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Theatre of Canada

Canada's contemporary theatre reflects a rich diversity of regional and cultural identities. Since the late 1960s, there has been a concerted effort to develop the voice of the 'Canadian playwright', which is reflected in the nationally focused programming of many of the country's theatres. Within this 'Canadian voice' are a plurality of perspectives - that of the First Nations, new immigrants, French Canadians, sexual minorities, etc. - and a multitude of theatre companies have been created to specifically service and support these voices.

Prominent playwrights, practitioners, and contributors

 * David Fennario
 * Herman Voaden
 * George F. Walker
 * Michel Tremblay
 * James Reaney
 * Dora Mavor Moore
 * Tomson Highway
 * Christopher Newton
 * Robert Lepage
 * Judith Thompson
 * Wajdi Mouawad
 * Daniel MacIvor
 * Daniel Brooks
 * Sky Gilbert
 * Paul Thompson (playwright)
 * John Hirsch
 * Morris Panych
 * Marie Clements
 * Yvette Nolan
 * Linda Griffiths
 * Ann-Marie MacDonald
 * Sharon Pollock
 * Daniel David Moses
 * Drew Hayden Taylor
 * Djanet Sears
 * Timothy Findley
 * Jordan Tannahill
 * Hannah Moscovitch
 * John Herbert
 * Micheline Chevrier

Early Canadian theatre
The Annapolis Basin in Nova Scotia served as the cradle for both French and English language theatre in Canada. Théâtre de Neptune, performed in 1606, was the first European theatre production in North America.

The tradition of English theatre in Canada also started at Annapolis Royal. In Fort Anne, Nova Scotia, plays were produced for Prince of Wales' birthday. George Farquhar's The Recruiting Officer was produced on Saturday, 20 January 1733 to celebrate the birthday of Frederick, Prince of Wales. When he was a Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, Paul Mascarene translated Molière's French play The Misanthrope in to English and produced several plays in 1743 and 1744. An unknown play was also staged on 20 January 1748 for the Prince's birthday, and it was restaged on 2 February 1748.

Plays

 * Lescarbot's Neptune Theatre 1606
 * Molière's Tartuffe Scandal 1693
 * Halifax Prologue 1776
 * Sullen Indian Prologue 1826
 * Eight Men Speak 1933 (at Toronto's Standard Theatre)

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Theatre was banned in French Canada by the Catholic clergy in 1694, but after Canada became British in 1763, theatrical activity begun to flourish, foremost among the British garrisons and within amateur theatre.

Antoine Foucher (1717-1801), of Terrebonne (father of Louis-Charles Foucher), was the owner of the first Francophone theatre in Canada. In 1774, with various British officers, he staged the first production of Molière at his home in Montreal. Other Garrison performances were private shows put on for troops, publicly performed by officers, which helped bridge theatre and war during its initial stages of development. It was welcomed by the populaces and distracted soldiers from war and routine military protocol.

The first professional theatre company was Allen's Company of Comedians, which made its first performance in Montreal in 1786, and was followed by the all male French language amateur society Les Jeunes Messieurs Canadiens in Quebec City in 1789. From 1790 to 1840, amateur theatre was regularly performed at the Haymarket Theatre in Quebec City.

Officially opened on the 24th of June 1893 in Montreal, the Monument National is located at the historical interface between the Francophone neighbourhoods (to the east) and the Anglophone areas (to the west), it also found itself in the heart of the Jewish and Chinese sections on the most multiethnic street in the city.

Before 1825, the Hayes House Hotel on Dalhousie Square, Montreal, had a theatre that staged German Orchestras and held Viennese dances. After it burned it down, John Molson built the Theatre Royal in 1825, presenting Shakespeare and Restoration authors. It sat 1,000 guests and was also used for circuses and concerts. Edmund Kean and Charles Dickens both performed there before it was demolished in 1844 to make way for the Bonsecours Market.

In the West, the Grand Theatre was built in 1912 in Calgary by the visionary Sir James Lougheed. The Grand was the initial home of many arts organizations in Calgary; the first theatre, opera, ballet, symphony concerts, and movies were seen here. This theatre was the centre of social, cultural, and political life in Calgary until the early 1960s. The Grand Theatre has been saved from demolition in 2004 by the company Theatre Junction and its director Mark Lawes.

From 1929, Martha Allan founded the Montreal Repertory Theatre and later co-founded the Dominion Drama Festival. She loathed amateur theatre, but her energies spearheaded the Canadian Little Theatre Movement at a time when live theatre in Montreal and across Canada was being threatened by the rapid expansion of the American-influenced movie theatre. She almost single-handedly laid the groundwork for the development of the professional modern Canadian theatre scene.

Plays

 * Teach Me How To Cry 1955 Patricia Joudry

Theatre companies and groups

 * Hudson Players Club 1948 (Hudson, Qc) founded by the collective group of HPC
 * Theatre du Nouveau Monde 1951 (Montreal), founded by Jean Gascon
 * Stratford Shakespeare Festival 1953 (Stratford), founded by Tom Patterson
 * Manitoba Theatre Centre 1958 (Winnipeg), founded by John Hirsch
 * Toronto Workshop Productions 1958 (Toronto), founded by George Luscombe

Plays

 * Ecstasy of Rita Joe 1967 George Ryga
 * Fortune and Men's Eyes 1967 John Herbert
 * Les Belles-Soeurs 1968 Michel Tremblay

Theatre companies and groups

 * National Theatre School of Canada 1960 (Montreal)
 * Shaw Festival 1962 (Niagara on the Lake)
 * Neptune Theatre (Halifax) 1963
 * Vancouver Playhouse 1963 (Vancouver)
 * Arts Club Theatre Company 1964 (Vancouver)
 * The Citadel Theatre 1965 (Edmonton)
 * Globe Theatre 1966 (Regina)
 * Young People's Theatre 1966 (Toronto, theatre for young audiences)
 * Theatre New Brunswick 1968 (Fredericton)
 * Theatre Passe-Muraille 1968 (Toronto)
 * Centaur Theatre 1969 (Montreal)
 * National Arts Centre 1969 (Ottawa)

Plays

 * How Now Black Man, 1971, Lorris Elliot
 * Creeps, 1971, David Freeman
 * Leaving Home 1972 David French
 * The Farm Show 1972 Paul Thompson and Theatre Passe Muraille
 * Hosanna 1973 Michel Tremblay
 * 1837: Farmer's Revolt 1974 Rick Salutin
 * The Donnellys Trilogy 1974-1975 James Reaney
 * Zastrozzi, The Master of Discipline 1977 George F. Walker
 * Waiting for the Parade 1977 John Murrell
 * Billy Bishop Goes to War 1978 John Gray
 * Balconville 1979 David Fenario
 * Blitzkrieg by Bryan Wade, Tarragon Theatre, 1974

Theatre companies and groups

 * Factory Theatre 1970 (Toronto), founded by Ken Gass
 * Tarragon Theatre 1971 (Toronto), founded by Bill Glassco
 * Toronto Free Theatre 1971 (Toronto), founded by Tom Hendry, Martin Kinch, John Palmer
 * 25th Street Theatre 1972 (Saskatoon)
 * Black Theatre Workshop 1972, founded by Dr. Clarence S. Bayne
 * Manitoba Theatre Workshop, later Prairie Theatre Exchange 1972 (Winnipeg)
 * The Second City 1973 (Toronto)
 * Persephone Theatre 1974 (Saskatoon), founded by Janet Wright, Susan Wright, Brian Richmond
 * Green Thumb Theatre 1975 (Vancouver, theatre for young audiences), founded by Dennis Foon
 * Carbone 14 1975 (Montreal)
 * Great Canadian Theatre Company 1975 (Ottawa)
 * Theatre Network 1976 (Edmonton)
 * VideoCabaret 1976 (Toronto), founded by Michael Hollingsworth and Deanne Taylor
 * Northern Light Theatre 1977 Scott Swan (Edmonton)
 * Catalyst Theatre 1977 (Edmonton)
 * Necessary Angel 1978 (Toronto), founded by Richard Rose
 * Buddies in Bad Times 1979 (Toronto, queer), founded by Sky Gilbert
 * Nightwood Theatre 1979 (Toronto, feminist), founded by Cynthia Grant, Kim Renders, Mary Vingoe and Maureen White
 * Workshop West Theatre 1979 Gerry Potter Artistic Director (Edmonton)
 * Roseneath Theatre 1979 (Toronto, theatre for young audiences), founded by David S Craig and Robert Morgan

Events
With Canada's centennial in 1967 came a growing awareness of the need to cultivate a national cultural identity. Thus, the 1970s were marked by the establishment of multiple theatre institutions dedicated to the development and presentation of Canadian playwrights, such as Factory Theatre, Tarragon Theatre, and the Great Canadian Theatre Company. Theatre Passe Muraille, under Paul Thompson's directorship in the 1970s, gained a national reputation for its distinctive style of collective creation with plays such as The Farm Show, 1837: The Farmer's Revolt and I Love You, Baby Blue.

In 1971 a group of Canadian playwrights issued the Gaspé Manifesto as a call for at least one-half of the programing at publicly subsidized theatres to be Canadian content. The numerical goal was not achieved, but the following years saw an increase in Canadian content stage productions.

Plays

 * The Cavan Blazers 1992 Robert Winslow
 * Tamara 1981 John Krizanc
 * Albertine en cinq temps 1984 Michel Tremblay
 * Doc 1984 Sharon Pollock
 * Drag Queens on Trial 1985 Sky Gilbert
 * Occupation of Heather Rose 1986 Wendy Lill
 * Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) by Anne-Marie MacDonald
 * Polygraph 1988 Robert Lepage
 * Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing 1989 Thomson Highway
 * Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love 1989 Brad Fraser
 * Lion in the Streets 1990 Judith Thompson
 * Harlem Duet 1997 Djanet Sears
 * The Drawer Boy 1999 Michael Healey

Theatre companies and groups

 * Cirque du Soleil (Quebec) (early 1980s)
 * The Augusta Company (Toronto, 1980)
 * Windsor Feminist Theatre (Windsor, 1980)
 * Native Earth Performing Arts (Toronto, 1982)
 * Half the Sky Feminist Theatre (Hamilton, 1982)
 * DNA Theatre (Toronto, 1982)
 * Crow's Theatre (Toronto, 1982)
 * One Yellow Rabbit (Calgary, 1982)
 * Theatre Junction (1991)
 * 4th Line Theatre (Millbrook, Ontario, 1992)
 * De-ba-jeh-mu-jig Theatre 1984 (Manitoulin Island)
 * Cahoots Theatre 1986 (Toronto)
 * da da kamera 1986 (Toronto)
 * Radix Theatre 1988 (Vancouver)
 * Primus Theatre 1988 (Winnipeg)
 * Repercussion Theatre (Montreal, 1988)
 * Théâtre Ex Machina 1990 (Quebec City)
 * Rumble Productions 1990 (Vancouver)
 * Theatre Projects Manitoba 1990 (Winnipeg) founded by Harry Rintoul
 * Mammalian Diving Reflex 1993 (Toronto)
 * Die in Debt Theatre 1993 (Toronto)
 * STO Union 1992 (Wakefield)
 * Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland 1995 (St. John's)
 * Soulpepper Theatre Company 1997 (Toronto)
 * The Electric Company Theatre 1996 (Vancouver)
 * Nightswimming 1995 (Toronto)
 * Sarasvati Productions 1998 (Toronto, later relocated to Winnipeg)
 * Imago Theatre 1987 (Montreal)
 * Common Boots Theatre 1984 (Toronto)

Events
The 1980s and 1990s saw a flourish of experimental theatre companies cropping up across Canada, many of whom were exploring site-specific and immersive staging techniques, such as Toronto's DNA Theatre and Vancouver's Radix Theatre.

Plays

 * Elizabeth Rex 2000 Timothy Findley
 * I, Claudia 2001 Kristen Thomson
 * Incendies 2003 Wajdi Mouawad
 * Half Life 2005 John Mighton
 * Cul-de-Sac 2005 Daniel MacIvor
 * blood.claat 2006 d'bi Young
 * The December Man 2007 Colleen Murphy
 * Palace of the End 2008 Judith Thompson
 * Pyaasa 2008 Anusree Roy
 * Where The Blood Mixes 2009 Kevin Loring
 * East of Berlin 2009 Hannah Moscovitch

Theatre companies and groups

 * Bluemouth Inc. 1998 (Toronto)
 * Project Porte Parole 1998 (Montreal)
 * 2b theatre company 1999 (Halifax)
 * Old Trout Puppet Workshop 1999 (Calgary)
 * Leaky Heaven 1999 (Vancouver)
 * Zuppa Theatre 1999 (Halifax)
 * Obsidian Theatre 2000 (Toronto)
 * Aluna Theatre 2001 (Toronto)
 * Small Wooden Shoe 2001 (Halifax/Toronto)
 * fu-GEN 2002 (Toronto)
 * Theatre Replacement 2003 (Vancouver)
 * Kelowna Actors Studio (Kelowna)
 * Realwheels Theatre 2003 (Vancouver)
 * Downstage 2004 (Calgary)
 * DaPoPo Theatre 2004 (Halifax)
 * B2C Theatre 2004 (Toronto)
 * Ecce Homo Theatre 2005 (Toronto)
 * Convergence Theatre 2006 (Toronto)
 * Segal Centre for Performing Arts (Montreal)
 * Why Not Theatre 2007 (Toronto)
 * Suburban Beast 2008 (Toronto)
 * Outside The March 2009 (Toronto)
 * Crane Creations Theatre Company 2015 (Mississauga)

Events
The 2000s saw the creation of several theatre companies with specific cultural mandates including Obsidian Theatre, a company supporting 'the Black voice', fu-GEN, a company dedicated to work by Asian Canadians, and Aluna Theatre, a company with a focus on Latin Canadian artists.

This decade also was a particularly significant for the rise of devised performance practices across the country, particularly in Vancouver through artists graduating from Simon Fraser University and the creation of the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival in 2006, as well as in Halifax with the founding of Zuppa Theatre. Devised and creation-based models of theatre making continued to be underrepresented in the larger regional theatre system of the country.

videocan
In 2019, videocan was founded as the first nationally focused video archive with the project of archiving and making accessible documentation of theatre, dance, and live art from across Canada, in both English and French.

British Columbia

 * Northwest of Armstrong is the Caravan Farm Theatre, a professional outdoor theatre company.
 * Chemainus hosts the annual Chemainus Festival.
 * The heritage village of Fort Steele includes the Wild Horse Theatre, which produces a historic revue starring professional actors during the summer months.
 * Gabriola Island is home to the Gabriola Theatre Festival, which produces twelve shows over one weekend in August.
 * Kamloops is home to Western Canada Theatre.
 * North Vancouver has Presentation House Theatre and Centennial Theatre.
 * Prince George is the home of Theatre North West.
 * Vancouver is home to, among others, the Arts Club Theatre Company, the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, the Vancouver Fringe Festival, Touchstone Theatre, Carousel Theatre, Bard on the Beach, Theatre Under the Stars, the Metro Theatre, Studio 58, Pacific Theatre, and the Firehall Arts. Vancouver had also been home to the now-defunct Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company, which had been Vancouver's oldest professional theatre company.
 * Victoria has a major regional theatre, the Belfry Theatre, as well as professional companies Theatre SKAM, SNAFU Dance Theatre Society, Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre, William Head on Stage, Theatre Inconnu, Atomic Vaudeville, Impulse Theatre, Puente Theatre Society, Suddenly Dance Theatre, and Wonderheads Theatre. Kaleidoscope is the resident Professional TYA company. Intrepid Theatre is a local alternative company and organizes both the Uno Festival and the Victoria Fringe Festival.

Alberta

 * Calgary is home to Theatre Calgary, a mainstream regional theatre; Alberta Theatre Projects, a major centre for new play development in Canada; the Calgary Animated Objects Society; Vertigo Theatre, the premiere theatre in North America for the intrigue genre; Theatre Junction a multidisciplinary collective directed by Mark Lawes; One Yellow Rabbit, a touring company; and Urban Curvz, a feminist theatre company rebranded as Handsome Alice Theatre in 2016. Calgary is also home for expert marionetteer, Ronnie Burkett. Calgary is the base of operations of Loose Moose Theatre, which performs improvisational theatre. Other companies, some of which specialize in new plays, include Sage Theatre, Downstage Theatre, Ground Zero Theatre, The Shakespeare Company, StoryBook Theatre and Lunchbox Theatre.
 * Edmonton is best known for the Edmonton International Fringe Festival, the first and largest fringe theatre festival in North America. The major live venue is the Citadel Theatre. The neighborhood of Old Strathcona contains the Theatre District, where Catalyst Theatre, Walterdale Playhouse, and the Varscona Theatre (home of several companies: Teatro la Quindicina, Shadow Theatre, Rapid Fire Theatre, Die-Nasty, and Oh Susanna!) are located. Other well-known companies, some of which specialize in new plays, include Workshop West Theatre, Northern Light, and Theatre Network. Edmonton is also known for its prestigious BFA conservatory acting program at the University of Alberta
 * Lethbridge is the home of New West Theatre, a professional theatre company. Theatre Outré also operates out of Lethbridge and presents theatrical content, subject matter, styles and forms that are alternative to what is currently offered in the community.
 * Rosebud, located one hour east of Calgary, is home to Rosebud Theatre, Alberta's only rural professional theatre.
 * Red Deer hosts the Scott Block Theatre.

Saskatchewan

 * Regina features Saskatchewan's only permanent arena theatre, the Globe Theatre, as well as On Cue Performance Hub, a professional shared platform for independent performing artists.
 * Saskatoon is home to Saskatchewan's largest theatre, Persephone Theatre, as well as Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan, the Gordon Tootoosis Nīkānīwin Theatre, Saskatchewan's francophone theatre La Troupe du Jour, Live Five and the Saskatoon Fringe Theatre Festival. Dancing Sky Theatre and the Rosthern Station Arts Centre are located 45 minutes east and north of Saskatoon, respectively.

Manitoba

 * Winnipeg is the home of Le Cercle Molière (the oldest continuously running theatre company in Canada), Fantasy Theatre for Children (Manitoba's oldest children's theatre), Merlyn Productions, Manitoba Theatre for Young People, Prairie Theatre Exchange, Rainbow Stage, the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre (Canada's oldest English-language regional theatre), Sarasvati Productions, Theatre Projects Manitoba, the Winnipeg Jewish Theatre, and the Winnipeg Fringe Festival.

Northwest Territories

 * Yellowknife is home to the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre, a small theatre with just over 300 seats.

Ontario

 * Blyth is the home of the Blyth Festival Theatre and Centre for the Arts.
 * Brampton is home to the Rose Theatre Brampton.
 * Drayton Entertainment has seven stages at six theatres across Ontario including the Drayton Festival Theatre in Drayton, Hamilton Family Theatre Cambridge in Cambridge, Huron Country Playhouse in Grand Bend, King's Wharf Theatre in Penetanguishene, and St. Jacobs Country Playhouse and the Schoolhouse Theatre in St. Jacobs.
 * Kitchener is home to actOUT! The Kitchener Waterloo Children's Drama Workshop, which for over a quarter century has produced theatre by & for the children of the Waterloo Region.
 * Kingston is home to its own professional company, Theatre Kingston, the Vagabond Repertory Theatre Company, as well as many amateur and student theatre groups. In nearby Gananoque, the Thousand Islands Playhouse features professional productions in two venues.
 * London is home to the Grand Theatre.
 * Mississauga is home to Crane Creations Theatre Company that manages the Maja Prentice Theatre and presents Puppet Festival Mississauga each year in March.
 * Niagara-on-the-Lake is best known for the Shaw Festival.
 * Oshawa is home to Oshawa Little Theatre (http://oshawalittletheatre.com) founded in 1928 and running continuously since 1950; offers 4 productions a year as well as a youth group production. It runs out of its own facility on Russet Ave. since 1983.
 * Ottawa is home to the multi-venue National Arts Centre and the smaller Great Canadian Theatre Company, and holds the Ottawa Fringe Festival. The Ottawa Little Theatre, founded in 1913, is the longest-running community theatre company in Canada.
 * Stratford is best known for the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.
 * Sudbury has the regional theatre companies Sudbury Theatre Centre and Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario.
 * Thunder Bay has Magnus Theatre, The Dr. S. Penny Petrone Centre for the Performing Arts, a regional professional theatre company.
 * Toronto has a large and vibrant theatre scene, centred around the Toronto Theatre District, with many different companies. Some produce large-scale Broadway-style productions (produced by companies like Mirvish Productions), and others produce smaller-scale plays by Canadian and other playwrights. Some of the major theatre companies of Toronto include: Canadian Stage Company, Tarragon Theatre, Theatre Passe-Muraille, the Factory Theatre, Soulpepper Theatre Company, the Lower Ossington Theatre and Buddies in Bad Times. The Harbourfront Centre's World Stage festival presents innovative contemporary performance from national and international companies. Toronto has several theatre festivals throughout the year, including The Next Stage Festival in January, the Toronto Fringe Festival in June, and SummerWorks in August. Important smaller companies include Native Earth, Nightwood Theatre, Necessary Angel, Crow's Theatre, Obsidian Theatre, Acting Upstage, and Volcano. 2012 saw a surge of storefront theatres opening in the city including Videofag and The Storefront Theatre.
 * In Windsor, the Windsor Light Music Theatre has been staging musicals, operettas and other theatre productions since 1948.

Quebec

 * Montréal's theatre scene is split between French and English language theatre. The city is home to Le Festival TransAmériques, the Montreal Fringe Festival, the National Theatre School of Canada, the Segal Centre for Performing Arts, the Centaur Theatre, Usine C, Le Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, Imago Theatre, and Canada's oldest professional Black theatre company, The Black Theatre Workshop.
 * Trois-Rivières is home to Le Théâtre des Nouveaux Compagnons, the oldest French-speaking theatre company in Canada.
 * Québec City is the home of Robert Lepage's company Ex Machina and Le Grand Théâtre de Québec.

New Brunswick

 * Moncton has the restored Capitol Theatre, one of only eight theatres of the ca. 1922 Pantages/Vaudeville design in the nation.
 * Saint John has the restored Imperial Theatre, an historic ca. 1913 modern adaptation of the Italian Renaissance.
 * Fredericton is host to The Playhouse, a gift to the people of New Brunswick by Lord Beaverbrook in 1964.
 * Theatre New Brunswick is a provincial theatre company.

Prince Edward Island

 * Charlottetown is home to the Charlottetown Festival and the Confederation Centre of the Arts, with its 1,100 seat mainstage theatre being one of Atlantic Canada's pre-eminent performing arts facilities.
 * Watermark Theatre - a professional theatre presenting classic and modern classic plays in North Rustico

Nova Scotia

 * Amongst Halifax's theatre producers are Neptune Theatre, Shakespeare by the Sea, 2b theatre company, Zuppa Theatre, DaPoPo Theatre and Canada's longest continuously running community theatre The Theatre Arts Guild. Halifax's theatre venues include The Bus Stop and the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium.  See Culture of the Halifax Regional Municipality.
 * Cape Breton Regional Municipality has both the Highland Arts Theatre performing arts centre in Sydney, and the Savoy Theatre, long considered a cultural centre for Cape Breton Island, located in Glace Bay.
 * Antigonish has Festival Antigonish Summer Theatre, and Theatre Antigonish Antigonish.
 * Parrsboro has Ship's Company Theatre.
 * Wolfville was home to the Atlantic Theatre Festival.

Newfoundland and Labrador

 * St. John's has the RCA (Resource Centre for the Arts), an artist-run company that is based at the LSPU Hall. It also has the St. John's Arts and Culture Centre, with a 1,000 seat main theatre.
 * Clarenville, Newfoundland is the home to The New Curtain Theatre Company, which operates as a year-round professional theatre based out of The Loft Theatre at the White Hills Ski Resort in Clarenville (2 hours west of St. John's).
 * Cupids, Newfoundland is home to The New World Theatre Project, which aims to do work from and inspired by the year 1610, when Cupids was settled as Canada's first English colony.
 * Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador, on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland, features the annual Stephenville Theatre Festival, a summer festival that began in the mid-1970s.
 * In Corner Brook, the Grenfell Campus of Memorial University offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre, with productions staged every semester.

Summer Festivals
Major summer theatre festivals include:
 * 4th Line Theatre based in Millbrook, Ontario, Ontario.
 * Gabriola Theatre Festival (Gabriola Island, British Columbia)
 * Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival, based in Vancouver, British Columbia.
 * The Blyth Festival Theatre, based in Blyth, Ontario
 * The Stratford Festival of Canada, based in Stratford, Ontario.
 * The Shaw Festival, based in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.
 * The Thousand Islands Playhouse, based in Gananoque, Ontario.
 * The Charlottetown Festival, based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
 * Festival Antigonish Summer Theatre, based in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
 * Shakespeare by the Sea, based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
 * The Magnetic North Theatre Festival, based in Ottawa, Ontario and held annually, alternating between Ottawa and another Canadian city.
 * The Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan Festival in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

As of 2014, Canada had more fringe theatre festivals than any other country, forming a summer fringe circuit running from the St-Ambroise Montréal Fringe in June and heading westward to the Vancouver Fringe Festival in September. The circuit includes the two largest fringe festivals in North America, the Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival and the Edmonton International Fringe Festival. Other fringe theatre festivals include the Saskatoon Fringe Theatre Festival, the Calgary Fringe Festival, the London Fringe Theatre Festival (Ontario), the Toronto Fringe Festival and the Atlantic Fringe Festival.

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Lists of schools by country

This is a list of lists of schools, sorted by country. The list does not include educational institutions providing higher education, meaning tertiary, quaternary, or post-secondary education, for which see list of colleges and universities by country.

Africa

 * List of schools in Angola
 * List of schools in Botswana
 * List of schools in Egypt
 * List of schools in Eswatini
 * List of schools in Ethiopia
 * List of schools in the Gambia
 * List of schools in Ghana
 * List of senior high schools in Ghana
 * List of schools in Guinea
 * List of schools in Kenya
 * List of schools in Lesotho
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 * List of schools in South Africa
 * List of schools in Sudan
 * List of schools in Tanzania
 * List of schools in Tunisia
 * List of schools in Uganda
 * List of schools in Zambia
 * List of schools in Zimbabwe

South America

 * List of schools in Argentina
 * List of schools in Brazil
 * List of schools in Colombia
 * List of high schools in Ecuador
 * List of schools in Guyana
 * List of schools in Paraguay

North America

 * List of schools in Anguilla
 * List of schools in Bermuda
 * List of schools in the Cayman Islands
 * List of schools in Canada
 * List of schools in Mexico
 * List of schools in the United States

Caribbean

 * List of schools in Antigua and Barbuda
 * List of schools in Barbados
 * List of schools in the Dominican Republic
 * List of schools in Saint Kitts and Nevis
 * List of schools in Saint Lucia
 * List of schools in Trinidad and Tobago

Central America

 * List of schools in Honduras
 * List of schools in Nicaragua

South Asia

 * List of schools in Bangladesh
 * List of schools in India

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"predominately"
The word "predominately" appears in many articles. It should be "predominantly". I would suggest an automated replacement process. 2A00:23C5:FE56:6C01:4C51:E1AB:79E4:29EF (talk) 18:57, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Not happening. See WP:SPELLBOT for details. Happily, Adopt-a-typo exists just for you. Happy editing! – Jonesey95 (talk) 03:26, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Predominately is also valid, see its entry in Merriam-Webster. --Cyfal (talk) 20:53, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia talk:Large language model policy § RFC
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Large language model policy § RFC. Phlsph7 (talk) 08:31, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Definitely
On a lighter note, https://xkcd.com/2871/ -- John of Reading (talk) 08:11, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/HyperlinkPatrol
You're invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Wikiproject Council/Proposals/HyperlinkPatrol. JustAnotherUndertaleFrantic -- Talk 23:22, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

Accidentally (vis Accidently)
Hi everyone. For several years I have been copy-editing articles using the tools provided here and re-visiting accidently many times over. I recently noticed that when editing a page, the red squiggly line beneath accidently no longer appears. I noticed this for a few weeks now and decided to look it up. It just so happens that actually it is true - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accidently says that it is a proper word "and it is sometimes cited as an error" albeit less common. Eugene-elgato (talk) 14:34, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Related: a description of this language trend. I recommend fixing the non-standard "accidently", which my browser still proudly underlines in red. M-W is too permissive for my tastes, bordering on promiscuous. – Jonesey95 (talk) 04:29, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
 * By the way I had put my idea here also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Lists_of_common_misspellings in case you wanted to comment there tooEugene-elgato (talk) 12:19, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Help needed finding legacy punctuation like "--" "-->"
I'd like to fix typos like changing "--" to emdash, "-->" to → and similar changes in accordance with WP:MOS

Can you help me with the wikipedia text search? It doesn't seem to find instances of punctuation characters properly. Tonymetz 💬  21:28, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

 * You would need to use insource: but there are major problems. One is that it is inefficient, because it has to scan millions of pages, and the search will not complete unless limited by adding other search terms.  Another is that it would mainly find < !-- HTML comments -->. Certes (talk) 21:53, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
 * A search like this one works somewhat, timing out because of the issues Certes lists above. An editor would need to be very careful to inspect each instance of "-->" to see whether it should be converted to an arrow character, modified to be an HTML comment, converted to list markup, left alone because it is part of a quotation or title, or something else. I can't see automated find-and-replace providing valid replacements for the pages that turn up in these search results. Tread wisely. – Jonesey95 (talk) 22:21, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
 * thank you that search was very helpful. the insource + !insource combo is a good starting point. Here is an example of what I'm trying to do Tonymetz  💬  22:33, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
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 * Tonymetz 💬  22:46, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
 * look at this work of art Tonymetz  💬  23:12, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I also opened up a discussion on WP:MOS Tonymetz  💬  23:26, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

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Talk:Dollar General

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What is the "Wal-mart effect"? RedWolf 04:13, Nov 23, 2003 (UTC)

 * The statement of Dollar General having top-notch merchandise at low prices seems non-neutral. If that was a quote from the website, it is OK, but this seems a bit leaning towards Dollar General.--Tim Quievryn 19:26, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Public Stock
If anyone knows what the public ticker symbol was before being purchased, please include it in the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.243.78.142 (talk) 05:40, 21 December 2007 (UTC) DG was their stock ticker symbol. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.131.152.32 (talk) 18:32, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

POV-check
The entire Concepts section sounds like it was written by the DG marketing department. I removed the more egregious NPOV violations, but more checking is needed.--TexasDex 14:58, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Have you ever shop there? There is some really nice stuff and often near or better then old walmart prices.
 * I worked there for over a year, and while I don't disagree that they have some good and cheap products Wikipedia has certain standards for neutrality, including neutral tone and not presenting points of view or opinions as fact. Looking at it again, I think the "Concepts" section most definitely violates those principles.  Whoever rewrites this (it might be me if I ever have any free time) will have to reword and trim that section in particular to ensure neutrality. --TexasDex 08:05, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

infobox?
no corporate info box, i will work on adding one.Paco8191 23:58, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I added a full info box, and i dont think this reads like an advertisment, at least not that much.Paco8191 01:32, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

on second thought, i really don't to - sorry

Picture
The first picture looked like a retailer converted to DG, and the second one looks like a CGI pic from a pamphlet. I've replaced it with a picture I took myself of the new DG store in my hometown — I would think it'd be best if the picture shows a "default" store design. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 22:47, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

Company Motto-DG is actively Christian?
Just curious what the history is behind the DG motto "Jesus Loves You"? Why is this company actively supporting a religion? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.183.84.89 (talk) 02:05, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

I worked at its headquarters from October 2017 to November 2018. During that time, I didn't observe any active company support of any religion or proof of former support for any religion, but I did observe active internal support of a few anti-Christian causes. Please regard these statements as original research and take heed of my WP:COI notice at the top of this page. -JohnAlbertRigali (talk) 03:56, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

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Conflicting statements
"As of July 2018, Dollar General operates 15,000 stores[4][1] in the 48 contiguous United States." "Areas served	Contiguous United States (except for the Northwest)" There are no Dollar General stores in Washington state, therefore they do not operate stores in the 48 contiguous United States. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:603:4800:2C88:D11:3143:F0C3:2675 (talk) 14:31, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

North Dakota
Hi, I made an edit in "Dollar General" on Wikipedia. I am in North Dakota. First time, I went to DG in Steele, ND in August 2019. DG, the same Mini-Walmart. I drove through and across North Dakota. I suddenly saw these DG stores in Steele, Elgin, Hazen, Beulah, Grafton, Cavalier, Langdon, Gwinner, Belfield, Richardton, Edgeley, Ellendale, Bowman, Valley City, West Fargo, Lakota, 2 Minot, Underwood and Center. Multiple DG Stores in multiple very small towns in all over North Dakota. Counted 42 DG Stores in North Dakota. --Rossdegenstein (talk) 10:34, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

To include or not to include mass shooting at Dollar General Jacksonville location
A reference to the mass shooting at a Dollar General in Jacksonville earlier this month had previously been added to the 2003-present history section of the article by @SuperbowserX, which was later removed by @Counterfeit Purses. References to mass shootings that have occurred in chains have been included and not included in their articles for different reasons.

For example, in 2022 there was a mass shooting at a Tops Supermarket in Buffalo, New York, and while a mention of the shooting was originally added to the article, it was later decided that it should be removed due to the fact that it did not effect the business as a whole, and just impacted one location.

On the other hand, when there was a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, it was decided that a reference to the shooting should be kept due to the fact that shooting impacted the way that the company would conduct its business, such as changing its policy in relation to the sale of firearms.

While it is also true that with other mass shootings that had occurred at businesses, such as the most recent other example with the Cook's Corner article mentioning the mass shooting that occurred there earlier this month despite no clear overarching impact to business, these locations are not chains, so the impact to the business is much more clear in that sense.

For this reason, and to avoid any possible edit warring I have brought this up here. Personally, in accordance to how the shootings were handled in regard to the Tops and Walmart articles, I am in favor of not including a reference to the shooting unless something significant changes as a result of this shooting in the business. RaskBunzzz (talk) 09:29, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

 * I thought the same thing. I remember the Talk:Tops_Friendly_Markets topic. Waffle House article don't mention the incidents anymore. Cwater1 (talk) 04:27, 2 September 2023 (UTC)

"General Dollar" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=General_Dollar&redirect=no General Dollar] has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:29, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Controversies NPOV
"Perpetuating economic distress" in the controversies section seems to be quoting some opinions, but without saying the source. This sounds like it's being presented as fact. 172.58.139.158 (talk) 19:48, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

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Sunset High School (Beaverton, Oregon)

Sunset High School is a public high school in Beaverton, Oregon, United States. The school currently offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. It opened in 1959 and is the second oldest of the six high schools in the Beaverton School District. Sunset's athletic teams are known as the Apollos.

History
The school opened in January 1959, initially with freshman and sophomore students only, adding juniors in the fall and its first senior class in September 1960.

Senator Robert F. Kennedy spoke at a student-organized mock Democratic Convention held at Sunset High School on May 17, 1968, less than three weeks before his assassination on June 5.

Location
Sunset High School is located in the predominantly unincorporated area known as Cedar Mill. Although it has always had a Portland street address, it has never actually been within the city of Portland proper. From 1959 to 1999, the school property was unincorporated land in Washington County, with it being in the Cedar Mill census-designated place as of the 1990 U.S. Census. In 1999 the Sunset High School grounds (including the adjacent swimming pool) were annexed by the city of Beaverton. Nevertheless, as of 2022 the school's mailing address remains a "Portland" address, as is the case for almost all of Cedar Mill.

Demographics
As of 2021–22, 50.5% of students are white, 11.4% Hispanic or Latino, 27.3% Asian, 1.3% African American, 0.4% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, 0.3% American Indian/Alaska Native, and 8.6% two or more races. The 2021–22 enrollment was 2,003.

Academics
In 1983, Sunset High School was honored in the Blue Ribbon Schools Program, the highest honor a school can receive in the United States.

In 2008, 84% of the school's seniors received a high school diploma. Of 498 students, 409 graduated, 59 dropped out, five received a modified diploma, and 25 were still in high school in 2009.

State titles
State championships (Oregon School Activities Association) won by Sunset High School:
 * Football: 1975, 1976
 * Basketball (boys): 1975, 1987
 * Baseball: 1965, 1994
 * Cross country (boys): 1980, 1982, 1984
 * Cross country (girls): 1976, 1984, 1988, 1989, 2013, 2015
 * Dance/Drill: 2014
 * Golf (boys): 1986, 1990, 1993, 1994
 * Speech and Debate: 2021
 * Soccer (boys): 1985 (tie)
 * Soccer (girls): 1990
 * Swimming (boys): 1965, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
 * Swimming (girls): 1983, 1984, 1985, 1994, 2017, 2018
 * Track and field (boys): 1994, 2011
 * Track and field (girls): 1977, 1978
 * Tennis (boys): 1972, 1977, 1981, 1982
 * Tennis (girls): 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1990, 2019

Notable alumni

 * Brenda Bakke, actress
 * Brady Clark, Major League Baseball player
 * Caspar Corbeau, Dutch-American swimmer
 * Tom Drougas, professional American football coach and former player
 * Andrew Gregor, former professional soccer player
 * Stephanie Kaza, professor emeritus of environment and natural resources
 * Phil Keisling, Oregon Secretary of State
 * Patrick Lachman, heavy metal guitarist and vocalist
 * Susan M. Leeson, attorney and former judge
 * Landen Lucas, professional basketball player
 * Drew Martin, collegiate and professional basketball player
 * Patrick O'Hearn, musician, composer
 * E. Werner Reschke, businessman and politician
 * Joe Sacco, comics artist and journalist
 * Katee Sackhoff, actress
 * Garrett Sim, basketball player
 * Royal Skousen, professor of linguistics and English
 * Randall Sullivan, author and journalist
 * Courtney Taylor, singer-songwriter
 * Tommy Thayer, rock guitarist, KISS
 * Aaron Woods, professional football player

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Jukka-Pekka Saraste

Jukka-Pekka Saraste (born 22 April 1956) is a Finnish conductor and violinist.

Biography
Saraste was born in Heinola He was trained as a violinist. He later studied conducting at the Sibelius Academy with Jorma Panula in the same class as Esa-Pekka Salonen and Osmo Vänskä. Before becoming a conductor, Saraste was co-principal second violinist and later an associate to Leif Segerstam, with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (RSO).

In 1983, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Saraste co-founded the Avanti! Chamber Orchestra, which specialises in performances of contemporary music. In 2000, Saraste also founded the Ekenäs Summer Concerts-Festival with the Finnish Chamber Orchestra, and he is currently the artistic advisor to both Festival and Orchestra. Saraste has directed the Finnish Chamber Orchestra on several tours, including tours in the United States and China.

In 1987, Saraste became the chief conductor of the RSO, and held the position until 2001. In 1987, he also became the principal conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and remained with the orchestra until 1991. Saraste now holds the title of Conductor Laureate of the RSO. He has twice recorded the complete symphonies of Jean Sibelius with the RSO.

Saraste became Music Director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in 1994. The later years of his tenure were marked by strife over the orchestra's financial difficulties, several musicians' strikes, and his unsuccessful efforts to improve the acoustics at Roy Thomson Hall. During the 1999 labour dispute, Saraste had offered to serve as mediator in the situation. Saraste stepped down from his Toronto post in 2001.

From 2002 to 2005, Saraste served as the principal guest conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. In August 2006, he became Music Director of the Oslo Philharmonic, with an initial contract of 5 years. In June 2009, his Oslo contract was extended through the 2012–2013 season. He concluded his Oslo tenure after the 2012–2013 season. In December 2006, the Lahti Symphony Orchestra announced the appointment of Saraste as its artistic advisor from 2008 through 2011, and Artistic Director of the Lahti Sibelius Festival in 2008. In November 2008, the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne announced the appointment of Saraste as its next principal conductor, effective with the 2010–2011 season. He served in the post through the 2018–2019 season. In April 2022, the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra announced the appointment of Saraste as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2023–2024 season, with an initial contract of 3 years.

Saraste was awarded the Finnish State Prize for Music in 2000. He has received a Doctor honoris causa from York University (Toronto), and he is a Sibelius Medallist. Other honours also include the Sibelius Prize, awarded in Norway.

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Talk:Johannes Vermeer

Old conversation
I made a redirect here from Jan Vermeer (though nothing links to it), but shouldn't the article be at Jan Vermeer instead? They get about an equal number of Google hits (38 800 for Johannes, 34 000 for Jan), but my first instinct when I was looking for him here today was to search for Jan. Adam Bishop 04:41, 23 Nov 2003 (UTC)

 * I've always heard him referred to as Johannes. -- Viajero 10:59, 23 Nov 2003 (UTC)

The museums here could use links, many have articles. -- Jmabel 00:25, Sep 23, 2004 (UTC)
 * I have done a bit of this Notjim 13:36, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

TO DO: mention the role Vermeer played in Proust at a time before he had reached his current popularity. Notjim 13:36, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok, I added a link under influences Notjim 14:02, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Also, the Italian version of this is fantastic, it has an entry for every one of the pictures, anyone fancy translating the Italian? Notjim 13:44, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Finally, I added the new one: A Young Woman seated at the Virginals, maybe someone would like to *comment on this attributation in the main text, I amn't really qualified, my understand is just that it is widely accepted. Notjim 14:02, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Just the facts, ma'am
1. Let me get this straight. We're told about the theft of The Love Letter in 1971, but not The Concert, 19 years closer to our era. Which, still missing, reduced the no. of Vermeers whose whereabouts are known by 1/34.

2. As for the former:  No, we needn't know whether the painting was ever recovered. "Yesterday a world figure was assassinated. Turning to the weather ..."

3. And we certainly don't care to know when the most Vermeers were ever exhibited in 1 place. A mere almost-2/3 of 'em were assembled for the 1st time since, oh, Bill Clinton was president. Wait a minute. He was president when that happened.

No hurry. The article's been online for 19 yrs. It can wait another 19.

(I hesitate to make these fixes myself, since I'm not an expert on the topic.)

And the above notwithstanding: This is a solid article, w/ scholarship well exceeding Wiki's often armchair-amateur writing. I usu. find Wiki's grading too lenient. Here, perhaps something higher than 'B' is deserved.

Jimlue (talk)

What’s his full name?
Why is his name written “ Johannes Reijniersz Vermeer” in the section “Marriage and family”, but in the lead paragraph his name is written “ Johannes Vermeer”?

Does he have a middle name? 2601:1C0:8380:16E0:CCF0:E9C:316:A8E8 (talk) 17:41, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

Contradiction
The article mentions his eldest daughter Maria, but she is not listed on the 10 children of his whose names are known. — THORNFIELD HALL (Talk) 23:28, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

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Yo, on your user page you have "polish-style" comma before "that". You may want to consider changing it, as it's not apropriate in english and it is somewhat confusing. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 193.0.96.15 (talk) 17:56, 25 January 2007 (UTC).

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Talk:Population groups in Israel

"everyone belongs to one of the religious groups for this purpose (generally the traditional one for their family). "

I don't want to "belong" to any religious group and neither did my parents. If I lived in Israel how would I get to "belong" to some group? Perhaps some government official would research the religions of my grandparents and assign me one of those?

 * Perhaps someone better acquainted with this issue will correct me, but my understanding is that people can choose one of the non-Jewish classifications more or less freely but some evidence is needed in order to get classified as a Jew. Moreover, even if the state gives you an ID card with "Jewish" on it, your background can still be investigated if you want to get married or something like that and you may be refused permission if something amiss is discovered. --Zero 14:05, 23 Nov 2003 (UTC)

 * If I wanted "something like that" and "something amiss is discovered" by the lady involved, I guess I would be "refused permission".   :>)

 * I wanted to know more about this but what little information there was has now been deleted.
 * I created a page for the Chief Rabbinate of Israel (just containing an external link to a US govt. doc.) but it has also been deleted. --anon

 * That is because if you want to create an article, a solitary external link is not sufficient. It doesn't qualify as an article and is therefore deleted. --snoyes 18:47, 23 Nov 2003 (UTC)

 * I'm a newbie, but after some research I see that this is "actively discouraged" ==? "deleted". But I would still like to see more about the religious laws in Israel especially relating to non-Jews.

There are a few things in the article I am not sure are correct.

Israeli law also allows the immediate non-Jewish family of immigrants to immigrate --I think that this is a ministerial standing order rather than a law. The immigration law (not the L of R) says that the responsible government minister can allow persons to immigrate other than those specified in the L of R, and family members are given such permission according to rules stated by the minister. Recently some Palestinian family members were explicitly excluded by law. Both these things should be in the article after checking. it is a deliberately wider, so as to include those non-Jewish relatives of Jews who were perceived to be Jewish, and thus faced anti-Semitism. --I'd like to see evidence that this was ever the reason. My understanding is that it was just a matter of allowing families to stay together, which would obviously be a popular sentiment. No other explanation is required. --Zero 14:05, 23 Nov 2003 (UTC)

In fact, you are right, and not in all cases. This standing order was made with regard to immigrants arriving after the collapse of the Soviet Union. There are, however, problems, particularly with regard to the Falash Mura of Ethiopia, some of whom have immediate relations in Israel, but whose immigration is being hindered (and I am being generous here). As for your second point, while anti-Semitism has occasionally been cited as a reason by the Hebrew-language press, the main factor was, as you mentioned, family reunification. Some simple corrections are therefore in order: In many instances, Israel also allows the immediate non-Jewish family of immigrants to immigrate, and just cut out the bit of anti-Semitism so that it reads it is a deliberately wider, so as to include those non-Jewish relatives of Jews who were perceived to be Jewish.'' Danny 14:28, 23 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Just to clarify this, the Law of Return itself includes the children and grandchildren of Jews, and the spouses of those. The discussion above relates to other close relatives such as parents and siblings. --Zero 14:44, 23 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Agreed. Thanks for clarifying. Some things I just take for granted ... :) It is interesting that a lot of the Law of Return is a response to Nuremberg definitions, and therefore tends to mimic them. (Oh, boy, was that controversial ...). Danny 14:49, 23 Nov 2003 (UTC)

 * That is what I said to begin with! Germany's infamous Nuremberg laws did not only target Jews. They also targeted non-Jewish relatives of Jews, as Germans perceived them to be Jews. Thus, to save such people from later anti-Semitic persecutions, the State of Israel effectively said that "We don't care if you are Jewish are according to Jewish law; if you are persecuted as a Jew because you are related to Jews, we will give you a home to be safe in." RK 15:06, Nov 23, 2003 (UTC)

 * How such people should be handled once they get to the State of Israel is another issue. Obviously, we shouldn't allow Hitler or other Jew haters to tell us who is, and who isn't a Jew. It is up to the Jewish community to define its own parameters. Also, many of these people do not identify as Jews, and fewer observe Judaism as a religion. It seems to me that it would be wrong to force such an identity upon them without their consent. RK 15:06, Nov 23, 2003 (UTC)

Beyond the first paragraph these topics are discussed on the Jews page (except for the Israeli legal definition which should be added there). --anon So I would like to move the "Israeli legal definition" to the Jews page and the remainder (beyond the first paragraph) to the Talk:Jew page with a suggestion that any non-redundant information be blended in to the Jews page.

 * I disagree. Some duplication of material is unavoidable, and desirable, in encyclopedia articles. Many Wikipedia (and Britannica) articles have some modest amount of information overlap. It is necessary so that article do not become overly fragmented. Wikipedia is not paper; we have infinite space. It is Ok is two paragraphs are duplicated! RK 01:32, Nov 25, 2003 (UTC)

 * "Some duplication of material is unavoidable, and desirable". Possibly, but this is a very small article. The first paragraph is redundant with Demographics of Israel, two are redundant with "Who is a Jew" under Jews and the remainder logically belongs there and would not overly fragment anything. Presumably we are doing this for the benefit of an (uninformed) reader who does not want to wade through infinite redundant cruft. Why have separate pages for "Population Groups" and "Demographics"?

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Talk:Fruits Basket

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Akitaro Daichi and Natsuki Takaya
Has there been other sources about their creative differences (including interviews where Takaya has explicitly stated she did not want a second season)? The only one I found was this post by the founder of Anime News Network, Justin Sevakis: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/bbs/phpBB2//viewtopic.php?p=993823#993823 However, I was hoping a better source would be supplied. lullabying (talk) 00:25, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
 * In regard to my edit in which I removed this from the article, here is an image of Animage USA April 2006 that confirms what I was saying (this person is a friend of my friend). Whether Sevakis' story is true or not is not confirmable, as I mentioned in the edit. Sarcataclysmal (talk) 04:46, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

Madman Entertainment and license (anime)
I realised that one of my edits was reverted because apparently Funimation does not oversee Australian release. However, the licensed by infobox section should list master licensee, not who oversees distribution. Madman certainly does not hold master license in Australia for Fruits Basket (at least currently). A future release by Madman is branded as a Funimation release with Madman only handling distribution (the catalogue number is Funimation's with MM appended to it, and other titles are being distributed the same way). Furthermore, the series is available in Australia and New Zealand through FunimationNow, thus meaning that Funimation holds the streaming rights in Australia and New Zealand. I propose that the listed licensee for Australasia to at least be changed to Funimation. Alex Tenshi (talk) 08:17, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

 * In addition to the evidence above where this title is a Funimation release with Madman handling distribution, Madman staff has confirmed that this distribution deal is indeed not a licensing agreement. As this title is part of the new Madman and Funimation distribution partnership, Madman are local distributors of the series, and NOT licensees, which Madman staff has stated in a public forum is the case. As such, I've changed licensed by section in the infobox for Australasia to Funimation. Alex Tenshi (talk) 13:42, 8 January 2019 (UTC)

Differences between anime and manga
I tagged the "Differences between anime and manga" section because most of it contains original research. The sources listed for that section only consists of primary sources. I think having it mentioned slightly in the "anime" section is fine, but I don't see why it is necessary to give it its own section solely for analysis. It violates WP:ORIGINAL. lullabying (talk) 22:15, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

Sohma, not Soma
Per recent edits, I'm gonna go ahead and place a hidden comment in the lead specifying that the last name here is Sohma, Soma. Not only is that the romanisation in the actual English-language editions of the manga, but a brief look at the sources used throughout this article show them using Sohma, not Soma.--Ineffablebookkeeper (talk) ({{ping}} me!) 14:19, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

Removal of reverse harem category
I really don't think this series fits within the "Category:Male harem anime and manga" category, and am planning to remove it. I understand that the page has sources for the category, but they only contain a brief one-sentence mention of Fruits Basket being a harem, without any elaboration. I believe this misunderstanding is summed up well in this article:

https://www.slashfilm.com/573302/the-quarantine-stream-fruits-basket/ "The idea of several hot men who transform into cute animals living under the same roof of a naive girl has led many to miscategorize Fruits Basket as a reverse harem anime — a trope that describes a fluffy romance between one girl and her many varied suitors."

Labeling it as a harem is drawn more from the synopsis of the series than its actual content. The series' cast is actually very gender-balanced, not comprised of a majority male cast, and the large cast of characters (both male and female) are not presented as romantic interests for the main character (unlike the anime series Clannad for example where the main character has at least 4 romantic interests). There doesn't seem to be much reasoning for why Fruits Basket should be considered a reverse-harem. Wiki-o-media (talk) 02:51, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

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snoyes 04:45, 23 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Hi Angela, thanks for moving KX-T2365E to Wikibooks. I've moved it from your user page to the transwiki namespace. If ever you are moving a page from here to another Wikimedia project and you're not sure whether it should really be an article or you don't know how to format it, just put it in the transwiki namespace so that those who know about the project can deal with it and move it to the main namespace. If you go to transwiki at any of the sister projects, you should be redirected to a page where you can log the move. For example, at Wikibooks you are redirected to Wikibooks:Transwiki_log. There is more information at transwiki. If you have any more questions about it let me know as the scheme is fairly new so the instructions might not make a lot of sense yet. Angela. 07:05, Jan 12, 2004 (UTC)

Hello PMC, thank you for standing up in regard to my original rendering of Cronus for that entry. I eventually found the original image I based it on and showed it to some of those people who were complaining that I made up the idea of Cronus appearing that way. Unfortunately, the discussion continued to escalate until certain individuals were deliberately insulting my illustrations, which have all been removed save the one on my identity page (and I'll be that hasn't got long). After that it got into name calling, but things have cooled down since then. Point is, I appreciated your kindness. Thanks.---Lizard_King (Jan 19, 2004)

Hello PMC, as you seemed to like one of my images, you now have the ability to vote on whether or not an entry keeps my image. Please visit Talk:Yeti for more information.--Lizard_King (Jan 19,2004)

And again hello PMC. I am sorry that you felt it necessary to vote against my rendering of the Yeti image. I think you have the wrong impression of me, and are not being entirely fair. Many of these people who are against my illustrations have been extremely rude to me and, for the most part, I have not responded in kind. But, I am human and from time to time I will snap at someone. You shouldn't hold one person to a standard and another to a different standard. If you just look at the onslaught of flames that have been rallied against me you might begin to see that I am not all that bad after all.Lizard King (11pm 1-20-04)

Thank you for responding. Though, I am a little confused. I thought you had made the statement in a forum that you would not support anything I did because of the prank I played on Tuf-Kat (making it look like he was hot for sasquatch). Tuf-Kat and I already exchanged apologies, me for my innaproriate action, and he for his insult to my artwork and contributions to various entries. The problem I have been having with UTHERSRG is not the same story. You have to realize that many of these characters I am having difficulty with take every little mistake I make and blow it way out of proportion and telecast it. Then when they do unethical things (so numerous that you can't keep track) it goes unnoticed because I only honestly don't care enough about them to try to prove that they are doing something. Lizard King 06:23, 21 Jan 2004 (UTC)

PS If you like my images check the ones linked to my user page out.

Request for Comment
Requests for comment/Homegrown images - UtherSRG 16:33, 5 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Poll notification
Jack (now known as Sam Spade) created a poll at Talk:Atheism/Godvrs.god poll on the capital G issue in atheism, so I figured I should drop a note about it to all the major participants in the editing on that article since Jan 11. I just went through the edit history clicking names that looked prominent, so if you aren't interested in the issue feel free to ignore it. Bryan 05:31, 12 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Hinduism
Hi, Sam Spade replaced Parabrahma with Brahma in the List of deities article. As I don't know that much about hinduism, I'm not sure who is right? -- till we *) 11:52, 15 May 2004 (UTC)

Voudun vs. Voodoo
I noticed you changed Voodoo to Voudun in the List of religions page. The Voudun page was recently renamed as Voodoo because somebody suggested it is more commonly used, even though personally I've always considered Voudun or Vodun to be the correct pronunciation. Maybe you could convice everyone to change the name back to Voudun. COGDEN 02:22, 17 May 2004 (UTC)

Acara on List of Neopets
Just a couple of questions:

1- Can you point me to another source that suggests an aquatic background for Acaras? (I've been trying to avoid speculation unless there is a source.)

2-I'm probably going to remove the paragraph on colors. Unless we are going to add such a paragraph for every species (which would be enormously redundant), there's not much point. Would that be a problem? --[[User:Aranel|Aranel ("Sarah")]] 13:58, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)

In answer to your answer: 1-Okay, that's cool, I'll go with you on the Acara, I just forgot that, I think.

2-What if instead of listing the different colors, we just include a ink to Neocolours at the bottom or top of the page? Then, we could list highlights (like the fact that the pink Lenny is a flamingo and the spotted Kau looks like a real black-and-white cow) in the article, withou going into great detail. I really think a link to Neocolours would be more effective and appropriate than spelling out which pet can be turned Faerie and which can be turned Mutant. --[[User:Aranel|Aranel ("Sarah")]] 20:31, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)

(In answer to your answer to my answer to your...yeah, you know what I mean.) Yay! We have reached the magical realm of consensus! I would, however, avoid listing the actual number of colors, as this changes regularly. (Unless you really want to be editing the article several times a week...) --[[User:Aranel|Aranel ("Sarah")]] 23:28, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Historical abbots
Hi Premeditated Chaos,

is there a specific reason why you redirect all (two) of my abbots to a page historical abbots? There are a lot more than these, also partially linked to by my articles, e.g. Boniface and Willibrord. Integrating their full texts on a single page would become quite a mess. I suggest you make a List of historical abbots containing links to the respective articles or a Category instead. I am going to revert your changes if you don't mind.

Best regards, Ravn 09:49, 2 Nov 2004 (UTC)

 * I see. And melikes your argument a lot better than the last one. So if you feel like nipping some more churchcruft in the bud, go ahead. I know now why you're doing it. Ravn 10:22, 3 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Thanks!
Hi, I just wanted to say thanks for all your help with dealing with Ciz on Talk:Zoophilia. It's very appreciated indeed. ^_^ -- Schnee 01:21, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Cheshire cat
Okay, it was POV, but I disagree that the disney abomination is the one most people know, fwiw. --Tagishsimon (talk)
 * It would be handy if we could fine a slightly larger version of the Tenniel image ... and I think the placement on the left is not good. It looks terrible in 1600.1200. --Tagishsimon (talk)
 * Try that. Oh, and I'm taking a guess that the Disney thing was 1951... --Tagishsimon (talk)
 * Your call on the full bodied third image. As for placement, I assure you it did suck quite badly as it was - it threw the section heading out to the right. I'd vote in favour of presenting the three images in date order, and keeping the width of the two largest images equal. But it's all yours now. Probably ;) --Tagishsimon (talk)
 * That, as you young people say, is wicked! Any possibility we could include the date (2000) in the caption for completeness? Tenniel, of course, would spin so much that we could harness him to produce electricity. (Actually, I think he'd quite like it; it is a v.good image, beats disney into a cocked hat.) --Tagishsimon (talk)

Modernism
Hi, I've been away for a few days, hence the silence. Thanks for your very kind words on WP:FA. Filiocht 08:40, Nov 29, 2004 (UTC)

The Humungous Image Tagging Project
Hi. You've helped with the WikiProject Wiki Syntax, so I thought it worth alerting you to the latest and greatest of Wikipedia fixing project, User:Yann/Untagged Images, which is seeking to put copyright tags on all of the untagged images. There are probably, oh, thirty thousand or so to do (he said, reaching into the air for a large figure). But hey: they're images ... you'll get to see lots of random pretty pictures. That must be better than looking for at at and the the, non? You know you'll love it. best wishes --Tagishsimon (talk)

 * You're young and Canadian. I'm old & English. We both have our handicaps :) I recall (now that I've reread your talk page) that we spoke about the Cheshire Cat some weeks ago. Since I'm slightly unsure of the full story, this will be an incomplete explanation, but I'm rather expecting my partner will in the next day or so paint a fairly large rendition of your funky contemporary Cheshire Cat on a 4 by 3 foor piece of wood. Umm. Because someone asked her to. Something to do with a party being held in the wilds of Northumberland. Your guess is as good as mine at this point. There you go. --Tagishsimon (talk)

From FT2
See talk page over Ciz and ArbCom. Thanks. FT2 20:16, Dec 9, 2004 (UTC)

Bad PMC! Bad!

Still no cookie for you! Shame on thee!

Cookie tastes better then ice pack, mind you... :)

YOU
you voted to keep that dumb page and yours is dumb too! It's a vanity article! Cestlavie 02:22, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Insultations
You're being rude.

 * Yes, I quite agree. This kind of behaviour is unacceptable Pre! *giggles* --fvw *  02:31, 2004 Dec 15 (UTC)
 * You're right. I am a terrible person. I admit it. Yep. Absolutely unacceptable in a civilized (hah! =P) Wiki community. But I didn't say I would apologize, did I now? [[User:Premeditated Chaos| P M  C ]] 02:44, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Oh dear, more ballistic WikiLove... *covers PMC in ice packs* :) :: DarkLordSeth 12:40, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * Mmm, I know, I know. I'm just not to keen on being an too active participant in any online communities. It's not the insulting and abusive people though, I don't really mind them. Hey, I used to troll myself so chances are I'll enjoy a good insult and take the opportunity to verbally flay 'em alive! Otherwise I'm pretty much outspoken and I'll openly disagree with anyone, including myself at times. It's just a long story, but if I don't get too involved there's little chance of me stepping on someone's long toes! :D :: DarkLordSeth 02:50, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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Talk:Neith

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The planet Venus was once thought to have a moon, which was called Neith. Perhaps. But this is the kind of statement that needs a little who what when where why huh Wetman 04:49, 23 Nov 2003 (UTC)~

There's more at the Venus (planet) article. RickK 04:52, 23 Nov 2003 (UTC)

I didn't write the entire article, I just added some tidbits. That was already there when I got here; I know nothing about astronomy so I can't add anything to the article in that regard. Premeditated_Chaos

The line "Plutarch said her temple (of which nothing now remains) bore the inscription: I am All That Has Been, That Is, and That Will Be. No mortal has yet been able to lift the veil that covers Me." contradicts the Sais, Egypt article, which asserts that this was written on a temple of Isis, not Neith. I don't know which, if either is correct. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.231.7.21 (talk) 08:43, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: I have added additional information about Neith's cosmic qualities as goddess of the non-visible elliptical sky above the visible sky, which impacts upon her role as both creatrix and as mother of the sun. This entire article is somewhat garbled as it appears a great deal of "New Age" information has been added in that does not reference actual scholarly information about this goddess. I have tried to remove where I can, but a review of this article and possible rewrite is suggested. I am willing to rewrite if OK'd. Kgriffisgreenberg (talk) 16:44, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

 * Thank you for your additions. You're very welcome to do a rewrite. Most of these ancient Egyptian religion articles are practically unattended. I keep an eye on them to keep them from getting worse, but in most cases I don't have the time or sources to do more. Just be sure to cite sources for—well, just about everything what you write. It's preferable to cite sources in a format like this: . That way, the sources will appear in footnotes at the bottom of the article. Happy editing. A. Parrot (talk) 18:47, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

Neith's creation myth
I've heard numerous times about Neiths being originally a creation goddess, having created the world in one version of an Egyptian creation myth. But never a clear story. There are clearer stories about the creation myth of Ra, Ptah, Atum etc. But never that much about Neith. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.62.42.17 (talk) 13:25, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Neith was considered as a very old deity, even by the Ancient Egyptians. In fact, according to the Pyramid Text, Neith is indeed considered as the eldest of all Ancient Egyptian goddess. This might support the fact that Neith may, in fact, be one of the primeval creator deities of the complex Ancient Egyptian Religion. In addition to this, many contemporary authors regard Neith as the true mother of Ra (who represented the Beginning of Everything from its chaotic, primordial being) - but this is, of course, just one of the many interpretations that we have. Even more, Neith was sometimes seen as a goddess of fate because she was associated with the Weaving Shuttle - where she was said to weave the Strands of Fate (analogous to the Hellenic/Greek Sisters of Fate), thus associating her with Creations, Destiny and, of course, Death. Remember the fact that these stories are just myths and all its meanings are very much inconsistent and often lost to our modern understandings - leaving them open to contemporary interpretations 203.87.203.190 (talk) 06:15, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

"Ex Nihilo"
The Egyptian myth recalled here does not depict creation ex nihilo as asserted in the article. Ex nihilo means "out of nothing;" the myth describes Neith creating the land out of the "waters of chaos." If you have water, or chaos, or anything else out of which to create, you are not creating ex nihilo. I will be ammending the article accordingly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.153.242.91 (talk) 12:35, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

Isn't that a Was in her hand?
This page, and the page "Goad", say she is carrying a goad. I'm more familiar with that staff being a Was. I've never heard it referred to as a goad before. Then again I'm no expert in the field of Hieroglyphs. Does anyone know which is correct (or if both are)? Magma (talk) 11:12, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

 * It's definitely a was staff. From what I understand, the origin of the was is uncertain, and one of the suggestions floating around may be that it derived from some kind of goad. But the theory I've heard (and I think there was at least one reliable source that mentioned this) says that the was came from a snake-handling tool. Anyway, it's more certain that it was a was staff, and it's more useful to the reader to link to the article about the staff. So I did that. Thanks for pointing this out. A. Parrot (talk) 18:39, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

Connection with Tanit
This stuff has been in the article for years and I've never cleaned it out. But it looks like unsourced original research, so I've removed it now. In case a source can be found to support it, I'm copying it here.

It is thought that Neith may correspond to the goddess Tanit, worshipped in north Africa by the early Berber culture (existing from the beginnings of written records) and through the first Punic culture originating from the founding of Carthage by Dido.

Ta-nit, meaning in Egyptian the land of Nit, also was a sky-dwelling goddess of war, a virginal mother goddess and nurse, and, less specifically, a symbol of fertility. Her symbol is remarkably similar to the Egyptian ankh and her shrine, excavated at Sarepta in southern Phoenicia, revealed an inscription that related her securely to the Phoenician goddess Astarte (Ishtar). Several of the major Greek goddesses also were identified with Tanit by the syncretic interpretatio graeca, which recognized as Greek deities in foreign guise the gods of most of the surrounding non-Hellene cultures.

A. Parrot (talk) 17:43, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

 * Reasonable.
 * I came to comment at the end of the fourth paragraph of section "Symbolism":

"It has been suggested the hunt/war features of Neith’s imagery may indicate her origin from Libya, located west and southwest of Egypt, where she was goddess of the combative peoples there."
 * The problem with this paragraph is that, unlike your thesis, it assumes an extant distinct political and cultural entities of Egypt and Libya at a time when such distinctions wouldn't have yet formed.
 * It is more likely that at pre-dynastic/pre-historic times the Libyan desert was a still a less hostile habitat, although becoming increasingly arid, where fauna and flora existed - as attested in pre-historic cave paintings - supporting a spectrum of nomadic communities that spread all to the rims of the swamps of the Nile valley. So it is then natural that the precursors of Nieth and TaNit, as well as Amun and Hammon first came into existence, as well as other common symbolism of north Africa such as the feather of the ostrich, not to mention the language itself, where proto-Egyptian and proto-Amazigh were linked. It has been suggested, for example, that the Berber term for "strong man; ruler" might be derived from nsw-bity (Schneider 1993).
 * --A. Gharbeia (talk) 09:27, 24 March 2017 (UTC)

Bisexual definition
The term "bisexual" as used in the 9th paragraph of the Symbolism section seems confusing. The term is most commonly known today as a sexual preference of both male and female (or no preference), and used less often to describe biologically having characteristics of both genders. Could this be written better as "Hemaphroditic" (having both genders), "Epicene" (having traits of both genders or neither) or "Capable of Parthenogenetic reproduction", as stated in the second paragraph? I'm sure there are other synonyms. Wcichello (talk) 20:42, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

 * I replaced it with "androgynous" for the moment—it's a little more general than "hermaphroditic" and less obscure than "epicene". Feel free to replace it with a different term if you think it works better. A. Parrot (talk) 02:59, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

 * Thank you, it looks good. There is a second instance of bisexual in that paragraph, but it isn't as confusing as the instance that you updated. Thank you again. Wcichello (talk) 19:46, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

Mistake or confusing sentence
"The Greek historian Herodotus (c. 484–425 BC) noted that the Egyptian citizens of Sais in Egypt worshipped Neith. The Greeks ruled Egypt at the time and they sought to draw a syncretic relationship to associate Egyptian deities with those of Greece." - the latter sentence suggests that the greeks ruled Egypt in the time of Herodotus, which is of course incorrect as Egypt was under the Achaemeneid Empire at the time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:2F04:E409:1A00:2C71:4502:50E2:18B4 (talk) 23:58, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

title: Talk:Neith