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Talk:Flirting

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The definition of 'flirting' here seems a bit sparse, but I am no expert. I have nothing constructive to add to this definition, but would like to see some discussion of what many consider to be a very important topic. First, is flirting normal social interaction? What restrictions does society place on flirting? Can a man flirt with a woman at work without being charged with sexual harassment? For those of us who are married, is it acceptable to flirt with those to whom we aren't married? Please, these questions are the only ones which I know to ask. I present them as a suggestion only and welcome any discussion on the matter.

I don't know who posted the above but those are reasonable questions. The answers have varied across times and cultures, indeed social classes, regional subcultures, religious denominations, and social settings [home, workplace, school, etc.] and by age of participants; and can change quite quickly. You could find every variation just within the 21st century US. Except maybe those in which the slightest flirtatious glance could get one killed fast and hard. ALthough even that could probably be found in the US. Some real experts could add a lot on these. Random noter (talk) 17:43, 19 October 2018 (UTC)

Suggested subheading
I suggest someone add a section on flirting's morality. It's a topic I'm very curious about.--HistoricalPisces 17:43, 3 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Morality should be removed from the other sections too, different cultures have different rules. And while it should be discussed, it shouldn't be part of the main definition. -anon 16:02, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Etymology
In modern french the verb "flirter" is similar to "to flirt" and un(e) flirt means something like boyfriend (girlfriend), but I am hesitant to add this content to the page because (in a language where one word can mean kiss or shag depending on context) it is very easy to completely change the meaning of something as difficult to describe as flirting. Can a native speaker give us a hint as to the current usage?

Also, did the current french word migrate back from the english word, or what?

 * Yes, French flirt(er) almost certainly comes from English. Whether English flirt comes from fleurette is in doubt; and, by the way, neither of my French dictionaries suggests that conter fleurette is obsolete, on the contrary one calls it a "locution moderne".  —Tamfang 21:43, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

German, anyone?
There's a really interesting paragraph in the German-language entry on flirting. It's about a Margaret Mead study on differences among American airmen and English girls in WWII. I sure would like to see her original, and explain it here, but i cannot find it. The closest ive gotten so far is excerpts from a speech called "The Yank in Britain" where the British misunderstood the American idea of recreational dating.
 * I just put up some material on the subject. Squidfryerchef 04:12, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Her book is called The American troops and the British community an examination of the relationship between the American troops and the British by Margaret Mead. Considering Mead's prominence it is curious that her wiki page does not properly reference her WW2 work. kenif — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kenif (talk • contribs) 00:36, 25 June 2017 (UTC)

Flirting
I would like to suggest that the definition of flirting needs to be amended to reflect it's childish origin which is simply: child's play. Romantic attachment and sexual attraction should never be confused with flirting. Flirting is adults at play; joined by sexual innuendo mixed with meaninglessness. Notice that adults does not specify women or men; it specifies adults which are both women and men. An adult is the only distiction necessary. Flirting done properly, is perfectly harmless and should be practiced by all. Is such a definition embraced by others? More than likely. Would such a definition gain universal appeal? Certainly not many of my generation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lula Belle (talk • contribs) 22:18, 5 April 2006

Well, if you can source that viewpoint, go ahead and put it in. -Maverick 06:56, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

"Flirt fighting"?
What exactly is the article describing when it refers to "flirt fighting"? Little boys' dipping girls' pigtails in the ink wells, or what? :\ Runa27 07:12, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * flirting by fighting perhaps! lol actually... not such a crazy idea, play fighting is a form of flirting. Mathmo 15:23, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, that's definitely true; you have a lot of different ways to "flirt fight"- 'poke war', playful smacking, teasing (technically), etc. Stars in the Night Sky 18:59, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Flirt vs. Flirting
Should Flirt really redirect here? There IS a difference between flirt and flirting, as in Flirt the noun. 58.162.103.251 13:57, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Until someone writes Flirt (noun), and clarifies the distinction, I reckon the redirect is appropriate. What do you reckon the noun means, other than one who flirts?   —Tamfang 19:12, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Format/Grammar/Citation
Lastly, the third degree of flirting is intentional, and not at all subtle. The person is going out of his or her way to look "cool", actively trying to impress someone. This almost never works but is repeatedly used by many young teenagers anyway, because it is "cool".''

There are a few fundamental problems with this paragraph. First of all, "Lastly, the third..." doesn't sound gramatically correct to me. The word 'lastly' is superflous.

Futhermore, I think "cool" needs to be more clearly defined. The word sounds a bit slack. Any suggstions?

Also, what are the sources for this article? Is it fair to say that it "almost never works" ?

what flirting is to me
To me, flirting is touching another person ever so lightly, letting them know how attractive you find them, but leaving no expectations. Flirting does not have to lead to a relationship, but it leaves the door open. Done properly, both sides will feel better for the experience. They will feel attractive and somehow more alive. When I catch someone's eye across a crowded room and smile a little then look away, it only means that I appreciate the person. It is like paying a wordless compliment. When I treat an 11 year old or an 81 year old as though they were a lady my age, it is a gesture of respect. Carlos Castenada speaks of seeing people as luminous beings. That description always struck me. Flirting for me is showing the person that you appreciate that luminous being beneath the skin. That is why a 70 year old man dressed in a suit, with a Panama hat and walking stick, sitting on the piazza in Rome with a glass of Pernod, can flirt with a 30 year old married business woman clutching a cell phone and a briefcase, and neither need feel embarrassed or out of place. Licentious 15:00, 22 March 2007 (UTC)Licentious

 * Ok. 76.178.228.63 (talk) 18:00, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

Simple or Complex
I believe that flirting is simply any complimenting or edifying comment or action directed at another in order to gain favor or rapor. I don't think that everyone's motive for flirting is the same. One who is married might "flirt" with another in order to gain more opportunities in the work place, or to get a discount when making a purchase, etc... 132.178.204.98 07:10, 13 September 2007 (UTC)TregSr

Picture
I've added the picture Image:StrawAndBreasts.jpg to the top of the article. An editor removed this a while ago because it was "silly": I would suggest that it was illustrating the subject of the article. Pictures enhance the quality of an articl, if only by making the text seem more accessible. There is a link at the bottom of the page top a category of pictures on the Commons on the subject. Perhaps, if editors don't like this picture they could find a replacement rather than just deleting. An explanation on the discussion page would help in coming to a concensus. --Simon Speed 12:07, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
 * As an illustration of the article I agree with the editor who removed it. It's a poor illustration for the article with connotations of licentiousness and crudeness that are not an implicit part of the subject and which are barely touched upon in the article (and shouldn't be).  It would make a better illustration for ab article on drunken behaviour than one on flirting. -- SiobhanHansa 15:09, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Then replace it with something better. --Simon Speed 15:34, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
 * While a good illustration would be great I haven't seen one. However I do not think this illustration is better than no illustration.  It gives an incorrect impression of the content of the article.  -- SiobhanHansa 15:56, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Hear, hear. —Tamfang 07:51, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Because it isn't a picture of "flirting" as most people understand it. Flirting is supposed to be about unattached people batting eyelashes at each other, not a raunchily humorous photo of a couple. Squidfryerchef 22:29, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

OK, so how about this picture Image:Das werdenSie ja nachher schon sehen.jpg? They don't seem to be a couple yet... will they go further or will she laugh and brush him off? --Simon Speed 11:17, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I guess I'm neutral on this one. It doesn't have the same inappropriate connotations the other one had.  But personally I wouldn't have associated it with flirting without reading the caption, and I think the dated look and mores it portrays will make it harder for people to gain much from it.  This is a hard article to illustrate; so much of flirting is dependent on context and culture that is difficult to find something that clearly shows a flirtatious act. -- SiobhanHansa 18:13, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I am also neutral on the newer picture. Squidfryerchef 03:48, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Translate the caption? —Tamfang 21:42, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I fixed the translation and would like to add it underneath the picture, but do not know how. The text: "Would you take offense if I had the gall to plant a kiss on this beautiful shoulder?" "You'll figure that out soon enough after the deed." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.244.73.200 (talk) 19:31, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the translation. I've added it as a caption. -- SiobhanHansa 00:04, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Unencyclopedic language
"The most famous flirt of them all, talking in an obnoxious english accent :-) JK"

Umm. How did that get in there? --124.170.228.169 04:29, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

 * Thanks for spotting it. I've removed it. Next time you spot something like that you are welcome to fixs it yourself if you want to. -- SiobhanHansa 14:07, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Your hair looks nice, and you've lost weight! Fancy dinner? Jas (talk) 21:44, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

friendz
wat if ur friendz w/ a guy and he stares alot at u and plays around wat kind of flirting iz tha the harmless or the i like u flirting? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.127.112.184 (talk) 04:51, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism
I removed the vandalism that somebody put up.74.183.138.133 (talk) 14:28, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

 * Thank you. - Eldereft ~(s)talk~ 06:47, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Crimen sollicitationis
Do we have any reliable sources describing this as a form of flirting rather than an abuse of power? - Eldereft (cont.) 11:07, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

 * It isn't; the text is repeatedly added by sockpuppets of a banned user (DavidYork71). Please revert and notify any administrator to have him blocked. Thanks. --Ckatz chat spy  07:07, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Playing footsies
Just discovered that there's an article on this subject, and a fairly old one at that. It's currently a stub, and has been a stub for a very long time. I don't think the subject by itself really warrants a full article, and is probably best if it's included into another article. I think this one seems to fit best, but could also see merging into foot fetish or something else, depending on consensus. WTF? (talk) 20:49, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

 * There doesn't seem to be any serious opposition to this, so I am going to be bold and do it. WTF? (talk) 19:54, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Do not merge dirty talk in to this article.
Dirty talk has a merge notice on it, but does not belong merged here as it is more typically something which occurs during sex. Just by way of example, the woman crying out:

"Fuck me!! Fuck my wet pussy. Oh god, you feel so good, so hard and deep inside me. Do you like that baby? You like how my hot, wet pussy takes your big hard cock? Oh god, make me cum!! Yes, I'm cumming so hard!!"

is classic dirty talk which would not be considered flirting. DeistCosmos (talk) 22:22, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Odd section
There is a section which is badly written and a digression and which sounds like someone’s personal opinion and is not quite English syntax. I do not see it as worth rewriting in a more encyclopedic style and suggest it could be removed without much loss: “Actually, the word Fleurette was yet used in the XVI century, like in some sonnet[3], and some other texts.[4] · [5] · [6]The French word fleurette (small flower), and the language of old south France word flouretas (from the Latin flora(for flower)), are related to some little says where flowers are at the same time a pretext and the comparison terms. In southern France, some usage were yet used in 1484,[7] · [8]. ” Edison (talk) 17:54, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

Wider historical references
I removed the following sentence from the end of the Etymology section "Since this part of France and Britain were at this time united the word also entered the English language as 'flirting'." and left a version that merely says the word entered English as flirting without explanation. I lack knowledge to flesh out how it entered English, but do know Britain and the south of France were not united in 1592 or at any recent time. The last English possession, Calais in the far north, had been lost in the 1550s. The south [really the southwest as Aquitaine] had been lost by England before 1453. France and England had plenty of interactions especially at the elite, court, and mercantile levels, so nothing stops word transfer, but not through any period political union. Random noter (talk) 18:07, 19 October 2018 (UTC)

Prolonged stare followed by a head tilt away
According to the final sentence of the lead, we can see a prolonged stare followed by a head tilt away in the accompanying image from a trailer for Monkey Business (not the Marx Brothers film). Maybe all this can be seen in the footage of which this is a still, but gazing at this image I discern neither a stare nor a head tilt away. --Lambiam 15:08, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

Controversial Picture of Bill Clinton
I couldn't bother to notice the picture of "Bill Clinton flirting with an unnamed woman" is a bit controversial in my opinion. I feel like this picture does not comply with neutrality and hints user political views. – Yanjipy (talk) 15:56, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I've remove it. --Ronz (talk) 16:22, 7 July 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 June 2020
I would like to make a joke for the TikTok user Chuckysdead the leader of the cult step chickens 97.115.172.26 (talk) 23:16, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. QueerFilmNerd  talk 23:22, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

Flirting
Sex! 50.40.111.54 (talk) 08:48, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

History relevancy
In my reading of the history subsection it appears this section is rather based on an observation made by one person rather than an actual complete history of flirting. This should be researched further and include more detailed information. Wetpuppydog1 (talk) 02:10, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

Essay like format
The bulk of this article reads as though it is paragraphs from a paper strung together. Most of the sections only focus on one source and are similar to what you would see in a research paper rather than a wikipedia article. Wetpuppydog1 (talk) 02:13, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

List of examples
List removed because much of it is unsourced, the few that are rely on one poor source, and many are without context, landing pretty convincingly in WP:OR.

In Western society, these may include:
 * Blowing a kiss
 * Casual touching; such as gently stroking, touching each other's arms, chest and neck
 * Conversation (e.g. banter, small talk, pickup lines)
 * Coyness, marked by cute, coquettish shyness or modesty, coquet or playful aggrandizement of a partner's importance
 * Eye contact, batting eyelashes, or staring
 * Eyebrow raising
 * Flattery (e.g. regarding beauty, sexual attractiveness)
 * Footsie, a form of flirtation in which one uses their feet to play with another's
 * Hugging
 * Imitating or mirroring another's behavior (e.g. taking a drink when the other person takes a drink, changing posture as the other does, foreshadowing or mimicking someone's reactions to successful attraction, etc.)
 * Laughing, giggling, chuckling encouragingly at any hint of intimacy in the other's behavior
 * Maintaining close proximity, such as during casual talking
 * Nicknames and other terms of endearment to describe a partner's personality, beauty, or sexiness
 * Chatting online, texting, and using other one-on-one and direct messaging services, while hinting affection
 * Protean signals or indicators of interest, such as touching one's hair, side-ways glance, and pointing one's chest towards partner's chest
 * Partner dancing
 * Writing love letters and notes, poems, or presenting small gifts
 * Singing specially selected love songs as a declaration of love and devotion in presence of one's partner
 * Smiling or grinning at a partner and/or holding them close
 * Staging of "chance" encounters or romantic rendezvous
 * Sexting
 * Teasing
 * Tickling
 * Winking

—— Safety Cap (talk) 20:56, 8 May 2023 (UTC) — Safety Cap (talk) 20:56, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Technical and Professional Writing
— Assignment last updated by Eaturvegeez (talk) 19:19, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

This page is riddled with dubious and unfounded claims
I'm attempting to read this article and I'm utterly shocked by the amount of random claims put into it without source. Dubious here, "according to whom?" here, all over! Shouldn't these things be withheld until adequate research is found? 174.31.78.1 (talk) 18:54, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

Editing Introduction
Hello fellow wikipedians!

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// personal (top-most) menu //			//		Func Talk  Prefs  Watch  List  Edits  Kate  Logs  #IRC  Out //		UserMenu.setText( 'pt-mytalk'   , 'Talk'  ); UserMenu.setText( 'pt-preferences', 'Prefs' ); UserMenu.setText( 'pt-watchlist', 'Watchlist' ); UserMenu.setText( 'pt-mycontris', 'Contribs' ); UserMenu.setText( 'pt-logout'   , 'Log out'   ); //		UserMenu.setHref( 'pt-mycontris',			'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=' +			userName + '&offset=0&limit=500' ); //			//			//	it seems there is a stylesheet that makes them lowercase //			//		ok, the lowercased menu items are starting to really bug me: //		document.getElementById( 'p-personal' ).getElementsByTagName( 'ul' )[0].style.textTransform = 'none'; //		UserMenu.insertBefore( 'pt-logout' , 'pt-irc' , 'IRC', 'irc://irc.freenode.net/wikipedia-esperanza' ); UserMenu.insertBefore( 'pt-logs'   , 'pt-kate', 'Kate',			'javascript:void InlineKate( "' + userName + '" )' ); if(document.getElementById('ca-edit')) document.getElementById('ca-edit').firstChild.innerHTML = 'Edit'; //	so I always know what time it is in UTC land: //		UserMenu.append( 'pt-utc', UTCTime, 'javascript:void UserMenu.setText("pt-utc",UTCTime)' );

//	article-actions menu, (the "tabs") //		if ( PageMenu[ 'ca-history' ] ) // theory: if it has a history tab, then it's purgable {			PageMenu.insertBefore( 'ca-history', 'ca-lastdiff', 'Last diff',				PageMenu.getHref( 'ca-history' ).replace( /action=history/, 'diff=0' ) );

PageMenu.append( 'ca-purge', 'Purge',				PageMenu.getHref( 'ca-history' ).replace( /action=history/, 'action=purge' ) );

PageMenu.setText( 'ca-edit'   , 'Edit'   );

PageMenu.setText( 'ca-history'   , 'History'   );

PageMenu.setText( 'ca-delete'   , 'Delete'   ); }

var x = 1; NavMenu.append( 'n-' + x++, 'monobook.js', '/wiki/User:' + userName + '/monobook.js' ); NavMenu.append( 'n-' + x++, 'Vandalism Fighter', 'http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~dawill03/cdvf/vf.jar' ); NavMenu.append( 'n-' + x++, 'Snicket WikiCity', 'http://snicket.wikicities.com/wiki/Special:Recentchanges' ); NavMenu.append( 'n-' + x++, 'AfDs to be closed', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Old' ); }

function PortletMenu( id ) // constructor {		this.menu = document.getElementById( id ); this.list = this.menu.getElementsByTagName( 'ul' )[ 0 ]; // bypass " Views ", etc.

//	sigh...as far as I can figure, there is empty whitespace being treated //	as TextNodes.... //		var LIs = this.list.getElementsByTagName( 'li' );

for ( var i = 0; i < LIs.length; i++ ) {			this[ LIs[ i ].id ] = LIs[ i ]; }

this.newItem = function( id, txt, url ) {	var li = document.createElement( 'li' ); li.id  = id; var a = document.createElement( 'a'  );  a.href = url;

a.appendChild( document.createTextNode( txt ) ); li.appendChild( a );

this[ id ] = li; // watch this!!!

return li; }

this.append = function( id, txt, url ) {	this.list.appendChild( this.newItem( id, txt, url ) ); }		this.insertBefore = function( old, id, txt, url ) {	this.list.insertBefore( this.newItem( id, txt, url ), this[ old ] ); }

//	the ByTagName here is a bit annoying, but in Safari, I was picking //	up TextNodes by using this[ id ].firstChild.firstChild //		this.getText = function( id     ) { return this[ id ].getElementsByTagName( 'a' )[ 0 ].firstChild.data } this.setText = function( id, txt ) {       this[ id ].getElementsByTagName( 'a' )[ 0 ].firstChild.data = txt }

this.getHref = function( id     ) { return this[ id ].getElementsByTagName( 'a' )[ 0 ].href       } this.setHref = function( id, url ) {       this[ id ].getElementsByTagName( 'a' )[ 0 ].href = url } //	I add em as I need em.... }

function InlineKate( user ) {		var kate = 'http://kohl.wikimedia.org/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits?dbname=enwiki&user=' + user;

var div = document.createElement( 'div' ); div.id = 'inlineKateDiv'; div.style.position = 'absolute'; div.style.zIndex  = 1000; div.style.left    =  '20px'; div.style.top     =  '20px'; div.style.backgroundColor = '#FFFFFF'; div.style.borderStyle    = 'solid'; div.style.borderWidth    = ' medium'; div.style.borderColor    = '#000000';

var top = document.createElement( 'div' ); top.id = 'inlineKateTop'; top.style.textAlign = 'right'; top.style.margin = '8px'; top.style.backgroundColor = '#DDDDDD';

var a = document.createElement( 'a' ); a.appendChild( document.createTextNode( "Go to Kate's" ) ); a.href   = kate; a.target = '_parent'; a.style.margin = '8px';

top.appendChild( a );

a = document.createElement( 'a' ); a.appendChild( document.createTextNode( 'Close' ) ); a.href   = "javascript:void RemoveNode('inlineKateDiv')"; a.style.margin = '8px';

top.appendChild( a );

div.appendChild( top );

var iframe = document.createElement( 'iframe' ); iframe.id  = 'inlineKateBot'; iframe.style.width = '300px'; iframe.style.height = '400px'; iframe.style.margin =  '8px'; iframe.style.borderStyle = 'solid'; iframe.style.borderWidth = 'thin'; iframe.style.borderColor = '#000000'; iframe.src = kate;

div.appendChild( iframe );

document.body.appendChild( div ); }

function RemoveNode( id ) {	var node = document.getElementById( id ) node.parentNode.removeChild( node ); }

function UTCTime {			//	Get a date stamp for the time in UTC-land. //			//	for the future: a format arg //		var s = '', d = new Date, a = 'Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec'.split(' '); return	d.getUTCDate + ' ' + a[ d.getUTCMonth ] + ' ' + d.getUTCFullYear + ' ' + ( '0' + d.getUTCHours  ).substr( -2 ) + ':' + ( '0' + d.getUTCMinutes ).substr( -2 ) + ' ' + 'UTC'; }

SoFixItInit; window.addEventListener( 'load', SoFixItLoad, false ); }

function NUPatrol {	if (	( window.location.href.indexOf( 'Special%3ALog&type=newusers' ) == -1 ) &&			( window.location.href.indexOf( 'Special:Log/newusers'       ) == -1 )  ) return; // make more robust???

var items, item, i, links, user, name, talk, contribs, insertLoc, link;

items = document.getElementById( 'bodyContent' ).getElementsByTagName( 'ul' )[ 0 ].getElementsByTagName( 'li' );

function NewLink( txt, url, plainlinks, linkColor ) {	var a = document.createElement( 'a' ); a.appendChild( document.createTextNode( txt ) ); a.href = url; if ( plainlinks ) a.className = 'plainlinks'; if ( linkColor ) {	if ( typeof linkColor == "string" ) a.style.color = linkColor; else	a.style.color = '#FF0000'; // old default behavior }		return a;	}

for ( i = 0; i < items.length; i++ ) {		item = items[ i ]; links = item.getElementsByTagName( 'a' );

user = links[ 0 ]; name = user.firstChild.nodeValue; talk = links[ 2 ]; talk.firstChild.nodeValue = 'talk'; // lowercase 'Talk' for consistency contribs = links[ 3 ];

insertLoc = user.nextSibling; // ' newusers '

item.insertBefore( document.createTextNode( ' ( ' ), insertLoc );

item.insertBefore( talk, insertLoc ); item.insertBefore( document.createTextNode( ', ' ), insertLoc );

item.insertBefore( contribs, insertLoc ); item.insertBefore( document.createTextNode( ', ' ), insertLoc );

item.insertBefore( NewLink( 'actions', '/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&user=' + name, true, '#000088' ), insertLoc ); item.insertBefore( document.createTextNode( ', ' ), insertLoc );

item.insertBefore( NewLink( 'blocks', '/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=block&page=User%3A' + name, true, '#008800' ), insertLoc ); item.insertBefore( document.createTextNode( ', ' ), insertLoc );

item.insertBefore( NewLink( 'is blocked?', '/wiki/Special:Ipblocklist?action=search&ip=' + name, true, '#888800' ), insertLoc ); item.insertBefore( document.createTextNode( ', ' ), insertLoc );

item.insertBefore( NewLink( 'do block!', '/w/index.php?title=Special:Blockip&ip=' + name, true, '#880000' ), insertLoc );

item.insertBefore( document.createTextNode( ' )' ), insertLoc );

item.removeChild( insertLoc.nextSibling ); // should remove the span item.removeChild( insertLoc ); // should remove ' newusers ' text } } if ( window.addEventListener ) window.addEventListener( 'load', NUPatrol, false ); else if ( window.attachEvent ) window.attachEvent( 'onload', NUPatrol );

// appends msg to the currently-editted page, sets the summary to summ, // and marks or unmarks the Watch this page checkbox according to watch. function edit_summary_watch(msg, summ, watch) { var f = document.editform, t = f.wpTextbox1; if (t.value.length > 0) t.value += '\n'; t.value += msg; f.wpSummary.value = summ; f.wpWatchthis.checked = watch; }

// appends msg to the currently-editted page, sets the summary to summ, // and marks or unmarks the Watch this page checkbox according to watch. function add_del_tag(msg, summ, watch) { var f = document.editform, t = f.wpTextbox1; msg += '\n'; msg += t.value; t.value = msg; f.wpSummary.value = summ; f.wpWatchthis.checked = watch; } // adds various tabs to call the above function add_tabs { var c1 = document.getElementById('column-one'); var tabs = c1.getElementsByTagName('div')[0].getElementsByTagName('ul')[0];

// Only add for pages with "Editing User talk:" somewhere in the title if (document.title.indexOf("Editing User talk:") != -1) {     tabs.appendChild(addlilink('javascript:edit_summary_watch(" -- ~" + "~" + "~" + "~", "", true, 1)',"1")); tabs.appendChild(addlilink('javascript:edit_summary_watch(" -- ~" + "~" + "~" + "~", "", true, 1)',"2")); tabs.appendChild(addlilink('javascript:edit_summary_watch(" -- ~" + "~" + "~" + "~", "", true, 1)',"3")); tabs.appendChild(addlilink('javascript:edit_summary_watch(" -- ~" + "~" + "~" + "~", "", true, 1)',"4")); tabs.appendChild(addlilink('javascript:edit_summary_watch(" ~" + "~" + "~" + "~", "", true, 1)',"blkd")); }  if (document.title.indexOf("Editing User talk:") == -1 && document.title.indexOf("Editing User:") == -1 && document.title.indexOf("Editing Wikipedia:Articles for deletion") == -1 && document.title.indexOf("Editing ") == 0) {     tabs.appendChild(addlilink('javascript:add_del_tag("", "", true, 1)',"d")); tabs.appendChild(addlilink('javascript:add_del_tag("", "", true, 1)',"db")); tabs.appendChild(addlilink('javascript:add_del_tag("", "", true, 1)',"nn-bio")); tabs.appendChild(addlilink('javascript:add_del_tag("", "", true, 1)',"nc")); tabs.appendChild(addlilink('javascript:add_del_tag("", "", true, 1)',"attack")); tabs.appendChild(addlilink('javascript:add_del_tag("", "", true, 1)',"nonsense")); }

if(document.title.indexOf("Editing Wikipedia:Articles for deletion") != -1){                 // In-progress VfD tabs tabs.appendChild(addlilink('javascript:closevfd("Delete", "")', 'D', '')); tabs.appendChild(addlilink('javascript:closevfd("Speedy Delete", "")', 'SD', '')); tabs.appendChild(addlilink('javascript:closevfd("Keep", "")', 'K', '')); tabs.appendChild(addlilink('javascript:closevfd("No consensus", "")', 'NC', '')); tabs.appendChild(addlilink('javascript:closevfd("Merge and Redirect", " to " + prompt("Merge and redirect to?") + "")', 'M&R', '')); tabs.appendChild(addlilink('javascript:closevfd("Redirect", " to " + prompt("Redirect to?") + "")', 'R', '')); //       addlilink(tabs, 'javascript:closevfd(prompt("Result?"), "")', 'Oth', '');

}

if (document.title.indexOf("Editing") != 0) {  } }

if (window.addEventListener) window.addEventListener("load", add_tabs, false); else if (window.attachEvent) window.attachEvent("onload", add_tabs);

function closevfd(bold, notbold){ var form = document.editform; var txt = form.wpTextbox1; txt.value = " " + bold + "" + notbold + ". --~\n" + txt.value + "\n\n"; form.wpSummary.value = "Close discussion: " + bold + notbold; form.wpWatchthis.checked = false; }

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// CSD AutoReason document.write(' ');

// Lupin's RC script

importScript("User:Lupin/recent2.js");

//Signer

sigAccessKey = ','; sigText = '— Luigi30 (Taλk) 12:53, 3 May 2007 (UTC)'; importScript('Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/qSig');

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List of parks in Montreal

The following is a partial list of parks in Montreal, Quebec Canada.

Large parks
There are currently 21 large parks in Montreal, with a combined area of 2,000 ha. Eight of the parks are considered nature parks. The "Network of Large Parks" consists of precious natural areas recognized for their biodiversity and beauty. Some of the large parks also contain historic homes acquired by the City of Montreal.

 * Angrignon Park (97 ha)
 * Des Rapides Park (30 ha)
 * Dieppe Park (7 ha)
 * Frédéric-Back Park (48 ha)
 * Jarry Park (36 ha)
 * Jeanne-Mance Park (14 ha)
 * Jean Drapeau Park (209 ha)
 * La Fontaine Park (36 ha)
 * Maisonneuve Park (80 ha)
 * Mount Royal Park (190 ha)
 * Promenade Bellerive Park (22 ha)
 * René Lévesque Park (14 ha)
 * Tiohtià:ke Otsira’kéhne Park (Outremont Summit) (35 ha)

Nature parks

 * L'Anse-à-l'Orme Nature Park (196 ha)
 * Cap-Saint-Jacques Nature Park (302 ha)
 * Bois-de-l'Île-Bizard Nature Park (201 ha)
 * Bois-de-Liesse Nature Park (159 ha)
 * Bois-de-Saraguay Nature Park (97 ha)
 * L'Île-de-la-Visitation Nature Park (34 ha)
 * Pointe-aux-Prairies Nature Park (261 ha)
 * Ruisseau-De Montigny Nature Park (22 ha)

The City of Montreal has a plan to combine several of the nature parks, as well as a couple of other parks, into the Grand Parc de l'Ouest.

Other major parks

 * Ahuntsic Park
 * Athena Park
 * Dante Park
 * Marguerite Bourgeoys Park
 * Olympic Park
 * Oxford Park (Georges-Saint-Pierre Park)
 * Rapides du Cheval Blanc Park
 * Riverside Park
 * Rutherford Park
 * Sir Wilfrid Laurier Park
 * Rutherford Park
 * Sir Wilfrid Laurier Park

Urban squares
The following is a partial list of urban squares in Montreal.

 * Cabot Square
 * Chaboillez Square
 * Champ de Mars
 * Dorchester Square
 * Le Parterre
 * Peace Park
 * Place d'Armes
 * Place des Arts
 * Place du Canada
 * Place d'Youville
 * Place Émilie-Gamelin
 * Place Jacques-Cartier
 * Place Jean-Paul Riopelle
 * Phillips Square
 * Saint Henri Square (Saint Henri Park)
 * Sir George-Étienne Cartier Square
 * Saint-Louis Square
 * Sun Yat-sen Park
 * Victoria Square
 * Vauquelin Square
 * Viger Square
 * Vauquelin Square
 * Viger Square

Amusement parks

 * Belmont Park (1923-1983)
 * Dominion Park (1906-1937)
 * Six Flags: La Ronde

title: List of parks in Montreal


text:
PLAR

PLAR may mean:
 * Private line automatic ringdown, a telephony term
 * Prior learning assessment and recognition, an educational term used mainly in Canada

title: PLAR


text:
CinéGroupe

CinéGroupe is a Canadian animation studio and film production studio based in Montreal, Quebec. The company was founded in 1974. Its shows and films have been seen in over 125 countries.

Notable franchises from CinéGroupe include: What's with Andy?, The Kids from Room 402, and Pig City (all aired on Fox Family, now known as Freeform); the animated Tripping the Rift (Sci Fi, now known as Syfy); and PBS' Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat. With Sony Wonder, it has produced Mega Babies (also aired on Fox Family), as well as a direct-to-video feature, Lion of Oz (a prequel to both the L. Frank Baum work, and the 1939 movie). In the 2000s, the company produced the animation for a sequel to the 1981 cult classic Heavy Metal for Columbia TriStar Home Video titled Heavy Metal 2000, premiered on Starz in the United States and on Teletoon in Canada from 2001 onwards. In 2004, it made Pinocchio 3000, a sci-fi retelling of the Italian tale. Galidor, a live-action fantasy series for teenagers, has also been produced by the company. The company also cooperated with the toy maker MGA Entertainment in the creation of Bratz: Starrin' and Stylin', a 2D-animated direct-to-video film based on MGA's Bratz line of fashion dolls.

History
In August 1998, it was announced that Fox Family Worldwide would purchase a 20% minority stake in the company although CinéGroupe would still be a subsidiary of Lions Gate Entertainment, which owned 40% of the studio.

In January 2001, the studio formed a production and distribution joint-venture with Telescene, with the first production under it being the third series of Big Wolf on Campus. CinéGroupe would hold an 80% stake while Telescene would hold 20%. In July 2001, Lions Gate's ownership of the studio was confirmed to have been reduced to 30%, with Lions Gate president Andre Link having 50% of its voting stock, leading to the studio being a partner of Lions Gate instead of a subsidiary. In September 2001, the company formed a division called CinéGroupe Image to expand to live-action programming.

In October 2002, the company united with the music label Les Disques Star Records Inc. to create a home video distributor called CinéGroupe Star. The partnership ended in January 2004. In November 2002, the company announced that it would produce a Britney Spears cartoon.

By December 2003, Lions Gate Entertainment's stake in the studio was reduced further to 29.4%.

In January 2004, the CinéGroupe Star joint-venture with Star Records was folded. in the month, the studio filed for a protection order from its creditors with the Quebec Superior Court.

In 2018, CinéGroupe co-produced Tshakapesh, a 2D-animated series based on an Innu legend, which has aired on APTN and Radio-Canada. Two edutainment IPs are currently being developed by CinéGroupe, aiming at raising awareness about water preservation and environmental protection. CinéGroupe is also viewing revivals and revitalization of their old properties.

CinéGroupe is currently partnered with HG Distribution (Henry Gagnon Distribution) for the distribution of its library. However, only a portion of CinéGroupe's catalogue is listed for distribution by HG. Several notable titles such as Bad Dog, Daft Planet, and The Tofus are not listed, as are live-action series, such as Big Wolf on Campus.

Series

 * Splish Splash
 * Sharky & George

TV specials

 * David Copperfield (1993)
 * Eye of the Wolf (1998)

Video games
In 2002 and 2003, CinéGroupe developed three video games for the Game Boy Advance.
 * Tom and Jerry in Infurnal Escape (2002, published by NewKidCo)
 * Dora the Explorer: The Search for Pirate Pig's Treasure (2002, published by NewKidCo)
 * Dora the Explorer: Super Spies (2003, published by Gotham Games)

title: CinéGroupe


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User talk:Aliasnogli

Oops. Sorry.

Do not blank vfd discussions. This is considered vandalism. Gamaliel 19:20, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

License tagging for Image:Bitchad2.jpg
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title: User talk:Aliasnogli


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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Ambigram rotating.gif

Ambigram rotating.gif
A good example of the subject ambigram is this image itself, with bonus animation to good effect. - Bevo 19:21, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

+9/-7, 3 Neutral— Sverdrup 03:12, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Nominate and support. - Bevo 19:21, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Support, Interesting E l e c t r i c m o o s e - Electrifying 19:53, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose, this animation seems a bit obnoxious and rather uninteresting. --Spangineer (háblame) 22:59, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Not particularly interesting. -- AllyUnion (talk) 06:04, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 *  Oppose , the font is too difficult to read. -- Silversmith Hewwo 09:51, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * You do know what an ambigram is..... right? -- brian0918  ™  18:15, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, no need to be sarky. I just found when I tried to confirm that each letter was there, it was difficult due to the font and the fact that it moves too frequently. I also have the pic of the day on my userpage, and would find such a frequently moving image highly annoying. -- Silversmith Hewwo 19:22, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it probably would work better if it sat there for a while before rotating. -- brian0918  ™  03:29, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I've slowed it down from 2 to 4 seconds. Still too fast? Splarka 04:48, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I think that speed is much better. Changing to Neutral. -- Silversmith  Hewwo 09:00, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Support - beautifully drawn and very interesting (the same idea works if you handwrite "chump" in a certain way) - Adrian Pingstone 12:35, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Support, clearly shows what an ambigram is. Animation is a nice plus. Mgm|(talk) 16:03, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose. In fact, I have a bias against animated pictures in general. I find it annoying to have something move when I did not ask it. Also, but perhaps I'm asking too much, an antialiased image would be better. --Bernard Helmstetter 18:27, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I created it (and the larger version) in 2 colors to keep the file size down. I believe wikipedia antialiases it when you resize it, so one could use the larger one shrunk to the size of the smaller one and get an antialiasing: [[Image:Ambigram_rotating_big.gif|180px]] . However, I agree that animated gifs are obnoxious in improper contexts. Splarka 19:27, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutral Demonstrates concept well, but the font combined with the animation actually makes it more dificult to read. --CVaneg 19:10, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I see your point about the animation obscuring the illustration, without a static reference to freely study. Perhaps there needs to be two pictures in place in the article ambigram.  One static, the other the same image, but animated. - Bevo 20:37, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutral. Author here. I've seen ambigrams of the word 'ambigram' online before, but none were free-use, so I slapped this one together in a few hours for the article. Sidenote: I originally had a tag on it but at one point the tag said "you can't release things to the public domain, change to  " so I did, but now I see the policy has changed again, so I changed it back to public domain. The neutral vote is because I am not sure if it is feature quality. I'll let others decide. Splarka 19:27, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * The policy never changed. It was just someone who didn't agree with the PD terms. Mgm|(talk) 23:42, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * Ahh k, thanks. Splarka 04:48, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose -gave me a headache! A curate's egg 19:43, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Support: Very illustrative -- Chris 73 Talk 07:38, Jun 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * Love it. Striking. Support it. Circeus 18:02, Jun 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose - this forum is for pictures not animations. -- Oska 04:49, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * Umm...you know we also promote animations. Like this or this. This link is Broken 06:22, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Support - while not especially pretty, the image is striking and illustrates the subject magnificently. -Lommer | talk 22:34, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Support, interesting illustration. Phoenix2 23:30, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Yuk. Enochlau 08:52, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Support, it's difficult to imagine an animation better illustrating its topic. 01101001 06:43, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Animations need to be very good to get past just "annoying". ed g2s  •  talk  10:48, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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User talk:Blork

Welcome!
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 * You might want to add yourself to the New User Log
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Happy editing!

... but please don't remove "wikify" tags unless you're sure that you've done the required work (see the link in the template), as in Rolf Saxon. Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 19:21, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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title: User talk:Blork


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Alphonse Ouimet

Joseph-Alphonse Ouimet, (June 12, 1908 – December 20, 1988) was a Canadian television pioneer and president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) from 1958 to 1967.

Born in Montreal, Ouimet received a degree in electrical engineering from McGill University in 1932. In 1932, he helped design, build, and demonstrate the first Canadian television set. In 1934, he joined the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission, which became the CBC, and was responsible for setting up and running CBC's national radio service. He was involved in launching television broadcasting on the CBC.

After retiring from the CBC, Ouimet became, in 1969, chairman of Telesat Canada, which built and launched many of Canada's communications satellites. He retired in 1980.

In 1968, Ouimet was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.

Ouimet died in 1988 in the city of his birth.

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Nikki van der Zyl

Monica "Nikki" van der Zyl (27 April 1935 – 6 March 2021) was a German actress based in the United Kingdom, known for her dubbing work on the James Bond film franchise.

Early life
Nikki van der Zyl was born on 27 April 1935 in Berlin, the daughter of Anneliese and Rabbi Dr. Werner van der Zyl.

Career
As a voice-over artist, she provided the voice of the character of Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress) as well as several other minor female characters, in Dr. No. Van der Zyl also provided dialogue coaching to Gert Fröbe, whose English was limited, for the movie Goldfinger and continued to work as a voice-over artist for the series until Moonraker. She worked as an artist, poet and public speaker.

In January 2013, van der Zyl published her book, For Your Ears Only, which was translated into German for a 2015 release in Germany. In November 2013, an exhibition called "Night Flight to Berlin" opened in the Museum Pankow in Berlin and ran until April 2014. The exhibition highlighted stages in van der Zyl's life from her childhood days to the Bond films and her work as a barrister and political correspondent in London.

On 20 September 2014, she was a special guest star at a 50th anniversary screening of Goldfinger in Braunschweig, Germany where she was awarded honorary membership of the James Bond Club Deutschland e.V. for her contribution to the James Bond film series.

Death
Van der Zyl died, following a stroke in London on 6 March 2021, at the age of 85.

James Bond films

 * Dr. No (1962; dubbed Ursula Andress and all other female voices except Lois Maxwell, Zena Marshall, Yvonne Shima and Michel Mok)
 * From Russia with Love (1963; dubbed female hotel clerk in Istanbul)
 * Goldfinger (1964; dubbed Shirley Eaton and Nadja Regin, was also on-set English-language vocal coach to Gert Fröbe)
 * Thunderball (1965; dubbed Claudine Auger)
 * You Only Live Twice (1967; dubbed Mie Hama)
 * Diamonds Are Forever (1971; dubbed Denise Perrier)
 * Live and Let Die (1973; partially dubbed Jane Seymour)
 * The Man with the Golden Gun (1974; dubbed Francoise Therry)
 * Moonraker (1979; dubbed Corinne Cléry and Leila Shenna)

Other films

 * Man in the Moon (1960, revoiced Shirley Anne Field)
 * The Savage Innocents (1960, revoiced Yoko Tani)
 * La Fayette (1961, revoiced Claudia Cardinale)
 * Call Me Bwana (1963, revoiced Anita Ekberg)
 * You Must Be Joking! (1965, revoiced Gabriella Licudi)
 * The Ipcress File (1965, revoiced Sue Lloyd)
 * She (1965, revoiced Ursula Andress)
 * The Blue Max (1966; revoiced Ursula Andress)
 * Funeral in Berlin (1966, revoiced Eva Renzi)
 * Modesty Blaise (1966, revoiced Monica Vitti)
 * One Million Years B.C. (1966, revoiced Raquel Welch)
 * Prehistoric Women (1967, revoiced various characters)
 * Frankenstein Created Woman (1967, revoiced Susan Denberg)
 * Deadlier Than the Male (1967, revoiced Sylva Koscina)
 * The Jokers (1967, revoiced Gabriella Licudi)
 * Hannibal Brooks (1969; revoiced Karin Baal)
 * Krakatoa, East of Java (1969, revoiced Jacqui Chan)
 * Fräulein Doktor (1969, revoiced Suzy Kendall)
 * Scars of Dracula (1970; revoiced Jenny Hanley)
 * You Can't Win 'Em All (1970, revoiced Michèle Mercier)
 * Gawain and the Green Knight (1973, revoiced Ciaran Madden)
 * The Cherry Picker (1974; revoiced Lulu)

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Digby and Sowton railway station

Digby and Sowton railway station is on the Avocet Line in Devon, England.

History
A small station known as Clyst St Mary and Digby Halt was opened by the London and South Western Railway on 1 June 1908 to serve Clyst St Mary and Digby Hospital. The 120 foot (37 m) long platforms were built from old railway sleepers. It was closed by the new British Railways on 27 September 1948.

The present Digby and Sowton station, which was constructed at a cost of £700,000, was funded by Devon County Council and Tesco Stores Limited as part of an initiative to reduce traffic congestion in Exeter. Construction began on 9 November 1994 and it opened on 23 May 1995. It is situated about 380 yd south of the site of the old station to serve new housing on the site of the now closed psychiatric hospital, and also a light industrial estate at nearby Sowton.

The station was operated by Wessex Trains, until 31 March 2006 when First Great Western (renamed Great Western Railway in 2015) took over the franchise.

Facilities
In 2009, it was included in a two-year scheme to improve local railway stations. Shelter space for passengers was doubled, better surface and lighting was installed, and a new footpath was created. The cycle network connecting stations along the Avocet Line from Exmouth to Exeter, including the Digby and Sowton station, was improved. The station is unstaffed and an automated ticket machine sells tickets for immediate travel. As a result of this, the station is part of a new Penalty Fare Zone, where passengers could be charged a £20 penalty fare if a ticket is not purchased, prior to joining the train.

Location
The station serves the Sowton Industrial Estate via a long foot/cycle path that runs along the railway line and the housing estates around the former Digby Hospital through a step free access bridge, with divided sections for cycles and pedestrians. The station is also a short walk to/from the Sandy Park rugby ground, the home of the Exeter Chiefs.

Passenger volume
There has been considerable growth in passenger usage of Digby & Sowton. During the twelve months ended March 2003, over 120,000 people used the station, and this doubled within five years. In 2009, over 275,000 passengers used the rail station, making it one of the busiest unstaffed railway stations in the area. The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services
The station is served by all trains on the Avocet Line between Exmouth, Exeter St Davids and Paignton.

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Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act

The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA),, codified as et seq.,  is a United States federal law that prohibits the imposition of burdens on the ability of prisoners to worship as they please and gives churches and other religious institutions a way to avoid zoning law restrictions on their property use. It also defines the term "religious exercise" to include "any exercise of religion, whether or not compelled by, or central to, a system of religious belief." RLUIPA was enacted by the United States Congress in 2000 to correct the problems of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) of 1993. The act was passed in both the House of Representatives and the Senate by unanimous consent in voice votes, meaning that no objection was raised to its passage, so no written vote was taken. The S. 2869 legislation was enacted into law by the 42nd President of the United States Bill Clinton on September 22, 2000.

Previous law
In 1997, the United States Supreme Court held the RFRA to be unconstitutional as applied to state and local governments, in City of Boerne v. Flores, 521 U.S. 507. Unlike the RFRA, which required religious accommodation in virtually all spheres of life, RLUIPA only applies to prisoner and land use cases.

In Employment Div. Dep't of Human Resources v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872, 883–85 (1990), the Supreme Court held that a substantial burden on religious exercise was subject to very strict scrutiny where the law "lent itself to individualized governmental assessment of the reasons for the relevant conduct." It was not a case permitting exceptions for freedom of religion when generally applicable health and welfare regulations were in question, and it should be remembered that Smith lost this case (involving a denial of unemployment benefits where the litigant had used illegal drugs in a religious ceremony). In line with the scrutiny regime established in West Coast Hotel v. Parrish in 1937, the Court ruled that unless the law is not one of general applicability, regardless of specific circumstance, government may act if policy is rationally related to a legitimate government interest, even if the act imposes a substantial burden on the exercise of religion.

Prisoners
In the 2005 case of Cutter v. Wilkinson, 544 U.S. 709 (2005), five prisoners in Ohio – including a Wiccan, a Satanist, and a member of a racist, purportedly Christian, sect – successfully sought to apply the protections of the act to their religious practices. The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit had held that RLUIPA violated the Establishment Clause by impermissibly advancing religion by bestowing benefits to religious prisoners that were unavailable to non-religious prisoners. The U.S. Supreme Court disagreed, unanimously holding that RLUIPA was a permissible accommodation of religion justified by the fact that the government itself had severely burdened the prisoners' religious rights through the act of incarceration. A concurring opinion by Justice Thomas noted that the states could escape the restrictions of RLUIPA simply by refusing federal funds for state prisons. Cutter v. Wilkinson only concerns the prisoner portion of RLUIPA. The court explicitly declined to extend the rule to land use cases.

In 2008, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights issued a report entitled "Enforcing Religious Freedom in Prison."

In a unanimous opinion issued March 15, 2011, that reverses the three-judge panel's May 2010 ruling, a limited en banc panel of 11 judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that an Orange County courthouse lockup is an "institution" under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, meaning a Muslim woman who sued after being forced to remove her headscarf in front of strange men is entitled to the act's protections. The case is Khatib v. County of Orange, 08-56423. The lawsuit started as a result of court bailiffs ordering the woman to remove her headscarf while she was temporarily being held inside the courthouse lock up while a county court judge was deciding whether or not to revoke her misdemeanor probation (she was released that same day after the judge decided not to). The District Court had dismissed the case, with said dismissal being upheld by the three-judge appellate panel. The case has now been reversed and sent back to the trial court for further proceedings. It is the first time that a temporary holding facility (like a courthouse lockup) has been deemed to be an "institution" under the Act. The law, passed by Congress in 2000, prohibits the government from imposing a "substantial burden" on prisoners' religious practices unless officials can show a compelling need for the restrictions. The Obama administration joined Khatib in arguing that the law applied to courthouse holding cells.

In 2022, Chief Judge Diane S. Sykes of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit invoked RLUIPA in ruling that the rights of a Muslim prisoner at Green Bay Correctional Institution were unlawfully violated when he was strip searched by a transgender male guard.

Zoning and land use
In religious land use disputes, RLUIPA's general rule is the most commonly cited and challenged section. It provides:

1. General rule. No government shall impose or implement a land use regulation in a manner that imposes a substantial burden on the religious exercise of a person, including a religious assembly or institution, unless the government can demonstrate that imposition of the burden on that person, assembly or institution 1. is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest; and

2. is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest.

2. Scope of Application. This subsection applies in any case in which— 1. the substantial burden is imposed in a program or activity that receives Federal financial assistance, even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability; or

2. the substantial burden affects, or removal of that substantial burden would affect, commerce with foreign nations, among the several States, or with Indian tribes, even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability; or

3. the substantial burden is imposed in the implementation of a land use regulation or system of land use regulations, under which a government makes, or has in place formal or informal procedures or practices that permit the government to make, individualized assessments of the proposed uses for the property involved.

42 U.S.C. § 2000cc(a).

During these disputes, the correct interpretation of the term "land use regulation" is almost always an issue. The statute defines "land use regulation" as "a zoning or landmarking law, or the application of such a law, that limits or restricts a claimant's use or development of land (including a structure affixed to land), if the claimant has an ownership, leasehold, easement, servitude, or other property interest in the regulated land or a contract or option to acquire such an interest." 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc-5(5).

RLUIPA and planning debate
The passage of RLUIPA gave rise to increasing number of legal cases whereby (local) planning authorities are sued for violating the free exercise of religion. RLUIPA, therefore, generated heated discussions within professional planning communities. While its advocates (mostly in Congress) argued that this federal statute prevents urban planners from substantially burdening religious practice, its critics (many of whom were planning practitioners) maintained that RLUIPA, in fact, substantially burdens planning practice itself. The American Planning Association (APA), for example, opposed RLUIPA (and its predecessor, RFRA) from the outset, arguing that these statutes effectively change “the playing field in favor of religious institutions” and put local governments “in an untenable position.” In 2005, however, the Supreme Court ruled, in Cutter v. Wilkinson, that RLUIPA is constitutional, at least as it applies to prisons. Since the mid-2000s, therefore, the APA has been offering resources to local governments and practicing planners as to how to effectively navigate the renewed legal-religious landscape of the planning field.

Is eminent domain a land use regulation under RLUIPA?
Litigation focusing on the term "land use regulation" occasionally asks courts to decide whether RLUIPA applies to eminent domain proceedings. Generally, courts deciding this question have held that RLUIPA does not apply to eminent domain because it is not a "zoning or landmarking law." Instead, these courts have held that zoning and eminent domain are two completely different and unrelated concepts. The main argument to support this conclusion is that zoning and eminent domain are derived from two separate sources of power. The zoning power is derived from the state's police power, while the eminent domain power is derived from the Takings Clause of the United States Constitution's Fifth Amendment. However, at least one court has applied the RLUIPA in an eminent-domain case because the authority to condemn the property came from the city's zoning scheme. A court may be more inclined to find that eminent domain falls within the scope of RLUIPA if it was authorized by a zoning ordinance or comprehensive plan.

To date, no cases questioning RLUIPA's application to eminent domain have reached the Supreme Court. A 2003 Seventh Circuit case, St. John's United Church of Christ v. City of Chicago, was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, but the court declined to hear the appeal. A refusal to hear means that the Supreme Court did not consider the Seventh Circuit Court's decision to be obviously wrong on the legal merits, or that the facts of the particular case could have broader constitutional implications. The Supreme Court generally has a substantial workload and tends to refuse appeals which have already received due process in lower courts. A refusal to hear a case does not preclude hearing a similar case in the future, if the court feels that further judicial review is needed.

St. John's United Church of Christ v. City of Chicago
The controversy in this case centered around the expansion of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. In order to expand this airport, the City needed to acquire 433 acre of adjacent land through condemnation. Among the properties to be condemned were two cemeteries, one owned by St. John's United Church of Christ, and the other by Rest Haven Cemetery Association. In their amended complaint, St. John's and Rest Haven alleged that condemnation of their cemeteries was a violation of RLUIPA. After a revision to the O'Hare Modernization Project, Rest Haven's cemetery was no longer faced with condemnation and this church dropped out of the lawsuit.

St. John's Church argued that the condemnation action substantially burdened its freedom of religious practice because "[A] major tenet of its religious beliefs [was] that the remains of those buried at the [St. John's] St. Johannes Cemetery must not be disturbed until God raises these remains on the 'Day of Resurrection'." This Court had to decide whether eminent domain fit within RLUIPA's definition of a "land use regulation." The Court held that eminent domain was not a "land use regulation." The Court cited the case of Faith Temple Church v. Town of Brighton to support its position that "zoning and eminent domain are 'two distinct concepts' that involve land in 'very different ways'."

St. John's Church also argued that the O'Hare Modernization Act, which authorized the condemnations, was a zoning law, and it invoked the protection of RLUIPA's in condemnation cases derived from the Act. The Court rejected this argument and suggested that Congress would have included eminent domain in the language of RLUIPA if it had intended for the statute to cover eminent domain. After considering the case, the Seventh Circuit Court denied St. John's motion for a preliminary injunction.

Cottonwood Christian Center v. Cypress Redevelopment Agency
Cottonwood Christian Center filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to prevent the City of Cypress from taking its land through eminent domain. The controversy in this case arose when Cottonwood purchased land in Cypress and planned to build a large church and other church-related buildings on an 18 acre plot of land. Since the church was to be built in an area that only allowed churches if they received a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) from Cypress, Cottonwood applied for a CUP. Cypress denied Cottonwood's application. Instead, the city planned to build a shopping mall that included Cottonwood's land. They later scaled the mall down to a Costco store that was solely on Cottonwood's 18 acre plot. Cypress offered to purchase the land and Cottonwood did not accept. As a result, Cypress initiated eminent domain proceedings to acquire the property under a zoning ordinance called the Los Alamitos Race Track and Golf Course Redevelopment Project (LART Plan). The LART Plan authorized the use of eminent domain as a way to redevelop the area where Cottonwood's land was located. Cottonwood argued that because the eminent domain proceedings stemmed from the LART Plan zoning scheme, they violated RLUIPA.

The Court granted a preliminary injunction against Cypress. The Court held that RLUIPA applied in this case, and therefore, the Court used a strict scrutiny standard of review. In its analysis, the Court found that it took Cottonwood five years to identify a location and negotiate for the land. After all the church had invested, the City's actions placed a substantial burden on the churches' religious exercise without presenting a compelling government interest for doing so.

Faith Temple Church v. Town of Brighton
Faith Temple Church brought an action to enjoin the Town of Brighton from condemning its property through eminent domain. Faith Temple was a church that had outgrown its needs at its original location. In order to accommodate its larger congregation, it negotiated and eventually purchased a 66 acre parcel of land in January 2004. In its Comprehensive Plan for 2000, the Town had included a recommendation that this parcel be acquired. The purpose of the acquisition was to expand an adjacent town-owned park. After the church purchased the land, the Town initiated condemnation proceedings in the spring of 2004.

RLUIPA's application to eminent domain was at issue in this case because Faith Temple argued that the recommendation in the Town's Comprehensive Plan was essentially a "zoning law." Further, if the recommendation was a zoning law, then Faith Temple argued that condemnation was "the application of a zoning law" and was a violation of RLUIPA.

The Court held that RLUIPA was inapplicable to this case. The judge found that the connection between zoning and eminent domain in this case was "too attenuated to constitute the application of a zoning law." Therefore, summary judgment was granted in favor of the Town, denying injunctive relief.

City and County of Honolulu v. Sherman
This case was an appeal to the Supreme Court of Hawaii which stemmed from a Honolulu city and county ordinance. The ordinance gave the city and county eminent domain authority in "[A]ctions for [ ] lease-to-fee conversion[s] of certain leased-fee interests." Using the authority granted by the ordinance, the City of Honolulu initiated condemnation proceedings to obtain thirty-four leasehold condominium units in the Admiral Thomas condominium complex. The purpose behind the condemnation proceedings was to "conver[t] the leasehold [interests] to fee simple [interests] on behalf of forty-seven owner-occupant[s]" (the lessees).

The plaintiff-appellee in the action was the City and the defendant-appellant was First United Methodist Church as the fee owner of the Admiral Thomas condominium complex. First United counterclaimed the condemnation proceedings and cited a violation of RLUIPA. Using the Cottonwood case for support, First United argued that eminent domain is a "land use regulation" and that RLUIPA should be a defense to the City's action. While First United argued that its exercise of religion had been burdened by the eminent domain proceedings, the City argued that First United had not proven this and that "the Church's exercise of religion [was] unaffected."

Affirming the decision of the circuit court granting summary judgment in favor of the City, the Court held that RLUIPA could not be used as a defense to eminent domain proceedings authorized under the ordinance. The Court supported this holding by stating that eminent domain and zoning are different concepts and that it would not "assume that Congress simply overlooked [eminent domain] when drafting RLUIPA." Since Congress did not include the term "eminent domain" in the RLUIPA statute, the Court decided that Congress did not want it to be included. Therefore, the Court did not apply RLUIPA in this case.

Law review articles about RLUIPA's application to eminent domain

 * Kris Banvard, Comment, Exercise in Frustration? A New Attempt By Congress to Restore Strict Scrutiny to Governmental Burdens on Religious Practice, 31 Cap. U. L. Rev. 279 (2003).
 * Shelley Ross Saxer, Eminent Domain Actions Targeting First Amendment Land Uses, 69 Missouri L. Rev. 653 (2004).
 * Stephen A. Haller, Comment, On Sacred Ground: Exploring Congress's Attempts to Rein in Discriminatory State Zoning Practices, 33 Sw. U. L. Rev. 285 (2004).
 * Aaron Keesler, Note, Religious Land-Use and the Fourteenth Amendment's Enforcement Clause: How the FMLA Paved the Way to the RLUIPA's Constitutionality, 3 Ave Maria L. Rev. 315 (2005).
 * G. David Mathues, Note, Shadow of a Bulldozer?: RLUIPA and Eminent Domain After Kelo, 81 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1653 (2006).
 * Daniel P. Lennington, Thou Shalt Not Zone: The Overbroad Applications and Troubling Implications of RLUIPA's Land Use Provisions, 29 Seattle U. L. Rev. 805 (2006).
 * Matthew Baker, Comment, RLUIPA and Eminent Domain: Probing the Boundaries of Religious Land Use Protection, 2008 BYU L. Rev. 1213 (2008).
 * Daniel N. Lerman, Note, Taking the Temple: Eminent Domain and the Limits of RLUIPA, 96 Geo. L.J. 2057 (2008).
 * Cristina Finetti, Comment, Limiting the Scope of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act: Why RLUIPA Should Not Be Amended to Regulate Eminent Domain Actions Against Religious Property, 38 Seton Hall L. Rev. 667 (2008).


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Yuzhmashavia

Yuzhmashavia (Авіаційна транспортна компанія «Южмашавіа», Air Transport Company Yuzmashavia) is an airline based in Dnipro, Ukraine, and was established in 1985. The airline used to be a flying division of Southern Engineering Plant (Yuzhmash), and operated charter passenger and cargo services.

However, as of 2022 following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it suspended all operations.

History
Yuzhmashavia was established as Air Transport Company Yuzmashavia in 1985.

The Yuzmashavia fleet consisted of the following aircraft (at April 2019):
 * 2 Ilyushin Il-76

Yuzmashavia suspended operations in 2022 following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Wikipedia:Cinema Collaboration of the Week

< WikiProject Films

Previous collaborations can be found at /History. Removed nominations can be found at /Removed. The current incumbent is found at /current

Selecting the next Cinema Collaboration of the week
Every two weeks a Cinema Collaboration of the Week will be picked using this page.

The goal of this project is to improve the Wikipedia's coverage of film-related articles.

The aim of each collaboration is to take an undeveloped or underdeveloped film-related topic and improve it over the course of two weeks. At the end of each two week period, the topic with the most support votes will be selected as the next collaboration.

For guidelines on the correct format of film related articles, please see WikiProject Films.

Voting
A vote or a show of support for an article shows your commitment to support and aid in collaborating on that specific article if it is chosen. Although you are not required to fulfill that commitment, we ask that you only support articles that you are able to contribute to so that this collaboration's goals of expanding and improving articles can adequately be achieved.

Any registered user is encouraged to vote. Feel free to vote for as many of the candidates as you like.

Please add only support votes. Opposing votes will not affect the result, as the winner is simply the one with the most support votes (see Approval voting).

To enter your votes, simply edit the appropriate sections by just inserting a new line with "# ~". This will add your username and a time stamp in a new numbered list item.

If you are a regular participant in the collaboration, you may want to put the following template on your user page with User Cinema COTW:

Tie-breakers
In case of a tie, voting will be extended for 24 hours. If there is still a tie, the candidate that was nominated first wins. During the extended voting period the old collaboration should still be active. In the case of extended voting, the collaboration period will be reduced to 13 days.

Pruning
Nominations will be moved to /Removed if it has not received the required number of votes within the standard time. If a candidate has no vote, its nominator may withdraw their nomination. Feel free to perform pruning that meets the above criteria. It is permissible to renominate an article that was pruned at a later date.

Qualifying topics
What qualifies as a film-related topic for the purposes of this project? Any of the following:
 * A film
 * A film character
 * A period in film history (e.g., Silent film)
 * A film movement
 * A film festival or award
 * A national cinematic tradition

For inspiration, see List of film-related topics.

Collaborating
Once a new COTW has been selected, placing a todo template on the talk page is a good way to make sure everyone is clear on what the article needs to improve. Simply place at the top of the talk page and save it. Then click the edit link in the todo box and start adding things. If the preloaded text is too confusing, simply delete it all and treat it as you normally would (eg using # or * to make lists).

The best way to determine what needs to be done is to use the style page as a checklist. One can also use the automated peer review tool to populate the todo list. Any disputes or matters of priority should be discussed on the article's talk page in an effort to prevent or resolve edit wars.

How to nominate an article
If there are any articles that you would like to see improved, add them to the candidates below. Note: Please place the full name of the article (the page name) in the heading when you post a candidate. Priority should be given for articles that are non-existent or stubs, though important and often looked-at topics in need of overhaul are also eligible.

To nominate an article
Note to contributors: To add a new nomination, please:
 * (1) Copy the template below
 * (2) Paste it at the bottom of the list of nominations
 * (3) Replace "[Date]" with the correct date and "[Date of current collaboration's end]" with the date of the current collaboration's end. For both, the year is not necessary.
 * (4) Sign your user name with the directions in the template and add a comment for why the article should be nominated.
 * (5) Please preview your addition to make it sure all information is properly filled in and the links are working.

After nominating an article please place   on the article's discussion page.

article name with double-brackets surrounding it

 * ''Nominated [Date] ; needs 3 votes by  [Date of current collaboration's end]

Support: Comments:
 * 1) [your user name--use '~']
 * [Why the article should be the Cinema Collaboration of the week]

The current Cinema Collaboration of the week
 was voted and was supported by:
 * 1) gren グレン 05:22, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) GHcool 05:51, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Will dwane 18:17, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) ThinkBlue 21:22, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Templates for maintenance
Previous collaborations can be found at /History. Removed nominations can be found at /Removed. The current incumbent is found at Collab-cinema

Leatherface
''Nominated [August 15] --Paleface Jack (talk) 17:44, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

Support:
 * 1) --Paleface Jack (talk) 17:44, 15 August 2016 (UTC)]

Comments: An influential character from an influential film. The article on Leatherface is in a sad state of underdevelopment and is in dire need of expansion. There are so many things that need to be done to this article in order for it to reach its maximum potential with major rewrites, and addition of information (these are just a few things that need to occur in order for this article to be expanded). I have already created a draft for the purpose of expanding and revising the old article which I will include the link to it here Hopefully we can get some pros in on this to expand the article to its full potential.


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Wikipedia talk:Cinema Collaboration of the Week

Pruning
Do you think this will work? Jun-Dai 19:27, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * possibly, but i think you need to define the number of votes better like in the other COTW. Say it needs to get 3 votes a week or something alongs those lines. --ZeWrestler
 * I tend to agree; the current system is somewhat too generous in the retention of nominations, and could lead to serious clutter. It's probably best that we adopt the somewhat standardized 3 votes per week for topic-specific collaborations, given that this page is attracting significant interest and at this early stage two topics have already attracted at least 3 votes.  Of course, if a nomination does fail it can always be renominated.--Pharos 04:22, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * This is what should be done IMHO. As you stated, what is happening now is way too generous. I suggest this collaboration look at WP:GCOTW, which does pretty well with a 3 vote per week system. K1Bond007 19:48, July 16, 2005 (UTC)

 I updated the pruning rules so that they would only take effect if there are more than three candidates on the list (as there are now). The idea here being that if there are only one or two people working on the collaboration, the "system" can still be functioning legitimately. Not that that really matters if there are more than one or two people. Ach well.

Reboot
I recently rebooted this COTW due to the lack of general rules that all COTWs really go by. The rules, in my opinion keep the COTW going by knowing when nominations have had enough time and etc. Seeing Mr. and Mrs. Smith on there for coming up on two months, the lack of people really using this COTW and etc, all added up to my decision to take this time to star over.

All my changes, I suppose, are not for the best so please take the time to read most of it over and make any corrections or changes you believe would be beneficial for this COTW.

...and if for some reason you absolutely disagree with this, by all means, revert. I'm merely attempting to make this COTW more lively. K1Bond007 06:44, August 5, 2005 (UTC)

Updating
Children of Paradise has been the COTW for over a week now. Is it time to update? - AKeen 23:04, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
 * It doesn't seem to be much activity around here? Why? And what should we do? NuclearFunk 14:14, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Maybe it would help to put a notice on the talk page of everyone who voted for the CoTW. I think that used to be done - AKeen 16:37, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

fortnight?
Should you make it collaboration of the fortnight as some other collabs have done? Maybe it could have more movies which are out in the cinemas at the moment to spark some more interest? Astrokey44 22:56, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Maybe fortnight would be better - it seems interest is dwindling. The last two CoTW Broken Blossoms (which sadly didn't improve much) and Children of Paradise and the upcoming Andre Bazin are all pretty esoteric, though very important. I guess in the end it relies on the noms. - AKeen 08:25, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Should we update the collaboration to a new topic? - AKeen 04:40, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree with turning it into biweekly and changed the project page. I also believe that nominating new movies that are in the cinemas now might be a good idea. --Fenice 18:57, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

2 votes?
I think 3 votes per week is too much for such a small project, I suggest switching to two votes per week.--Fenice 18:57, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Or maybe better to just one vote per week for the time being?--Fenice 08:53, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Good movie sites
You might want to start of a list of "good" movie web sites, maybe based on existing Wikipedia article usage. Obviously, imdb.com. Also Rotten Tomatoes. I think that Roger Ebert's ite, filmsite.org and sensesofcinema.com are good. I have created Template:filmsite, Template:rogerebert and Template:senses. I think that we should strive to have the templated links clustered together. I know the links look repeatative and boring, but it maks them easy to scan through. I am surprised that someone afd'ed the filmsite.org page. Could some of you please go over there and vote on that page? Thanks. -- Pinktulip 02:30, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Selection
It says that the new collaboration of the week would be chosen on January 28, but it is now February 10 and it is still Billy Wilder. I would go ahead and change it, but I'm not sure how the voting system works, or who is in charge of changing the selections every week. Estrose 17:45, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

 * I thought the same thing. — Ian Manka Talk to me‼ 23:19, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Article assessment
Article assessment is currently accepting submissions for "1980s comedy films". Next week all the submissions will be assessed. Please consider adding a submission and helping with the assessments next week. violet/riga (t) 10:24, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Criteria
I removed the following criteria: The first three fall under WikiProject Biography and the last one falls under WikiProject Filmmaking. I added: Since it now says that in the project tag.--Supernumerary 04:28, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * A film director
 * A cinematographer or other filmmaking collaborator (writer, editor, producer, etc.)
 * A film critic or reviewer
 * A technical film term, or a technical aspect of filmmaking (e.g., Montage, Split-screen, Green screen)
 * A film character

Maybe useful to know up front
When some members vote and therefore intend to contribute, do they start discussing or should each voter shortly suggest the area one may try to improve? Hoverfish 18:35, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * When the article is selected perhaps the contributors should create a to-do list on the article's talk page and fill it out with everything the article needs. Then they can pick which task they would like to do from that list. Also if they don't finish everything on the to-do list (which is likely since the goal is to bring it to a featured-level article in one week), the list will be left as a guide for other editors.--Supernumerary 23:30, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I think we should start soon this list, because after hovering back in history, peer reviews etc, the hardest part will be to define the items of the list. Or do we have some expert in the field among us? Hoverfish 22:02, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Redefining Collaboration's aim?
I agree that it is much more rewarding to start from a quite developed article and help it reach GA or featured. Maybe we should rephrase the aim ("to take an undeveloped or underdeveloped film-related topic and improve it"). The reason I have proposed Clockwise was that it is underdeveloped, but surely Blues Bros will be more fun collaborating. Should we state that we are looking for rather developed articles that happen to be in a mess and are worth a better fate (or something in this direction)? Hoverfish 14:26, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Also about taking one week per film and continuing while another is running, will this not dissipate the focus? We are not so many in number (although one of us being "Supernumerary" may suggest the opposite). Hoverfish 14:44, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

 * I think something's got to be done. Seems there ain't much contributin' done on COTW projects. Look at current Blue's Brothers. [sic] Very low partissipatin'. [sic] ~ Feureau 03:05, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps we should make the collaboration longer than a week? That way it gives people more time to vote and more time to work. I'd recommend two weeks as a comfortable length.--Supernumerary 20:39, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
 * If we do change it to two weeks, we should redirect this and rename it "Cinema Collaboration of the Fortnight" like WPBIO. Cbrown1023 21:13, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

 * Regardless of how we name it, 2 weeks would be better AdamSmithee 23:58, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

 * A change to 2 weeks would be an improvement -- the film COTW is less active than others Australian Matt 03:32, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Start of next collaboration
I have made some changes to reflect our current practice of selecting a film. It is logical that since we have only one collab at a time, the next collab will start at the end of the current one. If every time someone adds a nominee, there is a fixed period of time after its nomination (7 or 14 days) to its becoming an active collab (or not), then we would have many parallel collabs running. Hoverfish 08:53, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't change the title of the page, because of historical reasons and because another decision may be taken. Hoverfish 09:01, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Also, please someone who has more technical know how, add in the main page some info on placing in the talk page and filling up the "to do" template once a collaboration has been selected. For Blues Brothers I had some difficulty filling it up properly. Hoverfish 09:07, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Take a look and tell me if it needs anything more.--Supernumerary 18:21, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Nov 25 makes sense for selecting the following collaboration (in keeping with the 2 weeks time span for one colab). However, I have a personal problem in that, even though I nominated Psycho, if it becomes the new collab I won't be able to contribute. The thing is that probably I won't be able to edit WP for the 2 weeks starting on the 26th (not by my choice). Sry guys AdamSmithee 22:25, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

I didn't mean to fix any rules. I just thought it didn't make any sense without some set date. If the Psycho team is ready and the Blues Brothers team is ready, let's move on. I mean the work on Dr. Strangelove is still going on. Maybe it could be a week "officially" on and then the team carries on. Enthusiasm and creativity is what really counts here. Hoverfish 23:08, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
 * The instructions on the todo look fine, thanks. Hoverfish 23:14, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Change in COTW placement
Just wanted everyone to know about this change:. I abstained from reverting it but I see the template put in the article page, so one of the two has to be corrected. Hoverfish 22:30, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
 * It's article page. I'll fix it. Cbrown1023 22:33, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
 * It belongs on the article page, that's why it is so small (font and whole size). Cbrown1023 22:34, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Community Portal
This collaboration appears to be inactive so I am removing it from the community portal. If this becomes active again just add it back.--Banana 04:41, 9 November 2007 (UTC)