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The eastern Free State is home to at least 10 endemic bird species.
The Free State birding route capitalises on all this province's main attractions: its dramatic landscapes, scenic and peaceful back roads and of course, its birds.
With more than 450 recorded bird species in the Free State, including more than 100 southern African endemics and near-endemics, it's a must-see destination on your South African birding safari.
Spanning the entire length and breadth of the province, the route covers a vast and naturally diverse area, allowing you to pick the spots you most want to visit. Pack a map, your binoculars and field guide and head out onto the open road for a laid-back birding experience.
Start out in the northern region, beyond the boundary of the Vaal River. There are a number of pools and pans in the area that sustain a growing water bird population, including two species of flamingo. Here you can also visit the Vaal Dam, many historical Boer War sites and the Vredefort Dome, a World Heritage Site.
As you move further west, so the landscape changes to accommodate drier, semi-arid vegetation punctuated by thornveld. Look out here for species like the Kalahari scrub-robin and tinkling cisticola.
The route then moves south towards the Karoo and confluence of the Orange and Caledon Rivers. Another semi-arid region, this area is dominated by rocky hills, open plains and the Gariep Dam. Listen out for the distinctive calls of the resident Karoo robins, greybacked cisticolas and African rock pipits.
The eastern region is an absolute must. Not only is it home to some of the province's most impressive natural attractions, including the Golden Gate Highlands National Park, but as it swings north, also some of southern Africa's most important birding areas, including the wetlands of Memel.
vultures over the eastern cliffs, and pipits, larks, Southern bald ibis, wattled crane and white-winged flufftails in the wetlands, grasslands and forests to the north.
There's plenty to see and do on this exciting route, so take your time. When not watching birds, you can admire the big sky scenery.
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How to get here
Fly direct from any of South Africa's major cities to Bloemfontein Airport. If you're driving; from Johannesburg and Cape Town take the N1 south and north respectively to Bloemfontein. From Durban, take the N3 out of KwaZulu Natal, and pick up the N5 at Harrismith to Bloemfontein.
Best time to visit
Spring to autumn (September to April). Summer days get very hot, while winter days are mild, with cold evenings. Snow regularly falls on the eastern highlands. Autumn is particularly lovely, with pink and white cosmos flowers lining the roads all over the province.
Tours to do
Tour Winnie Mandela House in Majwemasoeu; do the self-drive tourism routes (Battlefields, Friendly N6, Diamond and Wine, BBT Heritage, Maloti and Goldfields); the National Museum in Bloemfontein; the Basotho Cultural Village; the Golden Gate Highlands National Park.
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Anything from a weekend to a full week.
What's happening
Philippolis Witblits Festival in June (features traditional home-brewed alcoholic spirits); the Cherry Festival at Ficksburg in November; and the Bloemfontein Show (agricultural and entertainment festival) in April, the Free State Food Fair in October, and the Macufe Mangaung African Cultural Festival in October, all in Bloemfontein.


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You've applauded his pioneering accomplishment, and marveled at his endurance – a hockey career that spanned almost three decades and ended in San Diego.
You've been amazed by the fact that he did all this with one good eye after losing most of the vision in his right eye to an accident with an errant puck at age 19.
Everyone's heard the remarkable story of Willie O'Ree – a San Diego resident who made sports history in 1958 when he became the first black man to play in an NHL game.
But as we celebrate Black History Month 50 years after Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech during the summer of 1963, it doesn't hurt to remember just how hard life was for African-Americans who came of age in the pre-Civil Rights era.
So hard that it scared a pioneer.
View the Video Black History Month - Willie O'Ree
Now 77, O'Ree has always thought it an honor to be on the same pedestal as Jackie Robinson, the man who broke baseball's color barrier in 1948, and a man he met twice over the course of his life.
Yet even the indomitable O'Ree wonders what path his life might have taken if he'd grown up in America's Deep South instead of in the idyllic, mostly color-blind environment of Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Raised to believe in equality
Through our histories, we chart our futures.
The youngest of 13 children in an incredibly athletic family, Willie Eldon O'Ree knew from an early age that sports was in his blood.
In many ways, he was destined to play hockey. He learned to skate well before he could run – by pushing a chair around on the ice as a 2-year-old, either at one of the local rinks, or on a homemade one his father created by spraying water from the garden hose out onto the back yard.
Fredericton wasn't a bad place for a little black boy to come of age in the 1940s.
Young Willie grew up skating to school on roads that were more ice than not. He played nine sports in high school, and even though he was the only black kid on the baseball team, and the only black kid on the football team, race was never an issue.
"All my friends were white. We got together and played different sports and there was no sign of prejudice or bigotry or racism," said O'Ree. "We were just kids."
As descendants of slaves who'd fled the American South via the Underground Railroad, O'Ree's parents weren't oblivious to the fact that the world could still be a cruel place for black people. But they raised their children to be color-blind.
O'Ree recalls: "My mom told me, 'You'll probably experience some prejudice and racism from other people, but always be proud of who you are. You can't change the color of your skin."
"They taught me a lot about respect and being kind and courteous," O'Ree says. "I had great parents, I really did."
So O'Ree grew up believing he was no different than anyone else, and – perhaps more importantly – that he could do anything he set his mind to.
That strong sense of self-belief would be tested, time and time again.
Not in New Brunswick anymore
He'd heard all the stories and seen the movies.
Stuff about how black people in the American South had to observe signs that demarcated "colored" and "white" drinking fountains, restrooms and lunch counters.
O'Ree didn't think about it too much. After all, he'd never had to live that way in Canada. After all, Robinson had broken the color barrier almost a decade earlier, when in 1947 he became the first black man to play in the majors.
So when the Milwaukee Braves contacted O'Ree in 1956 and asked him to come to Waycross, Ga. for a tryout, he figured sure, why not?
O'Ree was a sharp second baseman and shortstop. He didn't have any designs on a career in professional baseball – hockey was his first love, and that's what he wanted to pursue – but he agreed to come to Georgia and give it a shot.
Looking back, that trip was a turning point for O'Ree.
The culture shock began the minute he stepped off the plane and into the airport in Atlanta.
The first thing O'Ree noticed was that the restrooms were marked "White Only" and "Colored Only."
A black cab driver drove him to an all-black neighborhood, where he spent the night in an all-black hotel. The next day, O'Ree rode the bus to Waycross, where he was assigned a dorm along with eight other black players, and issued a uniform.
As practice began, O'Ree remembers thinking, "Willie, why did you ever decide to come down here? It's so much different."
The kid from Canada lasted two weeks in tryouts. During that time, he left the team's facility only once – to go to an all-black Baptist church with some of his teammates.
Once was more than enough, because the experience proved traumatic.
After the service, "We were walking down the street and it was a nice day and we saw this drugstore where they had a soda fountain," O'Ree recalled. "Some of the guys were thirsty, and I didn't see any signs."
The players walked into the drugstore and sat down at the counter. O'Ree was standing by an adjacent postcard rack when he saw the two white men at the end of the counter hone in on his friends.
The litany of slurs erupted and didn't end until the players ran out of the drugstore and back onto their bus.
"I never (left) the base again until I was cut and put on the bus to come back home," O'Ree said.
That final bus ride home also left its mark on O'Ree. He got on in Georgia, his skin color earning him a seat in the back of the bus. With every hundred miles of distance the bus put between him and the social mores of the south, O'Ree would move up a few seats.
"When I got back to Bangor, Maine, I stepped off the bus and said, 'Willie, forget about baseball. Just concentrate on hockey,'" he says.
Hockey ambassador
Over the years, O'Ree faced discrimination in hockey too.
Things were usually better when he played in the Canadian cities of Toronto and Montreal. But other places weren't as kind to the black man on skates.
In the beginning, he fought a lot on the ice.
"Because I had to, not because I wanted to. Guys wanted to see what I was made of," O'Ree says. "I never fought because of racial slurs. I fought because guys speared me, and cross-checked me and butted into me and I always tried to protect myself.
I knew I was going to have to fight."
It wasn't just the players he had to contend with.
Cotton balls were routinely tossed onto the ice when he was playing. One time, at a game in Tidewater, Va., someone even threw a black cat into the rink.
The message was clear: Go home. You don't belong here.
But every pioneer has a survivalist streak in them, and O'Ree's persistence was buoyed by the fact that he knew it wasn't like this everywhere.
He'd grown up in a place where black people could walk free and sit anywhere in restaurants and buses. He knew what the world could be. He knew he had a right to play the sport he loved.
So he kept at it, and half a century later, he's still at it today.
Since 1998, O'Ree has been the NHL's director of youth development and diversity. His mission is to spread his love for hockey to kids who've never played the game and to encourage diversity in the sport.
Hockey is still predominantly white, but numerous black men have donned sticks and pads in pro arenas since O'Ree's 1958 debut, and over the years, many have thanked O'Ree for paving the way.
Like baseball's Robinson, he played an integral part in getting people to look past color.
But even though the two pioneers are held in the same high regard, the man who broke hockey's color barrier still speaks with reverence when he talks about his baseball counterpart.
"They call me the Jackie Robinson of hockey because I was the first one to break the color barrier," O'Ree says. "Jackie played (a lot of) his baseball in the south. I played most of my hockey in the north. I didn't experience a lot of the things Jackie had to."
Diversity in the NHL
Willie O'Ree broke the NHL's color barrier with the Boston Bruins in 1958. Today, there are 69 players of color in the NHL, and 41 on active rosters. Twenty of those are black:
Francis Bouillon- Montreal Canadiens
Dustin Byfuglien – Winnipeg Jets
Trevor Daley– Dallas Stars
Mark Fraser- Toronto Maple Leafs
Jarome Iginla – Calgary Flames
Evander Kane – Winnipeg Jets
Jamal Mayers – Chicago Blackhawks
Kyle Okposo – New York Islanders
Johnny Oduya – Chicago Blackhawks
Theo Peckham – Edmonton Oilers
Bryce Salvador – New Jersey Devils
Wayne Simmonds – Philadelphia Flyers
Devante Smith-Pelly- Anaheim Ducks
Anthony Stewart – Los Angeles Kings
Chris Stewart – St. Louis Blues
P.K. Subban – Montreal Canadiens

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Torre weighs in on Wright's injured intercostal
MIAMI -- Team USA losing the services of David Wright has brought attention to the greatest fear of the World Baseball Classic -- injuries.
Wright returned to New York on Friday, where he was diagnosed with a mild strained right intercostal.
U.S. manager Joe Torre was asked about why so many players have rib/back setbacks in Spring Training.
"Years ago, Whitey Herzog said they should eat steak and eat fried foods and all that stuff," Torre said. "These guys take too good a care of themselves."
In the case of Wright, Torre added that the Mets' All-Star third baseman has an all-out style of play.
"David is so acrobatic," Torre said. "Sometimes your body says slow down, or not today.
"But these guys work out. When I started playing in the big leagues, they didn't start this whole weight stuff until like the middle '70s."
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I think that the madara page is in need of editing in respect to madara uchiha primary element, where it says he has earth element thats also missing the basic principle of the uchiha clan U_U FIRE ELEMENT come on people fire element is the basic elemental affinity known to all uchiha clan members aswell as the fire style fire ball jutsu.
If he's not shown using it, it's not added. There have been discussions on this, check the archives. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 18:16, July 17, 2010 (UTC)
I don't understand why under Madara's nature type it has: wind, lightning, and water listed as presumed. WHY? It either happened in the manga/anime or it hasn't. Madara having the ability to use these elements is conjecture, because I haven't seen him use any of these elements. 21:50, October 25, 2010 (UTC) Andrew
Madara has those now because he implanted the Rinnegan, which is known to grant the user the ability to use the five elements. The presumed notations are to account for the possibility of him not actually having those because he had a transplanted Rinnegan. You know, you reading talk pages would save us both time. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 22:29, October 25, 2010 (UTC)
I can't figure out how to navigate this bloody site :( 126.96.36.199 (talk) 05:19, October 26, 2010 (UTC)Andrew
Um, considering it is now presumed that he can use every element due to the Rinnegan. Shouldn't it be fixed that his Fire element is anime only to presumed?—This unsigned comment was made by Hawkeye2701 (talk • contribs) .
I think in this case it's not about manga trumping anime, but confirmed trumping unconfirmed. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 22:27, November 3, 2010 (UTC)


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OPENING hours at Worcester's iconic Hive could be slashed, it has emerged.
Worcestershire County Council is looking at ways to save cash at the £60 million library, which costs taxpayers £2.3 million a year in subsidies.
As well as staffing and running costs the money goes towards paying off a Private Finance Initiative, which is also being renegotiated.
The council is looking at the hours as part of a root-and-branch review into the costs, with leader Councillor Adrian Hardman saying a report will come to the cabinet in the near future.
The building is open from 8.30am to 10pm every day at the moment, and only last month was named the second most popular library in the country.
Coun Hardman said the council was having to reluctantly look at all its options due to unprecedented budget pressures.
He said: "The Hive is a tremendously successful building, it's the second most viewed library in the country but quite rightly we are looking at ways to reduce the running costs, we are having to look at everything."
"I was there the other day and was amazed by how busy it was, it's an iconic building which is incredibly well used.
"The details of what we decide to do will come forward in a cabinet paper."
Speaking during a full council meeting, he said the opening hours and other running costs would be looked at.
The archives and archaeology department, which is based inside The Hive, is having its funding cut from £1.2 million a year to £450,000 in April, as your Worcester News revealed last month.
The council is also looking at ways to charging for services, and the possibility of having weddings there.
Councillor Peter McDonald, from the opposition Labour group said: "It won't be the second busiest library in the country for long if we start cutting things and charging for services."
The cuts are aimed at saving £98 million by 2017.
Around £18 million is being cut in the current financial year and a record £29 million needs to be slashed off budgets in 2014/15, starting in April.


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1. Re: Phone storage space is getting low - NO it's not.skippybowls Nov 28, 2011 3:42 PM (in response to prg38)Go to people, menu, import/export, save to sd card. As for a hard reset, I am just ignoring the notice and somewhat patiently waiting for a fix from HTC soon!
2. Re: Phone storage space is getting low - NO it's not.brooklynotss Nov 28, 2011 6:59 PM (in response to skippybowls)
wipe the cache partition (his will not delete your data or apps):
Boot into recovery
Now you have enough space to download and install the additional update. Verizon released 2 updates for the HTC Incredible, I'm guessing you only got one. Go to Settings> About Phone> Software> Build - 4.06 right? there is a 4.08 that (allegedly) resolves this Low on Space problem.To get that update immediately (recommend connecting to WiFi for the download):
- Press and hold Power, Choose "Restart" option
- When screen turns off, press and hold Volume Down and Power
- When the white HBOOT screen appears, use the volume button to move down to "RECOVERY."
- Press the Power button to select "RECOVERY."
- When the Green Arrows and\or triangle and exclamation appears, hold the Volume Up and Power button at the same time.
- Using the volume button, scroll down to "Wipe cache partition" and select it (power button).
- Select "Reboot system now"
- Go to Settings> Date\Time> Uncheck Automatic and manually set your clock ahead 1 month
- Then go to Settings> About Phone> System Updates and it should be there waiting for you.
- follow the prompts, it'll take about 10 minutes.
3. Re: Phone storage space is getting low - NO it's not.nimiaj Nov 28, 2011 7:51 PM (in response to prg38)
Read the post on link below. Explains what the internal storage that the error message refers to is.
The best way to avoid this issue is to check on apps that use up a lot of "data" storage when you look at the application details under Manage Applications. Go to Menu->Settings->Applications->Manage Applications. Then tap any application to see how much app storage, data storage and cache storage your app is using.
If you primarily sync with google contacts or exchange contacts, or have phone contacts and use verizon backup assistant, then you should check out the size of your Contacts Storage. Over time this can grow a lot, and if you "clear data" on it, it will rebuild itself and the size will be much smaller. HOWEVER remember, DONT do clear storage on contacts storage if you use phone contacts and have not backed up your contacts.
Also look at Google Maps, HTC Gallery App, HTC Mail App, Market App. For all of these the Cache has a potential to grow a lot. So clearing these helps.
Also try and see if there are any bookmarks that you can delete in the Browser. Clearing Browser cache and history will also help.
4. Re: Phone storage space is getting low - NO it's not.jennster Nov 29, 2011 9:31 PM (in response to prg38)
i keep getting the PHONE STORAGE LOW/LOW ON SPACE message as well.
my cache is CONSTANTLY cleared.
my internet browser cache is CONSTANTLY cleared.
i am not low- and did not get this message prior to getting the latest update.
now, no matter what i do on my phone, it won't go away.
since the latest, last, update- my battery life has improved tons (thank god).... but this is the one issue i can't get to clear, or fix, or go away completely.
5. Re: Phone storage space is getting low - NO it's not.jennster Nov 29, 2011 9:34 PM (in response to brooklynotss)
6. Re: Phone storage space is getting low - NO it's not.jennster Nov 29, 2011 11:27 PM (in response to jennster)
i'm baaack! lol.. i got the update to download, but it refuses to install. battery level is fine, it just gets stuck on the waiting to install screen and never fully does. i've tried to restart the phone, but when i check the software, it's back on 4.06 even though it's tried to install the 4.08 three times now.
i just can't get it to really install it. :/
7. Re: Phone storage space is getting low - NO it's not.Joe L Dec 1, 2011 7:54 PM (in response to jennster)
Thank you to the community for your replies. Several of these suggestions have fixed several users update problems.
Hello jennster
The software update should not be this hard. I can't imagine how upset I would be after all the steps you have already completed. I have another way to fix this that I've had tremendous success with, please try a hard reset. Here's a link to the reset.
Please back up the device first. Once the device has been programmed please search for the software update. Menu> Settings> about phone> System updates.
Please let me know if this helps
Thank you
8. Re: Phone storage space is getting low - NO it's not.jennster Dec 8, 2011 11:30 PM (in response to Joe L)
i really would like to avoid a factory reset of my phone if at all possible. i don't enjoy losing EVERYTHING on my phone. i have it there for a reason.
9. Re: Phone storage space is getting low - NO it's not.mtosti Dec 15, 2011 12:45 AM (in response to prg38)
I am having the same issue.
I peformed the procedure to clear the cache, and the 4.08 update downloaded.
When it rebooted to install it, it failed saying there is not enough space to install the update.
WHat do you suggest?
I have plenty of room on the internal storage, and SD card. I do have the icon saying low on space.


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The SocialLuxe Lounge was also a stop on the 'Reason to Smile' tour that benefits Operation Smile.
-PJ Gach
The 2012 Slow Churned SocialLuxe Lounge, sponsored by Dreyer's/Edy's® Slow Churned® Light Ice Cream was held the day before BlogHer, the national convention for bloggers, started. Held at New York City's Arena, the club was jam-packed with celebrities like Vanessa Lachey, RHONY's Jill Zarin, Ree Drummond of The Pioneer Woman blog and Food Network TV show. Top bloggers Allison Czarnecki (Petit Elefant), Marie LeBaron (Make and Takes) and Jane Maynard (This Week for Dinner) hosted the party.
Co-host Allison Czarnecki, Founder and Editor of Petit Elefant stated, "The response has been phenomenal for this year's SocialLuxe Lounge. Tickets sold out in under a minute. Every year, the blogging and social media community grows by the millions, and it becomes harder for brands to identify and reach the most influential voices online. Our event has consistently drawn top influencers and offers brands a rare opportunity to engage on a personal level with these women. We're thrilled to have Dreyer's/Edy's on board with us this year and we're excited to use the power of the SocialLuxe community to support their "Reason to Smile" campaign."
Read Check Out Where the US Team Hangs Out In London!
Guests were treated to samples of creamy tasty Dreyer's/Edy's slow churned ice cream. At one point, a super cute and very pregnant Vanessa Lachey handed out ice cream to all. If the bloggers headed into the photo booth and took a picture of their "ice cream smile," then uploaded it to the Dreyer's/Edy's Facebook page, $5 would be donated to Operation Smile. The company's goal is to get 25,000 photos before summer ends. The monies would help Operation Smile to provide over 500 reconstructive surgeries for children all over the world to correct cleft lip and palate and other facial deformities.
Jill Zarin gave a demonstration of Bissell's new SpotBot's Pet Deep Cleaner and was overwhelmed with fans. She chatted, laughed and hugged almost everyone she met. Ree Drummond greeted fans, laughed and had a wonderful time interacting with fellow food bloggers.
The "primp and pamper" party was filled with women bloggers of all stripes (mommy, food, fashion and more) laughing, networking and having their moment of zen with a cool glass of wine as they geared up for BlogHer.
As I walked out of the party, the sounds of women laughing and enjoying themselves filled my ears.
PJ Gach is Senior Editor: Style + Beauty at BettyConfidential.


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1. Expand:
- These articles have little or no text in them. Since we cannot build an encyclopedia out of infoboxes, I believe this is what we have to do first.
- Minerva McGonagall
- Severus Snape
- Ron Weasley
- Hermione Granger
- Neville Longbottom
- Luna Lovegood
- Seamus Finnigan
- Dean Thomas
- Albus Dumbledore
- Lord Voldemort
- James Potter
2. Upload
- There are many file paths leading to nonexisting pictures. This is the next step to comprehensive reading material.
for starters.
3. Write
- The writing of completely new articles is necessary for the existence of this Wiki - it must not (may I repeat, NOT) be an exact copy of En articles, lest people take this to be an unnecessary carbon copy of the orig. articles. I myself have been frustrated many times when I searched for a topic on different pages, only to find that they contained the same text.
That's all for now. I'm sure this will keep us occupied for a couple of weeks or so. The Chosen One (Choose me!) 18:00, 26 Jul 2005 (UTC)
The list of wanted pages should give everyone an idea of pages that are desperately needed but don't exist yet :) --Batiu-Drami 09:16, 5 Aug 2005 (UTC)
- Fixed link above. - Vostok 09:39, 5 Aug 2005 (UTC)
- I did Percy, Caractacus, Violleta and Erumpent on that wanted list. I think we should all start working on it. I'm off to do Reparo now.
- Lemniwinks
There has been a vandal attack on the Lord Voldemort article. Damit. Can someone block that IP adress? I will get to fixing it.
I was wondering how I should categorize Inferius - it's not a magical creature, nor is it a spell. Any suggestions? Chosen One 10:44, 27 Jul 2005 (UTC)
- i would say creature if you want to follow suit with the likes of how wizards of the coast would categorize it. Essex 10:46, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
User:Lord Voldemort once remarked that we should post mention of this wiki on public forums, e.g. Mugglenet. We could do this, but first, let's have your opinions.
- more editors
- work gets finished faster
- risk of vandals
- risk of misprints
- bleak and unfinished pages are turn-offs
Feel free to voice out whatever you're thinking. The Chosen One (Choose me!) 00:27, 1 Aug 2005 (UTC)
I think we should publicise it once we have about 250 articles. «Rainer» 06:30, 1 Aug 2005 (UTC)
- I'd say 200 articles, but 200 decent articles. Not 200 articles that are either copy-pasted from Wikipedia or just empty pages with infoboxes. We certainly need more editors and I tend to think a mention on Mugglenet will attract more willing contributors than vandals. But the unfinished pages are a turn off, so lets get 200 finished ones done. - Vostok 07:58, 1 Aug 2005 (UTC)
I think the Wiki is now at a stage where we can start advertising to get more editors. Anyone agree? - Vostok 06:46, 4 Sep 2005 (UTC)
- I agree. The Chosen One (Choose me!) 13:12, 11 Sep 2005 (UTC)
- Well where is the best places to start? Muggle.net? Veritaserum? Any regulars from those sites willing to do a bit of publicity? - Vostok 09:11, 17 Sep 2005 (UTC)
- I think that the Harry Potter Wiki should adopt either an entirely new, shorter / more attractive name, or just consider one as a nickname, before trying to advertise for new editors. First impressions count. "PotterWiki," perhaps? —qrc 03:23, 9 Oct 2005 (UTC)
- What about a play on words like Flitwiki? - Vostok 04:26, 9 Oct 2005 (UTC)
- And maybe we can call the editors "Winkypedians". :) Hehe. Should wwe start attracting vandals from the Main 'Pedia or from somewhere else? I'd like to block someone other than myself. The Chosen One (Choose me!) 12:28, 10 Oct 2005 (UTC)
- Potterwiki sounds good. Should I post us on the Mugglennet forums? Chris Chaud 01:56, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
- I don't know if anyone else has done, but I e-mailed MuggleNet about advertiseing us.
I posted us on Mugglenet forums, 9 views so far! The PostChris Chaud 00:25, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
Let's work to expand the major articles before we get into too much detail on other topics. I just saw that The Quibbler had an article but Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban did not. This is the kind of thing we need to remedy. --Lord Voldemort (Dark Mark) 15:12, 1 Aug 2005 (UTC)
What if we started...
What if we started an informal "Collaboration of the Week" or something of the sort. Then we could focus our attention on the major articles that are considerably lacking. Perhaps start on the books whose articles are VERY VERY weak (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix or Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire). Just a suggestion. --Lord Voldemort (Dark Mark) 17:01, 4 Aug 2005 (UTC)
- I agree with the Dark Lord on this one. Maybe one or two articles we could collaborate on each week, it would really up the value per article. And I definitely agree that we should start on the big articles, especially with the help of a bunch of editors. It's really scary trying to add something to a big article all alone. And I'd like to suggest Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.Ginny Weasley 19:35, 5 Aug 2005 (UTC)
Book, Film, Game...
Following on from my above thought, what should be the purpose of those pages that end in (film) and (game)? I'd like to suggest that whereas the link to Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone goes to the story of the book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) goes to information on the film itself. That means rather than repeating the story again, the film page really just contains information such as the date it was released, who directed it, and other things usually associated with films. Somewhere on the page could be listed "Main differences to the book", but apart from that it should not go too deeply into the story.
Similarly with the game pages, these should provide details like date of release, platforms it is on, etc.
This could also open up a third type of page which would be Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (book), which provides details on the publication itself, rather than the story. So again, date released, copies sold, etc. - Vostok 08:12, 9 Aug 2005 (UTC)
To date we have had two vandals visit our Wiki. In the next week I hope to do up a policy dictating what is and is not suitable content for the wiki, but in both of these cases the vandals didn't need a policy to know what they were doing was wrong.
Currently I'm the only user with admin powers and therefore the only one with the power to block IPs. At the moment, with editor numbers being what they are, I'm not sure we really need more than one admin, however if enough people believe we need a second admin then I'll begin a process to nominate a second admin.
If you see vandalism, please revert the page to its original text and report the act to me so I can take appropriate action. - Vostok 08:19, 9 Aug 2005 (UTC)
- Right now, I think one admin should be enough. However, if the wiki's ever publicized on Mugglenet or some such, one or two should be added. One thing that might be good at that point is having the admins be from different time zones, and then one might be quicker to respond. Just my thoughts. *shrugs* --Dragonclaws 08:39, 9 Aug 2005 (UTC)
- One admin should suffice for the time being. But when more admins are created, I'm not sure if requiring them to be from different time zones is so good. I have a dream that one day, admins will not be judged on their geographical locations, but on the quality of their content. Or something like that... --Lord Voldemort (Dark Mark) 18:15, 15 Aug 2005 (UTC)
- Well, suppose there's a fastacting vandal who messes up a bunch of stuff in the middle of the night for both admins. It will take a while to clean it all up. Whereas, an awake admin could reach the vandal faster, ban him before the damage can be too extensive, and revert everything before people view the site. Surely it's important to ensure that a user is trustworthy before giving them admin powers, but the time zone thing should (IMHO) be a second concern. --Dragonclaws 00:05, 22 Aug 2005 (UTC)
Theres been another vandal attack on the Lord Voldemort section. -Lemniwinks
I know this isn't much of a concern right now, but some time in the future, will we need vandalism warning templates like test1 and so forth like those used at Wikipedia? Just a thought. Hermione1980 23:01, 12 Sep 2005 (UTC)
Requests for deletion
Deletion issues should now be discussed at Category talk:Candidates for deletion. - Vostok 08:24, 26 Aug 2005 (UTC)
- Dunno if I overstepped my bounds, but I changed the speedy deletion part to just deletion, as speedy deletion is generally for pages where it's obvious (e.g. an article called "Test" or something) that the article should be deleted. Things that are put up for a vote are things like Places vs Locations for the category name. The main difference is that speedy deletion doesn't get a vote - it's just deleted by an admin as soon as they get around to it. --Schrei 23:23, 7 Sep 2005 (UTC)
- How long will it take before the articles are deleted? The notice was put up in August and it's Sept already and nothing has been done since. The Chosen One (Choose me!) 13:14, 11 Sep 2005 (UTC)
- I was waiting to get at least three votes for a page before it is deleted. Pages that have three votes are now deleted. -Vostok 09:12, 17 Sep 2005 (UTC)
- How long will it take before the articles are deleted? The notice was put up in August and it's Sept already and nothing has been done since. The Chosen One (Choose me!) 13:14, 11 Sep 2005 (UTC)
Page title
Should the page on Petrifying be located at Petrify, Petrified, Petrifying, Petrification, or what? Hermione1980 18:51, 21 Aug 2005 (UTC)
- I'd say Petrification. --Dragonclaws 00:06, 22 Aug 2005 (UTC)
Color scheme
I guess I never thought about it before, but the welcome on the main page and the logo are the only parts of the site with a black background. We should stick with either all black or all white I think - or is there some technical issue preventing that? --Schrei 20:30, 29 Aug 2005 (UTC)
- I'm not sure if it is doable. I had a search through the Wikicities stuff and couldn't find any reference to changing colours... but then I am new to this whole Wiki Admin thing :) - Vostok 08:19, 30 Aug 2005 (UTC)
- Turns out the stylesheet for Wikis is MediaWiki:Monobook.css. From Furry:MediaWiki:Monobook.css, it looks like admins can create it like any other page. --Schrei 23:15, 30 Aug 2005 (UTC)
- Ah, you're quite correct. If you've got a style sheet you'd like to try out submit it to me and I'll put it up. - Vostok 08:47, 1 Sep 2005 (UTC)
- Unfortunately, I don't know anything about stylesheets. Maybe someone else who does will read this and be able to help out. --Schrei 14:04, 2 Sep 2005 (UTC)
- CSS isn't hard... there are a couple of good tutorials that are easy to find floating about the net... its just a lot of telling the web browser what defaults you want. (for instance, you could tell it to give images a 3 pixel pink boarder by default) i'll get you links if you cant find any, i would post them now, but im recovering from a hard drive crash and ive lost all my links. Essex 10:53, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
I've found the file path for the German HP wiki logo [1]. Do we still need to change logos or does the present one suffice? Btw, my internet connection is broken, so I can't pop in very often. The Chosen One (Choose me!) 12:40, 11 Sep 2005 (UTC)
- I don't think we should just copy their logo. We can be more original! I quite like the current one, though. Better than anything I've created! «Rainer» 08:57, 14 Sep 2005 (UTC)
- I personally like the idea of the current logo, but it could be more iconic... and by that i mean less a picture.
- an example for contrast:
- picture
- File:http://www.exzooberance.com/virtual%20zoo/they%20walk/deer/White-Tailed%20Deer%20104024.jpg
- icon
- File:http://members.aol.com/rmoeuradot/200x200/warn/W11-3.gif
- stark contrast, but you get the idea, something easily recognizable, yet simple and elegent. not to mention its easier to stick an icon like that wherever you want and on top of whatever you want than it is to stick that picture of the deer where you want it when you need it. Essex 11:14, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
New Wiki Skin
Hey guys, I'm testing out the style for this wiki here. If you want to experience it, just copy the code I used and put it on your monobook.css page, User:YOURUSERNAME/monobook.css. What do you think? Remember I haven't finished yet. I've fixed many of the awful looking stuff, but there's still a few things I need to fix. Otherwise I reckon it looks pretty good. «Rainer» 14:28, 16 Sep 2005 (UTC)
- Not too bad, Rainer. I've got a few comments, although you're probably on your way to dealing with them but haven't finished it yet.
- External links are particularly hard to read
- Categories boxes are virtually unreadable
- I think perhaps a darker colour would be better for empty links (links top pages that haven't been created yet). The pink still seems to say "I'm a link" as opposed to the standard red in the normal theme that indicates something isn't right.
- Personally I find it easier to read dark text on a light background rather than the opposite, but that is a personal preference; I'd be keen to hear other people's opinions. - Vostok 09:20, 17 Sep 2005 (UTC)
- Okay, thanks for your input! I agree with the red links, I'll make them a bit darker. I'll go and fix all the other stuff that needs fixing. As for the light on dark text, I personally think it's not too distracting, but we'll see what other people think. Something that is distracting is the Google ads bar, the white doesn't suit the page. Maybe we can get Angela or another Wikicities admin to change the colour for the HPWiki if it's possible. «Rainer» 13:31, 17 Sep 2005 (UTC)
- (Disclaimer: I am grumpy right now) I'm not particularly fond of it myself. (Perhaps because I don't like yellow.) Somehow the font size in the navigation bar got changed. I agree about the Google ads thing. I tried changing the colour for empty links to a brighter red to make it easier to see — the red that was there was just a bit too dark. One thing I do like is changing the colours of the links at the top right to green. (I think I'll go reinstate that to my monobook.css!) Hermione1980 22:39, 17 Sep 2005 (UTC)
Harry Potter Wiki:Policy
I'm all for punishing vandals and whatnot, but isn't blocking people for 72 hours for one act of vandalism a bit harsh? 24, maybe, with longer blocks for repeat offenders, but I think blocking for 72 is going a bit overboard. Thoughts, comments? Hermione1980 21:54, 24 Sep 2005 (UTC)
- 24 was the recommended blocking time, but I thought it too short. Let's say someone vandalises a page one night, then logs off. We block them immediately. In 24 hours when they next log on, they're unblocked already. Doesn't seem like much of a punishment. For the most part vandals will be one time offenders, and a 72 hour block gets the vandalism out of their system and they'll have forgotten about us and moved onto the next Wiki to vandalise. So that was my justification. I usually gives vandals the benefit of the doubt before blocking them anyway. However, as always, I'm open to debate. - Vostok 03:11, 25 Sep 2005 (UTC)
- 72 hours is fair enough. And there isn't much chance that within that time someone else with the same IP tries to edit the same wiki. I mean, if it were, say "10 months" for just one bit of vandalism that's unfair, but 72 hours is alright. I don't think it is a "punishment", since most vandals (or "trolls" as they're called on the H*R Fanstuff Wiki) wouldn't care whether or not they could edit some site. It's more a measure to prevent them from vandalising again. «Rainer» 08:10, 25 Sep 2005 (UTC)
- Personally I'd block the vandal a week. 48 hrs ain't enough to cause him harm. The Chosen One (Choose me!) 21:13, 26 Sep 2005 (UTC)
We've just had our first repeat vandal, from IP 126.96.36.199. As a result, they are the first person to get the full penalty of a 12 month ban. Speak now if anyone thinks this is too harsh a punishment. - Vostok 08:37, 3 Oct 2005 (UTC)
- That's too harsh. Double the penalties every time he/she vandalizes until the third time, I'd say, where the vandal receives a 3-month penalty, then 7-month, then indefinite. That's how I'd do it. The Chosen One (Choose me!) 15:47, 5 Oct 2005 (UTC)
- Well, registered vandals then. And after what User:Quebeck did the other day, I'm surprised that this whole wiki is still standing. More active RC patrollers, anyone? The Chosen One (Choose me!) 14:20, 8 Oct 2005 (UTC)
New Admins
I can't be everywhere at once and I haven't got a lot of time for visiting the Wiki as often as I'd like, so I've given Admin privileges to Hermione1980 and Chosen One. That's probably more admins than we actually need right now, but I felt there needed to be someone other than me with these privileges. - Vostok 04:49, 9 Oct 2005 (UTC)
I do not know where to place this anger, I think what was done here is a stolen idea from another site. The other site was registered before this one. Sorry.
- What was "stolen" and what site was it "stolen" from? Do you mean this whole wiki? To my knowledge there is no other English Harry Potter Wiki... «Rainer» 09:30, 18 Oct 2005 (UTC)
I think if something has been stolen you should have a complete refund. 22.214.171.124 16:15, 19 Oct 2005 (UTC)
- We should rename the Harry Potter Wiki:Sandbox here, we could call it "Quidditch Practice" or something.Padme829 04:51, 11 Nov 2005 (UTC)Padme829
Other stuff
- I belong to the star wars wiki too, and they have improvement drives and featured articles on the main page. I dont have access or the know how to change anything.
What does everyone think?Padme829 20:03, 11 Nov 2005 (UTC)Padme829
- Yeh we should have those features from wookiepedia. I'm all for having a listing of new and popular pages too like on wookiepedia--Darth Mantus 22:13, 12 Nov 2005 (UTC)
But, CAN anyone change the home page, Because I can't.Padme829 01:20, 15 Nov 2005 (UTC)Padme829
- Chosen One protected the page because a lot of anons were changing it to American spellings. Admins can modify the page. We were originally going to have a daily/weekly featured article, but the active editors at that time decided to discard that for the time being until we have more editors and more decent articles. New pages can be found at Special:Newpages and popular pages can be found at Special:Popularpages. Hermione1980 01:34, 15 Nov 2005 (UTC)
Article titles
Should we have Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) or Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (game)? Hermione1980 01:36, 13 Nov 2005 (UTC)
- Definitely video game. There are board games, card games, combination DVD board games and all kinds of other games. If you're talking about a game which includes videos, then it should be noted. Magnoliasouth 20:26, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
The New Film
Who's seen the new film? It is fantastic. Voldermort is portrayed perfectly! Fantastic! Great!--Darth Mantus 20:20, 19 Nov 2005 (UTC)
- I disagree. I didn't like Voldemort at all. He was shorter than Lucius, for crying out loud! I think it's better than Prisoner of Azkaban, at least, but Philosopher's Stone is still my favourite. Hermione1980 21:22, 19 Nov 2005 (UTC)
- What? I have just had this same conversation with some friends on another forum. I still think that the last section with Voldemort was the best part of the film!--Darth Mantus 16:29, 20 Nov 2005 (UTC)
- I thought it was really good!Padme829 23:12, 23 Nov 2005 (UTC)Padme829
- Yet to be released in Australia :(. Come on, 1st December!... «Rainer» 11:21, 25 Nov 2005 (UTC)
- The only problem I think, is that Michael Gambon cannot match Richard Harris as Dumbledore. They should get someone else, like David Attenborough.--Darth Mantus 22:44, 25 Nov 2005 (UTC)
- I agree. Ian Mckellen, who played Gandalf in "Lord of the Rings" would also be a good choice. Too bad Mr. Harris passed away. The Chosen One (Choose me!) 19:13, 29 Nov 2005 (UTC)
- Yes definitely Ian McKellan would be good, but perhaps that would be typecasting him. Perhaps we would start getting confused between Dumbledore and Gandalf!--Darth Mantus 18:35, 1 Dec 2005 (UTC)
Current events
Our current events should perhaps be a little more ... current. There's no information whatsoever on the release of "Goblet of Fire" the movie, and the last entry was for the release of Book 6. Perhaps someone should update this once in a while. (Sorry for the criticism - I should be doing it but I'm going to be busy until mid-January. Hehe :p ) The Chosen One (Choose me!) 19:17, 29 Nov 2005 (UTC)
Spoiler Template
Is it really neccessary to use the spoiler template on this wiki? After all, one would expect that a site that covers every detail of Harry Potter would include spoilers about the books. I mean, we might as well have a spoiler template on every page, which is pointless. We could just warn users on the Main Page of spoilers or something. I do think, though, we should use a spoiler template for spoilers of Book 7 when it is released, and then remove it after about a month. What do you guys think? «Rainer» 10:26, 4 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- Well, I personally would like to see a separate spoiler template for each book, saying something like "Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details from book 2 follow." If we don't have that, then yeah, I think it's pretty useless. The thing about putting spoiler templates in is if/when we start getting linked to by other sites — they're not all going to link to the Main Page, and then we'd have people whining about how "You spoiled the book for me/my friend/my dog/etc.!" Hermione1980 13:36, 4 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- Perhaps we can change the code so that we can have a generic spoiler warning below the actions bar. And put a spoiler warning on the Main page (which I still think should remain black unless we take out the two torches and the Hogwarts seal). The Chosen One (Choose me!) 14:19, 4 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- I have noticed that the horizontal rules at the top and the bottom of the spoiler tag tend to go through the character templates and anything else next to them. If you just make the whole thing as a blockquote tagged paragraph, and maybe all bold, you really don't need the horizontal rules above and below it. Travlr23 17:43, 7 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- We might still need some spoiler tags for the books and/or some of the characters. Even if we have a generic tag on the MP, some readers might enter through Google (as Hermione1980 said), and we might spoil their fun. Perhaps some well-placed spoiler tags might do, perhaps just before the character dies? or something like that. And of course, we have to put spoiler tags in the book summaries for those people who haven't read all the books yet. The Chosen One (Choose me!) 08:06, 17 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- I agree completely agree with you and Hermione1980. We should not have spoiler warnings for minor plot spoilers, after all, that's what you'd expect from a Harry Potter Wiki. But we should have a spoiler template for a major plot spoiler for a major event in the Harry Potter series, and, as Hermione said, tell the reader which books the spoilers concern. As well as that, we should have a spoiler template on the Main Page to warn readers about minor spoilers (I've already done this for my New Main Page Designs). «Rainer» 10:42, 14 Jan 2006 (UTC)
- I agree too. A general warning on the main page, and warnings on individual pages for hugely significant events. But we'd have to specify what a significant event is... perhaps I'll start a list of what constitutes a spoiler warning... - Vostok 05:31, 15 Jan 2006 (UTC)
- I've made a list of what constitutes a spoiler warning. Feel free to discuss any other events that you feel deserve spoiler warnings on that page, as the whole page is full of spoilers. - Vostok 06:13, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
Second Grawp Discussion
All right, I think it's time to settle down for a talk now that we have some new editors and new stuff to work with. All your opinions are welcome!
- I've noticed that some of the articles are copies of Wikipedia articles of the same name. Though it is possible, copying should (imo) not be encouraged as the HPW is not supposed to be an exact copy of Wikipedian content. Or is it?
- Some of the articles are poorly written, some are okay, and some are up to par. I think we should have a common standard and form that we should follow, instead of just following our own ideas of how an article should be written.
- New Main Page, anybody? Perhaps a navigation section (Places, Characters, Objects, etc.) and an article of the week, etc. (I like the torches, Rainer)
- And how about getting some more new editors?
The Chosen One (Choose me!) 17:12, 7 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- I don't think we should allow copying from Wikipedia. But, the problem is (and it's true IMO) at the moment Wikipedia has more info on Harry Potter than this wiki. So maybe copying just sections or something could be alright.
- Yep, standards are absolutely neccessary.
- I'll start my Main Page redesign now (here). It'll have some sort of article of the week thingy. I'll try my best to incorporate those cool torches in the new design!
- I think it's time to tip Mugglenet and other HP sites about this. Vandalism shouldn't be a problem, we have enough active users here.
- That's what I think, anyway. «Rainer» 06:45, 8 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- It's not like we can just post advertisements for editors. Also, what are you planning to do with the main page? Padme829 16:34, 10 Dec 2005 (UTC)Padme829
- No, but if this wiki gets linked to on a site like Mugglenet, I'm sure more editors will come. Also, you can see my Main Page design at User:Rainer/New Main Page Proposal, but it is not finished. Please don't say "it's too small", because I'm still adding stuff to it. «Rainer» 22:59, 10 Dec 2005 (UTC)
Page Style
So far, every page I've seen is simply a large chunk of text. This community page is the first I've seen that even has a table of contents. Should we try to make it more like Wikipedia, or is the goal essay-style articles? MadMuggle 02:33, 19 Dec 2005 (UTC)
List of....
I ran across two articles today (Ghosts and Teachers) that got me thinking: a) shouldn't these be List of ghosts and List of teachers and b) are these lists even necessary, considering that the goal is to have an article on everything and the existence of categories should cover it? Lachatdelarue 00:41, 22 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- Nuke 'em, I say. Nuke 'em all! ::pounds fist on keyboard:: But make sure the info on the DADA teacher position is in the Defence Against the Dark Arts article. Hermione1980 00:55, 22 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- Sounds like a plan. My one thought is maybe there should be a list for things that don't already have articles about everything that should be on the list. Like, say, spells. Anyone want to compile a list of spells?? and then the list can die when all the articles exist. Lachatdelarue 12:03, 22 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- Ok, I created a temp. list of spells page here (actually, I stole all that from mugglenet, but w/e). I wiki-linked all of the spell names. There may be some missing, who knows... Have at creating articles for them! Lachatdelarue 22:49, 22 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- Sounds like a plan. My one thought is maybe there should be a list for things that don't already have articles about everything that should be on the list. Like, say, spells. Anyone want to compile a list of spells?? and then the list can die when all the articles exist. Lachatdelarue 12:03, 22 Dec 2005 (UTC)
Ok, how do you guys feel about articles that will never (probably) be more than a single sentence (like: "So-and-so was Sorted into Ravenclaw in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire")? Have the article anyway, or not? If not, then some lists are needed to house this tiny bit of information, amongst a bunch of things with articles... Lachatdelarue 00:31, 23 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- You mean like the students on List of students (thanks for moving that article, btw) that just have a one-line description actually in the list? At this point, I think we should create redirs to the appropriate list unless more information is given (for example, Euan Abercrombie would redir to List of students). Hermione1980 00:35, 23 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- Sounds good. Guess that means that anything else (spells, people etc) that are only mentioned once and very briefly should be in some sort of list too? also, I think we need a list of minor characters to encompass people like Molly's second cousin the accountant and such. Lachatdelarue 00:52, 23 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- In my opinion, that's what we should do if this was Wikipedia. If an article on Euan Abercrombie was on Wikipedia with just one sentence, it would be deleted. But this is the Harry Potter Wiki, which means we should have articles on anything, even if it is a one-sentence-stub. «Rainer» 09:04, 31 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- I can really go either way on this. Maybe we should take an informal poll to see what all of the major editors (and anyone else for that matter) think? Lachatdelarue 19:19, 31 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- I agree with Rainer. Everything should have its own page, even if it is just a single sentence. Otherwise, we would have to be putting the single sentences with bits of information in the list pages, which is inappropriate. - Vostok 04:42, 1 Jan 2006 (UTC)
- Sounds good. Guess that means that anything else (spells, people etc) that are only mentioned once and very briefly should be in some sort of list too? also, I think we need a list of minor characters to encompass people like Molly's second cousin the accountant and such. Lachatdelarue 00:52, 23 Dec 2005 (UTC)
DeWPfy template
In response to the large number of copied articles on the HPW, no, I have not rewritten them, but created a nice new template and category for articles that need to be dewikipediafied. Includes copied articles, redlinked articles (w/ links that lead to Prime Minister, London, Bloomsbury, etc), and the like.
New template goes as such: {{dwfy}}
Or, if you hate yourself that much: {{dewikipediafy}}
The Chosen One (Choose me!) 11:12, 23 Dec 2005 (UTC)
Article titles, part 3
Should spells, when both a name and an incantation for them are known, be located at the name or the incantation (e.g. Disarming Charm or Expelliarmus)? I've been putting them at the name, but I see Chosen One has done the opposite, so I was wondering what others thought. Hermione1980 17:04, 23 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- I checked Lachatdelarue's list of spells, and I worked from there. Most of the spells were at the name, so I created redirs for the incantations and moved the spells listed under their incantaions to their more common names. Of course, if you want the opposite, that can easily be remedied. The Chosen One (Choose me!) 12:55, 24 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- I think we should put them at the incantation, because, for example, "Lumos" would be what a user is more likely to type in then "Light Charm" or the name of the spell is. Also, most spells have official incantations, but there are not many spells that have official English names. «Rainer» 09:04, 31 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- Well, I only did that because, as I said a while ago, most of the articles were at the name, instead of the incantation. And (now the rationalization) I don't think young wizards would refer to their spells as "Diffindo" or "Avada Kedavra" or "the Levicorpus Non-Verbal Spell", otherwise their wands would be going off every now and then, wouldn't they? The Chosen One (Choose me!) 10:37, 31 Dec 2005 (UTC)
Happy New Year!
Just wanted to take this moment to say Happy New Year, y'all! Hermione1980 03:29, 1 Jan 2006 (UTC)
Name change?
I noticed that Chosen One used the term Winkypedia on the front page, and it brought a smile to my face. The Star Wars wiki is known as the Wookieepedia, And I certainly think it would be cool if we had a similar play on the name. The other possible name I thought of was Flitwikipedia. Does anyone else have any other suggestions? Or should we stick with Harry Potter Wiki? - Vostok 04:59, 1 Jan 2006 (UTC)
I like Winkypedia personally,Padme829 15:23, 2 Jan 2006 (UTC)Padme829
- "Winkypedia" would be a clever nickname to use internally, but I think we should stick with "Harry Potter Wiki". "Harry Potter Wiki" tells the visitor exactly what the wiki is about, and will do better in search engines. I don't object to a different name though if it's really good and/or references a main and/or well-known character, though (like Potterpedia (?) or something). «Rainer» 08:21, 5 Jan 2006 (UTC)
- "Harry Potter Wiki" should remain the official name, though "Winkypedia" could be a nickname. "Potterpedia", for me, is definitely out of the picture, esp. because it's not very pun-ny, and doesn't have the play of words that Winkypedia has. Regarding "Winkypedia", I'd like to comment on the similarity between us users and the Hogwarts house-elves. The Chosen One (Choose me!) 05:58, 6 Jan 2006 (UTC)
- Convince the contributers to HPwiki to come here (if they are even there anymore), and take their domain name. i suggest a focus of consolidating the existing HP wikis... but thats just me. Essex 11:18, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
- yeah, thats what i was saying... not just steal contributors, but it would benefit the "community" as a whole, not just this specific wiki, to consolidate. Essex 19:50, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
Minor Character stubs
There was discussion about lists and stubs a while ago, so I thought if that is all the current possible information about that Character we should just refer to that as an article. Padme829 15:23, 2 Jan 2006 (UTC)Padme829
A Few Things...
First off, I reckon we should do something with Harry Potter Wiki:Community Portal. I think we should either make one like Wikipedia's, move Project HP to the Community Portal, or rename the Community Portal to Project HP (which would mean changing MediaWiki:Portal and MediaWiki:Portal-url to Project HP, and also moving this talk page to the talk page of Project HP). Personally I think we should just move Project HP to the CP, and just keep the Community Portal name.
Also, I think we should do something with the Current events page. At the moment it is unupdated, and hasn't really been made into anything yet. I think that we should change the Current events link to "Harry Potter News", and make it point to "Harry Potter Wiki:News", unless someone has a better name. Once we've done that, we can launch it and actually update it with current Harry Potter and HPWiki news. I'd be happy to get the page started and all that, and update it (as well as other users). «Rainer» 05:27, 11 Jan 2006 (UTC)
- Well, I've gone ahead and made a community portal. I'm about to make a redirect at Project HP to the CP, because most of the page's content is on the new CP. If you object to this, feel free to comment. Anyway, what do you think of the new CP? «Rainer» 15:01, 17 Jan 2006 (UTC)
- Wow. Great. Definitely nice. I don't object to the redir, but wouldn't it be better if we delete Proj. HP? The Chosen One (Choose me!) 17:10, 17 Jan 2006 (UTC)
- Seriously, I'd never have dreamed up something like that in a hundred years (maybe, but with some effort). Good work! An edit tab for the to-do list is lacking, however. The Chosen One (Choose me!) 17:32, 17 Jan 2006 (UTC)
- What do people think of having a user of the month type of thing on the new main page?
Padme829 05:14, 16 Jan 2006 (UTC)Padme829
- That'd be a grand idea, if only we had more editors. If we do that now, we'll just see our names over and over again. The Chosen One (Choose me!) 11:47, 16 Jan 2006 (UTC)
A Task For An Admin
Could an admin please edit MediaWiki:Sidebar? Just replace all the text with the below:
* navigation ** mainpage|mainpage ** portal-url|Community Portal ** Harry Potter News|Harry Potter News ** recentchanges-url|recentchanges ** randompage-url|randompage ** helppage|help
This will remove the Donations link, make the first letter of "portal" a capital P and change Current Events to "Harry Potter News" (this should be good for now, unless we come up with a better name). «Rainer» 02:48, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
- It seems one of the WC admins has removed the Donations link automatically (but we still need the code copied). «Rainer» 10:36, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
To Google, or not to Google?
Do we need the Google search in the sidebar? To me, it is unnecessary (does anyone actually use it?) this is just confusing for visitors. If we want to disable it, apparently you can just add a hyphen (this symbol: -) to MediaWiki:Google-search, and Google search will disappear. Also, if it is possible, we should change the "Wikicities" logo in the search part to something else. «Rainer» 07:04, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
- Are you sure about that? I just added a hyphen and nothing has happened. Chosen OneThe Chosen One (Choose me!)Chosen One 20:13, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
- I found the MediaWiki page (MediaWiki:Googlesearch) but I'm stumped as to where to put the hyphen. I tried it once and cleared cache, and nothing happened. And by the way, since I changed the sidebar text, the label doesn't pop up anymore when I put my cursor over "Community Portal" and "Harry Potter News". Big Problem! The Chosen One (Choose me!) 11:47, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
- I think I must've read the page wrong, because the code on MediaWiki:Googlesearch seems to control the radio buttons under the Google search (search Wiki, Wikicities and Google). We could restore the tooltip for the CP by making a page at MediaWiki:Portal with the text 'Community Portal' (no quotes), and then changing 'Community Portal' to 'portal' on MediaWiki:Sidebar. «Rainer» 03:21, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
Done. The Chosen One (Choose me!) 10:02, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
In-Universe and real world articles
Currently, there isn't really a consistency on pages with regards to the perspective from which the article is written. I think all articles should be written from the perspective that the information contained in the article is real, not just something from a fictional book. This is In-Universe. However, articles dealing with the books/films/games, actors/filmmakers, and JK Rowling herself need to all be written from the real world perspective, that is, outside the Harry Potter Universe.
For an example of what I'm on about, let's take Alicia Spinnet's page. Previously it read "She was a Chaser on the Gryffindor Quidditch team in the first five books". This is from a real world perspective, as it makes reference to the books. To change it to an In-Universe perspective, I've changed it to "She was a Chaser on the Gryffindor Quidditch team from 1991 to 1995."
- Vostok 08:38, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
U.S. Editions' Spelling
I've moved (and edited) Sibyll Trelawney to Sybill Trelawney, and Minister of Magic to Minister for Magic, because we shouldn't be using spellings from the U.S. editions of the books. Just reminding people to use "Sybill" and "Minister for Magic" when editing, and also other words that have been changed in the U.S. editions. «Rainer» 04:56, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
- whats wrong with the US spelling? anyhow, for conformity, is there some way to automatically change them all anyhow? i know in phpbb you can get a mod that allows you to "filter" words. it is normally used to make swear words show up as [filtered], but it can be used to pretty much change any word that shows up on the message board system into anything else. for example, "wut" could be automatically changed to "what", and "sibyll" into "sybill". as a side not, it doesn't change the coding of the actual post, so the code would still show up as "wut" in the first example. anyhow, im not huge on the technical side of things so i dont know what plugins you can add to a wiki and whatnot, or if you can adapt anything from phpbb to work outside of itself. might be able to use the general idea of the coding from the addon in wiki, or as a general server side script, though. Essex 19:56, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
- Nothing, in fact we should note the different spelling on its article, but we need to be consistent. There's probably not too many instances of "Sibyll" that can't be changed by human to "Sybill", so a automatic filter probably isn't needed, even though I think you can add one to MediaWiki. «Rainer» 06:18, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
- well i say if anyone knows how its always a good idea to have a filter... you can use it for anything, not just the sibyll/sybill thing. and also filter out racist words and "foul" language. Essex 04:16, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
- It really sounds good, but perhaps it isn't necessary, as Enwiki with its large number of admins shows. They have some bots over there, but there's only so much stuff a bot can do! The Chosen One (Choose me!) 14:01, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
To answer part of the original question, as far as I understand it, we use the British versions/spellings because 1) they are the original, 2) it's left over from Wikipedia rules about using British spellings in British articles, and 3) it's better than American English. (Okay, 3 was my own personal less-than-two cents.) As far as Sibyll-Sybill goes, I think I'll just go do a search within the site for "Sibyll" and go change all those. I've got an hour and a half before Dancing with the Stars comes on… Hermione1980 23:33, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
- Whoa, less than two cents indeed. Insulting American English isn't going to earn this site a good reputation. You are dealing with content and what is appropriate, not debating which English is better. Please keep that in mind. Magnoliasouth 20:43, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
- Done. ::sigh:: Personally I like "Sibyll" better than "Sybill", but Rowling's word is law. If there's any other common thing that needs to be changed, let me know and I'll search for it and change it. I've been looking for something to do on this site aside from creating new articles, which tends to take brain cells I don't really have. Hermione1980 23:50, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
Black Family Tree
Here's something interesting. JKR is selling a handwritten "Black family tree" for charity. There's a picture of it (link) and it fills in many gaps, however it's a bit obscured. It even connects to the Longbottoms and the Bulstrodes. Anyway, this gives us heaps of info, but is it considered canon? «Rainer» 00:11, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
- I would say anything that JK Rowling creates is canonical. After all, we're taking information from Quidditch Through The Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them as canonical... aren't we? I'd say that unless it conflicts with existing information in the Black Family Tree, then we should accept it. - Vostok 04:17, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
- I know somone who was at the auction and I have the full tree. Should I make an article on it? Chris Chaud 02:08, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
I've created a tree like the Lexicon's, here, so we're not just copying theirs. What do you all think? I know it's boring, but it gets the information across. Hermione1980 20:40, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
- I think it looks great! A bit wide though, but we can't really help that. «Rainer» 23:44, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
I'm asking the Lexicon for permision to use their copy of the Black Family Tree Chris Chaud 00:22, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
For ease of linking to templates, I have copied {{tl}} from Wikipedia. Mostly because I wanted to use it on a talk page, but there you go. Have fun. Hermione1980 20:43, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
New Main Page
I think it's time to change the rather obsolete Main Page (besides, lots of anons are clamoring about it). Please vote for your most favorite temporary MP design (found here) so that our newbies can stop complaining until something else catches their eye. The Chosen One (Choose me!) 13:54, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
- I vote for Design 4. - Vostok 03:12, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
- I think 4 too. «Rainer» 04:10, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
- Design 4 too. The Chosen One (Choose me!) 11:36, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
- 4, but I'm not crazy about the featured article box colour. Hermione1980 13:26, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
- I Like 4 as well Thai420 05:06, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
Well, I think with 5 out of 5 votes, Design 4 must be the winner, unless we want this poll to go on for longer. «Rainer» 07:33, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
- Right. I'll change the code now, and we can see how it looks. The Chosen One (Choose me!) 12:42, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
Spoiler Warnings
I think we need to have a vote or something on this topic. Here's what I think the policy should be:
- Do not use spoiler warnings, until Book 7 is released. When Book 7 is released, for about a month, have Book 7 spoiler warnings for any new information from that book, even on talk pages.
Other than that, no spoilers. We have a warning on the Main Page already, I think most people who read this site already have read all the books anyway, and if not, the giant spoiler warning's there. I mean, all Harry Potter readers know the ending to Book 1. «Rainer» 04:47, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
Ghost site?
It really seems as if the HPW will fall into ruin if nobody else comes. Right now, we have an average of 1 new user every half month, and most of these guys don't stay anyway, so we end up with an empty site. The Collab of the Week hasn't been changed for a month now, and it wouldn't really matter - not much people are making a great effort to help. New faces are nice to see, but they don't stay around very long. And if some deranged vandal decides to blank each and every article on HPW, I guess even the long-term admin skeleton crew wouldn't be able to revert each edit the vandal made in, what, say, a day? With these nice shifts we have, a vandal could easily wipe out our whole encyclopedia in an hour or two without us noticing until half a day has gone by. If situations don't improve, should we shut down what seems to be a failed enterprise? The Chosen One (Choose me!) 20:43, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
I randomly decided to visit today. It is true that we don't have activity, but if we advertise this, activity will pick up. Chris Chaud 23:05, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
- On the subject, we really need to advertise, go to Mugglenet, and the leaky cauldron and post it on their forums...Chris Chaud 18:23, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
- Are we allowed to take stuff from the Harry Potter Lexicon? I'm not sure if it's company owned or a free website. (Only documents, I mean, no pics of course). Therequiembellishere 05:07, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
Nope, Original. Just change your wording. Glad to have you here. And if the old admins dont come back (they have been gone for 2 months) then the Wikia admins are going to appoint new ones. Squee!
I'm here! Just started adding stuff. I fixed up the Dragon page so it's not a stub any more, check it out. I'm adding what the spells mean in Latin, and right now I'm starting work on some Ministry of Magic Stuff. I really want to help out. -Lemniwinks
I really think that we need to kickstart this site off, by pretending in never existed and having a grand opening. We could also rename it Winkypedia or something. And we could have one of those free stores where users can by promotional material....And we could have a paypal account up for donations.... (Could I be an admin? *Hopes*)Chris Chaud 19:16, 13 May 2006 (UTC)


text: Just wanted to let ya'll know we are going to be competing this weekend in Oakville , Tn (yes a very small place , and it looks like we are going to have rain) But we still ought to have a good time. I'll take some pics of my grill and the other one on our team and post them next week. We are competing in shoulders and ribs( dry of course) . Hope ya'll have a great weekend.


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Scribble is a new addition to Gmail, although I'm not sure what it's for yet. I've never wanted to draw on my iPad before, and it was really hard to draw anything sensible on my iPhone. It might be useful for simple electronic signatures, but there are more professional ways to add electronic signatures.
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Education 150
Education 150 is a three-phased initiative carried out for the first time from 2012 through 2013 and is being reintroduced by the Gettysburg Foundation, Gettysburg National Military Park and Gettysburg College in 2014. The initiative aims to engage a new generation of educators and youth in the relevancy of the Civil War, particularly Gettysburg, to their lives today through direct experience.
Phase 1
Fifty language arts and social studies teachers from under served and middle schools will be invited to Gettysburg to take part in the fully-funded Richard Bartol, Jr. Educators' Conference where they will be equipped with teaching tools, custom lesson-plans and expert support to take back to their schools and districts.
Phase 2
Gettysburg will become an outdoor classroom when teachers who attended the Bartol Conference bring a class to Gettysburg for a field trip with the help of funding from generous donors. Students are able to see history come to life at Gettysburg National Military Park and throughout Gettysburg.
Phase 3
Teachers who took part in phase 1 of Education 150 will nominate incoming high school freshmen whom they see to be a leader among their peers, to Youth Quest, a 4-day student leadership experience to be held the summer of 2015 at Gettysburg College.
Education 150 has been made possible by:
The David Bruce Smith Education Initiative of
The Robert H. Smith Family Foundation
The Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation
M&T Bank
The Hershey Company
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By Robin Wigglesworth
A slew of economic news and data has come out over the past 24 hours, some good, some bad, and some outright ugly. But if one thing is clear, the economic recovery of advanced economies is far from assured. Here are five highlights, and things to keep in mind.
1: Markets believe the Fed will keep stimulating the economy
Janet Yellen, the nominee for the Federal Reserve chairmanship, will highlight now the US economy is performing "far short" of its potential at her Senate testimony on Thursday, according to prepared remarks released on Wednesday evening. Deutsche Bank's Jim Reid points out that while the "tones are certainly dovish, it's impossible to infer precise policy thoughts from her remarks". That hasn't stopped financial markets from rallying on the hope that the presumptive new Fed chairwoman will keep pumping money into the global economy for longer than previously expected. Read more


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NEW YORK (AP) – Carlos Beltran has left the New York Mets' game against Milwaukee with discomfort in his right knee, the same one he had surgery on last offseason.
The All-Star center fielder was removed in the sixth inning Tuesday night. He struck out in the first and reached on an error in the fourth.
Jesus Feliciano moved from right field to center, and left fielder Nick Evans shifted to right. Lucas Duda was inserted in left field and batted in Beltran's No. 3 spot.
Beltran missed the first half of the season recovering from surgery in January to clean out the arthritic area of his right knee. He began the day batting .257 with seven homers and 27 RBIs in 218 at-bats.
The switch-hitter has one season remaining on the $119 million, seven-year contract he signed with the Mets before 2005. He hit two homers and made a diving catch in his previous game, a 7-3 victory Sunday in Philadelphia.


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I'm talking of course about the Red Wedding. I watched it half an hour ago and I'm still in utter shock. To the book-readers here, did you all feel the same way when you read it and was it as powerful?
Also, was it Roose Bolton who killed Catelyn too?
And (please no spoilers here!) but last week Stannis used Gendry's blood to curse Robb, Balon and Joffrey. Robb's dead now. I doubt it's a coincidence right?!


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Chad Remembers Whitney Houston and Her Top 5 Performances [Video]
I had the pleasure of seeing Whitney Houston in concert back in the early 90's. One of the legs of her I'm Your Baby Tonight Tour kicked off at Rupp Arena in Lexington. That was back in the day when you actually had to call Ticketmaster to get tickets. You couldn't get them online. Well, I happened to call the morning those tickets when on sale, RIGHT when they went on sale, and ended up snagging SECOND ROW seats. Needless to say, my friends and I had four of the best seats in the house for one of the best voices on the planet. That night, for those two hours, Whitney was well, Whitney. She was dramatic, she was funny, she was a diva, she was "the voice." And, when I shouted out from the second row and professed my profound love for her, she pointed at me and said back, "Thank you, Baby!" Yes, for a brief second, I was HER baby that night.


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This year's busy summer season of roadwork in the Seattle metropolitan area starts Friday night with a weekend-long closure of all lanes on state Route 520 across Lake Washington.
Contractor crews working for the Washington State Department of Transportation will use the closure Friday, May 30, to Monday, June 2, to continue pouring concrete — up to 55 truckloads — for the roadway deck on the new West Connection Bridge.
This weekend's closure is the first of four SR 520 closures planned in the next five weeks. The bridge will remain open the weekend of June 14 to accommodate drivers attending graduation ceremonies at the University of Washington.
From Friday, May 30, to Monday, June 2:
•Crews will close all lanes of SR 520 from Montlake Boulevard to Interstate 405 at 11 p.m.
•To cross Lake Washington, use Interstate 90 or an alternate route around the lake.
•Crews will install tolling infrastructure and place more than 10,000 tons of asphalt for the Eastside Transit and HOV Project.
•All lanes are scheduled to reopen in time for the morning commute at 5 a.m. Monday.
From June 6 to 9, a trio of closures will take place the first full weekend in June, all scheduled to begin at 10 p.m. that Friday and conclude by 5 a.m. the following Monday:
•Both directions of SR 520 will close between Montlake Boulevard and I-405 for ongoing bridge work.
•The two right lanes of northbound Interstate 5 at the West Seattle Bridge will close to replace aging expansion joints.
Additionally, on Saturday and Sunday only, up to two northbound lanes across the Ship Canal Bridge will closed from 3:30 to 11 a.m. and one lane through dusk for pavement repair and guardrail work.
•Southbound state Route 99 from Denny Way to South Spokane Street will close to shift southbound traffic onto a new route through the SR 99 tunnel project site.
Many other road construction projects to maintain, repair and preserve highway infrastructure get underway this summer on I-5, I-90 and SR 99:
•Beginning in July, more than 300 concrete panels will be replaced on I-5 between North 117th Street and state Route 104. The work will require overnight closures of multiple lanes and ramps.
•Concrete road panel replacement will require overnight closures of multiple lanes of SR 99 between Spokane Street and the Alaskan Way Viaduct from August until fall.


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CACFP-IAEYC Preconference Video 2013
The Indiana Department of Education received USDA's 2011 Team Nutrition Training Grant (a two-year grant) to create and implement an award program that will encourage and recognize Indiana Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) facilities for adapting menus and policies that align with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
Facilities participating in the CACFP may apply for one of three award levels. Use the application materials and resources below to learn more about the award and how to apply. To view our recorded online training that walks you through the award program, click HERE
Why Apply?
- To improve children's diets and bring program meals in line with USDA nutritional guidelines;
- To promote your facility to parents by demonstrating that you care about children's health;
- To be recognized by receiving:
- A certificate of achievement;
- A parent letter to share your success with parents of the children in your care;
- A press release template to assist you in promoting your award to your local media; and
- Signage to display your achievement at your facility.
Application Materials
- Award Program Recorded Training
- Menu Cost Comparisons
- CACFP Parent Education Packet
- Sample Menus With Recipes
- Wellness Plans/Policies
- Whole Grain Factsheet
For questions regarding the CACFP Award Program, contact Heather Stinson at (317) 232-0869 or email@example.com.


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TERRY JENKINS won his first ranking title for two years with a 6-3 win over Stephen Bunting in Players Championship Ten at the K2 Centre in Crawley, on a day which saw Johnny Haines hit a nine-dart finish.
Jenkins, 50, started a run to his third final of the year with wins over Joe Murnan and Jamie Robinson before averaging over 107 in his 6-2 last 32 win over three-time World Champion John Part - who averaged 102 in defeat.
Jenkins fought hard in his last 16 game as he came from 5-3 down to defeat Andrew Gilding 6-5 before producing a fabulous last eight performance with a 6-1 victory over Dean Winstanley, recording a 107 average for the second time in the day.
The Ledbury ace's fine day looked to be over after he fell 5-1 down to Andy Hamilton in their last four clash, only for him to produce a brilliant comeback and win the last five legs to secure a place in the final in dramatic fashion.
Jenkins, who reached his eighth major final at the Coral UK Open in March, led the final on three occasions in the early stages against Stephen Bunting, only for the 2014 Lakeside Champion to reply each time.
With matters finely balanced at three apiece, Bunting looked on course to win the seventh leg against the throw after leaving 64 after 12-darts, only for Jenkins to hit a fabulous 148 checkout to edge ahead for the fourth time.
Jenkins carried that form into the eighth leg as he broke his opponent's throw by hitting double four, before romping to victory in the next with a 13-dart finish to claim the £10,000 first prize.
Bunting, who has enjoyed some excellent performances since switching to the PDC at the start of the year, continued his rise up the PDC Order of Merit with a second appearance in a PDC ProTour final as he continued his challenge to qualify for July's BetVictor World Matchplay.
Bunting overcame a tough first round opponent in the shape of new PDC Unicorn World Youth Champion Keegan Brown, winning with a 6-4 margin before defeating Sussex's Adrian Gray with a 6-3 triumph.
The Lakeside Champion claimed the major scalp of world number one Michael van Gerwen in the last 32 following a deciding-leg win, before advancing to the last eight with a 6-4 win over Wales' Gerwyn Price.
Bunting then edged out Darren Webster in a deciding leg, recovering from a 4-2 deficit, before coming through another tight contest in the semi-finals against Justin Pipe.
That victory guaranteed the St Helence star £5,000 for reaching the final, but a second PDC ranking title proved elusive as Jenkins' 148 checkout proved the decisive moment of the final.
Stoke's Andy Hamilton - who ended a seven-year drought with victory in a UK Open Qualifier back in February - reached the last four on Sunday and looked on course to play in the final after leading Jenkins 5-1 in their semi-final encounter.
After developing that healthy advantage, the three-time major finalist collapsed in dramatic fashion as he lost the last five legs of the game to fall to an agonising 6-5 defeat.
Taunton's Justin Pipe produced another strong display on Sunday as he followed up his run the final 24 hours earlier at the K2 Centre by reaching the semis on Sunday.
The Taunton star fought hard with deciding leg triumphs over Mark Webster and Ronnie Baxter before losing a tight semi-final encounter to Bunting by a 6-4 margin.
Cumbria's Tony Newell recorded his best result on the PDC ProTour since securing a Tour Card in January as he won through to the quarter-finals, while Norwich's Darren Webster reached the same stage for the fourth time in 2014.
Blackpool's Ronnie Baxter reached his fourth quarter-final in the space of two months while Dean Winstanley, a finalist in a ProTour event in Barnsley back in March, reached the same stage before falling victim to a brilliant 107 average from Jenkins.
Swindon's Johnny Haines hit a brilliant nine-dart finish in the third leg of his 6-2 third round victory over Jelle Klaasen as he won through to the last 16, where his memorable day was ended by a 6-4 loss to Winstanley.
Kent's Steve Douglas enjoyed his best result to date in a ProTour event with a fine run to the last 16, which included an excellent win over two-time World Champion Adrian Lewis, while Welsh newcomer Price continued to show his promise with another excellent run to the same stage.
Saturday's winner, Peter Wright, suffered a first round exit and was a number of big names to crash out early, as major champions Raymond van Barneveld, Gary Anderson, Simon Whitlock and James Wade also experienced the same fate.
The next PDC ProTour weekend will be held from June 13-15 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, with the UK Qualifier for July's European Darts Open followed by Players Championships 11 & 12.


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A 24-year-old woman has been found dead in her cabin on board a cruise ship moored in Darwin Harbour.
Commander Richard Bryson of the Crime and Specialist Support Command says the woman was a staff member on the ship.
A crime scene has been established as the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident continues.Further information was not available.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A time-lapse video captured by the FAA webcam on Tuesday shows the 43 minutes the sun lifted above the horizon in Barrow, Alaska, according to the National Weather Service in Alaska.
Located some 300 miles north of the arctic circle, Barrow is the most remote town in the United States and sits almost literally at the top of the world. Due to its latitude of 71 degrees north (compared to Jacksonville's 30 degrees north) and the Earth's tilt, the sun literally disappears below the horizon for two months every winter.18253294
Tuesday was the first time the sun made it above the horizon since November 18.
Conversely, beginning May 10, the sun does not set in Barrow for approximately three months. Compare that with Jacksonville's shortest day of the year (Dec. 22nd) which is approximately 10 hours and 11 minutes long and our longest day (June 22) which is 14 hours 6 minutes long.
Special thanks goes out to the NWS, Alaska for the information.
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