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The Blue Lotus

The Blue Lotus (Le Lotus bleu) is the fifth volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle for its children's supplement Le Petit Vingtième, it was serialised weekly from August 1934 to October 1935 before being published in a collected volume by Casterman in 1936. Continuing where the plot of the previous story, Cigars of the Pharaoh, left off, the story tells of young Belgian reporter Tintin and his dog Snowy, who are invited to China in the midst of the 1931 Japanese invasion, where he reveals the machinations of Japanese spies and uncovers a drug-smuggling ring.

In creating The Blue Lotus, Hergé exhibited a newfound emphasis on accuracy and documentation in his portrayal of foreign societies. He was heavily influenced by his close friend Zhang Chongren, a Chinese student studying in Belgium, and the work both satirises common European misconceptions about China as well as criticising the actions of the Japanese invaders. The Blue Lotus was a commercial success in Belgium and was soon serialised in France and Switzerland, while news of the book led to the Chinese political leader Chiang Kai-shek inviting Hergé to visit China itself. Hergé continued The Adventures of Tintin with The Broken Ear, while the series itself became a defining part of the Franco-Belgian comics tradition. In 1946, The Blue Lotus was partially re-drawn and coloured by the cartoonist and his team of assistants; during this process a number of minor plot elements were changed. The adventure introduces the recurring characters J.M. Dawson and Chang Chong-Chen. The story was adapted for a 1991 episode of the Ellipse/Nelvana animated series The Adventures of Tintin. Critical analysis of the story has been positive, with various commentators considering it to be one of Hergé's finest works.

Synopsis

 * The synopsis continues a plot begun in Cigars of the Pharaoh.

Staying at the palace of the Maharaja of Gaipajama in India, Tintin is approached by a visitor from Shanghai in China. The visitor supplies him with the name of Mitsuhirato, a Japanese businessman based in Shanghai, but before finishing his message is hit by a dart dipped in Rajaijah, the "poison of madness". Tintin and his fox terrier Snowy travel to Shanghai to meet Mitsuhirato, who warns them that the Maharajah is in danger and that they should return to India. Surviving several attempts on his life by mysterious assailants, Tintin attempts to leave for India by boat, but is kidnapped and brought back to China. His abductors reveal themselves as members of a secret society known as the Sons of the Dragon, who, like the Maharaja, are devoted to combating the opium trade. Their leader, Wang Chen-Yee, explains to Tintin that Mitsuhirato is both a Japanese spy and an opium smuggler, and enlists Tintin in their fight to stop him. Tintin agrees, and spies on Mitsuhirato at the Blue Lotus opium den. Following him, Tintin witnesses Mitsuhirato blowing up a Chinese railway. The Japanese government uses this as an excuse to invade Northern China, taking Shanghai under its control.

Tintin is captured by Mitsuhirato, who plans to poison him with Rajaijah. However, one of Wang's agents swaps out the poison for colored water, so when Tintin is "poisoned", he is able to feign madness long enough to be untied and let go so he is able to defeat Mitsuhirato. Mitsuhirato later discovers the deception and convinces the Japanese military forces to put a warrant out for Tintin's arrest. Meanwhile, Tintin enters the Shanghai International Settlement in search for Professor Fang Hsi-ying, an expert on poisons who he hopes can develop a cure for Rajaijah, but discovers that he has been kidnapped. J.M. Dawson, the Settlement's corrupt Chief of Police, arrests Tintin and hands him over to the Japanese, who sentence him to death before he is rescued by Wang.

Travelling to Hukow with the ransom money for Fang, Tintin comes across a flood that has destroyed a village and rescues a young Chinese orphan, Chang Chong-Chen. Chang accompanies Tintin to Hukow, where one of Mitsuhirato's spies ambushes them; they realise that it was a trap and that Fang was not there. Meanwhile, the detectives Thomson and Thompson are employed by Dawson to arrest Tintin, but fail on multiple occasions. Returning to Shanghai, Tintin intends to confront Mitsuhirato, and allows himself to be captured by him. Being held prisoner at The Blue Lotus, he discovers that Mitsuhirato is in league with the film director Rastapopoulos, who reveals that he is the leader of the international opium smuggling gang that Tintin has been pursuing in Egypt, Arabia, India, and now China. Rastapopoulos was also the man assumed to have fallen to his death during the foiled kidnapping of the Maharaja's son. However, in accordance with Tintin's plan, Chang and the Sons of the Dragon rescue Tintin and Fang; Rastapopoulos is arrested while Mitsuhirato commits seppuku. Tintin's report on Mitsuhirato's activities leads to accusations against Japan, which withdraws from the League of Nations in protest. Fang develops a cure for Rajaijah, while Wang adopts Chang as his son. Tintin and Snowy return home to Europe.

Background
Georges Remi—best known under the pen name Hergé—was employed as editor and illustrator of Le Petit Vingtième ("The Little Twentieth"), a children's supplement to Le Vingtième Siècle ("The Twentieth Century"), a staunchly Roman Catholic, conservative Belgian newspaper based in Hergé's native Brussels which was run by the Abbé Norbert Wallez. In 1929, Hergé began The Adventures of Tintin comic strip for Le Petit Vingtième, about the exploits of fictional young Belgian reporter Tintin. Wallez ordered Hergé to set his first adventure in the Soviet Union to act as anti-socialist propaganda for children (Tintin in the Land of the Soviets), to set his second adventure in the Belgian Congo to encourage colonial sentiment (Tintin in the Congo), and to set his third adventure in the United States to use the story as a denunciation of American capitalism (Tintin in America). On 24 November 1932, Le Petit Vingtième published a fictional interview with Tintin in which the reporter announced that he would travel to China via Egypt, India, Sri Lanka, and Indochina. This plotline resulted in Tintin in the Orient, the first part of which was an Adventure set in Egypt, Arabia, and India that Hergé later titled Cigars of the Pharaoh. Cigars ceased publication in Le Petit Vingtième in February 1934, and Hergé next provided the standalone story Popol out West for the newspaper. The Blue Lotus was the second half of the Tintin in the Orient story that Hergé had begun with Cigars of the Pharaoh.

However, Hergé knew as little about China as he did about the Soviet Union or the Belgian Congo. At the time most Belgians held to a negative stereotype of China, viewing it as "a distant continent of a nation, barbaric, overpopulated, and inscrutable", and Hergé had long believed this view. He had included Chinese characters in two previous Adventures, in both instances depicting them according to traditional European clichés. In Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, he included two pigtailed Chinese men hired by the Bolsheviks to torture Tintin, while in Tintin in America he featured two Chinese hoodlums who plotted to eat Snowy. Hergé learned a bit about the country from Albert Londres' book China Madness, based on Londres' experiences in the country. He was also influenced in his portrayal of China by the 1933 German film Flüchtlinge (At the End of the World).

Learning of Hergé's intention to set the next Adventure in China, Abbot Léon Gosset, a Roman Catholic chaplain to the Chinese students at the Catholic University of Leuven, contacted Hergé and asked him to be cautious in his depiction of the country. His students read Le Petit Vingtième and he thought it would be counterproductive if Hergé continued to propagate negative stereotypes about the Chinese people. Hergé was sensitive to Gosset's ideas, and Gosset proceeded to put him in touch with two of his Chinese students, Arnold Chiao Ch'eng-Chih and his wife Susan Lin. He also gave him the address of a Chinese student a year Hergé's junior, Zhang Chongren. The pair first met on 1 May 1934, soon becoming close friends and spending every Sunday afternoon with each other for over a year. Zhang later commented that he and Hergé became akin to "two brothers". A student of painting and sculpture at Brussels' Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Zhang taught Hergé about Chinese artistic styles, giving him a set of traditional Chinese brushes and explaining to him the art of painting a tree and Chinese calligraphy, alongside explaining the tenets of Taoist philosophy. Both his artistic and philosophical training under Zhang would have a profound effect on Hergé.

Hergé had also established contact with Father Édouard Neut, hosteller at the St. Andrew's Abbey near Bruges. Neut had a special interest in China, and was excited by Hergé's latest venture, commenting that it could contribute to "a work of inter-racial understanding and true friendship between Orientals and whites". He sent him two books, Father Thadée's Aux origines du conflict mandchou (On the Origins of the Manchu Conflict) and Zheng Zheng's Ma Mère (My Mother), a first-hand account of Chinese family life. He also sent Hergé a 1932 article discussing the differences between Chinese and Japanese cultures. At the time, Neut was working as the assistant of Lu Zhengxiang, a former prime minister of China who had become a monk at St. Andrew's Abbey. Mainstream Western press was broadly sympathetic to the Japanese cause, viewing them as a bulwark against the Soviet Union, a view that Hergé was to eschew.

Original publication, 1934–35
The comic strip began serialisation in Le Petit Vingtième on 9 August 1934 as Les Aventures De Tintin Reporter En Extrême-Orient (The Adventures of Tintin, Reporter in the Far East). It began serialisation in France in Cœurs Vaillants from 29 December 1935, and later in the Swiss magazine L'Écho Illustré. Alongside protagonists Tintin and Snowy, Hergé also included the detectives Thomson and Thompson in the story, who had been introduced in the previous story. He also alluded to the movie that Tintin and Snowy had interrupted the filming of in Cigars, Rastapopoulos' The Sheik's House, by having the characters watch the film during a cinema screening.

Hergé actively satirised typical European opinions of China in The Blue Lotus. He had Thomson and Thompson dress in what they perceived as traditional Chinese costume, as Mandarins, only to stand out in stark contrast to the actual clothing worn in China. He also had Gibbons, one of the story's antagonists, express racist attitudes toward the Chinese, and made Tintin give a speech to Chang explaining western misunderstandings of the Chinese. He took "a radical view" by expressing a criticism of Western activity in China's International Settlement, depicting it as extremely corrupt and only interested in its own commercial interests. He gained much of his information on such issues from Zhang, who informed him of the political events occurring in China from a Chinese perspective. Building on this information, Hergé's depiction of the Japanese invasion was largely accurate, although it served as an outright attack on Japanese imperialism. Hergé depicted fictionalised versions of both the real-life Mukden Incident, although he shifted its location nearer to Shanghai, and Japan's walking out of the League of Nations. However, The Blue Lotus contained no mention of one of the central historical events of the period, the Long March of communist Mao Zedong.

Further devoting himself to greater accuracy, Hergé also made increasing use of photographs to draw from, such as of Chinese clothing, street scenes, and landscape. Hergé's newfound emphasis on accuracy and documentation imbued the rest of the Adventures. While Hergé relied on nonsensical Arabic for the backgrounds in Cigars, for The Blue Lotus Zhang drew many of the ideograms that appeared as street signs and advertisements throughout the story. (The accuracy of the characters varies considerably.) Among these ideograms were those of a political nature, proclaiming slogans such as "Down with Imperialism", "Abolish unfair treaties", and "Down with Japanese merchandise". Zhang also sketched out a number of images for Hergé, such as the outline of Wang's house. Zhang's signature was also included twice throughout the comic, reflecting his artistic contribution; Hergé wanted to include Zhang's name as co-author before Zhang declined, which did not happen previously and subsequently in the other books. In gratitude, Hergé created the character of Chang in honour of his friend Zhang.

Upon realising the anti-Japanese tone of the story, Japan's diplomats stationed in Belgium issued an official complaint, conveyed to Hergé by Lieutenant-General Raoul Pontus, president of the Sino-Belgian Friendship Association. The diplomats threatened to take their complaint to the Permanent Court of International Justice at The Hague. In learning of this, Zhang congratulated Hergé, stating that it would only further expose the actions of Japan in China to further international scrutiny and would make Hergé "world-famous". Hergé's strip also came under criticism from a Belgian general, who commented: "This is not a story for children ... It's just a problem for Asia!" The story was nevertheless a commercial success, and Le Petit Vingtième organised a celebration to commemorate the return of Tintin from the Far East, sponsored by the L'Innovation and Bon Marché department stores. Taking place at the Cirque Royal, it was attended by 3000 fans of the series, many of whom were Scouts, and involved an actor portraying Tintin who accompanied Hergé, the newspaper's staff, a contortionist and a clown.

In September 1935, Zhang returned to China at his family's request. Hergé meanwhile set about preparing the strip for publication in book form through Casterman. Proud of this Adventure, he encouraged them to increase the level of marketing and advertising for the work. At their advice, he renamed the story from The Adventures of Tintin in the Far East to The Blue Lotus, commenting of this new title: "It is short, it sounds Chinese and it is mysterious". At Casterman's prompting, he also inserted a number of coloured plates throughout the work, and devised a new design for the front cover. The book was finally published in October 1936. Hergé was pleased with the product, commenting: "I was just bowled over! It is the height of luxury and my first thought was 'It's much too good for children!' ... I was far from expecting that". He sent a copy to Zhang, who replied to thank him. After news of its publication reached China, in 1939 political leader Chiang Kai-shek, who had enjoyed The Blue Lotus, asked his wife Soong Mei-ling to invite Hergé to visit them there, although he was unable to do so due to the impending Second World War. He finally took up her offer in 1973, visiting her on the island of Taiwan.

Second version, 1946
In the 1940s and 1950s, when Hergé's popularity had increased, he and his team at Studios Hergé redrew many of the original black-and-white Tintin adventures in colour using the ligne claire ("clear line") drawing style he had developed so that they visually fitted in with the new Tintin stories being created. The Studios reformatted and coloured The Blue Lotus in 1946. Little was actually changed for the 1946 edition, although many of the backgrounds were embellished. Minor alterations included replacing three highland Scotsmen who briefly featured in the story with three Sikhs. The map that appears on the opening page was made smaller, while a reference to Sir Malcolm Campbell was removed. The European Palace Hotel was renamed The Continental, while Gibbons' company was also renamed from the Americano-Anglo Chinese Stell [sic] Company Limited to American and Chinese Steel Incorporated, and the drug smuggling ship known as the S.S. City of Doodlecastle was renamed the S.S. Harika Maru.

Later publications
Both Rastapopoulos and Dawson reappeared in the series 20 years later in The Red Sea Sharks. Casterman republished the original black-and-white version in 1979 in a French-language collected volume with Cigars of the Pharaoh and The Broken Ear, the second part of the Archives Hergé collection. In 1985, Casterman published a facsimile version of the original. Meanwhile, Methuen, the British publisher of The Adventures of Tintin, felt that the story was dated, and only published The Blue Lotus in 1983, the year of Hergé's death. The translation into English was undertaken by Michael Turner and Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper, although it lost the English accent of the British troops which was conveyed in the original French. The Adventures of Tintin also became popular in Japan, something Michael Farr thought indicated that the Japanese had not taken offence to Hergé's portrayal of them in The Blue Lotus. After Hergé's death, the original illustrated manuscript of The Blue Lotus was discovered at Studio Hergé, and was subsequently exhibited as the centrepiece of an exhibit commemorating the 60th anniversary of The Adventures of Tintin.

Auction of draft cover
The first draft of the cover to The Blue Lotus was given by Hergé in 1936 to Jean-Paul Casterman, the son of Louis Casterman, Hergé’s editor. Jean-Paul Casterman folded the drawing and put in a drawer. It stayed in the drawer until 1981, when Jean-Paul Casterman retrieved it and asked Hergé to sign it. It was auctioned on January 14, 2021, and proceeds were "more than three million euros".

Critical analysis
The Blue Lotus is widely regarded as one of the best Tintin adventures. Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier commented that The Blue Lotus was "unarguably Hergé's first masterpiece". They felt that for the first time in the series, "one senses that the story has become important" as Tintin first expresses "a purpose, a mission" to his adventure. Commenting on the character Chang, they thought that he was an "endearing personality" despite having little relevance to the plot, also believing that Dawson and Gibbons were the most loathsome characters in the Adventure. They compared the scene in which the Japanese invaded China with that in Tintin in America where the U.S. army force Native Americans off their land, and praised the linear illustrations of the story, although also opined that the original black-and-white version was better than its colour counterpart. Overall, they awarded The Blue Lotus four stars out of five.

Harry Thompson noted that some people believed that Hergé's depiction of the Japanese as buck-toothed and inherently violent in The Blue Lotus was racist. He nevertheless thought that these accusations "stupidly" missed "the point of the story", which was to counter widespread racist attitudes toward East Asians among Belgians. Due to the inclusion of actual historical events, he thought that the comic lacked the "timelessness" of other Adventures but that for 1934 it was "a marvelous piece of comic strip art". Hergé biographer Pierre Assouline thought that the book combined "social realism" with the spirit present in the work of Charles Dickens and Alexandre Dumas.

Hergé biographer Benoît Peeters thought that there was an obvious difference in The Adventures of Tintin before and after The Blue Lotus, and that it represented "an essential turning point both graphically and ideologically" as Hergé shifted from his former "classically right-wing" ideas. Also feeling that the work was "exceptionally moving," he noted that The Blue Lotus was far from Tintin in the Congo in its attitude to non-Europeans, while other Belgian comic strips like Blake and Mortimer and Buck Danny would continue to perpetuate negative stereotypes of East Asians for decades. Elsewhere, he stated that it was the first Adventure where Hergé "really took control" of the story, also opining that it was the "most politically involved" entity in the series.

Michael Farr stated that there was a "general agreement" that The Blue Lotus was Hergé's first masterpiece, being "better planned" than its predecessors and for the first time having "a carefully devised structure". At the same time he thought that it retained the best qualities of the earlier works. Thinking it "much more serious" than Tintin's prior Adventures, he nevertheless thought it "no less enjoyable", being the first story to bring "emotion and tragedy" to the series. Farr thought that Hergé's "total absorption" in his subject resulted in him gaining an "extraordinary feel" for it and allowed him to foresee future political events in China much like a "finely tuned" political commentator. He singled out the depiction of the Mukden Incident for particular praise, thinking it "a marvellous example of political satire". Philippe Goddin thought that this depiction of the build-up to invasion was "brilliantly" done, also comparing it to the scene of ethnic cleansing in Tintin in America.

Literary critic Tom McCarthy thought that The Blue Lotus showed evidence of Hergé's "left-wing counter-tendency" that rejected his earlier right-wing worldview. He believed that this was partly due to the influence of Zhang, who had destroyed Hergé's "European absolutism", and overall thought of it as "the most visually rich of all the Tintin books". Literary critic Jean-Marie Apostolidès of Stanford University thought that Wang signified the forces of good in the story while Rastapopoulos represented evil, and that the character Didi – who was poisoned with Raijaijah – inverted "the model of justice ruling the world of the Good". He saw a similarity between Didi and Tintin, who both have "feline suppleness, a devotion to good causes, and the patience of an animal stalking its prey". He furthermore argued that Didi's desire to behead people when under the poison's influence expressed his Oedipus complex and was a substitute for castration.

Adaptations
The Blue Lotus was adapted into a 1991 episode of The Adventures of Tintin television series by French studio Ellipse and Canadian animation company Nelvana. Directed by Stéphane Bernasconi, Thierry Wermuth voiced the character of Tintin. In March 2013, Steven Spielberg said that The Blue Lotus might be the basis for the third Tintin film in his film series that began with The Adventures of Tintin (2011).

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Freising (district)

Freising is a Landkreis (district) in Bavaria, Germany. Following a recent ranking of the German magazine Focus-Money comparing all German districts it is number one concerning economic growth abilities. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Kelheim, Landshut, Erding, Munich, Dachau and Pfaffenhofen. The district is located north of the Munich metropolitan area. The Isar and Amper rivers run in parallel from southwest to northeast. North of the rivers there is the Hallertau, a hilly region mainly used for growing hop.

History
In the Holy Roman Empire, Freising was a clerical state ruled by the bishops. In 1803, when the clerical states of Germany were dissolved, the region was annexed by Bavaria.

Coat of arms
The coat of arms displays:
 * the blue and white checkered pattern of Bavaria
 * the rose from the arms of the medieval county of Moosburg
 * The "Freising Moor's head"

The Freising Moor's head
This is a controversial charge in the coat of arms, which could represent one of many different persons:

Or just that a black Moor king.
 * One of the three Magi (one of them is shown as a moor)
 * Saints who were, or probably were, moors
 * St. Mauritius
 * St. Zeno
 * St. Sigismund (mixed up with St. Mauritius)
 * St. Corbinian, who was not a moor, but whose pictures might have become darker over time.
 * Other person or meaning lost in time

It is important to note the crown on the moor's head, which probably indicated that the territory of the Bishop of Freising was autonomous.

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Evelyn Lau

Evelyn Lau (born July 2, 1971) is a Canadian novelist, poet, and short story writer.

Biography
Evelyn Lau was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, on July 2, 1971, to Chinese-Canadian parents from Hong Kong. Lau attended Templeton Secondary School in Vancouver.

Evelyn Lau began publishing poetry at the age of 12. At the age of 13 she won a essay writing contest hosted by the Vancouver Sun, she was awarded a meeting with Pope John Paul II. In March 1986, at age 14, Lau left home due to parental objection to her pursuit of poetry. She spent the next two years living itinerantly in Vancouver as a homeless person living in group homes, friends' houses, and apartments. She also became involved with drug abuse during this time and supported herself through prostitution. She also attempted suicide twice.

A diary she kept from March 22nd, 1986 to January 20th, 1988 was published in 1989 as Runaway: Diary of a Street Kid The book was a critical and commercial success; Lau received praise for frankly chronicling her relationships with manipulative older men, the life and habits of a group of anarchists with whom she stayed immediately after leaving home, her experiences with a couple from Boston who smuggled her into the United States, her abuse of various drugs, and her relationship with British Columbia's child support services. The diary was adapted as a film The Diary of Evelyn Lau (1993), starring Canadian actress Sandra Oh.

Lau had a well-publicized romantic relationship with W. P. Kinsella, a University of Victoria creative writing professor and poet more than 30 years her senior. After she published a personal essay in 1997 about the relationship, Kinsella sued her for libel. ("Me and W.P." won a Western Magazine Award for Human Experience, and was shortlisted for the Gold Award for Best Article).

Her work in magazines has won four Western Magazine Awards and a National Magazine Award; she also received the Air Canada Award, the Vantage Women of Originality Award, the ACWW Community Builders Award, and the Mayor's Arts Award for Literary Arts. Her poems were selected for inclusion in Best American Poetry (1992) and Best Canadian Poetry (2009, 2010, 2011, 2016). Lau has also worked as writer-in-residence at the University of British Columbia, Kwantlen University, and Vancouver Community College, and was Distinguished Visiting Writer at the University of Calgary.

Lau lives in Vancouver, where she is a manuscript consultant in Simon Fraser University's Writing and Publishing Program. On Oct. 14, 2011, Lau was named the poet laureate for the city of Vancouver. She is the third poet to hold this honorary position; her plan is to offer 'poet-in-residence consultations with aspiring poets'. As of fall 2023, Lau is the writer in residence at Langara College in Vancouver, BC.

Memoirs

 * Runaway: Diary of a Street Kid - (HarperCollins,1989) (shortlisted for the Periodical Marketers of Canada Award. Translated into French, German, Italian, Polish, Chinese, Japanese, Swedish, Dutch, Portuguese, Korean, Bulgarian, Hungarian)
 * in German: Wie ein Vogel ohne Flügel. Transl. Uschi Gnade. Goldmann, Munich 1993
 * Inside Out: Reflection on a Life So Far - (Doubleday, 2001)

Poetry

 * You Are Not Who You Claim - (Beach Holme, 1990) (winner of the Milton Acorn People's Poetry Award)
 * Oedipal Dreams - (Beach Holme, 1992) (nominated for a Governor General's Award and featured in the Michael Radford film, Dancing at the Blue Iguana )
 * In the House of Slaves - (Coach House, 1994)
 * Treble (Raincoast, 2005)
 * Living Under Plastic (Oolichan, 2010) (winner of the Pat Lowther Award) ....
 * A Grain of Rice (Oolichan, 2012) (shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Award and the Pat Lowther Award)
 * Tumour (Oolichan, 2016)

Short stories

 * Fresh Girls and Other Stories. (HarperCollins, 1993) (shortlisted for the QPB Award for Notable New Fiction. Translated into German, Chinese, Dutch, Danish, Japanese, Italian, Hungarian)
 * in German, transl. Angela Stein: Fetisch & andere Stories. Goldmann, Munich 1996
 * Choose Me. (Doubleday, 1999) (translated into Japanese, Swedish)

Significant essays and short pieces

 * "I Sing the Song of my Condo" Globe and Mail (1995)
 * "An Insatiable Emptiness" The Georgia Straight (1995)
 * "On the Road with Family, Friends, and the Usual Questions" Vancouver Sun (1995)
 * "Me and W.P. " Vancouver Magazine (1997)
 * "Lay Off Me and W.P. " Globe and Mail (1998)

Novels

 * Other Women. (Random House, 1995) (translated into Dutch, German, Italian, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Danish, Japanese, Greek, Hebrew, Polish)
 * in German, transl. Birgit Moosmüller: Die Frau an seiner Tür. Goldmann, Munich 1996

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Nickelodeon Universe

Nickelodeon Universe is the name of two indoor amusement parks located at Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota and American Dream in East Rutherford, New Jersey, with a third location under construction at the Mall of China in Chongqing, China. The parks consist of attractions and rides based on Nickelodeon’s popular franchises. The amusement parks are owned and operated by the Triple Five Group with licensing rights from Paramount Global, which owns Nickelodeon.

Camp Snoopy
The park was originally known as Knott's Camp Snoopy, and later, simply Camp Snoopy, and was themed around the Charles M. Schulz Peanuts comic strip characters. Camp Snoopy themed areas are still located at Cedar Fair Amusement Company's parks. Camp Snoopy was never aggressively themed; the park had a very outdoors and woodsy feel with more subtle references to the Peanuts franchise. Much of the original theming in the Camp Snoopy fountain and all around the park was already toned down by the time the rights to the Peanuts characters were lost. Theming that was removed from the park prematurely and was never replaced includes various kites near the ceiling, Charlie Brown and Lucy playing baseball above the Sports Grill restaurant (although their baseball remained suspended in the air afterwards), theming in Snoopy fountain, the retheming of Snoopy Boutique, Snoopy Bouncer, the Snoopy Shop and much smaller theming. On April 7, 1998, New Horizon Kids Quest, Inc. opened a Kids Quest hourly child care facility in Knott's Camp Snoopy. It incorporated 17385 sqft and served children ages six weeks to twelve years until its removal in 2007. It is now the "Dutchman’s Deck Adventure Course" ropes course, slides and zip line.

In 2005, there were plans to revitalize the Camp Snoopy image and a new logo was introduced in October, called the "roller coaster logo" to replace the "canoe logo". However, this did not last long, as there were even bigger and unexpected changes coming within the next few months.

The Park at Mall of America
On January 9, 2006, Mall of America management announced that talks between MOA and Cedar Fair (which owns the national rights to amusement-park branding of the Peanuts license) had broken down, primarily over the mall's rights to effectively market its park within and outside the United States, and effective January 19, the park's Peanuts branding would end, the park being temporarily renamed The Park at MOA while new branding was being applied. All traces of the Peanuts branding was removed, some very sloppily, although the gift shops were allowed to continue selling Peanuts merchandise without the Camp Snoopy label. The inflatable Snoopy character was removed and it took several months before it was finally replaced by a generic tree house inflatable. The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera was the final film played in the Mystery Mine Ride, with the Mystery Mine Ride closing permanently in 2007. Many other landmarks in the park were either replaced by generic landmarks or not replaced at all.

Nickelodeon Universe

On November 8, 2005, Viacom filed a trademark for Nickelodeon Universe. The park's new licensing deal and name, "Nickelodeon Universe", was announced on July 25, 2007. Construction began on August 27, 2007, work was completed in sections so 80 percent to 90 percent of the park remained accessible at all times. Nickelodeon Universe was completed on March 15, 2008. New rides include SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge, a Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter 410 roller coaster themed after the Nickelodeon show SpongeBob SquarePants, the Splat-O-Sphere, a Moser's Rides drop tower in the center of the park, the Avatar Airbender, a surf-rider attraction located in the center of the park as well and BrainSurge which is on the side of the park. The shooting gallery beneath the Ripsaw and Pepsi Orange Streak roller coaster was gutted and was replaced by Rugrats Reptarmobiles. The Mystery Mine Ride was completely demolished to make way for SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge. This site also included an Old Time Photography studio and restrooms. Old Time Photography relocated into the mall (but not within the park) and restrooms did not return in this section of the park. Levy Restaurants partnered with Nickelodeon Universe to include a themed restaurant at the park. The restaurant was called EATS and was located in the former Park at MOA food court. When the partnership ended, the EATS area closed and was replaced with a butterfly display. In 2014, a Hard Rock Cafe opened on the site where EATS once stood.

On March 12, 2008, the Star Tribune reported that the price of ride points, daily wristbands and, in particular, annual passes, would take a significant price hike once the park transitioned to Nickelodeon Universe. The price for an annual pass, which had remained $99 per year since the park opened in 1992, would increase to $250, and daily wristbands would be raised from $24.95 to $29.95. They eventually rose to $32.99 in 2014. In 2017, prices rose to where they currently stand, at $35.99 for a daily wristband. In April 2015, the price for the annual pass dropped to $139. In November 2021, Nickelodeon Universe announced the new annual pass program which has 3 different annual passes: Level 1 is Explorer which costs $175 but only valid on the weekdays, which is Monday through Thursday, Level 2 is Adventurer costs $250 but only works on any day of the week & Level 3 is Thrill Seeker costs $350 and it has all access all the time. Some denounced the price increases as being unjustifiably high when compared to other parks, such as local park Valleyfair at $79.95–$99.95. Others defended the pricing as necessary to accommodate the millions of dollars of investment needed to rebrand the park as Nickelodeon Universe.

On March 17, 2020, Nickelodeon Universe closed along with the rest of Mall of America in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. While the mall re-opened in June, Nickelodeon Universe didn't re-open until August. As a result of restrictions put in place by the Minnesota state government, Nickelodeon Universe was only permitted to re-open to a capacity of 250. Thus, the previous ticketing model—where entry to the park was free and patrons could either pay for rides individually, or unlimited–ride tickets that valid for the entire day—was temporarily suspended. Patrons then had only the option of a ticket that was valid for two hours from when it was first scanned at a ride; persons not riding were required to have a paid ticket to enter the park, albeit at a reduced cost. Capacity restrictions eventually loosened into the spring, resulting in the return of all-day unlimited-ride wristbands and point passes. The park reopened to full capacity on May 28, 2021.

Dining

 * Grub
 * Sweet Treats
 * Coaster Cafe
 * Various carts featuring popcorn, mini donuts, cotton candy, Dippin Dots ice cream, Pepsi beverages and ICEE beverages

Former dining

 * Hard Rock Cafe
 * Caribou Coffee
 * 1st Rnd
 * Tall Timbers
 * Stampede Steakhouse
 * Mrs. Knott's Restaurant
 * Mrs. Knott's Picnic Basket
 * The Silver Stein-Festhaus
 * Festhaus Buffet
 * Hormel Cook Out
 * McGarvey Camp Bakery
 * EATS
 * Cool Treats
 * Schwan's Ice Cream Cafe (replaced by Sweet Treats)
 * Slurp and Snack (replaced by Grub)

Retail

 * Nickelodeon Shop
 * Toys
 * Gear
 * LEGO Store
 * M&M's World

Former retail

 * 4U (Replaced by Peeps & Company, which eventually closed and became the mall's second IT'SUGAR location called "Candy Universe". This IT'SUGAR location is now closed.)
 * NU Stuff (replaced by Gear)
 * Candy Universe (operated by IT'SUGAR)
 * American Girl Store

Accidents

 * On August 1, 1998, a 12-year-old boy, David Craig of Cable, Wisconsin, was killed after he fell off the Log Chute. When the boat neared the top of the chute, he began to panic and reached outside of the log to grab a railing. The ride stopped, but the log had already begun its descent down the major drop. Losing his grip, Craig fell off the chute, falling onto the landscaping rocks. He then died as a result of his injuries. Hopkins Rides, the manufacturer of the ride, inspected it and found it was in proper working order. It was Camp Snoopy's first fatal accident.
 * On Saturday, August 15, 1998, an 8-year-old girl died of a heart attack after she rode the Screaming Yellow Eagle (later known as Danny Phantom Ghost Zone), a rotating platform ride from Chance Rides. Her parents said she died from a heart attack because she had a history of heart problems for five years before her death. The ride was operating properly.

History
In September 2016, the Triple Five Group announced that a second Nickelodeon Universe amusement park would fill the 8-acre indoor amusement park space at American Dream, which will feature two world record-holding roller coasters. TMNT Shellraiser, a Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter, would hold the record for the steepest roller coaster drop at 121.5 degrees, and is based on a model seen in Japan. The second coaster, a spinning coaster called the Shredder, consists of four-passenger cars that spin on a vertical axis as it progresses down the coaster's track, and is the world's tallest and longest free spinning coaster, at 1,600 feet.

On March 13, 2020, Triple Five announced that the mall would be closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the opening of retail shops and DreamWorks Water Park would be delayed.

On April 6, 2020, American Dream changed from a mix of 55% entertainment-related tenants and 45% retailers to roughly 70% entertainment and 30% retail. As of April 10, 2020, no retailers had backed out of American Dream. American Dream said it will add eight more rides to the Nickelodeon Universe theme park, building on its early success.

On September 3, 2020, Triple Five announced that on October 1, American Dream would reopen its amusement park, water park, ice rink, and mini-golf arcade, each of which would limit patrons to 25% of capacity.

Additional attractions

 * In The Game arcade

Upcoming Chongqing, China location
A third Nickelodeon Universe theme park is currently under construction for the Mall of China in Chongqing, China. Concept artwork that was released during the theme park's announcement on July 26, 2018 showcases rides that are at the American Dream location, as well as several new attractions. Construction was briefly paused in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While the theme park was originally slated for a December 2020 opening, its construction status and a new opening timeframe are unknown.

Cancelled New Orleans location
On August 18, 2009, Nickelodeon and Southern Star Amusement announced that a Nickelodeon Universe location would be built in New Orleans, Louisiana to replace the former Six Flags New Orleans that was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and would open by around the end of 2010. It was set to be the first outdoor Nickelodeon Universe theme park, but on November 9, 2009, Nickelodeon announced that it had ended the licensing agreement with Southern Star Amusements.

2020 temporary closures
The two Nickelodeon Universe theme parks in Minnesota and New Jersey were temporarily closed in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nickelodeon Universe reopened at Mall of America on August 10, 2020, while its park at American Dream reopened on October 1, 2020.

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User:Splashkid2

I am a computer power user from Indianapolis, Indiana. I am a "newbie" to Wikipedia and I would appreciate any advice or constructive criticism of my articles/edits.

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Cadzow Castle

Cadzow Castle, now in ruins, was constructed between 1500 and 1550 at a site one mile south-east of the centre of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The earlier medieval settlement of Hamilton was formerly known as Cadzow or Cadyou (Middle Scots: Cadȝow), until it was renamed in 1455 in honour of James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton. The castle sits above a gorge overlooking the Avon Water in what is now Chatelherault Country Park, but was previously the hunting and pleasure grounds of the duke of Hamilton's estate of Hamilton Palace - this area being known as Hamilton High Parks. The ruin is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

The early castle
The ancient kings of Strathclyde are believed to have had a hunting lodge at Cadzow, prior to that kingdom's assimilation into Scotland in the 12th century. The original Cadzow Castle is believed to have been built in the 12th century on an earlier high status site, as an occasional royal residence for King David I (1124–1153). Royal charters of David's reign were issued from here as early as 1139. His successors Alexander II, Alexander III and others down to Robert the Bruce also used the castle, it is believed primarily as a hunting lodge due to the close proximity of the forested parkland, itself part of the once more extensive royal forest of the Clyde Valley. Archaeologists favour the site of Hamilton Motte adjacent to the original settlement and religious foundation, and known latterly as Hamilton Motte. It is possible that the earlier Cadzow Castle was on an alternative site at, now known as Castlehill, although the area is now a housing estate, and the site is some distance from the settlement of Cadzow, and of dubious topographical prospects for such a fortification.

The estate of Cadzow was divided in 1222, with Cadzow Castle passing to the Comyns. Following the forfeiture of their lands for supporting John Balliol, the estate was granted by Robert the Bruce to Walter FitzGilbert de Hambeldon in the early 14th century. FitzGilbert was ennobled as the first Baron of Cadzow, and is the ancestor of the dukes of Hamilton. He constructed another fortification, which may represent the motte near the town, which remains, adjacent to the M74 motorway.

The 16th-century castle
The present castle was built around 1530 by Sir James Hamilton of Finnart, who also constructed nearby Craignethan Castle. James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran was confined here in April 1566 after four years in Edinburgh Castle, for an alleged plot against Mary, Queen of Scots.

Following her escape from Lochleven Castle in 1568, Mary, Queen of Scots, stayed here. As a result it was destroyed by forces of the Earl of Mar, regent for James VI, in the late 16th century, as retaliation against the Hamiltons for their support of Mary. It was partially rebuilt in the 18th century, to serve as a folly within the duke's park.

The castle today
The site is now owned and managed by Historic Environment Scotland. There is no public access to the ruins, as the structure is unstable, and largely supported by scaffolding. Footpaths within the country park allow visitors to view the ruin. The Duke's Bridge, built high across the Avon Gorge, offers the most dramatic view of the ruins above the wooded gorge. A series of excavations, sponsored by Historic Scotland, took place at the castle between 2000 and 2003 and demonstrated that no evidence was found to support an early medieval fortification at the site, nor any large settlement to compete with the traditional medieval settlement of Cadzow now adjacent to the M74 motorway, and in later centuries called the Netherton to distinguish it from the 'Hitoun' of Cadzow.

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Talk:Globular cluster

Contradictory info regarding distribution of milky way GCs
The intro states that " In spiral galaxies like the Milky Way, (GCs) are mostly found in the outer spheroidal part of the galaxy – the galactic halo."

But the following section, "History of observations" claims that "A large majority of the Milky Way's globular clusters are found around the galactic core".

I feel like the article might benefit from some clarification on this point. Nubur (talk) 08:29, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I think the issue may be the use of the word "outer". The halo surrounds the pancake-shaped spiral galaxy, but it isn't a shell. Globulars can orbit closer to the nucleus while (mostly) remaining in the halo. I think the conflict could be resolved by stating, "A large majority of the Milky Way's globular clusters are found in the halo around the galactic core". Praemonitus (talk) 14:27, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

What is stable?
The second sentence in this article is in a very early part, something like an intro.

That sentence now has the words 'They can contain anywhere from tens of thousands to many millions of member stars, all orbiting in a stable, compact formation.' How stable is stable? There are such objects known of as meteorites that do impact the Earth, but the word 'stable' at this critical point might imply that they are 'stable' like planets in our solar system in a fundamental manner that would keep them from passing by other objects or colliding even though the formation might be 'compact'. Stellar collisions in the spiral arm of the Milky Way might very well be rare because they may comparatively be not 'compact', but globular clusters generally are more 'compact' in comparison.

I would suggest that the word 'stable' be dropped from that sentence. It might imply that some sort of phenomenon is going on in the cluster to keep them from statistically colliding even though the systems are also 'compact'. They might gradually get some internal dynamics, but this is not discussed by the article. There is a lot of interstellar distances between many objects, but the word 'stable' might imply something that is not actually true. I think the word 'compact' of course is actually appropriate. Do words have meaning when they do not refer to something specific? Who knows. 2601:1C2:1000:8570:10F5:28C8:DF06:5E32 (talk) 21:06, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Your typical globular is over 10 billion years old, and has been around since the early days of the Universe. If that isn't a stable formation, I don't know what is. Praemonitus (talk) 23:20, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

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User talk:Niganit

Hello Richard, welcome to Wikipedia. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian. You can learn more on the how to edit page. The naming conventions and style guide pages are also useful. There is a sandbox which you can use to experiment in. If you have any questions, see the help pages or add a question to the village pump. Angela 19:47, 29 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Welcome. Go OA! I did some work on that page a few months ago (not long after my own induction, heh heh), but I think that you would be quite well qualified to make some additional contributions. -Smack 23:36, 5 Aug 2003 (UTC)

Protection
No, userpages are not protected unless they are subject to repeated and persistent vandalism. It's to do with wiki principles of being open to editing. If you don't want people to directly edit your userpage, you might consider posting a note to the top of that page to that effect and ask people to contact you here on the talk page if they'd like to see something changed. That way they can still edit it, and you keep control over your user page. Mgm|(talk) 18:25, Feb 14, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks Mgm
--Niganit 03:26, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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User talk:Feygan

Hello Feygan, welcome to Wikipedia. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian. You can learn more on the how to edit page. The naming conventions and style guide pages are also useful. There is a sandbox which you can use to experiment in. If you have any questions, see the help pages or add a question to the village pump. Angela 19:48, 29 Jul 2003 (UTC)

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User talk:GeorgeHarnish

Hello George, welcome to Wikipedia. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian. You can learn more on the how to edit page. The naming conventions and style guide pages are also useful. There is a sandbox which you can use to experiment in. If you have any questions, see the help pages or add a question to the village pump. Angela 19:48, 29 Jul 2003 (UTC)

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Thank you for your edit to the disambiguation page Time traveler. However, please note that disambiguation pages are not articles; rather, they are meant to help readers find a specific article quickly and easily. From the disambiguation do's and don'ts, you should: Thank you. JohnBlackburne wordsdeeds 22:45, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
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 * Do not pipe links—keep the full title of the article visible
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Talk:New Imperialism/Linking to the alternative version from the top of the article

9½ Talk:New Imperialism/archive 1 Talk:New Imperialism/archive 2 Talk:New Imperialism/archive 3 Talk:New Imperialism/archive 4 Talk:New Imperialism/archive 5 Talk:New Imperialism/archive 6 Talk:New Imperialism/archive 7 Talk:New Imperialism/archive 8 Talk:New Imperialism/archive 9 Talk:New Imperialism/Linking to the alternative version from the top of the article (You are here.) Talk:New Imperialism/archive 10 Talk:New Imperialism/archive 11 Talk:New Imperialism/archive 12 Talk:New Imperialism/archive 13 Talk:New Imperialism/archive 14 Talk:New Imperialism/archive 15 Talk:New Imperialism/archive 16 Talk:New Imperialism/archive 17 Talk:New Imperialism/archive 18 Talk:New Imperialism/archive 19 Talk:New Imperialism/archive 20

Summary
Events so far...

 * user:Pizza Puzzle edited New Imperialism.
 * There was some reversion, further editing, and page protection.
 * Pizza Puzzle created a temp page at New Imperialism (temp)
 * Pizza Puzzle added a link to the temp page from the main article
 * Edit War ensued.

Discussion has been moved here from village pump, from Talk:New Imperialism, from protected page, and from various user talk pages.

And now, on Farscape:

Discussion
''to be moved here: previous discussion in Talk:New Imperialism/archive 8

Adding a New page here, don't edit this any longer header has been added to all country pages while the new template has been assigned on a temp page. Authors should improve only the temp pages if there is consensus that the current article is messed up in a way that it should be replaced and not waste their time on an article to be replaced. -- JeLuF 13:21 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)

That can work where a new draft is being worked on by the community. In this case you have two rival articles and to say to either's that people should work on the other's is dangerous. Everyone needs to calm down here. What we have here are two competent very intelligent users who disagree fundamentally. The main page is very dense and hard to follow unless you know the facts. But then it is a very complicated subject. The Temp page reads better but I think tries to convey a complex story too simply, in the process losing crucial aspects of the nuances.

We need to find a way of turning the current main page into something more manageable. But how I'll be honest I don't know. (This is one topic I really don't know enough about to try rewording. But PP needs to stop putting a link to his temp page on the main page. That simply is not done. We cannot offer readers two alternative viewpoints on any matter. What I have done is capitalised centred and lined the line at the top of the page so that the existence of the temp page cannot be missed. FearÉIREANN 13:48 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)

I have temporarily protected this page to stop this constant attempt to insert a line which as far as I understand is contrary to wiki policy. I am now going to leave a message on pages asking for adjudication. In the meantime I have redesigned the top of this page to highlight the existence of the temp page so that its existence cannot he missed. As I have made clear, I am not a participator in any debate as to the content, as I have made clear above. FearÉIREANN 13:56 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Jtdirl has protected New Imperialism, as part of an "edit war" in which he was part. This is an abuse of his sysop powers. 172 has also previously protected this page (and the talk page) unilaterally.

It is absurd to argue that the temp link is, in any reasonable manner, visible from a talk page. talk pages are only occasionally viewed by some editors. 172 and Jtdirl are intent on censoring my work, going so far as to repeatedly abuse their sysop powers. Jtdirl is most definitely a participator in the debate here.

They are elitist snobs who believe that they are "world experts" and that anyone who disagrees with their views is some kind of vandal. They consistently harass and abuse other users, feeling free to hurl tirades of vulgar insults at will.

I should never have had to create the temp page at all, except they used their sysop powers to attack me and demanded that I create the temp page instead of touching their article. Now that I have created the temp page, they are not willing to allow me to link it so that it can receive its due attention. Pizza Puzzle

What's wrong with linking to New Imperialism/Temp at the top of the article? I know that Pizza Puzzle is Lir, but for the time being we have to treat him like any other unbanned user. Linking to Temp pages in the process of their creation has long been practiced, see, e.g. Ethiopia (I wonder when someone is going to finish that one..). If you think that PP should be (re-)banned, please make your case on the wikien-l mailing list. Otherwise please try to work together to turn this into an NPOV article. —Eloquence 14:12 28 Jul 2003 (UTC) (who has not looked much at the content)

 * OK, I looked at the alternative page and now I understand 172's concerns. I would not want one of "my" articles (e.g. motivation) to be castrated in such a fashion either. Lir's version might be a start for creating an executive summary of this one (if this one gets too long and individual sections have to be split away), but I don't think it can ever replace it.—Eloquence 14:34 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)

I am not Lir, please stop with your accusations. What is wrong with New Imperialism (temp)? Since this article is too long, its obvious that we do need an executive summary -- thus the temp page. Pizza Puzzle

 * Actually, we have lots of long articles, and in general, we wait until they get above ca. 30K and then start splitting off sections and summarizing them briefly in the main article. This is how most of the country pages work. I imagine 172 could agree to such a proposal, but so far you made it look like you want to replace the article with the short version.—Eloquence 14:50 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)

 * For the record, I've been talking about splitting this article into a history of Germany-styles for about a week. But right now, we're all too distracted by the same Lir antics that we saw on this page about six months ago. This is the very page that got Vera Cruz banned! I remember contributors expressing relief at how orderly the flow of recent changes had become once Vera Cruz was stopped from engaging in all-day edit wars on this very page for weeks. 172 15:06 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)

The last I checked, this article was above 50K. You are absolutely right that I want to replace this poorly written, rambling, offtopic cutNpaste job with a shorter more concise version. Its apparently remained in this state for months, despite the objections of, at least, a dozen editors. This article has received constant criticism since the start of Talk:New_Imperialism/archive_1. Pizza Puzzle

Any link to the temp page on the main article should be in italics, just as for NPOV disputes, disambig notes, and similar editorial comments.

AFAIK, a temp page link is not explicitly against Wikipedia policy, but neither is it explicitly recommended by Wikipedia policy. Common practice varies: some use such links, and some do not. However, it is surely a minor issue, not worth the effort being expended in this edit war, which dignifies neither side.

Our protected page guidelines have for some time recommended that sysops should not protect pages from edit wars that they themselves are involved in. If anyone feels that this recommendation is a poor one, they should discuss the matter at wikipedia talk:protected page. Martin 15:03 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)
 * Martin, I didn't protect the page; Jtdirl did. And has not been involved with this page by any stretch of the imagination. 172 15:06 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)

The edit history clearly shows that Jtdirl has been engaged in the edit war here. Also, 172 did protect New Imperialism and this very talkpage - he did so just a few days ago! Pizza Puzzle

I imposed a temporary protection to ask wiki make a decision on a policy matter, ie, where a temp page is created not as a communal new edition of an article but as a rival to a communally drafted text, should that temp page's existence be advertised on the main text page? I think it is bad policy for an encyclopædia to in effect present a reader with two alternative rival pages. It gives the impression we are offering them two POVs where in fact we are in the business of one NPOV. Because of that, having pleaded with Pizza Puzzle repeatedly not to add in the link yet until a decision had been reached, I protected the page to stop the endless additions of the link simply to allow the community to agree a policy. (BTW PP agreed to start the temp page on the understanding that it would not get linked to the main page until or if it went live. I also redesigned the talk page where the temp page was linked to to give it maximum visibility as a stop-gap but PP still insisted on adding in his link despite appeals to wait a short while until a policy had been agreed. As soon as a consensus is reached (and I have left notes all over asking for opinions) I will unprotect the page. FearÉIREANN 14:40 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)
 * The liar has abused his powers by protecting a page at which he was engaged in an edit war. This is not acceptable. Pizza Puzzle

Jtdirl has protected New Imperialism, as part of an "edit war" in which he was part. This is an abuse of his sysop powers. 172 has also previously protected this page (and the talk page) unilaterally. Pizza Puzzle

 * For heaven's sake, Pizza Puzzel. You ask "please PROTECT this page -- This link was agreed to when I was ordered to quit editing this page, instead editing an alternate page", and then when it is protected, you cry about it. What's the problem now? CGS 14:03 28 Jul 2003 (UTC).

 * I asked that the article be protected FROM JTDIRL not by Jtdirl. Pizza Puzzle

I have temporarily protected the page to ask other users for an adjudication. I am not a participant in the editing of the text in any way and I have made it clear that I respect both 172's and PP's efforts. The question is simple:

Should a temp page that is not a communally edited text but a rival to the main article be advertised as a rival on the main page? If we were saying that everyone was re-writing the temp and the main page was going to be replaced by the rewrite such a mention might be warranted. In this case, it is in effect two rival articles. I question in the circumstances whether it is correct to advertise both rivals on the one page. I have asked PP to desist for a while while this was explored. He has refused and continually reinserted the link to his draft. Pending a resolution of this problem, which I expect will be shift, I protected the page to allow a decision to be made. The issue is not the rival merits of both articles; that is a different article. The issue is simply how to deal with the existence of two rival articles and should the temp be put on the main page as a link?

In the meantime I also redesigned the top of the talk page to increase the visibility of the link to PP's temp page. FearÉIREANN 14:07 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Jtdirl has protected New Imperialism, as part of an "edit war" in which he was part. This is an abuse of his sysop powers. 172 has also previously protected this page (and the talk page) unilaterally.

It is absurd to argue that the temp link is, in any reasonable manner, visible from a talk page. talk pages are only occasionally viewed by some editors. 172 and Jtdirl are intent on censoring my work, going so far as to repeatedly abuse their sysop powers. Jtdirl is most definitely a participator in the debate here.

They are elitist snobs who believe that they are "world experts" and that anyone who disagrees with their views is some kind of vandal. They consistently harass and abuse other users, feeling free to hurl tirades of vulgar insults at will.

The temp page was created, at the request of 172 and Jtdirl; who, now that I have demonstrated how to improve the article, are intent on doing what they can to hide the article and let it die in some obscure unlinked-to portion of the wiki. Pizza Puzzle
 * How is capitalising, bolding and double-linking a link on the talk page "let[ting] it die in some obscure unlinked-to portion of the wiki"? All you were asked to do was let wiki agree on a policy. You decided "by God I'm putting it on that page whatever anyone thinks." Having appealed and appealed and appealed to you to let it wait a while until a policy has been agreed by everyone, I was forced to protect the page to stop you unilaterally trying to set wiki policy and to let the community decide. It is their decision. I will stand by and support whatever they decide. Will you? FearÉIREANN 14:56 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)

You are a hypocrite Jtdirl. You and your friend abused your sysop powers to prevent me from editing the page, and forced me to make a temp page. Now that I have made the temp page, you refuse to allow me to create a visible link to it. You can lie all day and pretend your tokenism is fair - but a link from a talk page is not a visible link. Pizza Puzzle 15:01 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)

None of this changes the fact that Jtdirl abused his sysop powers, to protect a page in which he was engaged in an edit war. Pizza Puzzle

VOTE HERE - On the voting:

A temp page with an uncertain future that is not a communally edited text but a rival to the main article by one single user should not be advertised as a rival on the main page. PP's temp page was not created not as a communal new edition of an article but as a rival to a communally drafted text.

It's also unfair to all the other contributors who have worked on this article. It's also irresponsible to link such a page to an article that has attracted the kind of peer editing that we've seen on prominent articles, such as WWI and WWII. This is not solely my article, as PP claims. Others have been doing substantial work.

It is bad policy to effectively present a reader with two alternative rival pages. It gives the impression we are offering them two POVs where in fact we are in the business of one NPOV.

But the much larger point is that the idea of two rival articles is a terrible precedent that could go a long way in undermining the integrity of the entire encyclopedia. Right now, the temp page is the work of a single user, touted as a replacement for the community-edited version by a single user. The article New Imperialism was begun over half a year ago and has since been the subject of substantial peer-editing by dozens of contributors. Right now PP's version belongs on the talk page, posted as a proposition by a single user much like a single user has the right to propose any idea on the talk pages, but not on the main pages. The temp page is an idea that belongs on the talk page, not an alternative version for readers. It will not be an alternative until there has been substantial dialogue agreeing to promote it on the very talk page on which it belongs.

Your vote could set off a chain reaction that would entail single contributors establishing alternative articles on many other subjects. One could just say that he dislikes some aspect of the WWII article and then set up a link to a rival version on the main page connecting to his idiosyncratic alternative. This is a dangerous development that could threaten the design of the encyclopedia whereby we have one article for one subject. Who knows, this could be the end of the project. This could be the end of collaboration and the beginning of many articles on a single subject. Collaboration (arguing and compromise) and dialogue on the talk pages is what brings quality to the articles. What enables Wikipedia to function is at stake. Jtdirl is right when he laid out these arguments earlier.

Right now, the talk page where the temp maximum visibility. The article will be split soon once this dispute is put to rest and there's no reason cut out relevant information. This would set a very bad precedent. Jtdirl, a professional encyclopedist, has repeatedly stated that this goes against every principle of encyclopedic design. 172 09:54, 29 Jul 2003 (UTC)

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The New Imperialism problem is just spinning with no hope of a conclusion. I am going to start a vote as to whether or not the link to the temp version should be in the current version. CGS 14:42 28 Jul 2003 (UTC).

Voting ends 14:45, July 30th

Link to the temp version in the current version:
 * CGS
 * Pizza Puzzle
 * Graculus (see below)
 * Daniel Quinlan (only for one week with NPOV link terminology only)
 * Martin 22:57 28 Jul 2003 (UTC) (what Daniel Quinlan said)
 * Angela (No harm in a link if accompanied by the normal 'the neutrality of this page is disputed' type comment if necessary.)
 * Cimon Avaro on a pogostick (anything less would be patently unfair, purely as a matter of principle)

Don't link to the temp version in the current version:
 * 172
 * —Eloquence (I do not really see replacing this article with the very short temp version as a serious option, and PP does not seem to want to use it as an executive summary only)
 * FearÉIREANN 16:18 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)~ (As this temp is not a communal new edition about to go live but a rival version whose future is uncertain, putting two alternative articles linking to the main page is non-encyclopædic and makes it look like 2 POV articles are being offered, not 1 NPOV version.)
 * Evercat - We need a single NPOV page.
 * Wik (clearly the shorter version has less information; if the 32K limit is a problem, the original article will just have to be split in two, but it's no reason to cut out relevant information)
 * Wenteng 06:04, 29 Jul 2003 (UTC) On the bottom of the page I point out areas where more content should be added. It would be reasonable to split it up according to the table of contents. Please see the bottom of the page for my comments on areas that, IMHO, deserve attention.

Eloquence, we're not voting to replace the article, and we're not voting on whether the article is any good, we are simply voting to allow it to be advertisted as an alternative or not. I think it has a right to be advertised, especially as PP is being prevented from working on the main version. CGS 16:07 28 Jul 2003 (UTC).

No-one is suggesting it shouldn't be advertised, merely that two rival articles should not be on the same page. No encyclopædia does that and I think it would set a very bad precedent. But it can be listed here (top and bottom of the page if he wants), on PP's own page, and anywhere else. But it should not be listed as a rival article on the main article. That runs against every principle of encyclopædia design. FearÉIREANN 18:31 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)

 * I don't think that PP should be prevented from working on the main version, and I understand this is only a temporary measure until we answer the above question to avoid a needless edit war. Wikipedia follows NPOV -- we try to develop individual articles that are written from a neutral perspective, instead of having separate articles that are written from different perspectives (as Internet-Encyclopedia, Everything2 and other projects do). PP is trying to develop a separate "POV" version and have it highlighted instead of working with other Wikipedians on improving the article. I think there's a slippery slope danger here -- should we allow anti-abortionists to create a separate, more "neutral" version of abortion and have that linked from the main article? Is there a risk that we silently develop into MPOV by allowing this? People should work together, Temp pages are for gradual reorganizations where participants agree on the necessity. If PP wants to develop his own personal version of the New Imperialism article, he should do it on his user page.—Eloquence 17:11 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)

I think this needs a deadline, otherwise both sides won't delcare it over until they've won! Since I called the vote, the deadline can be this time tomorrow? Ok with all? CGS 17:50 28 Jul 2003 (UTC).

I agree we need a deadline but I would suggest about 48 hours from the start of the vote. There are wikipedians all over the planet in different time-zones. I would suggest a voting length of two days and two nights, to cover people on all sides of the planet, allowing 2 days or nights to cover those wikipedians who might be missing one day/night or may not log on every day. FearÉIREANN 18:31 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Ok, the deadline is therefore 14:45, July 30th. CGS 18:38 28 Jul 2003 (UTC).

I went out of my way to avoid an editwar, that is why I created the alternate page; since they protected the page to prevent me from even changing a link!!!!!!!!!!!! They are flagrantly abusing their sysop powers to dominate this page. Pizza Puzzle

 * Calm down. We're voting now, so we will have a solution. CGS 15:42 28 Jul 2003 (UTC).

 * Well, given that you are trying to remove large portions of the article, I'm not too surprised that you ended up in an edit war.—Eloquence 15:47 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)

I have archived the page - it was at 42K and thus over 10K too big for anyone on Internet Explorer to enter. And I'm sure Pizza Puzzle will want everyone to get a change to vote. FearÉIREANN 16:06 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Can anyone explain to me why the temp article can't just reside in Pizza Puzzle's namespace? I don't see why it can't live at User:Pizza Puzzle/New Imperialism or User:Pizza Puzzle/New Imperialism (temp). I haven't been following the "feud", but wouldn't that solve things? --Dante Alighieri 22:23 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)

 * The location of the temp article - in user space or article space - is not an issue here - only the question of whether it should be linked to from this article and (more broadly) whether it is superior. So no, I think that's orthogonal to the issue at stake. Martin 22:55 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Cimon Avaro's 2 cents
I got this on my personal talk page:
 * 'It is bad policy to effectively present a reader with two alternative'' rival pages. It gives the impression we are offering them two POVs where in fact we are in the business of one NPOV. Right now, the talk page where the temp maximum visibility. The article will be split soon once this dispute is put to rest and there's no reason cut out relevant information. This would set a very bad precedent. Jtdirl, a professional encyclopedist, has repeatedly stated that this goes against every principle of encyclopedic design.

 * It's also unfair to all the other contributors who have worked on this article. It's also irresponsible to link such a page to an article that has attracted the kind of peer editing that we've seen on prominent articles, such as WWI and WWII. This is not solely my article, as PP claims. Others have been doing substantial work. 172 07:15, 29 Jul 2003 (UTC)'''

I (personally) think the worst thing I could have based my vote on this matter is the relative merits of the pages. Undoubtedly this vote may set a precedent. And purely for that reason, the personalities and the pages goodness or badness should not be the primary considerations.

The primary consideration should be how should we act in a totally "blind" situation where we as a pre-existing fact have two rival pages. One honorable recourse would be to ask for the deletion of one of them.

Another would be to have them have two different, but equally prominent names (though this is an honorable solution, it destroys any claim to providing a unified NPOV). If there is however a concerted effort to deprecate one of these pages, there is (taken blind) a greater chance of giving the impression of rail-roading. If such deprecation of one of the pages is allowed to proceed unhindered, rather than having a claim to a unified NPOV, this would legitimize a claim that we were trying to force a Single POV; just about the only thing worse than two separate POV's

The fact that the /temp addition at the tail of one of the articles is already depracatory, would on the face of it suggest that any and all further hindrances to consideration would be unfair, purely from a "blind" point of view. This to me suggests that some other means should be found to deal with this problem, rather than trying to mop the /temp version under the rug. Respectfully. -- Cimon Avaro on a pogo-stick 08:26, 29 Jul 2003 (UTC)

172 asks everyone to reconsider
172 writes on User talk:Daniel Quinlan.

 * And on user talk:MyRedDice. And on user talk:Angela Martin

You should reconsider your vote on New Imperialism.

A temp page with an uncertain future that is not a communally edited text but a rival to the main article by one single user should not be advertised as a rival on the main page. PP's temp page was not created not as a communal new edition of an article but as a rival to a communally drafted text.

 * New Imperialism does not appear to be a great example of a communally drafted text. I think rival texts are decidedly non-optimal, but given the edit war, I was willing to entertain a short-term link.  Daniel Quinlan 10:54, 29 Jul 2003 (UTC)

It is bad policy to effectively present a reader with two alternative rival pages. It gives the impression we are offering them two POVs where in fact we are in the business of one NPOV. Right now, the talk page where the temp maximum visibility. The article will be split soon once this dispute is put to rest and there's no reason cut out relevant information. This would set a very bad precedent. Jtdirl, a professional encyclopedist, has repeatedly stated that this goes against every principle of encyclopedic design.

 * We claim NPOV, but that doesn't mean any one article is NPOV. I am less concerned with appearance when there is an NPOV dispute.  It may be a bad precedent, but I'm not sure what else to do when a page is so vigorously and confrontationally protected by someone who seems unwilling to work on and coedit the article to solve problems that everyone agrees exist (this is something you seem to do often).  I think it would have been preferrable if the involved parties could have solved the issue.

 * To be fair, on looking at other PP edits in other articles, it does seem that he has an editing style (many rapid changes, even on well-established articles) that makes it difficult for other people to keep up (and is probably safely characterized as really annoying). I'm not sure what can and should be done about that.  Daniel Quinlan 10:54, 29 Jul 2003 (UTC)

It's also unfair to all the other contributors who have worked on this article. It's also irresponsible to link such a page to an article that has attracted the kind of peer editing that we've seen on prominent articles, such as WWI and WWII. This is not solely my article, as PP claims. Others have been doing substantial work. 172 07:16, 29 Jul 2003 (UTC)

 * I didn't cast my vote based on PP's outlandish claims. Anyway, if PP fails to produce a better article in a week, I want the link to be moved to Talk.  If the main article is substantially improved before then, I would also be in favor of removing the link.  Daniel Quinlan 10:54, 29 Jul 2003 (UTC)

I don't know why User:172 reverted Martin's addition of the user talk:Angela link to the above 172 asks everyone to reconsider section, but I restored it as it was quite factual and I don't know why 172 characterized the factual addition as "censorship". Censorship is something else, but this is a great example of how to write a summary to provoke confrontation and cause bad feelings. Daniel Quinlan 12:02, Jul 29, 2003 (UTC)


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You still around??
If so can you look at the lead of Government of Canada...as there have been so major changes.... it all sounds right but reads very oddly with its federal separation.-- Moxy - 15:31, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

Capitalize Chief of the Defence Staff
Thanks for reverting to Chief of the Defence Staff. I see that WildComet has again changed it to read "chief of the Defence Staff" which is incorrect. I have added a disputed tag to the page.

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Canada Arms rendition
I recently attempted to revert your edit for the Arms of Canada on the page Armorial of sovereign states, and I erroneously justified this with the claim that you were attempting to use a non-free media image. I would like to apologize for this misunderstanding on my part.

Nonetheless I do think it is up for debate as to whether to alternative that you have added is an improvement on the previous image. I won't attempt to revert this any further, but I have left a note on the talk page explaining my position that this image displays a now-defunct variant of the Arms of Canada. While the previous image I added was not an official rendition, it was faithful to the blazon of the current Arms of Canada, and while I understand your desire to use an official rendition I think it would be misleading to display an image that does not include all the elements of the current version. Heraldic accuracy seems preferable to me over formerly official renditions, though I'm open to alternative views on this.

I also noticed you reverted a separate edit I made which added to link to the article Blazon for context on what is meant by a "heraldic description". I'm going to revert this because I assume this was in error while trying to revert my previous revert, but do let me know if there is an additional reason for this.

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Reverts
Please remember that you have reverted 3 times on Monarchy of Canada in the last 5 hours. As you know, editors are not permitted to revert on any one page more than 3 times in any 24-hour period. DrKay (talk) 20:34, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Trackratte, I know you feel strongly about this issue. But please stop what you're doing. I don't want to see a fellow editor (you) that I've known for years, get blocked. GoodDay (talk) 20:37, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

 * Cheers to both of you. trackratte (talk) 14:36, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

La Citadelle
The source you added doesn't say anything about the structure being a royal residence or a residence for the King. It says explicitly it is a "vice-regal" residence. See. As you know vice-regal is the adjective for viceroy ie governor general or lieutenant governor. It does not mean king, queen, or royal. Wellington Bay (talk) 19:39, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
 * The exact quote is "Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, Governor General of Canada 1872-1878, who also established the Citadelle as a vice-regal residence" (emphasis added). Evidently, whichever editor originally added that reference and claimed it referred to the building being the Queen's residence was taking liberties or didn't know what the word "vice-regal" means. Wellington Bay (talk) 19:45, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
 * The exact quote is on page 119 and says "The Citadelle....has been also an official residence of the Queen in Right of Canada and the Governor General of Canada since 1872...". trackratte (talk) 23:48, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

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House dust mite
Congrats on the article which I see you are the main contributor on. Just wanted you to know I have reverted the image used in the article to the first one you uploaded. I guessed that the second image was added so that it was a better size for the article. Wikipedia policy is instead to keep the large image and instead use resizing markup to dynamically resize the image. This is covered in Image use policy Rule of thumb 5.

However, it also occurs to me that maybe you optimised the second smaller image (contrast, sharpness) as well. If that's the case it would still be better to do that to the full sized image and keep using the dynamic resizing.

One other thing - there is no image copyright tag on that image. That's a very important detail. Where did you get the image from and what is its copyright status?

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I nominated you for admin status, which I have been contemplating doing since I read your highly constructive comments on talk:New Imperialism. Your edits to the Shamir page also demonstrated a mastery of NPOV polices and adhering to proper encyclopedic standards, despite the huge controversy surrounding this former Israeli Prime Minister. This site needs a contributor of your caliber and discretion, especially considering the edit wars that erupt over Israeli-Palestinian neutrality. Seeing your skills on the Shamir article, I suggest that you consider arbitrating the many disputes over the Israel-related articles. Perhaps then you will be well-known enough to receive the backing for admin status. 172 01:44, 2 Sep 2003 (UTC)

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Wenteng

 * I nominate User:Wenteng. Though probably not active enough to fully qualify, sooner or later, User:Wenteng will be regarded as admin caliber by enough contributors. A fairly active new contributor, and an active copyeditor, he/she would make a great admin. For now, however, he/she is not a daily contributor. But an adminship could encourage daily activity. I have been contemplating nominating Wenteng for admin status since reading his/her highly constructive comments on talk:New Imperialism. His/her edits to the Shamir page also demonstrated a mastery of NPOV polices and adhering to proper encyclopedic standards, despite the huge controversy surrounding this former Israeli Prime Minister. This site needs a contributor of Wenteng's caliber and discretion, especially considering the edit wars that erupt over Israeli-Palestinian neutrality. Noticing his skills on the Shamir article, it would be great if he considered arbitrating the many disputes over the Israel-related articles. Perhaps then he/she would be well-known enough to receive the backing for admin status. 172 01:52, 2 Sep 2003 (UTC)
 * Hasn't made a contribution since August 17. I don't think Wenteng is still with us. :-( -- Cyan 01:01, 4 Sep 2003 (UTC)

Wenteng, when you return (hope you do) and become an active contributor again, please copy the above text back to Requests for adminship so we can proceed with your nomination again. --Jiang 02:21, 14 Sep 2003 (UTC)

ArbCom "elections"
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I want to let you know about a message I've just put on the ArbCom elections endorsements page. I'm letting you know because I've seen from your comments on that page and in its history, that you are concerned about the fairness of these "elections". So am I. "Neutrality" has had a grudge against me since I voted against him in his admin elections and has made it %^&$ hell for me to try and continue to use the Wikipedia since then.

He keeps blocking me. I have disabled hands and it's very hard to try and stand up against this abuse by this bully. Please help me stop this stich-up of the election by publicising what's going on and demanding proper fair dealing from Danny and the other organisers. Thanks. - WikiUser.

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C.S Lewis
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Racial deluge
Why keep? It seems from context to reek of racial prejudice and crackpot theory, and there is no evidence that it has ever been in legitimate use. -- Orange Mike 03:21, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

C.S. Lewis source
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Do you have a link to your source "The Lion, the Witch, and the Whorehouse: Male Prostitution and the Works of C.S. Lewis" (2002)? The website for the journal http://jaar.oxfordjournals.org doesn't appear to find it. Perhaps the journal number and pages would be helpful. Bbagot 23:06, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

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