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User talk:Ungvichian

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FM DX
Thanks for your work on the FM DX page. Just a few nitpicks: the appropriate term for E-skip is Es, not E's (the difference: no apostrophe). Also, I think it's better to either link external links at the end of the article, or use the built-in numbering feature for links next to names. Making names like Girard Westerberg, etc, into plain links is really more of an informal webpage thing than a wiki thing. (If you're not sure what I mean take a look at the article.) Thanks again! Andre 01:14, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Lao wikipedia logo
Hi Ungvichian,

This is actually intended to be the international pronunciation of "Wikipedia" and has been used in transliteration for Japanese, Bengali, Hindi, Khmer, etc. Wikipedias.

Also, if you have any Lao friends, please invite them to lo.wikipedia!

--Node 18:35, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)

WOST
They don't appreciate it there if you take things without asking. I've had less than the best of experiences with them so I'd rather have someone else contact them for approval. Mike H 01:46, Mar 20, 2005 (UTC)

 * I didn't appreciate it that you asked them about me. That was my business. Mike H 03:15, Mar 21, 2005 (UTC)

ขอความเห็นเกี่ยวกับแปล ชื่อโครงการ และ namespace เป็นภาษาไทย
Excuse me to use Thai here.

รบกวนขอความเห็น เรื่อง "การแปลชื่อโครงการ" และ "การแปล namespace" ที่ th:วิกิพีเดีย:สภากาแฟ (โครงการวิกิพีเดีย) ด้วยนะครับ ขอบคุณครับ -- PaePae 14:26, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

Translate from Italian to English
Hi, I've seen in an user page that you are searching for Translator from Italian to English and, if I can, I would like to help with my knowledges of English and Italian :) If you have a list of pages that you need to translate I could help you but I've not a lot of time so i couldn't translate a lot of pages in few days ;) Bye, [  F  i  l  n  i  k  |  Talk!  | Discus ]  15:32, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Please help-Lao language request
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TRANSLATION ITALIAN INTO ENGLISH...STILL
Hello! I've just seen you're looking for an italian translator...I do know you posted it some months ago, but I thought it wouldn't harm to try...I'm willing to help you, if you still need a hand. I'm Italian and I study translation at the University...just write me back in case...cheers! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Miss-fragolini

Deletion of Hey Arnold characters
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Thai help needed
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Talk:C2c/Archive 1

Page name
Can someone with the necessary power and knowledge please rename this page from "C2c" to "c2c"? (This unsigned comment was by...) 62.64.16.135 01:38, 9 December 20030 (UTC)

 * can't be done. page names always start with a capital lettter (so far). -- Tarquin 15:57, 6 May 2004 (UTC)

Company name
Does "c2c" actually stand for anything, and what?

 * According to their website: "The name c2c doesn’t mean anything specific. In a sense it can mean anything you want it to. It’s uniqueness reflects the young, vibrant character of the people we serve. c2c could stand for coast to capital, or capital to coast. From our point of view, one of the most important things it stands for is commitment to customers." --MRSC 09:29, 11 May 2004 (UTC)
 * Wow, shameless self promotion. I think I will stick with Virgin JayKeaton 08:51, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

C2c trains
Please note that C2c_trains used to run under the wiki page C2c. C2c now redirects to C2C disembag where you can find C2c_trains. Any old links to C2c as in the trains will lead to the disembag so you can still find your way to C2c_trains with old links. I have changed most of the old C2c links to C2c_trains though, so please leave things as they are. If you must change anything, hunt down more train related C2c links and swap them for C2c_train. Please make it so it visually LOOKS like c2c, but so it links to C2c_trains, this is to keep the original meaning of the text intact. Thank you for your co-operation JayKeaton 09:41, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

 * It should be C2c Rail not trains to use the correct British English, as per their name - shown on the website.--JBellis 10:38, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Ta, wasn't too sure about that. I checked the other wiki pages such as Virgin and Arriva and they all seemed to be trains. I assumed that whoever oringally created c2c page thought that c2c was the best match to the company name, but if it is actually called c2c Rail then I guess we were both wrong (me and creator). British English, I usually travel Arriva myself, probably because they practically run the lines where I live. JayKeaton 11:15, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Where UK train operating companies require disambig they take the form xyz (train operating company) as in Thameslink (train operating company), Southern (train operating company) and One (train operating company). MRSC 11:38, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Aaagh! Could we get a bot to fix all the links to avoid the redirects - it took me an hour last time to do all the en.wp links, and another 10-15 minutes to do commons and the four incomming interwiki links. Thryduulf 11:48, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Oh dear. Perhaps the original move was somewhat ill conceived. MRSC 11:58, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

 * In terms of Wikipedia useage, the TOC is by far the most important. I fixed ~30 articles, most with more than one link (many had three or four). I haven't check the other disambiguated articles, but there were only about 5 other links to the disambig page when I finished. If it were moved back to c2c (with the disambig at C2C or C2C (disambiguation) fixing the links in most cases would be as simple as reverting my change. Thryduulf 12:37, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Yes I agree. The rail company is the only lowercase use of c2c anyhow. MRSC 12:41, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I've just counted and there are 119 articles with inbound links to here on en.wp, 4 inbound interwiki links (de:c2c, fr:c2c, nl:c2c and no:c2c) and 9 links that I found on Commons. Thryduulf 12:45, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I should say that if it is moved back, I would not object to someone using rollback on my changes even though it isn't vandalism.Thryduulf 12:46, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Ok. I don't mind reverting a few. MRSC 12:49, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Bah, whatever JayKeaton 16:10, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

 * "c2c" in Google brings up about 5,340,000 results, "c2c -rail -train" (that is every page that has "c2c" in it but no where on the page has the word "train" or "rail") brings up about about 5,000,000 results. Interesting. JayKeaton 04:46, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

 * That may be so, but "c2c -train -rail -toc -station" takes it down to 2,350,000 and even then the sixth link is to the train company's official website. "c2c -train -rail -toc -station -c2c-online -tilbury -southend -travel -"Liverpool st" -"Liverpool street" -LTS" takes it down to 2,190,000. What is important though is the relative importance on Wikipedia, and as Mrsteviec has pointed out none of the other organisations use c2c in lowercase. Thryduulf 08:00, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

 * The links and redirects are fixed so the article can be moved back to c2c now. MRSC 19:58, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Move it BACK to c2c after all this :S That is just nuts!JayKeaton 17:01, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Requested move
C2c (train operating company) → C2c – moved without discussion from C2c on 7 May. C2c is currently a redirect and the actual name of the company MRSC 04:54, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Survey

 * Add *Support or *Oppose followed by an optional one-sentence explanation, then sign your opinion with  ~

 * Oppose on technical grounds. You may think that the article was moved to "c2c" but it's actually "C2c" - the MediWiki software insists that the first character of an article name must be capitalised. -- Arwel (talk) 17:01, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Comment - I don't see what difference that makes as c2c is the actual name of the company and the same problem occurs with the current article naming. Despite the technical problem, entering c2c as a search phrase or link would go straight here after the move. MRSC 18:04, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Oppose. The only choice is to put a lowercase letter template. Georgia guy 17:31, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Support. There is no way to avoid a lowercase letter template, so we might as well use the official name. There is a dablink at the top to avoid any potential confusion. Thryduulf 01:10, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

 * I don't know what the heck you're talking about, but it's obvious to me this should be moved back. — Nightst a  llion  (?) 07:04, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Disambiguation
Is there any objection over moing C2C to C2C (disambiguation)? See talk:C2C. Simply south 16:03, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

rebrand/renaming
According to the press release from National Express, the c2c trains will have the same livery as the two other franchises (NX East Coast and NX East Anglia). There is nothing to suggest the c2c name will change, other than newsgroup speculation. We should not replicate that. MRSC • Talk 17:21, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

c2c name IS likely to change to reflect it being a National Express franchise, because the re-brand is to cover every National Express asset, HOWEVER no specifics on c2c have ever been released, so it's rebrand may follow at a later date. However nothing is true fact yet, but is something to bear in mind. 62.136.121.208 (talk) 02:38, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

ok Dewarw (talk) 14:59, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I wonder if they're starting to do something - they seem to be repainting the lights at Limehouse white with a blue stripe at the moment, while the other stations are fuchsia with a grey stripe. I don't know if this relates to Limehouse being a bit of a strange left-out station in general (it looks a little like DLR branding) or if the pink really is going. --Dandelions (talk) 22:18, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Edit war
There has been an edit war over the inclusion of the following paragraph:
 * The c2c line is unusal in the fact it only has what is basicly one line and is the only train operating company on the UK mainline other then the island Line in the isle of wight to have only one main route which terminates Shoeburyness and there is no space to expand it due to the the Shenfield to Southend Line branch and Crouch Valley Line already serves the area operated by sister company National Express East Anglia orginally called `one`

I have removed it, principally on the grounds that it is factually inaccurate: Gatwick Express, Heathrow Express and, potentially, National Express East Coast spring to mind as counterexamples. Also, Island Line isn't a a TOC any more. --RFBailey (talk) 23:14, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

 * There is one fact, there is no space to expand it due to the NXEA serving the area and the Gatwick Express is owned by National Express Group so it isnt a toc, i have edited it and put it back as its factual now,Heathrow Connect would be a better example then Heathrow Express as it actually has intermediate stations, the Heathrow Express is just a shuttle--123andy321 (talk) 13:39, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

 * Gatwick Express is a train operating company: it operates trains, so that makes it one. The comment regarding expansion suggests you don't understand how the franchising process works: it's not up to c2c to make changes to their operations.  --RFBailey (talk) 14:20, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

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Talk:Punisher

Totenkopf
For years, this article has linked descriptions of the Punisher symbol (in visible text as "skull and crossbones" or "death's head") to Totenkopf. More recently, the term "totenkopf" has been used in the visible text as well. Totenkopf is not the more common English term, and when it is used it is generally referring to the German military decoration.

Writer Gerry Conway, who put a skull into the costume design, has specifically denied the link to the military decoration, saying that it was inspired by pirates and by The Phantom. False association with the German military symbol has already shown up elsewhere, I suspect driven by the usage on this page. As such, I have removed invocation of the term "totenkopf", replacing the links to the page Skull and crossbones (symbol). --Nat Gertler (talk) 12:17, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

antihero versus superhero
One or more IP editors have recently tried replacing "antihero" in the lede with "superhero", claiming it's the neutral term.

To which I reply: Which part is a neutral description - super, or hero? Both seem heavily POV. --Nat Gertler (talk) 05:06, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Nat Gertler, I think you have it wrong as here it's being changed to the neutral term "character" not "superhero". It's User:Lobo151 who has been reverting to "anithero" as seen here minutes before your post, which is the POV term. 207.229.139.154 (talk) 13:09, 9 July 2021 (UTC)

User:207.229.139.154 completely ignored the discussion on this talk page "Superhero?" This is all discussed there. The conclusion there was antihero.There is no need to have the discussion againLobo151 (talk) 13:19, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Whoops, there have been both "character" and superhero inserted there of late; I lost track on the reverts. "Antihero" is a fine descriptor, and supported in the discussion above. -Nat Gertler (talk) 13:33, 9 July 2021 (UTC)

A Bangladeshi Minecraft Youtuber ItsPunisherOP
ItsPunisherOP is A Bangladeshi Minecraft youtuber and in this short period of game time he developed his skills very fast. He is beating up almost every good players at servers. But he is still under rated 103.132.187.217 (talk) 22:50, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Terrible choice for image
The image represented does not display the iconic look of the Punisher’s costume, not does it represent him with guns. Instead it displays him as some sort of techno samurai. Display something more iconic please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:6C44:767F:4AC3:7923:7668:450C:3234 (talk) 04:59, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

 * I agree. I find it so hilariously petty, the same as if Spider-Man had been appropriated a la Pepe the Frog, and then the image they put on the wiki page was him with the bag over his head costume.
 * I am assuming you tried to edit this already and someone higher up is insisting for "whatever" reason. 2600:1702:820:7410:BD20:1398:2835:A30B (talk) 14:37, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

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Nouhak Phoumsavanh

Nouhak Phoumsavanh or Phoumsavan (ໜູຮັກ ພູມສະຫວັນ; หนูฮัก พูมสะหวัน; 9 April 1910 – 9 September 2008) was a longtime Pathet Lao revolutionary and communist party official who was the 3rd President of Laos from 1992 to 1998.

Life
Nouhak was born in Ban Phalouka in Mukdahan Province, Siam (now Thailand) in 1910, according to official sources, although his year of birth has also been given as 1914. He married his first wife, Chanthome, in 1933 and they had four children, Phouthone, Phonesavanh, Khankeo and a son. He later remarried in 1944 to Bounema, who was of Vietnamese descent.

Political career
He was a founding member of the Lao revolutionary movement in 1945, and he became Chairman of the Lao Resistance Committee for the Eastern Region in 1949. In the Lao Resistance Government, he was named Minister of Finance in 1950. He participated in the founding congress of the Lao People's Party (later renamed the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, LPRP) in 1955 and was elected as the second-ranking member of its Central Committee (Deputy Director of the Central Committee).

Nouhak was subsequently the secretary of the Lao People's Party cell in Vientiane, the capital, and was a member of the National Assembly in 1958. He was arrested in 1959 and spent a year in prison in Vientiane before escaping along with Souphanouvong. He was then secretary of the party cell in Khangkhay and had important roles in the party during the 1960s and 1970s, while the Laotian Civil War was ongoing. He was elected to the Politburo at the LPRP's 2nd Congress in February 1972 and was assigned responsibility for economic affairs.

When the Pathet Lao took power in December 1975, Nouhak was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance. For years, he was considered "Number 2" in the leadership under Prime Minister Kaysone Phomvihane. He was elected as First Vice-Chairman of the Council of Ministers in April 1982, then as a standing member of the Council of Ministers in charge of economic affairs in November 1986. Nouhak was subsequently elected to the Supreme People's Assembly in 1989 and became President of the Supreme People's Assembly in the same year. Also in 1989, he was chosen as chairman of the commission charged with drafting a new constitution, which was adopted in 1991. With the adoption of this constitution, Kaysone assumed the presidency, which was transformed from a ceremonial to an executive position. After Kaysone's death, Nouhak was elected to succeed him as President of Laos by the Supreme People's Assembly in an extraordinary session on November 25, 1992.

Despite the presidency's executive powers, Prime Minister Khamtai Siphandon held the country's most powerful position as General Secretary of the LPRP. When Khamtai decided to move from Prime Minister to President in 1998, Nouhak, who was by then one of the oldest heads of state in the world, retired, leaving office on 24 February 1998.

Nouhak remained on the Central Committee and Politburo of the LPRP until the party's 6th Congress in 1996. At the 6th Congress in 1996 and the 7th Congress in 2001, he was named as Adviser to the Central Committee's Executive Committee. He reportedly remained in good health throughout his old age, and he was said to have continued making visits to the provinces by helicopter until 2007.

Later life
Nouhak died on 9 September 2008 at the age of 98. The state news agency attributed his death simply to "old age", while noting that he had received medical treatment both in Laos and outside the country. A committee of 26 members, including leading party and state figures (with President Choummaly Sayasone as its chairman), was formed to organize his funeral, and a five-day national mourning period was declared for 10–14 September, during which time all entertainment was prohibited. He was cremated in Vientiane on 14 September.

In 2011, a memorial honoring him was erected at his birthplace in Mukdahan Province.

Honour

 * Soviet Union : Order of the October Revolution (1984)
 * Spain : Collar of the Order of Civil Merit (1995)
 * Thailand : Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Order of the White Elephant (1995)
 * Argentina : Collar of the Order of the Liberator General San Martín (1996)
 * Norway : Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of St. Olav (1997)

authors: บุญพฤทธิ์ ทวนทัย

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Battle of Oenophyta

The Battle of Oenophyta took place between Athens and the Boeotian city-states in 457 BC during the First Peloponnesian War.

In this period between the Persian Wars and the Peloponnesian War, alliances and leagues sprang up and collapsed, although there was very little prolonged warfare. In 457 BC Athens, the leader of the Delian League, came into conflict with Corinth and their ally Sparta (leader of the Peloponnesian League) over Megara; 62 days prior to the Battle of Oenophyta, the Athenians were defeated at the Battle of Tanagra by Sparta, but Sparta had lost so many men that they could not take advantage of their victory.

The Athenians, who had 14,000 men at Tanagra, regrouped after that battle and marched into Boeotia. At Oenophyta, led by Myronides they defeated the Boeotians, and then destroyed the walls of Tanagra and ravaged Locrida and Phocis. Their victory at Oenophyta was quickly followed by the surrender of Aegina, and the completion of the construction of the Long Walls to the Athenian port of Piraeus (an action opposed by Sparta).

Athens remained in control of Boeotia until 447 BC, when they were defeated at the Battle of Coronea.

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NAIA football national championship

The NAIA football national championship is decided by a post-season playoff system featuring the best National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) college football teams in the United States. Under sponsorship of the NAIA, the championship game has been played annually since 1956.

In 1970, NAIA football was divided into two divisions based on enrollment, Division I and Division II, with a championship game played in each division. In 1997, NAIA football was again consolidated back into one division. NAIA schools are allowed to offer 24 full varsity football scholarships which can be divided up as they wish. Junior varsity scholarship players do not count towards the total.

Texas A&I (now known as Texas A&M–Kingsville) is still the most prolific program with seven NAIA championships, despite having been in NCAA Division II since 1980. Carroll College of Montana is the most successful team still playing at the NAIA level, with six national titles.

Keiser is the current champion, having defeated the Northwestern Red Raiders in the 2023 title game, 31–21.

Game name
Over the years, the NAIA championship games were played under a variety of names:
 * Aluminum Bowl (1956)
 * Holiday Bowl (1957–1960)
 * Camellia Bowl (1961–1963)
 * Champion Bowl (1964–1976 and 1980–1996, Division I games only)
 * Apple Bowl (1977, Division I game only)
 * Palm Bowl (1978–1979, Division I games only)

Championships by school

 * NAIA Division II titles are not included in this list.

 * Programs that no longer compete in NAIA are indicated in italics with a pink background.

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Talk:Graduate student

This page and PhD have a lot of overlap in content (although not authorship), and should perhaps be reworked concurrently? See Talk:Doctor of Philosophy. --zandperl 02:10, 9 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Undergraduate degrees in the UK are generally at a higher level than undergraduate degrees in the US, perhaps equivalent to the Master's degree.

This sentence sounds highly suspect to me, and I'm almost positive it's absolutely false. If it were true, then undergrad students from the UK would proceed directly to the US and Canada to get their doctorates. Exploding Boy 01:38, Jul 11, 2004 (UTC)
 * Having studied in the US and worked in the UK, I would say that it isn't true, but neither is its opposite. It very much depends on the specifics of the degree: A 4-year degree in the US from a good university in many, if not most cases is better than the average 3-year degree in the UK, but UK courses are much more focused than in the US (as are most other European undergraduate programs). -- Martin 160.83.32.14 08:40, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * My impression is that undergrad degrees in the UK are more highly focused than (liberal arts) undergrad degrees in the US. Perhaps more focused programs in the US such as engineering or business are more akin to UK degrees?  --zandperl 20:42, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

POV?
I don't want to ruffle any feathers here, but I wonder if this page is sticking closely enough tot he NPOV rule. There is a great deal of bitterness in this article and at times it sounds more like disaffected grad students voicing their complaints, rather than an encyclopedia article.

A little less vitriol in the "Life after graduate school" would be nice. What would we lose by merging all of this with Ph.D.? Eldereft 06:17, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

 * In response to your second point, graduate students are not only PhD students. Exploding Boy 06:36, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

 * I believe that most statements made in the article that seem NPOV are poorly (or not at all) cited, written in a somewhat inflammatory way, and are absolutely correct. I have done a great deal of research on this subject and come to the same conclusions.  There are hundreds of articles on the web on the subject.  Articles discussing the overproduction of PhD's in physics are consistent and can be found as far as 20 years back.  There are numerous books written about it - consider "The PhD trap" by Cude.  I have many of these links at home, and plan on reading a few more books.  I will update this page, but it will be quite a long time before I do. PitOfBabel 16:27, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

POV Pic?
How is that POV? It's my own picture. It's just self-deprecating humor, and there's no policy that explicitly forbids it. Billy Blythe 03:40, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Please set up a separate wikipedia page with your picture and call it something like 'Condition of a Graduate Student'. Since you asked: You are actually violating most of the Five pillars You are presumed to be biased towards yourself and so violate NPOV. In addition, putting your own picture up would count as Original Research.  Insertion of a bad joke is vandalism.Skapur Skapur 03:59, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

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John Lynch-Staunton

John George Lynch-Staunton (June 19, 1930 – August 17, 2012) was a Canadian senator, who served as interim leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, from December 2003 to March 2004. He represented the Senate division of Grandville, Quebec. Lynch-Staunton was the first Senator to lead a federal political party since Arthur Meighen from 1941 to 1942.

Early years and education
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Lynch-Staunton was educated at Collège Stanislas and Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf in Montreal. He obtained a B.Sc in Foreign Service from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. in 1953, and did graduate work towards a Master of Arts degree in Canadian History at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, from 1953 to 1955.

Family
Lynch-Staunton married Juliana de Kuyper in 1958. The couple had five children: Mark (d: 2013), Peter (d: 2015), Gabrielle, Sophie and Sean. Lynch-Staunton has 9 grandchildren: Caitlin, Harrison, Connor, Juliana, Aidan, Jaryd, Monique, Jack, Matthew and Tyce (b: 2016).

City councillor
Lynch-Staunton was elected to the city council of Montreal in 1960. He represented the district of Côte-des-Neiges and was a member of Mayor Jean Drapeau's Parti civique de Montréal. He was re-elected in 1962, 1966 and 1970. Mayor Drapeau appointed him to the executive committee as vice chairman. In 1974 he lost his bid for re-election to Nick Auf der Maur as the Rassemblement des citoyens et citoyennes de Montréal (RCM) achieved its first political breakthrough.

Provincial politics
Lynch-Staunton ran as a Union Nationale candidate for a provincial by-election in the district of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in 1968. He was defeated by Liberal candidate William Tetley.

Senator
Lynch-Staunton was appointed to the Senate on the recommendation of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney on September 23, 1990. The following year, he was appointed Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate, and he became Leader of the Opposition in the Senate in December 1993 following the Liberal victory in that year's general election. From December 8, 2003, with the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ratified by both parties, he served as interim leader of the new Conservative Party of Canada until the election of Stephen Harper in March 2004. "Lynch-Staunton's high-road leadership of a Senate majority in opposition to an elected majority government in the Commons is a model for students of Parliament – and for future reference when history repeats itself". He remained Leader of the Opposition in the Senate until September 30, 2004, and retired from Parliament when he reached the mandatory retirement age of 75 on June 19, 2005.

Retirement
Lynch-Staunton won a council seat in Stanstead in the Quebec municipal elections on November 1, 2009.

Death
Lynch-Staunton died on August 17, 2012, following a heart attack while he was at a family reunion in Pincher Creek, Alberta; he was 82 years old.

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Kaena Point

Kaena or Kaena Point is the westernmost tip of the island of Oahu. In Hawaiian, kaena means "the heat". The area was named after a brother or cousin of Pele. The point is designated as a Natural Area Reserve.

History
According to ancient Hawaiian folklore, Kaena Point is the "jumping-off" point for souls leaving this world.

In 1899, the Oahu Railway and Land Company constructed a railway that encompassed 70 miles from Honolulu through Kahuku to transport sugarcane. Most of the tracks were destroyed by a tsunami in 1946. Parts of them are visible along the Ka'ena Point Trail.

Ecology
Ka'ena Point sustains an ecosystem that is home to many native Hawaiian plants and animals.

Plants:
 * ‘ohai (Sesbania tomentosa)
 * naupaka kahakai (Scaevola sericea)
 * ‘ilima papa (Sida falax)
 * naio (Myoporum sandwicense)
 * pa‘u-o-Hi‘iaka (Jacquemontia ovalifolia)
 * ma‘o - Hawaiian cotton (Gossypium tomentosum)
 * Ka‘ena ‘akoko (Chamaesyce celastroides var. kaenana)
 * hinahina (Heliotropium anomulum)
 * pohinahina (Vitex rotundifolia)
 * nehe (Lipochaeta integrifolia)
 * 'Ahinahina (Achyranthes splendens)

Animals:
 * Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi)
 * Moli (Phoebastria immutabilis)
 * Yellow-faced bees (Hylaeus longiceps)

Preservation
In 2011, the United States' first predator-proof fence was constructed at Ka’ena Point, costing about $290,000. The fence is about 2,133 feet long (650 m), and encompasses 59 acres of land. The population of wedge-tailed shearwater fledglings, Laysan albatross fledglings, ohia, sandalwood trees, and several other species has risen significantly.

Access
Ka'ena Point is a park and hiking site, and is also known for snorkeling. This spot has a white sandy beach that runs from Oahu's western tip to the Waianae Mountains. A 5 mile can be entered from Keawaula Beach or Mokuleia.

Until January 28, 1998, when professional surfer Ken Bradshaw was photographed riding a wave with a reported 85 ft face, it was believed that Greg Noll's 1969 photo had showed the largest wave ever photographed. During that famous swell in January 1998, several people reported seeing waves with 60 - 80 ft faces at Kaena Point.

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User talk:AaronS

Don't worry. I had my fun.

Vaya con Dios
I'm very sorry to see you go. Now you understand why I have kept away from the anarchism articles. There's a lot more that can be done here other than those, and the right folks, eventually, will probably perservere, so the best thing seems to be to make small edits to those at random intervals, rather than focusing completely on them. I suggest and ask that you take a Wikibreak, or try working on articles completely unrelated to anarchism. Like working on the collaboration of the week, or hitting Alt-X (random article) and finding something to spruce up. It'd be sad to lose you. Good luck. --Golbez 18:34, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Requests for arbitration/Intangible
This case is now closed and the results have been published at the link above. Intangible and AaronS are placed on probation and may be banned for appropriate periods from any article or set of articles which he disrupts by tendentious editing. Should any user placed on Probation under this ruling violate any ban imposed under this decision, they may be blocked for an appropriate period of time. Blocks are to be logged at Requests for arbitration/Intangible.

For the Arbitration Committee. - Mgm|(talk) 08:44, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Your comments on WP:ANI
Please see my comments on your post to the Administrators' Noticeboard at WP:ANI.

Incidentally, although our paths have never crossed before, I hope you won't quit spending a little time here. For what it's worth, there are places that are a little less contentious than anarchism ... you might want to hang out there for awhile. Best to you in any event. Newyorkbrad 18:47, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot. I appreciate you taking the time to consider the matter.

 * The way I see it, if we are going to keep bringing up my 3RR violations, then we should consider them as separate, and we should also consider the circumstances surrounding them. The first was inadvertent on my part, and I kindly asked the blocking administrator to lift the block, because I was currently editing New England extensively, working towards FA status. He did. The second was later admitted to be a hasty error on the part of the blocking administrator, who was also very reasonable. The third, by Woohookitty, is a bit up in the air. I contested it, and believe that Woohookitty admitted that he might have been in error, but I'm not quite sure at this point. Either way, in that case, I was reverting without edit warring, an exception to WP:3RR.

 * Regardless, I do not have a history of tendentious editing. I rarely ever insert unsourced claims into controversial articles. Most of my edits have only been considered tendentious by a select group of highly ideological editors, some of whom are now banned indefinitely. As far as edit warring is concerned, I try as hard as possible to refrain from revert wars, and when I revert, it is usually without edit warring. My reasons are always promptly explained on the talk page of the article in question.

 * Much of my involvement in Wikipedia's controversial articles (and my involvement with Wikipedia was not exclusive to them, although I took a certain interest in them) has been in conjunction with the involvement of a few other truly bad faith editors, who are now banned indefinitely (Thewolfstar, RJII, TheIndividualist, Hogeye, and their various proven or admitted sock puppets). Considering that I was editing controversial articles that were swamped with a few zealots, it follows that I often walked a thin line. I feel that I always walked that line in good faith and with the best interests of the encyclopaedia in mind.

 * I pointed out my 3RR violations to the AN some time ago, asking for input. Many editors were sympathetic to my position. We all noted that, sometimes, administrators do not fully understand the context of a situation, especially where controversial articles are concerned, because they are too busy to take the time to do so. I'm very happy that Woohookitty has protected anarchism and taken a greater interest in it. It was only after hitting a brick wall a number of times that I decided that Wikipedia wasn't worth my time, anymore. --AaronS 20:04, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Please let me know if you want me to post a motion. Newyorkbrad 23:05, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I think I have it covered, but thanks for the offer. --AaronS 01:19, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually, Hogeye just got unblocked a few days ago, and has since posted to the anarchism talk page once. They had their blocks extended so many months for sockpuppetry though, that it seemed like they were indef blocked. They really should be though. The minute he steps out of line we need to propose a community indef ban on him. Ungovernable ForceThe Wiki Kitchen! 23:46, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Comment
Re-reading my comments, I feel I was unduly harsh in my responses, particularly given the nature of the matter. For that, I apologize. There's a line between taciturn and hostile that I definitely crossed today. Mackensen (talk) 22:02, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your apology. Don't worry, though, as it is quite understandable. WP:ANI is often inundated with less than upright types shedding crocodile tears regarding one terrible injustice or another. I can easily see why it would be tempting to write of most complaints as just that. I'm glad that you took the time to examine my own and that you eventually came to the conclusion that my matter is of a different and more honest nature than most. Best wishes, --AaronS 22:07, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Hey, I hope this means you'll be coming back, at least part time. I'm feeling lonely. I don't want to be the veteran on the anarchism page, I'm too new! Besides, you're fun to have around. Ungovernable ForceThe Wiki Kitchen! 23:50, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Apologies
I think we're all apologizing to you. :) I treated you too harshly with that 3RR. I should've looked more closely into it. So I apologize for that. I'm glad you are back, even if it's only temporarily. As for Whiskey/Thewolfstar, she's on my sock hit list. :) I.e. I plan on watching out for them. Hopefully she'll stay away but I somehow doubt it. Most socks keep going. I've been dealing with one (John Moore) for going on a year now. Anyway, stick around. :) --Woohookitty(meow) 03:02, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

 * It's going to be ironic in the extreme if the unmerited Probation notice winds up drawing your attention back to the site. Maybe we should hand those out more often. :)  I thought your summary on the arbitration page was very effective.  Newyorkbrad 03:07, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

email
I just sent you an email, please respond asap on my talk (slightly different instructions than what I said in the email, but still. Just respond on my talk with yes, no, or maybe, with a title of "response". That's it. Nothing more. If you can send a more detailed response by email too, that would be great. I'll check it tomorrow (I don't have access to the account right now, complicated situation). Ungovernable ForceThe Wiki Kitchen! 03:27, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
 * How mysterious. I'm intrigued. Will do. --AaronS 03:31, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Your grad school application
Luck. So, why 20th century French philosophy? Sounds sort of strange, what attracted you to it? And where are you applying?  Ungovernable Force  Got something to say? 06:15, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Reading Foucault, Sartre, Derrida, Camus, and others in different French and philosophy courses attracted me to the subject. I've also studied in France several times. So, I simply combined my three favorite subjects: French, philosophy, and literature. I'll be applying to seven different schools, listed in the order of how good their program is for me: Johns Hopkins (the best), Harvard, NYU, Yale, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, and Princeton. After graduate school, I'll in all likelihood become a professor of some sort. --AaronS 13:03, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I'll have to come sit in on a class of yours! Seriously. I'll probably have the time. Hop a train to wherever you are. That would be cool.  Ungovernable Force  Got something to say? 07:44, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

No Personal Attacks
Cease and desist your personal attacks and name calling against Hogeye, as seen in this edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Anarchism&diff=76499585&oldid=76498281. This is your first warning. - MSTCrow 05:43, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

 * That wasn't a personal attack. Incivil maybe, but certainly not a personal attack. (Copied to MST's page) - FrancisTyers · 12:14, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I was just telling it like it is. After you've dealt with a disruptive user for so long, a user who has refused to change his behavior, and who has been given every opportunity to do so, you'll understand where I'm coming from. I do find his antics boring. --AaronS 18:05, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Heh, I got so narked I called him a troll, then thought the better of it and removed it - and the wolfstar socks keep putting it back in, claiming it was directed at MSTCrow and have even gone as far as adding a typo! I said "ban", not "band"! Donnacha 22:31, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I thought it was obvious it was directed at hogeye, not you. I didn't know they put the typo in though. That's lame. I actually responded by saying something like "I don't want to be in a band with hogeye. Now if you meant to say ban, I fully support it". It got taken out with the removal of all the crap that was going on that page that day though.  Ungovernable Force  Got something to say? 04:38, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

personal attack (not by you)
I suggest you report that hogeye just called you an asshole in his edit summary. There is a thread on him at AN/I right now.  Ungovernable Force  Got something to say? 02:31, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh, and don't put the template back on yet, don't want you getting 3rr or in trouble for edit warring. Maybe point the situation out to Francis or Owen. Woohoo, Bish or Bunch might be good too.  Ungovernable Force  Got something to say? 02:34, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, there's no point in re-adding it, if he's just going to keep removing it. No biggie. But thanks for the heads up. --AaronS 02:36, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I guess we have Hogeye's answer to your question.  Ungovernable Force  Got something to say?  02:46, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Why, thankyou
But I'm not Thawolfstar. But thanks for the welcome. Very kindly of you. Rule by Secrecy 02:56, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
 * lol, I love how you act so dumb you can't even spell your old username. Typical wolfstar.  Ungovernable Force  Got something to say? 04:58, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Email
Check it.  Ungovernable Force  Got something to say? 03:59, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Hogeye's anarchism tree
Hogeye has one of his trees on Individualist anarchism. I started a thread on the talk page and removed it (which he put back in) and I would appreciate your help. Thanks.  Ungovernable Force  Got something to say? 04:53, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Final Warning
This is your last warning. If you continue to make personal attacks, you may be blocked for disruption. --Konstable 00:22, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I called the editor in question, who has been banned and blocked a number of times for disruption, trolling, OR, and so forth, "dishonest," because he was acting dishonestly. I explained to him why I felt so. I called him an idealogue; but, he has already admitted to that. A synonym for "idealogue" is "zealot." Perhaps I was being a bit egregious by throwing in the word "charlatan," but a an idealogue and zealot who feigns neutrality (after admitting to his immutable bias) is indeed a charlatan. I really wish that you would look at a situation more closely before throwing around these warnings. Also, I'm not sure why this is a final warning. I can't even remember the last time I was warned for making a personal attack. --AaronS 04:17, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Did calling him all that help the discussion in any way? I don't think so, it only drives up tensions making the discussion less and less hospitable and hence more and more pointless.  From the first paragraph of WP:NPA: "Comment on content, not on the contributor."-- Konst . Able  08:53, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm familiar with the policy. When a user is a troll who disrupts in a particular way, it is indeed useful to expose that. I have been watching the discussion for quite some time, only adding my own thoughts very sparingly. I have had experience with Hogeye in the past, before he was originally banned. He was diverting discussion aimed towards improving the article towards the same kinds of things that got him banned -- originally-researched diagrams from his personal web site, leads that purposefully do not attempt to reach any compromise, etc. He has already stated, more or less, that his intention is to make editing the article so unbearable that people will be forced to give him what he wants.
 * Showing exactly how Hogeye disrupts discussion enables other contributors to be cautious and helps them better understand how to deal with him. Hogeye already has a chip on his shoulder the size of the Titanic. My comments bounced right off him. The purpose of them, however, was to show others that, until he changes his behavior, they should not be wasting pages and pages of talk page discussion rehashing the same old points that he was bringing up before he was banned. --AaronS 12:52, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

DTC: sock puppet
I notice that you inserted a  template on DTC's userpage a while ago, but have you ever filed a formal report about his being a sockpuppet? If not, is it because you don't think there's enough concrete evidence to have him blocked indefinitely? -- WGee 23:18, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

 * I certainly empathize with you, though perhaps this weekend I'll file a report... maybe. Or, I might simply abandon the anarcho-capitalism article altogether.  I'm leaning towards the latter right now. -- WGee 00:56, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

Ireland
I live in London these days, so I'm only back in Ireland four or five times a year, but it you haven't been there since the late 90s, it's changed massively (particularly Dublin). Good parts: It's very multicultural with a substantial Chinese and African population. Bad parts: Ireland got rich and hit the verge of cultural breakdown (though it looks like people went to the pub, had a few drinks and got over it). Dublin's been tarted up and has lost a lot of its soul. House prices are through the roof. Drinks cost a fortune. There are too many cars. LOL! I left in 2002 when the dot bomb bit RTÉ. Donnacha 22:09, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Anarchism and anarcho-capitalism
In case you haven't seen it, the AnCaps are trying to delete the Anarchism and anarcho-capitalism article. Donnacha 23:48, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Anarchism
Thank you. I feel like I'm abandoning you guys and I apologize for that. But that article is just hopeless. You are a very good user. I would really recommend that you get involved with some of the cleanup projects or something like that. I think you have alot to give the community. But if you stay at just anarchism stuff, you are going to burn out. Guaranteed. You already sort of have. :) It's just a mess. And I'm not sure that it'll ever be "fixed". --Woohookitty(meow) 21:55, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

wolf in our midst?
hey, keep an eye on Imagination débridée at anarchism, i suspect another thewolfstar clone. Blockader 16:35, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
 * It seems obvious to me that she is. --AaronS 18:41, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Towns of Massachusetts outline map
I saw the Massachusetts towns image you apparently uploaded November 13, 2005.

Could you indicate via a revised templete the source?
 * 1. I am interested in knowing how it was made...in order to consider making similar maps for other New England states.
 * 2. I also noticed that the copyright license offered, as public domain, is not the form that Wikipedia policy apprently currently aims for--as an editor marked the license section with a request for a revised copyright template, indicating how it became public domain--that is--the source. Since it is a good and useful map, I would like it not be deleted in the future.
 * 3. On reading your talk page I see you're departing from Wikipedia: I would like to invite you to check on your other images and see if they have the similar licensing issues.

I am not acquainted with your work (though I may scan your contributions shortly), but I'll express regret that you're departing, as I inadvertently encountered one very useful item you caused to show up on Wikipedia that I is being used right now in an article I care about: New England town

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Hi, Aaron. I have blocked the latest (or... is it?) incarnation of the injured innocence I see posting just above, please see your unarchived ANI thread. Thanks for your help. Bishonen | talk 05:56, 26 November 2006 (UTC).

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Réal Ménard

Réal Ménard (born May 13, 1962) is a Canadian politician, who was a Bloc Québécois member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 2009. He was the second Canadian member of Parliament to come out as gay.

Ménard is a political scientist with B.A. and M.A. degrees and also holds his law degree from the University of Ottawa.

Federal politics
He first stood for federal office in the 1984 federal election as candidate for the small Parti nationaliste du Québec in Hochelaga—Maisonneuve. Defeated in this first try, he contested the riding in the 1993 election for the new and larger Bloc Québécois. He was elected, and re-elected in the riding in the 1997 and 2000 elections. Following redistricting, he was re-elected in the new riding of Hochelaga in the 2004, 2006 and 2008 federal elections.

Early in his parliamentary career, he served variously as Bloc critic for Health, for science, research and development, for Labour, for National Defence, and for the Federal Office of Regional Development-Quebec. From 1998 to June 29, 1999, he was critic for Citizenship and Immigration and for public housing; he then returned as health critic and served as vice-chair of the Standing Committee for three sessions. On September 14, 2001, he took on additional critic responsibility for the Montreal region.

On February 15, 1994, Ménard was the first member in the house of commons to use the word 'internet' saying "in building the electronic highway, the government will respect areas of provincial jurisdiction and ensure that communications linking us to Internet are also in French"

In March 2006 he was shuffled from the health critic position to become the Bloc Québécois justice critic.

Municipal politics
In June 2009, Ménard announced that he was resigning from the House of Commons, effective September 16, in order to run as a Vision Montreal candidate for borough mayor of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in Montreal's 2009 municipal election. Prior to his first election to the House of Commons, he was a political assistant to Louise Harel, Vision Montreal's 2009 candidate for Mayor of Montreal, when she was a provincial MNA.

He won election to the borough mayoralty on November 1, 2009.

Electoral record (incomplete)

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Justification (jurisprudence)

Justification is a defense in a criminal case, by which a defendant who committed the acts asserts that because what they did meets certain legal standards, they are not criminally culpable for the acts which would otherwise be criminal. Justification and excuse are related but different defenses (see Justification and excuse).

Justification is an exception to the prohibition of committing certain offenses. Justification can be a defense in a prosecution for a criminal offense. When an act is justified, a person is not criminally liable even though their act would otherwise constitute an offense. For example, to intentionally commit a homicide would be considered murder. However, it is not considered a crime if committed in self-defense. In addition to self-defense, the other justification defenses are defense of others, defense of property, and necessity.

A justification is not the same as an excuse. In contrast, an excuse is a defense that recognizes a crime was committed, but that for the defendant, although committing a socially undesirable crime, conviction and punishment would be morally inappropriate because of an extenuating personal inadequacy, such as mental defect, lack of mental capacity, sufficient age, intense fear of death, lacking the ability to control their own conduct, etc.

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Vancouver Art Gallery

The Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) is an art museum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The museum occupies a 15,300 m2 adjacent to Robson Square in downtown Vancouver, making it the largest art museum in Western Canada by building size. Designed by Francis Rattenbury, the building the museum occupies was originally opened as a provincial courthouse, before it was re-purposed for museum use in the early 1980s. The building was designated the Former Vancouver Law Courts National Historic Site of Canada in 1980.

The museum first opened its doors to the public in 1931, housed within a structure crafted by the architectural firm Sharp and Johnston. In 1950, the museum underwent its initial expansion within this original building. Later, the institution embarked on a transition to the former provincial courthouse premises, with the relocation being completed in 1983. Subsequently, in the late 2000s and 2010s, the museum initiated plans for a further relocation to a new facility situated in Larwill Park.

The Gallery's permanent collection serves as a repository of art for the Lower Mainland region, and has approximately 12,000 works by artists from Canada, and around the world. As of 2020, the museum holds seasonal exhibitions as well as hosts travelling exhibitions.

History
In April 1931, the Vancouver Art Gallery Association was established under the provincial Society Act, in order to establish and maintain a museum for the City of Vancouver. The Association opened the art museum to the public at 1145 West Georgia Street on 5 October 1931. The building was designed by architectural firm Sharp and Johnston, and featured four galleries, one of which included a sculpture hall, a lecture hall, and a library. The cost to construct the building was approximately CA$40,000. Works by British, and other European artists dominated the works exhibited at the museum at the time of its opening. In 1938, the museum was one of the buildings occupied by unemployed protesters during a sitdown strike in the weeks leading up to Bloody Sunday. Paintings were not damaged while the protesters occupied the building.

In 1950, the museum conducted renovations to its building, reshaping the design of the building towards an International Style of architecture; with the removal of the building's Art Deco facade. Renovations were also conducted to accommodate the 157 works bequeathed to the museum by Emily Carr, with the building reopened to the public in 1951. Cost for the renovation was approximately CA$600,000, funded by the City of Vancouver government, and funds raised by Lawren Harris. In 1983 the museum was relocated to its present location, the former provincial courthouse. The building continues to be owned by the Government of British Columbia, although the museum occupies the building through a 99-year sublease signed with the City of Vancouver government in 1974; who in turn leases the building from the provincial government. Before the re-purposed building was opened to the public, it was renovated by architect Arthur Erickson at a cost of CA$20 million, as a part of his larger three city-block Robson Square redevelopment. The gallery connects to the rest of Robson Square via an underground passage below Robson Street.

Relocation planning
Planning to relocate the museum began as early as 2004, a result from the gallery's need for more exhibition and storage space for its collections. In November 2007, the museum announced plans to move to seek the approval of Vancouver City Council to build a new building at Larwill Park. In May 2008, the municipal government and the museum announced plans to relocate around the Plaza of Nations. However, Vancouver City Council later reversed its decision in April 2013, opting to approve the original proposed site in Larwill Park. The museum would occupy the building under similar arrangements as the former courthouse, with the museum leasing the property from the City of Vancouver.

The museum issued a request for qualifications for a new building design in September 2013. Herzog & de Meuron's bid was selected by the museum in April 2014. The development of the Vancouver Art Gallery's new building is the first project for the architectural firm in the country. Perkins and Will's Vancouver branch was contracted as the project's executive architects.

The building was originally planned to be completed in 2020, and was named the Chan Centre for the Visual Arts after a major donor. However, developments for the project stalled due to a funding dispute between the federal and provincial governments. As of March 2023, the new building's cost is estimated at $400 million. As of March 2023, the museum has raised over $340 million from public and private sources. Over $190 million was raised through private donations, including a $40 million contribution from the Chan Foundation in 2019 and a $100 million donation from the Audain Foundation in 2021. The latter was the largest cash donation to a Canadian public art museum.

Groundbreaking for the new museum building occurred on 15 September 2023.

Select exhibitions since 2006
The Vancouver Art Gallery has organized and hosted a number of temporary, and travelling exhibitions. A select list of exhibitions held at the museum since 2005 include:

 * Brian Jungen (2006)
 * Monet to Dali: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art (2007)
 * KRAZY! The Delirious World of Anime + Comics + Video Games + Art (2008)
 * Vermeer, Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art Masterpieces from The Rijksmuseum (2009)
 * Leonardo da Vinci: The Mechanics of Man (2010)
 * The Colour of My Dreams: The Surrealist Revolution in Art (2011)
 * Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore (2012)
 * Beat Nation: Art, Hip Hop and Aboriginal Culture (2012)
 * Grand Hotel: Redesigning Modern Life (2013)
 * Charles Edenshaw (2013)
 * The Forbidden City: Inside the Court of China’s Emperors (2014)
 * Unscrolled: Reframing Tradition in Chinese Contemporary Art (2014)
 * Cezanne and the Modern: Masterpieces of European Art from the Pearlman Collection (2015)
 * How Do I Fit This Ghost in My Mouth? An exhibition by Geoffrey Farmer (2015)
 * Embracing Canada: Landscapes from Krieghoff to the Group of Seven (2015)
 * Douglas Coupland: Everywhere Is Anywhere Is Anything Is Everything (2015)
 * MashUp: The Birth of Modern Culture (2016)
 * Picasso: The Artist and His Muses (2016)
 * Claude Monet’s Secret Garden (2017)
 * Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats its Own Leg (2018)
 * French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850-1950 (2019)
 * Alberto Giacometti: A Line Through Time (2019)
 * Cindy Sherman (2020)
 * Jan Wade: Soul Power (2021–22)
 * Growing Freedom: The instructions of Yoko Ono / The art of John and Yoko (2022)
 * Conceptions of White (2023)

Building
The art museum is in the former provincial courthouse for Vancouver. The 165000 sqft neoclassical building was designed by Francis Rattenbury after winning a design competition in 1905. The building was opened as a provincial courthouse in 1911, and operated as such until 1979, with the provincial courts moved to the Law Courts south of the building. The building was designated the Former Vancouver Law Courts National Historic Site of Canada in 1980. Both the main and annex portions of the building are also designated "A" heritage structures by the municipal government. The Vancouver Art Gallery moved into the former courthouse in 1983.

The Centennial Fountain on the Georgia Street side of the building was installed in 1966 to commemorate the centennial of the union of the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia; although it was later removed in 2017 as part of the Georgia Street plaza renovations. Shortly after the provincial courts moved out of the building, the building was renovated for museum use, and as a part of Arthur Erickson's redevelopment of Robson Square. The Annex Building is the only part of the building complex that was not converted for museum use.

The design of the building includes ionic columns, a central dome, formal porticos, and ornate stonework. The building was constructed using marble imported from Alaska, Tennessee, and Vermont. Construction for the building began in 1906 and replaced the previous courthouse at Victory Square. At the time, the building contained 18 courtrooms. An annex designed by Thomas Hooper was added to the western side of the building in 1912. It was declared a heritage site and retains the original judges' benches and walls as they were when the building was a courthouse.

A notable feature of the building is a pair of granite lions, placed on either side of the old entrance to the courthouse. They were carved from granite chunks brought from Nelson Island and placed in their current location in 1910. On November 4, 1942, two dynamite blasts damages the rear end of the western lion. The blasts also shattered the windows of surrounding hotels and cause some people to believe the city was under air attack. Two stonecutters who had worked on the original carvings and who were still working, John Whitworth and Herbert Ede, were hired to carve and fit new hindquarters; the join line is still visible. The culprits were never found.

Gathering place
The front lawn and steps of the building has hosted a number of public gatherings and protests. The building serves as the monthly meeting spot for Vancouver's Critical Mass, as well as flash mobs, the Zombie Walk, pro-marijuana rallies, and numerous environmental demonstrations. The steps on both the Robson Street and Georgia Street sides of the building are popular gathering spots for protest rallies. The Georgia Street side is also a popular place in the summertime for people to relax or socialize.

In February 12, 2007, the 2010 Olympic countdown clock was placed in the front lawn of the building. It was open for free for the public to see. The clock has since been disassembled after the games, with one half going to BC Place and the other to Whistler Village.

In June 2021, Cheryle Gunargie created a vigil in honour of the unmarked remains of children discovered at the Kamloops Indian Residential School. The vigil consists of 215 pairs of shoes, one for each of the children whose remains were discovered.

Permanent collection
As of December 2018, the Vancouver Art Gallery's permanent collection had approximately 12,000 works by Canadian, and international artists. The museum's permanent collection is formally owned by the City of Vancouver, with the museum acting as the custodians for the collection under a lease and license agreement. The permanent collection acts as the principal repository of works produced in the Lower Mainland region, with museum acquisitions typically focused on historical and contemporary art from the region. Approximately half of the works in its collection were produced by artists from Western Canada. In addition to art from the region, the collection also has a focus on First Nations art, and art from Asia. The museum's collection is organized into several smaller areas, contemporary art from Asia, photography and conceptual photography, works by indigenous Canadian artists from the region, and artists from Vancouver and British Columbia.

The museum's photography and conceptual art collection includes photographs from the 1950s to the present, and includes photos by the N.E. Thing Co. artist collective, photographers of the Vancouver School of conceptual photography, and other artists including Dan Graham, Andreas Gursky, Thomas Ruff, Cindy Sherman, Robert Smithson, and Thomas Struth. The museum's collection of contemporary Asian art includes works by Eikoh Hosoe, Mariko Mori, Fiona Tan, Jin-me Yoon, Reena Saini Kallat, Song Dong, Wang Du, Wang Jianwei, Yang Fudong, and O Zhang.

Canadian art
Serving as a repository for art for the region, the museum holds a number of works by artists based in the Lower Mainland, in addition to artists based in other regions of British Columbia.

The museum's collection includes works from Canadian artists, including members of the Group of Seven, Gathie Falk, Michael Snow, and Joyce Wieland. The museum's collection also features a significant number of works by Emily Carr, dating from 1913 to 1942. The painting Totem Poles, Kitseukla, by Carr, was among the original set of works acquired for the museum's collection prior to opening in 1931. As of 2023, the museum has over 250 works by Carr. The permanent collections of the Vancouver Art Gallery, along with the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, hold the largest number of works by Carr of any collection in the world.

The museum's also features a collection of indigenous Canadian art from the region, including works from Haida, Heiltsuk, Inuit, Kwakwakaʼwakw, Nuu-chah-nulth, Nuxalk, and Tlingit artists. Regular acquisitions of indigenous Canadian works was undertaken by the museum beginning in the 1980s; with the museum's practices prior to the 1980s typically leaving the acquisition of indigenous Canadian works for the collections of ethnographic, or history museums. In 2015, George Gund III bequeathed to the museum 37 First Nations works, including totem poles by Ken Mowatt and Norman Tait, drawings by Bill Reid, and thirteen carved works by Robert Davidson. Other works in the museum's indigenous Canadian collection includes works by Sonny Assu, Rebecca Belmore, Dempsey Bob, Dana Claxton, Joe David, Reg Davidson, Beau Dick, Brian Jungen, Marianne Nicolson, and Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun.

Library and archive
The Vancouver Art Gallery Library and Archives is a non-circulating library that specializing in modern, contemporary and Canadian art. Its holdings include more than 50,000 books and exhibition catalogues, 30 journal subscriptions, 5,000 files that document various artists, art forms, and works. Access to the museum's library and archives require a scheduled appointment.

The museum's archives contain the institution's official records since its founding in 1931. In addition to institutional documents, the archives also includes files from B.C. Binning, and the books and serials where Bill Bissett's concrete poetry was published.

Programs
The Vancouver Art Gallery offers a wide range of public programs throughout the year, including live performances marketed under the FUSE program, scholar's lectures, artist's talks, as well as dance and musical performances. In its most recent year, the gallery has featured over 60 presenters, including historian Timothy Brook, writer Sarah Milroy, and Emily Carr scholar, Gerta Moray. In May 2015, the gallery welcomed architect Jacques Herzog as he presented his first lecture in Canada on architecture and the new Vancouver Art Gallery building.

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