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Talk:Nanaimo

Untitled
August 25, 2005. Moved the last statement to the end of the second paragraph for coherence and unity.

History
The history section is filled with mistakes...Robert Dunsmuir's first Mine, and Dunsmuir & Diggle, were both in Wellington, Not Nanaimo. Dunsmuir and Diggle Ltd. Was also formed AFTER the HBC rights to coal expired on the Island. (Dunsmuir was primarily an employee of the HBC until he found coal in Wellington)

Can we delete the history until a more factual version can be provided.
 * The undated/unsigned comment about history above came from Nov 07. While the history section does need editing and expansion, it is not incorrect.  Dunsmuir's first mine was downtown, (he mined before that for HBC) but his first big mine was in Wellington.  The section should be improved, but should not be deleted.  In the meantime, have a look at List of Coal Mines and Landmarks in Nanaimo area.  -- KenWalker | Talk 19:49, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Frank Ney
I think that there should be at least an entire paragraph about Frank, not just a sentence. Masterhatch 13:37, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

 * What would you like to hear? That he used to go to numerous parties during a single night and wear a different costume at each?  Gossip?  He had a propensity as a real-estate developer to turn old logging roads into paved streets and name them after story book characters (Pirates Lane/Twiggly Wiggly Cres. etc etc).  The term 'colourful' may be a little light in describing this mayor.  (but hey, I never met the man).

 * The whole article is a little slim of info. Considering its history is longer than Vancouver and on par with Victoria.  But that is plight of a resource town in BC.

I'll see what I can dig up. Wikipedia_V.I. 09:54, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Since Frank J. Ney has his own wikipedia page, putting too much information on the Nanaimo page would be somewhat redundant. It is also worth considering that the history of the city is not the history of its notable individuals, but the city itself. Dmurchie (talk) 04:58, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Seven Potatoes
It's the best nickname ever for the city, and should be mentioned in the article, not deleted.
 * 404 hits came up on google for this nick name and virtually all of them were blogs of some sort. I would hardly call that a notable nickname. Let's stick with actually "common" and notable nicknames. Masterhatch 04:23, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Oh, come on. You don't even live here -- you don't hear what kids say on the schoolgrounds.

 * I've lived here for a decade, and I've never heard that one. You'd think anyone in Scarewood would have heard that by now :)

I've lived here since the mid sixties, and the family was here for decades before that, and though I've heard of the faux translation, we've never used it as a nickname, nor have I ever heard anyone else do so.1canuckbuck (talk) 08:58, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

 * I haven't lived there in 12 years, but I know Seven Potatoes.--Westendgirl 08:37, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

I've been in Nanaimo for a few years and did hear it. I'm not sure if this is true(can someone confirm?) but "nanaimo" sounds like "seven potatoes" for japanese. Nevertheless, the name is probably(can someone also confirm this one?) native. --Enigma 04:58, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

That's right, phonetically, "nana imo" translates directly as "seven potatoes", but I had to go on campus to confirm that. Very few people outside of MUC life, so far as I've been able to find, have ever heard of it. And, yes, the name itself is an English rendering of the local tribe name, shown in the article. I must confess, I got caught out on this one :) Lord Dust 06:24, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

I've lived there for seven years and I have only heard this name from Japanese-speaking people. The nickname came about since the Romanji of 七薯 happens to be precisely na-na-i-mo. Also, the "phrase" 七薯 is rather forced since it's lacking a counter (I believe it should be 薯七個---can anyone confirm?) If anything, this nickname is not homogeneously known throughout Nanaimo and its fame is largely limited to people who know the Japanese language. --weixifan 18:46, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

 * One of the local Japanese cultural societies is called Seven Potatoes Society.

 * I've lived here most of my life without ever hearing that one thrown about. Google identifies about 1300 articles related to the term but a sizable portion seem to be cooking blogs. I agree that it doesn't really belong. On the other hand, cool fact. Alexis 18:35, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

 * In Japanese, a more colloquial translation for the phrase "seven potatoes" would be 七つの芋 (nanatsu no imo) or 七個の芋 (nanako no imo). (The two characters in the middle of each of these are a counter and a particle.) But Nanaimo without the extra characters (七芋 or 七薯) still sounds like a valid place name, similar to the Japanese prefecture Shikoku (四国) which means "four provinces". —Traal 06:40, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

It should be put back in ... it is a common name. Foreign students, a lot of them Japanese, are not contributing more to the Nanaimo economy than the pulp mill - and it is pretty common usage. It should be added. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Canadaman1 (talk • contribs) 22:02, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

The current council is also working hard to solve the drug and biker issues often associated with Nanaimo.
Does anyone have anything to back this up? I've seen no evidence that there is actually anything being done. If anything the amount of homeless addicts camping and using downtown has increased in 2005. 70.67.126.31

 * Well, I'll say two things. As a night shift taxi driver, I don't have so much faith in my esteemed Council that I'm gonna tell a biker showing me the butt end of a pistol and demanding I wait outside with my lights off where to shove it. On the other hand, I recall from when my father was on the school board that things that are dealt with well are usually also dealt with quietly. Have you noticed the number of condemned houses and Fire Marshall orders in the Hub and Haliburton areas? Have you noticed that there's been a fair bit of residential demolition work over the last two years? New houses mean higher rent, higher rest means fewer flophouses... I think I see a strategy here. I'm just not sure if I like it. But wouldn't say that nothing is being done, exactly, just not what you'd expect. If you can wade through a few Council meetings on TV, maybe you'll find out more.Lord Dust 11:02, 13 December 2005 (UTC

From what I could see, there is no real effort to control the drug problem. The only thing I noticed was less prostitute on the street(quite probably working from hotels or houses) and more police work shifts. --Enigma 05:01, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Well that Hell's Angels Clubhouse was recently busted. It's not huge but it counts for something. I think my friend mentioned there being a video of it on youtube... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.116.130.49 (talk) 16:12, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Other "Nickname" for Nanaimo
I've heard "Surrey by the Sea" used for Nanaimo by Nanaimoites as well as from other people on the island,for the exact reasons stated above.

Sections
I've added some sections to the article, but it definitly still needs work. Some of the sections are a bit short but I think they can be fleshed out. Some sections that I didn't put in but that I think should be created when we have enough content to fill them are "Media", "Sports teams" and "Notable people". Dv82matt 08:17, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

1255 03:36, 22 May 2006 (UTC) I have added a link for Diana Krall the most famous person ever to come out of Nanaimo. I can't believe it wasn't there previously
 * She was listed in the miscellaneous section. I've moved the other people listed there into the Notable natives section as well. Thanks for the heads up. --Dv82matt 00:42, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Demographics section
Under the racial diversity heading, I see these numbers: Now, looking at Nanaimo's census data, I see that of 71,805 responses, 1,270 indicated Chinese origin. That's less than 2%. Does anyone know where the numbers in the article come from, and how there could be such a massive discrepancy? →smably 18:43, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Caucasian: 70.3%
 * Aboriginal: 4.0%
 * South Asian: 1.8%
 * Chinese: 20.5%
 * Southeast Asian: 1.5%

 * vandalism. simple as that. it is fixed now. Masterhatch 02:16, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks. Should have checked the edit history. :) →smably 18:09, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Deletion of stats
Putting aside the omission of a ref to StatsCan by the original editor, was not the deletion of the stats a bit of a hasty move? I'm also unsure of what TheMightyQuill is refering to in declaring the stats 'racially twisted'. LordCo Centre 08:52, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Description
Both in the Economic and Education sections, there is language that seems to be more of an advertisement for the city than a concise description of the subject matter. Thoughts? Dwcarroll 13:20, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Nanaimo Information
Please support me in removing the spam commercial external link nanaimoinformation.com (almost every side page is full of google adwords (while home page is given a clean look) added in by different IPs (four times now with different ips) clearly trying to spam our town's wikipage. I am assuming the site is owned by real estate webmasters (check website footer) a local seo company to make money on the internet. Commercial links made to make money have no business in wiki as an external link. Thank youSpammyLinkMonster 23:37, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Media Outlets
Following msessage placed on User talk:Denelson83:
 * Thanks for expanding on my edit by including the call signs for the two tv stations currently broadcasting in Nanaimo. The links you placed are intuituve. However, the text you added is not quite accurate. Yes, both channels are carried locally on cable on the channels you mentioned. BUT, these signals are also BROADCAST on these frequencies. It is my opinion that it is an important distinction a new resident may want to watch local news and not have a cable service subscription. I intend to edit to clarify this fact.

SteinAlive 14:26, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Yeah, now I see the error of my logic... ThanksSteinAlive 20:17, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

demographics
why is there no demographics section? there used to be. Masterhatch 04:36, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Rename page
move.

Rename: Nanaimo, British Columbia → Nanaimo

Per WP:CANSTYLE and WP:PRIMARYUSAGE, this town should have an article at the undisambiguated name (see also WP:CANCITY). An internet search which excludes various combinations of this town's name still [ produces results] exclusively related to it. The undisambiguated title redirects to this article. I've created a disambiguation page to deal with Nanaimo bar, Nanaimo Station, and Nanaimo (electoral districts), none of which qualify for the undisambiguated title, and other articles too. Mind matrix  16:25, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

 * Support as nominator. Mind  matrix  16:25, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Support per nominator. DigitalC (talk) 23:38, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Support per CANSTYLE. Can't we just have these all on one page? -Royalguard11 (T) 00:45, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
 * support makes sense Masterhatch (talk) 03:22, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Support, as per nom's search findings, naming convention and primary usage. Skeezix1000 (talk) 20:58, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Education
Although I like seeing the schools listed...Individual schools should not be listed unless truly notable as lists of churches, schools, businesses, etc are not really encyclopedic.

Currently schools are listed which aren't even in Nanaimo.

There is also the challenge of defining what is a school. There are dozens of schools which offer programs which overlap, at least in part, what the traditional "school" would be defined as. If this was 1960, listing all the schools would be easy, but not in 2009 and beyond. The "Nanaimo" wikipedia article isn't really the place for what could essentially become a yellow-pages listing for schools, services or businesses.

Listing all the public schools opens the gate to listing every school, private or public no matter how small. If we did start adding the names of every school, without compelling evidence of "notability", who then decides what private or semi-private educational institutions to include. Everything from 3-4 year old preschools to programs offering courses to seniors would be a subject of debate for inclusion.

An education section is warranted, but it should stick to the notables and the general with a link to an education specific page if warranted. Whatever is listed should be inside the city of Nanaimo city boundaries otherwise every private school wanting to attract students from Nanaimo will also end up wanting inclusion.

Dmurchie (talk) 16:12, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Notable Residents Criteria
Some discussion may be useful around who/when a person should/can be included in the Notable Residents section. For example, are deceased residents still considered "residents"? (Currently yes) Do former residents of amalgamated areas like Wellington or Departure Bay count as "Nanaimo"? (Currently yes, but may be confusing for readers since the Nanaimo page has no amalgamation history.) How important is "local" notability vs "global" notability? Local celebrity status makes Mayor Frank Ney an obvious choice, but he is virtually unknown off the Island, while his uncle Major Frederick James Ney who lived in Wellington-Nanaimo, was notable on two, maybe three continents, yet is virtually unknown locally despite being elected to public service in Wellington during WWII.

The article itself suggest more discussion is warranted as it mentions Robert Dunsmuir, yet the notable residents section currently overlooks both Robert and James Dunsmuir, both highly notable historical figures. With clearer criteria, it should be easier to determine which historical and current residents should be included. Dmurchie (talk) 19:11, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Local Heritage Sites
This section is incomplete and misleading.

The Nanaimo Heritage Commission has published a series brochures.

There are far more than just two heritage sites, and while the Bastion is one of those sites, the Christian Science center is not.

The section should be corrected or deleted.

WestCoastCasual (talk) 22:54, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Agreed this section should be removed or updated. I have removed it until someone would like to take on updating it. The above link would be a good place to start.

Air.light (talk) 12:38, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Hub reference
I removed from the introduction the statement that the "Hub City" nickname had to do with street layout. The moniker was the result of a Chamber of Commerce initiative to brand Nanaimo as the point from which one could, having arrived here via ferry from Vancouver at the new terminal, travel to Vancouver Island locations to the North, West, and South. Nanaimo thus acted as the hub to those "spokes," and therefore made the town more feasible for commercial development. (Previously, one ferried to Victoria and travelled North from there.) While the street layout of the old town does indeed resemble a hub (the Bastion) and spokes (the streets leading to it), this pattern, which exists in other settlements of the day with a central defense fort, had been in existence for a century before the nickname. Any attribution of the nickname to anything other than the town's promotional efforts would be speculation, possibly deconstructive, and should be backed up with some kind of citation.1canuckbuck (talk) 09:33, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't have a copy of the edition of Beautiful British Columbia that had that snippet about the street pattern in it, I've seen it in other articles and histories; it's not in that book I linked for the Vancouver Island Development League's naming of it (they were the predecessor to the Chamber of Commerce).....ultimately the origin of the term was the VIDL, yes, but I think it was not just because of the city's location as the "hub" of transportation on the island, it was with the spoke-like pattern of the city's core that the idea came.....sorry I don't have their meeting notes...but I know it was in Beautiful BC Magazine long ago.Skookum1 (talk) 09:37, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
 * re "this pattern, which exists in other settlements of the day with a central defense fort, had been in existence for a century before the nickname".....which other Canadian cities? American cities?  Boston, maybe.  And a century before the nickname was, um, before the city was laid out, no?Skookum1 (talk) 09:40, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

As a tourist I think the most IMPORTANT meaning of Nanaimo as the hub is that you have to go through it to get from/to anywhere on the ISLAND. (It has a bigger more important meaning than anything parochial about street layout). I drove 2.5 hours to the Pacific Rim then had to drive 2.5 hours BACK to Nanaimo and an extra 1.5 hours to get to Victoria. HUB City was really drilled in. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Madanthony113 (talk • contribs) 13:05, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

Verification of Actual Pulp Mill Contribution
While I root for the success of the Harmac, I am a little sceptical that it is actually pumping "$500,000 per day into the local economy" - of course it needs a citation. It should be removed until it can be proved... I suspect that this person is conflating "operating costs" with "contributions to the local economy." It is a major empirical statement and should be either confirmed with a citation or removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Canadaman1 (talk • contribs) 22:07, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

History
I was on Vancouver Island for ONE DAY on vacation ftom Metro-Detroit and *I* heard that Nanaimo meant "seven potatoes" in Japanese. I have no Japanese ancestry. When I returned home I looked it up online because I can count 1-10 in Japanese and 7 is 'hitchy' [sic!]. It turns out the names of the numbers are not the same as the counting words and 'nana imo' does indeed mean '7 potatoes'. This is an important fact and it would be a sign of anti-diversity and economic stupidity not to include and embrace it. It would put you on the map. Madanthony113 (talk) 12:49, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

History
I was a tourist passing through for ONE DAY and have no Japanese in me, yet *I* heard Nanaimo means 7 potatoes in Japanese and that the city has a vibrant Japanese Canadian subculture. You are showing anti-diversity and shooting your economic foot if you do not embrace that. Madanthony113 (talk) 13:10, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

Being meaninglessly reverted
I'd just like to note I'm being repeatedly reverted by a single editor for inconsistent reasons. First time I made an edit was because it was "unsourced." Second time the same edit with more context and a local newspaper source was reverted as "inappropriate." I'm trying to comment that the city was branded "Harbour City" in the lead up to Expo 86 by the mayor, with the assistance of Charles and Diana. The reverting editor has decided he doesn't like this idea....
 * 184.66.82.46 (talk) 05:06, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I added it to the body per MOS:LEDE. Seraphim System  ( talk ) 06:01, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Notable residents
I removed some notable 'residents' of Nanaimo. Besides the list being too long, the removed people weren't born here, didn't grow up here, and didn't become notable here. Masterhatch (talk) 20:45, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

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50mm 1.0L USM

 * photo.net
 * KenRockwell.com

50mm 1.2L USM

 * photozone.de
 * SLRgear.com
 * The-Digital-Picture

50mm 1.4 USM

 * DPreview
 * photozone.de
 * SLRgear.com
 * The-Digital-Picture

50mm 1.8 I & II

 * JH Photography review
 * DPreview
 * photozone.de
 * Comparison between Mark I & II
 * SLRgear.com
 * The-Digital-Picture (includes comparison of 50mm lenses)
 * photo.net

50mm 1.8 STM

 * KenRockwell.com

50mm 2.5 Compact Macro

 * The-Digital-Picture

Comparisons

 * Comparison of 50mm 1.4 and 50mm 1.8 at photo.net
 * Comparison of 50mm 1.2L and 50mm 1.4 by Valentin Blank

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 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. Radiant_ >|< 08:24, September 2, 2005 (UTC)

FilePile
First attempt at Votes for deletion/FilePile closed as hopeless. Abstain brenneman (t) (c)  05:34, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

- Xed 08:59, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - for these reasons:
 * it has over 8000 members. WP:WEB mentions a lower limit of 5000 for notability. "Having a forum with 5,000 or more apparently unique members"
 * 7000 sites contain the site's URL.
 * Point of Rocks, Wyoming has an article (population: 3), so an 8000 strong website surely should.
 * The site has even inspired a parody.
 * the fact that dozens of FilePile members have defaced the article makes it more notable, in the same way that the Sollog article was made more notable by it's repeated vandalism by Sollogites.
 * it has even been mentioned in the same breath by Jason Kottke with Wikipedia and Firefox
 * It is currently active, despite what the FilePile defacers would say. FilePile gets websites to remove their links to FilePile (see the current version of that page here)
 * Both of those links generate "404-Page not found" Eo 22:38, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * The site appears to be the source of many internet memes and discussion on other sites, therefore it conforms to WP:WEB in the sense that "the website has had some impact on people beyond its core user base"
 * Nearly all of the website's peers (see here) have articles.
 * Delete. The site is so secretive that very little about them is verifiable. Even at best they do not appear notable. If they want to remain a secret then I say, "let them". Also, I note that the admin who closed the last VfD defaulted to 'keep' simply because of the "circus" that resulted. He suggested that "this discussion may be reopened later" and I see no reason to wait longer. This information does not enrich humanity in any way. -Willmcw 09:31, August 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, too secret. If they don't want an article about their site, so be it.  Plus they'll end up getting shut down when the RIAA or MPAA or whoever catches up with them, anyway. Then we could recreate the article and detail how they all got fined, *giggle* . Proto t c 10:16, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. Appears to meet WP:WEB, but is a private site. --GraemeL (talk) 10:24, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete after more research. --GraemeL (talk) 13:13, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete: non-notable, private, reportedly offline website. Difficult to verify information (e.g., there has been much controversy over whether the screenshot is even legitimate, or whether it has been edited, and there is no way to verify this). Jason 11:16, August 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * And to look at the some of reasons given by Xed to keep: first, we have no idea how many members the site has, it being private. Re: Points of Rock, the criteria for maintenance of geographical location stubs has no bearing on the criteria for maintenance of pages about non-notable subjects (i.e., my house has seven residents in it, should I put a page up on Wikipedia?).  Parodies don't make a site notable in an of themselves.  And mention by Jason Kottke doesn't make a site notable (or if it does, we have a lot of work to do cataloging all the sites, memes, people, places, and other subjects he's covered and adding those citations and references to those articles). Jason 11:21, August 26, 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete, nn. Radiant_ >|< 12:24, August 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, quick plainly non-notable. The actual number of active users of the site has been estimated (by FilePile members) to be around 600, which is plainly less than the five-thousand required by WP:WEB. The article fits neither of the other two heuristics for website inclusion, nor any other others. Xed's case is flimsy at best.   —  Adam Conover † 12:56, August 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete too secret, non-notable. While quite a few blogs linked to the site prior to 2003, there is no academic literature on the site and it has not been archived at the Internet Archive. What is known about the site does not indicate that it is notable, and File Pile does not meet the WP:WEB impact criteria for Web sites. --tranquileye 13:44:23, 2005-08-26 (UTC)
 * Delete, unsubstantiated article about non notable private site Townbully 13:46, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, nn --Flaunted 14:17, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment The page was already deleted once.
 * Delete. impossible to produce encyclopedic article or to demonstrate notability under WP's requirement for verifiability and prohibition of original research. If File Pile merits notice, it will get it somewhere else first. Dystopos 15:14, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment - in your nomination, you don't actually give any valid reasons to relist the article. That an article failed VfD previously is not grounds for immediate relisting. Rob Church Talk 15:37, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * The last VfD saw an overwhelming number of Delete votes, but the process itself was a train wreck that ended with an admin decision of no consensus. After further discussion and a RfC on the page, there developed a near consensus that the subject was non-notable and unverifiable, and the article was re-nominated. --tranquileye 16:21:38, 2005-08-26 (UTC)
 * I tend to agree. This VfD seems to have happened because of pressure from sockpuppets and filepile users for another vote. Wikipedia should resist such pressure. - Xed 17:10, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete unless someone can figure out a way to make it verifiable. Dpbsmith (talk) 16:34, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nn PugAchev 16:47, August 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, obscure and unsubstantiated. Not notable. - EurekaLott 17:13, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete too secret, haven't changed my opinion since the original delete vote. ZviGilbert 17:40, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nn, not of general interest zadcat 17:51, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete information inherently unverifiable Sliggy 18:25, August 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Agree with the above comments about being unverifiable. Carbonite | Talk 18:44, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, for reasons cited above about notability, verifiability and lack thereof. Dottore So 18:53, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Site seems notable only to its members.  Perhaps if public interest could be shown it would be worthy of an entry, but that has not been documented.--Ceart99 20:25, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per my last VfD vote. Xed, Point of Rocks, Wyoming, was generated by Rambot, not a human, and I think we've agreed that Rambot's articles are acceptable. « alerante ✆ ✉ » 20:29, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. This entry is only notable to ex-members and alleged members. Compare/contrast recent VfDs for Digg, with many more users and is a public site. The only significant contributes seem to be ex-members with an axe to grind and are as reliable as relying on Pat Robertson or Oral Roberts to provide verifyable information on God. See this version for an example of the axe-grinding, unreferenced/unsubstantiated, and misleading/apparently false information that Xed provides. Massive problems in Verifiability such as author's record, conflict of interest, not encyclopedic because of threshold for verifiability (truth aside), extensive original research. Not a place for original research. Unreferenced/unverified/unsubstantiated/inflamatory information put to the side, it makes for a non-notable topic. Deletion_policy lists WP:NOT as a problem that may require deletion. Specifically, Propaganda and advertising. Should also be prevented from recreation until site is notable and meets other criteria. --Jmccorm 21:36, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable, unverifiable, and original research.  8000 members for a forum isn't really that many: my standard is 50,000. --Carnildo 22:22, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. As per my previous vote. Not notable, original research. Eo 22:42, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable, unverifiable and contentious. thewittyname 23:26, August 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable. *drew 23:06, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete; I called for the first nomination VfD that ended in a mess. This site is first and foremost a private site. Nothing about it can be verified. More so, if it wasn't private, based on what we do know, it still would not be notable. — Linnwood 23:47, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, per Jmccorm above. I also run a website with more than 8,000 unique members, but I am not going to tell you where to find it or how to log in. Kwh 20:08, August 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Any notability is non-verifiable. All that is verifiable is its existence which in itself is not notable. --Sut2000 21:32, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I can't believe that this page is still around. Unverifiable, not notable, private web sites shouldn't get their own Wikipage. Jmccorm pretty much nails it. --Grum0613 01:04, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unverifiable and not notable to boot.. - A Man In Black (Talk | Contribs) 22:55, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, nn Matt Yohe 14:39, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, non-notable private site. Aquillion 02:00, 2 September 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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Kelly Sheridan

Kelly Sheridan is a Canadian voice actress best known for being the voice for Barbie in the Barbie film series from 2001 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2015. She had also voiced in numerous animations and English-language dubs of Japanese anime, including as Sango in the English dub of the Inuyasha, Diana Lombard in Martin Mystery, Theresa in Class of the Titans and Starlight Glimmer in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. She voiced Mammoth Mutt in Krypto the Superdog. She has been a member of Genus Theatre Company since August 2005.

Biography
Sheridan grew up in Vancouver and studied at the Vancouver Youth Theatre. She attended Simon Fraser University and graduated with a BFA degree in theatre in 2001.

Before Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny came out in English, on many of the anime websites, Sheridan had mistakenly received credit for Stella Loussier's English voice. She was initially succeeded as the voice of Barbie by Diana Kaarina in 2010, beginning with Barbie: A Fashion Fairy Tale, but later returned to the role in 2012 in Barbie in A Mermaid Tale 2. She continued to voice Barbie through 2015, when it was announced that Erica Lindbeck would be taking over in 2016. Sheridan is married.

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Bob Sallese

Bob Sallese is an American, New York City-based manager and record producer, known for his involvement in the city's punk rock and hardcore scene in the early 1980s. Sallese managed the band Ism and co-produced their Diet For the Worms LP on his S.I.N. Records label. He also produced the compilation albums The Big Apple Rotten To The Core Vol. 1 and 2 on S.I.N. Records and Raw Power Records.

According to George Hurchalla's book Going Underground: American Punk, 1979-1992, Sallese and Jism of the band Ism attempted to bring hardcore punk into the mainstream in New York City during the early 1980s. They released the compilation The Big Apple Rotten to the Core, which featured local punk and hardcore bands. The album garnered nationwide airplay, and Ism gained notoriety on college and alternative commercial radio. As a result, WLIR (New York's commercial alternative music station) began adding some hardcore to its playlists and began a late-night hardcore show hosted by Ben Manilla, the first commercial airplay of hardcore in the metropolitan NY area. Hurchalla writes that Jism and Sallese "had hopes of bringing hardcore into the mainstream" but "many of the new bands wanted to eradicate any taint of older punk from their sound...."

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Plan for the Mid-America Reformed Seminary article

 * Short description of the kind of institution
 * Brief history of the seminary
 * List of current faculty
 * List of emeritus faculty
 * Seminary Publications
 * External Links

Mid-America Reformed Seminary's accreditation
Thanks for adding the word "accredited". That was an oversight of mine. It should be added.

Working Together
Greg, I'm the one who added the word "accredited" and the "relationship to the church" section. I don't mean to mess with your work here, so let me know if I get in the way. I just created an account (imperium7), so you'll be able to see which changes are mine now. (I'm a senior at the seminary this year.)

Good Improvement
Imperium, that was a great improvement. Did you stumble upon the article, or did the seminary point it out? I told the faculty that this article in wikipedia was necessary, and Keith provided the picture, so I created it a while back. I'm sure there are great ways we can expand this. I appreciate your additions. Let me know your ideas. One might be publications by faculty members, etc.

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Richard Rodgers (disambiguation)

Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) was an American composer.

Richard Rodgers may also refer to:
 * Richard Rodgers (tight end) (born 1992), American football tight end
 * Richard Rodgers Sr. (born 1961), American football coach and player
 * Richard Rodgers, founder of the UK Christian political party The Common Good

Fictional characters

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User:Guy Hoffman

GUY HOFFMAN is a professional putz. Check it out: www.radioromeo.com/guyhoffman/.

A member of the VIOLENT FEMMES from 1993-2001, Guy first found acclaim with another well known Milwaukee band, the BoDEANS (perhaps best known for their theme song of the TV show "Party of Five"). He can be heard on the BoDeans' debut album "Love & Hope & Sex & Dreams"(Slash/Warner 1986). He can be seen in BoDean videos for the songs "Fadeaway" and "She's A Runaway". Guy reunited with BoDeans singer/songwriter Sammy Llanas to form the band ABSINTHE. They released an album entitled "A Good Day To Die" in 1998. He is also a founding member of the OIL TASTERS, and is currently of RADIO ROMEO based in Los Angeles, California. Simply log on to: www.radioromeo.com/guyhoffman/.

For nine years, Guy played drums and sang with Violent Femmes on their world-wide tours and live/studio recording sessions. Two versions of "Blister In The Sun", the Femmes signature song, were recorded with Guy for the "Grosse Pointe Blank Soundtrack" CD (London 1997). On the Femmes' 2005 CD, "Permanent Record - The Very Best of Violent Femmes", he performs on several tracks which include "Breakin' Up", "I Danced", "Country Death Song (Live)", "Freak Magnet", and "Good Feeling (Live)". Guy can be seen in motion picture and television productions such as "Woodstock '94", "Sabrina the Teenage Witch", and "VH-1 Hard Rock Live". He has performed on numerous music videos and late night talk shows in the US, UK, Canada, Europe and Australia.

On a recent soundtrack, Guy played drums and composed music for the 2004 film "FIELD DAY". Get all the facts, photos and latest news straight from the source! Log on to www.radioromeo.com.

Workin' on a rockin' beat! Workin' on it! Workin' on it! Work!

In 2009 he temporarily changed his name to Thornhill Billy Pilgrim Upwicket and joined forces with ex- Milwaukean Marty Ross and the duo Yanni And Marie (in a Word) to form the non profit Surf Blues band "PityDamnShame." Plans call for the band to release some original music and actually play in public sometime before 2018. People close to the band believe that the their first release will most likely be called My Favorite Marty. This should assure the band of their non profit status. Earlier reports that Guy was playing with sticks made from compressed mulch were largely untrue. Sticks made from hardened animal waste were deemed unsafe as well, especially in small concert settings. To date it appears that Mr. Hoffman has found after years of continued, exhaustive research that wood drumsticks, especially oak, from oak trees, are the most desirable. And wheat. Guys' hero continues to be the metronome. In 2010 Hoffman reportedly fled to the hills of Northern Los Angeles County.Future updates of Hoffmans whereabouts will be carried out by C.B. Radio and controled smoke signals.This particular message may not last very long on this site due to Hoffmans undisclosed disclosure agreement that had not been recently removed nearly completely.

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Albert Robida

Albert Robida (14 May 1848 – 11 October 1926) was a French illustrator, etcher, lithographer, caricaturist, and novelist. He edited and published La Caricature magazine for 12 years. Through the 1880s, he wrote an acclaimed trilogy of futuristic novels. In the 1900s he created 520 illustrations for Pierre Giffard's weekly serial La Guerre Infernale.

Biography
He was born in Compiègne, France, the son of a carpenter. He studied to become a notary, but was more interested in caricature. In 1866 he joined Journal amusant as an illustrator. In 1880, with Georges Decaux, he founded his own magazine La Caricature, which he edited for 12 years. He illustrated tourist guides, works of popular history, and literary classics. His fame disappeared after World War I. Robida and his wife Marguerite (née Noiret) had seven children, three of which made contributions to the arts. His elder son Camille became a well-known architect. His youngest son, Henry, had been tabbed to serve as consulting architect to the government of Siam (today Thailand), but his life was cut short by World War I. Daughter Émilie was also an illustrator. In addition to several collaborations with her father, she was published in periodicals such as Le Journal pour tous and La Poupée modèle. Another son, Frédéric, was a president of the Touring Club de France.

École primaire Albert Robida, a school in his native Compiègne, is named in his honor.

Futuristic Trilogy
Albert Robida was rediscovered thanks to his trilogy of futuristic works:
 * Le Vingtième Siècle (1883)
 * La Guerre au vingtième siècle (1887)
 * Le Vingtième siècle. La vie électrique (1890)

These works drew comparison with Jules Verne. Unlike Verne, he proposed inventions integrated into everyday life, not creations of mad scientists, and he imagined the social developments that arose from them, often with accuracy: social advancement of women, mass tourism, pollution, etc. His La Guerre au vingtième siècle describes modern warfare, with robotic missiles and poison gas. His Téléphonoscope was a flat screen television display that delivered the latest news 24-hours a day, the latest plays, courses, and teleconferences.

Works with Pierre Giffard

Robida illustrated two works by Pierre Giffard:
 * La Fin du Cheval ("The End of the Horse"), on the inevitable replacement of the horse by the bicycle and then by the car.
 * La Guerre Infernale ("The Infernal War"), a 1908 serial adventure novel for children that appeared weekly every Saturday. Robida contributed 520 illustrations. The novel is set in the future and features uncanny parallels to World War Two, including an attack on London by Germany and a conflict between Japan and the United States. It was subsequently republished as a book.

Critical studies

 * Elizabeth Emery, "Albert Robida, Medieval Publicist," in: Cahier Calin: Makers of the Middle Ages. Essays in Honor of William Calin , ed. Richard Utz and Elizabeth Emery (Kalamazoo, MI: Studies in Medievalism, 2011), pp. 51–55.

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Washington L. Capps

Washington Lee Capps (31 January 1864 – 31 May 1935) was an officer of the United States Navy, who served during the Spanish–American War and World War I. In the first years of the 20th century, he served as Constructor of the Navy and Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair, with responsibility for naval shipbuilding.

Early life and career
Capps was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, 31 January 1864. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1884. Upon graduation, he served in the screw frigate USS Tennessee (1865) for the two years of sea duty then customary prior to receiving his officer's commission.

After becoming an ensign in 1886, Capps studied naval architecture at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. After returning to the United States in 1888, he was appointed Assistant Naval Constructor. He undertook brief duty at the Navy Department, and was then assigned to William Cramp & Sons' shipyard in Philadelphia.

Capps moved to the New York Navy Yard in 1889 and remained there joining the Bureau of Construction and Repair in 1892. Three years later he became the superintending constructor at the Union Iron Works in San Francisco. There, he supervised the construction of USS Oregon (BB-3) (Battleship No. 3), USS Wisconsin (BB-9) (Battleship No. 9), USS Farragut (TB-11) (Torpedo Boat No. 11), USS Marietta (PG-15) (Gunboat No. 15), and USS Wheeling (PG-14) (Gunboat No. 14).

Spanish–American War and afterward
Later attached to the staff of Commodore George Dewey, commander of the Asiatic Squadron, Capps was present during the Battle of Manila Bay. After the capture of Manila, Capps had three of the Spanish warships salvaged and repaired.

Upon his return to the United States, Capps spent two years with the Board of Inspection and Survey. He followed this with a tour of duty as the Head, Construction and Repair Department at the New York Navy Yard.

Constructor of the Navy / Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair
In 1903, Capps became Constructor of the Navy, as well as Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair, with the rank of rear admiral. He served in the position until 1910.

During his tenure as Constructor of the Navy, the Bureau tested and adopted numerous new ideas in warship design. Among his notable innovations was the decision to mount battleships' main batteries on the centerline, thereby increasing their broadside weight of metal to the maximum.

Other pre-World War I activities
Capps also served on a number of American and international committees which had been established for such purposes—among others—as improving the organization of the Navy and adopting new safety measures at sea to prevent a recurrence of disasters such as the sinking of the RMS Titanic in April 1912.

World War I and post-war service
During World War I, Capps was senior member of the Navy Compensation Board, which oversaw the costs of the Navy's expanded ship-acquisition program. He also served as general manager of the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation.

Forced by poor health to relinquish these duties for a time, Capps returned to his position on the Compensation Board, became the senior member of the Naval War Claims Board, and served on other boards and committees.

Although placed on the retired list effective 31 January 1928, Capps continued on active duty until the day of his death at Washington, D.C., on 31 May 1935. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Namesakes
During World War II, the Navy honored Rear Admiral Capps by naming two vessels after him: the destroyer USS Capps (DD-550), commissioned in 1942; and the Type P2-SE2-R1 transport USS Admiral W. L. Capps (AP-121), commissioned on 18 September 1944.

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Martial arts/Kickboxing task force

Welcome to Kickboxing task force. This is a task force formed to encourage a community of cohesive editing for kickboxing articles. This page and subpages contain suggestions on how to improve the articles on the subject. If you would like to help, please inquire at the talk page or, if you wish to join us, please add your name to the list on the list below. Guidelines for creating and formatting kickboxing articles are below as well.

Goals
The main goal of Kickboxing task force is to provide Wikipedia with an authoritative set of articles of good or featured quality relating to all significant aspects of kickboxing and notable practitioners. To do so, this task force aims to:
 * 1) establish and organize standards for kickboxing-related articles.
 * 2) unify currently existing articles with the current standards.
 * 3) improve the overall quality of kickboxing-related articles.
 * 4) provide a central node for discussing, coordinating, organizing and improving kickboxing-related articles.
 * 5) serve as an article assessment group, helping move articles closer and closer to Featured Article status

Scope
For the purposes of this task force and its parent WikiProject, kickboxing is defined in a wider sense that includes self-identifying styles like Japanese kickboxing, American kickboxing, spin-off styles or rules such as shoot boxing and K-1, and all stand-up combat sports that allow both punching and kicking, including Savate, Muay Thai, Adithada, Burmese boxing, Sanshou, styles of full contact karate, etc. Task Force Kickboxing oversees articles related to all these styles, with a focus on the sportive aspect. The main concern of this WikiProject are kickboxers, kickboxing organizations, kickboxing events and notable people related to kickboxing, such as coaches and promoters.

Parentage
Regarding the content, the parent of this task force is the parent of this WikiProject is the WikiProject Martial arts for the martial arts aspect and the WikiProject Sports for the sportive aspect. The parent for all other aspects is WikiProject Martial arts.

Open tasks
Please add articles to be created keeping in mind notability requirements. A short reason for notability, possibly with a reference, is preferred.

Fighters (current)

 * Denpanom Pran26 - Lumpinee middleweight champion
 * “Sky Rocket” Yang Hua

Others

 * Masoud Minaei - WAKO Pro Interim world champion Reference
 * Cristian Bosch - WBC & WKN Muaythai world champion. Reference
 * Datsi Datsiev - WAKO Pro world champion. Reference
 * Daniel Dörrer - ISKA world champion. Reference
 * Marlon Hunt - ISKA and WBC muaythai world champion. ReferenceReference
 * Jordan Richard-Lepinay - ISKA World Champion
 * Thiago de Jesus Beowulf - Fought for WKN world title. Reference
 * Khasan Khaliev - WAKO Pro world champion. Reference
 * Reda Oudgou - ISKA World Champion.
 * Rahmani Madani - ISKA World Champion.
 * Magnum Sakai - Fought for WBC Muaythai world title. Reference
 * Wanlop Sitpholek - Fought for the WMC title. Reference
 * Giannis Sofokleous - WAKO Pro world champion. Reference
 * Antonio Sousa (kickboxer) - WAKO Pro world champion. Reference
 * Francis Tavares - WKN and WAKO World Champion.
 * Andrei Zayats - WKN World Champion.
 * Yordan Yankov - Top 10 by Liverkick. reference
 * Abdel Yalmani - WKN World Champion.

Fighters (former)

 * Eugene Ekkelboom - Multiple WMC world champion. Reference
 * Alban Galonnier - WAKO Pro world champion. Reference
 * Draženko Ninić - Fought for WAKO Pro world title's. Reference
 * Salko Zildžić - Multiple WAKO Pro world champion. Reference

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 * Have been ranked in the world top 10 by a major, preferably two, independent publication that meets the definition of a reliable source or been a Lumpinee or Rajadamnern champion.

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 * fought for a world title of a major organization or promotion (ISKA, Glory, K-1/Krush, RISE, ONE, WLF, WAKO-Pro or ISKA).
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María Eugenia Rojas Correa

María Eugenia Rojas Correa (born 6 October 1932) is a retired Colombian political figure. The daughter of the 19th President of Colombia, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla.

Life
During her father's government she fought for women's rights by getting the recognition of all their rights and helped create female police.

She served as Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia from 1962 to 1964, and as Member of the Senate of Colombia from 1966 to 1974.

In 1974 she became the first woman to run for president in all of Latin America, managing to get third place in representation of the National Popular Alliance, the party that she and her father helped create.

She is married to Samuel Moreno Díaz and has two sons, Samuel Moreno Rojas and Néstor Iván Moreno Rojas, who have both been involved in politics and have been involved in corruption scandals.

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User:Winstonwolfe

"Just because you are a character doesn't mean you don't have character".
Winston Wolfe is a pseudonym who contributes to h2g2, Wikipedia and the local print media, (where he is able to retain more editorial control, and take a more relaxed approach to reality).

Winston's aware "Wolfe" is mis-spelt, and knows this introduction begins with a misquote.

Some other misquotes Winston appreciates are;

"You can stop wondering whether I'm making this all up. Of course I am". Clive James.

"I wanted to set the record straight, or at least definitively crooked". Douglas Adams.

"I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes." Walt Whitman.

"Unless I'm very much mistaken" Murray Walker

"I have squandered my resistance for a pocket full of mumbles" Simon and Garfunkel

"The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls" Ditto

"Oo, yeah, you know you could't cause me any harm. Although, at times, I may get startled, I'm not alarmed. I can see your eyes, I know when they're telling me untruths. I can feel the heart, especially when it's on the roof of my mouth. There's no right or wrong, this isn't a test and I won't lose my experience; I won't try to put it aside, but it's alright, you know that it's alright, 's alright, it's gonna be alright, 's gonna be alright. And if I told you Would you never know to guess? Sure, what's the point, when little often means so much less.  I can see for miles,  know when you're telling me untruths. I can feel my heart, esepcially now. It's on the roof, of my mouth. There's no right or wrong. This isn't a gesture, I don't use my experience. I don't try to let it go by, but it's alright, you know that it's alright, it's alright, it's gonna be alright" Beth Orton.

Dobedobedo Frank Sinatra

"Alone among the animals, [man] is dowered with the capacity to invent imaginary worlds, and he is always making himself unhappy by trying to move into them. Thus he underrates the world in which he actually lives, and so misses most of the fun that is in it. That world, I am convinced, could be materially improved, but even as it stands it is good enough to keep any reasonable man entertained for a lifetime. As for me, I roll out of my couch every morning with the most agreeable expectations. In the morning paper there is always massive and exhilarating evidence that the human race, despite its ages-long effort to imitate the seraphim, is still doomed to be irrevocably human, and in my morning mail I always get soothing proof that there are men left who are even worse asses than I am." H. L. Mencken

"...the lunatics are in the hall. The paper holds their folded faces to the floor..." Pink Floyd

"We'll back you right up till the point you need us" Joseph Heller

"Bad Cop, no doughnut" Homer Simpson

"down the drain like molten toothpaste" Split Enz

"F--K that, who's coming with me" Jack Hinton

"Whaddarya?" Foreskin

The Declaration of Independence in American
by H. L. Mencken

WHEN things get so balled up that the people of a country got to cut loose from some other country, and go it on their own hook, without asking no permission from nobody, excepting maybe God Almighty, then they ought to let everybody know why they done it, so that everybody can see they are not trying to put nothing over on nobody.

All we got to say on this proposition is this: first, me and you is as good as anybody else, and maybe a damn sight better; second, nobody ain't got no right to take away none of our rights; third, every man has got a right to live, to come and go as he pleases, and to have a good time whichever way he likes, so long as he don't interfere with nobody else. That any government that don't give a man them rights ain't worth a damn; also, people ought to choose the kind of government they want themselves, and nobody else ought to have no say in the matter. That whenever any government don't do this, then the people have got a right to give it the bum's rush and put in one that will take care of their interests. Of course, that don't mean having a revolution every day like them South American yellowbellies, or every time some jobholder goes to work and does something he ain't got no business to do. It is better to stand a little graft, etc., than to have revolutions all the time, like them coons, and any man that wasn't a anarchist or one of them I.W.W.'s would say the same. But when things get so bad that a man ain't hardly got no rights at all no more, but you might almost call him a slave, then everybody ought to get together and throw the grafters out, and put in new ones who won't carry on so high and steal so much, and then watch them. This is the proposition the people of these Colonies is up against, and they have got tired of it, and won't stand it no more. The administration of the present King, George III, has been rotten from the start, and when anybody kicked about it he always tried to get away with it by strong-arm work. Here is some of the rough stuff he has pulled:

He vetoed bills in the Legislature that everybody was in favor of, and hardly nobody was against.

He wouldn't allow no law to be passed without it was first put up to him, and then he stuck it in his pocket and let on he forgot about it, and didn't pay no attention to no kicks.

When people went to work and gone to him and asked him to put through a law about this or that, he give them their choice: either they had to shut down the Legislature and let him pass it all by himself, or they couldn't have it at all.

He made the Legislature meet at one-horse tank-towns, so that hardly nobody could get there and most of the leaders would stay home and let him go to work and do things like he wanted.

He give the Legislature the air, and sent the members home every time they stood up to him and give him a call-down or bawled him out.

When a Legislature was busted up he wouldn't allow no new one to be elected, so that there wasn't nobody left to run things, but anybody could walk in and do whatever they pleased.

He tried to scare people outen moving into these States, and made it so hard for a wop or one of these here kikes to get his papers that he would rather stay home and not try it, and then, when he come in, he wouldn't let him have no land, and so he either went home again or never come.

He monkeyed with the courts, and didn't hire enough judges to do the work, and so a person had to wait so long for his case to come up that he got sick of waiting, and went home, and so never got what was coming to him.

He got the judges under his thumb by turning them out when they done anything he didn't like, or by holding up their salaries, so that they had to knuckle down or not get no money.

He made a lot of new jobs, and give them to loafers that nobody knowed nothing about, and the poor people had to pay the bill, whether they could or not.

Without no war going on, he kept an army loafing around the country, no matter how much people kicked about it.

He let the army run things to suit theirself and never paid no attention whatsoever to nobody which didn't wear no uniform.

He let grafters run loose, from God knows where, and give them the say in everything, and let them put over such things as the following:

Making poor people board and lodge a lot of soldiers they ain't got no use for, and don't want to see loafing around.

When the soldiers kill a man, framing it up so that they would get off.

Interfering with business. Making us pay taxes without asking us whether we thought the things we had to pay taxes for was something that was worth paying taxes for or not.

When a man was arrested and asked for a jury trial, not letting him have no jury trial.

Chasing men out of the country, without being guilty of nothing, and trying them somewheres else for what they done here.

In countries that border on us, he put in bum governments? and then tried to spread them out, so that by and by they would take in this country too, or make our own government as bum as they was.

He never paid no attention whatever to the Constitution, but he went to work and repealed laws that everybody was satisfied with and hardly nobody was against, and tried to fix the government so that he could do whatever he pleased.

He busted up the Legislatures and let on he could do all the work better by himself.

Now he washes his hands of us and even goes to work and declares war on us, so we don't owe him nothing, and whatever authority he ever bad he ain't got no more.

He has burned down towns, shot down people like dogs, and raised hell against us out on the ocean.

He hired whole regiments of Dutch, etc., to fight us, and told them they could have anything they wanted if they could take it away from us, and sicked these Dutch, etc., on us.

He grabbed our own people when he found them in ships on the ocean, and shoved guns into their hands, and made them fight against us, no matter how much they didn't want to.

He stirred up the Indians, and give them arms and ammunition, and told them to go to it, and they have killed men, women and chdren, and don't care which.

Every time he has went to work and pulled any of these things, we have went to work and put in a kick, but every time we have went to work and put in a kick he has went to work and did it again. When a man keeps on handing out such rough stuff all the time, all you can say is that he ain't got no class and ain't fitten to have no authority over people who have got any rights, and he ought to be kicked out.

When we complained to the English we didn't get no more satisfaction. Almost every day we give them plenty of warning that the politicians over there was doing things to us that they didn't have no right to do. We kept on reminding them who we was, and what we was doing here, and how we come to come here. We asked them to get us a square deal, and told them that if this thing kept on we'd have to do something about it and maybe they wouldn't like it. But the more we talked, the more they didn't pay no attention to us. Therefore, if they ain't for us they must be agin us, and we are ready to give them the fight of their lives, or to shake hands when it is over.

Therefore be it resolved, That we, the representatives of the people of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, hereby declare as follows: That the United States, which was the United Colonies in former times, is now a free country, and ought to be; that we have throwed out the English King and don't want to have nothing to do with him no more, and are not taking no more English orders no more; and that, being as we are now a free country, we can do anything that free countries can do, especially declare war, make peace, sign treaties, go into business, etc. And we swear on the Bible on this proposition, one and all, and agree to stick to it no matter what ha pens, whether we win or we lose, and whether we get away with it or get the worst of it, no matter whether we lose all our property by it or even get hung for it.

From THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE, THIRD EDITION, 1923, pp. 398-402. First printed as "Essay in American" in the Baltimore Evening Sun, Nov. 7, 1921. (Now out of copyright).

On reviewing this page and a few recent posts the I note I have made a few jokes about Americans. My apologies to Americans at large, I really do like almost all of you and your country. Just not the handful of you who write "citation required" for statements that are footnoted a few paragraphs away, delete material about New Zealand posted from New Zealand which has not been proved to comply with American law in 7 days, and those amongst your farmers who lobby for autarky and environmental devestation. The rest of you great job, really.

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Chantal Quesnel

Chantal Quesnel (sometimes credited as Chantal Quesnelle, born 1971) is a Canadian actress. She was a voice actress for the TV animated series Zeroman, shown in Canada on Teletoon. She also appeared in Don Mancini's film Curse of Chucky.

Career
Her most extensive TV role was as Yvonne Bernini, on Paradise Falls, a soap opera on Showcase Television, starting in 2001. She has also had several roles, mainly on TV movies and in George A. Romero's Bruiser. She has had guest roles on various TV series, such as Odyssey 5, Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye, Goosebumps, La Femme Nikita and Forever Knight. Most recently Chantal has played the role of "The Cougar" in SpikeTV's Blue Mountain State. She also appeared in the video game Far Cry 2.

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Talk:Thomas Hutchinson (MP)

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Yes he is the father of Colonel John Hutchinson. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.226.18.83 (talk • contribs)

Citation need over President Andrew Jackson link (section Family)
I have raised a citation need against a statement that through one of his children he became an ancestor of US President Andrew Jackson. The latter's wikipedia article does not elaborate enough on the President's mother to connect her with the subject of this article.Cloptonson (talk) 20:33, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

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Exile (Japanese band)

Exile (stylized in all caps as EXILE) is a 17-member Japanese boy band. Hiro is the group's leader, who debuted as a member of Zoo under For Life Music, but Exile have released their singles and albums under Avex Group's label Rhythm Zone. Hiro and Avex's president Max Matsuura came from the same high school. In 2003, the six original members of Exile founded the management and entertainment company LDH which has debuted many successful groups and soloists ever since. Exile is the representative group of the company.

In total, they have sold over 15,600,000 albums.

Pre-debut
The current leader, Hiro, was originally in the pop group Zoo before they split up in 1995. In 1999, he started a new group called J Soul Brothers, which later changed its name to Exile in 2001. (But the name of J Soul Brothers was later revived by Hiro again in 2007 when he helped to form another 7-member group under the new J Soul Brothers moniker.)

Debut and second generation
Atsushi and Shun became the lead vocalists of the group. Atsushi is a fan of American R&B group Boyz II Men. In November 2003, Exile remade Zoo's hit single "Choo Choo Train", which became a strong promotional single for their third studio album Exile Entertainment. The album sold over a million copies. They took part in the NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen of the year, singing "Choo Choo Train". At first, their music style was influenced by R&B, but their style later became more pop-oriented form. Their 2004 single "Real World" became their first number-one single on Oricon weekly charts. They released the collaboration "Scream" with Japanese rock band Glay in July 2005, peaking at No. 1 and selling over 500,000 copies on Oricon charts.

The group released "Tada...Aitakute" in December 2005 and "Yes!" in March 2006. Both singles topped the Oricon weekly charts. However, Shun left the group in March 2006 and became a solo singer. After the group sought a new vocalist from the public, Takahiro joined the group in September 2006. Takahiro originally tried to become a hairdresser in his school days, but eventually joined the group as a vocalist.

On February 14, 2007, the group released the single "Michi", which became their first number-one single on the Oricon charts since Takahiro joined the group. Their 2007 studio album, Exile Love, became the highest selling album of Japan in 2008, selling nearly 1.5 million copies on Oricon charts. Their compilation album Exile Ballad Best sold nearly 1 million copies in its first week on Oricon charts, making it the highest first week sales for an album of Japan in 2008. It is currently their best selling album with over 2 million copies sold. It was the 34th rank album for 2008. The song, "Ti Amo", was certified Million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for 1,000,000 full-track ringtone digital music downloads (Chaku Uta Full). They also won the Grand Prix Award at the 50th edition of Japan Record Awards for "Ti Amo".

Wider success: Third generation and Hiro's departure
In 2009, Exile's song "The Next Door" was featured as the theme of the Japanese edition of Street Fighter IV. The song was released at the iTunes Store on February 22, 2009. The English version "The Next Door -Indestructible-" was used for the international edition of the game. The English version was released as the third track of their single "The Hurricane (Fireworks)" on July 22, 2009, featuring American rapper Flo Rida.

On March 1, 2009, Exile and Nidaime J Soul Brothers announced that they would merge to become a 14-member group. They released their first studio album with 14 members, Aisubeki Mirai e, on December 2, 2009. They won the Grand Prix Award for the second year in a row with the song, "Someday", at the 51st Japan Record Awards.From May 9, Exile Live Tour 2009 'The Monster' started. At the end of the year, They won the Grand Prix Award for the second year in a row with the song, "Someday", at the 51st Japan Record Awards.

On April 17, 2010, Exile's TV talk show EXE started to be broadcast on TBS, while the show was also broadcast simultaneously on Taiwan's CTV channel. On May 19, 2010, Avex released the CD maxi of the suite "Taiyō no Kuni" (太陽の国), or "The Country of the Sun," written by Yasushi Akimoto and sung by Exile, for the 20th anniversary of the accedence of the Emperor of Japan Akihito. However, the CD was not reflected on the Oricon charts. From July 2010, Exile held their first stadium tour, Exile Live Tour 2010 Fantasy. For the 52nd Japan Record Awards, the group earned their third consecutive win with the song "I Wish For You". "I Wish For You" was also the theme song for Tokyo Broadcasting System's (TBS) domestic broadcasts of the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship and members of the band were in the crowd for Japan's bronze medal win, which was their first medal in 32 years.

From 2011, Exile started to perform in other Asian countries apart from its homeland Japan. They performed in The 2011 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation in Hong Kong on January 15 as special guests. On September 25, Exile performed in Three Kingdoms Performing Arts – China, Japan, and Korea Music Festival in Beijing, which was Exile's first participation in a live performance events outside Japan. On September 14, 2011, Exile released "Rising Sun", a single contain Rising Sun, the famous and popular song in support of the recovery after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. From November 2011, Exile started their second dome tour, Exile Live Tour 2011 Tower of Wish ～Tower of Wish～. The group was the 3rd artist by total sales revenue in Japan in 2011, with ¥5.603 billion, and the 2nd in 2012, with ¥12.177 billion.

On January 1, 2012, Exile released their ninth album EXILE JAPAN/Solo. The album landed 1st on Oricon Albums Chart for three continual weeks, which set a new record for the group. In June, Exile won Best Video of the Year at MTV Video Music Awards Japan, which marked Exile 4th wins in the award's 11 years history.

On April 3, 2013, EXILE's leader HIRO, who had been a performer for 24 years prior, announced that he would be retiring from the group as a performer at the end of 2013. He stated that he would still continue to be the leader and producer of the group. On the same day, EXILE released their 41st single "EXILE PRIDE ~Konna Sekai wo Aisuru Tame~". The single became Exile's first single to be sold more than 1 million copies in October of the same year, and it won the group a fourth Japan Record Award. This was the group's first win since their consecutive winning streak was broken by the Idol group AKB48, and Exile became the first artist to win the award four times. In April, Exile held their third dome tour called Exile Live Tour 2013 'Exile Pride'.

New era: Fourth generation members
In April 2014, EXILE's Chapter 4 kicked off. On the final stage of EXILE's 3rd audition "EXILE PERFORMER BATTLE AUDITION", the winners, aka new members of Exile, were announced. Out of 2000 applicants, only 5 members were chosen. Those members were Takanori Iwata from Sandaime J Soul Brothers, Alan Shirahama and Mandy Sekiguchi from Generations, Sekai Yamamoto and Taiki Sato. Their first single in EXILE, "NEW HORIZON", was released a few months later, on July 23, 2014. From September, The new Exile started their first tour, Exile Tribe Perfect Year Live Tour Tower of Wish 2014 〜The Revolution〜. On March 25, 2015, the group released their tenth studio album 19 -Road to AMAZING WORLD-. From September 2015, They started a new national tour, Exile Live Tour 2015 'Amazing World'.

On June 22, 2015, members Toshio Matsumoto, ÜSA and MAKIDAI announced to be retiring from their positions of performers on the group within the year. Their last single with the group would be "Ki・mi・ni・mu・chu", a song which was used for the CM advertising Suntory's "The Malts". On December 31, 2015, Matsumoto Toshio, ÜSA and MAKIDAI retired from their positions of performers on the group on the New Year's special show CDTV Special! New Year's Eve Premiere Live 2015 → 2016. Although retiring as EXILE performers, ÜSA was revealed to remain as performer on the unit DANCE EARTH PARTY, and MAKIDAI would continue his music career as DJ MAKIDAI.

On April 14, 2016, a Documentary of Matsumoto Toshio, ÜSA and MAKIDAI's final tour 'AMAZING WORLD' was released .On August 17, 2016, Exile released their 48th singles, "Joy-ride ~Kanki no Drive~", which was Fuji television's theme song for the Rio Olympics.

On 25 July 2018, Exile released a new original Album, Star of Wish. From September, they started their 5th dome tour Exile Live Tour 2018–2019 'Star of Wish'.

Band members
Since the formation of EXILE there have been many new generations of members as well as departures. As of 2021, AKIRA (Performer) is the longest serving active member of EXILE. Although HIRO is no longer an active member, he still remains EXILE's leader and occasionally appears in EXILE's Music Video's and Events. There are currently 13 active members in the group.

title: Exile (Japanese band)