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Adrano

Adrano (Adernò until 1929; Ddirnò), ancient Adranon, is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Catania on the east coast of Sicily.

It is situated around 41 km northwest of Catania, which was also the capital of the province to which Adrano belonged, now a metropolitan city. It lies near the foot of Mount Etna, at the confluence of the Simeto and Salso rivers. It is the commercial center for a region where olives and citrus fruit are grown. Neighbouring towns include: Biancavilla, Bronte, Paternò, Randazzo, Santa Maria di Licodia and Centuripe.

Founding and pre-Christian era
The settlement was founded by Dionysius the Elder around 400 BC, intending to strengthen Syracusan power in the region. He named the town Adranon in honour of Adranus.

In 344 BC the troops of Timoleon fought the forces of the Syracusan commander Iketas of Leontini near Adrano. During the following years, Adrano was frequently harried by Campanian mercenaries, called the Mamertinians.

The Romans conquered the growing township in 263 BC and declared it a civitas stipendiaria, obliging it to pay a costly tribute to Rome. The consul Valerius ravaged the town, enslaved the inhabitants and sold them as workers and slaves to the aratores (farmers) residing in the near city of Centuripe. In 137 BC, Eunus led an unsuccessful slave revolt against the Roman suppressors, and from then on, Adrano was nothing more than part of Centuripe.

The Romans referred to the city as Adranum or Hadranum.

Byzantine Empire, Arabs and Normans
The township was pillaged several times by Germanic tribes during the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Only through the reign of Theodoric the Great (495–526), the conditions improved due to the administration by Cassiodorus. In the mid-6th century it was conquered by the Eastern Roman Empire.

Around 950, the Arab Musa occupied the city of Centuripe and its vicinity, and thenceforth Adrano became part of the emirate of Sicily.

The Arabs ruled the region until in 1075 the Normans, led by Hugo of Yersey, succeeded in conquering the region against the resistance of Caid Albucazar. Adrano became part of the Diocese of Catania, administered by the monk Ansgerius. The citizens of the prospering township continued the successful agricultural and economic work the Arabs had initiated. Therefore, the Norman era was enormously influenced by winegrowing, leather work and silk manufacturing.

Late Middle Ages and feudalism
The arrival of the Hohenstaufen around the end of the 12th century brought enduring difficulties and disputes over Sicily and its inhabitants. The remaining Arabs were vehemently pursued by the administration, which forced them to gather inside the fortresses of Troina, Entella and Centuripe, offering armed resistance. The insurrection was ended violently, and the survivors were massacred or kidnapped. Pope Clement IV made Charles of Anjou king of Sicily in 1265, which ended the Hohenstaufen rule of southern Italy. During that time, Adrano was rather a small settlement of hunters, and the number of inhabitants had decreased from 1,000 to 300.

In 1282, the Sicilian Vespers ended the French reign in Sicily, and Peter III of Aragon became king. The following years were characterized by constant conflicts between the residing farmers and the Bourgeoisie of the region. Adrano fell to the property of the Catalan landholder Garzia de Linguida, and eventually, in 1286, to the ownership of Luca Pellegrino. The estates and soils of the region were subject to immense disputes between several landowners and noblemen in the following time until the 15th century.

From the 15th century on, Sicily was reigned by the so-called vice kings. Between 1412 and 1515, Adrano was under administration by the Moncada family. Giovan Tommaso Moncada (1466–1501) renovated the Norman castle and fortified it. He allowed a couple of refugees from the northern Greek region of Epirus to settle down in the vicinity of Adrano, which is how the town of Biancavilla was founded. The relatives of earl Moncada build many manors (so-called palazzi) in the centre of the town, among which is the latter town hall, and the centre of the city, the piazza, became popular meeting place for the residents, who meanwhile numbered around 6,000. Around the same time began the construction of the Monastero di Santa Lucia (Monastery of St Lucy). In 1693, a severe earthquake inflicted heavy damage to the town.

18th, 19th and 20th century
Since the beginning of the 18th century and until around 1820, Adrano suffered from enduring riots and changes taking place in Italy and particularly Sicily, as was the Risorgimento. Adrano became the main administrative town of the vicinity in 1819 and hosted the local court.

Giuseppe Garibaldi landed in Sicily in 1860 and many reforms took place. On July 1, 1860, a town council was installed in Adrano, and don Lorenzo Ciancio was made chairman. The famous Teatro Bellini (Bellini theatre) dates from that time and testifies to the various diversifications the city underwent in that very period. A hospital was instituted as well, and meanwhile Adrano was considered the wealthiest town in the region.

In the 1920s, the reformist preacher don Vincenzo Bascetta appeared in Adrano, and, together with the young anti-fascist high school teacher Carmelo Salanitro, he passionately fought for the peasants' rights. Due to their initiative, large parts of the surrounding lava landscape were transformed into olive and almond plantations. Carmelo Salanitro was murdered in a gas chamber at Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp in the night between the 23rd and 24 April 1945.

Adrano was the scene of much fighting during the latter phases of Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily, during World War II. Nazi forces were driven from the island and in the course of their retreat they attempted to hold the northeastern corner of Sicily in the hopes that they would eventually be able to retake the entire island while using the northeastern portion of the island as a way to resupply their forces from the south of the Italian peninsula. The Nazis had to abandon this plan when the British 30th Corps forced their way into Adrano while at the same time the British 13th Corps battled the Nazis in the nearby town of Randazzo. Once Adrano and Randazzo fell to the British, the Nazis decided they had no choice but to retire to Messina and use it to evacuate the rest of their forces from Sicily.

Name
The Romans changed the name of the township into Hadranum; during the occupation by the Arabs it was called Adarnu or sometimes Adarna, while the Normans referred to it as Adernio and Adriano. Until 1929 its official name was Adernò, until eventually it was changed into Adrano. Several elder inhabitants of the town still call it Adernò.

Main sights

 * Castle of Norman origin (Castello Normanno) in the centre of the town, built in 1070 on behalf of Roger I. Inside the castle is the archaeological museum with antique findings of the region.
 * Chiesa Madre (Mother Church): houses the 16th-century Moncada Polyptych and works by Giuseppe Guzzardi and Angelo La Naia.
 * Santa Lucia Monastery in via Roma, constructed in 1596 to the order of the prince of Biscari and redesigned by the well-known Catanese architect Stefano Ittar. It contains a chapel dating from 1775. Until the early 1920s, the monastery was still inhabited by monks, but now is public and private property, partly used by a secondary school.
 * ''Santa Maria del Rosario: Church adjacent to former Dominican monastery
 * Giardino della Vittoria or Villa Comunale: public park in front of the St Lucy Monastery, with a promenade between mature palm trees
 * Teatro Bellini: public theater was re-opened in 2004 after over 26 years. It was built on behalf of the vice king in 1779 and resembles the theatre of Parma dating from 1618. It is situated on the ruins of the antique church of St Vito.
 * Ponte dei Saraceni (Bridge of the Saracens) about 3 km outside the town
 * The ruins of the original Greek settlement visitable in the east of the town.

Due to the prospering Catholic tradition of the region, Adrano has numerous antique chapels and small churches hidden in the backstreets. Moreover, Adrano is famous for its colourful carnival and the passionate celebration of San Nicola, in honour of its patron Saint Nicola Politi on August 3.

Transportation
Adrano is linked to the rapidway SS 121 leading from Paternò to Catania. Near Belpasso, a large mall named Etnapolis has been opened recently.

Adrano is connected to the province capital Catania by a bus route which is operated by the FCE and leads through various towns to the central station of Catania and further to the communal beach. A rapid bus skips the smaller towns and leads to Catania directly over the highway. In the summer season, a bus connects Adrano, Bronte, Randazzo, Floresta and Naso in the province of Messina. Between the station of Catania-Borgo and Riposto operates the Littorina, a nostalgic Diesel fuelled train which stops in Adrano, Paternò, Biancavilla, Santa Maria di Licodia and other towns. The extension of a route of the rapid transit railway of Catania to Paternò and Adrano has been planned and the constructions have begun. Adrano is not linked with the national train system of Trenitalia. Moreover, the FCE operates two bus routes (A and B) in Adrano.

Health
Adrano does not possess any hospital but only a so-called Guardia medica, a paramedic station with emergency personnel, vehicles and equipment. The nearest hospital is the Maria SS. Addolorata in Biancavilla, which is on stand-by as well for emergencies in Adrano.

Maria Tizziano is the youngest mother in Italy history, who have become mother in 1992 at 11 years old.

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Hexa Do "Hexa do" is a Sudoko modification. Instead of 3x3 cells in sudoku it is used 4x4 cells in "Hexa do". Since there is 16 cells vertical and horizontal and in the box. We need to use a number system which goes from 1 to 16.we use numbers from 1 to 9 to represent one to nine. But from 10 we starts to use alphabet. A for 10, b for 11 and etc. (16 is represented by g which is the last sign in this system.

This modification is founded by Zeven (Pseudonym). I will announce my original name when this modification is Accepted by Sudo enthusiast or Wikipedia

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Xenien

Xenien is a Germanization of the Greek Xenia "host gifts", a title originally applied by the Roman poet Martial (1st century AD) to a collection of poems which were to accompany his presents.

Following this precedent, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe named a collection of distichs, which he wrote together with Friedrich Schiller, Die Xenien, in which the two friends avenged themselves on opposing critics. They were first published in the Musenalmanach. The Xenien were prompted by the indifference and animosity of contemporary criticism, and its disregard for what the two poets regarded as the higher interests of German poetry. The Xenien succeeded as a retaliation on the critics, but the masterpieces which followed them proved in the long run much more effective weapons against the prevailing opinions.

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Rescue at Rigel

Rescue at Rigel is a 1980 science fiction role-playing video game written and published by Automated Simulations (later known as Epyx). It is based on a modified version of their Temple of Apshai game engine, which was used for most of their releases in this era. The game was released for the Apple II, IBM PC (as a self-booting disk), TRS-80, PET, VIC-20, and Atari 8-bit computers.

The game requires the player to search out a space fortress looking for ten hostages. Presented in a top-down view, the player can only see the area immediately around them, so the entire base has to be searched room by room. There is a 60-minute time limit on the mission.

Rescue at Rigel was followed by Star Warrior, and the two rebranded to be part of their "Starquest" series.

Gameplay
Players take on the role of adventurer Sudden Smith. Smith must try to rescue captives from the interior of an asteroid orbiting the star Rigel. Players have 60 minutes to rescue 10 human captives from the alien moon base. They must first find the captives before delivering them to the rescue ship (via a transport beam).

Players must defeat or avoid the enemies wandering the base: the alien Tollahs, two types of armed robots, a six-legged "cerbanth", venomous flying "thornets", and a huge amoebic slug. As players forge deeper into the alien stronghold, they have the opportunity to acquire better weapons.

The playfield is presented as a top-down view of the current location of the hero. The game is turn-based, with the player given a certain number of "points" to spend on various actions, completing their turn when the points ran out. Rescue at Rigel is very similar to Temple of Apshai, a popular dungeon crawl by Epyx, part of their "Dunjonquest" series. Rescue at Rigel had a timer similar to The Datestones of Ryn, an earlier Dunjonquest game.

Rescue at Rigel used the concept of providing room descriptions similar to those used in some Dunjonquest games, but instead of unique descriptions for numbered rooms, the game had multiple rooms labeled "Sanctum", for example, and a detailed description of what typical Sanctums contained was provided in the manual along with about a dozen other room types.

Reception
Bruce F. Webster reviewed Rescue at Rigel in The Space Gamer No. 34. Webster commented that "if you've got the money and the interest, buy it. In fact, if you've only got either the money or the interest, buy it - you'll be glad you did."

Jerry Pournelle reported in BYTE in 1983 that Rescue at Rigel was one of several Epyx games his sons enjoyed playing.

Reviews

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David Alward

David Nathan Alward (born December 2, 1959) is a Canadian politician, who served as the 32nd premier of New Brunswick, 2010 to 2014.

Alward has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick since 1999 and has been the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick. His party was defeated on September 22, 2014, and Alward resigned as Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leader on September 23, 2014. On April 24, 2015, Alward was named Canadian consul general in Boston.

Early life
Alward was born in Beverly, Massachusetts. The son of a minister, Alward moved to Atlantic Canada in his youth where he graduated from high school in Nackawic, New Brunswick. Alward received his post-secondary education in psychology in the United States at Bryan College in Dayton, Tennessee.

Career
Alward worked as a federal civil servant from 1982 to 1996 when he went into business on his own. He operates a hobby farm where he raises purebred Hereford cattle. He also volunteered as an emergency medical technician and lab instructor with the St. John Ambulance and as a firefighter with the Meductic Fire Department. He served on the board of directors of the Carleton Regional Development Commission and the New Brunswick Hereford Association. He served on the Centennial Elementary School Parent Advisory Committee, the School District 12 Stay-in-School Committee, and the local agricultural employment board. Alward is an active member of his Meductic Church, and a member of the Woodstock Rotary Club.

Political career
He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, as a Progressive Conservative for the riding of Woodstock, in the 1999 election and re-elected in 2003. Following the 2003 election, he joined the cabinet as Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture.

On June 19, 2008, Alward became the first candidate in the 2008 Progressive Conservative leadership race. On October 18, 2008, he was elected leader of the party at the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leadership convention in Fredericton. Alward beat his only opponent, Robert MacLeod, by a margin of 2,269 votes to 1,760.

Premier of New Brunswick
On September 27, 2010, Alward's Progressive Conservatives won 42 of 55 seats to form a majority government. He was sworn in as the premier on October 12, 2010. On May 13, 2011, his government passed the Ownership of Minerals Act.

On December 3, 2012, he and Local Government Minister Bruce Fitch announced a cut in property taxes for businesses, farms, rental properties and cottages.

On March 12, 2014, he and Natural Resources Minister Paul Robichaud unveiled a new forest management plan, entitled "Putting our Resources to Work: A Strategy for Crown Lands Forest Management". This plan increased the annual allowable cut by 20%, and was endorsed by mill owner Jim Irving.

Alward was defeated in the 2014 New Brunswick general election and announced his resignation as party leader on September 23, 2014. He resigned from the legislature on May 22, 2015, after accepting a federal appointment as Canada's Consul General in Boston, and renounced U.S. citizenship to take up the position.

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The Wallflower (Dance with Me, Henry)

"The Wallflower" (also known as "Roll with Me, Henry" and "Dance with Me, Henry") is a 1955 song by Etta James. It was one of several answer songs to "Work with Me, Annie" and has the same 12-bar blues form.

Lyrics and release
The song was written by Johnny Otis, Hank Ballard, and Etta James. Etta James recorded it for Modern Records, with uncredited vocal responses from Richard Berry. It was popularly known as "Roll with Me Henry". This original version was considered too risqué to play on pop radio stations.

The song is a dialogue between "Henry" and the singer:

 * Hey baby, whatta I have to do to make you love me too?
 * You've got to roll with me Henry

The context is the dance floor. The Midnighters also recorded an "answer to the answer": "Henry's Got Flat Feet (Can't Dance No More)".

Under the title "The Wallflower," the single became a rhythm and blues hit, topping the US Billboard R&B chart for four weeks. On Billboard 's Top R&B Records of 1955 list, it ranked No. 6 according to retail sales, No. 3 according to disk jockey plays and No. 15 according to jukebox plays.

The song was reissued as "Roll with Me, Henry" on Kent Records in 1960. In 2008, Etta James received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award for her 1955 recording.

Georgia Gibbs version
In 1955, the song was covered for the pop market by Georgia Gibbs, with uncredited vocal responses from Thurl Ravenscroft, under the title "Dance with Me Henry." That version charted, hitting the top five of several pop charts, including No. 1 on the Most Played In Juke Boxes chart on May 14, 1955, spending three weeks on top of that chart,. In 1958, Etta James recorded her own cover of "Dance with Me Henry".

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White-crowned pigeon

The white-crowned pigeon (Patagioenas leucocephala) is a fruit and seed-eating species of bird in the dove and pigeon family Columbidae. It is found primarily in the Caribbean.

John James Audubon painted these pigeons, including the watercolour painting in his work, Birds of America, published in the early 19th century.

Taxonomy
In the first half of the 18th century the white-crowned pigeon was described and illustrated by several naturalists including John Ray in 1713, Hans Sloane in 1725 and Mark Catesby in 1731. When in 1758 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the tenth edition, he placed the white-crowned pigeon with all the other pigeons in the genus Columba. Linnaeus included a brief description, coined the binomial name Columba leucocephala and cited the earlier authors. The specific epithet combines the Ancient Greek leukos meaning "white" and -kephalos meaning "-headed". Although Linnaeus gave the location as North America, the type locality is taken to be the Bahamas following Catesby. The species is now placed in the genus Patagioenas that was introduced by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1853 with the white-crowned pigeon as the type species. The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.

Description
The white-crowned pigeon can measure 29 - 35 cm in length, span 48 - 59 cm across the wings, and weigh 150 - 301 g. It is around the same size as the common rock pigeon, but weighs a bit less since it is generally less chunky and has a relatively longer and more square tail. Adult birds' plumage varies from a slate gray to an almost-black color. Its iridescent collar-patch is notably only seen under good lighting, shining a barred white pattern with green. Their distinct crown-patch can vary in shade of color from a more bright white in males to a more gray-white in most females. Juveniles can have a grayish-brown color for They have a white iris and a pale-tipped red bill. Juveniles are a less dark shade of grey, lack the nape pattern and white iris, and show only a few pale feathers on the crown. Their call is a loud, deep coo-cura-coo or coo-croo. This species is a member of a diverse clade of Patagioenas which vary much in appearance, but are united by their triple coos (except in the scaled pigeon).

Distribution and habitat
It is a resident breeder mainly in the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica and Antigua. It breeds in smaller numbers in Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti), Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Anguilla and other Caribbean islands. It also breeds along the Caribbean coast of Central America. In the United States, it is found only in the Florida Keys, Everglades, and the southern tip of mainland Florida. They will often spend the winter in the Caribbean islands. It has been spotted as far south as Fuerte Island, off of the northern coast of Colombia.

The white-crowned pigeon primarily lives and breeds in nest colonies or individually in low lying, coastal, mangrove forests, and will travel inland to feed on the fruits and seeds of a wide variety of plants. In Florida, the white-crowned pigeon has historically been documented nesting exclusively on remote, tidally inundated mangrove islands in wildlife refuges. Recent observations have confirmed nesting on the southern tip of mainland Florida.

With few exceptions, this species requires isolated offshore mangrove islets with limited disturbance for breeding. These tidally inundated mangrove islands which provide some protection from predators such as raccoons. However, several instances of white-crowned pigeons nesting in heavily trafficked, urban areas, such as downtown Key West and Miami Florida, have recently been observed. This could be due to habitat loss as a result of hurricanes, and/or increased predation pressure in their historic nesting habitat.

Threats and conservation
A main threat to this species is loss of habitat due to deforestation and habitat degradation. The white-crowned pigeon needs two distinct habitats: one for nesting and one for feeding. They typically breed in coastal red mangroves (Rhizophora mangle), which continue to be clear-cut for crops such as sugarcane. Agriculture and deforestation have become a problem for the species' feeding grounds, typically inland hardwood forests. The bird is very skittish, and is known to simply abandon its nest when it is encroached upon. In Florida, white-crowned pigeons often feed on the fruit of poisonwood (Metopium toxiferum). Unfortunately, this native plant causes severe human dermatitis and is often removed.

The white-crowned pigeon is also hunted, often illegally, throughout much of its range. Although, changes have been made to hunting regulations in the Bahamas, illegal hunting is still a problem for these pigeons.

Other threats to this species include (in Florida) a major cause of mortality is collision with man-made objects; and pesticide use.

Like the extinct passenger pigeon, this species illustrates a very important principle of conservation biology: it is not always necessary to kill the last pair of a species to force it to extinction. These birds are "threatened by the slaughter of nesting birds on its Caribbean breeding grounds"; they may play a vitally important, yet not fully understood, role in the seed dispersal of West Indian flora.

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Talk:Teleperformance

homeoffice-surveilance
Please mention the homeoffice-surveilance including face-recognition, source https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/mar/26/teleperformance-call-centre-staff-monitored-via-webcam-home-working-infractions — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.108.129.198 (talk) 10:31, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

 * I had added a section about this but seems like it was removed without discussion in violation of Wikipedia rules... Gnkgr (talk) 12:46, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

Q. What is the work in Teleporformance Performance ?
Teleperformance connects the biggest and most respected brands on the planet with their customers by providing customer care, technical support, customer acquisition, digital solutions, analytics, back-office and other specialized services to ensure consistent positive customer interactions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2405:205:B00C:5D37:0:0:F07:58AD (talk) 10:45, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

Self published PR
I noticed that there are many self-published sources especially from pay-to-participate award competitions. Much of this page must have been written by the company's own HQ. Major cleanup needed. Hope consensus can be gathered around this. 79.130.200.226 (talk) 16:42, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

 * This certainly needs to be addressed. Some of the self-published sources keep getting removed and added back by certain parties. Wikipedia shouldn't be used for promotion. Gnkgr (talk) 12:45, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

Article rewrite
Given that much of this article is based on self-published data, I believe it needs to be completely rewritten.

We should use this talk page to reach consensus about what should be re-added especially given that some accounts and IPs seem particularly persistent with trying to protect Teleperformance's image... They should respect Consensus and also abstain from editing this article based on affiliations with the company.

I'll try to justify my edits here. Please follow by doing the same to try and reach consensus about sources and sections of the article.

First of all the introduction only used to use self-published materials and was very buzzword heavy. I tried to focus it on what services the company provides and where it's based based on reliable third party sources instead of press releases.

The paragraph on Formation and early years had to be removed as it didn't contain any reliable English language sources.

Unsourced parts of the Expansion paragraph were removed. Some further sources must be replaced with Enlish language articles or be removed at a later date if they can't be supported by verifiable sources.

The Cloudshoring paragraph is completely self-authored promotional material so it had to be removed completely.

The Specialized Services was basically self promotion so it also had to be removed.

Under the Technology most sources were self-published so these parts should not be in Wikipedia in the first place. It's up to question if the entire paragraph should be removed unless contested because the remaining material doesn't seem noteworthy.

In the Certifications section most of the sources seem self-published, although more research is needed. I removed parts that were completely based on self-published materials.

The Social responsibility also seems promotional. Had to remove some self-published sources, perhaps the rest of the section should go too unless contested as wikipedia isn't a space for promotion. Gnkgr (talk) 13:10, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

Content moderation
Hi there, as disclosed on my user page I work for Teleperformance and want to apologize again for any inappropriate edits that were made in the past.

I'd like to suggest that the last part of the first sentence in the Content moderation section which currently reads "...reviewing cannibalism, murder, suicide, child sexual abuse, animal abuse, and other gore and violence." be updated to maintain a neutral and encyclopedic tone. The current language will lead readers to associate the company itself with this violence, which is not accurate, so I propose the following change:

 * ...reviewing highly sensitive content.

I also noted the "Advertisement" tag- is there anything I can do to help with that? It seems that much of the content has been trimmed since May, and perhaps the tag is no longer relevant? If there is more work to be done, I'd be happy to assist. Reaching out to and  who have been involved in editing the page and would likely want to weigh in. Looking forward to your thoughts, ~ ANishina (talk) 12:17, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

 * Helping with removing the advertisement tag would require following NPOV. Having employees of your company author and maintain articles does the opposite. The article was full of corporate pamphlets, bought press releases and self-published sources.
 * It's a good thing to disclose affiliation following a history of authoring articles by employees without proper disclosure. However, looking at your edits, it's still hard to notice the lack of neutrality. Wikipedia isn't here to cater to the PR department of any corporation. If something looks bad for a corporation's image but is nevertheless true it shouldn't be changed just on that premise.
 * Nevertheless I would suggest refraining from making edits where you have conflicting interests. Gnkgr (talk) 15:06, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

 * Hi, thanks for your response! I realize that the tag can only be removed once the article meets the criteria for WP:NPOV, and thought that because removed much of the content after the tag in May, the issue may have already been resolved.
 * I have not made any edits to the article since my disclosure, and now that I understand the correct approach, I intend to bring my ideas to the Talk page and make sure that they conform to the guidelines. My requested edit above is not promotional in nature, and while I have an interest in seeing it done, I believe it is also valid from a Wikipedia perspective as it accurately summarizes the source without putting any undue weight on details or non-neutral phrasing. I hope that we can set the past aside and work together moving forward, and look forward to your input. Thanks again for your time, ANishina (talk) 10:08, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I agree with you that the long detailed list of different explicit content is a bit out of place, and I reworded it. I also added sources from the article, removed the citation needed template, and corrected the section title case to lower case (only the first is capitalized with the style guideline). I marked your request partially answered. If somebody comes in and does the equivalent of a good article review, and the article passes, they might decide to remove one or both of the flags.  STEM info  (talk) 20:57, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi, thanks for looking into this and for your edits! ~ ANishina (talk) 08:27, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

Colombia investigation update
Hi there,

I'd like to ask that the last sentence of the third paragraph in the "Controversies" section be updated as follows, to include all union agreements and the resolution of the investigation:

In April and May 2023, the company signed agreements allowing workers in Colombia, Romania and Poland to unionize. The company also stated, in its 2023 first-half results, that the Colombian government had closed its investigation with no findings against it.

I'd like to let know about this request, as he was interested in the previous one. Thank you! ~ ANishina (talk) 11:55, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I have reviewed these proposed changes and suggest that you go ahead and make the proposed changes to the page. Lightoil (talk) 13:14, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

Content moderation and Corporate culture
Hello again, I'd like to ask for the following updates to the article:

 * In the Content moderation section, please add:

 * In December 2022, Teleperformance announced that the Colombian subsidiary had received certification from Bureau Veritas that its operations met social responsibility guidelines.

 * In the Corporate culture subsection, please add:
 * In 2023 Teleperformance was listed among the top 25 companies with the best global company culture by Comparably.

Thank you. ANishina (talk) 09:48, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

Reply 14-SEP-2023

 * A translation was not provided for the foreign language source and the Comparably award is not independently notable. Regards, Spintendo  20:10, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

 * Hello, here is the translation of the foreign source listed above, to support the update to the Content moderation section:

 Teleperformance announced that its subsidiary Teleperformance Colombia has just received independent certification from Bureau Veritas on the use and inclusion of the international standard ISO 26000 in the field of social responsibility within its operations in Colombia.

Teleperformance Colombia had hired Bureau Veritas to audit its employee management practices, particularly corporate social responsibility, and compliance with local labor laws.

''Based on an in-depth two-week review, Bureau Veritas concluded that 'nothing has been brought to our attention which leads us to believe that the use of the international standard ISO 26000 does not comply with the recommendations and guidelines of the standard. Likewise, nothing makes or has made us believe that the information analyzed during this certification exercise is in any way incorrect or misleading'.''
 * Thanks for your help, ANishina (talk) 10:21, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for providing the translation, it's much appreciated. With regards to the proposed claim, it's not clear what is meant by "social responsibility guidelines", especially with regards to how those terms are used within Colombia's Bureau Veritas. It would be helpful if an additional explanation could be added the the proposal explaining what this term means. Otherwise, the proposed statement would not be helpful to most readers I would suspect. Please feel free to add your proposal below at your earliest convenience. Regards, Spintendo  23:05, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

 * Hi, thank you for taking another look at this. Perhaps this would be more suitable? This information comes on the heels of the greater context of an investigation (as covered in the current Content moderation section), and is meant to simply add the conclusion. I look forward to your thoughts:

 * Following the allegations, Teleperformance announced that it had hired Bureau Veritas to audit its employee management practices, including corporate social responsibility and compliance with local labor laws. In December 2022, the company received certification that its operations met the relevant International Organization for Standardization  social responsibility guidelines.

 * Thanks again for your time, ANishina (talk) 13:59, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for your clarified proposed text. However, that text continues to be confusing, in that it leads the reader to believe that the IOS Standard was applied in December 2022, by stating : " In December 2022, the company received certification that its operations met the relevant International Organization for Standardization social responsibility guidelines." whereas the reference states "Bureau Veritas concluded that 'nothing has been brought to our attention which leads us to believe that the use of the international standard ISO 26000 does not comply with the recommendations and guidelines of the standard." I think it would be helpful if your proposal simply quoted the source's statement rather than paraphrasing that statement. I look forward to your revised proposal. Regards, Spintendo  18:14, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

 * , thanks for your continued attention to this. I didn't include the actual quote because I am concerned that the English translation isn't completely accurate. That being said, if I understand you correctly, perhaps this is clearer:

 * Following the allegations, Teleperformance announced that it had hired Bureau Veritas to audit its employee management practices, including corporate social responsibility and compliance with local labor laws. In December 2022, Bureau Veritas concluded that "nothing has been brought to our attention which leads us to believe that the use of the international standard ISO 26000 does not comply with the recommendations and guidelines of the standard.".

 * If I misunderstood, or if there is specific language that would make you feel more comfortable including this, please feel free to make changes however you see fit. Thank you again for your help, ANishina (talk) 09:19, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for providing the text which included the direct quote from the source, it's much appreciated. This proposed text is acceptable, however, the section where it is to be placed poses some difficulties. The section in question ends with a mention of information which occurred in March 2023. The proposed text discusses information which occurred in December 2022. The text within a paragraph needs to logically flow in chronological order. Placing this text at the end of the section means that the discussion would mention an event in March 2023, then jump back to mentioning an event which occurred in Dec 2022. My suggestion would be that you re-write the entire paragraph so that it logically coheres and is not out of order chronologically. Please place your proposed rewrite below this reply post at your earliest convenience. Regards, Spintendo  21:28, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

 * , that's fine, I had assumed it would be added in chronological order. I believe that would look like this:

"In Colombia, the union Utraclaro, part of the UNI Global Union, has organized Teleperformance employees, including moderators. In 2021, after the union submitted its demands for the company to protect freedom of association, Teleperformance filed a lawsuit against the union in a labor court. In November 2022, the Ministry of Labour launched an investigation into the company. After the investigation, shares in the company dropped by 34%. Following the allegations, Teleperformance announced that it had hired Bureau Veritas to audit its employee management practices, including corporate social responsibility and compliance with local labor laws. In December 2022, Bureau Veritas concluded that 'nothing has been brought to our attention which leads us to believe that the use of the international standard ISO 26000 does not comply with the recommendations and guidelines of the standard.' . In April and May 2023, the company signed agreements allowing workers in Colombia, Romania and Poland to unionize. The company also stated, in its 2023 first-half results, that the Colombian government had closed its investigation with no findings against it."

 * Thanks again, ANishina (talk) 11:36, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

Minor changes to article
Hello, I was asked to bring these points to the Talk page due to a concern that they reflect my COI:

The first was to fix the grammar in the lead, and I see that has already reinstated that- thank you.

The second was to clarify that according to the cited Financial Times source the company didn't actively force workers to sleep on the floor, though that was still the outcome of the situation.

The third was to change another instance of "child sexual abuse" to "highly sensitive content" as previously discussed here on the Talk page with.

, you expressed some concern with these changes. I am happy to discuss here, as you suggested. Thanks for your time, ANishina (talk) 09:54, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

 * Yeah, the grammar in the lede makes sense, and the "sleep on the floor" makes sense. I obviously missed that "child sexual abuse" was being discussed six weeks ago above- I'm against making that change, WP:SPADE is part of why. It is cited as such, and there's no reason to be euphemistic or minimize it. tedder (talk) 17:50, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

 * , thanks for your input. I will go ahead and make the "sleep on the floor" edit. ANishina (talk) 09:40, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

Corporate culture and awards
Hello again. I'd like to ask that the subheader "Corporate culture" be removed, as the content relates more to the main section called "Controversies".

I would also like to propose the inclusion of the following awards and recognitions:

 * Stevie Award
 * World Leader in its field by Gartner's Magic Quadrant in 2013
 * Frost & Sullivan's Company of the Year 2023 for the Asia-Pacific industry

Thank you, ANishina (talk) 11:40, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Only the Stevie award is notable, so that's the only one that will be added. I need a better reason for why that subheading should be removed. It's already located under the Controversy section's level 2 heading — it's not as if the text and the level 3 heading were misplaced under a level 2 heading of a completely different subject. Please advise. When ready to proceed with the requested reasoning, kindly change the request template's answer parameter to read from yes to no. Regards, Spintendo  13:20, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

 * , thank you.
 * Regarding the two other bullets in the above request (Magic Quadrant and Frost & Sullivan), perhaps that content would be better suited for the history section in chronological order as follows:
 * In the third-to-last paragraph (highlighted in bold):
 * In 2010, Teleperformance acquired Scottish outsourcing call center 'beCogent' for £35 million. It ceased operations in December 2021 mainly due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and remote work. By 2013 Teleperformance had six contact centers in Tunisia. In 2013, Teleperformance acquired full control of TLS Contact. , and was named World Leader in its field by Gartner's Magic Quadrant for the fourth time.  In 2014, Teleperformance acquired Aegis USA Inc., a major outsourcing and technology company in the United States, the Philippines and Costa Rica. The transaction was approved by regulatory authorities. From 2014 to 2016, Teleperformance created and/or opened fifteen new centers worldwide. In January 2019, Teleperformance announced its second premises in Cairo. In March 2015 the company announced the opening of a new offshore facility in Paramaribo, Surinam. The multichannel contact center offers support to Benelux clients in Dutch.
 * At the end of the History section:
 * In 2023, the company was named Frost & Sullivan's Company of the Year for the Asia-Pacific industry
 * Regarding the subheading "Corporate culture", it seems that the one sentence listed there is a summary of the entire "Controversies" section, listed just above. This is repetitive and doesn't seem to justify its own subsection. If you feel it's needed, perhaps it could just be placed at the beginning of the Controversies section to introduce the detailed information listed there.

 * Thanks again for your time, ANishina (talk) 08:15, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I appreciate your suggestions, but as I stated earlier, those accolades are not independently notable. There is no "Company of the Year for the Asia-Pacific industry" Wikipedia page, nor is there a "Gartner's World Leader" article. Those companies may be notable, but whatever distinctions, honors or awards they come up with ought to have the prominence of their own Wikipedia pages for them to carry any WP:WEIGHT towards inclusion as content in articles. Regards,  Spintendo  09:10, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

 * , thanks for your feedback. As much of the information on Wikipedia isn't Wikilinked, I thought that perhaps if this wasn't phrased as awards but instead as events in the company's history, that might be appropriate since the relevant companies are notable. I understand if you disagree. Could you please take a look at the reason for removing the "Corporate culture" subheader, also mentioned above beneath the two bullets? Thanks again for your time, ANishina (talk) 11:55, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
 * perhaps it could just be placed at the beginning of the Controversies section to introduce the detailed information listed there Text found in the main bodies of articles are usually placed in chronological order. Whether or not moving the text as you've suggested changes that, I can't really tell. What I need is a verbatim proposal to look at here on the talk page that I can compare with how the article looks currently, in order to garner a sense if the changes are acceptable. Regards,  Spintendo  16:30, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

 * Certainly, . I would argue that the entire statement is not unencyclopedic and violates WP:NPOV, as the rest of the section already details the issues as reported by the sources. If you are uncomfortable removing it completely, my proposed change is highlighted below in yellow:

 * == Controversies ==
 * Teleperformance has been repeatedly criticized for privacy violations, surveillance, as well as extremely stressful working conditions for its workers. A group of labor unions filed a complaint documenting unsafe working conditions, monitoring, surveillance, union busting and retaliation against employees in ten countries in April 2020.  Due to COVID-19 restrictions, workers in the Philippines, including those supporting Amazon's  Ring camera contract, had nowhere to sleep but at their workspaces and were unable to meet social distancing requirements. The Financial Times was able to verify this with video and photos, including in a Cebu City office. After the working conditions were made public, the company promised to make improvements, but NBC News reported after six months the company was providing intermittent shuttle service, not properly sanitizing working spaces, and sending workers home without pay if they were quarantined.

 * While Amazon required support contractors to be onsite, Netflix's contract with Teleperformance allowed employees to work from home.

 * In Colombia, the union Utraclaro, part of the UNI Global Union, has organized Teleperformance employees, including moderators. In 2021, after the union submitted its demands for the company to protect freedom of association, Teleperformance filed a lawsuit against the union in a labor court. In November 2022, the Ministry of Labour launched an investigation into the company. After the investigation, shares in the company dropped by 34%. In April and May 2023, the company signed agreements allowing workers in Colombia, Romania and Poland to unionize. The company also stated, in its 2023 first-half results, that the Colombian government had closed its investigation with no findings against it.

 * Workers in Colombia, including those working on contracts for Amazon, Apple and Uber, are remotely monitored by the company, including by AI-enabled cameras and voice recording using its own TP Cloud Campus platform. The company stated 240,000 employees in 52 countries were using the platform by mid-2021. Workers in Albania, including those working on Apple content, were protected from webcam monitoring at home through their Data Protection Commission.

 * ===Corporate culture===

 * Teleperformance has been repeatedly criticized for privacy violations, surveillance, as well as extremely stressful working conditions for its workers.
 * Thanks again, ANishina (talk) 18:25, 31 October 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ I agree that having the information in two places is unnecessary, and it's somewhat unbalanced if that's all it says about the company's culture. I also removed the DW source, since I didn't see anything in the source that was used in the article.  STEM info  (talk) 23:26, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Additional content request
Hello again. I am requesting that the following changes be made to the article:

 * Modify the Stevie Award mentioned in the Awards section to include context and detail, using the current source #33. Suggested language:
 * Teleperformance Philippines’ digital recruitment technology won a Bronze Stevie Award at the 2020 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards for the innovative use of technology in human resources. The technology is aimed at easing the job application process for Filipino people.
 * ❌ I'm not sold that the Stevie is notable, since the Stevie Awards article has only two reliable independent sources, and nothing more recent than 20 years ago. Regardless, the source you provided is syndicated content, barely better than a press release. It's very likely someone will remove the award at some point so I'm not going to expand the related award description you requested. STEM info  (talk) 03:28, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

 * Delete the list of client companies included in the last paragraph of the Controversies section. It is out of context; the source and the topic of the section do not have to do with specific companies- those companies should be removed or potentially included under general History instead.
 * A company employee serving Apple is specifically mentioned in the source as being part of the program, but the other two companies are not, so I removed them. STEM info  (talk) 03:28, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

 * Replace the word "criticized" used in the Teleperformance section with "scrutinized" or "investigated" to align with The Forbes article provided as a source for this content.
 * ❌ I read the source and think "criticized" is appropriate. The Forbes report drew concerns about both companies from the bipartisan leaders of the powerful Senate Commerce consumer protection panel, Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal and Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn, who demanded answers from Teleperformance and its client. You didn't use the template so nobody else will see this if they aren't watching the page.  You can always try to repost and try to establish consensus  STEM info  (talk) 03:28, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

Thanks again for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ANishina (talk • contribs) 23:02, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I also reworded the statement sourced with a press release to indicate that the announcement was made using a press release. STEM info  (talk) 03:28, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

 * thank you for looking into this. If you have a moment to look at my request and the subsequent discussion at Talk:Teleperformance, I would appreciate your input there as well. I was previously engaged with, but he hasn't responded in a while. Thanks again. ANishina (talk) 12:23, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm still here, but as it has been awhile since the discussion you've mentioned, if you could briefly re-iterate what changes you'd like to be made, that would be most helpful. Thank you! Regards, Spintendo  01:20, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Removing Vandalism
Nice try, but using three self-published Russian-language "sources" in no way, shape or form meets WP:N. Using these self-published blog posts (which literally have "our" in the title... real credible) to cover non-notable events is blatant promotionalism. A simple Google search reveals there isn't a single bit of credible news coverage about the notability of these "sectoral unions" and their actions.

There's nothing notable about this 'organization' or event, so take the promotional activism to a different platform, or come back with citations that actually meet the guidelines. I am removing the vandalism in question again. Coconutshrimp (talk) 03:16, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

 * Hello, you can look over at Notability_(organizations_and_companies) and voice potential disagreements about sectoral unions not being credible. I don't believe this remark is relevant to this page. Gnkgr (talk) 09:08, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
 * There is nothing about 'sectoral unions' on the page you're referencing, and whether they are sources from Greece and not Russia, they are still poor citations. They are clearly small publishers with little to no peer review. The platforms themselves look like personal blogs. See their UI and reputation. They do not meet WP:RS, and the guidelines you referenced in your edit summary earlier were completely irrelevant to the edit itself. Your edit is malicious vandalism and not based on Wikipedia's most basic rule of reliable sourcing. You should continue the discussion here rather than edit warring until a consensus is reached. Coconutshrimp (talk) 15:12, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Please don't assume one's nationality based on stereotypes as that's textbook racism.
 * The notability guidelines cover sectoral unions because they cover an entire country as unions. I implore you to read the guideline, especially the section under Non-commercial organizations. Further, the edits at question have been supported by nationally published newspapers Efimerida ton Syntakton and the international World Federation of Trade Unions and international media which are notable and reliable.
 * Also, please refer to WP:RSUEQ as to why and how non-english sources are allowed and encouraged in English wikipedia. Gnkgr (talk) 15:52, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
 * We are edit warring at this point. Clearly you don't understand the Reliable Sourcing guidelines on Wikipedia if you're trying to pass these sources for this questionable content. The 'racism' callouts are aggressive and uncalled for as well. This leads me to believe your opinions on this platform are even less credible. You keep referencing RSUEQ, but that ruleset is specifically for quotes, not citations! It is just giving rules on translating text for quotes, it is not saying anything about verifiable foreign sources (which are credible in some cases, but not in this one). In fact, see the ruleset above the one you keep referencing, RSUEC. Per that ruleset, I'd like you to provide a translation of the articles that specifically correlate with the edit you made. Even if the content in the articles matches up with the edit you keep making, I fail to see how these sources are seen as credible. These citations not being in English doesn't make them any more credible than personal blogs written in English. You're hiding behind the guise of foreign sources and racism accusations and it is concerning. Coconutshrimp (talk) 13:53, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Since 3 reliable English language sources were provided your concerns should be covered by now. Gnkgr (talk) 17:02, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
 * It is clear you have some sort of vendetta against this company with your recent edits. They all have an extremely negative connotation, and the sourcing has been lackluster. Please stop adding content without consulting the community here first. This is in an effort to avoid [[WP:WAR ]]. Your most recent edit was particularly concerning with the use of a Press Release as a source and some heavy accusations. I've undone your most recent edits. Please consult future edits here and provide sourcing that the community can evaluate. Again, this is in an effort to avoid escalation in the future. Coconutshrimp (talk) 15:30, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I would kindly ask you to refrain from removing additions to the article that are well sourced. Please also declare your affiliations with Teleperformance and any potential affiliates. Gnkgr (talk) 21:46, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

You both need to read WP:VAND and stop describing each other's edits as vandalism. This is a content dispute. Have you considered requesting a 3rd opinion? --Onorem (talk) 22:47, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

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Jeremy Jones

Jeremy Jones may refer to:
 * Jeremy Jones (freerider) (born 1975), American snowboarder, big mountain riding, Jones Snowboards
 * Jeremy Jones (freestyler) (born 1976), American freestyle snowboarder
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For All the Cows

"For All the Cows" (1995) is the third major single released by American rock band Foo Fighters from their 1995 debut album, Foo Fighters. It was only released in the United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia.

Composition
Kevin McKeough commented that the song fluctuated between "quiet, jazzy verses with explosive, Paul Bunyan-goes-jogging choruses".

Track listings
7-inch blue vinyl single
 * 1) "For All the Cows"
 * 2) "Wattershed" (live at the Reading Festival, August 26, 1995)

CD single
 * 1) "For All the Cows"
 * 2) "For All the Cows" (live at the Reading Festival, August 26, 1995)
 * 3) "Wattershed" (live at the Reading Festival, August 26, 1995)

Other versions

 * A live version of the song, performed at the Reading Festival (August 26, 1995) appears on the Big Me single, the bonus disc of the Australian edition of Foo Fighters, For All the Cows single and I'll Stick Around single.
 * An acoustic version of the song, performed at the Toshiba-EMI 3rd Studio (April 2, 1997) appears on the Australian and Japanese versions of the My Hero single.
 * A live version of the song, performed at the Melkweg in Amsterdam (February 29, 2000) appears on the Dutch edition (Live in Holland Disc 2) of the Next Year single and the One by One "special edition bonus disc."
 * Three live versions were released on the Everywhere but Home DVD, recorded in Toronto, the Black Cat in Washington D.C., and Reykjavik.

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The result of the debate was delete -- Francs2000 | Talk 01:28, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

The spill canvas
Non-notable band. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 18:22, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, move → The Spill Canvas. Google thinks they're notable. Two albums to their name. I fixed the page up a bit. …Markaci 2005-07-23 T 01:22:06 Z
 * Delete band vanity. JamesBurns 04:36, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

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