long they have been editing or how many edits they have made. Full details can be found at WP:User pages. Cullen328   Let's discuss it  01:24, 8 February 2015 (UTC)


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Scouting/BSA

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List of Danger Force episodes

Danger Force is an American comedy television series developed by Christopher J. Nowak that premiered on Nickelodeon on March 28, 2020. The series is a spinoff of Henry Danger and includes returning stars Cooper Barnes and Michael D. Cohen. Starring alongside them are Havan Flores, Terrence Little Gardenhigh, Dana Heath, and Luca Luhan.

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Burgess House (Colorado Springs, Colorado)

The Burgess House is a building in Colorado Springs, Colorado which was built in 1888 by Charles H. Burgess, and is one of the few remaining buildings from the first wave of Colorado Springs development. The house is a Pattern house and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. The building is of Queen Anne style.

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The house was constructed in 1888 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.


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Yengijeh

Yengijeh may refer to various places in Iran:
 * Yengijeh, Azarshahr, East Azerbaijan Province
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 * Yengijeh, Hamadan
 * Yengijeh, Kermanshah
 * Yengijeh, Kurdistan
 * Yengijeh, Razavi Khorasan
 * Yengijeh, West Azerbaijan
 * Yengijeh, Shahin Dezh, West Azerbaijan Province
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Game critiques

Part of Board Game Design

Introduction
With this page we want to help improve games (in development and existing ones, because everything can be improved). Please take into consideration, that this page is not to insult, offend, ... people involved in game creation (see also: Wikiversity policies, Wikipedia policies and guidelines). People work in their free time to create content for the general public, so please honor this by helping: provide feedback, which helps. This also needs to be taken into consideration for the other side (if there is something like another side - because we all work for improving the quality). So, any valuable feedback is welcome. So, let's use our precious time for working together.

Rules
Actually from the wiki community you know already, that there are few rules, because we do not want to establish borders. But please take following into consideration:

Expectations
There are different reasons, why someone has another view than other persons. But all depend on one thing, (s)he expected something else (see anomaly in software).
 * To game creators:
 * So, if people are willing to invest their time in giving feedback, help them also right from the beginning by providing them as much information as possible, e.g. a readme.txt, user manual, or just some few lines.
 * Imagine: wouldn't you like to get fast feedback too, when you have a problem? Well this counts certainly also here. Let's not lose people who are interested.
 * Also keep in mind, there can be reviewed anything (not only the prototype).

 * To reviewers:
 * Please note: there are no stupid questions. Everything can help improve the game. Imagine, if you have a problem, probably many more will have the same problem.
 * Try also to give as much accurate information as possible. E.g. sometimes problems are not reproducible on other machines. Help us to handle your problem faster. Every unclear information needs a feedback by someone again. What is obvious for you, can not be for others.
 * If you are missing information, please ask the author.
 * You can use testing techniques to be more efficient: if you have not much info, please use non-systematic techniques.

Type of Feedback
A criticism, review, feedback,... can be categorized in:
 * positive: e.g. great game, I like especially this...
 * negative: e.g. well, I like the game, but this...

or:
 * constructive: an assessment with modification requests, e.g. the other game I know has it implemented like this...
 * destructive: e.g. this game just crashed or depreciatory (please let's not give such) comments
 * Well, desctructive can also be constructive, since it helps improving the quality :-)

In other words, try to provide feedback in an emotional range of neutral to positive. Negative feedback is useful and most appreciated but best received and acted upon by human developers when included in overall comments that sum to a positive experience for the developer who must receive and then be self motivated act upon the feedback to improve the design.

Tools
Tools should be used wherever they are effective, because they help us. But before we use tools (like e.g. bug tracking system) at the beginning of the project, which also demand the time to learn, please start to write your feedback here. What counts is the idea, later we can decide, how to establish, apply more tools.

Analysis of new game concepts and development activities.

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Bob Snider

Bob Snider is a Canadian singer/songwriter.

Snider grew up in Toronto and later moved to Bear River, Nova Scotia, Canada. Upon returning to Toronto in the 1980s, he befriended Bob Wiseman and other songwriters in the Toronto open stages at Fat Albert's coffee house. The Leslie Spit Treeo, Ron Sexsmith and Kyp Harness were notable friends. Bob Wiseman produced and arranged the debut record entitled You which garnered attention far and wide leading to a deal with EMI. A folk musician, Snider plays almost exclusively songs he has written himself, although notable exception was at the Bear River Reunion, where he played a cover of an old blues tune. Snider's songs have been covered by Ashley MacIsaac, Meryn Cadell and the Leslie Spit Treeo. Moxy Früvous has also covered Ash Hash on The 'b' Album. Over the years he could often be found busking in Toronto's Kensington Market district. In 2009, he relocated permanently to Bear River, Nova Scotia. His daughter, fabric artist/ designer Sarah Snider also lives there.

Discography

 * You (1989)
 * Live at the Free Times Cafe (1989)
 * Caterwaul & Doggerel (1995)
 * Poetreason: The Songs of Bob Snider (1996)
 * Words and Pictures (1997)
 * Stealin' Home (2002)
 * The Street Takes you In (2007)
 * A Maze In Greys (2008)

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True North (Twila Paris album)

True North is the thirteenth studio album by Christian singer-songwriter Twila Paris, released on September 21, 1999 by Sparrow Records. The album is produced by CCM recording artist and musician Charlie Peacock, who has worked with Paris on her 1990 album Cry for the Desert as a backing vocalist and playing keyboards. The last song on True North, "When You Speak to Me" features guest vocals by Jars of Clay's lead singer Dan Haseltine. The album climbed to number 112 on the Top 200 Albums and number 5 on the Top Christian Albums charts in Billboard magazine.

Critical reception
Steve Huey of AllMusic said that Paris "returns to the adult contemporary style for which she's best known, and which made 1996's 'Where I Stand' her most popular record. 'True North' is a solidly constructed record, aimed squarely at radio airplay and highlighted by a few strong, obvious singles, which help make up for the occasional lackluster track."

John Baugh of Cross Rhythms said that True North is "sounding very good indeed, but then that is all you would expect with one Charlie Peacock producing. On the other side you get lyrics that really touch the heart, focusing on Jesus and our response to him, both in an immediate worship context and in our daily lives." Baugh also mentions that the album has "a 'rootsy' feel than some previous recordings and it does allow the radiance of Twila's voice to shine through."

Personnel

 * Twila Paris – lead vocals, acoustic piano (6), backing vocals (8)
 * Charlie Peacock – electric piano (1–5, 8–10) backing vocals (1, 8), ambient synthesizers (6)
 * Reece Wynans – Hammond B3 organ (1, 5, 8, 9)
 * Tony Miracle – keyboards (2, 7)
 * Mark Hammond – keyboards (3–5)
 * Pat Coil – grand piano (7, 11)
 * Tim Lauer – pump organ (7, 11)
 * Scott Denté – acoustic guitar (1, 2, 4, 5, 8–10)
 * Kenny Greenberg – electric guitars (1–5, 8–10)
 * Mark Baldwin – gut-string guitar (3)
 * Jerry McPherson – acoustic guitar (8)
 * Mark Hill – bass (1–4, 7–10)
 * James Genus – bass (5), acoustic bass (6)
 * Steve Brewster – drums (1–5, 7–10)
 * Eric Darken – percussion
 * Bob Mason – cello (2, 5, 6, 8)
 * David Davidson – violin (2, 5, 8)
 * Tom Howard – orchestra arrangements and conductor (7, 11)
 * The Nashville String Machine – orchestra (7, 11)
 * Chris Carmichael – fiddle solo (8)
 * Chris Eaton – backing vocals (1–5, 8–10)
 * Natalie Grant – backing vocals (tracks 1–6, 9)
 * Darwin Hobbs – backing vocals (1–6, 9)
 * Tiffany Palmer – backing vocals (1–6, 9, 10)
 * Duawne Starling – backing vocals (6)
 * Samuel Brinsley Ashworth – backing vocals (8)
 * Dan Haseltine – guest vocals (11)

Production

 * Norman Miller – executive producer
 * Lynn Nichols – executive producer
 * Charlie Peacock – producer
 * Richie Biggs – recording at Re:think Studio, mixing at Re:think Studio (6–11)
 * Shane D. Wilson – additional recording (2, 7)
 * David Schober – orchestra recording at The Bennett House
 * Shawn McLean – orchestra recording assistant
 * David Leonard – mixing at East Iris (1–5)
 * Charlie Brocco – mix assistant (1–5)
 * David Streit – mix assistant (6–11)
 * Gil Gowing – mix assistant (6–11), digital editing, sequencing
 * Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics
 * Molly Nicholas – project administrator

All track information and credits were taken from the CD liner notes.

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XML - Managing Data Exchange/SMIL

Learning objectives

Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to
 * Understand SMIL fundamentals.
 * Understand how and why SMIL is used.
 * Locate and use SMIL technical specifications, tutorials and open source SMIL tools.
 * Create simple SMIL markup.
 * Watch your SMIL file come to life in a SMIL viewer.

Introduction
With the explosion of the late 90's popularity of the internet, The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) saw the need to extend the capabilities of the web with respect to information structure and media presentation. This is how they arrived at XML, the extensible language for describing information structure. Furthermore, SMIL is built upon XML: it is a specialized language to describe the presentation of media objects. Since the W3C (and everyone else) doesn't know what media types will be around in the future (virtual environments, brainwave-synch experiences, psychic/holographic/video), XML was an appropriate choice in designing SMIL to be extended to support these media.

In order to integrate this technology with HTML and extend the application of media in HTML, the W3C decided to make a push towards modularizing these languages or protocols. SMIL is one of many modular languages which 'plug-in' to the larger framework of XML.

What is SMIL?
SMIL (pronounced "smile") is an acronym for Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language. It is thought of as an open-standard version of PowerPoint for the internet. SMIL is an XML-based language, similar in appearance to HTML, that allows for the authoring of interactive audiovisual presentations. SMIL enables the streaming of audio and video with images, text or other media types. It is a language describing the temporal and spacial placement of one or more media objects. Although SMIL can be written with a simple text editor, hand-writing SMIL documents can be a time-consuming and complicated endeavor. Therefore it is better to use a tool for generating complicated SMIL documents.

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) SYMM group
Since November 1997, the W3C SYMM group has been developing the SMIL language. It finalized SMIL 1.0 in June of 1998 and SMIL 2.0 in August of 2001.

Why SMIL?
Although plug-ins and media players have the ability to show many different types of media with varying support for interaction, only SMIL offers the ability to define the presentation in the form of text as a script. This feature could be called media composition. This is a powerful ability when you think about it: text presentations can be generated from other applications. Also, SMIL offers accessibility options and powerful features not present in these media players.

 * Macromedia products such as Flash, which require a plug-in to view flash inside a web page.
 * RealAudio's Realplayer
 * Microsoft's PowerPoint
 * OpenOffice.org's Impress
 * Apple's Quicktime
 * Microsoft has already created a proprietary alternative to SMIL. It is called Microsoft's Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange (SAMI), which plays ASX files through Windows Media Player (WiMP).

Given that SMIL is extensible, the SMIL language has the ability to show many of proprietary objects which are used by the above players. SMIL was designed to be the overarching language for describing the presentation of all media, all layouts and interactive controls. Therefore, SMIL is not a substitute for flash, mpeg-4, or HTML. Rather, it is a new standard for describing and using all of these.

SMIL History
SMIL is still being developed. Currently, attempts are being made to make SMIL easier to use in web browsers. Since SMIL is XML, the W3C developed the latest standard as an addendum to the hybrid of XML and HTML (XHTML). The following is an outline of the history of SMIL.

 * The SMIL 1.0 specification defined the layout and time sequence of multimedia elements.
 * The HTML+TIME specification introduced Timing, Linking, Media, and Content controls to HTML elements.
 * The SMIL 2.0 specification brought interactivity (i.e.: HTML+TIME) such as media linking and controls.
 * BHTML proposal included transitions to be used in SMIL 2.0
 * Finally, the XHTML+SMIL specification extends SMIL 2.0 capabilities to XHTML elements.

When fully realized and implemented in the latest web browsers, XHTML+SMIL will be able to define how media elements can be controlled. HTML supports only static images and links. Web browsers use plug-ins to show videos and other media objects, so the control and interaction of the objects is left to the implementation of the plug-in. With XHTML+SMIL, the supported objects can be placed, moved or displayed according to a time-frame, interacted with using custom controls, and linked to other media objects, web pages or presentations. And since XML is extensible, support for more media objects is on the horizon. This technology has the potential to make the WWW far more interactive, allowing presenters far more control over presentations.

The current SMIL 2.0 is comprehensive and fairly complete. It is divided into modules which describe different aspects of the presentation. For example, there is a structure module to describe the structure of the SMIL document itself, and there is a metadata module for describing what the SMIL document is all about. Modularity is useful for extending the SMIL schemas on a module-to-module basis when necessary, without causing unwanted interactions with the elements in other modules.

Common SMIL implementations

 * Internet or Intranet presentations.
 * Slide show presentations.
 * Presentations which link to other SMIL files.
 * Presentations which have Control buttons (stop, start, next, ...)
 * Defining sequences and duration of multimedia elements.
 * Defining position and visibility of multimedia elements.
 * Displaying multiple media types such as audio, video, text
 * Displaying multiple files at the same time.
 * Displaying files from multiple web servers.

Currently, SMIL's most widespread usage is with MMS. MMS (Multimedia Messaging System) is a mobile device technology that is used as an envelope for sending multimedia messages to cellphones. SMIL content is placed inside the MMS message along with any associated media binaries. In this context, MMS is a kind of transport mechanism for SMIL.

SMIL files and MIME Types

 * SMIL files have the extension *.smil (but can also have *.sml, *.smi)
 * SMIL files contain tags and content necessary for showing a presentation. This includes the layout of multimedia elements, the timeline for the elements and the source for the multimedia files.

In order for a MIME user-agent to recognize SMIL 2.0 files, the user-agent needs to be defined:

 * application/smil         [deprecated]
 * application/smil+xml            [current MIME type]
 * application/xhtml+smil            [MIME type for embedding smil in XHTML]

When adding this new mime-type to a web browser, the definition will need to include the 'smil' extension.

SMIL Schema
The following hyperlink will direct you to the SMIL 2.0 Schemas, provided by the W3C.org. The main schema is a general description of SMIL 2.0 modules. It is followed by each module's schema. The main schema contains the include statements for all of the module's schemas.

W3C.Org's SMIL Schema description

SMIL Namespace Declarations
SMIL 2.0 files need to have the following namespace declaration in the beginning tag:

SMIL 2.0 namespace

SMIL 1.0 files have the following namespace declaration:

SMIL 1.0 namespace

If no default namespace is declared within the  root element, the document will be processed as SMIL 1.0.

Guidelines and Rules
SMIL documents look a lot like HTML. SMIL files need to be written according to the following rules:

 * SMIL documents must follow the XML rules of well-formedness.
 * SMIL tags are case sensitive.
 * All SMIL tags are written with lowercase letters.
 * SMIL documents must start with a tag and end with a closing tag.
 * SMIL documents must contain a tag for storing the contents of the presentation.
 * SMIL documents can have a element (like HTML) for storing metadata information about the document itself, as well as presentation layout information.

SMIL template
SMIL 1.0 template

A Simple SMIL
Abbreviated SMIL markup

An example SMIL
Example SMIL which has in-line text and an image

Note that when using in-line text instead of referring to separate plain-text files as the text source, you will have to encode the text for any non-alphanumeric characters. This example uses '%20' in lines {13,14,15} as a space character. Also note that in line {13} the source for the text content begins with 'data:text/plain'. In SMIL 2.0 this is the default mime-type for text sources, so specifying it here is optional. In SMIL 1.0, however, this would have to be specified in order to use inline text.

SMIL 2.0 Modules
SMIL 2.0 divides the language description by functionality into ten modules. Each module contains elements to describe structure, content, actions or attributes. The following 10 modules are associated with the SMIL 2.0 namespace.

1. Timing 2. Time Manipulations 3. Animation 4. Content Control 5. Layout 6. Linking 7. Media Objects 8. Metainformation 9. Structure 10. Transitions

The timing module provides a framework of elements to decide whether elements appear concurrently, in sequence, or out of order and called by interactive events such as clicking on a hyperlink.

The time manipulations module provides the ability to associate media objects with time-related information such the as length of time a media object should be displayed, and a description of the timeline used as a frame of reference for the timing module.

The animation module allows media objects to be placed on a timeline defined by the time manipulations module.

The content control module allows for choices of which content is played, depending on such things as language and playback capabilities, using tags such as switch present a test of the system's capabilities.

The layout module contains elements that describe the spacial placement of media objects in the presentation.

The linking module describes hyperlinks and linking references to media objects.

The media objects module describes the pathing and typing of media objects.

The metainformation module contains elements that describe meta information about the SMIL file itself or the media objects it contains.

The structure module is a framework to describe the structure of the SMIL file such as the head and body and SMIL elements.

The transitions module is a framework to describe transitions such as wiping and fading between the presentation of media objects.

Viewing a SMIL file
In order to view a SMIL presentation, a client will need to have a SMIL player installed on his/her computer. Currently, Apple's Quicktime player, Windows Media Player (WiMP) and RealNetworks RealPlayer are among the most popular media players.

It would be convenient to be able to show these SMIL files natively in web browser, eliminating the requirement of a separate SMIL player or plug-in. Currently, Microsoft's Internet Explorer has limited support for SMIL features. The open-source Mozilla project is slowly incorporating SMIL and other XML-related technologies such as SVG and MathML into their browsers, but progress is slow. It is possible they are waiting for these XML-based languages to mature.

Embedding SMIL files into XHTML web pages
As mentioned, SMIL is not yet native to web browsers, so in order to put SMIL in a web page, one must embed it and open it in a plug-in. Embedding SMIL files into web pages is somewhat beyond the scope of this chapter. However, should you have a need to do this, the following links are included as references to help you.

 * Embedding a SMIL file is easy to do with Apple's Quicktime media player.
 * Use the Windows Media Player to view SMIL files in a web page on a non-IE browser.
 * The Internet Explorer 5.5+ browser has support for SMIL.
 * Visit this W3Schools page for details on how to use SMIL in IE-only web pages.

SMIL for phones
As mentioned, SMIL is often used in the latest cellular phones. Phones and vendors have varied support for MMS (multimedia messaging service), but generally, MMS uses SMIL to define the layout of multimedia content. If the MMS message contains a SMIL file, it will include other media objects, which can be text or binary (text is treated here as a media object or file to be referenced in a smil file).

Just a general note on MMS: the telecommunications industry needed a system in order to charge for messages by throughput as well as a system for pushing multimedia messages from phone to phone, computer to phone or phone to computer. MMS is a standard, international system for these purposes. SMIL was adopted because it was a well-defined, standard language to describe the layout and timing of the content inside MMS messages. In adhering to these (and other) standards developed by the 3GPP in partnership with the European Telecommunications Standards Institution (ETSI) and the W3C, the industry was able to ensure interoperability of new services between vendors, providing mutual benefit and equal opportunity.

SMIL tools and SMIL Info
Given that WikiBooks is a publicly-available 'open' book, it would be inappropriate to include information about or links to any commercial SMIL tools. In other words, everything that is not free or open source is not considered here.

Just a sidenote: some commercial tools cost upwards of $800. It is therefore in our best interest to evaluate, provide feedback for, and contribute to opensource projects.

The following are useful links (March 18th, 2004) to free and opensource tools, current SMIL projects, specifications, and tutorials:
 * The official W3C SMIL page
 * X-Smiles - a Java-based, "an open XML browser for exotic devices." Supports XSLT, XSLFO, SMIL, XForms and SVG.
 * Ambulant's Open SMIL Player
 * W3school's excellent tutorial on SMIL.
 * PerlySMIL is a perl script for generating SMIL files from perl.
 * LimSee2 - is an opensource, Java application for generating SMIL.  It is this author's experience that several media-related Java dependencies must be properly installed before LimSee2 will work properly.

SMIL in netbeans?
One can create a SMIL file in Netbeans just as one would create an XML file. Just type it up and save it as a SMIL file. You can check for well-formedness, but validation might be trickier. As mentioned previously, SMIL 2.0 requires a namespace declaration, so don't forget it.

For our simple exercises, just type up a well-formed SMIL document and save it as .smil That's it!

Summary
We've seen how SMIL could be used to make standalone presentations. Yet the future of SMIL may be in the connection of mobile devices to the internet. As XML standards and SMIL tools reach maturity, SMIL will be increasingly implemented in order to define interactive presentations in the same way that Macromedia FLASH does, only this presentation will be native to web browsers and micro browsers used in mobile devices. Since SMIL is an open standard and it is extensible, there will likely be other applications which will use also SMIL.

Visionaries foresee the increasing ubiquity of the internet in our homes and work, on computers and mobile devices. This ubiquity is also called 'pervasive computing'. Mobile commerce would be an example of pervasive computing as cellular phones and portable devices become more useful for business and location-based services. SMIL is a language which facilitates this trend by providing either a pretty face for future business services or value-added multimedia content.

SMIL Exercises

 * 1) Create a simple SMIL file which displays the words, 'Hello World'. Confirm that the file works in a SMIL-conformant player.
 * 2) Author a SMIL file which displays 'Hello World' for 3 seconds, then displays 'Goodbye World' for 1 second.  Confirm that the file works in a SMIL-conformant player.
 * 3) Take an existing Openoffice.org present (or PowerPoint) presentation and turn it into a SMIL file. Double check it in a SMIL browser.
 * 4) Embed one of the previously created SMIL files into an XHTML web page and store the SMIL file and web page on a server. Confirm that the SMIL file works for two different computers.

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Talk:Tracy Austin

Request for wider input on discussion at WikiProject Tennis
There is a long, ongoing discussion at WP:Tennis about the tournament tables found in tennis articles on English-language Wikipedia (e.g., this type of table). The discussion is about whether the "official sponsored name" of a tournament - such as Pacific Life Open - or another tournament name without the sponsor - such as Indian Wells Masters - must be used in those articles. Please join the discussion here. Thanks. Tennis expert (talk) 09:30, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Info
Birthday: December 2, 1962 Age Now in 2010: She is going to be 38 in December ,but she is 37 now. Retired: July,1994 —Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 00:30, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

= any chance of a decent photo? =

showing what Tracy looks like? CorvetteZ51 (talk) 11:04, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

Audi 5000 lawsuit vis-a-vis her early retirement and recurring injuries.
Austin was injured in a sudden unintended acceleration automobile accident with her Audi 5000 in '89. Her lawyers contended that she suffered irreparable damage to her legs and lower back that would prevent her from continuing a pro tennis career. She settled for an undisclosed sum.

http://www.bing.com/news/search?q=Tracy+Austin+Audi+5000&qs=n&form=NWRFSH&pq=tracy+austin+audi+5000&sc=0-14&sp=-1&sk=User:JCHeverly 21:01, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Inline Citations
This article currently has only three inline citations. The first cites another Wikipedia article (which is not allowed under WP:VER) and the other two link to the exact same URL. I'm removing the first citation and merging the other two, and adding a BLP sources tag.--chrisFjordson (talk) 21:18, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

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synkronoida

Etymology
A contraction of, which see for more.

Verb

 * 1)  To synchronise/synchronize.

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Category:Ambassadors of South Africa to Canada

This category is for those who were appointed as Ambassadors from the Republic of South Africa to Canada until 31 May 1994.

Since 1 June 1994, High Commissioners from the Republic of South Africa have been posted in Canada.


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Talk:Electronics/Expanded Edition

This is the second part of the Electronics book. It deals with topics that are related to Electronics but don't quite fit into an Electronics book. As this is the second part editors can stop showing restraint towards math. Long live Greek.

A lot of the physics is covered in the physics textbooks.. Eh, I don't really know.

It is true that these subjects are covered elsewhere, but this part of the book talks about them in terms of Electricity and Magnetism. A good example is Optics. Normally when people talk about Optics they talk about visible light. My question is how optics works throughout the entire electromagnetic spectrum. For instance at higher frequencies light will destroy mirrors rather than being reflected by it. (At higher POWERS - at higher frequencies it may not be reflected particularly efficiently, or perhaps not even reach the mirror).

 * Yes, at high enough power, visible light will heat up and melt a mirror.
 * But also, at high enough frequencies (X rays), a single photon carries enough energy to knock an electron completely out of a mirror, or break the bond between one atom and the next.
 * Either one will destroy a mirror.
 * --DavidCary 02:26, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

See, I was hoping to make more of a practical book about electronics and about the subject. Now it seems this book has become practically everything but? Hoped to cover things like design and understanding of electrical circuits and systems, etc. Your thoughts?

<Narrow the focus. There's a proposed physics with calculus that can cover the wider shores of EM. For this book, just stick to circuits; without much maths in the first half, with maths in the expanded section: resistance, capacitance, inductance, batteries and electrolysis, generators and motors, and semiconductors. Don't explain how semiconductors work, or details about magnetism; stick to what's need for studying circuits. Possibly a final chapter saying, without maths, 'This is how circuits fit into EM and beyond. Now go and read these other books'>

I agree with person. If we concentrate more on the field of ELECTRONICS and less on the field of ELECTRICITY, we should fare well with a good textbook. If a reader can design a radio transmitter or digital circuit by the end of the book, we can give our selves a pat on the back. However, learning how electron spin and the function of n-doped semiconductor materials only gets you so far.

Quote "Semiconductor are always made of silicon"
 * No semiconductors can be made of Gallium Arsenide or any group 3 and group 5 compound.

''Please Be bold in updating pages and fix any errors you see, rather than commenting on them. Thank you. --DavidCary 02:26, 27 September 2006 (UTC)''

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Koteshwara Brahmin

Koteshwara Brahmins (also known as Koteshwara Magane Brahmins) are a Hindu Brahmin subcaste mainly from the Indian state of Karnataka. The community is mainly concentrated in the Koteshwara, Kundapur, and surrounding areas of Udupi district in Karnataka. The community takes its name from the village Koteshwara, which is their native place. Koteshwara Brahmins follows the Dvaita Vedanta propounded by Madhvacharya and are followers of Sodhe Vadiraja Swami Matha.

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User:Barnesng/Books/Credit One Bank

Interview Research

 * Credit One Bank
 * Credit card
 * Bank Holding Company Act
 * Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
 * Sarbanes–Oxley Act
 * Payment card industry

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Macrognathus pentophthalmos

Macrognathus pentophthalmos, the Sri Lanka five-eyed spiny eel, is a small species of spiny eel that is endemic to freshwater habitats in Sri Lanka. Described as a common species as recently as 1980, for unknown reasons its population rapidly declined in the following years and there are no recent confirmed records. In 2012, it was listed as "Critically Endangered, possibly Extinct" in the Sri Lankan National Red List, which was matched by IUCN in 2019.

It is up to 19.5 cm in standard length. Compared to Mastacembelus armatus, the only other spiny eel in Sri Lanka, M. pentophthalmos has a striped/plain (not mottled) pattern, and clearly separated dorsal, caudal and anal fins. The English name of M. pentophthalmos refers to the series of dark spots on its dorsal fin.

Described as a new species in 1854, it was then considered a synonym of the widespread M. aral. In 2008 it was shown that this was mistaken and M. pentophthalmos was reinstated as a valid species (the true M. aral is not found in Sri Lanka).

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Talk:Reunion Tower

WP:FOOD Tagging
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August 2011
The SKY4 news helicopter of KDFW-TV shot a nice piece of video over downtown Dallas this week. It includes a clear aerial look at the area around the tower, a close up of the tower itself, and a rare look at the top of the tower from just overhead. - Dravecky (talk) 13:35, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Observation deck
As of July 1st, 2011 The Observation Deck is still closed off to the public, but is said to reopen later this fall.[8]

Now, the fall is about to end, I think. What about that observation deck? Is it opening or not? Not that I'm anywhere close to go there if it were open. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 21:48, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

The observation deck is still closed but they expect it to open Fall 2<IP_ADDRESS>.120 (talk) 20:07, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

External links modified
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Assessment comment
Substituted at 04:13, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Possible sources in English and Spanish
The Dallas Morning News page http://web.archive.org/web/20070930030926/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-northforest_21met.ART.State.Edition2.42623f4.html links to several articles about Reunion Tower but they didn't archive: WhisperToMe (talk) 20:37, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
 * English: "Reunion Tower gets a makeover"
 * Spanish in Al Dia: "Cierran la Torre Reunion por 1 año"

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Πειραεύς

Proper noun

 * 1) Piraeus, Athens, Attica, Greece
 * 2) An inhabitant of Piraeus

Descendants
The typical Modern Greek form is descended from.

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