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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/St. Joseph's Secondary School

 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 (no consensus to delete). Mindspillage (spill yours?) 01:41, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

St. Joseph's Secondary School
Non-notable, rambling, childlike. SecondarySchoolCruft. --InShaneee 02:48, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC) (whoops, looks like I forgot to list this yesterday.) Gamaliel 02:24, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Looks like a hoax to me ("A student got hit by a car while crossing the road" - like that doesn't happen everywhere ...). Delete. Excuse me while I de-shit the article first. Chris talk back 17:22, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, state-registered secondary schools are all adequately notable, other things can be cleaned up. Kappa 17:58, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Yet again, you miss the point of VfD entirely ... Chris talk back 17:59, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Perhaps you could clarify the "point of VfD"? Kappa 18:37, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * To keep or delete articles based on their content, not their subject. Chris talk back 01:06, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Well the nomination says "non-notable" and most of the votes cite notability. I feel that tags are more suitable than Vfd for good subjects with poor articles. Kappa 17:31, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * That in itself does not make valid reasoning. Chris talk back 22:49, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per Inshaneee. Radiant_* 18:08, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and continue to improve. High schools should not have to prove their notability.  --BaronLarf 18:21, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * Why not? Every other entry has to do so, what makes schools a special case? Chris talk back 18:35, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I disagree. I believe that, just as incorporated places, universities and Category:British railway stations seem to have generally agreed upon notability, so too should high schools and secondary schools. "If someone wants to write an article about their high school, we should relax and accomodate them, even if we wish they wouldn't do it." —Jimmy Wales (Full context of quote) --BaronLarf 20:17, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that context. I notice that Jimbo talks about a "good article" from a "good contributor", which lends support to the idea that a certain standard could be required from school articles. Kappa 20:31, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I would agree that school articles should be improved as much as possible, just as any article should. But he makes no mention of "notability," only verifiability. Granted, lots of these schools start out as horrendous articles by anonymous users who just want to brag about their school.  But through edits by "good contributors" such as ourselves, I believe we can turn them into "good articles."--BaronLarf 21:34, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * Then be bold and do so. The words "money" and "mouth" come to mind. Chris talk back 04:07, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Check the page history. I have been.  Cordially yours, BaronLarf 13:02, Apr 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * A table and some categories do not make a stub on some non-notable subject into an article worthy of an encyclopedia. If we started seeing more substantial contributions from the people who think that any one room school is worth an article, we might start changing our votes. Gamaliel 16:58, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I am doing my best to add everything verifiable that I can about this school. I apologize that it does not meet your personal standard for what a high school article should be.  I agree with you that those who vote "Keep" should do something to make the article better, and I am trying to do this.  Cheers. --BaronLarf 19:27, Apr 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Might I ask where you feel telling someone to be bold is uncivil? Chris talk back 22:49, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, non-notable school. Dave the Red (talk) 18:59, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Article fails to establish notability. --Carnildo 19:43, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails to meet Wikipedia's notability policies. Jayjg (talk)  20:52, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * What notability policies? Kappa 20:57, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Just the usual. Chris talk back 22:49, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - per the usual. - SimonP 21:04, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, no evidence of substantial notability. Firebug 21:48, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Nomination reasons do not comply with current deletion policy. --Gene_poole 23:10, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and allow for tender love and organic growth. This school article is even nicely formated. All school's are notable enough for a truly great encyclopaedia. Klonimus 00:06, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, probable hoax. No notability established. Slac speak up!  00:33, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Zscout370 00:44, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * keep this too please Yuckfoo 01:34, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. James F. (talk) 01:56, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep all secondary schools. Its not a hoax. Paradiso 03:00, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Nothing to apparently distinguish it from the other 136 schools in the Dufferin Peel Catholic District School Board. --TenOfAllTrades | Talk 03:20, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. School vanity, not notable. Jonathunder 04:55, 2005 Apr 12 (UTC)
 * Delete. Schools are inherently nonencyclopedic. --Angr/comhrá 05:12, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. All schools are notable enough for a truly great encyclopaedia. —RaD Man (talk) 06:47, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I would be more than happy to change my vote if someone actually went to the effort of explaining in the article what makes this school stand out. Indrian 07:11, Apr 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Make a mention in Mississauga, Ontario and delete - Skysmith 07:15, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable, hoax. Megan1967 10:20, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I can see where you're coming from with the notability (though I don't agree), but how is it a hoax?--BaronLarf 13:02, Apr 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. JuntungWu 13:59, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Schools aren't inherently notable --Bucephalus 16:32, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Has potential to become encyclopedic. --Andylkl (talk) 18:12, Apr 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. No potential to become encyclopedic, judging from the page's history, despite BaronLarf's heroic efforts. —Korath (Talk) 21:59, Apr 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak delete, despite BaronLarf's improvements, due to lack of evidence of anything to distinguish this school from all others. I strongly disagree with both Angr and RaD Man in their opposing viewpoints:  Schools are neither inherently significant enough for WP inclusion, nor inherently insignificant enough to auto-delete.  Editors using templates to keep all schools or delete all schools are far less persuasive than those who research the individual school and discuss it on its merits.  Barno 00:27, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * My point of contention is that we're able to include any commercial music album, not to mention every Pokemon character under the son, for the sake of completion. Be it by way of Dr Zen's template or not, the message doesn't change.  If you don't believe all schools are notable, the issue of me using a template isn't going to change your mind either way.  Count on me to vote keep on each and every verifiably accurate school article every time there is an opportunity to do so.  —RaD Man (talk) 01:02, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Of course we can have those things over schools for completion, because, unlike schools, we can actually have a complete set. Pokemon are finite.  Even since they've introduced more than the 150, the number is hardly large enough to cause a problem.  Albums are also finite, the criteria the artists have to meet take care of that - we can never have too many, because the bulk don't meet the inclusion criteria.  What you idiots don't seem to realise is that, unlike Pokemon, major albums, major computer games, major characters from RPGs, railway stations, etc. without defining a much stricter set of criteria than "if it's real, it can stay in", schools are not finite.  Wikipedia is not infinite (as those of you who have actually read WP:WINP and WP:WIN properly will know), thus we need to restrict the articles we have.  We can include things "for the sake of completion", because we know we have something we can complete.  We can never hope to document every school in the world ever - it's physically and logically impossible, as well as making Wikipedia unmaintainable and a print edition unfeasible.  Oh, and did I mention that your attitude is inherently harmful to Wikipedia? Chris talk back 00:01, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * "What you idiots don't seem to realise"— excuse me? —RaD Man (talk) 00:19, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * What, no logical counter-argument? Of course not.  You can't come up with one because there isn't one, so instead you feel the need to attack my comments. Chris talk back 03:03, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * This is the second time that I've linked to Civility in reply to one of your comments on this page. I don't think that it's out of line to adhere to it.  On Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Sunset High School (Portland) you've told people to "shut the hell up."  Now you are referring to fellow wikipedians as idiots. Could we please tone the vitriol down a bit?    The number of high schools is indeed finite, though large (21,500).  At the rate that Wikipedia is growing, the percentage of articles devoted to high school articles in the end will never be over 1%, I believe. People have to create the articles first. --BaronLarf 04:37, Apr 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * I'd be all for revisiting the album/Pokemon/game issue. More and more it seems to me that it's time to create a WikiPopCulture project and move all the pop culture stuff over to it.  Mwanner 12:00, Apr 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - As per all schools, I vote to keep.. ANd this one is written better than most! --Irishpunktom\talk 14:11, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * I forgot, whether I already voted on this one or not. These school articles are absolutely identical. Some day just to prove a point I'll create 100+ stubs on schools in my home city... Delete Grue 19:34, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Obviously improved since nomination. Samaritan 21:18, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Article looks okay now. GrantNeufeld 22:19, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Just another catholic school. If there was something noteworthy about the school, that someone who didn't go there would find interesting to know in the article, I might change my vote. --Webgeer 22:25, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Just another Catholic school, despite the cosmetic surgery to the article. --Calton | Talk 00:39, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Ask yourself "Who, other than someone who attends the school, would go looking for it on WP?" If the answer is "no one", then it basically amounts to a group vanity page. Since that isn't going to happen any time soon, I like Skysmith's suggestion-- add schools to their home town's articles, which tent to run stubby anyway. Mwanner 11:48, Apr 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete non-notable secondary school. Vlad M V  ٭ talk 15:21, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep this school article. Notability is subjective.  ~leif ☺ HELO 19:03, Apr 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Not if supported by established Wikipolicy (see, for instance, WikiProject_Music/Notability_and_Music_Guidelines). If we do not have such a policy for schools, votes will necessarily have to be cast on personal evaluations of notability. Arguing that "All schools are notable" is also a personal evaluation of notability. The fact that "notability is subjective" invalidates neither a "Delete" nor a "Keep" vote. Vlad M V  ٭ talk 19:24, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep T h e St ev e  21:01, Apr 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Even a non-notable school with a nice article should be kept on wikipedia. It should only be deleted when a stub fails to be expanded. Looks nice enough to me, just needs more expansion in this case.Mark Shew 22:03, Apr 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * User's third edit to wikipedia. Indrian 03:32, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Yawn. The JPS 10:57, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep There is a place on Wikipedia for schools. --ShaunMacPherson 03:45, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep --Spinboy 06:13, 24 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:Seiza

Question about usage of seiza in English
If seiza is a "way of sitting" (i.e. a style of sitting), is it necessary to say "sitting seiza-style" or "sits seiza style" as the article does in most places? It seems a bit redundant. Would it be more correct to say "one is in seiza" rather than "one is sitting seiza-style"? I've certainly heard it used in a teaching situation without having to explicitly say "sit". --Ds13 02:49, 2005 Apr 10 (UTC)

 * I think either way is fine. On the other hand, it's not as familiar a word in English as, say, tsunami or kimono, so I thought it was best to be as non-confusing as possible.  Style is also a consideration: it's preferrable to avoid saying the same thing the same way too many times.  I think nearly any construction is fine, really.  Exploding Boy 23:22, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)

Long-term effects?
Are there any long-term effects of extended seiza? Some people have claimed that it causes injury to the knees and/or circulation over time, while others claim it improves these. This information would improve the article, I think. I'm starting to get used to it myself, but it still feels like my knee caps want to burst open. Zuiram 06:58, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
 * As you say, some claim this, some claim that... Without any reliable references, we can't really say. Exploding Boy 07:03, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I would like to see a pronunciation with proper accents placed parenthetically after words that might not be familiar to the general reader. Is it say' ee za? say ee' za? say ee za'?  Thanks.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by User: (talk • contribs)
 * say-za. Exploding Boy 02:02, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Versus kneeling
It would be good to explain this, as people could confuse the two since both involve being on the knee. The key difference seems to be that kneeling has the bottom of the foot touching (even if it is only the ball or the bottom of the toe) whereas, being in seize is sitting because the only part of the foot that touches is the top. The foot is plantar-flexed at the ankle so the top is an extension of the line of the shin, whereas with kneeling the foot is dorsi flexed and forms a 90 degree (or so) angle. There might be other differences I'm not picking up on here too.

I am confused as to what the difference between kneeling and kiza is though. Can someone explain that? Tyciol (talk) 01:51, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Disambiguation
Just wondering if this page could do with a disambiguation. "Seiza" can also transliterate 靜坐 which means "quiet sitting" rather than "proper sitting" and is used in the Confucian tradition. In Chinese (Pinyin transliteration) it is "jing zuo" and there is a wiki page for this. Jing zuo Hundovir (talk) 00:10, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Actually, I think a "hatnote" would be sufficient. -Hundovir (talk) 17:12, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Have added hatnote. - Hundovir (talk) 18:47, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Bare kneed
While I know how much you Wikipedians love to include pictures of yourself in articles, there really isn't ever a situation in which one should sit seiza baring any leg. Even in classes in which jeans are allowed for convenience's sake, shorts are greatly discouraged. 206.29.182.210 (talk) 00:50, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

I deleted them, they were more of an eyesore and didn't capture the gracefulness of sitting Seiza. And Seiza was misspelled in the captions — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.208.76.34 (talk) 07:44, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

External Links section
I tried to follow the first link in the external links section and got a 404 error. I removed the direct link in my browser to go to the flashmavi webpage and it seems that the entire Ninjutsu section of their page is currently giving a 404 error. I was just going to remove the link entirely but noticed in the page history that the link had been fixed on 23 Feb 2014 so I thought it may be important to someone. Since this was my first visit to this page I've decided to leave it in the hands of a regular contributor. Also, IMHO the second page linked to also seems a little messy and hard to read and doesn't mention Seiza by name (kneel sitting?). Again, I'm leaving that to a regular contributor to this page. Wolfhound668 (talk) 17:15, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

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Sidney Rittenberg

Sidney Rittenberg (Chinese: 李敦白; pinyin: Lǐ Dūnbái; August 14, 1921 – August 24, 2019) was an American journalist, scholar, and Chinese linguist who lived in China from 1944 to 1980. He worked closely with Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Zhou Enlai, and other leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) during the Chinese Communist Revolution, and was with these central Communist leaders at Yan'an. Later, he was imprisoned in solitary confinement, twice. In his book "The Man Who Stayed Behind", Rittenberg stated that he was the second American citizen to join the CCP, the first being the Lebanese-American Doctor Ma Haide (born Shafick George Hatem.)

Early life
Rittenberg was born into a Jewish family in Charleston, South Carolina and he lived there until his college studies. He was the son of Muriel (Sluth) and Sidney Rittenberg, who was president of the Charleston City Council. After attending Porter Military Academy, he turned down a full scholarship to Princeton University and instead attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he majored in philosophy. While attending Chapel Hill, he became a member of the Dialectic Society and the US Communist Party. During his college years he was very active in advocating for social causes and organized protests and pickets. He was drafted for the army, studied for a role as a linguist, and sent to China. When he arrived in China, he was sent to bring a $26 check to the family of a girl who was killed by a drunken US soldier. Despite the family's devastation, they gave Rittenberg $6 for his help.[citation needed] It was at that point that "something inside Sidney Rittenberg shifted."

Interpreting for Mao
After World War II ended, Rittenberg chose to stay in China and tried to aid the Chinese Communist Party as he had witnessed the injustices committed under the unpopular, US-backed Nationalist Party. Rittenberg befriended the communist leader Mao Zedong in the Yan'an caves, which resulted in a lasting relationship with Mao until early days of the Cultural Revolution. He later worked for the Xinhua News Agency and Radio Peking.

Rittenberg was one of the English-language translators for the fourth volume of the Selected Works of Mao Zedong, along with Frank Coe, Solomon Adler, and Israel Epstein.

Imprisonments
During his period in China, Rittenberg was twice imprisoned by the government under suspicion of spying for the American Government. His first imprisonment began in 1949 immediately before the formal surrender of Beijing to the Communists. Rittenberg said he was summoned to the capital and he went, expecting to play a role in promoting the Communist takeover to the rest of the world. In fact, Rittenberg was arrested and placed in solitary confinement, because Stalin had denounced him as a US spy. Rittenberg attributes his survival in solitary confinement to a poem by Edwin Markham:

 * They drew a circle that shut me out
 * Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout
 * But love and I had the wit to win;
 * We drew a circle that took them in.

This first imprisonment lasted six years and resulted in his wife Wei Lin whom he had met in China divorcing him as she was told nothing about his disappearance. Once he was released he returned to his work promoting the Communist Party

However in 1968, he was again imprisoned, this time for 10 years under the same suspicion of spying. His second Chinese wife, Wang Yulin, was also sent to a labor camp for three years due to her being association with the "American spy". He was released in 1977 after the Gang of Four was dismantled and at this point he decided to finally return to America with his wife and kids.

On his release in 1955 and before his second imprisonment, Rittenberg remained a strong supporter of Mao and actively and enthusiastically supported the Great Leap Forward. In a later interview he stated that:

"My loyalty to the ideals of Communism never wavered during those six years in solitary. If anything, it grew stronger. I was determined that I would not let my personal disaster affect my belief in what I thought was true and good."

In 1957, he delivered a eulogy at the funeral of Manya Reiss.

He used his identity as an American-turned-communist in many speeches denouncing capitalism and imperialism and promoting Mao's policies. Later he was a supporter of the Cultural Revolution and briefly associated with Mao's inner circle, leading a group of rebels to take over the state broadcasting institution. On April 8, 1967, the People's Daily published a long article written by him.

Career as business advisor
In the United States after his release, he used his extensive knowledge and contacts in China to advise corporate leaders on how to benefit from China's vast, growing economy. Still welcome in China, he took entrepreneurs on guided tours, introducing them to the country's movers and shakers.

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Termination

Termination may refer to:

Science

 * Termination (geomorphology), the period of time of relatively rapid change from cold, glacial conditions to warm interglacial condition
 * Termination factor, in genetics, part of the process of transcribing RNA
 * Termination type, in lithic reduction, a characteristic indicating the manner in which the distal end of a lithic flake detaches from a core
 * Chain termination, in chemistry, a chemical reaction which halts polymerization
 * Termination shock, in solar studies, a feature of the heliosphere
 * Terminating computation, in computer science
 * Termination analysis, a form of program analysis in computer science
 * Termination proof, a mathematical proof concerning the termination of a program
 * Termination (term rewriting), in particular for term rewriting systems

Technology

 * Electrical termination, ending a wire or cable properly to prevent interference
 * Termination of wires to a
 * Crimp connection
 * Electrical connector
 * Solder joint
 * Abort (computing), ending a processing activity

Other

 * Termination (album), by Japanese band 9mm Parabellum Bullet
 * Indian termination policy, U.S. government policy affecting status of Native Americans, implemented in 1953
 * Terminate with extreme prejudice, a euphemism for assassination
 * Abortion, as the termination of a pregnancy
 * "Termination", a song by Iron Butterfly on their 1968 album In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
 * Cancellation (television), the termination of a television program
 * Termination of employment
 * Dismissal (employment), the termination of employment at a company

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MTV Unplugged (Jay-Z album)

Jay-Z: Unplugged is rapper Jay-Z's 2001 live album that contains some of his past songs with live instruments performed by the hip-hop band the Roots. The album, which sold more than 600,000 copies,  was recorded during the taping of an MTV Unplugged 2.0 episode on November 18, 2001.

Track listing
All songs were produced by Questlove, The Roots; "People Talking" produced by Ski.

Sample credits
 * "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)" contains an interpolation of "I Want You Back", written by Berry Gordy, Alfonso Mizell, Freddie Perren, and Deke Richards.
 * "Takeover" contains interpolations of:
 * "Sound of da Police", written by Lawrence Parker, Eric Burdon, Alan Lomax, Bryan Chandler, and Rodney Lemay.
 * "Five to One", written by Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Robby Krieger, and Ray Manzarek.
 * "Girls, Girls, Girl" contains an interpolation of "I Love You More and More Every Time", written by Tom Brock (singer) and Robert Reif.
 * "Heart of the City (Ain't No Love)" contains an interpolation of "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City", written by Michael Price and Dan Walsh.
 * "Hard Knock Life (The Ghetto Anthem)" contains an interpolation of "It's the Hard Knock Life", written by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin.
 * "Ain't No Nigga" contains interpolations of:
 * "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)", written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter.
 * "Seven Minutes of Funk", written by August Moon and Tyrone Thomas.
 * "Can't Knock the Hustle" contains interpolations of:
 * "Much Too Much", written by Marcus Miller.
 * "Fool's Paradise", written by Meli'sa Morgan and Lesette Wilson.
 * "Song Cry" contain an interpolation of "Sounds Like a Love Song", written by Douglas Gibbs and Ralph Johnson.
 * "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)" contains interpolations of:
 * "Give It to Me Baby", written by James Johnson.
 * "The World is Filled...", written by Christopher Wallace, Deric Angelettie, Sean Combs, Kit Walker, and Todd Shaw.

Personnel
Musicians
 * Kyle "Scratch" Jones – vocal percussion, backing vocals
 * Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson – drums
 * James "Kamal" Gray – keyboards
 * Leonard "Hub" Hubbard – acoustic bass
 * Larry Gold – strings
 * Ben Kenney – acoustic guitar
 * Omar Edwards – keyboards
 * Frank Walker – percussion
 * Aaron "Gushie" Dramper – percussion
 * Fiona Murray – strings
 * Alexandra Leem – strings
 * Ghislaine Fleischmann – strings
 * Jaguar Wright – vocals
 * Damon Bennett – flute

Technical personnel
 * Ahmir Thompson – producer, mixing
 * The Roots – producer
 * Russel Elevado – mixing
 * Kenyatta Saunders – mixing
 * Rich Nichols – mixing
 * Alex Coletti – producer for MTV
 * Jan Benson – co-producer
 * Milton Lage – director
 * Adam Blackburn – audio engineer
 * Shawn Carter – executive producer
 * Damon Dash – executive producer
 * Kareem "Biggs" Burke – executive producer
 * Tony Dawsey – mastering
 * Jason Noto – art direction and design
 * Scott Gries – front cover photo
 * Walik Goshorn - interior photos

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Sidney Shapiro

Sidney Shapiro (December 23, 1915 – October 18, 2014) was an American-born Chinese actor, lawyer, translator, and writer who lived in China from 1947 to 2014. He lived in Beijing for more than 50 years and eventually became a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He was one of very few naturalized citizens of the PRC.

Early life
Shapiro was born in Brooklyn on December 23, 1915. He was of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. He was a graduate of St. John's University, New York.

Nationality
Shapiro held citizenship of the People's Republic of China from 1963 to the end of his life. In 1983, he was appointed as a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Council (CPPCC), which ostensibly provides a forum for input from non-Communist political organizations.

Career
Shapiro trained as a lawyer and was disturbed by perceived inequalities during the Great Depression in the United States. In 1941, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. He applied for French language school, but was sent to a Chinese language school in San Francisco instead. His interest in China led to travel in 1947 to Shanghai, where he met his future wife, an actress named Fengzi (Phoenix), who was a supporter of the Chinese Communist Party. Partly through her influence, Shapiro became a supporter too. He settled in China and remained there after the Communists took power in 1949.

For nearly 50 years, Shapiro was employed by the state-run Foreign Languages Press (FLP) as a translator of works of Chinese literature. He is best known for his English version of Outlaws of the Marsh, one of the most important classics of Chinese literature. In 1958, he published an English translation of The Family, a novel by Ba Jin or Pa Chin, pen name of Li Yaotang (aka Feigan), one of the most widely read Chinese writers of the 20th century. Certain passages, notably the anarchist elements, were deleted from this edition, but Shapiro later published a full translation.

Shapiro was also an actor in many Chinese movies, becoming typecast as the American villain.

Shapiro wrote a memoir I Chose China: The Metamorphosis of a Country and a Man, but its publication was delayed until 1997 because he feared that it would offend the Chinese authorities.

Personal
Shapiro married Fengzi in 1948, and they had a daughter. Fengzi died in 1996. Shapiro died in Beijing on October 18, 2014. He was 98.

Legacy
On December 26, 2014, it was announced that the China International Publishing Group was establishing a Sidney Shapiro Research Center to investigate and establish criteria for translation between Chinese and English.

Selected translations from Chinese to English

 * Ba Jin, The Family, Beijing: Foreign Language Press, 1958
 * Shi Nai'an, Outlaws of the Marsh, Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1980
 * Ba Jin, Selected Works, Beijing: Foreign Language Press, 1988
 * Mao Dun, The Shop of the Lin Family and Spring Silkworms, Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, 2004.
 * Deng Rong, Deng Xiaoping and the Cultural Revolution: A Daughter Recalls the Critical Years, New York: C. Bertelsmann, 2005

Works compiled and edited

 * Jews in Old China: Studies by Chinese Scholars, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1984; paperback edition: Hippocrene Books, 1988

Memoirs

 * An American in China: Thirty Years in the People's Republic. New American Library 1979.
 * I Chose China: The Metamorphosis of a Country and a Man, Hippocrene Books 1997.

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Allen Boothroyd

Allen Boothroyd M Des RCA, FSCD, FRSA (1943–2020) was a British industrial designer of consumer electronics, best known for the Lecson amplifiers, BBC Microcomputer and co-founder of Meridian Audio.

Career
Inspired by his Meccano set, Allen knew from an early age that he wanted to design mechanical objects. He went to Merchant Taylors’ school and, after a foundation year at Hornsey College of Art, went on to study Art and Design at Manchester. On graduating he obtained a scholarship to the Industrial Design department at the Royal College of Art in London. During his time there, he designed hoppers for moving books around in a bookshop, a hospital bed, a parking meter, and received a prize for his pushchair design. He was a great admirer of the designers and architects of the Bauhaus, notably Walter Gropius who designed the Dessau Art School, and Mies van der Rohe whose adage, ‘less is more’, Allen adhered to and often quoted.

When Allen graduated from the Royal College of Art. in the 1960s, not many people knew what an industrial designer did. He was always at pains to explain that it was not just a question of the product's appearance: it encompassed all the production engineering and mechanical stages to take a product from concept to market. He was a talented draftsman and, for most of his professional life, Allen's designs were produced by hand, with 3D visuals as well as detailed engineering drawings.

On graduation, he joined Hulme Chadwick and Partners, an architectural and design practice. His work there included the design of a new corporate identity for Bass Charrington.

Designs
Together with Bob Stuart, an award-winning electronics engineer, they designed the Lecson AC1 pre-amp and AP1 power amplifier which they produced in 1974. The Lecson hi-fi is now in the permanent collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. It also earned them their first British Design Council Award in 1974.

Allen joined Cambridge Consultants Ltd in 1972 to set up their Industrial Design division. One of his designs was an electric bicycle, which was the winner of the Prince Philip Designers Prize.

In 1981, he provided the case design for the BBC Micro, the computer used in the BBC’s Computer Literacy Project. He also worked on the design for the Acorn RiscPC computer.

Meanwhile, Bob had also moved to Cambridge and together he and Allen founded Boothroyd Stuart Meridian (later Meridian Audio Ltd). They designed, manufactured, and sold the entire product range themselves, with very little investment. Allen and Bob received their second Design Council Award for the company's 100 Series in 1982. In 1986, a new line – the 200 Series – was launched and continued to be produced until 1993 when it was replaced by the 500 Series. It grew to include the whole range of domestic hi-fi, from CD players, radio tuners, pre-amplifiers, power amplifiers, digital-to-analogue converters, and a range of multi-room components, all designed by Bob and Allen. A series of active loudspeakers (with on-board amplifiers) was developed and brought to market starting in 1977. By this time, Meridian Audio had become known for its state-of-the-art electronics, distinctive design style, and corporate identity. In 1988, Bob and Allen were presented with another Design Council Award by the Duke of Edinburgh, becoming the first design team to win this award three times.

In 1991, Allen founded his own consultancy, Cambridge Product Design Ltd., offering one-stop design solutions, which he ran from his home in Little Shelford. Early designs included a new class of loudspeaker for Canon, the first Patientline (providing a phone/TV/Radio console for hospital patients), the Aga Masterchef range cooker, a coffee machine, timpani drums, and different types of loudspeaker for KEF, Celestion, THX, Russound and Pioneer. He continued as design director of Meridian Audio. Pioneer commissioned Boothroyd to produce a unique appearance for its new surround-sound speaker system. His design was used in the Pioneer Elite Reference speaker system.

Recognition and later life
Allen was elected Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce and the Royal Society of Illustrators, Artists and Designers.

Allen's semi-retirement provided time for him to indulge his hobbies: drawing and painting, tennis, golf, and music. From the 1990s, he would always take his sketch pad on holiday and took pleasure in sitting in front of a historic building or view that captured his imagination. He was instrumental in the fundraising and design for a new village hall in Little Shelford and created the elegant village sign. Later on, he led sessions of the Pavilion Art Group, helping artists to develop their skills. Listening to music was always an important part of Allen's life – in particular classical, jazz, and popular music.

Allen was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer and died while being treated in February 2020.

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re blue man group
please do not remove the cat: buskers tag from bmg. the cat : buskers consists mainly of former buskers who have risen to stardom from busking roots. although they do not currently busk they did in the beginning so it appropriate that they belong there.

Category:Bloggers
Please remove yourself from this category. You are not categorized as a notable wikipedian and so your membership to that category is in contravention to the preamble at the top of the category page. -- Moe Aboulkheir 21:55, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, sir, O mighty programmer. I bow to your authority.
 * It's really not about that. There is a whole category (Category:Wikipedian_Bloggers) for wikipedia users who are also bloggers.  -- Moe Aboulkheir 15:30, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I have a blog.Ianthegecko 03:28, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

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Userpages
Please stop messing with other people's userpages. Thanks. --Alf melmac 19:43, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Clan rHrN is using his userpage as a personal publishing page. Good day. Ianthegecko 19:46, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Your lies won't work, Ian. I am using my userpage to tell my past so the sysops don't go believing liars like Jello B. or The Noid. Clan rHrN 00:07, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
 * But you don't use a userpage for that sort of thing. 00:09, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism
DO NOT REPORT IAN. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.109.118.24 (talk • contribs)
 * Your vandalism ends here and now. I have reported a sysop of your vandalism. Stop now and you'll be spare. Clan rHrN 00:05, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Clan, you need to stop using your user page as a personal hosting site. It's in violation of the policy. I am not vandalizing your page. Ianthegecko 00:07, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
 * You are clearly vandalising it. Quit lying. Clan rHrN 00:07, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I was putting it up for deletion because you are misusing your userpage. Ianthegecko 00:08, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
 * The place to discuss this is Miscellany for Deletion. Redirecting someone else's userpage to Media of Nepal (as you did yesterday) is vandalism.  Tag the page for MfD, and let the community decide.  Cut the rest out.  -Seidenstud 00:26, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

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Following Up on a question of yours
Hi, Ianthegecko. Last April you posted a question on Wikipedia talk:Picture tutorial, that read like this:

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 * Does anyone know how to link to pictures on Wikipedias that are in a different language? I want to use the picture from the Swedish page for Lingonberry on the English-language version. Ianthegecko 02:30, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

In that same page there was a previous question about the same subject (see [])     but seemingly no one has replied yet. Have you received an answer, or have you found it altogether? Thanks, --AVM 19:20, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Your music infobox
This should generate the infobox you wanted. You had forgotten to close the bracket after "USA". Timrem 22:37, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Blue Man Group in Tokyo
I see you tagged the addition of the Tokyo show for Blue Man Group. I read this info in BMG's email newsletter from April. I haven't been able to find the same message online, either on their site or a Japanese news site. Any idea how I could site from an email? Or should we just wait for any kind of other news from BMG? Orlando was announced seven months ahead of opening, so I would expect Tokyo to be officially announced soon for the planned December opening. On a side note, I also added a 2003 article at the bottom with other info that might make good additions to the page. Thanks for keeping the BMG page in such great shape. --Mtjaws 15:47, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I think it's best to wait for more news from Blue Man. Ianthegecko 18:09, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

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I do know this was from 2005, and I hope you've learned better since then! --Dhartung | Talk 21:28, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
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Women in Red World Contest
Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale!

Eighth Annual Colorado Wiknic
Who: All Wikipedia and Wikimedia users and their families and friends are cordially invited.

What: The Eighth Annual Colorado Wiknic.

When: Sunday afternoon, July 15, 2018, from 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm MDT.

Where: The Wiknic will be held at our home in Arvada. Please contact Buaidh for further information or assistance.

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Sponsors: The Wikimedians of Colorado & WikiProject Colorado

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An invitation to the Ninth Annual Colorado Wiknic
Who: All Wikipedia users and their families and friends are cordially invited.

What:

When: Sunday afternoon, July 14, 2019, from 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm MDT.

Where: The Wiknic will be held at our home in Arvada. Please contact Buaidh for further information or assistance.

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The future of Portal:Colorado
On June 25, 2019, Portal:Colorado was nominated for deletion. (Please see discussion at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Colorado.) We have upgraded the portal and added several new features including selected Colorado articles, biographies, and images. If you believe the Colorado portal is valuable to Wikipedia, please help us upgrade and maintain the portal. Add your suggestions for improvement to Portal talk:Colorado. You may nominate additions at: Yours aye, Buaidh  talk contribs 17:01, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Portal:Colorado/Selected article
 * Portal:Colorado/Selected biography
 * Portal:Colorado/Selected image
 * Portal:Colorado/Selected mountain
 * Portal:Colorado/Did You Know

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WikiProject Colorado Zoom meeting 05/12/2021
WikiProject Colorado will hold a Zoom meeting at 7:30 PM MDT on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, for those interested in working on Colorado Wikipedia articles. Your suggestions and comments are appreciated. Information about some of the things we need to do is located at and

Topic: WikiProject Colorado May 2021 Time: May 12, 2021 07:30 PM MDT

Join Zoom Meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/78055623422?pwd=VUtPQVZrZzU1ZWVhZ0F1MExIeUQ2UT09

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WikiProject Colorado Summer Zoom Meeting
WikiProject Colorado will hold a brief online meeting at 7:30 PM MDT on Tuesday, August 10, 2021. See what your fellow users have been up to and share your interests and suggestions. Some requests are listed at and

Topic: WikiProject Colorado Summer Zoom Meeting Time: August 10, 2021 07:30 PM MDT

Join Zoom Meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/74506020308?pwd=eTFPSlkzOUg0bTE2SVdXUnl2SVY4Zz09

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2020 United States Census for Colorado
I've posted the results of the 2020 United States Census for Colorado at WikiProject Colorado/2020 Census. You may wish to update your existing Colorado articles with this data.

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Brief online meeting of WikiProject Colorado
What's up with Wikipedia and WikiProjectColorado? Join us for a brief online meeting at 7:30 PM MDT Tuesday evening, November 9, 2021 at https://meet.google.com/wyz-dfek-fdp

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WikiProject Colorado online meeting 02/08/2022
What's up with Wikipedia and WikiProject Colorado? Join us for an online meeting from 7:30 to 8:30 PM MST, Tuesday evening, February 8, 2022, at meet.google.com/ksx-wksh-eba

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WikiProject Colorado online meeting 05/17/2022
WikiProject Colorado will hold a short online meeting from 7:30 to 8:30 PM MDT, Tuesday evening, May 17, 2022, at meet.google.com/zwd-ojag-enp

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WikiProject Colorado online meeting 08/16/2022
WikiProject Colorado will hold an online meeting from 8:00 to 9:00 PM MDT, Tuesday evening, August 16, 2022, at meet.google.com/bqn-jhaw-ewc. Anyone interested in Colorado is encouraged to attend.

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WikiProject Colorado online meeting 11/15/2022
WikiProject Colorado will hold an online meeting from 8:00 to 9:00 PM MST, Tuesday evening, November 15, 2022, at meet.google.com/yoe-aphc-wey. Anyone interested in Colorado articles, history, or photographs is encouraged to attend.

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Wikimedia US Mountain West online meeting
Wikipedia users in the United States Mountain West and High Plains will hold an online meeting from 8:00 to 9:00 PM MST, Tuesday evening, February 14, 2023, at meet.google.com/kfu-topq-zkd. Anyone interested in the history, articles, or photographs of our region is encouraged to attend.

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Colorado Collaboration invitation
WikiProject Colorado invites you to participate in our current collaboration to locate and document the following two original 1861 Colorado Territory county seats: If you have any questions, please contact User:Buaidh (talk or e-mail).
 * Parkville, Colorado, the original county seat of Summit County, Colorado.
 * San Miguel, Colorado, the original county seat of Costilla County, Colorado.

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Colorado collaboration
We wish to thank everyone who contributed to our two prior Colorado collaborations to document the Amache National Historic Site and our three lost original county seats of Parkville, St. Vrain, and San Miguel. We invite you to help with our new collaboration to document the seven following former county seats: If you have any questions, please contact Buaidh  talk e-mail
 * California Ranch, Colorado near Franktown – Douglas County seat 1864 to 1874
 * Dayton, Colorado near Twin Lakes – Lake County seat 1866 to 1868
 * Hahns Peak, Colorado – Routt County seat 1878 to 1912
 * Lourette, Colorado – Lake County seat 1863 to 1866
 * San Juan City, Colorado – Hinsdale County seat February 10, 1874 to 1875
 * Ula, Colorado at 38.15°N, -105.5019°W – Custer County seat March 9, 1877 to 1878
 * Wason, Colorado near 37.8931°N, -106.8428°W – Mineral County seat March 27, 1893 to 1893

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Wikimedia US Mountain West online meeting 05/09/2023
Wikimedians of the U.S. Mountain West will hold an online meeting from 8:00 to 9:00 PM MDT, Tuesday evening, May 9, 2023, at meet.google.com/kfu-topq-zkd. Anyone interested in the history, geography, articles, maps, or photographs of the Mountain West or the future direction of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement is encouraged to attend. Please see our meeting page for details.

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Wikimedia US Mountain West online meeting 08/08/2023
Wikimedians of the U.S. Mountain West will hold an online meeting from 8:00 to 9:00 PM MDT, Tuesday evening, August 8, 2023, at meet.google.com/kfu-topq-zkd. Anyone interested in articles, history, geography, maps, or photographs of the Mountain West or the future direction of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement is encouraged to attend. We may try to organize one or more Wiknics. Guests are welcome. Please see our meeting page for details.

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US Mountain West online meeting November 14
Wikimedians of the U.S. Mountain West will hold an online meeting from 8:00 to 9:00 PM MST, Tuesday evening, November 14, 2023, at meet.google.com/kfu-topq-zkd. Anyone interested in the Mountain West or the future direction of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement is encouraged to attend. All guests are welcome. Please see our meeting page for details.

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Denver gathering
We will hold a casual Wikipedia gathering at the Gonzales Library at 1498 North Irving Street in Denver, on Sunday afternoon, February 11, 2024, from 2:30 to 4:00 PM MST. See details at Meetup/Denver.

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U.S. Mountain West Online Meeting
Wikimedians of the U.S. Mountain West will hold an online meeting from 8:00 to 9:00 PM MST, Tuesday evening, February 13, 2024, at meet.google.com/kfu-topq-zkd. Anyone interested in the Mountain West or the future direction of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement is encouraged to attend. All guests are welcome. Please see our meeting page for details.

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Wikimedia U.S. Mountain West Online Meeting
Wikimedians of the U.S. Mountain West will hold an online meeting from 8:00 to 9:00 PM MDT, Tuesday evening, May 14, 2024, at meet.google.com/kfu-topq-zkd. Anyone interested in the Mountain West or the future direction of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement is encouraged to attend. All guests are welcome. Please see our meeting page for details.

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Rescheduled online meeting of the Wikimedians of the U.S. Mountain West 05/21/2024
The online meeting of the Wikimedians of the U.S. Mountain West originally scheduled for May 14 has been rescheduled for 8:00 to 9:00 PM MDT, Tuesday evening, May 21, 2024, at meet.google.com/wbg-wgws-sbj. Please see our new meeting page for details.

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User talk:Daiv

Welcome!

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and vote pages using three tildes, like this: ~~~. Four tildes (~~~~) produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! Hyacinth 02:53, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * How to edit a page
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 * If you're ready for the complete list of Wikipedia documentation, there's also Topical index.

First warning
Thank you for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and it has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you may want to do. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia.--AshadeofgreyTalk 02:38, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

May 2011
Thank you for your contribution to Daniel Tosh, but we are trying to write an encyclopedia here, so please keep your edits factual and neutral. Our readers are looking for serious articles and will not find joke edits amusing. Remember that Wikipedia is a widely-used reference tool, so we have to take what we do here seriously. If you'd like to experiment with editing, use the sandbox to get started. Thank you. --Bongwarrior (talk) 10:39, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

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