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Two things that are really inconvenient about Wikipedia. On the pages for politicians, monarchs, statesmen etc., they list all their appointments, terms of office etc before the actual biographical details. So you have to scroll down some considerable way to find out the basics. That should come first. Pronunciation guide. It's fine for English, hover over the phonetics and it guides you through the pronunciation for each letter. But for any other language it refers you the full page IPA guide to the language in question, which is hard work. Why can't they do the same? Even better, they could include an audible pronunciation - some pages have that, but not many. Example - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serge_Gainsbourg Oh and a third thing of course is despite promising not to pester you after you've donated, they do. Over and over again. This has achieved the result of me not donating any more. Well done.

Oh dear god he's still whining. Local politicians from the 12th largest English city count under the rules. They count far more than some marginal artists. Ditto those from America. There's no margin of error in this. They were allowed before the Ffbi ban, they were allowed when I wrote the Ffbi ban and they are allowed by the current committee who I have 100% faith and support in. If you don't like it fuck off and create your own Deadpool.

Been in Queenstown the last few days. Believe it or not, this is NZ’s idea of a major city.

Well, well, well. Looks like Olympedia fucked up on this one. They had long maintained that Nancy Mackay (wiki), British-born Canadian bronze medalist sprinter at the 1948 Olympics, died in 2016. Not the case. She was still alive and died on January 4, 2024, aged 101. Obit here. Even the stronger sources get it wrong sometimes I suppose.

@livingbygrace... The Deathlist Cup might be an excellent opportunity for your "great picks". @ThereWillBeDeaths7, your opponent, is a notable player and you need experience. Don't you think so?

Kitty Jeffery was Ireland's oldest known person alive since 6 Sep 2023 and died on 17 Jan 2024,born in Glenville, Cork,she died in Wilton, Cork,now Ireland's oldest known person is Phyllis Furness,born 23 May 1915 Death Notice of KITTY JEFFERY (née Clancy) (Midleton, Cork) | rip.ie Ireland’s oldest person dies at the age of 109 (irishexaminer.com)

Jesus, do all US Senators have 5 million word essays on their political beliefs on Wikipedia? You guys should have the best informed voter base in the world if everyone took the time to read that before casting a ballot. I know more about her political positions in one paragraph of that article than I know about my own local MP's views on everything through scraping through his entire social media accounts.

I already did put in my names for the Cup..It is definitely a different one being you have to try and pick people you think will die in one month instead of in a year. Yes Please give the experience to therewillbedeath7. I am really still a baby at this. This is my first year playing in the pools. I on my own did my own shadow list for last 2 years, and I can tell you my number of hits were not great. Nothing to write home about I a sure you. All I am hoping for is to maybe improve and have some fun doing so. If I get knocked out first round I am good, and know I played against a great player.

Malcolm Gregson, member of the 1967 GB Ryder Cup squad, reportedly dead: https://www.pga.info/news/malcolm-gregson-1943-2024/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Gregson

Mon 29 Jan 00:35 NZDT 24 The Spencer Davis Group — Gimme Some Lovin’ -1 24 The Kinks — All Day And All Of The Night -5 23 The Yardbirds — Heart Full Of Soul 23 Barry Ryan — Eloise 23 The Kinks — Waterloo Sunset 22 Elvis Presley — In The Ghetto 21 The Beach Boys — God Only Knows 19 Los Bravos — Black Is Black 18 The Troggs — Wild Thing 17 Fleetwood Mac — Oh Well +4 17 Petula Clark — Downtown 17 Chris Montez — Let’s Dance 16 The Rolling Stones — Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown 16 The Who — My Generation  14 The Animals — We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

Dominick Cirillo (Wiki) dead at 94

Alan Alda is 88.

They'd do well to ignore the manufacturers. I thought my Jaguar had 'headlights'. No, actually; it has 'Signature Matrix', according to the car's menus. It's all just a load of pretentious piffle.

28/Jan/2024 27 The Beach Boys — God Only Knows 25 The Kinks — All Day And All Of The Night 23 The Yardbirds — Heart Full Of Soul 23 Barry Ryan — Eloise 22 The Kinks — Waterloo Sunset 22 The Animals — We Gotta Get Out Of This Place 21 The Spencer Davis Group — Gimme Some Lovin’ 21 The Rolling Stones — Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown 21 Elvis Presley — In The Ghetto 19 Fleetwood Mac — Oh Well +2 19 Los Bravos — Black Is Black +2 18 Petula Clark — Downtown 18 The Troggs — Wild Thing 16 Chris Montez — Let’s Dance 15 The Who — My Generation -6

Otis Randall (or Randle) born in born in Melrose, Texas and, died on December 24, 2023 in Los Angeles,California Morrie Markoff, born on January 11, 1914 in New York City and living in Los Angeles, California, is the oldest man in the USA The oldest known man in the U.S. is now only the 61st oldest person in the country Obituário Otis Randle - Inglewood Mortuary - 2024 (legacy.com)

Phil Bissell, a cartoonist and the designer of the original New England Patriots logo, has died. Bissell designed Pat Patriot, established as the logo on April 19, 1960, ahead of the team's inaugural season. https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/designer-of-patriots-iconic-logo-dies-team-announces/3259016/

María Silvia Correa Marín dead

Former Neighbours actor Troy Beckwith has died aged 48. He played Michael Martin in the show on and off for 6 years beteeen 1992 and 1998. The news was confirmed on Facebook by his former co - star Kim Valentine.

I see all these "why should a local politician get accepted" topics of conversation, but the rest of you don't get to see the "person living in woods" picks that people try and sneak in among their 5 other questionable picks.

I think that Brighton opera singer picked by Banana, as well as Amy Price are very much on the cusp of FFBI but it is all within the rules. I think if you really want to stop the debate about the fringe picks, then the rule might have to be that they have to have a Wikipedia page to qualify.

27/Jan/2024 27 Fleetwood Mac — Oh Well +2 27 The Who — My Generation 27 The Troggs — Wild Thing 25 The Yardbirds — Heart Full Of Soul 24 The Beach Boys — God Only Knows 24 Chris Montez — Let’s Dance 23 Barry Ryan — Eloise 23 The Spencer Davis Group — Gimme Some Lovin’ 22 Los Bravos — Black Is Black +2 22 Elvis Presley — In The Ghetto 22 The Rolling Stones — Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown 22 The Kinks — Waterloo Sunset -3 22 The Kinks — All Day And All Of The Night -3 19 Petula Clark — Downtown 17 The Animals — We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

Frankly this is a dire substitute for entertainment, over a week since a scoring death unless someone hereabouts is about to show me action from their local paper posting the death of a beloved school crossing guard who's also on the masterlist. I'm seeing similar lacklustre times on the other dead pools and even the DDP is shuffling along. In the meantime, here's a update from our sponsors, or summat.

I will try again to make it to the second round......I have been eliminated in the first round once by being beaten, once by failing to get a second round team in on time, and once by coin toss. I take full responsibility for the former two. For the latter, I respectfully request another type of tiebreaker be added to avoid the dreaded coin toss. Say, number of letters in the names of the hits. Number of non hits born in 1928. Number of goals their favorite soccer team scored in last tuesdays match. ANYTHING.

I'm in!