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User:Pjoef – Saturday, 21 December 2024

❄ I Wish You All a Merry Christmas & a Happy 2025 (MMXXV) ❄
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Paul Gauguin (1848–1903), Te Tamari No Atua (Nativity; 1896)
Oil on canvas, 96×128 cm, Neue Pinakothek, Munich

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Abraham Coles (1813–1891)
THE MESSIAH
The Microcosm and Other Poems (1880)

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“Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” — ISAIAH IX : 6.

O MOST illustrious of the days of time!
Day full of joy and benison to earth,
When Thou wast born, sweet babe of Bethlehem!
With dazzling pomp descending, angels sung
Good will and peace to men, to God due praise,
Who on the errand of salvation sent
Thee, Son Beloved! of plural Unity
Essential part, made flesh that mad'st all worlds.

Ay, well and gloriously didst Thou achieve
Thy god-like mission, both by life and death.
Light broke upon the nations; at Thy word
Roused from the sleep of ages. Truths long lost,
Man's immortality and higher life,
The unity and fatherhood of God,
The splendid verities of Christian Faith,
Ran swiftly and were glorified in every land.

Thy Universal Empire, whose sole law
Is Love, rose silently, and without violence
Freeing from old oppression. Ne'er till them
Did man know aught of Freedom, or could know.
The sensual and depraved are slaves perforce.
The free of soul, the pure, the sanctified,
Alone are free, the Freemen of the Lord, —
True King of Christendom, whose gracious sway,
None shares.

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One is your Master, saith our Head, even Christ,
And there results to you equality
Of brotherhood. Humility is rank;
The least is greatest and the greatest least.

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I Wish You All a Wonderful Winter 2024!

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Claude Monet (1840–1926), La Charrette, route sous la neige à Honfleur (1865)

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James Thomson (1700–1748)
The Seasons (1726)
“WINTER”

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SEE! WINTER comes, to rule the varied Year,
Sullen, and sad; with all his rising Train,
Vapours, and Clouds, and Storms: Be these my Theme,
These, that exalt the Soul to solemn Thought,
And heavenly musing. Welcome kindred Glooms! [5]
Wish'd, wint'ry, Horrors, hail! -- With frequent Foot,
Pleas'd, have I, in my cheerful Morn of Life,
When, nurs'd by careless Solitude, I liv'd,
And sung of Nature with unceasing Joy,
Pleas'd, have I wander'd thro' your rough Domains; [10]
Trod the pure, virgin, Snows, my self as pure:
Heard the Winds roar, and the big Torrent burst:
Or seen the deep, fermenting, Tempest brew'd,
In the red, evening, Sky. -- Thus pass'd the Time,
Till, thro' the opening Chambers of the South, [15]
Look'd out the joyous Spring, look'd out, and smil'd.

THEE too, Inspirer of the toiling Swain!
Fair AUTUMN, yellow rob'd! I'll sing of thee,
Of thy last, temper'd, Days, and sunny Calms;
When all the golden Hours are on the Wing, [20]
Attending thy Retreat, and round thy Wain,
Slow-rolling, onward to the Southern Sky.

BEHOLD! the well-pois'd Hornet, hovering, hangs,
With quivering Pinions, in the genial Blaze;
Flys off, in airy Circles: then returns, [25]
And hums, and dances to the beating Ray.
Nor shall the Man, that, musing, walks alone,
And, heedless, strays within his radiant Lists,
Go unchastis'd away. -- Sometimes, a Fleece
Of Clouds, wide-scattering, with a lucid Veil, [30]
Soft, shadow o'er th'unruffled Face of Heaven;
And, thro' their dewy Sluices, shed the Sun,
With temper'd Influence down. Then is the Time,
For those, whom Wisdom, and whom Nature charm,
To steal themselves from the degenerate Croud, [35]
And soar above this little Scene of Things:
To tread low-thoughted Vice beneath their Feet:
To lay their Passions in a gentle Calm,
And woo lone Quiet, in her silent Walks.

NOW, solitary, and in pensive Guise, [40]
Oft, let me wander o'er the russet Mead,
Or thro' the pining Grove; where scarce is heard
One dying Strain, to chear the Woodman's Toil:
Sad Philomel, perchance, pours forth her Plaint,
Far, thro' the withering Copse. Mean while, the Leaves, [45]
That, late, the Forest clad with lively Green,
Nipt by the drizzly Night, and Sallow-hu'd,
Fall, wavering, thro' the Air; or shower amain,
Urg'd by the Breeze, that sobs amid the Boughs.
Then list'ning Hares forsake the rusling Woods, [50]
And, starting at the frequent Noise, escape
To the rough Stubble, and the rushy Fen.
Then Woodcocks, o'er the fluctuating Main,
That glimmers to the Glimpses of the Moon,
Stretch their long Voyage to the woodland Glade: [55]
Where, wheeling with uncertain Flight, they mock
The nimble Fowler's Aim. -- Now Nature droops;
Languish the living Herbs, with pale Decay:
And all the various Family of Flowers
Their sunny Robes resign. The falling Fruits, [60]
Thro' the still Night, forsake the Parent-Bough,
That, in the first, grey, Glances of the Dawn,
Looks wild, and wonders at the wintry Waste.

THE Year, yet pleasing, but declining fast,
Soft, o'er the secret Soul, in gentle Gales, [65]
A Philosophic Melancholly breathes,
And bears the swelling Thought aloft to Heaven.
Then forming Fancy rouses to conceive,
What never mingled with the Vulgar's Dream:
Then wake the tender Pang, the pitying Tear, [70]
The Sigh for suffering Worth, the Wish prefer'd
For Humankind, the Joy to see them bless'd,
And all the Social Off-spring of the Heart!

OH! bear me then to high, embowering, Shades;
To twilight Groves, and visionary Vales; [75]
To weeping Grottos, and to hoary Caves;
Where Angel-Forms are seen, and Voices heard,
Sigh'd in low Whispers, that abstract the Soul,
From outward Sense, far into Worlds remote.

NOW, when the Western Sun withdraws the Day, [80]
And humid Evening, gliding o'er the Sky,
In her chill Progress, checks the straggling Beams,
And robs them of their gather'd, vapoury, Prey,
Where Marshes stagnate, and where Rivers wind,
Cluster the rolling Fogs, and swim along [85]
The dusky-mantled Lawn: then slow descend,
Once more to mingle with their Watry Friends.
The vivid Stars shine out, in radiant Files;
And boundless Ether glows, till the fair Moon
Shows her broad Visage, in the crimson'd East; [90]
Now, stooping, seems to kiss the passing Cloud:
Now, o'er the pure Cerulean, rides sublime.
Wide the pale Deluge floats, with silver Waves,
O'er the sky'd Mountain, to the low-laid Vale;
From the white Rocks, with dim Reflexion, gleams, [95]
And faintly glitters thro' the waving Shades.

ALL Night, abundant Dews, unnoted, fall,
And, at Return of Morning, silver o'er
The Face of Mother-Earth; from every Branch
Depending, tremble the translucent Gems, [100]
And, quivering, seem to fall away, yet cling,
And sparkle in the Sun, whose rising Eye,
With Fogs bedim'd, portends a beauteous Day.

NOW, giddy Youth, whom headlong Passions fire,
Rouse the wild Game, and stain the guiltless Grove, [105]
With Violence, and Death; yet call it Sport,
To scatter Ruin thro' the Realms of Love,
And Peace, that thinks no Ill: But These, the Muse,
Whose Charity, unlimited, extends
As wide as Nature works, disdains to sing, [110]
Returning to her nobler Theme in view --

FOR, see! where Winter comes, himself, confest,
Striding the gloomy Blast. First Rains obscure
Drive thro' the mingling Skies, with Tempest foul;
Beat on the Mountain's Brow, and shake the Woods, [115]
That, sounding, wave below. The dreary Plain
Lies overwhelm'd, and lost. The bellying Clouds
Combine, and deepening into Night, shut up
The Day's fair Face. The Wanderers of Heaven,
Each to his Home, retire; save those that love [120]
To take their Pastime in the troubled Air,
And, skimming, flutter round the dimply Flood.
The Cattle, from th'untasted Fields, return,
And ask, with Meaning low, their wonted Stalls;
Or ruminate in the contiguous Shade: [125]
Thither, the houshold, feathery, People croud,
The crested Cock, with all his female Train,
Pensive, and wet. Mean while, the Cottage-Swain
Hangs o'er th'enlivening Blaze, and, taleful, there,
Recounts his simple Frolic: Much he talks, [130]
And much he laughs, nor recks the Storm that blows
Without, and rattles on his humble Roof.

AT last, the muddy Deluge pours along,
Resistless, roaring; dreadful down it comes
From the chapt Mountain, and the mossy Wild, [135]
Tumbling thro' Rocks abrupt, and sounding far:
Then o'er the sanded Valley, floating, spreads,
Calm, sluggish, silent; till again constrain'd,
Betwixt two meeting Hills, it bursts a Way,
Where Rocks, and Woods o'erhang the turbid Stream. [140]
There gathering triple Force, rapid, and deep,
It boils, and wheels, and foams, and thunders thro'.

NATURE! great Parent! whose directing Hand
Rolls round the Seasons of the changeful Year,
How mighty! how majestick are thy Works! [145]
With what a pleasing Dread they swell the Soul,
That sees, astonish'd! and, astonish'd sings!
You too, ye Winds! that now begin to blow,
With boisterous Sweep, I raise my Voice to you.
Where are your Stores, ye viewless Beings! say? [150]
Where your aerial Magazines reserv'd,
Against the Day of Tempest perilous?
In what untravel'd Country of the Air,
Hush'd in still Silence, sleep you, when 'tis calm?

LATE, in the louring Sky, red, fiery, Streaks [155]
Begin to flush about; the reeling Clouds
Stagger with dizzy Aim, as doubting yet
Which Master to obey: while rising, slow,
Sad, in the Leaden-colour'd East, the Moon
Wears a bleak Circle round her sully'd Orb. [160]
Then issues forth the Storm, with loud Control,
And the thin Fabrick of the pillar'd Air
O'erturns, at once. Prone, on th'uncertain Main,
Descends th'Etherial Force, and plows its Waves,
With dreadful Rift: from the mid-Deep, appears, [165]
Surge after Surge, the rising, wat'ry, War.
Whitening, the angry Billows rowl immense,
And roar their Terrors, thro' the shuddering Soul
Of feeble Man, amidst their Fury caught,
And, dash'd upon his Fate: Then, o'er the Cliff, [170]
Where dwells the Sea-Mew, unconfin'd, they fly,
And, hurrying, swallow up the steril Shore.

THE Mountain growls; and all its sturdy Sons
Stoop to the Bottom of the Rocks they shade:
Lone, on its Midnight-Side, and all aghast, [175]
The dark, way-faring, Stranger, breathless, toils,
And climbs against the Blast --
Low, waves the rooted Forest, vex'd, and sheds
What of its leafy Honours yet remains.
Thus, struggling thro' the dissipated Grove, [180]
The whirling Tempest raves along the Plain;
And, on the Cottage thacht, or lordly Dome,
Keen-fastening, shakes 'em to the solid Base.
Sleep, frighted, flies; the hollow Chimney howls,
The Windows rattle, and the Hinges creak. [185]

THEN, too, they say, thro' all the burthen'd Air,
Long Groans are heard, shrill Sounds, and distant Sighs,
That, murmur'd by the Demon of the Night,
Warn the devoted Wretch of Woe, and Death!
Wild Uproar lords it wide: the Clouds commixt, [190]
With Stars, swift-gliding, sweep along the Sky.
All Nature reels. -- But hark! the Almighty speaks:
Instant, the chidden Storm begins to pant,
And dies, at once, into a noiseless Calm.

AS yet, 'tis Midnight's Reign; the weary Clouds, [195]
Slow-meeting, mingle into solid Gloom:
Now, while the drousy World lies lost in Sleep,
Let me associate with the low-brow'd Night,
And Contemplation, her sedate Compeer;
Let me shake off th'intrusive Cares of Day, [200]
And lay the medling Senses all aside.

AND now, ye lying Vanities of Life!
You ever-tempting, ever-cheating Train!
Where are you now? and what is your Amount?
Vexation, Disappointment, and Remorse. [205]
Sad, sickening, Thought! and yet, deluded Man,
A Scene of wild, disjointed, Visions past,
And broken Slumbers, rises, still resolv'd,
With new-flush'd Hopes, to run your giddy Round.

FATHER of Light, and Life! Thou Good Supreme! [210]
O! teach me what is Good! teach me thy self!
Save me from Folly, Vanity and Vice,
From every low Pursuit! and feed my Soul,
With Knowledge, conscious Peace, and Vertue pure,
Sacred, substantial, never-fading Bliss! [215]

LO! from the livid East, or piercing North,
Thick Clouds ascend, in whose capacious Womb,
A vapoury Deluge lies, to Snow congeal'd:
Heavy, they roll their fleecy World along;
And the Sky saddens with th'impending Storm. [220]
Thro' the hush'd Air, the whitening Shower descends,
At first, thin-wavering; till, at last, the Flakes
Fall broad, and wide, and fast, dimming the Day,
With a continual Flow. See! sudden, hoar'd,
The Woods beneath the stainless Burden bow, [225]
Blackning, along the mazy Stream it melts;
Earth's universal Face, deep-hid, and chill,
Is all one, dazzling, Waste. The Labourer-Ox
Stands cover'd o'er with Snow, and then demands
The Fruit of all his Toil. The Fowls of Heaven, [230]
Tam'd by the cruel Season, croud around
The winnowing Store, and claim the little Boon,
That Providence allows. The foodless Wilds
Pour forth their brown Inhabitants; the Hare,
Tho' timorous of Heart, and hard beset [235]
By Death, in various Forms, dark Snares, and Dogs,
And more unpitying Men, the Garden seeks,
Urg'd on by fearless Want. The bleating Kind
Eye the bleak Heavens, and next, the glistening Earth,
With Looks of dumb Despair; then sad, dispers'd, [240]
Dig, for the wither'd Herb, thro' Heaps of Snow.

NOW, Shepherds, to your helpless Charge be kind;
Baffle the raging Year, and fill their Penns
With Food, at will: lodge them below the Blast,
And watch them strict; for from the bellowing East, [245]
In this dire Season, oft the Whirlwind's Wing
Sweeps up the Burthen of whole wintry Plains,
In one fierce Blast, and o'er th'unhappy Flocks,
Lodg'd in the Hollow of two neighbouring Hills,
The billowy Tempest whelms; till, upwards urg'd, [250]
The Valley to a shining Mountain swells,
That curls its Wreaths amid the freezing Sky.

NOW, all amid the Rigours of the Year,
In the wild Depth of Winter, while without
The ceaseless Winds blow keen, be my Retreat [255]
A rural, shelter'd, solitary, Scene;
Where ruddy Fire, and beaming Tapers join
To chase the chearless Gloom: there let me sit,
And hold high Converse with the mighty Dead,
Sages of ancient Time, as Gods rever'd, [260]
As Gods beneficent, who blest Mankind,
With Arts, and Arms, and humaniz'd a World,
Rous'd at th'inspiring Thought -- I throw aside
The long-liv'd Volume, and, deep-musing, hail
The sacred Shades, that, slowly-rising, pass [265]
Before my wondering Eyes -- First, Socrates,
Truth's early Champion, Martyr for his God:
Solon, the next, who built his Commonweal,
On Equity's firm Base: Lycurgus, then,
Severely good, and him of rugged Rome, [270]
Numa, who soften'd her rapacious Sons.
Cimon sweet-soul'd, and Aristides just.
Unconquer'd Cato, virtuous in Extreme;
With that attemper'd Heroe, mild, and firm,
Who wept the Brother, while the Tyrant bled. [275]
Scipio, the humane Warriour, gently brave,
Fair Learning's Friend; who early sought the Shade,
To dwell, with Innocence, and Truth, retir'd.
And, equal to the best, the Theban, He
Who, single, rais'd his Country into Fame. [280]
Thousands behind, the Boast of Greece and Rome,
Whom Vertue owns, the Tribute of a Verse
Demand, but who can count the Stars of Heaven?
Who sing their Influence on this lower World?
But see who yonder comes! nor comes alone, [285]
With sober State, and of majestic Mien,
The Sister-Muses in his Train -- 'Tis He!
Maro! the best of Poets, and of Men!
Great Homer too appears, of daring Wing!
Parent of Song! and, equal, by his Side, [290]
The British Muse, join'd Hand in Hand, they walk,
Darkling, nor miss their Way to Fame's Ascent.

Society divine! Immortal Minds!
Still visit thus my Nights, for you reserv'd,
And mount my soaring Soul to Deeds like yours. [295]
Silence! thou lonely Power! the Door be thine:
See, on the hallow'd Hour, that none intrude,
Save Lycidas, the Friend, with Sense refin'd,
Learning digested well, exalted Faith,
Unstudy'd Wit, and Humour ever gay. [300]

CLEAR Frost succeeds, and thro' the blew Serene,
For Sight too fine, th'Ætherial Nitre flies,
To bake the Glebe, and bind the slip'ry Flood.
This of the wintry Season is the Prime;
Pure are the Days, and lustrous are the Nights, [305]
Brighten'd with starry Worlds, till then unseen.
Mean while, the Orient, darkly red, breathes forth
An Icy Gale, that, in its mid Career,
Arrests the bickering Stream. The nightly Sky,
And all her glowing Constellations pour [310]
Their rigid Influence down: It freezes on
Till Morn, late-rising, o'er the drooping World,
Lifts her pale Eye, unjoyous: then appears
The various Labour of the silent Night,
The pendant Isicle, the Frost-Work fair, [315]
Where thousand Figures rise, the crusted Snow,
Tho' white, made whiter, by the fining North.
On blithsome Frolics bent, the youthful Swains,
While every Work of Man is laid at Rest,
Rush o'er the watry Plains, and, shuddering, view [320]
The fearful Deeps below: or with the Gun,
And faithful Spaniel, range the ravag'd Fields,
And, adding to the Ruins of the Year,
Distress the Feathery, or the Footed Game.

BUT hark! the nightly Winds, with hollow Voice, [325]
Blow, blustering, from the South -- the Frost subdu'd,
Gradual, resolves into a weeping Thaw.
Spotted, the Mountains shine: loose Sleet descends,
And floods the Country round: the Rivers swell,
Impatient for the Day. -- Those sullen Seas, [330]
That wash th'ungenial Pole, will rest no more,
Beneath the Shackles of the mighty North;
But, rousing all their Waves, resistless heave, --
And hark! -- the length'ning Roar, continuous, runs
Athwart the rifted Main; at once, it bursts, [335]
And piles a thousand Mountains to the Clouds!
Ill fares the Bark, the Wretches' last Resort,
That, lost amid the floating Fragments, moors
Beneath the Shelter of an Icy Isle;
While Night o'erwhelms the Sea, and Horror looks [340]
More horrible. Can human Hearts endure
Th'assembled Mischiefs, that besiege them round:
Unlist'ning Hunger, fainting Weariness,
The Roar of Winds, and Waves, the Crush of Ice,
Now, ceasing, now, renew'd, with louder Rage, [345]
And bellowing round the Main: Nations remote,
Shook from their Midnight-Slumbers, deem they hear
Portentous Thunder, in the troubled Sky.
More to embroil the Deep, Leviathan,
And his unweildy Train, in horrid Sport, [350]
Tempest the loosen'd Brine; while, thro' the Gloom,
Far, from the dire, unhospitable Shore,
The Lyon's Rage, the Wolf's sad Howl is heard,
And all the fell Society of Night.
Yet, Providence, that ever-waking Eye [355]
Looks down, with Pity, on the fruitless Toil
Of Mortals, lost to Hope, and lights them safe,
Thro' all this dreary Labyrinth of Fate.

'TIS done! -- Dread WINTER has subdu'd the Year,
And reigns, tremenduous, o'er the desart Plains! [360]
How dead the Vegetable Kingdom lies!
How dumb the Tuneful! Horror wide extends
His solitary Empire -- Now, fond Man!
Behold thy pictur'd Life: pass some few Years,
Thy flow'ring SPRING, thy short-liv'd SUMMER's Strength, [365]
Thy sober AUTUMN, fading into Age,
And pale, concluding, WINTER shuts thy Scene,
And shrouds Thee in the Grave -- where now, are fled
Those Dreams of Greatness? those unsolid Hopes
Of Happiness? those Longings after Fame? [370]
Those restless Cares? those busy, bustling Days?
Those Nights of secret Guilt? those veering Thoughts,
Flutt'ring 'twixt Good, and Ill, that shar'd thy Life?
All, now, are vanish'd! Vertue, sole, survives,
Immortal, Mankind's never-failing Friend, [375]
His Guide to Happiness on high -- and see!
'Tis come, the Glorious Morn! the second Birth
Of Heaven, and Earth! -- awakening Nature hears
Th'Almighty Trumpet's Voice, and starts to Life,
Renew'd, unfading. Now, th'Eternal Scheme, [380]
That Dark Perplexity, that Mystic Maze,
Which Sight cou'd never trace, nor Heart conceive,
To Reason's Eye, refin'd, clears up apace.
Angels, and Men, astonish'd, pause -- and dread
To travel thro' the Depths of Providence, [385]
Untry'd, unbounded. Ye vain Learned! see,
And, prostrate in the Dust, adore that Power,
And Goodness, oft arraign'd. See now the Cause,
Why conscious Worth, oppress'd, in secret long
Mourn'd, unregarded: Why the Good Man's Share [390]
In Life, was Gall, and Bitterness of Soul:
Why the lone Widow, and her Orphans, pin'd,
In starving Solitude; while Luxury,
In Palaces, lay prompting her low Thought,
To form unreal Wants: why Heaven-born Faith, [395]
And Charity, prime Grace! wore the red Marks
Of Persecution's Scourge: why licens'd Pain,
That cruel Spoiler, that embosom'd Foe,
Imbitter'd all our Bliss. Ye Good Distrest!
Ye Noble Few! that, here, unbending, stand [400]
Beneath Life's Pressures -- yet a little while,
And all your Woes are past. Time swiftly fleets,
And wish'd Eternity, approaching, brings
Life undecaying, Love without Allay,
Pure flowing Joy, and Happiness sincere. [405]

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And, if you live in the Southern Hemisphere, then...
I Wish You a Happy Summer 2024!

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→ Mmmmm... tastes like strawberries and cream

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— Today's Motto of the Day

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“True ease in writing comes from art, not chance,
As those move easiest who have learned to dance.”
~
Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
An Essay on Criticism, Part II (1711)

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“You write with ease, to show your breeding,
But easy writing's curst hard reading.”
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816)
Clio's Protest (1819)

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“But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling, like dew, upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.”
~
Lord George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
Don Juan, Canto III (1819–1824)

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“The sentiment of art like the religious sentiment, like scientific curiosity, is born of wonder; the man who wonders at nothing lives in a state of imbecility and stupidity.”
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831)
Lectures on Aesthetics: Symbolic Art (1826)

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“If we have chosen the position in life in which we can most of all work for mankind, no burdens can bow us down, because they are sacrifices for the benefit of all;”
...
“Experience acclaims as happiest the man who has made the greatest number of people happy.”
~
Karl Heinrich Marx (1818-1883)
Letter to His Father (1837)

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“If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine.”
~
Saint Ernesto Che Guevara, Comandante Amigo! (14 June 1928, Rosario, Argentina – 9 October 1967, La Higuera, Bolivia)
Letter in reply to a letter from a certain Señora María Rosario Guevara from Casablanca asking of his origins (1964)

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“You are all geniuses, and you are all beautiful. You don't need anyone to tell you who you are. You are what you are. Get out there and get peace, think peace, live peace, and breathe peace, and you'll get it as soon as you like.”
~
John Lennon (1940–1980)
Statement to the press in July 1969 after the release of the Plastic Ono Band's single "Give Peace a Chance"

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“When the child was a child, it didn’t know that it was a child, everything was soulful, and all souls were one.”
~
Peter Handke (6 December 1942)
"Song of Childhood", Der Himmel über Berlin (1987)

¤ ~~•~~•~~•~~ ¤ ~~•~~•~~•~~ ¤ ~~•~~•~~•~~ ¤

“Follow your dreams. Don't let anything stop you!”
~
Brenden Foster (October 4, 1997 – November 21, 2008)
Rest in peace Brenden

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About me

What about me? ~ lol ~ Well, it's far too complicated to explain, and I don't like to talk about me because I'm not the best person to ask about this (^__^). I have so many interests, and, "probably", some skills. I am trying to be open-minded and as objective as I can. I am not only willing to consider new and different ideas and opinions, but, I am also ready to change my own ones. I hope to be an all-round good person. Well, this is all for now. Thank you for taking the time to read these "silly things" (^__^). If you would like to know more about me, please check out my userboxes or userboxen as you prefer, and my current favourite subjects.

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Contributions/History

I learned about Wikipedia in 2001, but I didn't start editing until March of 2007.

During this time I:

• worked on and/or created many articles, templates and lists;
• wikified many articles, wikitables, and templates;
• sorted out references;
• disambiguated wikilinks;
• joined some projects.

I'm always on the lookout for new projects, or existing ones to overhaul. Any and all suggestions are welcome.

Favourite subjects

My current projects

WikiProjects

• Albums
• Alternative music
• Anti-war
• Biography
• The Clash
• Classical music
• Computing
• Council
• Discographies

• Electronic music
• Films
• Free images
• Motto of the day
• Music
• New Wave music
• Persondata
• Pink Floyd
• Politics

• Punk music
• Reggae
• Rock music
• Songs
• U2
• Wikify
• Wikipedia-Books
• Wikipedians against censorship
• The Who

Articles

• The Clash

• The Clash discography

• Joe Strummer
  • The 101ers
  • The Latino Rockabilly War
  • The Pogues
  • The Mescaleros

• Mick Jones (The Clash)
  • London SS
  • Big Audio Dynamite
  • Carbon/Silicon

• Paul Simonon
  • Havana 3am
  • The Good, the Bad and the Queen

• Topper Headon
• Nick Sheppard
• Terry Chimes
• Keith Levene
• Vince White

• Area (band)
  • Demetrio Stratos

• Bauhaus
• CCCP Fedeli alla linea
• East Meets East
• Elio e le Storie Tese
• Emerson, Lake and Palmer
• Gong
• Jimi Hendrix
• Jethro Tull
• Joy Division
• Killing Joke
• King Crimson
• Led Zeppelin
• Bob Marley
• Pink Floyd
• The Mars Volta
• Rondine al nido
• The Stranglers
• Talking Heads
• Tuxedomoon
• U2
• Weather Report
• The Who
• Frank Zappa

Some of my contributions

• The Clash‎
  • Joe Strummer‎
  • Mick Jones (The Clash)‎
  • Paul Simonon‎
  • Topper Headon‎
  • The Clash discography‎
  • The Clash (album)‎
  • Give 'Em Enough Rope‎
  • London Calling
  • Sandinista!‎
  • Combat Rock‎
  • Cut the Crap‎
  • White Riot‎‎
  • Remote Control (The Clash song)‎‎
  • Complete Control‎‎
  • Clash City Rockers‎‎
  • (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais‎‎
  • Tommy Gun (song)‎‎
  • English Civil War (song)‎‎
  • I Fought the Law‎
  • Groovy Times‎
  • London Calling (song)‎‎
  • Clampdown‎‎
  • Train in Vain‎‎
  • Bankrobber‎‎
  • The Call Up‎‎
  • Hitsville UK‎‎
  • The Magnificent Seven (song)‎‎
  • This Is Radio Clash‎
  • Know Your Rights‎‎
  • Should I Stay or Should I Go‎
  • Rock the Casbah‎‎
  • Straight to Hell (song)‎‎
  • This Is England (song)
  • Washington Bullets (song)‎‎
  • I'm So Bored with the USA‎‎
  • Career Opportunities‎‎
  • Janie Jones (song)
  • Lost in the Supermarket‎‎
  • The Guns of Brixton‎‎
  • Super Black Market Clash‎
  • The Story of the Clash, Volume 1
  • The Essential Clash‎
  • From Here to Eternity: Live‎
  • The Vanilla Tapes
  • Singles Box‎
  • The Singles (2007 The Clash album)
  • Capital Radio One‎
  • The Cost of Living (EP)‎
  • Live at Bond's Casino‎
  • Rude Boy (film)‎
  • Westway to the World‎
  • Concerts for the People of Kampuchea (album and EP)‎
  • Concerts for the People of Kampuchea‎
  • The 101ers
  • Carbon/Silicon‎
  • Vince White‎
  • Terry Chimes‎
  • Keith Levene‎
  • Megatop Phoenix
  • Tighten Up, Vol. 88‎

• Amanda Lear discography
• Area (band)
  • Demetrio Stratos
• Bauhaus
  • Bauhaus discography
• CCCP Fedeli alla linea
• E lucevan le stelle‎
• Emerson, Lake and Palmer
• Gong
• Jethro Tull
• Jimi Hendrix
• Joy Division
• Killing Joke
  • Killing Joke discography
  • Jaz Coleman
  • Paul Raven
• King Crimson
  • King Crimson discography
• Led Zeppelin
• Bob Marley
• Malcolm McLaren
  • Paris (Malcolm McLaren album)‎
  • Buffalo Gals Back to Skool‎
• Pink Floyd
• Rondine al nido
• Stan Ridgway‎
• The Stranglers
  • Stranglers discography‎
• Talking Heads
• Toast
• Tuxedomoon
• U2
• Weather Report
  • Jaco Pastorius
• The Who
• Frank Zappa

• List of punk bands
• List of hip hop groups
• List of reggae musicians‎
• List of garage rock bands‎

• Category:The Clash‎
  • Category:The Clash albums‎
  • Category:The Clash members‎
  • Category:The Clash songs‎

• Template:The Animals
• Template:The Clash
• Template:Killing Joke
• Template:King Crimson
• Template:Joy Division
• Template:The Mars Volta
• Template:Pink Floyd
• Template:Wire

• for a more comprehensive list, please, see Favourite subjects
• for the full list, click here

Created

Articles

Many of the articles listed below are stubs. Please, help us to improve these pages.

• Absolute Dissent
• Buffalo Gals Back to Skool‎
• Buzzcocks discography
• Canzoni, Preghiere, Danze del II Millennio – Sezione Europa
• Capital Radio One‎
• CCCP Fedeli alla linea
• Compagni, cittadini, fratelli, partigiani / Ortodossia II
• D.O.A. (1980 film)
• Demetrio Stratos (with a huge help from Shadowballad)
• Dick Hyde (musician)
• East Meets East
• Ecco i miei gioielli
• Enjoy CCCP
• Epica Etica Etnica Pathos‎
• Groovy Times
• Janie Jones (song)
• Jo Jo in the Stars
• List of The Clash songs
• Live in Punkow‎
• MMXII (album)
• 1994 Metro Manila Film Festival
• 1995 Metro Manila Film Festival
• 1996 Metro Manila Film Festival
• 1997 Metro Manila Film Festival
• 1998 Metro Manila Film Festival
• 2006 Metro Manila Film Festival
• Moncler
• Mondo TV
• Oh! Battagliero
• Ortodossia (album)
• Ortodossia II
• Peter Van Wood
• Ragazza Emancipata
• Rondine al nido
• Skyline (Yann Tiersen album)
• Socialismo e Barbarie‎
• Tomorrow (Voulez vous un rendez vous)
• Version City
• Garageland (song) (supporting Benzband)
• Weather Report discography

Portals

• Portal:The Clash (and many of its subpages)

WikiProjects

• Wikipedia:WikiProject The Clash
• Wikipedia:WikiProject The Clash/Assessment
• Wikipedia:WikiProject The Clash/List of related articles
• Wikipedia:WikiProject The Clash/Navigation
• Wikipedia:WikiProject The Clash/to do

Templates

• Template:Bauhaus
• Template:Buzzcocks
• Template:CCCP Fedeli alla linea‎
• Template:Gang of Four
• Template:Moogfest 2010
• Template:Moogfest 2011
• Template:The Stranglers
• Template:Yann Tiersen
• Template:Weather Report
• Template:The Clash singles
• Template:User WPClash‎
• Template:WikiProject The Clash Invite‎
• Template:WikiProject The Clash Welcome‎
• Template:WPClash‎ (doc)

Categories

• Category:The Animals‎

• Category:Bauhaus (band)‎
  • Category:Bauhaus songs

• Category:Buzzcocks members

• Category:CCCP Fedeli alla linea‎
  • Category:CCCP Fedeli alla linea albums

• Category:Killing Joke‎

• Category:Moogfest

• Category:The Stranglers‎
  • Category:The Stranglers members
• Category:WikiProject The Clash
  • Category:WikiProject The Clash articles
  • Category:The Clash articles by importance
    • (High, Low, Mid, Top, Unknown, NA-importance)
  • Category:The Clash articles by quality
    • (A, B, FA, GA, Stub, Unassessed, FL-Class, List-Class, NA-Class, File-Class, Category-Class, Disambig-Class, Portal-Class, Redirect-Class, Template-Class, Project-Class)
  • Category:WikiProject The Clash participants
  • The Clash articles needing attention, The Clash articles needing infoboxes, Automatically assessed The Clash articles

Uploaded files

• File:Jo Jo in the Stars poster low resolution.jpg
• File:Absolute Dissent 2010 Cover.jpg
• File:East Meets East Cover.jpg
• File:The Clash - Garageland (27 secs LQ sample).ogg
• File:MMXII_Cover.jpg
• File:WP4WH-ad1.gif
• File:Skyline Cover for Press (scaled).jpg

Books

Literature

• Dante
• Shakespeare's Sonnets

Philosophy

• Epicureanism

Politics

• Che

Music

• 13th Floor Elevators
• AC/DC
• Acid jazz
• Alternative rock
• Ambient music
• Alice in Chains
• The Animals
• Louis Armstrong
• The B-52's
• Johann Sebastian Bach
• The Band
• Bauhaus
• The Beach Boys
• Beastie Boys

• Ludwig van Beethoven
• Hector Berlioz
• Chuck Berry
• Georges Bizet
• Black Sabbath
• Blues
• Booker T. & the M.G.'s
• David Bowie
• James Brown
• Anton Bruckner
• Buzzcocks
• The Byrds
• John Cage
• Captain Beefheart

• Johnny Cash
• Ray Charles
• Chic
• Frédéric Chopin
• The Clash
• Sam Cooke
• The Cure
• Miles Davis
• Joy Division
• Killing Joke
• King Crimson
• Rock
• Weather Report

• Avant-garde

List of new books to be crated:

• User:Pjoef/Books/Temp

• Asimov
• Bakunin
• Baudelaire
• Beckett
• Benjamin
• Bogza
• Borges
• Brecht
• Bulgakov
• Bukowski
• Camus
• Chekhov
• Chomsky
• Clarke
• Coelho
• Dostoevsky
• Eliot
• Engels
• Fanon
• Foucault
• Goethe
• Gorky
• Gramsci
• Book:Greek literature
• Heinlein
• Hemingway
• Joyce
• Kafka
• Kierkegaard
• Kovel
• Kropotkin
• Kurzweil
• Kuusinen
• Book:Latin literature
• Lessing
• Mallarmé
• Mann
• Márquez
• Marx
• Mayakovsky
• Orwell
• Pirandello
• Poe
• Proust
• Rimbaud
• Sartre
• Book:Scientific literature
• Shelley
• Symbolism
• Tolstoy
• Toma
• Trotsky
• Twain
• Valéry
• Verlaine
• Wells
• Wilde
• Wilson

• AreA
• Book:Art rock
• Book:Bebop
• Book:Breakbeat
• Classical
• Costello
• CSN&Y
• Crossover
• Book:Dead Kennedys
• Debussy
• des Prez
• Book:Devo
• Diddley
• Book:Disco
• Domino
• Donizetti
• d&b
• Dub
• Dvořák
• Book:Electronica
• Ellington
• EL&P
• Eno
• Book:Experimental rock
• Book:Funk
• Fusion
• GO4
• Garage
• Genesis
• Gershwin
• Glam
• Gong
• Goth
• Händel
• Book:Hard rock
• Hardcore
• HM
• Book:Hip hop
• Holly
• House
• Indie
• Industrial
• Jarre
• Book:Jazz
• Book:Jefferson Airplane
• Jethro Tull
• Johnson
• S. Joplin
• Jordan
• Lewis
• Book:Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Book:The Mamas & the Papas
• Mars Volta
• Mayfield
• Book:MC5
• Mendelssohn
• Mitchell
• Moody Blues
• Morrison
• Morton
• Muse
• Mussorgsky
• NMA
• New Age
• New Wave
• Nirvana
• NoMeansNo
• Oasis
• Orbison
• Paganini
• Palestrina
• Book:Parliament-Funkadelic
• Parsons
• Perkins
• Perry
• Pop
• Book:Iggy Pop and the Stooges
• Pretty Things
• Primus
• Prince
• Book:Procol Harum
• Prog
• Prokofiev
• Psychedelia
• PE
• PiL
• Puccini
• Purcell
• Queen
• Book:Quicksilver Messenger Service
• Book:R.E.M.
• Rachmaninoff
• RATM
• Book:Ragga
• Book:Raï
• Book:Ramones
• Ravel
• Redding
• Book:Reggae
• R&B
• Richard
• Rimsky-Korsakov
• R&R
• Book:Rockabilly
• Book:Rocksteady
• Roots
• Rossini
• Book:Roxy Music
• Rush
• Santana
• Schubert
• Schumann
• Book:Sham 69
• Shostakovich
• Book:Simon & Garfunkel
• Book:Siouxsie & the Banshees
• Book:Ska
• Book:Skiffle
• Book:Sly & the Family Stone
• Book:Small Faces
• Smetana
• Book:Soft Machine
• Soul
• Spector
• Stranglers
• Strauss
• Swing
• Book:Talking Heads
• Book:Techno
• Book:Yann Tiersen
• Them
• Traffic
• Trance
• Book:Tuxedomoon
• Underground
• VU
• Verdi
• Vivaldi
• Waters
• Who
• Williams
• Wire
• Wolf
• Book:World music
• Yardbirds

• Book:Painting
• Book:History of painting
• Book:Western painting

• Book:Applied sciences

• Book:Application software
• Book:Computer
• Book:Computer programming
• Book:Computing
• Book:Database
• Book:Graphics
• Book:Programming language
• Book:Operating system
• Book:Software engineering

• Book:Biography

• Book:Analytic philosophy
• Book:Averroism
• Book:Consequentialism
• Book:Empiricism
• Book:Ethics
• Book:Existentialism
• Book:Idealism
• Book:Instrumentalism
• Book:Metaphysics
• Book:Nominalism
• Book:Phenomenology
• Book:Pragmatism
• Book:Rationalism
• Realism
• Book:Scholasticism
• Book:Structuralism

• Book:Anarchism
• Book:Communism
• Book:Conservatism
• Book:Fascism
• Book:Liberalism
• Book:Monarchism
• Book:Progressivism
• Book:Republicanism

• Book:Natural sciences

• Hobbies
• Book:Leisure
• Book:Sports
• Book:Auto racing
• Book:Backgammon
• Book:Baseball
• Book:Basketball
• Book:Boxing
• Book:Card game
• Book:Chess
• Book:Cycling
• Book:Field hockey
• Book:Football
• Book:football (soccer)
• Book:Gymnastics
• Book:Horse racing
• Book:Ice hockey
• Book:International rules football
• Book:Motorboat racing
• Book:Motorcycle sport
• Book:Roller hockey
• Rowing
• Book:Rugby football
• Book:Running
• Book:Skiing
• Book:Speed skating
• Book:Swimming
• Book:Team handball
• Book:Tennis
• Book:Volleyball

My watchlist

(as of 4 September 2013)

• (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
• 10 (The Stranglers album)
• 1964/1985 Affinità-Divergenze fra il Compagno Togliatti e Noi – Del Conseguimento della Maggiore Età
• 48 Hours (song)
• 999 (band)
• AC/DC
• A Saucerful of Secrets
• About Time (The Stranglers album)
• Absolute Dissent
• All the Young Punks
• Andy Gill
• Angelic Upstarts
• Area (band)
• Arnold Resnicoff
• Arthur Miller
• Aural Sculpture
• Avant-garde
• Bankrobber
• Baraka (film)
• Barry Lyndon
• Bauhaus (band)
• Bauhaus discography
• Baz Warne
• Benazir Bhutto
• Bertolt Brecht
• Big Audio Dynamite
• Billie Holiday
• Bob Marley
• Brand New Cadillac
• Brighter Than a Thousand Suns (album)
• Butthole Surfers
• Buzzcocks
• Buzzcocks discography
• CCCP Fedeli alla linea
• Cabaret Voltaire (band)
• Canzoni, Preghiere, Danze del II Millennio – Sezione Europa
• Capital, Volume I
• Capital Radio One
• Captain Beefheart
• Carbon/Silicon
• Career Opportunities (song)
• Che Guevara
• Cheapskates
• Cheat (song)
• Chrome Hoof
• Clampdown
• Clash City Rockers
• Clash on Broadway
• Combat Rock
• Communism
• Compagni, Cittadini, Fratelli, Partigiani
• Compagni, cittadini, fratelli, partigiani / Ortodossia II
• Complete Control
• Concerts for the People of Kampuchea (album)
• Contraband (Velvet Revolver album)
• Coup de Grace (The Stranglers album)
• Crass
• Cuba
• Cut the Crap
• D.O.A.: A Rite of Passage
• Dalis Car
• Dave Allen (producer/bassist)
• Dave Greenfield
• Dead by April (album)
• Death or Glory (song)
• Deep Purple
• Demetrio Stratos
• Democracy (album)
• Deny (song)
• Devo
• Dick Hyde (musician)
• Don Letts
• Dreamtime (The Stranglers album)
• Drug-Stabbing Time
• East Meets East
• Ecco i miei gioielli
• Ederlezi (song)
• Elio e le Storie Tese
• Ellen Foley
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer
• English Civil War (song)
• Enjoy CCCP
• Entertainment!
• Epica Etica Etnica Pathos
• Extremities, Dirt & Various Repressed Emotions
• F. W. Murnau
• Ferrari Ascari
• Fidel Castro
• Fire Dances
• Four Horsemen (song)
• Fourth International
• Francesco Totti
• Frank Zappa
• Freak Out!
• Freerice
• Friedrich Engels
• From Here to Eternity: Live
• Futura 2000
• Fátima Miranda
• Gabby La La
• Gang of Four (band)
• Garageland (song)
• Gary Barnacle
• Genesis (band)
• Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
• Giffoni Film Festival
• Giles, Giles and Fripp
• Giotto
• Gong (band)
• Guns on the Roof
• Hard (Gang of Four album)
• Hate Dept.
• Hate and War
• Hateful (song)
• Havana 3am
• Hitsville UK
• Hosannas from the Basements of Hell
• Hugh Cornwell
• Hugo Burnham
• I Fought the Law
• Ian Curtis
• Imperial fora
• Inoculated City
• Ivan Meets G.I. Joe
• Jaco Pastorius
• Jacque Fresco
• Jail Guitar Doors
• James Gill (artist)
• Janie Jones (song)
• Janis Joplin
• Japan (band)
• Jaz Coleman
• Jean-Jacques Burnel
• Jefferson Airplane
• Jet Black
• Jethro Tull (band)
• Jim Morrison
• Jimi Hendrix
• Jimmy Jazz (song)
• Jo Jo in the Stars
• Joe Strummer
• Joe Zawinul
• John Cage
• John Ellis (guitarist)
• John Lennon
• John Stuart Mill
• Jon King
• Joni Mitchell
• Joseph Stalin
• Joy Division
• Julie's Been Working for the Drug Squad
• Junco Partner
• Junkie Slip
• Karl Marx
• Keith Levene
• Killing Joke
• Killing Joke (1980 album)
• Killing Joke (2003 album)
• Killing Joke discography
• King Crimson
• King Crimson discography
• King Lear
• Know Your Rights
• Krautrock
• Kroke
• La folie (album)
• Last Gang in Town
• Lectures on Aesthetics
• Led Zeppelin
• Leon Trotsky
• Les Claypool
• Lexis (linguistics)
• Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice)
• List of The Yardbirds members
• List of songs recorded by The Clash
• Live (X Cert)
• Live at Shea Stadium
• London's Burning (song)
• London Calling
• London Calling (song)
• London SS
• Look Here
• Lose This Skin
• Lost in the Supermarket
• Love and Rockets (band)
• Lover's Rock
• Ludovico Einaudi
• MC5
• Malcolm McLaren
• Mall (album)
• Mano Negra
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• Miles Davis
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• Negu Gorriak
• New Model Army (band)
• Nick Sheppard
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• Night Time
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
• Nina Simone
• Nine Inch Nails
• Nine Inch Nails discography
• No More Heroes (album)
• Nomeansno
• Norfolk Coast (album)
• Nosferatu
• October: Ten Days That Shook the World
• Oh! Battagliero
• One More Dub
• One More Time
• Ortodossia (album)
• Ortodossia II
• Outside the Gate
• Ozric Tentacles
• Pandemonium (Killing Joke album)
• Parco Nazionale del Circeo
• Paul Ferguson
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• Peter Murphy (musician)
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• Physics
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• Primus (band)
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• Public Image Ltd
• Punk: Attitude
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• Quicksilver Messenger Service
• Ragazza Emancipata
• Rattus Norvegicus (album)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Remote Control (The Clash song)
• Revelations (Killing Joke album)
• Rino Gaetano
• Rock the Casbah
• Rondine al nido
• Rosa Luxemburg
• Rush (band)
• SONA (band)
• Safe European Home
• Saint George and the Dragon
• San Felice Circeo
• Sandinista!
• Sandy Pearlman
• Sara Lee (musician)
• Sergei Prokofiev
• Sham 69
• Should I Stay or Should I Go
• Shrinkwrapped (album)
• Sigmund Freud
• Singles Box
• Skyline (Yann Tiersen album)
• Small Faces
• Socialismo e Barbarie
• Sofonisba Anguissola
• Soft Machine
• Solid Gold (album)
• Songs of the Free
• Soviet anti-religious legislation
• Spanish Bombs
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• Stay Free
• Steve Marriott
• Stiff Little Fingers
• Straight to Hell (song)
• Stranglers in the Night
• Suite XVI
• Super Black Market Clash
• Syd Barrett
• Talking Heads
• Terry Chimes
• That Petrol Emotion
• The 101ers
• The 13th Floor Elevators
• The 13th Floor Elevators (album)
• The Animals
• The Call Up
• The Clash
• The Clash (album)
• The Clash at Bond's Casino
• The Clash discography
• The Communist Manifesto
• The Courtauld Talks
• The Crooked Beat
• The Damage Manual
• The Dark Side of the Moon
• The Essential Clash
• The Good, the Bad & the Queen
• The Gospel According to the Meninblack
• The Guns of Brixton
• The Innocents (UK band)
• The Internationale
• The Kinks
• The Leader (song)
• The Magnificent Seven (song)
• The Mars Volta
• The Master and Margarita
• The Mescaleros
• The Music Machine
• The Peel Sessions (Gang of Four album)
• The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
• The Pretty Things
• The Raven (The Stranglers album)
• The Redskins
• The Singles (1991 The Clash album)
• The Singles (2007 The Clash album)
• The Sky's Gone Out
• The Sound of Sinners
• The Story of the Clash, Volume 1
• The Stranglers
• The Stranglers discography
• The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
• The Who
• The Yardbirds
• Theodoros Angelopoulos
• This Is England (song)
• This Is Radio Clash
• Tighten Up Vol. 88
• Tijuana No!
• Tommy Gun (song)
• Tomorrow (Voulez-vous un rendez-vous)
• Tones on Tail
• Tool (band)
• Topper Headon
• Train in Vain
• Trajan's Market
• Tuxedomoon
• U2
• Underground (1995 film)
• Up in Heaven (Not Only Here)
• Version City
• Version Pardner
• Vince White
• Vladimir Lenin
• Vladimir Mayakovsky
• Waking Up (Topper Headon album)
• Washington Bullets (song)
• We Are the Clash
• Weather Report
• Weather Report discography
• What's My Name? (song)
• What's THIS For...!
• White Riot
• Wings of Desire
• Wire (band)
• Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd album)
• Written in Red
• Yellow EP
• Yes (band)

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Film
• Wikipedia:WikiProject The Clash
• Wikipedia:WikiProject The Clash/Assessment
• Wikipedia:WikiProject The Clash/List of related articles
• Wikipedia:WikiProject The Clash/Navigation
• Wikipedia:WikiProject The Clash/to do

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• File:The Clash - Garageland (27 secs LQ sample).ogg

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• Portal:The Clash
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• Book:AC/DC
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• Book:Anton Bruckner
• Book:Avant-garde
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• Book:Beastie Boys
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• Book:Weather Report

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• The Clash (talk)
• London Calling (talk)
• Joe Strummer (talk)
• Sandinista! (talk)
• The Clash (album) (talk)
• Combat Rock (talk)
• The Clash discography (talk)
• Gary Barnacle (talk)
• WPClash (talk)
• WPClash List of related articles
• MotD In Review
• Demetrio Stratos (talk)
• Jo Jo in the Stars (talk)
• Rondine al nido (talk)
• East Meets East (talk)
• Jacque Fresco (talk)
• Giffoni Film Festival (talk)
• Ellen Foley
• Woodstock Festival
• Tainted Love (talk)
• User:Shadowballad (talk)
• User:Mme. Hell (talk)
• User:Miss Bono/Clean Up
• Portal U2 peer review
• WP:U2→newsletterdraft
• Help talk:Sorting→Sorting not working with complex headers
  • Bug 38911
• Popular pages Wikiproject config/requests (November 2013)

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Awards

		The Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar
		For scoring #3 on the leaderboard during the February 2015 Wikification drive, you are hereby awarded the Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar! Congratulations! One hand on the mouse, one hand on the keyboard... and the feet can do the rest! Hee-hee! (talk) 01:51, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

		The Iron Wikification Barnstar
		For wikifying 12 articles, you are also awarded the Iron Wikification Barnstar. Keep up the good work! :) One hand on the mouse, one hand on the keyboard... and the feet can do the rest! Hee-hee! (talk) 01:51, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

		The Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar
		For scoring 5th place on the leaderboard during the December 2014 Wikification drive, you are hereby awarded the Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar. Congratulations! — Fellow editors, we are like keys in a cod... Oh, don't say that doesn't make sense! (talk) 19:46, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

		The Iron Wikification Barnstar
		For wikifying 10 articles, you are also awarded the Iron Wikification barnstar. Keep up the good work!!! — Fellow editors, we are like keys in a cod... Oh, don't say that doesn't make sense! (talk) 19:46, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

		The MOTD Barnstar
		We at Motto of the Day would like to thank you for your participation and contributions to MOTD during 2014. We hope to see you around in 2015. Happy New Year to you and yours from MOTD!!! ~ benzband (talk) 22:46, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

		The Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar
		For scoring 2nd place on the leaderboard during the October 2014 Wikification Drive, pjoef, you are hereby awarded the Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar! Congratulations!!! –If I had to guess... (talk) 08:26, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

		The Bronze Wikification Barnstar
		For wikifying a total of 31 articles, you are also awarded the Bronze Wikification Barnstar. Keep up the good work!!! –If I had to guess... (talk) 08:26, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

		The WikiProject Wikify Trophy
		The WikiProject Wikify Trophy is hereby presented to pjoef for achieving first place on the June 2014 Wikiproject Wikify Backlog Elimination Drive leaderboard. Congratulations! ~ Anastasia (talk) 18:42, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

		The Silver Wikification Barnstar
		The Silver Wikification Barnstar is presented to pjoef for wikifying 66 articles during the June 2014 drive. Thank you so much for participating! ~ Anastasia (talk) 18:42, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

		The MOTD Barnstar
		"The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse." For your work done in MOTD TheQ Editor (Talk) 22:24, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

		The Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar
		For scoring 3rd place on the leaderboard during the April 2014 wikification drive, pjoef, you are hereby presented with the Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar. Congratulations! Spring in Wikipedia is lovely! Just avoid the articles on flowers... (talk) 02:59, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

		The Gold Wikification Barnstar
		For wikifying 100 pages, you are also awarded the Gold Wikification Barnstar. Keep up the good work! :) Spring in Wikipedia is lovely! Just avoid the articles on flowers... (talk) 02:59, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

		The Music Barnstar
		I think you deserve this award too. After all, you improved "Overpowered by Funk" before I expanded this article with you. ;) Synthwave.94 (talk) 11:19, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

		The Article Rescue Barnstar
		Thankyou for your great work saving the article "Overpowered by Funk" from deletion! benzband (talk) 10:12, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	I feel deeply honoured to present you this barnstar in recognition of your work in wikifying articles. Skr15081997 (talk) 12:06, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

		The Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar
		For scoring 2nd place on the leaderboard during the February 2014 Wikification drive, pjoef, you are hereby awarded the Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar. Congratulations! :) Okay folks, say it with me: 1 for the money, 2 for the - the - okay, just let me read the script again first... (talk) 23:58, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

		The Silver Wikification Barnstar
		For wikifying 71 articles during the drive, you are also awarded the Silver Wikification Barnstar. Keep up the good work! :) Okay folks, say it with me: 1 for the money, 2 for the - the - okay, just let me read the script again first... (talk) 23:58, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

	Most Excellent Wikification Award
	The Most Excellent Wikification Award is hereby granted to pjoef, for appearing on the leaderboard in every Wikiproject Wikify Backlog Elimination drive in 2013, tied with Wilhelmina Will. Congratulations! — Is it the end already? It felt like we were just getting started! (talk) 01:32, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

	Most Excellent Wikification Award
	The Most Excellent Wikification Award is also granted to pjoef for participation in every drive held in 2013. Again, thank you for your continued participation! — Is it the end already? It felt like we were just getting started! (talk) 01:32, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

		The Silver Wikification Barnstar
		For wikifying a total of 64 articles, you are also awarded the Silver Wikification Barnstar. Keep up the good work!!! :) — Is it the end already? It felt like we were just getting started! (talk) 01:32, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

		The Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar
		For scoring #3 on the leaderboard during the December 2013 wikification backlog drive, pjoef, you are hereby awarded the Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar. Congratulations! — Is it the end already? It felt like we were just getting started! (talk) 01:32, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		It is my pleasure to present you, Pjoef, with The Barnstar of Diligence for your ever-continuing contributions and hard work at Motto of the day, nominating and reviewing mottoes as well as maintaining the schedule. Thankyou! benzband (talk) 16:05, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

		The MOTD Barnstar
		We at Motto of the Day (MOTD) would like to thank you for your participation and contributions to MOTD during 2013. We hope to see you around at MOTD next year. Happy 2014!!! benzband (talk) 16:05, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank you very much for your help at the Teahouse with that confusing reference! Matty.007 20:18, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

		The WikiProject Wikify Trophy
		For scoring first place on the leaderboard during the October 2013 wikification drive, pjoef, you are hereby awarded the WikiProject Wikify Trophy. Congratulations! :) If I said "I'm miffed!", would you come running or go? (talk) 04:02, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

		The Platinum Wikification Barnstar
		For wikifying a total of 164 articles, you are also awarded the Platinum Wikification Barnstar. Keep up the good work! :) If I said "I'm miffed!", would you come running or go? (talk) 04:02, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

		The U2 Barnstar
		I hereby award you the U2 Barnstar for your efforts in helping Wikiproject U2. Congratulations! Miss Bono [zootalk] 14:05, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

		The Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar
		For scoring 3rd place on the leaderboard during the August 2013 wikification backlog drive, pjoef, you are hereby awarded the Greater Working Wikifier's barnstar. Congratulations! :) Editing with a pen leads to a lot of things unsaid. (talk) 14:37, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

		The Iron Wikification Barnstar
		For wikifying a total of 27 articles, you are also awarded the Iron Wikification barnstar. Keep up the good work! :) Editing with a pen leads to a lot of things unsaid. (talk) 14:37, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

	The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
	Thought it was a closely guarded secret that one would die trying to know it. Then there are people like you who always help out people like me! Sohambanerjee1998 13:51, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

		The Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar
		For scoring 2nd place on the leaderboard in the June 2013 Wikification drive, Pjoef, you are hereby awarded the Greater Working Wikifier's barnstar. Congratulations! Can you decipher this acronymical code? CYDTC (Hint: It's really easy!) (talk) 06:43, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

		The Gold Wikification Barnstar
		For wikifying a total of 120 articles, you are also awarded the Gold Wikification barnstar. Keep up the good work! :) Can you decipher this acronymical code? CYDTC (Hint: It's really easy!) (talk) 06:43, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

		The U2 Barnstar
		I hereby award you the U2 Barnstar for your efforts in helping Wikiproject U2. Congratulations! THANKS!!.  Miss Bono (zootalk) 13:02, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

		The Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar
		For scoring 4th place on the leaderboard of the April 2013 wikification backlog drive, pjoef, you are hereby awarded the Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar. Congratulations! :) So a print encyclopedia, a strawberry shortcake, and a sycamore walk into a bar - wait, have you heard this one? (talk) 20:37, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

		The Gold Wikification Barnstar
		For wikifying 95 articles, you are also awarded the Gold Wikification Barnstar. Keep up the good work! :) So a print encyclopedia, a strawberry shortcake, and a sycamore walk into a bar - wait, have you heard this one? (talk) 20:37, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		For keeping me calm when I though I couldn't go on for all those personal attacks  Miss Bono (zootalk) 15:44, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

		The U2 Barnstar
		I hereby award you the U2 Barnstar for your efforts in helping Wikiproject U2. Congratulations!  Miss Bono (zootalk) 14:38, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

		The Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar
		For finishing third place on the leaderboard during the February 2013 Wikification drive, pjoef, you are hereby awarded with the Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar. Congratulations! Oh, is this the Top Secret room? I had no idea... (talk) 12:57, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

		The Gold Wikification Barnstar
		For wikifying 100 articles during the drive, you are also awarded the Gold Wikification Barnstar. Keep up the good work! Oh, is this the Top Secret room? I had no idea... (talk) 12:57, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

	Most Excellent Wikification Award
	The Most Excellent Wikification Award is hereby granted to pjoef, for participation in every Wikiproject Wikify Backlog Elimination drive in 2012, tied with Miniapolis and Wilhelmina Will. Thank you for your continued participation! :) Oh, is this the Top Secret room? I had no idea... (talk) 12:08, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

	Most Excellent Wikification Award
	The Most Excellent Wikification Award is hereby granted to pjoef, for appearing on the leaderboard in every Wikiproject Wikify Backlog Elimination drive in 2012, tied with Wilhelmina Will. Again, thank you for your continued participation! :) Oh, is this the Top Secret room? I had no idea... (talk) 12:08, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

For outstanding service to the universe for editing at Louis Satterfield –Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 17:17, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

		The Disambiguator's Barnstar
		The Disambiguator's Barnstar is awarded to Wikipedians who are prolific disambiguators. This is for performing so well in January 2013's challenge, coming in fourth place and fixing a total of 1503 ambiguous links, awarded to Pjoef. Rcsprinter (tell me stuff) @ 23:54, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

		The Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar
		Congratulations on your third place leaderboard appearance during the December 2012 drive! benzband (talk) 17:10, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

		The Gold Wikification Barnstar
		Also, thankyou for wikifying a total of 94 articles in the drive! Regards, benzband (talk) 17:10, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

		The Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia
		Congratulations for your second place appearance in the October 2012 wikification drive! benzband (talk) 10:01, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

		The Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar
		For wikifying the second largest amount of articles in the August 2012 drive, Pjoef, I am proud to award you with the Greater Working Wikifier's barnstar! Great job!!!

		The Gold Wikification Barnstar
		For wikifying 113 articles, I also award you the Gold Wikification barnstar!!! Congratulations!!!

		The Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar
		For scoring position #2 on the June 2012 Wikification drive's leaderboard, I am proud to present you with this dandy Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar! Congratulations! Like my singing? Ha-la-la-la-la-la-LA-LAAA!!! (talk) 03:05, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

		The Gold Wikification Barnstar
		For wikifying 177 articles during the drive, I also present you with this gold wikification barnstar. Well done! :) Like my singing? Ha-la-la-la-la-la-LA-LAAA!!! (talk) 03:05, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

		The Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar
		For reaching 2nd place on the leaderboard, Pjoef, I hereby award you the Greater Working Wikifier's barnstar!!! Wonderfully done!!! :) Like my singing? Ha-la-la-la-la-la-LA-LAAA!!! (talk) 21:52, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

		The Gold Wikification Barnstar
		For wikifying 153 articles during the drive, I also award you the Gold Wikification Barnstar!!! Keep up the great work!!! :) Like my singing? Ha-la-la-la-la-la-LA-LAAA!!! (talk) 21:52, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

	The Brilliant Idea Barnstar
	For creation of Userboxes for Wikipedia:Wikipedia for World Heritage. Thanks! Now, i'll add them in the list of wikipedia userboxes. Again thanks for your dedication. Yasht101 :) 08:35, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

		The Double Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar
		These (very rare) twin-Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstars are given to pjoef, one for 5th-place appearance on the March Mini 2012 leaderboard, and one for wikifying the largest article in the whole Drive. Good job!

		The Gold Wikification Barnstar
		The Gold Wikification Barnstar is also given to pjoef, for wikifying 64 articles during the March Mini drive. Nice work benzband (talk) 13:49, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

		The MOTD Barnstar
		For your hard work in MOTD, your works are not going unnoticed. Dipankan says.. ("Be bold and edit!") 06:43, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

		The Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar
		Hey! For a 2nd place appearance (okay, AA was hard to beat :) on the February Ddrive leaderboard, i hereby award you the Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar!

		The Gold Wikification Barnstar
		Also, for your excellent work in extinguishing wikifying 106 burning cities articles in this same drive, i am honored to present you with the Gold Wikification Barnstar… Captain! benzband (talk) 20:40, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

	The Punk music barnstar
	Congratulations! (and of course thankyou ;-) for successfully clearing category:Unassessed Punk music articles, and even going beyond and generally improving said articles xD Thanks again, and keep up the great work ~ benzband (talk) 16:31, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

	Most Excellent Wikification Award
	The Most Excellent Wikification Award is hereby granted to pjoef, for their achievement in appearing on the WikiProject Wikify drives' leaderboard the most times (6) in 2011. Thank you for your noble service! Kerowyn Leave a note 19:59, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

	Most Excellent Wikification Award
	The Most Excellent Wikification Award is hereby granted to pjoef, for their service in participating in all of WikiProject Wikify's drives in 2011. Thank you for your noble service! Kerowyn Leave a note 19:55, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

		The Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar
		For wikifying a full 100 pages during the drive, and coming into third place on the leaderboard, Pjoef. Great work! Wilhelmina Will (talk) 03:42, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

		The Gold Wikification Barnstar
		Since 100 is over 90 by 10 (In scholastic terms, this would probably be an A++++++++++!) I hereby award you the Gold Wikification Barnstar! Well done! Wilhelmina Will (talk) 03:42, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to everyone who - whatever their opinion - contributed to the discussion about Wikipedia and SOPA. Thank you for being a part of the discussion. Presented by the Wikimedia Foundation.

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		A barnstar for all your tireless work on Wikipedia, without sacrificing quality or kindness! (Especially when it comes to working with other 'pedians :-) Thankyou Pjoef! benzband (talk) 10:17, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

		The Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar
		This is given to Pjoef for his second place appearance on the leaderboard. Congratulations! Nolelover Talk·Contribs 00:12, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

		The Gold Wikification Barnstar
		This barnstar is also given to Pjoef for wikifying 124 articles. Thanks for your work -- Nolelover Talk·Contribs 00:12, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

	Back in the garage…
	For all your work back in Garageland… Here's one for you to keep and use (and to help you make Wikipedia even better! :) - Benzband (talk) 17:34, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

		The WikiProject Wikify Badge
		This Wikification badge is given to Pjoef for their fifth-place appearance on the leaderboard in the August 2011 Wikification drive. Congratulations! Nolelover Talk·Contribs 20:50, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

	The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
	This Working Wikipedian's Barnstar is also given to Pjoef for completing 36 articles in the August 2011 Wikification drive. Thanks, and keep up the great work! Nolelover Talk·Contribs 20:50, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

		The WikiProject Wikify Badge
		This Wikify badge is given to Pjoef for appearing on the leaderboard in the June 2011 Wikification drive. Again, thanks for participating. Sumsum2010·T·C 22:39, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

		The Wikilink Barnstar
		This Wikilink Barnstar is given to Pjoef for wikifying 150 articles in the June 2011 Wikification drive. Again, thanks for participating. Sumsum2010·T·C 22:39, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

		The WikiProject Wikify Badge
		You have been awarded this special award for finishing on the leaderboard in WikiProject Wikify's April 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive! Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia and the WikiProject! Guoguo12--Talk--  02:17, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

		The Wikilink Barnstar
		Thank you for participating in WikiProject Wikify's April 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive! The backlog was reduced by over 1,500 articles, even though about 1,500 articles were added to the backlog in April 2011. For wikifying over 93 articles, you have been awarded the Wikilink Barnstar! Your contributions through WikiProject Wikify improve the quality of Wikipedia articles and encourage their growth on Wikipeida, the largest English encyclopedia in human history. Be sure to participate in our next drive! For WikiProject Wikify, Guoguo12--Talk--  02:12, 6 May 2011 (UTC).

		The Modest Barnstar
		Thanks for your recent contributions! -Mike Restivo (talk) 20:18, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

		The Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia
		This Superior Barnstar is given to Pjoef for appearing on the leaderboard. Again, thanks for participating! Sumsum2010·T·C·Review me! 23:29, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

		The Special Barnstar
		This Special Barnstar is given to Pjoef for wikifying 210 articles, a total of 114,255 words. Thanks for participating, and please be sure to help out at our next drive! Sumsum2010·T·C·Review me! 23:29, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

		The Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia
		This Really Frickin Awesome Superior Barnstar is given to Pjoef for leading all three categories of the leaderboard. Again, thanks for participating! Nolelover It's football season! 01:05, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

		The Special Barnstar
		This Special Barnstar is given to Pjoef for wikifying 261 articles, a total of 124,542 words. Thanks for participating, and please be sure to help out at our next drive! Nolelover It's football season! 01:05, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		For your amazing, gracious help with the WP:USPP assessment -- you've helped make our project a success! Ldavis (Public Policy) (talk) 23:34, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

		The MOTD Barnstar
		This award is given to you for helping out Motto of the day. Thanks to your effort, MOTD has brilliantly and successfully passed the most difficult period of the year. In fact, there are mottoes scheduled until the end of the summer. For this reason MOTD would like to express heartfelt thanks to you for your support. We appreciate your efforts in further helping the project! – delivered by Forty two on behalf of Wikipedia:Motto of the day 20:41, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

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		Additional thanks go to your efforts as you reviewed the second most amount of articles during the drive. This is a great feat, and I do thank your for taking the time to review so many articles. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 21:42, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

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		This is to acknowledge and thank you for your participation in tagging and assessing 2,650 articles in WP:FILMS' Tag & Assess Drive 2009-2010. You have helped to ensure our project has a better idea of the articles under our scope. I appreciate your efforts in further helping the project! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 21:42, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

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		You certainly deserve one, since you nominate neat mottos all the time! Kayau Odyssey HUCK FINN to the lighthouse 13:35, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

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		I, Artichoke-Boy, hereby award this shiny barnstar to Pjoef for his frequent and helpful contributions to the Motto of the Day project. Keep up the great work!  ARTICHOKE-BOY  (Talk) 19:50, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

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		I award the Music Barnstar to Pjoef for your great job on The Clash article, slogging day in and day out for months, finally bringing it to GA status. – Wwwhatsup (talk) 17:02, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

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		Awarded to Pjoef for tireless effort sorting out the references in The Clash article Wwwhatsup 03:16, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

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Thanks a lot for your work in wikifying articles. Have some bubble tea. Skr15081997 (talk) 03:14, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

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Easter, 1916 by William Butler Yeats I have met them at close of day Coming with vivid faces From counter or desk among grey Eighteenth-century houses. I have passed with a nod of the head Or polite meaningless words, Or have lingered awhile and said Polite meaningless words, And thought before I had done Of a mocking tale or a gibe To please a companion Around the fire at the club, Being certain that they and I But lived where motley is worn: All changed, changed utterly: A terrible beauty is born. That woman's days were spent In ignorant good will, Her nights in argument Until her voice grew shrill. What voice more sweet than hers When young and beautiful, She rode to harriers? This man had kept a school And rode our winged horse. This other his helper and friend Was coming into his force; He might have won fame in the end, So sensitive his nature seemed, So daring and sweet his thought. This other man I had dreamed A drunken, vain-glorious lout. He had done most bitter wrong To some who are near my heart, Yet I number him in the song; He, too, has resigned his part In the casual comedy; He, too, has been changed in his turn, Transformed utterly: A terrible beauty is born. Hearts with one purpose alone Through summer and winter, seem Enchanted to a stone To trouble the living stream. The horse that comes from the road, The rider, the birds that range From cloud to tumbling cloud, Minute by minute change. A shadow of cloud on the stream Changes minute by minute; A horse-hoof slides on the brim; And a horse plashes within it Where long-legged moor-hens dive And hens to moor-cocks call. Minute by minute they live: The stone's in the midst of all. Too long a sacrifice Can make a stone of the heart. O when may it suffice? That is heaven's part, our part To murmur name upon name, As a mother names her child When sleep at last has come On limbs that had run wild. What is it but nightfall? No, no, not night but death. Was it needless death after all? For England may keep faith For all that is done and said. We know their dream; enough To know they dreamed and are dead. And what if excess of love Bewildered them till they died? I write it out in a verse -- MacDonagh and MacBride And Connolly and Pearse Now and in time to be, Wherever green is worn, Are changed, changed utterly: A terrible beauty is born.

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By Imperial Decree of His Divine Majesty, our Most Sublime Padishah God-Emperor, Car'a'carn, Editor-in-Chief, etc. (may he live for ever) of the Dominion of the Motto of the Day, every Thursday is Free Ice Cream Day throughout the the Realm. Therefore, our glorious ruler (may he live for ever) has caused to be delivered to you by the Ministry of Frozen or Otherwise Cold Desert Treats this ice cream treat (which may include gelato, depending on one's interpretation of the picture). Let it be eaten without delay, lest the heat of the servers melt it. Let it not drip onto the Article Namespace, lest you suffer the Death of a Thousand Edits for allowing unencyclopedic melted desert treat to get into the wiki. Nutiketaiel (talk) 15:11, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

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• The MOTD Barnstar (on behalf of Motto of the Day) Benzband (talk) (plus {{tl|The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar]]; in person), Smtchahal (talk), Kayau (talk) & Difficultly north, Jr8825 (talk), Buffbills7701 (talk), HueSatLum (talk), Ross Hill (talk), Rainbow Shifter (talk), HeathenBenny (talk), Lee Tru. (talk), Brambleberry of RiverClan (talk), Addshore (talk), Meshach (talk), Ankit Maity (talk), Ser Amantio di Nicolao (talk) [2013-12-31]
• The Original Barnstar to Miss Bono (talk) [2013-04-19]
• The MOTD Barnstar to Benzband (talk), Simply south (talk), HueSatLum (talk), Meshach (talk) [2013-01-02]
• The MOTD Barnstar to Fartherred (talk), Benzband (talk), Pedant (talk), Smtchahal (talk), Newbyguesses (talk), Addshore (talk), GreatOrangePumpkin (talk), Thereen (talk), Shriram (talk), Ankit Maity (talk), AndieM (talk), Rcsprinter123 (talk), Mr little irish (talk), Enigmaman (talk), Anubhab91 (talk), BlowingTopHat (talk), Simply south (talk) [2012-03-13]
• The MOTD Barnstar to Addshore (talk) [2012-03-11]
• The Punk Music Barnstar to Benzband (talk) [2012-02-28]
• The Guitarist Barnstar to Benzband (talk) [2011-12-02]
• The Guitarist Barnstar to Benzband (talk) [2011-11-03]
• The MOTD Barnstar to 43?9enter (talk), Ancient Apparition (talk), AstroHurricane001 (talk), Forty two (talk), Hi878 (talk), Malpass93 (talk), Martyx (talk), Mr. Stradivarius (talk), PrincessofLlyr (talk), Simply south (talk), Sonia (talk), Thomas888b (talk), WikiCopter (talk), and WVRMad (talk) [2011-05-03]
• The MOTD Barnstar to Kayau (talk) [2010-02-08]
• The Music Barnstar to Funeral (talk), DocKino (talk), RepublicanJacobite‎ (talk), WesleyDodds‎ (talk), 75pickup (talk), Wwwhatsup (talk), and John (talk) [2008-05-02]
• The Music Barnstar to Underneath-it-All (talk) [2008-03-10]
• The Music Barnstar to John (talk) [2008-01-18]

I also give occasional WikiThanks flowers, cookies and pies, and Minor Barnstar Points.

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Don't be afraid to edit and be bold! See you in the wiki! –pjoef (talk • contribs) Saturday, 21 December 2024