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Welcome to the Rebellion

"Welcome to the Rebellion" is Andor season 2, episode 9 (Disney+, May 6, 2025), written by Dan Gilroy, directed by Janus Metz, featuring Mon Mothma's Senate speech against the Ghorman genocide and Emmy-winning writing; distinct from the Star Wars Rebels clip of the same phrase.

Welcome to the Space Show (宇宙ショーへようこそ)

Welcome to the Space Show (宇宙ショーへようこそ) is a 2010 A-1 Pictures anime film directed by Koji Masunari, written by Hideyuki Kurata: five schoolchildren and the alien Pochi tour space; premiered at Berlinale 2010, 136 minutes.

Welcome to the Sticks

Welcome to the Sticks is a 2008 French comedy starring Dany Boon. It follows a southern postal manager who discovers the warmth and charm of the northern French region.

Welcome to the Wayne

Welcome to the Wayne is a Nickelodeon animated mystery-comedy created by Billy Lopez, first a 2014 web series, then a 2017-2019 TV series about Team Timbers exploring Wayne Phenomena.

Welcome to Waikiki (으라차차 와이키이)

Welcome to Waikiki (으라차차 와이키키, Eulachacha Waikiki) is a 2018 JTBC Korean youth comedy about three men running a failing guesthouse to fund a film; 20 episodes, season 2 in 2019 with a mostly new cast led by Lee Yi-kyung.

Welcome to Waikiki 2

Welcome to Waikiki 2 (으라차차 와이키키 2), also Eulachacha Waikiki 2, is a 2019 JTBC Korean comedy series, 16 episodes aired March 25 to May 14, 2019, with Lee Yi-kyung the only returning season 1 cast member alongside Kim Seon-ho, Shin Hyun-soo, Moon Ga-young, Ahn So-hee, and Kim Ye-won.

Welcome to Wedding Hell (結婚白書)

Welcome to Wedding Hell (결혼백서, Marriage White Paper, 結婚白書) is a 2022 South Korean KakaoTV romance streaming series, 12 half-hour episodes airing May 23 to June 15, 2022, starring Lee Jin-wook and Lee Yeon-hee as a couple in their 30s whose wedding planning exposes practical conflicts, later streamed on Netflix and rerun on Channel A.

Welcome to Widow's Bay

"Welcome to Widow's Bay!" is the pilot of the Apple TV comedy horror series Widow's Bay, aired April 29, 2026; written by Katie Dippold, directed by Hiro Murai, it introduces Matthew Rhys's Mayor Tom Loftis and won Emmy writing and directing awards.

Welcome to Wrexham

Welcome to Wrexham is an FX docuseries on Hulu/FXX in the US and Disney+ internationally, following Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney's $2.5 million 2021 takeover of Wrexham AFC and its rise to the Championship.

Weld line

A weld line, also called a knit line, is a defect in injection molding that forms where two or more molten polymer flow fronts meet, visibly marking and locally weakening the part.

Weldability

Weldability is a measure of how easily a material can be welded without cracks while retaining adequate mechanical properties in service; for steels, the carbon equivalent is the main guide.

Welding

Welding is a fabrication process that joins materials, primarily metals, by fusion: the edges melt and coalesce, unlike brazing and soldering, which keep the base metal solid.

Welding consumables

Welding consumables are the filler metals, fluxes, and gases melted or consumed in making a weld; their composition determines the weld metal's properties and quality.

Welding fume exposure

Welding fume exposure is welders' inhalation of the fine particles and gases from melted metal, which IARC classified as carcinogenic to humans in 2017, raising lung cancer risk.

Welding heat input

Welding heat input is the energy delivered to a workpiece per unit weld length, in kJ/mm or kJ/in, corrected for process efficiency; it controls weld cooling rate and microstructure.

Welding in shipbuilding

Welding in shipbuilding is the fusion joining of steel plates and blocks that replaced riveting during World War II and remains every modern shipyard's core fabrication process.

Welding joint

A welding joint is the junction of two or more workpieces to be joined by welding, in five basic types: butt, lap, edge, tee, and corner.

Welding power source

A welding power source is the machine that converts mains or generator electricity into the high current, low voltage output that arc welding processes need.

Welding robot

A welding robot is an industrial robot that carries out spot and arc welding automatically, first used by General Motors and still most common in automotive body assembly.

Sep 29, 2026

Welding simulation

Welding simulation is the computational modeling of welding, usually by finite element analysis, predicting temperature fields, residual stresses, and distortion of welded structures before they are fabricated.

Oct 20, 2026

Weldy Olson

Weldy Olson (Weldon Howard Olson, 1932-2023), American ice hockey forward from Marquette, Michigan; youngest of nine hockey brothers. Won 1956 Olympic silver and 1960 Squaw Valley gold with Team USA; Michigan State record 125 points.

Welfare capitalism

Welfare capitalism: employer-provided benefits (housing, pensions, profit sharing, welfare work) in industrializing nations 1880–1930, and Esping-Andersen's welfare-state regime typology; distinct from socialism and from the welfare state itself.

Welfare economics

Welfare economics is the branch of economic theory that defines and measures the welfare of society as a whole and identifies which economic policies lead to optimal outcomes.

Welfare in California

Welfare in California centers on CalWORKs, the state's TANF cash aid program created in 1997, alongside CalFresh (SNAP), Medi-Cal, and WIC, administered by counties in all 58 California counties.

Welfare Party

Welfare Party (Refah Partisi), Turkish pro-Islamist party founded 1983 by Necmettin Erbakan in the National Outlook tradition; won 1995 election (21.38%), governed 1996–1997, dissolved by Constitutional Court 16 January 1998; succeeded by Virtue, Felicity, and AKP.

Welfare state

Welfare state: government-organized social protection through benefits and services such as health care, pensions, and unemployment support. Key facts: 1942 Beveridge Report, Esping-Andersen's three welfare regimes, OECD social spending about 20-23% of GDP.

Welfare state in the United Kingdom

The UK welfare state is the country's state system of social security, NHS, education, housing, and care, shaped by the 1942 Beveridge Report and post-war Labour laws; it costs £329.1 billion in 2025-26.

Weljon Mindoro

Weljon "Triggerman" Mindoro (Weljon Sandag Mindoro, born 2000), Filipino professional middleweight boxer from Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur; record 17-1-1 with 16 knockouts, drew with Takeshi Inoue, lost first fight to Carlos Ocampo.