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Talk:City of Penrith

Separate page for the Local Government Area
As per discussion at Talk:List of Sydney suburbs, I have created a separate page for the City of Penrith, the Local Government Area. -- Ianblair23 12:10, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

Cleaning suburbs in LGAs to remove redlinks
Hi, Can people who know about this LGA please have a look at this message and see if they can please help solve any of the redlinks in the "suburbs in this LGA" section of this page? (Usually solution is either to add a stub about the suburb / locality in question, or to remove it from the LGA's list). -- All the best, Nickj (t) 04:19, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Hi, I'm a resident of the area, I've cleaned out a couple that technically aren't suburbs, and added the requisite pages for a couple that are. Also I updated the mayor from Jackie Greenow to John Thaine. theprawnassassin

I lived in Penrith for over 20 years and have never heard of some of these suburbs. So I checked the council's site and found that they don't recognise that many either. So I've deleted all the dead links and redirected a couple of live ones i.e. Mt Pleasant, Lemongrove. I have also changed the template to reflect this. If someone wanted to ressurect these localities as "unnofficial neighbourhoods" rather than suburbs, that would be fine but let's not do that until someone is prepared to write more than a stub. Nick 16:37, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Thank you for doing this! I'll cross City of Penrith off of the list of LGAs that have cruft in them. Also I completely agree with you about the unofficial neighbourhoods. -- All the best, Nickj (t) 00:21, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

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Paisius Velichkovsky

Paisius Velichkovsky or Wieliczkowski (Paisie de la Neamţ in Romanian; Паисий Величковский in Russian; Паїсій Величковський in Ukrainian; 20 December 1722 – 15 November 1794) was an Eastern Orthodox monk and theologian who helped spread staretsdom or the concept of the spiritual elder to the Slavic world. He is a pivotal figure in Orthodox Church history.

Life
A Ukrainian by birth, Pyotr Velichkovsky was born on December 21, 1722, in Poltava, where his father, Ivan, was a priest in the city cathedral. He was the eleventh of twelve children. His grandfather was the poet Ivan Velichkovsky.

In 1735, he was sent to study at the Kiev Theological Academy. In 1741, he became a rasophore monk, taking the name of “Platon”. However, his monastery was soon closed, because of the political stresses during the time, and he entered the Pechersky Lavra at Kiev. Here he was influenced by the monk Ignatii, who told him about the hesychastic fervor he had found in Romanian monasteries. During the lent of 1743, Platon travelled to the monastic environments of the Dălhăuţi, the Trăisteni, and the Carnul Sketes. The first two Moldavian communities were under the spiritual eldership of Basil of Poiana Mărului, who became an important formative influence on Platon's spiritual life, teaching him about the Prayer of the Heart. The third Skete was located in Wallachia. All of them followed the Athonite hesychast observances.

In 1746, at age twenty-four, in order to perfect his monastic experience, he moved on Mount Athos, where he made his way to the Pantocrator monastery, and was assigned to live in its small Kiparis Skete. He spent the next four years in solitary life and prayer, living in extreme poverty. In 1750, he was visited by his former Starets, Basil of Poiana Mărului, who came on the Holy Mountain, and tonsured him as a lesser schema monk, with the name of Paisius. Following Basil's advice, he decided to move away from the strict solitary life, and became a renowned leader of a Hesychastic skete, formed of Romanian and Slavonic disciples. In 1758 Paisius was ordained into priesthood by Bishop Gregory Rasca, and the community's rapid growth required them to move into the larger Skete of St. Elias.

Paisius perceived that spiritual life must be grounded in the study of the patristic ascetic texts. He began to collect and painstakingly copy out the writings of the ancient Holy Fathers using them as a guide in the spiritual life. His teachings attracted a number of disciples desiring guidance in the practice of unceasing prayer. Paisius wrote theological epistles to his disciples and translated into Church Slavonic a large number of Greek theological writings, including the Philokalia. Paisius remained on Mt Athos for a total of seventeen years, copying Greek patristic books and translating them into Slavonic.

In 1764, when Paisius was forty-two, Prince Grigore III Ghica of Moldavia asked him to come in his country, to preside over the revival of monastic life. Thereupon, he and 64 of his disciples moved to Moldavia, at the Dragomirna monastery, in Bucovina. Here Paisius continued his activity on transcribing and translating patristic sources. One of his disciples, the monk Raphael also translated a selection of texts from the Philokalia in Romanian. The community at Dragomirna grew quickly, gathering around 350 monks. However, after Bucovina was annexed by the Austrian Empire, Paisius and his community eventually relocated at the Neamț Monastery, in 1779, during the vigil of the Dormition Feast. The new community grew to 700 monks, and it soon became a centre of pilgrimage, but also of refugee movement. Here he completed the Slavonic translation of the Philokalia, which in 1793 was printed in Russia. In 1790, Paisius received the Great Schema, and was elevated to the rank of Archimandrite, by Bishop Ambrose of Poltava (who visited his monastery). He was now also acting as vicar to the Metropolitan of Moldavia.

His efforts contributed to a dynamic renewal of hesychastic monastic life in 18th century Orthodoxy, and on into the present era. Many of his own disciples (several of whom became spiritual masters in their own right), took his teachings and mission to Russia, where they founded new monasteries dedicated to Hesychast traditions. He exerted immense influence on the startsy of the Optina Monastery both through his translations and through his personal disciples, such as Feodor Ushakov. Paisius's translation of Philokalia was one of the favourite books of Seraphim of Sarov, who received blessing to go to Sarov for spiritual devotion from the Paisius' disciple Dosifei of Kiev. Paisius died on November 15, 1794, at the age of seventy-two.

The Jesus Prayer
One of the most famous books on the Jesus Prayer is the Way of the Pilgrim. This book is the story of the spiritual experiences of an unidentified pilgrim who wanders from place to place in Ukraine and Russia in the nineteenth century, praying the Prayer of Jesus Christ many times. Moscow Theological Academy professor Aleksey Pentkovsky identified this unknown pilgrim, as Arseny Troyepolsky, a Ukrainian priest-monk who moved around various Ukrainian and then Russian monasteries. In this book, and a number of others, none of which carry the author's name, Arseny writes extensively about Paisius Velichkovsky and Ukrainian saints.

Veneration
Paisius is venerated for his personal holiness, and his revival of monasticism and spirituality in Romania, Ukraine and Russia, which had suffered under the reforms of Peter I and Catherine II. He revived the ancient teaching on the Jesus Prayer, a teaching almost forgotten in Russia.

The spiritual and cultural center in the Church of the Dormition, Poltava is named for Paisius.

At the opening of the Center on November 27, 2008, Filaret Denysenko gave a speech as following, "The importance of Velichkovsky’s life is not only in that he prayed for us sinners, but also in that he showed us the way every Christian should be going." Filaret said that the "Doctrine of Paisius Velichkovsky is important because it showed the way to the eternal life and gave an example of how to live on earth. This does not mean that everyone should go to a monastery, but it does mean that everyone should think about the good, the sanctity, and purity of heart."

In honor of the memory of Poltava native, Paisius Velichkovsky, the Poltava Eparchy of the UOC-KP has established a prize to be awarded to people who contribute to the revival of spiritual life in Poltava, actively working in the public sector, science, art, and culture.

Saint Paisius Velichkovsky Orthodox Church in Livorno, Italy, is named for him.

The Romanian Orthodox Church in Liverpool, United Kingdom is dedicated to Saint Paisius of Neamt.

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Paisius

Païsius or Païsios is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Saints

 * Pishoy or Bishoy, 320-417 AD, an Egyptian desert father and Christian saint; Παΐσιος Paisios is the Greek form and Paisius the Latin form
 * Saint Paisius of Uglich, Abbot (1504)
 * Saint Paisius Velichkovsky, 17th century monk and theologian, the founder of modern Eastern Orthodox staretsdom
 * Saint Paisius of Hilendar (Paisiy Hilendarski), an 18th-century Bulgarian National Revival figure
 * Saint Paisios (Eznepidis), also known as Elder Paisios of Mount Athos, a 20th-century schema-monk

Hierarchs

 * Patriarch Paisius I of Jerusalem, 17th century
 * Patriarch Paisius of Alexandria, patriarch from 1657 to 1678
 * Patriarch Paisius I of Constantinople
 * Patriarch Paisius II of Constantinople, 18th century
 * Serbian Patriarch Paisius I (1614-1647)
 * Serbian Patriarch Paisius II (1758)
 * Paisius Ligarides
 * Paisius II of Caesarea, Metropolitan of Caesarea in Cappadocia from 1832 to 1871

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Talk:United States congressional delegations from Iowa

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This chart shows Merwin Coad as a Republican but he was a Democrat. See: http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000540

I don't know how to edit the page to show this, but it should be corrected.

 * Facts verified. U.S. Congress Biographical Directory In fact, the change has already been made. ~ Ross (ElCharismo) 14:21, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

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According to the U.S. Congress Biographical DirectoryWilliam Penn Wolf(f) has only one f to his surname. Lewis Trondheim 13:08, 13 February 2007 (UTC) Also, it's Isaac S Struble, not Stubble. Lewis Trondheim 13:17, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

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Glenfarne

Glenfarne or Glenfarn is a village in north County Leitrim, Ireland. It is the site of the original 'Ballroom of Romance', which inspired a short story by William Trevor that was subsequently turned into a television film in a BBC/RTÉ co-production. Glenfarne has a lakeside forest near Lough MacNean. The village is located on the N16 (Sligo–Blacklion) road, 13 km east of Manorhamilton.

History
The name of the village is an anglicisation of Gleann-fearna, meaning "valley of the alders". It was referred to by this name in the Annals of the Four Masters as far back as 1235 as a location in West Bréifne and under a further derivation, Clann-Fearmaighe as far back as 1217, where it is cited as "containing 20 quarters of land".

Historical remains

 * Ruins of Glenfarne Hall – in Glenfarne Forest Park, which formed part of the Tottenham estate, the ruins of the old house, Glenfarne Hall, can still be seen. The estate passed from the Tottenhams to Sir Edward Harland (of Harland and Wolff shipbuilders, Queen's Island, Belfast). Sir Edward Harland died at Glenfarne Hall on 24 December 1895. It is said that the flag stones that line the Titanic quay come from quarries in Glenfarne.
 * Myles Big Stone – This is thought to have been an ancient place of worship. Nearby is the Fort of Sile O'Reilly which is reputed to have been an ancient burial ground and a famine graveyard for infants.

Ballroom of Romance
The Rainbow Ballroom of Romance lies at a crossroads in the townland of Brockagh Lower along the N16 Blacklion to Sligo road. Opened as McGivern's Dance Hall in 1934 by John McGivern, a Brockagh-born returnee from the United States, it was renovated and renamed the Rainbow Ballroom of Romance in 1952 and during the showband era of the 1950s and 1960s attracted big names in the genre. When driving through Glenfarne in the early 1970s, the writer William Trevor noticed it and was inspired to write his famous short story of emigration and narrow horizons, The Ballroom of Romance. The 1986 BBC/RTÉ television film co-production The Ballroom of Romance, based on the story, was shot in Ballycroy, County Mayo as by then the original Ballroom no longer had its original 1950s interiors. As of 2021, the Ballroom is still a live event venue, reinventing itself in a digital era.

Glenfarne Demesne
The Glenfarne Demesne lies on the shores of Lough MacNean. The lake marks the border between the counties of Leitrim, Cavan and Fermanagh. In 2000, a cross-border and cross-community arts project was concluded with the aim to promote the bonds between the communities of these three counties through the medium of sculpture and the visual arts. A number of sculptures are still in the Demesne.

Rail
Glenfarne railway station was on the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway line from Enniskillen to Sligo. The line opened in 1880 and closed in 1957. The nearest operational station is Sligo railway station.

Bus
Glenfarne is a stop on Bus Éireann regional routes 458 (Ballina–Enniskillen) and 470.

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Wikipedia talk:Conlangs/Alternative proposal

Start talking already :) --Kaleissin

No algorithms, please
Ultimately, any article on a conlang has to fail or succeed on the article itself. No doubt, many conlang articles will have some features of vanity articles, and many may be obscure creations posted by the language's creator herself. Even these articles arguably ought to be allowed to remain IMO if they show some evidence of sophistication and are, for lack of a better word, "interesting."

A checklist of features will not discourage vanity creations. It will instead lead to lawyering the checklist. Sufficiently determined conlangers will seek to make sure that enough of the criteria that can be met with a one-person effort will be satisfied.

Ultimately, the best test of noteworthiness for an article on a conlang is whether the article is informative and interesting to people who take an interest in conlangs. No algorithm is going to be able to replace this subjective criterion. Conlang articles will always have to be considered on a case by case basis. I don't believe it is desirable or feasible to have a policy, at least not one that takes the form of a checklist. Smerdis of Tlön 14:49, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I agree we should keep this possibility in mind for each criterion we discuss and vote on -- can it be gamed? Can a solo conlang creator meet this criterion by spending enough money, time, and effort, even if everyone else ignores the language or at most puts a brief mention of it in their conlang links page?  If so, we should avoid such criteria.  But I think we do need some more specific notability/verifiability policy to apply to conlangs, to counter those who automatically vote Delete on all conlang VfDs just because they are conlangs, without considering the notability and verifiability of each on its merits.  Criteria such as Has at least N speakers, Has generated at least N independent discussions, etc., are not so gameable and would hopefully help guide future VfDs in a rational way. --Jim Henry | Talk 15:28, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Let's not exaggerate here. What we making here is nothing set in stone. We are merely offering a set of guidelines that may or may not be used for determining whether a conlang is notable or not. I don't have the illusion that it will discourage people from nominating even a language that meets all criteria for deletion, nor from voting for deletion in such a VfD.
 * Some factors can be gamed easier than others, I'll grant you that. But would anybody seriously spend years of his life manipulating these criteria in such a way that his conlang warrants a wikipedia article? Frankly, I happen to be the author of a conlang that survived a VfD, but do you really think that makes me much happier? I think a careful combination of factors should make it not too easy to game the system. And even if a conlang meet the criteria and there are good reasons to assume that somebody has been gaming the system, we can always make an exception. --IJzeren Jan 16:21, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

Conlang article discussion group/studio?
I'm bothered by the idea of a checklist, since it will be gameable and possibly not accepted by the majority of wikipedians. But I'm also bothered by not having any ammunition to say, "this conlang is notable" in a VfD discussion.

What if we had a wikipedia group, possibly the same group that is discussing this project, to subjectively discuss new conlang articles before they're even added to the main wikipedia namespace? Such a group would discuss the notability of conlangs outside of the VfD process. It could even attempt to discover notable conlangs that are missing from the wikipedia.

I'm concerned that this could be seen as a "conlang cabal" but it seems better than the alternatives. DenisMoskowitz 16:13, 2005 August 30 (UTC)

 * This is not exactly what you're suggesting, but see for a related proposal. --Jim Henry | Talk 16:29, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

 * The same suggestion was also made recently by Thomas Winwood (here). Like I said then, I like the idea of such a conlang panel very much, and I'd certainly volunteer to be part of it. But we shouldn't overestimate its role. Its decisions can never been final and/or decisive. And it cannot serve as a "filter" between wikipedia namespace and the rest of the world; anybody can write articles about anything, including conlangs, and gatekeepers are simply not in the spirit of the project. No, in my opinion the role of such a panel should be the following:
 * It provides the project with a reliable source of information, available on request.
 * It is committed to keeping the entire conlang section clean, maintaining its high quality, and where possible improving it.
 * It monitors new articles, and when necessary nominates them for deletion.
 * It may start new articles about conlangs that are not in the wikipedia but ought to be.
 * I think such a panel should include some knowledgeable people who are active in other wikipedias; for example, I know that the German wikipedia has an excellent Portal for constructed languages, maintained by a small, dedicated group. Furthermore, all "currents" within conlanging (artlangs, auxlangs, loglangs, etc.) should be properly represented.
 * --IJzeren Jan 20:15, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Those roles sound worthy to me. It would be nice to have a panel putting in good articles on notable conlangs, to give conlangs a good name on Wikipedia.  If the only conlang articles are positive summaries added by self-interested creators, it gives the hobby in general a bad reputation among wikipedians.  (I've held off on adding my own conlang so as not to be part of this problem.) DenisMoskowitz 15:56, 2005 September 1 (UTC)
 * Rikchik, right? A truly fascinating language! I'd say, if there's one language around where uniqueness can warrant an article, It'd be Rikchik! --IJzeren Jan 20:06, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

 * In the short to medium term, I think we need to focus on expanding stubs (like Teonaht) into substantial articles rather than creating new articles. We could also discuss a list of conlangs that arguably deserve articles; probably Talk:Constructed language would be a good place, or more specific pages like Talk:Artistic language.  And conlangs that aren't (yet) notable or verifiable enough for Wikipedia can be discussed in an original research, not-necessarily-NPOV manner at the Conlang Wikicity. --Jim Henry | Talk 16:25, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

 * I think we should do both things: expanding stubs and starting new articles. And monitoring all conlang-related stuff. I propose that we make a list of ALL conlang-related articles (actually, my watchlist is pretty complete in that respect; I'll post it somewhere tomorrow). Then we should find out who should belong to the panel. There are a few very prominent conlangers around here (Mark Rosenfelder, Jeffrey Henning, Pablo Flores, Carlos Thompson and others); I'd like to invite them in, too.
 * As for my own contributions: I will of course keep an eye on everything here and where possible contribute. I am ready to assist with all the knowledge I have. However, my main point of focus is, and remains, the Dutch wikipedia. I've been responsible for almost the entire conlang section there, and frankly, I'm quite proud of it. I haven't done much with Lingua Ignota yet, but I have prepared a Dutch version! :) --IJzeren Jan 20:06, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Maybe it would make sense to organize this as a WikiProject? Calling it a "panel" seems to imply an authority that such a self-selected group of people would not have.
 * My watchlist contains probably all of the general conlang articles and many of those on specific languages; I'd welcome a list such as you propose, though. --Jim Henry | Talk 20:18, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Re:WikiProject - Good idea! If you know how to do that, please go on with it.
 * Re:Links page - I just made on here: User:IJzeren Jan/List Of Conlang-Related Articles. Do with it whatever you like. I'd say, please add everything relevant that you have on your watchlist, so that we can combine our forces better! --IJzeren Jan 20:42, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

WikiProject suggests that the coordination overhead is not worth the trouble unless at least 5-10 people are involved. Do we have that many? Probably. Anyway, y'all go read it and see what you think, whether it fits what we're talking about doing. --Jim Henry | Talk 21:24, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

 * From what I can see, I think a WikiProject would be a good idea. I support it, and I'm ready to invest time and work in it. I can think of several tasks for such a project:
 * Making sure that all current conlang articles meet certain criteria. We expand stubs. For example, it should IMO be made clear in the article WHY the language is notable/interesting/unique. And, for example, we could add a sample of each conlang to the corresponding article. And a template. And ...
 * Applying the criteria that turn out from the current vote/poll. If we find conlangs that would fit the criteria, we start new articles about them. If we find articles about conlang that do not fit, we nominate them for deletion.
 * We keep an eye on all conlang-related stuff, especially on new articles.
 * If we decide to go on with it, I think it's important that all "factions" are properly represented. That is, artlangers enough, but I would also like to have at least one auxlang expert in our midst. And an engelang expert.
 * Anyway, who would be interested in participating? Shall we invite a few people?
 * --IJzeren Jan 20:29, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

Let's use them all
In the recent course of discussions, I've been infulenced back in the direction of the point I made earlier that there are as many ways for a conlang to be notable as there are conlangs. This, to some extent explains why we've got so many suggested criteria. To a large extent, we're chasing our own tails by trying to enumerate a hard and fast set of criteria. On the other hand, we do need something we can use to put a stop to the recent wave of rampant deletionism. I'm suggesting that a conlang should have an article if there are verifiable reasons why it is potentially of interest to persons other than its creator. These reasons should be elaborated in the article, with reference to sources. Our suggested criteria should be given as a list examples of reasons why a conlang might be of interest, with the caveat that this list is not considered exhaustive, merely illustrative. If an article fails to verifiably demonstrate that the conlang is of interest, the first recourse should be to attempt to improve it or to find somebody who can. Only if this is found to be impossible should deletion be considered.

If somebody can draw up a full draft on the lines of what I've writtten above, we can all hack at it until we're happy with the wording, and then release it as the policy.

While I'm at it, can anybody add anything to the articles I've creted for Teonaht, Kélen and Lingua Ignota? All worthy languages.

Pete Bleackley --132.185.132.12 09:34, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I like this idea a lot. DenisMoskowitz 16:06, 2005 August 31 (UTC)

I pretty much sympathise with what you write, Pete, but I don't think it is workable. Paradoxically, it is essentially the same thing as the current status quo. Don't get me wrong: I'm not at all that happy with the whole concept of conlang notability. But we are building and maintaining an encyclopedia here, we want to have a good, healthy conlang section, and therefore we need to draw a line somewhere. And we better make that line objectively verifiable, otherwise we keep having the situation that anybody can yell "non-notable, conlang", and no matter what counterarguments are brought in, people who don't care for conlangs will join the choir. Mind, "notable" means in this case: suitable for inclusion in wikipedia; it says nothing about the quality of a language.

Furthermore, I can't agree with your proposal to allow anything that MIGHT be interesting to somebody else but the conlanger him/herself. That brings us in conflict with several of the WP pillars (like "WP is not an art gallery", "WP is not a soapbox", etc.). Any auxlanger who just reinvented Esperanto will argue that his project is going to save the world; and any artlanger who just created the weirdest of all weird languages will argue that his project could be interesting to people who like weird languages.

Another thing is that I disagree with several of the criteria mentioned in the list. For example, the "has a unique script" criterion IMO has no influence at all on the importance of a language. The list was basically an inventory of criteria proposed by several people.

I do however agree with your remark that an article should always mention WHY the language is important or interesting. In all conlang articles that I wrote for the Dutch wikipedia, that's what I have tried to do anyway.

BTW, Pete, why don't you take a user name? Now your votes and arguments are constantly ignored by anyone who doesn't like what you are saying. Frankly, with your state of service you deserve better!

--IJzeren Jan 20:15, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm fairly new to wikipedia, so I wanted to find my feet a bit before creating an account. But since people seem to be valuing my contributions ... --PeteBleackley 10:33, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Gaming the criteria
Okay, I looked at the various questions in my proposal, specifically from the point of view in how far they can be gamed by the creator of a conlang. This is what I think:

Number of speakers. Not very easy to manipulate. But it's pretty hard to get reliable data about the number of speakers of a language. Not only because we'd first need to define what level of proficiency of required, but also because it is virtually impossible to check it (esp'lly without original research). All in all, if someone claims more than 10 speakers, I think he or she better come up with some evidence.

Completeness. Well, if you build a conlang, you create words and expand the grammar. That's normal. I can't see how this would be "gaming the system".

 * For the non-conlangers out there: creating a complete grammar that isn't a clone of the grammar of your native tongue is very hard work! As for words, it is rather easy to spot a dictionary made with a random generator and a wordlist. Such conlangs even have a name (that I personally consider rather pejorative in fact): relex. This is why the "haha only serious" made up words that have occured in comments and in various RfDs are so ridiculous, only serving to prove that the commenters don't know what they are talking about. Words in a language never exist in a vacuum. If they aren't part of a system, it's not a language. In fact, if anyone managed to create a language whose words did exist in a vacuum, that in itself would be so notable that it alone would be a good enough reason for inclusion! Oh, and we should arrange for some way to send flowers to the asylum the inventor was locked up in, or ask him/her to repeal the third law of termodynamics while he/she was still on a roll. --Kaleissin 14:15:57, 2005-09-01 (UTC)

Uniqueness. All these things belong to the character of the language. I honestly cannot see how one would create a unique script, solely in order to score here. Besides, I personally have some doubts in how far uniqueness can really contribute to notability. To me personally, only the "exponent of a particular genre" is a valid criterion. And that's not something that can be gamed.
 * There are however people that only create scripts... and for some funny reason they usually have one set of 26 letters or two sets of 26 letters each... not copying your native system is hard. --Kaleissin 14:15:57, 2005-09-01 (UTC)

Publication. Yes, this can be manipulated by the creator himself. We have both editions without an ISBN, and editions with an ISBM that belong to the so-called "vanity press". But frankly, even those DO in my opinion add up to a language's notability. If you think that's not enough to warrant inclusion, then simply vote "MINOR".

Reputation.
 * The Top-200 at Langmaker.com - I don't know precisely how this works, and I understand why Jeffrey doesn't want to give details. All in all, I dó think it can be gamed, although I'm not sure to which degree; I have the impression that it requires quite some work for a new conlang to get it into the Top-100.
 * Caused controversy - Even if the creator dóes manage to cause controvery, I think this adds up to notability.
 * Googlehits, Independent discussions - Very easy to manipulate. But a little research can unmask quite of lot of creator-inspired discussion, if necessary.
 * Attention in the popular/scientific media - Hard to manipulate. Of course, an artist who does nothing to make his work known will probably have less success than someone who does. But that's normal and not restricted to conlanging.
 * Inspired other conlangs - As a means of gaming the system? No.
 * Established notability inside and/or outside of the conlanger community - To a certain degree perhaps. But this might just be where the Conlang Panel we discussed comes in.

Year of creation. No, impossible.

ISO code. I know far too little about ISO 639-3. The shortish list of conlangs that have an ISO 639-3 code looks pretty haphazard to me. And apparently it hasn't been worked on for years. The way it looks now, there is no way of manipulating this. Once the list gets some form, we might reconsider this point. But for now, I doesn't hurt.

Wikipedia. At present, it is so difficult to create a new wikipedia even in a natlang with few speakers, that I don't think there's anything to fear here. Should that change, so that anybody can have a wikipedia for any language, we could of course change the rules. But in the meantime, gaming this is completely impossible.

Notability by proxy. I honestly can't see how the creator of a conlang can manipulate this.

All in all, I think it's not at all that bad. Only Publication and Google Hits can really be manipulated by a conlang creator into some kind of fake notability. In all other cases I believe an "increase notability" is real. --IJzeren Jan 12:07, 1 September 2005 (UTC)


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Duhaga of Bunyoro

Duhaga of Bunyoro was Omukama of Bunyoro (1731-c.1782). Omukama of Bunyoro is the name given to rulers of the central African kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara.

Duhaga was preceded by Olimi III - (c. 1710–1731) and later succeeded by Olimi IV - (c. 1782–1786).

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Nova (Dutch TV program)

NOVA was a late-evening current affairs programme, initially co-produced by VARA and NOS, and latterly by VARA and NPS, alongside Den Haag Vandaag ("The Hague Today"), the segment of the programme covering events in parliament and interviews with politicians, which was produced by the NOS. It was broadcast as NOVA/Den Haag Vandaag from Monday to Saturday, on Nederland 3 from 1992 to 2006, and from 2006 to 2010 on Nederland 2.

The programme was also broadcast on the Dutch language international channel, BVN.

History
NOVA was first broadcast on 28 September 1992 on Nederland 3, as a result of the merger of two programmes: NOS-Laat, produced by the NOS, and Achter het Nieuws, produced by VARA. The name of the programme, NOVA, was chosen as a portmanteau of the names of NOS and VARA, with the extra result of it being Latin for "new". The new programme was broadcast six days a week, which enabled more comprehensive coverage of national and global events, especially compared to the previous situation, when a different current affairs programme aired each day, each one being produced by a different broadcaster. The example of co-operation between different public broadcasters was emulated on the other public channels, with the production of programmes such as Netwerk on Nederland 1 and TweeVandaag on Nederland 2.

In 2002, plans to turn NOVA into a talk show, in a similar vein to the successful Barend & Van Dorp on RTL 4, leaked to Dutch media. The single-presenter setup was to be changed to two presenters, with a studio audience: one of the planned pairings was to be Felix Rottenberg and Matthijs van Nieuwkerk, who had fronted a successful series in the run-up to the 2003 elections. The three presenters of NOVA at that time, Rob Trip, Kees Driehuis and Margriet Vroomans, were unaware of these plans until they were leaked to the media, and resigned as a result. Rottenberg and van Nieuwkerk resigned in February 2003; the editor-in-chief of NOVA, Rik Rensen, followed suit in April 2003. The use of studio audience would remain in use, only for special editions until the show's demise.

In September 2006, a major re-organisation of the Dutch public television stations took place, in order to give each channel a more distinct character: Nederland 1 became a mainstream, generalist channel; Nederland 2, the channel for more in-depth programming, and Nederland 3 was to become a youth channel. As a result of this, NOVA moved to Nederland 2, where it remained until the programme's end in 2010.

The NOS announced in January 2010 that production of NOVA was to cease from autumn that year, to be replaced by Nieuwsuur, a co-production between NOS and NPS, without the participation of VARA; the programme combines news, in-depth analysis and sports news. The final edition of NOVA aired on 4 September 2010, with Nieuwsuur beginning two days later, on 6 September 2010.

Den Haag Vandaag
The Hague Today was an integral part of NOVA, produced by the NOS. This section mainly contained parliamentary reports and was presented from The Hague by Pim van Galen, Joost Karhof or Ferry Mingelen; the latter was also a co-presenter of NOVA Politics on Friday.

Before the inception of NOVA, The Hague Today was an independent programme, reporting and commenting on developments in politics in The Hague, as well as broadcasting excerpts from parliamentary debates.

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User:Priestmark

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Websites/Proposals

This page is the place to be if you're not sure whether a website should have an article on Wikipedia or not. Place new requests under a Heading 3 (===) at the bottom of the page. Admin will then reply to your post ASAP.

8 of 'em

 * http://www.thisisarecording.com
 * http://www.eeggs.com
 * http://www.whitehouse.gov/
 * http://www.nintendo.com
 * https://www.cia.gov/
 * http://www.codycooper.co.nz/
 * http://www.todleho.com/
 * http://www.fixmygreece.com/

Cody Cooper Talk   06:54, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

UH?! Nintendo I would say would easily qualify 10/10 if it is the official Nintendo site. *Moan* Moaners... *Moan* 09:42, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

WarCraft III Modding Sites

 * http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/news.php

I will add some more later.

 * Moan* Moaners... *Moan* 09:42, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

New Proposal
Discovery.com: Redirects to l|Discovery Channel]], although although the site has page rank of 8 and is very popular.

Nationalgeographic.com: Has a page rank of 8, does not redirect to the television channel, or the magazine, although it is quite popular. JC.Torpey (talk) 02:10, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Penana
penana.com: a social network for solo and collaborative storywriting, story showcasing, and writing contests --Kfsung (talk) 08:32, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

Scholarships.com
Scholarships.com (website): Scholarship and financial aid website that is very prominent among high school and college students searching for means of paying for college. WonLove (talk) 22:13, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Music reviews websites
There are several websites/online magazines of music criticism and news:
 * Albumism (https://www.albumism.com/) - recognized by Album of the Year, AnyDecentMusic?, and Tom Hull
 * GIGsoup (https://gigsoupmusic.com/) - recognized by Album of the Year, AnyDecentMusic?, and Tom Hull
 * Glide (https://glidemagazine.com/) - recognized by Metacritic, and Tom Hull
 * RapReviews (https://www.rapreviews.com/) - recognized by Metacritic, and Tom Hull
 * The Needle Drop (https://www.theneedledrop.com/) - recognized by Album of the Year, and Tom Hull
 * The Young Folks (https://www.theyoungfolks.com/) - recognized by Album of the Year, and Tom Hull

P.S.: what's wrong with Northern Transmissions ? (this website is recognized by Album of the Year, AnyDecentMusic, and Tom Hull)

L to the K (talk)L to the K (talk), 2 August 2020


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Language Made Plain

Language Made Plain by Anthony Burgess is a brief overview of the field of linguistics.

Contents of Book
Without dealing specifically with any one language, it provides an introduction to semantics, phonetics, and the development of language.

Later Book
Burgess later incorporated most of Language Made Plain into the first half of the book A Mouthful of Air.

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Per Abraham Örnsköld

Per Abraham Örnsköld (18 November 1720 – 16 April 1791) was a Swedish nobleman, with the title of friherre, whose notability in his country's history stems from his dedication to the able management of Sweden's regional subdivisions which he administered in his capacity as governor.

In 1762, the year of his forty-second birthday, he was appointed county governor of the vast Västernorrland County, which at that time consisted of the Medelpad, Ångermanland and Jämtland provinces.

Örnsköld realized the possibilities of the area and often travelled through it, by foot or using a carriage. He put to good advantage his knowledge about agriculture and city planning to found new settlements, thus relieving the old, overcrowded ones and, with the main goal of improving agriculture, provided aid for the farmers in trenching dikes, a procedure which they had previously found difficult to utilize. Among his other innovations was the introduction of new plants, including potato and flax, which quickly became popular; organizing the removal of stones from fields; commissioning maps of various parts of the region; opening pharmacies and myriad other improvements designed to help the inhabitants.

During the 1769 session of the Riksdag, opponents attacked his self-decided reforms, claiming he made them to glorify himself. They also made accusations that he enriched himself through embezzlement. Although Örnsköld instituted several drastic reforms, some of which were arbitrary, his accusers were known to have acted with political motives as well as envy. Ultimately, Örnsköld was not punished, but rather transferred to govern Nyköping County, a part of the larger Södermanland County, where he continued his pattern of vigorously instituting reforms. In 1771 he was again accused of unlawful actions, but historical records do not indicate that he suffered any adverse consequences.

Per Abraham Örnsköld died in Nyköping at the age of 70. His previous county of administration, Västernorrland, has kept his memory and honoured it with various publications. The town of Örnsköldsvik, founded in 1842, fifty-one years after his death, was named after him.

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The Hungry Tide

The Hungry Tide (2004) is the fourth novel by Indian-born author, Amitav Ghosh. Set in the Sundarbans, it follows an unlikely trio who travel up river together to find the rare Irrawaddy dolphin. It won the 2004 Hutch Crossword Book Award for Fiction.

Synopsis
Off the easternmost coast of India, in the Bay of Bengal, lies the immense labyrinth of tiny islands known as the Sundarbans. For settlers here, life is precarious: attacks by deadly tigers are common, and the threat of eviction and consequent social unrest is ever present. Without warning, at any time, tidal floods rise and surge over the land, leaving devastation in their wake. In this place of vengeful beauty, the lives of three people from different worlds collide.

The main character, Piyali Roy, is a young marine biologist of Bengali-Indian descent but identifying as stubbornly American. Raised in Seattle, she studies at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography in La Jolla. She travels to the Sundarbans in search of a rare endangered river dolphin, Orcaella brevirostris. She meets Kanai Dutt, a translator and businessman, on the Kolkata Suburban Railway heading towards Port Canning, on her way to the Sundarbans. Upon her arrival, she hires a boat to look for the dolphins, but her journey begins with a disaster, when she is thrown from a boat into crocodile-infested waters. Rescue comes in the form of an illiterate young fisherman, Fokir. Although they have no language between them, Piya and Fokir are powerfully drawn to each other, sharing an uncanny instinct for the ways of the sea. Piya engages Fokir to help with her research and finds a translator in Kanai, whose idealistic aunt and uncle are longtime settlers in the Sundarbans. As the three of them explore the tidal backwaters, they are drawn unaware into the hidden undercurrents of this isolated world, where political turmoil exacts a personal toll that is every bit as powerful as the ravaging tide.

The Morichjhanpi massacre of 1978–79, when the government of West Bengal forcibly evicted thousands of Bengali refugees who had settled on the island, forms a background for some parts of the novel. The novel explores topics such as humanism and environmentalism, especially when they come into conflict.

Reception
Alfred Hickling gave the book a mixed review in The Guardian, saying describing it as "a Conradian expedition, and a Forster ish collision between western assumptions and Indian reality, which throws in some Indiana Jones-style encounters with tigers and crocodiles" and concluded "Like the elusive appearances of the river dolphins, the pattern of the novel can occasionally seem erratic, but vigilance is rewarded." In The Independent, Krishna Dutta compared the book to Manik Banerjee's The Boatman of Padma and Samaresh Basu's Ganga, but was mixed on Ghosh's attempts to convey Indian cultural and linguistic references to a broad audience.

The novel won the 2004 Crossword Book Prize and was among the final nominees for the 2006 Kiriyama Prize. Saswat S. Das discussed the book as exploring themes of "home" and "homelessness" in a 2006 article in Indian Literature. The book's title was referenced in a 2016 scientific article about climate change in Bangladesh in Climate Change Economics.

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Talk:Penrith, New South Wales

Separate page for the Local Government Area
As per discussion at Talk:List of Sydney suburbs, I have created a separate page for the City of Penrith, the Local Government Area. -- Ianblair23 12:17, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

Penrith High School Fan Club
I really don't feel there is anything so important or distinguished about Penrith High School that its merits need to be extolled in the Penrith City wikipedia article. The language used to describe it goes on and on as if it really is the most important institution in the region. It's just a high school! Authors who feel the need to express their adoration for the school should do it in a Penrith High article and make a link to the school on this article. That or date the principal. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.49.243.70 (talk) 07:38, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Penrith Prostitutes

 * I removed the following statment (Penrith is served by many prostitutes) from the rail section. In the unlikely event

anybody feels the need for this sort of information to be included in the article Penrith has many brothels so street walking prostitutes at the station or anywhere within the city are uncommon. (Mikey01 21:59, 2 May 2007 (UTC))

 * i never saw that part of the page, what was listed? Ry90 04:56, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Discussion on Article page
I have just removed:

 * "*Note, Pentrith is not part of Sydney tbh.

 * ==*Note, Penrith is not part of Sydney tbh. ==
 * Yes, it's true folks."

This is not suitable for the article page, and I notice that it was all posted from the same IP address, User:220.233.121.117. Please discontinue these kind of edits on the article page, they are more suited to this, the discussion page. Thanks. Tinkstar1985 11:18, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Colloquialisms
I'm unhappy with the sentence which appears at the end of the first paragraph, "Penrith is colloquially known as 'Penno' or 'The Riff'." The Riff is indeed a colloquialism, but one which is used infrequently. However, being a resident of Penrith and a frequent traveller to inner-city suburbs of Sydney, I can say that I have never heard the term "Penno" used until I read this article.

There are however, a number of reasons why this sentence should be removed in its entirety. It's completely irrelevant to the article. It is not in keeping with articles related to other suburbs of Sydney. It does not appear to provide a NPOV as it is unsourced. My own personal effort to remove the sentence was undone with the reason, "it's a fact." According to who? A further effort by another user to remove the sentence was undone in the same way.

Strongly recommend removal of the sentence. Please discuss. 121.216.176.92 (talk) 15:04, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

 * Colloqual names are included on many Sydney articles: Parramatta, New South Wales, Erskineville, New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, Curl Curl, New South Wales, Peakhurst, New South Wales etc...

 * I'm not familiar with 'Penno' as a colloqualism for Penrith but "The Riff" is legendary. The former Federal member for Penrith, Jackie Kelly, even had a clothing line with "The Riff'" proudly emblazoned on the front. Just google Rff and Penrith and you'll find dozens of blogs and forums that use the term Riff for Penrith. Cheers. J Bar (talk) 22:49, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

 * Fair enough. Thanks for following it up 121.216.90.114 (talk) 05:13, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

 * As far as "Penno" goes, I've heard it in reference to Pennant Hills, New South Wales but never Penrith. Crico (talk) 21:16, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Call to create separate Kingswood Park article
I received the following correspondence from Adam Begges - Penrith City Council that I'd like to share:

''Thank your for your email concerning the gazetting of Kingswood Park as a suburb. As you correctly point out, Kingswood Park is known as an Urban Place by the Geographical Names Board of NSW and is considered a Neighbourhood by Council and an extension of Kingswood itself. Below is an extract from Council’s webpage:''

Origin of the place name - Kingswood Park
"Kingswood Park is a neighbourhood of Kingswood. Its neighbourhood status was given in early 1976, as the area had developed considerably during the 1960s with the opening of several housing estates. The area is bounded by Coreen Avenue, Arakoon Avenue, Illawong Avenue, Andrews Road and Parker Street. The name Kingswood Park is an extension of the suburban place name, Kingswood, and was created to name expanding residential development in the area."

''To have the name gazetted by the Geographical Names Board, Council would be required to provide extensive evidence and justification as to why the name should be gazetted. Furthermore, Council would need to conduct a thorough consultation process with the community to gather broad community support before the Geographical Names Board would even consider the request.''

''As you may be aware an urban place is a place, site or precinct in an urban landscape, the name of which is in current use but not official. An urban place officially recognises the name itself. The position and extent for this feature is recorded and shown within the Geographical Names Register of New South Wales. Similar Urban places that are well known in Sydney include Darling Harbour and Kings Cross.''

Given that Kingswood Park is already recognised as an Urban Place and as such is recorded on maps and directories, I feel it is not necessary for Council to pursue gazetting of Kingswood Park as a suburb at this stage.

Should you require any further information please contact me.

Regards,

Adam Beggs

Acting Public Officer

Penrith City Council

We have separate articles for Darling Harbour and Kings Cross - remind me: why not Kingswood Park? AprilHare (talk) 04:19, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Penrith as end point of hike, Blaxland to Penrith (via Mitchell's Pass & Lennox Bridge)
For train tourists from Sydney, perhaps they can promote the (10km) bushwalk down from Blaxland via Mitchell's Pass to Penrith (although people would have option of joining train back to Sydney at Emu Plains). The significant attractions being view of Nepean River from the various lookouts, Lennox Bridge, Glenbrook, Knapsack Viaduct, hear Bell Miner bird-call, Wascoe Siding Miniature Railway( Blaxland) and John Whitton Memorial Place(Emu Plains)with rest points being McDonald's ,Blaxland, Emu Plains Shopping Centre & O'Donohue's Irish Pub etc. then facilities at Penrith. SignedJohnsonL623 (talk) 23:18, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

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Talk:Corannulene

The drawing for tetrabromocorranulene is wrong
The drawing shows that 2 of the carbon atoms have 5 bonds. Now unless the chemistry of carbon has changed in the last 25 years this is impossible. I will try to create a correct drawing and upload it. Dr. Morbius (talk) 20:13, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I corrected and uploaded the drawing. Dr. Morbius (talk) 20:35, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

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Talk:Pipestone National Monument

Extra image
Another image if the article gets bigger or if someone prefers this one. --Calton | Talk 12:18, August 30, 2005 (UTC)

Cannomok'e?
I found this landmark listed under "Cannomok'e--Pipestone National Monument" in the National Register. I searched for "Cannomok'e" on the web, and found no hits except for National Register related references. Does anyone know the story behind it? — Eoghanacht  talk 19:23, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Inaccurate Information - Paragraph 3
Hello,

I am a current park ranger at Pipestone National Monument and it has come to my attention that the Wikipedia page for this park contains inaccurate information. In the third paragraph of this article, I suggest replacing the sentence:

"Today only Indigenous people from 23 tribal nations, with treaties with the National Park Service, are allowed to quarry the pipestone."

with the following information:

"Any enrolled member of a federally recognized American Indian tribe may apply for a free quarry permit to dig for the pipestone. The National Park Service regularly consults with representatives from 23 affiliated tribal nations to discuss land management practices, historic preservation, exhibit design, and other facets of the park's management."

165.83.160.249 (talk) 22:10, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

Crow Creek Reservation paragraph
This paragraph seems out of place in this article. The Crow Creek Reservation is in central South Dakota. The only referenced source for this paragraph (a self-published blog) makes no mention of the Pipestone quarry in the text; it only appears on a map as a point along the route of the wagon train. That's not a significant enough connection to warrant inclusion in this article. Does anyone object to the removal of this paragraph? Skimpburger (talk) 00:06, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

 * Furthermore, the WP article on the Crow Creek Reservation makes no mention of the story related in this paragraph. If it belongs anywhere, it belongs in that article and not this one. Skimpburger (talk) 00:26, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

 * You should go ahead and move it to the correct article. oncamera  (talk page) 02:15, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

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Potentilla sterilis

Potentilla sterilis, also called strawberryleaf cinquefoil or barren strawberry, is a perennial herbaceous species of flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae. It is native to Europe.

Description
The plant looks rather like wild woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca), or a cultivated strawberry, but is a smaller plant, with smaller flowers, and it does not form fleshy fruit. After the petals have fallen from a flower no obvious fruit forms. The petals are usually well separated from one another, not overlapping as in Fragaria vesca. Another distinguishing feature, illustrated in the photograph at left, is that the terminal tooth of the leaflets is usually shorter than the adjacent teeth and the leaves are matt and darker green.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oedipus reloaded

 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. Woohookitty 06:20, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

Oedipus reloaded
2004 High school production of a remake of Oedipus Rex. Good work, kids, but not encyclopedic. DS 12:18, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete with extreme prejudice. --Lomedae 15:21, August 30, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. --Lord Voldemort (Dark Mark) 19:18, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Its a small production, if they'd put it on the West End then keep but untill then--Machtzu 23:03, 30 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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Pittwater

Pittwater is a semi-mature tide dominated drowned valley estuary, located about 40 km north of the Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia; being one of the bodies of water that separate greater Metropolitan Sydney from the Central Coast.

Pittwater has its origin from the confluence of McCarrs Creek, to the west of Church Point and a number of smaller estuaries, the largest of which is Cahill Creek, that joins the Pittwater north of Mona Vale. The Pittwater is an open body of water, often considered a bay or harbour, that flows north towards its mouth into Broken Bay, between West Head and Barrenjoey Head, less than 1 km from the Tasman Sea.

The total area of the Pittwater is 18.4 km2 and around ninety percent of the area is generally administered by the Hawkesbury–Nepean Catchment Management Authority, in conjunction with Northern Beaches Council.

The land adjacent to the Pittwater was occupied for many thousands of years by the Kuringgai peoples, an Aboriginal Australian grouping of uncertain origin. They used the river as an important source of food and a place for trade.

Pittwater was named Pitt Water in 1788 in honour of William Pitt the Younger, the then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Geography
Pittwater extends from Mona Vale and Warriewood in the south, along the eastern ridge of the Barrenjoey Peninsula leading to Palm Beach and along the western ridge of the Lambert Peninsula leading to West Head. The eastern parts of the catchment are largely urbanised whilst the western parts are primarily Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Within the Pittwater lies Careel Bay, Refuge Cove, Saltpan Cove, Horseshoe Cove, Crystal Bay, McCarrs Creek, Browns Bay, Elvina Bay, Lovett Bay, Towlers Bay, Portuguese Bay, Coasters Retreat and The Basin. Scotland Island is located within the estuary.

Pittwater contains a diversity of estuarine habitat types including mangrove wetlands, saltmarsh, sand flats and seagrass meadows, including threatened areas of coastal saltmarsh.

Aboriginal history
The Dharug peoples were the traditional inhabitants of the land and waterways north and south of Sydney Harbour, from Botany Bay in the south, inland along the Parramatta River and through the Lane Cove River and across Broken Bay and beyond to Brisbane Water. Amongst the Dharug there were many smaller units called clans, of which the Garigal were most prominent in the area surrounding Pittwater and the Northern Beaches. During 1789 the impact of smallpox on aboriginal peoples led to extensive mortality, with the death rate estimated at somewhere between 50% and 90%. Conservatively, between 500 and 1000 Aboriginal people died on the coastal strip bounded by Botany Bay and Broken Bay. A significant proportion of these were Garigal.

European history
The waterway was surveyed by crew members of HMS Sirius (1786) in 1788, and named Pitt Water after William Pitt the Younger, the then Prime Minister of Great Britain. The first regular water transport across Pittwater was the cutter Francis which carried settlers and farm produce from Sydney between 1793 and 1800. By 1803 a fleet of privately owned coasters had begun operating between Pittwater, Cowan Creek and Berowra Waters, usually travelling in convoy to reduce the risk of piracy by escaped convicts living along the shore. These vessels were generally built on Scotland Island and were not sufficiently seaworthy to leave Broken Bay. A customs house operated from Pittwater between 1843 and 1900, and a government-built sandstone lighthouse was completed at Barrenjoey in 1881. Both the Old Customs House and the lighthouse are listed on the Register of the National Estate.

Shipping declined as a transport medium following road and rail construction through the region between 1850 and 1890, especially the construction of a rail bridge over the Hawkesbury River in 1899. The last locally constructed shipping vessel was launched from a shipyard at Blackwall in 1912, and scheduled shipping services ceased in 1914. However, since the 1950s, Pittwater has become predominantly residential in character and is a suburban region of Sydney. The greater Sydney metropolis has extended to Palm Beach, Church Point and offshore communities in Pittwater, however its early character has been largely retained.

Current use and activities
Today, the Pittwater is a popular water recreation, such as sailing and fishing. The area is an important natural heritage area that comprises wetlands, bushland, lagoons, a waterway, rock platforms and beaches.

The Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race is held in January annually, and has been since 1981. However, in 2016 the race was held as Pittwater to Southport (in Queensland) since the facilities at Coffs Harbour had been badly damaged by East coast storms.

The area gives its name to:

 * The former Pittwater Council
 * The Electoral district of Pittwater
 * Pittwater High School
 * Pittwater Park
 * Little Pittwater Bay, in Hornsby Shire

Notable people
Chef Pamela Clark resides in Pittwater.

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User:CygnusTM

I'm CygnusTM. Hi.

Contact Information

 * email: cygnustm at gmail dot com
 * My website

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Talk:Harvey Weinstein

Unnecessary Language
In the section 2005-2017, "An analysis of Academy Award acceptance speeches from 1966 to 2016 found that Weinstein had been thanked or praised in 34 speeches—as many times as God, and second only to Steven Spielberg (with 43 mentions).", I feel like "-as many times as God," is unneeded and doesn't serve the neutral tone of Wikipedia. Do the rest of you agree? MLC 30975 (talk) 15:35, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Disagree. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.249.41.163 (talk) 22:27, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Agree. It should read "an American former film producer." 196.2.13.245 (talk) 08:29, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Of course we agree. What does any god have to do with this? 37.47.130.239 (talk) 06:03, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
 * How could that not be relevant! 2604:3D08:5B80:B70:6BED:C571:6029:3D8A (talk) 00:45, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

Lead sentence
I've changed the lead sentence to conform to the correct order of English adjectives (age comes before origin). Technically, this introduces an ambiguity as to whether he's a former producer or a former American. Since the latter isn't common wording, I went with "former American film producer", but if anyone objects, I'd recommend going with "former producer of American films" rather than the previous wording, as it sounds very wrong. – Robin Hood  (talk)  14:11, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

 * I'm just copying a comment that appeared to be posted on the wrong topic
 * > Agree. It should read "an American former film producer." 196.2.13.245 (talk) 08:29, 15 April 2024 (UTC) NomzEditingWikis (talk) 23:26, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Courtney Love quote
Any idea why the famous Courtney Love quote is not included here? It showcases how pervasive the knowledge of Weinstein's abuses where in 2005 well before he was indicted. Here's some RS: CNN, Slate, CBS, Billboard, and People.

2601:19E:427E:5BB0:BC4B:EDD7:9F02:52C9 (talk) 22:30, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Right-wing political angle
Clearly the angle of this article with the Hillary stuff LeoTheCat3 (talk) 04:12, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

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Essling

Essling is part of Donaustadt, the 22nd district of Vienna.

History
The oldest form of the place name was Ezzelaren. The Eslarn family had important roles in the Vienna city administration. Konrad von Eslarn was mayor of Vienna in 1287. From about 1590, the place name changed into Ehsling or Essling. The area is known for the Battle of Aspern-Essling, which was fought nearby between May 21 and May 22, 1809.

Sports clubs
The district is also known for their own soccer-team called SV Essling, which was founded in 1931, currently playing in the minor leagues.

Sights

 * Essling Castle
 * Essling Granary

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Wikipedia talk:Requested articles/Business and economics

Merrill Edge
Hi all - I just wanted to clarify my affiliation with Merrill Edge as I am the author who provided the information for consideration of a Wikipedia article. I am a paid employee at Bank of America, which owns/operates the Merrill Edge online brokerage. The information is factual and I've provided several external resources, but wanted to provide transparency here as well. Thank you, Jason — Preceding unsigned comment added by Djasoncook (talk • contribs) 15:08, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

Euler equation?
Is this request referring to Euler's homogeneous function theorem? If so, it can probably be removed... that is Euler's equation that is most often used in economics that I am aware of. Afelton 21:50, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I am not sure, but if you think so, just redirect it to Euler's homogeneous function theorem. -- Pamri • Talk 04:40, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

The homogeneous function theorem gets used a fair bit, but when macroeconomists talk about 'Euler equations' they're usually referring to the Euler-Lagrange equation that corresponds to an inter-temporal maximisation problem. (The Bellman equation article mentions how they come about.) Would it be worthwhile having some kind of redirect, or even a short page on its own? Just an idea. Fartsmith (talk) 09:45, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Shopworn expression
Under business terminology, there is a request for shopworn expression. This is not a business term, rather an idiom and should be requested elsewhere.

RA formatting standard
Please see: Wikipedia_talk:Requested_articles. Dragons flight 18:36, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

I question the appropriateness of hostile bid on the list of business terms that require an article. Much of the material one would to put in such an article is already in takeover and related articles, more can be put in those articles if you want. If someone did create an article called "hostile big," it might soon thereafter be merged. --Christofurio 15:45, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Couldn't help...
For anybody looking for a good laugh on a tiresome day - see the (currently) second request in "Business" (key figure). ROTFL! Bravada, talk - 15:42, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

define:substitute check
The following may be copyrighted

Definitions of substitute check on the Web:

 * A substitute check is a legal document, with all the rights and obligations of the original check and is about the size of a business check. It includes all information and endorsements from both the front and back of the original check . All substitute checks are required to include the following statement – This is a LEGAL COPY of your check. You can use it the same way you would use the original check. This is also known as an Image Replacement Document (IRD). www.ennis.com/ennis_site/check21/check21_glossary.htm

End of copyright notice.....

Hi, I am Kushal Hada. I have a userpage too if you think I am doing something inappropriate. The thing is that I get substitute checks from Bank of America and I want Wikipedia to have an article about it. I liked the article about Mail-in rebate and its redirected page. I will follow up on your progress. Thank you! Kushal Kushal one 18:07, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

 * Although requesting on the Talk page is unofficial, I jumped right on it. Now you can see the beginning of an artcle for substitute check. I hope other contributors will help wikify and categorize this new article. --Emana 09:26, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Separate Business Organizations section
I think it's time we move the Business Organizations section to a sub-page or its own full page. Or better yet, why not make this whole page into a composite page of six or seven separate pages? This is your chance to chime in. I will wait two weeks until Jan. 1st, 2007 to take any action. --Emana 19:56, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree that it needs to be separated. Is there some way to make it more manageable, like by having categories that fold out? Gogarburn 21:22, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your comment, apparently, the Cleanup Taskforce has reviewed this article and will soon be changing stuff around. I don't know when they'll actually assign someone to it, but I don't want to step on their toes. If the person assigned to it could notify me of their intentions, I'd appreciate it. So far it HAS been two weeks since the split proposal, so I would like to start the split process. -- Emana 08:58, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Well it's been two weeks, so I did it. I proposed the split to brush away spam under the rug, but I bet it's going to increase spam requests in the other sections. I marked the split area with HTML, so If it doesn't work well, we can put the section back easily. -- Emana 06:51, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Splitting "People" section
The "People" section has become unwieldy and long. I think it's time to split this section off. I know most of the requests must be splam links, but it cannot be ignored that these are real (or virtual) people that exist and may become notable enough for a paragraph on Wikipedia in the near future. As such, I think it suitable to let them be red-linked until the day their notoriaty arrives. With the amount of requests contained in this section, I hereby propose a section split. I will wait for two weeks until Jan. 7th, 2007, to take any action. Please leave your opinions here. -- Emana 07:45, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I support splitting it off. Gogarburn 21:22, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Supported. Unwieldy is right. AndrewHowse 16:08, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I also support this split. I will take on this task since the user that originally suggested it seems to have abandoned the idea (see note about Jan. 7th, above). I hope this is to the majority's liking. Ben K 15:22, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks Ben K. After splitting off the Business Organizations section, I wasn't sure if the split was doing any good, so I wasn't too energetic about splitting another section... it is a lot of work. Thanks again! -- Emana 00:38, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Deleting external links
I am deleting external links that link directly to the corporate website of the subject of the request, as they promote linkspam. It is easy enough to find corporate websites via Google search. I am also deleting links that link to advertisements, and heavily biased sites that are obviously trying to pursuade visitors against NPOV. I left some external links alone as they were genuine resources that were not directly related to or controlled by the subjects involved in the articles. If you disagree, instead of telling ME that you disagree, please prove to everybody else that the subject is worthy to be on Wikipedia by starting a stub article. -- Emana 19:33, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

 * I don't see any more external links on this page. Can we now remove the Spam-request tag?Anshuk (talk) 04:54, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

You don't see blatant promotional external links because I've been patrolling like the warning says. Nevertheless, you are free to remove the Spam request tag as you see fit. The warning tag exists for my convenience; I will continue to police advertisements without the tag, but would hate to have to explain myself over and over to people that say, "I didn't see any rule or warning!". --Emana (talk) 00:56, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

 * Really appreciate the job you are doing. Since this came up in the category 'Wikipedia spam cleanup', I thought there is some cleanup required. I won't touch it, since it looks like it is in good hands. Anshuk (talk) 08:36, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Terminology
I added definitions under Brand Development Index and Customer Tiering. Neither is exactly rooted in economics but they certainly arise in a business context. --AndrewHowse 01:53, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Update for clarity - Brand Development Index has been moved to a stub (by another user) AndrewHowse 16:06, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Corporate blogging policies
When I looked for a place to ask about a Wikipedia corporate blogging policies article, this was as close as I got. There may be a subcategory on the project page into which it would fit, but I wasn't able to select one for this sketch of what I was looking for:

 * Corporate blogging policy is notable in the encyclopedic sense in at least four ways:
 * Advertising medium for employer:
 * e.g. SaaScon workshops for a 2005 IDG conference; Signpost article about Microsoft
 * Critical of employer:
 * e.g. Delta Air Lines/Ellen Simonetti; July 2006 article in The Scotsman
 * Integral part of corporate culture:
 * e.g. Sun Microsystems policy for company-hosted employee blogs
 * Underneath the radar:
 * e.g. Electronic Frontier Foundation employee blog advice
 * See also: a young article, Employee branding…

I posted the points above during a discussion (now archived) on WP:BLP/N about a specific article—the larger context has more scope. Is there anyone here who knows where to take this, or who has an interest in developing it further? — Athænara  ✉  20:44, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Rhetoric of reaction
I've requested an article on this book by Albert O. Hirschman. It is legitimate, although I may create the article myself, time permitting. Bearian 22:35, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

References/Ext links
There needs to be ext. links for people to make articles. I mean if the article is regarding a corp., I don't think it can be link spam. They don't make profit by ads. Most information is only available from the corps. website! --Obsolete.fax (talk) 06:14, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Inseki jinin
Where would I go about requesting an article about inseki jinin (引責辞任), (taking responsibility by resigning) which is a common phenomena among Japanese politicians and business people who are ranked in their group/party/company. -Kaddkaka (talk) 17:00, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Business combinations
I think there needs to be a separate page for this. The current "mergers and acquisitions" page only highlights the b2b aspects of the global company shuffles going on. There is also not enough clarification on the synonyms/differences of some expressions like "demerger" "spin-off" "spin-out". (Hive-down doesn't appear anywhere so far). Just having a separate page for every expression doesn't help s.o. sorting out what they are looking at. Company groups also move their subsidiaries around. It would be nice to have a page sorting basic concepts and terminology out and linking to the relevant pages. Sorry but I'm a klutz when it comes to business, so I can't DIY it. Anyone here willing to help? Lisa4edit

"National Motor Freight Classification" or NMFC
I could find no information for this in Wikipedia. The only NMFC in Wikipedia is a football club. (Of all the requested articles, the business section seemed the most appropriate. If there is a better one, please move it there.) The NMFC is used to classify merchandise so rates can be set for shpping items in a truck, and likely rail, ships (marine), air and maybe even to space.

I was just looking for the list of classifications, but there is more to it than that. A gas grill is commonly 92.5, but may also be class 100.0 and 110.0. Wood chips, not charred is 50.0. I guess charcoal is some other class.

A small explaination is available from common carrier ABF: Explanation of Rate Scale. —Preceding unsigned comment added by PReinie (talk) 14:34, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi, I ditto above. Info is published by NMFTA: http://www.nmfta.org/Pages/Nmfc.aspx describes the catalog and source. HTH. cheers!

Help with Non-Profit Wikipedia Page
How/where does one go about requesting a page for a non-profit organization? I have all of the information necessary but cannot seem to avoid deletion. Any help would be greatly appreciated-Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Erika.boll (talk • contribs) 16:51, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Please consider adding a link to third party news coverage showing its encyclopedic value. Full Decent (talk) 18:25, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Overwritten section
The whole Business Terminology section was overwritten with promotional text by User:Indexholdingdubai, and afterwards, two people made new requests. I reverted to the last version before the overwriting and put back in the two new requests. I think everything is ok now. --Cmontero (talk) 18:40, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Big update 2009-10-23
I made a large, probably controversial, update today. If you disagree with it, please discuss here. My methods include: removing spam, removing existing articles, checking Google Scholar for notoriety of authors, checking my own expert knowledge from my education on the subject. I erred on the side of caution, more cleansing needs to be done. Full Decent (talk) 18:22, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Adam Smith Medal/Prize
Think we can resolved this one. Someone requested Adam Smith Medal, but there is already Adam Smith Prize. It is unlikely there is a difference so I just wanted another user to confirm this before it is removed from the list. Its okay to remove this when resolved. DaltonCastle (talk) 23:22, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Labor and Pensions
I just added a request for Central States Pension Fund. I put it under "other". There seems to be no place to request articles about pensions, labor unions or the labor movement.  Randall Bart    Talk   16:49, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

Cleanup
In case anyone watching the talk page, I plan to work on cleaning up this page over the next few days. Right now it is not maintained, the format is not followed, and is essentially impossible to use. Edits often appear to be tests or spam. I hope to remove non-notable entries, move appropriate sections to subpages, and make minor formatting changes to make it more usable. Please feel free to revert/help out. C F A  💬  01:19, 16 June 2024 (UTC)


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