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Don Payne

Crew Information

Gender:	Male ♂
Job:	Writer Producer
Birth date:	May 5, 1964
Death date:	March 26, 2013 (aged 48)
Status:	Deceased
Number of episodes:	299
Seasons active:	Season 11 - 26
First episode:	"Treehouse of Horror X"
Most recent episode:	"The Man Who Came to Be Dinner"
Album:	The Simpsons: Testify

William Donald "Don" Payne (May 5, 1964 – March 26, 2013) was an American film and television producer and writer. He served as a writer, consulting producer, co-executive producer, supervising producer, and producer for The Simpsons.

Awards[edit]

Award	Year	Episode	Result
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program	2000^[1]	"Behind the Laughter"	Won
2001^[2]	"HOMЯ"
2002^[3]	"She of Little Faith"	Nominated
2003^[4]	"Three Gays of the Condo"	Won
2004^[5]	"The Way We Weren't"	Nominated
2005^[6]	"Future-Drama"
2006^[7]	"The Seemingly Never-Ending Story"	Won
2007^[8]	"The Haw-Hawed Couple"	Nominated
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Animation	2003^[9]	"The Bart Wants What It Wants"	Nominated
2005^[10]	"Fraudcast News"
2006^[11]	"Thank God It's Doomsday"
2007^[12]	"Simpsons Christmas Stories"
2010^[13]	"Take My Life, Please"

Credits[edit]

Written by[edit]

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XI"

Episode – "Insane Clown Poppy"

Episode – "Bye, Bye, Nerdie"

Episode – "Simpsons Tall Tales"

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XII"

Episode – "The Bart Wants What It Wants"

Episode – "The Great Louse Detective"

Episode – "Old Yeller-Belly"

Episode – "The Wandering Juvie"

Episode – "Fraudcast News"

Episode – "Thank God It's Doomsday"

Episode – "Simpsons Christmas Stories"

Episode – "Little Big Girl"

Episode – "Love, Springfieldian Style"

Episode – "Take My Life, Please"

Episode – "Thursdays with Abie"

Episode – "Labor Pains"

Episode – "White Christmas Blues"

Producer[edit]

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror X" (as Don "Excruciating" Payne)

Episode – "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder"
Episode – "Eight Misbehavin'"
Episode – "Take My Wife, Sleaze"
Episode – "Grift of the Magi"
Episode – "Little Big Mom"
Episode – "Faith Off"
Episode – "The Mansion Family"
Episode – "Saddlesore Galactica"

Episode – "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily"
Episode – "Missionary: Impossible"
Episode – "Pygmoelian"

Episode – "Bart to the Future"
Episode – "Days of Wine and D'oh'ses"
Episode – "Kill the Alligator and Run"
Episode – "Last Tap Dance in Springfield"
Episode – "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge"
Episode – "Behind the Laughter"

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XI" (as Don of the Dead Payne)
Episode – "A Tale of Two Springfields"

Episode – "Insane Clown Poppy"

Episode – "HOMЯ"

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Don Payne at the Internet Movie Database
Don Payne at Wikipedia

Writers

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J. Stewart Burns • Joel H. Cohen • Jessica Conrad • John Frink • Broti Gupta • Al Jean • Brian Kelley • Ryan Koh • Rob LaZebnik • Tim Long • Cesar Mazariegos • Christine Nangle • Carolyn Omine • Michael Price • Matt Selman • Loni Steele Sosthand • Dan Vebber • Jeff Westbrook

view • talk • edit • past Former writers
Megan Amram • Richard Appel • Elisabeth Kiernan Averick • Bob Bendetson • James L. Brooks • Bill Canterbury • Donick Cary • Dan Castellaneta • Daniel Chun • David X. Cohen • Jonathan Collier • Jennifer Crittenden • Kevin Curran • Nick Dahan • Greg Daniels • Larry Doyle • Michael Ferris • Brent Forrester • Peter Gaffney • Tom Gammill • Valentina L. Garza • Stephanie Gillis • Mitch Glazer • Allen Glazier • Ned Goldreyer • Dana Gould • Dan Greaney • Matt Groening • Reid Harrison • Ron Hauge • Pete Holmes • David Isaacs • Ken Keeler • Billy Kimball • Jay Kogen • Andrew Kreisberg • Bob Kushell • Deb Lacusta • Johnny LaZebnik • Ken Levine • Jeff Martin • Tom Martin • Ian Maxtone-Graham • Dan McGrath • George Meyer • David Mirkin • Frank Mula • Michael Nobori • Conan O'Brien • Steve O'Donnell • Bill Oakley • Bill Odenkirk • Don Payne • Max Pross • Rachel Pulido • Mike Reiss • Nell Scovell • Brian Scully • Mike Scully • David Silverman • Sam Simon • David M. Stern • Joshua Sternin • John Swartzwelder • Julie Thacker Scully • Miranda Thompson • Steve Tompkins • Jennifer Ventimilia • Jon Vitti • Matt Warburton • Josh Weinstein • Marc Wilmore • Wallace Wolodarsky • William Wright

view • talk • edit • past One-time writers
Judd Apatow • Gary Apple • Bob Bain • Jack Barth • Jane Becker • Dick Blasucci • Neal Boushell • Neil Campbell • Michael Carrington • Nancy Cartwright • David Chambers • Julie Chambers • Thomas Chastain • Jeremy Chilnick • Chris Cluess • Robert Cohen • Max Cohn • David Cryan • Spike Feresten • Bill Freiberger • Daniel Furlong • Ricky Gervais • Howard Gewirtz • Evan Goldberg • Brendan Hay • Eric Horsted • Justin Hurwitz • Ben Joseph • Eric Kaplan • Juliet Kaufman • Mick Kelly • Dave King • Adam I. Lapidus • Josh Lieb • David Mandel • Matt Marshall • Jenna Martin • Samantha Martin • Brian McConnachie • Jane C. O'Brien • Sam O'Neal • Kai Omine • Jack Parmeter • Steve Pepoon • Edgar Allan Poe • Brian Pollack • Mimi Pond • Zach Posner • Julia Prescott • Mert Rich • Simon Rich • David Richardson • Jace Richdale • Renee Ridgeley • Brian K. Roberts • Seth Rogen • David Sacks • Robin Sayers • Harry Shearer • Dennis Snee • Robin Stein • David H. Steinberg • Peter Tilden • Patric Verrone • Steve Viksten • Vince Waldron • Danielle Weisberg • Steve Young • Ron Zimmerman

view • talk • edit • past Staff writers
Richard Appel • Bill Canterbury • Daniel Chun • David X. Cohen • Jennifer Crittenden • Valentina L. Garza • Dan Greaney • Teresa Hsiao • Jon Kern • Cesar Mazariegos • Matt Selman • Matt Warburton

view • talk • edit • past Book writers
Peter Alexander • Jamie Angell • Ted Brock • Eileen Campion • Max Franke • Jim Jensen • Barbara McAdams • Bill Morrison • Mili Smythe • Mary Trainor • Doug Whaley

view • talk • edit • past Other writers
Neil Alsip • Jamie Angell • Bob Bain • Eric Brewster • Jeremy Chilnick • Jorge R. Gutierrez • Patrick Meighan • Jack Parmeter • Jeffrey Poliquin • Tom Root • Morgan Spurlock • Michael R. Viner

Executive producers and Co-executive producers

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James L. Brooks • John Frink • Matt Groening • Al Jean • Matt Selman • Sam Simon*

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David X. Cohen • Tim Long • Ian Maxtone-Graham • George Meyer • David Mirkin • Bill Oakley • Carolyn Omine • Mike Reiss • Mike Scully • Josh Weinstein

view • talk • edit • past Other executive producers
Scot Amos • Richard Appel • Nick Bliobenes • Fritz Bronner • Dominic Buttimore • Steve Callaghan • Jeremy Chilnick • Charlie Dixon • Nandish Domlur • Jay Fukuto • Rick Giolito • Greg Goodrich • Seth Green • Dan Harmon • John Harvatine IV • Mark Hentemann • Clare Hollywood • Larry Jones • Foo Katan • Richard Kay • Leigh Kelly • Scott Krager • Brad Lewis • David Lipman • Jake Myrick • Jim Myrick • Rob Pratt • Kent Rice • Justin Roiland • Tom Root • Carl Rosendahl • Matthew Senreich • Eric Shanks • Denise Sirkot • Danny Smith • Gabe Spitzer • Morgan Spurlock • Chris Takami • Fumiaki Tanaka • Eric Towner • Kara Vallow • Nikki Vanzo • Michael Webb

view • talk • edit • past Current co-executive producers
J. Stewart Burns • Dan Castellaneta • Joel H. Cohen • Jessica Conrad • Broti Gupta • Brian Kelley • Ryan Koh • Rob LaZebnik • Tim Long • Cesar Mazariegos • Christine Nangle • Michael Price • Dan Vebber • Jeff Westbrook

view • talk • edit • past Former co-executive producers
Richard Appel • Elisabeth Kiernan Averick • Donick Cary • Daniel Chun • David X. Cohen • Kevin Curran • Greg Daniels • John Frink • Dana Gould • Dan Greaney • Ron Hauge • Al Jean • Josh Lieb • Ian Maxtone-Graham • George Meyer • Frank Mula • Bill Odenkirk • Carolyn Omine • Don Payne • Mike Reiss • Jace Richdale • Mike Scully • Matt Selman • Julie Thacker Scully • Steve Tompkins • Matt Warburton • Marc Wilmore

view • talk • edit • past Other co-executive producers
Cherry Chevapravatdumrong • Keith Crofford • Tom Devanney • Mike Lazzo • Patrick Meighan • Brian Scully • John Viener

Consulting producers

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Dan Greaney • Carolyn Omine • David Silverman

view • talk • edit • past Former consulting producers
Megan Amram • Richard Appel • Dan Castellaneta • David X. Cohen • Kevin Curran • Tom Gammill • Al Jean • Brian Kelley • Tim Long • Ian Maxtone-Graham • Dan McGrath • David Mirkin • Frank Mula • Christine Nangle • Bill Oakley • Don Payne • Max Pross • Mike Reiss • Jace Richdale • Mike Scully • David M. Stern • Josh Weinstein

view • talk • edit • past Other consulting producers
Chris Sheridan • Scott Sherman

Supervising producers

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Loni Steele Sosthand

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Larina Jean Adamson • Elisabeth Kiernan Averick • J. Stewart Burns • Donick Cary • Daniel Chun • David X. Cohen • Joel H. Cohen • Jonathan Collier • Jessica Conrad • Kevin Curran • Larry Doyle • John Frink • Valentina L. Garza • Dana Gould • Dan Greaney • Broti Gupta • Ron Hauge • Al Jean • Ken Keeler • Brian Kelley • Harold Kimmel • Jay Kogen • Ryan Koh • Tim Long • Tom Martin • Cesar Mazariegos • Frank Mula • Conan O'Brien • Bill Oakley • Bill Odenkirk • Carolyn Omine • Don Payne • Michael Price • Richard Raynis • Mike Reiss • David Richardson • David Sacks • Mike Scully • Matt Selman • Julie Thacker Scully • Steve Tompkins • Matt Warburton • Jeff Westbrook • Marc Wilmore • Wallace Wolodarsky

view • talk • edit • past Other supervising producers
Alex Carter • Marge Dean • Janet Dimon • Andrew Goldberg • Carl Hansen • Kelly L'Estrange • Aaron Lee • Dan Schwachter • Julius Sharpe • Hyejoon Yun

Producers and Co-producers

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Richard K. Chung • Alexander Duke • David Mirkin • Richard Raynis • Mike Reiss • Richard Sakai • Denise Sirkot

view • talk • edit • past Former producers
Larina Jean Adamson • Richard Appel • Elisabeth Kiernan Averick • Bob Bendetson • Joseph A. Boucher • Donick Cary • Daniel Chun • David X. Cohen • Joel H. Cohen • Jonathan Collier • Jessica Conrad • Greg Daniels • Larry Doyle • John Frink • Tom Gammill • Valentina L. Garza • Dana Gould • Dan Greaney • Broti Gupta • Ron Hauge • Al Jean • Ken Keeler • Jay Kogen • Colin A.B.V. Lewis • Tim Long • Jeff Martin • Tom Martin • Cesar Mazariegos • J. Michael Mendel • George Meyer • Frank Mula • Conan O'Brien • Carolyn Omine • Don Payne • Bonita Pietila • Max Pross • Gerry Richardson • David Sacks • Brian Scully • Mike Scully • Matt Selman • David Silverman • Loni Steele Sosthand • David M. Stern • John Swartzwelder • Julie Thacker Scully • Jon Vitti • Matt Warburton • Jeff Westbrook • Marc Wilmore • Wallace Wolodarsky

view • talk • edit • past Other producers
Holly Adams • Rory Armes • Bob Bain • Chuck Beaver • Trevor Bent • Tara Beyhm • Kevin Biggins • Travis Bowe • James L. Brooks • Hans ten Cate • Vlad Ceraldi • Chiodo Brothers Productions, Inc. • Edward Chiodo • Dorina Diakoumopoulou • Ron Diamond • András Erkel • Kim Fertman • Mark Flitman • Darren Futa • Marci Galea • Ollie Green • Matt Groening • Brian Grohl • Joey Haines • Dean Hannan • Pete Herzog • Bryan Johnson • Conall Jones • Rachel Braga Jones • Claudia Katz • Dan Kitchen • Jonathan Knight • Edward Kuspiel • Cate Latchford • Scott Lauritzen • Esther H. Lee • Rob Leingang • Steve Marmel • Matt McKnight • John Melchior • Alfred Milgrom • Jon O'Sheal • Jon Osborn • Jack Parmeter • Maria Beatriz Silva Piovezanni • Paul Provenzano • Harish Rao • Alan Rast • Johanna Rees • Mark Rhodes • Ryan Ridley • Laura Saravia • Mike Schneider • Kirk Scott • Gary Sheinwald • Shannon Smith • Beth Sowersby • Desirée Stavracos • Szavo Sztilkovics • Nick Trotta • Scott Turow • Brian Ullrich • Martijn van der Meulen • Csaba Varga • Dan Vebber • Michael R. Viner • Ru Warner • Cam Weber • David Wisehart • Tim Yoon • Wendy Cong Zhao

view • talk • edit • past Current co-producers
Dominique Braud

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Larina Jean Adamson • Joseph A. Boucher • Tom Brady • Daniel Chun • Richard K. Chung • David X. Cohen • Joel H. Cohen • Jessica Conrad • Greg Daniels • Larry Doyle • Alexander Duke • Brent Forrester • Valentina L. Garza • Paul Germain • Al Jean • Ken Keeler • Colin A.B.V. Lewis • Tim Long • Tom Martin • J. Michael Mendel • George Meyer • Carolyn Omine • Mike Reiss • Brian Scully • Matt Selman • Loni Steele Sosthand • John Swartzwelder • Julie Thacker Scully • Jon Vitti • Patric Verrone • Matt Warburton • Jeff Westbrook • Marc Wilmore

view • talk • edit • past Other co-producers
Sady Cohen • Doug Goldstein • Tova Goodman • Jay Kleckner • Ethan Marak • Amanda Moshay

Deceased crew and guest stars

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Christopher Collins • Doris Grau • Phil Hartman • Christian Coffinet • Marcia Wallace • Russi Taylor

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Michael O'Connor • Michael P. Schoenbrun • Robert Glass • Ray Johnson, Jr. • Thomas Chastain • Jackie Banks • Constantin Mustatea • Tom Coppola • Ed DeMattia • Andy Houts • Phyllis Craig • Sunni Walton • Art Seidel‎ • Lee Mishkin • Kent Holaday • Ted Bemiller • Barrington T. Bunce • James O'Brien • Daria Paris • Ron Scalera • Kevyn L. Wallace • Maxine Markota • Don Payne • Richard Lorenzana • Betty Chaplin • Steve Viksten • Don Vanderbeek • Paul Gruwell • Harold M. Schulweis • Chris Moeller • Danny Taverna • Sam Simon • Cliff Voorhees • Richard Manginsay • Ray Colcord • Gary Hoffman • Julia Kalantarova • Kevin Curran • Sooan Kim • Merle Welton • Rochelle Linder • Arthur B. Rubinstein • Jerry Richardson • Lolee Aries • Patrick Williams • Domingo Rivera • Trista H. Navarro • Chris Reccardi • Dennis Snee • Ernesto Elicanal • J. Michael Mendel • Marsha Kramer • Maureen Mlynarczyk • Cullen Blaine • Tuck Tucker • Alan Decker • Brenda Banks • Dale Baer • David Richardson • Marc Wilmore • Rick Bowman • Edwin E. Aguilar • Marko Barrows • Frank Mula • Mike Camarillo • David Schwartz • Ian Wilcox • Trixie Flynn • Terry Harrington • Ron Zimmerman • Laurie Hanson • Jeff Howard • Ralph Eggleston • Jennifer Dolce • Chris Ledesma • Susan Burke • Anne Luiting • Bike Kinzle • Craig Armstrong • Istvan Majoros • John Bush • Sue Bielenberg • Brian McConnachie • Reid Harrison • Shigeko Doyle • Michael Swanigan • William Wright

view • talk • edit • past Comic crew
Ed Roth • Dan DeCarlo • Al Williamson • Gene Colan • Earl Kress • John Severin • George Gladir • Stan Goldberg • Murphy Anderson • Lemmy • Gary Glasberg • Dan Spiegle • Bernie Wrightson • Carolyn Kelly • Len Wein • Batton Lash • Dan Nakrosis • Oscar González Loyo • Chris Yambar • Ramona Fradon

view • talk • edit • past Video game crew
Tom D. Heidt • Bill Williams • W. Marshall Rogers

view • talk • edit • past Album crew
Billie Holiday • Curt Ousley • Arthur Herzog, Jr. • David Cole • Floyd Cramer • Lew McCreary • David Frisina • Harold Dicterow • Terry Harrington • Myra Kestenbaum • Mike Rubin • Jon Clarke • Gene Morford • Michael Botts • John Thomas Johnson • Dorothy Wade • Richard Joseph • Larry Corbett • Don Palmer • Ben Keith • Ronni Chasen • Harris Goldman • Armen Garabedian • Israel Baker • Andrew Gold • Warren Luening • Bernard Kundell • B. B. King • Jimmy Levine • Chuck Berry • Isabelle Daskoff • Dell Hake • Roger Neumann • Gary Stewart • Dr. John • Tommy Morgan • Vincent DeRosa • Michael Lang

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Theodore Roosevelt • Franklin D. Roosevelt • Gene Lockhart • John F. Kennedy • Rex Harrison • Richard Nixon • John Megna • Audrey Meadows • George Fenneman • Linda McCartney • Anthony Newley‎‎ • Jim Varney • Tito Puente • Steve Allen • Joe C. • Werner Klemperer • Joey Ramone • Jack Lemmon • George Harrison • Ron Taylor • Lawrence Tierney • Stephen Jay Gould • John Entwistle • Rod Steiger • Chick Hearn • Johnny Unitas • Gregory Peck • Barry White • Bob Hope • Johnny Cash • George Plimpton • Paul Winfield • Isabel Sanford • Johnny Ramone • Rodney Dangerfield • Johnny Carson • Johnnie Cochran • Henry Corden • Anne Bancroft • Bob Denver • Dennis Weaver • James Brown • Tom Poston • Robert Goulet • George Carlin • Paul Newman • Eartha Kitt • Patrick McGoohan • John Updike • Ed McMahon • Michael Jackson • Gary Coleman • Robert Schimmel • Jack LaLanne • Elizabeth Taylor • Clarence Clemons • Charles Napier • Joe Frazier • Harry Morgan • Tom Ardolino • Dick Tufeld • Dick Clark • Ernest Borgnine • Gore Vidal • Marvin Hamlisch • Neil Armstrong • Larry Hagman • Huell Howser • Pat Summerall • Joyce Brothers • Cory Monteith • Allen Lanier • Tom Clancy • Mickey Rooney • Don Pardo • Joan Rivers • Jan Hooks • Leonard Nimoy • Alex Rocco • Merl Reagle • Daryl Coley • Garry Marshall • Fyvush Finkel • Janet Reno • Adam West • Jack Ong • Martin Landau • June Foray • Jerry Lewis • Hugh Hefner • Tom Petty • Ray Thomas • John Mahoney • Stephen Hawking • R. Lee Ermey • Carl Kasell • Tom Wolfe • Anthony Bourdain • Harlan Ellison • Stan Lee • Ricky Jay • Penny Marshall • Luke Perry • Tim Conway • Valerie Harper • Robert Forster • Robert Evans • Jack Sheldon • John Baldessari • Jack Burns • Kirk Douglas • James Lipton • Max von Sydow • Little Richard • Fred Willard • Regis Philbin • Alex Trebek • David Lander • Larry King • Cloris Leachman • George Segal • Olympia Dukakis • Jackie Mason • Ed Asner • Graeme Edge • Stephen Sondheim • John Madden • Betty White • Peter Bogdanovich • Maggy Reno Hurchalla • Ray Liotta • James Caan • Nichelle Nichols • David Crosby • Sal Bando • Bill Saluga • Jerry Springer • Treat Williams • Tony Bennett • William Friedkin • Suzanne Somers • Matthew Perry • Frances Sternhagen • Norman Lear • Tom Smothers • Richard Lewis • Donald Sutherland • Martin Mull • Bob Newhart • James Earl Jones • Elwood Edwards

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Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle • James Sanderson • Sarah Adams • Edgar Allan Poe • Lowell Mason • Ruggero Leoncavallo • Richard Strauss • Cole Porter • Paul Webster • Bob Harris • Elsie Castellaneta • Dora K. Warren • Alan Gordon • Daryl Gates • Robert Reno • Hal David • Rusty Nails • Csaba Varga • Louis Castellaneta • András Erkel • Herb Trimpe • David Kavner • George H. W. Bush • Double K • Dusty Hill • David Davis • Burt Bacharach • Morgan Spurlock • Ruth Westheimer • Bob Uecker

[1] Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 2000"

[2] Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less than One Hour) – 2001"

[3] Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2002"

[4] Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less than One Hour) – 2003"

[5] Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2004"

[6] Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2005"

[7] Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2006"

[8] Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2007"

[9] IMDb - "Writers Guild of America, USA 2003 Awards"

[10] IMDb - "Writers Guild of America, USA 2005 Awards"

[11] IMDb - "Writers Guild of America, USA 2006 Awards"

[12] IMDb - "Writers Guild of America, USA 2007 Awards"

[13] IMDb - "Writers Guild of America, USA 2010 Awards"

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Contents

Awards[edit]

Credits[edit]

Written by[edit]

Producer[edit]

Supervising producer[edit]

Co-executive producer[edit]

Consulting producer[edit]

For The Simpsons[edit]

References[edit]

See also[edit]

External links[edit]