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Cheers
Ted, you are a sight for sore eyes!

I have pasted in my new proposal at WP:DAB (here), I'd love to hear your opinions, either here on the talk page there.

William really buggered things up (as you noticed and first pointed out, it took me a couple of days to realise and jump into action). The new proposal (or a variant) will hopefully fix up the mess of dab page templates and categories.

Unfortunatly William can't understand what he's done wrong and now wants me to leave Wikipedia until I graduate (which is just over a year). I'm trying to sort that out on his talk page.

William has been constantly attacking you (and now teenagers apparently, lucky I had a birthday a couple of months ago :) ), if you would like to take up dispute resolution against him let me know - he is out of line and heavily disrupting talk pages (as well as the damage he's already done in implementing his new system for dab pages). Nice to hear from you.--Commander Keane 17:03, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Re: Recent Changes Camp
I'm glad that I had the chance to meet you too. I hope RCC returns to Portland next year. -- llywrch 04:23, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

WikiIndex message
Thank you for the message.

As I've visited various Wikis, as well as various message boards and social-interaction websites (e.g. slashdot, etc.), I have been registering my user name BlankVerse, mostly as a preemptive strike. I've been surprised that in most cases the user name has been available. My biggest failure so far is that I haven't been able to find a good free blog website where the user name was available (it's also unavailable as .com, .net, .org, and .info domain names, so I'd have to settle for blankverse.us or something similar).

At least for any MediaWiki-based Wiki, I've usually entered a link back to my Wikipedia user page and looked to see what sort of welcome template they had (if they had one). When they haven't had a welcome template, I've always added the same slightly snarky note in the edit summary. You're the first person who has ever responded to that note.

Since WikiIndex was not in the interwiki map at Meta, I've put in a request for it to be added (see meta:Talk:Interwiki map).

If I end up spending more time at WikiIndex, I'll probably help create a welcome template. On the other hand, I have been dissatisfied with the Wikipedia welcome message, but I haven't yet figured out what I would do if I created my own version of the welcome message (other than it definitely will not be a colored box like so many of the personalized welcome messages). Blank Verse 07:56, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

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Re: consensus poll on Universal Wiki Edit button
Have you seen this? http://www.aboutus.org/UniversalWikiEditButton

and this? http://www.aboutus.org/Portal:ConsensusPolls

There's active work happening right now with and on Consensus Polls. Thought you might be interested after your work on this last fall here at wikipedia. peace, Tedernst | talk

 * Yeah, I'd spotted some discussion of that on the mailing lists or somewhere. That sort of thing seems like an ideal situation for consensus polling to be applied, although it doesn't seem clear from that page exactly which design is being considered. I might go participate if I have some time. --bainer (talk) 06:40, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Chicago Meetup
Hey Ted, Thanks for coming out. If you get a chance, take a look at WP:CHIASSESS and vote.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 15:55, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Illinois 2007 Census
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Meetup
Ted - If you're interested in coming to another Chicago meetup, take a look at Meetup/Chicago 3 and let us know your thoughts. best — Dan | talk 18:38, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

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 * Also You have been not signed up as an active member of WP:CHICAGO, but you have a userspace page linked to User WPChicago.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 18:32, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

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Preston Street (Ottawa)

Preston Street (Ottawa Road #73) is a street in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, running between Scott Street in the north and Prince of Wales Drive and Queen Elizabeth Driveway in the south. It is the main commercial artery in Ottawa's Little Italy, home to numerous small business and Italian restaurants, and is synonymous with "Little Italy" to many Ottawa residents when referring to area businesses.

Preston Street is marked at Carling Avenue by a metal arch lit in the colours of the Italian flag, built in 2002 to attract tourists from the Dow's Lake area immediately to the south. At the same intersection is the tallest building in Ottawa, the residential condominium tower Claridge Icon.

Since 1974, Preston and its side streets are closed to traffic each June for the Italian Week festival, Ottawa's celebration of Italian culture. Preston Street has been given a commemorative Italian name Corso Italia.

In 1986, the Preston Street Business Improvement Area was formed, representing local businesses to the City of Ottawa.

In 2015, Preston was temporarily extended north from Albert Street to Kichi Zibi Mikan (then the Macdonald Parkway) in order to serve as the main arterial to Gatineau, Quebec while Booth Street was being closed due to the Confederation Line construction.

Preston is either named for former city treasurer John Honey Preston or alderman George Honey Preston.

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Talk:War Child (charity)

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I created this article. Why was my sentence "The patrons include David Bowie, Brian Eno and Luciano Pavarotti." deleted? I have restored it. Please don't delete it. Ogg 18:08, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Think it was probably removed due to lack of references - so you could have added this reference and then mentioned a bunch more notable artists if you wanted to make a list. EdwardLane (talk) 03:03, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

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Convention on the Rights of the Child
I'd think this page should have some link to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and at least mention this snippet :)

The basic human rights that children everywhere have: the right to survival; to develop to the fullest; to protection from harmful influences, abuse and exploitation; and to participate fully in family, cultural and social life

And I'd like to see a list of the various projects ongoing and past. Also links to other subsidary or related NGOs might be useful.

EdwardLane (talk) 02:46, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

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Common sense (disambiguation)

Common sense is sound practical judgment concerning everyday matters.

Common sense may also refer to:

Print media

 * Common Sense, a 1775–76 tract on American independence by Thomas Paine
 * Common Sense (book series), a 1960s series of political books published in the UK by Victor Gollancz
 * Common Sense (Benn and Hood book), a 1993 book by Tony Benn and Andrew Hood
 * Common Sense (American magazine), an American political magazine 1932–1946
 * Common Sense (Scottish magazine), a magazine of left-wing theory 1987–1999
 * Common Sense: A Political History, 2011 book by Sophia Rosenfeld
 * Common Sense, a 1941 novella by Robert A. Heinlein, half of the 1963 novel Orphans of the Sky
 * Glenn Beck's Common Sense, a 2009 book

Music

 * Common (rapper), formerly Common Sense
 * Common Sense (band), an American reggae group
 * Common Sense (J Hus album), 2017
 * Common Sense (John Prine album), 1975
 * Common Sense, an album by Joel Cummins, 2001
 * "Common Sense", a song by Wilco from Schmilco

Other uses

 * Common Sense (animation studio), a Japanese animation studio
 * Common Sense (podcast), an American history podcast by Dan Carlin
 * Common Sense Media, a San Francisco-based non-profit organization
 * Scottish common sense realism, a school of philosophy

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1999 Salford City Council election

Elections to Salford Council were held on 6 May 1999. One third of the council was up for election. The Labour Party kept overall control of the councill. Overall turnout was 21.85%.

After the election, the composition of the council was:
 * Labour 56
 * Liberal Democrat 4

Election result

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Nicholas Abram

Nicholas Abram (1589 – 7 September 1655) was a Jesuit theologian and classicist.

Biography
Abram was born in Xaronval, in Lorraine, in the year 1589. He entered the Jesuit order in 1606, and took his final vows in 1623.

Abram taught rhetoric at Pont-à-Mousson, then engaged in missionary work, and finally taught theology at Pont-à-Mousson from 1636 until 1653. He taught briefly at Dijon before returning once again to Pont-à-Mousson, where he died in 1655.

Works
His principal works are:

 * Nonni Panopolitani Paraphrasis Sancti secundum Joannem Evangelii. Accesserunt Notae P.N.A., Soc. Jes. (Paris, 1623);
 * Commentarii in P. Virgilii Maronis Bucolica et Georgica. Accessit diatriba de quatuor fluviis et loco paradisi (Pont-à-Mousson, 1633–35);
 * Pharus Veteris Testamenti, sive sacrarum quaestionum libri XV. Quibus accesserunt ejusdem auctoris de veritate et mendacio libri IV (Paris, 1648).

His other works may he found in Carlos Sommervogel, Bibliothèque de la compagnie de Jésus (Brussels, 1890). They include:

 * Epitome Praeceptorum Graecorum Versibus Latinis comprehensorum (Pont-à-Mousson, 1612)
 * Theophrastus, sive De Quatuor Fluviiset Loco Paradisi Diatriba ad Explicationem Versus 290. Libri IV. Georgicon (Pont-à-Mousson, 1635)
 * Commentarius in tertium volumen Orationum Ciceronis (Paris, 1631)
 * Dispositio Analytica aliquarum Orationum Ciceronis brevibus Tabulis comprehensa (Pont-à-Mousson, 1633)
 * Epitome Rudimentorum Linguae Hebraicae Versibus Latinis breviter et dilucide comprehensa (Paris, 1645)
 * Dissertatio de Tempore Habitationis Filiorum Israel in Egypto
 * Pharus Veteris Testamenti, sive Sacrarum Quaestionum, libri xv.; accesserunt de Veritate et Mendacio, libri iv (Paris, 1648)
 * Axiomata Vitae Christianae (Pont-à-Mousson, 1654)
 * L'Université de Pont-à-Musson (Paris, 1870)
 * a commentary on the epistles of St. Paul (unfinished manuscript)

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Carihuairazo

Mount Carihuairazo (also Carihuayrazo) is an eroded stratovolcano neighboured by Ecuador's highest mountain Chimborazo.

Location
Carihuairazo is located in the Cordillera Occidental of the Andes of central Ecuador, 150 km south-southwest of the capital Quito. Its neighboured by 6,263 m high Chimborazo. The nearest cities are Riobamba (~30 km to the southeast), Ambato (~30 km to the northeast) and Guaranda (~30 km to the southwest). Carihuairazo's 1.5 km wide heavy eroded caldera opens to the east.

The Carihuairazo forms part of the "Reserva de Produccion Faunistica Chimborazo" which forms a protected ecosystem to preserve the habitat for the andens native camelids Vicuña, Llama and Alpaca.

Glacier
Carihuairazo's Glacier lost almost all of its mass during the last decade as a result of global warming and ash covers caused by the recent volcanic activity of its eastern neighbour Tungurahua. At current rate Carihuairazo's Glacier is expected to completely disappear between 2020 and 2030.

Volcanism
Carihuairazo must have been a Volcano of similar dimensions to its neighbour Chimborazo before explosions during the last period of activity destroyed the mass of the peak, leaving today's caldera. There is no evidence of historic activity and Carihuayrazo is considered inactive.

Etymology
An interpretation of its name is that it's a combination of the Quichua words Cari (man), huay (wind) and razu (Ice/Snow) (Schmudlach 2001). Local Indian mythology narrates that Carihuairazo and El Altar which are both volcanic calderas have been destroyed by Taita (Father) Chimborazo fighting for the grace of Mama Tungurahua.

First Ascent
Carihuairazo was climbed by Edward Whymper, the cousins Louis and Jean-Antoine Carrel, and Ecuadorians David Beltran and Francisco Campaña, during their 1880 Ecuador expedition. It is not entirely clear from Whymper's description, but some people believe that they climbed the Mocha (4,960m) and not the Maxim summit (5,018m). The first ascent of the Maxim summit is therefore attributed to Arturo Eichler, Horacio Lopez Uribe and Jean Morawiecki in 1951. Whymper and his companions ascended in cloudy conditions, believing the east peak (Mocha) to be the higher one. When the clouds cleared on their descent, Whymper said they could see they had climbed the west peak. It is likely that he meant the central summit, which is just west of Mocha.

Climbing
Due to the glacier retreat and its consequences climbing Carihuairazo has shifted from a PD glacier route with some rock scrambling to an AD route with a technical climb to the summit tower (Maxima, 5,018m).

 * Carihuairazo can be climbed year round with best seasons being December–January and July–August.
 * A good height acclimatization is highly recommended for this climb.
 * The mountain is contained on the IGM (Instituto Geografico Militar) 1:50000 Map Chimborazo (CT-ÑIV-C1) (IGM 1991, ).

Routes
The normal route to Carihuairazo Maxima (5,018m) starts from a camping spot at ~4,600m, reaching the main ridge either via the SW-ridge or from West via the glacier, followed by a difficult technical climb to reach the summit tower.

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Talk:Gitanes

Most popular?
Does anyone have any evidence for this? Gauloises are surely more popular and are listed on the Altadis website as a flagship brand where Gitanes only have niche status. --DavidCW 23:50, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

NPOV?
Just curious...how is this article NPOV? Gitanes are a pretty interesting brand with a long history; if anything, I think that this article could be expanded. I'm no expert on the subject, although I have smoked Gitanes and noted their characteristic smell and crepe-paper filter. JustinStroud 18:10, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Not available in the US?
I just bought a pack of these today in the US, so obviously they are still available here. They do say Made in France on them though, so perhaps this is an older pack (they seem pretty fresh, though). --Ohm 01:22, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

You must have gotten extremely lucky or bought some seriously old old old cigarettes - or a knockoff from Russia (not kidding, they make fake Gitanes and other brands and sell them domestically and then some are smuggled into the USA).

I wouldn't smoke those if I was you - and I am not joking or kidding. --Mrtobacco 15:03, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

The article mentions that Gitane means "Gypsy woman" without mentioning that the picture portrays Carmen, the eponymous character from Bizet's opera.

I don´t konw the reason why she has to be Carmen from Bizet´s opera, she is just a woman with some elements ilke the tambourine and the "peineta" in her head that makes thing she´s a spanish gypsy woman, I think that the charachter of Carmen isn´t implicit in the image and there aren´t enough elements to think it, althought the image of Spain in France is very influenced about this opera,in this case there´s no more influences from Bizet´s work. I´m sorry about my english but I think it can be read, regards. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.32.252.54 (talk) 12:43, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

LOL
Never a more sophisticated article on a brand of cigarettes. Only on Wikipedia. . . —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.176.25.20 (talk) 19:47, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

And no mention of their delicious taste! --MathewBrooks (talk) 15:33, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Gitanes Filter stock in UK changed!
Recenlty Imperial Tobacco has changed the stock supply of Gitanes Filter to the UK market. Sadly the quality of the cigarette has dropped due to this dramatically.

Check out this blog:

http://gitanefilter.blogspot.com/

Three versions or four?
The French version of this article says that the 1910 release was with three versions (and with attribution). The English version says four (without). What gives? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.7.28.58 (talk) 06:06, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

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Talk:Svengali

Quote
''Why don't yer sing as yer bought to sing — yer've got voice enough, any'ow! why don't yer sing in tune'?''

Surely "ought to sing"? A miskeying/mis-scanning in the http://www.hypnosisinmedia.com website? Anyone got the book handy? Flapdragon 18:11, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

No response so made the change on the balance of probabilities! Flapdragon 23:09, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
 * as yer hought to sing (Italics in the original) 1905 George Bell & Sons edition218.214.18.240 (talk) 06:10, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Plot summary
Most of the information on this page should be moved to the page discussing the Trilby novel.
 * Agreed. I've moved it now. --Tysto 22:54, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Unsourced material
I'm moving them here, because none of them are sourced. When they are sourced, then can be reinserted in the article.

Trivia

 * In Season 4, Episode 5 ("The Wallet") of Seinfeld, the character Elaine refers to the power her psychiatrist boyfriend has over her, but mispronounces the name as "Svenjolly," prompting Jerry to suggest, "Maybe he has, like, a cheerful mental hold on you."
 * The Three Stooges short, Hokus Pokus, their is a pariody of Svengali called Svengarlic.
 * In Chicago their is is a horror movie host called Svengoolie.

scifi pet?
I seem to remember reading a scifi story that mentioned a pet called a svengali, which emitted psychic happy-vibes when stroked. Anyone else recall it? —Tamfang (talk) 06:31, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Neutral point of view?
The fairly untalented Philadelphia based band The Disco Biscuits has a song titled "Svengali".

"fairly untalented"? Not very neutral, unless I'm missing something here.SimonJester501 (talk) 14:18, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

 * You are absolutely right. I've removed that phrase as POV. -Phoenixrod (talk) 15:03, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Extended meaning
[Svengali] has entered the language meaning a person who, with evil intent, manipulates another into doing what is desired

This isn't really right. The elaboration for context - that it means a coach or something similar who does so, seems more right. It's not any kind of manipulation that makes for a svengali. john k (talk) 20:25, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

 * Well, AHD4 says: "A person who, with evil intent, tries to persuade another to do what is desired: 'a crafty Svengali who lures talented people with grand promises yet gives them little lasting operational authority'". So one dictionary supports "evil intent." However, www.m-w.com says "a person who manipulates or exerts excessive control over another." Neither dictionary definition actually sounds right to me, because to me the word Svengali implies not only evil intent, but implies that the manipulator evokes a level of performance of which the victim is otherwise incapable. Psychic steroids, if you will.

 * But barring evidence to the contrary I must assume that the dictionaries are right and that the meaning has drifted over the years.

 * References, references, what we need are references... Dpbsmith (talk) 20:59, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

 * Hmm...OED says, "one who exercises a controlling or mesmeric influence on another, freq. for some sinister purpose." None of these definitions seems to very closely match any of the others, although there are obviously commonalties.  The usages in the OED are distinctly unilluminating.  john k (talk) 21:03, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Rove and Rush Limbaugh?
This doesn't seem very neutral to me - the article linked to isn't from a mainstream publication, and both examples are right wingers. Neither one is, as far as I'm aware, generally referred to as a svengali. If there's a more mainstream article to link to (a NYTimes op ed or such) then I think it would be more defensible. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.80.68.18 (talk) 07:00, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Unsourced trivia items
If you want them in the article, provide references and move them back. Dpbsmith (talk) 01:27, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Popular culture

 * In an episode of the sitcom "Psych", entitled "American Duos", Shawn and Gus call Juliet a "Svengali" when trying to convince her to be their dance coach.
 * In an episode of the sitcom Seinfeld, entitled "The Wallet", Elaine refers to her psychotherapist boyfriend as a "Svengali" because he wields a powerful mental influence over her. She mispronounces the word as 'svenjolly', causing Jerry and George to mock her.
 * In the season 1 pilot of the Moonlight TV series, entitled "No Such Thing as Vampires", Beth interviews a suspect who refers to another character as a "Svengali" who brainwashed students, using literary references to vampires, sex and dark desires and seduced them into his cult.
 * In the 1950 movie All About Eve, the character Bill Simpson (played by Gary Merrill) says to Eve Harrington (played by Anne Baxter), after she tries to seduce him, "names, I've been called - but never Svengali."
 * In the NCIS season 3 episode "Silver War", Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs consoles Mossad officer Ziva David about her half-brother Ari Haswari, whom she had killed, by describing him as a Svengali.
 * Season 9, episode 6 of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit the captain refers to a perpetrator as a "Svengali".
 * In the Season 2 episode of Venture Bros entitled "Guess Who's Coming to State Dinner?", Col. Bud Manstrong angrily calls Brock Samson "Svengali" when he finds his mother passed out in Samson's lap.
 * Local Chicago, Illinois horror host Svengoolie–originally played by Jerry G. Bishop–takes his name from Svengali
 * In a Three Stooges short film "Hokus Pokus" (and Flagpole Jitters), Moe (Moses Horwitz, AKA Moe Howard) introduces actor Jimmy Lloyd, who was portraying a magician, as, "Svengarlic. He'll take your breath away!"
 * In the little known but multiple tony award winning musical On the Twentieth Century, Lily Garland, an actress, repeatedly refers to Oscar Jaffe, the producer/director/pretty much everything who discovered her and made her initial career as well as her former lover, as a Svengali
 * In an episode of the American comedy show Malcolm in the Middle entitled, "Hal's Friend", Malcolm is called a "Svengali" by a friend's mother after Malcolm convinced his friend to go play paintball with him.
 * In the Season 3 episode of The X-Files entitled "Pusher", Agent Scully notices "Svengali" playing on the TV as they enter the apartment of Robert Patrick Modell.
 * A hard rock band from Canada that had albums in the early 1990s is named Sven Gali.
 * Derren Brown's fifth live tour will be called Svengali, due to the nature of his mentalist acts.
 * In one Powerpuff Girls comic book, Him dresses up in a business suit, claiming to be a record executive named "Sven Golly".
 * In an early 1960s episode of The Andy Griffith Show, Opey's teacher Helen Crump asked Sheriff Andy Taylor, "Sheriff, what are you, some kind of Svengali?" To the dismay of Miss Crump, Andy had earlier implied to Opey and his friends that they didn't have to study history in Miss Crump's class. To redeem himself in Miss Crump's eyes, Andy later regaled Opey and friends with stories of Redcoats, Indians, Cowboys, guns, the shot heard round the world, and "you know ... history stuff." The next day Opey and friends surprised Miss Crump with their knowledge and enthusiasm about the topic, prompting her to visit Andy and pose the question about Svengali.
 * In the movie Falling Up (2009), the main character Henry O'Shea is warned by a taxi driver named Rajib never to trust women. He makes a reference to Svengali saying that a while ago he was very rich, had a house with pool, tennis court and waterfall and a good life and lost everything because of such women.
 * American songwriter Steve Taylor wrote a song called Svengali, featuring in the album I Predict 1990
 * In the book A Father´s Story: One Man´s Anguish at Confronting The Evil of His Son, serial killer´s Jeffrey Dahmer´s father Lionel Dahmer wrote that upon hearing the news of his son´s crimes, he initially thought that Jeffrey had been brainwashed and manipulted into committing the crimes by a dominant accomplice, a Svengali.
 * In the 1953 movie Lili, Paul (Mel Ferrer) is asked if he is a "Svengali".
 * In the 1939 movie At the Circus, Punchy (Harpo Marx) is called "Swingali" in the song "Swingali". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.236.212.216 (talk) 06:26, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Recent edit war
I've repeatedly undone edits by user:ArdenHathaway for making unsourced, poorly worded edits about Svengali being an antisemite. At this point I believe that I have gotten the editor to understand that the character himself is not actually an antisemite, but rather the author may be for portraying Svengali as he does. What I now can not get across to the editor is that any edit about this needs to be sourced, npov, and located in the appropriate place in the article. It may actually be more approproate in the Trilby article anyways. I am reluctant to be involved anymore after the number of edits I have made and after repeatedly being called an antisemite despite my best efforts to explain things to user:ArdenHathaway. Thanks for any help. Beach drifter (talk) 19:11, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Arden Hathaway cites a 1960 book, From Shylock to Svengali: Jewish stereotypes in English fiction, by Edgar Rosenberg. Glancing through what Google Books shows me,, Rosenberg is identified as an assistant professor at Harvard, so I think he can be called a "scholar." I don't see why the article shouldn't say "The scholar Edgar Rosenberg calls the character Svengali a Jewish stereotype, and identifies him as a version of Ahasver, The Wandering Jew," and cite page 242 as the source. As a matter of fact, I'll do that myself, Beach drifter, because I think it's an interesting point. I'm embarrassed to say I did read the novel, or at least skim it, a couple of years ago, and did not notice Svengali as being a Jewish stereotype.

 * I agree with Beach drifter that the character Svengali is, of course, not "antisemitic." That is to say, Svengali is not prejudiced against Jews. He is a Jewish stereotype. Whether to call it an antisemitic depiction of a Jew, and whether to call DuMaurier antisemitic is a tricky judgment that would need a good source; in 1894, casual antisemitism was common in Europe, and indeed in the United States. I don't think notorious antisemite is good either, because I might be wrong but I don't believe Trilby is famous for being antisemitic. The Birth of a Nation was popular because it was racist. Was Trilby popular because it was antisemitic? I'd be interested to see whether anyone can come up with a source suggesting it was.Dpbsmith (talk) 00:28, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

 * P. S. I see that a book on The origins of the American detective story refers to Trilby as "this obnoxiously anti-Semitic book..." Dpbsmith (talk) 00:43, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

 * P. P. S. This probably relates more to the article on Trilby than Svengali, but a Google Books search on trilby svengali jew surprised me; it turns up a large number of hits:
 * "Du Maurier also clearly establishes Svengali as the demonic Jew in his relationship to Trilby..."
 * "the racial hatred and obsession is projected on to Svengali, coming back from him with great force: here it is exclusively the Jew who is busy evaluating the others in reductive eugenic terms..."
 * "He is part Jewish, and to gentile American audiences still frightened by the otherness of new Jewish immigrants, Svengali's Jewishness is explanation for what he has done with Trilby..."
 * "it is no coincidence that Svengali is so spectacularly a Jew. Indeed, in some sense he could not have been anything else..."
 * "[Svengali is the] third of a trio of literary Jews who entered the English language after Shylock and Fagin..."
 * So Arden Hathaway is in good company. I'm feeling a little embarrassed at personally having missed Svengali's being "so spectacularly a Jew," but I feel a little better when I read that "Unlike Fagin and Shylock, who are clearly identified as Jews by most readers and viewers, Svengali is not so obvious." Dpbsmith (talk) 01:01, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

 * Here from the RFC. I agree that more discussion of Svengali's Jewishness is called for as there's an enormous amount of discussion of it (besides the sources quoted, there's also "The Music Master and 'the Jew' in Victorian Writing: Thomas Carlyle, Richard Wagner, George Eliot and George Du Maurier," and the Edgar Rosenberg source already cited). However, I don't think it's appropriate to foreground the antisemitism in the lead; it's not the point of the novel, as it's not the point of Oliver Twist (see: in Fagin's article, we mention in the lead that he is "the Jew" but save the discussion of the antisemitism for the body). –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 04:05, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree with Roscelese's remarks. In deference to Beach drifter, I changed ArdenHathaway's section title from "Anti-Semitism" to "Svengali as an example of Jewish stereotyping." I don't quite understand either Beach drifter's or ArdenHathaway's point of view perfectly. I take it that ArdenHathaway feels it's important to use the specific phrase "anti-Semitism." I can't tell whether Beach drifter thinks that term is too strong, or whether he just objects to clumsy phrasing in earlier edits that don't make it clear who is displaying anti-Semitism. Dpbsmith (talk) 19:55, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

SEDUCES
The article begins: Svengali is a man who seduces, dominates and exploits Trilby, a young English girl, and makes her a famous singer.

I take exception to "seduces." There is not an iota of evidence in the "Trilby" novel that Svengali seduces Trilby. Trilby dies as pure as, yes, the driven snow, and more than several times the character Gecko states that Trilby failed to love Svengali as he wanted her to love him.Abenr (talk) 02:15, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

Popular Culture inclusions
There is an episode of My Little Pony based on Triiby, with a character based on Svengali, named Sven Gallop. 2600:8800:2221:F500:20E0:9731:2EEA:531C (talk) 04:55, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

 * I've added this (sourced) to the article. AmauryPi (talk) 09:34, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

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Rhizanthella

Rhizanthella, commonly known as underground orchids, is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae and is endemic to Australia. All are leafless, living underground in symbiosis with mycorrhizal fungi. The inflorescence is a head of flowers held at, or just above the ground but mostly covered by soil or leaf litter and little is known about the mechanism of pollination.

Description
Orchids in the genus Rhizanthella are mostly underground, perennial, sympodial, mycotrophic herbs with fleshy underground stems which produce new shoots at nodes where there are colourless leaf-like cataphylls. There are no roots and new tubers form at the end of short stems. The leaves are reduced to scale-like structures lacking chlorophyll, pressed against and sheathing the stems.

The inflorescence is a head containing many flowers and is held at, or just above ground level but the head is usually covered with leaf litter or soil. The head is surrounded by a large number of overlapping bracts and each flower has an erect, elongated bract at its base. The flowers are non-resupinate, arranged in a spiral, inward-facing, dull coloured and lack a stalk. The sepals and petals form a short, curved hood over the labellum and column, open on one side. The lateral sepals are joined to each other and to the dorsal sepal at their bases. The petals are joined at their bases to the column and are shorter than the sepals. The labellum is different in size, shape and colouration from the other petals and sepals, is thick, fleshy and has no nectar. The column is short with short wings. Flowering time depends on species and is followed by the fruit which is a berry that does not split open (indehiscent) and which contains 50 to 100 seeds.

Underground orchids do not possess chloroplasts but they retain plastid genes, although R. gardneri possesses one of the smallest organelle genome yet described in land plants.

Taxonomy and naming
The first formal description of an underground orchid was by Richard Sanders Rogers who published his description of R. gardneri in the Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia in 1928. The name "Rhizanthella" is a diminutive of Rhizanthes, a parasitic plant in the Family Rafflesiaceae. The name "Rhizanthes" is derived from the Ancient Greek words rhiza meaning "root" and anthos meaning "flower".

Species list
Four species are recognised by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families and a fifth species has been formally described, but not as yet accepted by other authorities:
 * Rhizanthella gardneri R.S.Rogers – western underground orchid (W.A.)
 * Rhizanthella johnstonii K.W.Dixon & Christenh. – south coast underground orchid (W.A.)
 * Rhizanthella omissa D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. (Qld.)
 * Rhizanthella slateri (Rupp) M.A.Clem. & P.J.Cribb – eastern Australian underground orchid (N.S.W.)

In 2020, a fifth species, Rhizanthella speciosa, found in New South Wales, was described by Mark Clements and David Jones in the journal Lankesteriana but as at September 2020, the name has not been accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.

Distribution and habitat
Rhizanthella gardneri occurs in the south-west of Western Australia where it grows in association with broombush (Melaleuca uncinata). R. johnstonii, also from WA, was split from R. gardneri in 2018. Rhizanthella omissa has only been collected once, at an elevation of 1200 m in the Lamington National Park in Queensland. Rhizanthella slateri, formerly known as Cryptanthemis slateri, occurs in the Blue Mountains and similar ranges in New South Wales where it grows in sclerophyll forest. R. speciosa was discovered in 2016 in wet sclerophyll forest in Barrington Tops, which contrasts with the more-open dry forest habitat of R. slateri.

Ecology
The pollination mechanism of Rhizanthella is not known. A single specimen of a small fly from the genus Megaselia, some small wasps and termites are the only observations of insects carrying pollinia of Rhizanthella.

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Peanut milk

Peanut milk is a plant milk, which is an alternative to animal milk. It is made with peanuts, water, and sometimes other additional ingredients like salt, sugar, or cinnamon. Peanut milk is high in fat and protein compared to other plant-based milks. This milk is sometimes used by people who identify with lactose intolerance, veganism, or a casein-free diet, as it has no lactose, but includes nutritional benefits like being high in magnesium, Vitamin E, Vitamin B-6, and protein.

In the northern region of Nigeria it is a popular drink known as Groundnut milk.

Invention
George Washington Carver, a well known botanist, scientist, conversationalist and professor in the early 1900s, was most likely to have been the modern inventor of peanut milk. With a fond curiosity and great skill in chemistry and physics, George was known for his valuable research on the peanut. Through the isolation of fats, oils, gums, resins and sugars of the peanut, he found many ways to use the nut, including peanut milk.

Market availability
There are very few manufacturers of peanut milk, despite plant-based milks being mass-manufactured, such as cashew, almond, and rice milk. As dietary preferences shift, as evidenced by the fact that online searches for diets like veganism have doubled in the United States since 2015, tripled in Australia, France, and Spain, and more than quadrupled in Sweden, demand for non-dairy milk has increased. Plant-based milk purchases in U.S. grocery stores rose by 5% over the previous year, accounting for 14% of total milk sales, according to the Plant Based Foods Association's examination of store sales statistics. Sales of regular milk, on the other hand, had risen by 0.1 percent.

Production
In order to make a basic form of peanut milk, the following is needed: peanuts, water, a blender and a Cheesecloth. The first step includes putting peanuts in a jar big enough to hold them, and then soaking the peanuts in water for at least six hours. Then transfer the soaked peanuts into a blender and blend them until smooth. Finally, transfer the blended nut substance into a cheesecloth to squeeze out the peanut milk, now ready for consumption.

In Nigeria, peeled or unpeeled groundnuts are blended and boiled for few minutes. Groundnut milk is served cold and chilled using refrigerator and ice cubes.

Water footprint
Though little research has been done on the sustainability of peanut milk itself (due to lack of mass-production), there is information available on the sustainability of peanuts. Peanut production is mainly concentrated in drier climates like in the Mideast and Midwest parts of the U.S. Peanuts in comparison to other nuts are the most water-efficient nut, as it takes around 3.2 gallons of water to produce one ounce of peanuts. This is because of its compact plant structure and its ability to grow underground, as it takes less biomass to intake water. The peanut plant also keeps water intake to a minimum through its vine's growth structure, allowing for a microclimate conserving water.

The following is an illustrated graph, showing the water usage of the 4 most harvested nuts in America.

Carbon footprint
Peanuts have the lowest carbon emissions among popular USA nuts, allowing for sustainable farming. Peanuts are also unique compared to other nuts, as they improve soil composition and benefit other crops around them.

Nutritional value
Researchers developed a vitamin and mineral fortified infant formula that used peanut milk as a source of protein, fat and food energy. When compared to other plant-based milks, peanut milk has one of the highest protein and fat contents, allowing for a creamier milk. The macro nutrients in a cup of peanut milk include the following:

Controversially, lectins, which are found in soy, peanuts, and other beans, may limit glucose absorption in the intestine, hence affecting total calorie consumption.

Uses
Peanut milk is generally used as a dairy substitute for items such as coffee creamer, peanut soup, yogurt, parfait, or by itself.

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The Poky Little Puppy

The Poky Little Puppy is a children's book written by Janette Sebring Lowrey and illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren. It was first published in 1942 as one of the first twelve books in the Simon & Schuster series Little Golden Books. The copyright was renewed in October 1969.

The Poky Little Puppy is a story about five puppies of undetermined breed. As of 2001, The Poky Little Puppy was the single all-time best-selling hardcover children's book in the U.S., having sold nearly 15 million copies. While the book has outsold many other famous books such as Dr. Seuss' Green Eggs and Ham, Lowrey herself (who also wrote stories about children in her home state of Texas) remained in relative obscurity until her death.

Synopsis
The Poky Little Puppy lags behind to explore while his siblings sneak out to play. When his siblings are caught for digging holes under the fence, the puppy escapes punishment by being away. He later enjoys the rice pudding that the other puppies were denied.

The next day, someone filled the hole. Then a sign was made. The sign said: "DON'T EVER DIG HOLES UNDER THIS FENCE!". But the puppies dug a hole under the fence and went for a walk in the wide, wide, world.

This pattern then repeats itself, only with chocolate custard for dessert instead of rice pudding. But their mother was greatly displeased. She (again) punishes the Poky Little Puppy's siblings. (That is, as she says, "So you are the little puppies who are going to dig holes under fences! No chocolate custard tonight!".) Once again, the Poky Little Puppy avoids punishment while everyone else is asleep. He eats up the chocolate custard withheld because of the fence digging incident. Again, not knowing he is going to be punished, he secretly avoids punishment, eats the chocolate custard too, and again crawls into bed happy as a lark.

The next day, someone filled the hole. Then a sign was made. The sign said: "DON'T EVER, EVER DIG HOLES UNDER THIS FENCE!". But in the spite of that, the puppies dug a hole under the fence and went for a walk in the wide, wide, world.

At the end of the book does fate catch up with the Poky Little Puppy. The mother (the third time) almost punishes the Poky Little Puppy's siblings. (That is, as she says to them, "So you are the little puppies who dug a hole under that fence again! No strawberry shortcake for supper tonight!".) When the puppies are sent to bed without dessert a third time (this time being strawberry shortcake), they wait until they think their mother is sleeping. Then they sneak out of bed, make up for their mistake, and fill in the hole they'd dug under the fence. The mother sees them doing this, rewards them to have strawberry shortcake, and tells them to come have strawberry shortcake. The Poky Little Puppy not only arrives too late to get any strawberry shortcake, but is forced to squeeze between the fence boards since the hole has been filled in. Then when he sees his four brothers and sisters licking the last crumbs from their saucers (last crumbs from the shortcake), his mother notes her sympathy about Poky's behavior. She (in comfort) says to him, "Dear me...! What a pity! You are so poky! Now the strawberry shortcake is all gone!". The book concludes with Poky Little Puppy having to go to bed without a single bite from the shortcake, gets a taste of his own medicine, and (since he is forced to go to bed while he watches his siblings eat strawberry shortcake) feels "very sorry for himself". But the incident makes him understand how his brothers and sisters must have felt (that is, from both the "rice pudding" and "chocolate custard" incidents).

On the last page, the next day there is a sign outside. That is, to which the puppies read (including the Poky Little Puppy). Reading it, the sign says: "NO DESSERTS EVER...! ...UNLESS PUPPIES NEVER DIG HOLES UNDER THIS FENCE AGAIN!".

Adaptations
A Christmas special, The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas, aired on Showtime on December 13, 1992.

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User talk:Ed Poor/Terms used in the creation-evolution debate

Ed, I think your second description is far too restrictive and conflates belief and science. Science can only use naturalistic explanations, but that does not mean that scientists themselves are restricted to naturalistic explanations for everything. You could also use your definition to conclude that people don't believe in meteorology, because most people (even many atheists) will pray that a hurricane will avoid them. But that doesn't allow a meteorologist to factor the hand of God into his models ("There is heavy praying for Galeveston, so I predict that Rita will veer east, but not too far east because there's a lot of praying for New Orleans as well.") If a person falls out of a window and starts praying, does that mean that s/he does not believe in gravity? Guettarda 18:15, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Way too restrictive. In the first definition, even a Creationist may believe in evolution, if it only means that new life forms have emerged over time. Creationist is probably the wrong term here - a creationist is one who believes that God (or some other supernatural power) created the universe. You probably mean a Young Earth Creationist. Most creationists (and many Young-Earthers) believe that there have been at least variations in life. DJ Clayworth 18:20, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

 * AFAIK most YECs accept some amount of evolution - post-Noachian evolution "within kinds". The second def only applies to the application of the scientific method and is true for any scientific undertaking.  Guettarda 18:27, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Thank you both for your creative engagement. For a long time, both of you have helped me out of tight spots, and this certainly is one! I told a friend on IRC that I was re-opening the creation-evolution debate, and his jaw dropped (figuratively).

The thing about conflating belief and science: what I'm trying to do - as someone who respects the scientific method immensely yet has adopted a specific religion - is to describe the different usage of a single term. (Later, I may add other ambiguous terms). I know that we have an exhaustive article called Evolution (disambiguation) which lists every possible usage, but the present article is concerned only with those usages:
 * which are used in the evolution-creation debate AND
 * which are used differently by parties on different sides in the debate

If by conflate you mean "to fail to differentiate from an often similar or related other" then obviously I'm doing just the opposite: I am differentiating two different (but similar) uses of evolution. And I'm also trying to differentiate between (a) what scientists believe and (b) what non-scientists and other opponents of naturalistic evolution believe.

It's good to make these sorts of distinctions, isn't it? Uncle Ed 19:01, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Sorry, couldn't wait for an answer: I just stumbled onto Evolutionism! Squirreled away in this obscure corner of Wikipedia is a sizeable nugget explaining one sorely neglected reason that scientists and Creationists are at odds. Uncle Ed 19:43, 29 September 2005 (UTC)


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High Icelandic
There is no such thing as High Icelandic. While there may be people who have personal enthusiasms for removing all foreign words from Icelandic, there is no popular movement to do so. There is an established language council that ensures Icelandic remains distinct and most foreign words are modified in Icelandic without a purist movement. There are no books or regular publications made in High Icelandic and it is not taught in any schools.

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Other forms
Should the "Other forms" be listed here at all? Judging from the article's history, it seems that they go back to Jozef Braekmans (User:Timburhelgi), who also seems to have invented them. Considering Wikipedia's No Original Research and Neutral Point Of View policies, and also considering that these terms do not seem to be used by anyone except Jozef Braekmans (and possibly his followers), I'd say that they don't belong in the article at all.

Thoughts? -- Schnee (cheeks clone) 02:58, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Go ahead and remove them, the worst thing that can happen is that User:Timurhelgi aka nl:User:Maximiliaan aka User:Fronkrakki aka a few anonymous IP's threatens you with death Special:Contributions/Fronkrakki... It is indeed Original Reseach, his own invention and a word he invented himself, so it should be removed from this article... --LimoWreck 13:49, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Well, one of the big things missing from this page is any coverage of the social expression of purism. There's no mention of purist groups and movements, the extent to which purism is official or unofficial, the whole sociology of purism. So, I don't think that High Icelandic is out of place because it doesn't belong, but because it's part of a side of the topic which isn't addressed. --Pfold 13:15, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

I found the term 'regressive purism' on the following page. The term does exists. http://inet.dpb.dpu.dk/infodok/sprogforum/Espr19/Jogvan.pdf (see page 42 at the top of the page) And since High Icelandic is accepted by the Icelandic wiki community, ultrapurism exist and should be mentioned.

Icelandic never died
I'm surprised to see Icelandic categorized as "Archaizing purism" along with sanskrit, in my mind it would be closer to patriotism category. What is the basis behind that classification? --Stalfur 16:34, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Please add link to 'Language purification article'
See www.spirilogic.com for a concept article on language dynamics... Would be great to have a personal discussion on this topic... If you are interested as well, please send me an email: iwanjka@spirilogic.com Iwanjka —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iwanjka (talk • contribs) 22:54, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Article name
This side's name goes against the wear thought of what's being talked about. So that we may show the thought, should the name not be Cleanliness of speech? — ᚹᚩᛞᛖᚾᚻᛖᛚᛗ (talk) 12:17, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Yiddish and German

 * an Israeli could read out loud a Yiddish text to a German (who could not read Hebrew), who could understand it, while the Israeli could not

a wild oversimplification. while yiddish is written in the Hebrew alphabet many letters have different values, (not to mention the presence of vowels) without learning these differences would have no more chance of guessing the correct pronunciation as a frenchman reading aloud from a sample of swedish. also an average sample of yiddish text would have enough non-germanic elements to confuse the german-speaker, unless the sentence were very short and very simple. There is of course an element of truth, if the german & the isreali took a day or two of intensive language instruction, this experiment would work. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.6.151.113 (talk) 21:17, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

 * It's such a vivid example. Could we introduce a line explaining that it's an exaggeration or joke?  Darkfrog24 (talk) 22:12, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

I removed it--it may be vivid, but it's an error rather than an exaggeration.

Yiddish uses the same letters, but very differently. Hebrew and Aramaic words retain their original spellings (without vowels), so the Israeli speaker could read those (though probably with some mispronunciations) while Germanic and other words use a fully phonetic alphabet that uses the consonants alef and ayin (silent in Ashkenazi Hebrew) as well as various combinations of vav and yud and diacritical marks for vowels. While (as noted above) a Hebrew speaker could probably learn these fairly quickly, their pronunciation would probably still not be very good. Whether a German could understand "correctly" pronounced Yiddish would probably depend on what German dialects they spoke as well as the geographic origin, linguistic register, and subject matter of the text - historically only about 70-75% of Yiddish vocabulary was of German origin and speakers in the US, Israel, and the USSR all borrowed a lot more words from other local languages in the 20th century.

Moreover, the causality is backwards. Yiddish uses a different writing system because it is/was spoken by a different population from German. Jews in German-speaking areas generally switched from Western Yiddish (which is now extinct) to the local dialect or standard German in the early 19th century despite the writing system, as did liberal middle-class Jews in mixed cities like Prague - the ones who kept speaking Yiddish were either living in non-German speaking areas or in ghettoized communities or self-segregated for religious reasons. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.92.84.50 (talk) 14:44, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Unclear line
France is known for its preference for coining words to borrowing English words.

What is meant here? It could mean "French is known for its tendency to coin words borrowed from English," or it could mean "English is known to coin 'new' words borrowed from French," or any of a half-dozen other things. Does anyone have a clear idea? Darkfrog24 (talk) 22:00, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * It means that instead of translating "computer" to computeur they coined the new word fr:ordinateur. Instead of using the word "software" untranslated they coined the word fr:logiciel. There are many counterexamples: fr:football is left untranslated; "mouse (computing)" is translated directly to fr:souris (informatique), instead of inventing a new term such as commande d'écran. Esmito (talk) 19:21, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Japanese
I'm surprised Japanese doesn't have a movement like this. I know it's a stereotype that the Japanese are nationalistic, but given how saturated the Japanese language is with foreign loanwords nowadays, you'd think somebody would've said something. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.216.226.30 (talk) 16:22, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Chinese
Should Chinese be included somewhere in here? Maybe revolutionary purism? It has relatively few loan-words, I notice. Gottistgut (talk) 05:35, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
 * The "simplified Chinese" characters were a revolutionary change indeed. Since then, there are two types of written Chinese. Mendelo (talk) 20:12, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

Esperanto, …
… odd as it may seem, is a reasonably puristic language. 92.231.125.74 (talk) 10:28, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Discontinuous?
Although nothing has been altered at this talk page since 2 years, I have a question:

The article mentions the class Moderate, discontinuous purism. Is that correct? What is discontinuous about it? Or is it continuous? —Mendelo (talk) 20:10, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

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German
Why on Earth isn't there a section on purism in German?! It's one of the most successful purism movements in any major language! Fernsehen for television? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.4.129.255 (talk) 07:33, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
 * There is nothing inherently purist in choosing fernsehen instead of television (cognaes of fernsehen are by the way used across scandinavia). But if you can point to some literature on the apparently succesful purism movement it would be easier to write a section on it.·maunus · snunɐɯ· 07:37, 2 August 2016 (UTC).

Johann Georg Turmair
The text says usage of the German renaissance humanist Johann Georg Turmair who even translated the name of the ancient Roman general Fabius Cunctator into Zauderer Bohnenmaier (i. e. literally “Laggard Bean-Mayor”) but does not show referencies about that. I looked up for them in internet and I found nothing else than links to this page.

Romanian?
I'm thinking there should be a mention of Romanian, a language that was significantly altered in the 19th century with the addition of several thousand loanwords, mainly from French and occasionally Italian or literary Latin. Although the inherited core of the language remained largely similar (predominantly Romance), these words often pertained to more technical or complex domains or ideas that were not covered by the existing language at the time. However, many of these Romance/Latin loanwords came to replace existing Slavic or words of other origin in some cases, which became rare or fell out of use. The loans now account for around 43% of the total modern language's vocab, according to the article on the Romanian language; I think this article might have once had more on it in the past, too. It's true all the western Romance languages also added several thousand Latin learned words or borrowings earlier in the Renaissance or late Middle Ages (many of the same ones Romanian would later borrow), but this was happening as the vernacular languages first began to be used more in writing. In Romanian, since it happened later in recorded history, only within the last 200 years or less (earliest document in the language being 1512) the contrast could be stark; I think it's a pretty good example of linguistic purism. I remember reading a quote somewhere about likening the Romanian language to a patchwork cloth that had to be cleansed of the foreign elements which had accumulated over time from Slavic, Greek, Hungarian, Turkish, etc. Ion Heliade Rădulescu even proposed a more Italianate orthography which many found ridiculous, but gained traction among a few academics of the day during this Romanticist era. Today, the Romanian Academy is responsible for regulating the language. Word dewd544 (talk) 03:10, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

Polish
''Marginal purism: Purism never becomes at any stage a value-feature of the speech community. On the contrary, there is a certain openness to all sources of enrichment, at the same time characterized by a lack among the language elite of intellectual digestion of foreign influxes, or by a lack of such an elite as a whole. Examples: English, Russian, Polish, Japanese, Ancient Greek.''

Why is Polish included there? Are you saying that Poles out of their stupidity, openly and gladly polluted their own language with loanwords??? Wtf is wrong with my nation? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gość232 (talk • contribs) 20:23, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Basque
How does basque compare in this? Is linguistic purism increasing in Basque? Are they purging loanwords? You'd think that they would make an effort since I have heard that 50 percent of its vocabulary are loanwords. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.70.1.97 (talk) 17:51, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Armenian
It is also a remarkable thing in Armenia to purificate Armenian language. Cemyildiz (talk) 00:46, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Milgo

 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent 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. All keep votes are by sock puppets, their only edits are to this AfD. — J I P | Talk 08:48, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Milgo
Neologism and if not, just a dictionary definition. Google says 151, none of which have anything to do with a teenage word for boring. --Cel e stianpower hablamé 18:17, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * del. Nonnotable. mikka (t) 18:39, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - belongs in urbandictionary.com--Isotope23 18:40, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - Has been used as a LiveJournal icon, created by a teenager.
 * — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.155.232.155 (talk • contribs) 20:41, 1 October 2005 --Cel e stianpower hablamé 17:22, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - Has been used in several LiveJournal entries, as subject -"It was the best of times, it was the milgo of times
 * — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.90.183.31 (talk • contribs) 18:16, 2 October 2005 --Cel e stianpower hablamé 17:22, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete just because it was used by someone once, or a few times, doesn't mean it should be in an encyclopedia. Private Butcher 17:17, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep HAS been used by MANY teens in livejournal and myspace comments, ,
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Prelim

The term prelim (short for preliminary examination) generally refers to an examination that qualifies a student to continue studies at a higher level, and/or allow the student to comprehend their studies and see how prepared they are for an upcoming examination. It can also act as a gauge on how knowledgeable one is within the chosen subject.

Prelim exams may pre-date the qualifying exam at some institutions, although some universities combine both concepts into one exam.

United States graduate programs
In many United States institutions the term "Prelims" is used for the preliminary examinations required before a graduate student is permitted to begin working on a doctoral dissertation. Depending on the institution, "prelims" may also be called "qualifying exams" ("quals") or "general exams" (sometimes abbreviated as "generals"). Johns Hopkins University refers to the exam as "Doctoral Board Oral" Exam, or DBO, a change from the previous "Graduate Board Orals," or GBO, as it used to be referred. Practice in this regard varies among US Graduate School programs, and even among academic departments at the same institution. Some have a single examination or set of examinations, in which case they are typically called "Prelims." Other departments have two sets of examinations, one taken early in the student's graduate work called "Comps" because they are intended as a comprehensive survey of the student's overall preparation to undertake graduate-level work, and a later set known as "Quals" intended to assess the student's qualifications to undertake dissertation research. Typically a student who does not pass such examinations will be given one more chance. If a student does not pass on the final attempt, they are usually given the opportunity to graduate with a terminal Master's Degree. Some institutions require students to pass both a written and an oral qualifying exam. Upon passing the written portion, the student is required to select a committee of professors from their department of study, and this committee administers an oral exam. Upon satisfactory completion of the oral exam, the student is allowed to begin dissertation work, and that committee becomes the dissertation advisory committee.

In some university departments, graduate students seeking a Ph.D. degree must take a series of written cumulative examinations on the subject of their study in the first year or two of the Ph.D. program. These cumulative exams are often given on a pass/fail basis and a graduate student who seeks to continue in the Ph.D. program must pass a minimum number of these cumulative exams. After this minimum number of cumulative exams is passed, this degree requirement is considered to be met, and the Ph.D. student no longer takes these exams but continues work on other Ph.D. requirements. A student that has passed these testing requirements is formally known as a Ph.D. Candidate, Doctoral Candidate, or Candidate for the Degree. Students that have met these requirements may be colloquially referred to as A.B.D., which stands for All But Dissertation.

Cornell University
At Cornell University, however, the term has been expanded to refer to any examination that is preliminary to the final exam even for undergraduate courses. This usage is used throughout the University, and has become so popular that "prelim" is more commonly used than "test" or "exam."

University of Cambridge
Undergraduate degrees awarded by the University of Cambridge are assessed by means of examinations called triposes, which are divided into one or more Parts (most commonly two), each Part comprising one or two years' study. Some two-year parts are further divided into Parts Ia and Ib (or IIa and IIb), with a separate examination taken at the end of these years. However, some two-year Parts are assessed by means of a single examination at the end of the second year. For some of these (such as History, Classics & English) there exist preliminary examinations, which are sat at the end of the first year of study towards that Part. Whilst they do not count towards a student's final degree classification, a very poor performance in prelims can result in disciplinary measures.

University of Oxford
At the University of Oxford, prelims are a first set of examinations, normally during the first half of the degree course for some courses (e.g. for history ). The highest results in prelims will be awarded a "Distinction", which also entitles the bearer to wear a scholar's gown. These examinations contrast with Finals at the end of all degree courses at Oxford.

Singapore, Scotland and Latin America
In Singapore, and in Scottish National 5, Highers and Advanced Higher, the term is used for practice examinations held in schools before major national examinations, such as the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE), GCE 'N', 'O' and 'A' Levels in Singapore; and National 4 and National 5, Highers and Advanced Highers in Scotland. The papers are generally more challenging than the actual examination to prepare the students. Results from these prelims are used for provisional admission to a Singapore junior college, while those from the 'A' Level prelims are used to predict grades for the actual examination, which are often asked for by overseas university admission officers.

South Africa
In the South African schooling system, Prelims are conducted during the student's final year of high school in preparation for the final exams. It is generally accepted that the Prelim exams are set slightly above the standard of the final year exams in order to provide the students with a 'wake up call' whilst not having a serious impact on their long-term prospects.

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Honour Moderations

Honour Moderations (or Mods) are a set of examinations at the University of Oxford at the end of the first part of some degree courses (e.g., Greats or Literae Humaniores).

Honour Moderations candidates have a class awarded (hence the 'honours'). However, this does not count towards the final degree. In other courses, Prelims (i.e., preliminary examinations) are the first set of examinations but have no class awarded for them. These first examinations are termed 'First Public Examinations'. Having passed the First Public Examinations, students take a course leading to the 'Second Public Examinations', more commonly known as Finals. Finals are held at the end of all first degree courses at Oxford for arts subjects and may be split into examinations after the second, third and, if applicable, fourth year for some science subjects.

Honour Moderations in Classics has been called one of the hardest examinations in the world. However, in recent years, the subject matter has been changed so that proficiency in both Latin and Greek languages is no longer required and the number of papers in the exam has been reduced, along with an extension in the time allowed to finish.

Mods in Classics
The Mods course in Classics (Literae Humaniores) runs for the first five terms of the course. The traditional aim was for students to develop their ability to read fluently in Latin (especially the Aeneid of Virgil) and Greek (concentrating on the Iliad and the Odyssey); this remains the case today, but the course has changed to reflect the continuing decline in the numbers of applicants who have had the opportunity to study Greek and Latin at school.

Since the early 1970s, students can begin learning Greek during the preparation for Mods (an option originally called Mods-B, the brainchild of John G Griffiths of Jesus College). More recently, due to the omission of Latin and Greek from the National Curriculum since 1988, options have been added for those without Latin either. Classics I at Oxford receives some of the most privileged students in the country, with a majority coming from fee-paying schools with high-quality teaching. It is also statistically one of the courses with the highest acceptance rates.

There are now five alternative paths through Mods:

 * Students with both Latin and Greek at A-level or equivalent take the traditional route, Mods IA.
 * Those with one such language do Mods IB (Latin plus beginners' Greek) or Mods IC (Greek plus beginners' Latin).
 * Students with a strong aptitude for languages who have not learned Latin or Greek can take either Mods IIA (beginners' Latin only) or Mods IIB (beginners' Greek only).

Language tuition is now organized centrally within the University by the Faculty of Classics, leaving the colleges free to concentrate on teaching classical literature/rhetoric, history and philosophy.

The Mods examination has a reputation as something of an ordeal. It has changed in the 21st century from 11 or 12 three-hour papers across seven consecutive days into 10 or 11 three-hour papers across seven or eight days. Candidates for Classical Mods thus still face a much larger number of exams than undergraduates reading for most other degrees at Oxford sit for their Mods, Prelims or even, in many cases, Finals.

Students who pass Mods may then go on to study the full Greats course in their remaining seven terms. Those choosing the 'Course II' version are expected to read as many of their Finals texts in the original of their chosen language as those on Course I. Moreover, there is the option of studying the second Classical language as two papers at Finals.

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Yester Grange

Yester Grange Estate is an historic house and estate situated in the village of Wentworth Falls, in the Blue Mountains approximately 95 kilometres west of Sydney, Australia. The house has a state heritage listing.

History and description
It is not known exactly when Yester Grange was built, but the land came into the ownership of prominent Sydney importer and builder John Charles Smith in 1888 and the main residence was most likely constructed before 1891. The house is built of kauri wood from New Zealand and is surrounded by an estate measuring 8 ha directly above the main waterfall at Wentworth Falls. The house overlooks the Jamison Valley.

In 1902 the estate was purchased by NSW Premier Sir John See. See expanded the house by adding a ballroom and hosted large formal gatherings at the property. After his death in 1907, Yester Grange was retained as a holiday house by his family until 1938, when it was abandoned. The Grange remained vacant until 1944 when it was taken over by local council alderman Margery Anderson and her husband James. James Anderson sold the Grange in 1975 following the death of his wife two years previously.

By now the house and grounds had fallen into disrepair and the new owners, Gil and Elizabeth Clarke, set about restoring the Grange to some element of its former glory. The Clarkes had previously owned a gallery in Sydney and established Yester Grange as a Victorian-period museum, opening the estate to tourism for the first time. Until 1999, the place was a popular destination for visitors. Since 1999 Yester Grange Estate has been owned by tourism and property investors The Crockett Group. Yester Grange Estate was closed to the general public while extensive restoration work was carried out. As of 2012, the house and grounds have been used as a premier wedding, functions, conference and events centre.

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