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Wikipedia talk:Errors in the Encyclopædia Britannica that have been corrected in Wikipedia

Beginning
The beginning of this article says that "there is no question" that the Britannica is more complete and accurate than Wikipedia. I'm not so sure. If you're talking about, say, television shows, Wikipedia is a lot more complete. Anybody else think we should change this....? NoahB 20:43, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Complete? Sure Wikipedia is more complete if you include information about the crying fangirl on an American television show as being relevant for judging the completeness of an encyclopedia.  Accurate?  Wikipedia's accuracy is really questionable.  Many articles I have read show huge bias for American culture.  As compared to Britannia - anybody who cites an encyclopedia deserves to get a failing grade.  Wikipedia has become a religion to it's contributors.  Lay people write articles believing them to be scholarly and it's their zeal for the project that drives them to make silly and irrelevant comparisons to EB. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 41.240.114.224 (talk • contribs).

 * True, editing Wikipedia is a waste of time, but at least it's more useful than playing another game of Solitaire. This page should be deleted, though. Agent 78787  talk  contribs 01:52, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

 * I had to laugh when I got to the part at the bottom that says only 3 errors have been identified in Wikipedia over the years. I am still laughing.  Are we talking about the same thing?

Some things moved out
I have pulled some things out because it is contested if they are errors at all. If we want this page to be effective and useful, we should list only those things that (1) are very clear errors in the EB and (2) are corrected in Wikipedia. The following entries don't seem to fit those criteria:

Submarine Incident in Korea
EB gives the year of the submarine incident near Kangnung as 1997 rather than 1996. But then, I think this isn't covered in Wikipedia at all... yet.

Transfinite Numbers
It's arguable that EB is correct with respect to the cardinality of the real numbers. It may simply be a matter of definition. In some texts, $$\aleph_{1}$$ is defined as the cardinality of the real numbers. The continuum hypothesis then asks the question whether there's anything between $$\aleph_{0}$$ and $$\aleph_{1}$$. not whether the cardinality of the reals is $$\aleph_{1}$$. Elliotte Rusty Harold 12:44, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Archimedean Solids
EB does not contain a definition or list of Archimedean solids. Britannica Student Encyclopedia contains the following definition:
 * ''in geometry, any one of 13 solids whose faces are all convex polyhedrons; first described by ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes; faces of one solid can represent more than one kind of

only this one..

only this one.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.127.121.193 (talk) 16:07, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Determinants
Under "determinant", EB says
 * Designating any element of the matrix by the symbol Arc (the subscript r identifies the row and c the column), the determinant is evaluated by finding the sum of n! terms, each of which is the product of the coefficient (-1)r + c and n elements, no two from the same row or column.

This is incorrect; it is a strange mixture of the Leibniz formula and the formula to develop a matrix along a row or column. See determinant. "For a general n-by-n matrix, the determinant was defined by Gottfried Leibniz with what is now known as the Leibniz formula'':
 * '' This seems to be correct. Consider this excerpt from determinant:
 * $$\det(A) = \sum_{\sigma \in S_n}

\operatorname{sgn}(\sigma) \prod_{i=1}^n A_{i, \sigma(i)}$$ The sum is computed over all permutations σ of the numbers {1,...,n''} and sgn(σ) denotes the signature of the permutation σ: +1 if σ is an even permutation and -1 if it is odd. See symmetric group for an explanation of even/odd permutations."

''Isn't the number of permutations n! as claimed above, and isn't the power of (-1) part the same as the even odd part? Isn't it also true that no two elements in a term are from the same row or column? I don't see the contradiction.'' --Esrogs 20:58, 9 May 2004 (UTC)

 * I agree that the definition given is correct not incorrect --(talk to)AndrewCates 14:04, 20 May 2004 (UTC)

 * No, it can't be correct. If the elements are "not from the same row or column", which numbers r and s are chosen?
 * And for Esrogs' argument, no, the power of (-1) part is not the same, unless you show that r+s is even if and only if σ is an even permutation. --Fibonacci 02:30, 26 May 2004 (UTC)

 * Of course the (-1)r + c is incorrect. For example it gives +1 for the odd permutation (2 3) for n=3.  The elements are A11, A23, and A32.  --Zero0000 07:39, 28 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Olbers' paradox
The EB article about "Olbers' paradox" offers a resolution involving average lifetimes of stars which does not make sense. See Olbers paradox.

Deconstruction and method
The first sentence of EB's article on deconstruction calls it a "Method of philosophical and literary analysis." This directly contradicts Derrida's famous "Letter to a Japanese Friend", which states clearly that "Deconstruction is not a method and cannot be transformed into one." (Deconstruction, Wikipedia's article, is currently [Feb 2004] self-contradictory on this topic.)
 * I'd rather say that Deconstruction would have been self-contradictory if Derrida had not said such a thing; but obviously, Derrida's statement should not prescribe how we talk about it nowadays. — mark ✎ 15:54, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

Epimenides paradox
(i moved this out because it is being discussed in the article. resolve it here in discussion, and then post it or don't post it to the article. but keep the discussion off the front page. Slamorte 09:48, 16 December 2005 (UTC) )

In "number game" under "logical paradoxes" in EB it is claimed that the statement "All Cretans are liars", if uttered by a Cretan, is self-contradictory. This is false; see Epimenides paradox for the correction. Axel Boldt sent a letter to the math editor of EB to point this out and received an answer three months later saying that his "sources" disagreed and considered the text to be correct.
 *  According to the "correction," the statement is "necessarily false" if liar is taken to mean someone who always lies, so saying that it is a self-contradictory seems to be correct (though possibly not from the exact same line of reasoning assumed in EB) --Esrogs 20:33, 9 May 2004 (UTC)~
 * so it all depends on whether this rather unusual definition is clearly given? --AndrewCates 14:00, 20 May 2004 (UTC)(talk)
 * No way! See the Wikipedia article Epimenides paradox. No matter what definition is used, there will be no contradiction, mainly because he said "All Cretans", and there are other Cretans, who may or may not be liars. --Fibonacci 01:34, 26 May 2004 (UTC)
 * Right. Suppose Alice of Crete says, 'All Cretans are liars'. The solution to the "paradox" is that Alice of Crete is a liar, but Bob of Crete is not a liar (i.e. Alice lied, since some Cretans are not liars). --Tetromino 20:56, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * But if Alice lied, and some Cretans are not liars, then maybe Alice didn't lie... Therein lies the paradox. --202.74.211.55 06:12, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * What? No.  202.74.211.55, your assertion makes no sense.  If "Alice lied, and some Cretans are not liars," then Alice did indeed lie.  Therein lies no paradox whatsoever.  As for the case where all Cretans actually are liars (in the sense that they never tell the truth), read the article, and also the liar paradox article.  --164.76.162.246 3 July 2005 02:23 (UTC)
 * If you consider that a liar is a person who frequently lies, but is still capable of telling the truth; then you can see that in this perticular case, the cretan is telling the truth, while remaining a liar.
 * Some people are having a lot of trouble with this one. Let's assume that Crete is a very simple place where each person is either a consistent liar, or a consistently honest person, and that there is at least one Cretan in each group.  If one of the liars states that "All Cretans are liars", he is, in fact, lying; likewise if he states "No Cretans are liars".  An honest Cretan would say "Some Cretans are liars"  David 21:12, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Agreed. But you forget the implied syllogism in the proposition. If Alice is Cretian, is a consistent liar and says "All Cretians are consistent liars", she automatically implies "I, Alice, am a consistent liar". Which is then true. Hence the paradox. The paradox should be seen on the author's characterisation, not on the stated honesty of all Cretians: Alice (or Epimenides) knows she's implying something true. A less controversial way to see this paradox would be for Epimenides to state: "I always lie".
 * It implies so, but is not equivalent. If Alice of Crete says "all Cretans are consistent liars" she is in fact implying that "I, Alice, am a consistent liar" but not the other way round - again, consider the case where there is at least a honest Cretan. She is implying something true, because you can imply anthing you want if the antecedent is false - see Logical conditional. There is no paradox. --Fibonacci 18:14, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
 * The common misconception is that the logical negation of "All Cretans are liars" is "All Cretans are truthtellers". The actual logical negation of "All Cretans are liars" is "There is at least one Cretan that is not a liar".- Flooey 07:28, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Exactly! --Fibonacci 22:07, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

I don't see the difficult part on this paradox, if she's saying the truth, therefore implying that all Cretans are liar, she's not one of them, therefore there is a paradox. In the other end if she's lying and not all of Cretans are liar there isn't any paradox because if the statement "all Cretans are liars" is a lie is implying that there must be some honest Cretans. Nichol Deaddis 09:31 16/12/05
 * So the statement "all Cretans are liars" is false, period. No contradiction here, as was originally claimed in EB. Therefore, it is an error of EB. Q.E.D. --Fibonacci 04:25, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

The 15th printed edition of the EB is corrected. Which edition(s) have the error? The online concise (free) version of the Britannica's article for 'liar paradox' starts off right, but then says that it's the same paradox as the one created by the statement "This sentence is false." Jobarts-Talk 09:05, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

GNAA troll in 1911 Britannica
On the History of Bucharest, 1911 Britannica writes:
 * More modern historians declare that it was originally a fortress, erected on the site of the Daco-Roman Thyanus, to command the approaches to Tirgovishtea, formerly the capital of Walachia.

I was surprised that I couldn't find anything on the mythical fortress of Thyanus, and then I realized the meaning:

 * "...a fortress erected on Thy-anus..."

Britannica has been trolled.

PS: they're also mixing historical ages in this phrase. Târgoviştea was built about a thousand years after the Daco-Romans. bogdan ʤjuʃkə | Talk 18:53, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Where the hell does it say that?142.177.49.2 20:56, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
 * The original poster unfortunately linked to the LoveToKnow copy of the 1911 Britannica, which has the nasty habit of splitting articles into different web pages in mid-sentence. On their site, the quote is now found on anpother page - or on many other web copies of the 1911 Britannica, such as Wikisource's. Regards, High on a tree 21:52, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Qala'un Mosque (spelling)

 * Does EB actually spell "Cario" like that? Or was that just a mistake in copying from EB? -- John Owens (talk) 23:51, 2005 August 7 (UTC)
 * No, that was my typo :P. Good catch! — mark ✎ 08:44, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

Deliberate errors
You do realise that large reference works contain several deliberate errors (usually on non-controversial and barely notable minor areas) to protect against copyright fraud - if the errors turn up in other reference works with similar content, they are highly likely to have been copied, and act as evidence of such in court. ( ! | ? | * ) 22:07, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * See Nihilartikel. They might do so, but that doesn't excuse their mistakes. For the researcher relying on it, an error is still an error, whether deliberate or not. — Matt Crypto 18:07, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

I believe a more accurate characterization, rather than errors, would be deliberate fictional entries. My understanding is that it is rare for an error to be introduced purposely; however, the use of fictional entries for the purpose of identifying copyright fraud is indeed done. See http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/articles/050829ta_talk_alford Anastrophe 22:18, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

Purpose of this page?
I question purpose of this page. When employees of Britannica read this page (see the last edit), they can fix the mistakes in EB easily, and thus it will always be obsolete. It's like there isn't such page about Wikipedia, because known errors get fixed quickly. Britannica is maybe a bit slower in this process, but can be still fast with respect to updates here. The real problem are unknown errors, not known. I would VFDed this page. Samohyl Jan 08:06, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Maybe they could fix them rapidly, but evidently they don't. Just because an error is known to us doesn't mean it's any less troublesome for anyone relying on EB. Soo 10:37, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
 * if they fix it, we have helped them: good! its not a competition; if it was, we would win =) -- Cannibalicious!
 * I'd just like to know how everybody's so sure that the only way EB can be wholly accurate is to have all their data in line with Wikipedia's.142.177.49.2 20:51, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
 * You seem to have misunderstood something. No one is demanding that Britannica should bow to the authority of Wikipedia - only to that of the facts. "The only way EB can be wholly accurate is to have all their data in line with" reliable sources, which are amply quoted on this page. Regards, High on a tree 21:52, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
 * We can give a rebuttal to Samohyl Jan's comments a couple of years later: that is, to simply observe that Britannica haven't fixed many of the errors listed on this page. — Matt Crypto 23:01, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Seeing this page being misunderstood as an mere attack by Wikipedia on Britannica or as an actual comparison of the reliability of WP and EB, I have added this to make its purpose clearer:
 * "These examples can serve as useful reminders of the fact that no encyclopedia can ever expect to be perfectly error-free (which is sometimes forgotten when Wikipedia is compared to traditional encyclopedias), and as an illustration of the advantages of an editorial process where anybody can correct an error at any time. However, this page is not intended to be a comparison of the overall quality of both encyclopedias, nor as a dismissal of concerns about the reliability of Wikipedia."

Regards, High on a tree 22:00, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Looks good. — Matt Crypto 23:01, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Novograd-Volynsky
I removed this section:
 * EB gives the name of this pleasant Russian city as Novohrad-Volynskyy, an impressive average of one typo per word. However the Russian name is correctly given as Novograd-Volynsky.

It is either mockery or ignorance of the contributor. The city is an Ukrainian one, not Russian. The wikipedia article must be fixed accordingly, not to say that it is error-ridden. mikka (t) 00:28, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

Don't Panic
What the heck is this "Don't Panic" article section supposed to mean? mikka (t) 00:28, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Not in current version. David Spector (talk) 21:39, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

Elsa Morante
See Talk:Elsa Morante for a mistake thah should be verified. David Shay 03:04, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Missing "Errors in Wikipedia that have been corrected in EB"
I'm curious why a page with nine edits, dating from February 2005 to October 2005, has been deleted.

Special:Undelete/Wikipedia:Errors_in_Wikipedia_that_have_been_corrected_in_the_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica

The edits, at least by the author's descriptions, appear to be forthright. Are we to understand that no errors in Wikipedia have ever been corrected in EB? Perhaps the page should instead be entitled "Errors that were found in WP that were corrected by referencing EB". It seems disingenuous to have people submit a finding of an error in WP that's not in EB, another editor comes along and corrects that error, then the entry is wiped away since the error "no longer exists". It's using the 'immediacy' of WP to pretend that a finding of error never existed in the first place. Anastrophe 22:39, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
 * The page was a spoof page that was meant to be always empty. The idea was that a "list of mistakes in Wikipedia" is nonsensical (because you might as well correct the error as list it, and someone will likely correct it pretty fast anyway), where as maintaining a list of current mistakes of Britannica makes perfect sense. This difference illustrates a strong argument in favour of Wikipedia. However, the humour was a little lame, and most people missed the point, so it was deleted. — Matt Crypto 22:52, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Are spoof pages accepted/appropriate for Wikipedia? I don't see how spoofs or humor - at least humor not as part of an entry specific to humor - are going to enhance the authority of wikipedia. Since the page has been deleted - after existing for almost seven months - apparently the point is moot. I've started a new entry that is more appropriate to the subject matter in question -
 * Errors_in_Wikipedia_that_have_been_corrected_by_referring_to_accurate_entries_in_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica Anastrophe 03:11, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

 * The bar is set considerably lower for the Wikipedia namespace than for the article namespace. grendel|khan 13:51, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

 * That may be. my concern is that there seems to be almost no visually obvious way to discern the difference between the article namespace and the wikipedia namespace. for example, a google search for "errors encyclopedia britannica" brings up as the first hit the page in question. a casual web searcher would go to that page, and read it, but there is no indication - at least that i can discern easily - that it is not an actual wikipedia article, but rather something else that is held to a lower standard. that seems to me a fast path to pollution/corruption of the integrity of WP. if i'm missing something obvious, please set me straight. Anastrophe 23:06, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

 * I personally find it a bit bizarre, as I've never used EB for anything at all, and dont consider it a common resource. but should it exist, the wikipedia corrected by EB page should probably be merged with this page. Bwithh 03:20, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

 * You may find it bizarre, but I assure you there are millions of people in the world who do not. I'm unclear what the basis is for the merge. They are two articles at cross-purposes. Anastrophe 03:24, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I mean the idea of having such a page is a bit strange for me. Anyway, the page you are creating a counterpoint to is not an encyclopedia page but is a community page. your page should at least not be in the encyclopedia section but a community page as well. Bwithh 03:30, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I am admittedly relatively new to wikipedia. how does one discern this difference between community and encyclopedia? i only see "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." on both this project page and mine. please advise. Anastrophe 03:40, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I am relatively new myself. internal or community wikipedia pages - help guides, discussions, and rule pages etc. generally begin with the phrase "Wikipedia:" and are notated as WP: As I understand, there is a separate set of rules and conventions for WP pages than for regular encyclopedia pages. I'm not informed enough to advise you how to start a WP page. hopefully, someone more experienced can tell us both more. Bwithh 03:45, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Britannica vs. French Wikipedia
Britannica says:

 * Charles Philipon
 * born April 19, 1806, Lyon, France
 * died Jan. 25, 1862, Paris

French Wikipedia says:

 * born April 19, 1800
 * died 1861 January 25, 1862

English Wikipedia says:
 * born April 19, 1800
 * died 1861 January 25, 1861

Can somebody check which is correct ? bogdan | Talk 18:20, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Ginseng?
A few years ago, the EB micropedia article on ginseng had the Chinese characters, and it had it as "heaven root" in Chinese whereas it was "man root" in translation. (The characters look similar: iirc the character for heaven is a man character with a line above it.) Anyone have a current EB to see if that's still there? dsws

Russian mistakes
Kostroma - Krylov - Karamzin - Dolgorukov (a note to myself) --Ghirlandajo 09:46, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

What is the Purpose of this page?
Just come across this today. I have previously noticed errors in EB too, but cataloguing them seems a pretty useless thing to do - unless we plan to actually bring them to the attention of EB's editors. If it's just for ego-fulfillment, why pick out just one encyclopedia to score points off? We could set ourselves up the standard against which ALL other encyclopedias in the world are judged, not just EB. But that would be silly, so why do this at all? This seems like a waste of time to me. Why not just get on with making Wikipedia the best we can make it, without worrying too much about the mistakes of others. A similar page called "Errors in Wikipedia" would be a very, very long list. Mistakes are being corrected all the time, but other wrong info is being added all the time too. That's the nature of the beast. It ill behoves us to be too superior about other reference works, particularly since we cite them endlessly when it suits us. JackofOz 00:27, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

 * I largely agree with you here. However, to speak for myself, the errors I added are simply those I happened to come across while cross-checking the research I did for Wikipedia articles. I guess that holds for most of the contributions here. In other words, most people here are not wasting their time by actively searching for errors in EB; they're listing errors they stumble upon while improving Wikipedia. — mark ✎ 14:31, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Errors contained in reference books
I just discovered an entire site dedicated to this topic - Internet Accuracy Project Interesting stuff, though a little scary if you think about all the millions using EB and other encyclopedias as their only source of reference. brucethompson 21:33, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Size?
"The Encyclopædia Britannica article "Encyclopædia Britannica" indicates that the Encyclopædia Britannica is "the oldest and largest English-language general encyclopaedia". It is still the oldest. But it is now the second-largest to Wikipedia as measured by number of words and number of articles, among other standards."

Whether this statement is true or false depends on one's POV. As such, it's inappropriate for Wikipedia to describe it as an error the same way that an incorrect birthdate is an error.

To properly write the paragraph neutrally, it should say something like "One statement that has been sometimes called an error is Britannica's statement that it is the largest encyclopedia. If Wikipedia's claim to be an encyclopedia is accepted, then this statement is erroneous because Wikipedia contains more words and articles than Britannica.  However, Britannica disputes Wikipedia's classification as an encyclopedia, referring to it as a "database" instead."

Even then, you would need to give a reliable source that calls Britannica's statement an error, other than Wikipedia itself. (And User:Hawkestone isn't a reference unless he has a greater claim to fame than just being a Wikipedia user.) Ken Arromdee 01:49, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

 * I just realized this isn't in the main article space, which means that articles can be as biased as we want. Still, there's nothing *prohibiting* neutral material here.  If nobody objects, I'll probably change the main article's paragraph to something like the neutral paragraph above. Ken Arromdee 01:54, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Yeah, do it, it looks better. — mark ✎ 14:27, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Current events?
EB will never be as up-to-date as Wikipedia. People race to create an article on the latest current event here but EB may take days or more likely weeks (for the website). My question is should this be mentioned? It may seem a bit big headed. James086Talk 07:42, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

 * No, it has nothing to do with an error of the EB; it is by design. — mark ✎ 08:24, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. James086Talk 08:27, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Lafia
EB claims that Lafia is in the Plateau State of Nigeria. But it's the capital city of Nasarawa State. --Bohr 16:00, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

 * Correct . I added it. Regards, High on a tree 22:37, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

A New International Encyclopedia errors page exists, too
It appears that the experts who contributed to the writing of encyclopedias were not perfect individuals; i. e., they made errors, and their errors were printed. GhostofSuperslum 03:38, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

bad prose
The awful writing on this page doesn't do wikipedia much credit - take the unintelligible text about the safety razor.

EB oldest Encyclopedia?
It may be that EB is the oldest still living encyclopedia; e.g. other encyclopedias were written before it, but none of those are still being published today? --JustinLong

Literary note
It is amusing to note that the main character of the book Parade's End by Ford Maddox Ford, Christopher Tietjens, as a hobby proudly identified errors in the Enc. Britannica.

Logarithmic spiral
Moved from main page:
 * $$\phi = \frac{1 + \sqrt{5}}{2}$$. --  Denelson83  14:46, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
 * You are quoting the formula for the golden ratio, i.e. you understand φ as a constant. However, in the formula given by the original poster:
 * exp(θ cot φ)
 * the φ is to be understood as a parameter, not a constant - namely, the angle between the tangent to the spiral and the radial line at the given point of the spiral. See Logarithmic spiral.
 * Regards, High on a tree 21:52, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Instead of wasting time looking for errors in Britannica, you should use the time to improve Wikipedia. Besides - think how many errors can be found in here - hundreds of thousands! Wikipedia is a wide source of knowledge, but also the most unreliable one! So better start improving it. Minder 07:34, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Do not sign your additions to the article!
People, you have been signing your additions to the article. You are not supposed to do that. Signatures are for talk pages. See Sign your posts on talk pages -- Jorge Peixoto (talk) 10:28, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
 * In Sign your posts on talk_pages we see that signatures should be used on "user talk pages, article talk pages, or other discussion pages" but not on "articles", and it says "articles" in general (as opposed of specifically main namespace articles). And I do believe that the signatures make this article look unprofessional. And remember that even if it is not in the main namespace, it gets linked from other sites (it was featured on Slashdot for example) -- Jorge Peixoto (talk) 14:56, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

This article referenced in a calendar!?
The 6 May 2009 entry of Page-A-Day's Wacky Web Sites calendar lists this article and notes after providing a general overview of the article, "Wikipedia is no stranger to inaccuracies, and given the trivial nature of many of the corrections-Roger Waters's correct birth date, whether frank Zappa was christended Frank or Francis-it has a long way to go to unseat Britannica as the most comprehensive and reliable source." Interesting, no? The multi-setence paragraph on the entry is headed "Battle of the Books" (funny, because we aren't a book...) and makes it as if Wikipedia and Britannica are rivals with Britannica looking dismissively at us. Might actually be worth noting somewhere that this article has actually attracted real world interest. Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 05:56, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

WP:POINT
I just came across this page and it seems rather pointy. Does anybody else agree? Themfromspace (talk) 11:31, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Maybe more people would if you explained your point more clearly: How is this page disrupting Wikipedia to illustrate a point, in your opinion?
 * (You might also want to read the example under WOTTA.) Regards, HaeB (talk) 02:43, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * It's clearly got a message to say about the Wikipedia vs. Britannica battle that the newspapers have picked up on. Wikipedia shouldn't overly promote itself with pages like this in the Wikipedia namespace.  Themfromspace (talk) 08:12, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * In which namespace should wikipedia discuss the topic then? ;-) --Kim Bruning (talk) 03:19, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

A comment
I know that this is completly off topic, but this page makes me happy. *Feels warm and fuzzy inside* --ThePastaKing (Talk) 20:59, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Non-encyclopediac language in section Nanking - History
This sentence seems inappropriate for an encyclopedia: "By the way, I am using Pinyin, while Britannica still uses Wade–Giles. Here is the transliteration of the Wade–Giles in this Britannica article to Pinyin:". The use of the word 'I' doesn't seem right here. I'm not sure how to change it, as I'm worried that the fact that I don't speak or read Chinese will cause me to make some crucial mistake. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.32.27.85 (talk) 04:50, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

Why do we have this page?

Come on, guys, really? This is just whining, and we are not going to get anywhere with this. This is not very NPOV at all! (Yes, I know that NPOV is for mainspace only, but we still need to at least use it as a guideline in all namespaces.) Stop with the hoopla, please. We should respect EB, not saying the sophisticated equivalent of EB SUXORZ!!!! WIKIPEEDIA RULEZ!111!!1!!! (Because that is what this article seems to be saying, albeit under the cover of civility.) Agent 78787  talk  contribs 01:45, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
 * That or it's a comprehensive page to point at when people say "Wikipedia is a useless source compared to EB." I know people who assume that anything in EB is just short of the word of God, and/or assume that Wikipedia is nothing but vandalism, trolling, and spamming.  Ian.thomson (talk) 01:49, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Shouldn't talk items be on the talk page?
The article is riddled with postings that should be on the talk page, not in the article. Since I don't absolutely know that this isn't kosher by Wikipedia norms, and since I don't know what the acceptable approach to fixing it is, I'm not going to try to fix it myself. However, I do urge that someone who does know about such protocols please take some time on this.

Poihths (talk) 19:45, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

hey
Why were my edits reverted? --65.94.97.241 (talk) 19:04, 30 December 2020 (UTC) —SOCK comments stricken
 * See Teishin (talk) 19:10, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I was not blanking the page though. What was the actual problem with my edits? --65.94.97.241 (talk) 19:12, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Like, I was not even intending to delete it or anything. Just add a couple of constructive things. What was the problem? --65.94.97.241 (talk) 19:20, 30 December 2020 (UTC) —SOCK comments stricken
 * 1. The addition of { {historical} }. 2. Recent massive problem with sockpuppets on this article. 3. IP address with no edit history making technically sophisticated edits about obscure matters. Sure looks like a sockpuppet. WP:QUACK. Teishin (talk) 19:30, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
 * The historical tag is from 2019. But ok. Can my other edits stay then?2605:8D80:604:1D5E:8441:277A:7DD7:4416 (talk) 19:37, 30 December 2020 (UTC) —SOCK comments stricken
 * Lovely, another IP address now. That tag wasn't there an hour ago. That tag is your edit. Teishin (talk) 19:42, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
 * sorry. Switched to my phone... Am actually on my way.... The historical tag was a consensus from more than a year ago... See Here also, can my other edits stay then? 2605:8D80:604:1D5E:8441:277A:7DD7:4416 (talk) 19:46, 30 December 2020 (UTC) —SOCK comments stricken
 * There's no record of such a consensus anywhere above on this page. Teishin (talk) 19:56, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
 * it's not my edit. I simply restored what was for a long time.... But ok, can my other edits stay? 2605:8D80:604:1D5E:8441:277A:7DD7:4416 (talk) 19:58, 30 December 2020 (UTC) —SOCK comments stricken
 * That was once put on the page without any discussion. The claim that there was consensus is false. HaeB restored the page ages ago. It's your edit now. Teishin (talk) 20:26, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I could have been wrong. Now, can my other edits (other than the archived thing) stay?2605:8D80:604:1D5E:8441:277A:7DD7:4416 (talk) 20:37, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I will just edit the thing again without the archive. You tell me if there is a problem ok?2605:8D80:604:1D5E:8441:277A:7DD7:4416 (talk) 21:43, 30 December 2020 (UTC) —SOCK comments stricken

Yasuke, "the first black samurai"
Yasuke has been popular in Japanese media for decades but has abruptly become a controversial figure in America due to his central role in Assassin's Creed Shadows. Yasuke is the earliest known "black person" to be described in Japanese literature. He entered the service of Oda Nobunaga, but in what capacity is a point of contention. The general public and the Encyclopædia Britannica believe that Yasuke was a proper samurai; however, Wikipedia at time of writing never refers to him with this term and states he was a koshō. Does this constitute "an error in the Encyclopædia Britannica corrected by Wikipedia"? 2601:206:8200:DA90:A096:6DEB:F499:51C7 (talk) 00:00, 18 May 2024 (UTC)


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Alson S. Clark

Alson Skinner Clark (March 25, 1876 – March 23, 1949) was an American Impressionist painter best remembered for his landscapes. He was also a photographer, plein aire painter, art educator and muralist.

Early life and education
On March 25, 1876, he was born in Chicago, Illinois to a wealthy family. He showed early artistic talent and by age 11 he was taking art classes at Art Institute of Chicago. His art education included training at the Académie Julian (1899). In addition he studied in the atelier of William Merritt Chase and Chase School of Art and Académie Carmen with James McNeill Whistler.

Career
He spent much of his early career working in Paris, France and served in the United States Army as an aerial photographer during World War I. In the 1920s, he taught fine art at Occidental College, and by 1919 he was director of the Stickney Memorial Art School in Pasadena.

His memberships in arts organizations included the Pasadena Society of Artists and the California Art Club. His work was included in the Tonal Impressionism exhibition curated by Harry Muir Kurtzworth in 1937, along with the works of Frank Tenney Johnson, Frank Tolles Chamberlain, and Theodore Lukits which was held in the Los Angeles Art Association Gallery at the Los Angeles Public Library.

Murals
In addition to landscape paintings, he painted murals for the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles, and the fire curtain of the Pasadena Playhouse, depicting a Spanish galleon in full sail.

A group of murals completed in 1929 can still be seen at the former 1st Trust & Savings Bank at 587 East Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California. The murals consist of four panels standing approximately ten feet in height, each depicting a major southern California industry: oil drilling, citrus farming, the movies, and shipping.

Personal life
In 1898, he traveled to France and, in 1902, returned to the United States. In 1920, he married Atta Medora McMullin (1881–1962). Immediately after, he and his wife moved to the Arroyo Seco area in Pasadena, California.

On March 23, 1949, he died while painting in his studio in Pasadena, California. He was 72 years old. He is buried at Mountain View Cemetery in Altadena, California.

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The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ2 is a digital camera that was announced on February 8, 2005. It has Universal Serial Bus connectivity and a mass of 224 grams. It was replaced in 2006 by the LZ3. The camera has optical image stabilization, which alleviates camera shake problems. The camera lacks manual control over shutter speed and aperture and has no optical viewfinder.

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J. P. Stevens High School

John P. Stevens High School (abbr. JP or JPS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from the northern end of Edison, in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is one of two high schools in the Edison Township Public Schools District, the other being Edison High School. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1969 and is accredited through July 2029.

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,680 students and 167.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 16.0:1. There were 215 students (8.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 64 (2.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch. Based on 2021-22 data from the New Jersey Department of Education, it was the seventh-largest high school in the state and one of 29 schools with more than 2,000 students.

History
John P. Stevens High School was named after New Jersey textile giant John Peters Stevens Jr., who had served nearly two decades on the district's board of education, from 1940 to 1959, and was involved in an extensive range of civic, educational and philanthropic activities. Stevens served as President of J.P. Stevens & Co., a textile firm founded in 1813 that was one of the nation's largest and is now part of WestPoint Home. To avoid being confused with a junior high school, the postnominal "Jr." was omitted from the school's name. Constructed at a cost of $2.7 million (equivalent to $ million in ), the new high school opened in September 1964 with 33 classrooms designed for an enrollment of 1,000, though delays in construction meant that the auditorium and other special classrooms weren't complete.

Located in the Oak Tree neighborhood of the township, it rapidly expanded as the northern part of Edison grew, including residents from the Stephenville and New Dover communities. Originally, JPS was a senior high school, serving grades 10 through 12. In 1984, the Edison School District changed the junior high schools into middle schools, adding 9th grade into JPS.

Students
The population of J.P. Stevens High School enters primarily from Woodrow Wilson Middle School and John Adams Middle School.

From the time it opened through the 1980s, the school's students were mostly Caucasian, with an African American minority coming from the Potters neighborhood. Beginning in the 1980s, J. P. Stevens saw increasing numbers of Indian Americans. The largest group of students at J.P. Stevens is Asian American. The average class size of the school is about 37 students. The school's ratio of students to computers is 1 to 1 while the state average is 4 to 1.

In the 2009–10 school year, on the Language Arts section of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA), 53.1% of students scored proficient and 39.8% scored advanced. On the Math section of the test, 34.5% scored proficient and 54.1% scored advanced. The average SAT score was 1741 out of 2400. The Advanced Placement (AP) participation rate is 37.3%. The average attendance rate is 96.8%. The school had a suspension rate of 10%. 98.9% of JPS seniors graduated. 80% of the graduating seniors planned to go on to four-year colleges and another 16.9% of the graduating seniors expected to go on to two-year colleges.

Faculty
The faculty population of J.P. Stevens High School in 2022 is around 185 teachers, 5 administrators, 10 counselors, 2 college counselors, PATH Counselors, and a special services team. The student to faculty ratio is 13 to 1. The average faculty member gets paid $55,035 a year while the state average was $52,563.

Curriculum
For the 2021-22 school year, the school offered 32 AP courses, with 59.8% of students taking at least one AP exam (more than double the statewide average of 28.4%), and 79.4% of participants receiving a passing AP score (of 3 or above). The school also offers 54 student clubs, 25 varsity sports, a choir, band, and orchestra. The school has a 97% graduation rate with 95% of students enrolling in college (80% in 4-year programs and 15% in 2-year programs).

J.P. Stevens students are required to take four years of English, three (formerly four) years of math, three years of science, three years of history (two of U.S. and one of world) and at least two years of a foreign language (including Latin, French, Spanish, and starting the 2008–09 school year, Hindi). In 2012, Mandarin and Italian were also added. In addition, health and physical education classes are required for every year in which a student attends J.P. Stevens. Starting with the Class of 2008, one year of "21st Century Life and Economics/ Financial Literacy" such as Foods or Technology Fundamentals is required as well as another year of the "Visual Performing Arts" such Chorus, Band or Visual Arts. J.P. Stevens has an Honors as well as a college preparatory track that features several Advanced Placement courses.

Awards, recognition and rankings
In Newsweeks listing of "America's Best High Schools 2016", the school was ranked 127th of the 500 best high schools in the country; it was ranked 23rd among all high schools in New Jersey and tenth among the state's non-magnet schools.

In its 2013 report on "America's Best High Schools", The Daily Beast ranked the school 294th in the nation among participating public high schools and 23rd among schools in New Jersey. in fact, famous singer/songwriter Andrew Fromm graduated from this school in 1993.

In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by The Washington Post, the school was ranked 33rd in New Jersey and 1,151st nationwide.

According to U.S. News & World Report, J.P. Stevens High School was ranked 36 in New Jersey in 2012, and has a national rank of 781. In 2013, JP Steven's state ranking rose to 32 and its national ranking rose to 467.

The school was the 30th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 80th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 65th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 52nd in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 82nd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state. Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 97th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 7 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (88.3%) and language arts literacy (95.1%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).

The graduating class of 2013 had 31 National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalists and 62 Commended Students.

In 2014, the band director, Andrew DeNicola, was a top 10 finalist for the 2014 Grammy Music Educator Award.

In 2015, CNN featured J.P. Stevens as "The $2.5 billion high school", highlighting three e-commerce companies founded by recent graduates.

Robotics
Team 2554, The Warhawks, is a FIRST Robotics Competition team that started in the 2007–2008 school year at John P. Stevens High School. The team consists of two major sub-teams: Operations and Build; the Operations sub-team is responsible for bringing in the money to maintain tools and buy parts for the robot, which is done through sponsorships from other companies and local fundraising events, along with automating tasks to expedite organization of the Build sub-team while managing the social media presence of Team 2554. The build team is responsible for building the competition robot. As a part of FRC, the team competes in 2 district events in the First Mid-Atlantic Region, competing against other teams in the region. The team also participates in off-season competition events, such as Brunswick Eruption, after the official season is over.

In addition to robotics competitions, Team 2554 performs community outreach events that encourage young kids to pursue a career in STEM, by teaching the basics of robotics and programming in the form of live demonstrations. During the Summer of 2021, they had over 2,100+ signups from children from all across the globe.

During the FIRST Robotics Competition during 2020-2021, The Warhawks were finalists for the Global Innovation Challenge, sponsored by Star Wars: Force For Change.

Team 2554 was also rewarded the 2021 Altice Innovator Awards Winners and appeared on Cheddar News to discuss their submission for the Global Innovation Challenge.

Athletics
The J.P. Stevens High School Hawks compete in the Red Division of the Greater Middlesex Conference, which operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 1,849 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group IV for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 1,060 to 5,049 students in that grade range. The football team competes in Division 5D of the Big Central Football Conference, which includes 60 public and private high schools in Hunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset, Union and Warren counties, which are broken down into 10 divisions by size and location. The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group V North for football for 2022–2024, which included schools with 1,313 to 5,304 students. The school competes against nearby rivals such as East Brunswick High School, Edison High School and Woodbridge High School.

The school participates together with Metuchen High School in a joint ice hockey team in which Edison High School is the host school / lead agency. The co-op program operates under agreements scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year.

Interscholastic sports offered include:

The football team won the Central Jersey Group IV state sectional title in 1977, 1978, 1982, 1984, 1985 and 2001. The 1977 team finished the season with a 10-0-1 record and won its first playoff-era title with a 35–0 victory against Middletown High School North in the Central Jersey Group IV championship game. The 1978 team won the Central Jersey Group IV title with a 14–7 win against Watchung Hills Regional High School. In 2001, the team finished the season with a 12–0 record after winning the Central Jersey Group IV title with a 14–7 win against Old Bridge High School in the championship game on a touchdown scored with just over a minute left in the game; the 2001 team earned consideration from the Courier News as one of "the best in GMC history".

Janet Smith won the girls' 5,000 meter race at the 1983 Kinney National High School Cross-Country Championships held in Balboa Park, San Diego, California, with a time of 16 minutes 43.7 seconds. With victories as Group IV individual cross country champion from 1980 to 1983, Smith became the first girl to win an individual state championship in four consecutive years.

The softball team finished the 2000 season with a 24–6 record after winning the Group IV state championship, defeating runner-up Clifton High School by a score of 4–0 in the tournament finals.

The wrestling team won the North II Group IV state sectional championship in 2004

Model United Nations
The Model United Nations club, JPSMUN, has performed well for years, and has consistently ranked among the top 10 high schools in America. It has earned the special distinction as being the only public high school on the list. The team has received Outstanding Large Delegation and Best Small Delegation awards, as well as a few prestigious Best Large Delegation awards. These include that of HMUN 2012 and RUMUN 2016. Recently, the team has also won Outstanding Large Delegations awards at WAMUNC & VAMUN 2017, and also ILMUNC 2018. In January 2022, the team won the Best Large Delegation award at ILMUNC for the first time in its history. In February 2022, the team won the Outstanding Large Delegation award at NAIMUN. The team hosts three in-house conferences for the purposes of competition and training each year. The team is well recognized and decorated across the circuit. Several members of the team earned national records for consecutive Best Delegate awards.

Quiz Bowl
The Quiz Bowl team, STARS (now JPS Quiz Bowl) has been successful. The team has made Top 16 of 68 in the Bridgewater-Raritan Invitational Tournament of Excellence (BRITE) three times in a row and once was a quarter-finalist. In 2009, for the first time, the STARS were named Champions in BRITE and placed 30th out of 119 at Questions Unlimited's National Academic Championship. It has qualified for nationals thrice. It competes in Tri-State area events and has branched out to other competitions, namely History Bowl, in which it placed 51st in 2018, and 24th in 2019. In 2021, JPS Quiz Bowl tied for 31st place at HSNCT nationals, with the B team having tied for 49th place and the History Bowl team having placed 21st. The Quizbowl team has additionally placed highly at regional tournaments, including first place at Princeton University's PHSAT XXVIII. In the 2022-23 season, the JP Stevens Quiz Bowl team was ranked 8th in the country.

Chorus
The J.P. Stevens Choir has won numerous awards, including Best Overall Choir at National and State competitions.

In 2017, JPS Chamber Choir and A cappella Ensemble both participated in the Interkultur Sing 'N'Joy Princeton International Choir Competition. A cappella Ensemble was named Category Winner for the Sacred Music Category and Chamber Choir was named Category Winner in the Mixed Choir level 1 Category. Chamber Choir was also the Grand Prize Winner, with an endowed prize of US$2000. Moreover, the Chamber Choir received the Special Prize of an autographed copy of the first four measures of Morten Lauridsen's "O Magnum Mysterium," presented by the composer.

Many students from the choir are accepted into the Regions II Choir, the NJ All-State Choir, All-Eastern High School Honor Choir, and Governor's School of the Arts:

 * Concert Choir
 * A Cappella Ensemble
 * Men's Ensemble
 * Treble choir
 * Chamber Ensemble

Band
The J.P. Stevens High School band program has approximately 200 students participating in several ensembles, including a marching band, jazz ensemble, and wind ensemble. The program enjoys the majority of its success with its wind bands and jazz ensembles. Its wind ensemble is a perennial participant at the New Jersey Concert Band Gala and Mid-Atlantic Honors Wind Band Festival, and has performed as a featured band at Music for All's National Concert Band Festival twice, in 2015 and 2023. In addition, its jazz ensemble has won eleven state championships, including a three-peat from 2009 to 2011 and a four-peat from 2016 to 2019.

The program consistently places a good proportion of its students in regional and statewide honor bands. In addition, its alumni have been educated at top tier music schools and conservatories around the country, notably at the Juilliard School, the Manhattan School of Music, the Berklee College of Music, and the University of North Texas, among others. Its alumni, most notably David Bryan, have also performed with the CBS Orchestra, Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra, the Mel Lewis/Thad Jones Orchestra, and Bon Jovi, among others.

The program annually hosts Bandboozle, a benefit dance that helps VH1's Save the Music, and had hosted a Comedy Night in honor of a late student in order to give out the Adonis Smith Memorial Scholarship. The Comedy Night had been hosted on numerous occasions by Kel Mitchell.

Orchestra
The John P. Stevens orchestra program has over one hundred members Each year a number of students audition and are selected to participate in both CJMEA Regions II and All-State Orchestra. The orchestras compete each year in various orchestra festivals.

The J.P. Stevens High School Orchestra Program consists of three orchestras, including a number of string quartets. Chamber Orchestra includes up to 35 students who are selected by audition and perform standard orchestral literature. Concert Orchestra has more than 60 students and Symphonic Orchestra over 80 students. Students who play in the string quartet are selected by audition and perform for weddings and other fundraisers around the community.

Theatre company
The John P. Stevens award-winning theatre company has been an ongoing program in the school for many years now. Since the foundation of the company, several Broadway and off-Broadway shows have been performed; some notable include: Grease, Into the Woods, Pippin, The Wiz, Leader of the Pack and Urinetown: The Musical. The theatre company's production of Urinetown garnered several honorable mentions and nominations by the NJ Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards. Other productions by the company from the past include Macbeth, The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown and Working among others. The theatre company put on a production of Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee's Inherit the Wind in November 2007. The company put on perhaps their most successful and lauded show ever: the Stephen Sondheim musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in April 2008. Since then, they have put on The Odyssey, Tommy, The Crucible, and Jekyll & Hyde. In the fall of 2010, the company performed the play, Metamorphoses. In 2011, the company performed the rock opera hit Rent and Our Town. In 2019, their musical was Chicago: The Musical and their Fall Play was A Midsummer Night's Dream. In the fall of 2019, their fall play was Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play. Their musical for the 2020 school year was The Addams Family, but the production was cut to two show nights due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Likewise, due to the pandemic, the company did not have a formal fall show, but opted to present a series of online one-acts under the title of "Virtuality." In spring 2021, the company's spring musical was The Theory of Relativity, a musical about the importance of relationships and connectivity, teaching lessons that everyone needed to hear amidst a global pandemic. The fall play for the 2021-22 school year was Almost, Maine by John Cariani, and the musical was Mamma Mia!. In the 2022-2023 school year, the company's fall play was a rerun of Our Town, with the spring musical being a rerun of Grease.

Notable alumni
Notable alumni include those who have been inducted into the school's Hall of Honor:
 * Peter J. Barnes III (born 1956, class of 1974), New Jersey Superior Court judge who served in the New Jersey General Assembly and New Jersey Senate, where he represented the 18th Legislative District.
 * David Bryan (born 1962), who plays the keyboards in the hard rock band Bon Jovi.
 * Alan Chez (born 1961, class of 1979), trumpet player vocalist for the CBS orchestra on the Late Show with David Letterman.
 * Jun Choi (born 1971), former Mayor of Edison.
 * Steven Fulop (born 1977, class of 1995), Mayor of Jersey City.
 * Greg Gigantino (born c. 1955), college football coach. He was the head football coach for Iona College in 1984.
 * Chris Petrucelli (born 1962, class of 1980), soccer manager who is currently the head coach of the Chicago Red Stars in the National Women's Soccer League.
 * Mark L. Polansky (born 1956, class of 1974), NASA astronaut.
 * David Rosenthal (born 1961) keyboardist, music producer and songwriter.
 * Matt Salzberg, businessperson and entrepreneur who co-founded Blue Apron (where he was CEO), Embark Veterinary and Suma Brands.
 * Akhil Sharma (born 1971), author and professor of creative writing who wrote the novels An Obedient Father and Family Life.
 * George A. Spadoro (class of 1966), politician who served three terms as Mayor of Edison, and two terms in the New Jersey General Assembly, where he represented the 18th Legislative District.
 * Joel Stein (born 1971, class of 1989), journalist, media personality and columnist for the Los Angeles Times.
 * Jeremy Zuttah (born 1986, class of 2004), Baltimore Ravens football player.

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Barling

Barling could refer to one of the following places:

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 * Barling, Arkansas, United States
 * Barlings, Lincolnshire, England

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Duval Street

Duval Street is a downtown commercial zoned street in Key West, Florida, running north and south from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean, just over 1.25 miles in length. It is named for William Pope Duval, the first territorial governor of Florida.

Duval Street was designated a “Great Street” in 2012 by the American Planning Association. The beautiful Bahamian and Spanish influenced Victorian Mansions of Duval Street have been well preserved through local preservation efforts starting in the 1960s. On the Atlantic Ocean end of Duval Street there is a mix of early Key West Victorian mansions and bungalows dotting the neighborhood. Art galleries, boutiques, inns and bodegas line the wide sidewalks. Although this end of Duval is more residential and less filled with tourists, the sidewalks still bustle with activity.

One block west of the southern terminus of Duval Street is the buoy marker for the southernmost point in the United States; it is close to the Southernmost House, a Victorian mansion built in 1896. A favorite of both Harry S. Truman and author Ernest Hemingway, the building was restored to its formal beauty and opulence with a $3 million renovation in 1996.

Duval Street well represents the cultural influence of Key West’s proximity and cultural ties to Cuba. Many Cubans immigrated to the area beginning in the late 1860s. At one time, the many cigar stores on Duval gave the city the moniker “Cigar City USA.”   There are many pleasant outdoor cafes to enjoy another Cubano influenced product, “Cuban Coffee”, which is espresso made from roasted Cuban Coffee beans with a heavy dose of sugar.

At the north end, tourists from the cruise ships that dock at the Margaritaville Resort & Marina, Mole pier or Mallory Square are often seen traversing Duval Street's many shops [1] in the afternoon looking for souvenir trinkets and cheap T-shirts. The streets are congested with Pedi cabs, trollies, bikes, mopeds, cars, and the Conch Train all adding to the touristy feel of this heavily visited end of Duval.

Near the northern end of the street is Mallory Square. Historic Mallory Square is the center of Key West’s waterfront. The City of Key West and Duval Street share their beginning along this deep harbor waterfront.

On certain nights, the gulf shores of Duval Street often vibrate with a carnival like atmosphere that lasts until dawn and beyond. In fact, the ritual has a name known to tourists and residents as the “Duval Pub Crawl.” Duval is the location of many famous restaurants and bars, including Sloppy Joe's, Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville, which is the original, Fogarty's Restaurant, Bar and Bakery, "The Flying Monkeys Bar", The Bull and Whistle, Rick's Cafe and Irish Kevin's bar, Bourbon Street Pub  and Aqua. Tour outlets book the “Duval Pub Crawl” activity and provide knowledgeable guidance for the tourist wishing to visit and imbibe at the famous drinking establishments, for a fee.

A 1967 National Park Service survey of Historic American Buildings designated 18 buildings as historic. A full six blocks were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. Further protection for this historically significant street has been created through the City’s, “Historic Architecture Guidelines,” approved in 2000, which sets standards for construction on Duval Street.

Duval Street is also a neighborhood within the City of Key West. It is defined as the area on either side of Duval Street, and includes the area to the north of Front Street, containing Wall Street, Mallory Square and the Port of Key West.

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Hatake means "farmland" in Japanese.

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The Misunderstood

The Misunderstood were an American psychedelic rock band originating from Riverside, California in the mid-1960s. The band moved to London early in their career, and although they recorded only a handful of songs before being forced to disband, they are considered highly influential in the then-emerging genre.

Creem, in their September 2004 review, wrote, "The saga of the Misunderstood is one of the most unbelievable, heartbreaking, and unlikely stories in the entire history of rock."

Classic Rock's June 2010 issue stated, "The truth is that this band (the Misunderstood) were so far out on their own, so individual and innovative that you can only wonder at the set of circumstances that conspired to prevent them from becoming the iconic name that was surely their destiny."

History
The band began in 1963 as one of many garage bands formed in the US in the wake of the British Invasion. They moved to London in 1966, with the assistance of their manager, John Peel, who would later gain fame as an influential BBC Radio DJ. In the UK, they recruited Englishman Tony Hill on rhythm guitar. Hill and singer Rick Brown formed a songwriting team. Bass player Steve Whiting was also involved in developing material for the band.

The band was influenced by and often compared to the Yardbirds, and in 2004 were called "the American Yardbirds" by Rolling Stone. Distinctive features of the band's sound included the steel guitar of Glenn Ross Campbell and the innovative style of Whiting, known for his use of slide, fuzz tone and distortion.

Fontana Records introduced the band with a four-song live performance in London's Philips Studios. British media response was positive, but at this juncture it was decided that Campbell, Whiting, and Moe should sort out their UK visas and work permits, while Brown returned to California for his draft.

In London they released their second single, "I Can Take You to the Sun", before being forced to disband. They had only recorded six tracks in London.

In spite of their relatively small output, many musicians consider them to be influential pioneers of the acid style of rock music. Head Heritage in a 2006 review wrote, "The Misunderstood's material extended far beyond the reach of the period in which it was conceived. The extraordinarily advanced tracks on side one from 1966 reveal them as one of the earliest and most original probes into psychedelic rock."

John Peel
British DJ John Peel championed the Misunderstood's music throughout his entire career. Shortly before his death, in an interview with Index Magazine, Peel stated, "If I had to list the ten greatest performances I've seen in my life, one would be the Misunderstood at Pandora's Box, Hollywood, 1966. My god, they were a great band!"

Visual feedback
The Misunderstood are known for having pioneered the live light show. Campbell initially soldered a guitar jack to a car light bulb and plugged this into the extension output behind each amp. This simple idea produced visual music, as the response between the guitars and the lights plugged into the amps was identical. They first showed this feature at the Hi Ho Club in Riverside in early 1966. They also played with lights at the Marquee Club in London in mid 1966. An advanced, multicolored, large scale version of this "light show" or "visual sound" system was being planned in London when the band were forced to retire. Another feature of their visuals was getting all three guitars feeding back using different tremolo settings, thereby leaving the stage flashing with musical lights.

Later period
Glenn Ross Campbell went on to Juicy Lucy, while Tony Hill formed High Tide and recorded a solo album titled Inexactness.

In 1982, Glenn Ross Campbell and Rick Brown reunited as "Influence", and in 1983 recorded two self-penned tracks, "No Survivors" and "Queen of Madness", for UK's Rough Trade Records. They disbanded in 1985 when Campbell moved to New Zealand and Brown moved to Thailand.

Cherry Red Records (UK) released three albums of the Misunderstood's music, viz., Before the Dream Faded (BRED 32) in 1982, The Legendary Goldstar Album (CDM RED 142) in 1997, and a full album of the Misunderstood's later material under the name of The Misunderstood: Broken Road (CDM RED 147) in 1998.

In 2004, Ugly Things Records (USA) issued another full album of previously unreleased tracks named The Lost Acetates 1965–1966, that received international media coverage.

A novel: Like, Misunderstood by rock historian Mike Stax, based on his own unproduced screenplay, was published in October 2007.

Musical recognition

 * In his "Peelenium" (Greatest Songs of the 20th Century) John Peel lists the band's song, "I Can Take You to the Sun" for 1966.
 * "I Can Take You to the Sun" appears as number 6 in Record Collector's book, "100 Greatest Psychedelic Records", a list in chronological order.
 * Mojo April 2009 – "I Can See For Miles: A-Z" lists the Misunderstood for "M".
 * June 11, 2010, Classic Rock named the Misunderstood as No. 18 in their list of "Cult Heroes".

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Councilman body

In pathology, a Councilman body, also known as a Councilman hyaline body or apoptotic body, is an eosinophilic globule of apoptotic hepatocyte cell fragments. Ultimately, the fragments are taken up by macrophages or adjacent parenchymal cells. They are found in the liver of individuals suffering from acute viral hepatitis, yellow fever, and other viral syndromes.

Associated conditions
Councilman bodies were first identified in yellow fever, which characteristically shows a midzonal hepatic necrosis on biopsy. Similar inclusions are observed in other viral hemorrhagic fevers and all of the viral hepatitides. Liver biopsy of acute viral hepatitis shows panlobular lymphocytic infiltrates with ballooning hepatocytes.

Eponym
Councilman bodies are named after American pathologist William Thomas Councilman (1854–1933), who discovered them.

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User:Thomas Aquinas

I am taking a brief Wikibreak until Boxing Day. Merry Christmas!

With no offence intended to those who would seek this information, I choose to retain discretion with respect to my actual name, place of origin, etc., although my user name should indicate my Catholicism and devotion to orthodoxy. I have edited such articles as zoophilia, birth control, homosexuality and Judaism and homosexuality when I found them lacking in objectivity, supplanted with a greater inclination to liberal sympathies (for promulgation of the truth transcends neutrality in the hierarchy of intellectual virtues). Additionally, I intend to committ myself to freedom of speech for those who have been prevented from speaking due to worship of some absurd concept of "promoting all values," the very philosophy responsible for the current condition of the rapidly-declining West. This should not imply that I support the retention of articles which constitute patent absurdity, though I prefer that an article be objective to its being neutral. May God bless you, through the intercession of St. Thomas Aquinas.

To temporarily relieve the atmosphere of formality, I shall mention that my favourite secular movies are "Tommy Boy," (starring my favourite actor, Chris Farley) "Anchorman: the Legend of Ron Burgundy," and "Napoleon Dynamite," while my favourite television program is "The Simpsons." I enjoy both Talking Heads and Devo, as well as Genesis (the book of the Bible and the band), especially "Supper's Ready."

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User talk:OhNoItsColin

Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. andy 20:50, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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License to Chill

License to Chill is the twenty-fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett and was released on July 13, 2004, by Mailboat and RCA Nashville.

On this album, Buffett has many duets with noted contemporary country music artists, on country songs including "Hey, Good Lookin'" by Hank Williams. This rendition reached No. 8 on the Billboard country singles charts; another single, "Trip Around the Sun" (a duet with Martina McBride) reached No. 20. A third single, a solo version of "Piece of Work", was released in early 2005. The album features the most covers he's recorded for an album – 11 of the 16 songs are covers. It sold 238,600 copies in its first week of release according to Nielsen SoundScan and became his album to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

This is also the name of his 2004 concert tour, which included two shows at Boston's Fenway Park. In November 2005, Mailboat Records released Live at Fenway Park, a live recording of the two shows. Included was a 55-minute DVD of the show.

Personnel

 * The Coral Reefer Band
 * Jimmy Buffett – guitar
 * Robert Greenidge – steel drums, timbales
 * Doyle Grisham – pedal steel guitar
 * Roger Guth – drums
 * Mac McAnally – guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
 * Ralph MacDonald – percussion
 * Michael Utley – keyboards

 * Additional musicians
 * Al Anderson – guitar
 * Tony Brown – keyboards
 * Eric Darken – percussion
 * Stuart Duncan – fiddle
 * Will Kimbrough – guitar
 * Sonny Landreth – guitar
 * Bill Payne – keyboards
 * Buster Somar – harmonica
 * Glenn Worf – bass guitar

 * Backing Vocals:
 * Tim Bender
 * Bekka Bramlett
 * Wes Hightower
 * J. L. Jamison
 * Stan Kellam
 * Charleston Miles
 * Buddy Owen
 * Jim Photoglo
 * Mike Ramos
 * Nadirah Shakoor
 * Harry Stinson
 * Chris Walsh
 * Rachel Wilson

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Talk:The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D

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isn't the full name "The Adventures of Shark Boy & Lava Girl in 3-D" ? - Stoph 20:50, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * afaik, its available in 2d just as sk3 was. make that a redirect. SchmuckyTheCat 21:20, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * The 3D on this movie is not absolutely perfect, but the film itself is brilliant. HyperHobbes 14:04, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

mi hijo es fanatico de su pelicula, me encantaria sabes si puedo conseguir el disfraz y productos para hacerle su fiesta, --200.38.179.100 18:10, 27 January 2006 (UTC)mariana V

Title spacing
Why are spaces placed between "Shark" and "Boy" and "Lava" and "Girl?" On the box there are no spaces in their names. The IMDB page for "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D" also does not use spaces in the title. I tried to find the official website, but it seems Miramax has taken it offline. I was, however able to find the DVD version of "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D" website. It looks to me like "in 3-D" is a part of the title even though the movie is also available in 2-D. Jecowa 21:16, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

lowest grossing commercial film.

 * This is NOT Rodriguez's "lowest grossing commercial film." It made almost $40 million in the U.S and another $30 million overseas. Better then El Mariachi, Dusk Till Dawn and Desperado. Just the facts please people!

 * Why in the ever-bleeding Christ is the synopsis for this article so long? There are articles about presidents shorter than this! Kindly shorten it, no one cares enough to read a 46-page masters thesis on the wonder that is Sharkboy and Lavagirl.

 * Someone please shorten the article, I agree with the user above, it was WAY too long. It looks like it was lifted off of a fan site or something. Sabishii Kouen 02:37, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

 * I care. It was a beutifully-written summary, although not appropriate for Wikipedia, I do agree. I tried to shorten it, see below. Peace, --RainbowWerewolf (talk) 16:53, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

 * This article needs some major clean-up. I don't know enough about the movie to do it myself but someone put "Cheese is good" in the title. --24.215.185.45 (talk) 03:53, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Bad section
It looks like the "Disney Channel Preimere [sic]" section needs a little cleanup. 67.163.184.160 15:23, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 01:55, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Plot summary
I tried to create a shorter plot summary by combining the work of a bunch of different editors (my own contributions, the really long summary, and the shorter one that appeared after the long one was removed)(I also did something similar for the story paragraph up top). I tried really hard to combine and preserve these different visions by carefully choosing what to use and where... so it would be lovely if we could discuss changes here! Of course, this is Wikipedia, you're welcome to edit it and delete it as you deem appropiate. --RainbowWerewolf (talk) 16:53, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Whoops! It is still quite long, I didn't realize... I'm already working on shortening it by removing events which are less relevent to the plot, feel free to help.--RainbowWerewolf (talk) 06:10, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

We need to work together to shorten the plot summary, it's gotten longer again. I do not mean to offend, but I'd like to suggest to those who have been lengthening it that you continue making the plot summary more eloquent yet at the same time shorter. No matter how beautiful and complete it may be, other Wikipedians won't respect it if it's really long! Some of the information in the plot summary could perhaps be put in other sections, maybe in a cast/character section, hopefully with references establishing the notability of that information so that others don't remove it. I don't know where all of Mr. Electric's puns would fit into the article, but I'd be open to suggestions. Let's make Sharkboy and Lavagirl a featured article! --RainbowWerewolf (talk) 03:10, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Characters
I would like to propose that we take some stuff from the way-too-long plot, the cast list, and some of the tidbits of casting information and combine it all into a new section called "Cast and Characters" or something like that (this directly follows the example of several featured articles for somewhat similar films). Here's a preview of what I had in mind:

 * Taylor Lautner as Sharkboy. He is a superhero dreamt up by Max. He was separated from his father (a marine biologist) in a storm when his floating laboratory was destroyed. He was then raised by sharks and posesses many of their abilities. Lautner's martial arts skills helped him to get the role of Sharkboy. "When I auditioned for the film, Robert Rodriguez, the director, didn't know that I had my martial arts [background], and while we there in Austin, TX he saw a DVD of me and asked me to choreograph my own fight scenes," said Lautner.[1] (reference)

 * Taylor Dooley plays Lavagirl, another creation of Max. Her origins are unknown; indeed, she is uncertain of her own identity/purpose throughout much of the film. (Followed by referenced info about casting and the creation of the character.)

And for minor characters such as Max's parents:

 * David Arquette and Kristin Davis as Max's Father and Mother respectively. His Father is an unemployed writer. Although they mean well for Max, they are on the brink of a divorce and thus unable to settle his troubles. (Then, in the plot summary, we could simply introduce them as "Max's arguing parents".)

I think this this would be an elegant way to solve some of this article's problems but it's certainly not the only way. However, if nobody responds to this post, I might just try this out in the article... you guys can always revert my edit if you don't like it. Peace, --RainbowWerewolf (talk) 15:49, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Spy Kids 4
I've never heard of this movie being called that before, so I'm worried it might be a bit misleading.--RainbowWerewolf (talk) 15:18, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, seriously - who added that anyway? I'm removing it. Noone (talk) 01:59, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Sequel?
The page states there will be a Sharkboy and Lavagirl 2... but no more info is given. Is this actually true? 68.210.227.120 (talk) 05:32, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Doesn't make sense
The top says:
 * The film performed well at the box office, and won praise from critics.

The Reception part says:
 * he Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D was widely panned by critics, with a 20% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and performed poorly at the box office, grossing $39 million. No

The movie can't both perform well and win praise, and then perform poorly and be panned... someone here is lying and I don't know who. That "no" in the end of the second one is there too, don't know what that means 24.91.72.168 (talk) 05:45, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

????
Okay, just pointing something out here guys. At the beginning of the article it states that it scored well at the box office and received positive reviews while the reception says the complete opposite. Somebody could check this out maybe? Me lazy... Kausill (Talk) (Contribs) 12:00, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
 * There I fixed it somewhat. I realized the intro had plot and reception, instead of them being under "plot" and "reception".  Don't know exactly what the rules are, but I felt that having a small synopsis/plot outside its' section undermines the purpose of structure and style wiki movie pages have.  If that's incorrect and someone feels like they should put it back, at least correct the reception, which I've checked.  The movie was received poorly by critics and did poorly at the box office, as shown by the sources at reception. I hope I didn't step on anybodies toes. 24.91.72.168 (talk) 03:57, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

list of formats released in needs to be added, e.g. bluray
this movie and all others and wikipedia should always list the FORMATS it was released in. I know its released on dvd and bluray, but im trying to find out if its also been released in a anaglypic 3d version in either format? this information never seems to be available on wikipedia but it needs to be. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.160.131.17 (talk) 15:06, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Sequel note
It said on some website that there was going to be a sequel called The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl 2: The Attack of the Daydreamers. It is said to be airing in theatres in July 2012. Shouldn't there be a note about it?Peta8 (talk) 22:49, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment: The only reference to this, from a Google search, links to an website which was blocked as malware. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Laboris Dulcedo (talk • contribs) 16:20, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Don't get the addition of this person in infobox
User FanGirl2003 keeps adding an actor to the infobox who doesn't appear on the poster.. This contravenes the infobox instructions at Template:Infobox film, which states, "starring: Insert the names of the actors as they are listed in the billing block of the poster for the film's original theatrical release." I've informed her of the guideline, but no response. Who is this additional person and why are they being added to the starring parameter? Cyphoidbomb (talk) 07:13, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

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the # 16 footnote does NOT lead to anything about any ruling or money Sharkboy got from his lawsuit against the Sharkboy movie
That footnote or link is to some OTHER lawsuit case from years later against toys that were made that he claimed were stealing his trademark. One would think someone would've have already checked that link .96.233.52.166 (talk) 13:55, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

try
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Misinformation
Recent edits made to this page are full of demonstrably wrong information; to comply with the 3RR, I'm opening this topic so other users can weigh in.

To name a few mistakes: The Ice Princess (not "Bewitched") was played by Sasha Pieterse, which can easily be verified in her WP entry or the corresponding IMDB page.

We Can Be Heroes was released in 2020 on Netflix, not 2007 Hallmark Channel.

Robert Rodríguez voiced the shark, not Guillermo del Toro (again, easily verifiable).

I could go on, but you get the point. Envysan (talk) 05:14, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

Home media
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl was released on DVD on September 20, 2005, then re-released on April 26, 2011. It was later released on Blu-ray on November 8, 2011. The film was re-released on DVD and Blu-ray on September 22, 2020 by Paramount Home Entertainment.
 * --XSMan2016 (talk) 23:42, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

Love a girl
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Book of Exalted Deeds

The Book of Exalted Deeds is an optional sourcebook for the 3.0 edition of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game published by Wizards of the Coast (WotC) in 2003. It provides supplementary game material for campaigns involving characters of good alignment. Within the game, there is also a powerful magical artifact of the same name.

Contents
The Book of Exalted Deeds was designed to be a counterpoint to the previously published Book of Vile Darkness, and offered new rules for good occurrences, acts, and characters in the game.

Chapter summary

 * 1) The Nature of Good: This defines how good is seen in the Dungeons & Dragons setting, as well as how good-aligned characters of different alignments act in relation to the world around them.
 * 2) Variant Rules: This simply adds additional rules for a campaign featuring good-aligned characters that allows such characters to become exalted characters.
 * 3) Exalted Equipment: This talks about the weapons (sometimes special) used by exalted characters.
 * 4) Feats: This chapter includes several new feats, the vast majority of which are exalted feats, meant specifically for good-aligned characters and usable only by such.
 * 5) Prestige Classes: This chapter introduces prestige classes appropriate for an exalted campaign.
 * 6) Magic: This chapter provides spells almost exclusively for good characters, as well as magical items, weapon and armor enhancements, and artifacts appropriate to such a campaign.
 * 7) Celestial Paragons: This chapter discusses (and provides NPC stat blocks for) celestial paragons, rulers of the Upper planes so overwhelmingly powerful that they are revered as a god would be, even on the Material Plane.  It also discusses the Upper Planes to an extent.
 * 8) Monsters: This chapter contains good-aligned monsters, featuring the Deathless type, as well as templates to create customized monsters.

Mature content
Wizards of the Coast had published the controversial Book of Vile Darkness in 2002, a game supplement that explored evil themes and raised the ire of some with its "Mature Content" sticker, sexualized imagery and graphic details. The following year, WotC released the Book of Exalted Deeds, also with a "Mature Content" warning.

The Book of Exalted Deeds was the flip side of the Book of Vile Darkness  and dealt with "the extreme elements of the good alignment". It included "ethical questions that most players might not be comfortable with including in their game" and "also dealt with aspects of real-world religion and tried to use them in the context of Dungeons & Dragons, such as stigmata".

Authors
The book was written by James Wyatt, Darrin Drader and Christopher Perkins, with cover art by Henry Higginbotham, and interior art by Tom Baxa, Steve Belladin, Matt Cavotta, Brent Chumley, Rebecca Guay-Mitchell, Jeremy Jarvis, Doug Kovacs, Ginger Kubic, David Martin, Mark Nelson, Wayne Reynolds, Ron Spencer, Arnie Swekel, and Ben Thompson.

The Book of Exalted Deeds artifact
Not to be confused with the WotC book, Gary Gygax described a powerful magical artifact of the same name in the original Dungeon Master's Guide in 1979. The original item raised the Wisdom ability score of good clerics who spent a week reading it, and also granted them a new level of experience. The artifact has subsequently appeared in every new edition of D&D, although with varying powers.

Reception

 * While reviewer Alex DeMorris thought that the book had some "great new material", he noted that the new "paragon" class of creatures lacked any obvious motive or purpose, saying, "Their descriptions come across more as creature statistics than a character portrait. Without goals, it may be hard for a DM to use them as anything other than stage dressing when the player characters start traveling the planes." DeMorris concluded that the book had "some rough spots that could have been better developed", and that it was "a good book, but not a great one."
 * Reviewer Merric Blackman thought there was good material in the book, particularly about the nature of good, variant rules for good characters, new feats and prestige classes. He was less enthused about new equipment, new magic spells and new monsters. Blackman thought this was a stronger book than Book of Vile Darkness due to the inclusion of more usable material, but he warned that it "may not integrate well into your established D&D cosmology." He also noted the "tendency towards powerful abilities that may not be properly balanced by the role-playing restrictions. This is not a book for the novice Dungeon Master!" Nevertheless, he concluded that he did like the book, and found it "inspiring".
 * The review site Game Monkeys Magazine liked the tangible theme of the book, and found the artwork "fair to good with no real stand out pieces." It also found the new feats, prestige classes and spells "solid additions to the game." It concluded by giving the book an average rating of 3.5 out of 5, saying "All in all, for those who like to play the extremely valiant character, the Book of Exalted Deeds is a solid addition to your primary sourcebook", but added "That is unfortunately only useful if you're playing the gaming equivalent of Mother Theresa."

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lynda Wagner

 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 - deleted - SimonP 20:13, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)

Lynda Wagner
Unencyclopedic Atomiktoaster 20:51, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete I don't think losing for mayor of Nashville makes her that notable. Only four google hits --Etacar11 22:45, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. An unsuccessful mayoral candidate is generally too minor for an article. --Carnildo 23:51, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep . If it's NPOV and verifable, then there should not be an issue. She's notable in Nashville. Ground Zero 18:52, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I've just checked the article out, and reconsidered. I still contend that she is notable, and therefore worthy of an encyclopedia article, but this isn't it. If someone can write a decent article by the end of the week, then keep that. If not, it should go. Ground Zero 18:54, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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