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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Naming conventions (Chinese)/NPOV/China or PRC vs. mainland China

 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 keep as arbitration evidence. If you wish to delete this, please resubmit only afte the case is over. - Mailer Diablo 12:55, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Chinese)/NPOV/China or PRC vs. mainland China
Since User:Instantnood joined Wikipedia, he has consistently tried to change articles relating to China to support his POV. There have been very many discussions, requested moves, requested categories, and a RfC on Instantnood as a result of this. So far he has been unable to establish a majority, let alone a consensus, in support of his proposals. This page is another 25!!!! votes. We don't need this. Please delete this page as it is disruptive to Wikipedia to continue these constant votes when Instantnood does not get his way, jguk 12:58, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment (non-vote): Please refer to the following sections: #..of China or ..of the PRC → ..of mainland China, #NPOv: China, Mainland China, PRC, ROC, SAR, etc., and #NPOV at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Chinese)/NPOV. While my view is not unanimously supported, jguk's view is not supported by the majority either. Attempts to vote for deletion of these polls is in effect blocking the issue to resolution. — Instantnood 13:07, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, I am against polls like these in principle. The matter can be solved by other means. Inter\Echo 13:15, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * These other means have failed. This poll does not have to be binding and can be used as a gauge of the opinions of the community as a whole. -- ran (talk) 16:35, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * What other means did you have in mind? A lot of different approaches have been taken already. What would you recommend should be done instead? --MarkSweep 22:13, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I feel polls like these contribute little to the community. I see that other means have been taken to resolve this and there is also now an Arbcom case. If this case is rejected, I was contacted by Instantnood to try and mediate further. Inter\Echo 12:41, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks Inter. I guess many of us are running out of idea. — Instantnood 16:23, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * I suppose more options will be available when some of you open up to the idea that the convention itself can be reviewed once again.--Huaiwei 06:38, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete. For the sake of brevity, I have copied and pasted my one post on this purported poll page:
 * I'm sorry, this is ridiculous - why are we going to look at each individual section instead of conforming to a single, comprehensive naming convention? The individual vote setup makes no sense. In any event, my vote in every instance [would be] to keep China as China (not Mainland China, not the People's Federal Democratic Soviet Socialist Republic of the Nation of China, just ... China). I've been there, the people are nice. The food is great. Bathrooms... not so nice - but did I mention the food? -- 8^D gab 13:53, 2005 Apr 9 (UTC)

 * Delete Instantnood cannot run the polls in a non-biased manner. He doesn't announce them, tries to control who votes, and inserts his bias into the announcement. This poll was run through March until the discussion ran out of steam and the talk page got so big it couldn't be edited. This is just an attempt by him to repeat the voting until everyone gets tired of it and he wins. SchmuckyTheCat 14:24, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: I did annouce it. I told participants (such as Ran) in the discussion that ran through March the moves would be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. I announced 5 days ago that I was planning to create this page, and there was no objection. Upon its creation, I put up notices on many pages to notify people. Everybody can vote. Every vote counts, and will be counted. — Instantnood 15:46, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * If everyone can vote, I would question your habit of soliciting votes. I would even question you notifying anyone that a voting exercise exists, because you are indirectly influencing the voting result. It is up to potential voters to find this page, and it is your duty to ensure they know through unbiased means.--Huaiwei 15:59, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I try my best to notify as many people, for those who have joined any of the relevant discussions, as possible. Wikipedia is not an authoritarian or oppressive state. Nobody is in a position to have the power to influence the result. Every voters can think independently. By the way, should discussion over the this matter be brought to somewhere else? It's not quite relevant with the VfD. — Instantnood 16:15, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * When there is evidence that a vote was not properly conducted, there is every reason to point this out in support of its removal. Even the notification of one person is as good as introducing unfairness to the poll, and this does not get justified by notifying more persons. You claim that wikipedia is not an authoritarian or oppressive state, but this dosent mean it is not used by people with authoritarian or oppressive tendencies. Your claim that "nobody is in a position to have the power to influence the result." does not hold, because there is more then enough evidence to show how untrue this is, and all the more when I can show evidence of you doing it. Your past conduct in this site hardly qualifies you as someone who is "unbiased" and capable of conducting a fair poll, reason enough for this page's removal.--Huaiwei 20:35, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * In what way that the polls are not properly conducted? And am I the one conducting the polls? I created the page when there's no objection, and initiated the polls. And please kindly stop implying that wikipedians can be influenced and are not capable to think, decide and act independently. — Instantnood 21:04, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * I have aleady mentioned in detail why it is not properly conducted, and all others who call for its deletion has given even more points to that. Perhaps you might spend some time reading them instead of asking me a well-answered question. Secondly, you started and worded this poll without contribution from anyone else. In that sence, you are the one who is conducting this poll, since you set it up. If it is not you, then who is it? The history page dont lie. You created the page with no objection, because the people who are objecting are not informed of your intentions, and neither do they know of the format of the poll and its wordings used. Your impatience shows. For someone who can make the effort to inform people that the vote is on in their talk pages, I am surprised he cannot do the same when contemplating the idea of coming up with the poll. Last but not least, your repeated discomfort shows when you repeatedly tells me to "stop implying that wikipedians can be influenced and are not capable to think, decide and act independently". Is this an excuse for your vote garnering habits? Is this to justify you dropping notices in people's talk pages when they vote against your favour? Do you feel you are entitled to only ask people who are likely to support your POV to vote because you think they wont be influenced anyway? If you think they wont be influenced, why bother? I said many times...action speaks louder then words, yeah?--Huaiwei 11:48, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * The suggestion to have polls in this way was told (see #1 and #2). It is part of the discussion. I wonder if it is necessary to notify in everyone's personal talk page if I have said something at an article's talk page. And imho it is necessary to ensure the reliability and validity of any poll, and to make sure everyone knows what the matter is. — Instantnood 16:23, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Neither of those two "annoucements" mentions that 25 polls will be conducted, and neither did they list out the pages to be voted on. Neither of them discusses the mode of conduct of the poll, and neither of them discusses the wordings and options to be presented. Worse, neither of them actually say in explicit terms that this poll will be conducted at all. I have seen one of them before, and I was still taken by surprise. I do hope you realise we cant always read your mind. Next, your statements above just shows how biased you are. You find it unnecesary to inform people that you have mentioned the likelihood of your conduct of a poll. The next moment, you expect no surprise amongst anyone who sees that poll when you think it neccesary to inform people that the poll is already up. You insist that the poll is "reliable" and "valid"...by informing some people about the poll? You think it neccesary that "everyone" knows what the matter is...what is you definition of "everyone"? If "everyone" is "aware" of the situation at hand, are they allowed to vote against your favour without you dropping messages in their talk pages demanding for a review on their part? Your talkpage is there for all to see. Anyone can see what you are up to.--Huaiwei 06:38, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete and note that there is a WP:RFAr request that deals with this ongoing conflict. Radiant_* 15:25, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Absolute delete. This page came as a complete surprise, an obvious indication that he has certainly not gained consensus in adopting this method to resolve disputes. As I mentioned in the page, this begs questions over the sanctity of all previous rounds of votes, which has thrown up plenty of comments of which hardly any comes close to an agreement. It is the conventions which need a review, and not massive voting exercises like this to establish a political point!--Huaiwei 15:30, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: Proposals to modify the naming conventions should be done separately. If that is successful, the titles of the articles and categories will have to be renamed accordingly, to the revised set of naming conventions. Refer to my response to SchmuckyTheCat's remarks above for "complete surprise". — Instantnood 15:56, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * And as I mentioned in the other page, you are also saying this voting should take place before the naming conventions becomes a more valid and respectable set of guidelines?--Huaiwei 16:02, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * No I didn't say it. I said the titles should be changed according to the then latest set of conventions, if the conventions is revised. — Instantnood 16:15, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh, and if there is a change in the conventions tomorrow, we are going to have another round of votes of over 25 entries? Think about it. If the conventions are supposed to be respected, why do we need a process like this to enforce the conventions? If there are people protesting these moves despite having read and understood the conventions, do you not think the discussions should be centred over its contents, instead of having to go thru this over and over again, and yet paradoxically facing the possibilities of votes not going in favour of the stated convention? Is it more effective to cure the illness, or its symptoms?--Huaiwei 20:35, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * It depends. If there's no disagreement on whether the naming conventions fit to be applied to an article or a category, what's the point of going on ballot? — Instantnood 21:04, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Erm...and so, you are saying the current conventions is fit to be applied?--Huaiwei 11:37, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * There are many articles and categories nominated to be retitled according to the naming conventions. But some people, while they agree retitling according to the naming conventions, do not agree with retitling one or two, or more, of the articles/categories. And that's why it's necessary to be considered on a case-by-case basis. If everyone agrees that the retitling can be done to all of the articles/categories, then case-by-case assessment won't be necessary. Is that clear? — Instantnood 16:23, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Hence as I mentioned just now, the contradiction is getting obscenely obvious. You now justify this page by saying "some people disagree with some renamings despite conventions". Yet you insisted those who disagree with the conventions will not have their votes counted. Can I say, then, that I agree with the convention, but disagree with what it calls for?--Huaiwei 06:38, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment (non-vote, again): Please be noted that this page is a sub-page of, in other words, part of the talk page of the naming conventions. It was created as a subpage, to prevent the talk page getting huge. — Instantnood 15:41, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you for this information, but we can see that from the page title.--Huaiwei 15:54, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Give it a few days. -- ran (talk) 16:35, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * As it stands, I am refusing to participate in the voting process because I disagree with the method used. Needless to say, I will not be accepting the voting results either.--Huaiwei 20:37, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. One of the dozen pages where "wiki policy" on China/Taiwan naming is being discussed/set/opposed/changed/protested. Consistency may be the hobgoblin of small minds, but in this case, we need more small minds. There's already a forum for consensus on naming, so kill the new one that was created. Feco 19:16, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong keep. — Instantnood 20:56, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. The idea of a vote is a good one, and we will probably need a Gdansk-like vote. However, first of all there are not enough options (common usage is just "China", this should be offered as an option to "mainland China" and "PRC"), and probably a Taiwan/ROC vote should be held at the same time, for an overall solution.  Second, there are also too many options, but the wrong kind: it doesn't seem to make sense to have case-by-case special cases for each of "museums", "transportation", "tourism", etc. and then have to memorize what applies where; there should be some overall universal principle with only a few exceptions (such as for "history", for example).  Finally, any vote/survey should be announced well ahead of time, and the exact wording needs to be discussed and hammered out to be as neutral as possible (not just "mainland China, for or against"). -- Curps 01:17, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Incidentally, we've already had many, many votes - and each of those shows there is no majority in favour of changing from the status quo, jguk 06:23, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Here's the situation as I see it: The naming conventions article that this vote is a subpage of try to specify under what conditions "PRC" and/or "Mainland China" are more appropriate than "China". Some users believe that the naming conventions entail that a significant number of articles should be renamed in order to better conform to those conventions. Others disagree, either because they think the proposed moves do not satisfy the naming conventions, or because they see the results of the moves as violating other policies, or they disagree with the naming conventions. There's been considerable debate already, with no clear results. The naming conventions are arguably the "overall universal principle" you are looking for. In the past on a related topic, several moves were proposed en bloc on WP:RM, which met with opposition, because achieving consensus on a whole set of items is difficult. My own view is that a different approach is needed, one which separates policy making (coming up with naming conventions) from policy implementation (carrying out the requisite moves without any need for additional polls), but I have no idea if that would be feasible or how to go about it. --MarkSweep 07:30, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * There is already an ongoing poll to assess whether each of the Taiwan-/ROC-related articles and categories satisfy the naming conventions. That poll has already suggested that, to some users, although they agree with the moves, they don't think certain pages are satisfied. As this is an assessment on whether an item satisfy the conventions, the only option is to stick with the naming conventions, and therefore no alternative option was provided (say, "China") when I created the page. On announcement of the poll, please refer to my response to SchmuckyTheCat above. — Instantnood 07:58, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * And there lies the root of the problem. Again we can clearly see you are insisting the convention as it is now must stand at all costs. It is no wonder no one could get any idea through your head, because it is the conention itself which needs a review.--Huaiwei 06:38, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment I am not sure where you get this idea that your proposed vote on Taiwan-related articles revealed any consensus among any users agree with your proposals. Please also make sure that you change your voting standard back to rough consensus to protect the Wikipedia voting standard and not the current simple majority votes standard which favors passing your controversial proposal. Please note that even you claim no objection for your initiation for votes, there is utterly no support for you to initiate a vote like this one being vfd or the one targeting on Taiwan-related articles.--Mababa 03:43, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * As I have mentioned elsewhere, I did not notice it wasn't >50% majority, by counting number of "support"s and "oppose"s. Change it if it should be rough consensus. It'd be better if it goes through discussion. — Instantnood 07:32, Apr 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * As a participant in this vote initiated by Instantnood, I am realy troubled by this answer. I believe that I deserve a more responsible reply from Instantnood. The rest of my response at here. You have yet respond to my comment on your lack of support for initiating votes and thus these moves are unwarranted, I'll take it as an acquiescence of acknowledging this fact.--Mababa 02:43, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Instanthood doesn't owe you anything and he's been nothing but forthcoming, honest, and polite with everyone including those who have disagreed with him (which is a lot more than I can say for some people involved in this). I'm going to recommend he not reply to your constant questioning because right now this isn't productive.  I'd suggest a Wiki-break and reflection to gain some perspective.  --Wgfinley 04:41, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete, concur with Curps. Megan1967 04:17, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: Some meaningful discussion has taken place at the page. If it is voted to be deleted the records of the discussion will be lost. — Instantnood 17:08, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)

Comment as Instanthood's advocate I also support protecting this page while the case is arbitrated. --Wgfinley 21:47, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Protect the page and stop the polls. Keep the page as evidence for Instantnood's Arbitration case. Susvolans (pigs can fly) 16:49, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I second Susvolans's call for protection while arbitrarion is pending. --MarkSweep 20:00, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.


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I got your message on my blog. I see you want to add external links. Just do the following.

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Make sure you put a space between the URL and title or it may not work right. If you want to add some information, make sure it doesn't have an POV (point of view). Make sure it has an NPOV (neutral point of view). Try to make it look and sound good in English. Mr. C.C. 06:03, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

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Dominica Freedom Party

The Dominica Freedom Party (DFP) is a conservative political party in Dominica. It shares much of the same socially and economically conservative principles as the Conservative Party in the UK. The party has been led by Bernard Hurtault since 2021.

History
The founders of Dominica Freedom Party in 1968 included Eugenia Charles, Elkin Henry, Anthony Moise, Eustace Francis, Robert Allfrey, Phyllis Allfrey, E. C. Loblack, Edward Scobie, Loftus Roberts, Antony Agar, Star Lestrade and Martin Sorhaindo. The DFP was led by Dame Eugenia Charles from 1972 until 1995. She became Prime Minister in 1980 and served until her 1995 retirement. Following her resignation as party leader and the defeat of the DFP in the 1995 elections by the United Workers' Party, she was succeeded by Brian Alleyne.

In 1996, Charles Savarin became the leader of the DFP. He had presided over the continuing decline of the DFP following the 2000 general election. Despite this the party still holds a degree of influence due to its accommodation with the DLP government. Even after losing all its seats and the DLP winning enough seats to form a government on their own, the DLP leader and prime minister, Roosevelt Skerrit appointed Savarin as a senator and gave him the key post of foreign minister. Many members of the DFP have criticized Savarin for his continued support for their erstwhile foes, the DLP.

During the previous elections held on 31 January 2000, the party won two of the 21 popularly elected seats with 13.6% of votes cast. The party subsequently joined a coalition government with the Dominica Labour Party (DLP), with the DLP not having enough seats to form a government on their own.

The party lost all of its seats in the House of Assembly at 2005 general election, held on 5 May 2005. This was the first time since 1975 that the DFP was not elected in any seats. The party garnered 3.15% of votes cast.

However on 5 August 2007 a new executive was elected, with businessman Michael Astaphan being elected as political Leader.

In 2022 Dominican general election, DFP decided to boycott the election., which in result Dominica Labour Party secured 19 out of 21 seats.

In recent years, the DFP has expressed concerns over national issues. For example, they have been vocal about the impact of the UK's decision to impose travel restrictions on Dominican nationals, linking it to alleged issues with Dominica’s Citizenship by Investment Program (CBI). The party criticized the current administration's management of the program and called for immediate action to address the concerns raised by the UK and other nations.

Leadership

 * Eugenia Charles, 1972-1995
 * Brian Alleyne, 1995-1996
 * Charles Savarin, 1996-2007
 * Michael Astaphan, 2007-2008
 * Judith Pestaina, 2008-2012
 * Michael Astaphan, 2012-2017
 * Kent Vital, 2017-2021
 * Bernard Hurtault, 2021-

International affiliations
The Dominica Freedom Party is affiliated with the Caribbean Democrat Union and the International Democrat Union

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Dominica Labour Party

The Dominica Labour Party is a centre-left social-democratic political party in Dominica.

History
Founded in 1955 by Phyllis Shand Allfrey and Emmanuel Christopher Loblack, the Dominica Labour Party is the oldest political party in Dominica. It first contested general elections in 1961, winning seven of the eleven seats, and party leader Edward Leblanc became Premier of Dominica. In the next elections in 1966 it won all but one of the seats. The party split and former leader Leblanc won the 1970 elections under the banner of Leblanc Labour Party. Leblanc retired in 1974, and he was succeeded by Patrick John. A fourth consecutive victory was achieved in the 1975 elections when it won 16 of the 21 seats. John was ousted as Prime Minister in summer 1979.

In 1980 the party led by John suffered a major defeat, seeing its vote share reduced from 50% to 17%, and losing all its seats as the Dominica Freedom Party won the elections. In 1983 Oliver Seraphin was elected party leader with Patrick John as his deputy.

United Dominica Labour Party led by Michael Douglas merged back to Labour Party in 1985, and Douglas was elected leader with Seraphin as his deputy. The party regained five seats in the 1985 elections, losing one in 1990 and gaining one in 1995.

In the 2000 elections, the party regained power for the first time since 1975, winning 10 of the 21 seats and forming a coalition with the DFP, after which Roosevelt "Rosie" Douglas became Prime Minister. However, on 1 October, 2000 Douglas died suddenly after only a few months in office and was replaced by Pierre Charles. On 6 January, 2004, Charles, who had been suffering from heart problems since 2003, also died. After the death of Pierre Charles, Foreign Minister Osborne Riviere acted as Prime Minister, until Education Minister Roosevelt Skerrit was named political leader of the party and sworn in as Prime Minister.

Under the leadership of Roosevelt Skerrit, the party won 12 seats in the 2005 elections and remained in office. In the 2009 general elections the Dominica Labour Party scored a third consecutive victory winning 18 of the 21 seats, despite the opposition's claims of campaign improprieties.

Leadership

 * Edward Oliver LeBlanc, 1961-1970
 * Nicholson Ducreay, 1970
 * Edward Oliver LeBlanc, 1970-1974
 * Patrick John, 1974-1983
 * Oliver Seraphin, 1983-1985
 * Michael Douglas, 1985-1992
 * Rosie Douglas, 1992-2000
 * Pierre Charles, 2000-2004
 * Roosevelt Skerrit, since 2004

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United Workers' Party (Dominica)

The United Workers' Party is a centrist political party in Dominica. As of the 2022 general election, the party is not represented in the House of Assembly of Dominica, after boycotting the general election. The past Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly is Lennox Linton.

The United Workers' Party with less than 34% of the votes was the majority party in Dominica's parliament from 1995 until 2000, led by party co-founder Edison James as Prime Minister of Dominica.

The party now has a new leader, Thomson Fontaine who is the current Leader of the Opposition. In the 2014 general elections, the party won 6 seats out of the 21. This was reduced to 3 in 2019, and 0 in 2022 following a boycott of the 2022 general elections.

History
The party was founded in 1988 by Edison James, Julius Timothy, Vernice Bellony, Norris Prevost, Dennis La Bassiere and others. In the 1990 elections, the UWP won 6 of the 21 seats and became the official opposition. In 1995, the UWP won 11 seats at the general elections forming the first UWP government headed by Edison James as prime minister.

At the 31 January 2000 elections, the party won 43.3% of the popular vote and 9 out of 21 elected members of parliament. Though it captured the most popular votes, it got fewer seats than the Dominica Labour Party. The party was therefore once again in opposition. James continued to lead the party, which set up a tough campaign for the 5 May 2005 elections, but lost 1 seat. After the election, this time receiving fewer votes than the Dominica Labour Party, the party held 8 seats in Parliament and remained in opposition.

In December 2005, James stood down as political leader and was replaced by Attorney Earl Williams, Minister of Communications and Works in the last UWP administration. Williams defeated founding member and then Deputy Leader Julius Timothy who also sought the leadership of the party. As a result Timothy, the Minister of Finance under the UWP government, left the party and crossed the floor to join the Dominica Labour Party government. This resulted in the UWP being reduced to seven seats in Parliament.

2009-2010: general election, boycott, and by-election
In the general election held in December 2009, the UWP lost four of its seven seats, including the seat of party leader Ronald Green. The UWP subsequently filed litigation in the Roseau High Court challenging the results of five constituencies, including that of Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, and demanding a new general election; pending the results, the three UWP members boycotted parliament. After two UWP members did not attend three consecutive sessions, Speaker of the House Alix Boyd Knights declared their seats vacant in April, and a by-election was scheduled for 9 July 2010. Both UWP members ran and won their seats again in the by-election, against the same candidates they faced in the 2009 general election.

UWP member Hector John was sworn in as Leader of the Opposition on 19 July 2010. Four of the six UWP legal petitions were dismissed in August 2010. The UWP members are expected to end their boycott, citing as a reason the President's announcement that funds would be made available for election reform.

Edison James was reelected political leader of the UWP at its January 2012 convention, and Ezekiel Bazil was elected the party's president.

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Volunteer State Athletic Conference

The Volunteer State Athletic Conference (VSAC) was a college athletic conference which was predominantly for smaller colleges in the U.S. state of Tennessee.

History
The VSAC was organized in the 1940s and dissolved in the early 1980s. Member schools were in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Long-term members of the conference included the institutions now known as Belmont University, Bethel University, Bryan College, Carson–Newman University, Christian Brothers University, King University, Lee University, Lincoln Memorial University, Lipscomb University, Milligan College, Tusculum University, Tennessee Wesleyan University, and Union University, as well as the now-defunct Lambuth University.

Dissolution
The conference dissolved when the institutions in the eastern portion of the state seceded to form the Tennessee Valley Athletic Conference (TVAC). Those in the western part of the state formed in turn the Tennessee Collegiate Athletic Conference (TCAC). The Appalachian Athletic Conference is the direct successor of the TVAC, and was known as such until the mid-1990s when the addition of schools in Virginia, Kentucky, and North Carolina necessitated the name change. The TranSouth Athletic Conference, which operated from 1996 to 2013, is sometimes regarded as something of a successor to the TCAC. Sponsorship of football by the conference ended after the 1962 season, over two decades before the conference dissolved with regard to its other sports.

Other founding members of the VSAC included East Tennessee State University, Middle Tennessee State University, Austin Peay State University, and Tennessee Technological University; these schools all left the VSAC to join the Ohio Valley Conference. As of 2019, Austin Peay and Tennessee Tech remain in the OVC, while East Tennessee State is in the Southern Conference and Middle Tennessee in Conference USA.

Football champions

 * 1947 – Middle Tennessee
 * 1948 –
 * 1949 – Middle Tennessee
 * 1950 – Middle Tennessee
 * 1951 – Middle Tennessee
 * 1952 – Middle Tennessee
 * 1953 – and Middle Tennessee
 * 1954 –

 * 1955 – Middle Tennessee
 * 1956 – Middle Tennessee
 * 1957 – Middle Tennessee
 * 1958 – Unknown
 * 1959 – Unknown
 * 1960 –
 * 1961 –, , and
 * 1962 –

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Henry Walton Grinnell

Henry Walton Grinnell (November 19, 1843 – September 2, 1920), known as Walton Grinnell, was a naval veteran of the American Civil War and the Spanish–American War. He became a rear admiral and Inspector-General in the Imperial Japanese Navy and served at the battle of the Yalu River in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894–95. He was discharged as an admiral at the end of the war.

Walton Grinnell's elder sister Sylvia (born 1838) married William Fitzherbert Ruxton (born 1830) who became an admiral in the British Royal Navy.

Henry Grinnell, father of Sylvia and Walton, was a partner in Grinnell, Minturn & Co., owners of the Swallowtail shipping line which included Flying Cloud, in 1851 the fastest clipper ship in the world. He financed an expedition to discover the fate of Sir John Franklin who was lost while searching for the Northwest Passage, and the Grinnell Peninsula on Devon Island is named after him.

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Wu Ching

Wu Ching may refer to:

 * Wu Ching (judoka) (born 1974), Hong Kong judoka
 * Wu Jing (Han dynasty) (died 203), military general under the warlord Sun Jian during the late Han dynasty, whose name can also be romanized as Wu Ching
 * Five Classics (五經), a collection of ancient Confucian books, see Four Books and Five Classics
 * Wu Ho-ching (born 1991), Hong Kong-based tennis player

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gay for the stay

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 transwiki to wiktionary. Tony Sidaway|Talk 19:08, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Gay for the stay
Delete. It's a phrase that does exist admittedly, but it has no educational offering to Wikipedia. Wikipedia isn't a phrase book.RSieradzki 13:10, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Move to wiktionary minus the Heidi Fless quote --DDerby 14:20, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC) Move to wiktionary. Sholtar 04:21, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep or wiktionary. I have heard of this term before. Megan1967 04:18, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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Talk:Żejtun

1980s?

 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Żejtun&curid=1414406&diff=62767010&oldid=52334485
 * The article already links to the 1980s.. I don't see how this is relevant under see also. 「ѕʀʟ·✎」 21:17, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Srl, there's reference to the political past and Zejtun involvement in the article 1980's Maltesedog 06:12, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
 * doesn't seem to link to it now. dunno. 「ѕʀʟ·✎」 23:37, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Merges
I think that if Zejtun Devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows, Zejtun Dialect, Gwiedi and Gregory Bonici Square are merged into this article we will have one Pretty good article instead of 4 so-so articles. How and to what extent the articles are to be merged, and if there will be a need to create new articles on specific topics related to Zejtun will have to be seen but as it is now it is hard to improve all the material in a coherent manner. --Inkiwna 22:16, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Agree with the Merge. However, I do not agree with the article Zejtun nicknames, it was a good decision it got deleted. If anything there should be a page on Maltese nicknames and not on anything else. Maltesedog (talk) 13:51, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

 * Seeing there is no opposition I am doing the merge. The page now needs a good cleanup!

--Inkwina (talk · contribs) 03:33, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

1/4 of the article size is taken by Zejtun's nicknames, this is so stupid --Melitikus (talk) 16:12, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Another merge
I suggest merging Ġebel San Martin here; it's been unreferenced since 2009 and is not conceivably notable by WP standards. Very little of the content there would actually need to be added here. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 00:57, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

Major re-write
The article has undergone a major re-write, as it was all over the place. I tried to add some focus. The historical section has been beefed up, the section listing chapels was removed (as this was just a list), while part of it has been retained in the new Culture sub-section. A respectable amount of references, notes and citations have been added too. reuv T 17:35, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

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MTO

MTO may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

 * Mario Tennis Open, a 2012 tennis game for the Nintendo 3DS
 * MTO, French mural and graffiti artist, film maker

Economics

 * Make to order or made to order, a production approach where products are not built until a confirmed order for products is received
 * Medium-Term budgetary Objective, part of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) agreement between member states of the European Union

Organizations

 * Media Take Out, an African-American celebrity gossip website
 * Ministry of Transportation of Ontario, a ministry of the government of Ontario
 * Motor Tax Office, a type of government agency comparable to a Department of Motor Vehicles
 * MTO (video game company), a Yokohama-based video game developer and publisher founded in May 1996
 * Munger, Tolles & Olson, a law firm based in California
 * Music Theory Online, the online journal of the Society for Music Theory

Materials

 * Material take off, an engineering and design term

 * Methanol to olefins, a technology for generating polymer precursors from methanol
 * Methylrhenium trioxide, also called methyltrioxorhenium

Spaceflight

 * Mars Telecommunications Orbiter, a cancelled Mars mission to enhance communications between Earth and spacecraft on or near Mars
 * Mars transfer orbit, also known as trans-Mars injection, a spacecraft maneuver to achieve a trajectory to Mars

Transportation

 * MTO, IATA code for Coles County Memorial Airport in Mattoon-Charleston, Illinois
 * MTO, National Rail station code for Marton railway station (Middlesbrough), in England
 * Multimodal transport operator, an enterprise which moves goods using more than one type of transportation

Other uses

 * Mediterranean Theater of Operations, a World War II area designation
 * mto, ISO 639-3 code for the Totontepec Mixe language

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Humber (disambiguation)

Humber may refer to:

 * Rivers
 * The Humber, a river and large tidal estuary in northern England.
 * Humber River (Newfoundland and Labrador), Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
 * Humber River (Toronto), Ontario, Canada

 * People
 * Humber the Hun was a legendary king of the Huns
 * Philip Humber, a pitcher in Major League Baseball
 * Richard A. Humber, American mycologist
 * Thomas Humber, founder of the Humber bicycle company

 * Places
 * Humber, Devon, England, UK
 * Humber, Herefordshire, England, UK

 * Education
 * Humber College, both campuses in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

 * Vehicles
 * Humber Limited manufactured cars, commercial vehicles, bicycles and motorcycles. It was from 1932 a member of the Rootes Group
 * Humber Light Reconnaissance Car, Humber Scout Car and Humber Armoured Car were British reconnaissance vehicles during World War II.
 * Humber Cycles
 * Humber Motorcycles

 * Vessels
 * HMS Humber was the name of nine ships of the Royal Navy.

 * Public Transportation
 * Humber Loop, a streetcar loop on the Toronto streetcar system.

 * Geology
 * Humber Zone, one of the 5 tectonostratographic zones of the Appalachian Mountains
 * Information Technology

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Dornie

Dornie (An Dòrnaidh) is a small former fishing village in the Lochalsh district in western Ross-shire Highlands of Scotland (2006 census). It is near the meeting point of Loch Duich, Loch Alsh and Loch Long.

The A87, the main road to Skye, passes just outside the village. Before the construction of the bridge, the main road passed through the centre of the village and crossed Loch Long via a short ferry ride. Amongst bagpipers, the tune "Dornie Ferry" is a well-known strathspey.

Eilean Donan is a famous castle on a nearby island. The village itself runs alongside the water hosting a variety of village homes, one tiny shop, a hotel and two bars.

St Duthac's Catholic Church dates from 1860 and was designed by architect Joseph A. Hansom. It is in the Gothic style with a stone reredos of polished granite shafts and a demi-octagonal stone pulpit, an unusual feature in a Scottish church.

In 2022, two people were injured in Dornie during the Skye and Lochalsh attacks.

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Atlantic Airlines de Honduras

Atlantic Airlines de Honduras was an airline based in La Ceiba, Honduras, which operated domestic and regional passenger flights, mostly out of the city's Golosón International Airport, as well as Toncontín International Airport (Tegucigalpa).

History
The company was founded in 2001 by Atlantic Airlines, an airline from Nicaragua, using assets from Rollins Air. In October 2008, Atlantic Airlines de Honduras cancelled all flights and the bad safety reputation it had received following the crash of one of its Boeing 737-200 aircraft (registered YV102T) on 30 August of that year, killing the three persons on board. In 2009, the company was disestablished.

Fleet
The Atlantic Airlines de Honduras fleet mainly consisted of up to six Boeing 737-200 aircraft, as well as twelve Let L-410 Turbolets. Additionally, at a time airliners of the types Fokker F27 Friendship, Fairchild Hiller FH-227 and Hawker Siddeley HS 748 were operated.

Destinations
Atlantic Airlines de Honduras offered scheduled flights to the following destinations:
 * Belize
 * Belize City - Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport
 * Cayman Islands
 * Grand Cayman - Owen Roberts International Airport
 * Honduras
 * Guanaja - Guanaja Airport
 * La Ceiba - Golosón International Airport (base)
 * Puerto Lempira - Puerto Lempira Airport
 * Roatán - Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport
 * San Pedro Sula - Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport
 * Tegucigalpa - Toncontín International Airport (base)
 * Útila - Ùtila Airport
 * Nicaragua
 * Bluefields - Bluefields Airport
 * Corn IslandsCorn Island Airport
 * Managua - Augusto C. Sandino International Airport
 * Puerto Cabezas - Puerto Cabezas Airport

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Magic Carpet (video game)

Magic Carpet is a 3D flying video game developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts in 1994 for MS-DOS, PlayStation, and Sega Saturn platforms. Its graphics and gameplay were considered innovative and technically impressive at the time of its release.

An expansion pack, Magic Carpet: Hidden Worlds, was released for MS-DOS compatible operating systems in 1995 and added 25 levels and winter-themed graphics. A compilation package, Magic Carpet Plus, which included the main game and the expansion, was used as the basis for PlayStation and Sega Saturn ports that were released in 1996. A sequel was released in 1995, Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds.

Plot
The player plays a wizard on a magic carpet flying over water, mountains and other terrain while destroying monsters and rival wizards (which are controlled by the computer) and collecting "mana" which is gathered by hot air balloons and stored in the player's own castle.

The story is told in a cutscene that depicts the pages of a book being flipped. According to this backstory, mana was discovered and though it initially had beneficial uses, the quest for it made the lands barren. Worse, many corrupt wizards began turning to mana for their own nefarious purposes, eventually leading to war between them. The battling wizards began using more destructive spells and summoning deadly monsters, the latter of which often turned against them. One wizard hoped to end everything with an all-powerful spell but instead only left the worlds shattered. Only his apprentice survived and his goal is to restore the worlds to equilibrium.

Gameplay
The player has to visit a series of small spherical "worlds" (45 in the original game and an additional 25 in the expansion). The goal in each world is to build a castle and fill it with the necessary percentage of the total mana in the current level (or "world"), thus restoring it to "equilibrium". The total mana level is fixed in each world. To accomplish this, the player has to possess the mana so that mana-collecting balloons bring them to the player's castle (the balloons ignore mana that are unpossessed or possessed by an enemy wizard). Mana, represented by pearls of varying sizes, may be found freely in the world but is primarily gathered by destroying monsters and/or leveling castles of enemy wizards. As the player expands the castle, it spawns additional balloons and armed guards that defend the castle against attacks by enemy wizards. The player character can have up to two spells equipped at a time, one for each hand. Greater amounts of mana stored in the castle allow the player to expand the castle and cast more powerful spells. Besides storing mana, the player's castle also serves as a home base for the player character where he can regain health and mana. Upon death, the player character respawns at his castle. Dying without a castle forces the player to restart the level since the game does not have a mid-level save feature. As long as the player's castle is at least partly intact, the player character cannot die.

The magic carpet can be piloted in three dimensions, similar to a helicopter, although the player cannot roll and it is impossible to crash. Instead, when the carpet approaches an obstacle, it automatically ascends to fly over the obstacle.

Development
The game was promoted with a marketing budget of $307,600.

The game supported anaglyph 3D and autostereogram effects. 3D glasses came with the game package and VFX1 Headgear was supported.

PlayStation
The PlayStation version retains many of the PC version's spells. The map has changed slightly, and some of the monster graphics and enemy wizard graphics are slightly different. As in the PC game, one can only save at the end of the level. Enemy wizards now have a health-bar over their heads, so the player can see when they are close to death. This version does not support multiplayer, but does contain the Hidden Worlds expansion as a reward for finishing the game in "Normal" mode.

Saturn
There was also a port for the Sega Saturn console. It is largely identical to the PlayStation version, and likewise includes the Hidden Worlds expansion. Gaming journalist Ed Lomas reported the technical differences from the PlayStation version as: the sky is animated in a "sliding wallpaper" fashion (whereas it moves in 3D in the PlayStation version), the sprites are more detailed, and the shadows lack the translucency effect.

Atari Jaguar CD
A port for the Atari Jaguar CD was in development after Atari Corporation made a deal with Electronic Arts to bring some of the latter's titles to the system in the middle of 1995, with Magic Carpet being among them. The port was announced during the same month for a general 1995 release and later slated for a December 1995 release. Despite kept being advertised in magazine ads and catalogs, in addition to internal documents from Atari Corp. still listing the port under development, this version was never released. Mike Diskett, one of the playtesters of the title and programmer of the Atari Jaguar versions of Syndicate and Theme Park, revealed in a 2015 forum post at AtariAge that before Atari bought the rights to the title, he had tried porting Magic Carpet to the Jaguar during his spare time and concluded that it was impossible due to the Jaguar's difficulty with texture mapping.

3DO
A 3DO Interactive Multiplayer version of Magic Carpet was announced to be in development, but this port was never released for unknown reasons.

Reception
In the United Kingdom, it was among the nineteen best-selling PlayStation games of 1996, according to HMV.

Next Generation reviewed the PC version of the game, and stated that "Sure to be loads of fun for fans of any genre."

Reviewing the Saturn version in GamePro, Tommy Glide lauded the game's massive size, wide open 3D environment, morphing terrain animations, subtle touches to the sound effects, and accessible controls. He concluded that "If you want to break out of those corridor adventures and play an original first-person shooter, test-drive this carpet of the Persian persuasion." Sam Hickman of Sega Saturn Magazine approved of both the originality of the game and the accuracy of the Saturn port, summarizing that "as a conversion, Magic Carpet is actually very good. As a game in its own right it's nigh on brilliant." She criticized the absence of multiplayer mode, but praised the inclusion of additional levels and a new spell, as well as the more streamlined spell system, and described it as one of the Saturn's most visually impressive games to date. Maximum assessed that the Saturn version is graphically less impressive than the PC and PlayStation versions, but carries over the gameplay flawlessly. They praised the game itself for its deep and original yet enjoyable gameplay, summarizing it as "a perfect mix of strategy and mindless blasting."

Reviewing the PlayStation version, the four reviewers of Electronic Gaming Monthly commented that the controls and interface are confusing at first, and that the graphics become pixelated when getting close to objects, but three of the four felt that it was an overall enjoyable game. Tommy Glide gave it the same ratings as the Saturn version in all four categories, and reiterated his praises for that version. Next Generation commented in a brief review that "Magic Carpet has a lot of challenging action. But a weird control scheme and so-so graphics fail to deliver." However, the magazine's review of the Saturn version in the same issue was much more positive, praising the originality, demanding strategy, massive length, and "airy, mystical quality".

In 1996, Computer Gaming World named Magic Carpet the 137th best game ever. The editors wrote, "Darned weird rules were offset by a rich, 3D world to explore and conquer." In 1996, GamesMaster ranked Magic Carpet 26th in their "Top 100 Games of All Time."

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Dolph Sweet

Adolphus Jean Sweet (July 18, 1920 – May 8, 1985) was an American actor credited with nearly 60 television and film roles and more than 50 roles in stage productions, including performances on Broadway. He often played policemen throughout his career, and may be best known for his portrayal of police chief and father Carl Kanisky on the sitcom Gimme a Break! from 1981 until his death in May 1985.

Early life
Sweet was born in New York City. In 1939, he attended the University of Alabama but interrupted his studies to serve a tour of duty in World War II with the 44th Bombardment Group (Heavy) of the Eighth Air Force as a second lieutenant and navigator on B-24 Liberator bomber aircraft. His plane was downed over Romania during Operation Tidal Wave and he subsequently spent two years as a prisoner of war. He joined other prisoners in staffing short plays in the camp, sparking his interest in acting when he returned from the war.

After the war, he played semi-professional football and boxed while earning his master's degree in English and comparative drama from Columbia University.

Career
Upon graduation, Sweet took a teaching job at Barnard College, rising to head of the drama department during his 12 years at the college. He left his teaching duties shortly after making his Broadway debut at age 40 in a 1961 production of Rhinoceros, starring Zero Mostel.

Sweet landed his first major film role in The Young Doctors (1961). He made appearances in films such as You're a Big Boy Now (1966), A Lovely Way to Die (1968), The Swimmer (1968) and Finian's Rainbow (1968). He also performed on television through the 1960s and 1970s, including roles on The Defenders, The Edge of Night, Another World and Dark Shadows.

Through the 1970s, Sweet took roles in films such as Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970), The Out-of-Towners (1970), The New Centurions (1972), Fear Is the Key (1972), Sisters (1972), Cops and Robbers (1973), The Lords of Flatbush (1974), Amazing Grace (1974), The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977), Which Way Is Up? (1977), Go Tell the Spartans (1978), Heaven Can Wait (1978) and The Wanderers (1979). He also had guest-starring roles on Little House on the Prairie and Mrs. Columbo. He had a notable role as FBI director J. Edgar Hoover in the 1978 television miniseries King, based on the life of Martin Luther King Jr.

As the 1980s began, Sweet worked steadily in films such as Below the Belt (1980) and Reds (1981), the made-for-television movie Gideon's Trumpet (1980) and television series such as Hill Street Blues and Hart to Hart.

Sweet had a recurring role as a policeman in the single 1965–66 season of the legal drama/comedy The Trials of O'Brien. He was also known for his recurring role as policeman Gil McGowan on the soap opera Another World (1972–1977). Sweet also voiced the character of transit-police captain Costello in the 1974 film The Taking of Pelham One Two Three.

Sweet's best-known television character was police chief and father Carl Kanisky, employer of housekeeper Nell Carter, on the sitcom Gimme a Break!. Sweet appeared in this role from 1981 until his death.

Sweet underwent unsuccessful abdominal surgery in the summer of 1984 and was diagnosed with stomach cancer during the fourth season of Gimme a Break, but he continued to work. The final episode of the fourth season aired on May 11, 1985, three days after he died, and just a few hours after his funeral.

Personal life
Sweet married Reba Gillespie while pursuing his master's degree after World War II. The couple had a son together, Jonathon (born c. 1952), before they divorced in 1973. In 1974, Sweet married Iris Braun.

Sweet died from stomach cancer at Tarzana Hospital in Tarzana, California, on May 8, 1985, survived by his wife and son. His Gimme a Break! co-star, Nell Carter, gave the eulogy at his funeral on May 11, and recorded a short eulogy to air that same night, at the start of the show's final episode for the season. Sweet's remains were cremated and his ashes were scattered at sea.

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Avianca Honduras

	Isleña de Inversiones S.A. de C.V. branded Avianca Honduras was a regional airline based in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. It offered mostly scheduled and chartered passenger flights out of its hub at Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport. It was one of the most successful airlines in the country and in the Central American region, as it was part of Grupo TACA. It was one of the seven nationally branded airlines (Avianca Costa Rica, Avianca Ecuador, etc.) in the Avianca Group of Latin American airlines.

History

The airline was founded as Isleña Airlines in 1981 by Arturo Alvarado Wood in the city of La Ceiba. It began operations on March 31, 1981 with a Cessna 206 between La Ceiba and Roatán. Their central office was formerly located in La Ceiba and its hub at Golosón International Airport.

In 1998, Grupo TACA acquired a 20% stake in the company, and began operating under the TACA Regional banner. In 2014, Isleña was unified with the rest of TACA's subsidiaries into the Avianca Holdings, being renamed Avianca Honduras.

By October 2018, Avianca Honduras had suspended its routes until further notice. In March 2020, the airline retired is remaining aircraft and transferred its operations to Avianca.

Destinations
As of March 2020, Avianca Honduras operated to the following destinations:

Further destinations were served by chartered flights.

Fleet
Throughout is existence as Isleña Airlines, the airline operated the following aircraft:

 * 7 ATR 42-300
 * 6 ATR 42-320
 * 2 ATR 72-600
 * 1 Beechcraft 90
 * 1 Beechcraft 99
 * 1 Boeing 737-200
 * 1 Cessna 206
 * 2 de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
 * 5 Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante
 * 3 Fokker F27 Friendship
 * 1 Fairchild Hiller FH-227
 * 1 Grumman Gulfstream I
 * 3 Short 360
 * 4 Let L410 Turbolet.

Accidents and incidents

 * On April 4, 1990, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (registered HR-ALH) landed in the water short off the runway at Útila Airport, following a scheduled passenger flight from La Ceiba with 18 passengers on board. The two pilots claimed to have been blinded by the sun, thus misjudging the remaining distance to the runway. All occupants of the aircraft could be saved.

 * On March 3, 1997, a Let L410 Turbolet (registered HR-IAS) did not gain sufficient height upon take-off from Golosón International Airport for a scheduled flight to Puerto Lempira with 19 passengers on board. Following the retraction of the landing gear, the two pilots had applied a wrong engine power setup, and were forced to bring the aircraft down again in a belly landing, during which it was damaged beyond repair.

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Talk:TV Azteca

Inez Sainz redirect
Why does "Inez Sainz" redirect here, when I can find no mention of her in the article?

And keep in mind, people, that discussion pages are about the ARTICLES and how to improve them. Wiki is not a messageboard for discussing the topics of the articles. See above for perfect examples of what discussion pages are not for. 64.222.94.132 (talk) 13:18, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Rewrite
I kinda fixed the article, I'll be working on it for the next couple of days. Today, I rewrote the opening paragraph, removed unefon section (which was owned by Grupo Salinas and not TV Azteca, shortened controversies section and added main articles to subsections (which made up about 75% of the article) and removed unreferenced material dating back to 2008. If anyone wants to help and has references you are more welcomed to. Stucture -AMAPO (talk) 03:50, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Grupo Salinas (owner)
 * TV Azteca (media conglomerate)
 * operator of Azteca 7 and Azteca Trece (national broadcast television networks) / XHTVM-TV TV station in Mexico City - Proyecto 40 cable TV network. Everything else is owned by Grupo Salinas

Requested move 16 March 2017

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: Moved — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 09:12, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

Azteca (multimedia conglomerate) → TV Azteca – After some years of calling itself just Azteca, the company actually restored TV to its name and changed out signage at its studios and offices. (For instance: 2014 vs. 2016; 2015 vs. 2016) I have taken control of this RM as it was done by an IP editor who is evading blocks, but it actually is not a bad idea. Raymie (t • c) 15:54, 16 March 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. Andrewa (talk) 18:54, 24 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Neutral, per WP:UE. The common name in Mexico is TV Azteca as it is branded this way, however, the English name, I don't know which is (because of Azteca América). { ↓ that socking though } ©   Tb hotch ™ (en-2.5). 05:48, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
 * The US subsidiary of the company is going by Azteca América again; I am going to RM that article. (It is also treated as somewhat separate from TVA: an English-language press release description reads "These companies include: TV Azteca ... Azteca America ... Grupo Elektra [etc.]") Sources in Spanish consistently call the Mexican operation TV Azteca, and recent headlines from Variety like "TV Azteca Struggles to Keep Up With Mexico's Changing Media Landscape" and mentions of Azteca América as an arm of TV Azteca definitely indicate the TV is back in the name.

 * On another note, the socking has been seriously disruptive, though sometimes this really wild editor has a point (his retarget suggestion showed the need for an article at Azteca Deportes, for instance). He actually once impersonated me (and other users) by signing comments and then editing the names. See User talk:Atorres50. Raymie (t • c) 06:18, 18 March 2017 (UTC)

 * This is a definite SPI of our favorite impersonator Atorres50. That said, this is actually not a bad idea of a move. After some years of calling itself just Azteca, the company actually restored TV to its name and changed out signage at its studios and offices. (For instance: 2014 vs.2016; 2015 vs. 2016) Raymie (t • c) 15:54, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I've struck all the edits from IPs. There's a sock problem here. I support this move, but not from this guy. Raymie (t • c) 16:29, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Name of TV Azteca was restored since July 2015

2607:FB90:2191:C563:B449:300F:EDB5:5772 (talk) 11:15, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Support since July 2015 Grupo Salinas restored TV Azteca name 2607:FB90:2169:4A09:6035:3DFD:D5AA:433E (talk) 13:19, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

 * Comment: This IP has the same ISP and location as the nom. Favonian (talk) 13:33, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment Grupo Salinas restored the name of Televisión Azteca in July 2015 no question to move the article 2607:FB90:2169:4A09:6035:3DFD:D5AA:433E (talk) 13:41, 16 March 2017 (UTC) Duplicate !vote struck. Favonian (talk) 13:43, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Support an IP copied Azteca (multimedia conglomerate) then pasted to TV Azteca but Axel reverted to redirect i request the move for now 2607:FB90:4855:471A:4D37:F3CB:A249:58EA (talk) 14:57, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Support Azteca logo was removed and replaced by TV Azteca 2015 logo please contact Raymie for more information but TV Azteca restored the name and no longer Azteca (multimedia conglomerate) Thanks! 2607:FB90:4855:471A:4D37:F3CB:A249:58EA (talk) 15:10, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
 * well sign of that for TV Azteca redirect for the move no sign for that 2607:FB90:6649:C5A8:F0B6:8A5A:EE93:1886 (talk) 16:14, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Support instead of the redirect well makes it im contact Tbhotch for moving TV Azteca 172.58.21.144 (talk) 16:24, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Support we need to move this article to TV Azteca but calling Azteca in March 7 2011 to July 31 2015 move for this now 2607:FB90:6654:D513:8631:76DE:2123:FB6B (talk) 21:21, 18 March 2017 (UTC)

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Security Intelligence Review Committee

The Security Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC; Comité de surveillance des activités de renseignement de sécurité) was a committee of Privy Councillors that was empowered to serve as an independent oversight and review body for the operations of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS). The SIRC was established in 1984 as a result of the reorganization of Canadian intelligence agencies recommended by the McDonald Commission investigating the illegal activities of the former RCMP Security Service.

SIRC's role was to review the activities of CSIS to ensure that the extraordinary powers granted to the security service are "used legally and appropriately, in order to protect Canadians’ rights and freedoms." SIRC did not report to a minister but rather reported directly to the Parliament of Canada.

In 2012, the government of Canada abolished the role of CSIS inspector-general and gave its responsibilities to the SIRC, saying it would save money and prevent duplication, to the dismay of the last inspector-general Eva Plunkett.

On July 19, 2019, SIRC was superseded by the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA), a super-agency mandated to review all Government of Canada national security and intelligence activities.

Chuck Strahl (2012–2014) lobbying activities
In January 2014, Chuck Strahl resigned his position as chair of the Security Intelligence Review Committee, the watchdog of Canada's spy agency, after it was revealed by the press that he is also registered as a lobbyist over the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines.

Arthur Porter (2008–2011) criminal charges and arrest
Arthur Porter and his wife Pamela Mattock Porter were detained by Interpol agents in Panama on May 27, 2013, after an investigation by the Sureté du Québec, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol). He faces charges in Canada of fraud, conspiracy to commit government fraud, abuse of trust, secret commissions and laundering the proceeds of a crime.

The fraud against the Quebec government is related to his alleged role in the handling of a $1.3-billion Montreal hospital construction and maintenance contract. At the time of the alleged fraud, from 2008 to 2011, Porter director general of the McGill University Health Centre in Montreal, Quebec, being in charge of one of Canada's largest health-care providers. He was appointed to the position in 2004. He was also a member of Air Canada’s board of directors.

Porter claimed diplomatic immunity on the basis that he was travelling via Panama on a diplomatic mission to Antigua and Barbuda, on behalf of the government of Sierra Leone, according to his lawyer Ricardo Bilonick Paredes (formerly known as Ricardo Bilonick), a convicted cocaine smuggler with ties to Panama's former dictator, Manuel Noriega and Colombian drug cartels. However, the Sierra Leone government says he is a goodwill ambassador and thus has no diplomatic immunity.

Air India bombing
In 2005, SIRC came under criticism for allegedly not giving close enough scrutiny to the activities of CSIS regarding the Air India bombing, where crucial wiretap evidence was destroyed putting the legal case against the alleged Air India bombers into jeopardy. The Security Intelligence Review Committee cleared CSIS of any wrongdoing. The report remains secret to this day.

Past chairs of SIRC

 * Ron Atkey (1984–1989)
 * John Bassett (1989–1992)
 * Jacques Courtois (1992–1996)
 * Paule Gauthier (1996–2005)
 * Gary Filmon (2005–2010)
 * Arthur Porter (2010–2011)(Resigned on November 10, 2011)
 * Carol Skelton (Acting, 2011–2012)
 * Chuck Strahl (2012 - 24 January 2014) (Resigned in January 2014)
 * Deborah Grey (Acting)
 * Pierre Blais (May 1, 2015 -)

Historical membership of SIRC
Source: SIRC

Appointed November 30, 1984
Chair:

Hon. Ronald G. Atkey, PC, QC (five years)

Members:

Hon. Frank Charles McGee, PC (five years)

Hon. Jean Jacques Blais, PC, QC (five years)

Hon. Saul M. Cherniack, PC, QC (five years)

Hon. Paule Gauthier, PC, OC, OQ, QC (five years)

Appointed November 30, 1989
Chair:

Hon. John W.H. Bassett, PC, OC (three years)

Members:

Hon. Stewart D. McInnes, PC, QC (three years)

Hon. Jean Jacques Blais, PC, QC (two years)

Hon. Saul M. Cherniack, PC, QC (two years)

Hon. Paule Gauthier, PC, OC, OQ, QC (two years)

Appointed November 30, 1991
Member:

Hon. Saul M. Cherniack, PC, QC (one year)

Appointed December 5, 1991
Members:

Hon. Michel Robert, PC, QC (five years)* *Appointed to the Bench, May 1995

Hon. Jacques Courtois, PC, QC (five years)

Appointed November 30, 1992
Member:

Hon. Edwin A. Goodman, PC, OC, QC (five years)

Appointed December 23, 1992
Chair:

Hon. Jacques Courtois, PC, QC (five years)

Member:

Hon. George Vari, PC, OC (five years)

Appointed April 20, 1993
Member:

Hon. Rosemary Brown, PC, OC (five years)

Appointed June 8, 1995
Member:

Hon. Paule Gauthier, PC, OC, OQ, QC (five years)

Appointed September 30, 1996
Chair:

Hon. Paule Gauthier, PC, OC, OQ, QC (to June 7, 2000)

Member:

Hon. James Andrews Grant, PC, QC (five years)

Appointed April 30, 1998
Member:

Hon. Bob Rae, PC, OC, O.Ont, QC (five years)

Appointed June 9, 1999
Members:

Hon. Raymond Speaker, PC, OC (five years)

Hon. Frank McKenna, PC, OC, QC, ONB (five years)

Appointed June 8, 2000
Chair:

Hon. Paule Gauthier, PC, OC, OQ, QC (five years)

Appointed October 4, 2001
Member:

Hon. Gary Filmon, PC, OM (five years)

Appointed February 20, 2003
Member:

Hon. Baljit S. Chadha, PC (five years)

November 13, 2003
Member:

Hon. Roy Romanow, PC, OC, SOM, QC (five years)

Appointed September 16, 2004
Member:

Hon. Raymond Speaker, PC, OC (five years)

Appointed June 24, 2005
Chair:

Gary Filmon, PC, OM (five years)

Member:

Aldea Landry, PC, CM, QC (five years)

Appointed September 3, 2008
Members:

Hon. Denis Losier, PC

Hon. Arthur Porter, PC (five years), (resigned November 10, 2011)

It is noteworthy to remark that 8 months after the appointment of Arthur Porter, the CSIS Director Jim Judd announced his early resignation from his post.

Appointed January 23, 2009
Member:

Hon. Frances Lankin, PC

Appointed June 24, 2010
Chair:

Hon. Arthur Porter, PC (resigned November 10, 2011)

Members:

Hon. Philippe Couillard, PC

Hon. Carol Skelton, PC

Appointed June 14, 2012
Chair:

Hon. Chuck Strahl, PC (resigned January 2014)

Appointed April 22, 2013
Member:

Hon. Deborah Grey, PC, OC (resigned May 2, 2015)

Appointed August 8, 2013
Member:

Hon. Yves Fortier, PC, CC, OQ, QC

Appointed March 7, 2014
Member:

Hon. Gene McLean, PC

Appointed January 30, 2015
Member:

Hon. Ian Carl Holloway, PC, CD, QC

Appointed May 1, 2015
Chair:

Hon. Pierre Blais, PC

Member:

Hon. Marie-Lucie Morin, PC

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Template talk:Powell and Pressburger

This template survived TFD:

Utterly redundant with Category:Powell and Pressburger films - David Gerard 22:09, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC) Okay, if it satisfies the interest in all articles in chronological order requirement, then it's fine by me - David Gerard 19:45, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Keep. Useful for exploring Powell and Pressburger films, see also Category:Hitchcock films and Template:Alfred Hitchcock's films. The category orients the reader from, say, Category:Films by director, the template orients them within the individual film articles. I see them as complementary, not pointless repetition. Jihg 23:01, Apr 3, 2005 (UTC)

Keep. I'd vote for it to be kept as well. As soon as it appeared I saw that it was much more useful for going from one of their films to another. Much easier that having to go via the Category:Powell and Pressburger films. If anything, it's the Category route that's the harder to navigate although that does have its uses as well. SteveCrook 00:18, Apr 4, 2005 (UTC)

Keep --DuKot 20:59, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Recent changes by 188.39.129.146
Looking at the recent (10 March 2016) changes by 188.39.129.146, I can see where they're going with this, but is it worth it? Some of the films listed as Quota Quickies aren't quickie films (in terms of production time, budget or in content) and they certainly aren't quota films, films like The Red Ensign or The Love Test. Not all of his films made before The Edge of the World were Quota Quickies. And what about Powell's TV work like the episodes of The Nurses, The Defenders and Espionage? And what about Return to the Edge of the World? -- SteveCrook (talk) 14:10, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I've reverted these edits. Too problematic.  There is long-standing consensus not to include cast and crew in navboxes normally, but these additions were a pretty incoherent bunch.  Also, we should only link to WP:EXISTING articles, and if TV episodes are to be included, the links should be to the individual episodes, not the series as a whole.  --Rob Sinden (talk) 12:43, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

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Playhouse Square

Playhouse Square is a theater district in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It is the largest performing arts center in the US outside of New York City (only Lincoln Center is larger). Constructed in a span of 19 months in the early 1920s, the theaters became a major entertainment hub for the city for much of the 20th century. However, by the late 1960s, the district had fallen into decline and its theaters had closed down. In the 1970s, the district was revived through a grassroots effort that helped usher in a new era of downtown revitalization. For this reason, the revival of Playhouse Square is often locally referred to as being "one of the top ten successes in Cleveland history."

Construction
Following World War I, local developer Joseph Laronge, who had previously opened the Stillman movie house on East 12th street, envisioned a row of theaters on Euclid Avenue between East 14th and East 17th streets. Laronge and New York City business magnate Marcus Loew, among others, founded a partnership called Loew's Ohio Theatres to develop the area.

The organization's first two theaters, the Ohio and State (now known as the KeyBank State), were designed by eminent architect Thomas W. Lamb in the Italianate style. It was considered essential for the theaters' marquees to face Euclid Avenue, but because of space constraints the State Theatre was built at the back of the lot, although its lobby shares the Euclid frontage with the Ohio Theatre. Construction began in 1920, and the pair opened in early February 1921.

Across Euclid Avenue, Charles A. Platt's Hanna Theatre, part of the Hanna Building complex, opened in late March 1921. Although the theater faces East 14th Street, it is still part of Playhouse Square. It was named for the prominent Cleveland Senator Mark Hanna.

Meanwhile, the Bulkley Building housing the C. Howard Crane-designed Allen Theatre was being built next door. Completed in early April 1921, Jules and Jay Allen's Pompeiian-style theater was sold to Loew's in 1922.

The last theater to be constructed was the Palace Theatre, now known as the Connor Palace, opening in November 1922 in the Keith Building, which at the time was the tallest in Cleveland. There was a great promotion for the theater's opening: the largest electric sign in the world was turned on to show that the Palace was open for business. Built by Edward F. Albee in honor of his friend and business partner, B.F.Keith, the Palace was billed as the “Showplace of the World.” Headlining the opener was America's favorite mimic, Elsie Janis, who shared billing with Eduardo Cansino, Rita Hayworth's father. Albee invested over $2 million in the vaudeville venue, which became known as the “…swankiest theater in the country.”

Designed by the Chicago architectural firm of Rapp and Rapp, the Palace was a regional flagship of the Keith-Albee chain of vaudeville theaters.

The area surrounding the theaters soon became known unofficially as “Playhouse Square.” The Euclid Square Association, a civic group, tried to rename the district “Euclid Square,” although these efforts were ultimately unsuccessful. The area is now officially designated as "Playhouse Square."

Closing and rebirth
The theaters successfully showed a variety of serious theater, vaudeville shows, and movies for more than forty years. However, during the years following World War II, suburbanization and the rise of television led to the decline of the theaters. Fire broke out in the Ohio in 1964, and the other Playhouse Square theaters were struck by vandalism. Between May 1968 and July 1969, all the theaters closed except the Hanna.

Plans to reopen and restore the theaters began almost immediately. In 1970, Raymond K. Shepardson, a Cleveland Public Schools employee, formed a non-profit group named the “Playhouse Square Association” with the Junior League of Cleveland, Inc. The cover of the February 27, 1970 issue of Life was a two-page pull-out of James H. Daugherty's The Spirit of Cinema America, a mural in the State Theatre's lobby.

Plans to raze the Ohio and the State Theatres in 1972 and 1977 caused a public outcry, and in 1973 the newly formed Playhouse Square Foundation obtained long-term leases for the Palace, Ohio and State Theatres, while Cuyahoga County commissioners purchased the Loews Building. Also in 1973, the musical revue Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris opened in the State Theatre lobby. Expected to run two weeks, the show instead played for two and a half years. In 1978, Playhouse Square was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Renovation
Emboldened by the unprecedented success of Jacques Brel, restoration of the theaters began in earnest. Various public-private partnerships collected some $40 million for the project.

Because of extensive fire damage, the Ohio Theatre was originally intended to be the last of the theaters to undergo renovation, but those plans were accelerated so that the theater could become the home of the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, now Great Lakes Theater. The $4 million project was begun at the end of 1981 and completed in less than nine months. Work began on the State Theatre in May 1979, and was completed in the summer of 1984, after the addition of a new $7 million stagehouse. Renovation of the theater's three lobbies was completed in 1987. Restoration of the Palace Theatre began in 1987, and was finished the following year. As part of the project, expanded parking facilities were added to the complex.

Reconstruction of the Allen Theatre lagged behind the rest, partly because some felt that three theaters were enough for the district. However, in 1993 the Playhouse Square Foundation agreed to rent the theater with the intention of purchasing it, which it did in 1997. This acquisition made Playhouse Square the largest performing arts complex outside of New York in the United States, with more than 10,000 seats. The Allen re-opened in 1998.

Although the Hanna Theatre was the only one of the group not to close in 1968 or 1969, it was overshadowed by the revitalization of the Euclid Avenue theaters during the 1980s, and closed in 1989. However, the Hanna reopened in March 1996 – the 75th anniversary of its original opening. In 1999, the Playhouse Square Foundation acquired the Hanna, making it the fifth and last of the original theaters to be purchased by the foundation.

The Cleveland Theater District Development Corporation (CTDDC), now the Playhouse Square District Development Corporation (PDDC), was established in 1998 as a business improvement district to foster development in the theater district.

Recent
The reopening of the State, Ohio and Palace Theatres encouraged further development at Playhouse Square, including the $40 million Renaissance Office Building and a Wyndham Hotel at Playhouse Square.

In an unprecedented move for a not-for-profit performing arts center, Playhouse Square established a Real Estate Services Division in 1999 to support the organization's arts operations. Playhouse Square is active in area development in order to give visitors a lively, welcoming and entertaining destination, while also creating a neighborhood with a robust business environment.

In 2002, Playhouse Square opened the 14th Street Theatre as a home for Second City Cleveland and a venue for improvisational comedy, musical comedy and avant-garde fare, often for extended runs. The venue was closed in 2013 and transformed into the private dining space Cibreo Privato, part of the Italian restaurant Cibreo operated by Driftwood Restaurant Group.

In 2003, the area of East 14th Street near Playhouse Square was renamed Memory Lane-Bob Hope Way in honor of the longtime Cleveland resident to commemorate the entertainer's 100th birthday.

Playhouse Square and Cleveland's public broadcasting stations conducted a joint capital campaign to transform the One Playhouse Square Building into the Idea Center at Playhouse Square. Opened in 2005, it is now the home for Playhouse Square's community engagement and education programs and the downtown headquarters for radio stations WKSU (simulcast over a regional network including WCPN) and WCLV, as well as TV station WVIZ, incorporated together as Ideastream Public Media.

In 2008, the HealthLine opened with a station at Playhouse Square. The line connects Public Square to University Circle via the Cleveland Clinic.

Also in 2008, the Hanna Theatre underwent a thorough renovation with improvements to its stage including a new hydraulic lift system. The Hanna is now home to Great Lakes Theater, Cleveland's classic theater company which previously performed at the Ohio Theatre.

Through a collaboration called “The Power of Three,” Cleveland Play House, Cleveland State University and Playhouse Square partnered to create the Allen Theatre Complex, featuring a reconfigured Allen Theatre (re-opened 2011) and two new theaters that opened in 2012. Cleveland Play House and Cleveland State University's Department of Theatre and Dance are now resident companies at Playhouse Square. The Cleveland Play House administrative offices and all of Cleveland State University's arts programs are now located in the Middough Building on Playhouse Square's campus, adding to the vibrancy of the neighborhood.

Playhouse Square welcomes more than 1 million guests to 1,000+ performances and events each year. Its KeyBank Broadway Series season ticket holder base (more than 45,000) is the largest in the country, making Cleveland one of fewer than 10 markets that can support a three-week run of a touring Broadway show.

Improvements to the Playhouse Square neighborhood - including a digital signage network, upgrades to U.S. Bank Plaza, a retro signage feature and the GE Chandelier, the world's largest outdoor chandelier, located above the intersection of Euclid Avenue and East 14th Street - were completed between April 2013 and April 2014, culminating in a ceremony on May 2, 2014, entitled "Dazzle the District." In 2014 a $100 million capital fund campaign was initiated with a $9 million gift from the Chris Connor family of Cleveland. In honor of their gift the Palace Theatre was renamed Connor Palace. In honor of a $10 million gift from KeyBank in 2017, the State Theatre was renamed KeyBank State Theatre.

In April 2018 Playhouse Square began construction on The Lumen, a 34-story apartment tower. The tower adds 318 apartments to downtown Cleveland and contains a 550 space parking garage. The Tower opened in 2020.

List of theaters

 * Allen Theatre
 * Connor Palace
 * Hanna Theatre
 * The Helen Rosenfeld Lewis Bialosky Lab Theatre
 * Kennedy's Cabaret
 * KeyBank State Theatre
 * Mimi Ohio Theatre
 * Outcalt Theatre
 * Upper Allen
 * Westfield Studio Theatre

List of resident companies

 * Cleveland Ballet
 * Cleveland Play House (Allen Theatre)
 * Cleveland State University Department of Theatre and Dance (Allen Theatre)
 * DANCECleveland
 * Great Lakes Theater (Hanna Theatre)
 * Tri-C Jazz Fest

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Category talk:Massacres

Aerial bombing
Is it right to put in this category?--Ot 13:27, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Bombing of Dresden in World War II
 * 2) Bombing of Tokyo in World War II
 * No. They should go in a suitable "Bombing" category. Carcharoth 09:43, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

 * Since their categorization as massacres would cause endless edit wars they should be categorized under Category:Aerial bombing, or its subcategories such as Category:Firebombing or Category:Strategic bombing. I put a "See also" link to Category:Aerial bombing from Category:Massacres. --Timeshifter (talk) 11:05, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Name of category
There was a renaming/deletion discussion that proposed the deletion of this cateogry (see above). There was no consensus, but it would seem useful to restrict the articles here to those with the word massacre in the title. My idea is that the other synonyms (see Massacre) could be categorised separately by whatever they are called (the redirects could also be categorised this way), and then all of them grouped together under a more neutral title. This would be a preliminary reorganisation to see if any order can be brought to the category. Does this sound OK? Carcharoth 09:42, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

agree. "massacre" is a far too emotional term for encyclopedic categorization. This is pov pushing by category title. split into categories dealing with "mass murder", "mob killings", "communal violence" and the like. Failing all else, substitute "massacre" with "killing", since the only objective feature of a "massacre" is that some people are killed. dab (𒁳) 18:56, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

 * disagree. if reliable sources attest to the branding of something as a massacre, then the categorization is encyclopedic. Baka man  01:39, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

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Serenus

Serenus may refer to:

 * Saint Serenus the Gardener (Sirenatus, Cerneuf), also known as Serenus of Sirmium
 * Saint Serenus of Alexandria (died 202 AD), Egyptian martyr
 * Serenus Sammonicus, a Roman scholar
 * Serenus of Antinoöpolis, also known as Serenus of Antinoeia, a mathematician from Antinoöpolis.
 * Serenus, a messiah claimant (circa 720)
 * Serenicus and Serenidus of Saulges

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/Not deleted/January 2005

Template:Gundam Seed mobile weapons
Huge and redundant with List of Mobile Suits; no replies to a comment I left on its talk 4 days ago. Convert to Category:Gundam Seed mobile weapons (or the existing Category:Gundam weaponry Category:Gundam Mobile Suits). Mrwojo 20:27, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Keep. I say, that tempelate is rather large, but all the info in those pages seems accurate and informative. Merging it all into one big thread would require taking out all the info, which defeats the purpose of having the articles in the first place. This is an encylopedia, after all. I suggest splitting the suits up by Faction to clear space and havins sub tempelates for each faction in the correct pages, having all pages link to the master Gundam SEED/SEED destiny page. *SWE*
 * (Hope I did this right...) I personally think every article the template refers to should be merged together to: Mobile Weapons of the Cosmic Era. If the template is deleted, please add Category:Gundam Seed to every article. 132.205.94.241 02:53, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * That would make an extremely large and unwieldy article. Perhaps a group of consolidated articles might be appropriate, but one single article would not work very well. Iceberg3k 04:32, Jan 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * The articles contain too much fancruft, so can be pared down to fit in a single page. 132.205.15.43 04:40, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Sure, "pared down" the point of being completely uninformative. 68.47.175.214
 * In that case, we should delete the entire article set. 132.205.95.68 21:47, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Why? Because you say so? 68.47.175.214
 * delete. huge and redundant--Jiang 09:31, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. 68.47.175.214
 * delete Pjacobi 20:27, 2005 Jan 19 (UTC)
 * Keep. It makes navigating the articles much easier. Redxiv 20:36, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Seems useful to me. Space Pirate Minagi 01:56, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * I went through yesterday and cleaned out the duplicate links in the template, so that it only listed which faction originally produced the mobile suits rather than listing the stolen Gundams with both OMNI and ZAFT, etc. I figured that would be a good way to shrink it, but your idea's better. 68.47.175.214 08:58, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Snowspinner 01:30, Jan 24, 2005 (UTC)

Template:Canada-place-stub and Template:Ireland-place-stub
There are over a dozen geo-stub subcategories: US-geo-stub, UK-geo-stub, Australia-geo-stub... in fact all but two are in the form "Template:Foo-geo-stub". These two are the odd ones out. Suggest rename to Template:Canada-geo-stub and Template:Ireland-geo-stub. Grutness|hello? 00:13, 16 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * I like it the way it is. Keep Spinboy 02:47, 16 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * any more objective reason than "I like it?" I mean, that's a fair enough comment, but it'd be good to have a more substantive argument. Grutness|hello? [[Image:Grutness.jpg|25px|]]
 * The word place is more accurate than geo. A good example is "7 Rideau Gate." That's not a geographical area. It's a residence. Thus, place is more accurate. I'm just glad I won't be the one to have to put the new tag on more than 200 articles in the Canadian category already, or the Irish category. That's a lot of articles. Spinboy 18:33, 16 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * No need to edit them all. We can instead set up place to redir to geo so those pages still work; and only put geo on Template messages/Stubs/By region. —msh210 02:28, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Rename. Neutralitytalk 03:38, Jan 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Rename to match other geo-stubs. BlankVerse 07:08, 16 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * rename - but if Spinboy wants to put up a discussion to rename them all to xxxx-place-stub and change all the pages and fix all the links then (possibly after enlisting help from a bot?) I'll support changing all the geo-stubs since place is more exact and simple. Mozzerati 13:03, 2005 Jan 16 (UTC)
 * Rename to match other geo-stubs. --Viriditas | Talk 06:35, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as is. Unnecessary standardisation. zoney ♣ talk 10:34, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Everyone who is using them should know about the difference. Lectonar 14:32, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. There're more important things to work on. Write some articles for these stubs and there'll be no need for the templates at all. 350 Irish place stubs and 482 Canada ones to do. Get working people! Seabhcán 17:38, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Just create a redirect from either one to the other, and leave it at that. Don't delete, because there might be users who'll use them and get redlinks. Redundancy is good.  This is not what this page is for.  Dunc|☺ 21:22, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to ...-geo-stub, place excludes a lot more types of things than geo. --fvw *  21:38, 2005 Jan 18 (UTC)

It's beginning to look like redirects are the best answer. Sorry to act like a newbie, but do you do them exactly the same way as with articles, or is there something more technical which needs to be done? Oh, and as for "more important things to do", cutting the 4200 unsorted geo-stubs down to a manageable level and putting them in subcategories where everyone can find them to work on more easily (which is what this is involved with) is important work. Grutness|hello? 22:44, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect from place-stub to geo-stub. Keep the template names consistent. RedWolf 04:59, Jan 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as is --Boothy443 09:45, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - it's okay as it is. Pete C 18:51, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect sounds like the best answer. I think we should keep some continuity. Lorddude 04:16, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Rename to ...geo-stub and redirect the non-standard name to that. jni 09:17, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)

For those who say "Keep", perhaps an explanation is in order. I've been busily cutting down the generic geo-stubs by putting them in their sub-categories. There were an unmanageable number (4200), which I've now reduced to a less lunatic 1800. People are still using the generic, and part of the reason (according to the people I've asked), is that it's too difficult to remember the names of the possible subcategories. If all the names were consistent, much of this problem would disappear. Grutness|hello? 10:13, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Looks like someone has created redirects so that both -place- and -geo- work (it wasn't me!). Hopefully that will keep everyone happy :) Grutness|hello? [[Image:Grutness.jpg|25px|]] 11:41, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Template:PD-USGov-USGS
The proper template to use is Template:PD-USGov-Interior-USGS. It was created by a user who (I believe) didn't check WP:ICT recently and assumed a different copyright-tag hierarchy from the one we have currently. grendel|khan 21:22, 2005 Jan 16 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Template:PD-USGov-Interior-USGS. --SPUI 01:16, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC)