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 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was Delete Zzyzx11 (Talk) 04:54, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Da Vinci Code Paintings
AFAICT, this violates the WP:NOR policy. Alphax τεχ 09:43, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * That book was pretty good, but seems to have caused nightmares for Wiki editors by claiming to be rooted in fact. Orignal Research - Delete - --JiFish(Talk/Contrib)

 * Gibberings. Delete. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 13:24, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Abstain for now. I've never read the Damned Thing.  Are the paintings in fact discussed in the book?  If so, it isn't "original research," the paintings discussed surely are notable, and a properly wikified page reporting Brown's speculations about them would be arguably more meritorious than 99% of the other fancruft I still would happily keep. -- Smerdis of Tlön 13:39, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - this article isn't so much about the paintings or even just reporting Brown's speculations, but is instead an attempt to evaluate whether or not those speculations were correct. Therefore, it is original research.  A list of the paintings referenced in the book and synopses of Brown's speculations would belong in the The Da Vinci Code article, but the content of this page is most certainly not encyclopedic. -- Jonel 14:57, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete pure speculation. I've deleted it before during an RC patrol last night as a recreation of deleted material. Let it run it's course this time, so we can show the creator the concencus. An article discussing Brown's speculations about the paintings belongs in The Da Vinci Code and has merit. This hasn't. Mgm|(talk) 16:48, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. If someone wanted to produce a List of artwork in The Da Vinci Code (or create same as a section within The Da Vinci Code) that would likely be acceptable.  Original research about claims in a work of fiction isn't. --TenOfAllTrades (talk/contrib) 19:38, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete original research. JamesBurns 11:04, 2 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.


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Linyi

Linyi is a prefecture-level city in the south of Shandong province, China. As of 2011, Linyi is the largest prefecture-level city in Shandong, both by area and population, Linyi borders Rizhao to the east, Weifang to the northeast, Zibo to the north, Tai'an to the northwest, Jining to the west, Zaozhuang to the southwest, and the province of Jiangsu to the south. The name of the city Linyi (临沂) literally means "close to the Yi River".

Linyi City, referred to as Yi, the ancient name of Langya, Yizhou. It is located in the transition zone between Shandong hilly Yimeng Mountain area and Yishu River alluvial plain, and the terrain is high in the north and low in the south. The three major mountain ranges of Yishan, Mengshan and Nishan are distributed in the north, with hills in the center and plains in the south. The Yi River, Shu River and Surabaya River all originate from the Yimeng Mountains and flow into the East China Sea. The municipal government is located at No.17 Beijing Road, Lanshan District. Linyi is one of the third batch of National Civilized Cities, China's Outstanding Tourist Cities, China's Garden Cities, China's Hygienic Cities, China's Model Environmental Protection Cities and National Forest Cities.

The city recently expanded along the Yi River to Nanfang, now called the Beicheng New Area, under the slogan "Grand Linyi, Beautiful Linyi, New Linyi". Multiple recreational parks were built, along with new school campuses etc. The development is a consequence of a series of governmental projects, including relocate the city government, which is expected to stimulate the economy.

The population was 11,018,365 at the 2010 Chinese census ,The population was 10,993,100 at the 2020 Chinese census, of which 3,651,868 lived in the built-up area made up of Lanshan District, Luozhuang District and Hedong District, as well as Linyi National Hi-Tech Zone.

Administration
The prefecture-level city of Linyi administers 12 county-level divisions, including three districts and nine counties.

Linyi is divided into three districts and nine counties, namely Lanshan District, Nanfang District, Luozhuang District, Yinan County, Tancheng County, Yishui County, Lanling County, Feixian County, Pingyi County, Junan County, Mengyin County and Linshu County.

History
Linyi has a history of 2400 years. It is home to many historical figures, notably Zhuge Liang and Wang Xizhi. In 1972, the Sun Tzu's Art of War was first discovered here, along with other classics on hand written bamboo slips. Sun Tzu's Art of War is currently in display at Shandong Provincial museum. On July 25, 1668, an earthquake that had an estimated magnitude of 8.5, occurred just northeast of Linyi, making it the largest historical earthquake in Eastern China, and one of the largest in the world on land. In Linyi, no house was left standing, and black water was said to emerge from ground fissures that opened up after the earthquake. In the spring of 1938, during the Second Sino-Japanese War, the city was the scene of fierce fighting between Chinese and Japanese troops. The civilians were encouraged by army victory in the Battle of Tai'erzhuang, which was nearby, defended Linyi fiercely, but Japanese soldiers breached the walls on April 19, 1938. The defenders withdrew the next day to another contested area 49 kilometers away.

In 1946, during the Chinese Civil War, the CPC Directorate General of Shandong Wartime Posts was moved from the Yimeng Mountains to Linyi and renamed the Shandong Provincial Postal Administration.

Modern developments
After the People's Republic of China was founded in October 1949, the administrative division was adjusted.

In 2005, Linyi drew international attention as a center of human rights abuses related to the enforcement of China's controversial family planning policies. Following widespread allegations of violence and coercion in excess of Chinese law, local human rights defender Chen Guangcheng filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of the victims. The local Chinese courts refused to hear the case and imprisoned Chen Guangcheng on charges of fomenting state resistance. Due in part to the severity and scope of these abuses Linyi has been used by activists to criticize China's violation of women's rights.

Geography
Linyi is in the south of Shandong province, not far from the ports of Rizhao, Lanshan District, Rizhao and Lianyungang. It is along the G2 Beijing–Shanghai Expressway as well as the Eurasian Land Bridge. The urban area lies on mostly flat land that gives way to more rugged terrain in the west and northwest of the city's administrative area, which covers 17,184 km².

Climate
Linyi has a monsoon-influenced climate with generous summer precipitation, cold, dry winters, and hot, humid summers. Under the Köppen climate classification, it is in the transition from the humid subtropical zone (Cwa) to the humid continental zone (Dwa), though favouring the former. More than half of the annual precipitation of 833 mm falls in July and August alone, and the frost-free period is above 200 days.

Economy
Linyi's economy is based around its wholesale markets. The Linyi Wholesale City is ranked 3rd in its category in China with an annual trade volume of 40 billion RMB (~US$5 billion). The Linyi prefecture has developed more than 1,500 specialized villages, over 80 specialized towns and nearly 800 industrialized agricultural enterprises.

In 2014 the prefecture's GDP was 369 billion RMB. Main industrial products are: textiles, foodstuffs, machinery, electronics, chemicals, building materials, coal, medicines, gold and porcelain. Machinery is exported to Europe, the Americas and south-east Asia. Linyi prefecture has an annual capacity of three million tons of compound fertilizers.

The city is served by Linyi Qiyang Airport.

Notable people

 * Xunzi (312–230 BCE), philosopher
 * Wang Xiang (185–269), Eastern Han Dynasty politician, famous for his fillial piety
 * Wang Xizhi (303–361), Eastern Jin Dynasty calligrapher
 * Zhuge Liang (181–234), statesman and strategist
 * He Chengtian (370–447), astronomer, calendarist and mathematician
 * Gui Guzi, military strategist, teacher of renowned Warring States generals Sun Bin and Pang Juan
 * Zuo Baogui (1837–1894), general of the Qing Dynasty
 * Xue Qikun (1963), physicist specializing in condensed matter physics

Demographics
According to the seventh national census in 2020, the city's resident population was 11,018,400, accounting for 10.85% of the province's population, ranking first in the province. The sex ratio of the population is 104.66%, and the proportion of elderly people aged 65 and above is 14.12%. Compared with the Sixth National Census, there was an increase of 979,000 people in ten years, an increase of 9.75%, with an average annual growth rate of 0.93%, which is higher than that of the whole province and the whole country by 0.4 and 0.35 percentage points respectively. There are 3.9 million family households and 10.666 million people living in the city. The city's resident population in the municipal districts was 3.652 million, accounting for 33.14% of the city's resident population, an increase of 5.8 percentage points from 2010, while the resident population in the nine counties was 7.366 million, accounting for 66.86% of the city's resident population. The male population was 5.634 million, accounting for 51.14%; the female population was 5.384 million, accounting for 48.86%. The sex ratio of the population was 104.66, 0.41 percentage points lower than that of the whole country, and 1.28 percentage points higher than that of 2010. 2.585 million people, or 23.46%, were aged 0-14; 6.27 million, or 56.91%, were aged 15-59; and 2.163 million, or 19.63%, were aged 60 and above, with 1.555 million, or 14.6%, being aged 65 and above. The population aged 65 and above was 1.555 million, accounting for 14.12%. Compared with 2010, the proportion of the population aged 0-14 years rose by 5.33 percentage points, 5.51 and 4.68 percentage points above the national and provincial averages, while the proportion of the population aged 15-59 years fell by 10.61 percentage points.

Ethnic groups
There are 53 ethnic groups in Linyi, mainly Han Chinese, with 10,608,800 people, accounting for 99.45% of the resident population; 52 ethnic minorities, with a population of 58,300 people, accounting for 0.55% of the resident population, with the Hui ethnic group being the most numerous, with 46,800 people, accounting for 0.44% of the resident population, and other ethnic minorities, with 11,500 people, accounting for 0.11% of the resident population.

Medical care
As of 2022, there are 5 more well-known hospitals in Linyi.

 * Linyi People's Hospital（Linyi First People's Hospital）：Formerly known as the American Church Hospital, it was founded in 1891. It is one of the first three provincial-level regional medical centers in Shandong Province, as well as the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University, the Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, the National Postdoctoral Research Station, the National Standardized Training Base for Residents, the National Advanced Stroke Prevention and Treatment Base, and the National Training Base for Clinical Pharmacists.

 * Linyi City Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine：Located at No.211 Jiefang Road, Lanshan District, Linyi City, Shandong Province, Linyi City Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCMH) was founded in 1976, covering an area of 78 acres, with a total construction area of 133,000 square meters, it is a Chinese tertiary TCM hospital integrating medical treatment, emergency treatment, rehabilitation, scientific research, teaching and technical guidance.

 * Linyi Maternal and Child Health Center：Formerly known as Linyi Children's Hospital, it was founded in 1986.

 * Linyi Second People's Hospital：Linyi Yishui Central Hospital, founded in February 1945, is a municipal institution in Linyi, also known as Linyi Second People's Hospital.

 * Linyi Cancer Hospital：Formerly known as the Tumor Ward of Linyi Regional People's Hospital, it became independent as Linyi Regional Tumor Institute in 1972.

Cultural attractions
Linyi's focal point is the People's Square (Renmin Guangchang). It was built in the early 1990s on the site of an old army barracks. It is about 500 m east-west, and about 300 m north-south. Underneath it is a shopping centre and entertainment facilities.

Just north of the city centre is a park dedicated to Wang Xizhi, the former residence of Wang Xizhi. The former residence of Wang Xizhi is the birthplace of the great calligrapher Wang Xizhi. For a small entrance fee tourists can enjoy a pleasant walk and try Chinese calligraphy.

Near the center of Linyi city is a museum which houses some original bamboo strips from the Warring States period. One of the pocket parks in Lanshan District, Linyi City, Shandong Province: Langya Garden, located on the east side of South Road at the intersection of Linxi 11th Road and Blossom River South Street, which covers an area of about 957 square meters.

Linyi Water Rhythm Langya is a water recreation attraction completed in September 2022.It covers an area of more than 20,000 square feet.

Linyi New Langya Nocturnal City is a commercial and cultural street to be built in Linyi around 2022. With performances and ancient buildings inside, every part of this place is a landmark in Linyi.

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Talk:National American University

NPOV
The article seems to be advertising for the organization. It is worded very positive (not NPOV) and contains language that, in my opinion, is very typical for advertising, for example: [...] committed to building a learning partnership [...], [...] provides quality career and professional [...] and [...] offers educational programs which are responsive to the career interests [...]. Since I do not know enough about this organization and am currently very busy with little time, I would please ask the original contributors to review and edit the article. Thank you very much! --capnez 09:49, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Well, the article has been changed and, in its current revision, is no longer POV as I see it. It is still a stub, but I think we can leave it with this (and, of course, hopefully develop it :-).
 * --capnez 21:55, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

 * The jingle thing seems like POV/advertising to me. I tag thia article for NPOV cleanup Riadlem 07:06, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

 * I've made some minor additions. Someone was kind enough to add it to the list of for-profit colleges that I've created/populated, and I've also added to the cat I nurse as a hobby.  From personal experience (I monitor about 50 of these articles on my watchlist), for-profit schools often have employees or paid PR people to come in and create articles.  I've seen some really blatant edits where every campus has it's own external link, every degree offered is listed, some of it just amazing... The real fights tend to be at the largest of them: DeVry, ITT, U. of Phoenix.  That's why the Wikigods invented rv ;-) --Bobak 00:55, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

National American University ripoff
I signed up for 2 classes online and managed to be online for about 1 hr and 43 minutes. I was online that long because of all the trouble I was having getting logged in, trying to work around all the bad links on their site, and figuring out their archaic system. I never got 1 minute of instruction from them. I dropped the classes because of all the trouble I was having with their system of bad links. Still, after paying what was told by them was a balance I owed of about $145.00 they sent me a bill of $509.00 that they said I still owed. I must pay it even though I received not 1 minute of education. If you're thinking of attending this "university", I would think again. They are very expensive and are only after your money without concern about if you get an education. BEWARE!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.73.64.163 (talk) 00:12, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

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Sylvia Scarlett

Sylvia Scarlett is a 1935 American romantic comedy film starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, based on The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett, a 1918 novel by Compton MacKenzie. Directed by George Cukor, it was notorious as one of the most famous unsuccessful movies of the 1930s. Hepburn plays the title role of Sylvia Scarlett, a female con artist masquerading as a boy to escape the police. The success of the subterfuge is in large part due to the transformation of Hepburn by RKO makeup artist Mel Berns.

This film was the first pairing of Grant and Hepburn, who later starred together in Bringing Up Baby (1938), Holiday (1938), and The Philadelphia Story (1940).

Grant's performance as a dashing rogue sees him incorporate a Cockney accent and remains widely considered the first time Grant's famous personality began to register on film. (Grant used the Cockney accent in only a few other films, notably 1939's Gunga Din, 1943's Mr. Lucky and Clifford Odets's None but the Lonely Heart in 1944.) Cockney was not, however, Cary Grant's original accent. He was born and grew up in Bristol, which has a very different accent from that of London, where he only spent part of two years in his mid-teens working with a Vaudeville troupe. In the U.S., by sixteen, he began to attempt to sound more American to broaden the range of theatre roles for which he could be cast a decade before he ever appeared in a Hollywood "talkie".

Plot
Somewhere in France, Henry Scarlett and his daughter, Sylvia, are mourning the death of Sylvia's mother. Henry whines that he has gambling debts and must leave the country. Sylvia reveals that her mother left her a little money and offers to give it to him. Henry wants to escape on his own and not arouse suspicion by traveling with a young girl, so Sylvia insists that she go along and decides to pose as a boy for safety and practicality. Henry also plans to smuggle yards of lace into England to avoid paying import duty and then sell it on the black market. Most likely, Henry stole the lace from the factory where he was a bookkeeper for 20 years, along with funds from the company that he used for gambling.

On the channel ferry to London, they meet a "gentleman adventurer," Jimmy Monkley and Henry soon explains his smuggling plan over drinks. Monkley exposes Henry's plan to customs officials, who take him in for interrogation. Later, Henry meets Sylvia/Sylvester on the dock and they race for the train. After settling into a car, which coincidentally contains Monkley, he confesses he is a smuggler, too, and he told the customs police about Henry to avoid being searched himself. The trio join up and try unsuccessfully to run con games together. During a planned ruse to steal pearls from a society household, Sylvia/Sylvester drunkenly exposes their plan to the house maid, Maudie, who decides to join them as they travel to "the seaside."

Posing as a traveling troupe of entertainers, they perform for a rowdy local crowd but one of the hecklers, a roguish artist named Michael Fane, catches the interest of Sylvia who decides to reveal her true identity. She is rejected when his former girlfriend, Lily Levitsky, returns and they taunt her for being childish. Later that night, during a wild storm, Henry runs out of the caravan after Maudie, who he thinks has run off with another man. In the morning, Sylvia and Monk find Henry's body on the rocks below near the beach. They decide to take up together when Sylvia hears a woman screaming from the ocean below. Sylvia rescues the woman, who turns out to be Lily. Sylvia hopes to reunite the couple and fetches Michael, but when they return, the caravan is gone.

On their search, Michael and Sylvia spend a night in jail for speeding, then take the train to Paris where they discover Lily and Monk. Instead of confronting their former partners, Michael and Sylvia share their feelings toward each other and they leave the train together.

Reception
After a disastrous test screening, Cukor and Hepburn reportedly begged producer Pandro Berman to shelve the picture if they agreed to make their next film for free. According to RKO records, the film lost a whopping $363,000, and thus began a downturn in Hepburn's career (causing her to be branded "box office poison") from which she would eventually recover.

In a review published two days before his death, Andre Sennwald of the New York Times wrote "With what accuracy Compton Mackenzie's novel has been transferred to the screen this deponent knoweth not. But the film has a sprawling, confused and unaccented way of telling its story that might easily be the result of too literal a dramatization of just that sprawling kind of book." Variety wrote "Despite good production values and some strong performances, 'Sylvia Scarlett' is not a reliable candidate for public favor. The story is hard to get. It is puzzling in its tangents and sudden jumps plus the almost poetic lines that are given to Miss Hepburn. At moments the film skirts the border of absurdity and considerable of its mid-section is downright boresome." The review added that "Cary Grant, doing a petty English crook with a Soho accent, practically steals the picture."

Harrison's Reports stated "The material in the two novels, from which this story was supposedly taken, could have made an outstanding picture. But it was altered radically and was weakened, with the result that it has made an uninteresting comedy. The story is far-fetched and somewhat unpleasant. And the fact that Miss Hepburn goes through most of the picture in male attire may disappoint her followers." John Mosher of The New Yorker was positive and found that despite Hepburn's difficult role, the picture was "charming, sparkling with the feeling that Compton Mackenzie gave his novel of romantic vagrants. Indeed, it is that part of the film with Hepburn in breeches that is best. When at last she puts on skirts and is a girl again, and a girl in love, she is more like most of the movie heroines we have known, and the fantasy fades out in an almost perfunctory happy ending." The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote "A very entertaining film. Parts of the story are a trifle illogical but the direction, acting and some very delightful photography make it seem almost possible."

A Turner Classic Movies article suggested that the film's themes of sexual politics were ahead of its time and that the film's reception has improved over the years. In 1998, Jonathan Rosenbaum of the Chicago Reader included the film in his unranked list of the best American films not included on the AFI Top 100.

The film is mostly known for its queer elements, with Hepburn's character continuing to do drag even after it is not necessary anymore for the character, which "confused and disconcerted in equal measures." It is considered that the sexual ambiguities and gender misunderstandings of the films were too daring for the time period, which made the audiences fail to see the humor in cross-dressing and mistaken identity. It also resulted in movie audiences walking away from the movie, especially since it was insinuated or shown that both male and female characters were attracted to Hepburn's character, in and out of drag. While in drag, Sylvia is kissed by a woman, and Monkley comments that he'd made "a proper hot water bottle" when they are changing to go to sleep. At the same time, Fane shows more interest in Sylvia while in drag, and losing it after she revealed she is a woman.

Some have argued that "Gender as a separate concept from sexuality or physical sex wouldn’t come about for another twenty years, so audiences had no context for Sylvia’s odd apparel" throughout the movie. Nevertheless, the film is considered one of the few of the Golden Age of Hollywood to represent queerness respectfully. It is now seen as "a monument to the sapphic impression Hepburn left in Hollywood", with the film implying "that Sylvia might stay as Sylvester forever," even as she enters a relationship with a man. Some, on the other hand, have considered that "these deliciously cheeky invitations are met with sexual panic and a predictable retreat into befrocked femininity."

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Samuel Colman

Samuel Colman (March 4, 1832 – March 26, 1920) was an American painter, interior designer, and writer, probably best remembered for his paintings of the Hudson River.

Life and career
Born in Portland, Maine, Colman moved to New York City with his family as a child. His father opened a bookstore, attracting a literate clientele that may have influenced Colman's artistic development. He is believed to have studied briefly under the Hudson River School painter Asher Durand, and he exhibited his first work at the National Academy of Design in 1850. By 1854 he had opened his own New York City studio. The following year he was elected an associate member of the National Academy, with full membership bestowed in 1862.

His landscape paintings in the 1850s and 1860s were influenced by the Hudson River School, an example being Meadows and Wildflowers at Conway (1856) now in the collection of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College. He was also able to paint in a romantic style, which had become more fashionable after the Civil War. One of his best-known works, and one of the iconic images of Hudson River School art, is his Storm King on the Hudson (1866), now in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC.

In the 1860s, Colman lived in Irvington, New York, where he made a number of paintings featuring the countryside around the village. Louis Comfort Tiffany, inventor of Tiffany glass, studied with Colman when he lived there.

Colman was an inveterate traveler, and many of his works depict scenes from foreign cities and ports. He made his first trip abroad to France and Spain in 1860–1861, and returned for a more extensive four-year European tour in the early 1870s in which he spent much time in Mediterranean locales. Colman often depicted the architectural features he encountered on his travels: cityscapes, castles, bridges, arches, and aqueducts feature prominently in his paintings of foreign scenes. In 1870 and again in the 1880s he journeyed to the western United States, painting western landscapes comparable in scope and style to those of Thomas Moran.

In the aftermath of the Civil War, watercolor painting became more popular. In 1866, Colman was one of the founders of the American Watercolor Society, and he became its first president from 1867 to 1871. Colman also became skilled at the medium of etching. He was an early member of the New York Etching Club, and published popular etchings depicting European scenes.

Colman's artistic activities became even more diverse late in life. By the 1880s he worked extensively as an interior designer, collaborating with his friend Louis Comfort Tiffany on the design of Samuel Clemens' Hartford home, and later on the Fifth Avenue home of Henry and Louisine Havemeyer. He also became a major collector of Asian decorative objects, and wrote two books on geometry and art, one of which was entitled Nature's Harmonic Unity, the other which was entitled Proportional Form.

Colman died in New York City in 1920. He was interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York.

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Talk:Akazukin Chacha

Spelling
Is it spelled Akazukin Chacha, Akazukin Cha Cha, or Akazukin ChaCha? I've seen it spelled all three ways when Googling for "Akazukin". Personally I always thought it was "Cha Cha". Anyway, I made the other variations redirect to this article. TheCoffee 09:53, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Chacha is her given name isn't it? Also, I don't think this article is a stub anymore. Seems pretty in depth to me. - Squilibob 12:09, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 1: Yes, it is. I've heard that Akazukin translates roughly to Red Riding Hood, probably having something to do with the Children's story. 2: You're right. Changed. --Lx45803 09:14, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Criticism Section
The criticism section is unnecessary. Obviously the English dubbers decided to forego direct translations in favor of keeping with the "spirit" of the anime (eg. "Beauty Serene Arrow" makes absolutely no sense and would leave English speakers scratching their heads in confusion, hence the renaming to "Magical Selene Arrow" in English version). The use of the term "mispronunciation" also doesn't make any sense. 208.120.20.100 (talk) 06:17, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Death Note shout out
Is that Death Note section really necessary? Wouldn't it be better to list that under DN's trivia section instead of cluttering this page? WickedKnightAlbel (talk) 06:58, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

 * Actually, no: it's a bit of information demonstrating the influence of this series. As such, I've edited that bit into a stub of a "Reception and influences" section. —Quasirandom (talk) 20:44, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Expansions
Most of the sections I've marked for expansion, there's information in the ja-wiki article which could (and should) be fruitfully translated. Also, the ANN episode list checks out against the ja-wiki list and other sites in Japanese, so can be taken as a reliable source of something to be ported into the Japanese episode list template. Ditto ANN's OVA list. Also, it'd be good if we could find some official sites, for both manga and anime, instead of relying on fansites. —Quasirandom (talk) 16:38, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Saint Magical Review (the anime's soundtrack)
It consists of 4 Volumes (CDs). No mention of this in the article?

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Mount Lofty Ranges

The Mount Lofty Ranges are a range of mountains in the Australian state of South Australia which for a small part of its length borders the east of Adelaide. The part of the range in the vicinity of Adelaide is called the Adelaide Hills and defines the eastern border of the Adelaide Plains.

Location and description
The Mount Lofty Ranges stretch from the southernmost point of the Fleurieu Peninsula at Cape Jervis northwards for over 300 km before petering out north of Peterborough. In the vicinity of Adelaide, they separate the Adelaide Plains from the extensive plains that surround the Murray River and stretch eastwards to Victoria.

The Heysen Trail traverses almost the entire length of the ranges, crossing westwards to the Flinders Ranges near Hallett.

The mountains have a Mediterranean climate with moderate rainfall brought by south-westerly winds, hot summers and cool winters. The southern ranges are wetter (with 900 mm of rain per year) than the northern ranges (400 mm).

Southern ranges
The part of the ranges south of and including the Barossa Valley are commonly known as the South Mount Lofty Ranges, and the highest part of this section is the summit of Mount Lofty (710 m). The part of the ranges nearest Adelaide is called the Adelaide Hills and, further north, the Barossa Range.

The ranges encompass a wide variety of land usage, including significant residential development, particularly concentrated in the foothills, suburbs of Stirling and Bridgewater, and the towns Mount Barker and Victor Harbor in particular. Several pine plantation forests exist, most significantly around Mount Crawford and Cudlee Creek in the north and Kuitpo Forest and Second Valley in the south. Several protected areas exist near Adelaide where the hills face the city in order to preserve highly sought-after residential land: Black Hill Conservation Park, Cleland National Park and Belair National Park are the largest. The other significant parks in the southern ranges are Deep Creek National Park, on the rugged southern shores of the Fleurieu Peninsula, and Para Wirra Conservation Park at the southern edge of the Barossa Valley.

There are many wineries in the ranges. Two wine regions in particular are world-renowned: the Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale. Grapes are also grown in the Adelaide Hills and the Onkaparinga Valley.

Although no major mines operate in the southern ranges today, there are several large disused ones, and a myriad of small ones. An iron sulfide mine at Brukunga, northeast of Mount Barker, operated from 1955 to 1972, proving a valuable source for the production of superphosphate fertilisers vital for the postwar development of the State's outlying agricultural areas. The runoff from the mine unfortunately proved quite toxic for the local environment, and efforts have been underway since to alleviate the damage.

A small short-lived silver and lead mine in the foothills of the ranges at Glen Osmond was first opened just two years after the founding of the State in 1836: it is significant for being not only the first metal mine in the history of the State, but the first in all Australia. South Australia never experienced a nineteenth-century gold rush like those interstate, but gold was mined near both Echunga and Williamstown (in the Barossa). Other mines in the southern ranges include a nineteenth-century silver-lead mine at Talisker near Cape Jervis, which features many remaining old buildings, and the limestone mine at Rapid Bay, which ceased operations much more recently. Copper was mined at Kapunda, Truro and Kanmantoo and may be again and a zinc (and lead, silver and gold) mine is proposed near Strathalbyn. Quarries dot the ranges, the most spectacular and massive of which are in the Adelaide foothills; they supplied much of the quartzite which is to be seen in the enduring "sandstone architecture" of early Adelaide.

Today, only a single railway crosses the ranges: the major Adelaide to Melbourne railway line, which was first constructed in the 1870s and has had only minor realignments since (the most significant of which was the boring of a new tunnel at Sleeps Hill). Passenger services used to run from the city to Bridgewater in the heart of the hills and ranges, but now stop at Belair in the foothills. A railway approached the ranges at Willunga (although it was closed and removed in the 1960s and has since been replaced by a cycling trail). The Victor Harbor railway line (now used only for recreational purposes) largely skirts the eastern edge of the ranges. North of Adelaide, there was a railway to Angaston in the east of the Barossa Valley, and former railways to Truro and across the ranges near Eudunda to Morgan on the Murray River.

The ranges form part of the water supply for Adelaide, and there is an extensive infrastructure of reservoirs, weirs, and pipelines, on the Torrens, Onkaparinga, Little Para and Gawler River catchments. Mount Bold, South Para, Kangaroo Creek, and Millbrook reservoirs are the largest.

Northern ranges
The northern ranges, often confused with the southern Flinders Ranges, and sometimes referred to as the "Mid-North ranges" or "central hill country", stretch from hills near Kapunda in the south to arid ranges beyond Peterborough in the northeast. The highest peak in this section (and in all the Mount Lofty Ranges – despite the name) is Mount Bryan (936 m). Other significant peaks include New Campbell Hill (714 m) and Stein Hill (605 m), which overlooks Burra.

The northern ranges include Belvidere Range, Tothill Range and the Skilly Hills.

Mining, although totally absent today, was once a major industry in the northern ranges. The copper mine at Kapunda, just north of the Barossa, operated from 1842 to 1877 and was a major boost to the infant State's economy, but was soon overshadowed by the large workings at Burra, further north. The mine here operated from 1845 to 1877 with a few minor interruptions, and was superseded by even larger workings on the Yorke Peninsula. As testament to the volume of copper at Burra, however, the mine re-opened as an open-cut in 1971, before closing again ten years later.

The Clare Valley lies in a shallow fold of the northern Mount Lofty Ranges just southwest of Burra. It is yet another world-class wine-producing area, and is a very popular weekend tourist destination for people living in Adelaide. It is also home to the only conservation park in the northern ranges, Spring Gully.

The northern end of the ranges are home to two curiosities: a tiny township by the name of Yongala, familiar to South Australians for commonly being the coldest place in the state (being a hundred kilometres inland, and on a somewhat elevated plateau as with much of the Mid North). The other curiosity is a locality near Orroroo called "Magnetic Hill". The name stems from an optical illusion that creates the impression that a car rolls uphill.

Geomorphology
The ranges are part of the Adelaide Rift Complex. The southern ranges and slopes of Mount Lofty overlooking the Adelaide Plains have been block-faulted to form a half-graben structure. The ranges when viewed from the beach or city have a "stepped" appearance, reflected in an early name for the ranges, "The Tiers".

There are several major normal faults in the Adelaide region, trending northeast to southwest defining these blocks:

 * Para Fault. This runs from Gawler in the north, through Elizabeth, before disappearing under younger alluvium in the inner northern suburbs. The scarp which this fault has formed is covered with houses in the northern suburbs (Para Hills) and the township of Gawler is nestled at its base where the South Para River emerges from the range. Closer to the city the scarp becomes less defined and is unidentifiable beyond the low hill upon which North Adelaide rests.
 * Eden-Burnside Fault Zone. This fault zone (composed of several different individual faults) lies at the base of the main scarp of the Adelaide Hills, separating the young Quaternary alluvium of the plains from the Proterozoic sedimentary rocks making up the ranges. It begins around One Tree Hill in the northern suburbs and extends as an escarpment of approximately 200 m high in a slightly curving line for about 30 km before encountering the sea at Marino. This escarpment is known as the "Hills Face Zone" and is subject to special zoning restrictions; house prices are very high, as is demand for land, owing to the magnificent views, but many in the community are concerned with maintaining green hills as a background to the plains. A number of creeks cut deep notches in the scarp; one of these, Glen Osmond Creek, provides the site for the major road east out of Adelaide, now called the South Eastern Freeway; only a handful of other major roads extend up the scarp.
 * Kitchener Fault. This long fault, just a little further to the east, extends from north of the Barossa Valley past the Torrens gorge to meet the Eden Fault in the vicinity of Greenhill. It is most apparent as a fault scarp around Williamstown and Kersbrook.
 * Clarendon Fault. Running largely parallel to the Eden-Burnside Fault, this forms the escarpment within Belair National Park, which also runs south-east to form the eastern boundary of the southern suburbs, before ending at Old Noarlunga, where the Onkaparinga River emerges from the ranges. An escarpment also extends from the northern end of this fault to form the upper 'tier' of Mount Lofty: Measdays Hill (now carved in half by a massive cutting for the SE Freeway at Crafers West) and Mount Lofty itself are at the top of this scarp.
 * Willunga Fault. This fault runs parallel to the Clarendon Fault, further south once more, and is the southernmost of the faults. The escarpment it lies at the base of is similarly dramatic, beginning in the Scott Creek Conservation Park and running southwest: Mount Bold Reservoir forms where the Onkaparinga River has been dammed in the middle of the escarpment. Further south, the townships of Kangarilla and Willunga nestle in gullies of the scarp, and the increasingly dramatic and bare face of "The Range", as it is known (properly Sellicks Hill Range) meets the sea at Sellicks Beach.
 * Bremer and Palmer Fault Zones. These faults are at the eastern edge of the Mount Lofty Ranges block, and form even more dramatic escarpments than those in the west due to the general lack of the vegetation in the countryside. The latter fault zone is the eastern edge of the metamorphosed Proterozoic rocks of the Kanmantoo group; to the east lie the younger sediments of the Murray River. Towns like Palmer, Sedan, and Cambrai, lie at the foot of the scarp.

All the fault zones are still active today, along with the rest of the ranges, and minor earthquakes are relatively common. Larger quakes in the southern ranges are fairly rare: the last to hit a major centre was the 1954 Adelaide earthquake that occurred on 1 March. It measured 5.5 on the Richter scale.

A significant aspect of the geology of the Adelaide area is a number of Tertiary marine sands deposits, many of which have been extensively quarried. One of these deposits is around the outer-northern suburb of Golden Grove; another area is around McLaren Vale.

Flora
The natural habitat of the mountainsides is woodland of eucalyptus trees mixed with golden wattle acacia trees on the lower slopes, all with an undergrowth of shrubs and herbs. The flowers include a number of endemic orchids. Similar habitats can be found on the offshore Kangaroo Island which is included by the World Wildlife Fund in the Mount Lofty woodlands ecoregion.

Fauna
The mountains are home to a number of marsupials such as the koala, western gray kangaroo, southern brown bandicoot along with the egg laying echidna. Birds include the southern emu-wren which is endemic to the Fleurieu Peninsula. There are a number of reptiles including the endangered Adelaide pygmy blue-tongue skink.

Threats and preservation
Biodiversity losses have been severe in the ranges due to the clearance of temperate woodlands. The hillsides have largely been cleared of woodland for fruit growing and other agriculture and the urban growth of Adelaide particularly on the lower slopes, leading to loss of habitat and local extinction of wildlife species including all species of bettong and quoll marsupials and birds including regent honeyeater (Xanthomyza phrygia), swift parrot (Lathamus discolor), king quail (Coturnix chinensis), brown quail (C. ypsilophora), and azure kingfisher (Alcedo azurea). Clearance and agriculture are ongoing and livestock grazing continues to cause damage to habitats while introduced cats, foxes and rabbits are a threat to habitats and wildlife. Protected areas tend to be small and fragmented.

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Talk:Carlton Football Club

Explanation wanted re: "new AFL/VFL record" supposedly set in 1995.
"In the year of its last premiership in 1995, Carlton set a new AFL/VFL record by losing only two games for the entire season having been beaten by the Sydney Swans and St Kilda. This record stood until 2000 when rivals Essendon went through the entire season losing only one game against the Western Bulldogs."

What "new record" is being referred to in this paragraph? Collingwood's 1929 side went through the entire home and away season undefeated, winning all 18 matches (they did, however, lose the Second Semi Final that year). This needs to be clarified. BruceDuperouzel (talk) 23:48, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure 20 games is more than 18 games, so it's a mathematical fact that Carlton's 1995 season beats Collingwood's 1929 one. This is before we even consider the fact that Carlton won the Premiership that year, on top of their home and away dominance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.250.0.1 (talk) 08:19, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

Uniforms
I dont find the "blue plan" in the official website. Monogram maybe is copyright of the club. Logos, trademarks (AFL, Nike, Hyunday) are with copyright. We can not upload guernseys with monograms, logos and trademarks in Wikimedia Commons. The sides are in the clash kit file with the right size (because they are not visible in their full size). In any case, if you don't like the uniforms in the infobox, at least don't delete the parameters of the infobox, please. Maybe, someone else make the uniforms you like. --IM-yb (talk) 00:06, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

 * I stand corrected on the blue panel. I was referring to the 2015 clash guernsey and had been unaware that there was a change for this year. Aspirex (talk) 00:08, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

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Proposed Mick Malthouse picture
I'm bringing this here because it's one of the clubs Mick has been associated with. I'm just seeking a few more views on a discussion underway about an image an editor has proposed for the article. See the article history and the Tak page. HiLo48 (talk) 03:18, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

Italian supporter base
How about including something about the club's large Italian supporter-base?
 * A reasonable request, but we would need a reliable source to support whatever is added. HiLo48 (talk) 01:42, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

Foundation Date
The article says the following:

"The Carlton Football Club is widely cited as having formed in July 1864 though numerous sources connect it to a Carlton Football Club that existed as early as 1860-1862."

This statement is not correct. It should read:

"The Carlton Football Club is widely cited as having formed in July 1864 though numerous historical sources cite its formation three years earlier in May 1861"

unfortunately most of the sources have since been removed though it is definitely worth further research.

The Carlton Football Club itself is actively investigating its origins.

https://www.blueseum.org/Formation+of+the+Club

These references can all be found online and are summarised here:

 * In May 1861 the Carlton Cricket Club (1860) met to discuss the formation of a football club. "Advertising". The Argus (Melbourne). No.4, 666. Victoria, Australia. 17 May 1861. p. 8.
 * In May 1861 club resolved to form a football club with a code of laws. "Advertising". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 4, 668. Victoria, Australia. 20 May 1861. p.8.
 * In 1891 reference to 1861 formation date and George Waugh as founding secretary.
 * In 1906 reference to 1861 formation date
 * In 1908 reference to 1861 formation date and cites Ben James (cricket club captain) as the football club's first captain

Rulesfan (talk) 10:46, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

In the team of the century text:

"The five players with an asterisk(*) are also members of the AFL Team of the Century – the largest number of any AFL club."

Reads as 5 players in the AFL Team of the Century represented Carlton but Ron Barassi played 50 games for Carlton and is part of the AFL Team of the Century but not Carlton's.

Suggest rewording:

"The five players with an asterisk (*) are also members of the AFL Team of the Century, contributing to Carlton's record of having the most representatives (6) from any AFL club." 49.190.100.193 (talk) 12:34, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

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Princeps pastorum

Princeps pastorum (Latin for 'Prince of the shepherds') is the title of an encyclical letter promulgated by Pope John XXIII on 28 November 1959. It is derived from a biblical passage: I Peter 5:4. In its English translation the letter opens with the phrase On the day when "the Prince of the shepherds" entrusted to Us His lambs and sheep. It refers to Jesus Christ.

It celebrates the success of Roman Catholic missions to promote the faith, encourages the fostering of native clergy in the countries to which the missions extended and emphasises the importance of lay Catholics as representatives of the church in non-Catholic countries. The encyclical points out that while social welfare initiatives are to be supported, the primary task of missions should be to spread Catholic doctrine.

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Grands établissements

The grands établissements (lit. 'great establishments') are French public institutions under ministerial charter within the administrative category referred to as Établissements publics à caractère scientifique, culturel et professionnel (EPCSP).

Public institutions under ministerial charter within the Ministry of National Education and Research
Ministry of National Education, Advanced Instruction, and Research
 * The Collège de France
 * The Conservatoire national des arts et métiers
 * The École centrale des arts et manufactures, also called École Centrale Paris or Centrale (ECP)
 * The University of Lorraine, often abbreviated in UL
 * The École nationale des chartes
 * The École nationale de l'aviation civile (ENAC)
 * The École nationale supérieure d'arts et métiers or Arts et Métiers ParisTech
 * The École nationale supérieure des sciences de l'information et des bibliothèques, also called "ENSSIB"
 * The École pratique des hautes études (EPHE)
 * The École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)
 * The Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris, also called Sciences Po
 * The Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP)
 * The Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales or Langues-O (INALCO)
 * The Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN)
 * The Observatoire de Paris
 * The Université de Lorraine
 * The Université Paris-Dauphine or Dauphine
 * The Université Paris Sciences et Lettres
 * The Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)
 * The Institut polytechnique de Grenoble or Grenoble INP (affiliated with UGA)

Public institutions under ministerial charter within the Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry
Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry
 * Institut Mines-Télécom (Institut Mines-Télécom, gathering Telecom ParisTech, École des Mines-Télécom de Lille-Douai (IMT Lille Douai), Telecom Bretagne, Telecom & Management SudParis (ex INT), Institut Eurécom)

Public institutions under ministerial charter within the Ministry of Culture
Ministry of Culture
 * The French Academy in Rome or Villa Médicis
 * The Bibliothèque nationale de France (BNF)
 * The Comédie-Française
 * The Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique (CNSAD)
 * The Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris (CNSMDP)
 * The École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris-Belleville
 * The École du Louvre
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Pissouri

Pissouri (Πισσούρι) is a village located in Limassol district, Cyprus (Thirty kilometres westwards of Limassol’s centre), between Limassol and Paphos. Pissouri’s administrative area is the third biggest in Limassol District. The main settlement of Pissouri is situated about three kilometres away from the bay named Cape Aspro, and is built on the side of a green hill. The settlement is placed in the middle of Pissouri’s territory.

Now they are two distinct communities, Pissouri Village Area and Pissouri Bay Area. The total permanent population is said to reach around 1100 people, about half of whom are Cypriots, the rest foreigners, mainly British, residents and visitors.

There are several shops, and many tavernas, restaurants cafes and bars in the village and bay.

Names
According to some official sources, the name Pissouri derives from the ancient city ‘Voousoura’, as reported by Stravonas, a 1st-century BCE - 1st-century CE philosopher, mathematician and geographer. Some other sources connect the name of the village with pitched-dark nights.

A legend reports that the 300 Alamanoi (German) saints who came to Cyprus from Palestine in order to practice in various parts of the island, arrived on the Pissouri’s coast during such a pitch-dark night. Another legend reports that ‘the Saint Fathers’ pursued during the post-Christian era, were met in Pissouri’s region during a really black-night. However, it seems that the name of the village does not eventually stem from those legendaries but from the fact that in the region there was an extensive extraction of skin-sap from pine trees (called ‘pissa’ in Greek). The skin-sap production begun during the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire), continued during the Middle-Ages (5th – 15th century) and the Frankish era in Cyprus.

Development and occupation
Pissouri has an annual rainfall in the order of 447 millimetres. Local products nowadays are tabled grapes, wine, potatoes and other citrus fruits in smaller quantities planted across the valley spanning from the gulf to the hill, where the settlement is. There are also many olive, carob and almond trees. Unfortunately, during the last years, farmers had to eradicate big part of their vineyards, as they became profitless. During the last decade, and in particular the last 6 years, the residents have shifted to alternative financial resources with a better interest profit. Most of them have extensively dealt with buildings' construction and specifically with the erection of numerous residential places and new neighbourhoods. It is a matter of time before the village becomes literally autonomous in terms of services and facilities found locally. Pissouri seems to evolve rapidly, following the trends of the globalisation and global investments'.

Churches
The Church of Apostle Andrea was built with voluntary work by the good-willing residents of the community in 1883. The work for the construction of the church lasted for about twelve years. The stone that the church is built on originates from the regions of villages Anogyra and Prasteio villages and was transferred in the village with carts which were dragged by Cypriot donkeys. The church is built in Gothic style. The place that it is built was used as the village cemetery up to 1912.

The church is famous for its wooden-carved Icon Stand, which is a real work of art and was manufactured in 1890. The manufacture lasted 10 entire years because of the means of that time.

Other chapels are: Saint George, Prophet Elias, Saint Alexandros, Saint Mauritius, Saint Spyridonas.

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THOMAS S. MAJOR

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Late reply to your message
Hi, Thomas. Thanks for your message on my talk page about the Opus Dei article. I meant to reply sooner, and I would have liked to contribute more to that article. Unfortunately, shortly after getting your message, I began to get some anonymous stalking messages, with personal threats about finding out my home address, etc. It wasn't a big problem (my address is not listed in any public directory), but it took up quite a lot of my time, tracking IP adresses, writing to adminstrators, etc. I'm now revising for exams at the end of this month, so while I'm still on Wikipedia (mainly for relaxation), I only edit things that won't take up too much time. (At least, that's the rule I've made – I don't at all guarantee that I stick to it!) I hope to be back editing Opus Dei at the end of this month. Thanks again. Ann Heneghan (talk) 10:45, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Opus Dei
Hi Thomas, reply to both of your comments (and apologies for taking so much time).

Footnotes:

Currently there isn't any proper system that I know which is designed to split proper footnotes from the page. It could be made quite easily. However, I'm strongly against that. Having footnotes on the same page has many benefits

 * fast moving back and forward between them and the text
 * easier and clearer editing (all in the same single document == less confusion
 * unlikely to be separated (e.g. in mirrors etc.)

I think, to be honest, that the length of the page is better tackled by fundamental measures rather than superficial ones. The page should aim to be about 30k, but you should count that excluding footnotes, tables and illustrations. The correct thing to do is to convert to Summary style and make separate pages for each of the correct topics. Almost all of the theology should be moved out to one single coherent page where it will be easier to read and understand.

Your edits:

This is an excellent direction. I'm happy that you read my comments and are taking them into account. Obviously, however, I'm hoping for much more of this material. However, your edits come across as very defensive of Opus Dei. For example you say "Critics, however, say that Opus Dei is powerful.." which you then contrast with "assets are [..] $344 million, compared with [..] $102 billion". These aren't really matching comments. Money should not typically be the measure of influence in religeous organisations. This comes across as fairly strong POV where probably a stronger statement ("however alwyn says the organisation disdains secular influence and no example has ever been made of Opus Dei inspired legistlation") could probably be much less POV pushing.

Keep up the good work :-)
 * Mozzerati 19:48, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Turin etc
Happy now. Cheers JackofOz 12:09, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Introvigne photo and quote.
I think it's fine - the only change I would suggest:

 * "Massimo Introvigne, author of numerous works on sociology of religion, says that secularists and liberals "stigmatize" their "prime target," Opus Dei, since they "cannot tolerate the 'return to religion'" of the secularized society."

to

 * "Massimo Introvigne, author of numerous works on sociology of religion including the Encyclopedia of Religions, says that secularists and liberals "stigmatize" their "prime target," Opus Dei, since they "cannot tolerate the 'return to religion'" of the secularized society.

as it is not immediately obvious (although one does figure it out.....one would hope, anyways) why the picture of the book cover is there. Out of curiosity, is that quote out of the Encyclopedia? DonaNobisPacem 07:13, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Transubstantiation
Hey Thomas -

I'd like you to take a look at the Talk:Transubstantiation page at the discussion brewing over the origins of the doctrine. Most of the discussion is contained under Consensus, what consensus? DonaNobisPacem 07:03, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks - I was starting to re-think my postition, after a friend brought up the topic after mention was made by a professor in a Greek & Roman studies course. I'll see what I can do about a scholarly reply.... DonaNobisPacem 21:50, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

 * The issue has been moved to the page on Eucharist, which is a better choice than transubstantiation anyways - but it seems to be resolving itself amongst some rather knowledgeable folks on that page. Thanks for your input, though. DonaNobisPacem 09:50, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Opus Dei Mediation
Hi Thomas! Glad you'll join us for the mediation thingy. Don't forget to add yourself to the list and sign that you agree to participate on this page: Requests for mediation/Opus Dei

--Alecmconroy 02:30, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

A mediator has shown up ready to begin mediation. Do come join us when next you're here. :) --Alecmconroy 14:15, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Mediation
Hi, I am willing to be mediate your case, regarding Opus Dei.

The first thing that needs to be decided is what format the mediation should take, and my preference would be to conduct it on Wikipedia (as opposed to e-mail, IRC etc.). If you are planning to take a wiki-break in the near-future or will be unable to partcipate in the mediation could you please let me know. I should point out that I shall be on a wikibreak from the 3rd July until the 7th July. --Wisd e n17 23:03, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Mediation Started
Hi, I've posted the intial questions regarding the Opus Dei case, here. This is where I intend to carry out the mediation. If anybody plans to be away from Wikipedia in the near future then please let me know a.s.a.p.. I look forward to working with you. --Wisd e n17 23:13, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

cutting of references
Why did you cut the interesting links pro and contra opus? It's a loss.

Louisar 19:14, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Potential compromise
Thomas! Thanks for the kind words on my talk page. You know, we don't get to say this enough-- thank you so much for the way you've handled yourself in this dispute. You've always been the utter HEIGHT of civility. It all but makes me feel guilty to even disagree with you about the article.

I'm really enjoying the Allen book-- thank you for recommending it to me. I actually am having amazon ship a copy to a close relative of mine who is, in fact, a member of the priesthood, though not of a member of the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross (at least not yet heheh). At family gatherings, he and I always stay up late into the night talking about all kinds of things, so it promises to be an interesting Thanksgiving.

My position in this dispute is a little awkward for me-- I'm in a role not unlike a defense attorney who finds himself representing a murderer or a rapist. I have a duty to represent them, to make sure that the trial is a fair one, and to present their case. But at the same time, I'm not for one second saying my client is right.

Anyway, in the middle of the night last night, I woke up, and had a flash of insight about a potential compromise first step. It would allow me to feel comfortable that the critics are getting a fair chance to make their case, but would still allow us reduce the total amount of space devoted to criticism in the article. I really really hope you like the idea, it could be a huge step towards reaching consensus. I think you will. :)

--Alecmconroy 23:06, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Thom, in response to your post on my talk page.  I think you're overzealous in protecting children.  Do you really think a little bit of criticism would be that great a threat to Opus Dei?  --Alecmconroy 04:29, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

 * I made a change you might find controversial, so I wanted to bring it to your attention so you could revert it immediately. Discussion is here Talk:Opus_Dei. --Alecmconroy 08:24, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar
Well, Thomas-- I gave you a barnstar, cause you have got to be the nicest, most civil disputant I've ever met online. You're still wrong about the Opus Dei page, though! :). But honestly, I'm glad to be done with the whole thing, and I honestly hope ever person I show the article to tells me "Alec, it's fine-- leave it be".  I really don't care if I right, I just want to make sure Wikipedia gets it right here.  Besides--- I'm utterly sick of having to be the public defender-- the unpaid advocate for causes I don't even believe in.  Why can't the people who actually DO think Opus Dei is a cult take this issue to mediation, instead of me having to do it for them? hehehe.  oh, I joke, but tommorrow I'll have some new cause I don't believe in to try to work on.  I don't trust myself enough to work on the ones I do care about.  Hey, check your email! --Alecmconroy 00:23, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Photos
Hi Tom! I am so sorry my reply's late. Been extremely busy with so many mundane concerns. ;-) I thought about your request... and I did obtain a copy of the Opus Dei Headquarters at NY....But after some thought... isn't it much better to put in a regular center rather than that huge thing at NY? Think about it. Regards and nice job at mediation! Walter Ching 04:50, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Opus Dei RFC
Thomas-- there's a RFC on the Opus Dei article that I'm pretty sure you're going to want to comment on. I don't guess your going to like the changes, but I thought I should give you a heads up to them all the same. There is a silver lining, though-- given the overwhelmingly positive response the changes have gotten, I think I can get Opus Dei up to being a Feature Article in no time, and have in a featured article on Opus Dei will be a very good thing for everyone. --Alecmconroy 19:09, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

 * Yes, I was afraid you would want to seek a Request for Arbitration over the rewrite. I really wish I could convince you that it's a huge improvement and that if you just trust me, I really will deliver you an article that meets all the Wikipedia standards and policies and can one day show up on the front page of Wikipedia.  I know you worry I'm somehow out to slander Opus Dei-- I'm really not.  I just want it to be the best page it can be, and that means taking the approach I've taken.  The old page could never reach FAC-- it couldn't even pass WP:V.

 * That said-- if I really can't convince you, then yeah, I guess Arbitration is what you'll have to do to get the old version back. I hope it won't come to, but if it does, I'll participate fully and promptly. If you do file, I'll won't let them take the NPOV dispute template down from the time you file the Request until the time a decision is rendered. And I guess I'll just have to take a deep breath and hope that they see it my way.

 * Your a good guy, Thomas. The worst insult I can say about you is that you put your duty to God ahead of your duty to Wikipedia-- and in the grand scheme of things-- that's really not an insult at all. :) --Alecmconroy 20:35, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Your OD essay
Thomas-- I took the liberty of moving your "Opus Dei FAQ" essay to User:Thomas S. Major/Opus Dei essay. Although essays of this type are probably best left to userspaces anyway, I actually moved it mostly because I figured it no longer reflected your view about the current page, so I didn't want anyone to think that the authors of this essay feel similarly about the Opus Dei article in its current form. Similarly I'm going to delete the link to it, but if you still want people reading it, feel 100% free to make a new comment on the talk page pointing people to it along with whatever reminders you want to give them that the essay refers to your support for the OLD article not your support for the current one. We've got people still coming in from RFCs and I wouldn't want them to think that the current article has an even greater consensus than it actually does. --Alecmconroy 23:40, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Escriva on indiscriminant reading
A few months ago, you added text to the Controverises article summarize Escriva. You wrote: "Escriva said that it is his responsibility to ensure the fidelity of Opus Dei members to the faith. Some readings, he says, are dangerous to the faith and to morals, and he likened indiscrimate reading to taking any nice-looking pill in a drugstore." I think it's a good defense to the criticism-- do you have a source? I've looked around but haven't found one as of yet. --Alecmconroy 15:49, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

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