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Talk:Uwe Boll

Neutrality Issues
I have added the box after reading through the article thoroughly. The words "Boll alleges" have been placed before anything favourable, as have unverified comments about the script for Alone In The Dark. Someone needs to go through the article and level the playing field - this page has been hijacked by Boll bashers. Jamezcd 19:40, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

 * I would suggest making a fresh start by deleting everything in that article and re-type it so it gives a neutral point of view. For a start, the main article on him should consists of his early life, finance, writings and quotations ONLY. Critcisms about Boll can be a seperate article or be left out altogether.

 * That can be done, but carefully. What needs to be done is the page needs to be re-written from scratch on someone's subpage in their userspace, and when it's done, link to it here and we can discuss whether it should replace the current version. --InShaneee 15:02, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

 * I don't think starting from scratch is entirely necessary. The "Criticism" section needs work but I disagree that it should be removed entirely. These are some of my thoughts on possible improvements.
 * The IMDb subsection doesn't belong there. There's some informative stuff there that I'd be loathe to just throw away, but I wouldn't know where else to put it. I just know it doesn't belong in *this* article.
 * That said, instead of writing one's own op-ed in order to justify the statement "Detractors allege that, when adapting a video game into a movie, Boll will change the plot, setting, and anything else that he deems necessary" in Wikipedia, link to an op-ed that makes this allegation. Then instead of duplicating all the points the op-ed should be making (re: House of the Dead, Alone in the Dark, BloodRayne) people could just go and read the reference.
 * The "Critic boxing match" section also belongs in its own articles. I don't think an "Uwe Boll critic boxing match" article (or something similar) is out of place.
 * The "Response to Criticism" section also doesn't belong here. The well sourced stuff is valid and is another of those informative things I wouldn't like to throw away but don't know where to put.
 * I don't see a "Quotations" section under any other biographies. I do see links to WikiQuote in good 'ol George dubya's wiki page though and that might be a good example to follow.
 * Both Spielberg and Dubya's pages have a "Trivia" section. This could be a nice place to link to the boxing match and mention the awards that he's won. Awards presented to Alone in the Dark, Tara Reid and Nightwish belong on their respective pages (and can be cross-linked from there, i.e. Alone in the Dark to Nightwish and Tara Reid and vice versa).
 * On a personal note I'm a bit sad about Nightwish's Stinker Award. I'm quite a fan and "Wish I had an Angel" isn't that bad a song. I'm sure there must be worse stuff out there that's used in movies :-(
 * Also: Can I get an indication as to why my linking Brooke Burgess' blog post to the "Outcome" subsection of the "Critic boxing match" section was removed (besides the fact that the whole section doesn't belong in this article)? Was it not good, did I somehow write something POV? If I did please be specific about what I did wrong that I may not make the same mistake. This question is directed at InShaneee as she did the revert. The Extremist 11:02, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
 * In the vast majority of cases, blogs should not be linked to. --InShaneee 14:03, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
 * You can't be neutral when it comes to Boll, he's so mediocre. Klow (talk) 23:05, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

I enjoyed the article, and learned many things about Uwe Boll which I did not previously know. But being factual and informative is unwelcome on Wikipedia, so I guess this article will be gutted like so many others have been. A pity, really. 76.104.45.99 (talk) 03:50, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

 * To be fair, it's kind of hard to remain neutral about someone who keeps insisting on being a complete and utter shithead. (161.29.246.205 (talk) 00:47, 17 March 2022 (UTC))

Box Office Results
Can we at least have some common sense and mention how poorly a number of his movies have done at the box office ? According to IMDB, Bloodrayne cost $25 million and made $2.5 back, and Alone in the Dark cost $20 million and made $5 million. Whilst im sure everyone has their own opinion on the man and also his movies, the facts are some of them have done very poorly. for example:

this is completely incorrect. the movies have been financial falures. this movie made 1/10th of what it cost. It didnt 'top' anything. Can we stop the knee jerk wikipedia reaction of trying not to offend anyone even if we simply present facts.
 * Movies directed by Boll have not achieved the kind of box office returns one expects from a typical Hollywood film.
 * and BloodRayne (budget $25 million[3] ) topped $2.42 million.

--Dem 11:52, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Err..these are not hollywood films, boll used the german film investment system, which allows him to essentially not lose any money for anyone, and at the same time reap the real profits for his investors, when the films later reach the much more profitable dvd rental phase.If losses outweigh profits, then the investors get their money back by having their tax returns written off until the lost value in investment is reached, if they do profit, everybody wins.

In reality only the german government stands to lose money, and it's not a huge loss, for every 10 uwe bolls there is at least 1 aspiring german filmaker who gets the money to create something sweet. This stimulates the german film industry, which is kind of the idea behind the scheme.

Regardless, uwe boll has popularity (yes even bad popularity is good in the entertainment industry) so he will continue getting support from film investors, because he scores the more well known actors, despite his reputation, and actors contribute to a film's success, if not initially, then on the rental shelves.

95% of hollywood films also loose tens of millions initially, but it is made up later. Vlad Dracula (talk) 12:18, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

How he makes his bad movies
Just FYI, part of his success is due to the fact he is a German film director who predominantly bases his work financially out of his home country. Germany for the longest time has had rather unique laws towards films as investments and tax write offs that have only recently even been readdressed by its legislature. Essentially it is possible to make a German movie that does terrible and still make money for the investors by careful accounting and tax practices, though the movie must to some extent be able to potentially be considered seriously (which by default all official movie adaptions of games pretty much are). This is why the man continues to recieve all the work he does in video game adaptations, he is famous (infamous?) for his ability to always find additional investors in any project no matter how risky a bomb. I'm putting this here so someone who understands it better can put it in the main article, while I know that it happens, I do not know enough about the laws to include it an an encyclopedic article proper. [Tuesday, 23 January 2007 16:33 GMT]

01/16/2008~ For a good example of what he was doing, check out the movie "The Producers". Under the concept, he can be richer from a flop of a film and in hot water if he makes a success of a film. So people who are absolutely dead set against seeing his movies only make him richer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.240.130.5 (talk) 20:55, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

 * That is not correct at all. In "The Producers," the characters defrauded their investors by selling more shares in the production than actually existed; they would lose money on the musical, not have to pay back investors, and pocket the difference. This is quite different---first of all, it's not only legal, but encouraged. The filmmaker and the investors take advantage of a peculiar quirk in the German tax system. Under this system it is better for the movie to do well, but the German tax code puts a lot of incentive into investing in movies---any movies, good movies, bad movies---and takes away a lot of the risk involved in making a flop. 76.255.69.9 (talk) 08:10, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Controversy/Criticism
Uwe Boll has sparked plenty of criticism, so it seems like we should be able to get good sources for that criticism. Imdb forums do not fall into the category of good criticism. While the boxing fiasco clearly makes his internet detractors relevant, the article has been giving the forums far too much credit. Mention internet forums, but don't make them the basis of the article's criticism. --Beaker342 04:58, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

I find it funny that the creator of Metal Gear freaked out at the prospect of his movie being made by Uwe Boll. - Thekittenofterra 14:43, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

http://games.slashdot.org/games/08/04/22/1246254.shtml references a good article on Bolls rejection by Blizzard for a World of Warcraft movie. Their quote "We will not sell the movie rights, not to you...especially not to you." Considering the overall quality of the existing article, I'll let someone else add this that can articulate better than I can :) 199.80.142.174 (talk) 15:49, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Good work
When I looked at this page, I was half expecting a huge rant on why Boll is a bad director and how he utterly rapes his licenses, etc. But I was glad and somewhat pleased to see a well written article. Good work guys. Kirbysuperstar 12:36, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * No one has added What Stuttering Craig and Handsome Tom of Screw attack.com did about the new Far cry film /unregistered user/fan of Screwattack.com

I know; it's pretty incredible. This page doesn't even need to be protected; that's how amazing it is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by MysticLyman (talk • contribs) 04:18, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

"Maligned"
I don't think the use of the word "maligned" is proper in this article, as it implies that the statements are made with malice and often untrue. Perhaps it should be replaced with "panned" or some similar word that lacks the connotations associated with "maligned". --64.218.89.101 17:21, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

 * I agree actually, it isn't quite the right word. What would be better? I rather like "excoriated", or perhaps "berated"? Or even "lambasted"? :-) DWaterson 21:12, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Why hasn't this article been flagged?
This article in no way upholds the neutrality any Wikipedia article should hold. Before almost any Boll statement is "claims" or "alleged." There are no quotes from Boll himself, only from reputed movie critics who participated in the boxing matches. It gives the clear impression that Boll only claims or alleges, and all others quoted (I know, even the one(s?) defending him) are giving statements of truth. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Budash2 (talk • contribs) 04:51, 28 March 2007 (UTC).

I think it's as neutral as it can be considering the subject, Uwe Bowel Movement. Electricbassguy 11:38, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Honestly does Hilter's page have so many questions over its neutrality? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.251.82.21 (talk) 22:41, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Disputing the neutrality of an article about the man that is considered the worst director ever is like trying to get the article on the Holocaust deleted. The article is as neutral as it can get. I've never watched a movie by Uwe Boll, or any of the pejorative names people have given him, but many people have criticized him. I assume you haven't seen a Loo Boll movie in your life either, but he's arrogant as hell. He says he has a doctorate in literature, but he uses bad grammar and r****d in his vocab.

 * The thing is that if most of the sources are negative about him, there isn't much you can do. Bad grammar I would attribute to English not being his first language. I have seen several of his films (for free thankfully) and I guess I am just one of the billions that cannot understand his "brilliance", whoa is me. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie Say Shalom! 06:04, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

"Doctorate in Literature"?
Forgive my bias, but I find it a little hard to believe someone as fundamentally inept at communicating a story as Uwe is has a doctorate in literature. Could we possibly get a source for this claim? -- Grandpafootsoldier 10:37, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

 * I don't find that the least bit unbelievable. He's studied at two universaties and he's written two books. Mind you that though he's educated in literature it does not affect anything he does in the film industry. -TheHande 21:55, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Even still, a source would be appreciated. -- Grandpafootsoldier 08:47, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
 * On metafilter the link http://www.amazon.com/dp/3893992162/
 * is posted. This is claimed to be his doctoral thesis.
 * The German version of the article cofirms this and further links to a page of the German Nationalbibliothek. On this page we see that he has indeed published this book: http://dispatch.opac.d-nb.de/DB=4.1/LNG=DU/LRSET=1/SET=1/SID=72fe8cd5-3/TTL=1/SHW?FRST=4
 * It is listed as a doctoral dissertation ("Hochschulschrift: Zugl.: Siegen, Univ., Diss."). It is relatively clear that this claim is true. Of course you could insist on ringing the Uni Köln and asking them, but we have proof that he has published a dissertation, which is probably enough.

The criticts say what they want. It's their job. And I like it that way. --84.231.187.95 16:22, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

He gets more than he deserves. He's said himself that the german government will pay most of your expenses when you make a film (or something to that effect), and he rakes in cash whether the movie does well or not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.1.188.237 (talk) 05:56, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

He's not a humble person, that's for sure. 06:24, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

definitely not humble, but its his act. Seriously, he's not nearly as bad of a director as the internet geeks make him out to be.

He is. Believe me, he is. and anyways, you can get a doctorate in literature even though you are a terrible writer. Most papers you write for writing classes involve regurgitation and analyzing. You don't need to be extremely creative for that. Besides, it depends on the college you go to. Doctorates can involve much hard work and study, or they could be extremely easy to get. It really depends on the college. You could have a good writing style, but NO ability to write a good, entertaining story. Macbeth30 (talk) 22:44, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

I'm late to this discussion, but there is no evidence I can find that Boll has completed a PhD. His dissertation is a "Hochschulschrift". A PhD thesis would be called a "Doktorarbeit" and would be published on the Siegen University website (Note: NOT Uni Koeln). But it is not on the university website. Hochschulschrift usually means a dissertation for a diploma or master's degree. The link above is broken, so here is the link to the catalogue entry for the work: http://www.digibib.net/permalink/467/UBSI-x/HBZ:HT006349576

I'm therefore removing this claim from the article. Feel free to reinstate it when you can find actual evidence for his degree being a PhD.

Marchino61 (talk) 00:58, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

Financing section
Why the whole "Financing" section has been removed the 23rd of March 2007 at 23:41? It was quite an interesting paragraph. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gynsu2000 (talk • contribs) 2007-06-08

 * Looks like it was deleted by an IP which had performed vandalism immediately prior, at any rate, it was deleted without explanation. I'll add it back. 71.116.89.88 02:11, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Also, this doesn't make sense to me: Because of this, in January 2006, as had been expected for several months, the German legislature changed the country's tax laws to eliminate the tax shelter. It is not known if this will have any effect on Boll's funding as the new laws only seek to punish investors who are abusing the law for tax purposes...

Well, what is it? Do the new laws eliminate the tax shelter or just punish investors abusing it? They sound like completely different things. Razordu30 (talk) 18:14, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

It looks like this section has been deleted again. There's a source over here, if that would help. If true, and especially if there are actually efforts in Germany to close this tax loophole inspired by Uwe Boll, this would be a good thing to add to the article. Esn (talk) 16:51, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Oops, never mind. I'm blind. For some reason, I expected this to be in the "Controversy" section. Esn (talk) 16:54, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

The shelter is closed. His last movie with the money was the 2007 one. You have to pre-invest money in first place, which closes the double benefit of a) taking a lawn -> reducing the success of a company --> less taxes and b) there is no return for unsuccesfull movies --> no security for investor. Furthermore, any money has to be spent in Germany. See German wiki http://dasmagazin.ch/index.php/meister-des-grauenhaften/  http://board.gulli.com/thread/482019-stoppt-uwe-boll-/19/ The Germany papoers do not care about him. The shelter was also used for Tomb Raider.

"Raging Boll" section/essay
Not sure about the entire section, but this section head seems very biased, by using a witticism to mark it. I think it needs a rewrite, perhaps trimming, as the article needs to be a summary of the director, not a "scandal sheet." - David Spalding (  ☎   ✉   ✍  ) 01:36, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

"Raging Boll" comes from Boll himself. It was the nickname he chose for his in-ring persona as part of the whole "box the critics" stunt. It is therefore not unfair to use it as a heading for a section on this promotional stunt since it was in fact a large part of the stunt itself. Alcohol paul 20:43, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

"Alcohol paul" is right. Will be removing the neutrality tag as stale clutter. Cosh (talk) 05:22, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

I edited the line stating that it was "the fact" Boll wouldn't fight amateur boxer to say "a claim" since the fact was Boll did fight the amateur boxer. "...including the fact that Boll refused to fight against Chance Minter..." to instead say "...including a claim that Boll refused to fight against Chance Minter..." Here's the original text, plus the follow up line showing that whoever wrote the original doesn't quite grasp what makes something a "fact". "After Kyanka lost his match, he would go on to make several allegations against Boll, including the fact that Boll refused to fight against Chance Minter who was an experienced amateur boxer. However, Boll fought Minter as his fourth opponent." -original line "After Kyanka lost his match, he would go on to make several allegations against Boll, including a claim that Boll refused to fight against Chance Minter who was an experienced amateur boxer. However, Boll fought Minter as his fourth opponent." -new edited line Now whether Uwe Boll initially didn't want to fight an under-aged 17 year-old who isn't a critic and hadn't written anything critical of his films at all, and instead just volunteered, still wouldn't make the original line make much sense. It might of just been someone rewriting Kyanka's original post, since he used the "the fact" wording; even though it isn't actually quoting Kyanka. Plus youtube videos and news outlets all mention/show the match between Boll and Minter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.107.138.23 (talk) 03:26, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

Uwe's Hate Mail to Wired
Uwe Boll gave a statement about the hate mail he sent to the guys at wired.com in german game review magazine "GameStar": http://www.gamestar.de/magazin/special/kino/postal_der_film/1473883/postal_der_film_p4.html

It translates to about this: ''"I guess this [email to wired.com] was a mistake. On the other side, he [the wired.com review writer] really didn't need to publish that email. I still stand up on what I said, because, after the San-Francisco screening, he walked right up to me, said "great movie!", seemed deeply impressed and made an interview with me which he recorded on tape. The next day, he published a slating review. I think that's a very impudent behavior. He could just have come to me, told me that he didn't like the film and asked if we couldn't have done the interview anyway. That would have been different. But lying to me and mocking me like that really pissed me off. Before going, he told me to visit the website [wired.com] the next day, he'd do a great review. When I read the review, I kept asking myself whether this was the same guy. And so I wrote this email saying: "Hey you son of a bitch you. Man, you can't be serious!". There has to be some fairness."''

91.34.57.48 14:27, 20 September 2007 (UTC) i feel sorry for the guy now69.220.1.137 (talk) 20:48, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah the guy may not be great but really be honest, was postal any worse than speed racer? no. I actually enjoyed it and still watch it. But since the popular gaming mags and everything say he sucks people say they hate his movies before even seeing them. Its actually pretty pathetic. Yes he can get full of himself but not nearly as much as Kojima but people still make excuses for him. Derelix (talk) 05:28, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

List of films needs updating?
The article states that "He has announced plans to produce adaptations of Postal, Legacy of Kain, and Far Cry". Hasn't at least "Postal" been made by now? 62.181.255.64 (talk) 10:45, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

 * That and I can't find any information anywhere about this "planned Legacy of Kain" movie. It's not listed on IMDB, Boll's website, nor do I see mention of it in any of the links used as citations. Where then, does this rumour come from? RazerWolf (talk) 07:59, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

theres his new film postal http://www.movieset.com/postal that needs to go up, hope we can get it up there. Blue.alphabet (talk) 18:31, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
 * That might fit into the Postal article somehow but does not belong in this one. Wryspy (talk) 21:26, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

I think that the rumour of there being a Uwe Boll adaptation of Eternity's Child for the Wii should be included also. I can't edit the page myself, but I think an uncited entry would make it feel more modern. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Matt.bateman (talk • contribs) 14:38, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

I think there needs to be more- such as "blubberella" and even his "german fried movie" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Deadagain33 (talk • contribs) 21:12, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

Uwe Boll Will Quit Making Movies with One Million Signatures
http://www.petition online.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?RRH53888&1

http://www.fearnet.com/MCNewsDetailPage.aspx?catid=30&mid=13788 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.26.122.12 (talk) 05:47, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

This above Fearnet article is the original source for Boll's quote, not the Guardian as the Wiki page says. I know because I did the interview!Batgrrlnyc (talk) 05:09, 19 April 2008

perhaps this should be added to the criticisms section? -121.217.10.254 (talk) 07:31, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Better link? - http://www.petition online.com/RRH53888/petition.html

That's exactly what I was thinking. I think I hit the wrong button somewhere, oops. Evilsmoo (talk) 04:25, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Also, I don't quite know what would need to be done to whitelist that link, as wikipedia seems to like ipetition, yet not like petitiononline. Evilsmoo (talk) 04:30, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

I don't really know why this article is even protected, as the protection was requested by a user who's been banned for spoof accounts and abuse, but under the "Retort" section, it should cite this video: []. Gilamobster42 (talk) 15:29, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
 * ❌ In four days (or whenever someone autoconfirmed comes along) you'll be able to do it yourself. If you think the page should be unprotected, try WP:RFP. Happy‑melon 10:36, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

At least two persons have already counter-protested the present petition thus far, signing with such statements as "please keep making cool videogame movies" and "I LOVE YOU UWE BOLL YOU ARE TEH BEST," however these have remained isolated cases

As funny as this is, does this really belong in a wiki article? Feudonym (talk) 08:18, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

 * It most certainly does not 86.60.129.173 (talk) 04:43, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Michael Bay challenge
Since it hasn't been added, and the article is locked, i figured i'd post here.

Boll issued a boxing challenge to Michael Bay today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlJ3VLGDOVE

Everyone who reads CAD is going to suggest this, so i hope someone'll get it done.

K!netic (talk) 05:46, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Is this a challenge as to who makes the worst movies?

Damn if thats true they must be in a dead heat, Joel Shuemaker's in the fray for this one too right? Batman and Robin alone is worth a few points. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.251.82.21 (talk) 22:51, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Criticism
I believe that this section is too long. It must have been edited by people who doesn't enjoy his great work on videogames movies. -- 200.100.16.135 (talk) 02:02, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

People who doesn't enjoy his great work. I don't know which is more sad. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.148.73.149 (talk) 02:15, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

I enjoy his great work on tax loopholes and circumventing deuschmarks to his own pocket, i'm an avid fan! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.251.82.21 (talk) 22:48, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

 * If anything the criticism section seems too short. Let's not kid ourselves; there is much to criticize. Eddy1701 (talk) 22:59, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Works by Dr. Uwe Boll
i have changed the template title from "Movies directed by Uwe Boll" to "Works directed by Dr. Uwe Boll" just for a little humor, please let me know what you think, i say it looks and sounds much better. FloydNIN (talk) 01:53, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Reverted. We're trying to build an actual encyclopedia, even about people that make really, really crappy movies; if you want to write humor, try Uncyclopedia. EVula // talk // ☯  // 02:10, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
 * And these are undoubtly movies, as in moving pictures, the work part is what I doubt. 81.182.236.100 (talk) 02:53, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Uwe Boll Filmography
Can someone please put the complete Filmography chart. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.184.8.116 (talk) 18:32, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Escapist Magazine Interview
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_171/5366-Boll-Versus-the-World ... parking this reference here in case it is helpful to this article. thanks, --guyzero | talk 17:40, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Bollfighting
The last paragraph about the "Raging Boll" sounds a bit like a rant by some Attack of the Show fanboy. Can this information regarding Boll fighting former AotS host "Seanbaby" be flagged for a citation or removed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.230.219.58 (talk) 00:54, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Believe it or not, I don't know the first thing about Uwe Boll or video games - which is exactly the reason I came to wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.241.115.22 (talk) 16:32, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Begs for vandalisation
I'm so tempted to replace his picture with that of a pile of cow dung..this guy is a waste of genetic material...(just watched postal...I know..I know..) 118.95.6.205 (talk) 11:23, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, tell me about it... 65.80.232.203 (talk) 05:07, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
 * you wouldnt need to change anything, BTW, I changed the image. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Deathbal101 (talk • contribs) 23:40, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm pretty sure he's getting fed up with the criticisms as he's actually stopped (at least for now) making movies based on video games. Pyromania153 (talk) 23:08, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Use a picture of a big block of cheese? :P. One of the film channels here showed "Alone In The Dark" a month or so ago, and while I wasn't paying too much attention to it, it looked to be a fairly good film. Good enough that I went to locate a copy the day after to watch properly. All I can say is Christian Slater and Stephen Dorff must have been really desperate for the pay-cheque. I wouldn't say it was the worst film I've ever seen, but it has to be in my "top" 20 to never watch again. Characterless characters; bad script; "interesting" choices for camera work; horror-less horror; gaping plot holes; and I don't want to continue with the rest of it's high points. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.152.250.254 (talk) 00:03, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Re: petition to retire bit
Didn't he say that if it reached 1 million signatures he'd just retire from adapting videogames? As in, not retiring from filmmaking altogether... which seemed to be the implication from the text. That whole bit's pretty sparse on information anyway, I guess. I just heard the creative screenwriting magazine interview with him, he says it on there. 82.38.61.12 (talk) 13:37, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Well the Guardian reference certainly does seems to imply retiring from film making in general, so that's what the text in the article is going to go on. If you find a different reference stating retiring from video-game films only we can most certainly take that into account and integrate it into the article. Freikorp (talk) 22:54, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Neutrality, part 2
Much as I agree with nearly all of what's said in the article, much of the wording is decidedly unprofessional, and smacks of bias. Words like "sucky" - no matter how accurate - shouldn't be used outside of direct quotations. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.180.114.26 (talk) 23:32, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

 * I agree. His movies are absolute pieces of trash, but that doesn't mean the article should be about that. The critics take the position that his films are trash - Wikipedia shouldn't. 98.198.83.12 (talk) 02:49, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

No Blubberella article yet?
Ever since I read about it in EW, I've been dying to read more about Blubberella on wikipedia, but thus far, nothing. Any takers? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.254.86.140 (talk) 01:04, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
 * That requires watching the film, no thank you. Has any RS commented about his recent foray into the Nazi period? Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie Say Shalom! 06:06, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Rampage
New wikipedia editor here, doubt I'll make many changes at all but this error popped out at me: Rampage was listed as a video game title, and having seen his movie and played the rampage series, I can assure you all that they aren't related, so I deleted that. -jrh 72.48.189.210 (talk) 07:09, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

Allow me to elaborate, since lots of his video game movies bear only a slight resemblance to the games themselves. His movie is about a guy who suits up in some combat armor and roams around town killing folks, the games are about giant monster mutants that climb buildings and punch holes in them to get good goodies until the buildings fall down. Though I did find both kinda tedious, I still don't think they are related. -jrh 72.48.189.210 (talk) 07:16, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

I enjoyed the film 80.193.196.212 (talk) 11:39, 13 October 2022 (UTC)

German/Canadian dual citizen?
If you are born in Germany and become a Canadian citizen, you automatically lose German citizenship. The exception to this is if one of your parents is a Canadian citizen and the other is a German national, then you are a dual citizen, you don't have to choose one and lose the other at a certain age. Unless one of his parents was a Canadian citizen, he is probably not a dual citizen of Germany and Canada. http://www.canada.diplo.de/Vertretung/kanada/en/02/citizenship/dual__citizenship.html -- Hyacinth45

 * As of April 2015, he is not a Canadian citizen. You can get an Access to Information/Privacy request that proves it.

Assault on Wall Street
In the Wikipedia article text it lists Boll only as Director of "Assault on Wall Street". I have just watched the movie and he is credited as writer, producer and director. I have no axe to grind here. As a matter of fact, I don't know anything further about Uwe Boll other than the above. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.250.197.184 (talk) 22:08, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

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His Bauhaus restaurant in Vancouver, BC, he gave up quite at the beginning of Corona pandemic (spring 2020) und Boll has returned to Germany, Mainz, since. --213.172.123.242 (talk) 19:21, 22 September 2021 (UTC)

Criticism
Be careful how your words can destroy someones career. Look, Mr boll may be bad but one bad review calls many. I don't think anyone deserves that. Ok, what I think is that he serves as an example to many foreigners that want to make a film outside their country (with people that don't understand them). Even though the damage can't stop him from making a beautiful film, the damage was already done. Best wishes Uwe Boll. 41.114.125.117 (talk) 11:24, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

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William Óg de Burgh

Sir William Óg de Burgh (died 1270) was an Anglo-Irish noble and soldier who was the ancestor of the Earls of Clanricarde and the Mac William Iochtar (Burkes of County Mayo).

Career
William Óg was the third son of Richard Mor de Burgh, Lord of Connacht. He served with distinction in France with King Henry III (1245) and later in Scotland. He was involved in fierce feudal warfare in Ireland where he killed the Lord of Desmond. He was killed at the Battle of Áth an Chip or Athankip by the Ua Conchobair Kings of Connacht, in 1270.

Family
He was survived by at least one son, Sir William Liath de Burgh (d.1324), Custos or Warden of Ireland (who married Finola Ní Briain).

William Óg was the ancestor of the Burke (de Burgh) Earls of Clanricarde and the Mac William Iochtar (Burkes of County Mayo).

Genealogy

 * Walter de Burgh of Burgh Castle, Norfolk m. Alice
 * William de Burgh (d. 1206) m. Daughter of Domnall Mór Ó Briain, King of Thomond
 * Richard Mór / Óge de Burgh, 1st Lord of Connaught m. Egidia de Lacy, Lady of Connacht
 * Sir Richard de Burgh (d.1248), 2nd Lord of Connaught
 * Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster (d. 1271)
 * Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster (1259–1326)
 * John de Burgh m. Elizabeth de Clare
 * William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster (1312–33) m. Maud of Lancaster
 * Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster (1332–63) m. Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence
 * Philippa Plantagenet, 5th Countess of Ulster (1355–82) m. Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March
 * Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, 6th Earl of Ulster (1374–98)
 * Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, 7th Earl of Ulster (1391–1425)
 * Anne Mortimer (1388–1411) m. Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge
 * Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, 8th Earl of Ulster (1411–60)
 * Edward IV (Edward, 4th Duke of York, 9th Earl of Ulster)
 * House of York (Kings and Queens of England and Ireland)
 * Edmond de Burgh
 * Sir Richard Burke
 * Walter Burke (d. 1432)
 * Burkes of Castleconnell and Brittas (Clanwilliam)
 * Uileag Carragh Burke
 * Burkes of Cois tSiúire (Clanwilliam)
 * Sir David Burke,
 * Burkes of Muskerryquirk (Clanwilliam)
 * Elizabeth, Queen of Scotland m. Robert I of Scotland
 * Theobald de Burgh
 * William de Burgh
 * Thomas de Burgh
 * Egidia de Burgh
 * William Óg de Burgh (d. 1270)
 * William Liath de Burgh (d. 1324)
 * Sir Walter Liath de Burgh, d. 1332
 * Sir Edmond Albanach de Burgh (d. 1375), 1st Mac William Íochtar (Lower Mac William), (Mayo)
 * Mac William Íochtars, Viscounts Mayo and Earls of Mayo
 * John de Burgh (1350–98), Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
 * Richard an Fhorbhair de Burgh
 * Sir Ulick de Burgh (d. 1343/53), 1st Mac William Uachtar (Upper Mac William) or Clanricarde (Galway)
 * Richard Óg Burke (d. 1387)
 * Ulick an Fhiona Burke
 * Clanricardes, Earls of Marquesses of Clanricarde
 * Raymond de Burgh
 * Walter Óge de Burgh
 * Raymund de Burgh
 * Ulick de Burgh of Umhall
 * Alice de Burgh
 * Margery de Burgh
 * Matilda de Burgh
 * Daughter de Burgh
 * Hubert de Burgh, Bishop of Limerick (d. 1250)
 * William de Burgh, Sheriff of Connacht
 * Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent (d. 1243) m.
 * John de Burgh
 * Hubert de Burgh
 * Hubert de Burgh
 * Barons Burgh
 * Geoffrey de Burgh, Bishop of Ely (d. 1228)
 * Thomas de Burgh

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Hallein

Hallein is a historic town in the Austrian state of Salzburg. It is the capital of Hallein district.

Geography
The town is located in the Tennengau region south of the City of Salzburg, stretching along the Salzach river in the shadow of the Untersberg massif, close to the border with Germany in the west. With a population of about 21,150, Hallein is the second largest town of the Salzburg state. The municipal area comprises the cadastral communities of Adnet II, Au, Burgfried, Dürrnberg, Gamp, Gries, Hallein proper, Oberalm II, and Taxach.

Hallein can be reached by suburban S-Bahn railway from the city of Salzburg. It has also access to the  A 10 Tauern Autobahn (European route E55) from Salzburg to Villach.

History
Long known for the Hallein Salt Mine in the Dürrnberg plateau, settling in the area have been traced 4000 years back. It was a Celtic community from 600 BCE until the Romans took over their Noricum kingdom in 15 BCE.

In the mid 8th century AD, Duke Tassilo III of Bavaria granted the estates to the Salzburg diocese; from 987 they were held by St Peter's Abbey. The extraction of salt became crucial for the economic wealth of the Archbishopric of Salzburg, competing with the salt production of Reichenhall in Bavaria. Salt mining at the site was first mentioned in an 1198 deed. The name Hallein is documented since the early 13th century; it is one of many Hall-names in the south German language area that may have something to do with salt and for which Celtic, Germanic and other origins have been discussed.

From the 15th century onwards, beer brewing became common in Hallein. In 1489 Prince-Archbishop Leonhard von Keutschach in 1489 acquired a large brewery, whereafter the sale of Hofbräu Kaltenhausen beers became another main source of revenue for the Salzburg archbishopric. At the end of the 17th century, Prince-Archbishop Kuenburg had the Protestant miners expelled, after which several hundred of them emigrated to Walcheren and Zeelandic Flanders in the Dutch Republic. With the former prince-archbishopric, Hallein became part of the Austrian Empire by 1816. The Kaltenhausen brewery was purchased by Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este and became one of the largest Salzburg operations during the 19th century.

In World War II, Hallein was the site of a work camp annex to the Dachau concentration camp. After the war, it was the site of a permanent Displaced Persons camp (Beth Israel). In mid-1947, ORT opened a school in two of the barracks, teaching tailoring, dressmaking, electrical and radio technology, baking, beautician training, and upholstery to over 200 students. Later ORT also offered English language classes. In 1948, with the closure of other DP camps, Hallein became the Austrian collection point for Jewish emigrees to Canada and the United States. The inmates even established a football team named Hakoah Hallein, coached by Heinrich Schönfeld. The camp closed in 1954.

Culture
Hallein hosts two museums of historic and musical interest. The Keltenmuseum displays artifacts and narrative describing the early Hallstatt and La Tene Celtic cultures as well as the development of salt mining in the region through the Middle Ages and Renaissance. The Silent Night Museum features information relating to the composing of one of the best-known Christmas songs of the 19th century. It documents the life and times of composer Franz Xaver Gruber. The museum houses the guitar originally used by lyricist Joseph Mohr and several signed copies of the sheet music.

Politics
Seats in the municipal assembly (Gemeinderat) as of 2019 elections:
 * Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ): 9
 * Austrian People's Party (ÖVP): 9
 * Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ): 3
 * The Greens: 3
 * NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum: 1

Notable people

 * Johann Georg Mohr, (DE Wiki) (1656-1726), Baroque sculptor, "Hall One Master"; died locally
 * Franz Xaver Gruber (1787-1863), composer of Silent Night, Holy Night, lived locally
 * August Schenk (1815-1891), botanist and paleobotanist.
 * Herbert Fux (1927-2007), actor and politician,
 * Manfred Baumann, (DE Wiki) (born 1956), journalist, author, comedian and ORF editor

Sport

 * Gerhard Breitenberger (born 1954), football player, played 253 games and 15 for Austria
 * Thomas Stangassinger (born 1965), former skier, gold medallist at the 1994 Winter Olympics
 * Judith Wiesner (born 1966), former tennis player
 * Herbert Ilsanker (born 1967), former football player
 * Michael Wildner (born 1970), former middle-distance runner
 * Sanel Kuljić (born 1977), grew up in Hallein, football player, played over 290 games and 20 for Austria
 * Stefan Ilsanker (born 1989), football player, played 387 games and 61 for Austria
 * Marcel Hirscher (born 1989), former alpine skier, twice a gold medallist at the 2018 Winter Olympics
 * Anna Veith (born 1989), alpine ski racer, gold medallist in Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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Edmond Lapierre

Edmond Anthony Lapierre (25 January 1866 – 20 June 1960) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Montreal and became a sales representative.

Lapierre attended St. Mary's Academy in Montreal. He worked with Greenshields in that city for 18 years. Moving to northern Ontario, he became a member of Sudbury's Board of Trade and was a director of the Mattawa Fur Company, and served on various associations.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Nipissing riding in the 1921 general election after an unsuccessful campaign as a Laurier Liberal there in the 1917 election. Lapierre was re-elected in 1925 over Conservative candidate John Ferguson, and in 1926 over Conservative candidate and former Sudbury mayor Alfred Laberge. He left federal politics at the end of his term in the 16th Canadian Parliament and did not seek another term in the 1930 election. He was subsequently a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for the provincial Liberals from 1934 to 1937.

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McCrory

McCrory may refer to:

People

 * McCrory (surname)

Places

 * McCrory, Arkansas, United States
 * McCrory Gardens and South Dakota Arboretum

Businesses

 * McCrory Stores

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User:Jbreese

jbreese, class of 2008, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

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New Zealand Initiative

The New Zealand Initiative is a pro-free-market public-policy think tank and business membership organisation in New Zealand. It was formed in 2012 by merger of the New Zealand Business Roundtable (NZBR) and the New Zealand Institute. The Initiative’s main areas of focus include economic policy, housing, education, local government, welfare, immigration and fisheries.

Economist Oliver Hartwich has been the executive director of The Initiative since its formation in 2012, and local writer and media commentator Eric Crampton is currently Chief Economist at the organisation. NZME's independent chair Barbara Joan Chapman (formerly the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of ASB Bank) has been a director of the NZ Initiative since 2017. Chapman is also Deputy Chair of the NZ Initiative, is currently the chairperson of Genesis Energy Limited, holds an independent directorship on the board of Fletcher Building Limited, and holds a seat on the Reserve Bank Act Review Panel.

Background
The New Zealand Initiative's predecessor organisations were both business membership organisations. The Wellington-based Business Roundtable, founded by Roger Kerr in 1986, was among the main proponents of New Zealand's neoliberal economic reforms of the 1980s and 1990s. To that end, the Business Roundtable produced a wide range of publications (books, reports, submissions) and undertook other activities that informed and influenced an often controversial public debate.

The New Zealand Institute was established in Auckland in 2004. Like the Business Roundtable, the New Zealand Institute was a business membership organisation that operated as a think tank, albeit with a more centrist political tilt. Some members of the Business Roundtable moved their support to the New Zealand Institute.

By 2011, according to New Zealand Institute chairman Tony Carter, the organisation lacked scale. Carter approached Business Roundtable chairman Roger Partridge and raised the possibility of merging the two organisations. The merger discussions were successful and the New Zealand Initiative was launched in April 2012, with Partridge and Carter as co-chairs. Hartwich was appointed its first executive director.

Organisation
The New Zealand Initiative is based in Wellington. It is a limited company, governed by a board of directors under a constitution. It is one of the three biggest think tanks in New Zealand, the other two being the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) and Business and Economic Research (BERL).

The membership of The New Zealand Initiative comprises about 70 members, mainly large New Zealand companies. According to the Initiative’s Annual Report 2016, the combined revenue of its members equals a quarter of the New Zealand economy.

The chief editor of the New Zealand Initiative, Nathan Smith, resigned from the position in December 2020 after news reports emerged that he was the author of a far-right blog. In this blog he said, amongst other things, that the media controls people's thoughts and authors lengthy posts tying together "Muslim rape gangs" and incel ideology. Hartwich said that these views were "abhorrent" and had no place at the New Zealand Initiative.

The New Zealand Initiative, together with the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union, is a member of the Atlas Network, a global conservatarian group.

Approach
On its website, The New Zealand Initiative says its mission is "to help create a competitive, open and dynamic economy and a free, prosperous, fair, and cohesive society" and describes itself as "strictly non-partisan." It takes a more free-market perspective than the NZIER or BERL.

Apart from its research activities, the New Zealand Initiative hosts a range of events. These include public forums, panel discussions, an annual debating tournament for university students, as well as events for its members. In May 2017, The Initiative organised a study tour of Switzerland for more than 30 senior New Zealand business leaders.

Among the speakers hosted by The New Zealand Initiative are New Zealand Prime Ministers John Key and Bill English, Leaders of the Labour Party David Shearer, David Cunliffe and Andrew Little, former Australian Prime Minister John Howard, former British Trade Secretary Peter Lilley as well as members of all parties represented in the New Zealand Parliament.

The New Zealand Initiative released Manifesto 2017: What the next New Zealand Government Should Do, an overview of its policy recommendations from its first five years, in the lead-up to the 2017 general election.

Education
In July 2017, the New Zealand Initiative has called for the performance measurement and management of teachers in New Zealand schools, a proposal that was cautiously welcomed by Minister of Education Nikki Kaye and rejected by the teachers' union Post Primary Teachers' Association (PPTA). In an earlier report, the Initiative had criticised the New Zealand government for introducing new teaching methods in mathematics that led to worsening numeracy of students. In September 2022, the NZ Initiative asked the Ministry of Education to provide evidence that large, open-plan classrooms helped improve students' learning.

Housing and local government
According to business columnist Pattrick Smellie in 2017, the New Zealand Initiative's main contribution to the housing debate was to point out the factors that were limiting housing supply: Along with high immigration, a sub-scale building industry, and dysfunctional planning law, the incentives for local councils to discourage rather than compete for new citizens was a big part of why Auckland's housing crisis existed. The NZ Initiative had been pointing out these growth-limiting settings almost since its creation five years earlier.

In November 2015, Hartwich and the Labour Party's housing spokesperson Phil Twyford published a joint opinion piece advocating the abolition of height and density controls, infrastructure bonds, and an end to the rural-urban boundary. The article was interpreted as a shift from traditional Labour positions on land-use planning and regarded by international commentators as a sign of a new emerging consensus on housing policy.

The New Zealand Initiative's proposal to establish Special Economic Zones across New Zealand was supported by Wellington Mayor Justin Lester and Malcolm Alexander, chief executive of Local Government New Zealand. Government papers released under the Official Information Act revealed that cabinet ministers were considering the Initiative's proposals.

In a 2013 Initiative report, co-authored by former cabinet minister Michael Bassett, the Initiative proposed funding residential infrastructure through targeted rates in special purpose vehicles. The New Zealand government introduced such a scheme in July 2017 when it charged Crown Infrastructure Partners with this task.

Foreign direct investment
The New Zealand Initiative promotes the deregulation of New Zealand's restrictions on overseas investors, a position which attracted fierce criticism from New Zealand First leader Winston Peters.

Fisheries management
Based on comparative research, the Initiative proposed to establish a new agency to represent recreational fishing interests, modelled on the Western Australian body Recfishwest. The proposal was rejected by fishing advocacy group LegaSea.

Immigration
In its immigration report, the New Zealand Initiative defended New Zealand's liberal immigration policy, arguing that migrants contribute positively to the economy and integrate well into New Zealand society. Winston Peters rejected the Initiative's findings as "academic gobbledygook" and attacked the Initiative for being a thinktank run by foreigners. The Labour Party's Immigration spokesperson Iain Lees-Galloway welcomed the report while criticising its alleged ignorance of migrants' infrastructure needs.

Social policy
The Initiative supported the Key/English government's 'Social Investment Approach,' including the introduction of Social Impact Bonds. It has also argued that concerns about the recent rise of economic inequality were driven by rising house prices while income inequality in New Zealand had remained constant since the 1990s.

Climate
The Initiative does not support policies other than the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to reduce emissions, arguing that other policies do not reduce emissions due to the emissions cap in the ETS. It supports the current focus on net-emissions as opposed to shift in focus towards gross emissions advocated by the Climate Change Commission.

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National language

A national language is a language (or language variant, e.g. dialect) that has some connection—de facto or de jure—with a nation. The term is applied quite differently in various contexts. One or more languages spoken as first languages in the territory of a country may be referred to informally or designated in legislation as national languages of the country. National languages are mentioned in over 150 world constitutions.

C.M.B. Brann, with particular reference to India, suggests that there are "four quite distinctive meanings" for national language in a polity: The last is usually given the title of official language. In some cases (e.g., the Philippines), several languages are designated as official and a national language is separately designated.
 * "Territorial language" (chthonolect, sometimes known as chtonolect ) of a particular people
 * "Regional language" (choralect)
 * "Language-in-common or community language" (demolect) used throughout a country
 * "Central language" (politolect) used by government and perhaps having a symbolic value.

Official versus national languages
"National language" and "official language" are best understood as two concepts or legal categories with ranges of meaning that may coincide, or may be intentionally separate. Stateless nations are not in the position to legislate an official language, but their languages may be sufficiently distinct and well-preserved to be national languages. Some languages may be recognized popularly as "national languages", while others may enjoy official recognition in use or promotion.

In many African countries, some or all indigenous African languages are officially used, promoted, or expressly allowed to be promoted (usually taught in schools and written in important publications) as semi-official languages whether by long-term legislation or short-term, case-by-case executive (government) measures. To be official, spoken and written languages may enjoy government or federalised use, major tax-funded promotion or at least full tolerance as to their teaching and employers' recognition in public education, standing on equal footing with the official language(s). Further, they may enjoy recognition as a language used in compulsory schooling and treasury money may be spent to teach or encourage adults in learning a language which is a minority language in a particular area to restore its understanding and spread its moral stories, rhymes, poems, phrases, songs, and other literary heritage which will promote social cohesion (where other languages remain) or will promote nationalist differentiation where another, non-indigenous language is deprecated.

Albania
Albanian is the national language of Albania. Greek is the national language of the Greek communities, predominately in the south. Aromanian serves as a national language of the Aromanian linguistic minority. Albanian is also the national language of Kosovo, parts of southern Italy, southern Montenegro and southern Serbia. It is a co-official but not a national language of North Macedonia.

Algeria
Arabic is the national language in Algeria. Berber is also an official language. French has no official status but is widely used in education, business and the media.

Andorra
Andorra's national language is Catalan; moreover Catalan is an official language in several territories in Spain (Catalonia, Valencian Community, Balearic Islands), and is spoken (without official recognition or status) in territories in Spain (the Catalan-Aragonese borderlands known as La Franja and the Murcian municipality of El Carche), France (Pyrénées Orientales) and in Italy (Alghero).

Armenia
The Armenian language is a separate branch in the linguistic family of Indo-European languages. Armenian is widely spoken in Armenia as well as in its diaspora.

Australia
Australia has no official language, but is largely monolingual with English being the de facto national language. A considerable proportion of first and second generation migrants are bilingual. According to Ethnologue, 81% of people spoke English at home, including L2 speakers. Other languages spoken at home included Chinese 2.9%, Italian 1.2%, Arabic 1.1%, Greek 1%, Vietnamese 0.9% and Spanish 0.4%.

There were almost 400 languages spoken by Indigenous Australians prior to the arrival of Europeans. Only about 70 of these languages have survived and all but 30 of these are now endangered.

Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani language is the national language in Azerbaijan.

Bangladesh
Bengali, the sole official language of Bangladesh, is also the de jure and de facto national language of the country. Establishing Bengali as a national language was one of the key reason for the independence of Bangladesh.

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina de jure has three national languages - Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian - which are de facto varieties of one language, Serbo-Croatian. It is officially defined under the three names, corresponding to the country's constituent nations. The Latin and Cyrillic alphabets both have official and equal status.

Bulgaria
Bulgarian is the sole official language in Bulgaria.

Canada
Canada's official languages since the Official Languages Act of 1969 are English (Canadian English) and French (Canadian French). Depending on one's views of what constitutes a "nation", these two languages may be considered two equal national languages of the nation of Canada, or the national languages of two nations within one state, English Canada and French Canada.

Quebec nationalists consider Quebec French the language of the Quebec nation and is that province's official language (and recognized minority in Ontario, Manitoba and Newfoundland and Labrador). Acadian French, the national language of Acadians, is an official language of New Brunswick (and recognized minority in Quebec, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island). Newfoundland English dialects differ substantially from other Canadian English ones.

English and French are official in Canada's three territories; two legislate a variety of Indigenous languages in addition. Nunavut and the Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) have as official languages Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun, with N.W.T. also have a further seven more (totalling eleven official languages): Cree, Dënesųłiné, Gwich’in, Inuvialuktun, North and South Slavey and Tłı̨chǫ. As these official languages are legislated at a territorial (sub-federal) level, they can be construed as national languages.

Besides these there many Indigenous languages of Canada, which are the national languages of one or more First Nations, Inuit or Métis peoples; a number of First Nations and Inuit homelands at the Indigenous government level legislate their language as an official language of the Nation, such as the Nisg̱a’a language by Nisg̱a’a and Inuvialuktun by Inuvialuit. Notably the Cree language is spoken (with variations) from Alberta to Labrador, Anishinaabemowin is spoken across central Canada, and Inuktitut is spoken across the Arctic, northern Quebec and Labrador.

China
There are many languages spoken across China, with most people speaking one of several varieties of Chinese. During successive imperial dynasties, the spoken language of the capital city served as the official spoken language and was used across the country by government officials who traveled to communicate with one another. Dialects used for this purpose in different eras included those of Xi'an, Luoyang, Nanjing, Beijing, and other historical capital cities.

After the Xinhai Revolution in 1911, the Kuomintang (Chinese nationalists) founded the Republic of China. In order to promote a sense of national unity and enhance the efficiency of communications within the nation, the government decided to designate a national language. The Beijing dialect of Mandarin and Guangzhou dialect of Cantonese were each proposed as the basis for a national language for China. In the beginning, there were attempts to introduce elements from other Chinese varieties into the national language in addition to those from the Beijing dialect; this was reflected in the first official dictionary of the national language, given the name 國語 (Pinyin: Guóyǔ, literally "national language"). But this artificial language had no native speakers and was difficult to learn, so it was abandoned in 1924. Ultimately, the Beijing dialect was chosen as the national language and it continued to be referred to as 國語 in Chinese in the Republic of China. Since then, the Beijing dialect has become the main standard for pronunciation, due to its prestigious status during the preceding Qing dynasty.

Still, elements from other dialects do exist in the standard language, which is now defined as reflecting the pronunciation of Beijing, the grammatical patterns of Mandarin dialects spoken in the northern parts of China, and the vocabulary of modern vernacular Chinese literature. The People's Republic of China renamed the national language 普通话 (Pinyin: Pǔtōnghuà, literally "common speech"), without otherwise changing the definition of the standard national language.

Croatia
The Croatian language is the official language of Croatia. "The Croatian language and the Latin script shall be in official use in the Republic of Croatia" in Article 12 of the Croatian Constitution.

Czech Republic
The Czech language is the national language of the Czech Republic.

Ethiopia
Amharic was the national language in Ethiopian Empire. The country is composed of at least 80 different ethnic nationalities. Its people altogether speak over 80 different languages. Amharic, Oromo, Tigrinya, Somali, and Afar are the official working languages of Ethiopia. But courts, and legislations work in Amharic and the constitution of the country is written in Amharic in an official capacity. And in day-to-day basis, Amharic is used to issue driving licenses and report tax income, making it not a national language but official language of the government.

Finland
Finland has two national languages: the Finnish language and the Swedish language. The Constitution of Finland guarantees the right to use Finnish and Swedish in courts and other state institutions. Despite the large difference in the numbers of users, Swedish is not officially classified as a minority language but equal to Finnish. Both national languages are compulsory subjects in school (except for children with a third language as mother tongue) and a language test is a prerequisite for governmental offices where a university degree is required. The constitution also grants the Sami and the Roma peoples the right to maintain and develop their languages: The Sami have partial right to use Sami languages in official situations according to other laws.

France
French is the sole official language of France, according to Article 2 of the French Republic's constitution.

Germany
The official language of Germany is German, with over 95% of the country's population speaking it as their first language.

Haiti
Haiti's official languages are Haitian Creole and French. While French is the language used in the media, government and education, 90–95% of the country speak Haitian Creole as the home language while French is learned in school.

Iceland
Icelandic is the official language of Iceland. Icelandic is the language used in the media, government and education, 98% of the country speak Icelandic at home.

India
Hindi and English are the official languages in India, according to Article 343(1) of the Constitution of India. Gujarat High Court has stated that while a majority of people in India have accepted Hindi as a national language, there is no official record or order declaring Hindi as the national language of the country.

The observation was made by division bench of Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Justice A.S. Dave recently while rejecting a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) by one Suresh Kachhadia.

The Union Government uses Hindi and English as official languages, such as for parliamentary proceedings and texts of federal laws. Communications between the Union Government and state governments are in Hindi with Region A and Region B states and in English with Region C states. State governments use their own native languages in official communications. They may adopt one or more of the 22 languages listed in the Indian constitution's eighth schedule—Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Marathi, Meitei, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. The Supreme Court of India uses English as its sole official language; high courts in some states use other languages spoken in the state in addition to English.

Indonesia
The official and national language of Indonesia is Indonesian. Indonesia has more than 700 living languages, making it the second most linguistically diverse country after Papua New Guinea. These 700+ languages, however, are without official status, and some are in danger of extinction. The largest local language is Javanese.

Iran
Persian (or Farsi) is recognised as the national language of Iran.

Ireland
Irish is recognised by the Constitution of Ireland as the national language and first official language of Ireland, and the English language is recognised as a second official language.

Israel
Hebrew was identified as the national language of the State of Israel with the adoption of the Nation-State Bill in 2018, with Arabic recognized as a language with "special status" used in state institutions.

Italy
The Italian language is the de jure and de facto official language of Italy. Italian is also referred to as national language for historical and cultural reasons, because since the 15th century, Italian became the language used in the courts of nearly every state in Italy and in general among educated Italians (scholars, writers, poets, philosophers, scientists, composers and artists) who contributed to what is nowadays the culture of Italy. Furthermore, Italian was often an official language of the various Italian states before unification, slowly replacing Latin, even when ruled by foreign powers (such as the Spaniards in the Kingdom of Naples, or the Austrians in the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia).

Kenya
While English and Swahili are official languages, Swahili also has a special status as national language. None of the country's biggest languages (Gikuyu, Luo, Kamba, Kalenjin, etc.) have any explicit legal status on the national level, but the 2010 constitution enjoins the state to "promote and protect the diversity of language of the people of Kenya."

Lebanon
In Lebanon, the Arabic language is the "official national" language. Modern Standard Arabic is used for official purposes, while the everyday spoken language is Lebanese Arabic. French and English are also widespread in Lebanon.

Luxembourg
Luxembourg uses three official languages: Luxembourgish, French, and German. Previously Luxembourgish had no official status, but following a constitutional revision a law was passed on 24 February 1984 making Luxembourgish the national language. Furthermore, this law recognised the three languages of Luxembourg (Luxembourgish, French and German) as administrative languages.

Malaysia
The Malay language is the national language of Malaysia in accordance with Article 152(1) of the Federal Constitution of Malaysia.

Maldives
Dhivehi is the national language of Maldives per the Maldivian constitution.

Malta
The Maltese language is the national language of Malta. It is also the official language of the island, together with English. Maltese only is recognised as "national" in Chapter 1 of the Laws of Malta.

Namibia
Although English is the only nationwide official language in Namibia, there are also 20 national languages, which are each spoken by more or less sizeable portions of the population and are considered Namibia's cultural heritage. All national languages have the rights of a minority language and may even serve as a lingua franca in certain regions. Among Namibia's national languages are German, Afrikaans, Oshiwambo, Otjiherero, Portuguese, as well as the languages of the Himba, Nama, San, Kavango and Damara.

Nepal
Nepali is the official language in the federal government of Nepal. Over 123 languages are spoken in Nepal, all of which are granted constitutional status as rāṣṭrabhāṣā (राष्ट्रभाषा), officially translated as 'languages of the nation' (the word rāṣṭrabhāṣā also simply means 'national language'). Some of the languages include: Nepal Bhasa, Tamang, Sherpa, Rai, Magar, Gurung, Maithili, Awadhi, English, Limbu, Bhojpuri, etc.

The Netherlands
Dutch is the official language of The Netherlands. In the province of Friesland, Frisian is also spoken and is recognized as the second official language there.

New Zealand
While the population of New Zealand is predominantly English-speaking, the language of the indigenous Polynesian people is the Māori language. Both these languages have official status in the country, along with New Zealand Sign Language, which is one of the few sign languages in the world to have such status.

Nigeria
Besides official English (Nigerian Standard English), Nigeria recognizes three 'majority', or national, languages. These are Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba, each with some 20 million speakers or more.

Pakistan
Article 251(1) of the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan, titled National language, specifies: "The National language of Pakistan is Urdu, and arrangements shall be made for its being used for official and other purposes within fifteen years from the commencing day." Although Urdu has been declared an official language, so far all government documents, legislation, legal orders, and other official records are written in Pakistani English. Most higher education instruction is in English. The National Language Authority is an organization established to make arrangements to promote Urdu since 1979.

Philippines
Filipino is the national language of the Philippines. The current 1987 constitution designated the Filipino language, which is based on Tagalog with the inclusion of terms from all recognized languages of the Philippines, as the national language. It also designated both Filipino and English as the official languages for purposes of communication and instruction, and designated the regional languages as auxiliary official languages in the regions to serve as auxiliary media of instruction therein.

More than 170 languages are spoken in the Philippines and almost all of them belong to the Philippine subgroup of the Austronesian language family. In September 2012, La Union became the first province in Philippine history to pass an ordinance proclaiming a local language. It declared Ilocano as an official language. This move aims to protect and revitalize the use of Ilocano in various government and civil affairs within the province.

The Filipino Sign Language is designated as the "national sign language of the Filipino deaf" as well as the official sign language for transactions of the Philippine government.

Poland
Article 27 of the Constitution states: "Polish shall be the official language in the Republic of Poland".

Portugal
Portuguese is the sole official language of Portugal.

Romania
The official and national language of Romania is the Romanian language.

Russia
The Russian language is the only national language of Russia and had federal official status, but 27 other languages are considered official in different Federal subjects of Russia.

Serbia
The Serbian language (a variety of Serbo-Croatian) is the national language of Serbia, written in the Cyrillic script. There are 15 minority languages.

Singapore
Singapore has four official languages: English (Singapore English variety), Chinese (Singaporean Mandarin variety), Malay and Tamil. Although English is the primary language of business, government, and education, Malay is designated as the national language. This is due the recognition of ethnic Malays (approximately 14% of the population) as the indigenous peoples of Singapore.

Traditionally, the lingua franca among the different ethnic groups in Singapore was Bazaar Malay, a Malay-based creole. Since independence, the government has been promoting English as the main language of Singapore. The bilingual education policy requires students to study two languages: English and a "mother tongue" corresponding to the student's ethnicity. Malay is only offered to non-Malay students as an optional third language in secondary schools. As a result, English has displaced Bazaar Malay as the common language among Singaporeans. Therefore, despite the status of Malay as the national language, the majority doesn't speak it as a first language.

Slovakia
The Slovak language is the national language of Slovakia.

Slovenia
The Slovene language is the national language of Slovenia. There are 6 minority languages.

South Africa
South Africa has 11 official languages, namely Afrikaans, English, isiNdebele, Sepedi, Sesotho, siSwati, Setswana, Xitsonga, Thsivenda, isiXhosa and isiZulu.

The South African constitution further explicitly supports the promotion of the indigenous Khoi, Nama, and San languages; Sign language; community languages such as German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Portuguese, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu; and languages used for religious purposes such as Arabic, Hebrew, Sanskrit.

Spain
Spain has one national constitutional language, Spanish or Castilian, but there are four other languages that are co-official in some territories: Galician language in Galicia, Basque in Euskadi and part of Navarre, Catalan language in Catalonia, Balearic Islands and Valencia (as Valencian), and Aranese in Val d'Aran.

Sri Lanka
The Sinhala Language and Tamil are the national languages of Sri Lanka.

Switzerland

Switzerland has four national languages: German, French, Italian and Romansh, all of which have official status at the national level within the Federal administration of Switzerland.

A majority (74%) of the population speaks German, while most of the remainder (21%) speak French, and minorities speak Italian (4%) and Romansh (1%, not monolingually). German speakers are predominant in most of the country, while French speakers occupy the western parts near the border with France, and the Italian speakers are situated to the south near the border with Italy, mostly within the Canton of Ticino. The Romansh speakers are concentrated in the Canton of Grisons in the south-east.

Taiwan
A national language in Taiwan is legally defined as "a natural language used by an original people group of Taiwan and the Taiwan Sign Language". This includes Formosan languages, Hakka, Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien and Matsu dialect.

During Japanese rule (1895 to 1945), the "national language movement" (國語運動) promoted the Japanese language. After their defeat in the Chinese Civil War in 1949, the Kuomintang regime of the Republic of China retreated to the island of Taiwan, where they introduced Standard Chinese and English language, which were spoken by few of the island population at the time, to be the "national language". Today however, the National languages development act recognises languages of all people groups of Taiwan to be national languages.

Tunisia
The official language of the Tunisian state is Modern Standard Arabic. However, it is not the mother tongue of the population. Therefore, it is not often used to communicate between Tunisian people, instead Tunisian Arabic plays these roles and is the national language of Tunisia. Furthermore, even without an official status, French is also known by 63.6% of the population. It is used extensively in its written and spoken form in administration, education, and business environments. Berber minorities in the south-west and on Djerba Island also use the Tunisian Chelha language.

Turkey
Turkish is the national language of Turkey per the Turkish constitution.

Uganda
The national language of Uganda is English.

Ukraine
Ukrainian is the only official language of Ukraine.

United Kingdom
The English language (British English) is the de facto official language of the United Kingdom and is the sole language of an estimated 95% of the British population. The three Home Nations outside England have national languages of their own with varying degrees of recognition, which coexist with the dominant English language. Britain also has several Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories which are to some extent self-governing, but are not recognized as independent states. Many of these have their own regional languages.

Northern Ireland
In Northern Ireland, both the Irish language and the Ulster Scots dialects are recognized by the Good Friday Agreement as "part of the cultural wealth of the island of Ireland" and are promoted by the Foras na Gaeilge (Irish Institute) and Tha Boord o Ulstèr-Scotch (the Ulster-Scots Agency) respectively.

English was the sole official language until 2022 when the Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022 was passed which gave Irish official status in Northern Ireland.

Scotland
In Scotland, Scottish Gaelic is a minority language spoken by 57,375 people (1.1% of the Scottish population aged over three years old). The Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005 gives the language a limited official status, and the Bòrd na Gàidhlig is tasked with "securing the status of the Gaelic language as an official language of Scotland commanding equal respect to the English language". Scots, generally treated as a West Germanic language related to but separate from English, has no official status but is recognized as a minority language, and is the language of much Scottish literature, including the poetry of Robert Burns.

Wales
The Welsh language has official status within Wales, and as of the 2011 census, is spoken by 562,000 people, or 19% of the population. The Welsh Language Board (Bwrdd yr Iaith Gymraeg) is legally tasked with ensuring that, "in the conduct of public business and the administration of justice, the English and Welsh languages should be treated on a basis of equality".

Crown Dependencies: Isle of Man
English is de facto the only official language. However a few words of Manx Gaelic (the historical national language) are sometimes encountered in government institutions, largely for symbolic and ceremonial purposes, and it is the main medium of instruction in one primary school.

Cornwall
English is the de facto main language spoken in the county of Cornwall. Historically, the main language of Cornwall was Cornish. By 1800, Cornish was endangered with some debate about a mythical last speaker of the Cornish language. Revival of the Cornish language and some recognition has occurred in the 20th century.

United States
In the United States, English (American English) is the national language only in an informal sense, by numbers and by historical and contemporary association. The United States Constitution does not explicitly declare any official language, although the constitution is written in English, as is all federal legislation.

, every year, a bill was introduced to the United States Congress by a Representative or a Senator to try to establish English as the official language of the United States.

Vietnam
In Vietnam, the Vietnamese language had been the de facto national language for many years, but it was not until Decree No. 5 of the 2013 constitution that the Vietnamese language was officially described as the National Language.

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