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  Wikipedia talk:List guideline - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Your current definition doesn't work: (for instance) a German-language author who publishes novels in German, and philosophical texts in English, would for no distinguishable reason be excluded from the list if the present artificial definition were to be followed.
Your "dog species" example is remarkable, and as far as I know more problematic than the "German-language philosophers".
Also in that case it may be helpful for your co-editors to leave a clarifying note on the talk page, for instance indicating which sources you already checked.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Lists   (13243 words)

  
 Camping Tents by Apache/Atuffy Instant Tent
After 25 Years designing custom camping tents and tipis (www.reesetipis.com) and (www.greenhousetipi.com), Frank Reese, an outdoorsman and avid family camper, decided to design camping tents that would be strong, simple, quick and easy to put up, compact to carry, comfortable to use, and of the highest quality.
This allows tent door flaps to be open for ventilation while it is raining on the outside.
Tent carry bag, rain fly bag, guy lines, pegs, and instructions are furnished with each tent.
www.apachetents.com   (732 words)

  
 Tentsmiths - Historical Period Tents - Pavilion Tent Options
Some vendors have requested we remove the mud flaps so as to allow walls to be more easily put up or taken down without moving poles.
Opening both doors helps but a roof vent was, and is, the real solution.
Basically an open hole with a canvas lattice to hold it together and a flap to close off the elements.
www.tentsmiths.com /period-tents-options-pavilion.html   (388 words)

  
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Jake, the youngest of the older cousins opened a bag of marshmallows and trimmed green twigs with his knife.
We placed them on the floor of the tent but instead of everyone getting their own bag they spread out two of them on the floor two deep and then spread out the last on as a cover.
I could hear laughing from outside the tent and looked to see the tent flaps opened and all three older cousins sitting in the nude eating pop tarts and drinking creek water out of beer bottles.
www.nifty.org /nifty/gay/incest/getting-to-know-family   (8515 words)

  
 BC Tent and Awning of Avon, MA - FAQ
A pole tent is the type of tent you may have seen if you ever attended a circus.
Frame tents are traditionally more labor-intensive to install, so, in most cases, you will find the rental cost higher than a conventional pole tent.
Tents themselves are not heated, but we can provide heat for a tent during colder seasons.
www.bctent.com /faq.htm   (497 words)

  
 Tentsmiths - Historical Period Tents - Material & Warranty
Twenty years of tent making and research has shown that tents seldom wear in their ridges, so why introduce weight, needle holes and the chance for trapped moisture in that area.
Abrasion causes wear, so we reinforce a tent's peaks, door overlaps, stake loops and eaves area, as those are the potential problem spots.
Tents made of this untreated fabric will take a bit more care and will be more susceptible to shrinkage.
www.tentsmiths.com /period-tents-materials-warranty.html   (1005 words)

  
 Tent Set-up
Make sure the end of your pole is at least 3-square inches, or it may pull through the grommet hole, and your tent will neatly slide down to the ground!
When you have your tent dry dry dry, pack it in a plastic bag to keep it that way, and don't store it on the floor of your basement.
Don't store the ropes with the tent, as they can have dirt on them that will transfer to the fabric, and if they are manila ropes, they will transfer oils that will stain the tent.
www.midwesttent.com /docs/BellwedgeSetup.htm   (1997 words)

  
 Camping Tent Testimonials
I showed a couple of friends my new tent and they are considering getting two tents with a connector for the two of them and their 3 large dogs.
Why, the simplicity of your tent allows a mere child to erect it in minutes, (and without taking proper instruction from his elders!) And with that vestibule of yours, even the pooch can now come in out of the rain instead of toughing the elements like the hardy dogs of yore.
Opened the bag, spent several minutes separating the rainfly poles from the tent poles, got the poles snapped together, spread the tent on the ground in the rain, and inserted the poles through the guides at the top of the tent, and then the fun began.
www.apachetents.com /testimonies.cfm   (5477 words)

  
 Lake Benaroon - Day 2 - Fraser Island - Long-Distance Walks with Mark Moxon
Your average dingo is sleek, naturally thin, and has all the usual mannerisms of canine kind, including the sad, sideways tilt of the head that makes hearts melt and grown adults speak in goo-goo language.
As I watched, it came back, trotted straight into the tent, and after a bit of investigation, obviously decided that a litre carton of milk constituted food, so, jaws clamped round the prize, it started walking off to the forest, leaving a trail of milk behind it.
By the time I got into my tent, the rain had just settled in for a long stay, and before long the same old story of sleeping in a puddle and getting dripped on all night raised its ugly head.
www.longdistancewalks.com /fraser_island/day02.html   (873 words)

  
 Neergaard's daily Journal
You’re there to see animals, and anything from small birds and rodents to elephants qualify for a gazing and picture-taking stop.
Our tents this time were real tents, not canvas motel rooms; no utilities, but they were spacious enough -10’x10’ and ample headroom to stand and move about - and with a "pee-pee tepee" containing a portable toilet attached to the rear of each.
Lanterns were brought to the tent verandas at sunset, hot water was provided for hand-washing at meals at the mess tent and for showers to order.
www.softadventure.net /neerjrnl.htm   (5169 words)

  
 MCA: BEAR UPDATE by Cliff Jacobson
A tent seems to be an important defensive device in a park, not as a physical barrier, but because it confuses bears and gives humans a chance to escape.
Procedure: once you are aware of a bear near your tent, but away from the door, one person unzips the door flap part-way and holds it open and shines the light to blind the bear.
You can use your knife to cut your way out of the back end of the tent, if need be, or to slit the side of the tent (to spray the bear) if the bear is attacking the tent.
www.canoe-kayak.org /pages/a24.html   (1427 words)

  
 Where 2havefun - Canoeing in the Boundry Waters Canoe Area
Tent Pads are provided at each developed campsite, trenching and cutting pine boughts for mattresses, once was accepted, but now is it not necessary it is illegal in the BWCA, because of the harm that it may inflict to the environment.
If your tent is bright colored try to set it up as far away from the shore as to keep others from spotting it.
Take your largest pot and fill it up with water, (heating it up on your fire) and head away from the shore to do your dishes, and please dump your dirty water at least 200 feet from shore as not to pollute the Lake.
www.2havefun.com /Places/North-East/BWCA   (2288 words)

  
 Bear Information
While car-camping, keep your food in your vehicle, preferably in the trunk, at night or when you are away from the campsite.
While camping in the wilderness or in the backcountry, hang your food pack in the trees when you leave your site and at night.
If you should leave your campsite, tie your tent flaps open.
www.sftcbsa.org /spsr/bears.html   (398 words)

  
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Spread your tent on level ground and pull out the four corners.
Place one end of the pole into a pin located on one side of the tent floor.
CAUTION: This tent has no rain fly, rain may leak through the roof seam lines easier than a tent with a rain fly, and is not recommended for camping under heavy rain.
www.tentonsale.com /s2010_assembly.html   (118 words)

  
 Mongolia Potato story with asian culture and food information and recipes from asia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The tent was set up for us right next to the River Tuul (which is neither deep nor wide there), and we were introduced to our hosts in the country: Byamba and his wife (can't remember her name) and their 18-year old son.
We hitched the tent flaps open so we could look out over the valley, and it was lovely.
A calf had plonked itself in the shade of our tent, so from where I was lying, the wall of the tent bulged inwards and panted 8-).
www.asiarecipe.com /monpotato.html   (1471 words)

  
 Matter and Atoms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
A solid mass held at a height has potential energy due to its elevated position in a gravitational field, and the only difference between that and a liquid is that the liquid is in effect a continuous series of masses held at a continuous range of heights.
Mercury is squirted into the sealed end of the tube while it's upside down, and when the tube is turned over, the mercury falls down to the bend in the tube, leaving behind a vacuum in the sealed side.
"Flaps" can be extended below the wings to increase the curvature and the lift for take-off or low-speed flight, and similarly a "slat" can be extended from the leading edge of the wing to increase curvature for the same purpose.
www.kosmoi.com /Technology/Engineering/Materials   (6118 words)

  
 Fraser Island - Australia - Mark Moxon, Travel Writer
The first night in the bush is always fairly strenuous – roll mats aren't mattresses, and inflatable pillows are, literally, a pain in the neck – but the next day I was up with the worms, and ready to take off south through the bush.
You can camp almost anywhere in the dunes along Seventy-Five Mile Beach, and pitching the tent between the small front dune and the larger secondary one meant I was protected from both sea breezes (easterlies) and land winds (westerlies), but there was enough breeze getting through to prevent dewfall.
Imagine a combination of Purnululu and Nambung, and you're not far off the rainbow-coloured spires of the Pinnacles; stick in a blue sky peppered with surreal cloud formations, and it's a postcard photographer's delight, and a worthy and fitting destination for my rest day's walk.
www.moxon.net /australia/fraser_island.html   (5466 words)

  
 My Enemy, My Lover - Marianne LaCroix   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Arriving at a large tent, flaps rolled open to catch the night breeze and illuminated from inside with an oil lamp set in the center of a table, Rebecca felt on edge.
Opening it, he pulled out what looked like a decanter of brandy and two glasses.
Were you looking to satisfy some of our officers with your charms?” He stood before her now, looking down at her face with those cold, calculating eyes.
www.mariannelacroix.com /excerpts/myenemymylover.html   (693 words)

  
 GOP Debate: Big Tent Vs. Core Values - April 19, 1998
The answer to that question has the GOP's moderates and social conservatives engaged in heated debate these days, with each side fighting for what they see as the heart and soul of their party.
"I consider (the party is) becoming more of a big tent party than it was maybe several years ago.
You see the number of governors and elected officials now who are what you would regard as moderate Republicans.
www.cnn.com /ALLPOLITICS/1998/04/19/gop.split/index.html   (824 words)

  
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Starting from ground level, attach the tent clips to the poles along the tent pole lines.
Velcros are located inside the tent fly along the tent pole lines.
Attach the S-hooks fro the rain fly to the rings on the tent corner.
www.tentonsale.com /s3081_assembly.html   (253 words)

  
 The Jewish Outreach Institute
Legend has it that our forefather Abraham sat in his tent, with the flaps of the tent folded up on all four sides, so he could welcome weary wayfarers from every direction.
Even though we were all friends who had known each other for several years, and socialized frequently, we experienced a sense of mutual interdependence and intimacy in the midst of the woods than we ever did by visiting each other in our homes, or going out to dinner at a local restaurant.
It is that spirit which moved Abraham to dwell in a tent with its flaps open on all four sides.
www.joi.org /celebrate/sukkot/tent.shtml   (541 words)

  
 roleplaying tips for roleplayers and gamemaster roleplaying advice for all roleplaying systems and rpgs
Your job as DM is to present them with a reasonable excuse for adventuring together.
It could be that some of your players are using these free- for-alls as a means of establishing dominance in the group (or they're just not interested in roleplaying).
Your players may simply be inexperienced or have been exposed to bad examples of play.
www.roleplayingtips.com /issue163.asp   (3681 words)

  
 How to Live with Black Bears
Most fl bears will not enter a tent with people in it, but it is still a good idea to keep food and food odors out of tents and sleeping bags.
To be on the safe side, wash food from your face and hands before going to bed and hang clothing beyond reach of bears if it has food or cooking grease on it.
The next best thing is to store food in the trunk of your automobile or in sealed plastic bags suspended from a line between two trees.
www.ncrs.fs.fed.us /epubs/ht66.html   (1799 words)

  
 Outdoor Journal
The tent was plenty roomy, and the setup we had was tradition.
Because our tent came with dirt floors, we dug a deep hole in the rear corner of the tent to keep a cooler in.
We always kept the flaps open on both sides of the tent to welcome the fresh air.
www.bismarcktribune.com /outdoorjournal/01-03/tales.html   (965 words)

  
 ICT [2002/09/11]  Letters from the end of the Dempster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
After a few minutes, a boat came across, and one of the people onboard was a truck driver.
I also remember sitting in a warm tent when it rained and watching my grandmother make bannock, cooking fish, while my grandfather told stories and sang.
The tent flaps were open and you could see the rain falling and hear it on the tent.
www.indiancountry.com /content.cfm?id=1031770088   (1378 words)

  
 OsakaPrints.com (Glossary)
Later, when Matsuo Bashô (1644-1694) and his followers used only the first three opening lines (hokku, or "opening phrase"), the term became associated with verse of seventeen syllables (5-7-5), the same structure as haiku.
These also included flaps that could be raised to show alternate versions of part of the scene (some pornographic in nature).
Ceremonial introduction of actors; the opening of the season in which a kabuki theater would present its annual, newly engaged company of actors.
www.osakaprints.com /content/information/glossary.htm   (8847 words)

  
 Morning on the Mara.
With the tent flaps open wide, we entered number eleven and examined the twin beds with canopies and netting.
The tent is furnished with armoire, desk, and a full bath in the back behind another flap.
As we stand there watching through the open roof of the Land Cruiser, the peaceful sounds of morning birds are all we can hear, with an occasional braying of distant wildebeest.
www.travelreporter.com /mara2.html   (1050 words)

  
 Marshall Cultural Atlas
And since our tent leaked at all the corners everybody was clustered in the middle.
To make matters worse we had to keep our tent flaps open, and since it was really cold inside, I had to stay rolled up in my blanket most of the time.
Every time we ate we would have to clean up the tent because some people had left their trash in there and we would get in trouble for the mess if they found it dirty.
www.ankn.uaf.edu /NPE/CulturalAtlases/Yupiaq/Marshall/summer5/MySummeratOhog.html   (760 words)

  
 Discovery : Media Camping Center Hatfield PA
The Flagstaff tent trailer is about family values.
An abundant offering of standard features and available options provides for your family's every need.
The RT Series is built tough for the true outdoor enthusiast.
www.mediacampingctr.com /type.asp?id=12   (193 words)

  
 Memoirs (Part 2)
Your question is a natural one, but shows you have forgotten the Law of the Malevolence of Things in General.
In the meantime, we are so interested in your ideas that we are contemplating the possibility of its use on our own ICT 1301...
It was in effect a big tent under which each of the researchers had a stall to display his wares; for the success of those wares he was almost solely responsible.
www.rules-of-the-game.com /com003-memoir2.htm   (6088 words)

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