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Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Archive 17

User:BrandonYusufToropov and User:Ed Poor

 * specifics moved off this space by Ed Poor - and maybe that's part of the problem. Would another mediator than me, please re-insert & properly format this RFM? Thanks. -- Uncle Ed (talk)

 * I've asked Improv to take a look at this . - Mgm|(talk) 13:56, Jun 19, 2005 (UTC)

What's the status of my RfM concerning Ed Poor?
Either I've missed an email (entirely possible, since I get quite a lot) or one of the two parties in this dispute is foot-dragging. Please help.

Since I filed this RfM, there have been multiple unauthorized edits by Ed of my userpage, which Ed now claims was unintentional.

I have reasons to doubt his sincerity on such matters, since he deleted half of my complaint in transferring it to a talk page.

He then attempted to edit the material related to this matter that I placed on my userpage.

I wish to pursue the RfM even if he does not. He is now moving on to other matters on WP, which is fine, as long as this is one of them.

If I've missed an e-mail message on this, please accept my apologies.

Many thanks for any help you can provide. You can find more background on this complaint at my userpage. (assuming Ed hasn't vandalized it while I wasn't looking). BrandonYusufToropov 14:11, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * See my note, just above your comment, I've asked an mediator to look into it, but it may be a while before they respond as they may have other things to do during the weekend. Please give the mediator a little more time to respond. - Mgm|(talk) 19:46, Jun 19, 2005 (UTC)

 * Concluded amicably. -- Uncle Ed (talk) 23:00, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

User:Maveric149 and User:Jguk
I have tried to list 2005 English cricket season (8-30 April) on WP:PR. However, instead of making constructive comments on improving the article, Maveric149 has added a long comment on transclusion. Long comments such as these put people off making other more constructive comments, so I removed them and asked him to desist from arguing the merits and demerits of transclusion on the Peer Review page, and instead allow positive, constructive comments to be made. He has refused - leading me to remove the page from Peer Review as it would effectively be a complete waste of time for it to remain there. I wish to ask for mediation with a view to Maveric149 allow the article to pass through Peer Review without comments from him, jguk 21:55, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I've asked jguk, if he can think of alternative ways to structure the article since use of subpages in the article namespace is discouraged. Mgm|(talk) 17:39, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

User:Baxter3 vs User:SlimVirgin regarding page vandalism and 3RR Violations on William White (agitator)
I was asked for source for my articles and provided an extensive list of over 100 of them. User SlimVirgin keeps deleting this list and reverting to her heavy POV non-sourced changes, despite by efforts to respond to criticism by adding and improving the citations. Further, she abusively cites Wikipedia policies and complains of violations when I remove her vandalisms -- claims have been things like "if a news article is not on the internet, you cannot cite it" and other nonsensical complaints. I am not the only Wikipedia user who has removed her page vandalism. Page in dispute is William White (agitator). I am a relatively new user and am not 100% sure how mediation works. I am also having trouble getting my computer to not delete the Wikipedia cookie, so I am getting periodically logged out. 68.10.35.153 01:03, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * I've informed User:SlimVirgin of the request. Mgm|(talk) 20:48, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)

Bob Dylan: (User:Monicasdude vs. User:JDG)
User JDG is repeatedly reverting an edit I made to this page today, seems to have been systematically removing or rewriting my recent edits, and has announced on talk page that he will revert any contributions I make in the future unless I comply with his demand for "statement-by-statement" pre-review. User JDG refuses to cite any errors or policy violations in edits. Edit to which he he takes particular exception today involved correction of a surprisingly large number of factual errors over which there is no genuine dispute -- e.g., members of Dylan's band at first electric concerts, where Zimmerman family lived when Robert was born -- the rearrangement of discussion of events into chronological order, the elimination of lengthy quotes from (copyrighted) lyrics without substantive discussion, and the elimination of a few digressions (e.g., discussion of whether name "Zimmerman" sounds German). A few sweeping historical generalizations that were at best very, very dubious were removed -- e.g., an entire generation of Americans did not memorize "Subterranean Homesick Blues." (Judging by his live performances, neither did Dylan, but that's a different point . . .)

It's not appropriate for a single user to set himself as a de facto page moderator/administrator and establish his own review policies.

User: Monicasdude 3:29 PM EST 30 May 2005

 * This dispute has apparently ended (at least for now); I don't know the protocol for removing the request. Monicasdude 16:20, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Talk:Jesus
I would like to request mediation for an ongoing revert war over the subject of whether dates on this article should use the conventional BC/AD format or the BCE/CE alternative. This revert war has been waging for several days with several users, especially User:slrubenstein violating 3RR. At present the dispute centers over a proposed change by User:JimWae to alter the BC/AD dating system to BCE/CE. JimWae, slrubenstein, and some of the other editors argue that BC/AD is non NPOV since the dating system is based on the life of Christ, although Wikipedia Manual of Style says that it is perfectly acceptable. JimWae's proposed change currently lacks consensus among editors on the article's talk page and a vote started after an RfC yesterday shows a majority of editors are against the change. Those opposed to JimWae's change currently lead the vote by 12 to 9 and have consistently led since it was started. A small group of editors in favor of the change including the two aforementioned persons has nevertheless insisted upon implementing it in the article, leading to an endless revert war with editors who are trying to keep the article as it was with the BC/AD date system. Several requests of them to abstain from doing so until a consensus is reached in the discussion page have been ignored. User:slrubenstein has engaged in particularly abusive posting habits including several personal attacks on editors who have voted against the change for simply voting among other things. Any help at mediating this dispute would be greatly appreciated. Rangerdude 02:39, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Do all parties agree to mediation? -SV|t 00:19, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Talk:Iglesia ni Cristo
I would like to request mediation between myself and User:gcessor, who also goes by the IP 71.32.81.48 in regards to the article Iglesia ni Cristo. User:gcessor has taken it upon himself to continuously delete a link questioning the Iglesia ni Cristo's teachings while User:LBMixPro, a sysop has said that it could stand. He has no respect or deference for the rules of the Wikipedia and has made personal attacks on me and LBMixPro on the discussion page. I would be grateful for anyone's help mediating the dispute before this conflict escalates. Sincerely, --Onlytofind 04:25, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

I for one believe that Onlytofind's edits unfairly put the INC in a bad light, and that gcessor has taken great efforts to put this article to near-NPOV, as opposed to Onlytofind's. You can check the article history to verify this. Just wanted you to know that there's always two sides to a story. Yes, a mediation is clearly needed here. Ealva 03:52, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Onlytofind insists on including a link to www.thebereans.net, a "con" site that "exposes" the INC. The problem is that the Bereans' site is already linked to in the "forum" list and contains a hyperlink on that page.  IMO it is redundant to have both links to the same general site.  Furthermore, there is only one actual "pro" site (more are not allowed per Church Administration instructions), whereas Onlytofind insists on having four "con" sites.  I feel this is completely out of step with most Wikipedia sites describing religions - I have yet to find a Wikipedia site where the number of "con" sites is even equal with the number of "pro" sites, much less four "con" sites to only one actual "pro" site.  Lastly, Onlytofind claims that I have made personal attacks on him - but when I requested that he show me where I have done so, he will not provide any such proof (which is because I have made NO such personal attacks - I challenge anyone to show me where I have done so!).  Please do mediate and show us where NPOV is violated, particularly in comparison to other non-disupted Wikipedia sites describing religions.gcessor--71.32.81.48 14:44, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * In summary, I would like to see three resolutions:
 * (1) Whether the site as it presently stands is NPOV, or biased for or against the INC as compared to other undisputed Wikipedia sites on religions.
 * (2) Whether it is right for the "con" section to have three or four times as many links as the number of links (1) in the "pro" site - again, as compared to other undisputed Wikipedia sites on religions.
 * (3) Whether I have ever used insulting language against anyone, including [Onlytofind]]. gcessor--71.32.81.48 14:44, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Apologies that this has been left unattended for so long. Will follow up on the relevant talk page. -SV|t 19:33, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Note - with the influx of new Wiki users, there is progress that is being made as far as the content of the article. When it comes to insults and accusations, however, I invite you to please see who is making the most accusations (without proof) and using the most insults.  Considering the amount of disputes and issues you cover, I sincerely thank you for your time.--gcessor 07:37, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Gaza strip
I would like to request mediation between myself and User:jayjg, in regards to the article Gaza Strip. User:jayjg has taken it upon himself to continuously delete a link to photos of Gaza strip. The photos are part of a work I amdoing describing the situation in Gaza prior to israel Pull-out plan. The photo (www.pbase.com/yalop/gaza) show the life of Palestinians in Gaza and of Israeli settlers there. Jayjg first removed the link claiming that it is "right wing Israeli propeganda" (side note I would invite anyone to other photos I take on www.pbase.com/yalop/wall_in_yard to determine if I am a "right wing peopeganda person") anyhow since Jayjg decided the links to the photos are propeganda he takes then down claiming that he is "removing link spam".

Jayjg has an agenda that he exposed when he first removed the links. Such agenda disqulfied him from editing such a politicaly sensitive issue. He also engae in a personal vandeta against me and removed links from other articles. Please help with finding a mediator who can help imlement the external link policy.

 * Is anyone reasing this ? Please help resolve this dispute . Thanks. The same editor has removed other photos from other articles He wrote his justification for the removal as "remove anti-pullout spamlinks." Please see Gush Katif

>> Can anyone help in the mediation of this or is one person can just start a personal edit war against me because he mis interpret my photos as being against his political view ? >>(How can photos of a place, photos that show both Israelis and Palestinians who live in the area) be a propeganda is beyond my ability to understand but it seems he has made his mind and started a vandeta to remove all external links I have added. >> Is this how Wikipedia works ? >> Please note that the issue is the CONTENT of the photos (not anything else like should they be loaded directly or linked to external site) This editor objects these photos:    Clearly these are photos trying to provide insight on the situation and not propeganda by either side Both sides could be unhappy about some of the photos and happy about others. -Unsigned
 * You have to sign your posts. -SV|t 19:16, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually three different editors have been removing the links, based on the fact that the links are not encyclopedic, and are an attempt to spam Wikipedia with links to his website (yes, I know he'll claim it's not his website, since he is not the ISP, but that's sophistry). He knows this, but prefers to present the issue as something else. Jayjg (talk)  17:26, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

Jayjg has removed this without providing an Edit Summary:
 * Photos showing the daily life of Palestinian in Gaza strip -Unsigned

I would like to mediate this issue : Are photos showing the living condition of people in Gaza strip belong or do not belong in a page that talks about the poeple, the living condition and the poverty in Gaza strip ? -Unsigned

The fact that Jayjg his misunderstood the photos to be what he describe as "right wing propaganda" just show that he does not understand what is in the photos. The fact that two others jumped to his defense (maybe because I am not a register user or for other non jermain reason) proovs nothing. All that is needed is to look at the photos and answer: 1) Are those important to people who search for the value "Gaza strip" ? Answer: Clearly the photos provide insight beyond the text. 2) Are the link violate the external link policy ? Answer: I don't see how. Please help mediate this. Jayjg and.or John Parris are not qualified tio make these decision alone. - Unsigned

 * Ive reformatted your comments. If unformatted, and unsigned, and if parties dont agree to mediation, its not a formal request. -SV|t 19:16, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Terri Schiavo and the Talk:Terri Schiavo pages
I respectfully request mediation on these two pages, with a second from User:Mia-Cle. I also believe that User:Grace Note may support this. User:NCdave and User:FuelWagon may eventually support mediation, but remain skeptical. User:FuelWagon supports mediation.

I believe the following items need mediation:
 * POV issues surrounding Ms. Schiavo's condition (PVS, MVS, etc.)
 * POV issues surrounding the legal status Ms. Schiavo's family (legal guardianship of Terri; Michael's relationships; etc.)
 * POV issues regarding terminology discussing the judge's ruling(s)
 * Behavior on the Talk Page

The good news is that there are a large number of deeply concerned and motivated people contributing to the pages. Unfortunately, the Talk page has become rancorous and bloggish enough that the article(s) may need arbitration. However, a less vocal majority would like to see sustantial outside input before we ask for that step.

The issues surrounding Terri Schiavo, her family and her eventual death are already having a major impact on US politics and culture. This can be seen in the Filibuster debate on the Senate floor. Please assist us in presenting the facts in the best means possible for Wikipedia.--ghost 18:34, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Pardon. Several users are waiting to hear what, if any response there's been to this request.  If the topic is not going to be addressed, I'd like to go back to them and see if arbitration is in order.  Please respond.--ghost 14:14, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I support mediation, and I'm more than puzzled that there's been no response to the request. What's up with that? Duckecho 15:57, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Things have settled down of late, but I doubt they're settled for good. The key issue seems to be that two vastly divergent POVs exist on this subject.  The first holds that the findings of the courts must be treated as fact in Wikipedia.  The second takes a more broad view of fact; one that allows for the courts to be incorrect, and some of their findings to be anywhere from wrong (at best) to criminal (at worst).  Please give us a standard to self-rule by.--ghost 20:38, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I think that the Schiavo page is good -but NOT perfect at all: I agree with Ghost's analysis. In order to address the problems we need a 2-step approach: First we need to find things that bother us in the article and identify them. (I.e., "what's the problem?") Let me help out: Does anyone think the article has unneeded items -or items missing? Specifically, are they in the discussion of the history of the Schiavo saga (broader than merely a court case, mind you!) --or, instead, are they in the links and references sections? Then, secondly, we need to ask, "what's the proposed solution?" The solution would be to address them point, by point. Period.--G ordon W atts D ot C om 23:13, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Talk:Terri Schiavo/Mediation: So far one requester has agreed to -- Uncle Ed (talk) as Mediator. Any other takers? -- Uncle Ed (talk) 00:23, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)

 * Yes, I agree. Ann Heneghan 00:42, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I checked out your user page, Uncle Ed, and notice that you are on good terms with some of the big names in Wikipedia. In addition, I recall that your comments on Terri Schiavo's WIKI talk page seemed polite and balanced. Since I had put this page on my watch list, I finally got around to taking a look to see "what's up." Although I am a day late, I am NOT a dollar short: I shall provide an answer in the affirmative: I support your participation in mediation.--G ordon W atts D ot C <font style="background: #eeeeee" color=0000cc>om 10:43, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * I created a mediation enclave at Talk:Terri Schiavo/Mediation and invited all the people ghost identified as agreeing to / favoring mediation. -- Uncle Ed (talk) 21:01, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)

User:Cberlet and User:Sam Spade

 * Status: Pending choice of Mediator
 * Sam Spade agrees to having mediation
 * Cberlet agrees to having mediation with any current mediator

User Sam Spade appears to be following me from page to page in a systematic way and making edits that challenge or revert my edits. He does not appear to be engaging in constructive collective editing on the discussion pages. He appears to believe that his right-wing POV is actually NPOV. He appears to have a history of getting into disputes with other editors. I am requesting a mediator to find a solution to this problem. There are several pages involved: Fascism, Fascism and religion, and Political correctness.--Cberlet 22:15, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

 * See also Mediation_cabal. I would say this is a trivial matter unworthy of the mediators’ time (particularly in comparison to other outstanding cases), but I will gladly engage in a constructive dialogue. I assume it goes without saying that I reject most of Chips statement above. Sam Spade 22:35, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

Sam, you need to be clear. Are you willing to accept mediation or not?AndyL 02:33, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Are you a mediator? If not, I don't believe you have a place in this discussion. And of course I accept mediation, I always do. Not accepting looks bad ;) Sam Spade 10:16, 27 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Please select a Mediator. -- Uncle Ed (talk) 16:27, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * "Andrevan, CatherineMunro, Ed Poor, Improv,

MacGyverMagic, Stevertigo." I will accept any of the current official mediators (listed above).--Cberlet 17:22, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Please accept our apologies for the delay. What developments has this problem had in the past weeks? Please move discussion to /Cberlet and Sam Spade. -SV|t 19:41, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Banja Luka: (User:Oldadamml aka User:oldadamm aka User:81.93.75.129 vs. User:Dado)
There is a long dispute going on with the Banja Luka article, specifically regarding the Bosnian Genocide. Please send a mediator. Thanks.--AI 09:43, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Please accept our apologies for the delay. I will drop a line at Talk:Banja Luka. Do parties accept mediation? -SV|t 19:42, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Price-Anderson Act
Mediation is requested to resolve one question - whether the following sentence can be included in the authoritative voice.

" However, were similar circumstances to be repeated in America, the scale of the disaster likely would be less     — the Chernobyl reactors were unstable RBMKs, unlike American plants, and the Chernobyl reactors did not have containment buildings around them. ] "

In spite of 4 references which posit this opinion - it remains the opinion of the positors, and is not independantly verifyable. The use of weasel the word "likely" does not grant immunity from verifiability requirments. As no one has shown how this assertion could be veryfied, it ought to be properly couched and dressed in counterclaims - which have been deleted.

My sense is the parties (4) are all open to mediation. Benjamin Gatti 3 July 2005 18:27 (UTC)

 * First, the RfC process was invoked for this article. Katefan0 has been deeply involved since.  The article has just today entered an RfP cooling-off period.
 * The author of the above text is a nuclear engineer who has been unaffiliated with the industry for over a decade.
 * The word "unstable" is from RBMK - the citations back it up. Unmentioned was that American nuclear power plants don't use graphite in the core.  That there is a difference may be implied by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission only requiring a 10 mile Emergency Planning Zone around each U.S. nuclear power plant.
 * The full text of the paragraph is:
 * The pool of money — which as of 2004 stood at about $9.5 billion — is contributed by the nuclear industry, primarly through power reactor licensees, who are required to have $200 million worth of primary insurance as of 2001. In the event that claims deplete the pool of funds, the Congress of the United States is required to consider covering the excess cost, possibly by establishing additional assessments against the industry. [ A catastrophic nuclear event — such as the 1986 Chernobyl accident — would arguably deplete and likely exceed the current pool of money. Though the Soviet Union never released official estimates of the accident's economic impact, Greenpeace International estimated it to have been about $280 billion, not including medical costs for victims. However, were similar circumstances to be repeated in America, the scale of the disaster likely would be less      — the Chernobyl reactors were unstable RBMKs, unlike American plants, and the Chernobyl reactors did not have containment buildings around them. ]
 * More than four editors have worked on this article in the last week.
 * I believe that Mediation is not indicated at this time - the editors have just begun to discuss under RfP.
 * Simesa 3 July 2005 19:39 (UTC)

The Author admits to relying on one's own expertise and opinion in making this assertion and also suggests that "implied" facts may be asserted in the authoritative voice. I don't object to the assertion being included as long as it is expressed in a veryfiable manner, and not merely representative of a lone wikipedians opinions, however qualified, decorated, certified, experienced or educated they might be.

Notice that Greenpeace's cost estimates are properly attributed in-line, but the assertion that nuclear is safe is just hung up on the clotheline by itself, clipped on with a weasel word so as to dull the pain. Before wikipedia commits its authoritative voice to the assertion that nuclear is safe - let us ask - why is it asking for insurance indemnity in the first place? 3 July 2005 20:18 (UTC)

Parties who have agreed to Mediation

 * 1) Benjamin Gatti 4 July 2005 19:37 (UTC)
 * 2) I'd be glad to participate, but would like the mediation to cover the entire article.  I don't want to talk only about one paragraph, only to have the same edit warring start anew once the page is unprotected and Benjamin decides he wants to add something additional to the current text.  · Katefan0(scribble) July 4, 2005 20:04 (UTC)
 * 3) As Katefan0. We may have near-agreement on two specific sentences that were sticking points, pending finding citations. Simesa 4 July 2005 20:25 (UTC)
 * 4) pstudier 2005 July 6 23:37 (UTC)  My problem is the attitude of Benjamin Gatti which shows absolutely no respect for anyone who disagrees with him.

Possible Mediators
Please indicate your preferences: accept/reject for Mediator volunteers; make other suggestions for who you'd like instead:
 * Uncle Ed
 * I accept Uncle Ed as mediator, stressing that we're to mediate the entire article. Simesa 6 July 2005 17:25 (UTC)
 * I accept as respondant for the entire article without objection. Benjamin Gatti 6 July 2005 18:31 (UTC)
 * I accept Uncle Ed, reasserting my preference for the entire article. · Katefan0(scribble) July 6, 2005 18:43 (UTC)
 * I accept Uncle Ed. pstudier 2005 July 6 23:40 (UTC)

User:Reub2000 in dispute with 65.182.172.*
A annon user has been causing trouble on the Italian Beef article. When trying to discuss the article, he has been uncopperative in resolving the disputes, and has repeatly flamed me, removed my signed comments, vandalised my talk page, unarchived the archive of Talk:Italian Beef, reverted all edits I make to Italian Beef, among other things. Action desperatly needs to be taken. Reub2000 20:12, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm leaving on a trip tommarow, so any mediation has to take place after sunday the 14th.Reub2000

 * I'll volunteer to mediate this if both parties are comfortable with me and are willing to participate in the mediation process. -JCarriker 15:15, August 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * The other party hasn't edited the article for awhile, I wonder if he gave up on the edit war? Reub2000 07:11, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

Re: User 65.182.172.*
Anonymous user 65.182.172.* seems to have a track record for such bullying behaviour. He has engaged in similar behaviour at Italian Beef, Greek Reconstructionism, Green Tortoise, Chicago-style hot dog, Burning Man and several other entries. For someone who is so passionate about so many divergent topics, it seems odd that he has the same type of interaction with almost everyone who has any opinion which differs from his. - Cyberdenizen 01:20, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

User:Rangerdude in dispute with User:Willmcw and User:SlimVirgin
See Requests for comment/Rangerdude

user:gadugi needs mediation with user:fvw
Please withdraw. I have given the matter some thought and I think I'll stick to articles on the Cherokee culture.

Jeff

Furry and Furry fandom
There is a dispute on these page between the group of users of User:Almafeta, [68.163.234.98] and user:ContiE, with the users user:Krishva, user:Prangton, user:Stiv, and user:Grumpyhan. In the Talk:Furry page it has already been agreed upon earlier than the Furry article will be redirected to Furry fandom, but a day after the move has been done User:Almafeta has taken upon himself to restore the Furry article and consider the act of the other party as blanking and vandalism (notably in the Talk:Furry page). After this there have been several attempts to redirect the page again, and the restoration of the Almafeta version of the Furry article. As this is starting to get out of hand (there have been at least three restorations and three redirections, despite I having informed in the Talk:Furry fandom page to please make edits on the Furry fandom page rather than resurrecting the old Furry page), I hope some outside mediation would help calm User:Almafeta down. Thank you! -- Grumpyhan 04:04, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Re: Redirection to Furry fandom
 * Mediation requires the other person is willing to do it too and is informed of the request. Have you done so? Mgm|(talk) 08:14, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't be interested in mediation, for the reasons listed in Talk:Furry. Additionally, I see no reason to merge two distinct articles about two distinct topics, when both can be made into full articles as opposed to one being a section of another.  Almafeta 21:23, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * User:Grumpyhan has informed me he's contacted User:Almafeta. Mgm|(talk) 13:02, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * I was not personally informed, but a message was left on Talk:Furry, so everyone involved should know about this. I am willing to mediate. --Conti|✉ 13:34, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * Erm, how do you square that with Grumpyhan's request above? He claims you've supported Almafeta. Mgm|(talk) 17:19, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, I thought the RFM was also directed at me, as I'm mentioned in it. I do support Almafeta's view. --Conti|✉ 17:31, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * Thing is, Conti, you can't mediate on a topic you're informed about (and thus have an opinion one way or the other about). Almafeta 21:24, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * My mistake, ContiE. I thought you wanted to mediate the case as an official mediator. But I guess you wanted to be part of the case. Mgm|(talk) 21:54, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * So Almafeta et al want two seperate pages and Grumpyhan et al want the  pages to be merged. Under what circumstances do the "mergists" think a seperate article on Furry would be useful. What kind and how many info should it contain? Mgm|(talk) 21:59, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * Were there enough information on the subject distinct from what is already presented in the furry fandom article to warrant a second article, which we see as unlikely at the present time and, indeed, for some time. This issue has been discussed somewhat on the Talk:furry page, presently in the archived sections. -- Stiv 19:06, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I think it was Conti who suggested that furry be about furry art, that is to say art created by the furry fandom. That's the only suggestion I've heard. This is really frustrating because I can't think of any encyclopedic, distinct information that would warrant its own article under furry that wouldnt fit in a subsection of furry art. This is an especially difficult move since people have entirely different ideas of what the word furry means, I mean I think it refers directly to its fandom, but other people (mainly furry themselves) maintain that all anthropomorphic animals are called "furries" and that this sort of information belongs in an encyclopedia. I understand the former, but the latter is what one small subculture (relative to the population at large) calls a very vague artistic and literative symbology! In other words, only furries will refer to comics like Maus and books like Animal Farm using the word furry. This is why it's been so hard for us "mergists" and the other party to agree on something that could go on the furry page. I have no problems with adding new content to the furry page, but because of all this, I'm not sure what kind of information would be right! It would have to take a few things into account though, things Krishva, GrumpyHan, Stiv and I have gone over many times on the talk page:
 * The term furry is only used by furries in the furry fandom to describe anthropomorphic animals, or alternatively, zoomorphic people. When it isn't used by that specific group of people, it's used by people who are refering to creations of the furry fandom or to members of the furry fandom themselves. If you've been on the internet long enough, you'll know that the term furry has taken on a LOT more than that simple meaning.
 * If trying to define something like furry art, there is NO clear definition of where furry art ends and similar, non-furry art begins. Any and all attempts made to define it will probably be later edited so that it says the exact opposite of what the editor wrote. I'm not exaggerating.
 * If seperated, the furry article should be on a topic that can exist independently of the corresponding furry fandom. If not completely independently, it should at least be able to hold its own weight.
 * Sorry if this went on a little long, but yeah, that's it. --Prangton 19:56, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * I agree that mediation is necessary. User:Almafeta has made a whole section for personal attacks against me on the Talk:Furry page, and his behavior has been wildly accusatory for some time.  While I am fairly tolerant and reasonable in the face of such behavior, making a whole section in which he accuses me of being on some crusade against furry fans is taking it a little too far. --Krishva 06:04, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Editors have started negotiations on Talk:Furry. I'll keep an eye on it. Mgm|(talk) 21:03, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)

Council of Jerusalem
This article needs an unbiased person to define the FACTS of the Council of Jerusalem from Acts 15. 18:46, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * This is currently the subject of a 3o, which I'm undertaking myself. I don't think official mediation is required yet. Dan100 12:02, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)

 * If that's the case, please post an RFC or ask for a third opinion (see link on top of page). Mgm|(talk) 10:42, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * Based on a suggestion by Kim Bruning I will send this to the Mediation Cabal - Mgm|(talk) 20:59, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Can this be archived? SV|t 1 July 2005 01:09 (UTC)

Harmonics Theory at VFD
In the page Votes_for_deletion/Harmonics_Theory_%282nd_nomination%29, User:Dcfleck has made remarks (not for the first time in this discussion) to the effect "Tomes and his sock puppets" and despite my request to justify or remove the remark he has not done so after a week. I have at all times been totally honest in the discussion about what actions I have taken. I stated that I had invited several people to the discussion who had relevant knowledge. In the last round their votes were disallowed even though they had relevant expert knopwledge. There is no need for Dcflecks remarks. I can be contact by email at ray(at)tomes(dot)biz if required. I request that someone ask Dcfleck to remove his remarks. Ray Tomes 02:07, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 'Suggested other lines of action on his talk page including requesting a sockpuppet check on himself and asking the other user for proof. I don't think this would require full mediation, but feel free to drop him a message if you got other ideas. - Mgm|(talk) 19:32, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Appears resolved -SV|t 1 July 2005 01:09 (UTC)

Weblog

 * User:Stevietheman, User:robotwisdom, User:Tverbeek

I recently started editing the weblog article, where User:Stevietheman and User:robotwisdom (and to a much lesser extent a few others) were already engaged in a heated and antagonistic debate, mutual reverts, etc. Following an unrelated edit by me, and my expression of a viewpoint that disagreed with Stevietheman, he has begun reverting my edits, even those explicitly identified as being in accordance with Wikipedia recommendations (e.g punctuation). Most recently, he has (inexplicably) drawn the matter of my sexual orientation into it on my Talk page. The parties appear intractable on content-related issues, and there are undoubtedly instances of personal attacks and other inappropriate behaviour all around. Although I have made an RFC for the article itself, this has escalated beyond that, and I feel it will require mediation involving the three parties to resolve. Tverbeek 04:58, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Told Tverbeek all parties should be made aware of the request. Awaiting response from User:Stevietheman and User:robotwisdom. Will make further enquiries if reponse doesn't follow. - Mgm|(talk) 19:39, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Stevietheman has declined mediation. (see )- Mgm|(talk) 17:26, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * This is merely on the basis that I don't have the stomach to further argue with the two other gentlemen. I just want this to pass and let's get on with other things.  I won't go anywhere near the weblog article any longer... this should be seen as a solution without need for mediation. —  Stevie is the man!  Talk 18:40, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Mediation declined. Conflict resolved. Archive -SV|t 1 July 2005 01:09 (UTC)

Macintosh_Plus
In the past, the invoice "Macintosh Plus" of Wikipedia was improved by a section called "Trivia". In this section there were added rumors about the appearance of Macintosh Plus in Star trek IV movie (Star_Trek_IV:_The_Voyage_Home). Some mac zealots, thinking they were funny, added rumors about why Macintosh was used in that movie instead of another computer (Commodore Amiga). As an Amigan I find these rumors very insulting regarding this platform, because these gossips haunted the image of Amiga since 1986. Now fortunately I find new evidences that those gossips regarding the greed by Commodore Computers were false and I changed the trivia section of Macintosh Plus file in order to match new evidences. Then I also explained it in the discussion of Macintosh Plus topic. Unfortunately user GRAHAMUK continues to delete new arguments I added.
 * User:Raffaele Megabyte Vs. User:GRAHAMUK

This is not a matter of "revisionism". this is a matter of justice, because due to the increasing importance of Wikipedia worldwide, a relevant number of Macintosh and "History of Computers" sites everywhere cutted&pasted whole story of Mac Plus from Wikipedia site and reported also the rumors between Macintosh and Amiga which was present notwithstanding in a Macintosh Article. Although Wikipedia is not guilty for that, unfortunately the organization contributed to spread worldwide false rumors that are insulting for the users of a computer platform. I think that Wikipedia organization must take its responsibilities, by unveiling new evidences to the vaste public of its readers worldwide.

So I ask you moderators to accept the fact I will revert again back Macintosh Plus trivia section as I read it for the first time (i.e. including ancient rumors about the Mac and Amiga) but to be polite, I will keep the new evidences I found only in the discussion page, in order to not include in the main Mac Plus page some topics that are not relevant for Macintosh history. But also I will include an indication for the benefit of readers to check the discussion page, so they could find there more informations (as clearly stated in the rules of Wikipedia: Make_omissions_explicit. And I hope that nobody will delete the indication pointing to discussion page anymore, due to a matter of keeping always visible the truth even if "unrelevant", "unwanted" or "embarassing".

Also I ask you moderators to warn user GRAHAMUK not to delete anymore the trivia section as originally traded, because he has no rights to hide informations to other readers even if these informations deal only relatively with Macintosh (and included information about Amiga also) only due to a matter of rumors reported by chance. This is my most important request to you moderators. Also I want to signal that the other competitor abused of "Lack of neutrality as an excuse to delete" Wikipedia rule, and finally he abused of language in the discussion page of Macintosh Plus where I was trying to resolve the dispute between us. All these facts forced me to request you for moderation.

Sincerely, Raffaele --Raffaele Megabyte 10:45, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC) Ask yourself why a computer that is "unrelated" to the issue was tolerated into Macintosh Plus page almost an entire year (to be precise since may 2004 inserted by user 24.26.93.10 and until I revealed the story was different as originally traded). Evidence says that Amiga was tolerated because it was considered a joke. When Amiga become "embarassing" for that Macintosh legend, due to my intervention, then it was simply deleted from the issue as it never existed before. Propaganda in Stalinan Russia was more polite. To solve this moderation consider also this proposal of mine: I do not want that my changes to Macintosh+ Trivia will appear anymore in the main Macintosh Plus page, because my modifications are unrelated to Macintosh Plus topic. Hope this fact will be appreciated by readers mac editoras of the article and moderators. But obviously the evidences I found should remain into discussion page of Macintosh Plus article. Also I ask (as reparation) that whole Star-trek Trivia (including Amiga presence) will be reverted as originally traded since may 2004 into Macintosh Plus page and a note should be written pointing to Mac Plus discussion page (in which there are the facts I found and revealed to the public of wikipedia). I want only this line into brackets should appear: -> (See also discussion page about other evidences on these trivia) I think it is a honest request to return MacPlus page as orignally traded since may 2004. (Nobody complained of Amiga into Mac Plus page, before my intervention) sincerely, --Raffaele Megabyte 00:46, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Tempshill and Tverbeek have dropped Raffaele Megabyte a line with alternative suggestions on dealing with this issue. - Mgm|(talk) 19:44, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Raffaele Megabyte read about suggestions Tempshill and Tverbeek, and disagree.
 * Extremely trivial. Others appear to have declined. Will communicate this to parties. Archive. -SV|t 1 July 2005 01:09 (UTC)

Abortion
I am requesting mediation. RFC has been filed against 214, Talk:abortion and User talk:214.13.4.151 have comunication attempts. I am persuing the next logical step. - User:Tznkai
 * User:Tznkai and User:214.13.4.151
 * Acknowledged. -SV|t 1 July 2005 00:10 (UTC)
 * Forgot to sign a while back evidently--Tznkai 7 July 2005 16:41 (UTC)
 * ''' As both parties appear to agree to mediation, do both accept my services as mediator? -SV|t 8 July 2005 06:50 (UTC)
 * Sure--Tznkai 8 July 2005 16:40 (UTC)

Democratic Peace Theory
User:Ultramarine is attempting to enforce a strong POV supporting one form of Democratic Peace Theory, which form is fairly original, although not with him. He deletes criticisms of this pet form of the theory from the article at whim, and distorts the phrasing of the remainder, so that they are unrecognizable as criticism. He does not discuss these deletions on the talk page. The result of these insistences has been to seriously unbalance the article, in which other forms of DPT deserve much more space relative to this one extreme form (as Ultramarine himself calls it) in which he appears to be True Believer.
 * User:Ultramarine and User:Pmanderson

He also insists on his private version of the history of the twentieth century; in which the People's Republic of China was always subservient to the Soviet Union and the 1956 Hungarian Revolution did not succeed in (briefly) installing a new regime before the Soviet tanks rolled in. I dispute the accuracy of these statements and others, and have attempted to install an accuracy duspute tag - which he has now twice removed. [These are relevant to an alternate account of peace between democracies: most democracies have only existed since about 1945, and have not fought each other because they were allied against the Soviet Union.] Please intervene Septentrionalis 16:13, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * On the contrary it is Pmanderson who deletes arguments and grossly distorts the article with his edits, leaving it very difficult to read. I have discussed all things in my Edit summaries. I use scholarly studies while Pmanderson relies on newspaper opinions and original research. I have given one verision of how to view the Hungarian revolution and China and keepings his. He deletes mine and keeps only his own. Ultramarine 17:50, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Do parties agree to mediation? Will contact. -SV|t 1 July 2005 01:17 (UTC)

Anarchism
Though some might immediately roll their eyes when thinking of this article and its accompanying miles of Talk archives, right now the debate has really ground to a halt. The debate is over the meaning of "anarchism." Supporters of anarcho-capitalism and Libertarians (they make no attempt to hide their association) want 1) all references to non-capitalist anarchists be done as "left-anarchists" or "anarcho-socialists" rather than simply "anarchists". or 2) a disambiguation be created that splits anarchism into "anarcho-socialism" and "anarchism" (the latter would resemble something like this: User:Hogeye/Anarchism. The editors that support these neologisms, and whom I believe are simply campaigning for the Libertarian Party, are User:Hogeye, User:Dtobias, User:RJII. Sympathetic to that triad are User:Silverback and User:Sam_Spade. There was an RFC called for Hogeye as his aggressive splitting and editing clearly showed that he was using Wikipedia as a soapbox example.
 * The meaning of...

The other faction (to which I belong) regards "Anarcho-capitalism" as no more than a minor fringe group that follows the writings of Murray Rothbard and is waging an ideological campaign by introducing such neologisms as "anarcho-socialism" to essentially rewrite historical and contemporary understandings of anarchism to conform to their POV. For my part, I asked for page protection, conducted a survey Talk:Anarchism/Archive16 quite some time ago, and recently made an RFC, which was supposed to bolster results for another survey. The new survey was archived 4 days after posting, by User:Hogeye, possibly because his faction was clearly "losing" (speculation). I tried something novel and summarized the arguments made by both sides because I was so sick of hearing the same things said over and over. This had the effect of making clear (at least to me) that the POV expressed by User:Hogeye, User:Dtobias, and User:RJII is irreconcilable -- they refuse to negotiate. So I ask for mediation between those three users specifically and myself. If any other editors wish to enter into mediation, please sign below. --albamuth 17:48, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * The above is a misrepresentation of me and my position. Do not make anymore false claims about me. And, I do not wish to participate in this mediation. Thank you. RJII 20:29, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * How was what I said misrepresentative? I didn't accuse you of anything but intellectual dishonesty, which I don't believe is against wikipedia policy. --albamuth 30 June 2005 02:34 (UTC)
 * P.S. I have never said I was an anarcho-capitalist. You see a basic problem here when certain individuals see this as a war between different ideological camps, when in fact, he really has no clue what the political pursuasions of some of us are. Some of us are just trying to make a good NPOV article. RJII 21:07, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * If you decline mediation that what would you suggest as the next step to resolve this stalemate? --albamuth 09:00, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Unlock the article and let what's going to happen, happen. The lockdown on the article is excessively protracted and therefore a violation of official Wikipedia policy. RJII 18:33, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * User:RJII declines mediation. May be case for WP:RFC/WP:RFA. Unprotection not recommended. Will contact. -SV|t 1 July 2005 01:17 (UTC)
 * Are you trying to say I'm in violation of some kind of rule by not engaging in argumentation? If so, I hope you're joking. I don't work here. If you pay me, I'll debate. Otherwise, I'm just not interested. I was not even a participant in the "edit war" in the Anarchism article. I've simply been debating in the discussion page, and now I'm tired of it. If it's unlocked, maybe I'll edit, otherwise, I'm losing interest fast.RJII 2 July 2005 03:30 (UTC)
 * I believe he is simply noting the fact that you didn't want mediation. No need to get suspicious. --cesarb 2 July 2005 03:40 (UTC)

Ceske_Budejovice

 * jbetak and NoPuzzleStranger

Request for mediation over a dispute on current name alternatives for České Budějovice. NoPuzzleStranger has initiated a change in this article which is largely POV. His response to several attempts to discuss the need for any change was delayed, curt and POV. During our exchange NoPuzzleStranger has initiated another change to a related article on Plzeň. I call for two things: the Plzeň article should be left unchanged (which NoPuzzleStranger seems to support now) and the České Budějovice article should reflect Budweis as German and English name alternative. These name alternatives are based on former and current use by foreigners and locals alike. Jbetak 30 June 2005 18:23 (UTC)

 * Do parties agree to mediation? Will contact. -SV|t 1 July 2005 01:17 (UTC)
 * The person who accuses me of POV has argued that "What happened to formerly Jewish, German and Magyar towns like Bratislava borders on barbarism and is a real shame". Clearly it's him who's driven by POV here. NoPuzzleStranger 1 July 2005 15:51 (UTC)

 * I'm not accusing anyone, that's just your interpretation of my call for mediation. I saw you engage in revert wars before and believe others brought and into mediation before.

 * You have just again reverted an article with a comment "I'll leave Plzen on your version, and you leave that on mine". I didn't write these articles. I did bring to your attention however that you are making a controversial POV change and brought forward some facts to document the continued use of both "Budweis" and "Pilsen". I believe your understanding of both the topic and the spirit of collaboration here on Wikipedia is quite a bit off. Jbetak 1 July 2005 17:39 (UTC)


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Akbar Ganji

Akbar Ganji (, born 31 January 1960 in Tehran) is an Iranian journalist, writer and a former member of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. He has been described as "Iran's preeminent political dissident", and a "wildly popular pro-democracy journalist" who has crossed press censorship "red lines" regularly. A supporter of the Islamic revolution as a youth, he became disenchanted in the mid-1990s and served time in Tehran's Evin Prison from 2001 to 2006, after publishing a series of stories on the murder of dissident authors known as the Chain Murders of Iran. While in prison, he issued a manifesto which established him as the first "prominent dissident, believing Muslim and former revolutionary" to call for a replacement of Iran's theocratic system with "a democracy". He has been described as "Iran's best-known political prisoner".

Having been named honorary citizen of many European cities and awarded distinctions for his writing and civil, Ganji has won several international awards for his work, including the World Association of Newspapers' Golden Pen of Freedom Award, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression's International Press Freedom Award, the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders, the Cato Institute Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty and the John Humphrey Freedom Award.

Early life
Ganji grew up in a devout, impoverished family in Tehran. Active in the Islamist anti-Shah forces at a "relatively early age", he served in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps during the Iran–Iraq War. He holds a master's degree in communications.

In 1994–5, Ganji became disenchanted with the government. "I saw fascism and political tyranny emerging in Iran. Anyone who asked questions was branded 'anti-revolutionary' and 'against Iran'." Ganji quit the Guard to become an investigative journalist. Shortly thereafter, he gained fame and ran afoul of the authorities by "exposing the role of high officials in sanctioning the murder of liberal dissidents".

Investigation of the Chain Murders of Iran
Ganji has written extensively as a journalist in a series of reformist newspapers, many of which were shut down by the Judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Possibly Ganji's most famous work was a series of articles in Saeed Hajjarian's Sobh Emrouz daily about the 1998 murders of dissident authors known as the Chain Murders of Iran. Akbar Ganji referred to the perpetrators of the killings with code names such as "Excellency Red Garmented" and their "Excellencies Gray" and the "Master Key".

In December 2000, after his arrest (see below), Akbar Ganji announced the "Master Key" to the chain of murders was former Intelligence Minister Hojjatoleslam Ali Fallahian. He "also denounced by name some senior clerics, including Ayatollah Mohammad Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi for having encouraged or issued fatwas, or religious orders for the assassinations". Conservatives have attacked Ganji and denied his claim.

Collections of his articles appeared in books, notably, The Dungeon of Ghosts and The Red Eminence And The Grey Eminences (Alijenob Sorkhpoosh va Alijenob-e Khakestari (2000)) focusing on the involvement of the former President of Iran, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, and his Minister of Intelligence, Ali Fallahian, in the chain murders. The Red Eminence and the Grey Eminences has been described by the Washington Post newspaper in the US as "the Iranian equivalent of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago". The one volume of his writings to appear in English translation is The Road to Democracy in Iran (MIT Press, April 2008).

Arrest and imprisonment
Ganji took part in a conference in Berlin held by the Heinrich Boell Foundation under the title "Iran after the elections" held in the wake of the Majlis elections of February 2000, which resulted in a huge victory by reformist candidates. The gathering was termed "anti-Islamic" and "anti-revolutionary" by Iranian state TV, IRIB, which broadcast part of the conference on 18 April 2000. Returning to Iran from the conference, he was arrested on 22 April 2000, accused of having "damaged national security." Found guilty, in January 2001, he was sentenced to ten years followed by five years of internal exile, which meant he would be kept in a specific city other than Tehran and could not leave the country. On 15 May 2001, an appeal court reduced his 10-year sentence to six months and overturned his additional sentence of five years of internal exile. However, the Tehran prosecutor challenged the appeal court decision and brought new charges against him concerning newspaper articles he had written before April 2000 and his possession of photocopies of foreign newspapers. On 16 July 2001, he was sentenced to six years imprisonment on charges of "collecting confidential information harmful to national security and spreading propaganda against the Islamic system".

Like other political prisoners before him, Ganji wrote from his prison cell. His political manifestos and open letters were smuggled out of jail and published on the internet, – two letters "to the free people of the world":.

In his last year in prison, Ganji went on a hunger strike for more than 80 days, from 19 May 2005 until early August 2005, except for 12 days of leave he was granted on 30 May 2005 ahead of the ninth presidential elections on 17 June 2005. His hunger strike ended after 50 days when "doctors warned he would sustain irreparable brain damage, and he relented." Many Iranians had not heard of the hunger strike due to press censorship and heavy security and information quarantine in Milad Hospital in Tehran. His hunger strike mobilized the international human rights community, "including eight former Nobel Peace laureates. Thousands of intellectuals and human rights activists worldwide spoke out on his behalf. It is generally believed that the global support generated for Ganji during this period spared his life."

He was represented by a group of lawyers, including Dr. Yousef Molaei, Abdolfattah Soltani (who was arrested and put in solitary confinement in 2005 on unknown charges), and the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Shirin Ebadi.

In his recent leave in June 2005, Ganji participated in interviews with several news agencies, criticizing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, and asking for his office to be put to a public vote. This led to a ruling by Saeed Mortazavi, the general prosecutor of Tehran, to arrest him again because of "illegal interviews". He returned to prison voluntarily on 11 June 2005 and started another hunger strike.

Release
Ganji was released from prison in poor health on 18 March 2006, after serving the full term of his six-year sentence, according to his family and various count-downs set up on many Iranian weblogs. At the same time, the deputy prosecutor of Tehran, Mahmoud Salarkia, claimed that ten days remained from his sentence due to unaccounted days of absence and that he had been granted leave for the Persian New Year. The claim has been dropped since.

In June 2006 Ganji left Iran. Since then, he has been writing and giving talks in Europe and North America, speaking out for the movement for democracy in Iran and against any U.S. military attack on his country.

Views
Ganji's writings in prison were smuggled out and widely distributed, especially on the web. Most notably, he wrote a Republican Manifesto in six chapters in March 2002, laying out the basis of his proposal for a fully-fledged democratic republic for Iran. In particular, he argued that all elections in the Islamic Republic of Iran must be boycotted. He later wrote a second book of his Republican Manifesto in May 2005, ahead of the ninth Presidential elections in Iran, specifically arguing for a complete boycott of the presidential elections.

In April 2008, Ganji's first book in English appeared in Boston Review Books/MIT Press: The Road to Democracy in Iran, with an introduction by Joshua Cohen and Abbas Milani.

Iraq War
Ganji opposed the United States 2003 invasion of Iraq and subsequent occupation.

In 2006, Akbar Ganji started a tour to visit world-leading philosophers, theorists, and human rights activists. He aims to introduce Iranian intellectual movements and democratic circles to world-leading thinkers. He met many famous figures as Richard Rorty, Noam Chomsky, Anthony Giddens, David Held and Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt.

Despite repeated invitations, he refused to meet with any member of the administration of US President George W. Bush on the principle that the struggle for democracy in Iran must be waged from within the country, without foreign governmental support. He also refused to meet with White House officials, citing his belief that current US policies were not helping promote democracy in Iran. He said, "You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it". He also added that the war in Iraq was promoting Islamic fundamentalism and hurting movements toward democracy in the region.

Ganji declared that his role was as a dissident and journalist rather than the official voice for a specific opposition party or faction within Iran, which he explained was one reason for his refusal to meet with US political leaders and officeholders.

During his visit he criticized the Iraq War, asserting that rather than undermining the current Iranian regime, it had bolstered its capacity to repress and terrorize its population. "We do not want the regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran. However, this is our problem. Any intervention by any foreign power would bring charges of conspiracy against us... What has happened in Iraq did not support our movement significantly."

2009 election protests
Ganji has strongly supported the 2009 Iranian election protests. He staged a hunger strike outside of the United Nations headquarters to highlight the plight of Iranian political prisoners, and to bring international attention to the oppressive conditions felt within Iran.

Awards and honors

 * PEN America, Honorary member (2000)
 * Canadian Journalists for Free Expression, International Press Freedom Award (2000)
 * The Middle East Studies Association of North America, MESA Academic Freedom Prize (2005)
 * Press Freedom Award, Italy (2005)
 * World Association of Newspapers, Golden Pen of Freedom (2006)
 * Honorary citizen of the city of Florence, Italy (2006)
 * Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders (2006)
 * National Press Club, John Aubuchon Freedom of the Press Award (2006)
 * John Humphrey Freedom Award, Rights & Democracy (2007)
 * Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty (2010)
 * World Press Freedom Hero, International Press Institute (2010)

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Talk:Carpaccio

The classic Carpaccio is of beef - various joints may be used but typically the most tender and expensive cuts from the less used muscles are favoured

Less used by the animal in its life, or less used in cooking? Would be good to clarify. Flapdragon 12:09, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a propaganda machine Amcfreely 02:31, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

wtf are you talking about amcfreely 70.179.102.40 22:56, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

 * please put a picture

amcfreely is obviously talking about the well known carpaccio propaganda.....wtf —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.194.100.126 (talk) 01:19, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

 * If you look at the date of the comment, you can see someone worked in an advert for a particular establishment. Look at the comparison here -- http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carpaccio&diff=36001296&oldid=27730644 64.252.10.237 (talk) 01:25, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Surely made with beef?
Looking at the lede - isn't it the case that the original carpaccio was always beef and that we should say "originally made with beef but now made with other raw meats"? Seems very odd. AdventurousMe (talk) 07:26, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

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Sylvie and Bruno

Sylvie and Bruno, first published in 1889, and its second volume Sylvie and Bruno Concluded published in 1893, form the last novel by Lewis Carroll published during his lifetime. Both volumes were illustrated by Harry Furniss.

The novel has two main plots: one set in the real world at the time the book was published (the Victorian era), the other in the fantasy world of Fairyland. While the latter plot is a fairy tale with many nonsense elements and poems, similar to Carroll's Alice books, the story set in Victorian Britain is a social novel, with its characters discussing various concepts and aspects of religion, society, philosophy and morality.

Origin
Two short pieces, "Fairy Sylvie" and "Bruno's Revenge", originally appeared in Aunt Judy's Magazine in 1867. Some years later, in 1873 or 1874, Carroll had the idea to use these as the core for a longer story. Much of the rest of the novel he compiled from notes of ideas and dialogue which he had collected over the years (and which he called "litterature" in the introduction to the first volume).

Carroll initially intended for the novel to be published in one volume. However, due to its length, it was divided into two volumes, published in 1889 and 1893.

The novel is not nearly as well known as the Alice books. It was very poorly received and did not have many reprintings; modern commentators note that it lacks much of Carroll's characteristic humour. The poem The Mad Gardener's Song, widely reprinted elsewhere, is the best-known part of the book.

The introductory poem contains a double acrostic on the name "Isa Bowman", one of Carroll's child friends.

Plot overview
There are two strands to the plot: the conspiracy against the Warden of Outland, instigated by the Sub-Warden and Chancellor, and the love of a young doctor, Arthur, for Lady Muriel.

Conspiracy in Outland; Arthur and Lady Muriel

 * Chapter 1: The narrator is in his spacious breakfast-saloon, high above the noisy public square. The Chancellor has hired a mob to put on a ”spontaneous” protest, but the rioters seem confused whether to chant for more or less of bread and taxes. Bruno enters, looking for Sylvie, but he ends up on the Chancellor's knee with Sylvie, listening to the Warden's report of the Professor's return from his travels in search of health. In the Library the Professor tells them about his troubles with barometric and "horizontal weather" issues.

 * Chapter 2: The narrator finds himself in a train compartment, which a veiled young lady has just entered. He is on his way to see Arthur, a doctor friend, for a consultation; he rereads Arthur's letter, and absent-mindedly repeats out loud its last line, "Do you believe in Fate?" The lady laughs, and a conversation ensues. The scene changes abruptly to the breakfast-saloon, in which the Professor is explaining his plunge-bath invention to the Sub-Warden, his wife, her son, the Chancellor, Warden, Sylvie, and Bruno.

 * Chapter 3: The Chancellor tries to persuade the Warden to elevate the Sub-Warden to Vice-Warden. The Warden asks the Sub-Warden for a private talk. The Sub-Warden's wife asks the Professor about his Lecture, suggesting a Fancy Dress Ball. He gives Sylvie a birthday present: a pincushion. Uggug throws butter over Sylvie. The Sub-Warden distracts his wife by saying a pig is in the garden; the Chancellor drags Uggug out by his ear.

 * Chapter 4: The Warden agrees to the changes. After he has signed the Agreement and left (to become Monarch of Fairyland), the Chancellor, Vice-Warden and his wife laugh about how they have deceived him, the document having been altered at the last minute to give the Vice-Warden dictatorial powers. A beggar appears beneath the window; Uggug and his mother throw water over him. Bruno tries to throw him some food, but he has gone.

 * Chapter 5: The narrator wakes up, and he and the lady discuss ghosts. They change trains at Fayfield Junction; he notices her name on her luggage: Lady Muriel Orme. An old tramp is sent on his way. The narrator falls asleep again, and hears the first stanza of the Mad Gardener's Song. The Gardener directs Sylvie and Bruno after the beggar. They give him cake, and he leads them to an underground octagonal room lined with creepers bearing fruit and flowers. His clothes transform, and they find it is their father.

 * Chapter 6: He says they are in Elfland. Bruno tries to eat the fruit (Phlizz) but it has no taste. Their father shows Sylvie two lockets, one blue ("All will love Sylvie") and one red ("Sylvie will love all"). She chooses the red. The narrator finds himself at the railway station of his destination, Elveston. On arriving at Arthur's house, he tells him of Lady Muriel Orme, and it turns out that Arthur knows her and is in love with her. The narrator falls asleep again, and hears the Chancellor warn the Vice-Warden that the Ambassador of Elfland has arrived and that they will need to convince him that Uggug is Bruno, or as able as Bruno.

 * Chapter 7: The Ambassador, Baron Doppelgeist, is given demonstrations of Uggug's abilities which always happen when he is looking the other way. Finding his guestroom full of frogs, he leaves in anger.

 * Chapter 8: The narrator visits Lady Muriel and her father, the Earl, in the company of Arthur. They discuss weightlessness. Later, Arthur and the narrator visit the beach. Arthur goes home. Sylvie and Bruno go in search of the Beggar, their father. She rubs the red amulet, and a mouse is transformed into a lion, which they ride. Their father listens to their account of the Ambassador's visit; he cannot rectify the situation, but casts a spell.

 * Chapter 9: Uggug refuses to learn his lessons. The Vice-Warden and his wife try on disguises: jester and dancing bear. Uggug sees them and runs off to fetch the Professor. When he arrives, they are dressed normally, and they tell him that the people wish to elect an Emperor—the Vice-Warden.

Intermezzo

 * Chapter 10: The Professor takes Sylvie and Bruno to see the Other Professor. The Professor asks him about the Pig-Tale, which he promised to give after the Professor's Lecture. Bruno asks what "inconvenient" means.

 * Chapter 11: By way of illustration, the Other Professor recites Peter and Paul, 208 lines of verse.

 * Chapter 12: After a discussion, the Other Professor vanishes. Sylvie and Bruno complain to the Professor about their treatment, and ask him to tell the Gardener to open the garden door for them, so they can go to Fairyland to see their father.

 * Chapter 13: They walk a long way, stopping briefly to visit the King of Dogland, before entering the gate of Fairyland. Arthur tells the narrator that he has discovered that he has more wealth than he thought, and that marriage with Lady Muriel is at least possible.

 * Chapter 14: The narrator spends a month at London; when he returns, he finds that Arthur has still not yet declared his intentions. The narrator sets off to speak to the Earl; on the way he encounters first Sylvie (who is helping a Beetle) and then Bruno (who is spoiling Sylvie's garden). He persuades Bruno to help weed it instead.

 * Chapter 15: Bruno weeds the garden with the narrator's help.

Eric

 * Chapter 16: The Earl invites Arthur to a picnic in ten days' time. On the day, walking to their house, the narrator encounters Sylvie and Bruno again.

 * Chapter 17: The party leave the Earl's Hall and travel to a ruined castle, the site of the picnic. Muriel sings, but the narrator falls asleep, and her song becomes that of Bruno.

 * Chapter 18: Muriel introduces Captain Eric Lindon, a highly presentable young man. Arthur is in despair, and declines to return with the party in the same carriage. The narrator falls asleep again, and there is a meeting between Lindon, Sylvie, Bruno, and the Professor.

 * Chapter 19: A week later, Arthur and the narrator go to church. They discuss religion with Muriel, condemning High Church affectations, and moralising which relies on Pascal's Wager. The narrator helps carry a lame little girl upstairs at the railway station, and buys a posy in the street. The girl turns out to be Sylvie.

 * Chapter 20: He brings Sylvie and Bruno to the Earl's Hall. The Earl is astonished by the flowers, none of which are English. Muriel sings a new song. A couple of days later, the flowers have vanished. The narrator, Muriel, and the Earl idly sketch an alternative scheme for the animal kingdom.

 * Chapter 21: Sylvie asks the Professor for advice. He unlocks the Ivory Door for the two of them, and they meet Bruno. The Professor boasts of having devised the Emperor's new Money Act, doubling the value of every coin to make everyone twice as rich, and shows the narrator an "Outlandish" watch (essentially a kind of time machine). Sylvie finds a dead hare, and is horrified to learn that human beings hunt them.

 * Chapter 22: Arthur is even more discouraged. Muriel is surprised to discover that Eric has met Sylvie and Bruno. Eric saves Bruno from being run down by a train.

 * Chapter 23: The narrator tries to use the Outlandish watch to prevent an accident, but fails. He then uses it to witness, in reverse, some scenes of family life. Later, the narrator is talking to the Earl when he learns, and Arthur overhears, that Muriel is engaged to Eric.

 * Chapter 24: Sylvie and Bruno present a variety show to an audience of frogs, including "Bits of Shakespeare", and Bruno tells them a long rambling story.

 * Chapter 25: A week after discovering that Muriel is engaged, Arthur and the narrator go for the "last" time to the Earl's Hall. They discuss with Muriel how the Sabbath should best be kept, and the nature of free will. Arthur informs the narrator that he is leaving for India.

A clean slate

 * Chapter 1: Several weeks pass in London. The narrator sees Eric Lindon at a club, and learns that Eric's engagement to Muriel is over, and that Arthur is still at Elveston. The narrator meets Bruno in a park; Sylvie gives Bruno his lessons. A thunderstorm drives the narrator home, where he finds a telegram from Arthur, asking him to come.

 * Chapter 2: As before, the narrator meets Lady Muriel while changing trains at Fayfield Junction. She is giving money to the old tramp (vol. 1, ch. 5). On their way to Elveston she says that Eric broke off their engagement because of her evident discomfort with Eric's lukewarm faith. Arthur does not know this.

 * Chapter 3: The next morning, on a walk, Arthur discusses his anti-socialist views, and condemns charity bazaars as "half charity, half self-pleasing". Sylvie and Bruno contrive that he should meet Muriel, who is also out walking.

 * Chapter 4: The narrator presses on without him to Hunter's farm to order milk. On his way he meets the farmer, who is talking to a woman about her hard-drinking husband, Willie. At the farm, the dog Nero (who is the Dog King from vol. 1, ch. 13) catches a boy who is stealing apples.

 * Chapter 5: The three of them meet the farmer's wife, daughter Bessie, and Bessie's doll, Matilda-Jane. On their way back to Elveston they pass the Golden Lion, a new public house.

 * Chapter 6: Willie comes walking down the road; Sylvie and Bruno invisibly drag him away from the pub. He delivers his wages to his wife, and swears off drink. The narrator walks back to the house, and learns that Arthur is now engaged to Muriel.

 * Chapter 7: At the Hall, the narrator finds Muriel with a man called "Mein Herr", who has a beard and a German accent. He bears a remarkable resemblance to the Professor. He shows them Fortunatus's Purse, and describes a gravity-powered train, a method of storing up extra time so that nobody ever gets bored, a carriage with oval wheels (with the end of one wheel corresponding to the side of the wheel opposite it, so that the carriage rises, falls, rolls, and pitches, and so anybody in the carriage gets vomitingly sick) He also describes a carriage designed to prevent runaway horses from getting anywhere. Oddly enough, nobody seems to remember where they first met "Mein Herr", nor what his real name is, nor where he lives, nor where he's from. Lady Muriel admits that she never realised what a mysterious man he is until she met the narrator. A party is planned.

 * Chapter 8: Ten days pass. The day before the party, Arthur, Muriel and the narrator have tea at the Hall. Arthur argues that the gravity of a sin must be judged by the temptation preceding it. The Earl returns from the harbour-town with news of the spread of a fever.

A brief marriage

 * Chapter 9: At the party, conversation ranges over sanity and insanity, cheating at croquet versus cheating at whist, rational honeymoons, teetotalism, and keeping dinner parties interesting.

 * Chapter 10: An interlude, with the arrival of Sylvie and Bruno, the discussion of wine (which is transformed into a discussion of jam) and an unsatisfying musical performance.

 * Chapter 11: Another interlude, with "Mein Herr" telling tall tales about his country. He describes how nobody in his kingdom ever drowns, because they have been eugenically bred for dozens of generations to weigh less and less until everybody is lighter than water. He also hears that the largest map considered really useful would be six inches to the mile; although his country had learnt map-making from his host Nation, it had carried it much further, having gone through maps that are six feet to the mile, then six yards to the mile, next a hundred yards to the mile—finally, a mile to the mile (the farmers said that if such a map was to be spread out, it would block out the sun and crops would fail, so the project was abandoned). He goes on to portray some devices similar to modern planetary engineering or terraforming, and paint-balls. Finally, he describes a system of government where there are thousands of kings and one subject, instead of the other way around.

 * Chapter 12: Sylvie plays the piano for the assembled company. Mein Herr discusses incomprehensibility by describing how, in the days when he worked at a school in his country, there was an old professor who lectured to pupils, and, although his speeches were incomprehensible, the pupils were so impressed that they memorised the speeches. Many of these pupils got jobs as lecturers in schools, and repeated the speeches made by the first professor, and the pupils were impressed by the speeches and memorised them, getting jobs as lecturers in schools later on, until a day came when everyone realised that nobody understood what the speeches meant. Another craze was that of competitive examinations, when teachers motivated students by giving them money if the answers are correct, until eventually, the bright students in school make more money than the teachers do. The most insane craze was the Scholarship Hunts, when any principal that wanted a student in his college had to hunt them in the streets and the first principal to catch the student wins. One principal, theorising how bullets have accelerated velocity because they're spherical, becomes perfectly spherical, in an attempt to catch the brightest scholar. Unfortunately, the Principal runs too fast and soon finds himself going at 100 MPH and only stops after he crashes into a haybale. It is implied that if he hadn't deliberately run into a haybale, he would have run off the planet.

 * Chapter 13: A continuation of the Scholar Hunters story of chapter 12. Mein Herr explains how the Scholarship Hunts evolves into a more 'civilised' method of catching scholars; the children are offered more and more money for a scholarship in an event that amounts to auctioning them off. One day, a linguist finds an old African Legend (although the nature of the story appears to be stereotypically Ottoman) in which a village that stands in the heart of Africa is inhabited by people for whom a beverage made for eggs is a necessity. A merchant arrives at the town with eggs and auctions them off for large blocks of money, as the natives very badly need their eggs. He returns each week with eggs, pricing them higher, and the natives end up giving him fortunes for the eggs, until one day, when they realise how they are letting the merchant get rich off of their gullibility, and cheat the system by having only one man (who requests 10 piastres for the whole cartload) appear at the next auction. The principals realise how they are having the same problems with their students that the Africans had with the eggs, and this system is abolished. Mein Herr's speech is interrupted for the narrator by stanzas of What Tottles Meant.

 * Chapters 14–15: Sylvie tells the story "Bruno's Picnic".

 * Chapter 16: Sylvie and Bruno have vanished. The guests, after a brief search, go home; Muriel, Arthur and the Earl discuss what pursuits might be followed in the Afterlife.

 * Chapter 17: Muriel sings To a Lark (which is replaced, for the dreaming narrator, by a different song). Arthur is called away to the harbour to treat cases of the deadly fever, and he leaves immediately after his wedding the next morning.

 * Chapter 18: An item in the Fayfield Chronicle reports the death of Arthur Forester.

The return

 * Chapter 19: In December of the same year, the narrator returns to Elveston, and visits Arthur's grave in the company of Muriel. They have tea with the Earl, and discuss whether animals have souls. Lady Muriel walks the narrator part of the way home, and they meet Sylvie and Bruno, who are singing A Song of Love.

 * Chapter 20: Back in Outland, the Professor welcomes Sylvie and Bruno back to the palace in time for Uggug's birthday celebrations. They hear the last verse of the Gardener's Song, then hurry to the Saloon.

 * Chapter 21: The Professor delivers his Lecture. It includes Axioms, Specimens, and Experiments. Part of the Specimens involve shrinking an elephant to the size of a mouse with the use of a Megaloscope, and reversing the Megaloscope to enlarge a flea to the size of a horse. One experiment involves the subject of Black Light by taking a candle and pouring black ink over the flame and turning the flame's yellow light to black light, which admittedly looks no different than no light at all.

 * Chapter 22: (The narrator visits the tramp mentioned in vol. 2, ch. 2.) The Banquet takes place.

 * Chapter 23: The Other Professor recites The Pig-Tale. The Emperor is in the process of making a speech when a mysterious "hurricane" causes him and his wife to regret all of their previous intrigues against the Warden. (No attempt is made to justify this in the terms of the story.)

 * Chapter 24: The Beggar returns to the palace, and is revealed to be the Warden. Uggug, who has turned into a giant porcupine, is put into a cage. Sylvie and Bruno visit the ill Professor in the company of the Empress.

 * Chapter 25: In the "real" world, the narrator is called urgently to the Hall. Eric Lindon has found Arthur Forester still living—he had been unconscious or delirious for several months, and went unrecognised as the doctor. On returning to his own lodgings, the narrator witnesses his last scene from Outland: Bruno and Sylvie discover that the two Jewels (vol. 1, ch. 6) are in fact one.

Lead characters

 * The Historian (narrator): An ill Londoner who visits Elveston to consult his doctor friend about his illness (possibly narcolepsy). While never given a name (he is referred to as "the Historian" by Carroll in the Preface to Sylvie and Bruno Concluded, and is called "Mister Sir" by Bruno) this character serves a supporting role in every plotline in the novel, and the story is told through his eyes. At first, he serves principally as an omniscient observer in Fairyland, although his part in the real-world story is somewhat more substantial. However, towards the middle of the novel, he begins to take on a more active role in both dimensions of the story.
 * Sylvie: Lady Sylvie is a young Sprite at the beginning of the novel, and later a true Fairy. Sylvie is the princess of Fairyland, daughter of the Warden, and sister of Bruno. While exhibiting very innocent traits, she seems far more mature than her younger brother, and often becomes exasperated with his illogical statements.
 * Bruno: Bruno, Esquire is a very young fairy child, who uses broken grammar and who seems to have a somewhat twisted view of logic. He abhors his lessons, which his sister makes him take on a daily basis.

Characters in the fairy world

 * The Warden: Later the King of Fairyland. The father of Sylvie and Bruno, and the rightful ruler of Outland. He is the intended victim of the plots of the Emperor, Empress, and Lord Chancellor, but is actually in full control of events.
 * Sibimet: Sibimet ("Sibby"), Sub-Warden of Outland (later Vice-Warden and then Emperor) conspires along with his wife and the Chancellor to steal the rule of Outland from the Warden. He is a rather ridiculous character, but not unintelligent. Sibimet means "for himself" in Latin, and Carroll congratulates himself in the Preface to Sylvie and Bruno Concluded on inventing such an apposite name.
 * Tabikat: Tabikat ("Tabby"), Sub-Wardeness of Outland (later Vice-Wardeness and then Empress) is the wife of Sibimet; she is an entirely stupid woman, and is unknowingly the butt of many jokes. She is content to spend all her time doting over her hideous son, Uggug.
 * The Lord Chancellor: The chief underling of the Emperor and Empress, he frequently is a willing conspirator in their dirty work.
 * Uggug: An ugly and stupid child who is doted upon and spoiled by his mother, and behaves in an obnoxious manner toward everyone. Later becomes His Imperial Fatness Prince Uggug. He changes into a porcupine near the end.
 * The Professor: A delightfully ridiculous old man, he invents many ridiculous items, and then has no purpose for them. The most wonderful item in his possession is the Outlandish Watch (so-called because it comes from Outland). It has the ability to turn back time, although it cannot allow its holder to truly alter events of the past. It can also play any one hour backwards.
 * The Other Professor: A Professor friend of the Professor. He is frequently asleep, and wakes up to recite poetry. In Furniss' illustrations, his face is never shown.

Characters in the real world

 * Dr Arthur Forester: An intelligent, thoughtful, curious young doctor. He often stimulates the storyline—and the other characters—by introducing questions of morality and religion. He is in love with Lady Muriel. He is an extremely moral person, and eventually sacrifices himself to save a village dying of fever.
 * Lady Muriel Orme: Another intelligent person, she is the object of Arthur's affection, and often helps to engage in intelligent conversation with many of the other real-world characters, especially the Narrator and the Earl. She endures a failed engagement with Eric Lindon, before marrying Arthur.
 * The Earl of Ainslie: The father of Lady Muriel, he is both a father figure to the younger characters, and a comrade to the ageing Narrator.
 * Eric Lindon: Lady Muriel's cousin, and one-time fiancé. He breaks their engagement upon realising that she believes that they are religiously incompatible, but will not break it herself. An ex-soldier, he exhibits great self-sacrifice and courage.
 * Mein Herr: Seemingly a traveller from a distant planet, "Mein Herr" (German for "my lord") is the catalyst for both satire and several puns. His planet has already experienced much of what Earth is currently dealing with, and he gladly shares the end results of some of our more ridiculous customs.

Reception
Unlike Lewis Carroll's Alice books, Sylvie and Bruno has never been praised by critics. It sold just 13,000 copies in its early editions. "The Mad Gardener's Song", a poem that appears in instalments throughout the book, is often described as the only well-received part of the work.

The famous writer J.R.R. Tolkien was fond of the novel, and it is believed to have influenced his novella Roverandom.

The watch used by Sylvie and Bruno has been described as an early type of time machine, making Sylvie and Bruno an early example of time travel fiction; Lisa Yaszek noted that "The explosion of such stories during this era [1889 onward] might come from the fact that people were beginning to standardize time, and orient themselves to clocks more frequently."

In 2011, Richard Jenkyns of Prospect described Carroll's use of baby talk in the book as "embarrassing."

In 2014, Mari Ness wrote "Carroll abruptly shifts from one world to the other often without sense or reason or letting the reader know what’s going on. This is meant, I think, to convey the thin line between reality and dream, and to accent the narrator’s confusion—since he himself is often not at all sure what is going on. In practice, it comes across as muddled and annoying — mostly because the tones of the two narratives are so completely different. [...] Carroll seems to forget what he is writing, and where he is in the story. This might be deliberate, but that doesn’t quite explain apparent slip-ups such as the way the narrator suddenly knows Lady Muriel’s name before anyone has brought it up; the narration suddenly telling us Sylvie’s thoughts even though the narrator has no way of knowing what these thoughts are, not to mention this is distracting. Other bits leap from here to there without much meaning or connection or recollection of what happened earlier [...] Carroll later noted that he wrote the rest of the book in odd moments here and there, more or less jotting them down when he thought of scenes. This is all very well, but what Carroll blatantly forgot to do was to try to connect all of these odd moments."

Ness does praise some aspects, such as the Professor's Lecture, and says that "here and there I can catch glimpses of the zany, surreal humor of the Alice books. But even at their best moments, and there are few of those, the Sylvie and Bruno books never really hit those heights." She noted the similarities to George MacDonald's Adela Cathcart (1864) and posited that the failure of Sylvie and Bruno caused other authors not to attempt to write similar books aimed at both a child and adult audience.

Writing in The Forward in 2015, Benjamin Ivry criticised what he saw as antisemitic content in Sylvie and Bruno, for example, the depiction of a tailor (a stereotypically Jewish occupation in Victorian England) who accepts the doubling of his payment owed every year.

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V6 (band)

V6 (ブイシックス) was a six-member Japanese boy band formed by Johnny & Associates. The group debuted on November 1, 1995, with the single "Music for the People", which was used as the image song for the 1995 World Cup of Volleyball. Their first four singles, including "Music for the People", were all cover versions of the same-titled Eurobeat songs composed by Italian producers such as Giancarlo Pasquini, Andrea Leonardi, Alberto Contini, Sandro Oliva.

Similar to their agency seniors Hikaru Genji, the group is separated into two subgroups based on age. For V6, the group is split into 20th Century and Coming Century, which consist of the three oldest members and the three youngest members, respectively. The band sold more than 13.5 million albums and singles.

As announced on March 12, 2021, V6 disbanded on November 1, 2021, their 26th anniversary since their debut.

Name
In an interview on Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ, the group stated that the "V" in V6 also stood for "Versus" (20th Century versus Coming Century) at first. However, then-president Johnny Kitagawa informed the group that the "V" had multiple meanings, such as "Volleyball", "Vegetable" (as Sakamoto's parents own a green grocers), "Bicycle" ("V" and "B" are indistinguishable in Japanese; Nagano's parents own a cycling store), and "Veteran".

1995–2021
From 1997 to 2008, V6 hosted their own variety show Gakkō e Ikō (学校へ行こう) and is hosting Viva Viva V6 since 2001 on Fuji TV. Along with their group shows, the members also have individual TV shows, dramas, or radio programs.

V6 celebrated their tenth anniversary in 2005, commemorating the event by holding about thirty concerts in sold-out arenas all over Japan, holding three major "Thank You Events", releasing the movie Hold Up Down and releasing Musicmind as their new album. They also had a rare "Handshake Session" with hundreds of thousands of fans in Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and Fukuoka.

As separate bands, both of them performed the opening song for the anime, Eyeshield 21. Coming Century performed "Breakthrough", the first opening theme song, and 20th Century performed "Innocence", the second opening theme song. As V6, they performed "Chain of Power" as an insert song. They also sang "Change the World" and "Brand New World", the first opening and eighth ending themes, respectively ,of the popular anime InuYasha, as well as "Break Out", the 18th opening song of the popular anime Fairy Tail. They later performed the 21st opening song of One Piece, "Super Powers".

On May 3, 2017, they released the double A-side single titled "COLORS/Taiyou to Tsuki no Kodomotachi". The title track "COLORS" will be used as the theme song for member Yoshihiko Inohara's starring drama "Keishicho Sousa Ikka 9 Gakari season12" on TV Asahi. Meanwhile, "Taiyou to Tsuki no Kodomotachi" has been picked up for NHK's "Minna no Uta" for April and May.

On March 12, 2021, Johnny & Associates announced V6 would disband on November 1, V6's 26th debut anniversary. In July, they announced that they would host their last concert tour, LIVE TOUR V6 groove from September 4 to November 1, the first day and the last day of the live tour, which is the date of V6 formation and their debut date. Also, they will release their new album STEP on September 4.

On October 26, 2021, V6 hosted their last TV variety show Gakkō e Ikō (学校へ行こう 2021) as a group. They also released their last best album Very6 BEST.

On November 1, 2021, member Go Morita also left the agency, effectively dissolving also the sub-group "Coming Century", though Okada and Miyake continued with their individual activities. Miyake left the agency in 2 May 2023. Okada left 30 November 2023. Sub group "20th Century" would continue activities past that date.

20th Century

 * Masayuki Sakamoto (坂本 昌行) — (leader of V6 and 20th Century)
 * Hiroshi Nagano (長野 博)
 * Yoshihiko Inohara (井ノ原 快彦)

Coming Century
(Officially disbanded when Go Morita left)
 * Go Morita (森田 剛) — (leader of Coming Century) (left 1 November 2021)
 * Ken Miyake (三宅 健) (left 2 May 2023)
 * Junichi Okada (岡田 准一) (left 30 November 2023)

Discography
Studio albums
 * Since 1995: Forever (1996)
 * Nature Rhythm (1997)
 * A Jack in the Box (1998)
 * "Lucky" 20th Century, Coming Century to Be Continued... (1999)
 * "Happy" Coming Century, 20th Century Forever (2000)
 * Volume 6 (2001)
 * Seven (2002)
 * Infinity: Love & Life (2003)
 * Musicmind (2005)
 * Voyager (2007)
 * Ready? (2010)
 * Oh! My! Goodness! (2013)
 * The Ones (2017)
 * Step (2021)

Compilation albums
 * Very Best (2001)
 * Very Best II (2006)
 * Super Very Best (2015)
 * Very6 Best (2021)

DVD/VHS

 * 1996: Live for the People
 * 1997: Film V6: Clips and More
 * 1998: Space (from V6 Live Tour '98)
 * 1999: Film V6 Cct II: Clips and More
 * 2001: Very Happy!!!
 * 2002: Film V6 Act III: Clips and More
 * 2002: Liv6
 * 2003: Hard Luck Hero (movie)
 * 2004: Love & Life (V6 Summer Special Dream Live 2003)
 * 2005: Film V6 Act IV (Ballad Clips and More)
 * 2005: Film V6 act IV (Dance Clips and More)
 * 2005: Very Best Live (1995—2004)
 * 2005: Hold Up Down (movie)
 * 2006: 10th Anniversary Concert Tour 2005: Musicmind
 * 2008: V6 Live Tour 2007 Voyager (Boku to Bokura no Ashita)
 * 2009: V6 Live Tour 2008 Vibes
 * 2010: V6 Live DVD Asia Tour 2010 in Japan Ready?
 * 2012: V6 Live Tour 2011 Sexy.Honey.Bunny!
 * 2013: V6 Live Tour 2013 Oh! My! Goodness!
 * 2016: V6 Live Tour 2015 -since 1995~forever-
 * 2018: LIVE TOUR 2017 The ONES
 * 2021: For the 25th anniversary
 * 2022: LIVE TOUR V6 groove

20th Century

 * 2009: 20th Century Live Tour 2008 Ore Ja Nakya, Kimi Ja Nakya
 * 2009: 20th Century Live Tour 2009 Honey Honey Honey

Coming Century

 * 1997: Sky
 * 1998: Question
 * 2003: Cosmic Rescue (movie)
 * 2009: We are Coming Century Boys Live Tour 2009

Other activities
As a group, the members of V6 have done dramas such as V no Honoo in 1995 and movies such as Hard Luck Hero in 2003 and Hold Up Down in 2005.

V6

 * "Hard Luck Hero" (ハードラックヒーロー) (2003)
 * "Thunderbirds" (サンダーバード) (2004) (Japanese Dub)
 * "Hold Up Down" (ホールドアップダウン) (2005)

Coming Century

 * COSMIC RESCUE (2003)

Drama

 * "V no Honoo" (Vの炎) (1995, Fuji TV) - all members of V6
 * PU-PU-PU- (1998, TBS) - members of Kamisen
 * "Shin・Oretachi no Tabi Ver.1999" (新・俺たちの旅Ver.1999) (1999, NTV) - members of Kamisen
 * "Shounentaiya(doramaserekushon)『Shinsen~Yoru no Ongaku』" (少年タイヤ（ドラマセレクション）『室温〜夜の音楽〜』) (Fuji TV) - members of Tonisen

Variety Shows

 * "Majikaru Zunou Pawaa!!" (マジカル頭脳パワー!!) (1996-1999, NTV)
 * "Gakkou e Ikou!" (学校へ行こう!) (1997 - 2005, TBS)
 * "Gakkou e Ikou!MAX" (2005 - 2008, TBS)
 * "Gakkou e Ikou! 2015" (学校へ行こう!2015) (Nov 13, 2015, TBS)
 * "V6 no Ai Nanda 2017" (V6の愛なんだ2017 史上最高の夏まつり!) (Aug 30, 2017, TBS)
 * "V6 no Ai Nanda 2018" (V6の愛なんだ2018) (Sep 24, 2018, TBS)
 * "V6 no Ai Nanda 2019" (V6の愛なんだ2019) (Sep 23, 2019, TBS)
 * "V6 no Ai Nanda 2020" (V6の愛なんだ2020) (Nov 3, 2020, TBS)
 * "Gakkou e Ikou! 2021" (学校へ行こう!2021) (Oct 26, 2021, TBS)
 * "24 Jikan Terebi" (24時間テレビ) (NTV, 1998, 2000)
 * "V6 no Moto" (V6の素) (1999 - 2000, Fuji TV)
 * "Mahha buiroku" (マッハブイロク) (2000, Fuji TV)
 * "Owarai V6 Byoutou" (お笑いV6病棟!) (2000 - 2001, Fuji TV)
 * "MyMiCen!" (ミミセン!) (2001, TBS) - Kamisen
 * "Otosen!" (オトセン!) (2001 - 2002, TBS) - Kamisen
 * "Otosen II" (オトセンII) (2002, TBS) - Kamisen
 * "Rabusen!" (ラブセン!) (2002 - 2004, TBS)
 * "Asuriito Ouen TV! Nippon! Chax3" (アスリート応援TV! ニッポン!チャ×3) (2006 - 2007, TBS) - Tonisen
 * "VivaVivaV6" (2001 - 2010, Fuji TV)
 * "Shinchishiki Kaikyuu Kumagusu" (新知識階級 クマグス) (2008 - 2010, TBS)
 * "Mission V6" (ミッションV6) (2010 - 2011, TBS)
 * "Otoko no Hensaachi" (男のヘンサーチ!!) (Oct 2011 - Oct 2012, TBS)
 * "Gacha Gacha V6" (ガチャガチャV6) (Oct 2012 - Mar 2014, TBS)
 * "V6 LOVE VICTORY" (ヴィシックスラヴヴィクトリー) (Apr 2013 - 2 Episodes Aired only TBS)
 * "AMAZIPANG" (アメージパング) (Apr 2014 - Oct 2021, TBS)

title: V6 (band)