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Welcome to WikiProject United States on the English Wikipedia! We are a project dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to the United States, with an emphasis on subjects with regional and national significance. This project was formed to coordinate the development of United States related articles and help maintain the United States Portal. Some project goals are to help list and categorize United States related articles, develop quality standards for articles and build templates that help users browse the articles that fall under this project. This project also provides a place for Wikipedians to share information and resources regarding improvements to United States related articles. Here, editors can ask for help with certain articles and bring otherwise overlooked articles and problems, to the attention of other editors. For more information of the role of WikiProjects, check out WikiProject guidelines.

Project statistics

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As of 25 November 2015, there are 7002989000000000000♠989 featured and 7003213500000000000♠2,135 good articles within WikiProject United States scope. This makes up 5.14% of the articles on Wikipedia, 13.08% of all featured articles and lists, and 9.24% of all good articles. Including non-article pages, such as talk pages, redirects, categories, etcetera, there are 7005831906000000000♠831,906 pages in the project.

Note: There are more than 100 Wikiprojects relating to United States topics. See the Wikiproject Embassy tab for links to statistics for those projects. For the Assessment statistics for the projects currently supported directly by WikiProject United States go to Quality and importance tables.

United States article rating and assessment scheme
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Daily log of status changes

WP1.0 Assessment table

United States articles by assessment categories Importance→ Quality↓ Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 17 76 161 427 0 11 689 A 1 4 29 39 0 0 73 GA 25 118 339 1,569 0 87 2,130 B 84 523 1,158 5,089 0 163 7,001 C 61 360 1,516 10,403 0 787 13,098 Start 104 909 6,053 85,804 11 4,718 97,532 Stub 0 45 1,948 103,562 47 8,559 113,924 FL 6 32 34 218 0 0 290 List 14 140 659 9,668 8 275 10,756 Future 0 0 2 10 0 7 16 Book 0 0 0 0 259 0 259 Category 0 0 0 0 87,218 0 87,218 Disambig 0 0 0 0 971 0 971 FM 1 0 0 0 392 0 393 File 0 0 0 0 20,593 0 20,593 Portal 0 0 0 0 5,592 0 5,592 Project 0 0 0 0 1,340 0 1,340 Redirect 0 0 0 169 31,249 11 31,431 Template 0 0 0 7 10,531 0 10,539 NA 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 Unassessed 0 0 0 1,444 3 11,002 12,451 Total 302 2,195 11,898 218,572 158,247 26,320 416,288 Statistics automatically update ().

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56.5% complete Backlog: Unassessed United States articles Goal: 0 articles Current: 12,456 articles Initial: 28,647 articles

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64.1% complete Backlog: Unknown-importance United States articles Goal: 0 articles Current: 26,330 articles Initial: 73,309 articles

Project categories

▼ United States

► States of the United States

► United States-related lists

► Buildings and structures in the United States

► Economy of the United States

► Environment of the United States

► Geography of the United States

► Government in the United States

► History of the United States

► American people

► Politics of the United States

► American society

► Tourist attractions in the United States

▼ WikiProject United States

► WikiProject United States archives

► WikiProject United States articles

► WikiProject United States Constitution

► Wikipedia meetups in the United States

► WikiProject United States members

► WikiProject United States newsletters

► WikiProject United States talk pages

► WikiProject United States Territories

► WikiProject United States templates

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WikiProjects supported as part of WikiProject United States

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WikiProjects directly supported by WikiProject United States and the {{WikiProject United States}} banner: National level projects:

• American music
• American Old West
• American television
• Asian Americans
• FBI
• Franco-Americans
• KYOVA Region
• Mexican-Americans
• September 11, 2001
• Superfunds
• U.S. counties
• U.S. Government
• U.S. Governors
• U.S. Presidents
• U.S. presidential elections
• U.S. State Legislatures

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States and territories:

• Arizona
• Arkansas
• Colorado
• Delaware
• District of Columbia
• Idaho
• Indiana
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Massachusetts
• Mississippi
• Nebraska
• New Hampshire
• New Mexico
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• Texas
• Utah
• Vermont
• Washington
• West Virginia
• Wyoming

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City and local:

• Austin, Texas
• Boston, Massachusetts
• Cape Cod and the Islands
• Charlotte, North Carolina
• Cincinnati, Ohio
• Durham, North Carolina
• Eastern Mountain Coal Fields task force
• Eastern Washington task force
• Indianapolis, Indiana
• Louisville, Kentucky
• Lowell, Massachusetts
• Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
• New Hampshire Mountains
• New Orleans, Louisiana
• Ohio townships task force
• Omaha, Nebraska
• Salem Witch Trials Task Force
• San Antonio, Texas
• Seattle, Washington
• Shreveport, Louisiana
• Yellowstone task force
• Washington Metro
• Youngstown, Ohio

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Education and university:

• Dartmouth College
• East Carolina University
• Louisiana Tech
• North Carolina State University
• Notre Dame
• Ohio Wesleyan University
• Pennsylvania State University
• Rutgers
• Seton Hall University
• Texas A&M
• Texas Tech University
• University of Arkansas
• University of Massachusetts
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• University of North Texas
• University of Texas at Austin
• Washington University in St. Louis
• West Virginia University

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Joint Projects:

Caution: The projects in this section are associated or maintained by multiple projects. Under no circumstances should the banner from another project be replaced with the banner for WikiProject United States.

Also, some of these projects contain articles that do not pertain to the United States. Only, those articles that pertain to the United States should be tagged with the WikiProject United States template even if it pertains to one of these projects.

• American Samoa - With WikiProject Polynesia
• American animation work group - With WikiProject Animation
• American cinema - With WikiProject Film
• National Institutes of Health
• US comics work group - With WikiProject Comics
• US history - With United States History
• US military history
• American Civil War
• American Revolutionary War - With WikiProject Military History
• United States Public Policy- With WikiProject United States Public Policy (historically preserved)

Announcements

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Article alerts

Today's featured articles

• 03 Dec 2015 – Lafayette dollar (talk · edit · hist) will be Today's Featured Article; see blurb

Today's featured article requests

• unspecified – Kent, Ohio (talk · edit · hist) has been proposed for Today's Featured Article by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 25 Nov 2015 – Nick Bonaccio (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Nbonaccio (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
• 25 Nov 2015 – Mirjana Puhar (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Donnie Park (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
• 24 Nov 2015 – Candy Carson (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Winkelvi (t · c); see discussion (3 participants; relisted)
• 23 Nov 2015 – Huma Abedin (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Nocturnalnow (t · c); see discussion (14 participants)
• 23 Nov 2015 – Charlotte Benkner (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Legacypac (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
• 22 Nov 2015 – Wally Baker (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by EEng (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
• 22 Nov 2015 – Mary Ann Childers (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by SwisterTwister (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
• 22 Nov 2015 – Karen Tumulty (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by SwisterTwister (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
• 22 Nov 2015 – Sylvan Mattingly (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Clarityfiend (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
• 20 Nov 2015 – Ashley Dawson (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by SwisterTwister (t · c); see discussion (8 participants)

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Proposed deletions

• 25 Nov 2015 – Culture (US band) (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by SwisterTwister (t · c): Long-time troubled article for basically non-notable and a WP:TNT case if actually notable as my searches (News, Books, browsers and Highbeam) found nothing but trivial mentions, contrary to the keeps at the first AfD. It's also worth noting one ...
• 24 Nov 2015 – BYU Adlab (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Piotrus (t · c): The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing Wikipedia:General notability guideline and the more detailed Wikipedia:Notability (companies) requirement. If you disagree and deprod thi ...
• 22 Nov 2015 – Security and Freedom Through Encryption Act (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by GB fan (t · c): the act had no significant coverage and never made it through committee
• 22 Nov 2015 – 2015 TCR USA Series season (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Corvus tristis (t · c): The series wasn't held, so delete per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2012 Formula Renault UK season.
• 22 Nov 2015 – John Slick (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by SwisterTwister (t · c): Seemingly non-notable independently-wise musician, best known for being part of Petra, simply nothing else to suggest keeping this.
• 21 Nov 2015 – Mike Scott (wrestler) (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Jonesey95 (t · c): Unreferenced BLP fails notability test.
• 19 Nov 2015 – Miguel Celestino (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Yankees10 (t · c): Non-notable minor league baseball player. Fails GNG
• 17 Nov 2015 – List of Bouse and Centennial Wash landforms (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Fram (t · c): Unclear why this group of landforms should have its own list article, or what the contents of the article actually mean.
• 17 Nov 2015 – George Washington RFC (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Neutrality (t · c): student club (i.e., not intercollegiate) club, no indication of notability
• 16 Nov 2015 – InContext Solutions (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Citobun (t · c): The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing Wikipedia:General notability guideline and the more detailed Wikipedia:Notability (companies) requirement. If you disagree and deprod thi ...

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Categories for discussion

• 18 Nov 2015 – Category:University of North Dakota women's ice hockey seasons (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Billcasey905 (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Nov 2015 – Category:University of North Dakota women's ice hockey (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Billcasey905 (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Nov 2015 – Category:University of North Dakota ice hockey venues (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Billcasey905 (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Nov 2015 – Category:University of North Dakota men's ice hockey (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Billcasey905 (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Nov 2015 – Category:University of North Dakota football navigational boxes (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Billcasey905 (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Nov 2015 – Category:University of North Dakota men's basketball navigational boxes (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Billcasey905 (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Nov 2015 – Category:University of North Dakota women's basketball (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Billcasey905 (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Nov 2015 – Category:University of North Dakota basketball venues (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Billcasey905 (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Nov 2015 – Category:University of North Dakota men's basketball (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Billcasey905 (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Nov 2015 – Category:University of North Dakota women's ice hockey coaches (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Billcasey905 (t · c); see discussion

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Templates for discussion

• 20 Nov 2015 – Template:Bentley Falcons football coach navbox (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Corkythehornetfan (t · c); see discussion
• 10 Nov 2015 – Template:Chris Haw (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Legacypac (t · c); see discussion
• 10 Nov 2015 – Template:Shane Claiborne (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Legacypac (t · c); see discussion

Files for discussion

• 07 Nov 2015 – File:USWarriors-Diversity.jpg (talk · edit · hist) was FfDed by Sfan00 IMG (t · c); see discussion
• 20 Oct 2015 – File:Indiana Theatre (Terre Haute) 3.JPG (talk · edit · hist) was FfDed by Kelly (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Oct 2015 – File:Maysville Opera.JPG (talk · edit · hist) was FfDed by Magog the Ogre (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Oct 2015 – File:Maysville Public restrooms.JPG (talk · edit · hist) was FfDed by Magog the Ogre (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Oct 2015 – File:Maysville uphill.JPG (talk · edit · hist) was FfDed by Magog the Ogre (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Oct 2015 – File:New Nelson County KY Courthouse.JPG (talk · edit · hist) was FfDed by Magog the Ogre (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Oct 2015 – File:New Sherwood Hotel Back.JPG (talk · edit · hist) was FfDed by Magog the Ogre (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Oct 2015 – File:New Sherwood Hotel front.JPG (talk · edit · hist) was FfDed by Magog the Ogre (t · c); see discussion
• 12 Nov 2015 – File:Clark County Courthouse Indiana 001.JPG (talk · edit · hist) FfDed by Magog the Ogre (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Featured article candidates

• 18 Nov 2015 – Skin Trade (film) (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Metal121 (t · c); see discussion
• 17 Nov 2015 – True Detective (season 1) (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by DAP388 (t · c); see discussion
• 02 Nov 2015 – Operation Sandwedge (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Grapple X (t · c); see discussion
• 31 Oct 2015 – Capon Lake Whipple Truss Bridge (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by West Virginian (t · c); see discussion
• 07 Oct 2015 – 2006 Subway 500 (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Z105space (t · c); see discussion

Featured list candidates

• 07 Nov 2015 – List of Georgetown University alumni (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by Ergo Sum (t · c); see discussion
• 01 Nov 2015 – Hurricane Katrina tornado outbreak (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by Cyclonebiskit (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 22 Nov 2015 – Stephenson Grand Army of the Republic Memorial (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by AgnosticPreachersKid (t · c); start discussion
• 20 Nov 2015 – Nina Davuluri (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Classicfilms (t · c); start discussion
• 17 Nov 2015 – O Street Market (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by AgnosticPreachersKid (t · c); start discussion
• 16 Nov 2015 – Filipino Americans (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Shhhhwwww!! (t · c); start discussion
• 15 Nov 2015 – The Life and Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Hunter Kahn (t · c); start discussion
• 13 Nov 2015 – No Gun Ri Massacre (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by GeneralizationsAreBad (t · c); start discussion
• 09 Nov 2015 – Roberto Orci (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Miyagawa (t · c); start discussion
• 04 Nov 2015 – Esparza's (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Another Believer (t · c); start discussion
• 01 Nov 2015 – United States Capitol cornerstone laying (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by LavaBaron (t · c); start discussion
• 01 Nov 2015 – Murder of Bella Bond (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Gourami Watcher (t · c); start discussion

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Good article reassessments

• 11 Nov 2015 – Jesus for President (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Wikimandia (t · c); see discussion
• 23 Aug 2015 – Byzantine (band) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Retrohead (t · c); see discussion
• 08 Jun 2013 – David Meerman Scott (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by EBY3221 (t · c); see discussion

Requests for comments

• 19 Nov 2015 – Trans-Pacific Partnership (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Martinkunev (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Nov 2015 – Hillary Clinton email controversy (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Wikidemon (t · c); see discussion
• 13 Nov 2015 – Cold War II (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by George Ho (t · c); see discussion
• 07 Nov 2015 – Star Wars: The Force Awakens (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by The Almightey Drill (t · c); see discussion
• 07 Nov 2015 – St. Petersburg, Florida (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Adog104 (t · c); see discussion
• 07 Nov 2015 – Marco Rubio (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Cwobeel (t · c); see discussion
• 06 Nov 2015 – Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by George Ho (t · c); see discussion
• 03 Nov 2015 – Donald Trump (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Ihardlythinkso (t · c); see discussion
• 01 Nov 2015 – Jedediah Smith (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by LynnWysong (t · c); see discussion
• 15 Oct 2015 – Umpqua Community College shooting (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by George Ho (t · c); see discussion

Peer reviews

• 23 Nov 2015 – Wendell Willkie (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Wehwalt (t · c); see discussion
• 22 Nov 2015 – Cher (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Lordelliott (t · c); see discussion
• 07 Nov 2015 – Modern history of American football (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by ParkH.Davis (t · c); see discussion
• 07 Nov 2015 – Early history of American football (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by ParkH.Davis (t · c); see discussion
• 07 Nov 2015 – Dark Angel (TV series) (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Freikorp (t · c); see discussion
• 02 Nov 2015 – Emily Ratajkowski (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by TonyTheTiger (t · c); see discussion
• 28 Oct 2015 – Henry Hoʻolulu Pitman (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by KAVEBEAR (t · c); see discussion
• 24 Oct 2015 – Cruise missile strikes on Afghanistan and Sudan (August 1998) (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by GeneralizationsAreBad (t · c); see discussion
• 19 Oct 2015 – Not in Front of the Children (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Cirt (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Oct 2015 – The Andy Griffith Show (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Sunshineisles2 (t · c); see discussion

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Requested moves

• 24 Nov 2015 – The Fang (Waterfall in Colorado) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved by Jojikiba (t · c); see discussion
• 23 Nov 2015 – Playland Park (Texas) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved by Trhao (t · c); see discussion
• 22 Nov 2015 – WKU Hilltoppers and Lady Toppers (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved by Joeykai (t · c); see discussion
• 21 Nov 2015 – Brown Field (Valparaiso University) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved by Fbdave (t · c); see discussion
• 20 Nov 2015 – 2015 Xi Jinping United States visit (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved by George Ho (t · c); see discussion
• 20 Nov 2015 – Anglo-Wabanaki War (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved by Moxy (t · c); see discussion
• 19 Nov 2015 – Painted Desert (Arizona) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved by Clarityfiend (t · c); see discussion
• 16 Nov 2015 – Chrysler S platform (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved by SteveCof00 (t · c); see discussion
• 16 Nov 2015 – SportsNet New York (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved by 2601:8C:4001:DCF4:4C1E:914D:7854:C5BF (t · c); see discussion
• 14 Nov 2015 – Louisiana Creole French (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved by Anthony Appleyard (t · c); see discussion

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Project templates

See also: Category:United States templates.

General use templates

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{{WikiProject United States}}
{{WPUS Invite}}	Hello, WikiProject United States! We are looking for editors to join WikiProject United States, an outreach effort which aims to support development of United States related articles in Wikipedia. We thought you might be interested, and hope that you will join us. Thanks!!!

Navboxes, infoboxes, sidebars

See also: Category:United States topic navigational boxes.

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{{United States topics}}	(navigation box; very large, covers everything; don't over-use)
{{USPoliticalDivisions}}	(navigation box; political divisions; for use on state & territory articles)
{{Life in the United States}}	(navigation box; does not include history or geography; more limited than the demographics one)
{{Demographics of the United States}}	(navigation box; fairly comprehensive on the topic)
{{US culture}}	(small sidebar; just the major topics)
{{Infobox U.S. state}}	(infobox for states and territories)

Portals

See also: Category:United States portals.

These portals may be placed in the See also or another appropriate section of related articles. There are other, topic specific portals available. See Wikipedia:List of U.S. state portals.

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{{Portal|United States Army}}
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{{Portal|United States Marine Corps}}
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Stubs

See also: Category:United States stubs.

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Userboxes

WikiProject United States members should add one of the following Wikitext expressions to their user page.

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{{User WikiProject United States}}	This user is a member of WikiProject United States.
{{User WP United States}}	This user is a member of WikiProject United States

• See Wikipedia:Userboxes/Regional WikiProjects for other WikiProject userboxes.
• See Wikipedia:userboxes/Location/United States for other United States userboxes.

Project awards

Barnstar

		The WikiProject United States Barnstar of National Merit
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Ribbon equivalents

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I've created this ribbon for the Barnstar. ElectricalExperiment 15:53, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

There are three styles of ribbon at that page. Electrical Experiment created the first two, I just created the third and uploaded the full trio here. Sven Manguard _Talk 02:08, 13 November 2010 (UTC)