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Talk:Simon Fraser Student Society

I made a number of edits to 142.58.181.84's changes: Myles22 03:27, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * The paragraph concerning the health plan stated that the referendum question was 'vague'. This is not NPOV.
 * I reworded the rest of the paragraph to make it a bit more clear.
 * The paragraph on the Senate Review Committee referred to a level of detail not reflected in the rest of the article. Put simply, the SFSS article had been largely a 'summary' look rather than a 'detail' look.  In any event, in the event that this paragraph is re-inserted, I think that the following should be noted:
 * the concerns expressed regarding SRC's recommendations
 * the continued ability for the SFSS Graduate Issues Officer to sit ex-officio on the Senate Graduate Studies Committee
 * the SFSS' continued ability to appoint students to sit on a number of SFU committees or to have the SFSS President sit ex-officio on the committee (e.g., , , , , , )
 * The paragraph stating "Generally, the student population consider the SFSS lacking the objectiveness and legitimacy to represent the overall interests of SFU students. This view is well reflected by the low voters' turnout in elections and the overall student apathy towards the Student Society." is biased and completely unproven.  Low voter turnout does not in and of itself mean disatisfaction - in fact, a case could be made that great disatisfaction would lead to higher voter turnout!  Even if SFU students were disatisfied, the statement that non-voting students "consider the SFSS lacking in the objectiveness and legitimacy to represent the overall interests of SFU students" is pure opinion, unsupported by evidence.

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I object to Myles22's opinion that voter dissatisfaction can lead to higher voter turnout. That in itself is an opinion and is also unsupported by evidence. Voter apathy could also be one cause of low turnout, why did you not mention that?

achou79

Cleanup
There's a lot about this article that doesn't hold up to Wikipedia's standards. I've started a cleanup of the article that I plan to continue. I notice that an anon IP has added a tonne of POV language and biased statements that are obviously anti-SFSS and anti-student union, but rather than revert that outright I'm going to try to reintegrate the removed material and investigate the allegations laid by the anon. If they're uncitable, they'll get pulled.

If anyone else wants to work on this at the same time, please do. I'm going to be poking at it on and off as I find useful sources and think of better ways to word things to read more neutrally, so I'll be at this a while. — Saxifrage ✎ 09:36, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

I've added some citations, but I feel that the flow of this article is significantly flawed. The history section could pretty much be placed in the controversy section and it would read well. If the history of the society could be expanded, it would be more beneficial to readers. In addition, a review of the structure of the board of directors, the positions and what their descriptions are would be excellent. I could start working on some of these, but I don't know if I will have enough time to do a lot. Vanessa kelly 08:05, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Neutrality
In the section about controversy last paragraph I am going to have to say that they can speculate all they want on THEIR personal website however wikipedia needs sources and citations so that's why I'm disputing the neutrality of the article please make sure to read NPOV for more information Dr sean chronic RSX 08:48, 12 September 2006 (UTC) (and UH can people please freaking their comments four tildies easy as pie)

I agree, consider it removed and reworded. Neutrality dispute can come off now, I think 216.232.197.118 22:30, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

October 25th SGM and impeachment
I just removed information an IP added to the article about the SGM and impeachment resolutions that happened tonight. Thought I was there and so personally know the details of the meeting, and was a supporter (so I'm certainly not "censoring" anything), there are no references for this yet. The minutes aren't published yet, and The Peak won't be publishing the results until Monday. Just like the SFSS has its rules of order, so too does Wikipedia. This includes not publishing anything without references, and this is (until Monday or the minutes are published) inherently unverifiable because there are no references out there.

Please have patience, and this material can be worked into the article come Monday. Thanks for your understanding. — Saxifrage ✎ 02:51, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

I added the agenda points from the meeting and the fact that quorum was met and maintained and all motions were passed as these are undespuitable facts. I was not signed in because I was having issues with that. As for the possibly biased point I made about attempts to disrupt the meeting, anyone who was there will agree that there were attempts and I expect that the publications relating to this will agree so sources will be added as they come out. I just made the changes now so people can know. - Canadianehme

 * I appreciate that it happened and I realise the desire to "let people know" is strong. However, Wikipedia is most explicilty not a soapbox or for promotion of information that people want others to hear. Furthermore, though it is uncontestable fact that these things happened, Wikipedia does not care about what people think are facts, contestable or not. It only cares about verifiability of the information. Until the meeting minutes or the next issue of The Peak are published, this material is unverifiable and so unacceptable in a Wikipedia article. Again, I appreciate that people are passionate and that a significant point in the history of the SFSS happened yesterday. That doesn't mean that we are allowed a "special exemption" from Wikipedia's editorial rules. Sorry.
 * On the point of the various motions on the agenda, this is an article about the SFSS, not about the SGM. As such, dumping a whole bunch of text in there that is relevant to the SGM specifically goes against our "no undue weight" neutrality rule. It's also just not what this article is about. — Saxifrage ✎ 15:37, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

It was not necessary to delete the agenda as that was sourced and factual and since I am weak with HTML and you are a self proclaimed HTML expert and choose to detail what took me some time to format properly, I propose you, Saxifrage, put it back - Canadianehme

 * Please re-read what I wrote. The motions on the agenda are not appropriate material for this article. It would perhaps be appropriate for an article called October 25, 2006 Simon Fraser Student Society Special General Meeting, which this article is not titled. Notice that the agenda of the many AGMs of the SFSS do not appear. That crows live on campus is also sourcable and factual, but this would be silly to include in the article about the SFSS.
 * Besides, when the minutes or the Peak publish, the details of the agenda will be superfluous. Please be patient—all relevant material will appear in the article in good time. — Saxifrage ✎ 15:46, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

The Burnaby Now article absolutely does qualify as evidence that the G7 were allegedly impeached. My edits are sound, NPOV, and in accordance with Wikipedia policy. Myles22 00:58, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * That's great now that a citation is in the article. There was no citation to it or other mention of the Burnaby Now article when I removed that wording before, so I had good reason. Thanks for providing the reference the second time though. — Saxifrage ✎ 23:15, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

The sections regarding the Impeachment have obviously been written by a biased person who opposed the impeachments. It is unfortunate that you cannot even stick to the facts here. The AGM was the invalid meeting as it purposely called at the same time to confuse students and to disrupt the SGM. The students have spoken, deal with it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.84.74.100 (talk • contribs)
 * Actually, I think the section as currently written is pretty fair and manages to not take either side. Of course it doesn't reflect the "truth" of the matter, but it's not Wikipedia's job to figure out what the truth is. Rather, our job is to gather together all the verifiable information on it so that the reader can decide for themself. — Saxifrage ✎ 03:13, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Fence sitter's commentary Well, looky here now, I leave SFU for a couple years now and the sfss self-implodes once again from squabbling over internal politics. If you all look at old issues of the Peak, you'll find this is actually a "SFU tradition". Speaking as someone who doesn't have an agenda with regards to all this, I just find it all rather amusing. Achou79 19:03, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

 * There is some hearsay (nothing official enough to be cited in the article), that this particular implosion was helped from outside. The three BC student unions that tried to reform the CFS from inside were Douglas College, SFU, and Kwantlen. Immediately after the failed reform bids, pro-CFS slates were elected. During those political terms, each of the three were plunged into financial scandals that intimately involved CFS members outside of the local unions. There no clear evidence of interference, but as the old saying goes, once is coincidence, twice is accident, and trice is sabotage. It's sadly suggestive, is all. — Saxifrage ✎ 19:54, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Removal of material
I removed material that wasn't cited. Blogs and stuff that is personally hosted isn't acceptable as a source. See also WP:V and WP:CITE. GreenJoe 19:44, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
 * The exact members of the executive and Board aren't notable and were removed from the article. --GreenJoe 14:10, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

 * Au contraire, privately-hosted material is acceptable. Most of the material on the Internet is "privately hosted", so that is not a criterion that Wikipedia uses. WP:V depends on publisher, not on the host. When that material is a reproduction of official memos, it is especially irrelevant where the material is hosted. You are perhaps thinking of the section of WP:V on "Self-published sources", but that applies to material produced by the (self-publishing) publisher, not reproductions of material published elsewhere. Could you please restore the paragraph beginning "In response, the seven..."? I do agree that the Craigslist material should have been deleted. — Saxifrage ✎ 15:09, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
 * The memos are original research, and were hosted on student webspace that will disappear when they graduate. GreenJoe 15:23, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
 * WP:NOR does not apply to sources, since it is concerned with "unpublished" things at minimum and a citable source is by definition published. The fact that the sources may disappear does not make them invalid either—that eventuality is taken into account by the policy, and having an access-date attached to a citation is what the policy requires to deal with that. Could you please revert your deletion? — Saxifrage ✎ 00:48, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Looking at the history, one of the citations was a forum, which isn't an acceptable source. This is presuming that I accept the memos, which I don't. Student newspaper article about it, sure, but memos are original research IMHO. As for the board of directors, we don't need to know who each director or executive is. It's an unmaintainable list that isn't notable. Forums or blogs aren't acceptable sources. That is or was in there. And finally was Craigslist which isn't appropriate. I won't do a blanket revert. Sorry. GreenJoe 01:04, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm only concerned with the memos, since that's the only deletion that is unsupportable by the policy you cite. If you don't like the memos as a source, you are welcome to discuss them but not to delete them and the material they support. Yes, a partial revert of the deletion is appropriate, thank you. — Saxifrage ✎ 01:30, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Since it has been almost a week now, I will take that as a lack of objection to a restoration of the deleted material. After some consideration, I have restored the entire paragraph beginning "In response...", since I'm sure I can find sources for the President's statements and the fact of the freezing of the bank account to replace the unacceptable forum citation. — Saxifrage ✎ 22:15, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
 * A minute of digging (searching for "frozen" on The Peak's site) and several minutes of formatting, and the section in contention is now well-sourced. Thank you for bringing the need for better citation in this paragraph to my attention. In the future, deleting parts of articles is not necessary in order to find better citable sources. — Saxifrage ✎ 22:23, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

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Actinote

Actinote is a genus of butterflies from South America of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae. (For taxonomic problems regarding this group, see Acraea.) Males interact with or without physical contact to contest the possession of mating sites. The winner in such interactions often has larger body size and is the individual that previously occupied the territory (the resident).

Species
Listed alphabetically within groups:

 * anacreon species group:
 * Actinote anacreon
 * Actinote calida
 * Actinote guichardi
 * Actinote issoria
 * Actinote kaduna
 * Actinote mirifica
 * Actinote rahira
 * Actinote wigginsi
 * Actinote zitja
 * mamita species group:
 * Actinote bonita Penz, 1996
 * Actinote brylla Oberthür, 1917
 * Actinote canutia (Hopffer, 1874)
 * Actinote catarina Penz, 1996
 * Actinote conspicua Jordan, 1913
 * Actinote dalmeidai Francini, 1996
 * Actinote discrepans d'Almeida, 1958
 * Actinote eberti Francini, Freitas & Penz, 2004
 * Actinote furtadoi Paluch, Casagrande & Mielke, 2006
 * Actinote genitrix (d'Almeida, 1922)
 * Actinote kennethi Willmott & Hall, 2009
 * Actinote latior Jordan, 1913
 * Actinote mamita (Burmeister, 1861)
 * Actinote melanisans Oberthür, 1917
 * Actinote mielkei Paluch & Casagrande, 2006
 * Actinote mirnae Paluch & Mielke, 2006
 * Actinote morio Oberthür, 1917
 * Actinote pratensis Francini, Freitas & Penz, 2004
 * Actinote rhodope d'Almeida, 1923
 * Actinote rufina Oberthür, 1917
 * Actinote zikani d'Almeida, 1951
 * thallia species group:
 * Actinote alalia (C. & R. Felder, 1860)
 * Actinote anteas (Doubleday, 1847) – Doubleday's actinote
 * Actinote carycina Jordan, 1913
 * Actinote guatemalena (Bates, 1864) – Guatemalan actinote
 * Actinote lapitha (Staudinger, 1885) – pale actinote
 * Actinote melampeplos Godman & Salvin, 1881 – bow-winged actinote
 * Actinote pallescens Jordan, 1913
 * Actinote parapheles Jordan, 1913
 * Actinote pellenea Hübner, [1821]
 * Actinote pyrrha (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Actinote quadra (Schaus, 1902)
 * Actinote surima (Schaus, 1902)
 * Actinote thalia (Linnaeus, 1758)

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LuAZ

LuAZ (ЛуАЗ, short for Луцький автомобільний завод, Lutskyi Avtomobilnyi Zavod; Lutsk Automobile Plant) was a Ukrainian automobile manufacturer in the city of Lutsk built in the Soviet Union. Since 2009 it has been known as Bogdan Motors Automobile Assembly Plant No. 1.

In 2022 the brand was revived as Luaz Motors to produce lightweight compact electric pickups which were launched in 2023. The new company has no relation to the original factory.

In Soviet Union
The construction of the factory began in 1951. It was opened in 1955 as LARZ (Lutskyi Avtoremontnyi Zavod, Lutsk Automobile Repair Plant). The early products of this relatively small plant were the repair parts for GAZ trucks.

On September 3, 1959, the factory was renamed to LuMZ (Lutskyi Mashynobudivnyi Zavod, Lutsk Machine Building Plant). After the reconstruction the plants begins to produce mobile repair shop and refrigerated truck bodies on Moskvitch, ZIL, and UAZ frames.

The first civilian products suffered a reputation for poor quality, however, "for a time the LuAZ was the only car that could be bought off the shelf by Soviet motorists".

In 1965, LuMZ starts the assembly of ZAZ-969 originally developed at Zaporizhzhia Automobile Building Plant. The first vehicle with original an design to be produced was the LuAZ-967 amphibious vehicle for the Red Army. It originated after the Korean War, when the Soviets saw a need for small off-road vehicles comparable to the American Willys MB, to supplement the overly-large and -heavy GAZ-69s then in service. Developed at NAMI (the National Automobile Institute), the prototype, known as NAMI 049, was completed in 1958. On December 11, the plant was renamed to LuAZ (Lutskyi Avtomobilnyi Zavod, Lutsk Automobile Plant)

In 1975, LuAZ joined the newly formed AvtoZAZ group. In 1979, the assembly of the new generation of ZAZ-969 begins. It received the name of LuAZ-969M and was widely known as 'Volynianka' (Volhynian). The car received good reviews at the international motor shows. In 1982, LuAZ assembled their 100,000th car, and the next year the export production begins.

In 1989, the factory assembled the LuAZ-1301 compact SUV prototype. In 1990, the plant reached its production record, assembling 16,500 cars in one year.

In independent Ukraine
On 31 May 1993, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine allowed to privatize LuAZ, and the document was approved in June 1996. On 27 July 1998 the factory was excluded from the list of strategically important companies and controlling stake of LuAZ is being put up on sale. In 1999 81% stake of the company was purchased by the Ukrprominvest Group of Oleksii and Petro Poroshenko.

After being acquired, the plant began the complete knock-down of Russian UAZ and VAZ vehicles. In 2002, LuAZ stops the production of its older models to replace them with LuAZ-1301 which development began back in late 1980's, the new compact SUV concept gets launched at SIA-2002 motor show in Kyiv.

In 2005, Ukrprominvest formed the Bogdan Corporation. LuAZ entered it alongside Cherkasy Autobus Plant which was owned by the group since late 1990's. The company started assembly of Hyundai and Kia cars from CKD kits. In 2006 Ukraine adopted the Euro-2 regulations, putting an end to the LuAZ-1301 project.

In 2006, a new assembly line was opened at the plant to produce public transport vehicles. LuAZ stops being a separate brand and becomes a part of Bogdan Motors. In 2008, the reconstruction of the plant starts, and the next year it gets renamed to Avtoskladalnyi Zavod #1 (Automobile Assembly Plant No. 1) with plans of expanding the production, however the reconstruction was soon put on hold due to the 2008–2009 Ukrainian financial crisis.

In 2014 the equipment for production of former LuAZ cars was dismantled, and the company instead focused on assembling buses and trolleybuses.

On July 7, 2020, Bogdan Motors went bankrupt for inability to pay the credit to Ukreximbank. The Lutsk plant had stopped operation and was put up for sale.

Electrified Automobiles
In 2022, Vadim Ignatov, owner of LuAZ, planned to revive the brand with a new logo and switching to electric automobiles, mainly focusing on economy class with entry level prices and compact design. The company decided to develop licensed compact pickup vehicles based on the Yunlong EEC L7e, which is sold in China in two versions named City and Farmer as a 4-door pickup and 2-door pickup respectively, both with a loading bed.

These vehicles are said to be powered with 5 kW engine with a top speed of 50 km/h and priced close to $5,000. The body of the vehicle and the motors will be imported from China. These models are to be launched on 30 May 2023.

Vehicles

 * LuAZ 967 a four-wheeled amphibian (1961-1989)
 * LuAZ 969V "Volyn" (1967–72)
 * LuAZ 969 "Volyn" (1971-1975)
 * LuAZ 969A "Volyn" (1975-1979)
 * LuAZ 969M "Volyn" with Zaporozhets 40 hp engine (1979-1996)
 * LuAZ 970 6x4 amphibian prototype (mid 1980s)
 * LuAZ 1301 few prototypes build (1984, 1990, 2002)
 * LuAZ 13019 a six-wheeled pick-up version of 1301 prototype (1990)
 * LuAZ 1302 "Volyn" a modernized version of the 969M with Tavria 53 hp engine (1992-2002)
 * LuAZ 13021 "Volyn" a pick-up version of 1302 (1991-1998)
 * LuAZ 1901 "Geolog" a 6x6 amphibian prototype (1999)
 * LuAZ 2403 airport tractor (1979-1992)
 * LuAZ Proto prototype (1988)
 * LuAZ Farmer (2023)
 * LuAZ City (2023)

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Evolution (Boyz II Men album)

Evolution is the fourth studio album by American R&B quartet Boyz II Men, released on September 23, 1997. It is their final album released on Motown Records. A Spanish language version, Evolución, was also issued. The Spanish edition won the Billboard Latin Music Award for Pop Album of the Year by a New Artist.

History
On August 20, 1997, Boyz II Men held a press conference to talk about their first album since 1994's II. They were under pressure with their last two albums cumulatively selling almost 30 million copies worldwide. With Evolution, they worked with their regular collaborators, including Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and Babyface. They appeared on many talk shows including The Rosie O'Donnell Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Vibe Show, The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show and MTV Live.

The album was released on September 23, and that night, Boyz II Men signed copies of the album at the Virgin Megastore in New York City. Evolution debuted at number one in the Billboard 200 with 215,000 copies sold in its first week of release. The album also debuted at number one on the R&B Album Charts. However, the album spent only one week at the number-one spot and quickly fell down the charts. Evolution sold two million copies in the United States and over four million copies worldwide, a disappointment compared with the successes of Cooleyhighharmony and II. Evolution was not received well by critics. In October 1998, Boyz II Men went to Japan and Europe to promote the album, and during that year they embarked on the Evolution Tour.

Singles
The first single released from the album, "4 Seasons of Loneliness", was released on September 8, 1997. The song was Boyz II Men's highest debut on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles. It debuted at number two, behind Mariah Carey's "Honey". The following week, the single went to number one, became their fifth (and to date, last) chart-topper. 4 Seasons of Loneliness became Boyz II Men's sixth platinum single. Later that year, the second single, "A Song for Mama", was released, a track which already appeared on the Soul Food and its soundtrack The single reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the R&B Singles Chart, making Boyz II Men the only group in history to have seven platinum singles in the United States.

Spanish version
Notes
 * 1) "4 Estaciones De Soledad (4 Seasons of Loneliness)"
 * 2) "A Mi Me Va Bien (Doin' Just Fine)"
 * 3) "Te Doy Mi Amor (I Can Love You)"
 * 4) "La Chica De La Revista (Girl in the Life Magazine)"
 * 5) "Una Canción Para Mamá (A Song for Mama)"
 * 6) "Yo Te Voy a Amar (I'll Make Love to You)"
 * 7) "No Dejemos Que Muera el Amor (Water Runs Dry)"
 * 8) "Me Rindo Ante Ti (On Bended Knee)"
 * 9) "Yesterday (Spanish Version)"
 * 10) "Al Final Del Camino (End of the Road)"
 * $undefined$ denotes co-producer

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Center of the World, Ohio

Center of the World is an unincorporated community in far eastern Braceville Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. It consists of several houses and a few retail establishments centered at the crossroads where State Routes 82 and 5 diverge.

The community was founded by Randall Wilmot, an eccentric investor who had plans to make his new community a major economic center in northeast Ohio. When the railroads used the nearby city of Warren as the regional hub, Center of the World fell into decline both in terms of population and industry.

Center of the World is part of the Youngstown–Warren–Boardman, Ohio-Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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text: List of places in California

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Talk:Ben Johnson (actor)

Comma after name but before Jr. & Sr.
Q. John Smith Jr. or John Smith, Jr.? John Smith III or John Smith, III?

A. Traditionally, it would be John Smith, Jr., and John Smith III. But beginning with the fourteenth edition of The Chicago Manual of Style (1993), the recommendation is to use no commas in either case (see paragraph 6.49 of the fifteenth edition):

 * John Smith Jr.

But please note that within text, if you decide to use the more traditional comma before Jr. or Sr., the function of the comma is to set off these abbreviations, so an additional comma is needed after the abbreviation if the sentence continues (as in my first sentence above).

 * Chicago Manual of Style

Jr., Sr., I, and II

Use only with full name. Commas are no longer required around Jr. and Sr. If commas are used, however, they should be both before and after.

 * Iowa State

A comma before the Jr. or Sr. in a proper name is not necessary: "Martin Luther King Jr."

 * Gustavus College

Numerals
As a general rule, spell out numbers from one through nine. Use numerals for all others.

The U.S. Senate welcomed nine new members.

BUT

There are 100 U.S. senators from 50 states.

 * McGraw-Hill

In general, numbers 10 and higher appear as numerals; nine and lower are written out. There are exceptions: elements of time, distance, ratios, and percentages always appear as numerals, unless at the start of a sentence. Use a percentage sign unless at the start of a sentence: It was chosen by 6% of the respondents. But: Six percent chose Wheaties.

 * Ken Hunt

WikiDon 03:36, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

Osage vs. Cherokee
Can you provide a citation for the Cherokee heritage? It doesn't match my own information, but neither of us has posted a citation to back up the point. I'm willing to concede if you've got a cite, as I can't begin to remember where mine is without more digging than I've got time for. But as it's a point of disagreement, I hope you'll agree that a real citation is necessary. I'm a Cherokee and have been unable to find his family on the Dawes rolls. Doesn't mean I'm right, but add that to his being born on the Osage rez and it's certainly a disputable point. Monkeyzpop (talk) 02:40, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Photo
The old photo, which has been taken of Commons was a PR one too so how is the still for the  Wild Bunch OK? How about cropping Cary and Bond out the one of him with the horse. ,Overagainst (talk) 14:14, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

Article classification
This article meets the requirements for Class C, as defined by WP:Oklahoma. I have reeclassified it accordingly. Bruin2 (talk) 15:57, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

Dawes Rolls
I checked the Dawes Rolls. There is no record of either his mother or his father. Bohemian Baltimore (talk) 01:55, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alaeidon

 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. Redwolf24 01:10, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

Alaeidon
Pure fanfic, no basis in Star Wars canon. Jon Hart 03:31, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment. Tagged as copyvio. --Alan Au 03:52, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete without source-LtNOWIS 03:53, 18 August 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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Wikipedia talk:Requests for comment/Agiantman

STOP REMOVING SUPPORTIVE COMMENTS
I have not yet had the time to respond to the groundless and childish allegations here. I am concerned though that those who have written to support me are also being harrassed with belittling comments after each positive edit or in the outright reversion of their supportive remarks (removal usually done by Gamaliel, a wiki adminstrator!). Until I have had a chance to formally respond to these silly charges, the bullies here should knock off the harrassment of editors who support me. BTW -just by reading this page, any neutral observer can plainly see the hypocrisy of the people I am up against.--Agiantman 03:11, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

Join the lynching of a user
Add you name to this mockery of the democratic process. Be just like the Nazis, add you name to this tiny group and make your own rules. It's just like kristallnacht without the effort. PS This is an RFC, this is a comment. To remove this comment is an admission you do not want comments. If you don't want comments, what is this really about???24.147.97.230 02:26, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * May I recommend Godwin's Law? --kizzle 04:23, August 18, 2005 (UTC)

Failure to negociate
The biased "editors" who endorsements are above refuse to negociate for content. It's their way or no way. The acts of removal of entire paragraphs of work by them is vandalism. We are not looking at content that is fictional, but important parts of Ted Kennedy's life and career. The work on Rosemary Kennedy is the same. If they want to contribute, fine. Stop the removal of other's work and do some of your own. Just because you love the Kennedys does not wash the past clean. It happened as reported, get used to it.24.147.97.230 22:18, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

WITCH HUNT BY DEMOCRAT-LEANING MODERATORS!
NPOV my foot! your "project" is a joke. You lynch Agiantman, while creating an alternative version of history on scum like Kennedy, Byrd, etc. and then claim "neutrality"! Ha. Look at JamesMLane's user page and his comments on the "right wing". Yeah - real neutral source to cast stones at Agiantman...

Note to above editors
An RFC has a specific format, and there is plenty of room for you to express your views within the proper format. Color inside the lines. I don't see why this is so hard for you to understand. Gamaliel 03:31, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

 * blah blah blah - don't you have some more vandalism to perform? I hear someone wrote something positive about Ronald Reagan on Wiki.  Quick!  Go revert it oh sacred "NPOV" guardian.

 * An RFC also has a specific use. And general harrassment of those that disagree with you isn't one of them. If someone has a specific message of support for me, leave it alone.  You have a conflict of interest here.  You posted an allegation of a 3RR violation against me and you have sided against me in this forum.--Agiantman 03:46, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

STOP REMOVING SUPPORTIVE COMMENTS
Note: This page is about me. Stop reverting my comments. This is my 2nd attempt to insert this message. I have not yet had the time to respond to the groundless and childish allegations here. I am concerned though that those who have written to support me are also being harrassed with belittling comments after each positive edit or in the outright reversion of their supportive remarks (removal usually done by Gamaliel, a wiki adminstrator!). Until I have had a chance to formally respond to these silly charges, the bullies here should knock off the harrassment of editors who support me. BTW -just by reading this page, any neutral observer can plainly see the hypocrisy of the people I am up against.--Agiantman 03:41, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

WITCH HUNT BY DEMOCRAT-LEANING MODERATORS!
NPOV my foot! your "project" is a joke. You lynch Agiantman, while creating an alternative version of history on scum like Kennedy, Byrd, etc. and then claim "neutrality"! Ha. Look at JamesMLane's user page and his comments on the "right wing". Yeah - real neutral source to cast stones at Agiantman...

DEMOCRAT-LEANING?? These guys are past leaning. They refuse to cooperate or negociate. Now they try to squelch an editor who does not buy into thier twisted politics.24.147.97.230 03:50, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

I suggest we ban what who ever started this page--I-2-d2 03:55, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

Though "the editors" have taken quick polls in the past, the refuse to stand by the results. Instead they ignone concensus againt them and run new polls.

bah
leave him alone, and delete this stupid page, just because he doesn't play ball with the rest of the kennedy groupies here on wiki, doens't mean you can start some kind of a witch hunt on someone just expressing their own view, what's next, and iquisition for all people who don't fly the canadian flag on their user page? I suggest we consider blocking whoever created this page in the first place--I-2-d2 03:51, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

Please
Is it at all possible for any of you to make your point without personally attacking those who disagree with you? Seriously, it's not that hard. Just be civil. --kizzle 04:25, August 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Or at the very least don't modify my comments? And btw, Hillary Clinton is my last choice so far for 2008, just to let you know. --kizzle 05:21, August 18, 2005 (UTC)

 * ha, yeah, edit without insulting, there's an interesting idea, how about you try it first!! oh and I hope you do run her, fun to see her join the NYC welfare line after she loses--I-2-d2 04:33, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Feel free to point out where Kizzle insulted someone. Good luck. Gamaliel 04:39, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I know this must be a joke question. No one insults people more in wikipedia than User:Kizzle. I had been a member of Wikipedia for less than 48 hours when Kizzle called me a "douchebag!"   He called me a "douchebag" again when referring to me on another's talk page.   Is that the kind of civility wikipedia is looking for?  Why no RfC for User:Kizzle?  Could it be because he another liberal POV warrior?  BTW - If you think he just uses the term "douchebag" with me, guess again. .  Kizzle insults others and any request by him for civility is hippocritical.--Agiantman 23:22, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

 * It was not a joke question. I simply never have seen kizzle insult anyone like that.  Apparently you are the exception.  The reason there is no RfC is that no one has started one.  You are free to start one if you wish. Gamaliel 23:31, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Oh I definetely personally attacked him Gamaliel, I do admit I have a problem responding to people in the manner they treat me. And after my very first post to Agiantman, genuinely assuming good faith, Agiantman's very first post to me mocked my viewpoint in return.  So, like I told him, I don't feel I owe him one iota of civility. --kizzle 05:17, August 20, 2005 (UTC)

 * No. Kizzle does so owe Agiantman civility.  Kizzle should refrain from personal attacks on Agiantman, even if it is difficult to do that when Agiantman is himself engaging in personal attacks.  Wikipedia is not Usenet.  Civility goes both ways.

IP addresses for Anons
Anyone know why there are so many different Anon IP addresses for this RfC? It is very strange to have so many involved on this issue. Also, the IPs are somewhat different. Are they socks? If they are socks, I take back any supportive statements that I previously made. --Noitall 05:13, August 19, 2005 (UTC)

RfC for User:Gamaliel?
I think an RfC about you, User:Gamaliel, is more appropriate. I believe your conduct has been out of control and certainly unbecoming of a wiki administrator. Before I do so, I wonder if anyone else would support an RfC for User:Gamaliel? Please comment here. Thanks!--Agiantman 03:54, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I look forward to the laughter. Gamaliel 04:26, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Don't threaten to file an RfC, just file one already if you're going to do it. --kizzle 05:18, August 20, 2005 (UTC)

Attack by Agiantman on kizzle
By this edit to the RfC, Agiantman has tried to divert attention from his/her own gross misconduct by making a trumped-up attack on kizzle.

The exchange that Agiantman eagerly highlights came as a result of the VfD debate concerning Lost Liberty Hotel. In a spin-off discussion about civility on Wikipedia, kizzle jokingly called me an "asshole" as a way of satirizing intemperate users -- like, as it happens, Agiantman, although Agiantman had not yet graced Wikipedia with his/her presence under that user name. I responded in kind, by jokingly accusing kizzle of sexual misconduct. There was no RfC because it was all in fun, as was obvious to kizzle, to me, to the two other editors from the VfD discussion who joined in, and, indeed, to anyone who wasn't completely clueless. JamesMLane 08:46, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * It is not really fair to call this an attack on Kizzle by Agiantman. The comment you mention could easily be misconstrued.  But the other words Kizzle used to call a newbie were uncalled for and even Kizzle's explanation does not even come close to justifying it.  That said, just because 2 editors are intemporate to each other, without more, is not a reason for anyone to get involved.  This is an adult forum.  Agiantman should not be so thin-skinned, but then having an RfC filed can tend to do that.  --Noitall 09:55, August 20, 2005 (UTC)

 * Kizzle did attack Agiantman, and should not have done that. There have been multiple breaches of civility.  This is an RfC about Agiantman.  If Agiantman or anyone else wishes to write an RfC against Agiantman or Gamaliel or anyone else, I will review it and offer my comments. Robert McClenon 14:43, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I would only support an RfC against Kizzle if he accepts payment by Kennedy -- just kidding. --Noitall 16:10, August 20, 2005 (UTC)

 * The funniest thing about this is that I don't believe I've ever contributed once to the Kennedy page. So to be called the Pro-Kennedy Warrior is quite humorous. --kizzle 18:00, August 20, 2005 (UTC)

 * You (Noitall) are in Maryland. Is that correct?  What if the payments are by Kathleen Kennedy Townsend? Robert McClenon 16:40, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I have never denied attacking Agiantman, like I said in my post to him, I have a problem of treating others like they treat me. I fully assumed good faith on Agiantman's part, asked him to clarify his problems with the article, and his first response was to attack me.  So, like i said, that is a problem I have to work on and not respond to attacks in kind.  But I definetely was not responsible for the breach of civility between us.  Regardless, I apologize for calling Agiantman a douchebag. --kizzle 17:45, August 20, 2005 (UTC)

 * Also, after our initial unpleasant exchange, I did try to calm myself down and work with Agiantman despite his persistant attacks. --kizzle 17:56, August 20, 2005 (UTC)

 * It doesn't matter, so don't worry about it. On Kathleen, she is looking for a job, so she can't afford to make payments unless she takes it out of her trust fund. :)  --Noitall 19:29, August 20, 2005 (UTC)

 * The linked post by Agiantman charges that kizzle has engaged in misconduct justifying an RfC; that charge is an attack on kizzle. I don't think the comment by kizzle "could easily be misconstrued", and anyone who did misunderstand it would have been corrected by reading the succeeding lines.  The implication that Agiantman's incivility was caused by the RfC is not supportable in light of the numerous pre-RfC instances cited.  It does seem, however, that he has ratcheted up the volume.  Noitall, I invite you to examine Agiantman's edits made after your suggestion that he "modify his manner", to determine whether he took your advice. JamesMLane 23:17, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

"Why the New Conditions"?
Agiantman asks (on the article page, rather than appropriately on this talk page), "Why the New Conditions?" There are no new conditions being asked. The issue is whether Agiantman has agreed to the original conditions as suggested by Noitall and by me. Those were to be civil and refrain from personal attacks, and to use edit summaries.

I also stated the possibly unreasonable condition that Agiantman either ask his anonymous supporters to be civil, or respond if they were not civil. That condition was not met. The anonymous editors continued their taunting, and Agiantman did not respond. Perhaps I was unreasonable in asking that. I was perhaps expecting Agiantman to criticize incivility without respect to political views. (I note that I did that with respect to Kizzle.)

I then took a 36-hour (two nights, one day) timeout. During that time, Agiantman continued to SHOUT on the Rosemary Kennedy talk page, as well as making edits without summaries. He also continued being uncivil to two editors of this RfC. (I agree that one of them was also uncivil.)

I also discovered that I had overlooked a more serious previous offense by Agiantman, which was altering the description of one of the two quickpolls on the Ted Kennedy talk page. As I had written it, I noted that there was consensus to include a brief mention of the Palm Beach rape trial. The question was whether to include the longer account that had been repeatedly added and reverted. Agiantman changed that to state that it was whether to include the one-paragraph account. This was not a minor edit. It changed the meaning of the poll. If he disagreed as to what the poll was, he should have made a statement to that effect. I have added that to the RfC article page.

I had been willing to consider striking out my signature, which will still leave three certifying signatures on this RfC. I am now not willing to strike out my signature.

There were no new conditions. Robert McClenon 15:15, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

Anonymous Editors
At the same time, I also concluded that, although Agiantman was guilty of being uncivil, of personal attacks, and of misleading edit summaries, he was not the only or most serious problem. The anonymous editor, who mostly edits as 24.147.97.230, is a more serious offender, who is gaming the system by shifting IP addresses to evade the 3RR rule. I have no reason to believe that there actually are multiple human beings behind the multiple IP addresses. Noitall was correct in noticing that there are an unusual number of anonymous editors, all expressing the same position, and that they appear to be sockpuppets. Another RfC is in the works. Robert McClenon 15:38, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I resent the repeated reference to me or those who support me as "sockpuppets." One of the 3 silly charges you made against me in the Rfc is "Accusing two editors of being sock-puppets." Your hypocrisy is evident to us all.--Agiantman 12:40, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Agiantman, can you please focus on the objective here. Your objective is to make this go away.  Refrain from addressing the other editors who may have a legitimate gripe (although, in my opinion, not worthy of an RfC).  Robert is not creating these sockpuppets.  Someone is.  It is unususal to have socks pop up in an RfC.  Obviously, the suspicion is that it is on you.  Please focus on and address the issue here.  --Noitall 13:31, August 21, 2005 (UTC)

 * You and "Robert" apparently have actual knowledge of sockpuppets who are operating from multiple IP addresses. That sounds pretty bizarre and I am waiting for the evidence.  I am not a sockpuppet and I do not have any sockpuppets.  I don't know "Robert" and, if there are sockpuppets, I don't know whether he is creating these sockpuppets.  Wikipedia has not provided me with the tools to check these things.  The point I made is that one of the three charges User:Robert McClenon lodged against me is that I accused "two editors of being sock-puppets." However, User:Robert McClenon himself routinely refers to other editors as sockpuppets as evidenced above.  If that's not hypocrisy, I don't know what is.  The baseless RfC here is nothing but harrassment by a band of POV bullies. Any neutral person can see that. --Agiantman 14:40, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

ArbCom?
It's quite apparent that this RfC is a farce and its clear that no change in AGM's disruptive behavior will result. Instead AGM scours the user pages and edit histories of the people he insults desperately looking for something he can pass off as a malfeasance to distract attention from his behavior. The comparison to Rex hits home; Rex never changed and had to be banned, and it's become apparent that nothing short of the threat of banning will work in this case. Perhaps it is too soon for an ArbCom case, but I don't see any advantage to waiting if AGM's behavior is only going to escalate because of the lack of consequences for his actions. Gamaliel 17:55, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

Clarification?
Gamaliel makes a statement that can be easily misconstrued. He says that this RfC is a farce. I have read a few RfCs that were farces. Agiantman and his anonymous supporters may indeed think that this RfC is a farce. However, if I think that an RfC is a farce, I do not certify it. Since Gamaliel has certified this RfC, he presumably agrees with the statement of the dispute. I assume that he means that the way that the taunting responses to the RfC, accusations of POV pushing by its certifiers, and the bad editing of the RfC are making a travesty of how the RfC process is supposed to help resolve disputes.

I agree that the RfC has been very badly edited and is in need of considerable refactoring. The fault is not entirely that of Agiantman and his anonymous supporters. It is partly that of Gamaliel and of Jpgordon, for annotating signatures in support of Agiantman.

I do not think that I agree with the statement that there has been no change in the disruptive behavior of Agiantman. Most (although not all) of the disruptive behavior since the RfC was posted has been by the anonymous editors. Agiantman is at least talking about being civil and agreeing to a few basic conditions. Under those circumstances, mediation might be the next step. Is Agiantman agreeable to mediation? In formal mediation, there can be only two principal parties. Since Agiantman has suggested that Gamaliel has made threats of misuse of administrative privileges and has stated that JamesMLane is a POV pusher because of political views, I would suggest that Agiantman request mediation with either of them. If Agiantman thinks that there is a conspiracy against him, then perhaps the mediator will rebuke the conspirators. I am agreeable to let either of them be the designated principal in mediation.

Mediation has already been tried with the anonymous editors. Kelly Martin did attempt to mediate via one of the various informal mediation procedures. The one issue that she did address was whether there was a consensus to include the "fatboy" link or not to include it. The consensus was against including it. I have no reason to think that any future mediation with the anonymous editors will have any different result. I see no reason for further efforts to mediate with the anonymous editors. They have since then continued to misstate consensus.

I will mention in passing that Agiantman has posted a response on the article page stating that I have filed another RfC against User:24.147.97.230. He notes that Agiantman and User:24.147.97.230 have been the two main presenters of a Republican anti-Kennedy view, and that there is an attempt to suppress them. This is a very interesting statement. He states that the two of them, both of whom I have filed RfCs against, are the two principal presenters of the anti-Kennedy POV. That would appear to mean that he agrees with the claim that the other anonymous addresses are simply sockpuppets. It appears that this means that Agiantman acknowledges that the other anonymous editors are sockpuppets, which is a major part of my RfC against them. Robert McClenon 01:09, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I concur with the last sentence of the first paragraph.

 * If others think mediation would be a productive means of resolving this, I will agree to it, though I doubt it would be useful as AGM's problem is his overall behavior, not his interactions with just one or two users. I also think that this point anything short of Arbcom is pointless as it appears that AGM is a relentless Rex-type user who won't stop unless threatened with banning. I hope I am wrong about this but AGM isn't exactly in a rush to prove me wrong.  He barely acknowledges that there is any sort of problem with his behavior.  You write that he is "at least talking about being civil".  My God, have we really set the bar so low here that this is considered an accomplishment?  Civility is a basic component of adult behavior, not something to be cajoled out of a person after weeks of dispute resolution.  Gamaliel 14:25, 21 August 2005 (UTC)


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Abu Kamil

Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam ibn Muḥammad Ibn Shujāʿ (Latinized as Auoquamel, أبو كامل شجاع بن أسلم بن محمد بن شجاع, also known as Al-ḥāsib al-miṣrī—lit. "The Egyptian Calculator") (c. 850 – c. 930) was a prominent Egyptian mathematician during the Islamic Golden Age. He is considered the first mathematician to systematically use and accept irrational numbers as solutions and coefficients to equations. His mathematical techniques were later adopted by Fibonacci, thus allowing Abu Kamil an important part in introducing algebra to Europe.

Abu Kamil made important contributions to algebra and geometry. He was the first Islamic mathematician to work easily with algebraic equations with powers higher than $$x^2$$ (up to $$x^8$$), and solved sets of non-linear simultaneous equations with three unknown variables. He illustrated the rules of signs for expanding the multiplication $$(a \pm b)(c \pm d)$$. He wrote all problems rhetorically, and some of his books lacked any mathematical notation beside those of integers. For example, he uses the Arabic expression "māl māl shayʾ" ("square-square-thing") for $$x^5$$ (as $$x^5 = x^2\cdot x^2\cdot x$$). One notable feature of his works was enumerating all the possible solutions to a given equation.

The Muslim encyclopedist Ibn Khaldūn classified Abū Kāmil as the second greatest algebraist chronologically after al-Khwarizmi.

Life
Almost nothing is known about the life and career of Abu Kamil except that he was a successor of al-Khwarizmi, whom he never personally met.

Book of Algebra (Kitāb fī al-jabr wa al-muqābala)
The Algebra is perhaps Abu Kamil's most influential work, which he intended to supersede and expand upon that of Al-Khwarizmi. Whereas the Algebra of al-Khwarizmi was geared towards the general public, Abu Kamil was addressing other mathematicians, or readers familiar with Euclid's Elements. In this book Abu Kamil solves systems of equations whose solutions are whole numbers and fractions, and accepted irrational numbers (in the form of a square root or fourth root) as solutions and coefficients to quadratic equations.

The first chapter teaches algebra by solving problems of application to geometry, often involving an unknown variable and square roots. The second chapter deals with the six types of problems found in Al-Khwarizmi's book, but some of which, especially those of $$x^2$$, were now worked out directly instead of first solving for $$x$$ and accompanied with geometrical illustrations and proofs. The third chapter contains examples of quadratic irrationalities as solutions and coefficients. The fourth chapter shows how these irrationalities are used to solve problems involving polygons. The rest of the book contains solutions for sets of indeterminate equations, problems of application in realistic situations, and problems involving unrealistic situations intended for recreational mathematics.

A number of Islamic mathematicians wrote commentaries on this work, including al-Iṣṭakhrī al-Ḥāsib and ʿAli ibn Aḥmad al-ʿImrānī (d. 955-6), but both commentaries are now lost.

In Europe, similar material to this book is found in the writings of Fibonacci, and some sections were incorporated and improved upon in the Latin work of John of Seville, Liber mahameleth. A partial translation to Latin was done in the 14th century by William of Luna, and in the 15th century the whole work also appeared in a Hebrew translation by Mordekhai Finzi.

Book of Rare Things in the Art of Calculation (Kitāb al-ṭarā’if fi’l-ḥisāb)
Abu Kamil describes a number of systematic procedures for finding integral solutions for indeterminate equations. It is also the earliest known Arabic work where solutions are sought to the type of indeterminate equations found in Diophantus's Arithmetica. However, Abu Kamil explains certain methods not found in any extant copy of the Arithmetica. He also describes one problem for which he found 2,678 solutions.

On the Pentagon and Decagon (Kitāb al-mukhammas wa’al-mu‘ashshar)
In this treatise algebraic methods are used to solve geometrical problems. Abu Kamil uses the equation $$x^4 + 3125 = 125x^2$$ to calculate a numerical approximation for the side of a regular pentagon in a circle of diameter 10. He also uses the golden ratio in some of his calculations. Fibonacci knew about this treatise and made extensive use of it in his Practica geometriae.

Book of Birds (Kitāb al-ṭair)
A small treatise teaching how to solve indeterminate linear systems with positive integral solutions. The title is derived from a type of problems known in the east which involve the purchase of different species of birds. Abu Kamil wrote in the introduction:

"I found myself before a problem that I solved and for which I discovered a great many solutions; looking deeper for its solutions, I obtained two thousand six hundred and seventy-six correct ones. My astonishment about that was great, but I found out that, when I recounted this discovery, those who did not know me were arrogant, shocked, and suspicious of me. I thus decided to write a book on this kind of calculations, with the purpose of facilitating its treatment and making it more accessible."

According to Jacques Sesiano, Abu Kamil remained seemingly unparalleled throughout the Middle Ages in trying to find all the possible solutions to some of his problems.

On Measurement and Geometry (Kitāb al-misāḥa wa al-handasa)
A manual of geometry for non-mathematicians, like land surveyors and other government officials, which presents a set of rules for calculating the volume and surface area of solids (mainly rectangular parallelepipeds, right circular prisms, square pyramids, and circular cones). The first few chapters contain rules for determining the area, diagonal, perimeter, and other parameters for different types of triangles, rectangles and squares.

Lost works
Some of Abu Kamil's lost works include:

 * A treatise on the use of double false position, known as the Book of the Two Errors (Kitāb al-khaṭaʾayn).
 * Book on Augmentation and Diminution (Kitāb al-jamʿ wa al-tafrīq), which gained more attention after historian Franz Woepcke linked it with an anonymous Latin work, Liber augmenti et diminutionis.
 * Book of Estate Sharing using Algebra (Kitāb al-waṣāyā bi al-jabr wa al-muqābala), which contains algebraic solutions for problems of Islamic inheritance and discusses the opinions of known jurists.

Ibn al-Nadim in his Fihrist listed the following additional titles: Book of Fortune (Kitāb al-falāḥ), Book of the Key to Fortune (Kitāb miftāḥ al-falāḥ), Book of the Adequate (Kitāb al-kifāya), and Book of the Kernel (Kitāb al-ʿasīr).

Legacy
The works of Abu Kamil influenced other mathematicians, like al-Karaji and Fibonacci, and as such had a lasting impact on the development of algebra. Many of his examples and algebraic techniques were later copied by Fibonacci in his Practica geometriae and other works. Unmistakable borrowings, but without Abu Kamil being explicitly mentioned and perhaps mediated by lost treatises, are also found in Fibonacci's Liber Abaci.

On al-Khwarizmi
Abu Kamil was one of the earliest mathematicians to recognize al-Khwarizmi's contributions to algebra, defending him against Ibn Barza who attributed the authority and precedent in algebra to his grandfather, 'Abd al-Hamīd ibn Turk. Abu Kamil wrote in the introduction of his Algebra:

"I have studied with great attention the writings of the mathematicians, examined their assertions, and scrutinized what they explain in their works; I thus observed that the book by Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī known as Algebra is superior in the accuracy of its principle and the exactness of its argumentation. It thus behooves us, the community of mathematicians, to recognize his priority and to admit his knowledge and his superiority, as in writing his book on algebra he was an initiator and the discoverer of its principles, ..."

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's-Heer Arendskerke

's-Heer Arendskerke is a village in the municipality of Goes in the south-western Netherlands.

Overview
The settlement consists of two circles of houses around a Protestant church, on a single main road with an obsolete village hall. On the other side of the main road is a little industrial site called Eindewege (end of the road), containing tin huts and small garages. The remainder of the area is given over to fields for agriculture.

There is one primary school and one secondary school. There is also a GP and a nurse/physiotherapist. The village also has a fire brigade unit with two trucks Rijkswaterstaat maintains a winter depot here, with reserve stocks for dyke repairs.

History
In 1198, when Dirk VII, Count of Holland made a donation to Middelburg Abbey, the lords of Schengen, brothers Arnold and Henry, were attested as Arnoldus et Henricus de Scinge. They both seem to have founded a church named after themselves: Ecclesia Arnoldi and Ecclesiam Henrici, now the villages of 's-Heer Arendskerke and 's-Heer Hendrikskinderen.

This village was first mentioned around 1280 as Ecclesia Arnoldi, and means "(private) church of Arnold (person)". The floods of 1014 and 1134 reduced Zuid-Beveland to islands. 's-Heer Arendskerke was founded in the late 12th century after a dike was built. It was originally a maritime settlement, but as the sea silted, it became an agricultural community. It was originally a circular settlement around the church.

In the 13th century, a motte-and-bailey castle was built by Arend or Arnoldus van Skinge. The castle was heavily damaged during the Eighty Years' War and demolished in the 17th century. The tower of the Dutch Reformed church dates from the 14th century. The 13th century nave was replaced in the 15th century. The choir was demolished in 1859 and replaced by consistory.

's-Heer Arendskerke was home to 1,325 people in 1840. In 1872, a railway station was opened on the Roosendaal to Vlissingen railway line. In 1927, the lines Goes to Hoedekenskerke and Goes to the ferry at Wolphaartsdijk were added. The station closed in 1946, and the building was demolished in 1963.

The grist mill Nooit Gedacht was constructed in 1872. In 1912, an engine was installed in the wind mill. In 1984, it was sold to a foundation and restored in 1988, and has returned to active service.

's-Heer Arentskerke was a separate municipality until 1857, when it was merged with 's-Heer Hendrikskinderen. In 1970, it was merged into Goes. In 2009, the Renaissance Revival castle Arendsslot was built and is used for weddings, meetings and parties.

The Vrouweputje is located to the south of the village and is a site of Catholic pilgrimage. According to legend, Greet was banned from Goes and Mary appeared near a well and told Greet to cure people. The water in the well is brackish.

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wife Elis Felton — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.135.2.98 (talk) 07:26, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

Hi! I was wondering if you could add the little show that Tom's doing. He's playing Guy Fawkes for the Gunpowder plot. Where would that fit? 2600:8806:3001:F500:999F:387B:1A5:506A (talk) 23:02, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

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A Ass Pocket of Whiskey

A Ass Pocket of Whiskey is the seventh studio album by the American Mississippi Hill Country Bluesman R.L. Burnside and the American punk blues band Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, released on Matador Records on 18 June 1996. Unusually, The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings gave the album two contrasting ratings, indicating divided critical opinion.

Track listing
All songs by R.L. Burnside, Jon Spencer, Judah Bauer and Russell Simins (except where otherwise noted).

 * 1) "Goin' Down South"
 * 2) "Boogie Chillen" (John Lee Hooker)
 * 3) "Poor Boy"
 * 4) "2 Brothers"
 * 5) "Snake Drive" (Burnside)
 * 6) "Shake 'Em On Down" (Bukka White (although the album credits the song to 'Burnside')
 * 7) "Criminal Inside Me"
 * 8) "Walkin' Blues" (Son House (although the album credits the song to 'Burnside')
 * 9) "Tojo Told Hitler"
 * 10) "Have You Ever Been Lonely?"

Personnel

 * R.L. Burnside - vocals, guitar
 * Kenny Brown - guitar
 * Judah Bauer - guitar, harmonica, vocals, Casio SK-1
 * Russell Simins - drums
 * Jon Spencer - guitar, vocals, drums, theremin

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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. Redwolf24 01:16, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

NFiction.com
Entirely non-notable site; hasn't been updated since March 2005. Google comes up with one self-referential hit. RasputinAXP  talk  *  contribs  03:38, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. alternately, we can list it as an external link on Fan Fiction. alexa rank is 1,122,479. Nateji77 03:48, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, advertising. To compare, Fanfiction.net has an Alexa rank of 1,115. (Nfiction's layout is surprisingly similar to that of fanfiction.net by the way... - Mgm|(talk) 08:18, August 18, 2005 (UTC)
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Number of actors playing in all films
There are only 13 actors who appear in every Harry Potter film, not 14. I've changed the information to reflect that. Brendan OhUiginn (talk) 13:35, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Are you sure about that? IMDB lists 14 (Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton, Matthew Lewis, Bonnie Wright, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Rickman, Warwick Davis, Devon Murray, Josh Herdman, Geraldine Somerville) 2610:130:106:105:6DEE:A9E9:84B5:4CBB (talk) 15:24, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

Ancestry
Bonnie Wright has Irish grandmother on her mother side https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-85Jh0IJ34 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rkunreal93 (talk • contribs) 19:28, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

Change of her last name
Shes been married with guy named Andrew Lococo in March 2022 and her newborn baby boy was born couple months ago

kind regards. 2001:4430:D083:629C:406D:DE4:6147:3E99 (talk) 05:34, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

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Yu-stone

Yu-stone may refer to either of two minerals:

 * Actinolite
 * Jadeite

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A lover of music, poetry, and anything anacrhronistic is he. A student at Oakland Mills High School. Exceedingly bored computer junkie.

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A Picture of Britain

A Picture of Britain is a 2005 BBC Television documentary series presented by David Dimbleby, which describes the British landscape and the art which it has inspired. In each of the six 1-hour episodes Dimbleby explores a different British region and discusses the ways that its landscape and culture have influenced painters, poets and composers.

The series is shot in 16:9 widescreen.

Episodes

 * 1) The Romantic North (5 June 2005)
 * 2) The Flatlands (12 June 2005)
 * 3) Highlands and Glens (19 June 2005)
 * 4) The Heart of England (26 June 2005)
 * 5) The Home Front (3 July 2005)
 * 6) The Mystical West (10 July 2005)

Production
The series was produced in association with Tate Britain; the accompanying 2005 book authored by Dimbleby has been published by Tate Publishing.

DVD release
The region 2 DVD release of the series is by Contender Home Entertainment. It has also been packaged as part of a box set together with series 1 of Coast.

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Jacob Burns Film Center

The Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC) is a nonprofit cultural arts center located in Pleasantville, New York. It occupies the old Rome Theater, a Spanish mission-style theater built in 1925.

Along with independent and documentary films, the center hosts a variety of special events, including discussions with filmmakers, critics and people from the industry following some screenings. The New York Times has credited the theater with helping to revitalize the downtown area of Pleasantville It annually hosts Pace University's documentary premiere with a documentary created by their class.

History
The Rome Theater, named after its owner Granville Rome, was originally built in 1925 and was the first movie theater in Westchester County. The theater matched the movie palace designs that were popular at the time, including leather seats, friezes, velvet curtains and an original Photolayer pipe organ. The Rome Theater continued screening movies until it closed in 1987 and became an office building.

In 1998 Stephen Apkon and the non-profit Friends of the Rome Theater purchased the 11000 sqft Rome Theater and a 6000 sqft land parcel next door for $1 million. Over the next 3 years, another $4 million was spent for design and construction. The center opened its doors in June 2001 and covered 18500 sqft including three theaters containing 249 seats, 135 and 72 seats. The theater was named in honor of Jacob Burns, a lawyer whose family foundation gave $1.5 million towards the renovation efforts. In 2008, the JBFC opened a $15 million Media Arts Lab and started new programs targeting digital literacy in the surrounding area. The opening of the 2008 center was part of the JBFC's larger digital literacy education efforts that included sending some staff down to prisons in Venezuela to teach prisoners and teachers there about digital literacy.

Films
The Jacob Burns Film Center shows independent and documentary films. It rarely shows mainstream films, except for special showings, as when, for example, they had a showing of A Series of Unfortunate Events with Daniel Handler and Meryl Streep in attendance.

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User:Kinu

I'm Kinu Panda, a Wikipedian from San Antonio, Texas. I've been editing the English Wikipedia and have served as an administrator [ since 2007].

I have a B.A. in Economics from Yale University and a M.S. in Applied Statistics from the University of Texas at San Antonio, where I currently am pursuing a Ph.D. in Applied Statistics and am a lecturer.

My interests (both on- and off-wiki) include transportation, mathematics, atheism, beer, and dachshunds.

I plan on writing a lot more about myself once I have the time to think through it. In the meantime, feel free to peruse my collection of unsorted userboxes and other sundried items.

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Josh Towers

Joshua Eric Towers (born February 26, 1977) is an American former right-handed professional baseball pitcher. Towers stands at 6 ft tall, and weighs 188 lb.

Baltimore Orioles
Towers was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 15th round of the 1996 Major League Baseball draft. Towers made his major league debut on May 2, 2001, pitching out of the bullpen. After moving to the rotation, he threw a complete game shutout on June 8. Overall, he compiled an 8-10 record with a 4.49 ERA in 140.1 innings. His season ended prematurely when he broke his finger after punching a bullpen phone in Toronto's SkyDome.

Towers started the 2002 with three straight losses, allowing 12 earned runs on 23 hits in 19.1 innings. He was then moved to the bullpen, where he continued to struggle. He was optioned to the minors after allowing 10 runs in five innings against the Red Sox on May 1. He spent the rest of the season pitching in Triple-A Rochester, finishing with a 7.57 ERA in 69 innings. Towers became a minor league free agent at the end of the season.

Toronto Blue Jays
Towers signed with the Blue Jays as a minor league free agent for the 2003 season. Joining the team midway through the season, he would go on to have a very successful run, appearing in 14 games (eight starts). He finished the year 8–1 with a 4.48 ERA. Unusually, while with the Blue Jays Towers was assigned the uniform number 7. This made him the only pitcher in the major leagues with a single-digit uniform number at that time, and also the first pitcher in Blue Jays history with a single digit number. Though several dozen pitchers had previously worn a single digit uniform number for a span of several games, Towers was the first to wear it regularly over the course of several seasons since pitcher Ben Chapman (a converted outfielder) wore number 5 for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1944-45.

In 2004, Towers became the Blue Jays' fifth starter. He went 9–9 with a 5.11 ERA in 21 starts that season. Towers missed time in September with a sore shoulder.

Towers was once again in the Blue Jays rotation to start the 2005 season. After ace Roy Halladay's leg was broken by a line drive on July 8, Towers was arguably Toronto's most dependable pitcher. He finished the season with a club-leading 13 wins (tied with rookie Gustavo Chacín), and set career bests with a 3.71 ERA, 33 games started, and 208.2 innings pitched. In November, Towers signed a two-year, $5.2 million contract with the Blue Jays.

The Blue Jays, hoping to compete in the AL East, struggled in 2006. Towers had a 1–8 and 9.00 ERA after 10 starts, and was demoted to Triple-A Syracuse on May 25 "to clear his head," according to manager John Gibbons. Towers only pitched in five games at the major league level for the rest of the season. He was recalled on June 20, but his struggles continued, and he was outrighted to Triple-A on June 27. He finished the season with a 2–10 record and 8.42 ERA in 15 appearances.

Following his poor 2006 season, Towers decided to train with teammate and fellow Las Vegas off-season resident Reed Johnson. He also developed a new in-season workout regimen. Towers competed with John Thomson, Tomo Ohka, and Víctor Zambrano for one of two open spots in the Blue Jays rotation. During spring training, Towers was dominant, with only one bad outing during the spring. On March 31, it was announced that Towers had won the final spot in the rotation to begin the season. Blue Jays General Manager J. P. Ricciardi admitted that Towers would be "on a short leash".

After allowing 12 earned runs on 27 hits in his first four starts, Towers was demoted to the bullpen and Víctor Zambrano was promoted in his place. Despite his continued struggles in the bullpen, he moved back into the rotation on June 11 to replace the injured Tomo Ohka. On July 8, Josh Towers pitched eight shutout innings, taking a perfect game into the sixth inning. During a game against the New York Yankees on August 7, Towers intentionally hit Alex Rodriguez with a pitch. Rodriguez approached the mound and the benches cleared. After Rodriguez took first, Towers heard Yankees first base coach Tony Peña "chirping" at him, which led to the benches clearing again. After the game, Towers called Pena a "quitter," referring to his resignation as the Kansas City Royals' manager in 2005, and said he is not in a position to run his mouth. Towers promptly surrendered two runs after the incident and lost the game. He was then moved to the bullpen for the rest of the season once again when A.J. Burnett was activated from the disabled list. The Blue Jays declined to offer Towers a contract in the offseason, making him a free agent.

Colorado Rockies
On January 4, 2008, Towers signed a one-year contract with the Colorado Rockies. The deal also included a mutual option for 2009. He spent four months with the Rockies' Triple-A affiliate, the Colorado Springs Sky Sox. After compiling a 6.27 ERA between the rotation and bullpen, Towers was released by the Rockies.

Washington Nationals
After becoming a free agent, Towers signed a minor league contract with the Washington Nationals in January 2009. He pitched in just one game for the Syracuse Chiefs due to injury and was released on May 5.

New York Yankees
On May 10, 2009, he was signed to a minor league contract by the New York Yankees and sent to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees. On August 8, 2009, he was called up and placed on the Yankees roster but was designated for assignment the following day to make room for newly acquired pitcher Chad Gaudin. Towers cleared waivers and was outrighted back to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees. On September 5, he was recalled to the Yankees. He earned a World Series ring for his two appearances with the club that season.

Los Angeles Dodgers
On December 11, 2009, Towers signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He competed for a spot in the rotation during spring training, but was ultimately assigned to the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes to start the season. He made eight starts for the Isotopes and was 2-5 with an 8.05 ERA. On May 20, he triggered his opt out clause and was granted his release from the organization.

Guerreros de Oaxaca
He signed with Guerreros de Oaxaca in the Mexican Baseball League for 2011 and pitched to a 7.94 ERA in four games.

Camden Riversharks
After his release in Mexico he signed with the Independent Camden Riversharks. With Camden, he posted a record of 5-6, with a 6.15 ERA. On August 7, 2011, Towers announced his retirement from baseball.

Since his retirement, Towers has served as the color commentator for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Rebels baseball team. He is also a baseball analyst for Vegas Stats & Information Network.

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