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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Framingham High School

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Framingham High School
Non-notable. Delete. Neutralitytalk 04:11, Apr 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. notability. Mikkalai 01:18, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, agree with Jimbo that all high schools are notable enough. We should relax and accomodate them. Kappa 01:26, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Jimbo didn't say that. He said a two page article would be notable, and that one sentence stubs would be annoying.  RickK 07:22, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * So he said all high schools are notable enough to have two page articles... Kappa 18:44, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Nice try, but since you linked to it we can read what he actually said. Gamaliel 18:47, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * No, that's not what he said, and you know it. RickK 19:55, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * OK, RickK's interpretation is that two pages articles on high schools are notable, I'll use that one. Kappa 20:13, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Given that we're talking about the internet, a page can consist of two words, or ten thousand. --Gene_poole 06:00, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable enough for me I'm afraid. Rje 01:27, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: Why do we have to debate high school notability every single time, when it's already been established there's no consensus? Kappa 01:45, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't know, it bothers me as well. Radiant_* 14:05, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep I agree with Kappa gren 01:57, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Useless collection of generic facts about an insignificant school. This is not an encyclopedia article. Individual schools are not inherently encyclopedic and there is nothing to distinguish insignificant schools like this one from thousands of nearly identical schools around the world. Gamaliel 02:01, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: If people are just using templates, how can this be considered a discussion? Kappa 02:24, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I didn't realize only inclusionists were allowed to use them. Sorry. Gamaliel 02:34, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Heh. Shouldn't  be added to the ongoing VfD?  ;)  —RaD Man (talk) 02:52, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't really like inclusionist templates either, but this is the first template I've tried to reply to. Kappa 03:18, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete. Notability not established. Jayjg (talk) 03:01, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Nothing notable here. Indrian 04:17, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: BEEFSTEW score of 2. I'll abstain from voting for now. --bainer 05:32, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Article fails to estabilsh notability, however, the fact that students are able to flunk in the school almost does it. Vote changed, see below. --Carnildo 06:23, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as "On a visit on October 20, 1994, President Bill Clinton signed the Improving America's Schools Act (IASA) in the school's John F. Kennedy gymnasium." is notable for me. But I'd love to see some 2-page articles about schools Jimbo mentioned instead of stubs containing only trivial info. Mgm|(talk) 10:23, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Otherwise we can create an artcle about Brenda's Mobile Sandwich Bar, because Clinton once bought a can of coke there. The JPS 11:03, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I see that it was only today that someone bothered to create Improving America's Schools Act, and even then it doesn't even mention the school! (I'm sure it soon will, tho') If the IASA is so notable that it was only created as a result of this vfd, why should we care about where it was signed? The JPS 21:44, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * It's a WP:BEEFSTEW thing. "G) Does the article mention a regional or national news story that mentions the school?" Kappa 22:08, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Oh, and move my userpage into article space.  I've shaken hands with Rhodri Morgan, therefore I'm notable by this definition. Chris talk back 21:40, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - as with other schools - SimonP 12:52, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per low BEEFSTEW score. Note that, as usual, there was an attempt to stack the vote on this vfd.  —Korath (Talk) 14:14, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Listing school's on User:GRider/Schoolwatch is not a crime. Both deletionists and inclusionists can use the information therein. Klonimus 23:58, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Are you really voting on the BEEFSTEW? But you don't want people to find out so they can improve the articles? Kappa 18:43, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * We both know that's not why it was listed. —Korath (Talk) 19:48, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Well if you say so, but how much BEEFSTEW do you need? Kappa 23:49, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Schools can be notable. This one isn't. Carbonite | Talk 14:16, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. 14:48, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Unsigned by User:Juntung ~ 14:48, 17 Apr 2005.
 * Delete, another non-notable school. Grue 17:36, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Cmon people, deep inside we all know that each and every school is notable in its own way and worthy of inclusion in a truly great encyclopedia. If I wasn't so tied up with dealing with bad faith deletionism with Islamofascism, I'd polish up this article. The current article passes the Toowoomba Grammar School test. Klonimus 23:53, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Since those of us who feel this article is not worthy also largely voted to delete the article you refer to, that is not a particularly good test. Indrian 23:58, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * So we have to do it all over again every time? Kappa 00:03, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I am not quite sure what that is supposed to mean. As long as two groups of people have strong opinions on what is best for the project and cannot come to a consensus then we most certainly do have to do it over again every time. Indrian 00:06, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * So when there's no consensus, we have to continue fighting indefinitely... sad. Kappa 00:45, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * No one is making you come here and vote or discuss. Furthermore, I do not recall seeing you try to affect a compromise between your position and mine. Indrian 00:48, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * I feel I have to come here and vote and discuss because I care about the potential users of this project, who will not be best served by having useful, encyclopedic information deleted. Kappa 00:57, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * And I feel I have to come here and vote and discuss because I care about potential users of the project, who will have legitimate credibility concerns about the project if they see a large number of small articles on schools or other topics that are poorly crafted and have little useful (from a research standpoint) information. It would be arrogant to think that I care any less about wikipedia than you.  We have strong disagreements on what is best, but we are both working for the greater good. Indrian 01:37, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * I've been hearing this "credibility" blather for years, and I've yet to encounter a single instance of anyone being scared off Wikipedia by so-called "poorly-crafted" articles. On the contrary, I'm aware of several people who have become contributors specifically to improve articles they thought could be improved. --Gene_poole 05:53, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Not spoken to LMS recently, then? Chris talk back 23:19, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * What do you suggest as an alternative? Gamaliel 01:28, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I think that routine information on schools should be included on the page of the relevant town or county or whatever. I am fine with redirects as appropriate.  If those pages get too large as a result, the information could be transferred to a page on the school district or whatever administrative unit is used by a particular country.  If individual schools are particularly significant (as opposed to just having long-winded entries) then that school can have its own page.  This allows the information to be kept and the proliferation of small, often poor quality articles to be kept in check. Indrian 01:37, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Sorry, guess I should have specified I was asking Kappa what s/he thought would be an alternative to these "sad" discussions happening over and over again. Gamaliel 01:42, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * No worries, I am still blabla happy to give my view and see what Kappa thinks about it. Indrian 01:47, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * I'd be happy to hear an alternative as well. Would there be some way of getting a consensus here? Radiant_* 14:05, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * A consensus would have to allow average schools to have articles if they are reasonably long and informative, per "relax and accomodate". If you want to cut down on "small, often poor quality" articles stop voting "delete all average schools" and we can try and work out guidelines on which articles should be deleted or merged. Kappa 21:41, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Please cease and desist from putting words in JW's mouth. That is patently not his intention, nor is it even a valid interpretation of the post.  Neither should it be taken that anything that JW says should be construed as de facto policy.  To do so is a substantial misrepresentation of the facts, and an abuse of everything we hold dear. Chris talk back 23:19, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * He said "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." I'm not putting those words into his mouth, and I'm not saying it's policy, only that consensus will not be achieved without it. Kappa 01:01, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * You are putting words into his mouth. You know the old saying "Even Satan may cite scripture to suit his purposes."  You're taking a quote out of its original context, made in references to a completely different situation, and stating that somehow it applies here.  Very unwiki of you. Again, please stop such activity.  It's not fair on Jimbo, and it's not fair on the opposition.  As for any chance of reaching consensus, you don't seem to be intent on giving an inch, so any claim that it is required for reaching consensus is entirely hypocritical. Chris talk back 03:18, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm giving a lot of "inches". What I'd really like is for articles on schools to just be able to grow normally like anything else, but all I'm asking now is that the best quality articles have a chance to stand. Kappa 10:15, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Nomination does not comply with deletion policy.--Gene_poole 23:57, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is not a general knowledge base, that is, it is not an indiscriminate collection of items of information. That something is 100% true does not mean it is suitable for inclusion in an encyclopedia. (excerpted from WP:NOT, which is one of the criteria in the deletion policy) Indrian 00:06, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * And how is that comment relevant to a discussion on the subject of whether a concise presentation of organised data on a clearly defined subject should or should not be deleted?. --Gene_poole 05:58, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Just that regardless of your opinion on the article you should do more research before accusing fellow wikipedians of acting in bad faith; though I assume you are smart enough to realize that and are just egging me on a bit, because that is a more positive thought than the alternative. Indrian 06:35, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually I'd just like you to explain how you arrived at the conclusion that a coherent arrangement of information on a single mundane topic is nonsense - or as you so nicely put it, an "indisciminate collection of items of information". I see no nonsense here, and hence no reason for deletion. --Gene_poole 07:06, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * You have misread the quote. The phrase "indiscriminate collection of items of information (which is taken straight from the policy page and is not how I put it) refers to wikipedia and not to an individual article therein.  Whether you agree that including this article violates said policy or not is immaterial to whether this is a valid VfD.  There is a difference of opinion about what information belongs in the encyclopedia and what information would turn it into an indiscriminate collection of items of information (something quite different from nonsense; I am intrigued at how you pulled that definition out of those words), which is why we have these discussions and votes, but this nomination is perfectly in-line with policy.  Your view that only vanity, original research, and nonsense should be deleted is actually a narrower view than the deletion policy itself puts forth.  You are entitled to have that opinion and vote based on that opinion, but you are not entitled to accuse users of nominating articles contrary to the actual deletion policy when they have not done so. Indrian 07:18, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * As you are well aware, the Wikipedia default position on all articles and the information contained therein is retention - unless - and only unless - there are compelling reasons for deletion. This is the clear and unambiguous intent and spirit of the deletion policy as it currently stands. Nonsense, vanity and original research are the only stated compelling reasons to delete content from Wikipedia under that policy. This nomination fails that basic test, and is therefore invalid. --Gene_poole 23:47, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Have you even read the deletion policy? The following reasons are unambiguously given for listing an article on VfD: "No potential to become encyclopedic (see WP:NOT), Original research, Inappropriate user pages in excessive or stubborn cases, Vanity page, Advertising or other spam, Completely idiosyncratic non-topic."  Notice that WP:NOT is unambiguously tied to the deletion policy as the place to go for a definition of no potential to become encyclopedic.  If one were to bother to read that page, one would see the following categories unambiguously stated: "Wikipedia is not a dictionary, Wikipedia is not a soapbox, Wikipedia is not a mirror or a repository of links, images, or media files, Wikipedia is not a free host or webspace provider, Wikipedia is not a general knowledge base, Wikipedia is not a crystal ball."  Wikipedia is not a general knowledge base is further defined as follows on the same page: "Wikipedia is not a general knowledge base, that is, it is not an indiscriminate collection of items of information. That something is 100% true does not mean it is suitable for inclusion in an encyclopedia. While there is a continuing debate about the encyclopedic merits of several classes of entries, current consensus is that Wikipedia articles are not: Lists of Frequently Asked Questions, Lists or repositories of loosely associated topics, Travel guides, Memorials, News reports, Genealogical entries, or phonebook entries, Directories, directory entries, or a resource for conducting business."
 * I have directly cut and pasted this information from the appropriate pages which expound the official deletion policy of wikipedia. This policy unambiguously states many more categories of articles that can be placed on VfD and properly deleted than just nonsense, vanity, and original research.  Your position is directly contradicted by the express words of the policy.  You are certainly allowed to vote your conscience and vote to keep the article, but the listing is perfectly valid. Indrian 00:22, Apr 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * You can cut and paste as much as you like, but unfortunately you still haven't demonstrated any direct correlation between Wikipedia's deletion policy and this nomination, which clearly does NOT comply with ANY of the policy requirements listed above or anywhere else within Wikipedia. --Gene_poole 00:58, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * There is plenty of play in the joints of the unencyclopedic criteria and in what wikipedia is not. The listed examples are only those for which a strong consensus has been reached, and some of those examples are ambiguous themselves.  Due to this ambiguity and differences of opinion on what the limits of this criteria are, there are naturally debates that play out on VfD.  You interpret the guidelines narrowly, others do so more broadly.  Claiming that there is no room for debate is simplistic, and claiming that only vanity, original research, and nonsense are the only criteria is just plain wrong.  And besdies, if these school nominations are not valid, why do admins honor the results whether it is to keep or delete?  Indrian 01:09, Apr 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep -- this particular otherwise uninteresting public high school in an otherwise uninteresting outer suburb of Boston seems to be marginally notable. Still, it's no Stuyvesant High. Haikupoet 00:09, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * If it's so uninteresting, what makes it "marginally notable"? Gamaliel 01:28, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. The Clinton visit and Improving America's School Act make it notable enough for mine. Capitalistroadster 02:52, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge into Framingham, Massachusetts (which is very good start in my opinion, by the way) and delete - Skysmith 09:00, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. NN. Radiant_* 14:05, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - as with other schools - Dittaeva 14:58, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. While I believe that all high schools deserve an article on Wikipedia, this high school should meet the standards for those who believe some sort of notability is required.  President Clinton signed the Improving America's Schools Act here.  Christa McAuliffe, the teacher and astronaut who died in the Challenger disaster graduated from here.  The school has a history dating back to 1792 as an academy and 1852 as a reorganized high school.  I've made improvements to the article.  More are needed, as can be said for almost any article, but it should not be deleted. --BaronLarf 21:59, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. If it's really got a history dating back to 1792, it's encyclopedic. --Carnildo 22:35, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep This is a very good and very notable article compared to some of the other stuff on Wikipedia. -CunningLinguist 02:07, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep There is a place on Wikipedia for schools. --ShaunMacPherson 03:51, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * keep, why does this keep happening? 1792 seems historical.  Yuckfoo 06:26, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * This time, it happened because the original article put up for VfD was a bland two-sentence stub saying "This is a school. It is in this city." --Carnildo 06:30, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Extreme keep this extremely notable school. This is not a template.  ;)  —RaD Man (talk) 08:43, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - As per all Schools, I vote to keep. --Irishpunktom\talk 15:23, Apr 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Decent article, has potential to become enclopedic. --Andylkl (talk) 15:30, Apr 21, 2005 (UTC)

--VorpalBlade 17:51, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Wikipedia would be less valuable without this article. Fg2 01:23, Apr 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Like colleges and universities, schools are enduring institutions. Tobycat 02:44, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, schools = notable. --Myles Long 15:59, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. It is an enduring institution affecting thousands of lives. Could be a very interesting page.
 * Keep T h e St ev e  19:00, Apr 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and allow for organic growth.  ALKIVAR ™[[Image:Radioactive.svg|18px|]] 09:42, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 'Keep'. Houshuang 01:02, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Where else would someone find this concise description of this school? —BenFrantzDale 15:17, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * Certainly not in this or any other encyclopaedia, because that's not where someone would be looking. Chris talk back 13:43, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Sorry boys and girls, but NN = Delete for me. Master Thief Garrett 01:35, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notability is subjective. Wikipedia is not improved by the removal of school articles. ~leif ☺ (talk) 20:02, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * However, it is improved by the removal of articles about subjects that don't merit them, and articles that don't contain any information which separate it out from an article on a near-identical subject. Wikipedia is not, however, improved by keeping them.  Common sense, people.  I find it disturbing that people are still voting on this after 2 weeks. Chris talk back 13:43, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Thank you so much. That is exactly my view. People seem to think that a school automatically has a Vfd-proof bubble around it and vehemently oppose any naysayers. However, I wouldn't say two weeks is overly long. Since the Schoolwatch team have now made the deletion of all schools a point of contention, each and every deletion discussion that would otherwise be short and simple now becomes a bitter struggle of wills between the "keep every school no matter what" and the "delete if it's useless/obscure" camps. Master Thief Garrett 00:43, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
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Grupo Arcor

Grupo Arcor is an Argentine food company specialized in confectionery. The firm was founded on July 5, 1951 in the city of Arroyito, Córdoba. It specializes in the production of foodstuff, sugar and chocolate confectionery, cookies and ice cream in 39 industrial plants throughout Latin America. It is the world's top producer of hard candies and the tenth-biggest confectionery manufacturer overall. In Argentina, Arcor is the largest producer of processed foods, and its products are exported to over 120 countries.

In 2012 Arcor ranked 1st amongst the 100 most valuable companies of Argentina, according to the opinion of CEOs, financial analysts and journalists specialised in economics.

History
Arcor was created on 5 July 1951 when a group of entrepreneurs, sons of Italian immigrants, opened the first candy factory in Arroyito, a city in Córdoba Province. The partners and buyers of the 10,000 m2 factory were members of the Pagani Family: Amos, Renzo, Fulvio, and Elio, who decided to call the recently formed company Arcor, a name made from the combination of the first two letters of the word "Arroyito" and the first three of "Córdoba". Apart from the Pagani family members, there were other partners that totalised 23 shareholders.

Arcor first exported its products to the United States in 1968. The company sent milk candy that were carried with no refrigeration. As a result, the merchandise arrived in the U.S. totally melted. Arcor compensated their North American partners covering all costs.

In 1958, Arcor reached 60,000 kg of daily confectionery production and started producing different product lines. Arcor continued its expansion throughout South America by opening in 1995 a large candy manufacturing plant in Peru.

In order to consolidate its position in the market, in 1993 Arcor bought "Chocolates Águila", a traditional chocolate manufacturer of Argentina established in 1880 by Abel Saint and mostly known for its chocolate bars. Arcor expanded the Aguila brand adding several products (such as ice creams, alfajores, and even candies) to its line. Between the 1930s and the 1970s, the former Chocolate Aguila company developed a huge variety of products, manufacturing and commercialising more than 100 different items in its factory located in Barracas.

Arcor acquired "Noel & Cia. Ltda. S.A.", a traditional company founded in 1847 by Spanish immigrant Carlos Noel, which had a reputatition for its jellies and chocolate, in 1994.

Four years later, Arcor acquired "Lía", a cookie manufacturer and inaugurated the Arcor Museum in Arroyito. One year later, Arcor Group acquired "Dos en Uno", a Chilean leading company of sugar and chocolate confectionery, with a strong presence in the region.

By 2003, Arcor had incomes for US$800 million and had 13,000 employees (9,000 in Argentina). In 2004, Arcor associated with French conglomerate Danone to take over Bagley, a local producer of crackers and other cookies. Bagley had been acquired by Danone in 1994. With this partnership, Arcor–Danone became the largest cookies manufacturer in South America, with a turnover of US$300 million. Arcor owned 51% of Bagley, and Danone 49%. This alliance was only for the cookies market, with both companies carrying on the rest of their business separately.

The political and economic crises which the large Argentine agro-industrial companies suffered by the end of 2001, hit Arcor badly. Arcor was able to restructure its debt on December 1, 2008 with up to 5-year financing. Nevertheless, during those years Arcor acquired Benvenuto SACI, the company that owned La Campagnola brand, for US$40 million in 2005. Through this acquisition, Arcor incorporated some of La Campagnola canned products such as tuna, tomatoes, peas, and dips. At the moment of the purchase, Benvenuto employed 2,000 people that became part of the Arcor staff. Arcor totalised a total of 14,000 employees in Argentina by then.

Arcor Group settled in Europe in 2002 through the opening of commercial offices in Barcelona, Spain.

Brands and products
Arcor Group Foodstuff Division participates in more than 12 categories, including: jams and marmalades, fruit paste, sauces and canned tomatoes, tomato purees, canned vegetables, canned fish, beverages, mixes, polenta, dressings, oils and fruits, among others.

The following is a list containing the brands and its products, manufactured and/or commercialized by Arcor:
 * Notes

license: Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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 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. — Xezbeth 20:31, Apr 23, 2005 (UTC)

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Looks like an ad. Zzyzx11 | Talk 04:14, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Vegaswikian 05:52, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. El spammo. - Lucky 6.9 07:42, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Mindmatrix 14:57, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Dark Troopers

Fixed spelling, added a picture and removed the stub. --Kross 04:14, Apr 16, 2005 (UTC)

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The Great Monkey Trial

The Great Monkey Trial is a book on the Scopes Trial by L. Sprague de Camp, first published in hardcover by Doubleday in 1968. The book is a non-fiction account of the trial, as well as its social and political context and impact. This history of the trial was based on the archives of the A.C.L.U., assorted newspaper files, correspondence and interviews with over a dozen of those present at the trial, books and magazine articles written on the trial (including the memoirs of John T. Scopes and the official record of the trial in the Rhea County Courthouse), and a couple of visits to Dayton. The book also contains several political cartoons published at the time of the trial'''.  Several critics have referred to the book as the definitive or comprehensive account of the Scopes Trial. '''

Content and perspective
In the preface, de Camp states that the book's goal is to "tell the story of the Scopes evolution trial of 1925, at Dayton, Tennessee, as truthfully as possible." De Camp rejects previous descriptions of the trial such as "a witch hunt", "a travesty of justice", or "a deathblow to Fundamentalism." Instead, de Camp classifies the trial as one battle in a long and ongoing war between two philosophical worldviews. The first, a "theistic view", sees the world as governed by entities that are sensitive to human sentiment and are not bound by natural law in their actions. The second, a "mechanistic view", sees the world as governed by absolute and unchanging natural laws, which gods cannot affect'''. '''

In summation of the trial's cultural impact, de Camp suggests that the public ridicule placed on the law by this trial may have influenced politicians against supporting other such "monkey laws". He also suggests that the trial accomplished its goal of raising public interest in evolution. In conclusion, de Camp states that the truth is always competing against many other factors in shaping public perception, but truth has the advantage of persistence.

Style
The book frames the trial as a militaristic conflict, frequently using terms such as skirmish and combatant. Additionally, it includes chapter titles such as "The War Cries and Banners", "The Crusade" and "The Din of Battle Rises". Each chapter has a quote at the start which holds some relevance to its contents. These include historical examples of conflict between religion and science, such as selections from Darwin's Origin of Species and the Inquisition's Condemnation of Galileo, as well as more poetic statements on human nature from Shakespeare and Lewis Carroll.

Reception
Reviews praised the book for its comprehensiveness'''.  Several reviewers have commended the book for providing a factual and unbiased portrayal of the full story of the trial, as opposed to the fictionalized Inherit the Wind or the one-sided H.L. Mencken reporting that they claim shaped previous public perception of the Scopes trial. ''' Some have held that this and other "books written specifically about the Scopes trial serve ... to reinforce the spirit of ridicule" associated with the trial.

Kirtley Mathers, one of the scientists who testified for the defense in the Scopes Trial, spoke highly of the book in a review that appeared in Science. Mathers referred to the book as the definitive account of the Scopes trial, praising its ability to capture both the atmosphere and the human element of the trial. Mathers also highly commended the research that went into the book. However, he notes one instance where he feels that de Camp misrepresents thoughts that may have gone through trial members' minds as things which were actually said in court. Mathers also notes several typographic errors, including a few relating to the dates of his own interviews.

Relation to other works
The Scopes Trial was also the subject of a chapter in Darwin and His Great Discovery, written by the author in collaboration with his wife Catherine Crook de Camp and published in 1972.

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John Fleck (actor)

John Fleck (born May 7, 1951) is an American actor and performance artist. He has performed in numerous TV shows, including Babylon 5, Carnivàle, Murder One, and the Star Trek franchise. He also appeared in Howard The Duck, Waterworld and the music video for the ZZ Top song "Legs". He made a minor appearance in the Seinfeld episode "The Heart Attack". He played a minor character during the sixth season of Weeds. He wrote and performed "Mad Women" at La MaMa E.T.C.

He is also one of the NEA Four. In 1990 he and three of his fellow artists became embroiled in a lawsuit against the government's National Endowment for the Arts program. John Frohnmayer, one of the chairman of the NEA, vetoed funding his project, a performance comedy with a toilet prop, on the basis of content and was accused of implementing a partisan political agenda. The artists won their case in court in 1993 and were awarded amounts equal to the grant money in question, though the case would make its way to the United States Supreme Court in National Endowment for the Arts v. Finley, which ruled in favour of the NEA's decision making process.

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 * OK, I think I have figured-out how to do this. -- Ben Best:Talk 15:26, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

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 * send a message to Aubrey de Grey at aubrey@sens.org --Ben Best:Talk 04:02, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

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 * Hello, you can ignore the above, this article is not being considered for deletion. Thanks for your work! Crow  Caw  18:14, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

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Hello, I removed an additional coindance source you added to the Bitcoin article. In general one source is enough. Sometimes two sources might be good in the case where content is controversial (meaning other editors suggest to delete it). But in general one is enough. There is an essay about this called WP:OVERKILL that also talks about too many sources. Mostly that overkill essay is about edit warring and I am not suggesting you were doing that. Just wanted to show you the essay in case you were curious. Happy editing :-) Jtbobwaysf (talk) 10:14, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

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Please stop adding unsourced promotional content hyping the Latest and Greatest Whatever. This is not a newspaper or a blog. Jytdog (talk) 19:24, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

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 * You are the one engaging in unjustified reversions and edit warring. But you are too nasty a person to deal with and I am not prone to fighting like you are, so I will not carry this issue any further and will allow your reversion to stand. --Ben Best:Talk 21:52, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

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 * I do not own STEEM or participate in the Steemit social networking community. I was updating a page was reading for the first time to make the information current. You continue to defame my character without any evidence, which shows what a nasty temperament you have. Please be more civilized. --Ben Best:Talk 21:50, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for clarifying that you don't hold Steem. Our articles on cryptocurrencies have been getting hammered by people hyping them, editing and behaving badly. The community has already indeffed two people coming out of those communities and I imagine there will be more to come.  Jytdog (talk) 01:20, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of International School of Temple Arts

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Deleted article has been restored & moved to Draft namespace
After a speedy deletion of the International School of Temple Arts article, I asked that it be restored. An administrator has restored it &, at a user's request, has moved it to Draft:International School of Temple Arts. I would suggest expanding the article as best as possible from the stuff.co.nz, redrocknews.com, & brigitte.de sources. There is also http://www.sueddeutsche.de/leben/als-teilnehmer-bei-einem-tantra-seminar-splitternackt-1.3757783?reduced=true, which is behind a paywall & is in German. Peaceray (talk) 07:08, 26 May 2018 (UTC)

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Were does either one of these refs mention the topic in question?

"Cholesterol crystals are believed to both impair myelin repair and aggrevate inflammation. "

Also please read WP:MEDRS. Best Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 02:54, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

--Ben Best:Talk 12:58, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Did you read either of these papers before asking your question or deleting my entry? It is hard to believe that you did.
 * First reference (comment on the second reference), first paragraph: "...insufficient clearance (phagocytosis) of damaged myelin by aged macrophages results in accumulation of cholesterol crystals in these cells, which elicits a maladaptive inflammatory reaponse that is associated with impaired remyelination>'
 * Second reference (Science 359:684 (2018), in this case all you needed to do was to read the abstract in order to see: "Aged phagocytes accumulated excessive amounts of myelin debris, which triggered cholesterol crystal formation and phagolysosomal membrane rupture and stimulated inflammasomes... inducing a maladaptive immune response that impedes tissue regeneration."
 * Apologies was looking at the wrong source. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 23:12, 2 June 2018 (UTC)

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Can you please review this Wikipedia page? - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:ODEM — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeff at ODEM (talk • contribs) 07:48, 24 December 2018 (UTC)

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Possible class project on the SASP page
I am thinking about having my 300 level Biology of Aging do a Wikipedia project on the Senescent-Asssociated secretory phenotype page this spring semester. Do you think there is enough there for a small class project to make a figure and to build on your work on the the page?Jparcoeur (talk) 12:12, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

 * I think that there is much that could be studied on this project, but I don't think I am able to answer your question. And I don't know what you mean by "make a figure" (a summary illustration?). If you are having trouble with having enough material, you could expand the subject to all properties of senescent cells. --Ben Best:Talk 15:27, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

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Endothelin edits
On my talk page you said, ''I am not confusing endothelin with endothelium, but I did mis-spell as endothelin-1 as endothelium-1. I generally avoid "revert wars", but I reverted your revert in this case because I did not notice my mis-spelling, and because the information I wrote was solidly based on information in the review articles I cited. One of these articles is easily enough accessed by PMC text: Endothelial function and the regulation of muscle protein anabolism in older adults so you can see for yourself. Unless you have access to a university library system, you may not have access to the other article, but the information I reproduced is accurate. Please revert your revert.''
 * Your content and choice of sources are off topic. There are several reviews on endothelin (not about endothelium). --Zefr (talk) 19:06, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
 * You are confusing my mis-spelling with being off-topic and you are not reading the papers I cited to verify that the subject of those papers included discussion about endothelin-1. It is incorrect to conclude that the paper titled "Endothelial function and the regulation of muscle protein anabolism in older adult" does not included the information about endothelin-1 that I described. You could verify this by reading the paper rather than just looking at the title. For the other paper, in the paragraph before Protection from adverse effects of risk factors the Seals, et al paper states "Expression of ET‐1 in vascular endothelial cells increases with age in sedentary healthy men (Donato et al. 2009)." where ET-1 is abbreviated from endothelin-1 at the top of that paragraph. Please revert your revert (with the spelling correction, of course). --Ben Best:Talk 19:24, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

Caps and redirect bypassing in journal names
You should cite journals like this instead. Journals should not be capitalized, and redirects should not be bypassed (this is especially important because if a journal is created in the future, we want readers to be taken to the journal article, and not the lists).   Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 16:42, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
 * You're still doing this BTW. It's annoying to have to clean up after you when this could simply be done correctly the first time. Please be more considerate in the future.   Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 22:24, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your patience @Headbomb (Headbomb) or even your impatience, and I apologize for my lack of understanding what you were telling me. I now understand that you have created redirections for the "Trends (journals)" journals which do not have wikipedia entries, such that if I write | journal = Trends in Ecology & Evolution or | journal = Trends in Molecular Medicine, both will redirect to the "Trends (journals)" page. That simplifies things. I would rather use this facility than capitalization and redirection. Have you implemented redirection for every journal under "List of MDPI academic journals" ?  The notes at the top of that page only list redirection for Aerospace (journal) and Biosensors (journal). What other journal lists has redirection been implemented for? I think it would be helpful to put note informing other Wikipedia editors of the redirection facility at the top of such pages, to be more general than the Aerospace and Biosensors journals. I would do this myself, except that I defer to your vast editing knowledge. I may not literally be a "newbie", but compared to you I am. -- Ben Best:Talk 12:16, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Most journals have redirects setup yes. It's possible some of the newer ones don't, but redlinks are fine to have.   Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 16:19, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I have attempted to emulate your efforts by creating a redirect page for the journal Integrative medicine research Integrative Medicine Research to List of Elsevier periodicals, but it doesn't look up to your standards. So perhaps you can clean-up this mess I made as well, @Headbomb. --Ben Best:Talk 16:24, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I failed to capitalize all initial letters in the journal article, but can't seem to fix that mistake, @Headbomb. --Ben Best:Talk 16:29, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Like I said, redlinks are fine, see WP:REDLINKS. You don't have to create redirects. Redirects were created for MDPI and Frontiers because those publishers churn journals like people give candy at Halloween, and most MDPI/Frontiers journals aren't individually notable. It's also pretty easy to find if a journal is published by MDPI or Frontiers, and there's not much else you need to know about individual journals. Elsevier publications however, are hugely varied, published under dozens of imprints, regularly acquired, sold, etc... which makes mass redirects to List of publications much less desirable, or needed. s  Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 16:37, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Again, here.   Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 20:13, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Pterostilbene edits
On my talk page, you said: ''You cited MDPI, although the journals are reported to be of variable quality. What evidence do you have that Molecules is not of acceptable quality, other than the apparent bias you have against Pterostilbene? Do you really believe you are being objective about this subject, or about me?''
 * Publishing in MDPI is a WP:REDFLAG for Wikipedia editors because we know editorial practices may be compromised or absent. There seems to be general agreement by medical editors that each article in an MDPI journal be assessed individually, with skepticism.
 * Concerning this edit, which I suggest should be viewed as possibly non-replicable results (see WP:MEDANIMAL and WP:WHYMEDRS), this lab research does not belong in a section on Research because it is far too preliminary and potentially misleading to non-medical readers, WP:NOTJOURNAL #7. As we have for the Research section on Resveratrol, the Research section should be devoted to the highest-quality human studies available. Such a qualification is self-limiting for pterostilbene because there is no "high-quality human research" on this compound. For many articles, such as endothelin and pterostilbene, your editing indicates a preference to treat lab research as informative about human health or disease (pharmacokinetics is a separate matter). You are right - I disagree, and will continue to challenge, preferring that an encyclopedia is WP:NOTEVERYTHING and follows rigorous WP:MEDRS reviews. Zefr (talk) 17:13, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

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Cyclohexanone

Cyclohexanone is the organic compound with the formula (CH2)5CO. The molecule consists of six-carbon cyclic molecule with a ketone functional group. This colorless oily liquid has a sweet odor reminiscent of benzaldehyde. Over time, samples of cyclohexanone assume a pale yellow color. Cyclohexanone is slightly soluble in water and miscible with common organic solvents. Millions of tonnes are produced annually, mainly as a precursor to nylon.

Production
Cyclohexanone is produced by the oxidation of cyclohexane in air, typically using cobalt catalysts:
 * C6H12 +  O2   →   (CH2)5CO  +   H2O

This process forms cyclohexanol as a by-product, and this mixture, called "KA Oil" for ketone-alcohol oil, is the main feedstock for the production of adipic acid. The oxidation involves radicals and the hydroperoxide C6H11O2H as an intermediate. In some cases, purified cyclohexanol, obtained by hydration of cyclohexene, is the precursor. Alternatively, cyclohexanone can be produced by the partial hydrogenation of phenol:
 * C6H5OH + 2 H2 → (CH2)5CO

This process can also be adjusted to favor the formation of cyclohexanol.

ExxonMobil developed a process in which benzene is hydroalkylated to cyclohexylbenzene. This latter product is oxidized to a hydroperoxide and then cleaved into phenol and cyclohexanone. Therefore, this newer process without producing the acetone by-product appears attractive and is similar to the cumene process as a hydroperoxide is formed and then decomposed to yield two key products.

Laboratory methods
Cyclohexanone can be prepared from cyclohexanol by oxidation with chromium trioxide (Jones oxidation). An alternative method utilizes the safer and more readily available oxidant sodium hypochlorite.

Uses
The great majority of cyclohexanone is consumed in the production of precursors to Nylon 6,6 and Nylon 6. About half of the world's supply is converted to adipic acid, one of two precursors for nylon 6,6. For this application, the KA oil (see above) is oxidized with nitric acid. The other half of the cyclohexanone supply is converted to cyclohexanone oxime. In the presence of sulfuric acid catalyst, the oxime rearranges to caprolactam, a precursor to nylon 6:
 * [[Image:Caprolactam Synth.png|340px]]

Other reactions
In addition to the large scale reactions conducted in service of the polymer industry, many reactions have been developed for cyclohexanone.

In the presence of light, it undergoes alpha-chlorination to give 2-chlorocyclohexanone. It forms a trimethylsilylenol ether upon treatment with trimethylsilylchloride in the presence of base.

It forms an enamine with pyrrolidine.

Treatment with nitrosyl chloride and ethanol in sulfur dioxide gives the oximinecarboxylic ester:
 * (CH2)5CO + C2H5OH  +  NOCl  ->  HON\dCH(CH2)4CO2C2H5  +  HCl

Illicit use
Cyclohexanone has been used in the illicit production of phencyclidine and its analogs and is often subject to purchase restrictions, such as being listed on the Special Surveillance List in the US.

Safety
Like cyclohexanol, cyclohexanone is not carcinogenic and is moderately toxic, with a TLV of 25 ppm for the vapor. It is an irritant.

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Veteran of the Psychic Wars

"Veteran of the Psychic Wars" is a song by the American hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult. It was written by Eric Bloom and British author Michael Moorcock (creator of Elric of Melniboné). The song first appeared on the 1981 album Fire of Unknown Origin. An extended live version appears on the 1982 album Extraterrestrial Live. It also appears on the soundtrack of the 1981 animated film Heavy Metal.

The phrase "...veteran of a Thousand Psychic Wars" is from the Hawkwind song "Standing at the Edge," from the album Warrior on the Edge of Time (1975), which also dealt with the myth of the Eternal Champion and contained lyrics written by Moorcock. Prior to that, the term "psychic war" appears in the poem "Far Arden" by Jim Morrison of The Doors.

The song has been covered by King Django meets the Scrucialists (2003), Arjen Anthony Lucassen (2012) and Ape Machine (2022), as well as in live performances by the Finnish metal band Tarot in 2004, as a bonus track in their 2006 album, Fleesh and Metallica at the Bridge School Benefit in 2007 and later concerts.

Critical reception
In an article published by The A.V. Club writer Jason Heller describes the song as a "pseudo-mystical post-Vietnam parable." Writing that "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" was the dead center of Heavy Metal’s admittedly amorphous core, he further stated "The drums are tribal. The synths hum like incantations. The guitar is minimal, applied with ritualistic precision"

Personnel

 * Eric Bloom – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
 * Donald 'Buck Dharma' Roeser – lead guitar, percussion
 * Joe Bouchard – bass
 * Allen Lanier – keyboards
 * Albert Bouchard – drums

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Danny Breaks

 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. Tony Sidaway|Talk 14:15, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Danny Breaks
Tagged as. Looks like non-notable vanity. Zzyzx11 | Talk 04:20, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable, possible vanity. Megan1967 07:37, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per Megan1967 —Wahoofive | Talk 03:42, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. NN, Vanity .  -- Mwanner 15:07, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. This DJ is actually quite well known among the underground rave community, especially among lovers of jungle. He's been interviewed in Junglized magazine, he's toured internationally, and he even has a CD available for order on Amazon.com. If by 'vanity', it's meant that he wrote this personally to promote himself, I sincerely doubt that he's suffering from enough of a lack of publicity to bother. He, to my knowledge, remains one of the top drum and bass DJs worldwide. He is certainly of interest to more than 100 people. This article should be expanded, however. Myrkabah
 * Oops, Myrkabah is right. Google turns up 14,000+ hits. Keep.  -- Mwanner 23:03, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)
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Pictou (federal electoral district)

Pictou was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968. It was created in the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted of the County of Pictou. It was abolished in 1966 when it was merged into the riding of Central Nova. It returned two members from 1872 to 1903.

Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

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Bucket toilet

A bucket toilet is a basic form of a dry toilet whereby a bucket (pail) is used to collect excreta. Usually, feces and urine are collected together in the same bucket, leading to odor issues. The bucket may be situated inside a dwelling, or in a nearby small structure (an outhouse).

Where people do not have access to improved sanitation – particularly in low-income urban areas of developing countries – an unimproved bucket toilet may be better than open defecation. They can play a temporary role in emergency sanitation, e.g. after earthquakes. However, the unimproved bucket toilet may carry significant health risks compared to an improved sanitation system. The bucket toilet system, with collection organised by the municipality, used to be widespread in wealthy countries; in Australia it persisted into the second half of the 20th century.

Once the basic bucket toilet has been "improved", it evolves into a number of different systems, which are more correctly referred to as either container-based sanitation systems, composting toilets, or urine-diverting dry toilets.

Unimproved toilets
Bucket toilets are used in households and even in health care facilities in some low- and middle- income countries where people do not have access to improved sanitation.

In those settings, bucket toilets are more likely to be used without a liner, or the liner is not removed each time the bucket is emptied. This is because the users cannot afford to regularly discard suitably sized, sturdy liners. Instead, the users may place some dry material in the base of the bucket (newspaper, sawdust, leaves, straw, or similar) in order to facilitate easier emptying.

Cold climates

Bucket toilets have been historically common in cold climates where installing running water can be difficult and expensive and subject to freezing-related pipe breakage, for example in Alaska and rural areas of Canada and Russia.

Emergencies
In natural disasters and other emergencies, the portability of bucket latrines can make them a useful part of an appropriate emergency response, especially where pit latrines cannot be isolated from floodwater or groundwater (potentially leading to groundwater pollution) and where the contents can be safely disposed into sanitary systems, taking measures to avoid contact with the contents. Different organizations give advice on how to build bucket toilets in case of emergency. The Twin Bucket Emergency Toilet system (a two bucket system), for example, has been developed in Christchurch, New Zealand following their infrastructure destroying earthquake in 2011. The system has been endorsed by the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management. It is promoted by the volunteer advocacy group PHLUSH (Public Hygiene Lets Us Stay Human) for reasons of safety, affordability, and matching ecological sanitation principles.

Usage and maintenance
The bucket is emptied when it becomes full or emits excessive foul odor; usually once a day for large families, and about once a week for smaller families. Some sources say that it averages once per week per person per five-gallon bucket. The quantity of excreta varies widely depending on the amount of fiber in the local diet. If the bucket has a liner, then emptying is more hygienic in areas with poor water access for cleaning the collection chamber (bucket) than without a liner, as the bag could be sealed with a knot and the bucket would remain fairly clean.

To minimize offensive odors and prevent the spread of disease, the material in the bucket can be covered with some covering material after each use, such as quick lime, wood ash, finely crushed charcoal or fine sawdust (similarly to the operation of a urine-diverting dry toilet).

Disposal or treatment and reuse of collected excreta
When the bucket is full, it can be covered with a lid and stored away until the collected waste can either be disposed of (e.g., by burial) or treated for safe reuse, e.g., via composting the material. Some municipalities, accept double/triple bagged waste in the trash can, much like the disposing of cat litter.

Health aspects
An unimproved, open bucket in which excreta are not covered by carbon matter does not offer much protection to the user from the pathogens in the feces, which can lead to significant health risks. Flies can access the contents unless it is kept securely covered (e.g., by a toilet lid and/or adequate carbon matter). There is also the risk that the bucket can tip over and spill its contents; an improved system encloses the bucket inside something which is securely bolted to the floor. Unhygienic emptying and disposal practices add further opportunities for pathogens to be spread, for example, if the bucket is not cleaned after each use or if a liner is not used.

For these reasons, unimproved bucket toilets were not considered as improved sanitation systems according to WHO and UNICEF for monitoring access to basic sanitation as part of Goal 7 of the Millennium Development Goals. At the time of these goals, IAPMO had not yet published new standards for acceptable improved bucket toilet procedure.

Two bucket system

For application in emergencies (e.g. after earthquakes), it is possible to use two buckets (also known as "twin bucket toilet"): one for urine, the other one for feces and soiled toilet paper. The Wellington Region Emergency Management Office recommends strong 15 – buckets or pails and the use of dry mulch material that can consist of sawdust, dry leaves, soil, or shredded newspaper. The bottom of the "urine bucket" should be covered with water and emptied every day. The content is then poured onto a disused green space after diluting the urine with water. The bottom of the "feces bucket" should be covered with dry mulch. After every use, a handful of dry mulch should be used to cover the feces in order to keep it as dry as possible. After the bucket is full, it should be emptied into a hole in the ground or into a separate large storage bin. Since feces contain pathogens, they should be handled with caution.

Composting toilets
Unimproved bucket toilets can be upgraded to become improved bucket toilets, where some composting starts in the bucket itself but most of it takes place in an external composter.

An upgraded system may consist of a bucket under a wooden frame supporting a toilet seat and lid, possibly lined with a biodegradable bag, but many are simply a large bucket without a bag. Newspaper, cardboard, straw, sawdust, or other absorbent materials are often layered into the bucket toilet. Improved bucket toilets also have an associated composting chamber, with well-defined specifications for how to manage the manure as it composts.

Container-based toilets
Container-based sanitation systems have superficial similarities with bucket toilets but use a rigorous approach regarding safety of the user and of the staff who is handling the collected excreta.

History

Although bucket toilet systems are now rare in developed countries, particularly where sewers are common, basic forms of sanitation were widely used until the mid 20th century. The pail closet was the term in Victorian England for a bucket (pail) in an outhouse. The municipality employed workers, often known as "nightmen" (from night soil, the euphemism for excreta), to empty and replace the buckets. This system was associated in particular with the English town of Rochdale, to the extent that it was described as the "Rochdale System" of sanitation. It persisted in England in some rural schools into the 1960s.

Twentieth-century books report that similar systems were in operation in parts of France and elsewhere in continental Europe. In Germany, bucket toilets were used by workers in some mines up to the 20th century.

The system of municipal collection was widespread in Australia; "dunny cans" persisted well into the second half of the twentieth century. Because the population was so dispersed, it was difficult to install sewerage. Tar, creosote, and disinfectant kept the smell down. Academic George Seddon claimed that "the typical Australian back yard in the cities and country towns" had, throughout the first half of the twentieth century, "a dunny against the back fence, so that the pan could be collected from the dunny lane through a trap-door"

Armies used to use "thunderboxes" or portable latrines.

Ghana
Bucket latrines were used extensively in the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana since colonial times. They are still used in some households in the metropolis. Since the mid-1980s, the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly has actively discouraged bucket latrines and has stopped the emptying services that was provided by the assembly.

Kenya
In the region of Wajir, few residents have access to improved sanitation. Because of the high water table, pit latrines are impossible to use, and instead bucket toilets are common. By the time the waste collectors come, the bucket toilets are often already overflowing. These unhygienic circumstances can lead to frequent outbreaks of diarrhea.

Namibia
Due to high poverty, some inhabitants still use bucket toilets.

United States
Bucket toilets are common in many rural villages in the state of Alaska, such as those in the Bethel area of the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta, and are found throughout the rural regions of the state.

Bucket toilets are used especially where permafrost makes the installation of septic systems or outhouses impractical. Bucket toilets are promoted for cases of emergency, especially in regions with risk of earthquakes.

Canada
They were also relatively common in the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut of Canada, but by now they have mostly been replaced with indoor plumbing and sewage pump-out tanks. They are still found in summer cabins where the use of a sewage tank is impractical.

South Africa
In South Africa, bucket toilets – frequently referred to as the "bucket system" – are still used in 2016 in some low-income communities as a relic of the Apartheid era. During that era, the poor, predominantly black townships generally did not get proper sanitation. The term "bucket toilet" or "bucket system" is nowadays very much stigmatized in South Africa and politically charged. Protests against bucket toilets are still occurring. , 5.3 percent of households in South Africa either had no toilets, or used bucket toilets.

The South African government set up a bucket eradication programme in order to eradicate all pre-1994 sanitation buckets from the formal townships and replace them with sanitary sewers and other sanitation systems. According to the Department of Water Affairs & Forestry, in 2005 the bucket sanitation backlog in formal townships was estimated at 252,254 bucket toilets. In 2009, the majority of the pre-1994 buckets were eradicated. However, this change has not been completed throughout the country. In 2013 the use of bucket systems was still common in the Free State, Eastern Cape, Western Cape, and Northern Cape provinces.

A study in 2012 evaluated South Africa's bucket eradication programme and highlighted the following weaknesses: "One-size-fits-all" toilets were constructed that did not meet the special sanitation needs of vulnerable groups; health and hygiene education and user education had not been integrated; community participation barely took place; and operation and maintenance of water treatment works were neglected, as were water conservation and water demand management.

India
The number of bucket toilets still in use in India is unknown but figures on "manual scavenging" can give some indication of the practice: Manual scavenging is a term used in Indian English for the removal of untreated human excreta from bucket toilets or pit latrines. The workers, called scavengers, rarely have any personal protective equipment. According to Socio Economic Caste Census 2011, 180,657 households are engaged in manual scavenging for a livelihood. The 2011 Census of India found 794,000 cases of manual scavenging across India.

UK
Prior to the introduction of mains sewerage, most houses had a Pail closet which is a bucket toilet in a dedicated outbuilding. In larger towns and cities a bucket collection service was operated, while in rural areas a 'lat pit' or burial was common. Local Authority bucket collection services were discontinued in the post war years as sewers were extended to nearly all built up areas, and most rural locations installed either septic tanks or cesspits

Alternative names
In some regions, the term "honey bucket" is used (for example in Alaska), see also honeywagon (a vehicle which collects human excreta for disposal elsewhere). The term "bucket latrine" is also in use. In the UK Pail closet was also a common description.

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Orogenic belt

An orogenic belt, orogen, or mobile belt, is a zone of Earth's crust affected by orogeny. An orogenic belt develops when a continental plate crumples and is uplifted to form one or more mountain ranges; this involves a series of geological processes collectively called orogenesis.

Overview
Orogeny typically produces orogenic belts, which are elongated regions of deformation bordering continental cratons. Young orogenic belts, in which subduction is still taking place, are characterized by frequent volcanic activity and earthquakes. Older orogenic belts are typically deeply eroded to expose displaced and deformed strata. These are often highly metamorphosed and include vast bodies of intrusive igneous rock called batholiths.

Prominently orogenic belts on the Earth are the circum-Pacific orogenic belt (Pacific Ring of Fire) and Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt. Since these orogenic belts are young orogenic belts, they form large mountain ranges; crustal activity is active and accompanied by volcanic belts and seismic belts.

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