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"This is the Wiki Police! Give Yoursleves Up! We have the encyclopaedia surrounded!! We will not harm you, or hurt you either!"
"On why Wikipedia is never finished..."
Great eds have little eds upon their backs to bite 'em,
And little eds have lesser eds, and so ad infinitum.
And the great eds themselves, in turn, have Admin eds to go on;
While these again have greater still, and greater still, and so on.
--- Augustus De Wales -- (De Morgan, Augustus (1872). A Budget of Paradoxes. Longmans, Green, and Company. pp. 376-377.)
- "Send No Money Now... to the Extremely Poor Society."
- "Wikipedia is an encyclopedia designed by a committee" ..... Discuss.
- "Banana Republic ...anyone?"
- ... editing styles at Wikipedia: a guide to the four basic Jungian types
- ...typical Wikipedia editing style
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Please, beware: Proverbs 18:2
- vital link for fool-proof anonymity
- Ah-ha... so this is what good Administrators do!
- Great to see British Dance Band so close to Islamic recitation and Vintage gospel: (... [1])
- Burt Bacharach and Hal David (1965) ... Tom Jones
- "Breakthrough" (1974) - from "Furthermore", Shawn Phillips
- But....if the bus is comin' an' I ain't only got one fare.... Billy Preston
- "Dig up the dough, And you can go... All I had was a buffalo" ... The Clovers
- 1977 throwaway bubble-gum pop, but still wonderful c/o Stevland Hardaway Morris
- ... got me that green light, baby..... J. J. and Eric (with Rocky Frisco on piano)
- Oh, baby, you can walk, you can talk just like me from More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978)
- My Sara and Aljaž tribute. Great song. Animated and fun video!
- "Perdido" from An Evening with Earl Hines (Chiaroscuro, 1977): [2]
- "Roundalay" - OP with CT (Aug. 17, 1964)
- "gators got yo granny chomp, chomp... etc.
- scrubs up nice without the dungarees and Dr. Martens, don't she?
- Lightnin' Slim: all swamped up in 1974, but still sounds great (Clayton Ivy: piano)
- ... up there with Link Wray, in my book...
- talking of which.... wonderful (Fresh Fish Special, 1978)
- "... this could be Rotterdam or anywhere... 'Cause Rotterdam is anywhere, Anywhere alone, Anywhere alone ..."
- "... Well my head was beating like a song by The Clash, It was writing cheques that my body couldn't cash ... "
- .... "And though it breaks my heart for us to part, Still I know Frank loves you too": "Go Home Girl", by Arthur Alexander, from Bop Till You Drop (1979)
- This is Tomorrow (1977) guitar solo Chris Spedding, great brass section...
- "Pardon me buddy... King 45-5579 (November 1961), Johnny "Guitar" Watson
- "Hoochie Coochie Man" with Billy Preston (1990) ... just wonderful
- "Police took me down to jail and they tied me to the wall...." the magnificent Lightnin' Slim (March 13, 1913 – July 27, 1974)
- Possibly even better than the original, the wonderful Linda Lewis from 1977: just so beautiful. (Peter Hope Evans: harmonica)
- Jus' a lil ol' bitta Country 'n' Western for y'all...
- "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" by Marianne Faithfull (1979). Smash Hits said: "The Debbie Harry of the sixties returns to vinyl with an honestly outstanding offering, a version of an old Doctor Hook number related over a swimming synthesiser. If you can handle this, it sounds like Dolly Parton produced by Brian Eno. Only better." [3] (synthesizer – Steve Winwood. Also, perhaps even better Live In Hollywood DVD with Barry Reynolds - guitar.
- Their best single (August 1979). Also, a brilliantly choreographed video, quite clever.
- Schubert: Des Fischers Liebesglück, D.933 with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
- ... yes, that demo for Jerry Wexler, recorded Oct/Nov 1966, is amazing. But Rick Hall surely deserved that 2009 Grammy Hall of Fame entry for his immaculate production on one of the finest soul records ever recorded. I can keep it together as far as the bridge and then those guitar licks (Jimmy Johnson?)... just blow me away every time. Incredible production. Recorded Jan 24, released Feb 10, 1967.
- "Gethsemane", live on Ducknapped! (2003) and in Manchester 2024 "Jealous Words"
- Stevie Wonder, "You've Accomplished Quite a Lot" (1974): [4]
- Webb Pierce, "I've Seen Lots" (1959): [5]
- Aretha Franklin and Whitney Houston, "It Isn't, It Wasn't, but It Might Be" (1989): [6]
- Bill Withers, "There's Plenty of Sunshine" (1971): [7]
- Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, "There are Several Mountains of Sufficient Height" (1967): [8]
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The plum-headed parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala) is a species of parakeet in the family Psittacidae. It is endemic to the Indian subcontinent, from the foothills of the Himalayas to southern India and Sri Lanka, and inhabits forests, open woodland, and sometimes city gardens. It is a predominantly green bird, with a length of 33 to 37 centimetres (13 to 14+1⁄2 in) and a weight of 55 to 85 grams (2 to 3 oz). The male has a red head which shades to purplish-blue on the back of the crown, nape and cheeks, while the female has a bluish-gray head. The plum-headed parakeet is a gregarious and noisy species with swift twisting flight and a range of raucous calls. It feeds on grains, fruits, flower petals, sometimes also raiding agricultural fields and orchards. It nests in holes, chiselled out by the pair, in tree trunks, and courtship includes bill rubbing and courtship feeding. These male and female plum-headed parakeets were photographed in Jim Corbett National Park, in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Photograph credit: Giles Laurent
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-- Christopher Howse in The Daily Telegraph, how very accurate.
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Question 1
Please tick all that apply from the list above and explain why, with reliable references (N.B. it doesn't have to be a true answer) Please then gain consensus for your answer, from amongst a random sample of 934 strangely pseudonymic volunteer participants, before proceeding to Question 2 Note: This question is worth a maximum of 0 marks Marks will be deducted for obvious expressions of exasperation or humour Please show a full record of your working on the Talk Page Jotter provided Sleep is optional Please begin again yesterday
(note: Questions 2-56 have been speedily deleted for copyright infringement)
Please answer using the following cultural conventions: Modern contributors may respond thus: "Now just a moment, dude, let's take a rain-check on the underlying synergies here, we need to explore a few more dynamic possibilities for rationally ostensible underpinnings.... ". Traditional contributors may respond thus: "Go "troll yourself". (.... ye olde "Lancan-cester-shire greeting") Note: This question is worth a maximum of 100 marks Up to 99 marks will be deducted for not re-stating at least six arguments that have been archived in the last two years. Please turn over your paper when you hear the bell. A shared pencil will be provided (although it is a bit blunt, sorry - please invent your own sharpener)
What is the probability of choosing the right answer to question 58a?
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