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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sharon Mae Disney

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The result of the debate was keep (no consensus), could perhaps be merged with Disney family, but no strong consensus on that either. I will let the article stay as it is for now, but if someone wants to merge it somewhere, go ahead and do it. Sjakkalle (Check!)  08:23, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Sharon Mae Disney
Non-notable relative of a famous person, attack page. Zoe 05:43, August 24, 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete for reasons stated above. Gamaliel 05:44, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, but only after a major POV-ectomy and general tune-up. Sharon Disney was one of the reasons Walt Disney created Disneyland in the first place...and I heard her surviving sister Diane address the crowd at the fiftieth anniversary celebration last month and she made reference to Sharon.  Might take a whack at this m'self. - Lucky 6.9 05:51, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete but mention any influence she had in Walt Disney. Relatives of note-worthy people are not inherently notable. --Tysto 06:35, 2005 August 24 (UTC)
 * keep please it can be cleaned up without being deleted Yuckfoo 06:42, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per zoe, tysto. Content can be included on Walt Disney. Dottore So 06:47, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep per Lucky 6.9. --Apyule 07:55, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep but cleanup . Walt Disney is already legnthy as it is, and I'm sure Sharon is the only Disney relative who didn't have her own article until now. --FuriousFreddy 10:50, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * See Votes for deletion/Kepple Disney, Disney family, and the family tree of Arundel Elias Disney at Wikitree. Uncle G 12:15:41, 2005-08-24 (UTC)
 * Well, the only memeber of Disney's immediate family, then. Well, redirect to Disney family and make a mention at Walt Disney that she was adopted because Walt and Lillian Disney had trouble concieving kids (they planned on having far more children than just Diane). --FuriousFreddy 14:07, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete NN, POV, and poorly written. I could overlook the poor writing and recommend a rewrite, but there is no reason she merits her own page.--Isotope23 14:12, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete unless someone can WP:CITE credible souces for the material herein. Hall Monitor 17:43, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Disney family, merging only the content which can be independently verified.  Hall Monitor 20:34, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge into Walt Disney (a redirect would do no harm). Not individually encyclopedicalyl notable. -- BD2412 talk 18:00, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge into Walt Disney as per BD. Fernando Rizo T/C 18:53, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep—it could be cleaned up and/or merged into Walt Disney.

 * Delete per Dottore So. --PhilipO 20:01, August 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep or redirect to Disney Family or somesuch Trollderella 21:17, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, attack page. Nandesuka 13:05, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep, I've cleaned up. --  user:zanimum
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The School

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The result of the debate was delete. Woohookitty 09:47, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

The School
Vanity. The subject is a short film produced by teenagers as a school project. There is no IMDb entry for it or its creators, who, tho creative and surely destined for film immortality, are not yet appropriate subjects for an encyclopedia. Related: Dark Night. Tysto 05:44, 2005 August 24 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. --Alan Au 06:14, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Dottore So 06:48, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, non-notable student film. Generally films without IMDB entries, major film festival awards or major press coverage are not noteworthy enough for an entry here. - Mgm|(talk) 08:02, August 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. -- Ryan Norton T 10:37, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep all schools are notable. Whoops, sorry.  Delete.  Maybe a redirect to school. Proto t c 11:25, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete It's a good piece of work by (presumably) one the students involved, clear and interesting read, unfortunately not notable enough for inclusion. Alf 12:58, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Userfy this and Dark Night to User:Tomius J.. It's rather good work but the subject isn't suitable for Wikipedia. It's vanity. --Tony Sidaway Talk 17:59, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. If every half-baked student film were added to the database, the serves would implode tomorrow. --Agamemnon2 21:29, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nn student film vanity. -- Etacar11   02:10, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - vanity - Tεx  τ  urε  15:41, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
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Let us discuss some things
First of all I don't think Wikipedia is the right medium to propagate Catalan nationalism.

 * La Franja.

Fishes
There is a new proposal on naming conventions for fish being discussed at WikiProject Fishes. As a member of a project whose naming conventions would be affected (WikiProject Aquarium Fishes), your feedback would be appreciated at the WikiProject Fishes talk page here. Neil916 (Talk) 01:01, 28 March 2007 (UTC) You say: "They are counted as part of the Catalan Countries, and more polemically (because of different frontier changes throughout history) of the historic territory of Catalonia."

Who counts La Franja as part of your "Catalan Countries"? Don't say me it is a Catalan radical party, then that would the same argument like Hitler's assumption that The Netherlands should be part of Germany.

 * Catalonia (historic territory).

You write: "Catalonia (Catalan: Catalunya ; Spanish: Cataluña ; Aranese: Catalonha ; French: Catalogne) is a region in southern Europe, formerly an independent country, embracing a territory now situated in the north-east of Spain and an adjoining portion of southern France.

The historic territory of Catalonia corresponds to the present-day Autonomous Community of Catalonia (also named Southern or Spanish Catalonia with respect to French or Northern one), plus other territories including Northern Catalonia (Catalan: Catalunya Nord), part of France since the 1659 Treaty of the Pyrenees, and the small Franja de Ponent or Western Strip, which is also disputedly considered part of the historic territory of Aragon because of several Aragon-Catalonia border changes throughout history."

My question: when was "Catalonia" independent? You say it was part of the Crown of Aragon. How could have been Catalonia independent being subjected to the King of Aragon? After the creation of the "Spanish mark" by Charles the Great (thus part of the Carolingian Empire, not an independent territory" the Kingdom of Aragon was responsible for what you call "Catalonia"?.

Ok, would you please answer my questions before I put you some more? Thank you.

 * Please, try to be more respectful. I could also say in a demagogical way the same for Spanish case and consider that it is Fascim or whatever... And thanks God, that's not true for most neither Catalan nor Spanish nationalists.
 * I can understand from your position that you do not like these terms, but they are widely used in Catalan-speaking community, not only from what you say that are radical parties. Please search in Google Països Catalans+Franja
 * The former Principalty of Catalonia, as the former Kingdom of Valencia and the Kingdom of Aragon may all be regarded as independent countries under the same crown, and that is until the end of the War of the Spanish Succession. Despite the differences of history and origin, a rough analogy can be drawn with the same distany in present Commonwealth.
 * Best regards Toniher 07:11, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

feixisme a la wiki
Has vist la pàgina d'usuari d'un tal User:El Rei?

Alguna cosa es deu poder fer, no? Hi ha usuaris amb l'adreça IP bloquejada. Saps com va, això? Jo aquí sóc força nou, no se quina política hi ha, en aquests casos. Un administrador que podria ser un bon suport és User:Jmabel. En fi, ja veurem... --Joan sense nick 22:18, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Catalan negationism
Per això he fet una pàgina nova! Gràcies, afegit!--Paco ✉ 21:41, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

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Adiu!
Ai vist que parlas occitan! Avem besonh d'ajuda e de contribucions per far avançar lo projècte en lenga d'òc... Ès benvengut se vòls participar! :)

A lèu! [|Oiquipedià]

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I just wanted to make sure you were aware of this. A response or explanation would be appreciated. Thanks! --Keitei (talk) 08:10, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Catalonia a nationality?
Toniher, first of all let me thank you for your contributions, particularly to the article on Catalonia, which I have been reading.

I have just posted a note to that article's discussion page about the following line that you inserted on 7 December 2005: "Catalonia was officially recognised as a nationality in the Catalan Statute of Autonomy enacted in 1979 pursuant to the Spanish Constitution of 1978."

'Catalonia' is a place. 'Nationality' is a characteristic that is usually applied to a person. Did you mean:
 * "Catalonia was officially recognised as a nation..."?
 * or "Catalan was officially recognised as a nationality..."?
 * or "Catalonia was officially recognised as an autonomous community..." (My quick reading of the 1978 statute leads me to believe that this was the intent of the statute.)

Again. Thank you for our contributions. (This Yankee has much to learn about Catalonian (and European) history!)

Frappyjohn 03:37, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Ja estem amb la qüestió de noms
What's the problem with Valencian Community? As you know this is the official name, if we start the País Valencià thing, then soon you will have someone posting Regne de València or something like that. Besides, and more important, I am from the Valencian Community, but not from València, thus I don't feel represented by the name Valencia by itself. Finally, if you write next to Valencia that in catalan/valencian the translation is País Valencià/Comunitat Valenciana, that is obviously confusing for not local audiences which expect a literal translation from whatever term is before the translation itself. That is why I have to insist in the previous version. Thanks Mountolive 16:22, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Officiality of Aranese in Catalonia
Hello Toniher. In the article about Catalonia, I've changed your revision about the officiality of Occitan language (Aranese) in the Autonomous Community of Catalonia. Please let me explain that change. According to Article 6 of Preliminary Title of the current "Estatut" of Autonomous Community of Catalonia (your citation: http://www.gencat.net/generalitat/eng/estatut/titol_preliminar.htm), "The Occitan language, known as Aranese in Aran, is Aran's own language and is official in Catalonia, as established by this Estatut and by the laws of linguistic normalisation". You can find the explanation of "as established by this Estatut" in Article 36 of Title I of that "Estatut" (http://www.gencat.net/generalitat/eng/estatut/titol_1.htm): "1. In Aran each individual has the right to know and use Aranese and to be attended orally and in writing in Aranese in his or her dealings with the Public Administration bodies and public and private entities accountable to them. 2. The citizens of Aran have the right to use Aranese in their dealings with the Generalitat". So Aranese has only an official status in Aran Valley and in the dealings of Aranese people with the Generalitat. That's not the same of being official in the hole territory of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia, like Catalan or Spanish. Thanks and best regards.Eddl 12:05, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Xuetes
I was thinking that you are as likely as anyone to be able to answer some of my (many) questions at Talk:Xueta/translation. And, if not, can you suggest someone? - Jmabel | Talk 05:17, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Please
You have your views just like anyone else, but I deem you as a reasonable guy, so let's just not open a silly edit war with the Valencian Community name, ok? If you want to open new section with names, that is ok, but before you do that, you must be aware and weigh the controversy this involves and that, possibly, it may not end looking as you wish. Gràcies Mountolive 22:29, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Hi there; mate, don't be sorrut, in English the habitual meaning of Castilian is something related to the history of Castille and the language is called Spanish, nevermind what a website may say: the article is not to push ignote versions of the name, you can do that in the Spanish language article if you want, but doing it in the Spanish languages section is, obviously, POV pushing. No one calls Spanish "Castilian" out of Spain other than, maybe, a bunch of linguists. Or put it this other way: you being a Catalan nationalist shouldn't have any problem in putting it as "Spanish" as confronted to Catalan, right? Mountolive 20:22, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Aquarium Fishes
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"Castilian"
Hi Toniher. Well, the thing is that, in English, "Castilian" is not the same as "castellà". In English "Castilian" means "things Castile", for example, "Castilian architecture". In a linguistic context it would mean, roughly "Castilian dialect of Spanish", if that exists. But "castellà" doesn't mean the Castilian dialect, but just Spanish. Besides, the usage of "Castilian" related to language is very restricted to specialized linguistics. Castellà is widely known in English as Spanish. The discussion is somewhere in the archives, where you will see there was some consensus also from the Catalanist side. If this is reopened, it may get nasty (as usual in this article). I hope this makes it more clear. Mountolive | Talk 14:58, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

 * No problem. I appreciate your understanding, thank you for that. I think it would be best if you removed yourself the "Castilian" reference from the Catalonia article, in order not to reopen the polemics there.
 * As I said "Castilian" is not a valid translation of "Castellà" as a language. In English this would be taken as things in Castile, for example Burgos is a Castilian city or whatever.
 * You could use the word in the original Catalan, and say "Spanish is called Castellà" which is accurate, but I think is messing the article for the sake of I don't know well what...(even though I have suspicions :P) Mountolive | Talk 15:29, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

 * I think there are few wikipedians (specially in and around Spain ;) who would revert themselves after being given grounded advice in this regard. You and I we may "shoot" from different sides, but you have proven to me being a fair editor, despite our different POVs. Thanks. Mountolive | Talk 21:03, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Pyrénées-Orientales
What are you doing? You know enough Catalan history to know that your edit was factually incorrect: worse, it is a factually incorrect edit in a subject which you know has been contentious. I must formally warn you for edit warring and disruption: if I see another example like that I shall block you, regardless of the respect in which I usually hold your honestly held views. Physchim62 (talk) 16:34, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
 * OK I will go with your corrected edit as accurate enough for the length of the paragraph. Please be careful though, I value your non-contentious edits too much to want to see you blocked. Physchim62 (talk) 19:12, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Request for mediation
I have filed a Request for Mediation concerning the article. The issues for which I have requested mediation are: If you feel that there are other issues which require mediation, you may add them in the "Additional issues to be mediated" section.
 * Should the header to the infobox contain the Spanish name of the region as well as the Valencian/Catalan name?
 * Should the lead section contain the comment: "Valencian (as Catalan is known in this territory)"?
 * Should the the proportions of the Valencian flag used in this article be 1:2 or 2:3?

If you agree to formal, non-binding mediation on these issues, please sign on the RfM page. I hope that you will agree, as mediation will be impossible without your help.

Best wishes, Physchim62 (talk) 15:16, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

He presentat una petició de mediació sobre l'article. Les disputes per les quals he preguntat la mediació són: Si volguessis discutir altres assumptes sobre l'article, les pots afegir en la secció "Additional issues to be mediated" de la pàgina de RfM.
 * Comunidad Valenciana hauria d'aparèixer en el cap de l'infobox de la mateixa manera que Comunitat Valenciana?
 * El commentari ""Valencian (as Catalan is known in this territory)" hauria d'aparèixer en la primera secció?
 * Les proporcions de la Senyera valenciana serien 1:2 o 2:3?

Si acceptes aquesta mediació formal i no-constrenyedora, et prego de firmar a la pàgina de RfM. Espero que accepteràs perquè la mediació no serà possible sense la teva ajuda.

Disculpe'm pel meu català! Physchim62 (talk) 15:16, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

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List of countries by formation dates
Hello Toniher. Please go to the talk page of List of countries by formation dates. I've just added an entry precisely called Algeria. Let's not go into a revert war. Let's try to build some consensus not just among us both but also with the other editors of this article. Gràcies! The Ogre (talk) 09:53, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

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languedoc-roussillon
Hi, Toni. I'm trying to post the below text in the relative talk page, but it is not allowing me for some spam filter reason which I dont get yet. Anyway, I hope the system allows me to post it here in your talkpage, since the comment is mostly addressed to you after your edition.

Salut!

Whether we like it or not, culturally, the pays catalan is nowadays sound French culturally. While not denying that there is a minority of self-aware Catalan people in there, the average person in that area will know better the lyrics of La Marselleise than Els Segadords, will write better in French than in Catalan, will know better Ségolène Royal than Carod-Rovira, just to use some randome examples.

'Historically' defines it much better (and it doesnt exclude whatever is left of Catalan culture). I am not the expert in policies (he who knows better and may be watching, will explain it better) but I guess a matter of WP:DUE weight. Mountolive  all over Battersea, some hope and some dispair 15:11, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Northern Catalan
Hi, I noticed that you restored Northern Catalan, which is fine and I won't turn it back into a redirect but I think that it ought to be expanded and verified. Right now it's an unreferenced stub and if you could expand it that would be great. Also, I noticed that you restored the use of this image at Catalan language but there are a number of problems with this map This image looks nicer but there is still an issue of verifiability. — Æµ§œš¹  [aɪm ˈfɻɛ̃ⁿdˡi] 20:25, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) It cites no sources, making it unreferenced
 * 2) It is imprecise.
 * 3) It doesn't look as nice as other maps on Wikipedia
 * 4) What I have seen when looking up Catalan dialects (and I'll admit it's not much) contradicts what it presents as the presence of transitional zones as well as the border between North-Western Catalan and Valencian.
 * What I'm referring to when I say that it is imprecise is the lines are sloppily drawn and I really doubt that they reflect accurate isoglosses. The transition zones are reflected by tentacle like stripes that look like they were drawn in microsoft paint.
 * As for the transition between North-Western and Valencian, what you say seems to be reflected in the other map (which also puts Andorra where you like it). It looks like this is too recent for me to get ahold of; it and the sources listed at the Catalan Wikipedia are not available at my local university.  I have, however, been trying to check out English language books on Catalan dialects so, as long as you approve of the image that's there right now, we'll keep it there until we can improve it.  — Æµ§œš¹  [aɪm ˈfɻɛ̃ⁿdˡi]  21:06, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

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coat of navarre
I restored the coat of arms of Navarre on the Kingdom of Aragon article, since it links to the former state, not to the former person on the government, so it shouldn't use the personal seal of a king as image for the link. Notice also the existance of Image:Arrano_beltza.svg which should be used instead og the jpg version --Enric Naval (talk) 10:15, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Mahalanobis distance
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Unreferenced BLPs
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Wikilinking
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Article upgrade assistance request (Pre-translation stage)
Seasons Greetings,

This is in reference to a relatively new umbrella article on en-wikipedia named Ceremonial pole. Ceremonial pole is a human tradition since ancient times; either existed in past at some point of time, or still exists in some cultures across global continents from north to south & from east to west. Ceremonial poles are used to symbolize a variety of concepts in several different world cultures.

Through article Ceremonial pole we intend to take encyclopedic note of cultural aspects and festive celebrations around Ceremonial pole as an umbrella article and want to have historical, mythological, anthropological aspects, reverence or worships wherever concerned as a small part.

While Ceremonial poles have a long past and strong presence but usually less discussed subject. Even before we seek translation of this article in global languages, we need to have more encyclopedic information/input about Ceremonial poles from all global cultures and languages. And we seek your assistance in the same.

Since other contributors to the article are insisting for reliable sources and Standard native english; If your contributions get deleted (for some reason like linguistics or may be your information is reliable but unfortunately dosent match expectations of other editors) , please do list the same on Talk:Ceremonial pole page so that other wikipedians may help improve by interlanguage collaborations, and/or some other language wikipedias may be interested in giving more importance to reliablity of information over other factors on their respective wikipedia.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dark Night

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The result of the debate was Delete. --Ryan Delaney talk 07:37, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Dark Night
Vanity. The subject is a short film produced by teenagers as a school project. There is no IMDb entry for it or its creators, who, tho creative and surely destined for film immortality, are not yet appropriate subjects for an encyclopedia. Related: The School. Tysto 05:44, 2005 August 24 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. --Alan Au 06:14, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Dottore So 06:48, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete for the same reasons I mentioned in Votes for deletion/The School. - Mgm|(talk) 08:04, August 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. -- Ryan Norton T 10:25, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete (see also my comments about The School) I cannot fault the article as an article, I truly hope this lad's as sucessfull in his career as he is in writing up his work here. I hope to see these return as part of his early work in years to come. Alf 13:04, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Userfy this and The School to User:Tomius J.. It's rather good work but the subject isn't suitable for Wikipedia. It's vanity. --Tony Sidaway Talk 18:00, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nn student film vanity. -- Etacar11   02:12, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - vanity - Tεx  τ  urε  15:40, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

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Revision of vandalism

I, Dbraceyrules, hereby give you this WikiDefender Barnstart in light of the fact that you have contributed so much to ridding Wikipedia of vandalism yet you have only been here one day.

Take care, D. J. Bracey (talk) 22:37, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

Also take this Exceptional Newcomer Award as well. D. J. Bracey (talk) 22:37, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

Take care, D. J. Bracey (talk) 22:37, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

vandalism patrol
Hi RunOrDie, I've noticed you reverting a lot of vandalism. Thanks! One thing, though. The criterion for speedy deletion about "nonsense" is actually quite restrictive. It only applies to things that are literally unreadable, like "EWH SDJ@ DFSDFOjjsij". An article like Penguin Prostitutes has a lot wrong with it, but it's not "nonsense" by that definition, and it doesn't qualify for speedy deletion. (I think it's actually a copyright violation from one of those emails that get forwarded all over the place.) Anyway, thanks again for your anti-vandalism! FreplySpang (talk) 02:34, August 25, 2005 (UTC)

Good Work!
RunOrDie good work on RV:ing vandalism, are You a previous user by chance?? Best for the future, feydey 22:02, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

 * No I'm not, and thanks! RunOrDie 02:00, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for reverting MARMOT on my page! Bishonen | talk 03:33, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Good work, thanks! --Mista-X 04:45, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship#Alexander_007. I've nominated User:Alexander_007 as admin. Let's vote for him! -- Bonaparte  talk  &  contribs  20:12, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

False Information!
You can explain why this post was removed! This post contains information designed to protect consumers from this company and the false information they are providing about their product! Do you even use Realbasic! I want you to prove that any of this information is wrong! Want evidence of the user complaints I listed then visit Real Software's feedback system (which they did not put in their artcle) and search for "Realbasic: IDE: not listed". Want proof of the other statements then I have screen shots of RB in any version you would like. So you consider informing consumers about the problems people have with this company and its product vandalism? I didn't relaize Wikopedia was here to provide free advertising for Real Software.

Please prove anything I have said is wrong! If you want the sentance concerning a boycott gone because thats my personal request, but the rest is going to stay as its fact.

 * Regarding REALbasic... Wikipedia isn't your personal bashing ground. If you feel an article needs to be substantially modified, use its talk page and reach a consensus. Adding endless pages of biased complaining isn't the answer. RunOrDie 00:11, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

"Wikipedia isn't your personal bashing ground."

Yes, it the place for facts, so what facts are incorrect in my post? Please tell me, or don't you know because you dont even use RB?

Does RB use a Mac interface? No! (That's even confirmed in RS own information). What a complete and utter dumbass!

Nice how you edited my message, just goes to show you what type of Nazi you really are.

Your statement that the article was greatly modified is false. I simply added information to the article and left the previous content intact with my first edit. However, this additional content was removed. If you are not going to let others add facts to this article then it needs to removed.

Lets see, Does RB 2005 run on Classic? No, check RS's won web site.

Want proof of the remaining statements then look at RB 2005 and 5.5.5!

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Thank you for reverting vandalism on Wikipedia! Be sure to put warning tags on the vandal's user talk page (such as,  ,  ,  ). Add each of these tags on the vandal's talk page, in sequential order, after each instance of vandalism. Adding warnings to the talk page assists administrators in determining whether or not the user should be blocked. If the user continues to vandalize pages after you add the  tag, request administrator assistance at Request for Intervention. Again, thank you for helping to make Wikipedia better. —Tobias Bergemann 10:34, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I noticed you were reverting some linkspam. There are warning tags for this type of vandalism as well. Don't forget to place the warnings so we have good reason to block the vandals. WikiProject Spam has some more info on linkspam. The first warning for spam is . Mrtea (talk) 06:33, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

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Jigme Phuntsok

Kyabje Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok, (Tibetan:, Wylie transliteration: 'jigs med phun tshogs 'byung gnas) (1933 – 7 January 2004), was a Nyingma lama and Terton from Sertha Region. His family were Tibetan nomads. At the age of five he was recognized "as a reincarnation of Lerab Lingpa (las rab gling pa, 1856-1926). Known also as Nyala Sogyel (nyag bla bsod rgyal) and Terton Sogyel (gter ston bsod rgyal), Lerab Lingpa was an eclectic and highly influential tantric visionary from the eastern Tibetan area of Nyarong (nyag rong)." He studied Dzogchen at Nubzor Monastery, received novice ordination at 14, and full ordination at 22 (or 1955). In 1980, he founded Larung Gar, the largest Tibetan Buddhist monastic academy.

Jigme Phuntsok was the most influential lama of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism in contemporary Tibet (according to Khenpo Samdup who was his disciple). A Tibetan Buddhist meditation master and renowned teacher of Great Perfection (Dzogchen), he established the Sertha Buddhist Institute in 1980, known locally as Larung Gar, a non-sectarian study center with approximately 10,000 monks, nuns, and lay students at its highest count. He played an important role in revitalizing the teaching of Tibetan Buddhism following the liberalization of religious practice in 1980.

Jigme Phuntsok was also an extraordinary Terton (Buddhist treasure revealer), uncovering many treasures texts in Tibet, as well as other parts of China, and India. In the 1990s, he began an appeal to traditional Tibetan yak herders to refrain from commercial sale of their livestock for spiritual and cultural reasons that has grown into the Anti-Slaughter Movement.

Biography
Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok was born in 1933, the third day of the first month of the year of the Water Bird, in Golog Serthar Amdo region of Tibet, or the rugged washul Sertar region of the Tibetan cultural region of Amdo, a vast expanse of high-plateau grasslands. He adopted Manjusri as his personal deity and he is said to have had visions of him several times, including once in 1987 when he visited Mount Wutai, the holy mountain abode of Majushri in China.

At the age of five, Khenpo was recognized as the reincarnate of Tertön Sogyal, guru to the 13th Dalai Lama Thubten Gyatsho, and became a monk at Nubzur Gonpa, a branch of the Palyul monastery in Sertar. He became increasingly interested in Dzogchen, received formal religious training under Thubga Rinpoche at Changma Rithro in Dzachukha, and was selected to become the Khenpo, or abbot, of Nubzur Monastery at the age of twenty-four.

From the rise of the People's Republic of China, Khenpo's spiritual path was greatly changed, to the point in 1959 he withdrew with a group of faithful monks into the remote Sertar mountains, and herded a small flock of goats and sheep. There he engaged in meditation and gave teachings to small numbers of people and was able to continue his spiritual practice, while apparently untouched by the violence and destruction of the Cultural Revolution. By its end in 1976, Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok's fame had grown exponentially. His teachings and his images circulated around the Tibetan plateau.

In 1980, the 10th Panchen Lama visited Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok at his mountain retreat which evolved into the independent and private Sertar Buddhist Institute. In 1987, Khenpo led hundreds of his students from Serthar Institute on a pilgrimage to the sacred mountains of Mount Wutai in China's Shanxi Province. En route in Beijing, he met again with the 10th Panchen Lama as he gave teachings on the 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas. During the meeting, the Panchen Lama blessed and officially endorsed Larung Gar and bestowed its name as Serta Larung Ngarik Nangten Lobling (gser rta bla rung lnga rig nang bstan blob gling), or Serta Larung Five Science Buddhist Academy.

Khenpo's teachings during the pilgrimage helped open Tibetan Buddhism to students from beyond the plateau, after a gathering of over 5,000 people attended, including Tibetans, Chinese, Mongols, and other Buddhist practitioners. At Mount Wutai, the gatherings for Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok's teachings swelled to 10,000 on occasions. He also undertook retreats at sacred locations and in caves, and authorized the prolific treasure revealers Khandro Tāre Lama and Namtrul Jigme Puntsok.

Khenpo made extensive travels across Tibet with the Panchen Lama, and to the rest of China teaching the Nyingma school's lineage and discovering hidden treasures. In 1990, after the invitations by the 14th Dalai Lama and Penor Rinpoche, he visited Nepal and India, where he taught at various monasteries, including the Nyingma Institute in Mysore. At Dharamsala, the 14th Dalai Lama gave and received empowerments and teachings with Khenpo for two weeks in a continuation of the 13th Dalai Lama's and Terton Lerab Lingpa's relationship. The same year, the Queen of Bhutan with Dilgo Khyentse invited Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok to visit, and teachings were given to the king.

In 1993, Khenpo was invited by Buddhist Dharma centers to tour and teach in Europe and North America. There, he became disillusioned with the commercialization of Buddhist teachings in the West. Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok expanded his following during teaching tours in the United States, Canada, Germany, England, France, and during teaching tours in Asia at Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, India, Nepal, and Bhutan. Financial offerings made to him during this tour funded a major building program at the institute.

Chinese authorities repeatedly harassed Larung Gar. In 1999 and in 2001, Chinese authorities searched the premises, and began a "patriotic re-education" of resident monks and nuns in April 2000.

On 18 April 2001, Chinese authorities issued a demolition order and a reduction of students order for Larung Gar as reported in detail by the Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD). Afterward, around 8,000 students were expelled and 3,800 residences and meditation huts were demolished. A joint 2017 Tibet Watch and Free Tibet report on Larung Gar states Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok refused to expel students before the demolitions began, and was held incommunicado for a year at a military hospital in Chengdu, Barkham County, as a result. The TCHRD also states his personal physician Rigzin was barred from the hospital. Several sources report his health declined at the same time, but he returned to Larung Gar and continued teaching in 2002–2003. The International Campaign for Tibet reports the Serthar Public Security Bureau occupied monastic buildings at the institute, and Chinese authorities kept Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok under constant surveillance. In late November 2003, his younger sister Ani Mundron died at Larung Gar.

After becoming ill during a teaching on 3 December 2003, he was taken to the Barkham hospital, then was scheduled for heart surgery in Chengdu at 10:00 am local time on 29 December 2003. A then-student and Chinese translator, Khenpo Sodargye, states a heart operation had occurred. But after being admitted to Military Hospital 363 in Chengdu, Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok died there on the evening of 6 January 2004, at the age of 72. Sources state the actual cause of his death remains a mystery.

The last teaching given by Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok was delivered from the Chengdu hospital during a telephone call to his students at Larung Gar: "Do not lose your own path; do not disturb others' minds."

Serta Larung Five Science Buddhist Academy
In 1980, Jigme Phuntsok founded Larung Gar, known as Larung Gar Buddhist Academy and by its official name as bestowed by the 10th Panchen Lama, Serta Larung Ngarik Nangten Lobling (gser rta bla rung lnga rig nang bstan blob gling) or Serta Larung Five Science Buddhist Academy.

Comprising several monastic and lay practitioner institutions, it is located in the Larung Valley near the town of Sêrtar, Garzê Prefecture, Sichuan Province. The purpose of the academy has been to provide an ecumenical training in Tibetan Buddhism and to meet the need for renewal of meditation and scholarship all over Tibet in the wake of China's Cultural Revolution of 1966–76.

Despite its remote location, it grew from a handful of disciples gathering in Khenpo's home to be one of the largest and most influential centers for the study of Tibetan Buddhism in the world, numbering more than 10,000 monks, nuns, and lay disciples by the year 2000.

Overall, the student body of the academy was made up of monks, nuns, lay "vow-holders" of both Tibetan and Chinese origins, and tantric practitioners. They studied under four major religious divisions in the Institute: Ngarig Nangten Lobling, Pema Khandro Duling Nunnery, Lektso Charbeb Ling, and the International Religious Committee.

Ngarig Nangten Lobling consisted of 2,500 Tibetan monks.

Pema Khandro Duling Nunnery is the home for study to approximately 5,000 nuns, as of late 1990s, from all regions of Tibet. More than half of those who came to Serthar are women and the curriculum allowed nuns to achieve a coveted Khenpo degree, or Khenmo for women, for the first time in Tibetan history. Entry into the relatively small number of nunneries that exist in other areas of Tibet is limited, but Serthar was open to virtually anyone who genuinely sought to become a student of Jigme Phuntsok's ecumenical vision. Khenpo's niece, Jetsunma Mume Yeshe Tsomo, is recognized as the tulku of Khandro Mingyur Pelkyi Dronma (mkha' 'gro mi 'gyur dpal gyi sgron ma, d.u.), and heads the order of nuns. Also known as Ani Mumsto, in 2017 she was a director of the Sertar Institute.

Lektso Charbeb Ling is the section that trained over 1,000 lay Tibetan "vow-holders" and tantric practitioners from Sêrtar and other regions of Tibet.

The International Religious Committee oversaw 1,000 disciples from regions of the People's Republic of China and students from other Asian countries. Roughly ten percent of the nearly 10,000 students attending the academy were ethnic Han people. Tibetologist Glenn Mullin said, "It is interesting to see how strong Tibetan Buddhism has become throughout China these days. There are small study and practice centers almost everywhere in the country. Some have become explosively huge, like Khenpo Jigmey Puntsok’s place in Kham, which always has well over 10,000 full time students and trainees in residence." They attended separate classes taught in Standard Chinese while larger classes were taught in Standard Tibetan. Sertha Larung Five Science Buddhist Academy has operated with a standing executive committee of seven learned lamas, but major decisions were confirmed and implemented only after consultation with Jigme Phuntsok.

The academy has been home to over 500 khenpos—holders of bachelor's degrees in divinity—and widely renowned for the high quality of both its religious and secular education. English, Chinese, and Tibetan languages and modern computer studies have been taught alongside traditional non-sectarian Buddhist curriculum.

Terma
"Terma" is a Tibetan term that means "treasures" and refers to Buddhist texts, ritual objects such as statues, or chests that may have been concealed by Padmasambhava or other Buddhist masters. Uncovering terma is a very important tradition of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism.

In modern Tibet, Jigme Phuntsok was an intellectual and religious scholar as well as a famous Tertön (treasure revealer). There are many mythic and charismatic stories of his ability to uncover Terma. In 1990, he discovered a sacred site that had been a palace of legendary King Gesar. That led to an archaeological dig that turned up ancient building stones and several treasure chests. His findings of new sacred sites and caves that related to previous Buddhas and reincarnations are numerous in Tibet. He also found holy places in other parts of world. During his visit to Mount Wutai in China and India, by miraculous signs he recalled memories of previous lives and discovered meditation retreat sites that were previously unknown.

Jigme Phuntsok's ability to uncover Terma has played an important role in inspiring devotion in the revival of Tibetan Buddhism in contemporary Tibet. He is particularly known in the West for "A Branch of the Kilaya Tantra Gurkhukma called: The Sole Kilaya of the Sacred Bond of the Heart."

Anti-slaughter movement
Jigme Phuntsok first started the Anti-Slaughter Movement in the 1990s, after seeing an increase in the slaughter rate of livestock from Tibetan households and in the way that livestock suffered in transportation to domestic Chinese markets. As a religious teacher, he requested traditional herders to reduce their sale of livestock to commercial markets or to stop altogether. His students and many other lamas made similar appeals to herders to refrain from selling their livestock for commercial slaughter. Large numbers of herders responded by taking an oath to stop for a period of three years (or forever). Today, the practice of herders vowing to refrain from commercial activity with their yak herds has built into a movement that began in Sertha and spread to the larger geographical areas of the Eastern Tibetan Plateau and into the ethnic Tibetan pastoral areas of Sichuan, Qinghai, Gansu, and Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR).

Relations with the government
During the 1959 Tibetan Rebellion he made the crucial decision to remain in Tibet rather than flee to India. Between 1960 and 1980 he returned to a nomadic lifestyle in order to avoid the Cultural Revolution.

In 1980 Jigme Phuntsok founded the Serthar Buddhist Institute (also called the Larung Gar Buddhist Institute, near the town of Sêrtar (Chinese Seda). The institute's popularity grew until there were 8500 students at the site, including about 1000 ethnic Chinese as well as students from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia.

In 1987 Jigme Phuntsok met and befriended the 10th Panchen Lama. In 1989 he also met the 14th Dalai Lama, whom he refused to denounce, much to the chagrin of the Chinese Communist Party. After this the Chinese government refused him permission to travel for any reason for a period of time.

Khenpo made extensive travels across Tibet and China, teaching and revealing terma. In 1990, at the invitation of Kyabjé Penor Rinpoche, he visited India, where he taught at various monasteries, including the Nyingma Institute in Mysore. At Dharamsala, the Dalai Lama resumed the connections he and Khenpo had in their previous lives by receiving teachings from Khenpo for two weeks. In the summer of 1993, he visited various Dharma centres in India, Bhutan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, USA, Canada, and France, including Lerab Ling, where he gave empowerments and teachings including the empowerments of Tertön Sogyal's termas, Tendrel Nyesel and Vajrakilaya, as well as his own terma treasures of Manjushri and Vajrakilaya, and Dzogchen teachings.

Around 1999 the Sichuan United Work Front pressed him on the issue of his support for the Dalai Lama, and demanded that he reduce the number of students at the institute (either to 150 or to 1400, depending on reports). Jigme Phuntsok refused.

In summer of 2001 several thousand members of the People's Armed Police and the Public Security Bureau descended on the site, razing its structures and dispersed its students. He was detained by the government and held incommunicado for a year, then released in poor health while reportedly under constant surveillance. In December 2003, Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok became ill during a teaching, was admitted to a hospital in Barkham and then moved to another hospital in Chengdu. The actual cause of his death at the military hospital in Chengdu is reported to remain a mystery.

Publications

 * Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok. A Branch of the Kilaya Tantra Gurkhukma called: The Sole Kilaya of the Sacred Bond of the Heart. Yeshe Melong, Nepal, 1990
 * Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok. Placing Buddhahood Within Reach. Chagdud Gonpa/Padma Publishing, 1993
 * Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok. The Lamp Which Illuminates Religious and Secular Ethics (lugs gnyis blang dor gsal ba'i sgron me).
 * Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok. Melodious Cloud of Heart Advice (snying gdam sprin gyi rol mo).
 * Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok Series. Lotsawa House. Translations of Tibetan Masters. Works by and about the influential Nyingma teacher and treasure-revealer Kyabje Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche (mkhan chen 'jigs med phun tshogs), aka Khenpo Jigphun., https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/khenpo-jigme-phuntsok/
 * Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok. Always Present: The Luminous Wisdom of Jigme Phuntsok. Edited by Khenpo Sodargye. Snow Lion, 25 April 2015
 * Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok. Always Remembering: Heartfelt Advice for Your Entire Life. Translated by Khenpo Sodargye, Wisdom Publications, 2019.
 * Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok. Life and Spirituality: 365 Lessons by His Holiness Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche. Edited by Khenpo Sodargye, 31 May 2020.

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