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If your message is about how I edited an article, please discuss on the *article's* talk page, NOT HERE. Only non-editing-related messages should be left on this page. MichaelBluejay (talk) 23:28, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

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If your message is about how I edited an article, please discuss on the *article's* talk page, NOT HERE. Only non-editing-related messages should be left on this page. MichaelBluejay (talk) 23:28, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Aesthetic realism
You wrote : I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to leave this message but I could not find any other way to message you on this system. I requested that the "Aesthetic realism" article be locked and you did lock it, but unfortunately locked it to a vandalized version. The members of this group kept excising my addition that many former members consider it to be a cult, and the link to my site about it, [1] (http://michaelbluejay.com/x/). I think it's important to tell both sides of the story, of course. I've never removed any of their ridiculous gushing praise about their philosophy and their leader, I've just added my own very short comment. But they routinely go in there and delete it, since they want no public criticism. Actually, unless this changes, they don't have to do so any more, because their sabatoged version is now locked into place. I hope you will be able to add the other side back in. I added it to the External Links section but I expect they'll take that out any minute, if they haven't already. Oh, my username is MichaelBluejay. You can contact me directly at AR(at)michaelbluejay.com if you need to. Thank you very much for your help.

 * It was not locked by me, I do not have such rights (but maybe I asked admins to lock it). I remember I reverted someone who vandalised the page with text "Aesthetic realism is a cult", giving any futher explanation. I know nothing about the topic, I only do clean up after vandalism.

 * If you can contribute, please formulate it first on the Talk page, trying to reach some consensus (just one link or shout is almost guaranteed to get reverted). Usual practice is to have section like "Criticism of ...". Quite often this process works.

 * If that fails the article may be put under request for coordination (but this is slow, bureaucratic process with long waiting lines).

 * I also noted that the narrative quality of the article isn't the highest. You may rewrite it and put your version on e.g. Talk:Aesthetic_Realism/Version_from_michaelbluejay or on your Talk page. This version may serve as starting point for possible disputes.

 * Pavel Vozenilek 01:33, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Aesthetic Realism
Thanks for your comment, but I don't think I can claim to have rescued the article. As you'll see from my comment on the AR talk page, I've followed your lead in giving up on trying to make it a good article.

I'm curious, though, about the size of the group. Is there any hard evidence anywhere? I would've thought it was bigger than the 120 that (I think) you estimated). My perspective may be bent, though, because I live in Manhattan, where I gather they're strongest.  For a while I patronized a bicycle shop (Conrad's) where the "Victim of the Press" buttons were to be seen. JamesMLane 06:23, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

Re: Update on Aesthetic Realism article
I was on holiday w/o inet access so I didn't reply immediatelly. I do not know much about the topic - I am from Czech Republic and just have watch on the article because of some vandal long ago - so I am not the best person to make any judgements here. If its not possible to come up to some consesus meditation commitee could be used. Pavel Vozenilek 10:09, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

My talk page
I didn't find the note on my talk page that you mentioned. There may have been a problem when posting: would you mind posting it again? – ClockworkSoul 15:22, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

Mediation
Gentlemen,

I'm sending the same message to both Aperey and Michaelbluejay as a coutesy to let both of you know that I scanned through the talk pages in the small amount of time I have had available to me the last few days, and I've noticed a few points that I think that we can agree on. I know that both of you have very strong feelings about Aesthetic Realism, and that you both want the article to be as fair as possible.

Just a couple of quick things that you should both know about the mediation process:
 * If you like, either of you may choose to contact an advocate from the Wikipedia:Association of Members' Advocates to lend you a hand, publicly or privately, through this mediation.
 * You may contact me at any time through email (clockworksoul AT optonline.net), and all such emails are entirely confidential.
 * The first step in most disputes is to revert the page back to a state before the dispute started. If I do that, it will be sometime on Wednesday evening (Eastern Time).

To start things off, I would like to ask everybody involved for a couple of things. First, it would be very helpful if you would please send me an email, clarifying your position and points, as they relate to you and the article (not the other party). Second, it may be best if both of you disengage from the article for a couple of days: continuing a disagreement on the talk pages usually makes the mediation process much more difficult.

That's all for now. Again, please feel free to contact me at any time. – ClockworkSoul 22:29, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

AR
Several editors are attempting to build a compromise version of the AR article which will be NPOV and stable. As you've been actively involved in editing, and have a distinct POV to contribute, you're invited to participate. Talk:Aesthetic Realism/temp Cheers, -Willmcw 21:07, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)

Editing your own comments
I recommend against removing your comments about Aperey as the author of the passages you disputed. You're right that it's a kind of revisionism; specifically, it would leave his response dangling with no antecedent, making him look stupid without justification. What some editors do in a situation like that is to strike out their own previous comment, with or without the insertion of a substitution (e.g., here you might add "TS" in each place). This preserves the record of what was originally said but makes clear that you've withdrawn the statement you previously posted. You can do it by inserting the tag at the beginning of what you're striking out and the tag at the end. JamesMLane 07:36, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

Critical Mass
Hi! Just to let you know that I've added a long and rambling reply to your question at Critical Mass. I hope that there is something useful in there. JeremyA (talk) 05:30, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

 * OK, I decided to try the Critical Mass page without the list. I think that it is possible that it can be exclude on the grounds of verifiability:how can I, or any other individual editor, verify that all these rides still occur? Instead I have made a note in the external links section of the two web pages that carry lists. If no one complains then I am happy to leave the page as it is now.   JeremyA (talk) 01:56, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

Godwin's Law
I noticed your mention that you knew Mike Godwin. You might be interested to know that he's edited and discussed the Godwin's law article. JamesMLane 01:46, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

Mediation
Please see Requests for mediation/Aesthetic Realism so that we may begin the mediation. -- Essjay ·    Talk 02:07, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Yes, please start mediation already. -Willmcw 19:29, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Good luck with that! I've left you a note on my talk page, but would add I doubt some of the superfluous facts Samivel just added. (Kranz, Harris, van Griethuysen, and Shields appear on David Susskind together with four representatives of the Gay Liberation Front. Is that true? They may have appeared on the same show, in separate segments rather than together? If they appeared together, how did AR censor them out of their transcript so effectively? Ah, well, that should only be the biggest error! - Outerlimits 21:51, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Some examples of changes that might be negociated...User:Outerlimits/draft - Outerlimits 22:01, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

 * The transcript was of the Jonathan Black interview, not the Susskind interview--isn't that so? Nobody altered a thing.--samivel 22:43, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Hypothesis
I added my edit summary (accusing the Wikipedia article of inaccuracy) before I read it, going on your claim. It turns out that you misrepresented it; the testability is specific to a scientific hypothesis. Hypotheses about angels are not scientific, thus don't need to be testable. --Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 22:49, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

Veganism
This is precisely why I had a cleanup tag on the article. An anonymous user posting from a dynamic IP range has been adding nonsense to this article for a long time. Thanks for removing the junk. Unfortunately, the anon will just add it back in. --Viriditas 20:25, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

comments
i can't edit the vegan page cause i'm new, but i liked your changes. good job! JamieJones 21:56, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

thanks for your lighting addition
thanks for your good addition to the lighting article...i wanted to put this in and didnt have a reference at hand...do you have a reference for this myth versus reality thanks Anlace 22:18, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

 * yes i do understand the phenomenon and have some publications where ive measured it, but i was hoping to find a more independent journal article or textbook...lik you i didnt want to self promote with my own publication :}, best regards Anlace 23:39, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

 * thanks for the thougnt, about your adding the ref, ill have to dig it out ...its not on line...its just in a dusty technical article somewhere in my archives cheers Anlace 00:59, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Deleted pages
When pages are deleted, they don't appear in contributions, as they no longer exist. You could check the deletion log, but in fact I came across them while patrolling New Pages, and they were all created within minutes of each other on the day that I deleted them (when I placed the message on her Talk page, warning her about it). --Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 09:33, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Cult suicide
I removed the section you added to Cult suicide because it did not meet the criteria of the article: The criteria might apply to Baird, but there is not verifiable info to prove that it does. It certainly does not apply to Siegel, who cannot be thought of as a member of the group, but rather as its leader. -Will Beback 04:27, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Cult suicide is that phenomenon by which some religious groups, in this context often referred to as "cults", have led to their membership committing suicide. Sometimes all members commit suicide at the same time and place. Groups which have done this include, Heaven's Gate, Order of the Solar Temple, Peoples Temple (Jonestown), and the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God. In other cases certain denominations apparently supported mass suicide, but did not necessarily encourage all members to do it. Examples here include Filippians, the Taiping, and a few others.

Search Engine Optimization
Why would a internal wiki link the generanl accepted governing body of SEO be removed as Spam? It seems 100% relevant to me and an important link for newer folks that may be interested to find that such and organiztion does exist. I'm adding it back in at this point. -Jcsquardo 12:05, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

When you revert linkspam, be sure to tag the user's talk page with a spam warning. More info (standard invite): Hey there! I saw you reverting or removing linkspam. Thanks! If you're interested, come visit us in WikiProject Spam so we can work together in our efforts to clean spam from Wikipedia. Jehochman (Talk/Contrib) 16:30, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Gambling
Hey there, Michaelbluejay. We're organizing a WikiProject Gambling, and you're invited. Come on over (if you're interested) and add your name to the list of participants. It will be fun.Rray 02:49, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Your comments at Talk:Seasonal energy efficiency ratio
For example, if an air conditioner provides 5000 BTU of cooling, and has an SEER rating of 10, then on average over the cooling season it will consume 500 watt-hours of electric power (5000 divided by 10).

This cannot be right. A 5000 BTU AC uses about 600 watts, and thus will consume 500 watt-hours in *less than an hour*, not *over the whole cooling season*! -MichaelBluejay 22:52, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Okay, according to the Department of Energy website, the correct formula is the BTU's OVER THE WHOLE SEASON, not the BTU's per hour. I'll edit the article accordingly. -MichaelBluejay 23:41, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Michael, I think you are mis-interpreting what you read. The sentence you quoted is saying that the 500 watt-hr rate of power use is an average hourly energy use during the cooling season. It does not mean the total energy use during the entire cooling season.

 * Perhaps reading and scrolling down a bit to the definition given there may help you understand.

 * However, since you mis-intrepreted what was meant, perhaps others will also do so. Can you suggest a re-wording for that sentence? - mbeychok 00:43, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Wikiproject Proposal
Hi, I am posting this message to everyone who has edited on animal rights or animal welfare related articles in the last couple of months. I have just created a proposal for a WikiProject to help co-ordinate editors on the many articles under the mentioned subjects. If you would like to find out about it or show your support for such a project, please visit User:Localzuk/Animal Rights Proposal and WikiProject/List of proposed projects. Cheers, Localzuk (talk) 10:38, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Hall of Shame not a Reliable Source, per wp:External_links
Again removing Hall of Shame web link. This web link doe snot meet wikipedia standards. In this case, there are many reasons:
 * Nikki Craft put the web link here. I respect her, and her desire to do good.  However, she is an activist, and has an agendum.  See External_links "A website that you own or maintain, even if the guidelines above imply that it should be linked to. This is because of neutrality and point-of-view concerns; neutrality is an important objective at Wikipedia, and a difficult one. If it is relevant and informative, mention it on the talk page and let other — neutral — Wikipedia editors decide whether to add the link"  She does not have a NPOV, which is why she is a great (well known, and effective) activist.

 * Second, same link as above "Any site that contains factually inaccurate material or unverified original research, as detailed in Wikipedia:Reliable sources. " I have done an in-depth look at the article, and it is in fact a worrisome article that makes one think.  But, it is a long an attack by Ms. Craft, based on her personal experience, and she gives numerous anecdotal data.  None of it is backed by research.  Also, the people that she has mentioned she claims are pedophiles.  No causal link between nudity or naturism and pedophilia has been suggested by anyone other than Ms. craft, or a subject of any research.  So, in fact, the site has factually inaccurate material, and is not considered to be a reliable source.

Please don't add it back in again, or I will need to involve an administrator to help resolve the issue.

Atom 01:39, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Michael, after reviewing your web page, and your Wikipedia profile, you seem like a fine fellow. I'd appreciate it if you could just wait for other input from the RfC before you add the link back in. If you read wp:EL, and wp:Reliable sources it might help to clarify things. Regards, Atom 23:47, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, as you did to Criticism of the clothes free movement, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia.

Michael, I am trying very hard to understand your position. Every time I make a change to Criticism of the clothes free movement, or nikki craft you revert my changes. I've stated in too much detail the reasons and wikipedia policy behind it. I asked nicely for you to stop, and then gave you a warning. I'm sorry that you perceive a legitimate warning as a threat. I'm only asking you to stop reverting legitimate work by others. Atom 18:27, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Please contact me
Michael, I've been trying to e-mail you with three different addresses (including the java one from your personal website). Please contact me if you have an e-mail address of mine or write on my talk page about the best way to get a hold of you. I can also call you you, I have Vonage.

User:Dandelion (talk|contribs) 04:24, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Criticism of the clothes free movement
Hey Michaelbluejay. Thanks for working to help make Wikipedia a better reference work; your efforts are appreciated!

I just wanted to state my opinion that edit wars usually are not very productive; it may be a better idea to see if you can come to an agreement on the talk page. And be careful not to revert more than 3 times in 24 hours because of WP:3RR.

Once again, thanks for helping out Wikipedia. Happy editing! -- Where 02:28, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Music articles
Both the general guideline External links and the very specific semi-guideline WikiProject Music/MUSTARD/External linking discourage linking to fan sites. However, as you point out, good research requires using more than one source. External links are just there for readers to find more information. Sources are different. They provide the information we use for the article and we should have as many reliable ones as are available. The problem is that fansites are not normally relaible sources. Sometimes they'll have a copy of a reliable source, like a review (illegally) copied from a magazine. For a group like ABBA it's possible that some fans have banded together to create such a high quality site that it'd count. If so it could be used as a reference even if it weren't appropriate for an external link.

Regarding another point - previous consensus is not binding on current editors. We shouldn't just ignore good arguments from the past but if a consensus of current editors feel differently they aren't obliged to abide by a past decision. If you feel strongly about including a link you can try to rally support for it. You've already discovered how few responses RfCs can get. You could also drop a line over at the Music project, perhaps WikiProject_Rock_music, but I'm doubting you'd get a warm response there either.

Another option with Wikipedia is simply trying to outlast those with conflicting opinions. Even editors who are quite involved for sime time may wonder off after a while. So if there's opposition to the link now there might not be in six months or a year. Unless you're in a hurry I suppose the easiest thing to do is keep an eye on the article and try again when the time seems right. I hope that helps. Cheers, -Will Beback · † · 08:16, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Edit to soy protein
Michaelbluejay, I reverted your change to soy protein simply because there are enough reliable sources to back up the statement that soy is a complete protein, meaning that As per WP:VERIFY, the statement is a valid inclusion into the article. Thanks. Yankees76 20:28, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

I removed a comment of yours
On Atom's talk because the tone will only serve to inflame the situation. If you replace it, I'll do nothing. I did not remove it in any "official" capacity and am not at all suggesting any "consequences" if you don't listen to this advice, but please do listen: Use calmer language. Be "nicer" if you can. even if the other person doesn't seem to you to be being nice at all, don't fall to what you see as their level. We all want the article to be the best it can be while still conforming to the encyclopedia's standards, correct? - brenneman  01:06, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

IPCC AR4
Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner - your reqest got lost in the clutter and then I went away for a few days. I took a look at the matter and there's little I can do to help. While I am interested in climate modelling in general I haven't followed the ins and outs of the current global warming debate and have no independent epxertise. Speaking generically, opnion pieces and LTEs have very low value as sources, pretty much limited to cases in which those have already been reported on elsewhere or where the writers are very noteworthy. The CFP is a fringe publisher and doesn't confer reliability on a piece that they reprint. If the viewpoint is notable it's possible that others have made the same criticism and then numbers add weight. Even fringe ideas are worth reporting if enough people believe them and NPOV requires that we incude all notable viewpoints, even the "wrong" ones. If I were you I'd ask the other editors how to cover that viewpoint in a way that's acceptable to everyone. If that doesn't work and if you are willing to devote the time and energy to see this through, you might try the steps outlined in WP:DR. But it's a contentious topic so don't expect easy sailing. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 09:17, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Users
Asking once is OK, but don't pester a user. Assuming they aren't trying to hide a long block record to other subterfuge, it's permissible for editors to stop editing under one name and return with another. I had asked because the user made an identical point as a previous user. But in a group sometimes folks think alike, so we shuold just take their word for it.  Will Beback   talk    23:50, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Please remember that Wikipedia is not a battleground. This isn't a place to settle scores, no matter how legitimate.
 * Separately, while Aesthetic Realism is an interesting topic, there are few reliable sources for it. If the conflict over the article continues I may recommend that it be "stubbed" down to a single sentence, and rebuilt primarily from reliable, secondary sources. It might end up being less than 500 words. I doubt that's what anyone really wants. Instead of fighting I suggest seeking compromises that are acceptable to everyone.   Will Beback    talk    20:14, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Conversion therapy
I've placed an RFC over including Aesthetic Realism in the history section of the conversion therapy article. You could have done this yourself if you wanted to build consensus. Please do not continue to edit war over this. Born Gay (talk) 08:10, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Reply
Michaelbluejay, you told me not to comment on your talk page, but I am going to do so anyway, because I have little choice. The conversion therapy talk page has become too long and bloated, and I am finding it increasingly difficult to load it in my browser or to place comments there. Furthermore, the topic of Aesthetic Realism is only marginally related to conversion therapy, which makes commenting here more appropriate in any case.

You commented that my assertion that, "There are no sources that support the claim that Aesthetic Realism has anything more than a very minor relevance to the history of conversion therapy" was "patently untrue" and that I "continue to ignore the plethora of sources which show that AR's CT was *highly* visible, promoted on television interviews, two books, a short film, and multiple large ads in the largest newspapers in the U.S." You are, I'm afraid, entirely missing my point, evidently because you do not understand Wikipedia's content policies. None of the sources that you added to the article, which show that Aesthetic Realism's treatments for homosexuality were highly visible in the United States, discuss it as part of the history of conversion therapy. What goes in the history section of the conversion therapy article depends upon what sources that deal with the history of conversion therapy consider important, per due weight. Those sources do not consider Aesthetic Realism important, or even mention it.

Your comments, "How many times have I asked you for a definition of Conversion therapy and for your argument of how AR does not meet that definition?" and "Until you provide a definition of CT (which is incorporated into the article) and show how AR does not meet that definition, I don't believe you have any basis for removing AR from the article" show considerable ignorance. I've tried patiently to explain several times that there is no one "definition of conversion therapy" that can be offered. Whether Aesthetic Realism "meets the definition" or not is thus not an issue worth addressing.

Your comment that, "I reject your spurious suggestion that the topic is inherently undefinable. In any event, it's impossible to have an article on *any* subject unless there's some consensus of what the heck the subject is in the first place" is foolish and quite childish. Anyone properly aware of the reliable sources that deal with conversion therapy knows that there is no one, agreed-upon definition. If you truly think that it's impossible to have an article about conversion therapy if there is no agreement on what it is, then you should nominate the article for deletion, though I should warn you that doing so would be regarded as disruptive.

Regarding your comment that I "ignore, obfuscate, and keep changing [my] positions", please see WP:AGF and WP:NPA. Born Gay (talk) 22:22, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

 * I have to say that I laughed out loud when I read this. The very definition of a wiki-nemesis! This is the most entertaining post I have ever read. I'm sorry it was placed on your page! Hyper3 (talk) 22:42, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

September 2009
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, adding content without citing a reliable source is not consistent with our policy of verifiability. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you are familiar with Citing sources, please take this opportunity to suggest references to the article on the article talk page. KillerChihuahua ?!?Advice 23:20, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

 * Excuse me?! How condescending of you to "welcome" me to Wikipedia, even though I've been here for years.  And it's doubly insulting of you to say that I didn't cite sources, when I cited *multiple* sources. If you don't like my edits, discuss on the article's Talk page, and stay off mine. MichaelBluejay (talk) 23:24, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

 * Its the darn template, I apologise if it appeared condescending. The "nicer" one "welcomes"; those which don't welcome are harsher. I was trying to be a little nicer. However, your sourcing to a self published website is inadequate; please read WP:V AND WP:RS. KillerChihuahua ?!?Advice 23:59, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

These are the standardized warnings: So you see the issues. KillerChihuahua ?!?Advice 00:14, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

71

 * Maybe my comment came was tone-deaf, because I meant the entire message as a glowing complement, acknowledging that you were deeply committed to your mission, so much so and that it sometimes shined through as a wiki editor--if not in the articles themselves, then in the tone and content of the comments. I have a good idea what you have gone through editing this article, and I'm sure that it's come from a deep commitment to routing deception in all its forms.  That's all I meant.  You're doing such a good job with your bigger mission that sometimes it might be hard for you to do the little stuff without your pov being apparent.  And you're right that npov only applies to actual writing not people themselves or their opinions.  I meant nothing at all critical by it and thought you'd identify "downright lousy" with your visibly dogged commitment, not your actual skills, which have never been in dispute. 71.224.206.164 (talk) 16:26, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

AfD nomination of List of vegans
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AR sources
Thanks for participating in the drafting process, and for contributing to keeping a collegial atmosphere. I looked more closely at your draft and noted some problems with sources. First, we can only link to material that has been published in reliable sources, so materials that are published originally on your wesbsite don't qualify. Second, we can only link to copies of previously published materials that don't violate copyright. You do have permission for the NY Post article, but I don't see permission for the NYT ad or for the National Lampoon cartoon, for example. Finally, please avoid adding any text that is likely to offend AR members. While that doesn't mean we need to "pussy-foot" or leave out verifiable information, we should avoid using derogatory terms like "changeling". Antogonizing other editors just makes the process more difficult.  Will Beback   talk    02:30, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
 * We can still cite the ad and the cartoon, we just can't link to them. I posted this here to avoid disturbing the discussion on the talk page, which now concerns the early history material. We can get into this more fully, if necessary, once we've dealt with that stuff.   Will Beback    talk    03:53, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Revert
Hi. Could you please explain your rationale behind this edit. Remember WP:BRD - a bold edit was made, and reverted. You have now repeated the edit. Please build consensus for your proposed change. Thanks. Guettarda (talk) 02:49, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

Comments
This is for you, not the whole AR editing group, so I'm putting it here. I'm not too keen on your insinuation that I'm being fleeced by the AR folk. I'll leave it to sources what is or is not happening. If you have good sources on the homosexuality issue, then great. If not, I can't take your word for it either way, since you are not an RS and you have an enormous COI, although I do respect what you have done to publicize your experience and opinions. Sources first, presumptions about other editors' motives or understanding can be left out. Cheers, Ocaasi c 06:31, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

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Talk:2002 Überlingen mid-air collision

Hindsight bias in this article?
Recently I came across the phenomenon of hindsight bias and I wondered whether this bias might also be present in this Wikipedia article... According to the hindsight bias, in retrospect it is overestimated how likely, predictable and/or inevitable an event was, and obviously a study has even found it in Wikipedia articles on accidents/catastrophes: doi:10.1007/s00426-017-0865-7 So I wondered whether that could be the case with this article, too, – and whether the disaster is presented as more predictable and inevitable than it actually was before. Maybe we should search again for information that would have spoken against its occurrence? Apparently, the hindsight bias occurs because of a retrospective focus on information that spoke FOR the event while ignoring (or not taking seriously) information that would have argued for another outcome, which then, of course, leads to the impression of inevitability and foreseeability... This is why I wondered whether this article might also be affected by hindsight bias and should thus be checked again for this? --2A02:810D:1300:38E5:1DE1:57D:1732:FF2D (talk) 20:22, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

Image of BAL Tupolev Tu-154
User:100.38.84.234 has been | reverting my edits on the picture of the BAL Tu-154. The correct image of the aircraft would be the one with the white tail as in the wreckage of the Tu-154, the aircraft had a white post-lease tail, not the pre-lease blue tail seen on most BAL aircraft. The animations got it all wrong. 223.229.228.97 (talk) 08:02, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

Detail Clarification
In this section the sentence "They traveled on an overnight train to Moscow and arrived on 29 June, then headed to the wrong airport so that they missed their original flight when their bus driver accidentally mistook them, and remained until 1 July to find the arranged charter flight." can we get some clarification on what this means and should read as?

"Headed to the wrong airport" which airport did they end up at? Did they choose to go to the wrong airport? I mean, I know they didn't, but this entire sentence could be a bit more concise about the mix-up.

"When the bus driver mistook them" Did the driver "mistook" them for different people, or did the driver drive them to the wrong airport? What exactly was the mistake made?

"Remained until 1 July to find the arranged charter flight" Did they remain at the wrong airport, or did they travel to the correct one? Previous archived discussion indicates the charter was a hasty arrangement, as well.

I mostly ask this because the cited source is behind a paywall, and I cannot check the source for context, in order to improve this sentence. King keudo (talk) 18:49, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

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GQ Lupi

GQ Lupi is a T Tauri variable star approximately 495 light-years away in the constellation of Lupus. The star is young and has about 70% of the Sun's mass.

Possible planetary system
In 2005, Ralph Neuhäuser and his colleagues reported a substellar object, GQ Lupi b, orbiting the star. Along with 2M1207b, this was one of the first extrasolar planet candidates to be directly imaged. The image was made with the VLT telescope at Paranal Observatory, Chile, on June 25, 2004. Depending on its mass and the definition of a planet, GQ Lupi b may or may not be considered a planet. As of 2006, the International Astronomical Union Working Group on Extrasolar Planets described GQ Lupi b as a "possible planetary-mass companion to a young star." GQ Lupi b is listed as "confirmed planet" as in 2020.

In 2020, another low-mass companion of GQ Lupi was discovered at a separation distance of about 16 arcseconds, or 2400 AU. Designated 2MASS J15491331-3539118 under the 2MASS catalogue, it is likely a young stellar object that is gravitationally bound to its primary star. It is estimated to be approximately 15% the Sun's mass and 21% the Sun's radius. It has an effective temperature of about 3190 K, indicating that it is a red dwarf with the spectral type M4.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andre Zantonavitch

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete. – ABCD 01:19, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Andre Zantonavitch
Non-notable. Only 31 unique Google hits, including postings he's made to things like yahoo groups. There is a Liberal Institute website, but their so-called page on him just says that he's the director, with no further information about him. RickK 04:39, Apr 7, 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete not notable Dsmdgold 12:49, Apr 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete not notable. Gorrister 19:10, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, no evidence of sufficient notability for this "pure liberal" who nonetheless "adheres to the teachings of Ayn Rand", nor of sufficient notability for his institute. Barno 19:29, 7 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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Talk:PMID

Wikipedia PMID
Wikipedia allows direct links of references using PMID.
 * Example: Chobanian AV et al. The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure: the JNC 7 report. JAMA. 2003 May 21;289(19):2560-72. Epub 2003 May 14. .

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The Loud Family

The Loud Family was a San Francisco-based power pop band formed in 1991 by songwriter and guitarist Scott Miller, who previously led the 1980s band Game Theory. The Loud Family released six studio LPs and one live LP from 1991 through 2006. After Miller's death in 2013, three Loud Family members participated in recording sessions for Supercalifragile (2017), Miller's posthumous Game Theory album.

Background
Scott Miller, founder of the group, was a singer, songwriter and guitarist. Prior to forming the Loud Family, he was best known as the leader of the band Game Theory. Miller and his bands were often described as cult favorites, finding critical acclaim but little commercial success.

In 1977, Miller formed Alternate Learning (also known as ALRN), his first band to release commercial recordings, along with future Loud Family bandmate Jozef Becker. Alternate Learning released a self-titled 7-inch EP in 1979, and a full-length LP called Painted Windows in 1981, on Rational Records. Alternate Learning was based in Davis, California, and frequently performed at U.C. Davis. Miller dissolved Alternate Learning in May 1982.

Game Theory was founded by Miller later in 1982. From 1982 to 1990, Game Theory released seven studio albums (including two EPs), distributed from 1985 to 1988 by Enigma Records, with later CD compilations and re-releases on Alias Records. Initially formed in Davis, the group changed personnel and moved its base to the San Francisco area after recording the album Real Nighttime (1985).

The early Game Theory was described as a "pseudo-psychedelic pop quartet" for which Miller sang and wrote almost all of the material. The group, a college-rock favorite associated with the Paisley Underground scene of L.A. and Davis, developed a strong cult following.

In 1989 and 1990, Game Theory's final touring line-up introduced several of the songs that would later appear on the Loud Family's debut LP.

Miller nominally disbanded Game Theory in 1990, and continued to perform shows as a solo artist in the Bay Area until forming his new band.

Formation
By late 1991, Miller had formed the Loud Family, which began playing Bay Area clubs that year.

Drummer Jozef Becker stayed on from the final 1989–1990 line-up of Game Theory; Becker had previously been a member of Thin White Rope, as well as Miller's earlier band Alternate Learning.

Miller and Becker were joined by three members of This Very Window: guitarist Zachary Smith, keyboard player Paul Wieneke, and bassist R. Dunbar Poor, who had at various times been co-workers with Miller at Lucid Inc. Miller had produced "For Beginners Only," a 12-inch single released by This Very Window in 1988. He described Poor and Wieneke as "hypermusically educated guys from Stanford," noting that Wieneke had earned a Ph.D. in music there.

Zachary Smith became lead guitarist for the Loud Family, with Miller moving to rhythm guitar until Smith's departure after The Tape of Only Linda (1994). Smith had appeared as a guest musician on Lolita Nation (1987), and had previously played guitar in a short-lived band with Donnette Thayer called No Matter What, before Thayer joined Game Theory.

Miller stated that he had chosen not to use the name Game Theory out of deference to its past members, rather than "passing off this lineup as yet another Game Theory." According to Poor, the members of This Very Window had each signed on individually to join Game Theory, and the group had rehearsed several times before Miller "decided that the energy and sound of the band was different enough to warrant a new name."

The Loud Family was named after a real-life family that was the subject of the television documentary An American Family. Miller later described the intended reality-show metaphor: "Going through life is a lot like having cameras on you and you have to perform, but there's no script; you just have to do the normal kind of bumbling thing. Besides, it had the word 'loud' in it." Rolling Stone described the name as both "a hip allusion to the mid-Seventies PBS series" and "a clever way to describe the sound and feel of the band. Either way, it's a great hook – smart, funny and instantly memorable. All of which, appropriately enough, are qualities shared by Miller's songs."

Releases on Alias Records (1993–2000)
The Loud Family debuted on Alias Records in 1993 with Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things. The album was produced by Mitch Easter, who had produced Game Theory's records since 1986's The Big Shot Chronicles.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the band's debut album (named after a phrase from America's song "A Horse with No Name") established the Loud Family as "critics' faves" upon its release. Spin referred to the Loud Family as a more evolved version of Game Theory, with "a bunch of interspersed jangle and woof" and a "more guitar-heavy approach."

Spin noted that "Miller's songs and voice are immediately identifiable. Interpersonal relationships are discussed in sweet, brusque terms." According to Miller, those songs reflected a "depressing time" of his life, a three-year period in which "I'd lost my girlfriend ... and I'd lost my band. There was also a period where I got laid off from my job. I was hitting rock bottom, nothing was working out in my life at all. It seems like I was always in some state of trying to get things together, trying to get my situation out of some state of brokenness and hopelessness. I missed everything – I missed having a record deal and making records; I missed playing live."

Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things was later acclaimed by Aimee Mann as "one of the five best records ever made" and "a record that I listened to like a million times."

A follow-up EP, Slouching Towards Liverpool, was released later in 1993. It included songs that had previously been recorded as demos by the final line-up of Game Theory, including Michael Quercio, in late 1989.

The Tape of Only Linda (1994) took its name from a legendary bootleg concert recording of the isolated backup vocals of Paul McCartney's wife, Linda.

In 1995, Zachary Smith and R. Dunbar Poor left the band. Poor was replaced by bassist Kenny Kessel.

The band's 1996 release, Interbabe Concern, included the song "Don't Respond, She Can Tell," for which the band recorded a black-and-white music video inspired by Ernie Kovacs. While touring with Aimee Mann in support of the album, Miller told the Los Angeles Times that he was unwilling to compromise artistic purity in return for stardom and riches, but still hungered for an opportunity to make his living as a full-time musician.

The 1998 album Days for Days featured more line-up changes, with Gil Ray of Game Theory joining as drummer, and Alison Faith Levy on piano and keyboards, bringing a softer edge and more mature feel to the music. Describing Levy's contribution, Miller stated, "To me she brought in that classic 1967 to '74 way of doing piano pop–rock that I'm all in favor of but can't accomplish because I don't play piano. She had the most sheer musicianly keyboard chops of anyone I've played with. And her vocals are pretty distinctive. More toward the soul end of things than other female singers I've had in the band. So that line-up had more of a Todd Rundgren, Cat Stevens, Rod Argent, Carole King approach."

The album Attractive Nuisance appeared in 2000, and was expected by Miller to be the final one for the group. After touring in 2000 in support of Attractive Nuisance, the band's recording contract with Alias Records expired.

125 Records (2001–2006)
Although the Loud Family took a six-year hiatus from recording for a variety of career and family related reasons, Miller signed with 125 Records during 2001. The independent recording label, then newly formed, was founded by Joe Mallon and Sue Trowbridge, who had a long acquaintance with Miller and his bands. As its fifth release, 125 Records released a live CD by the Loud Family.

From Ritual to Romance featured performances recorded live in San Francisco on October 5, 1996, and August 8, 1998, featuring band members Miller, Kessel, Levy, Ray, Wieneke, and Tittel, with guest vocals from Anton Barbeau. Three of the songs on this CD were covers ("Here Come the Warm Jets" by Brian Eno, "Debaser" by the Pixies, and "When You Sleep" by My Bloody Valentine). Critic Brett Milano, writing in the Boston Phoenix, praised the band's "usual blend of finely crafted pop hooks, elusive yet resonant lyrics ... and more self-depreciation", citing the album's opening medley with "dark, ominous keyboards ... and a throat-shredding Miller vocal; it's the sound of a band who'd explode if they hadn't gotten to play those songs at that minute." Scram magazine wrote that the live CD showed the band's "rough, antagonistic power ... which made the fundamental prettiness of the music seem more touching and fragile," calling the concluding songs "a closing salvo that left me breathless and punching the replay button."

In 2003, the label released a concert tour documentary on DVD, Loud Family Live 2000. The DVD, directed by Danny Plotnick, included live performances of 20 songs, along with band interviews and tour footage.

Scott Miller was persuaded by 125 Records to record the 2006 CD What If It Works?, a final studio collaboration between Miller and Sacramento pop musician Anton Barbeau. Members of the Loud Family also contributed to the album, and at the label's request, the album was credited to "The Loud Family and Anton Barbeau," to avoid confusion between Miller and a similarly named country musician. The Sacramento Bee called the album "a mixture of sweet pop and jangly rock," as if "the Beatles were covered by the Replacements." USA Today described it as a "terrific album... by one of underground pop-rock's best-kept secrets, the Loud Family."

After Scott Miller
At the time of Miller's death in 2013, he had begun work on the album Supercalifragile, intending to revive the name Game Theory, rather than release it under the Loud Family name. The album was completed after Miller's death by producer Ken Stringfellow and Miller's wife Kristine Chambers, who enlisted Miller's past bandmates and musical collaborators to turn Miller's incomplete set of recorded guitar and vocal tracks, sound notes, acoustic demos, and other materials into a finished album. Miller had long intended the album to be a collaborative project; he had approached Stringfellow several years earlier, and had co-written one song with Aimee Mann and several with Stéphane Schück.

The Loud Family's Jozef Becker, Gil Ray, and Alison Faith Levy participated in recording sessions for Supercalifragile in 2015 and 2016, which included a song co-written by Levy as a posthumous collaboration with Miller. Other partially-completed Miller songs were posthumously co-written with Jon Auer, Doug Gillard, Ted Leo, Will Sheff, Anton Barbeau, and Stringfellow. The album was released in August 2017.

Critical reception
According to Scram magazine's Kim Cooper, "Just because you write the smartest pop lyrics of your generation, and have a master angler's facility with hooks, and a few thousand people love what you do, that doesn't mean anything. Scott learned that in the nineties, and left the gentle fields of Game Theory for pricklier experiments as the Loud Family."

Although they were praised by critics and fellow musicians – notably Aimee Mann and Stephin Merritt of The Magnetic Fields – and adored by a small fan base, mainstream success eluded the band throughout the 1990s. Though this may have been connected, in part, to lingering association with Game Theory's connections to the no-longer-hip 1980s "college rock" scene, it was more likely due to the group's complex, unpredictable song structures, and to Miller's cryptic lyrics, which tended to place rock's standard lyrical concerns (love, heartbreak, alienation, nascent spirituality, etc.) within the much-wider contexts of modernist literature, politics, art history, semiotics, relativity and contemporary academic sociocultural theory.

In 1996, CMJ New Music Monthly′s review of 1996's Interbabe Concern categorized the music as "pop of the most depraved variety," and wrote, "There's always some jarring detail added or subtracted, some unsettling minor component that takes these tunes out of the realm of the normal. Gently plucked acoustic guitars will suddenly be ripped apart by a mutinous fuzzbox, seemingly at random." The review continued, "If pop's purpose is to soothe and delight, then this is either half-pop or fullblooded mutation/mutilation, as there's nothing soothing about this in the least. It's disturbing, but the sort of disturbance you'll be whistling at work.

Conversely, by 2000, the Chicago Tribune noted the group's more mature direction, citing Miller as a "quirky visionary" contemplating "real-life riddles" such as the "facts of entropy," and quoting the line "I don't know what the radio wants when the radio taunts." Attractive Nuisance was criticized as "not as consistently strong as some earlier outings," and drew praise for its "supple melodies" that contrasted with "dense, often opaque lyrics ... whether exploring the lush orchestral contours of 'One Will Be the Highway,' the nearly avant-garde interludes of 'Save Your Money' or the acid metal roar of 'Nice When I Want Something.'"

In a 2003 book, Sonic Cool: The Life & Death of Rock 'n' Roll, the Loud Family was cited as "perhaps the most sophisticated 'pop' band that ever lived." According to author Joe Harrington, "the songs are beautiful, but they inevitably lampoon some aspect of the culture with biting accuracy. It's the perfect juxtaposition between old/new Pop/Punk that makes the Loud Family simply too good to be true in this day and age."

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Hydroquinone

Hydroquinone, also known as benzene-1,4-diol or quinol, is an aromatic organic compound that is a type of phenol, a derivative of benzene, having the chemical formula C6H4(OH)2. It has two hydroxyl groups bonded to a benzene ring in a para position. It is a white granular solid. Substituted derivatives of this parent compound are also referred to as hydroquinones. The name "hydroquinone" was coined by Friedrich Wöhler in 1843.

In 2021, it was the 282nd most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than 800,000 prescriptions.

Production
Hydroquinone is produced industrially in two main ways. Other, less common methods include: Note that methods such as hydrolysis of chlorinated phenol and oxidation of phenols are much more polluting methods than some others.
 * The most widely used route is similar to the cumene process in reaction mechanism and involves the dialkylation of benzene with propene to give 1,4-diisopropylbenzene. This compound reacts with air to afford the bis(hydroperoxide), which is structurally similar to cumene hydroperoxide and rearranges in acid to give acetone and hydroquinone.
 * A second route involves hydroxylation of phenol over a catalyst. The conversion uses hydrogen peroxide and affords a mixture of hydroquinone and its ortho isomer catechol (benzene-1,2-diol):
 * A potentially significant synthesis of hydroquinone from acetylene and iron pentacarbonyl has been proposed    Iron pentacarbonyl serves as a catalyst, rather than as a reagent, in the presence of free carbon monoxide gas. Rhodium or ruthenium can substitute for iron as the catalyst with favorable chemical yields but are not typically used due to their cost of recovery from the reaction mixture.
 * Hydroquinone and its derivatives can also be prepared by oxidation of various phenols, such as aniline and DIPB. Examples include Elbs persulfate oxidation and Dakin oxidation.
 * Hydroquinone was first obtained in 1820 by the French chemists Pelletier and Caventou via the dry distillation of quinic acid.
 * Hydrolysis of chlorinated phenol, described as being used in China.

Reactions
The reactivity of hydroquinone's hydroxyl groups resembles that of other phenols, being weakly acidic. The resulting conjugate base undergoes easy O-alkylation to give mono- and diethers. Similarly, hydroquinone is highly susceptible to ring substitution by Friedel–Crafts reactions such as alkylation. This reaction is exploited en route to popular antioxidants such as 2-tert-butyl-4-methoxyphenol (BHA). The useful dye quinizarin is produced by diacylation of hydroquinone with phthalic anhydride.

Redox
Hydroquinone undergoes oxidation under mild conditions to give benzoquinone. This process can be reversed. Some naturally occurring hydroquinone derivatives exhibit this sort of reactivity, one example being coenzyme Q. Industrially this reaction is exploited both with hydroquinone itself but more often with its derivatives where one OH has been replaced by an amine.

When colorless hydroquinone and benzoquinone, a bright yellow solid, are cocrystallized in a 1:1 ratio, a dark-green crystalline charge-transfer complex (melting point 171 °C) called quinhydrone (C6H6O2*C6H4O2) is formed. This complex dissolves in hot water, where the two molecules dissociate in solution.

Amination
An important reaction is the conversion of hydroquinone to the mono- and diamine derivatives. Methylaminophenol, used in photography, is produced in this way:

Diamines, useful in the rubber industry as antiozone agents, are similarly produced from aniline:

Uses
Hydroquinone has a variety of uses principally associated with its action as a reducing agent that is soluble in water. It is a major component in most black and white photographic developers for film and paper where, with the compound metol, it reduces silver halides to elemental silver.

There are various other uses associated with its reducing power. As a polymerisation inhibitor, exploiting its antioxidant properties, hydroquinone prevents polymerization of acrylic acid, methyl methacrylate, cyanoacrylate, and other monomers that are susceptible to radical-initiated polymerization. By acting as a free radical scavenger, hydroquinone serves to prolong the shelflife of light-sensitive resins such as preceramic polymers.

Hydroquinone can lose a hydrogen cation from both hydroxyl groups to form a diphenolate ion. The disodium diphenolate salt of hydroquinone is used as an alternating comonomer unit in the production of the polymer PEEK.

Skin depigmentation
Hydroquinone is used as a topical application in skin whitening to reduce the color of skin. It does not have the same predisposition to cause dermatitis as metol does. This is a prescription-only ingredient in some countries, including the member states of the European Union under Directives 76/768/EEC:1976.

In 2006, the United States Food and Drug Administration revoked its previous approval of hydroquinone and proposed a ban on all over-the-counter preparations. The FDA officially banned hydroquinone in 2020 as part of a larger reform of the over-the-counter drug review process. The FDA stated that hydroquinone cannot be ruled out as a potential carcinogen. This conclusion was reached based on the extent of absorption in humans and the incidence of neoplasms in rats in several studies where adult rats were found to have increased rates of tumours, including thyroid follicular cell hyperplasias, anisokaryosis (variation in nuclei sizes), mononuclear cell leukemia, hepatocellular adenomas and renal tubule cell adenomas. The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics has also highlighted concerns.

Numerous studies have revealed that hydroquinone, if taken orally, can cause exogenous ochronosis, a disfiguring disease in which blue-black pigments are deposited onto the skin; however, skin preparations containing the ingredient are administered topically. The FDA had classified hydroquinone in 1982 as a safe product - generally recognized as safe and effective (GRASE), however additional studies under the National Toxicology Program (NTP) were suggested in order to determine whether there is a risk to humans from the use of hydroquinone. NTP evaluation showed some evidence of long-term carcinogenic and genotoxic effects

While hydroquinone remains widely prescribed for treatment of hyperpigmentation, questions raised about its safety profile by regulatory agencies in the EU, Japan, and USA encourage the search for other agents with comparable efficacy. Several such agents are already available or under research, including azelaic acid, kojic acid, retinoids, cysteamine, topical steroids, glycolic acid, and other substances. One of these, 4-butylresorcinol, has been proved to be more effective at treating melanin-related skin disorders by a wide margin, as well as safe enough to be made available over the counter.

In the anthraquinone process substituted hydroquinones, typically anthrahydroquinone are used to produce hydrogen peroxide which forms spontaneously on reaction with oxygen. The type of substituted hydroquinone is selected depending on reactivity and recyclablity.

Natural occurrences
Hydroquinones are one of the two primary reagents in the defensive glands of bombardier beetles, along with hydrogen peroxide (and perhaps other compounds, depending on the species), which collect in a reservoir. The reservoir opens through a muscle-controlled valve onto a thick-walled reaction chamber. This chamber is lined with cells that secrete catalases and peroxidases. When the contents of the reservoir are forced into the reaction chamber, the catalases and peroxidases rapidly break down the hydrogen peroxide and catalyze the oxidation of the hydroquinones into p-quinones. These reactions release free oxygen and generate enough heat to bring the mixture to the boiling point and vaporize about a fifth of it, producing a hot spray from the beetle's abdomen.

Hydroquinone is thought to be the active toxin in Agaricus hondensis mushrooms.

Hydroquinone has been shown to be one of the chemical constituents of the natural product propolis.

It is also one of the chemical compounds found in castoreum. This compound is gathered from the beaver's castor sacs.

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MPS

MPS, M.P.S., MPs, or mps may refer to:

Science and technology

 * Mucopolysaccharidosis, genetic lysosomal storage disorder
 * Mononuclear phagocyte system, cells in mammalian biology
 * Myofascial pain syndrome
 * Metallopanstimulin
 * Potassium peroxymonosulfate, oxidizer commonly used for pools and spas
 * Metre per second (m/s)
 * Matrix product state, method to describe quantum many-body states
 * Marginal propensity to save
 * Mean-preserving spread, in probability and statistics
 * Mail Preference Service, the Robinson list direct mail opt-out system
 * Master Production Schedule, plan for individual commodities to be produced
 * Method Performance Specifications, for analytical validation/verification of laboratory tests and systems required by the College of American Pathologists
 * Myofibrillar Protein Synthesis

Computing

 * Mobile Programming System, by William Waite in the 1960s
 * JetBrains MPS, Meta Programming System
 * MPS (format), the Mathematical Programming System, a computer file format used to describe mathematical programming problems
 * MultiProcessor Specification, Intel specification for multi-processor computers of x86 architecture
 * Moving Particle Semi-implicit Method, a computational method for the simulation of incompressible free surface flows
 * Messages per second, sent or received by a market data system; See Options Price Reporting Authority
 * Minimum Population Search, a computational method that optimizes a problem by iteratively trying to improve a set of candidate solutions
 * Metal Performance Shaders, a collection of highly optimized compute and graphics shaders designed to integrate into apps using Apple's Metal API.

Language

 * Mandarin Phonetic Symbols or Bopomofo (MPS I)
 * Mandarin Phonetic Symbols II

Organizations

 * Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, the oldest extant bank, in Italy
 * MPS Finance, a defunct subsidiary of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena
 * MPS Capital Services, a subsidiary of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena
 * Malmin Palloseura, association football club in Helsinki, Finland
 * Mathematical Programming Society, mathematical society dedicated to optimization
 * Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Germany
 * Medical Protection Society, supplying legal and ethics support to health professionals
 * Metropolitan Police Service of Greater London, England
 * Mont Pelerin Society, international organization favoring economic liberalism
 * MPS Records, Musik Produktion Schwarzwald (Music Production Black Forest), a jazz record label
 * Monolithic Power Systems, an international semiconductor company

Politics

 * Ministry of Social Security (Brazil), (Portuguese: Ministério da Previdência Social)
 * Ministry of Public Security (disambiguation) of several countries:
 * Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China
 * Ministerstvo Putey Soobshcheniya (Ministry of the Means of Communication) in Russian-language jurisdictions:
 * Ministry of the Means of Communication (Soviet Union)
 * Member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
 * Mouvement Patriotique de Salut, a political party in Chad

Education

 * Michael Park School, Waldorf school located in Auckland, New Zealand
 * Maheshwari Public School, Jaipur, India
 * Marymount Primary School, Hong Kong, China

United States

 * Miss Porter's School, an all-girls preparatory school in Farmington, Connecticut
 * Minneapolis Public Schools, large school district in the state of Minnesota
 * Milwaukee Public Schools, largest public education district in the state of Wisconsin
 * Mercyhurst Preparatory School, high school in Erie, Pennsylvania
 * Midland Public Schools, school district in Midland, Michigan
 * Millard Public Schools, school district in Omaha, Nebraska
 * Montgomery Public Schools, a school district in Montgomery County, Alabama
 * Miami Public Schools, Miami, Oklahoma

Other uses

 * Members of Parliament (MPs)
 * Master of Professional Studies, a terminal master's degree
 * Meet-the-People Sessions, where citizens meet their members of parliament in Singapore
 * Multiple Property Submission, to the US National Register of Historic Places
 * Master production schedule, a plan for individual commodities to be produced
 * Mazda Performance Series, Mazdaspeed European version.
 * ssmypics.scr, a screensaver for Microsoft Windows
 * Member of the Preferred Sex
 * Marginal price auction (from Marginal Price System)
 * Multiple Personality Syndrome, an obsolete term for Dissociative identity disorder
 * M. P. Sivagnanam, Indian writer and politician, known simply by his initials M. P. S.

Transport

 * MPS, the IATA code for Mount Pleasant Regional Airport, Texas
 * MPS, the MRT station abbreviation for MacPherson MRT station, Singapore

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Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham

Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, also called the Sri Kanchi Matham or the Moolamnaya Sarvagnya Peetham, is a Hindu religious center of Vedic learning, located in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu. It is housed at the Kamakshi Amman Temple of the Shaktism tradition, which also contains a shrine for the Advaita Vedanta teacher Adi Shankara.

The matha-tradition attributes its founding to Adi Shankara, but this and the reliability of the matha's succession list has been questioned. According to the Sri Kanchi math tradition, the matha was founded at Kanchipuram, and shifted south to the temple city of Kumbakonam in the mid-18th century due to the on-going wars, when there was warfare in the region, and returned to Kanchipuram in the 19th century.

Historically, the Kanchi Math was established as the Kumbakonam Mutt in 1821 as a branch of the Sringeri Mutt, and became involved with the Kamakshi temple in Kanchipuram in 1839, "set[ing] up shop in Kanchipuram at the turn of the last [19th] century."

The peetham gained a good reputation under the charismatic leadership of Sri Chandrashekharendra Saraswati VIII (born 20 May 1894; 68th Shankaracharya 1907 – 8 January 1994), who was regarded as an avatara purusha, a realised seer. The peetham lost authority and standing under the leadership of Sri Jayendra Saraswati (born 1935; appointed suceesor 1954; 69th Shankaracharya 3 january 1994 - 28 February 2018), who favoured an outreach to a broader audience beyond the Brahmins, but had less spiritual charisma, and was involved in a murder-trial. He was succeeded in february 2018 by Vijayendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamigal.

Traditional accounts
The founding of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam is traditionally attributed by its adherents to Adi Shankara. According to the Kanchi matha's tradition, Adi Shankara was born in 509 BCE and died in 477 BCE, and founded Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham in 482 BCE. The chronology stated in Kanchi matha texts recognizes five major Shankaras: Adi, Kripa, Ujjvala, Muka and Abhinava. According to the Kanchi matha tradition, it is "Abhinava Shankara" that western scholarship recognizes as the Advaita scholar Adi Shankara.

According to the Sri Kanchi matha documents, the matha relocated completely to Kumbakonam in the mid-18th century to escape wars and persecution, returning to Kanchi in the 19th century. According to Jonathan Bader and other scholars, the monastic tradition gives "fear of Muslim atrocities" from Nawab of Arcot, Mysore's Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan as the reason, but the details remain unclear.

According to T. A. Gopinatha Rao, copperplate inscriptions show that the matha was located at Kanchipuram until 1686 CE, and relocated to Kumbhakonam, Tajore, in the 18th century. Sharma disputes Rao's interpretations of the copper plates, arguing that the dating is doubtfull, and that most plates do not refer to Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham at all. According to Rao, based on the oldest record found in the respective mathas (1291 and 1346 respectively), Kanchipuram matha may be older than Sringeri Pitham.

Disputed chronology
The foundation-story of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, and it's chronology of Shankaracharyas, is widely disputed. Sringeri matha rejects the claims of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, and does not count it among the mathas established by Shankara.

Modern scholarship places Shankara in the 8th century CE, and the story of the four cardinal mathas founded by Shankara dates from the 16th century, putting in question the founding stories of all those mathas, though Christopher Fuller and David Smith regard the Kanchi Shankaracharyas as his "spiritual descendants." According to Sunil, the history of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham has been rewritten in the 20th century, when Chandrashekharendra Saraswati was the Paramacharya.

Historical account
Historically, the Kanchi Math was established as the Kumbakonam Mutt in 1821 by the Maratha king of Tanjore, Serfoji II Bhonsle, as a branch of the Sringeri Mutt. It became an apostate schismatic institution in 1839 when the Kumbakonam Mutt applied for permission to the English Collector of Arcot to perform the "kumbhabhishekham" of the Kamakshi temple in Kanchipuram. In 1842, the East India Company headquartered at Fort William, Calcutta appointed the head of the mutt as the sole trustee of the Kamakshi temple, despite the protests of the traditional priests of the Kamakshi temple, which are well documented and preserved. Mohan Guruswamy recalls, "My own ancestral village, Nagavedu, is a few miles from Kanchipuram. I remember my father telling me that his father was a young man when the Kanchi Shankaracharya set up shop in Kanchipuram at the turn of the last century. He also said that his father always referred, and as did others in the area, to this new Shankaracharya as the Kumbakonam Shankaracharya. This is a nice play on the word Kumbakonam for in colloquial Tamil it is also used to refer to a shady deal."

Tensions in the temple leadership
Under the leadership of Sri Chandrashekharendra Saraswati VIII (born 20 May 1894; 68th pontiff 1907 – 8 January 1994), who was regarded as an avatara purusha, a realised seer, the peetham gained a significant role as a traditional center of religious studies, focusing on male Brahmin students.

His successor Sri Jayendra Saraswati was appointed as successor in 1954, and succeeded him at 3 january 1994, staying in office untill his death at 28 February 2018. Jayendra favoured an outreach to a broader audience beyond the Brahmins, propagating Hindu-values and lifestyle in general, leading to tensions between Chandrashekharendra and Jayendra. Due to these tensions, in august 1987 Jayendra disappeared for a couple of days, apparently withdrawing from the temple leadership, but returning just a couple of days later and eventually succeeding Chandrashekharendra Saraswati. Jayendra broadened the scope of the peetham, supporting "schools, colleges, hospitals, and rural programmes." He opposed Christian conversion efforts by active oureach toward the poor and down-throdden, visiting slums and poor neighborhoods. Jayendra was also politically involved, maintaining contacts with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Bharatiya Janata Party and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.

Sankararaman murder case (2004)
In 2004, Jayendra Saraswathi and his junior Vijayendra Saraswati were arrested in connection with the Sankararaman murder case on Diwali day. The court said that the complainant failed to support the prosecution and he was given bail. The trial went on till 2013 when he was acquitted by the court, but the murder trial negatively impacted both his standing and his role in society, and the image and influence the Kanchi Mutt.

Vedic studies
The matha offers Vedic studies to male Brahmin students in a number of pathasalas. Under the leadership of Jayendra Saraswati, the peetham took a more liberal stance, also reaching out to a non-Brahmin audience.

Cultural preservation
The Kanchi monastery, along with other monasteries across India, has been an important preserver and source of historic palm leaf manuscripts.

Chronological list of Shankaracharyas
According to the Peetham, the chronological list of Guru Paramapara of the matham is follows:

 * 1) Sri Adi Shankaracharya (482 BCE–477 BCE)
 * 2) Sri Sureshwaracharya (477 BCE–407 BCE)
 * 3) Sri Sarvajnatmanendra Saraswati (407 BCE–367 BCE)
 * 4) Sri Satyabodhendra Saraswati (367 BCE–268 BCE)
 * 5) Sri Jnanandendra Saraswati (268 BCE–205 BCE)
 * 6) Sri Shuddhanandendra Saraswati (205 BCE–124 BCE)
 * 7) Sri Anandaghanendra Saraswati (124 BCE–55 BCE)
 * 8) Sri Kaivalyananda Yogendra Saraswati (55 BCE–28 CE)
 * 9) Sri Kripashankarendra Saraswati (28 CE–69 CE)
 * 10) Sri Sureshwara Saraswati (69 CE–127 CE)
 * 11) Sri Shivananda Chidghanendra Saraswati (127 CE–172 CE)
 * 12) Sri Chandrashekharendra Saraswati I (172–235)
 * 13) Sri Satchidghanendra Saraswati (235–272)
 * 14) Sri Vidyaghanendra Saraswati (272–317)
 * 15) Sri Gangadharendra Saraswati (317–329)
 * 16) Sri Ujjwala Shankarendra Saraswati (329–367)
 * 17) Sri Sadashivendra Saraswati (367–375)
 * 18) Sri Shankarananda Saraswati (375–385)
 * 19) Sri Martanda Vidyaghanendra Saraswati (385–398)
 * 20) Sri Mukhashankarendra Saraswati (398–437)
 * 21) Sri Chandrashekharendra Saraswati II (437–447)
 * 22) Sri Bodhendra Saraswati I (447–481)
 * 23) Sri Satchisukhendra Saraswati (481–512)
 * 24) Sri Chitsukhendra Saraswati (512–527)
 * 25) Sri Satchidanandaghanendra Saraswati (527–548)
 * 26) Sri Prajnaghanendra Saraswati (548–565)
 * 27) Sri Chidvilasendra Saraswati (565–577)
 * 28) Sri Mahadevendra Saraswati I (577–601)
 * 29) Sri Purnabhodhendra Saraswati (601–618)
 * 30) Sri Bhodhendra Saraswati II (618–655)
 * 31) Sri Brahmanandaghanendra Saraswati (655–668)
 * 32) Sri Chidanandaghanendra Saraswati (668–672)
 * 33) Sri Satchidananda Saraswati (672–692)
 * 34) Sri Chandrashekharendra Saraswati III (692–710)
 * 35) Sri Chitsukhendra Saraswati (710–737)
 * 36) Sri Chitsukhanandendra Saraswati (737–758)
 * 37) Sri Vidyaghanendra Saraswati III (758–788)
 * 38) Sri Abhinava Shankarendra Saraswati (788–840)
 * 39) Sri Satchidvilasendra Saraswati (840–873)
 * 40) Sri Mahadevendra Saraswati II (873–915)
 * 41) Sri Gangadharendra Saraswati II (915–950)
 * 42) Sri Brahmanandaghanendra Saraswati (950–978)
 * 43) Sri Anandaghanendra Saraswati (978–1014)
 * 44) Sri Purnabhodhendra Saraswati II (1014–1040)
 * 45) Sri Paramashivendra Saraswati I (1040–1061)
 * 46) Sri Chandranandabhodhendra Saraswati (1061–1098)
 * 47) Sri Chandrashekharendra Saraswati IV (1098–1166)
 * 48) Sri Advaitanandabodhendra Saraswati (1166–1200)
 * 49) Sri Mahadevendra Saraswati III (1200–1247)
 * 50) Sri Chandrachudendra Saraswati I (1247–1297)
 * 51) Sri Vidyatirthendra Saraswati (1297–1385)
 * 52) Sri Shankaranandendra Saraswati (1385–1417)
 * 53) Purnananda Sadashivendra Saraswati (1417–1498)
 * 54) Vyasachala Mahadevendra Saraswati (1498–1507)
 * 55) Chandrachudendra Saraswati II (1507–1524)
 * 56) Sri Sarvajna Sadashivabodhendra Saraswati (1524–1539)
 * 57) Sri Paramashivendra Saraswati II (1539–1586)
 * 58) Atmabodhendra Saraswati (1586–1638)
 * 59) Bodhendra Saraswati II (1638–1692)
 * 60) Sri Advaitatma Prakashendra Saraswati (1692–1704)
 * 61) Sri Mahadevendra Saraswati IV (1704–1746)
 * 62) Sri Chandrashekharendra Saraswati V (1746–1783)
 * 63) Sri Mahadevendra Saraswati V (1783–1813)
 * 64) Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati VI (1813–1851)
 * 65) Sudarshana Mahadevendra Saraswati (1851–1891)
 * 66) Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati VII (1891 – 7 February 1907)
 * 67) Sri Mahadevendra Saraswati V (7 February 1907 – 13 February 1907)
 * 68) Sri Chandrashekharendra Saraswati VIII (born 20 May 1894; pontiff 1907 – 8 January 1994)
 * 69) Sri Jayendra Saraswati (born 18 July 1935; appointed as successor 1954; pontif 3 January 1994 – 28 February 2018)
 * 70) Sri Shankara Vijayendra Saraswati (28 February 2018 – Present)

Sankararaman murder case
In 2004, Jagadguru Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Mahaswamigal and his junior Vijayendra Saraswati were arrested in connection with the Sankararaman murder case on Diwali day. The court said that the complainant failed to support the prosecution and he was given bail. The trial went on till 2013 when he was acquitted by the court.

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