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Garden of Five Senses

The Garden of Five Senses is a park in Delhi, India. Spread over 20 acres, the park is located in Saidul Ajaib village, opposite Saket, near the Mehrauli heritage area. Designed by Delhi architect, Pradeep Sachdeva, the park was developed by Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation, Delhi at a cost of Rs 10 crore, over a period of three years and opened in February 2003. Partly built over a rocky terrain, the garden has various theme areas, including a section on the lines of Mughal Gardens, plus pools of water lilies, bamboo courts, herb gardens and solar energy park.

Overview
Located just off the Mehrauli-Badarpur Road, in Said-Ul-Azaib village, close to the Mehrauli heritage area, The Garden of Five Senses is a park developed by Delhi Tourism Transportation Development Corporation. Inaugurated in February 2003, the garden is designed to stimulate the senses with its beauty and attractions and allow visitors to touch, smell, hear and see their natural surroundings. The garden serves as one of the prominent cultural venues of the capital, as programmes are organized here round the year. The Garden tourism festival (February), food festivals, different melas, Dandiya festivals and other cultural programs are held here at different times.

Presently, the Garden of Five Senses is managed by Sh. V K Jatav, Chief Manager, DTTDC.

In August 2005, Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation Limited (DTTDC) signed an agreement with ITE India Pvt Ltd for operating 31 commercial food and craft outlets for 10 years at the Garden of Five Senses, as a result the park also has several restaurants, and liquor serving bars.

Every year, the Delhi Government also organises Garden Tourism Festival at the Garden of Five Senses.

Replica of the Mexican Mayan Labná Arc
As the relations between India and Mexico are warming up, India has recently unveiled a replica of the Labná Arch at Garden of Five Senses in New Delhi as a goodwill gesture. The arch was built by the millenary culture of the Mayans located in Yucatán, México and built in the Late and Terminal Classic era. A date corresponding to AD 862 is inscribed in the palace.

The Labná Arch in the Garden of the Five Senses in New Delhi was inaugurated on 16 September 2013 by the Mayoress of New Delhi, Madame Sheila Dikshit and the Mexican Ambassador Jaime Nualart. The replica constructed by Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, was made with stone from Rajasthan, similar to the stone found in the Puuc region of Yucatán, and worked by expert Indian stonecutters. The project was initiated by Julio Faesler-Carlisle, Mexican Ambassador to India (2001–2004)and entirely funded by private enterprises, three Indian and three Mexican. The Arch will serve as a venue for cultural events.

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Talk:1-Bromobutane

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Is 1-bromobutane achiral?

According to the article of bromobutane in this website, bromobutane is a chiral compound.However, I think this is a mistake as the mirror images of the above compund is superimposible.Am I right?

Yep. You're right.

 * 1-Bromobutane is achiral and superimposable on its mirror image. 2-Bromobutane is chiral and not superimposable on its mirror image.  Edgar181 12:50, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:Asset forfeiture

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I have taken some info that I believe was wrongly included in the article about Search and seizure and added to this article, removing one bit of POV (see below). It still needs serious work as their is lots of info on this very controversial subject that can be added. Some areas this article should probably cover include:
 * The legal fiction of claiming the item to be forfeited as having responsibility in committing the crime it was used in.
 * Types of crimes in which it has been often used in such as solicitation of prostitution, drug related crime, organized crime, etc.
 * The arguments the forfeiture is a form of unjust punishment of owner since a crime need not be generally proven by authorities to forfeit items claimed to have been used in the crime.
 * The argument that forfeiture has been often abused due to the significant financial benefits for authorities.
 * Claims by supporters of asset forfeiture that the current laws regarding forfeiture provide adequate protection against abuse.
 * The various reform laws passed by congress and among the states.
 * Arguments for additional reform laws or improvements of current reform laws.
 * The history of asset forfeiture in from old Europe to current times.
 * Their are some prominent forfeiture cases, including some controversial ones that can be mentioned too.

I removed the following from the moved text as it was POV:

"confiscation as a tool by which the government can steal their property under drug laws are never formally charged with any crime. "

If it is reworded to be NPOV it could be added back. --Cab88 12:59, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Is there any diffrence between stealing and confisticating? In both cases the property is taken without the concent of the possesor/owner. Zarutian 13:44, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

When you confiscate a thing you have some kind of right or authority backing you up. When you steal a thing there is nothing official backing you. It is somewhat like the difference between a pirate and a privateer. Ken McE (talk) 16:39, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

When the judiciary forfeits a surety bail bond, the court shall order the underwriting insurance company pay the face-amount of the surety bail bond. --Sponsion (talk) 21:54, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

A citation is needed for the 80% of cases not having criminal charges. I'm not familiar with how to add citations, so I will put it here and hope a Wiki expert edits the main article. The ISIL has a pamphlet that mentions this figure. It in turn cites the Pittsburgh Press for its source. It also gives sources for some other figures in this article that need citations even though they are not flagged as such. For example, it claims that the Washington Times reported the figure mentioned in this article regarding the sum total of assets controlled by the US Marshalls Service. As for stealing vs. confiscated, I've heard it claimed that confiscated property is something that is taken away temporarily and will be returned once whatever problem there is becomes resolved. For example, if I confiscate my child's xBox for bad behavior then eventually I give it back unless he becomes a really bad boy. That is in contrast to a burglar who just takes things unconditionally, permanently. One could make the case that confiscation is a de facto theft if it is done with the explicit intent to take permanent possession, knowing that the true owner will be unable to resolve the issue required to receive the property back. For example, if I were to confiscate my child's xBox (so I can play with it) until such time as he gets a 4.0 GPA despite knowing he has a learning disability then that could be construed as de facto theft. I think a NPOV statement would be that critics of the system note the civil asset forfeiture laws provide a monetary incentive for law enforcement agencies to find ways to use confiscation in ways that are de facto theft rather than to use confiscation in ways that deter crime. (For one example, contrast to the incentivization of if the procedes had to be donated to charities unrelated to law enforcement rather than put in the budgets of the very same law enforcement agencies taking the property.) -David Mooter, March 5, 2008. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.93.10.192 (talk) 00:21, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Need to Edit Paragraph 3 Under Abuse and Controversy

Just wanted to add that the third paragraph under abuse and controversy needs editing. The vast majority of it is opinion, in fact the first sentence is a command to the readers.

"When people are convicted of crime then punish all offenders equally within the guidelines of a predetermined penalty. Forfeiture creates disturbing imbalances when attaching punishment to crime. Criminals who have assets are treated very differently to criminals who have nothing. Forfeiture targets assets not criminals and it does not prevent crime. Did the forfeiture of Prophet's home (http://www.simonprophet.com.) send out a clear message to drug gangsters? The police statistics in South Africa indicate that the civil forfeiture of his home actually promoted the particular drug crime of which he was accused by a staggering 7 500% increase within 4 years" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.194.214.194 (talk) 21:41, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Asset forfeiture vs Confiscation
Is there enough difference to keep two articles (Confiscation)? Сергей Олегович (talk) 05:15, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

External links POV
The external links section of this article appears on its face to be a collection of anti-forfeiture screeds. Probably all of these links should be deleted, and any new links should be carefully considered as per the criteria of External links. Objections?--Dbratland (talk) 04:03, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Agreed, with the possible exception of the link from Legal Information Institute, Cornell University, which arguably provides useful and reliable information additional to what is provided in the article. If no objections are voiced, will remove in one week -- INCLUDING inline references to those external links. Abigatorbait (talk) 18:48, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

Asset forfeiture vs. Disgorgement
Disgorgement sounds like a special case of asset forfeiture or a term used in certain jurisdictions but neither article mentions the other. Whether a merge is proper or not, perhaps someone familiar with the subject could explain the differences and expand on, and give context to, when "disgorgement" is used. — Magnus Holmgren (talk) 09:33, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

 * It's not that closely related, if I'm reading right: disgorgement affects the proceeds of a crime, forfeiture the purported tools of a crime. —Tamfang (talk) 22:48, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Abuses and controversy section
The section Entitled "abuses and controversy" speaks with authority but includes not one citation. While the claims made there are plausible many of them would not be unambiguous facts even if they were true; their relevance depends entirely on differences of opinion about things like jurisdiction, law enforcement funding, due process, etc. As such it's almost gbald editorializing to write such a lengthy, nuanced section without any citations at all. I'm deleting it; if you wrote it, please simply find some citations rather than starting some reposting/flame war or huffing that you've been in law enforcement for fifteen years or some such. I understand that opinions are strong and that some expertise is difficult to cite, but writing a section on largely subjective topic matter requires some citations when you're creating encyclopedic rather than journalistic or editorial content. It's not all about the citations, but some content is not very helpful or appropriate without them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.173.134.91 (talk • contribs) 03:12, 21 October 2011
 * no worries, people interested in the abuses and controversy of asset forfeiture can read all about it in the revision unaffected by user 99.173.134.91, here http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asset_forfeiture&oldid=456622051 76.119.30.87 (talk) 00:52, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

Moved from article as unsourced
I'm guessing that much of this can easily be sourced. --Ronz (talk) 15:53, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

Abuses and controversy
The widespread use of such proceedings, which usually involve assertion of in rem jurisdiction, has also brought many complaints about their misuse to deprive innocent persons of their lawful property. Without a requirement to prove that a crime had been committed, much less committed by the party in possession of the property, it has become too easy for law enforcement personnel to seize and prosecutors to forfeit properties worth as much as $20,000 because it will likely cost the person that much in legal fees to recover them. This is because in such cases the courts no longer abide by the old common law rule that the party in possession is to be presumed the lawful owner unless it is proved otherwise. Thus, a person carrying $6,000 in cash to a vehicle auction where the auctioneer will only take cash may be stopped and his cash seized because it is presumed only a drug dealer would have or carry that much cash.

The problem is exacerbated by the laws and rules that allow the agencies seizing the assets to keep the money for their operations, including the funding of salaries and promotions, the purchase of vehicles and equipment, and discretionary spending. In addition, there are often not strict controls on how the assets are liquidated, and law enforcement agents are discovered to have acquired forfeited assets, such as vehicles, boats, and other luxury items, without having paid full market value for them, or even anything at all. There have even been complaints about law enforcement officers seizing cash and other assets under the pretext of forfeiture and then just keeping them without reporting the seizure.

Another potential abuse involves the timing of police seizures. The police cannot auction seized illegal drugs, but using asset forfeiture they can keep or auction lawful goods purchased with money from the sale of illegal drugs. If the police wait to arrest a suspect they believe to be in possession of illegal drugs until after he or she has sold them, they stand to gain more from asset forfeiture than if they effect an immediate arrest while the suspect is still in possession of the illegal drugs. In this way, police forces are perversely discouraged to stop the sale of illegal drugs, so that the value of these drugs may be converted through unlawful sales into property the police can make use of.

The opportunity of forfeiture also gives the police an incentive to exert political influence, in their official capacity and through their unions, against liberalization of drug laws.

In South Africa the Prevention of Organized Crime Act of 1998 is inconsistent with section 25(1) of the South African Bill of Rights. Even before a person has committed a crime, the right of every person to own property is severely derogated by civil forfeiture. According to section 36(1), civil rights may be derogated only to the extent that the derogation is reasonable and justifiable.

"pursuant to law"
The very first sentence of the article, "Asset forfeiture is a form of confiscation of assets by the state, pursuant to law." is questionable at best.

Most people would deny that this form of confiscation of assets by the state is pursuant to law, since it is in many cases clearly unconstitutional.

I call POV on this. ---Dagme (talk) 16:46, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
 * (Alleged) unconstitutionality does not mean that it's not pursuant to law. Even bad or questionable law is still law.—Totie (talk) 01:32, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

differentiate
Perhaps there should be a link to civil forfeiture and/or administrative forfeiture so people can differentiate between the two. Or it can be discussed in a separate section in the article. Just an idea...CaityJanelle (talk) 01:40, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

Potential sources
I haven't made any changes to the article but I am placing a few ideas in the talk page so that I can find it later and piece it all together, like my outline. That way all of you will be able to view my sources and ideas before I post them and make my changes.
 * 1) http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?sid=1d958144-4f2f-45a9-befd-8823f45480f8%40sessionmgr112&vid=5&hid=105&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=cja&AN=59995187 Race and Civil Asset Forfeiture: A Disparate Impact Hypothesis.

This source is from the Weber State Library. Abstract: The article discusses the institutional reform law of civil asset forfeiture which enforces social and racial minorities in the U.S. The author emphasized that the theory behind the forfeiture provisions of law enforcement agencies targeted the withdrawal capital and funds of producers and dealers in drug trade. It states that the Institute for Justice has adjusted with the Department of Justice's Asset Forfeiture Program for acquiring justices in criminal conviction. Cameronpage25 (talk) 17:11, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

 * 2)http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?sid=1d958144-4f2f-45a9-befd-8823f45480f8%40sessionmgr112&vid=9&hid=105&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=cja&AN=26436 Theorising Asset Forfeiture in Ireland.

This source touches mainly on Asset Forfeiture in Ireland and gives a deeper understanding of the topic at an international level. Cameronpage25 (talk) 17:22, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Potential Edits
1) Stronger definition of asset forfeiture. There is a lot of fluff in the current definition and some meaningless info. 2) More detail on where the assets go after they are confiscated. 3) A section of limitations of asset forfeiture.

I feel that these potential edits will strengthen the article. Cameronpage25 (talk) 17:19, 10 October 2014 (UTC) Cj2300 (talk) 17:20, 10 October 2014 (UTC)Marquel HolmesCj2300 (talk) 17:20, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

 * I like all of these ideas. The article also has a banner noting that the "Civil and Criminal Law" section needs to be rewritten in an encyclopedic style. That's also something you could work on. Profmwilliams (talk) 19:26, 6 November 2014 (UTC)

Addition to the Introduction
Congress has incrementally expanded the government's authority to disrupt and dismantle criminal enterprises and their money laundering activities since the early 1970's. They have done this by enacting various anti-money laundering and forfeiture laws such as the RICO act, of 1970, and the US Patriot Act, of 2001. Cameronpage25 (talk) 17:28, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

History (peer review)
Congress has incrementally expanded the government's authority to disrupt and dismantle criminal enterprises and their money laundering activities since the early 1970s. They have done this by enacting various anti-money laundering and forfeiture laws such as the RICO Act of 1970 and the US Patriot Act of 2001. The war on drugs has had a major affect on law enforcement strategies including asset forfeiture for both criminal and civil cases. Cameronpage25 (talk) 18:45, 7 November 2014 (UTC), CJ2300

I added a bit more to the history including everything after the above paragraph and a couple sources in support of my findings.

Forfeiture of Terrorist Finances
I added another section to the article that touches on the forfeiture and disruption of terrorist funds. I have also included a source in support of my findings. Cameronpage25 (talk) 16:23, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

Where do all of the Forfeited assets go?
I have created a new section about where the assets go after they have been confiscated. This does not cover all of the places where the finances are dispersed but I have touched on a few. Cameronpage25 (talk) 17:07, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

Rewrote intro
The intro had a lot of unnecessary wording and notes that didn't make sense. I tried to smooth out a little and simplify it a bit. Cameronpage25 (talk) 17:50, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

Revised Criminal and Civil Law
Legal systems are categorized between criminal and civil, that generally use there own court system, because of different necessary steps that follow conviction. Traditionally crimes are public view as wrong and unlawful doings that harm society which has to be reckoned with by way of law so that similar offenses will not be committed again.The word criminal carries a negative stigma socially or with in the court system, criminal justice system provide some protections against procedural legal systems in civil cases. Involving of civil proceedings, is generally frowned on as wrong towards private individuals. Needless to say this also is not a guaranteed transaction, because the state can also civilly sue multinational corporations if crimes are committed with in a corporation. Laws do not aim to punish, but provide band aids on society. Asset forfeiture generally get criticized in a negative manor civilly. Conflict that appear is, when the legal system enforce seizing ones assets, who's to say that those assets are not being held on to for the legal system it self. Cj2300 (talk) 18:37, 1 December 2014 (UTC)marquel holmesCj2300 (talk) 18:37, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

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US Civil Asset Forfeiture and Administrative Asset Forfeiture - Unconstitutional and Fraud
US Civil Asset Forfeiture section was removed and redirected to here, by someone. Intentional or Unintentional to hide fatal flaws (unconstitutional and fraud information).

Under the US constitution - Civil Asset Forfeiture and Administrative Asset forfeiture is unconstitutional. 4th Amendment - Protection from theft by the government. (Unreasonable Seizure) 5th Amendment - Process of law to determine if the property was seized legally. (Due Process) 8th Amendment - Unlawful and unfairly punished. (Excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishment) 9th Amendment - Laws shall not be construed to deny the enumerated rights listed in the Constitution or others retained by the people.

Claims of "dismantling organized crime", is false. It's just propaganda. They never charged the owner with a crime. They skipped out on Due Process, the part where they (the government) charge the owner with a crime and prove it. They simply steal (spelling is correct) the property. In some cases, the owner is threatened with (false) imprisonment for not signing a waiver that says the money does not belong to the owner.

To legally seize money, for example, involved in money laundering. They would need to charge the owner with money laundering and prove it in a court of law (better known as Due Process). The process already exists.

You can for example arrest a government official for using civil asset forfeiture to steal property. They can't prove it was involved with a crime because they never charge the owner with a crime before stealing it. The prosecution can prove it was stolen because the owner was never charged with a crime. The owner's rights were violated, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th Amendment. If you understand the law, it should take no effort to see why Due Process is not an optional in cases of seizure, imprisonment, and the death penalty.

The government official(s) can be charged with theft, fraud, money laundering (claiming it was seized under civil asset forfeiture or administrative asset forfeiture), grand larceny, abusing government powers, and racketeering.

They also seem to be involved with the edit (and edit warring) of the topic in Wikipedia. They have been known to remove all information related to the unconstitutionality of Civil Asset Forfeiture and what it really is fraud (a crime). They included material from criminal asset forfeiture to shore up it's legitimacy, in a previous attempt and now it's been reduced to a subsection missing vital information again.

If unintentional, you have persons in law enforcement who are completely incompetent at law. It seems intentional, they keep hiding any information that points to unconstitutionality and fraud. They appeared to be involved with the editing (edit wars also) of Wikipedia on the topic.

Tae Hyun Song — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.225.182.47 (talk) 22:29, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

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Talk:Said bin Sultan

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To somebody who is familiar with changing titles of articles: please change the title of this article to: "Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Zanzibar and Sultan of Muscat and Oman". ..or something like that, so that Zanzibar is included. Huldra 12:33, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

If Said bin Sultan became Sultan after the death of his father Sultan bin Ahmad, than why does it say he was preceded by "none"?

Schuyler Livingston (re: a business transaction)
The late Schuyler Livingston was generally supposed to be a very liberal man. So he was when it was his interest to be so. He was not always just. In one case he acted the part of an unjust man to two young and unfortunate merchants.

In a former chapter I have alluded to the fact that about thirty years ago, General Jackson sent out a merchant named Edmund Roberts to make a treaty with Japan, Muscat, and Siam. Mr. Roberts succeeded in making a treaty with the two last named nations, but failed with the former. He went out on a second expedition, and died. Judge Amasa J. Parker, one of the purest and best, as he is one of the most sagacious democrats of the state, married a daughter of Mr. Roberts. At the death of the diplomatist, Mr. Parker, Who was then a Member of Congress from the Delhi district, published a book at the Harpers. It contained the life of Mr. Roberts, and many valuable papers connected with the expedition he made by order of President Jackson. Based upon the information conveyed by Mr. Roberts, a commercial house in this city opened a trade with Muscat and the Imaum. This continued a long time. Among other matters, some very valuable presents were sent to the Imaum himself. One agent of this New York house resided at Zanzibar Island, and another at Muscat. The Imaum is himself not only a priest, but indulges in merchandising when he finds a good opening. He loads one of his own ships in the early part of 1840, and sends her to New York, consigned to this house, that had been doing business with him for some time. The New York house had failed, and the consignment of the Arab ship and cargo passed into the hands of Barclay & Livingston, who made a nice thing of it—perhaps $5,000 or $6,000. Did the house of B. & L., who would have been puzzled to have told in what part of the globe Muscat was located, divide the commission, or make any return to that young house of Scoville & Britton, who had toiled and spent money for years to work up that trade? Not a dime. Schuyler Livingston told Mr. Britton, the only partner who was in the city at the time the Imaum’s ship arrived here, to kiss his—foot. Mr. Britton long ago left mercantile business, and met with the greatest success in another line; he being the head of the house in this city of Britton & Warner, bankers.

That was not all. The “Sultance” brought presents from the Imaum to the president of the United States, and also to Scoville & Britton, his New York Correspondents. An Arab chief returns present for present. The President of the United States had sent the Imaum valuable articles, and he sent back Arab horses to him. Scoville & Britton had frequently sent presents to the Imaum, among other things a Colt’s rifle and pistol mounted in ivory, and several other fire arms. In return to S. & B. the Sultan sent camels-hair shawls and certain articles. Barclay & Livingston never had sent the Sultan any presents, but they got his, and poor Scoville & Britton never received one of them. Mr. Livingston claimed that the presents belonged to Barclay & Livingston, as consignees of the vessel. Power is right, and there was never any redress, nor never will be in this world. Satan in the other may say: “Schuyler, that was a clever dodge of yours in 1840—keeping those Arab shawls.” As the Sultan is dead, he can explain that they were intended for his friends—his correspondents—those who had made him presents in 1839, and not for a couple of names the Imaum had never heard of, but who became consignees of the vessel, because they were the agents of Lloyds, London, and by consent of Lloyd L. Britton.

— --Pawyilee (talk) 05:21, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

Sayyid/Sayyida not Sheikh/Sheikha!
Sayyid and Sayyida are the correct official titles for the Omani royalties. They are the equivalents of prince/princess, duke/duchess, etc. The down link bellow redirects to the page of the council of minister in Oman on the official website of the Omani news agency (ONA). You can obviously view that the deputy prime minister (who's a member of the royal family) is entitled (H.H Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud al-Said). The same thing is indicated with the next two individuals from the council and the fifth and sixth as well.

http://omannews.gov.om/en/web/ona/the-council-of-minister — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.98.114.159 (talk) 05:37, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

Death
His death is given as 19 October 1856 Seychelles and in House of Busaid it is given, with more detail as Said sailed for Zanzibar on his ship Kitorie....He died on board the ship on 19 October 1856; Thuwaini bin Said has After the death of Said bin Sultan on Zanzibar in 1856... Meanwhile press reports of the his death put it on board a British warship, and some on the Indian paddle sloop Victoria in particular. Incidentally, in 19th century sources he is commonly referred to as "Imaum of Muscat" (less commonly the variant "Imaun..."). Should that be added, perhaps with a link to Imam? Davidships (talk) 14:02, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

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Allan Borodin

Allan Bertram Borodin (born 1941) is a Canadian-American computer scientist who is a professor at the University of Toronto.

Biography
Borodin did his undergraduate studies at Rutgers University, earning a bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1963. After earning a master's degree at the Stevens Institute of Technology in 1966 (while at the same time working part time as a programmer at Bell Laboratories), he continued his graduate studies at Cornell University, completing a doctorate in 1969 under the supervision of Juris Hartmanis. He joined the Toronto faculty in 1969 and was promoted to full professor in 1977. He served as department chair from 1980 to 1985, and became University Professor in 2011.

Awards and honors
Borodin was elected as a member of the Royal Society of Canada in 1991. In 2008 he won the CRM-Fields-PIMS prize. He became a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2011, and a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery in 2014 "For contributions to theoretical computer science in complexity, on-line algorithms, resource tradeoffs, and models of algorithmic paradigms." In 2020 he received the Order of Canada.

Selected publications

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Noordin Mohammad Top

Noordin Mohammad Top (11 August 1968 – 17 September 2009) was a Malaysian Muslim extremist. He was also referred to as Noordin, Din Moch Top, Muh Top, Top M or Mat Top. Until his death, he was Indonesia's most wanted Islamist militant.

Born in Kluang, Johor, Malaysia, he is thought to have been a key bomb-maker and/or financier, for Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) along with Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid (JAT), and to have left it, setting up the more violent splinter group Tanzim Qaedat al-Jihad. Noordin was reported by the FBI to be "an explosives expert", and "an officer, recruiter, bomb maker and trainer for the Jemaah Islamiah (JI) group."

Once in Indonesia, he married using the assumed name Abdurrachman Aufi. His wife, Munfiatun, was jailed in June 2005, for concealing information about his whereabouts.

Noordin and Azahari Husin were thought to have masterminded various bombings across Indonesia, mostly in early 2000s.

Noordin may also have assisted in the earlier Philippine consulate bombing in Jakarta, Jakarta Stock Exchange bombing, Christmas Eve 2000 Indonesia bombings and 2002 Bali bombings Noordin (allegedly nicknamed Money man) was an indoctrinator specialising in recruiting militants as suicide bombers, and in collecting funds for militant activities. Long after first being declared as wanted by Malaysian and Indonesian authorities, he was added to the FBI's third major wanted list in 2006. FBI Seeking Information - War on Terrorism list. He was killed during a police raid (by Indonesia's anti-terrorist unit Densus 88) in Solo, Central Java, conducted on 17 September 2009.

Bombings
Noordin and Azahari were thought to have masterminded the 2002 Makassar bombing, 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing in Jakarta, 2004 Australian Embassy bombing in Jakarta, 2004 Poso bus bombing, 2005 Bali bombings, 2005 Tentena market bombings, 2005 Palu market bombing, and 2009 JW Marriott - Ritz-Carlton bombing again in Jakarta.

On 5 August 2003, a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb outside the lobby of the JW Marriott Hotel in Jakarta, killing 12 people and injuring 150. Jemaah Islamiyah was suspected of responsibility for the bombing.

In September 2004, a car bomb was exploded outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, killing several people including the suicide bomber and wounding over 140 others. Jemaah Islamiyah with Azahari Husin and Noordin M. Top were suspected of being behind the bombing.

On 1 October 2005, bombs were detonated in Jimbaran and Kuta in Bali. The bombings killed 23 people, including three bombers trained by Noordin.

In July 2009, two suicide bombers killed seven people at the Ritz Carlton and JW Marriott hotels in Jakarta. Local anti-terrorism officials said that there were "strong indications" that Noordin Top was behind the attacks.

Fugitive trail
On 21 July 2005, Irun Hidayat was convicted of being an accessory by providing a house to Azahari Husin and Noordin Top. Mbai identified the chief suspect in the 2005 attack as Azahari Husin, who was thought to collaborate with the second suspect Noordin, whose wife was sentenced to three years in prison for harbouring him. Azahari Husin was later killed in a raid in November 2005. On 24 February 2006 the FBI added Noordin among three names to the Seeking Information – War on Terrorism list.

On 29 April 2006, he narrowly escaped capture after his safe-house was raided by heavily armed Indonesian police in Binangun, Central Java. In the altercation, Abdul Hadi and Jabir were killed. In June 2006 it was reported that Noordin was threatening more attacks in video tapes recovered by Indonesian authorities and police believe that he may have formed his own organization outside JI.

On 8 August 2009, there were media reports that he had been killed during a shooting with police near Temanggung, a village in Central Java. Forensic testing conducted by Indonesian police however, disproved this speculation. A body recovered from the ambush site was instead found to be Ibrohim, a key organiser of the 2009 Jakarta bombings.

Death
Indonesian National Police Chief Bambang Hendarso Danuri announced on 17 September 2009, that Noordin was killed in a police raid along with three other terrorists. Police hunting for suspects in bombings of July 2009 tracked the seven suspects to Solo in Central Java and besieged a village house in Mojosongo, Jebres District overnight. The raid ended near daybreak when an explosion was detonated inside the home. Four suspected militants were killed and three were captured. The operation left behind a charred house with no roof and blown-out walls. The bodies were flown to Jakarta for autopsies.

Among the four bodies recovered after the raid a corpse was identified as Noordin's; fingerprints taken from the Indonesian corpse matched samples obtained from Malaysia. A similarity was found in at least 14 minutiae points. On 19 September 2009, Indonesian National Police spokesperson announced that a DNA test was also carried out and it was proved that the body was in fact that of Noordin. According to a police intelligence officer, the renter of the house, "Susilo", Noordin's close associate Bagus Budi Pranoto, alias "Urwah" and Aryo Sudarso, alias Mistam Hisamuddin, were killed in the raid, along with Noordin. Police were led to the house after arresting Indonesian militant Rohmat Puji Prabowo at a marketplace in Solo on 16 September.

Sidney Jones, the South east Asia programme director of the International Crisis Group commented that Noordin's death was "a huge and deadly blow for the extremist organizations in Indonesia and the region", because "there isn't another radical leader in Indonesia who has given that same message so consistently."

Marriages
During his exiles and escapes from police raids, Noordin married several women in Indonesia and had several children from those marriages.

He married Munfiatun AKA Fitri on 7 July 2004. Fitri was sentenced to three years in prison for protecting him. He also married an unidentified woman in Rokan Hilir, Riau, during his exile after the 2002 Bali bombings. Around 2007, he also married Ariani Rahma during his exile in Cilacap. One other unidentified woman was also believed to be Noordin's wife during his time in police custody. These marriages were believed to be a part of his strategy to socialize with the local people to keep his identity secret. His first wife was an Indonesian-born Malaysian woman, who now lives in Johor, Malaysia, with their son.

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Talk:Malin Akerman

Wikipedia is not a viewer's guide to naked flesh in movies
If and when an actress has "exposed her nude upper body" is simply not relevant in a biographic article in an encyclopedia. This is not a matter of withholding "truth" - there are a wide number of equally irrelevant albeit true facts that I would remove in the same fashion (e.g. what brand of shoes she was wearing in the latest episode of The Comeback). Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. Furthermore, statements like this reduce the credibility of Wikipedia, by making it look like "Beavis and Butt-head's guide to naked flesh in movies". There must be more relevant things to mention about Malin Akerman's acting than the fact that she's once taken her shirt off in front of the camera. / Alarm 12:37, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I would support you Alarm, but for erotica-fans like me, it is somewhat interesting. Now I can look her up here: . //Fred-Chess 20:58, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Picture
While the above link is interesting, I think this would make for a much better picture, though I'm not exactly sure it's fair use: Those copyright laws are a bitch; but someone can try uploading it since I don't know all the rules and criteria, etc. --Wikiwøw  20:21, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Requested move (2007)

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Page moved per discussion below. History merged back together. -GTBacchus(talk) 05:06, 27 December 2007 (UTC) Malin Åkerman → Malin Akerman — Fix an improper, undiscussed cut-and-paste move. Malin Akerman is the spelling she herself uses on her own web page, a proper spelling for this Canadian-since-a-baby. I changed the empty-but-for-BLP-template Talk:Malin Åkerman to redirect to the still-existing Talk:Malin Akerman, if anything further needs to be done there include that as well. —Gene Nygaard (talk) 13:18, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Survey

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Not only had the page been moved by cut-and-paste, but all reference to the Akerman spelling had been exorcised. Furthermore the discussion of Swedish å equals German o (no mention of English) might create a misleading impression that it could also be spelled Malin Okerman. Gene Nygaard (talk) 13:27, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
 * For this kind of thing, you can probably just use WP:SPLICE. The cut-and-paster can initiate a normal move request if necessary after that. Dekimasu よ! 04:44, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Dekimasu. I wasn't aware of that, and will probably be using it some.  In this particular case, I likely would have gone to WP:RM anyway, to take care of it now.  Gene Nygaard (talk) 09:31, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
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Singer?
It states in the first paragraph that she is a "model, actress, and singer", but there is no information in the article regarding her singing career, band, or album releases. If she does actually have a singing background, someone should add some creditable information (Band, position, instrument(s) played, album releases, etc) about it to the article, and don't forget your sources. Is this singing in the shower? For that, I'd gladly buy a ticket... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.254.40.129 (talk) 16:27, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree. Info has been removed. -Duribald (talk) 16:33, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

 * Good you agreed. Without doing the research. Check her Swedish Wikipedia page. The information is there and she has indeed been a singer.

 * "Åkerman är sångerska i bandet The Petalstones (tidigare namngett Ozono)." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.221.32.193 (talk) 21:01, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
 * That's very nice, and it's okay to add it if you have a reliable source, but why is it in the lead? Is she notable as a musician? Is it much more than a hobby? A lot of actors are in bands, that doesn't mean we mention it in the introductory sentence in the lead. -Duribald (talk) 22:10, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Åkerman
I know the subject of the spelling of her last name has been mentioned before, but I think it has be done spelled as it was originally. Since she is Swedish and her name is Swedish spells with Å and not A in Swedish media, therefore it should be moved to Åkerman. In the movie "27 dresses" and others, she is credited as Åkerman. http://www.gp.se/gp/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=235&a=410640 http://www.gp.se/gp/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=257&a=482372 True, it spells with an A on "her" website, but I doubt the reliability of her site just for the fact it has a link to IMDB right on the main page and the very first page seems like an advertisement for the watchmen movie. Norum (talk) 20:37, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Norum, the most obvious point to make is that both your citations are in Swedish. She may be Swedish, and the Swedish media may spell her name with Swedish diacritics.  This is not, however, the Swedish wikipedia.  It's the English wikipedia.  And the established fact is that her name typically drops the diacritic in English, and that is rightfully the name of the article.Erudy (talk) 22:43, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

The point is that this is how the original media spell her name and her own website does not seem to be reliable source as it seem to be more of an advertisement than an actual website. So maybe we should change all the Näslunds, Jönssons and Försbergs into Naslunds, Jonssons and Forsbergs just because this is english Wikipedia? This is just ridiculous. The names should be as they are spelled in the original version. I looked for some other examples in english Wikipedia and I found some Polish names. It is Józef Piłsudski, Władysław Sikorski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and not Jozef Pilsudski, Wladyslaw Sikorski and Edward Rydz-Smigly. And there are many more examples like that. If this is done with polish names, then it can be done with Åkerman's name as well. Or maybe now these will be changed too, because this is the english Wikipedia? Norum (talk) 01:15, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
 * It's an interesting issue. According to Wikipedia policy you should use the version of the name found most commonly in the English language sources used for the article. However, this would mean that we would have to rename all articles about Swedish people, whose names contain å, ä, ö, é or è; for example Alexandra Dahlström or Tomas von Brömssen. English speaking media rarely to never use these letters, since they simply don't have them on their keyboards. Does this mean that they rename people? That there is an English language "version" of the name? Does miss Å/Akerman have two different names in the public records of Sweden and Canada? It's interesting philisophically, but this is Wikipeda and as I mentioned there is policy on the issue - Naming conventions (use English): "Follow the general usage in English verifiable reliable sources in each case, whatever characters may or may not be used in them.", "The references for the article should themselves be reliable sources; if one name is clearly most commonly used in the English-language references for the article, use it. If (as will happen occasionally) something else is demonstrably more common in reliable sources for English as a whole, and this is not a question of national varieties of English, use that instead." and "The native spelling of a name should generally be included in the first line of the article..." -Duribald (talk) 14:55, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

 * Or...we could go around to all the Arabic, Asian, Hebrew, Cyrillic, etc. Wikipedias and demand they use the English spellings of people like Madonna and Kanye West. -- >David  Shankbone  17:04, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

This is really just about North Americans being lazy in learning the proper spelling of foreign last names. Of course it is different when it comes to non-latin alphabets. I think if we stick with using the original spelling of the name, it would give people in North America a little bit more perspective. I think there is no point in changing foreign sounding names (as used in an examples above) into the English spelling, but leave it in the original version, especially considering that if an English speaking person types the name the English way, it will still redirect them to the right person. Not to mention that Åkerman's titles on Wikipedia have her listed with Å, not A. Another example - Johan Åkerman, a Swedish hockey player. His name is spelled with Å on English language sites. Norum (talk) 21:43, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I think you make some interesting points, and there is certainly no consistency on Wikipedia in the application of policy - which is seen in the actual article, where she is called "Akerman" three times and "Åkerman" sixteen times. But there's actual policy on this one, and perhaps that policy should be discussed in general, rather than in the context of one article. In such a discussion I would probably agree with you - there's really no reason not to write people's names "properly", as long as it is in the latin alphabet and redirects are made from common English transliterations. -Duribald (talk) 01:46, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Also Anton Strålman...so many examples. Speaking of the policy, where can this be discussed? I mean this is something worth looking into. Norum (talk) 01:59, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Try the talk page of the policy itself: Wikipedia_talk:Naming_conventions_(use_English). -Duribald (talk) 11:39, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

This is hardly a question of North American laziness with spelling names correctly. This is a universal issue in languages that words need to conform to linguistic rules, including the alphabet used by a language. This is the English Wikipedia, and in English there is no "Å". Because "A" and "Å" look similar, we think it all makes sense and why not, but the discussion page Duribald links to above shows the silliness of how far this goes: All the foreign article names are absurd, but it's the policy. I'm sure one day I'll type in Warsaw and be redirected to Warszawa. --KP Botany (talk) 18:24, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

I have placed a WP:RM request to move Libingan ng mga Bayani back to Cemetery of the Heroes. Further discussion of this move should take place at Talk:Libingan ng mga Bayani#Requested move. -- Boracay Bill (talk) 03:03, 1 March 2009 (UTC) Yes, we could also tell the Poles to rename Cemetery of the Heroes, which they call Cmentarz Bohaterów w Teguig, to be the standard Tagalog version of Libingan ng mga Bayani, but it doesn't make sense. We have a Tagalog Wikipedia, and this is not it. What is being argued is that everyone has to learn everyone else's languages and alphabets so so that we can comically watch our English readers struggle to pronounce and translate sounds, words and alphabets they have no familiarity with; nobody on the planet does this, unless you are learning Esperanto. -- >David  Shankbone  16:50, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Interesting fact: The discussion on the page move of Libingan ng mga Bayani actually resulted in no move being done - because of the policy you're advocating. English is an official language of the Philipines, and consequently most English speaking sources refer to the place as Libingan ng mga Bayani - including the official act that renamed the place. Absurd? -Duribald (talk) 22:33, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

People's names are one thing, but places, especially with a longer name are something totally different. I have to agree on that one, it would not make sense. As for the A and Å. True, they look almost the same, but it totally changes the sound. Å is pronounced more o. Another thing I have noticed, Swedish names with é in them, are still being written like that in the English Wiki as such. It would be insane to switch all the foreign names into the english version, that is why I think Wiki should allow the original spelling of the names in here. Hitler is still listed as Adolf, not Adolph. de la Rosa is still Pedro, not Peter. Fisichella is still written as Giancarlo, not John Carl. There are so many examples. Norum (talk) 22:09, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

 * This is a borderline case. If she still had Sweden as her base, it would be totally clear that she should be moved to Malin Åkerman, since that's her "real name". However, it seems she has emigrated more-or-less permanently to Canada, which could mean that she is naturalized under this spelling. If she works under "Akerman" there, it's probably better to list her under that spelling. Tomas e (talk) 22:17, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The same could be said for Swedish hockey players who've more or less emigrated to North America, someone like Nicklas Lidström (lived there for 20+ years) will probably never be referred to as Lidström in the US, just Lidstrom (as I think it says on his jersey), still doesn't change the Swedish name on the English wikipedia. chandler 20:03, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Proposed Move (2010)

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The result of the move request was: no consensus to move.   A rbitrarily 0   ( talk ) 13:03, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Malin Åkerman → — Conventional spelling as demonstrated by survey of English language sources.

I propose that we restore the title to Malin Akerman, as was the previous (and only documented?) consensus at this page. Although originally Swedish, she has spent almost her entire life and professional career in Canada and the United States, where she is now based. Additionally and more importantly, she is almost universally referred to as Akerman rather than Åkerman in English language sources. Of course, the name Åkerman should be mentioned in the first lines of the article.Erudy (talk) 05:28, 15 July 2010 (UTC) The following are citations which use Akerman.
 * Malin Akerman's official website
 * BBC
 * CBC
 * The New Yorker
 * New York Times
 * TIME
 * Maxim
 * Vanity Fair
 * FOX News
 * Rotten Tomatoes
 * Esquire

 * Support another case of weird accents not used in English, but used on Wikipedia 76.66.193.119 (talk) 21:57, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
 * It is not an accent or diatric. Nymf hideliho! 20:14, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
 * It's an Å. walk victor falktalk 23:51, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

 * Comment the 2007 move was never superceded, so this should be an automatic move, since the intervening move is a unilateral move against consensus. 76.66.193.119 (talk) 21:58, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Seriously? It's three years old, a wikiternity, and no one responded to the request. walk victor falktalk 23:51, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

 * Oppose. Foreign media drops the Å, Ä and Ö for anyone from Sweden simply because it's convenient and they do not know how to type or pronounce the characters. That still doesn't mean that it's correct. See Alexander Skarsgård, for example, who is always referred to as Skarsgard. And he has only lived in the U.S. for a couple of years, so it's hardly a naturalized thing. Besides, Å and Ä is not pronounced A, nor is Ö pronounced O. Nymf hideliho! 00:31, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
 * There's also obviously the fact that she still thinks of her name as Åkerman herself. See this interview. She describes the character as "an angel." Nymf hideliho! 00:56, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Perhaps calling the Å an "angel" is the best way to connect/communicate with Swedish audiences, like she is probably trying to do in the Swedish language interview you cite. Then again, the "foreign" media, and Akerman herself in her website, may drop the Å because they feel that it is the best way to communicate with their English speaking audiences.  I'm pretty sure that media organizations such as the BBC and the New York Times could render Å if they really wanted to.  (The BBC, for example, regularly provides information in over a dozen completely different scripts).  The fact is, dozens of professional editors have chosen to drop the Å, and in doing so they have created a de facto convention with regards to this person's name, a convention we should follow.  Erudy (talk) 17:44, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

 * The Economist manual of style uses French, German, Spanish and Portuguese characters because they're large languages; read this  Language Johnson post over there: Style Guide entry of the week: Mission diacritical, it's a rather good one. I believe the New York Times doesn't use any character from Jersey foreign languages. Not sure about the BBC. The point is, they (and we) all have their own conventions, appropriate for their special circumstances and purposes (journalistic for them; encyclopedic for us, making your references entirely moot) and ours is wikipedia:manual of style (propernames)#diacritics. walk  victor falktalk 23:51, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

 * Our purpose as an encyclopedia is subverted when we take on spellings which are idiosyncratic as compared to established usage. It reduces our authority as a reference.  That's one of the reasons why our policy is to follow English usage as we find it in reliable sources.Erudy (talk) 00:43, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

 * WP:COMMON has to do with what name to use - not the spelling of it. Nymf hideliho! 09:42, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

 * If she chose to spell her name with Cyrillic characters or Nordic Runes instead, that doesn't mean the article should be spelt that way. The common form is a standard A. 76.66.193.119 (talk) 19:18, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Cyrillic and the futhark and are not Latin alphabets. The Swedish alphabet is, with 28 letters (no w but å ä ö). And think about the poor Italians with only 23 letters! How are they supposed to spell Kylie Wild? Quilie Vild? walk victor falktalk 23:51, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

 * That's ridiculous and rather offensive. This isn't a choice either, it's the name she was born with. Besides, neither of those are based on the Latin alphabet, whereas Å, Ä and Ö is. There is also a Latin alphabet form of most Cyrillic names, which is obviously what we use. Just out of curiosity, do you propose we move every single article on the English WP that doesn't use the standard A to Z characters? Such as Heinrich Böll, Chloë Sevigny, Penélope Cruz, Muhammed Suiçmez, etc? Nymf hideliho! 18:23, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Names are given, then chosen. Both by the individual, and by the community that uses the name.  Rather than articles titled William Jefferson Blythe III, Novak Đoković, Stefani Germanotta, Franz Josef Strauß, Cassius Clay, Jr, and Jonathan Leibowitz, we have Bill Clinton, Novak Djokovic, Lady Gaga, Franz Josef Strauss, Muhammed Ali, and Jon Stewart.  Names are plastic and mutable and change under the pressures of assimilation, artistic taste, convenience, religious and national identity, familial relationships, and so forth.  Rather than endlessly debate the presence and relative legitimacy of each of these factors (which tends to make any name choice POV in the end) the most neutral solution is to simply follow the conventions of the language as verified by the sources we use to build this encyclopedia.  That is our policy WP:NAME, and I believe that following it here would yield Malin Akerman. In the cases of Heinrich Böll, Chloë Sevigny, Penélope Cruz, Muhammed Suiçmez, the same process may very well uphold the current article names.Erudy (talk) 17:44, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
 * The problem with switching Å for A is that Å is not a diacritic/accent (which completely invalidates the IP's "support" comment, by the way). It is two different letters. The use of an A in place of Å and Ä, or O in place of Ö, stems from ignorance. Anyway, if it is only a matter of changing the article name, though, then go for it, but the usage inside the article should still be Åkerman as it is her legal name. Nymf hideliho! 18:23, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh, and here's what the article on the letter Å says on the subject, Å. Nymf hideliho! 18:46, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

 * Ströng Øppose Ahem.... Manual_of_Style_(proper_names) sez: ::: Foreign proper names written in languages which use the Latin alphabet often include characters with diacritics, ligatures and others that are not commonly used in modern English. Wikipedia normally retains these special characters, except where there is a well-established English spelling that replaces them with English standard letters. For example, the name of the article on Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős is spelt with the double acute accent, and the alternative spellings Paul Erdös and Paul Erdos redirect to that article. Similarly the name of the article on the Nordic god Ægir is so spelt, with redirects from the Anglicised form Aegir and the Swedish spelling Ägir. However, the article on the Spanish region of Aragón is titled Aragon, without the accent, as this is the established English name.

Proposals to cleanse the wikipedia from those awful little foreign squigglets and maintain the Alphabetical Purity of The Chosen Twenty Six come up regularly. Please read as an example Thingeyri#Requested_move.2C_2007|Talk|Þingeyri#Requested_move.2C_2007, I'm sure everyone will find both good and bad arguments they wouldn't have thought of themselves (if this bores you out of your mind, read the The Girl Who Fixed the Umlaut in the New Yorker for a good laugh). And think that Þ|thorn is mighty mysterious compared with a mildly surprised (or surprising?) "Åh." walk victor falktalk 23:51, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
 * except where there is a well-established English spelling that replaces them with English standard letters That was the point of the citations: there is a well established English spelling that replaces the Å with A. Erudy (talk) 00:43, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Then why do these people only pop out of the woodwork for European titles with non-English letters? There were three Japanese names nominated on the same day as this article, but with nary an objection from the crowd. English alphabet is 26 characters, and English-speakers are more familiar with the Greek Alphabet than an eszett or thorn, but we disallow Greek. This is very biased against what a monoglot Anglophone would know, as Greek letters are taught in maths and science classes, while these various additions to the Latin alphabet of non-English letters are not taught in most English schools. Is this the English Wikipedia, or the not-English-but-Latin-derived Wikipedia? We have common usage in English for Akerman, and for tennis players, and we have a policies called WP:COMMONNAME and WP:USEENGLISH. Non-English lettering should be treated exactly the same way, since it's non-English, any other way shows favouritism towards some non-English populations over others. You should note that WP:POLICY says that policies override guidelines, and the MOS you link to is a guideline. 76.66.193.119 (talk) 06:13, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Manual of Style (Japan-related articles) walk victor falktalk 15:56, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
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Remove Canadian categories?
Åkerman has a Swedish passport and became an American citizen in October 2018. She lived in Canada for most of her life, but says she never was a citizen. So, should all the categories involving Canada, such as "20th-century Canadian actresses", be removed? Pancake (talk) 17:16, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

Her Name again
I frankly don't care either way, but the article should:
 * mention and explain the issue.
 * be consistent.

Currently it looks amateurish. --91.5.109.82 (talk) 14:45, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

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Furness Fells

The Furness Fells are a multitude of hills and mountains in the Furness region of Cumbria, England. Historically part of Lancashire, the Furness Fells or High Furness is the name given to the upland part of Furness, that is, that part of Furness lying north of the line between Ulverston and Ireleth. The hills lie largely within the English Lake District.

The term Furness Fells is also sometimes used as a synonym with Coniston Fells, perhaps partly as a result of the placing of the words "Furness Fells" on some Ordnance Survey 1:250 000 maps. The Coniston Fells properly form only part of the Furness Fells, albeit with all the highest mountains; other fells in Furness are of lower altitude. The Coniston Fells form part of the Southern Fells of the Lake District as defined by Alfred Wainwright.

Coniston Fells
The Coniston Fells are separated from the Scafell and Bowfell massif to their north by Wrynose Pass, and are surrounded on all other sides by lower ground. Coniston Old Man, the highest summit in the group, is the farthest south 2000-foot summit in the Lake District (using a 30-metre relative height criterion to determine what a summit is).

The tops of the Coniston Fells may be climbed from many points, including the village of Coniston at their base, or from Seathwaite in the Duddon Valley, or from Wrynose Pass. Seathwaite Tarn above the Duddon is the third-largest tarn in the Lake District; Levers Water, Low Water, Goat's Water and Blind Tarn are also located in the Coniston Fells group.

Coniston Fells Summits
These summits all have more than 30 metres of relative height (a commonly used criterion for being a separate summit). Alfred Wainwright included three more tops: Great Carrs, Brim Fell and Walna Scar, and included mention of White Maiden and White Pike. South of White Pike there is a significant loss of altitude before the Dunnerdale Fells, which therefore while forming part of the Furness Fells may be said to be distinct from the Coniston Fells.
 * Coniston Old Man, 803m
 * Swirl How, 802m
 * Dow Crag, 778m
 * Grey Friar, 773m
 * Wetherlam, 763m
 * Black Sails, 745m
 * Great Intake, 489m.

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Prostate biopsy

Prostate biopsy is a procedure in which small hollow needle-core samples are removed from a man's prostate gland to be examined for the presence of prostate cancer. It is typically performed when the result from a PSA blood test is high. It may also be considered advisable after a digital rectal exam (DRE) finds possible abnormality. PSA screening is controversial as PSA may become elevated due to non-cancerous conditions such as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), by infection, or by manipulation of the prostate during surgery or catheterization. Additionally many prostate cancers detected by screening develop so slowly that they would not cause problems during a man's lifetime, making the complications due to treatment unnecessary.

The most frequent side effect of the procedure is blood in the urine (31%). Other side effects may include infection (0.9%) and death (0.2%).

Ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy
The procedure may be performed transrectally, through the urethra or through the perineum. The most common approach is transrectally, and historically this was done with tactile finger guidance. The most common method of prostate biopsy was transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate (TRUS) biopsy.

Extended biopsy schemes take 12 to 14 cores from the prostate gland through a thin needle in a systematic fashion from different regions of the prostate.

A biopsy procedure with a higher rate of cancer detection is template prostate mapping (TPM) or transperineal template-guided mapping biopsy (TTMB), whereby typically 50 to 60 samples are taken of the prostate through the outer skin between the rectum and scrotum, to thoroughly sample and map the entire prostate, through a template with holes every 5 mm, usually under a general or spinal anaesthetic.

Antibiotics are usually prescribed to minimize the risk of infection. A healthcare provider may also prescribe an enema to be taken in the morning of the procedure. During the transrectal procedure, an ultrasound probe is inserted into the rectum to assist in guiding the biopsy needles. Following this, a local anesthetic, such as lidocaine, is administered into the tissue surrounding the prostate. Subsequently, a spring-loaded biopsy needle is inserted into the prostate, resulting in a clicking sound. When the local anesthetic is effective, any discomfort experienced is minimal.

MRI-guided targeted biopsy
Since the mid-1980s, TRUS biopsy has been used to diagnose prostate cancer in essentially a blind fashion because prostate cancer cannot be seen on ultrasound due to poor soft tissue resolution. However, multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) has since about 2005 been used to better identify and characterize prostate cancer. A study correlating MRI and surgical pathology specimens demonstrated a sensitivity of 59% and specificity of 84% in identifying cancer when T2-weighted, dynamic contrast enhanced, and diffusion-weighted imaging were used together. Many prostate cancers missed by conventional biopsy are detectable by MRI-guided targeted biopsy. In fact, a side-by-side comparison of TRUS versus MRI-guided targeted biopsy that was conducted as a prospective, investigator-blinded study demonstrated that MRI-guided biopsy improved detection of significant prostate cancer by 17.7%, and decreased the diagnosis of insignificant or low-risk disease by 89.4%.

Two methods of MRI-guided, or "targeted" prostate biopsy, are available: (1) direct "in-bore" biopsy within the MRI tube, and (2) fusion biopsy using a device that fuses stored MRI with real-time ultrasound (MRI-US). Visual or cognitive MRI-US fusion have been described.

When MRI is used alone to guide prostate biopsy, it is done by an interventional radiologist. Correlation between biopsy and final pathology is improved between MRI-guided biopsy as compared to TRUS.

In the fusion MRI-US prostate biopsy, a prostate MRI is performed before biopsy and then, at the time of biopsy, the MRI images are fused to the ultrasound images to guide the urologist to the suspicious targets. Fusion MRI-US biopsies can be achieved in an office setting with a variety of devices.

MRI-guided prostate biopsy appears to be superior to standard TRUS-biopsy in prostate cancer detection. Several groups in the U.S., and Europe, have demonstrated that targeted biopsies obtained with fusion imaging are more likely to reveal cancer than blind systematic biopsies. In 2015, AdMeTech Foundation, American College of Radiology and European Society of Eurogenital Radiology developed Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS v2) for global standardization of image acquisition and interpretation, which similarly to BI-RADS standardization of breast imaging, is expected to improve patient selection for biopsies and precisely-targeted tissue sampling. PI-RADS v2 created standards for optimal mpMRI image reporting and graded the level of suspicion based on the score of one to five, with the goal to improve early detection (and exclusion) of clinically significant (or aggressive) prostate cancer. The higher suspicion on mpMRI and the higher PI-RADS v2 score, the greater the likelihood of aggressive prostate cancer on targeted biopsy. Considerable experience and training is required by the reader of prostate mpMRI studies.

Up to 2013, indications for targeted biopsy have included mainly patients for whom traditional TRUS biopsies have been negative despite concern for rising PSA, as well as for patients enrolling in a program of active surveillance who may benefit from a confirmatory biopsy and/or the added confidence of more accurate non-invasive monitoring. Increasingly, men undergoing initial biopsy are requesting targeted biopsy, and thus, the use of pre-biopsy MRI is growing rapidly.

Clinical trials of mpMRI and PI-RADS v2, including NIH-funded studies are underway to further clarify the benefits of targeted prostate biopsy.

Side effects
Side effects of a TRUS or TPM biopsy include:
 * rectal pain or discomfort (very common)
 * burning when passing urine (very common)
 * bruising (very common with TPM only)
 * bloody urine for 2–3 days (very common)
 * bloody semen for ~3 months (30% with TRUS; ~100% with TPM)
 * poor erections for ~8 weeks (30% with TRUS; ~100% with TPM)
 * infection of skin or urine (1–8%)
 * infection of skin or urine requiring hospitalisation and intravenous antibiotics (1–4%)
 * difficulty urinating (1% with TRUS; >5% with TPM)

Gleason score
The tissue samples are examined under a microscope to determine whether cancer cells are present, and to evaluate the microscopic features (or Gleason score) of any cancer found. Gleason score, PSA, and digital rectal examination together determine clinical risk, which then dictates treatment options.

Tumor markers
Tissue samples can be stained for the presence of PSA and other tumor markers in order to determine the origin of malignant cells that have metastasized.

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Talk:SoundFont

Added example song
I composed a song, originally in MIDI, and noticed it became quite awesome when played with soundfonts freely disponible in the public domain. So, I did my part of democracy and shared it! 24.202.112.101 (talk) 01:18, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

If you're talking about that sidebar clip labelled Side By Side by Pascal Provost, all I can say is not everyone is going to share your positive opinion. In any event, I'm not sure it's a compelling example of how soundfonts are distinctly better, since it still resembles electronic music rather than anything acoustically recorded. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.193.27.158 (talk) 22:01, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

 * I think it's a good idea in principle. Maybe you can add the non-Soundfont (GM bank) version so people can play both side-by-side, for comparison?  --WayneMokane (talk) 19:05, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

 * What exactly IS a "non-Soundfont GM Bank"? That could mean anything from a pro quality dedicated synthesizer, to the Ultrasound and DLS sound banks used by competitors, to the cheezy AdLib derived 2-op FM synthesis common on lower end Soundblasters and their clones, which became synonymous with MIDI among the ignorant masses of windows users in the 90s. Which do you mean?

 * If you mean 2-op FM synthesis, *any* sample-based synthesis will beat low-end FM hands down, and it is completely disingenuous to represent SoundFonts as being any way special in that regard.

 * If you're comparing SoundFonts to other sample-based synthesis implementations, then you're squarely in subjective territory, and given the flexibility of sample synthesis, the skill and quality put into the patch bank is going to be the deciding factor, not the specific technical implementation.

 * Soundfonts are nothing more than Creative's implementation of sample-based synthesis and there's nothing particularly special about it other than it becoming a de-facto standard due to Creative's domination of the PC-soundcard industry. This whole article has the stink of someone who doesn't know what they're talking about, parroting marketing fluff as if it means anything. I'm deleting the nonsense in the intro. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.83.206.190 (talk) 04:57, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for improving the article. You should consider signing up for a user account. --WayneMokane (talk) 14:56, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

bi-directional compatible?
Shouldn't that be worded as either bi-directionally compatible or more correctly as cross-compatible (compare backwards-compatible and foreward-compatible)--Jack Schitt 07:41, 5 June 2006 (UTC) Yep, should be bidirectionally compatible. Mikeguz 06:31, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

What is the Filename extension for SoundFont? --Abdull 12:40, 2 October 2005 (UTC) .sf2 is the Filename extension for SoundFonts

how to use soundfont with sonar?
I'm a newby using sf2/midi files. I use to work with Guitar Pro, then Reason to create samplers for the midi files, but I had no satisfying results with redrum while importing, 'cause the drum pieces - like hihats or bass - doesn't match. I'd like to use soundfounds for the drum tracks but I don't know how. Could someone give me a hint or something? I'd appreciate very much.
 * I hate to sound like a wet blanket but Wikipedia is not for technical support. This talk page should only be about this article and how to make it better.  Why don't you try the Sonar forums?    --WayneMokane (talk) 04:13, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Soundfont player?
Does anyone know of a simple soundfont player that can open up sf2 files and allow playback with a clickable keyboard interface?

- Yes, look at the free SoundFont/MIDI player SynthFont or the SoundFont editor Viena (not "Vienna") at www.synthfont.com.

trademark
i read on the FluidSynth web site that "SoundFont(R) is a registered trademark of E-mu Systems, Inc." This article does say it is a brand name, but perhaps the trademark holder should be mentioned? --Jerome Potts 03:08, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Memory limit/ Hardware synths
On SoniVox's web site, they mentioned that a library in Kontakt or Giga format was about 1.3 GB, but due to a memory limit, but due to a memory limit, the SoundFont library fit onto one CD. What's that about? The article did not mention anything about a memory limit. Also, I think it would be informative if the article mentioned something about the hardware synthesizers (Korg M3, etc) that use SoundFont. Dr G (talk) 20:32, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree this would be a nice addition to the article. Why don't you go ahead and add it in?  --WayneMokane (talk) 04:14, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

SoundFont Extension
There is another SoundFont extension called ".sfArk". I don't know what it's for, but you can find examples at http://soundfonts.homemusician.net/ -David sfArk is a SoundFont compressed in size for quicker downloading. The afArk Application (free the last time I checked) compresses and decompresses the file for use. Funkus (talk) 21:09, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Error in "On Windows Vista" section
The Vista section states that the removal of an option to change the default midi out device makes it difficult or impossible to change to a soundfont compatible midi synth. This is not correct and is at best highly misleading. There is no GUI option for it in the sound control panel, however changing the midi out device is no harder than flipping a registry setting found in the two paths; HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ActiveMovie\devenum\{4EFE2452-168A-11D1-BC76-00C04FB9453B} and HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ActiveMovie\devenum 64-bit\{4EFE2452-168A-11D1-BC76-00C04FB9453B}

In these two keys all midi devices are listed and changing the default is a simple matter of changing the MidiOutId of the "Default MidiOut Device" key to the id of whichever one of the listed devices you want to use. Their id is also sequentially enumerated with the Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth (the default shipped with Vista) as 0 and then all added midi devices being given the id of 1, 2, 3 and so on. In the case of having an X-fi Elite Pro from Creative installed in the system the devices "SB X-Fi Synth A [EC00]", SB X-Fi Synth B [EC00]" and "SB X-Fi MIDI Port [EC00]" are respectively given the ids 1, 2 and 3.

Thus, to use Synth A from the X-fi card one would only need to change the Default MidiOut Device key's MidiOutId to 1. To use the MIDI Port as the default playback device one would change the id to 3. To revert back to the original softsynth in Vista changing it back to 0 would do the trick.

tl;dr: Changing the default midi playback device might not be an easy task for someone not used to changing registry settings, but it is no more complicated than following the above steps or to, in closing, make a shorter how-to; Maneuver to the keys HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ActiveMovie\devenum\{4EFE2452-168A-11D1-BC76-00C04FB9453B}\Default MidiOut Device and HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ActiveMovie\devenum 64-bit\{4EFE2452-168A-11D1-BC76-00C04FB9453B}\Default MidiOut Device and change the MidiOutId to 1 (or whichever id you want, the available ids can be found in the keys below the one you will be changing. A reboot is not necessary, though reopening the media player of your choice might be.

Recommend that the section be rewritten and to either include a short how-to similar to the one I wrote out or at the very least state that while there is no GUI option to change the midi out device, it can still be done by use of a single registry setting. (So there is no need for Creative or anyone else for that matter to make a utility to allow changing midi devices, though it might come in handy if you for whatever reason need to change it often).

85.166.47.120 (talk) 11:53, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

 * If you don't want to edit the registry, there's a small freeware tool for Vista and Windows 7: Putzlowitsch's Vista MIDI Mapper Control Panel (German page), described in English here (but note that on 64 bit machines, you have to copy the file to C:\windows\SysWOW64 and you have to switch the control panel to small or large icons on Windows 7).
 * Disclaimer: I did not write the tool, I'm just a happy user.
 * --93.231.181.45 (talk) 19:30, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

EDIT: Creative also has a soundfont bank manager for their x-fi and audigy cards, both included on the driver cd as well as a download from their driver download page on their website, making soundfont management on vista quite easy even without specialized audio software. 85.166.47.120 (talk) 12:00, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Is the Windows section really necessary?
AFAIK, this is about SoundFont. And if we really need to mention MS Windows, shouldn't there be a reason? I am unable to see that reason. Also, it's no good to only mention Windows if this article also has to cover the adoption of SoundFont in operating systems. Both GNU/Linux and Mac OSX ought to be mentioned in that case, just to cover it all. NqpZ (talk) 19:03, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

SF3 format (OGG samples)
A new type of SoundFont format started sometime recently that is built out of Ogg Vorbis compressed audio samples, with the extension .SF3. It's currently supported by MuseScore and Polyphone, perhaps others. I'm not sure whether it's notable enough to add to this article, though. Any thoughts? ZackTheCardshark (talk) 01:01, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

SFZ format
Nothing about this format? 109.31.231.16 (talk) 01:53, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

SFZ is a completely unrelated sampler format that has nothing to do with SoundFont. I have added a WP:HAT#Distinguish in the section where .sf2 is mentionened, and vice versa at the top of the article on SFZ (file format). If you know better places to put them, feel free. Toxide (talk) 22:26, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

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Thomas Nelson (publisher)

Thomas Nelson is a publishing firm that began in West Bow, Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1798, as the namesake of its founder. It is a subsidiary of HarperCollins, the publishing unit of News Corp. It describes itself as a "world leading publisher and provider of Christian content".

Its most successful title to date is Heaven Is for Real. In Canada, the Nelson imprint is used for educational publishing. In the United Kingdom, it was an independent publisher until 1962, and later became part of the educational imprint Nelson Thornes.

British history

Thomas Nelson Sr. founded the shop that bears his name in Edinburgh in 1798, originally as a second-hand bookshop at 2 West Bow, just off the city's Grassmarket, recognizing a ready market for inexpensive, standard editions of non-copyright works, which he attempted to satisfy by publishing reprints of classics. By 1822, the shop had moved to 9 West Bow, and a second shop had opened at 230 High Street, on the Royal Mile.

In 1835, the shop became a company, first as Thomas Nelson & Son when William joined, and in 1839 became Thomas Nelson & Sons when Thomas Jr. entered the business. Thomas Sr. died in 1861 and is buried in the extreme north-west corner of Grange Cemetery in Edinburgh. William concentrated his talents on the marketing side, and Thomas Jr. devoted his to editing and production. In the mid-19th century, Walter Scott Dalgleish was an editor with the company.

The firm became a publisher of new books and, as the 19th century progressed, it produced an increasingly wide range of non-religious materials; by 1881, religion accounted for less than 6 per cent of the firm's output. Its Hope Park Works in Edinburgh burned down in 1878, and the city council allowed temporary accommodation on the Meadows. In appreciation, the company funded the stone pillars at the east end of Melville Drive.

William Nelson died in 1887, and Thomas Jr. died in 1892. They were succeeded by George Brown, Thomas's nephew, who directed the company until Thomas III and Ian, Thomas Jr.'s sons, joined him and John Buchan as partners. Buchan, employed by the firm until 1929, dedicated his novel The Thirty-Nine Steps to Thomas III (Thomas Arthur Nelson) in 1914.

Ian Nelson took over as head of the family firm after Thomas Nelson III's death in action in 1917, during World War I.

By the early 20th century, Thomas Nelson had become a secular concern in the United Kingdom. The First World War led to the temporary rundown of Nelson through the denial of foreign markets, the loss of manpower (including the death of Thomas III), and the general exigencies of wartime, and initiated its long-term decline. Much of the effort expended during the inter-war period represented merely an attempt to reverse that decline, particularly in expanding the education list and reducing the dependence on reprints.

Ian Nelson remained head of the firm until his death in 1958. Ian Nelson's successor, his son Ronnie Nelson, seemed less interested in the successful management of the family firm than previous generations. In 1962, Thomas Nelson and Sons was absorbed into the Thomson Organisation in an effort to sustain its academic and educational publishing interests on a global scale. The presidency of the company then passed to Hubert Peter Morrison FRSE (who had been chairman since 1958). The printing division of Nelsons was sold to the Edinburgh company Morrison and Gibb in 1968.

Until 1968, according to the curators of a Senate House Library exhibition, the company "specialised in producing popular literature, children's books, bibles, religious works and educational texts." It was the first publisher for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Thomson owned the company from 1960 until 2000. That year, it was acquired by Wolters Kluwer, who merged Nelson with its existing publishing arm, Stanley Thornes, to form Nelson Thornes.

Original American history
The American branch of Thomas Nelson was established in 1854 in New York. In a December 1873 article on "Holiday Gifts" the New-York Tribune wrote:

Nelson held the copyright for the American Standard Version of the Bible from 1901 until 1928 when it transferred the copyright to the International Council of Religious Education. In the 1930s, the company made a deal with this council (which later became part of the National Council of Churches) to publish the Revised Standard Version. The firm was sold to The Thomson Organization in 1960, and in 1962, the company failed to meet demand for this Bible translation. This, in turn, led the National Council of Churches to grant other publishers licenses for the work, leading to a dramatic fall in revenue for Nelson.

Current United States company
In 1969, Sam Moore's publishing company, Royal Publishers, purchased Nelson. Moore retained the company's name and logo. In the 1960s, Thomas Nelson moved its headquarters from New York to Camden, New Jersey. It moved again to Nashville, Tennessee, in the 1970s. From 1979 to 1982, Nelson developed the New King James Version of the Bible (also known as the Revised Authorized Version) and under Moore began diversifying the company with a gift division.

In 1992, Nelson purchased the Word music and books brand from Capital Cities/ABC. In 1997, the company split the two, spinning off the record label and printed music division, one of the largest church music companies, to Gaylord Entertainment. This led to a lawsuit by Gaylord in 2001 over the Word name, and it was settled when Nelson renamed its book division the W Publishing Group. That year also led to a corporate expansion by the purchase of the Cool Springs and Rutledge Hill Press labels.

In 2003, World Bible Publishers was acquired by Nelson, and the fiction label WestBow Press made its debut (all books were later consolidated under the Nelson brand and WestBow Press was resurrected in 2009 to offer self-publishing services). Also, an imprint for Internet news source WorldNetDaily made its debut that year. The agreement dissolved, however, after 2004, and the former WND brand is now under the Nelson Current brand, including its authors.

Thomas Nelson, now based in Nashville, publishes Christian authors, including Billy Graham, Max Lucado, John Eldredge, John Maxwell, Charles Stanley, Michael A. O'Donnell, Ted Dekker, John Townsend, and Dave Stone. Thomas Nelson Inc. in 2000 began marketing the Women of Faith conference, a concept devised by author Stephen Arterburn in 1995, after attending a church conference in Atlanta. As of 2013, the annual Women of Faith conference was attended by more than 400,000 women. In 2005, Thomas Nelson launched the Revolve teen conferences, built on the Women of Faith model.

Michael S. Hyatt, a 25-year veteran of the publishing industry, became president and CEO of the company on 18 August 2005, succeeding Sam Moore who served as the company's CEO for nearly 47 years.

In 2006, the private equity firm InterMedia Partners and other investors agreed to buy Thomas Nelson for $473 million. The transaction closed on 12 June 2006. The company operated as a private company. In the same year, Nelson acquired Integrity Publishers from Integrity Media. In 2010, a group led by Kohlberg & Company bought a majority share of the company. In 2011, News Corporation subsidiary HarperCollins announced it had acquired Thomas Nelson. The acquisition closed in July 2012.

Canadian history
When Thomson sold Thomas Nelson UK, it kept the Canadian operations of the publisher as part of the company's education division. Thomson acquired Irwin in 2002.

Thomson Education was spun off as Cengage Learning in the United States and Canada in 2007. The Nelson name lives on through the Canadian company Nelson Education Ltd., an educational publisher. In 2015, Nelson Education was handed over to debtholders, which included Ares Management, Citigroup, Mudrick Capital Management and Sound Point Capital Management. In 2017, McGraw-Hill Education sold its K-12 education holds of McGraw-Hill Ryerson (formerly Ryerson Press) to Nelson.

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