https://www.conservapedia.com/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=StevenH 2026-09-23T08:45:22Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.35.14 https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Starship_Troopers_(film)&diff=970185 2012-03-24T22:50:56Z

<p>StevenH: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Starship Troopers''' (1997) is an over the top [[liberal]] [[parody]] of [[Robert Heinlein]]'s quintessential [[conservative]] [[science fiction]] [[novel]], which attempts to satirise the ideas of militarism, and some political ideas, such as citizenship being earnt given out by the government, rather than a right from being born in a country. It also satirises the idea of who should be allowed to go to war, why people should go to war, and the intentions behind war. For example, the nation's justification behind waging war against the insect planet, Klendathu, was designed to be shaky at best, yet the human empire, known as The Federation, go in with all the troops in, not holding back. Furthermore, the soldiers are almost all teenagers in nature, and fight for incredibly childish reasons. For example, Rico, the main character, justified the war by saying &quot;my parents were in Rio!&quot;, the city destroyed by the loose asteroid. Even if the asteroid was fired by the insects, which is unlikely as the insects had no technology, the reason for war was retaliatory and for revenge. The intelligentsia of the government are further satirised as the main government official simply dismisses all arguments against him, and states he &quot;finds the idea of thinking bugs offensive&quot;. <br /> <br /> [[Category:Film]]</div>

StevenH https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Challenges_to_World_History_final_exam&diff=957789 2012-01-31T21:58:23Z

<p>StevenH: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:History_Astronomy.jpg|right|300px]]<br /> Two questions on the final exam have been challenged. The first is this:<br /> <br /> Each of the following was part of nearly all medieval towns EXCEPT:<br /> &lt;br&gt;(a) hazards of disease such as the Black Plague<br /> &lt;br&gt;(b) enclosure by a wall<br /> &lt;br&gt;(c) new opportunities for the middle class (bourgeoisie)<br /> &lt;br&gt;(d) Christianity<br /> &lt;br&gt;(e) religious conflict<br /> <br /> The challenge is that &quot;medieval&quot; should include non-Christian societies such as Japan, and therefore the correct answer should be (d). <br /> <br /> This challenge is invalid. &quot;Medieval&quot; refers to the Middle Ages in Europe, which was entirely Christian. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines &quot;medieval&quot; as pertaining to the &quot;Middle Ages,&quot; and then defines &quot;Middle Ages&quot; as pertaining to Europe between about A.D. 500 and 1500.<br /> :'''REPLY''' A Google search for &quot;medieval&quot; gives over 60 million results, a search for medieval Europe only returns 9 Million, clearly, the term medieval does not only apply to Europe. --[[User:TimSvendsen|TimSvendsen]] 22:59, 1 February 2007 (EST)<br /> :'''Further REPLY''' This website clearly does not restrict the middle ages to Europe. The [[Middle Ages Terms|Middle ages term list]] includes such entries as [[Islam]] and [[Japan]] which are not European. --[[User:TimSvendsen|TimSvendsen]] 23:05, 1 February 2007 (EST)<br /> :'''Further Reply''' Throughout the course, you taught that the middle ages were one of the 4 periods of '''''world''''' history, along with ancient, pre-modern and modern. --[[User:TimSvendsen|TimSvendsen]] 23:31, 1 February 2007 (EST)<br /> :'''Further Reply''' In [[World History Lecture Seven]] the 4th heading is &quot;Asia in the middle ages&quot; which includes the following &quot;...In this section we deal with East and Southeast Asia, discussing in particular what happened in China in the Middle Ages...&quot; --[[User:TimSvendsen|TimSvendsen]] 23:38, 1 February 2007 (EST)<br /> <br /> : '''REPLY''' Good points, Tim, but I'm limiting &quot;Middle Ages&quot; to Europe only in interpreting the Merriam-Webster's use of the term in its definition for &quot;medieval&quot;. Besides, didn't only Europe have &quot;medieval '''towns'''&quot; per the question?--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 23:45, 1 February 2007 (EST)<br /> ::Why do you limit the term to Europe when it used by historians (say, Will &amp; Ariel Durant) in many contexts? What are you teaching your &quot;students&quot;? [[User:Human|Human]] 01:25, 21 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> :'''Reply''' You have not refuted any of my points here. --[[User:TimSvendsen|TimSvendsen]] 10:12, 2 February 2007 (EST) <br /> :'''Further Reply''' A Google searches for: medieval towns japan, medieval towns China, medieval towns Asia and medieval towns Africa, all come up with more than 1,000,000 results. --[[User:TimSvendsen|TimSvendsen]] 10:08, 2 February 2007 (EST)<br /> '''Solution''': Change the question in future to use the word European in front of medieval.<br /> The second challenge is this:<br /> <br /> An example of the element of surprise in warfare could cite which military commander?<br /> &lt;br&gt;(a) Adolf Hitler<br /> &lt;br&gt;(b) Hannibal<br /> &lt;br&gt;(c) Dwight Eisenhower<br /> &lt;br&gt;(d) George W. Bush<br /> &lt;br&gt;(e) Archimedes<br /> <br /> The challenge is that Hitler and Eisenhower used the element of surprise, as did Hannibal. But the element of surprise was not as important or creative in Hitler's or Eisenhower's command. <br /> <br /> Hitler did not truly succeed based primarily on surprise. Also, he was not really a &quot;military commander.&quot; <br /> <br /> Eisenhower receives credit for D-Day (Normandy invasion during WW II) but everyone expected an Allied invasion of the continent and Eisenhower was merely one of many important participants in that strategy. Hannibal stands above the others in his responsibilities, creativeness, and effectiveness of his surprise.<br /> <br /> :'''REPLY''' As a Lt. in the 10th mountain, I have a problem with this question. Surprise in warfare is not a yes or no question. Each attack has some element of surprise followed by a high amount of speed, command and control, and violence of action. Furthermore, elements of surprise can be both tactical and strategic. Strategic surprise, which seems to be the focus of this question, works on a slower pace. Where an enemy formation may indeed determine their opponents true objectives prior to the attack but is unable to shift their forces in time to counter the surprise attack. The assertion that Hannibal's attack stands above all the others is at best a personal interpretation of the facts and at worst dead wrong. Hannibal failed to capitalize on his surprise through lack of a logistical train and the inability to sack Rome, his stated goal. The question needs a great deal more clarification, such as &quot;Which of the following commanders achieved the greatest degree of strategic surprise but failed to achieve their goals?&quot; As stated, the question infers that the other commanders did not use surprise, which is NOT what I have learned in over 4 years of experience as an armor officer of the u.s. army. Below are brief examples of some of the surprise elements of the answer choices, all of which are integral in an understanding of military history. <br /> <br /> : Adolf Hitler - Blitzkrieg warfare and the bypass of the french defensive line represent both strategic and tactical surprise respectively. When the french dug in, they neglected to fortify a section of forest that they deemed to be too thick for armored advance. Hitlers panzer were tough enough to mow straight through and assaulted the french from the rear, routing them completely. The battle of the bulge was also a strategic surprise, where allied command and control damaged prior to the attack, allowing for deep penetration of allied line. Only the sheer fighting spirit on the embattled American forces prevented axis success.<br /> <br /> : Hannibal - The obvious end about through the alps was a surprise due to the southern deployment of Roman forces. Taken as a desperate defense for Carthage, the end around included massive river fording in Spain. The long journey proved to be the deal breaker as a economically strangled Carthage was unable to support the flank with resupply. When Hannibal made it to Italy, his combat power was reduced to a degree where he could only harass and force the Romans to redeploy north. Due to an inability to communicate with southern Carthaginian forces, what ever hole Hannibal opened up was not exploited.<br /> <br /> : Dwight Eisenhower - The D-day invasion was a massive strategic surprise. By placing general Patton in command of a &quot;decoy&quot; army in Africa, Hitler became convinced that the invasion would center in the Mediterranean and deployed many of his available veteran units to Italy. This left Normandy defended by green units and reservists, who were unable to counter the historic airborne and amphibious invasion.<br /> <br /> : George W. Bush - Does not really count as a commander in my book. Hitler counted because he inserted himself into all major military decisions, such as specific force deployments and the specifications of military equipment. Yet Bush did give the go ahead for the CIA/SF invasion of Afghanistan, a move that took many of the enemy by surprise. The enemy was counting on a long military build up circa Gulf War I which would have given time to prepare, instead they were faced with fights without the supplies necessary for protracted mountain warfare.<br /> <br /> : Archimedes - Not a military commander.<br /> <br /> : What are you teaching these children, after the 6th grade I would expect a higher level of detail and competence in a history class. Glossing over the details to this degree would get you fired from any of the history classes I have attended from middle school all the way to my professional education. Read the history before you teach it and please fix this question. --[[User:DylanBiery|DylanBiery]] 16:33, 4 June 2009 (EDT)<br /> <br /> :'''FURTHER REPLY''' Furthermore, The assertion that Eisenhower was only partially responsible for Normandy is COMPLETELY WRONG. So wrong that I showed it to my former company commander, who teaches college level military history and ethics at Texas A&amp;M, he lol'ed. Eisenhower was the supreme allied commander in Europe, while the details of the attack was left to his staff Eisenhower himself set it in motion and led key diversion and secrecy efforts to secure his surprise. This is perhaps more significant that Hannibal's attack because Eisenhower's enemy had the ability to see more of the allied movements through aerial, human, and signals intelligence. All of those had to be countered through massive air defense and OSI missions to maintain his element of surprise. While the question being challenged may have been a gaffe of a teacher churning out test questions. The halfhearted defense displays a gross misrepresentation of facts and is offensive to real military historian. <br /> <br /> :“It is more honorable to repair a wrong than to persist in it” - Thomas Jefferson<br /> <br /> --[[User:DylanBiery|DylanBiery]] 16:45, 4 June 2009 (EDT)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> Please feel free to add your comments to this debate by editing this page directly. Simply add your user id after your comments by clicking the signature box (second from the right above).<br /> <br /> [[Category:World History lectures]]</div>

StevenH https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:World_History_Midterm_Exam&diff=956986 2012-01-27T17:24:39Z

<p>StevenH: </p> <hr /> <div>== Top Scores ==<br /> <br /> Correct answers out of 36 questions (plus extra credit):<br /> <br /> *37 (1 student)<br /> *36 (5 students)<br /> *35 (4 students, and one exam taken online)<br /> *34 (3 students)<br /> *33 (2 students)<br /> *32 (4 students, and one exam taken online)<br /> *31 (2 students)<br /> *30 (2 students)<br /> <br /> == Post answers here for grading (enrolled students have already taken this exam) ==<br /> <br /> ===My Answers===<br /> #C<br /> #B<br /> #C<br /> #D<br /> #B<br /> #B - Wrong. Answer is A<br /> #A<br /> #D<br /> #D<br /> #C - Wrong. Answer is B<br /> #A<br /> #D<br /> #C<br /> #A<br /> #D<br /> #B<br /> #B<br /> #C<br /> #A<br /> #A<br /> #D<br /> #C<br /> #A<br /> #B<br /> #C<br /> #A<br /> #B<br /> #D<br /> #C - Wrong. Answer is B<br /> #C<br /> #B<br /> #C<br /> #B - Wrong. Answer is A<br /> #C - Wrong. Answer is A<br /> #C<br /> #A - Wrong. Answer is D<br /> E.C. 1 A<br /> <br /> E.C. 2 D<br /> --[[User:JamesWilson|James Wilson]] 23:15, 29 October 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> : Score: 32. Well done! I'll add your score to the top scores.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 19:45, 5 November 2011 (EDT)<br /> ::Thanks for grading!--[[User:JamesWilson|James Wilson]] 20:50, 5 November 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ===HollyS===<br /> 1c. 2b. 3c. 4d. 5b. 6c.X(a) 7a. 8d. 9d. 10b.<br /> <br /> 11a. 12d. 13c. 14a. 15d. 16b. 17b. 18c. 19a. 20a.<br /> <br /> 21d. 22c. 23a. 24b. 25c. 26a. 27b. 28d. 29b. 30c.<br /> <br /> 31b. 32b.X(c) 33a. 34a. 35c. 36d.<br /> <br /> Seleucus: b.X(a) Chivalry: d.<br /> <br /> [[User:HollyS|HollyS]] 19:25, 31 October 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> :Excellent score: 35. Well done! I'll add it to the top scores.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 19:49, 5 November 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> == Suggested improvements on exam ==<br /> Question seven doesn't make sense. The greatest sculptor in history was Gian Lorenzo Bernini. --[[User:Hetgar|Hetgar]] 20:33, 2 November 2011 (EDT)<br /> :It is extremely subjective. I was always partial to Rodin as a sculptor. [[User:MaxFletcher|MaxFletcher]] 20:44, 2 November 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> <br /> This exam needs to be considerably harder. I haven't even looked at your 'World History Lectures' and I got 35/38. Most of the questions could be answered with a very basic knowledge and a smattering of common sense. I also don't understand why there are 'boy' and 'girl' questions tacked on the end. [[User:ArtMorn|ArtMorn]] 16:49, 8 November 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> Agreed with ArtMorn, I decided to look at the tests to see what the tests were like (e.g. if multiple choice fact checking or essays to write coherent arguments regarding history), and knew 36 of the 38.</div>

StevenH https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Perfect_number&diff=938341 2011-11-19T00:02:04Z

<p>StevenH: </p> <hr /> <div>I made minor edits to this page to clarify the definition of Mersenne primes. -- PhineasBogg<br /> &quot;It is relatively easy to [prove]&quot;. Can someone actually do it then, instead of leaving a link to a book that is not accessible, and will lead to off-site learning?</div>

StevenH https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Debate:Does_bias_impair_Wikipedia%27s_reliability%3F&diff=937037 2011-11-14T23:08:17Z

<p>StevenH: /* Catch 22 */</p> <hr /> <div>{{debate}}<br /> <br /> '''Reply: There are some examples for you [[Wikipedia|here]]. Have a great day!<br /> --[[User:SharonS|SharonS]] 15:23, 27 December 2006 (EST)'''<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Catch 22==<br /> Look at the function of the Conservapedia... It was created to represent the views of Conservative America, that was being edited out of the Wikipedia.<br /> <br /> If bias in the Wikipedia '''does not''' affect its reliability then the Conservapedia is redundant.<br /> <br /> If bias in the Wikipedia '''does''' affect its reliability, then creating a purposfully biased &quot;answer to the problem&quot; will suffer from the same problem, making it redundant (and the wikipedia).<br /> <br /> The difference between the two is, the Wikipedia strives not to be biased, whereas this site was created to represent a certain view point, so will always be biased and always unreliable. --[[User:Mj|Mj]] 09:24, 20 March 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> :I challange the idea that Wikipedia strives not to be biased. [[User:HeartOfGold|HeartOfGold]] 19:19, 8 May 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> I challenge the idea that Conservapedia strives to be biased. --[[User:StevenH|StevenH]] 18:08, 14 November 2011 (EST)<br /> <br /> ==The Pot and the Kettle?==<br /> I think a more valuable question to be asking here is: Should political philosophies and religious/spiritual beliefs have a place at all in deciding the content of what is supposed to ostensibly be a resource of pure knowledge? If some people here find it repugnant that Wikipedia allegedly is &quot;liberally biased&quot;, then I find it equally repugnant that someone felt the need to create a version of it with a &quot;conservative/Christian bias&quot; -- especially when it openly bashes what it was created to oppose. Ideally, knowledge should be like energy (in the physics sense of the word): neither good nor bad in it's essence, it just exists.<br /> <br /> If your political, philosophical, or religious/spiritual beliefs are driving what you're calling &quot;knowledge&quot; or &quot;fact&quot; instead of citeable and/or independantly verifiable sources, then perhaps it should be re-examined instead of posted in a tome labelled &quot;knowledge&quot; or &quot;fact&quot; -- or at the very least, have the decency to call it &quot;belief&quot; instead of &quot;knowledge&quot; or &quot;fact&quot;. -- Duncan Blackthorne, 22 Feb 2007<br /> <br /> --------I think that bias does at times impair Wikipedia's reliability. Truth be told I think that the same thing is beginning to occur on Conservapedia.<br /> <br /> Don't get me wrong, I agree with most of the views expressed in the various entries I have seen on Conservapedia. But I think that Conservapedia has become a bit hypocritical. When I looked up 'homosexuality' it was necessary to dig through several paragraphs before I could find an adequate description of the term. What I did find however was lots of conservatively biased viewpoints on a subject which had not even been sufficiently explained. <br /> <br /> This would be acceptable if this website portrayed itself as a place for people to simply come and state views. But considering that this is supposed to be an 'encyclopedia' many of the term definitions themselves belong in the 'debate topics' section due to their lack of information and tendency toward conservative bias. <br /> <br /> I heard that this website was supposed to cut-down on the pointless paragraphs of garbage, and offer concise informative entries. Instead I found much of bias, which whether I agree with or not, does not belong in an encycolpedia. <br /> <br /> For the most part I believe Conservapedia is still on the right track, and far more reliable than Wikipedia. If it simply changes its policy slightly to eliminate biased entries such as the one on homosexuality, and sticks to simply stating the facts then it will greatly increase its credablity. (Note that I would have stated a term on homosexuaity more like this: The tendency of a person towards the same sex... This does not say whether or not homsexuality is right or wrong, it merely states what it is...) JB--------<br /> <br /> <br /> How can &quot;A conservative encyclopedia&quot; (see front page) '''ever''' be unbiased --[[User:Mj|Mj]] 09:29, 20 March 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> == Yes: ==<br /> <br /> Abso-freaking-lutely. Go here: Examples of Bias in Conservapedia<br /> <br /> Any bias impairs reliability as much as it impairs respectability. Conservapedia is just as unreliable as wikipedia because of the conservative bias.<br /> <br /> They censor non-Christian stuff. They're really, really biased. They only accept LIBERAL BIAS!<br /> <br /> Please read this: [[Wikipedia]].<br /> <br /> '''Question?'''<br /> How do you define liberal bias<br /> <br /> :*Liberal: &quot;marked by generosity.&quot; <br /> :*Bias: &quot;a zero-frequency voltage combined with a signal to move the operating point to more linear response area.&quot; <br /> :*Liberal bias = generously allowing everyone to output their signal without distortion. [[User:dpbsmith|I'd have to be crazy to sign this]] 11:36, 6 March 2007 (EST)<br /> <br /> Yes bias creates a thought police mentality of patrolling articles and reverting changes of things the &quot;thought police&quot; do not agree with. For example, the Hugo Chavez article is patrolled by Pro-Chavez people, most of whom are administrators. Someone had added a quote with a link to a Youtube video of Chavez calling George W. Bush &quot;El Diablo&quot; and then wrote that since Chavez is supposed to be a Christian, than this name-calling was an unchristian thing to do. Despite the proper citation, and NPOV, the changes got reverted and the user was cussed out on their talk page by one of the article contributors. Later on it was added, but in a POV way that made Chavez look good and Bush look bad. There are many more examples of this. --[[User:Orion Blastar|Orion Blastar]] 23:27, 9 March 2007 (EST)<br /> <br /> :It's a good thing we don't have [[User:Aschlafly|anything like that here]]. :)<br /> <br /> :How is it NPOV to call someone unchristian?--[[User:Άθεος|Άθεος]] 11:00, 14 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> == No. Not always: ==<br /> <br /> No. Wikipedia is edited by people from all around the world (even the English language version), so obviously the average point of view expressed on Wikipedia is not going to be the same as the average point of view in the US. And it's especially not going to be the same as the average point of view expressed by American conservatives (who don't represent all Americans). And it's especially especially not going to be the same as the average point of view expressed by American-Christian-biblical-literalist-creationist-pro-war-anti-free-trade conservatives (who don't represent all American conservatives). Is representing the whole world somehow evidence of bias???<br /> <br /> And what nuthead got the idea to call this thing &quot;conservapedia&quot; anyway, when it clearly does not represent conservatives as a whole??? --[[User:Madonna|Madonna]] 05:20, 7 April 2007 (EDT) <br /> <br /> Simply because they are liberally biased does not always effect their reliability. <br /> <br /> For example: I want to know President Reagan dates. I go onto Wikipedia. They will tell me. They may also tell me he was a bad president. But simply because &quot;they&quot; tell me that he was a bad president does not mean they are unreliable and what they told me about his dates isn’t solid fact. <br /> <br /> :Where does WIkipedia say that President Reagan was a bad president? The opening paragraphs of the article, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan Ronald Reagan] say things like<br /> ::&quot;He strongly opposed communism and socialism, and as president he pursued policies for fewer regulations, lower taxes, free trade agreements, and welfare cutbacks.&quot;<br /> :and<br /> ::&quot;His legacies include restoring America's strength and prosperity following a period of stagflation in the wake of the Watergate scandal and the withdrawal from Vietnam, reaffirming America's commitment to free market economics, large budget deficits, rejecting Détente and escalating the Cold War with the Soviet Union through a military build-up and a firm foreign policy of &quot;peace through strength&quot;, and peacefully ending the Cold War with Mikhail Gorbachev, including a massive reduction in nuclear arms.&quot;<br /> :and<br /> ::&quot;In several recent ratings of American presidents, Ronald Reagan ranked high.&quot;<br /> :::[[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 16:35, 24 January 2007 (EST)<br /> <br /> Now, (still on Wikipedia) I want to know about Jesus. I look Him up in that little search engine, and what do I get? An article that gives every view point of Jesus that exists. If I wanted to know what Christians thought about Jesus I would go to a Christian web site. Why go to an encyclopedia to look for biased articles that exclude every one else's opinion just because it isn't your opinion? Because He’s controversial in today’s world.<br /> Almost everyone has a blind side to controversial issues. This does not make Wikipedia bad, it merely shows that they are human. <br /> <br /> In addition, (to the comment that Wikipedia censors Christian things) Conservepedia is biased against liberals and Islam. We probably censor things that we believe are wrong. Doesn't that affect our reliability?<br /> <br /> I am not defending Wikipedia, I am just saying that it is often a reliable resource. <br /> <br /> -this is fun!-<br /> --[[User:Katja N|Katie]] 23:55, 17 January 2007 (EST)<br /> <br /> <br /> Like any wiki will be when it is that big, wikipedia definately hase ''some'' unreliable content, yet wikipedia is still mostly reliable.<br /> <br /> --[[User:BenjaminS|BenjaminS]] 23:02, 24 January 2007 (EST)<br /> <br /> Just because they have terms on everything doesn't mean that they are unreliable. Infact I bet that people will be putting just as much stuff on Conservapedia soon.<br /> <br /> ----<br /> WIkipedia has certain kinds of reliability problems, but they relate mostly to its being a Wiki that anybody can edit. <br /> <br /> I don't think it has problems ''because'' of bias. In fact, I believe that in practice Wikipedia's &quot;neutrality&quot; policy usually results in articles that represent all points of view, at least in the sense of mentioning their existence and linking to other information. <br /> <br /> For example, if someone goes to the article on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution#Social_and_religious_controversies Evolution], they will see that it has section on &quot;Social and religious controversies,&quot; which in turn links to a long article on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creation-evolution_controversy Creation-evolution controversy]. There is also a long article on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution#Social_and_religious_controversies Creationism]. Wikipedia acknowledges the controversy, even in its main article on evolution, and doesn't try to hide it.<br /> <br /> Of course, in a controversial article, people on both sides tend to think that their ''own'' side wasn't treated fairly.<br /> <br /> Wikipedia should not be trusted uncritically. Neither should other encyclopedias. Wikipedia is sometimes ''better'' than other encyclopedias in showing the ''sources'' where it got its information. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 17:26, 26 January 2007 (EST)<br /> <br /> I just checked wikipedia and it actually uses A.D. B.C., try looking up Mesopotamia or Rome, maybe others. I'm not trying to be aginst Conservapedia, I'm just being objective.<br /> <br /> Double Edge<br /> <br /> Wikipedia is a tool of the reality-based community! It should be avoided by all people of Faith. -Unscrewyourhead<br /> <br /> Reality has a well-known liberal bias. If people want want to live in a fantasy world they will come and edit this site.<br /> <br /> It depends on how you see things. I have no clue why Liberals and Conservatives are fighting in the first place. The interior battle causes many bad apples and possibly civil war. Maybe not about the civil war but still. --[[User:Eiyuu Kou|Eiyuu Kou]] 22:29, 20 March 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> I doubt wikipedia is biased; it's just wrong a lot, given that anybody who thinks they know something can edit it. That said, I'd be much more afraid of a site where anybody who thinks they know something can post, but the site itself advocates a specific ideology. A site like that could get away with outrageous claims, like it invented the question mark, or like the earth was created at 6:00 pm Saturday, October 22, 4004 B.C.--Rumple<br /> <br /> == Never, or at most rarely: ==<br /> <br /> [[User:Phist|Phist]]<br /> I think the base idea of Wikipedia is that everyone in the world is bias in some way and therefor wrong, so if you get them all together you'll make something that no one agrees with, but isn't far from the truth.<br /> <br /> All jokes aside, the ideal of Wikipedia is to contain every fact in the world while having no real opinion about them. For those of us that choose to be extremely opinionated this dispassionate viewpoint can sometimes come across as a bias against whatever we believe. Because the fact of the matter is that Wikipedia believes nothing, it is essentially nihilistic insofar as it will(in theory at least) never say something is right or wrong, good or bad. It will state the facts and if such a conclusion exists at all, wikipedia lets the user make it.<br /> <br /> [[Crimesofthelemon|Crimesofthelemon]]<br /> <br /> To be honest, this site is more biased than wikipedia...wikipedia puts facts before uncertainties such as the existance of God.<br /> <br /> Well think about it religion is based on faith not fact so to use noahs ark for instance in any sort of artical is just wrong unless refering directly to the bible itself. plus wikipedia is based on fact not beleif. so that said conservipedia is way more bias then wikipedia.<br /> <br /> The only reason people think any sort of &quot;Liberal Media&quot; exists is because said sources base their claims on fact, evidence, and obsective logical inquiry. Religious conservative positions are unavoidably at odds with these claims because faith-based and religious claims are claims made upon little or no evidence. Wikipedia is a neutral perspective, and having that perspective means that fact outweighs faith. It's that simple. Wikipedia isn't biased... it just doesn't favor Conservatism, a luxory that Conservative Christians have become far too attached to. - [[Crazy Mother|Crazy Mother]]<br /> <br /> <br /> no, its not from what i can tell, although people on conservapedia says that wikipedia is anti-(American/Christan), from what ive read of it is not anti-(Christan/American) its just not pro-(Christan/American), it tries to show both sides of a argument even if one side isn't as good as the other, but other than that groups can change their pages so they are more benifical to themselves (but thats like all wikis)-[[User:Greenmeanie|Greenmeanie]] 23:39, 15 May 2008 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ==Wikipedia is a biased Nightmare==<br /> Dan Rather and Meredith Viera are fair and balanced compared to Wikipedia. There are many examples. Compare the Jesus as Myth article to the Intelligent Design Article. Compare the Christmas article to the Passover Article. Compare any article about anything Christian, to, say, an article on Wicca, Voodoo or Paganism. Wikipedia is on a mission to topple the dominant culture of America. Wikipedia complies strictly with &quot;politically correct&quot; notions such as the ridiculous belief that &quot;Chinaman&quot; and &quot;Oriental&quot; are slurs. Would someone please explain why Irishman, Welshman, Scotsman, Englishman, Frenchman and Dutchman are not slurs, but Chinaman is? The site is founded on the belief that it's important to &quot;question&quot; (read as undermine) the credibility of the thoughts and philosophies that made America the envy of the world, but at the same time treat every minority crack-pot theory with kid gloves. <br /> <br /> Thank God this site exists. I'm looking forward to contributing. [[User:Everwill|Everwill]] 07:10, 31 March 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> Here is my nightmare experience with Wikipedia, enjoy: I personally have contributed information to Wikipedia on subjects related to history, politics, and theology, subjects that I consider myself knowledgeable with. Most of this knowledge was gained from college and various books that I have read over the years. As a history buff, I have read many books about George Washington, an individual that I have become fascinated with over the years. I have visited his historical home in Mount Vernon and visited the church that he regularly attended in Virginia. As a result, I consider myself somewhat more knowledgeable than the average person in regards to George Washington, his life, and his accomplishments. I contributed information to the George Washington entry on Wikipedia and much of it was accepted. However, when it came to his religious background, almost all of my entries were inextricably deleted from the article and replaced with garbage implying that George Washington was not a Christian but a Deist. This is contrary to the fact that he was indeed a Christian believer, Episcopalian to be exact, based on historical documents and records. Not to mention his regular attendance at Christ Church Alexandria in Alexandria, Virginia where the very pew he regularly sat in still exists with his nameplate attached to it. I debated with the administrators for weeks, remained unbias, and provided plenty of references to my entry. In short, my information was forever stricken and I have been officially banned from editing any entry concerning George Washington. I later found out that Wikipedia is a self-proclaimed liberal community. The founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, states, &quot;I would say that the Wikipedia community is slightly more liberal than the U.S. population on average, because we are global and the international community of English speakers is slightly more liberal than the U.S. population.&quot; There you have it. Wikipedia is indeed a liberal community and therefore it is biased which makes Wikipedia a completely unreliable source for facts and information. Like the user above me, I too thank God for this site and I'm looking forward to contributing. --[[User:Watchman|Watchman]] 23:13, 8 January 2008 (EST)<br /> <br /> <br /> I think that it is important to remember that the people can alter Wikipedia as well as Conservapedia. Both of these sites should not be used for getting accurate information that is unbiased. But I think that it is important that anyone can edit Wikipedia and other people can edit it instead of having people watch what is being added and fixing it to work for a specific agenda.<br /> <br /> ==It's more than bias==<br /> <br /> Any wiki which intends to report factual information will be limited in its reliability by the individuals who edit it and the direction those individuals take. Even within a system of strict rules designed to avoid misinformation and bias creeping in, you will still have individuals who disagree with each other. Suppose for example you posted a statistic which cannot help but put the African-American community in a positive light; a white separatist editor may demand that you provide adequate citations and references to back up your numbers, or edit your contribution to sound less positive, and in either case he is still within the rules.<br /> <br /> Since rule enforcement is also done by editors, the rules are going to be more strongly enforced in proportion to the demographic of the editors. You see this throughout history; where one group holds more political power than another in the nation, the laws will favour the powerful group unless they are also supremely fair. Any wiki will be biased in favour of the kind of people on the internet - they tend to be young men, who are well-versed in the use of technology. Young people are more likely to take traditions for granted and hold radical views, which I suspect is one source of this perceived [[liberal bias]] in Wikipedia - the conservatives there are simply just outnumbered by the young people. Technically-minded individuals these days are also less likely to be religious, so you can expect to find other editors who are openly biased against Christian viewpoints.<br /> <br /> Ultimately, there are only so many editors, and topics that don't catch the interest any of them will fall by the wayside, while those that do will reflect the bias of any editor undisciplined enough not to take a neutral stance. --[[User:JonathanDrain|JonathanDrain]] 11:27, 31 July 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> :That's a very interesting argument. I'd like to add another dimension to it: I think that there is a lack of consensus on what content is appropriate for an article. We'll use two examples: first is the Global Warming article. To go along with the GW article is an article called &quot;Global Warming Controversy.&quot; Now, with this organizational structure, the most coherent way to organize the data in these two articles would be to put information pertinent to Global Warming (such as scientific staistics, history of the topic, etc) in the main article. Since there is a separate &quot;controversy&quot; article, any contention on points brought up in the original article should be pointed out in the second article. The structure of the &quot;controversy&quot; article should mirror the structure of the original article so recursive referencing can be used. <br /> <br /> :The problem is that people think that &quot;having the last word&quot; wins the argument, which is why we get inappropriate discussions in articles. If things could just be split up and referenced recursively to each other, then it would be an excellent source.<br /> <br /> :A final thing to point out - most people using Wikipedia as a serious reference don't use the actual article. They might get a summary of the topic from that article, but the articles sources will always be the direct reference, which is why it's so important to correctly and wholly source articles. [[User:Stryker|Stryker]] 11:33, 31 July 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> :: Oh, I've seen that happen. You get sections of Wikipedia entries that read like a debate in encyclopaedic form. --[[User:JonathanDrain|JonathanDrain]] 12:06, 31 July 2007 (EDT)</div>

StevenH https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Only_fools_and_Horses&diff=937026 2011-11-14T22:32:34Z

<p>StevenH: </p> <hr /> <div>Only Fools and Horses is a British Comedy originating the 1980s.<br /> <br /> Only Fools and Horses is a British sitcom, created and written by John Sullivan. Seven series were originally broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom between 1981 and 1991, with sporadic Christmas specials until 2003. Episodes are regularly repeated on GOLD and occasionally repeated on BBC One.<br /> Set in Peckham in south London, it stars David Jason as ambitious market trader Derek &quot;Del Boy&quot; Trotter, Nicholas Lyndhurst as his younger brother Rodney, and Lennard Pearce as their ageing grandfather. After the death of Pearce in 1984 the character of Grandad was replaced by Buster Merryfield as Uncle Albert. Backed by a strong supporting cast, the series chronicles their highs and lows in life, in particular their attempts to get rich.<br /> After a relatively slow start the show went on to achieve consistently high ratings, and the 1996 episode &quot;Time On Our Hands&quot; holds the record for the highest UK audience for a sitcom episode, attracting 24.3 million viewers (over a third of the population).[1] Critically and popularly acclaimed, the series received numerous awards, including recognition from BAFTA, the National Television Awards and the Royal Television Society, as well as winning individual accolades for both Sullivan and Jason.[2] It was voted Britain's Best Sitcom in a 2004 BBC poll.[3]<br /> The series had an impact on English culture, contributing several words and phrases to the English language. It spawned an extensive range of merchandise, including books, DVDs, toys and board games. A spin-off series, The Green Green Grass, ran for four series in the UK. A prequel, Rock &amp; Chips, was first aired in January 2010.<br /> Contents [hide] <br /> 1 Scenario<br /> 2 History<br /> 3 Main cast<br /> 4 Minor cast<br /> 5 Episodes<br /> 6 Reception<br /> 7 Theme music and titles<br /> 8 Cultural impact<br /> 9 Other media<br /> 10 International remakes<br /> 11 Spin-offs<br /> 11.1 The Green Green Grass<br /> 11.2 Rock &amp; Chips<br /> 12 Merchandise<br /> 13 Notes<br /> 14 References<br /> 15 External links<br /> [edit]Scenario<br /> <br /> Derek &quot;Del Boy&quot; Trotter (played by David Jason), a fast-talking, archetypal cockney market trader, lives in a council flat in a high-rise tower block, Nelson Mandela House, in Peckham, South London – though it was actually filmed in Harlech Tower in Acton and later Bristol – with his much younger brother, Rodney Trotter (Nicholas Lyndhurst), and their elderly Grandad (Lennard Pearce).[4] Their mother Joan died when Rodney was young, and their father Reg absconded shortly after his wife's death, meaning Del effectively became Rodney's surrogate father and the family patriarch. Despite the difference in their ages, the brothers share a constant bond throughout.[5]<br /> The situation focuses primarily on their futile attempts to become millionaires through questionable get rich quick schemes and by buying and selling a variety of low-quality and illegal goods, such as Russian Army camcorders, luminous yellow paint and sex dolls filled with an explosive gas. They own an unregistered company, Trotters Independent Traders, based in a grubby three-wheeled Reliant van, trade primarily on the black market and generally neither pay taxes nor claim money from the state; as Del says, &quot;The government don't give us nothing, so we don't give the government nothing&quot;.[5]<br /> Initially, Del Boy, Rodney and Grandad were the show's only regulars, along with the occasional appearances of dopey roadsweeper Trigger (Roger Lloyd Pack) and pretentious used car salesman Boycie (John Challis). Over time, the cast expanded, mostly in the form of regulars at the local pub The Nag's Head. These included pub landlord Mike (Kenneth MacDonald), lorry driver Denzil (Paul Barber), youthful spiv Mickey Pearce (Patrick Murray) and Boycie's flirtatious wife Marlene (Sue Holderness). Although the show still centred around the Trotter family, these characters became popular in their own right, contributing to the plots and humour.[5]<br /> As the series progressed, the scope of the plots expanded which saw comedy often mixed with drama. Many early episodes were largely self-contained, with few plot-lines mentioned again, but the show developed a story arc and an ongoing episodic dimension. The character of Grandad was killed off following the death of Lennard Pearce, and his long-lost brother Uncle Albert (Buster Merryfield) emerged to restore the three generations line-up.[4] After years of fruitless searching, both Del and Rodney found long-term love, in the form of Raquel (Tessa Peake-Jones) and Cassandra (Gwyneth Strong) respectively; Del also had a son with Raquel, Damien (played by five actors, most recently Ben Smith). Rodney and Cassandra married, separated and then got back together again. Cassandra miscarried, but then she and Rodney eventually had a baby. Rodney found out who his real father was. The Trotters finally became millionaires, before losing it again, and then gaining some of it back.<br /> The humour comes from several sources. The interaction between Del and Rodney is key, with each an ideal comic foil for the other in both personality and appearance. Much is made of the traits of individual characters, such as Del's lack of cultural refinement, despite his pretensions, best seen in his misuse of French phrases or his claims to be a yuppy; Rodney's gormless nature, resulting in him being labelled a &quot;plonker&quot; or a &quot;dipstick&quot; by Del; the general daftness of Grandad and Trigger, and the rampant snobbery of Boycie. There are also several running gags, including Trigger's belief that Rodney's name is actually Dave, Uncle Albert's &quot;during the war...&quot; anecdotes, Del's supposed long-time affair with Marlene and the dilapidated Reliant Regal van.[4]<br /> [edit]History<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> The original Only Fools and Horses line-up of (l-r) Grandad (Lennard Pearce), Del Boy (David Jason) and Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst) lasted from 1981–1984.<br /> In 1980, John Sullivan, a scriptwriter under contract at the BBC, had already written the successful sit-com Citizen Smith. It had come to an end and he was searching for a new project. An initial idea for a comedy set in the world of football had already been rejected by the BBC, as had his alternative idea, a sit-com centring around a cockney market trader in working-class, modern-day London. The latter idea persisted.[6] Through Ray Butt, a BBC producer and director whom Sullivan had met and become friends with when they were working on Citizen Smith, a draft script was shown to the Corporation's Head of Comedy, John Howard Davies. Davies commissioned Sullivan to write a full series. Sullivan believed the key factor in it being accepted was the success of ITV's new drama, Minder, a series with a similar premise and also set in modern-day London.[7]<br /> Sullivan had initially given the show the working title Readies. For the actual title he intended to use, as a reference to the protagonist's tax and work-evading lifestyle, Only Fools and Horses. That name was based on a genuine, though very obscure saying, &quot;why do only fools and horses work? (for a living)&quot;, which had its origins in 19th century American vaudeville.[8] Only Fools and Horses had also been the title of an episode of Citizen Smith and Sullivan felt that a longer name would help to grab the viewers' attention. He was first overruled on the grounds that the audience would not understand the title, but he eventually got his way and, from the second series onwards, the theme music was changed to a version explaining the meaning of the saying; some first series episodes were subsequently re-edited to use the new theme.<br /> Filming of the first series began in May 1981, and the first episode, &quot;Big Brother&quot;, was transmitted on BBC1 at 8.30 pm on 8 September that year. It attracted a respectable, though unspectacular (by those days' standards) 9.2 million viewers[9] and generally received a lukewarm response from critics.[10] The viewing figures for the whole first series, which averaged at around 7 million, were considered mediocre[4] but owing to the BBC's policy of nurturing television shows, a second series was commissioned for 1982. The second series fared little better and the show was close to being cancelled altogether. However, both the first and second series had a repeat run in June 1983 in a more low-key time slot, but attracted respectable viewing figures, which convinced Davies to commission a third series.[11] From there, the show gradually built up a following, and began to top the television ratings. Viewing figures for the fourth series were double those of the first.[12]<br /> Mid-way through the filming of the fifth series, David Jason told Sullivan that he wished to leave the show in order to further his career elsewhere. Sullivan thus wrote &quot;Who Wants to Be a Millionaire&quot;, which was intended to be the final episode and would see Del accepting a friend's offer to set up business in Australia, leaving Rodney and Albert behind. Plans were made for a spin-off entitled Hot-Rod, which would have followed Rodney's attempts to survive on his own with help from Mickey Pearce, but leaving open the prospect of Del's return. Jason then changed his mind, and the ending of the episode was changed to show Del rejecting the offer.[13]<br /> Sullivan had a tendency to write scripts that were too long, meaning pages of material had to be cut. Shortly before filming of the sixth series began, he requested that the show's time slot be extended and it was agreed to extend its running time to 50 minutes. This coincided with the show becoming one of the BBC's most popular programmes, according to producer Gareth Gwenlan, [14] and allowed for more pathos in the series and an expansion of the regular cast.<br /> The seventh series, which was to be the last, was aired in early 1991. Sullivan and the major actors were all involved with other projects, and it was confirmed that there were no plans for a new series. The show continued in Christmas specials in 1991, 1992 and 1993, followed by a three year break. Sullivan wanted a &quot;final&quot; episode to tie up the show and see the Trotters finally become millionaires; this was later extended to three one hour episodes, all to be broadcast over Christmas 1996. All three were well received, and given the happy ending it was widely assumed that they were to be the last.[15] After a five year break, however, the show returned again in 2001 with another Christmas special, followed by two more in 2002 and 2003. There are currently no further plans for Only Fools and Horses to return,[16] though a fan fiction community continues to exist.[17] In an interview with the Daily Star Sunday on 10 February 2008, Sullivan was quoted as saying: &quot;there will not be another series of Only Fools And Horses. I can say that. We had our day, it was wonderful but it is best to leave it now.&quot;[18]<br /> [edit]Main cast<br /> <br /> Further information: the individual character articles, list of Only Fools and Horses characters and list of Only Fools and Horses cast members<br /> <br /> <br /> The second line-up of Rodney, Del, and Uncle Albert lasted from 1985–1997.<br /> Del Boy (David Jason) — A stereotypical market trader and petty criminal, Del would sell anything to anyone to earn money, including stolen goods, and was the driving force behind the Trotters' attempts to become rich. Sharp-witted, image-conscious and self-confident, but lacking in the required nous to realise his high ambitions, he was invariably a failure. Del's cultural pretensions, best seen in his use of inaccurate French phrases (such as using Bonjour to say goodbye), were equally wanting. He nonetheless had endearing features, especially his &quot;lovable loser&quot; qualities and his devotion and loyalty to his family, which saw him take care of Rodney and Grandad on his own from the age of 16. However, this gave him a tendency to emotionally blackmail Rodney with the memories of their mother, often trying to manipulate him with the line &quot;Mum said to me on her death bed...&quot; He also tried to interfere with his brother's personal life, much to the latter's annoyance. Ostensibly popular with women – his poor choice in women was another running gag – Del never settled down with one until he met Raquel, with whom he had a son, Damien.<br /> Sullivan later said he had always been fascinated by the unlicensed traders who sold goods from suitcases, and it was them on which he based Del Boy. David Jason himself added elements to the part, including Del's cheap gold jewellery and his camel-hair coat. The inspiration was taken from a similar man he had known when working as an electrician.[4] Jason was a relatively late candidate for the part, with Jim Broadbent (who would later appear in a minor recurring role as DCI Roy Slater), Enn Reitel and Billy Murray all earlier preferences. It was only when producer Ray Butt saw a repeat of Open All Hours that Jason was considered and, despite initial concerns over his ability – at that point, Jason had not had a leading television role – and the fact that he and Lyndhurst did not look alike, he was cast.[19]<br /> Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst) — The ideal comic foil for Del Boy in numerous ways: naive, much younger and easily-influenced, more academically gifted, although only to the extent of two GCEs, but generally gormless and lacking in common sense. Effectively orphaned when young, Rodney was raised by Del. His principal job throughout the show was as Del's lackey and sidekick, whose duties included looking out for policemen at the market and cleaning the van. Much of the conflict between the two came from Rodney's dislike of his reliance on Del, and his unsuccessful attempts to gain greater independence through girlfriends or by setting up his own businesses; he was only partially successful after marrying Cassandra and briefly going to work for her father. In contrast to Del Boy, the part of Rodney was cast early, with Lyndhurst settled on quickly. Sullivan partly based Rodney on his own experiences; he, too, had a much older sibling and, like Rodney, claims to have been a dreamer and an idealist in his youth.[20]<br /> Grandad (Lennard Pearce) — Del and Rodney's elderly grandad was added to the cast to balance the three distinct generations, adding the voice of experience to the situation. In casting the role of Grandad, Sullivan had in mind an actor similar to Wilfrid Brambell, who had played Albert Steptoe in Steptoe and Son, although chose not to use Brambell himself, thinking him too closely associated with Steptoe. After seeing Pearce's audition, Sullivan settled on casting him immediately.[7] Scruffy and daft, although sometimes displaying a razor sharp wit, Grandad rarely left the flat or even moved from his armchair in front of two television sets. Despite his age he was invariably treated as a dogsbody by Del and Rodney, often being assigned mundane jobs around the flat such as cooking meals. Pearce died in 1984 whilst filming the series four episode &quot;Hole in One&quot; (several scenes were subsequently re-shot with Buster Merryfield)[21] and Sullivan thus wrote a new episode, &quot;Strained Relations&quot;, which featured Grandad's funeral.<br /> Uncle Albert (Buster Merryfield) — Shortly after the death of Lennard Pearce it was decided that a new older family member should be brought in, which eventually led to &quot;Uncle Albert&quot;, Grandad's long-lost brother. Merryfield was an inexperienced amateur actor at the time, but was selected because he appeared to fit the description of an old sailor, especially with his distinctive white &quot;Captain Birdseye&quot; beard.[22] Albert first appeared at Grandad's funeral, and eventually moved in with Del and Rodney. Although he claims never to talk about his past, his long-winded anecdotes about his wartime experiences with the Royal Navy became one of the show's running gags, usually begun with the words &quot;During the war...&quot; which resulted in gentle mocking from his great-nephews. He was also frequently seen stealing Del's brandy. When Merryfield died in 1999, Albert's death was written into the next episode.<br /> Trigger (Roger Lloyd Pack) — Trigger, apparently so called because he looks like a horse, was the principal supporting character throughout the show's run; only Del Boy and Rodney appeared in more episodes. Lloyd Pack was cast by pure chance; Ray Butt, who hired him to portray Trigger after seeing him in a stage play, had only attended that play to observe potential Del Boy actor Billy Murray.[23] Initially portrayed as a small-time thief, supplying Del with dubious goods, Trigger's place in the series changed over time. A daft road sweeper most frequently seen in the Nag's Head, he came to adopt the 'village idiot' role, drawing laughs in each of his scenes through his general stupidity, in particular his unshakable belief that Rodney's real name was actually Dave.<br /> <br /> <br /> Del Boy (right) with friends Boycie (left) and Trigger.<br /> Boycie (John Challis) — A shady used car salesman and a frightful snob with a machine gun laugh who &quot;thinks anyone with a pound less than him is a peasant&quot;, according to Rodney in &quot;Fatal Extraction&quot;. Boycie made sporadic appearances in earlier series before becoming a regular cast member from series 5 onwards. Boycie, a Freemason, was very self-centred and prone to boasting about his high social status and mocking those less fortunate than himself, particularly Del Boy. Del in turn teased him for being a &quot;jaffa&quot; (seedless) when it emerged that he had a low sperm count. Challis had played a similar character in an episode of Citizen Smith. Sullivan liked him, and promised to cast him in a future series, which led to Boycie.[24] Boycie later featured in a spin-off series, The Green Green Grass, starting in 2005, in which he and his wife Marlene fled to the countryside from a criminal gang.<br /> Raquel (Tessa Peake-Jones) — Raquel was introduced because Sullivan wanted more female characters and for Del to start meeting more mature women.[25] Her first appearance, in &quot;Dates&quot;, was intended to be a one-off, but she was written in again a year later and thereafter became a permanent cast member. An ambitious trained singer and actress whose career never took off, she met Del through a dating agency, but they fell out over her part-time job as a stripper, before getting together again. This time she moved in with Del, helping to mellow him, and they had a son together, named Damien. As the character unfolded, it was revealed that she was previously married to Del's nemesis, DCI Roy Slater. Del Boy introduces her as &quot;my significant other&quot;.<br /> Cassandra (Gwyneth Strong) — The intelligent daughter of a successful middle-class businessman, Cassandra first met Rodney in &quot;Yuppy Love&quot;. Their relationship blossomed, and by the end of series six the two had married. But her high career ambitions brought her into conflict with Rodney, and their troubled marriage was one of the main storylines of the seventh series. They were eventually reconciled and in later episodes she was markedly less ambitious. The relationship with Rodney ultimately grew stronger after Cassandra suffered a miscarriage and later gave birth to a daughter.<br /> Marlene (Sue Holderness) — Marlene was initially just an unseen character, occasionally mentioned by her husband, Boycie. She was a cheerful, slightly daffy woman whose burning, and seemingly unattainable, desire to have a child provided one of the show's earlier &quot;soap opera&quot; sub-plots. Details were occasionally revealed about Marlene's prior reputation as being popular with the local men; there was a consistent undercurrent of an affair between her and Del. She did finally have a son, Tyler. Questions over the latter's paternity, owing to Marlene's reputation and Boycie's impotence, were a recurring gag.<br /> Denzil (Paul Barber) — Originally cast because Sullivan wanted Del to have had a black friend from his school days, easy-going Liverpudlian Denzil was often on the receiving end of Del's scams. His inability to say no to Del's business deals frequently led to conflict with his domineering wife, Corrine (Eva Mottley), who was only sighted once, in &quot;Who's a Pretty Boy?&quot;. Sullivan had planned to bring Corrine back for more episodes, but after Mottley's death in 1985 opted to make her an unseen character rather than use another actress.[26]<br /> Mickey Pearce (Patrick Murray) — Mickey was a young, obnoxious spiv and friend of Rodney's, known for his ludicrous boasts about his success in business or with women, and for frequently taking advantage of Rodney's gullibility. Other jokes around Mickey were his rapid turnover of jobs, and the fact that he sported the pork-pie hat and suit of the 2 tone/ska scene, which was popular during the 1980s, well into the 2000s.<br /> Mike (Kenneth MacDonald) — The landlord of the Nag's Head, although not from the very beginning; his predecessor was never seen, with just a succession of barmaids providing service. Good natured and somewhat gullible, he was often targeted by Del as a potential customer for any goods he was selling. Del's unpaid bar tab was the cause of conflict between the two, but Mike rarely succeeded in getting him to pay up. When Kenneth MacDonald died in 2001, a storyline involving Mike's imprisonment for attempting to embezzle the brewery was written, and cafe owner Sid took over as pub landlord.<br /> Damien (various) — Damien was Del and Raquel's son. It was Rodney's mocking suggestion that he be named after the Devil's child in The Omen; the couple took the suggestion seriously. The Omen joke and Rodney's apparent fear of Damien became a running gag (accompanied, not, in fact, by Jerry Goldsmith's original music from the film in question, but by its invariable stand-in, the &quot;O Fortuna&quot; from Carl Orff's &quot;Carmina Burana&quot;). Six actors played Damien: Patrick McManus (1991), Grant Stevens (1991), Robert Liddement (1992), Jamie Smith (1993–96), Douglas Hodge (1996, as adult), and Ben Smith (2001–03).<br /> Sid (Roy Heather) — Sid made sporadic appearances throughout the show's run, mainly as the proprietor of the run-down and unhygienic local cafe, which was shot in different locations, depending on the episode. After Nag's Head landlord Mike was imprisoned for embezzlement in the episode &quot;If They Could See Us Now&quot;, Sid took over and kept that role for the remainder of the series.<br /> [edit]Minor cast<br /> <br /> The most frequent roles for guest actors in Only Fools and Horses were as Del or Rodney's once-seen girlfriends, barmaids at the Nag's Head, or individuals the Trotters were doing business with. Del and Rodney's deceased mother, Joan, though never seen, cropped up in Del's embellished accounts of her, or in his attempts to emotionally blackmail Rodney. Her grave – a flamboyant monument – was seen occasionally. Their absent father, Reg, appeared once in &quot;Thicker Than Water&quot; (played by Peter Woodthorpe), before leaving under a cloud, never to be seen again. Other members of the Trotter family were rarely sighted, the exceptions being the woman they believe to be Auntie Rose (Beryl Cooke) in &quot;The Second Time Around&quot;, and cousins Stan and Jean (Mike Kemp and Maureen Sweeney), who attended Grandad's funeral. When Rodney met Cassandra, her parents Alan and Pamela (Denis Lill and Wanda Ventham) became casually recurring characters.<br /> In some episodes a guest character was essential to the plot. Del's ex-fiancee Pauline (Jill Baker) dominated Del's libido in &quot;The Second Time Around&quot;, prompting Rodney and Grandad to leave. In &quot;Who Wants to Be a Millionaire&quot;, Del's old business partner Jumbo Mills (Nick Stringer) wanted Del to return to Australia with him and restore their partnership, forcing Del to make a decision. An attempt by Lennox (Vas Blackwood) to rob a local supermarket set-up the &quot;hostage&quot; situation in &quot;The Longest Night&quot;. Del and Rodney spent the whole of &quot;Tea for Three&quot; battling each other for the affections of Trigger's niece Lisa (Gerry Cowper). Abdul (Tony Anholt) in &quot;To Hull and Back&quot; and Arnie (Philip McGough) in &quot;Chain Gang&quot; were responsible for setting up dubious enterprises involving the Trotters in their respective episodes. Tony Angelino (Philip Pope), the singing dustman with a speech impediment, was the key to the humour and the storyline of &quot;Stage Fright&quot;.<br /> Del's nemesis from his school days, corrupt policeman DCI Roy Slater (played by Academy Award-winner Jim Broadbent), made three appearances, in &quot;May The Force Be With You&quot;, &quot;To Hull and Back&quot; and &quot;Class of '62&quot;. Feared local villains, the Driscoll Brothers (Roy Marsden and Christopher Ryan) featured once, in &quot;Little Problems&quot;, but were mentioned in two previous episodes (&quot;Video Nasty&quot; and &quot;The Frog's Legacy&quot;), and have also featured in &quot;Green Green Grass&quot;. In a play on Rodney's light-hearted perception of him being the spawn of the devil, a grown-up Damien (Douglas Hodge) appeared in Rodney's futuristic dream in &quot;Heroes and Villains&quot;, as the all-powerful, war-mongering head of the now multi-national Trotters Independent Traders. Rodney and Mickey's friends, the smooth-talking Jevon (Steven Woodcock) and then, briefly, Chris (Tony Marshall), a ladies' hairdresser, featured sporadically during the sixth and seventh series. The two-part 1991 Christmas special, &quot;Miami Twice&quot;, saw Richard Branson and Barry Gibb make brief cameo appearances. Mike Read appeared as himself, hosting an episode of &quot;Top Of The Pops&quot;, in &quot;It's Only Rock and Roll&quot; and Jonathan Ross appeared as himself in &quot;If They Could See Us Now&quot;.<br /> While their characters were less significant, well-known actors who played cameos in the programme included Joan Sims, best known for her numerous roles in the Carry On films, who guest-starred in the feature-length episode &quot;The Frog's Legacy&quot; as an aunt of Trigger and old friend of Del's late mother; future Hollywood star David Thewlis, who played a young wannabe musician in &quot;It's Only Rock and Roll&quot;; John Bardon, who played the role of Jim Branning in the soap opera &quot;EastEnders&quot;, as the supermarket security officer in &quot;The Longest Night&quot;. Walter Sparrow, who appeared as Dirty Barry in &quot;Danger UXD&quot;, went on to appear in several Hollywood films.[27]<br /> [edit]Episodes<br /> <br /> For more details on this topic, see List of Only Fools and Horses episodes.<br /> Sixty-three episodes of Only Fools and Horses, all written by John Sullivan, were broadcast on BBC1 between 8 September 1981 and 25 December 2003.[28][29] The show was aired in seven series (1981–83, 1985–86, 1989 and 1990/91), and thereafter in sporadic Christmas special editions (1991–93, 1996, 2001–03). All of the earlier episodes had a running time of 30 minutes, but this was extended after Series Six (1989), and all subsequent episodes had a running time ranging from 50 to 95 minutes. Most episodes were shot in front of a live audience or had a laugh track recorded from a live audience viewing; the only exceptions being &quot;To Hull and Back&quot;, &quot;A Royal Flush&quot;, and the second part of &quot;Miami Twice&quot;.<br /> Five special editions were produced, some of which have only recently been rediscovered.[30][31] An eight-minute episode aired in 1982 as part of a show hosted by Frank Muir, The Funny Side of Christmas, in which mini-episodes of Yes Minister, Open All Hours (in which Jason also starred), Butterflies (in which Lyndhurst also starred), The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin and Last of the Summer Wine also featured. A 5 minute spoof BBC documentary was shown on Breakfast Time in 1985, with Del being investigated by consumer expert Lynn Faulds Wood.<br /> An educational episode named &quot;Licensed to Drill&quot;, in which Del, Rodney and Grandad discuss oil drilling, was recorded in 1984 but only shown in schools.[32] A 15 minute 1990–91 Persian Gulf War special was shown to British troops serving in the conflict. It has never been broadcast commercially, but a copy exists at the Imperial War Museum, London.[33] A Comic Relief special showing Del, Rodney and Albert making an appeal for donations was shown in 1997.<br /> Only Fools and Horses had two producers: Ray Butt from 1981 to 1987, and Gareth Gwenlan thereafter. Seven directors were used: Martin Shardlow directed all episodes in series one, Bernard Thompson directed the 1981 Christmas special, Susan Belbin series four and Mandie Fletcher series five. Butt directed series two and three, as well as the 1985, 1986 and 1987 Christmas specials. Tony Dow became the established director after 1988, directing all subsequent episodes, bar the first part of Miami Twice, which was directed by Gareth Gwenlan.[34] John Sullivan was executive producer on seven of the final eight episodes.[35]<br /> [edit]Reception<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Del Boy's fall through an open bar-flap in &quot;Yuppy Love&quot; (BBC video clip) became one of the show's iconic moments.<br /> Only Fools and Horses was relatively unsuccessful when it began, but it gradually built up a following and became one of the UK's most popular sit-coms. It was among the ten most-watched television shows of the year in the UK in 1986,[36] 1989,[37] 1990,[38] 1991,[39] 1992,[40] 1993,[41] 1996,[42] 2001,[43] 2002[44] and 2003.[45] The 1996 Christmas trilogy of &quot;Heroes and Villains&quot;, &quot;Modern Men&quot; and &quot;Time On Our Hands&quot; saw the show's peak. The first two attracted 21.3 million viewers,[46][47] while the third episode – at the time believed to be the final one – got 24.3 million,[48] a record audience for a British sit-com.[1] Repeat episodes also attract millions of viewers,[49] and the BBC has received criticism for repeating the show too often.[50][51]<br /> Only Fools and Horses won the BAFTA award for best comedy series in 1986, 1989 and 1997, was nominated in 1984, 1987, 1990, 1991 and 1992, and won the audience award in 2004. David Jason received individual BAFTAs for his portrayal of Del Boy in 1991 and 1997. The series won a National Television Award in 1997 for most popular comedy series; Jason won two individual awards, in 1997 and 2002. It won the RTS best comedy award in 1997, best BBC sit-com at the 1990 British Comedy Awards, and two Television and Radio Industries Club Awards for comedy programme of the year in 1984 and 1997. John Sullivan won the Writers' Guild of Great Britain comedy award for the 1996 Christmas trilogy and another from the Heritage Foundation in 2001.[2]<br /> The show regularly features in polls to find the most popular comedy series, moments and characters. It was voted Britain's Best Sitcom in a 2004 BBC viewer's poll,[3] and came 45th in the British Film Institute's list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes.[52] It was 3rd on a subsequent viewers' poll on the BFI website.[53] Empire magazine ranked Only Fools and Horses #42 on their list of the 50 greatest television shows of all time.[54] It was also named the funniest British sit-com of all time through a scientific formula, in a study by GOLD.[55] Scenes such as Del Boy's fall through a bar flap in &quot;Yuppy Love&quot; and the Trotters accidentally smashing a priceless chandelier in &quot;A Touch of Glass&quot; have become iconic British comedy moments, invariably topping polls of comedy viewers.[56][57][58][59] Del Boy was voted the most popular British television character of all time in a survey by Open....[60] and came fourth in a Channel 4 list of Britain's best-loved television characters.[61] A Onepoll survey found that Only Fools and Horses was the television series Britons would most like to see return.[62]<br /> [edit]Theme music and titles<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> The images peeling away was conceived as a metaphor for the Trotters' lifestyle<br /> John Sullivan wrote the theme music for Only Fools and Horses when he wrote the first series, but the producers opted instead for an instrumental, saxophone-led tune composed by Ronnie Hazlehurst, who had also arranged the themes for other BBC sit-coms, such as Yes Minister and Last of the Summer Wine. However, Sullivan was unhappy with this, so for the second series he persuaded the BBC to use his own compositions instead, partly because the new lyrics would explain the obscure title, which had been the subject of viewers' questions to the BBC during the first series.[8]<br /> The first series was subsequently re-edited to use the new theme songs, though the first episode, &quot;Big Brother&quot;, is still sometimes repeated with the original Hazlehurst music intact,[63] as is the 1981 Christmas special. The current DVD release of Series One, however, replaces the theme music on all seven episodes. The original theme music is still used in the first episode during a montage in which Del unsuccessfully conducts business throughout Peckham whilst trying to find Rodney.<br /> The lyrics to the established themes contain both slang and references to British culture, and describe elements of the show. The opening lyrics include &quot;stick a pony in my pocket&quot;, pony being London slang for 25 pounds sterling;[64] &quot;fetch the suitcase from the van&quot; and &quot;where it all comes from is a mystery&quot;, all references to the Trotters' shady, cash-only business. It ends with the title lyric, &quot;why do only fools and horses work?&quot; The closing theme follows suit, describing the dubious goods that the Trotters specialise in, from &quot;miles and miles of carpet tiles&quot; to &quot;Trevor Francis tracksuits&quot;; Francis was an English football player during the 1970s and 1980s. These are &quot;from a mush in Shepherd's Bush&quot;; mush is slang for a man whose name is unknown and Shepherd's Bush is a west London district.[64] The line &quot;no income tax, no VAT&quot; summarises their outlook, before closing with the refrain &quot;God bless Hooky Street&quot;. Hooky is British slang for something stolen or which has been acquired illegally.[64]<br /> Both songs are performed by Sullivan, and not – as is sometimes thought – by Nicholas Lyndhurst.[65] Sullivan had intended for Chas &amp; Dave to sing it, since they were an act associated with Cockney-style music, but they were unavailable having just recorded a hit record with &quot;Ain't No Pleasing You&quot;, so he was persuaded to do it himself by Ray Butt.[66] The new theme was also arranged by Hazlehurst. Chas &amp; Dave did later contribute to the show, performing &quot;Down to Margate&quot;, the closing credits song for &quot;The Jolly Boys' Outing&quot;.<br /> The opening credits see images of the three principal actors peel on and off the screen sequentially like adhesive labels. These appear over a background of still photographs of everyday life in South London, including a used car lot and a tower block. The sequence was conceived by graphic designer, Peter Clayton, as a &quot;metaphor for the vagaries of the Trotters' lifestyle&quot;, whereby money was earned and quickly lost again. The action was shot manually frame by frame, and took around six weeks to complete.[67]<br /> As the series progressed, the sequence was occasionally updated with new footage, but it only ever featured Del, Rodney and either Grandad or Uncle Albert. The 2001–2003 trilogy featured just Del and Rodney. In total, the shots of Del and Rodney were updated three times during the series' run to reflect their ageing, whilst Grandad and Uncle Albert only ever received one version each during their run. The 2001–2003 Christmas specials used the same titles sequences but rendered for broadcast in the now standard 16:9 ratio widescreen.<br /> The closing credits for the programme varied series by series. The first series used peeling labels featuring the names of the cast and crew, mirroring the opening sequence, but these had to be updated with every new episode, making the process very time-consuming; from the second series the credits switched to a standard rolling format. Towards the end of the run they settled on a uniform style with the typeface Dom Casual scrolling against a freeze frame of the final scene which faded to a plain black background.[67] Despite strict BBC crediting guidelines in place by the time the most recent episodes screened, the programme was able to enjoy unedited closing credits and the full version of the theme song.<br /> [edit]Cultural impact<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> A replica of the Trotters' Reliant Regal.<br /> Despite its mainstream popularity, Only Fools and Horses has also developed a cult following, The Only Fools and Horses Appreciation Society, established in 1993, has a membership of around 6,000,[68] publishes a quarterly newsletter, Hookie Street, and organises annual conventions of fans, usually attended by cast members. The Society has also organised an Only Fools and Horses museum, containing props from the series, including Del's camel-hair coat and the Trotters' Ford Capri.[69] It was named one of the top 20 cult television programmes of all-time by TV critic Jeff Evans. Evans spoke of:<br /> “ &quot;[shows] such as Only Fools and Horses, which gets tremendous viewing figures but does inspire conventions of fans who meet in pubs called the Nag's Head and wander round dressed as their favourite characters&quot;[70] ”<br /> Only Fools and Horses – and consequently John Sullivan – is credited with the popularisation in Britain of several words and phrases used by Del Boy regularly, particularly &quot;Plonker&quot;,[71] meaning a fool or an idiot, and two expressions of delight or approval: &quot;Cushty&quot;[71] and &quot;Lovely jubbly&quot;. The latter was borrowed from an advertising slogan for an obscure 1960s orange juice drink, called Jubbly, which was packaged in a pyramid shaped, waxed paper carton. Sullivan remembered it and thought it was an expression Del Boy would use; in 2003, the phrase was incorporated into the new Oxford English Dictionary.[72] Other British slang words commonly used and popularised in the series include &quot;dipstick&quot;, &quot;wally&quot; and &quot;twonk&quot;, all mild ways of calling someone an idiot.<br /> Owing to its exposure on Only Fools and Horses, the Reliant Regal van is now often linked with the show in the British media.[73][74][75] The one used by the Trotters has attained cult status and is currently on display at the Cars of the Stars exhibition at the National Motor Museum, alongside many other vehicles from British and American television and movies, such as the Batmobile and the DeLorean from Back to the Future.[76] Boxer Ricky Hatton, a fan of the show, purchased one of the original vans in 2004.[77] Another of the vans used in the series was sold at auction in the UK for £44,000 in February 2007.[78]<br /> During the media frenzy surrounding The Independent's revelations that the new bottled water Dasani, marketed by Coca-Cola, was in fact just purified tap water from Sidcup, mocking parallels were made with the Only Fools and Horses episode, &quot;Mother Nature's Son&quot;, in which Del sells tap water as &quot;Peckham Spring&quot;.[79]<br /> [edit]Other media<br /> <br /> Four episodes were subsequently re-edited for radio and first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 over June and July 1999.[80][81] The episodes included were &quot;The Long Legs of the Law&quot;, &quot;A Losing Streak&quot;, &quot;No Greater Love&quot; and &quot;The Yellow Peril&quot;. These episodes and three other audio box-sets have since been released on audio cassette and CD.<br /> In 1988, Only Fools and Horses featured at the Royal Variety Performance at the London Palladium. The plot saw David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst and Buster Merryfield appear on stage in character, thinking that they are delivering boxes of alcohol to an associate of Del's, only later realising where they actually are. The idea of an Only Fools and Horses stage show was mooted by Ray Butt, following the success of other sit-com crossovers such as Dad's Army and Are You Being Served?. Sullivan wasn't keen, owing to his inexperience with the theatre, and the enterprise was deemed too time-consuming, so nothing came of it.[11]<br /> [edit]International remakes<br /> <br /> Only Fools and Horses was sold to countries throughout the world. Australia, Belgium, Bosnia, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Republic of Ireland, Israel, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, New Zealand, Pakistan, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa and Spain are among those who purchased it.[82] In all countries in which ex-Serbo-Croatian is spoken the title was &quot;Mućke&quot; (or &quot;Мућке&quot; in Cyrillic script), which can roughly be translated as &quot;shady deals.&quot; Three overseas re-makes have also been produced. The first was in The Netherlands, entitled Wat schuift't? (What's it worth?). The Trotters were renamed the Aarsmans, it starred Johnny Kraaykamp jnr. as Stef (Del), Sacco Van der Made as Grandad and Kasper van Kooten as Robbie (Rodney), and was shown on RTL 4.[83]<br /> The second country to re-make the show is Portugal, with their version named O Fura-Vidas, a local expression for someone who lives outside the law. It was a literal translation of the British version, with all episodes based on the originals, with only minor changes. It centred around the Fintas family, who live in Sapadores, a neighbourhood in Lisbon, and starred Miguel Guilherme as Quim (Del), Canto e Castro as Grandad, and Ivo Canelas as Joca (Rodney).[84]<br /> The third country to re-make the show is Slovenia; their version is called Brat bratu (Brother to brother). All episodes were based on the original British storylines, and it was made in co-operation with John Sullivan. It features brothers Brane (Brane Šturbej) and Bine (Jure Drevenšek), who moved from Maribor to Ljubljana. The series also stars Peter Ternovšek as Grandad. It was directed by Branko Đurić. The series was cancelled after thirteen episodes were aired due to poor ratings.<br /> There have been several plans to produce an American version. One was to be a star vehicle for former M*A*S*H* actor Harry Morgan, with Grandad rather than Del becoming the lead character.[85] The other, entitled This Time Next Year..., would have seen the Trotters renamed the Flannagans. A draft script was written for the latter,[86] but neither show materialised. Steve Carell, star of the US version of The Office, has expressed an interest in making an American version of Only Fools and Horses, with him to star as Del Boy.[87]<br /> Only Fools and Horses featured in a parody of American sit-coms by David Walliams and Matt Lucas in &quot;Mash and Peas do the USA&quot; for Channel 4's Sitcom Weekend in 1997. Re-named Only Jerks and Horses, the sketch took a mocking view of what the series would have been like had it been re-made in the United States, with Del Boy, Boycie and Trigger all &quot;Americanized&quot;, though Rodney remained English.<br /> [edit]Spin-offs<br /> <br /> Main articles: The Green Green Grass and Rock &amp; Chips<br /> [edit]The Green Green Grass<br /> A spin-off of Only Fools and Horses entitled The Green Green Grass, also written by John Sullivan and directed by Tony Dow, was first aired in the UK in September 2005.[88] Sullivan had considered writing a sitcom around the popular characters of Boycie and Marlene (John Challis and Sue Holderness) since the mid-1980s, but it was not until the series finally ended that the idea came to fruition. The Green Green Grass sees Boycie and Marlene forced to leave Peckham by one-time Only Fools and Horses villains, the Driscoll Brothers, and has included guest appearances by Denzil (Paul Barber) and Sid (Roy Heather). In December 2008, The Sun reported that Del Boy, Rodney and Trigger could also make cameo appearances in a special edition of the show.[89] A second series of The Green Green Grass was broadcast in the UK in October 2006,[90] a third in November 2007[91] and a fourth in January 2009.[92]<br /> [edit]Rock &amp; Chips<br /> In 2003, it was reported that Sullivan was developing a prequel to the original series, Once Upon a Time in Peckham, which would feature Del, Rodney, Trigger, Boycie and Denzil as youngsters in the 1960s, and have a prominent role for Del and Rodney's parents.[93] In 2009, it was again reported that the BBC were considering commissioning the show, although nothing was confirmed.[94] On 5 April 2009, Sullivan told The Mail on Sunday newspaper that he was planning a prequel to Only Fools and Horses which would star Nicholas Lyndhurst as Freddie &quot;The Frog&quot; Robdal, a local criminal and Rodney's biological father; Robdal was the focus of the episode &quot;The Frog's Legacy&quot;.[95]<br /> On 3 July 2009, the BBC revealed that the title of the spin-off would be Sex, Drugs &amp; Rock ‘n’ Chips, and would be a 90 minute comedy drama.[96] The title was subsequently changed to Rock &amp; Chips.[97] Filming began in August 2009, and it was shown on BBC One at 9pm on 24 January 2010.[98] In October 2009 it was confirmed that Lyndhurst would star as Robdal.[99] The Inbetweeners and Off The Hook star James Buckley played the role of the young Del Boy.[100] While promoting The Inbetweeners, Buckley confirmed that Rock &amp; Chips would return for two more specials, one for Christmas 2010, and the other for Easter 2011.[101]<br /> [edit]Merchandise<br /> <br /> Main articles: Only Fools and Horses DVDs and The Only Fools and Horses DVD Collection<br /> Only Fools and Horses spawned many merchandising spin-offs. Several books have been published, most notably the officially sanctioned &quot;The Only Fools and Horses Story&quot; by Steve Clark (ISBN 0-563-38445-X) and &quot;The Complete A-Z of Only Fools and Horses&quot; by Richard Webber (ISBN 0-7528-6025-9), both of which detail the history of the series. The scripts have been published in a three-volume compendium, &quot;The Bible of Peckham&quot;. The light-hearted &quot;The Trotter Way to Millions&quot; (ISBN 0-14-023956-1) and &quot;The Trotter Way to Romance&quot; (ISBN 0-297-81227-0), both written by John Haselden, see Del giving tips on how to achieve both wealth and love.<br /> It has been released on VHS, DVD and audio CD in several guises. A DVD collection containing every episode was issued, along with various other special edition box-sets, such as a tin based on their Reliant Regal. DVDs and videos of Only Fools and Horses continue to be among the BBC's biggest-selling items, having sold over 6 million VHS copies and 1 million DVDs in the UK.[102][103] An Only Fools and Horses magazine was released in 2004, with each issue containing a DVD of the show. See the Only Fools and Horses DVDs for the differences between transmitted episodes and DVD episodes.<br /> It also featured on a cavalcade of everyday items. These include a Monopoly-style board game, the &quot;Trotters Trading Game&quot;, in which participants attempt to emulate the Trotters and become millionaires, and another game set in their local pub, entitled the &quot;Nag's Head Game tin&quot;; a DVD board game which features clips and questions while trading hookie gear to other players, a CD-ROM for Windows 95 and Windows 98 which allows users to customise their PCs; a soundtrack of songs used during the show, including the theme tune, and replica die cast models of the Trotters' yellow Reliant Regal van, manufactured by Corgi. Replica money has been made by the 'Bank of Peckham', featuring 'altered' English pound notes with Cockney rhyming slang and Del Boy's head on it instead of the Queen. Other spin-off merchandise includes bottle openers, playing cards, wristwatches, beauty products, calendars and talking alarm clocks.<br /> <br /> It is well known for being a great TV show, and usually stated as better than competitors such as Brass eye.</div>

StevenH https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Only_fools_and_Horses&diff=937023 2011-11-14T22:30:11Z

<p>StevenH: Created page with &quot;Only Fools and horses is well known as the greatest comedy to all of mankind, and easily trumps Brass Eye. In fact, any claim to the contrary can be instantly dismissed. http:/...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>Only Fools and horses is well known as the greatest comedy to all of mankind, and easily trumps Brass Eye. In fact, any claim to the contrary can be instantly dismissed.<br /> <br /> http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agus_Ruiz<br /> http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rai%C3%B3n_de_Kostopil</div>

StevenH https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Joomla&diff=909295 2011-09-03T22:30:39Z

<p>StevenH: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Joomla''' is a [[content management system]] that makes it easy for groups of people to build a [[website]]. [http://help.joomla.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,253/]<br /> <br /> It's use has been well publicised in magazine Web Designer. It was spoken of well as a compromise of ease of use of wordpress, and large amount of optional customization of Drupal. It originates from the swahili word Jumla, meaning &quot;all together&quot;. Its mission is to provide a flexible platform of digital publishing and collaboration. Joomla is written in PHP and stores data in a MySQL database. Eddie and a team of developers set it up as an open-source project. A non-profit foundation, Open Source Matters (www.opensourcematters.org) was set up to guarantee that it remains free. <br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Technology]]</div>

StevenH https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Joomla&diff=909294 2011-09-03T22:30:20Z

<p>StevenH: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Joomla''' is a [[content management system]] that makes it easy for groups of people to build a [[website]]. [http://help.joomla.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,253/]<br /> <br /> It's use has been well publicised in magazine Web Designer&lt;references&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[1]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/references&gt;. It was spoken of well as a compromise of ease of use of wordpress, and large amount of optional customization of Drupal. It originates from the swahili word Jumla, meaning &quot;all together&quot;. Its mission is to provide a flexible platform of digital publishing and collaboration. Joomla is written in PHP and stores data in a MySQL database. Eddie and a team of developers set it up as an open-source project. A non-profit foundation, Open Source Matters (www.opensourcematters.org) was set up to guarantee that it remains free. <br /> <br /> &lt;ref&gt;http://www.webdesignermag.co.uk/&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Technology]]</div>

StevenH https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Joomla&diff=909293 2011-09-03T22:29:41Z

<p>StevenH: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Joomla''' is a [[content management system]] that makes it easy for groups of people to build a [[website]]. [http://help.joomla.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,253/]<br /> <br /> It's use has been well publicised in magazine Web Designer&lt;ref&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[1]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/ref&gt;. It was spoken of well as a compromise of ease of use of wordpress, and large amount of optional customization of Drupal. It originates from the swahili word Jumla, meaning &quot;all together&quot;. Its mission is to provide a flexible platform of digital publishing and collaboration. Joomla is written in PHP and stores data in a MySQL database. Eddie and a team of developers set it up as an open-source project. A non-profit foundation, Open Source Matters (www.opensourcematters.org) was set up to guarantee that it remains free. <br /> <br /> &lt;references&gt;http://www.webdesignermag.co.uk/&lt;/references&gt;http://www.webdesignermag.co.uk/<br /> <br /> [[Category:Technology]]</div>

StevenH https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Joomla&diff=909292 2011-09-03T22:29:17Z

<p>StevenH: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Joomla''' is a [[content management system]] that makes it easy for groups of people to build a [[website]]. [http://help.joomla.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,253/]<br /> <br /> It's use has been well publicised in magazine Web Designer&lt;ref&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[1]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/ref&gt;. It was spoken of well as a compromise of ease of use of wordpress, and large amount of optional customization of Drupal. It originates from the swahili word Jumla, meaning &quot;all together&quot;. Its mission is to provide a flexible platform of digital publishing and collaboration. Joomla is written in PHP and stores data in a MySQL database. Eddie and a team of developers set it up as an open-source project. A non-profit foundation, Open Source Matters (www.opensourcematters.org) was set up to guarantee that it remains free. <br /> <br /> &lt;references&gt;http://www.webdesignermag.co.uk/&lt;/references&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Technology]]</div>

StevenH https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Joomla&diff=909291 2011-09-03T22:27:16Z

<p>StevenH: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Joomla''' is a [[content management system]] that makes it easy for groups of people to build a [[website]]. [http://help.joomla.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,253/]<br /> <br /> It's use has been well publicised in magazine &lt;ref&gt;http://www.webdesignermag.co.uk/&lt;/ref&gt;Web Designer. It was spoken of well as a compromise of ease of use of wordpress, and large amount of optional customization of Drupal. It originates from the swahili word Jumla, meaning &quot;all together&quot;. Its mission is to provide a flexible platform of digital publishing and collaboration. Joomla is written in PHP and stores data in a MySQL database. Eddie and a team of developers set it up as an open-source project. A non-profit foundation, Open Source Matters (www.opensourcematters.org) was set up to guarantee that it remains free. <br /> <br /> [[Category:Technology]]</div>

StevenH https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:England&diff=909287 2011-09-03T22:14:13Z

<p>StevenH: </p> <hr /> <div>== &quot;center(ed)&quot; around ==<br /> I don't suppose there can be a ban on the phrase &quot;center(ed)&quot; around. Not only is it ungrammatical, it is geometrically impossible. ((Surely the thing it is around would be the center! [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 02:09, 25 May 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> == Religion ==<br /> 23-OCT-2007 - It has to be said your section on Religion leaves a lot to be desired. For a start Religion plays very little part of the daily life of the English; and It has to be noted most of the English are not practising anything and are in fact rather hostile to organised religions, though not the individuals who practise. To state anything otherwise is a plain untruth no matter what you would like to believe. {{unsigned|AJCG}}<br /> <br /> :You are free to improve the article, although I'm not sure that I totally agree with your assessment of the situation. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 22:27, 23 October 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ==History ==<br /> I hope I'm not nitpicking, but Henry VII is one of our best-known kings. The Wars of the Roses are a key part of the history curriculum in state schools, I believe - and every child knows how to remember the colours of the rainbow: Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain. I won't change this myself, but would welcome others' viewpoint.[[User:Sophierabbitte|Sophierabbitte]] 12:36, 10 January 2011 (EST)<br /> <br /> Some of the people in my class forgot who was prime minister in WW2, and when WW2 even ended. One of them was doing history as a qualification. I rest my case.<br /> == Socialism? ==<br /> <br /> Why is this in the intro? Give examples! We have a conservative government for Pete's sake who don't give a hoot about the poor!<br /> <br /> == Small edit ==<br /> <br /> I changed the part where it said that the monarchy remained permanently &quot;french&quot;. Even if the joining between Stephen of Blois and Empress Matilda is seen as &quot;French&quot;, the glorious rebellion changes the monarchy entirely to being English. [[User:StevenH|StevenH]] 18:14, 3 September 2011 (EDT)</div>

StevenH https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=England&diff=909284 2011-09-03T22:11:13Z

<p>StevenH: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:England.gif|right|thumb|300px|England (highlighted in light green), showing the boundaries of the ceremonial counties.]]<br /> '''England''' is a constituent country of the [[United Kingdom]] located on the island of [[Great Britain]] in the north-west of [[Europe]].<br /> It is home of the [[English]] language currently spoken by perhaps a billion people worldwide, and was the seat of an empire that spanned the globe.<br /> England is the largest of the UK's constituent countries, both in terms of area and population. It is also home to the UK's capital and [[parliament]], making this area politically and economically important to the UK as a whole. England's government is technically a Constitutional Monarchy, although it exhibits many aspects of [[Socialism]].<br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> <br /> The prehistoric inhabitants of the island of Britain were largely [[Celt]]ic.<br /> From AD 43, the [[Roman]]s invaded [[Britain]] and took control of the southern half of the islands, where they founded the fort of &quot;Londinium&quot;, which later became [[London]]. <br /> <br /> [[File:England900.jpg|thumb|280px|England and its neighbors about 900 AD]]<br /> As the [[Roman Empire]] abandoned Britain in AD410, [[Germanic]] tribes, specifically the [[Angles]], [[Saxons]] and [[Jutes]], began to settle over the majority of the island. Kingdoms formed, such as Northumbria (Anglian) in the north, Wessex (named after the West Saxons) in the south west and Kent (probably settled by Jutes, and now the name of a county) in the south east. Parts of the regions now known as [[Wales]], [[Scotland]], and the county of Cornwall continued to be independent Celtic nations for some time after this. The Germanic invaders were still [[pagan]]s when they conquered part of Britain (e.g. [[Penda]] of Mercia was (allegedly) the last pagan King). The English peoples were converted to [[Christianity]], however, in the 7th Century AD. This happened from two directions: the mission of [[St. Augustine]], emissary of Gregory the Great came initially to Kent, while the (successful) mission to the Northumbrian Angles (and from there to peoples further south) was from the [[Celtic Church]] based in northern British monasteries such as [[Iona]] and [[Lindisfarne]]. The entire [[British Isles]] later came under the sway of [[Roman Catholicism]] as the powerful Northumbrian King, Oswy, chose in favour of Roman practice in AD 664 ('Synod of Whitby'). <br /> [[Image:London England.jpg|right|300px]]<br /> Later, in 1066 AD, the Norman French Duke [[William the Conqueror]] defeated the last [[Anglo-Saxon]] King, [[Harold Godwinson]]. William established himself as king of England, and the Monarchy continued until the crowning of Stephen of Blois. However, Empress Matilda, with aid of relations and riots going around England caused the signing of the Treaty of Wallingford, where King Henry III became heir of England. The House of Plantagenets (the royal family at the time) Ruled from Aquitane, a county which, although in mordern france, had been English for a long period of time. <br /> <br /> Amongst the privileged elite [[French]] language and customs became a part of English culture, however for the most part the common population continued to use their own language and customs. William retained significant territories on mainland Europe, in what is now France. For many hundreds of years England fought a series of wars (including the [[Hundred Years War]]) for possession of northern France. These did not end until 1588 with the loss of [[Calais]]. The [[Channel Islands]] are still a crown dependency to this day.<br /> <br /> On the basis of their territories in England and France the Norman monarchs became influential in Europe. In 1215, rebellious nobles forced [[King John]] to sign the [[Magna Carta]], essentially a charter guaranteeing the rights of the king's subject nobles and the church, and setting forward the precedent that the monarch's powers were bound by law. In 1455-1487 a series of conflicts called the [[Wars of the Roses]] were fought between the noble families of York and Lancaster for control of the throne.<br /> <br /> After the [[Wars of the Roses]] had been won by Henry of Lancaster, the reign of the [[Tudor dynasty|Tudors]] began. Henry VII, as he became, was more concerned with defending his crown and so concentrated mainly on domestic policies. While Henry VII is one of England's less famous kings he was one of the few monarchs ever to leave the crown solvent upon his death. Henry VIII, unlike his father, was obsessed with winning glory on the battlefield, preferably in France. Henry launched three major wars throughout his reign against France and in the process managed to capture Boulogne. However Henry is most famous for his split with Rome. When the current [[Pope]] refused to allow him to divorce his first wife Catherine of Aragon, Henry passed the Statute of Restraint of appeals, declared himself head of the English Church and decreed that the Pope had no power over England. During his reign Henry had six wives, of which only three bore him children. Of these, only one was a son - a sickly child who reigned as Edward VI for just six years after his father's death. His daughter Elizabeth, however, was crowned Queen in 1558 and became perhaps England's greatest and best-loved monarch.<br /> <br /> == Religion ==<br /> In 1533 AD King [[Henry VIII]] formed the [[Church of England]] (CoE) after the [[pope]] refused to annul the marriage between the king and [[Catherine of Aragon]]; while originally the CoE followed a policy of [[Catholic]] without the pope, his successors [[Edward VI]] and [[Elizabeth I]] moved the church in a far more [[Protestantism|protestant]] direction. Henry established himself as the head of the church and made it the state religion of England. This situation continues to this day, although in much modified form. The queen is still the nominal head of the church, although purely as a figurehead. Decisions technically taken by the queen are in fact done only on the advice of her ministers, who in matters of the church invariably act on the advice of the church leaders. Until recently certain bishops of the Church of England were automatically given seats in the House of Lords. The Church of England is closely involved with the ceremonies associated with England, for example at coronations or royal weddings. <br /> <br /> Since the [[Reformation]] the country has remained primarily Anglican with the notable exception of the Catholic reigns of [[Mary I]] and [[James II]]. More recently, the number of [[Roman Catholics]] is poised to overtake the number of [[Anglicans]] in the country, a trend that is likely to continue with an influx of migrants from Catholic countries such as [[Ireland]] and recent [[EU]] accession countries such as [[Poland]][http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article1386939.ece]. As with the UK as a whole, the significant minority religions include [[Hinduism]], [[Judaism]] and [[Islam]].<br /> <br /> A 2001 census gave the following figures for religious affiliation: [[Christianity]]: 71.6%, [[Islam]]: 3.1%, [[Hindu]]: 1.1%, [[Sikh]]: 0.7%, [[Jewish]]: 0.5%, and [[Buddhist]]: 0.3%, No Faith: 22.3%. Approximately 7% of responders did not answer the question.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/profiles/commentaries/ethnicity.asp &lt;/ref&gt; Unlike American Schools, State run Comprehensive schools in England have a daily act of Christian worship, although there have been efforts in recent times to remove this to properly reflect the multifaith make-up of England &lt;ref&gt;http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/dec/26/scrap-compulsory-acts-of-worship&lt;/ref&gt; (as well as this it does support some &quot;faith schools&quot; such as Peter Vardy's Emmanuel Schools Foundation through the Academies program).<br /> <br /> == Influence ==<br /> <br /> England is the home of the English language, which was later spread to all parts of the world by the [[British Empire]], along with traditional English concepts such as the rule of law, universal suffrage, parliamentary government, the jury system, and freedom of speech. The language and these such rights of man are especially evident in the United States.<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> <br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> *[[English Bill of Rights]]<br /> *[[English Civil War]]<br /> *[[English Painting]]<br /> *[[English coronation oath]]<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:United Kingdom]]<br /> [[Category:England| ]]<br /> [[Category:European Countries]]<br /> [[Category:British History]]</div>

StevenH https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=World_History_Signups&diff=909263 2011-09-03T21:51:04Z

<p>StevenH: </p> <hr /> <div>You can sign up for the fall course in World History here, by editing this file and clicking the signature button (10th one from the left above) next to one of the entries below:<br /> <br /> *[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 22:28, 23 July 2011 (EDT) (instructor)<br /> *[[User:MaxFletcher|MaxFletcher]] 19:17, 31 July 2011 (EDT)<br /> *[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 20:22, 2 August 2011 (EDT)<br /> *[[User:FrederickT3|FrederickT3]] 12:14, 14 August 2011 (EDT)<br /> *[[User:TimothyFlowers|TimothyFlowers]] 13:09, 14 August 2011 (EDT)<br /> *[[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 17:41, 30 August 2011 (EDT)<br /> *[[User:AlycaZ|AlycaZ]] 17:53, 30 August 2011 (EDT)<br /> *[[User:JonnS|JonnS]] 18:21, 30 August 2011 (EDT)<br /> *[[User:CraigF|CraigF]] 20:52, 30 August 2011 (EDT)<br /> *[[User:SLionel]] 21:08, 30 August 2011 (EDT)<br /> *[[User:SharonW|SharonW]] 23:13, 30 August 2011 (EDT)<br /> *--[[User:DamianJohn|DamianJohn]] 01:58, 31 August 2011 (EDT)<br /> *[[User:SirWilliam|SirWilliam]] 18:55, 31 August 2011 (EDT)<br /> *[[User:CitizenZachary|CitizenZachary]] 19:22, 31 August 2011 (EDT)<br /> --[[User:StevenH|StevenH]] 17:51, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> *45 students have enrolled from [[New Jersey]] as of Aug. 17, 2011<br /> <br /> '''Total enrollment''': 58<br /> <br /> Work on the [[World History Study Guide to 1648‎]], and improvements to it are welcome; the class itself begins September 1, 2011.<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> *[http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/clep/ex_history.html CLEP materials]<br /> [[Category:Homeschool Curriculum]]</div>

StevenH https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:StevenH&diff=909262 2011-09-03T21:49:42Z

<p>StevenH: </p> <hr /> <div>Welcome to Consarvapedia. --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:00, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> Thanks a lot.<br /> :Are you a liberal? --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:16, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> No, I am not American. I am english and a conservative [[User:StevenH|StevenH]] 17:18, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> :'Conservative' in England means Liberal here. The political paradigm is quite different over here. I assume you still support your liberal 'National Health Service' and support your little 'welfare state'. Well I'll have none of it! USA! USA! --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:21, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> No, I am english and conservative, as I don't want an idiotic scotsman in my country in charge after what he did, nor do I think Nick Clegg has enough intelligence. I also vote conservative as opposed to a minority because my local politician is pro-selling off a lot of the local assets.<br /> :I take personal offense from that. My lineage is of a Scot, and I make no bones about it. --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:25, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> Sorry, Gordon Brown is an idiot. He couldn't live up to Tony Blair, and I am not letting political correctness getting in the way of it. His reforms were ridiculous, and his economic genius from his experience as a Shadow Chancellor of the exchequer led him to reforms that wanted to bring Britain into bankruptcy. Look at Margaret Thatcher, that's all I am saying on this issue. Of course, i do not mean to insult you for being scottish. Just defining him as a scot (it'd be like a kenyan being in charge of the U.S.A if you catch my subtlety). [[User:StevenH|StevenH]] 17:32, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> :I don't think Tony was so good either! And it's my understanding that Scotland is a part of the UK, so it is more analogous to a Puerto Rican being in charge of the USA. And anyone who think Obama is from Kenya is almost as bad as a liberal hack. I think Obama is a real doofus, but challenging his patriotism is a low blow. --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:34, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> ::Well, I feel that you haven't read up much about British politics then. I think you need to understand that Tony Blair had very good diplomatic connections, and although he misunderstood his statesmen, at least he ****** off to Israel. However, Gordon Brown just fell for PR stunts, making him an irritating blot on the great british politics. Specifically, look up his time as a chancellor of exchequer, he mostly failed us. [[User:StevenH|StevenH]] 17:46, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> :::Tony got you stuck in the Iraq War, and I, as a Ron Paul Conservative think that was a huge money pit! --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:40, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> So did all of your politicians, except Tony Blair couldn't tell the difference between diplomacy and following your lead. So yes, Tony got me stuck in the Iraq war, and rightly so, but your politicians kept us there! With what Tony Blair knew, according to brilliant liberal american sources, there were weapons of mass destruction, and we should have left, and that's why we have 10 times less commitment than you do. However, the liberals of your country kept us there. Thanks a lot. <br /> <br /> But seriously, I agree that it is a money pit (which is why commitment in england is reducing constantly). [[User:StevenH|StevenH]] 17:49, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ::William, I'm sure there are some real [[conservatives]] in [[Britain]], and perhaps (like the U.S.) growing in numbers. Welcome, Steven.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 17:28, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> And hello, Shlafly (ashlafly, fly, ash, what shall I call you?). [[User:StevenH|StevenH]] 17:32, 3 September 2011 (EDT)</div>

StevenH https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:StevenH&diff=909259 2011-09-03T21:46:43Z

<p>StevenH: </p> <hr /> <div>Welcome to Consarvapedia. --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:00, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> Thanks a lot.<br /> :Are you a liberal? --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:16, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> No, I am not American. I am english and a conservative [[User:StevenH|StevenH]] 17:18, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> :'Conservative' in England means Liberal here. The political paradigm is quite different over here. I assume you still support your liberal 'National Health Service' and support your little 'welfare state'. Well I'll have none of it! USA! USA! --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:21, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> No, I am english and conservative, as I don't want an idiotic scotsman in my country in charge after what he did, nor do I think Nick Clegg has enough intelligence. I also vote conservative as opposed to a minority because my local politician is pro-selling off a lot of the local assets.<br /> :I take personal offense from that. My lineage is of a Scot, and I make no bones about it. --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:25, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> Sorry, Gordon Brown is an idiot. He couldn't live up to Tony Blair, and I am not letting political correctness getting in the way of it. His reforms were ridiculous, and his economic genius from his experience as a Shadow Chancellor of the exchequer led him to reforms that wanted to bring Britain into bankruptcy. Look at Margaret Thatcher, that's all I am saying on this issue. Of course, i do not mean to insult you for being scottish. Just defining him as a scot (it'd be like a kenyan being in charge of the U.S.A if you catch my subtlety). [[User:StevenH|StevenH]] 17:32, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> :I don't think Tony was so good either! And it's my understanding that Scotland is a part of the UK, so it is more analogous to a Puerto Rican being in charge of the USA. And anyone who think Obama is from Kenya is almost as bad as a liberal hack. I think Obama is a real doofus, but challenging his patriotism is a low blow. --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:34, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> ::Well, I feel that you haven't read up much about British politics then. I think you need to understand that Tony Blair had very good diplomatic connections, and although he misunderstood his statesmen, at least he ****** off to Israel. However, Gordon Brown just fell for PR stunts, making him an irritating blot on the great british politics. Specifically, look up his time as a chancellor of exchequer, he mostly failed us. [[User:StevenH|StevenH]] 17:46, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> :::Tony got you stuck in the Iraq War, and I, as a Ron Paul Conservative think that was a huge money pit! --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:40, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> So did all of your politicians, except Tony Blair couldn't tell the difference between diplomacy and following your lead. So yes, Tony got me stuck in the Iraq war, and rightly so, but your politicians kept us there! With what Tony Blair knew, according to brilliant liberal american sources, there were weapons of mass destruction, and we should have left, and that's why we have 10 times less commitment than you do. However, the liberals of your country kept us there. Thanks a lot. <br /> <br /> But seriously, I agree that it is a money pit (which is why commitment in england is reducing constantly). <br /> <br /> ::William, I'm sure there are some real [[conservatives]] in [[Britain]], and perhaps (like the U.S.) growing in numbers. Welcome, Steven.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 17:28, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> And hello, Shlafly (ashlafly, fly, ash, what shall I call you?). [[User:StevenH|StevenH]] 17:32, 3 September 2011 (EDT)</div>

StevenH https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:StevenH&diff=909255 2011-09-03T21:41:35Z

<p>StevenH: </p> <hr /> <div>Welcome to Consarvapedia. --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:00, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> Thanks a lot.<br /> :Are you a liberal? --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:16, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> No, I am not American. I am english and a conservative [[User:StevenH|StevenH]] 17:18, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> :'Conservative' in England means Liberal here. The political paradigm is quite different over here. I assume you still support your liberal 'National Health Service' and support your little 'welfare state'. Well I'll have none of it! USA! USA! --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:21, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> No, I am english and conservative, as I don't want an idiotic scotsman in my country in charge after what he did, nor do I think Nick Clegg has enough intelligence. I also vote conservative as opposed to a minority because my local politician is pro-selling off a lot of the local assets.<br /> :I take personal offense from that. My lineage is of a Scot, and I make no bones about it. --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:25, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> Sorry, Gordon Brown is an idiot. He couldn't live up to Tony Blair, and I am not letting political correctness getting in the way of it. His reforms were ridiculous, and his economic genius from his experience as a Shadow Chancellor of the exchequer led him to reforms that wanted to bring Britain into bankruptcy. Look at Margaret Thatcher, that's all I am saying on this issue. Of course, i do not mean to insult you for being scottish. Just defining him as a scot (it'd be like a kenyan being in charge of the U.S.A if you catch my subtlety). [[User:StevenH|StevenH]] 17:32, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> :I don't think Tony was so good either! And it's my understanding that Scotland is a part of the UK, so it is more analogous to a Puerto Rican being in charge of the USA. And anyone who think Obama is from Kenya is almost as bad as a liberal hack. I think Obama is a real doofus, but challenging his patriotism is a low blow. --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:34, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> ::Well, I feel that you haven't read up much about British politics then. I think you need to understand that Tony Blair had very good diplomatic connections, and although he misunderstood his statesmen, at least he ****** off to Israel. However, Gordon Brown just fell for PR stunts, making him an irritating blot on the great british politics. Specifically, look up his time as a chancellor of exchequer, he mostly failed us.<br /> :::Tony got you stuck in the Iraq War, and I, as a Ron Paul Conservative think that was a huge money pit! --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:40, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> ::William, I'm sure there are some real [[conservatives]] in [[Britain]], and perhaps (like the U.S.) growing in numbers. Welcome, Steven.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 17:28, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> And hello, Shlafly (ashlafly, fly, ash, what shall I call you?). [[User:StevenH|StevenH]] 17:32, 3 September 2011 (EDT)</div>

StevenH https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:StevenH&diff=909252 2011-09-03T21:39:16Z

<p>StevenH: </p> <hr /> <div>Welcome to Consarvapedia. --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:00, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> Thanks a lot.<br /> :Are you a liberal? --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:16, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> No, I am not American. I am english and a conservative [[User:StevenH|StevenH]] 17:18, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> :'Conservative' in England means Liberal here. The political paradigm is quite different over here. I assume you still support your liberal 'National Health Service' and support your little 'welfare state'. Well I'll have none of it! USA! USA! --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:21, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> No, I am english and conservative, as I don't want an idiotic scotsman in my country in charge after what he did, nor do I think Nick Clegg has enough intelligence. I also vote conservative as opposed to a minority because my local politician is pro-selling off a lot of the local assets.<br /> :I take personal offense from that. My lineage is of a Scot, and I make no bones about it. --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:25, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> Sorry, Gordon Brown is an idiot. He couldn't live up to Tony Blair, and I am not letting political correctness getting in the way of it. His reforms were ridiculous, and his economic genius from his experience as a Shadow Chancellor of the exchequer led him to reforms that wanted to bring Britain into bankruptcy. Look at Margaret Thatcher, that's all I am saying on this issue. Of course, i do not mean to insult you for being scottish. Just defining him as a scot (it'd be like a kenyan being in charge of the U.S.A if you catch my subtlety). [[User:StevenH|StevenH]] 17:32, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> :I don't think Tony was so good either! And it's my understanding that Scotland is a part of the UK, so it is more analogous to a Puerto Rican being in charge of the USA. And anyone who think Obama is from Kenya is almost as bad as a liberal hack. I think Obama is a real doofus, but challenging his patriotism is a low blow. --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:34, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> ::Well, I feel that you haven't read up much about British politics then. I think you need to understand that Tony Blair had very good diplomatic connections, and understood his statesman. However, Gordon Brown just fell for PR stunts, making him an irritating blot on the great british politics. Specifically, look up his time as a chancellor of exchequer, he mostly failed us.<br /> ::William, I'm sure there are some real [[conservatives]] in [[Britain]], and perhaps (like the U.S.) growing in numbers. Welcome, Steven.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 17:28, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> And hello, Shlafly (ashlafly, fly, ash, what shall I call you?). [[User:StevenH|StevenH]] 17:32, 3 September 2011 (EDT)</div>

StevenH https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:StevenH&diff=909243 2011-09-03T21:32:19Z

<p>StevenH: </p> <hr /> <div>Welcome to Consarvapedia. --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:00, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> Thanks a lot.<br /> :Are you a liberal? --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:16, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> No, I am not American. I am english and a conservative [[User:StevenH|StevenH]] 17:18, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> :'Conservative' in England means Liberal here. The political paradigm is quite different over here. I assume you still support your liberal 'National Health Service' and support your little 'welfare state'. Well I'll have none of it! USA! USA! --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:21, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> No, I am english and conservative, as I don't want an idiotic scotsman in my country in charge after what he did, nor do I think Nick Clegg has enough intelligence. I also vote conservative as opposed to a minority because my local politician is pro-selling off a lot of the local assets.<br /> :I take personal offense from that. My lineage is of a Scot, and I make no bones about it. --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:25, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> Sorry, Gordon Brown is an idiot. He couldn't live up to Tony Blair, and I am not letting political correctness getting in the way of it. His reforms were ridiculous, and his economic genius from his experience as a Shadow Chancellor of the exchequer led him to reforms that wanted to bring Britain into bankruptcy. Look at Margaret Thatcher, that's all I am saying on this issue. Of course, i do not mean to insult you for being scottish. Just defining him as a scot (it'd be like a kenyan being in charge of the U.S.A if you catch my subtlety). [[User:StevenH|StevenH]] 17:32, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ::William, I'm sure there are some real [[conservatives]] in [[Britain]], and perhaps (like the U.S.) growing in numbers. Welcome, Steven.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 17:28, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> And hello, Shlafly (ashlafly, fly, ash, what shall I call you?). [[User:StevenH|StevenH]] 17:32, 3 September 2011 (EDT)</div>

StevenH https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:StevenH&diff=909242 2011-09-03T21:31:56Z

<p>StevenH: </p> <hr /> <div>Welcome to Consarvapedia. --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:00, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> Thanks a lot.<br /> :Are you a liberal? --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:16, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> No, I am not American. I am english and a conservative [[User:StevenH|StevenH]] 17:18, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> :'Conservative' in England means Liberal here. The political paradigm is quite different over here. I assume you still support your liberal 'National Health Service' and support your little 'welfare state'. Well I'll have none of it! USA! USA! --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:21, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> No, I am english and conservative, as I don't want an idiotic scotsman in my country in charge after what he did, nor do I think Nick Clegg has enough intelligence. I also vote conservative as opposed to a minority because my local politician is pro-selling off a lot of the local assets.<br /> :I take personal offense from that. My lineage is of a Scot, and I make no bones about it. --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:25, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> Sorry, Gordon Brown is an idiot. He couldn't live up to Tony Blair, and I am not letting political correctness getting in the way of it. His reforms were ridiculous, and his economic genius from his experience as a Shadow Chancellor of the exchequer led him to reforms that wanted to bring Britain into bankruptcy. Look at Margaret Thatcher, that's all I am saying on this issue. Of course, i do not mean to insult you for being scottish. Just defining him as a scot (it'd be like a kenyan being in charge of the U.S.A if you catch my subtlety).<br /> <br /> ::William, I'm sure there are some real [[conservatives]] in [[Britain]], and perhaps (like the U.S.) growing in numbers. Welcome, Steven.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 17:28, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> And hello, Shlafly (ashlafly, fly, ash, what shall I call you?).</div>

StevenH https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:StevenH&diff=909231 2011-09-03T21:24:23Z

<p>StevenH: </p> <hr /> <div>Welcome to Consarvapedia. --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:00, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> Thanks a lot.<br /> :Are you a liberal? --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:16, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> No, I am not American. I am english and a conservative [[User:StevenH|StevenH]] 17:18, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> :'Conservative' in England means Liberal here. The political paradigm is quite different over here. I assume you still support your liberal 'National Health Service' and support your little 'welfare state'. Well I'll have none of it! USA! USA! --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:21, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> No, I am english and conservative, as I don't want an idiotic scotsman in my country in charge after what he did, nor do I think Nick Clegg has enough intelligence. I also vote conservative as opposed to a minority because my local politician is pro-selling off a lot of the local assets.</div>

StevenH https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:World_History_Signups&diff=909224 2011-09-03T21:20:08Z

<p>StevenH: </p> <hr /> <div>Is this open to anyone? Even 32 year old book worms like myself? [[User:MaxFletcher|MaxFletcher]] 21:31, 28 July 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> :Yes, welcome!--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 12:33, 29 July 2011 (EDT)<br /> ::Well, why not then! I like a challenge. I assume it won't cost me anything? [[User:MaxFletcher|MaxFletcher]] 19:14, 31 July 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> :::It's free, right? What kind of assignments would we get? I'm quite interested. [[User:RSnelik|RSnelik]] 20:52, 30 August 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> Can I still enroll? I would love to do this course! [[User:StevenH|StevenH]] 17:20, 3 September 2011 (EDT)</div>

StevenH https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:StevenH&diff=909223 2011-09-03T21:18:23Z

<p>StevenH: </p> <hr /> <div>Welcome to Consarvapedia. --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:00, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> Thanks a lot.<br /> :Are you a liberal? --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:16, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> No, I am not American. I am english and a conservative [[User:StevenH|StevenH]] 17:18, 3 September 2011 (EDT)</div>

StevenH https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:StevenH&diff=909221 2011-09-03T21:16:00Z

<p>StevenH: </p> <hr /> <div>Welcome to Consarvapedia. --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:00, 3 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> Thanks a lot.</div>

StevenH