User:SteveWolfer/Lede Samples

I grabbed the 1st paragraph of the article on the last day of each month, starting with Dec. 31, 2008. Did 2 years of that, then 1 year of every 3d month, and then every 500 edits, then the 1st edit of the article. - I found 1 short period where the word "lay" was an adjective in front of 'philosopher' - that was a short battle of about a week, and then it went back to philosopher with no adjective. - I found one period of time, not too long, where she was referred to as an author who had created the philosophy of Objectivism. - Early on she was referred to as an American philosopher or a controversial American philosopher. - Everywhere else I sampled she was "philosopher" and no qualifications or adjectives. There is no history of a lasting consensus for anything but philosopher with no qualifications.

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===================================================================== Ayn Rand (IPA: /ˈaɪn ˈrænd/, February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), was a Russian-born American[2]novelist, philosopher,[1] playwright and screenwriter. She is widely known for her best-selling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and for developing a philosophical system called Objectivism.

Dec 31, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayn_Rand&oldid=261152731 --

Ayn Rand (IPA: /ˈaɪn ˈrænd/, February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum (Russian: Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум), was a Russian-born American novelist, philosopher,[1] playwright and screenwriter. She is widely known for her best-selling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and for developing a philosophical system called Objectivism.

Nov. 30, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayn_Rand&oldid=255155488 ---

Ayn Rand (IPA: /ˈaɪn ˈrænd/, February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum (Russian: Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум), was a Russian-born American novelist, philosopher,[1] playwright and screenwriter. She is widely known for her best-selling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and for developing a philosophical system called Objectivism.

Oct 31, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayn_Rand&oldid=248884978 ---

Ayn Rand (IPA: /ˈaɪn ˈrænd/, February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum (Russian: Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум), was a Russian-born American novelist, philosopher,[1] playwright and screenwriter. She is widely known for her best-selling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and for developing a philosophical system called Objectivism.

Sept. 30 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayn_Rand&oldid=242171507

Ayn Rand (IPA: /ˈaɪn ˈrænd/, February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum (Russian: Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум), was a Russian-born American novelist, philosopher,[1] playwright and screenwriter. She is widely known for her best-selling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and for developing a philosophical system called Objectivism.

Aug. 30, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayn_Rand&oldid=235282598 -

Ayn Rand (IPA: /ˈaɪn ˈrænd/, February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum (Russian: Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум), was a Russian-born American novelist, philosopher,[1] playwright and screenwriter. She is widely known for her best-selling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and for developing a philosophical system called Objectivism.

July 30, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayn_Rand&oldid=228953451 --

Ayn Rand (IPA: /ˈaɪn ˈrænd/, February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum (Russian: Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум), was a Russian-born American novelist, philosopher,[1] playwright, and screenwriter. She is widely known for her best-selling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and for developing a philosophical system called Objectivism.

June 29, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayn_Rand&oldid=222534749 ---

Ayn Rand (IPA: /ˈaɪn ˈrænd/, February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum (Russian: Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум), was a Russian-born American novelist, philosopher,[1] playwright, and screenwriter. She is widely known for her best-selling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and for developing a philosophical system she called Objectivism.

May 31, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayn_Rand&oldid=216350622 ---

Ayn Rand (IPA: /ˈaɪn ˈrænd/, February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum (Russian: Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум), was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher.[1] She is widely known for her best-selling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and for developing a philosophical system she called Objectivism.

April 28, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayn_Rand&oldid=208914064

Ayn Rand (IPA: /ˈaɪn ˈrænd/, February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum (Russian: Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум), was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher.[1] She is widely known for her best-selling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and for developing a philosophical system she called Objectivism.

March 30, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayn_Rand&oldid=202172763 -

Ayn Rand (IPA: /ˈaɪn ˈrænd/, February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum (Russian: Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум), was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher.[1] She is widely known for her best-selling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and for developing a philosophical system she called Objectivism.

Feb. 29, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayn_Rand&oldid=194934004 --

Ayn Rand (IPA: /ˈaɪn ˈrænd/, February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum (Russian: Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум), was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher.[1] She is widely known for her best-selling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and for developing a philosophical system she called Objectivism.

Jan. 31, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayn_Rand&oldid=188322357

Ayn Rand (IPA: /ˈaɪn ˈrænd/, February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum (Russian: Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум), was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher.[1] She is widely known for her best-selling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and for developing a philosophical system she called Objectivism.

Dec. 31, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayn_Rand&oldid=181191723

Ayn Rand (IPA: /ˈaɪn ˈrænd/, February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum (Russian: Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум), was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher.[1] She is widely known for her best-selling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and for developing a philosophical system she called Objectivism.

Nov 30, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayn_Rand&oldid=174966739 -

Ayn Rand (IPA: /ˈaɪn ˈrænd/, February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum (Russian: Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум), was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher,[1] known for creating a philosophy she named "Objectivism" and for writing the novels We the Living, The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged and the novella Anthem. Her influential and often controversial ideas have attracted both enthusiastic admiration and scathing denunciation.

Oct 30, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayn_Rand&oldid=168164907 --

Ayn Rand (IPA: [aɪn ɹænd], February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum (Russian: Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум), was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher,[1] known for creating a philosophy she named "Objectivism" and for writing the novels We the Living, The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged and the novella Anthem. Her ideas have attracted both enthusiastic admiration and scathing denunciation.

Sept 30, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayn_Rand&oldid=161330288 ---

Ayn Rand (IPA: [aɪn ɹænd], February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum (Russian: Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум), was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher,[1] best known for creating a philosophy she named "Objectivism" and for writing the novels We the Living, The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged and the novella Anthem. Her ideas have attracted both enthusiastic admiration and scathing denunciation.

Aug 30, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayn_Rand&oldid=154665411 ---

Ayn Rand (IPA: [aɪn ɹænd], February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum (Russian: Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум), was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher,[1] best known for creating a philosophy she named "Objectivism" and for writing the novels We the Living, The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged and the novella Anthem. Her influential and controversial ideas have attracted both enthusiastic admiration and scathing denunciation.

July 30, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayn_Rand&oldid=148191543

Ayn Rand (IPA: [aɪn ɹænd], February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum (Russian: Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум), was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher,[1] best known for creating a philosophy she named "Objectivism" and for writing the novels We the Living, The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged and the novella Anthem. Her influential and controversial ideas have attracted both enthusiastic admiration and scathing denunciation.

June 30, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayn_Rand&oldid=141662381

Ayn Rand (IPA: [aɪn ɹænd], February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum (Russian: Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум), was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher,[1] best known for creating a philosophy she named "Objectivism" and for writing the novels We the Living, The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged and the novella Anthem. Her influential and controversial ideas have attracted both enthusiastic admiration and scathing denunciation.

May 29, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayn_Rand&oldid=134486079 -

Ayn Rand (IPA: [aɪn ɹænd], February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum (Russian: Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум), was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher,[1] best known for creating a philosophy she named "Objectivism" and for writing the novels We the Living, The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged and the novella Anthem. She was a broadly influential figure in post-WWII America, her work attracting both enthusiastic admiration and scathing denunciations.

April 30, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayn_Rand&oldid=127338460 --

Ayn Rand (IPA: [aɪn ɹænd], February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum (Russian: Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум), was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher,[1] best known for developing Objectivism and for writing the novels We the Living, The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged and the novella Anthem. She was a broadly influential figure in post-WWII America, her work attracting both enthusiastic admiration and scathing denunciations.

March 30, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayn_Rand&oldid=119220387 --

Ayn Rand (first name rhymes with "mine")(IPA: [aɪn ɹænd], February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum (Russian: Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум), was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher,[1] best known for developing Objectivism and for writing the novels We the Living, The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged and the novella Anthem. She was a broadly influential figure in post-WWII America, her work attracting both enthusiastic admiration and scathing denunciations.

Feb. 28, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayn_Rand&oldid=111629468 -

Ayn Rand (IPA: [aɪn ɹænd], February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum (Russian: Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум), was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher,[1] best known for developing Objectivism and for writing the novels We the Living, The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged, and the novella Anthem. She was a broadly influential figure in post-WWII America, her work attracting both enthusiastic admiration and scathing denunciations.

Jan 31, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayn_Rand&oldid=104576012 ---

Ayn Rand (IPA: [aɪn ɹænd], February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum (Russian: Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум), was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher,[1] best known for developing Objectivism and for writing the novels We the Living, The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged, and the novella Anthem. A broadly influential figure in post-WWII America, her work attracted both enthusiastic admiration and scathing denunciations.

Dec. 31, 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayn_Rand&oldid=97618153 --

Ayn Rand (IPA: [ajn ɹænd], February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum (Russian: Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум), was a Russian-born American novelist and lay philosopher[1] best known for developing Objectivism and for writing the novels The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged, We the Living, and Anthem. A broadly influential figure in post-WWII America, her work attracted both enthusiastic admiration and scathing denunciations.

"lay" lasted one day.

Sept 30, 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayn_Rand&oldid=78818940 --

Ayn Rand (IPA: [a?n ?ænd], Ayn rhyming with fine; February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinov'evna Rosenbaum (Russian: Алиса Зиновьева Розенбаум), was a Russian-born Jewish-American author best known for developing the philosophy of Objectivism and for writing the novels The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged, We the Living, and Anthem.

June 30, 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayn_Rand&oldid=61503189 --

Ayn Rand (IPA: [ajn ɹænd], February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alissa Zinovievna Rosenbaum, was best known for developing the philosophy of Objectivism and for writing the novels We the Living, Anthem, The Fountainhead, and Atlas Shrugged.

March 31, 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayn_Rand&oldid=46362708 ---

Ayn Rand (February 2, 1905–March 6, 1982; first name pronounced (IPA) /aɪn/ (rhymes with 'mine')), born Alissa Zinovievna Rosenbaum, was best known for her philosophy of Objectivism and her novels We the Living, Anthem, The Fountainhead, and Atlas Shrugged. Her philosophy and her fiction both emphasize, above all, her concepts of individualism, rational egoism ("rational self-interest"), and capitalism. Believing government has a legitimate but relatively minimal role in a free society, she was not an anarchist, but a minarchist (though she did not use the term). Her novels were based upon the projection of the Randian hero, a man whose ability and independence causes conflict with the masses, but who perseveres nevertheless to achieve his values. Rand viewed this hero as the ideal and made it the express goal of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed:

That man must choose his values and actions by reason; That the individual has a right to exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing self to others nor others to self; and That no one has the right to seek values from others by physical force, or impose ideas on others by physical force.

Dec 31, 2005 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayn_Rand&oldid=33207230

Ayn Rand (Ayn rhymes with "mine") (February 2, 1905 - March 6, 1982), born Alissa Zinovievna Rosenbaum, was a controversial American philosopher and novelist, most famous for her philosophy of Objectivism.

Dec 23, 2003 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayn_Rand&oldid=2148173 ---

Ayn Rand (1905-1982) was a popular and controversial American philosopher and novelist. She was born Alyssa (or Alice) Rosenbaum in St. Petersburg, Russia, on February 2, 1905. She studied philosophy and history at the University of Petrograd. In 1925, she was permitted by the Soviet government to leave the USSR briefly to visit her relatives in America. Although she was only allowed a brief visit, she was resolute never to return to Russia. When she arrived in America, at the age of 21, she stayed with relatives in Chicago for 6 months before moving to Hollywood to become a screenwriter. She changed her name to Ayn Rand because she realized that, if her anti-socialist views became famous in America, her family may have been persecuted by the government.

Sept. 29, 2001 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayn_Rand&oldid=233606 -