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Beta Chi Theta

Beta Chi Theta (ΒΧΘ, also Beta Chi) is a South Asian interest collegiate social fraternity in the United States. It is the largest South Asian Fraternity in the United States.

History
Beta Chi Theta originated with eight students at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the spring of 1999. On June 2, 1999, Beta Chi Theta officially received recognition by the university and was granted membership into the UCLA Inter-Fraternity Council. Its eight founders were: • Abu Mathew Abraham

• Hashu Datwani

• Samir Khandhar

• Ankur Kumar

• Ashish Nagdev

• Ankur Parikh

• Roshan Patel

• Ali Zhumkhawala The fraternity's founding principles are creating and maintaining a strong, close-knit brotherhood, honoring tradition, pursuing service to humanity, increasing cultural awareness, promoting academic excellence, and building a unified nationwide network.

The Beta chapter was formed at Baylor University in 2001, making Beta Chi Theta a national fraternity. After adding more chapters, the organization held its first national convention in 2003, where the fraternity's constitution and bylaws were adopted and a national board was established. The group was incorporated as Beta Chi Theta National Fraternity, Inc. in 2004.

On April 23, 2006, Beta Chi Theta became the first nationally recognized South Asian-based fraternity to become a member of the North American Interfraternity Conference (NIC). At the time, it was the youngest fraternity to become a member of the NIC in its 100-year history.

Beta Chi Theta now has chapters and colonies located all over the United States. Although its members are primarily from South Asian backgrounds, membership in Beta Chi Theta has become diverse, with brothers from all backgrounds, races, cultures, religions, and sexual orientations.

Symbols and traditions
The fraternity's colors are black, silver, and white. Its symbol is the rampant lion. Its motto is "Above all else, Brotherhood".

Beta Chi Theta's pillars are Academic Excellence, Brotherhood, Nationwide Network, Service to Humanity, South Asian Awareness, and Tradition.

Philanthropy
The fraternity has two national philanthropy initiatives: Beating Heart Disease and Be the Change.

Beating Heart Disease
In 2009, the fraternity selected cardiac health awareness as its national philanthropy because this is the number one cause of death in the world and it is especially rampant amongst the South Asian population. Since then, it has partnered with the American Heart Association to teach communities how to live a heart-healthy lifestyle and to raise money for cardiac research and education. The Beating Heart Disease program is a series of week-long events held by chapters in the spring of each year to educate students on cardiac health and to raise money for the American Heart Association. An additional aspect of this partnership involves the participation in Heart Walks, which are hosted annually across the nation by the American Heart Association.

Be The Change
Beta Chi Theta partners annually with SAALT (South Asian Americans Leading Together) to host Be The Change service day on university campuses. Be The Change takes place annually in the fall and pays tribute to the life of Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi once said to "be the change you wish to see in the world."

Men's Mental Health
In 2023, Beta Chi Theta announced a new philanthropic focus on raising awareness and funding resources for men's mental health. While there's been an increased focus on mental health in recent years, men continue to be an underserved demographic.

Chapters
Following is a list of Beta Chi Theta chapters and colonies. Active chapters and colonies are indicated in bold. Inactive chapters are in italics.

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Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park

Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park (อุทยานแห่งชาติเขาสามร้อยยอด,, ) is a marine national park in Kui Buri District, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Thailand. It covers 61,300 rai ~ 98 km2 of which 13,050 rai ~ 21 km2 are marine areas. The park was established in 1966, and was the first coastal national park of Thailand. The park includes Thailand's largest freshwater marsh.

Geography
The limestone hills are a sub-range of the Tenasserim Hills that arise at the shore of the Gulf of Thailand, with the highest elevation being Khao Krachom at 605 m. Between the hills are freshwater marshes. Several of these marshes were converted into shrimp farms, as only 22,000 rai ~ 35 km2 of the total 43,000 rai ~ 69 km2 of marshes are part of the national park. A portion, 11,000 rai ~ 18 km2, of these marshes are scheduled to be declared a Ramsar site.

Two white sand beaches are in the park, Hat Laem Sala and Hat Sam Phraya. Hat Laem Sala is 17 km from park headquarters and can be reached from the village Ban Pu either by boat or by climbing up and down over a hill for nearly 30 minutes. Five uninhabited islands lie just offshore.

The park is approximately 58 km south of Hua Hin.

The origin of the name "Khao Sam Roi Yot" is undetermined. Local lore has it that it means 'mountain with 300 peaks', or the range had been an island where 300 survivors from a sinking Chinese junk sought refuge, or the range was named after a local plant called sam roi yot.

Phraya Nakhon Cave
Phraya Nakhon Cave (ถ้ำพระยานคร) is about 500 m from Laem Sala Beach, approximately 17 km north of park headquarters. Visitors can go to the cave by renting a boat or by walking across Tian Mountain. After that, there is a climb up the mountain about 430 m to reach Phraya Nakhon Cave. Its most famous early visitor was King Chulalongkorn.

There is a water well at the foot of the mountain known as Phraya Nakhon Well. It is made of baked clay bricks in a trapezoidal shape.

Phraya Nakhon is a large cave which has a hole in the ceiling allowing sunlight to penetrate. At the top of the hole, there is a stone bridge known as "death bridge" because many wild animals have fallen to their deaths from it.

Khuha Kharuehat Pavilion (พระที่นั่งคูหาคฤหาสน์) is a historic site built for King Chulalongkorn's visit to the region in 1890. At certain times during certain months, the sun will shine directly on it. The pavilion has since become the symbol of the Prachuap Khiri Khan Province. Later kings also visited the cave, including King Vajiravudh and King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

Klong Khao Daeng
Klong Khao Daeng is a 4 km stream running deep into mangrove forests at one end and at its mouth freshwater and seawater collide. The mangroves consist of the samae thalay (grey mangrove), kongkang bai lek (true mangrove), kongkang bai yai (red mangrove), and chakhram (herbaceous seepweed).

Climate
The temperature in winter (between October - February) ranges from 18˚C to 25˚C.

The temperature in summer (between March - May) ranges from 23˚C to 32˚C.

The temperature in the monsoon season (between June - September) ranges from 20˚C to 30˚C.

Fauna
The park is home to a variety of birds, including the common kingfisher, the black-capped kingfisher, the collared kingfisher, the little heron, the little egret, and the Javan pond-heron. Wildlife found in the mangroves includes pla teen (mudskippers), pu kam dab (fiddler crabs), ling samae (the crab-eating macaque), collared kingfisher (nok kin pieo), snapping shrimp (kung deed khan), mud creeper (hoi khika), and oysters (hoi nangrom). Rare animals in the park include the mainland serow (Nemorhaedus sumatraensis), dusky langurs (Trachypithecus obscurus), fishing cats (Prionailurus viverrinus) (เสือปลา; ), as well as many bird species. At sea, Irrawaddy dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) are sometimes seen.

History
Khao Sam Roi Yot was probably where King Mongkut hosted European guests on 18 August 1868 to observe a total solar eclipse. The king was interested in astronomy and had calculated the date and location of the eclipse himself. His calculations proved better—by about two seconds—than those of French astronomers, who acknowledged his accuracy. He contracted malaria, possibly during that event, and died on 1 October.

The national park was created on 28 June 1966, with an original area of 38,300 rai ~ 61 km2. It was enlarged with 23,000 rai ~ 37 km2 on 1 April 1982.

Archaeology
The discovery of 3,000 years old cave paintings was announced by archaeologists from the Fine Arts Office in May in 2020. Some of the depicted pictures are still visible and clear, while some paintings were damaged by limestone etching. According to archeologist Kannika Premjai, paintings describe humanlike figures with accessories on their bodies, hunting scenes with bow and arrow. Moreover, there is also an animal figure seems to be serow (a goat-like mammal found regionally) found among the drawings. In October 2020, more rock art was discovered in unmapped caves in Sam Roi Yot National Park, dating back to between 2,000 to 3,000 years ago.

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La Plata, Maryland
This page need to be disambiguated with La Plata, Charles County, Maryland. Search on "La Plata" comes instantly here.

(There are other La Platas in the US, but I do not know if they are in Wiki.

Walt

 * La Plata is one of the largest cities in Argentina, capital of Argentina's largest province, with an internationally important paleontological museum, on the Rio de la Plata by which 20 million people live. I think it's right that this is the La Plata, but perhaps a line at the top to redirect the occasional searcher for another, much smaller La Plata to a disambiguation page could be useful. Mtiedemann 00:16, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)

That has been done now. There is both a link from this page to the La Plata Maryland page, and also a link from La Plata Maryland to this one. I guess the reason why this page is the "La Plata" is also historical, when I started this page there was no other "La Plata" in Wikipedia. S

name La Plata
What does the name La Plata mean? Why was this name chosen? G Clark 00:08, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

 * La Plata  means The Silver, and its named after the Rio de la Plata river. Argentina, on the other hand, comes from the latin word Argentum, also meaning silver. This name was chosen by the Spanish Conquistadores because they though those lands where rich in this material.

 * Never the less, the English name of the Rio de la Plata is River Plate instead of River of Silver or Silver River, named form with old English, when the word Plate was taken from French (Etymology: Plate \Plate\, noun. [Old French plate a plate of metal, a cuirsas, French plat a plate, a shallow vessel of silver, other metal, or earth, from plat flat, Greek.] ) Mariano (t/c) 07:11, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Thank you G Clark 10:57, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Facts versus hear say
Some people have added some things without any proper justification. For example, the Freemason symbolism of La Plata. I think that this statements should be either justified with enough facts to make them uncontroversial, or properly qualified in their character of speculations, or urban myths. Also, I think it is not very useful to put vague statements like "personalities from the spanish speaking world came to La Plata to work in the University" Who are they? When did they come? S.
 * In any case, such dubious or vague claims need to be supported by citations. If no citations are forthcoming, the claims should be removed.  Skinsmoke (talk) 18:11, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 05:55, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Map
I lived in greater La Plata for seven days short of a year. I learned the street numbers while I was there, but it has been a while, so I don't remember what the street numbers change to when going northwest across the tracks. However, I'm not just interested for my own personal knowledge. La Plata is a planned city that has (as far as I know) a unique way of numbering the streets. There should be a map of this city that we could use on this page, along with how and why the streets are numbered like this. — Val42 (talk) 17:27, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
 * i think this can help http://www.laplatamagica.com.ar/mapa.htm -- anon —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.255.78.208 (talk) 12:00, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Cut & Paste move
This article was recently cut & paste moved to La Plata, Buenos Aires. I disagree with the move because I believe that La Plata in Argentina easily fulfils the primary usage guideline. The other settlements with the name are villages and a small town in the US and a small town in Colombia. None of them can be seen as being anywhere near as important as a city (pop: 690,000) which is the capital of Buenos Aires Province (pop:15,000,000). If anyone feels that the article needs to be moved, please request it properly on this talkpage. Thanks King of the  North   East  20:59, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Images
This article has too many images, and there are three sections where text gets "sandwiched" between images, or between an image and an infobox or table. Some images should be removed, or there should be more text to make the images more distant from each other (or perhaps both things). This page is a better place to show all the images of the city in an organized gallery MBelgrano (talk) 01:38, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Improving the article's English
It would be useful if english speakers pointed out which parts of the article they find to be in bad english. --Facu89 (talk) 04:04, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

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- The wording and formatting could probably use another polish in general

- There's still some information on here that's either too detailed, belongs on linked pages instead of this one, or both

- The numbers under the Population section don't appear to be correct. I went to INDEC's website and downloaded the 2010 census and it provided a total population of 654,324 (Provincia de Buenos Aires, partido La Plata. Población total por sexo e índice de masculinidad, según edad en años simples y grupos quinquenales de edad. Año 2010) Aorandolph (talk) 22:42, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

Street grid orientation?
La Plata is well known for its rectangular grid layout, which is almost perfectly aligned to a North-South direction (well, the diagonals are, most streets run at 45 degrees to this) except that it's 3 degrees off. Anyone know why it's so close, but not quite? Andy Dingley (talk) 02:11, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

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Geneina

Geneina (sometimes Al-Junaynah or ElGeneina; الجنينة, lit. the little garden) is a city in West Darfur, part of the dar Masalit region, in Sudan. It joined British Sudan at the end of 1919 through the Gilani Agreement, signed between the Masalit Sultanate and the United Kingdom, according to which it became a territory.

Geneina is now the capital of the Sudanese state of West Darfur. As of 2022, it had a population of 538,390 pre-war being one of the most populated cities within the country. According to the UNICEF nearly the entire population are IDPs and a large part are still young children.

During the 2023 Sudan conflict, the Battle of Geneina was fought. This event included the deadly Geneina massacre, in which, as of 19 August 2023, thousands of civilians were killed, mainly Masalits and other non-Arab tribes. The RSF took control of the city by 22 June.

History
The city has the biggest group of Masalit people in Sudan and Darfur. This group was heavily targeted during the War in Darfur but had remained in a state of peace for several years. During the War in Darfur, genocide against the Masalit people caught the attention of the UN, sparking controversy between the organization and Sudan.

In early 2023, tensions rose between the Sudanese Armed Forces, led by the 2021 coup leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces led by Hemedti, remnants of Omar al-Bashir's Janjaweed that committed ethnic cleansing against non-Arab tribes in Darfur. These tensions came to a head on 15 April 2023, when RSF forces attacked Sudanese forces in Khartoum, Merowe, and several cities across Darfur, including Nyala, El Fasher, and Geneina.

Geneina was considered strategic due to its important location in Darfur, it remained a large location for West Darfur and Chadian civilians who had almost no access to food or education due to the deserted regions.

In early 2023, tensions rose between the Sudanese Armed Forces, led by the 2021 coup leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces led by Hemedti, remnants of Omar al-Bashir's Janjaweed that committed ethnic cleansing against non-Arab tribes in Darfur. These tensions came to a head on 15 April, when RSF forces attacked Sudanese forces in Khartoum, Merowe, and several cities across Darfur, including Nyala, El Fasher, and Geneina.

In Geneina, West Darfur governor Khamis Abakar declared a state of emergency on 10 April due to the killing of three people by the Sudanese Alliance, a militia led by the governor. Clashes between Arabs and non-Arabs also broke out in Foro-Baranga, on the border with Chad, on 13 April, leaving 24 people dead.

The city came under siege by RSF and aligned militias by early June, and ended with the RSF gaining control El Geneina by the 22 of June. Up to 15,000 people were killed in Geneina in the Masalit massacres.

History of the name "Geneina"
The word “Geneina” in Sudan means garden, and it is a diminutive of the word paradise, with the resulting meaning of garden or orchard. The city of El Geneina was given this name on account of its green nature, as the city is full of gardens, orchards, and green fields. The name also goes back to Sultan Bahr al-Din, Sultan of Masalit, who was the first to rule the city. It is called “Al-Geneina Enduka”, which is the nickname of Sultan Muhammad Bahr al-Din Enduka. The word Enduka implies extreme generosity.

Climate
Geneina has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh) with two distinct seasons: a short, warm and humid wet season from mid-June to late September, which causes lakes and ponds to form at some points of the year, and a long, hot, desiccating dry season covering the remaining nine months of the year.

Economy
The city is characterized by the presence of many economic sources, and its economy depends on the sectors: agriculture, pastoralism, trade, and services. Agriculture constitutes the sector on which the economy relies the most for soil fertility and the abundance of rain and groundwater. The spread of hashab tree forests around the city has made it an important source for the production of gum arabic. In addition to this, crops such as cotton, tobacco, sorghum, sesame, millet, watermelon, hibiscus, okra and some fruits are grown, such as mango, guava, papaya and orange.

Grazing and livestock raising come in second place as economic resources in the El Geneina area, including cows, goats, and camels.

Trade, including local retail trade and export trade, constitutes a source of wealth and production in the city, in addition to the various services sector.

Demographics
Like many regions of Sudan, a number of different tribes live in the city of El Geneina, which, by virtue of their coexistence and intermarriage, share many common customs, traditions, and popular heritage. Among these tribes are: the Mahamid, the Hausa, the Zaghawa, the Tamah, the Fur, and the Misseriya al - Jabal, the Aranga, and the Kundi, in addition to the tribes coming from central and northern Sudan, including the Ja'alin tribe. The Masalit ethnic group is considered the most important and prominent tribe inhabiting the El Geneina region, which it administers according to the native administration system in Sudan and the Hawakir system prevailing in the region.

Education
In addition to primary and secondary schools at their various levels and courses, there is a university in the city, the University of El Geneina, which has a number of colleges, including the College of Medicine of Geneina. Most of the population is not fully educated and nearly 45% is unemployed as of October 2023.

Transportation
Most of the city's roads are unpaved, but the city has a highway which leads to Nyala. The locality is served by the Geneina Airport and the El Shaheed Sibeira Airport, which hosts the Sudanese Armed Forces, and is used for flights across the country of Sudan. Since the start of the conflict, the airport has been closed and most likely destroyed due to large amounts of shelling and continued fighting. The closest airports to it are Zalingei Airport, which is 110 kilometers (68.3 miles) away, and El Fasher Airport and Adre Airport in Chad.

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Doug E. Doug

Doug E. Doug (born Douglas Bourne; January 7, 1970) is an American actor. He started his career at age 17 as a stand-up comedian. He played the role of Griffin Vesey on the CBS sitcom Cosby, Sanka Coffie in the film Cool Runnings, and the voice of Bernie in the animated film Shark Tale.

Early life
Douglas Bourne was born in Brooklyn, New York to a Jamaican father and African-American mother.

Career
Doug has appeared in a number of films, including Jungle Fever (1991), Hangin' with the Homeboys (1991), Class Act (1992), Cool Runnings (1993), Operation Dumbo Drop (1995), the remake of Disney's That Darn Cat (1997), and Eight Legged Freaks (2002). He was the star of his own short-lived ABC sitcom, Where I Live, a show which won the acclaim of Bill Cosby, and subsequently played Hilton Lucas's boarder and surrogate son Griffin Vesey on Cosby. In 2004, he had a voice role in the animated feature Shark Tale, and also appeared on two episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2004, 2012).

Professional career
Doug E. Doug started off his career as a stand-up comic at the age of 17. Doug was first seen at the Apollo Theater by Russell Simmons, who then asked Doug to write and host a syndicated late-night program Simmons produced called The New Music Report. His entrance into film began when he spoke one line in Spike Lee's film Mo' Better Blues.

Doug is known to movie viewers for his starring role as the spirited pushcart driver turned bobsled racer in Cool Runnings. The movie is loosely based on the true story of the first Jamaica national bobsled team trying to make it to the Winter Olympics.

Doug is also known for his roles as the ne'er do well Willie Stevens in Hangin' with the Homeboys. For this role, he received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Actor. He played a class comedian in Class Act, a soldier enlisted for an unusual duty in Operation Dumbo Drop, an ill-fated high school student in the horror epic Dr. Giggles, and an FBI agent in the 1997 remake of That Darn Cat. In the Warner Bros. science fiction comedy Eight Legged Freaks, he portrayed a paranoid small-town radio host with visions of an alien invasion. In the animated DreamWorks film, Shark Tale, his is the voice of Bernie the jellyfish.

In television, Doug starred in the ABC series Where I Live, a show developed around his life and on which he served as co-producer. In the series, he portrayed Douglas Saint Martin, a quirky teenager growing up in a working-class Caribbean family in New York. Doug also co-hosted the VH-1 series Rock of Ages and spent four season's starring as the character Griffin in the television series Cosby. On the Nickelodeon animated show, Little Bill, Doug voiced Percy the pet store owner. Doug guest-starred in Touched by an Angel, Law and Order: SVU, and NBC's Conviction.

In theater, Doug starred in the musical Purlie. It ran from March 31 through April 3, 2005.

Doug made his debut as a director/producer with the screenplay Citizen James, in which he also co-wrote and starred. Citizen James aired on Starz Encore/ BET Movies.

Doug launched a new YouTube comedy channel The Doug Life Show in late 2012 as part of The Comedy Shaq Network. It is a series of skit comedy and commentaries very loosely based around the experiences, thoughts, and life of Doug.

He stars in the 2015 movie An Act of War.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of dog names

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete. Joyous 19:01, Feb 19, 2005 (UTC)

List of dog names
An utterly pointless list, with no standards whatsoever for entry on it. As far as I can tell, pretty much every word in every language has been used at some point as a dog name. --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 19:55, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Denni ☯ 03:05, 2005 Feb 14 (UTC)
 * Delete: Agree. Elf | Talk 20:47, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Useless, unencyclopedic. But BJAODN that lead. :-) JoaoRicardo 21:25, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Radiant! 22:00, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, useless trivial list. Megan1967 00:17, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, next'll be the list of pet python names. Wyss 01:13, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Article created by 64.123.150.90, whose contributions to this point verge on vandalism. This article is a very incomplete list of seemingly random (and definitely non-dog) names. Example:
 * Flute
 * Flutey
 * Foley
 * Foli
 * Fonzi
 * Foo
 * Foo-Foo
 * Foot
 * Footfoot
 * Footfootfoot
 * Forth.
 * I must admit that I added a bunch of "F" names after voting Delete mostly to show how silly the whole thing was. But some of those names are names of actual dogs. Which is why this is a silly list. Elf | Talk 06:10, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete. Neutralitytalk 03:06, Feb 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. There are web sites with much better lists. The local phone book is a list of useful information and doesn't belong in Wikipedia either. Dsurber 03:15, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * In case it wasn't clear from my comment when adding a hyperlink to this to dog, which might have been too subtle: Delete. Uncle G 09:02, 2005 Feb 14 (UTC)
 * Delete though I think the opening line is damn funny, even BJAODN-worthy: "According to the guide of dog names, giving them names is a good idea," Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd 12:41, Feb 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * "Ditnity?" "Ebullient?"  I tell you, the opening line and "Footfootfoot" about had me on the floor.  A dog named "Et cetera?"  Delete, BJAODN the opening line and a few well-chosen examples.  Here, Footfootfoot!  Nice Footfootfoot. - Lucky 6.9 00:14, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * But Foot Foot was a cat! Oh yeah, and delete for being unencyclopedic. And don't forget the redirects, Dog Name and Dog Names. — Gwalla | Talk 01:20, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete Oleg Alexandrov 00:38, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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Cover of the Jean-Michel Jarre album AERO. Obtained from Amazon.com (image, album page) and downsized (from 500x491) to justify fair use.

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Maureen McTeer's endorsement at the 2003 convention
As a delegate to that convention, I saw no such evidence of Maureen McTeer's endorsement. In addition, her memoir, "Im my own Name," Only mentions David Orchard to bemoan his decision to force a second round of voting in 1998.

Orchard's position on same-sex marriage
This article states, "Despite holding many leftist economic views, Orchard holds many socially-conservative positions such as his avowed support for the traditional definition of marriage."

Could someone please provide evidence towards this claim? In a search on Google I could not find statements by Orchard either for or against same-sex marriage in Canada. Thanks, Kurieeto 19:57, Feb 13, 2005 (UTC)

 * After one week I've received no responses to my request for evidence supporting the current statement in this article about Orchard's views of same-sex marriage. I'm therefore deleting the sentence. Kurieeto 23:09, Feb 20, 2005 (UTC)

Article...
I won't pull the POV card (I think it conforms to the standard), but this article seems very highly speculative, and kind of paints Orchard as a mastermind of deception. Does anyone else agree?Habsfannova 18:26, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

I removed the line saying "One September poll had the Alliance at 13% and the PCs at 19%." Polls from 2003 generally had the CA and PC parties within the margin of error of each other, so pulling out a particular poll that had a greater difference seems misleading. It could be worth mentioning if Orchard specifically cited that poll in his argument, though.--The Invisible Hand 23:16, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

$70,000
"On January 31, 2006, a Toronto judge ordered the Conservative Party of Canada to pay Orchard $70,000, the funds from his 2003 leadership campaign which he had been owed since then." What news since then? Has Orchard been paid? Are the Conservatives dragging their feet? 74.102.58.135 23:04, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:HK wikipedians' notice board/HKCOTW/History

The following are the past articles chosen for Hong Kong Collaboration of the Week.

Culture of Hong Kong - February 6, 2005
'''Selected February 6, 2005 (Su); 3 votes in 4 days. Details below.

Nominated January 27, 2005 (Th), needs three votes by February 3, 2005 (Th)

Support
 * 1) Dmcdevit 03:24, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Privacy - 11:34, Jan 29 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Páll 01:34, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments
 * Here's a good one to start out with, and it really needs it, only links right now. - Dmcdevit 03:24, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Ronny Tong - July 3, 2005
'''Selected July 3, 2005 (Su); 3 votes in many days. Details below.

Nominated January 26, 2005 (W), needs three votes by February 2, 2005 (W)

Support Comments
 * 1) Instantnood
 * 2) Privacy - 11:34, Jan 29 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Tony Sapphire - 10:36, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Tong is a fresher in LegCo of the current term of office, and there is currently no article about him on Wikipedia. - Instantnood

The 1970s in Hong Kong - July 19, 2005
Nominated June 21, 2005 (Tu), needs three votes by June 28, 2005 (Tu)

The seventies in Hong Kong is surely an important period in Hong Kong history, it transitted from a manufacturing centre to a financial centre, which is exactly the role of Hong Kong now. Why don't we improve this important article then? - Crosstimer 09:20, Jun 21, 2005

Support
 * 1) CrossTimer - self-nom - Crosstimer 09:20, Jun 21, 2005
 * 2) Jerry Crimson Mann 10:46, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC) comment: the topic is misleading: seventies of what? This century? Last century? Or A.D. 23? Should it be "the 1970s of Hong Kong"?
 * 3) Actel 21:27, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Jerry Crimson Mann, the title is fixed. - Crosstimer 11:30, Jun 21, 2005
 * You're welcome! Hope you can devote more in Hong Kong-related articles, buddy! :-D -- Jerry Crimson Mann 11:37, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

New Town Plaza -July 26, 2005
Nominated June 15, 2005 (W), needs three votes by June 22, 2005 (W)

Support
 * 1) Hong Kong Man  - 23:14, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) CrossTimer 05:39, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Deryck C. 16:34, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

(Oppose)
 * 1) (Jerry Crimson Mann comment: little notability. (Could it be a featured article? After all, Pacific Place and ifc are more famous shopping malls in Hong Kong.)) - 14:57, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * FA standard doesn't mean we've to make it an FA. - Deryck Chan 03:31, July 8, 2005 (UTC)

Comments
 * New Town Plaza is a famous shopping mall in Shatin, but there is no detailed article about it. - Hong Kong Man 23:14, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)

Filipinos in Hong Kong -August 4, 2005
Actually, in order to reveal the cosmopolitan nature of Hong Kong, a series of demographic articles are arguably needed.

Nationalities

 * Filipinos in Hong Kong - very obvious
 * Indonesians in Hong Kong - pretty conspicuous
 * Others:Americans in Hong Kong, Britons in Hong Kong, Japanese people in Hong Kong, Koreans in Hong Kong, Thais in Hong Kong, Jews in Hong Kong, Indians in Hong Kong, etc..

Chinese hometown / Ancestral register

 * New immigrants in Hong Kong
 * Shanghainese in Hong Kong, Cantonese people in Hong Kong, Minnaner in Hong Kong, Teochew people in Hong Kong, etc..

Nominated July 25, 2005 (Tu), needs three votes by August 1. 2005 (Tu)

Support Comment
 * 1) Jerry Crimson Mann 07:32, 26 July 2005 (UTC).
 * 2) De ryc  k C.  03:23, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Alanmak 23:22, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) CrossTimer 02:03, 3 August 2005 (UTC) (Cheers, guys, I'm putting the decisive vote here, hopefully allowing Filipinos in Hong Kong winning this week)
 * I've made some minor changes the suggested titles :-) . By the way should Minnaner be Hokkien people? And I'd like to add Hakka people in Hong Kong and Vietnamese people in Hong Kong to the nominations. — Instantnood 08:38, July 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * If possible, demographics of Hong Kong can be another HK-related series. :-D -- Jerry Crimson Mann 09:51, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

Mo lei tau -August 19, 2005
Nominated June 21, 2005 (Tu), needs three votes by June 28, 2005 (Tu)

Support
 * 1) selfnom Niz 12:06, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Deryckchan 2005-06-29 10:59:31 (UTC)
 * 3) Starryland 22:08, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

Oppose
 * 1) Alanmak 23:24, 2 August 2005 (UTC) - This article is really too "mo lei tau" to become a weekly collaboration. The "Filipinos in Hong Kong" article may be more intersting to foreign readers.
 * 2) CrossTimer 15:45, 8 August 2005 (UTC) - Think of the readers - and particularily whom you're trying to target to, or how information like this one could actually help one another. Cantonese-learners? Put this phrase in Wikibook instead of here for learners. For others, I see no point to expand this article: a brief understanding of this "mo lei tau" is already enough for the very few who would surprisingly be interested in such an article. Another note: it is true that Wikipedia is attempting to get all human knowledge into itself; but think about the value of the knowledge. How to "cry" like a baby does is a piece of knowledge, but nobody would attmept to put it here. I believe we should also consider the value of the knowledge before attempting to encyclopedize it, as in this case, I belive that "mo lei tau" is not suitable.
 * Comment Well, "mo lei tau" itself is not "mo lei tou", Crosstimer and Alanmak. In fact, there's a heated discussion across the Chinese territory after the great success of the moive "Journey to the West" (In the PRC, it's known as "Dai Hua Xi Yau"). Stephen Chow was even invited by several prestigeous university in the mainland to talk about the core value of "mo lei tau", which is, as Chow said in a seminar, "creating chaos and disruption in real life without breaking the rules of the game", and "an act to show dissatifaction and complaints to the fixed system and red tapes". I think "mo lei tau" is perfect to collaborate, particularly after Chow has been interviewed by Time and CNN Asia in order. But the main reason why I didn't vote for support is that even Chow, the master of "mo lei tau" has not yet clearly defined the main tenor of his own-created concept, or made any detailed theses. -- Jerry Crimson Mann 16:41, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

Comments
 * I've been trying to encyclopedize this article but still can't give a decent sense of the comedy style, or explain why the examples are funny, or relate it to western comedy styles, or give any history outside of stephen chow! Niz 23:11, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * This is very interesting topic, indeed, and a topic which is difficult to encyclopedise...after all, research or papers about moleitou is rare; no official conclusion or public consensus is reached up to the moment. -- Jerry Crimson Mann 05:34, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * is that a support vote, then? Niz 12:06, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Ambiguous.. :-P — Instantnood 17:37, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

 * Well, I think this is quite an article to be collaborated as it's really difficult to write! --Deryckchan 2005-06-29 11:03:00 (UTC)

Urban Council and Regional Council-30 August 2005
Nominated August 4, 2005 (Thursday), needs three votes by August 11, 2005 (Thursday)

Support Comments
 * 1) Alanmak 08:22, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Jerry Crimson Mann 19:21, 4 August 2005 (UTC). I show my support with the Council's emblem [[Image:HKUrbanCouncil.png|20px]]!~
 * 3) CrossTimer 02:46, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
 * The Urban Council and the Regional Urban Council played an important role in Hong Kong before their dismissal. They are part of the history of Hong Kong. It is worthwhile to write good articles for them. But should we combine the two councils into one article or keep them separated in two articles? - Alanmak 08:22, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
 * The name is actually Regional Council. The Urban Council, including its predecessor, has much longer history than the Regional Council, although their role was similar after the Regional Council was founded. IMHO they'd better be two articles. — Instantnood 08:27, August 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * What a humble opinion~ haha~ ;-) -- Jerry Crimson Mann 19:21, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

The 1990s in Hong Kong -16 September 2005
Nominated July 26, 2005. Another article in the History of Hong Kong series. A good article to be collaborated. De ryc k C.  07:06, 26 July 2005 (UTC) Support Comments
 * 1) De ryc  k C.  07:06, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) CrossTimer 10:47, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

History of Bus transport in Hong Kong -29 September 2005
Nominated August 23, 2005 (Tuesday), needs three votes by August 30, 2005 (Tuesday)

Support
 * 1) Alanmak 05:04, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) novacatz 10:11, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) D  e  ryc  k C.  08:43, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) CrossTimer 09:52, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

Comments
 * Buses have been always an important kind of transportation in Hong Kong throughout the time. The development of bus transport is also pretty unique - different from that in a lot of cities in foreign countries. It is worthwhile to write a good article about the history of bus transport in Hong Kong. -Alanmak 05:04, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Agree with Alanmak. HK system is quite unique in the high proportion of privately operated buses.  I would definitely be interested in reading an about of this topic - novacatz 10:11, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

Hongkonger - 1 Feb 2006
Nominated August 27, 2005 (Saturday), needs three votes by September 3, 2005 (Saturday)

Support
 * 1) Ajshm 16:27, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) --Mintchocicecream 18:27, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) WP | Talk 04:17, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Comments
 * I would like to nominate Hongkonger, because you'd think it's a central and important topic (I would say term, but Wikipedia is supposed to be more than mere definitions), and because it seems to be slightly neglected and also ambiguous. -Ajshm 16:27, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I put the NPOV dispute there because I feel some of the content could use some fixing. More contributors to this article would help sort the content out and I will offer suggestions and contribute too.  --Mintchocicecream 18:27, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

HSBC - 8 Mar 2006
Nominated October 13, 2005 (Th), needs three votes by October 20, 2005 (Th)

 * Support
 * 1) — Instantnood 18:37, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Dieboybun 05:15, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Ian3055 11:09, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

 * Comments
 * NB: difference between HSBC and Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the first is the global group, the second the founding member and now Hong Kong subsidiary, which leads operations in many Asia Pacific locations. Ian3055 23:17, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

KCR - 22 Mar 2006
Nominated November 26, 2005 (Saturday), needs three votes by December 3, 2005 (Saturday)

 * Support
 * 1) Mailer Diablo
 * 2) Ter e nce Ong (恭喜发财)

 * Comments
 * Has sufficient content, just need the added touch and polishing to make it to FAC. - Mailer Diablo 23:32, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

Yuen Woo-ping - 15 Apr 2006
Nominated December 31, 2005 (Saturday), needs three votes by January 7, 2005 (Saturday)

 * Support
 * 1) Catherine breillat 00:02, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Hammer 19:43, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Comments
 * I was surpised this very influential figure in Hong Kong action cinema had a very sparse article. I added as much as I could, but much more can be said about his influence and his films. Catherine breillat 00:02, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

 * I agree! He deserves a much better article. Come on, he is the choreographer of many high profile world class movies such as The Matrix troligy, Kill Bill and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and many Hong Kong classics like Kung Fu Hustle, Snake in the Eagle's Shadow and Drunken Master. etc. The article deserves more attention in order let us know more about this great man. #Hammer 19:43, 12 April 2006 (UTC)


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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Grey Zone

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was DELETE. dbenbenn | talk 23:02, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)

The Grey Zone
Original research with a title that bears no resemblance to the content. Uncle G 19:59, 2005 Feb 13 (UTC)

 * This is a bio of Janina Zalasinska. It's interesting but of a non-notable person and the information can't be documented for accuracy for inclusion in other articles.  No way to tell if it is POV.  Created today by new contributor (first article).  Original material.  Regrettably delete. RJFJR 22:39, Feb 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * We need to offer apologies and explanation to new contributor if we delete this.

 * Delete, not notable, Wikipedia is not a memorial. Megan1967 00:16, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, family tribute, original research. Wyss 01:13, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. But encourage author to publish elsewhere - is this suitable for Wikisource? -- RWH 10:22, 2005 Feb 14 (UTC)
 * Concur with RHaworth - transwiki to Wikisource. This is good information, but not encyclopedic. Also, fix the name.DS 21:45, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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