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Talk:Science (Kieron Harvey)

This is a clearly shamelessly biased and unencylcopædic article. It states many things that are contrary to fact:

. 'Science was one of the most hated housemates'

That is not true. He survived two evictions: drubbing both Maxwell Ward, and also getting very little of the votes in a six-way eviction the week after that.

. 'Aggresive, provocative.'

POV.

. 'Imitating and groping him because he was a homosexual.

POV again.

. 'Go and prance like a fairy'

This was widely judged, by many internet communities, not to be a homophobic comment but rather in jest. Either way, POV again.

. Soon after, he was called to the diary room to explain his actions

That's misproportionate. He was not reprimanded.

. 'It is rumoured by housemates'

Rumoured by housemates; but there is no video evidence of his saying 'shut your gay mouth' at all. A 24-hour monitoring service, DS:BB, did not register any such thing.

. 'Some members of the public'

Straw man used to conceal POV.

. 'Nearly led her to a breakdown.'

Nearly? Inaccuracy.

. 'Probably why he was.. up for eviction.'

POV again.

IINAG

Biased rubbish
How is this biased rubbish allowed on Wikipedia?

It's going to be deleted along with every other Big Brother housemate article

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User:Peter Knutsen

Peter Knutsen has lived in Denmark, Europe, his entire life. He is interested in roleplaying gaming (tabletop), written science fiction and written fantasy, and has strong opinions on all three. So strong are his opinions, regarding roleplaying gaming rules systems, that he has rejected all existing systems and started designing his own (Sagatafl, which he has been working on since early 2001).

Earlier in life, before switching to PCs, he used an 8-bit Amstrad and two different Amiga computers, so he can sometimes be found reading WikiPedia articles about these antique systems (and may also eventually correct errors).

license: Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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2 Brothers on the 4th Floor

2 Brothers on the 4th Floor is a Dutch musical group created in 1990 by brothers Martin and Bobby Boer. The group has had success in many countries including the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Czech Republic, Norway, Finland, South Africa, Argentina, Chile, Israel, Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. The most recent members of 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor are Martin and Bobby Boer, Dutch singer Desray, and rapper D-Rock.

Early career, 1990–1991
The Boer brothers had already been experimenting with music in a small bedroom when they finally gained note in 1990, when their single Can't Help Myself was picked up by Dutch radio stations and became an international hit. The brothers then brought together rapper Da Smooth Baron MC and singers Peggy "The Duchess" and Gale Robinson to form their stage act. The release of their next single, Turn Da Music Up was somewhat less successful, but helped the band to gain name recognition.

2 Brothers on the 4th Floor made two hit singles together before separating. Martin Boer moved into a new professional studio and started making remixes under the name Dancability Productions, making remixes for artists such as Becky Bell, Twenty 4 Seven and Luv' (for their Megamix '93), while Bobby Boer designed record covers and CD inlays for other artists.

1993–1994: Revival and Dreams
2 Brothers on the 4th Floor was revived by the Boer brothers in 1993. Bobby joined Martin in his studio and, after some time, released the single Never Alone. This single was the first to be launched with rapper D-Rock (René Philips) and singer Desirée Manders (stage name: Des'Ray). The song Dreams, which is the title song of the band's first album, was a song that captured the essence of Eurodance. Due to the genre's popularity when the song was released in 1994, the song became a hit both nationally and internationally. The band's renewed style and concept was accepted well by Dutch audience. Never Alone topped the charts for weeks and went gold. Dreams, the band's subsequent single, went straight to number one and remained on the charts for weeks (as well as reaching the top 30 on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs chart in the United States) and Let Me Be Free, its successor, remained in the top ten nationally for some time.

1995–1997: 2
In 1995 and 1996, 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor further widened their success with the singles Fly (Through the Starry Night), Come Take My Hand and Fairytales, changing their style to happy hardcore. These singles topped the charts in various European countries. At the end of 1996, the band released the single There's a Key and its second album, 2. After 2, the band shifted styles and first recorded the single One Day, an R&B track that departed from their typical Eurodance style. Afterwards, they returned to their previous Eurodance style with the single I'm Thinkin' of U.

1998–2001: Single releases
In March 1998, 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor released the single Do U Know, a mid to low tempo pop track. At the beginning of autumn 1998, the single The Sun Will Be Shining was released. It contains remixes by Mark van Dale & Enrico, Dance Therapy and the Dub Foundation. Packaged with The Sun Will Be Shining was a CD-ROM featuring the videos of "The Sun Will Be Shining" and "The Making Of".

On 5 February 1999 the single Heaven Is Here was released. 29 October that year saw the release of the single Living In Cyberspace. On 16 June 2000 the single "Wonderful Feeling" was released. On 29 June 2001 the single "Stand Up And Live" was released.

2002–present: Hiatus and return
The duo had never released its third album due to problems with record companies. Currently, the band is touring, with performances planned for 2018. The group released "The Very Best of" in April 2016. In addition to their duties with 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor, Des'Ray has a solo career, and D-Rock is working with the rapper/MC E-Life.

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Pastoral Provision

The Pastoral Provision is a set of practices and norms in the Catholic Church in the United States, by which bishops are authorized to provide spiritual care for Catholics converting from the Anglican tradition, by establishing parishes for them and ordaining priests from among them. The provision provides a way for individuals to become priests in territorial dioceses, even after Pope Benedict XVI's apostolic constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus established the Personal Ordinariates, a non-diocesan mechanism for former Anglicans to join the Church.

Background
Since at least the early 1950s, former Anglican, Lutheran and other clergy who join the Catholic Church have been granted exceptions to the norm of celibacy, in a practice mentioned in Pope Paul VI's encyclical Sacerdotalis caelibatus of 1967.

In 1977, some of those who desired union with the Catholic Church contacted individual Catholic bishops, the Apostolic Delegate Archbishop Jean Jadot and the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome, to inquire about the possibility for married Anglican priests to be received into the Catholic Church and function as Catholic priests.

In 1979, after the United States National Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith had reacted favourably to the proposals that had been put before them, a formal request for union was presented in Rome on 3 November for acceptance into the Roman Catholic Church, for steps to be taken to eliminate any defects that might be found in their priestly orders, and that they be granted the oversight, direction, and governance of a Catholic bishop.

The decision of the Holy See was officially communicated in a letter of 22 July 1980 from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to the President of the United States episcopal conference, who published it on 20 August 1980.

Announcement
The provision was authorized by Pope John Paul II in 1980 and announced in 1981, in response to requests from former United States Episcopalians and members of the Continuing Anglican movement. It allows diocesan bishops to establish personal parishes for former Anglicans, which use the liturgical forms of the Book of Divine Worship that keeps some elements of the Anglican liturgy. These forms of the Roman Rite are known as Anglican Use.

The provision also enables bishops to ordain married former clergy as diocesan priests, when the Holy See grants a dispensation from the usual rule requiring Latin Rite Catholic priests to be celibate (i.e., unmarried).

Since 1981, over 100 ordinations have taken place under the Pastoral Provision, and several personal parishes were established within dioceses. Starting in 2012, most of those parishes were transferred from their dioceses to a new nationwide jurisdiction, the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter.

In March 1981, the Vatican appointed then Most Rev. Bernard Francis Law, then Bishop of Springfield-Cape Girardeau and subsequently Archbishop of Boston, Cardinal, and Archpriest of the Basilica of St. Mary Major, as the Ecclesiastical Delegate. The Vatican subsequently appointed Most Rev. John J. Myers, Archbishop of Newark, to this post in 2003 and Most Rev. Kevin W. Vann, then Bishop of Fort Worth and now Bishop of Orange, to this post in 2011. Rev. William H. Stetson, a priest of the Personal Prelature Opus Dei, is Secretary to the Ecclesiastical Delegate.

The Congregation for Divine Worship gave provisional approval for the group's liturgy, the Book of Divine Worship, in 1984, an approval rendered definitive in 1987. This book incorporates elements of the 1928 Book of Common Prayer, but the Eucharistic liturgy is from the 1979 Book, with the Eucharistic Prayers taken from the Roman Missal and the ancient Sarum Rite (with the modern English Words of Institution inserted in the latter).

The number of personal parishes established is only 7, but, since 1983 over 80 former Anglicans have been ordained for priestly ministry in various Catholic dioceses of the United States.

Personal Ordinariate era
The Vatican erected the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, a jurisdiction canonically equivalent to a diocese, for former Anglicans in the United States and Canada on 1 January 2012, and appointed then-Rev. Jeffrey N. Steenson, a married priest ordained under the pastoral provision who formerly had served as the Bishop of the Rio Grande in The Episcopal Church, as the first "ordinary" of this jurisdiction, subsequently naming him an apostolic protonotary (the highest rank of monsignor). The "ordinary" is canonically equivalent to a diocesan bishop, but receives episcopal ordination only if he is celibate. In 2015, the Vatican appointed then-Msgr. Steven Lopes, who was ordained as a bishop at his installation, as the second ordinary of this jurisdiction.

In 2017 the Vatican ordered that all parishes within the Pastoral Provision enter into the Personal Ordinariate. As of late 2017, only one chaplaincy in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston established under the Pastoral Provision remains in diocesan jurisdiction, after the parish in San Antonio was transferred to the Ordinariate. It was expected that the Boston congregation would eventually be transferred also. The Pastoral Provision remained in force for married former Anglican clergy petitioning for orders in any diocese that is not the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter.

Structure
Though admittance of the Episcopalians in question to the Catholic Church was considered as reconciliation of individuals, a pastoral provision or statute gave them a common group identity.

That identity involved the possibility, after a period of being subject to the local Latin Church bishop, of being granted some distinct type of structure; the use, with the group, but not outside it, of a form of liturgy that retained certain elements of the Anglican liturgy; married Episcopalian priests may be ordained as Catholic priests, but not as bishops.

An Ecclesiastical Delegate, a Catholic who is preferably a bishop, was appointed to oversee the implementation of the decision and to coordinate with the Congregation.

Married priests
As of November 2012, approximately 70 married men have been ordained as priests under the Pastoral Provision. This number does not include married former Protestant clergy, whose petitions for dispensation from the norm of celibacy continue to go through the normal channels. The majority of married diocesan priests historically have not served as pastors of diocesan parishes, though there are now some exceptions. A few priests work at secular occupations to support their families, but the majority serve in chaplaincies and in teaching or administrative positions.

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Mejía Canton

Mejía is a canton in the province of Pichincha in northern Ecuador. It is named after Ecuadorian political figure José Mejía Lequerica. The canton includes a volcano in the Central Cordillera of the Ecuadorian Andes called Rumiñahui. The seat of the canton is called Machachi.

Machachi is located to the south of the capital of Ecuador, Quito. It is a very beautiful city surrounded by the volcanos Atacazo, Corazon, Rumiñahui, Illinizas peaks, Viudita hill, Pasochoa, Sincholagua and is also owns part of the Cotopaxi volcano, a great active volcano which measures 5,897 m (19,347 ft) in altitude. The valley contains 8 volcanoes, the reasons why Alexander von Humboldt named the region Avenue of Volcanoes.

In the Panzaleo language, Machachi means "Great active land." Machachi is the cradle of many slopes, and the same ground is a perennial thermal and mineral water outcrop. In the fertile valleys of San Pedro there are approximately 22 sources of chemicals which have invaluable theurapeutical properties.

Machachi has a similar temperature to Quito, fluctuating from 19°C (66°F) average high to 10°C (50°F) average low. These averages are for the whole year with the dry months being June, July and August.

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Pedro Moncayo Canton

Pedro Moncayo is a canton in the north of the Pichincha Province, Ecuador. The seat of the canton is the city of Tabacundo. The canton is named after politician Pedro Moncayo. The canton is separated by the Mojanda volcano from the canton of Otavalo in the province of Imbabura in the north. It borders the same-province cantons of Cayambe and Quito.

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Donald Arseneault

Donald Arseneault (born in Dalhousie, New Brunswick) is a New Brunswick politician. He is the former Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for the riding of Dalhousie-Restigouche East.

At the time one of the youngest members of the legislature, Arseneault worked in the civil service before being elected in the 2003 election. He was named to the opposition shadow cabinet following the election as critic for both the Office of Human Resources and the Department of Intergovernmental and International Relations. He was elected caucus chair in 2004 and was shuffled to be critic for tourism in early 2005.

He was re-elected in 2006 and his party formed the government and he became Minister of Natural Resources. He also chairs a cabinet committee on forestry issues consisting of fellow ministers Victor Boudreau, Greg Byrne and Jack Keir. On 12 November 2008, he became minister of post-secondary education, training and labour.

In the Brian Gallant government, which won the 2014 New Brunswick general election, he was named the Minister of Energy and Mines.

After being shuffled out of Cabinet on September 5, 2017, Arseneault came under fire a month later when he accepted the government relations manager for Canada's Building Trades Unions and announced he would simultaneously hold his seat as a Member of the Legislative Assembly. Although he was cleared by Integrity commissioner Alexandre Deschênes, who warned him that while there were things he should avoid doing whilst holding the job, nothing in the law prevented him from taking it. As a result of the controversy and given an ultimatum by Premier Brian Gallant, Arseneault announced he would resign as an MLA, effective November 30, 2017.

Aresenault served as campaign manager to Kevin Vickers' Liberal campaign during the 2020 General election. Vickers resigned after the Liberals were reduced to 17 seats from 20. Subsequently he announced on the 28th of October, 2021 that he was going to enter the 2022 Liberal Leadership Election to succeed Vickers.

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Pedro Vicente Maldonado Canton

Pedro Vicente Maldonado is a canton in the west of the province of Pichincha in Ecuador. It is named after the 18th-century Ecuadoran scientist Pedro Vicente Maldonado. Arashá Spa, a tropical forest resort, is located in this canton.

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Puerto Quito Canton

Puerto Quito is a canton in Pichincha Province, Ecuador. It has only one parish, the urban parish of Puerto Quito, which is also the seat of the canton.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Schly

 This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was delete. – ABCD✉ 01:42, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

Schly
Non-notable slang, probably not worth moving to Wiktionary. Delete. Joel7687 14:48, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Patent Nonsense. Worse than l337-speak.
 * Delete some nonsense to me. Renata3 16:34, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Schplottch — that's slang for "delete with a sneer" ➥the Epopt 18:48, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nn slang dicdef. JamesBurns 04:02, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.

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Los Bancos Canton

San Miguel de los Bancos, or simply Los Bancos, is a canton in the province of Pichincha, Ecuador. The long name of the town refers to dedication of the area to the archangel Michael. Local tradition attributes the "Los Bancos" part of the name to the use of tree trunks as benches at the junction of the through road from Quito to Esmeraldas with the road into the Rio Blanco valley.

Geography
The canton is in the Guayllabamba river basin, which, in turn, is part of the river basin of the Esmeraldas river, which flows into the Pacific Ocean. The climate of the canton is subtropical because of its mid-high elevation, as opposed to the climate of higher elevation in the province between the Western and Central Cordilleras, which enclose the highlands of the Ecuadorian Andes.

Political divisions
The canton is divided into two parishes: the urban parish San Miguel de los Bancos and the rural parish Mindo.

Economy
As with other cantons in the province of Pichincha, Los Bancos' economy is mainly agricultural, based especially on cattle-raising. Recently, there has been considerable growth in eco-tourism, most notably at Mindo.

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Santo Domingo Canton (Ecuador)

Santo Domingo de los Colorados or simply known as Santo Domingo, is the biggest canton in the Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province, after La Concordia officially became part of the province on May 31, 2013. The canton is named after its seat, the town of Santo Domingo. The canton partially occupies the Toachi river basin. The Toachi river flows into the Daule river.

Demographics
Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:
 * Mestizo 81.0%
 * Afro-Ecuadorian 7.7%
 * White 6.8%
 * Montubio 2.5%
 * Indigenous 1.7%
 * Other 0.3%

Political divisions
Santo Domingo Canton is divided into 7 urban parishes and 7 rural parishes.

 * Urban parishes: Santo Domingo, Chiguilpe, Río Verde, Bombolí, Zaracay, Abraham Calazacón, Río Toachi
 * Rural parishes: San José de Alluriquín, El Esfuerzo, Luz de América, Puerto Limón, San Jacinto del Búa, Santa María del Toachi, Valle Hermoso

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Talk:Mark Lynch (English footballer)

right full back
He is ostensibly a right full back

Well, is he or isn't he? "Ostensibly" means "to all outward appearances (but perhaps not truly)".

I think we should be told... Picapica 14:49, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

own-goal
This misses out the fact that he scored an own-goal in his first (and only!) champions league appearance while at United.

I think we should be told...

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Talk:Viggo Peter Mortensen

Discuss Viggo Peter Mortensen Here

This page is a duplicate of Viggo Mortensen. It also contains copyvios from IMDB. Redirecting this page to the existing article. Balster neb 19:22, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

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Atlases of the flora and fauna of Britain and Ireland

The biodiversity of Great Britain and Ireland is one of the most well-studied geographical areas of its size in the world. This biota work has resulted in the publication of distribution atlases for many taxonomic groups. This page lists these publications.

A full atlas is generally regarded as a definitive work on distribution, whereas a provisional atlas is typically produced as an interim stage to show survey progress.

One of the bodies responsible for publishing a great number of distribution atlases is the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology. Each atlas presents 10 km2 distribution maps for the species within its scope. Maps typically use different symbols to signify records from differing time-periods - solid symbols for 10-km squares (hectads) that have recent records, and unfilled symbols for 10-km squares for which only older records exist, according to a defined cut-off date.

The atlases are produced by the Biological Records Centre (BRC), which is run by the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, part of the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology based at CEH Wallingford, Crowmarsh Gifford, Oxfordshire. The data used to produce the maps is gathered by volunteer biological recorders and collated by the BRC Recording Schemes.

The atlases fall into two groups:

 * Main Atlases are commercially published books, presenting the current state of knowledge for well-recorded groups. They typically include text information about the species, and other supporting material such as analyses of trends. They are usually produced only where a well-established recording scheme has been in operation for a significant period of time, and the scheme organisers believe that the data represent a comprehensive picture of the distribution of each species.
 * Provisional Atlases give recorders an indication of progress and illustrate early results. Some of the later ones are quite detailed and less "provisional" - for example the Hoverfly Atlas, which provides charts of flight-period as well as text, and the Atlas of Aquatic Bugs, which has biological information and identification aids for some of the animals.


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Talk:Malabar region

Kolathiris
I hope somebody start an article about Kolathiris.

 * There is an article on Kolathiris but it redirects to Chirakkal Raja. It is very confusing. Mattisse(talk) 15:49, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

This article seems to be a combination of several existing articles and to have the wrong name
Why is it not called Malabar region? Calling it Malabar makes the town of Malabar disappear. Mattisse(talk) 15:44, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Origin of the word Malabar
There are other sources online that claim that the word Malabar actually comes from the Arab word "Ma'bar" which means "passage". The explanation given to support the claim seems to be the fact that Arab merchants had a long standing relationship with the rulers in Kerala even before the birth of Islam. So now the question is who is correct about the origin of the word "Malabar"?

 * For me, it seems more logical that Malabar is etymologically derived from Malappuram than Mala+Bar or Mal+Bar. As for Ma'bar, Malabar has nothing to do with Ma'bar. The Ma'bar of Marco Polo was on South India's east coast not west. It would probably be the modern-day Mahabalipuram or Mamallapuram.- Ravichandar My coffee shop 17:17, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Dravidian civilizations
Wiki Raja 10:58, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Malabar is aryan. Malabar has nothing to do with tamil civilizations or dravida. Even the language malayalam is 80% Sanskrit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sebonbankai (talk • contribs) 11:27, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was moved. --BDD (talk) 18:10, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

– Malabar region currently redirects to Malabar (Northern Kerala) (this article). Malabar refers to many things, even in northern Kerala. This article discusses the Malabar region, and there are other articles that discuss the district and other meanings. This article should be at Malabar region; I propose that the page names be swapped. Joshua Issac (talk) 16:39, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Malabar (Northern Kerala) → Malabar region
 * Malabar region → Malabar (Northern Kerala)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Attention needed
This article is almost totally unsourced, and its only two sources don't even mention "Malabar region", let alone establish any notability (in contrast to the other Malabar (disabiguation) articles). The subject appears quite intertwined with, if not identical to Malabar Coast, with which a merger is proposed. Batternut (talk) 16:13, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

Map
Please add a proper Map of the region. Remember this is a REGION not a town or city.Manabimasu (talk) 02:57, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

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Oberalp Pass

Oberalp Pass (Alpsu or Cuolm d'Ursera; Oberalppass) (2044 meters above sea level) is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting the cantons of Graubünden and Uri between Disentis/Mustér and Andermatt.

Winter closure
The public road that crosses the pass is closed in winter, but the Furka-Oberalp railway line, now part of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn, runs year round and provides a limited shuttle for cars in winter (reservation required). When the road closes depends on snowfall and varies between the end of October and the beginning of December. The road opens again in spring, usually by the end of April but sometimes not until mid May.

In winter, a ski area extends to the Graubünden side, connecting the pass well into the Tujetsch territory to Dieni, near Rueras.

Source of the Rhine
The major European river Rhine springs from a source nearby (Lai da Tuma), which can be accessed by hiking two hours from Oberalp Pass. A multiday trekking route is signposted across Oberalp pass and along the young Rhine called Senda Sursilvana.

Oberalpsee is located 20 m below, in the direction of Andermatt.

Railway station
A railway station is located next to the Oberalppass road. It is at the base of the Oberalp ski area. The station is owned and run by the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn. It has 3 platforms, one of which is a bay platform from Andermatt, and is often closed during the winter. The railway on both sides of the station is a single line, so Oberalppass is an important passing place. The station is the highest point on the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn network.

Ski Area
The Oberalp Pass passes the Oberalp ski area, which is part of the Gotthard Oberalp Arena.

There are currently plans for the ski area to be linked up with Nätschen, the neighbouring mountain, which is also part of the Gotthard Oberalp Arena.

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Naranjal Canton

Naranjal is a canton in the province of Guayas in western continental Ecuador. The canton was created in 1960 and named after its seat, Naranjal.

Demographics
Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:
 * Mestizo 74.1%
 * Montubio 10.9%
 * Afro-Ecuadorian 8.7%
 * White 5.5%
 * Indigenous 0.7%
 * Other 0.2%

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Talk:Maxtor

Why no Competitors?
Western Digital, Iomega, Seagate, and all these guys have a list of competitors on their Wikipedia article. Pretty standard section for a Wiki on a big company.

Can we start one for Maxtor?

 * Quantum
 * Western Digital
 * Adaptec

More? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.76.124.126 (talk) 23:59, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Product quality
There is no need to discuss the product quality since it's not NPOV. Xandrus (talk) 18:55, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Pro
Maxtor is still the best supplier for quality hard disk drives and leading technology. I have a bunch of different Maxtor models, collected over the years, running without any problems. Further the low cost service hotline provides best of class customer support according to some technical enquiries i placed in the past. Maxtor remains my first choice!!! --83.141.80.138 23:44, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

 * You should play the lottery since it seems you have exceptional luck. I believe "Maxtor" come from the Latin for "Crap won't last six months"  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.181.253.68 (talk) 09:21, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

 * Their quality has fallen dramatically SINCE being acquired by seagate, I got a new maxtor HDD not realising they'd been acquired and it broke after 3 months, although my OLD HDD's that were Maxtor never had a problem... 82.34.113.51 (talk) 19:50, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Con
They die too easily. 71.15.44.3 12:11, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Their XT-series of 5.25-inch full-height drives, although noisy, were reliable workhorses, with no equal in the industry from 1982-1992. In 1991 Maxtor was inflicted with a CEO and executive staff who decided the company would no longer build "boutique" drives, preferring to jump into the commodity disk drive market, i.e., low cost and low reliability. That marked the end of Maxtor as a significant force in the disk drive industry. (There was one interesting exception, though. In 1992 they were approached by NASA to provide a sample 3.5-inch SCSI disk drive for testing in a spaceborne application. Maxtor management turned them down, but one of the engineers sneaked a drive out to them anyway.  Some time later we heard that the Maxtor drive was the only one still running; Seagate, Quantum, Western Digital, etc., had all failed.  A potential public relations coup wasted!)  Most of their 3.5-inch offerings never came close in reliability to the original product line, particularly those designed in Longmont, Colorado. The company also had a horrible internal culture. Design documentation was a mess, turnover was high, and layoffs were frequent. Like a bulemic, Maxtor's management got in the habit of quarterly layoffs to shore up the bottom line. The executive staff were generally non-technical, drawn mostly from the ranks of accountants and marketers. They exhibited an arrogance toward and distrust of the engineering staff, referring to them openly as "propeller heads". For some reason Maxtor was never able to attract a good executive staff, and as a result the company was its own worst enemy. I was there. --QuicksilverT @ 12:04, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Great war story, Quicksilver. Thanks for sharing it. (By the way, do you know anything about a company called Sequel? See my comment below.) --Johnlogic 16:21, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

 * When Maxtor decided to get out of the 5.25-inch drive business around 1992-1993, they sold the rights to their older designs to Sequel in Santa Clara, California, a spin-off from Unisys (circa 1990). Although Sequel didn't have the facilities to build the XT series drives from scratch, they were capable of refurbishing them — repairing circuit boards and rebuilding head and disk stacks.  Since Maxtor had sold so many XT drives in the first ten years of its existence and many of those had gone into high-end industrial and commercial applications, there was a market for long-term support services.  Before the AT and SCSI interfaces evolved, systems used a number of other drive controller schemes (SMD, Disk Bus, SASI, etc.), mostly obsolete by the time Sequel took over.  Since redesigning systems to use the new interface schemes would have been cost-prohibitive, it made sense to keep the old drives available for them.  With the advent of low-cost industry standard 3.5-inch AT and SCSI drives that were easily swapped between vendors and rivaled 5.25-inch and larger earlier designs in performance, interest in repairability and maintainability disappeared.  If such a drive failed, it would simply be discarded and replaced with a new unit, usually cheaper and with higher storage capacity and better performance. —QuicksilverT @ 20:44, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

I wonder if this is why the 7000 series hung on for so long despite being horribly long in the tooth by about 1995 or so. I mentioned the 7120 in the article, by the way, because I don't think they ever worked right; my brother and I got one in exchange for a zapped Quantum 120MB back in 1993, and that thing still tops our "worst ever" list (and it turned us off Maxtor for years; my brother prices drives for systems we build, and he likes Seagate and Samsung these days). It'd lose data, it'd corrupt data randomly, and no matter what you set the jumpers to (which there were far too many of), it'd freak out eventually -- almost all of that was firmware, and I supposed they were rushed to finish it by The Management. The DiamondMax drives at least have their firmware debugged most of the time... -lee 15:04, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

maxtor is, without a doubt, the worst of the mainstream hard drive manufacturers --213.208.105.20 12:26, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Make that "... was the worst of the mainstream hard drive manufacturers". --QuicksilverT @ 12:04, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
 * No, this is a title that should never be past tense for them. Maxtor, corrupting data forever.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.181.253.68 (talk) 00:36, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

(had heading "Horrible quality":) never again maxtor. my drive crashed within 11 months. i was pissed as soon as i installed it because it was loud as hell too. --Jawed 02:29, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

I had some very poor experiences with Maxtor, to the point that I decided to never use it again c. 1994. (The other HDD manufacturer I had disqualified was Seagate, after regularly observing an MTBF -- mean time between failures -- of about 30 days on its 20 MB models. At least, now that they've merged, I have only one brand name to avoid.)

Around late 1992, I had bought a full-height 5.25" SCSI drive with about 550 MB (nearly cutting-edge back then) and a 3-year warranty. When it died (totally and without warning) after about 18-20 months, I had found that Maxtor had somehow delegated "support" for the product to a company called Sequel, which I found was very good at shipping faulty replacements. After receiving each bad replacement, I escallated my frustrations to a new level of management until I finally had a VP pull a drive from stock. My fourth (?!?!) replacement drive lasted about another 18 months. It was the worst customer experience I had until I met Apple. --Johnlogic 16:14, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Why are the drive reliability issues not in the article? The Maxtor article should not be a simple glossy corporate snapshot. -71.49.165.13 19:56, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
 * +1, I only know Maxtor because of their bad realibility (not the recent HDD of course, the previous one), we should add it, I think this article is not well written, really look like a "glossy corporate snapshot" :/ (Klem,193.49.48.244 (talk) 14:42, 14 February 2008 (UTC))

 * They should market their drives as secure file deletion utilities.

For sure Maxtor had ups and downs with quality over the years. But posting anecdotes about personal experiences, good or bad, is meaningless. What's needed are references to information about rate of units returned for specific models. IbnFadlan 22:19, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

 * How about their support? RIght now I am trying to recover someone's Onetouch4 that has been corrupted.  The software is messed up and going to maxtor.com gives me links to download the software "in case it got deleted from the drive"  When you click on that link they say you need to contact tech support.  I'm pretty sure contacting anyone isn't downloading the software.

Should Maxtor still be listed as an active company?
I was under the impression that Maxtor is now totally gone and replaced by Seagate, however it is still listed as a subsidiary of Seagate... I have no proof to prove my point (except for the Maxtor page being gone, so any input is appreciated. Nabeel_co 06:51, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
 * It appears that Seagate will be using the Maxtor name as a consumer brand. See: http://maxtorsolutions.com -- Austin Murphy 21:25, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I was surprised to still see new Maxtor products (namely external hard disks) still for sale recently. --Zilog Jones 22:10, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
 * As far as I can tell, the "new" Maxtor is just a brand, being positioned at the "value" market. The new DiamondMax 20 and 21 are relabelled Seagates, and Maxtor's high-end SCSI stuff (which was inherited from Quantum in any case) isn't even advertised anymore. -lee 04:21, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I heard something about that Seagate labels his "value" HDD (low cost, low realibility), so people gonna buy it (true, I saw it many times) because "Maxtor is the best !" and they relabelled the best Maxtor's products "Seagate", in order to make people think Seagate is the best of the best. True ? (Klem, 193.49.48.244 (talk) 14:42, 14 February 2008 (UTC))

History Repeats
The hostile takeover of Solectron by Flextronics is very similar to what happened to Maxtor Corporation. Mike Cannon was CEO of Maxtor for a while, then left for Solectron. Paul Tufano was "interim CEO" for a while. Soon after that Maxtor was bought out by Seagate. Mike Cannon was CEO of Selectron, followed by Tufano as "interim CEO" of Solectron prior to their acquisition. Might be worth noting in the article. IbnFadlan 22:13, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Owned by Hyundai?
I am trying to research Maxtor being owned by Hyndai for a period of time in the 1990's? -- IrishDragon (talk • contribs) 18:04, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

 * It's true, although Hyundai didn't own 100% of Maxtor. Maxtor was in serious financial trouble in 1992-1993, flirting with insolvency, and was looking for a cash infusion.  They thought they had found it in Hyundai, who reportedly purchased 40% of Maxtor stock for $150 million and a stake in management in late 1993.  Hyundai was trying to get out of the unprofitable PC/AT clone business and move into the lucrative high-end workstation business, and they needed a captive hard drive supplier.  In the fall of 1993, Maxtor management, headed by then-CEO Laurence "Larry" Hootnik, decided to stake the company's future on the "Racer" series of commodity drives, designed at the former Miniscribe facility in Longmont, Colorado, and to shut down engineering operations at the headquarters location in San Jose, California. The deal with Hyundai became effective on February 4, 1994 and the engineering talent was ushered out the door wholesale on February 7.  Unfinished designs were left in a poorly documented state, and it didn't take long for Hyundai to realize that they were holding an empty bag:  They needed the high-end drives from San Jose for their workstations, not the low-end drives from Longmont. I'm not sure when they dumped their interest in Maxtor, but it probably happened sometime in 1994 or 1995.  We heard later that Hootnik was asked to leave in June 1994 and was given $3 million as a parting gift.  Go figure. —QuicksilverT @ 20:05, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

MaxOptix connection
When I worked at Maxtor there was an in-house MaxOptix development operation on River Oaks Parkway in San Jose, California, that eventually moved out and became an independent spin-off, manufacturing 5.25-inch magneto-optical drives. There should be a mention of this in the article. The MaxOptix logo was originally in the same font and shade of blue that Maxtor Corporation used for its logo. MaxOptix still exists as a brand, although it is now headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and has changed owners a few times. Sorry, I don't know the dates that MaxOptix was incorporated or spun off, but it would have been around 1990-1991, if memory serves. —QuicksilverT @ 00:54, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

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Susten Pass

Susten Pass (German: Sustenpass) (el. 2260 m.) is a mountain pass in the Swiss Alps. The pass road, built from 1938–1945, connects Innertkirchen in the canton of Bern with Wassen in the canton of Uri. A 300-metre long tunnel crosses the pass at 2,224 metres.

The pass is popular with tourists, especially for the views of the Stein Glacier on the south side.

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 * Innertkirchen (west): 27km (1599m)
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Sonia Fowler

Sonia Fowler (also Jackson) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Natalie Cassidy. Her first appearance was on 2 December 1993 and she departed on 2 February 2007. She returned briefly in 2010 along with other members of the Jackson family, and re-appeared in the soap from 8 to 18 February 2010 and again in January 2011. Sonia returned as a permanent character on 14 January 2014, as part of a storyline that saw her mother Carol Jackson (Lindsey Coulson) develop breast cancer. Cassidy took maternity leave in 2016 and Sonia left on 20 September 2016 for her dream job in Kettering. Cassidy made two guest stints during her maternity leave, on 25 December 2016 via webcam and for a three episode arc from 14 to 18 April 2017. She returned full-time on 27 June 2017. On 29 December 2020, it was announced that Cassidy would take an extended break from the show, with Sonia set to leave the Square to return in spring 2021. She departed on 8 January and returned on 16 April.

Sonia has been featured in storylines including affairs, feuds, bereavements, family problems, teenage pregnancy and a cancer scare. In 2000, Sonia discovers that she is pregnant at 15 and gives birth to a daughter, Bex Fowler (Jasmine Armfield), whom she puts up for adoption. She begins a relationship with Jamie Mitchell (Jack Ryder) who is later killed on Christmas Day 2002. Sonia is better known for her problematic marriage with Bex’s father Martin Fowler (James Alexandrou/James Bye), which ends in 2006 when Sonia begins an affair with Naomi Julien (Petra Letang). The pair eventually reconcile for Bex, however Sonia develops a feud with Martin's mother Pauline Fowler (Wendy Richard) which ends when Pauline is murdered. Sonia is originally arrested for her murder, however, it transpires that Pauline's husband Joe Macer (Ray Brooks) is her killer.

Since her return in 2014, Sonia's storyline has included divorcing Martin, coming out as bisexual, a cancer scare, an on-off feud with Martin’s wife Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner), relationships with Tina Carter (Luisa Bradshaw-White) and Bex's teacher Gethin Pryce (Cerith Flinn), supporting Bex through her attempted suicide, briefly reconciling with Martin and stealing money from Dot Branning (June Brown) to help pay off Martin's hit-and-run victim who had been blackmailing her. In 2021, Sonia is led to believe that she has reunited with her father Terry, whom she never knew. However, this is revealed to be a lie as the man posing as her father is actually Tom "Rocky" Cotton (Brian Conley). Sonia later enters into a relationship with Dot's great-nephew Reiss Colwell (Jonny Freeman) and they decide to try for a baby via IVF.

Creation
1994 was a "historic" year for EastEnders, as in April, a third weekly episode was introduced. Due to the programme's increased frequency, a number of new characters were introduced to the regular cast in the latter part of 1993 and early 1994. Among them were the Jackson family: mother Carol (Lindsey Coulson), her four children, Bianca (Patsy Palmer), Robbie (Dean Gaffney), Sonia (Natalie Cassidy), and Billie (Devon Anderson), as well as Carol's partner Alan Jackson (Howard Antony). Though Carol and Alan were not initially married in the serial, and though Alan was only the biological father of Billie, the whole family took on Alan's surname. The family was created by writer Tony McHale.

Various members of the family began to appear sporadically from November 1993 onwards, but in episodes that aired early in 1994, the Jacksons moved from Walford Towers, a block of flats, to the soap's focal setting of Albert Square. Their slow introduction was a deliberate attempt by the programme makers to introduce the whole family over a long period. The Jacksons have been described by EastEnders scriptwriter Colin Brake as a "classic problem family".

Cassidy was 10 years old when she joined the soap as Sonia. She was spotted doing improvisations at the Anna Scher Theatre School by Tony McHale and EastEnders' Casting Advisor Jane Deitch. They liked Cassidy and she was asked to audition at Elstree studios, after which she was offered the part. None of the actors cast as the Jackson family were matched for appearance or screen compatibility. Cassidy commented, "it was all decided without doing that. I don't think it particularly mattered that none of us Jackson kids looked like each other because all our characters had different dads!"

Development
Early on in the character's narrative, Sonia was given a trumpet to play, which she did badly, infuriating her family and neighbours. According to Cassidy, this was on the behest of Storyliner and future Executive Producer of EastEnders, John Yorke. Cassidy revealed that she took lessons to play the trumpet, but that when she began to play well, she was asked by the producers to pretend to play it badly as Sonia was supposed to be playing it badly. Other storylines included a period where Sonia was bullied by her friend Clare Bates (Gemma Bissix) after she fell in with the wrong crowd at school. Despite the bullying storyline, Cassidy said that she and Bissix were good friends during their time together on the soap.

In 1997, the actress who played Sonia's mother Carol decided to quit EastEnders. It was at this stage that the producers made a decision to write the majority of the Jackson family out. Cassidy commented, "I thought I was out of a job [on EastEnders] forever!". Cassidy made several temporary returns on-screen months later to visit Clare or Bianca, but she was still uncertain about the future of her character: "I didn't come back to the show for about four months or so after [ I was written out in 1997]. And after Clare left the Square [in 1998] I was gone for another eight months. I just got on with school and all that". However, later in 1998 the producers asked Cassidy to return to the serial full-time, which she said she was "thrilled" about.

Departure (2007)
In April 2006, it was announced that Cassidy would take a break from EastEnders, saying "it's time to try new things. But it doesn't mean Sonia won't be back". A BBC spokesperson added, "Natalie is a valued member of the EastEnders cast and we wish her all the very best during her break from the show". Sonia departed on screen in February 2007, along with her former husband Martin, as his actor, James Alexandrou, also left the serial. Their departing storyline was the culmination of the death of Pauline Fowler, following actress Wendy Richard's high-profile resignation from the serial in 2006. In the storyline, Pauline dies in suspicious circumstances and Sonia is blamed for killing her, although Sonia is eventually vindicated when Pauline's husband Joe Macer (Ray Brooks) admits to manslaughter. Sonia and Martin and their daughter Rebecca leave Walford as a united family for the United States. In 2010, Cassidy said one of the reasons she decided to leave the show was because of Sonia's affair with Naomi Julien (Petra Letang), saying it was wrong for the character.

Despite Cassidy's departure being specified as a "break", Cassidy commented in 2008, "I feel that door's closed now and I need to go and do other stuff [...] Maybe in nine years I might go back." More recently, in 2009, press reports suggested that the actress was keen to reprise the role. Patsy Palmer, who returned to EastEnders as Sonia's sister Bianca, publicly called for the actress's return: "I would love her to come back. I mean, she is family! I've told bosses that it's a good time, when you think about it, as the Jacksons are back now as well."

Guest stints (2010–2011)
On 25 October 2009 it was announced that Cassidy would return to the soap to reprise her role as Sonia, along with Coulson, Gaffney and Anderson. The characters would reunite with Bianca who returned in 2008. Cassidy is quoted as saying "To be invited back to EastEnders is such an honour and I am very, very excited that Sonia is coming back. For me, to be reunited with the original Jacksons is a dream come true and I think it will be a fantastic storyline." A source told entertainment website Digital Spy: "Everything's being kept hush-hush about the Jacksons' return at the moment, but there are certainly a load of questions to be answered. Will the frosty relationship between Carol and Bianca thaw? Are Sonia and Martin still together? And how will Robbie react when he learns of his beloved Wellard's death? Everyone's so pleased to have them back." The family returned for Bianca's second wedding to Ricky Butcher as part of the show's 25th anniversary. Executive producer Diederick Santer explained that he wanted great stories to get people talking, saying "The wedding is the perfect opportunity for us to bring back the much-loved Jackson characters – Carol, Sonia, Robbie and Billie." In December 2010, it was announced Cassidy would return to EastEnders, as Sonia in order to facilitate a temporary storyline departure for co-star Palmer, who was due to take maternity leave. Sonia's one-off return was broadcast on 21 January 2011.

Reintroduction (2014)
Sonia returned permanently on 14 January 2014.

In February 2016, Cassidy announced she was expecting her second child, meaning she would be taking maternity leave. Cassidy confirmed the baby is due in "summer" 2016. It was expected that Cassidy would leave in spring 2016, with Sonia departing on-screen in summer 2016. Sonia departed on-screen on 20 September 2016. After returning for a short stint from 14 April 2017 to 18 April 2017, Cassidy returned to the role of Sonia permanently, with the return being broadcast on 27 June 2017.

1993–2007
Sonia and her family move to Albert Square. She is the third of Carol Jackson's (Lindsey Coulson) four children and the result of her mother's relationship with Terry Cant, whom Sonia never knew and who was violent towards Carol. During her childhood, she becomes close friends with Clare Tyler (Gemma Bissix) and the two are inseparable until Clare falls in with the wrong crowd at school and starts bullying Sonia but they reconcile before Clare leaves in 1998. Sonia has sex with Martin Fowler (James Alexandrou) but starts dating Jamie Mitchell (Jack Ryder). Not knowing she is pregnant, Sonia goes into labour and gives birth to Martin's daughter. The baby, who is named Chloe, is subsequently given up for adoption and renamed Rebecca, despite protests from Martin's mother Pauline Fowler (Wendy Richard). However, Sonia becomes obsessed with her daughter and abducts her, locking herself in her house with the baby. Despite pleas from Rebecca's adoptive parents, it is Sonia's step-grandmother, Dot Cotton (June Brown), who persuades Sonia to return the baby.

Sonia and Jamie get engaged, but due to Jamie's fling with Zoe Slater (Michelle Ryan) and constant rowing, the relationship ends. Sonia dates Gus Smith (Mohammed George), who plans to propose, but he is devastated when Sonia reconciles with Jamie after he is brutally assaulted by his godfather Phil (Steve McFadden). Sonia helps him, nursing him through his injuries and they decide to marry but their happiness is short-lived as Martin accidentally hits Jamie with his vehicle. Sonia keeps a bedside vigil and is with Jamie when he dies.

Sonia eventually forgives Martin and as they grow closer, they fall in love and eventually elope. Sonia begins nursing training and she and Martin live with Pauline but struggle to cope with her interference. Martin gets unwittingly involved with a stalker, Sarah Cairns (Alison Pargeter), who tries to ruin his marriage. This culminates in Sarah holding Sonia and Martin hostage and stabbing Martin, until Sonia knocks her unconscious. Sonia and Martin face further upset when they discover that their daughter's adoptive parents have died in a car crash. They visit Rebecca's (Jade Sharif) guardian, Margaret Wilson (Janet Amsden), hiding their true identity but when Margaret realises who they are, she asks them to leave. Pauline also interferes and visits Rebecca with Martin. Sonia is furious when she learns this and animosity in the Fowlers' home puts a strain on Martin and Sonia's relationship so she spends her time with a colleague, Naomi Julien (Petra Letang); feelings develop and they begin an affair. Martin is heartbroken when his marriage ends and the situation is complicated further by Rebecca, who, on Margaret's request, is spending more time at the Fowlers'. Margaret decides to make the Fowlers' Rebecca's legal guardians but does not include Sonia when she finds out about her lesbian fling. Margaret dies and Martin takes custody of Rebecca and Pauline tries to stop Sonia having any contact with Rebecca. This makes Sonia distraught and preoccupied with Rebecca. Feeling neglected, Naomi ends their relationship.

Sonia becomes depressed and begins to neglect her work and drink alcohol, until Gus helps her straighten her life out. Sonia and Gus begin a second romance, which ends due to Sonia's lingering feelings for Martin. Sonia and Martin receive their divorce papers. However, both regret getting divorced and they reconcile. Pauline eventually finds out and tells Martin that she is dying from a brain tumour to stop him moving in with Sonia. Just as Pauline intends, Martin ends his relationship with Sonia in order to care for her, but when the truth finally comes out, a furious Martin moves out anyway. Pauline responds with ire, threatening to cut her son from her life. Sonia tries to build bridges with Pauline but an argument ends with Sonia slapping Pauline. When Pauline is found dead later that day, Sonia fears that she caused her death. She discovers that Rebecca witnessed the slap and tries to silence her daughter, but Rebecca tells Dot at Pauline's funeral. Appalled, Martin refuses Sonia access to Rebecca. Fearing imprisonment, Sonia abducts Rebecca and goes on the run. Martin is frantic, but days later Sonia returns and she is arrested on a murder charge; however, that same night Dot uncovers the identity of Pauline's real murderer — Pauline's husband Joe Macer (Ray Brooks), who had argued with Pauline on Christmas Day and struck her over the head, causing her death. Sonia is released and decides to leave Walford for Manchester. After making peace with Martin, she takes a taxi and is about to leave Walford when she sees Martin and Rebecca obstructing the road; Martin has decided that he wants to go with Sonia. The Fowlers reunite and leave as a family. They remarry and spend time touring the USA before settling in Manchester.

2010–2011
Bianca invites Sonia and Martin to her wedding to Ricky Butcher (Sid Owen) and Sonia attends alone. She rejects a phone call from Martin and gets very drunk. The following day, Sonia walks in on Dot slapping her granddaughter Dotty Cotton (Molly Conlin) across the legs, leading to Dot's arrest, though she is released without charge. Bianca notices Sonia has continuously avoided talking about Martin and Rebecca. Sonia visits Jamie's grave and later returns to The Queen Victoria pub, and drunkenly berates Phil, Jamie's godfather, about his treatment of Jamie. Phil says he considers Jamie to be one of his own children and tells Sonia to go upstairs to sober up. She misunderstands him and gets into his bed, naked. As Phil sees Sonia in bed, Shirley Carter (Linda Henry) walks in and slaps Phil across the face. Sonia confides in Carol about her marriage problems and Carol advises her to try to stay together for Rebecca's sake. After Ricky and Bianca's wedding, Sonia decides she must make a fresh start with Martin and leaves again. Sonia returns in January 2011, following Bianca's disappearance following her attack on Connor Stanley (Arinze Kene), who had also dating Whitney. She reveals to Ricky and Carol that Bianca has been hiding out with her at a B&B and is not in a good way. Ricky suggests getting Bianca out of the country but Sonia tells him she that Bianca has decided to give herself up. During a conversation with Carol, Sonia reveals she and Martin are no longer together and she and Rebecca are back living in London while Martin remains in Manchester. Carol is surprised but Sonia tells her the split occurred around the time of Billie's death and did not want to burden her with her problems. After Bianca hands herself in, Sonia leaves again.

2014–present
In January 2014, Carol informs Sonia, who is having marital problems with Martin again, about her breast cancer diagnosis. Carol has the BRCA gene and Sonia finds out she has inherited it. Sonia kisses Tina Carter (Luisa Bradshaw-White), which Tina's girlfriend, Fiona "Tosh" Mackintosh (Rebecca Scroggs), finds out about, so Tina end her friendship with Sonia to protect her relationship. Sonia, who has started a weight loss class, arranges to have a gastric band in Bulgaria, telling friends and family she is on a course. When she returns, she tries to confess to her class but collapses before she can do so. Sonia and Martin (now played by James Bye) separate and Sonia starts to feel isolated and depressed. Sonia is supported by Tina but Sonia backs away when Tina goes to kiss her as Sonia is unsure of her feelings. Martin moves back to Walford and Rebecca (now played by Jasmine Armfield) moves in with him, as she resents Sonia for leaving Martin. Martin believes he can repair his marriage, but Tina and Sonia share a kiss, which Martin sees. He tells everyone in The Queen Vic about Sonia and Tina, and Sonia ends their relationship. Martin sends Rebecca, who now wants to be called Bex, to live with Sonia so she can spend more time with her mother, whilst Sonia also repairs her relationship with Tina. Martin begins dating Stacey Branning (Lacey Turner), and Sonia also decides to move on by embarking on a full relationship with Tina. Sonia and Martin's divorce is later finalised and he marries Stacey, with Sonia giving her blessing. After Tina drunkenly humiliates Sonia at an awards ceremony and Sonia rejects her, Tina has sex with Sophie Dodd (Poppy Rush) and regrets it, but before she can tell Sonia, Sonia reveals she has found a lump in her breast. Sonia forgives Tina for the humiliation, but Sophie tells Sonia that Tina cheated and their relationship ends, but they soon reunite. After having her breast lump checked, Sonia is given the all-clear. Sonia supports Tina by looking after her ailing mother Sylvie Carter (Linda Marlowe) and ends up becoming her full-time carer.

In September 2016, Sonia receives a lucrative job offer at a private hospital in Kettering and, having realised she no longer loves Tina, ends their relationship. Bex is initially furious and thinks that Sonia is abandoning her, but later calms down and she says an emotional farewell. During Sonia's absence, Bex is bullied by Madison Drake (Seraphina Beh), Alexandra D'Costa (Sydney Craven) and her former friend Louise Mitchell (Tilly Keeper). Bex breaks down and calls Sonia, prompting her to return, and she accuses Martin and Stacey of not looking after Bex. Sonia decides to take Bex with her along to Kettering and she meets with Bex's headteacher at Walford High in order to report Madison and Alexandra's actions, but Sonia decides not to mention Louise's involvement at Bex's request. When she realises that Bex is happy staying with Martin and Stacey, Sonia returns to Kettering. Later Sonia returns to Walford and lets herself into Dot's house, finding Dot on the floor after tripping. Sonia and Robbie, who has also returned, move in with Dot to help care for her. It is revealed that Sonia is hiding a secret from her time in Kettering as she no longer choses to return there. Although Sonia wants Bex to move in with them, Bex chooses to stay with Martin and Stacey. Mr Waters (Andrew Bone), the son of one of Sonia's former patients in Kettering arrives in Walford and accuses Sonia of fleecing his late mother out of her money. Sonia reveals that she had been nursing her and inherited everything in her will, but nobody believes her and Bex assumes that she has run away from Kettering. Bex's teacher Gethin Pryce (Cerith Flinn) defends Sonia and orders Mr Waters to leave. Sonia starts dating Gethin but is unaware that Bex is infatuated with him. Bex and Gethin kiss and after Bex attempts to pursue him, he eventually confesses the truth to Sonia. Gethin subsequently resigns his job at the school and leaves Walford.

In December 2017, Sonia discovers Kim Fox (Tameka Empson) having a miscarriage and supports her. Martin and Stacey's marriage is fractured when Stacey sleeps with Sonia's uncle Max Branning (Jake Wood). Stacey kicks Martin out and Sonia agrees for him to move into No. 25 with her and Bex. Sonia discovers that she may still be in love Martin and agrees to go on a date with him. However, Martin still has feelings for Stacey, which upsets Sonia. When Bex decides that she doesn't want to go to university, Sonia pressures Bex into applying to Oxbridge University, much to Bex's annoyance. Bex tells Sonia that she is feeling upset since her boyfriend Shakil Kazemi (Shaheen Jafargholi) was killed and that she isn't ready for university, and Sonia supports Bex's decision. Sonia and Dot care for Harold Legg (Leonard Fenton) when he becomes ill and he moves into No.25. A swastika is graffitied on Dot's door which causes Dr Legg to fall into a panic attack. Sonia blames Dot's new lodger Stuart Highway (Ricky Champ) for the attack and threatens to report him to the police if he comes anywhere near No. 25. However Stuart is innocent and the perpetrators behind the attack are young youths. Sonia's niece Tiffany Butcher (Maisie Smith) is involved in a drug ring gang and Sonia discovers this when Tiffany's friend Bernadette Taylor (Clair Norris) informs her. Sonia and the Brannings try to help Tiffany and promise to pay off the drug dealers that Tiffany and her friend Evie Steele (Sophia Capasso) owe money to, to stop Tiffany from running away. Tiffany discovers that Sonia is lying and attempts to leave, but Sonia stops her from leaving causing Tiffany to slap her. She locks Tiffany in Dot's from and finally releases her when she agrees to speak up about the drug ring.

When Bex takes an overdose, Sonia finds her and is dismayed when she realises that it was a suicide attempt. She blames herself, and when Martin returns to Walford, Sonia is angry with him for being absent. She is forced to give him a false alibi when police question him about stolen vehicles and she convinces him to tell the truth. She forgives him but Martin's behaviour continues and he is injured during an attack so Sonia throws him out. She forgives him again and realises that she still has feelings for him. When Martin and Charlie "Tubbs" Savage (Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong) knock down George Watson (Jack Bennett), Sonia visits George in hospital to question him about the hit-and-run. Upon realising Sonia and Martin are in a relationship, George blackmails Sonia and threatens to report Martin to the police unless she gives him £10,000. Sonia steals the money from Dot's bank account. Sonia is guilty but Martin decides to take the blame. Dot throws him out and leaves Walford to live with her grandson Charlie Cotton (Declan Bennett) and his wife Liz (Michelle Connolly) in Ireland.

In June 2020, Sonia decides she wants to get in touch with her birth father, Terry Cant. However, the subsequent COVID-19 lockdown means that she is busy at the hospital, which leaves Sonia stressed and exhausted. When Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) makes light of the pandemic, Sonia snaps at him and decides to visit her family abroad. During her 36th birthday, Sonia meets Tom "Rocky" Cotton (Brian Conley) who is impersonating her father, Terry. He tells her that he loved Carol but Sonia is unwilling to build bridges due to Terry’s abusive treatment of Carol when they were together and she sends him away. Rocky returns and decides to stay to establish a relationship with Sonia, and they eventually bond. Unknown to Sonia, Rocky's real name is Thomas Cotton, and he is working with his niece, Dotty Cotton (Milly Zero), to con Sonia who is in control of Dotty's inheritance since Sonia has power of attorney. Rocky later reveals the truth and Sonia rejects him, although she forms a friendship with Rocky’s partner Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth). Sonia allows Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks) to live with her and supports her when Social Services investigate Janine as a mother to her daughter, Scarlett (Tabitha Byron). Janine is suspicious that her boyfriend Mick Carter (Danny Dyer) is cheating with his ex-wife Linda (Kellie Bright), and Sonia investigates Mick's behavior and initially assures Janine that Mick loves her until she sees him embrace Linda. Janine lies to Mick that she is having complications with her pregnancy after a fall at the Tube Station in order to push him away from Linda, but Sonia encourages Janine to be honest with Mick, causing Janine to threaten her. Out of concern for Janine, Sonia calls her former brother-in-law (and Janine’s brother) Ricky back to Walford.

In December 2022, Sonia receives a phone call from Charlie with the news that Dot has died. As Charlie is ill, Sonia arranges Dot's funeral with the support of local residents and she contacts some of Dot's old friends who return to pay their respects at the funeral. She becomes close to Dot's relative, Reiss Colwell (Jonny Freeman) and they sleep together after the wake. Sonia discovers that she has inherited the majority of Dot’s estate, including her house, much to her disbelief and Dotty’s anger, which results in Dotty leaving Walford. Sonia spends Christmas Day with Janine, Ricky, and the Carters at The Queen Vic, and is shocked when Scarlett reveals that Janine had framed Linda for a car crash, and Jada Lennox (Kelsey Calladine-Smith) also reveals that Janine had paid her to plant wine bottles in Linda's bag and call social services to take her children. Janine decides to flee when Mick calls the police and she abandons Scarlett with Sonia and Ricky. After Mick is presumed dead from drowning in the sea during a car chase with Janine and Linda, Janine returns and tries to manipulate Scarlett into retracting her statement but Ricky reports her to the police leading to her arrest. He soon returns to Germany with Scarlett, leaving Sonia alone. She decides to invite Reiss to live with her and they begin a relationship. Sonia discovers that Rocky is still married to his first wife, Jo Cotton (Vicki Michelle), and she forces Rocky to tell Kathy. However, Sonia is unaware that Reiss is also married to his wife Debbie (Jenny Meier) and he hides this from Sonia. Ironically Rocky overhears Reiss talking about his wife and also forces Reiss to admit this to Sonia. Sonia proceeds to evict Reiss and he reveals that his wife is in hospital after having a stroke that has left her unresponsive. Sonia follows Reiss to visit Debbie in hospital but Sonia cannot forgive Reiss for lying to her; she realises that she loves him and they reconcile.

In August 2023, Sonia worries that she is pregnant and is convinced by Bianca's stepdaughter Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty) to take a pregnancy test. Sonia is reluctant when Reiss states that he doesn't want children, but her test is negative. Reiss discovers the test and believing that he cannot be the father, he assumes that Sonia has been having an affair with Whitney's boyfriend Zack Hudson (James Farrar). Reiss reveals that he suffers from low sperm count and cannot have children naturally, and tried to have IVF with Debbie before her stroke. He then asks Sonia to have his child via IVF and she agrees. Despite initial struggles to conceive, Sonia falls pregnant, but discovers that it is a phantom pregnancy.

Reception
Natalie Cassidy won the award for "Best Actress" for the role of Sonia, at the 2001 British Soap Awards. Additionally, in 2004, Cassidy was awarded "best dramatic performance by a young actor or actress" for the role.

Referencing Sonia's foray into lesbianism in 2005, TV critic Grace Dent branded the character "the worst lesbian ever", adding, "The only lesbians with less lesbian tendencies than you are the women on the front cover of the Horny Triple-X Lesbian Specials which they keep at eye level by the sweets in my corner shop. Time to make a u-turn."

Lesbian website AfterEllen.com was also critical of the storyline that saw Sonia experimenting with her sexuality and then returning to her heterosexual orientation shortly after. Sharon Hadrian writes:

"It was the first time in over a decade that a lesbian couple had been depicted in the East London drama, lending cautious optimism to the idea that the BBC was finally integrating its traditionally heterosexual soaps [...] Lesbian fans, meanwhile, are struggling to care at all after being led on by the show's failed attempts at writing a decent lesbian story line [...] Despite their troubles, Martin and Sonia got married in 2004 and — given their past — many fans believe they are meant to be together. If this seems like the most inopportune time to turn Sonia into a lesbian, well, the show's writers did it anyway [...] Sonia's sudden lesbian affair was met with disapproval from all sides, and nobody — the fans, characters or even the actors — was particularly supportive of her relationship. As a result, perhaps, the writers wrote what was expected of them [...] there was hardly room in the script for any affection or sympathy at all; instead, their relationship was written around its impact on Martin and the other Albert Square residents. The reaction of Rebecca's guardian, Margaret, was especially hurtful. When the [lesbian] relationship became public, she immediately sought to award sole custody of Rebecca to Martin, citing Sonia's sexual orientation as the reason she would be an unfit mother. This vitriolic response to Sonia and Naomi's relationship could have been a pivotal moment had the program's producers used the opportunity to prove either the quality of their relationship or to reinforce Sonia's parenting abilities. Unfortunately, they did neither of these things. Instead, Margaret's reaction was surprisingly representative of the public response to their relationship. Fans of the show were upset that anyone (let alone a lesbian) had come between Sonia and Martin. Naomi came off looking especially predatory — a common trait in media representations of gay and lesbian characters — by seducing a formerly heterosexual woman and convincing her to leave her family [...] not too surprisingly, Naomi and Sonia broke up. Afterward, Naomi faded into the background and Sonia ended up back with Martin, seeming to forget entirely about the same-sex attractions she once had [...] It was a sad but not unexpected ending to a rare chance for the BBC to acknowledge lesbian sexuality in its programming and for viewers to witness a positive lesbian relationship that didn't ruin anybody's life [...] Sonia or Naomi [...] had the potential to develop a loving depiction of lesbian sexuality but were failed by the show's writers and, arguably, the BBC's institutionalized homophobia."

In 2020, Sara Wallis and Ian Hyland from The Daily Mirror placed Sonia 11th on their ranked list of the best EastEnders characters of all time.

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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Agent003

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[ Vote here] (0/9/0) ending 14:56 July 30 2005 (UTC) Your nomination/description of the user  Agent003 14:56, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

Support Oppose
 * 1) I'm sorry, but with 331 edits, no discrtiption of yourself, and still finding your way around, you are too new for the mop. Try again in a few months. You seen to be doing ok. Howabout1 Talk to me! 15:02, July 23, 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Wait 2 months and 1000 more edits, SqueakBox 15:22, July 23, 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Not to start a clobbering parad, but yeah, too soon, no description, and you don't need to be an admin to edit soccer pages. --Golbez 17:11, July 23, 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Sorry, but you don't have enough edits or experience to be an admin here. I'd recommend waiting till 1000 edits (2000 is safer), and waiting for another editor to nominate you (since people who have nominated themselves more than once haven't usually been very successful). --Idont Havaname 18:35, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) The numerous spelling mistakes in answering his questions here suggest an amount of sloppiness that is inappropriate for an admin. Radiant_ >|< 19:13, July 23, 2005 (UTC)   (Response by Agent003 - Please point out the spelling mistakes! because i cant see them.)
 * 6) Oppose. Strong oppose  Calls deletion of legitamtely VFD'ed articles vandalism. Y0u (Y0ur talk page) (Y0ur contributions) 19:16, July 24, 2005 (UTC)  Also vandalizes a userpage. Y0u (Y0ur talk page) (Y0ur contributions) 19:36, July 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Oppose The diffs pointed out by Y0u (above) are surprising, and not at all what one should see from a potential admin. I recommend waiting a good long time before trying for adminship again. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd  11:17, July 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Oppose. I wasn't going to vote as there was no need, but those diffs from Y0u mean I must vote so that I can condemn vandalism and suggest a very long wait before trying again. -Splash 18:24, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) Strong Oppose. User also just called us all bullies and left Wikipedia. "Blah". Hedley 01:40, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

Neutral

Comments
 * I Will be leaving Wikipedia because i was Vandalised against, and they made out i was the Vandal!! -- Goodbye to all decent people, Agent003
 * It sounds like we can withdraw this nomination now. He was also blocked briefly earlier today. --Idont Havaname 20:17, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, not to occupy space and people attention. It had became pastime to add nominations impossible to pass. Pavel Vozenilek 22:59, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Questions for the candidate

A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:
 * 1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? (Please read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.)
 * A. I would keep the Football (soccer) pages upto scratch.
 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * A. Bolton Wanderers, ive really bought that article upto date.
 * 3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?
 * A. I always ask Admin to help with I.P's that Vandal Wikipedia. Thats why i want to become one.


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The list of vital Canadian articles is here. Notwithstanding the significance of the article subjects, many of the articles are in need of improvement.

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 * History of Chinese immigration to Canada - this currently is turning into something much more than "immigration" and shoudl be retitled to History of the Chinese in Canada or something like that; or its non-immigration material should be excised; there are tons of overlap between this and other chinese-Canadian articles, which are abundant and disproportionate to coverage of any othe group; and all highly POV due to the POV nature/tone of latter-day press/academic coverage. I've been trying to add gold rush-era material but haven't had a lot of time to do so; when I first found this article it mimicked/transposed US history on Canadian (a fault which Canadian Chinese organizations such as the CCNC seem in no hurry to correct).  This article needs de-POV'ing and there's more content that can be added, including immigration/departure figures and a more frank discussion of anti-Chinse-immigration policies/debates than the usual "they were just racists" tone; ethnohistory articles should NOT be written only from the perspective of the ethnic group in question, nor should they be policied to maintain an ethno-biased POV.....(see Talk:Chinese Canadian for a sampling of such ethno-biaed POVs).  I know this sounds "testy" and I guess it is; like others in Canada I'm getting tired of having "my" history rewritten to suit ethnic-atonement agendas and the brow-beating tone of such articles (this one's a lot better than when I found it, but still it's been an edit war at times).  I'm leaving Wikipedia after next weekend (for quite a while, if not forever) so am leaving notes on things I know need doing; this is a big one, and its existence also implies, for fairness:
 * History of German immigration to Canada
 * History of Norwegian immigration to Canada
 * History of Ukrainian immigration to Canada
 * etc ad nauseam.
 * History of immigration to Canada talks about the Scandinavian immigration via california and there is zero cited source and I cannot find a source to back this up. Anything I've read says they strictly came from the east. All these sub-sections lack cited sources and its rather annoying when attempting to look up reliable information.
 * War of 1812 - unexamined acceptance of manifest destiny, Pierre Berton is a fringe source, casual racism in the voice of Wikipedia. Elinruby (talk) 20:59, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
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 * Quebec City One of Canada's most beautiful cities and it's not up to GA standards.
 * Ontario_Securities_Commission
 * Greater Toronto English A distinctive dialect spoken within the Greater Toronto Area region mostly by younger kids. Needs substantial content improvements though, regarding the fact that both of its slangs and vocabulary words have been mostly shared by Multicultural London English and influences from Caribbean origin.
 * Foreign Investment Review Agency. Needs substantial content improvements.
 * The DMZ at Ryerson University  Needs substantial content improvements.

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 * '''History stubs
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 * Caledonia occupation
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 * (see )
 * General Elections: 1878, 1882, 1887, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1949, 1953, 1958,

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 * Ned Goodman
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 * Rod Zimmer (Canadian Senator and Winnipeg businssman)
 * John Clarke (activist), leader of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
 * Philip Owen, former mayor of Vancouver BC **I added this page but it's significantly improved over how it was, maybe it should come off? Maybe someone could check and see what they think?--Anchoress 07:16, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester — a complicated and controversial figure, he's been called the "Father of British Canada", the best British general in America during the American Revolution, and credited (or blamed) for inspiring and enacting the Quebec Act of 1774. A hugely important person, but you would not know it from the current state of his Wikipedia article.
 * Larysa Harapyn
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 * Terry Driver, aka the Abbotsford killer
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 * Stephen J. Tanner - currently Kingston Police chief

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 * List of indigenous Canadian politicians - needs updating in general, and Nunavut section is totally empty, despite having many elected Indigenous territorial politicians
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 * Historical rankings of Canadian prime ministers - U.S., British and Australian pages exist so I have created a stub using the three surveys I could find. Please add others.
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 * BC Legislature Raids - needs huge and complicated updating; I've shied away from it because of complexity, needs bio and trial(s) split-off articles.
 * Vice Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada) - Complete list of former VCDSs needed
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 * Regular Force - It's a major component of the Canadian Armed Forces, and the article is pretty bare.
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 * Sun Belt Water Inc.
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 * Canadian Monopoly
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 * Mascouche, Quebec
 * McLarens Settlement, Ontario
 * Micronutrient Initiative - needs name change to Nutrition International
 * Minister of Research and Innovation (Ontario)
 * Newfoundland and Labrador - needs a lot of work, citing and adding info.
 * Nuclear power in Canada - needs more citations
 * Pacific Scandal
 * Peter Nordbeck - tagged for notability and expand
 * Priddis Greens, Alberta
 * Primus Canada
 * Queen West Art Crawl
 * Rob Nicholson a better picture is needed
 * Scarborough Town Centre
 * Service Canada
 * Quebec Resolutions
 * Shell Canada lawsuit
 * St. John Cathedral (Edmonton)
 * Staggered Crossing limited notability; needs reliable sources or faces deletion.
 * Stan Kutcher - horrible citations, looks like it's copied and pasted from a University essay
 * Symphony of Fire
 * Tourism in Canada
 * Canada–United States softwood lumber dispute - "Looking ahead" section needs updating
 * Ward Elcock
 * William Alexander Fraser
 * Yves Pelletier

Disambiguation issues
Sometimes, articles are written which mistakenly link to disambiguation pages, or even directly to incorrect topics. These need to be monitored from time to time to ensure that incorrect links are replaced. Some such pages are listed here; if you want to assist in cleaning up links, use the "what links here" page on the given article, and correct the link in any case where you are sure that the actual intended topic is the Canadian one. If you're unsure, please post to WP:CANTALK for assistance. Also please add other pages here which need this type of monitoring, if known.

Please note that as there are always new articles being written, this is a permanent list that needs ongoing monitoring. Accordingly, please do not remove a location from this list just because you've cleaned up all the incorrect links that existed at one specific time, as new incorrect links will invariably exist again in the future.

Links to wrong article
Fixing this type of incorrect link is the top priority.

 * Churchill (redir to Winston Churchill) --> Churchill, Manitoba or Churchill (electoral district)
 * Cornwall (article about county in England) --> Cornwall, Ontario, also the Cornwall Ranch (Ashcroft Manor) and adjoining Cornwall Hills
 * Dauphin (article about the royal connotations) --> Dauphin, Manitoba
 * Hanover (city in Germany) --> Hanover, Ontario
 * London (city in England) --> London, Ontario
 * Morden (article about town in England) --> Morden, Manitoba
 * Paris (city in France) --> Paris, Ontario
 * Selkirk (article about town in Scotland) --> Selkirk, Manitoba or Selkirk (electoral district) or Selkirk Mountains
 * Truro (article about town in England) --> Truro, Nova Scotia

Disambiguation pages
These should be corrected whenever possible, although since the dab page offers a link to the correct article it's not as crucial to fix these promptly as it is to fix links to the wrong article altogether.

 * Brandon --> Brandon, Manitoba
 * Chatham --> Chatham, Ontario
 * Gander --> Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, or to any of fourteen other related articles.
 * Gimli --> Gimli, Manitoba
 * Halifax --> either Halifax, Nova Scotia (former city) or Halifax Regional Municipality
 * Hamilton --> Hamilton, Ontario
 * Kingston --> Kingston, Ontario or Kingston, New Brunswick or Kingston, Nova Scotia
 * Langley --> Langley, British Columbia or sometimes in HBC references to Fort Langley
 * North Bay --> North Bay, Ontario
 * Pembroke --> Pembroke, Ontario
 * Regina --> Regina, Saskatchewan
 * Saint John --> Saint John, New Brunswick
 * St. John's --> St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
 * Sarnia --> Sarnia, Ontario
 * Steinbach --> Steinbach, Manitoba
 * Sudbury --> Sudbury, Ontario; Greater Sudbury; Sudbury District, Ontario; Sudbury (electoral district).
 * Surrey --> Surrey, British Columbia
 * Swan River --> Swan River, Manitoba
 * Tavistock --> Tavistock, Ontario
 * Thompson --> Thompson, Manitoba
 * Tiverton --> Tiverton, Ontario
 * Victoria --> Victoria, British Columbia, or any of several Victoria (electoral districts), or Victoria, Newfoundland and Labrador
 * Windsor --> Windsor, Ontario
 * Winkler --> Winkler, Manitoba