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John Henry Gurney Sr.

John Henry Gurney (4 July 1819 – 20 April 1890) was an English banker, amateur ornithologist, and Liberal Party politician of the Gurney family.

Life
Gurney was the only son of Joseph John Gurney of Earlham Hall, Norwich, Norfolk. At the age of ten he was sent to a private tutor at Leytonstone near the Epping Forest, where he met Henry Doubleday, and commenced his first natural history collection. From there he moved to the Friends' School at Tottenham, and whilst there met William Yarrell. At the age of seventeen he joined the family's banking business in Norwich.

Gurney published a number of articles in The Zoologist on the birds of Norfolk, for instance 'An Account of the Birds of Norfolk', with W.R. Fisher (1846-1848). Gurney also commenced a collection of birds of prey. In 1864 he published Part I. of his Descriptive Catalogue of this collection, and in 1872 he edited The Birds of Damara Land (Damaraland, South-West Africa) from the notes of his friend Charles John Andersson.

Between 1875 and 1882 he produced a series of notes in The Ibis on the first volume of the Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum, and in 1884 brought out a List of Diurnal Birds of Prey, with References and Annotations. The archives of Cambridge University Museum of Zoology contains five volumes of correspondence between Alfred Newton and Gurney, who was a founding member of the Norfolk Naturalists Trust.

For the last twenty years of his life he resided at the family's home at Northrepps, near Cromer.

His son, John Henry Gurney Jr., was also an ornithologist, and his great-great-grandson, Henry Richard Gurney of Heggatt Hall has continued the family tradition.

The southern African race of the black-necked grebe, Podiceps nigricollis gurneyi, was named by South African zoologist and author Austin Roberts in 1919 in honour of the father and son.

John Henry Gurney Jr.'s daughter Agatha Gurney (1881–1937) married Sir Edward Ruggles-Brise, 1st Baronet. He was appointed a High Sheriff of Norfolk.

Political career
He was elected unopposed as Member of Parliament (MP) for King's Lynn at a by-election in 1854, and was re-elected unopposed in 1857 and 1859. He stood down from the House of Commons at the 1865 general election.

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Schizophrenics Anonymous

Schizophrenics Anonymous is a peer support group to help people who are affected by schizophrenia and related disorders including bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, psychotic depression and psychosis.

History
The program was established in Detroit in 1985. The founder was Joanne Verbanic, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1970. Shortly before forming SA, Verbanic publicly disclosed her diagnosis and discussed her illness on national television in an effort to challenge the stigma associated with the condition. She was a 2006 recipient of a Lilly Reintegration Award in recognition of her lifetime contributions to the mental health community, and she continued to be active as a spokesperson for persons with schizophrenia and other mental illness until her death on May 7, 2015.

By 2007, more than 150 local SA groups operated in 31 of the 50 United States, and in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, France, India and Venezuela.

Technical support for Schizophrenics Anonymous was provided by the National Schizophrenia Foundation (NSF) until 2007 when NSF ceased operations. In response to the loss of a national sponsor, a group of consumers, family members, and mental health providers came together to form a not-for-profit organization, Schizophrenia and Related Disorders Alliance of America (SARDAA).

SARDAA promotes recovery for persons with schizophrenia and related brain disorders including bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, depression with psychosis, and experience with psychosis. They envision a future in which every person with a schizophrenia-related brain disorder has the opportunity to recover from their disorders. The name Schizophrenics Anonymous was changed to Schizophrenia Alliance in 2015 and added Psychosis Support and Acceptance in 2018. They provide an online directory of SA groups, sponsor five weekly SA conference calls, and one Family and Friends conference call. At their annual conference, the group trains individuals and groups who have started or would like to start an SA group.

Although some SA groups are organized by mental health professionals, research has suggested that peer-led SA groups are more sustainable and longer lasting. Some groups are organized in psychiatric hospitals or jails and are not open to the public.

Program principles
The SA program is based on the twelve-step model, but includes just six steps. The organization describes the program's purpose of helping participants to learn about schizophrenia, "restore dignity and sense of purpose," obtain "fellowship, positive support, and companionship," improve their attitudes about their lives and their illnesses, and take "positive steps towards recovery."

Joanne Verbanic wrote the original "Schizophrenics Anonymous" book, better known as "The Blue Book," which describes the six steps to recovery. The steps require members to admit they need help, take responsibility for their choices and consequences, believe they have the inner strength to help themselves and others, forgive themselves and others, understand that false beliefs contribute to their problems and change those beliefs, and decide to turn their lives over to a higher power.

Research
One study about the risks of professional partnerships centers on the partnership between Schizophrenics Anonymous (SA) and the Mental Health Association of Michigan (MHAM) over a 14-year period. The study shows that the professional partnership resulted in increased access to SA Groups across Michigan and organization expansion and development within SA. The professional influence also lead more SA Groups to be held in more traditional mental health treatment settings and led to more professional-led SA groups.

Self-help groups are more available to people who live independently. Researchers at Michigan State University studied whether SA would be successful in group homes. The results were positive: the groups had high attendance and participation and were well liked. However, staff members controlled who could lead and who could attend the meetings, and how the meetings should be run. The programs fell apart. The same obstacle occurred in SA groups started in prisons and monitored by employees.

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Run to the Hills

"Run to the Hills" is a song by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It was released as their sixth single and the first from the band's third studio album, The Number of the Beast (1982). It is their first single with Bruce Dickinson as vocalist. Credited solely to the band's bassist, Steve Harris, Dickinson contributed to the song but could not be credited due to a contractual agreement with his former band Samson. "Run to the Hills" remains one of the band's most popular songs, with VH1 ranking it No. 27 on their list of the 40 Greatest Metal Songs, No. 14 on their list of the Greatest Hard Rock Songs, and Rolling Stone ranking it No. 10 on their list of the 100 greatest heavy metal songs

A live version of the song, from Live After Death, was released in 1985 and the original single was reissued in 2002, with all income donated to former drummer Clive Burr's MS Trust Fund. In 1990, as part of The First Ten Years box set, both the original and the 1985 live single were reissued on CD and 12" vinyl, combined with "The Number of the Beast" and "Running Free (live)" respectively.

Composition
Due to contractual issues with his previous band, Samson, Dickinson could not be credited for any of his contributions made during the writing of The Number of the Beast. Although bassist Steve Harris alone receives credit for the song, Dickinson states that he made a "moral contribution" to the song, in addition to "Children of the Damned" and "The Prisoner" from the same album. While speaking at the IBM Smarter Business conference in Stockholm on 10 October 2012, Dickinson revealed that parts of the song are based on the "rising sixth" interval within a scale, inspired by a documentary he watched which explored why "My Way" was one of the most popular recorded songs.

Themes
"Run to the Hills" depicts the historical conflict between Native Americans and European settlers. The song begins with the perspective of the Native Americans: 'White man came across the sea / He brought us pain and misery.' This verse reflects the suffering and upheaval caused by European arrival. The subsequent verses shift to the European viewpoint, with lines such as 'Riding through dust clouds and barren wastes / Galloping hard on the plains' and 'Hunting and killing's a game.' These parts depict the Europeans' actions and attitudes towards the conflict. The recurring chorus, 'Run to the hills / Run for your lives,' serves as a haunting reminder of the dire consequences of these conflicts. Overall, the song presents a vivid portrayal of this tumultuous period in history from both perspectives.

Original 1982 release
The song was released as a single on 8 February 1982; 7 weeks prior to the album's release on 29 March 1982. The single marked Iron Maiden's debut release with new vocalist Bruce Dickinson. "Total Eclipse" was selected as the single's B-side over the song "Gangland", which in turn would appear on the initial version of the album. The band later regretted this decision, with Steve Harris commenting, "We chose the wrong track as the B-side. I think if "Total Eclipse" had been on the album instead of "Gangland", it would have been far better." The song was added to The Number of the Beast album when it was remastered in 1998, and was also included in the original Japanese version.

It is the second of three single covers featuring Derek Riggs' depiction of Satan, which debuted on "Purgatory" and later appeared on "The Number of the Beast" covers. According to Riggs, the idea behind the original "Run to the Hills" cover was based around the idea of a "power struggle in hell", in which the band's mascot, Eddie, battles Satan with a tomahawk (referencing the song's subject matter).

As of 2017 the single has sold more than 200,000 copies in UK and has been certified Silver by BPI, the first to do so.

Other releases
In 1985, a live version of "Run to the Hills", taken from Live After Death, was released as the band's thirteenth single, along with live versions of "Phantom of the Opera" and "Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)" as its B-sides. According to Riggs, he was asked to paint a cover illustration for both "Run to the Hills" and "Phantom of the Opera" and so the artwork depicts Eddie as the phantom in a hilly landscape.

Following former drummer Clive Burr's announcement that he was suffering from multiple sclerosis, "Run to the Hills" was released again in 2002 to raise money for the newly established Clive Burr MS Trust Fund. Two variations were issued, the original studio version and a live version taken from the Rock in Rio concert, with different B-sides.

Appearances in media
An all-star cover version of the song is found on the 2005 tribute album Numbers from the Beast, featuring Robin McAuley on vocals, Michael Schenker and Pete Fletcher on guitars, Tony Franklin on bass and Brian Tichy (Derek Sherinian, B'z) on drums. The all-female tribute band The Iron Maidens recorded the song on their 2005 debut album, World's Only Female Tribute to Iron Maiden. Former Babes in Toyland singer and guitarist Kat Bjelland's Katastrophy Wife covered the song in their Heart On EP in 2007. The song was covered in 2008 by Sign on the tribute CD Maiden Heaven: A Tribute to Iron Maiden released by Kerrang! magazine. The Swedish lounge metal band Hellsongs included a cover version on their 2008 album Hymns in the Key of 666. In 2009, the eventual Swedish Idol 2009 series winner Erik Grönwall sang it during the live shows and released it as a single in the same year, which peaked at No. 23 in the Swedish Singles Chart. Progressive metal band Dream Theater covered the song live, along with the entire The Number of the Beast album, and released it as an "official bootleg" in 2006.

The song is also featured in the soundtracks of several video games, including SSX on Tour (2005) as the title's main theme, and Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned (2009). In addition, a cover version is featured in Rock Band (2007), in which it received an "Impossible" difficulty rating, while the original version was made available via download in June 2009.

Video
The official video features fight scenes from the 1923 silent movie The Uncovered Wagon, a parody on the movie The Covered Wagon, also from 1923.

Track listing

 * 7" single

 * 1985 7" Live single

 * 1985 12" Live single

 * 2002 7" Red Vinyl single

 * 2002 Enhanced CD Part. I

 * 2002 Enhanced CD Part. II

 * 2002 Enhanced CD European Edition

1982 studio single
Production credits are adapted from the 7-inch vinyl cover.
 * Bruce Dickinson – lead vocals
 * Dave Murray – lead guitar
 * Adrian Smith – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
 * Steve Harris – bass, backing vocals
 * Clive Burr – drums
 * Production
 * Martin Birch – producer, engineer
 * Derek Riggs – cover illustration
 * Ross Halfin – photography

1985 live single
Production credits are adapted from the 7-inch vinyl, and 12-inch vinyl covers.
 * Iron Maiden
 * Bruce Dickinson – lead vocals
 * Steve Harris – bass, backing vocals
 * Dave Murray – lead guitar
 * Adrian Smith – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
 * Nicko McBrain – drums
 * Production
 * Martin Birch – producer, engineer, mixing
 * Derek Riggs – cover illustration

2002 studio / live single

 * Bruce Dickinson – lead vocals
 * Dave Murray – lead guitar
 * Adrian Smith – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
 * Janick Gers – rhythm guitar
 * Steve Harris – bass, backing vocals
 * Nicko McBrain – drums

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Les Charmettes

Les Charmettes is writer's house museum in a hamlet near the town of Chambéry in the Savoie region of France. It is famed as a favourite retreat of the philosophe Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778).

History
In 1728, a young Jean-Jacques Rousseau fled a watch-making apprenticeship in nearby Geneva and took refuge with Françoise-Louise de Warens, or Madame de Warens, who became his mistress and mentor. They first resided in the city of Annecy before moving on to Chambéry. Madame de Warens - whom Rousseau affectionately referred to as maman (mother) - was 13 years Rousseau's senior. From the summer of 1736, Rousseau and maman moved into a country house called Les Charmettes in the neighborhood of Chambéry. Located in the hollow of a wooded valley, Les Charmettes figures prominently in Rousseau's Confessions (Books V and VI). According to him, his short sojourn at Les Charmettes constituted "the short period of my life's happiness" and was instrumental in the development of his love of nature and the simple country life. During the revolutionary and subsequent Romantic periods, Les Charmettes became a symbol of Rousseau's revolutionary thought as well as a shrine attracting such literary and political celebrities as George Sand and Alphonse de Lamartine. In 1905 Les Charmettes was classified an historical monument by the French government. The house and its grounds are now a museum open to the public.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2309

 * 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 (unanimous). --Scimitar parley 15:43, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

2309
Not only is this a one-line stub about one minor fact about a fictional character, it's an incorrect one-line-stub about one minor fact about a fictional character, as Jean-Luc Picard says that he was born in 2305. There's no useful information to merge and the redirect would be totally worthless. - A Man In Black (conspire | past ops) 16:08, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. No scheduled events, perhaps some astronomical events but those should be in century articles if they are this far in the future. Gerrit CUTEDH 16:10, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Are you suggesting that Jean-Luc Picard's birth has been scheduled? - A Man In Black (conspire | past ops) 16:19, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * No, I'm not. It should be deleted because there are no scheduled events. Gerrit CUTEDH 16:32, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh, okay. - A Man In Black (conspire | past ops) 16:43, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete for now unless someone can add an astronomical event or a correct fictional reference for the year. 23skidoo 18:28, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Instead of wasting servers on this, they could add the one sentence to the Star Trek page.Rhetoricalwater 18:15, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete no comment needed Masterhatch 10:42, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete not worthy of a merge, but this inofrmation could be placed in a broader Star Trek article. Cool3 17:27, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I would have been bold and merged it myself, actually, but it's incorrect trivial information. - A Man In Black  (conspire | past ops) 21:20, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Passion Pit

 * 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 in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was delete. Woohookitty(cat scratches) 11:08, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Passion Pit
People from another website message board are using Wikipedia to validate their arguments. They feel if they post their side of an argument on Wikipedia, it becomes factual, and they win the argument. The people who created the "passion pit" article are all involved in slandering each other 24/7 on this website:

http://imdb.com/title/tt0335345/board/threads/

People will continuouly edit the article as part of their never-ending battles on http://imdb.com/title/tt0335345/board/threads/

The article has already been intermittently edited with discriminatory comments (homophobic slander and theological slander) intended to hurt people.

 * (the above nomination by User:65.33.8.89)

The "Passion Pit" Wikipedia article should be deleted as it currently reads for the following reasons:

1.) It amounts to nothing more than shameless promotion for the people specificly named in the article.

2.) It contains unverified assertions.

3.) It contains material that is clearly opnion.

These are not qualties of an encyclopedia article.

 * ''(the above comment by User:68.252.171.233

 * While the above are all reasons for editing rather than deleting, it also remains that this is an article about a discussion forum. If it really is 'one of the highest traffic boards on the internet' then this might be notable. Otherwise not. No vote yet. DJ Clayworth 16:44, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep I agree with DJ Clayworth. If this is a commonly used nickname for a well-known bbs, I'd say that it's notable. bjelleklang 16:52, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

This - 'one of the highest traffic boards on the internet' - is an opinion with no substantiation. People from that forum will edit the message with vulgarities and obscenities on a 24 hour basis to degrade other people. That is the sole point of the article. No academia, only petty wars. User:65.33.8.89 I was responsible for one of the early (18:55, 12 October 2005) edits of the Passion Pit article. That said, I now think it's a strong candidate for deletion. This article has been edited over fifty times in the past 24 hours. I believe it is extremely unlikely to ever serve any purpose other than that of a venue for an ongoing malicious edit war. Delete Cactus Wren 17:21, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * If the forum is notable we can make a neutral version of the article and protect it. If vandalism were a criterion for deletion then George W. Bush would have been deleted long ago. DJ Clayworth 17:27, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

The forum itself is only notable for its contention and vitriol. This contention has now been exported to Wikipedia. This is clearly a vanity article by the definitions of Wikipedia and should be deleted.

This board should not be deleted. It should be locked.

The user <> deleted someone else's contribution to this debate. User:65.33.8.89

My suggestion
As DJ Clayworth mentions, vandalism alone is no reason for deletion. Anyway, had a look around, and it appears that IMDB has approx. 4 million users, which I would say is enought to make it a notable bbs, although I don't know the specifics about this particular board. One option might be to create an article for the IMDB bbs, if it doesn't already exist, and then merge this into that article, or to create a Category:imdb-forums, and list any other (if they exist) notable IMDB forums. Although this won't help regarding the vandalism, the article would be placed in a better context. Any comments to this?

BTW: please remember to sign the posts, even if you are an anon user. bjelleklang 19:45, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

I support keeping the page as a valid reference (The Passion of the Christ message board is one of the largest and most frequented on the IMDB), but support locking it to prevent contentious changes. -JK 11:02 PM EST, Oct. 14 2005

Though it is heavily trafficked by a limited number of users, it is not one of the largest on the IMDB. In fact, the IMDB administrators have limited its size. The board was certainly a phenomenon in the year leading up to and during the time of the movie's release, and that might make an interesting subject for an encyclopedia entry. But to give it an entry such as is currently composed is again, simply an sop to the vanity of a number of people who continue to post there.

At the moment, people on that forum are affraid to edit the article, because a user there posted on the Passion forum the IP Addresses of all the people debating here on this Wikipedia page. IMDb took action and removed the thread (IMDb protects privacy), but obviously it proves the people on that forum will do ANYTHING to hurt other people, including invading their privacy. User:65.33.8.89

Lastly, there are at least 75 forums that not only have heavier traffic than the Passion forum, but also have at least 5x the messages. The Passion forum has an average of 100 threads daily, whereas at least 75 other forums have 500 daily threads. The Main Boards (general topics) of IMDb alone eclipse the Passion forum in traffic rate and number of messages, not including the boards for newly released films and soon-to-be-released films. User:65.33.8.89
 * This afd nomination was orphaned. Listing now.  No opinion. —Cryptic (talk) 18:37, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge with Passion of the Christ and/or Internet Movie Database. I see nothing here to suggest it warrants its own article. If it is one of the highest-trafficked sites on the Net a) this needs to be sourced and b) this fact belongs within the IMDb article. If an when "Passion Pit" becomes its own site let's revisit the issue but right now it's just an IMDB comment board on steroids. 23skidoo 19:21, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, for reasons posted above. I don't think any material in the article is worthy of merging anywhere else. --Agamemnon2 21:07, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per Agamemnon2. -- howcheng  [ talk • contribs • web ] 21:41, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per Agamemnon2 chowells 21:54, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge Deserves a small mention at Internet_Movie_Database. This mention should be trimmed of all erroneous POV in order to discourage anonymous flaming. --Anetode
 * Delete This sub-forum isn't really notable enough for its own article for the reasons above and Websites. --W.marsh 01:09, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable outside its own bubble. It may deserve a mention (not a merge) at Passion of the Christ.  freshgavin TALK 02:14, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. This should be first merged into a new in-depth article called "IMDB trolling phenomena", which then would, due to nonnotability, be merged into the main IMDB article, and edited for NPOV, encyclopedic relevancy and style, after which all that would be left is "The database is known for their message boards. It is frequently alleged that the users are not very good at debating." In other words, it's just not worth the effort. (And finally, a comment: Anyone care to reformat this AfD a little? It's a bloody eyesore. If I have to ask "where do I sign" when adding stuff to the thing, it's a bad sign.) --Wwwwolf 22:27, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

According to an IMDb Adminstrator, it is not possible to deduce the busiest boards: http://imdb.com/board/bd0000041/inline/27990906?d=28128858#28128858 http://imdb.com/board/bd0000041/inline/27990906?d=28145662#28145662

If this "article" is merged, all of these IMDb forums (to name a few) must be named in the merging, because if you skim them, you'll find they have 10x the amount of traffic than the Passion forum: The Soapbox The Sandbox I Need To Know Film General Music Books Horror Sport Best And Worst Games Video Games Jennifer Lopez Johnny Depp Tom Cruise Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Batman Begins Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) George W. Bush

You'll also have to edit the information on a daily basis, to reflect accuracy.User:65.33.8.89
 * Delete. This is just a single (albeit popular) message board on another web site which has hundreds of thousands of message boards.  A Google search doesn't seem to provide evidence that this message board is commonly known as the "Passion Pit" anyway. --Metropolitan90 03:44, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

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User talk:Johnmarkh

John M Haskey Location: Stepney, London, UK. I was a UK Civil Servant for 34 years working in several Departments, lastly in the Cabinet Office. In the last 20 years I have been specifically working in reform and organisational / cultural change, with a particular interest in Knowledge Management and the use of Social Media to share knowledge. I am also a licensed Pentecostal Christian minister and adherent to the Foursquare Gospel movement.

Knowledge Management: Ethics
You wrote: Noticed you removed the category. Ethics is an important consideration in the field of Knowledge Management. Many 'in power' use Knowledge as a tool to control either subordinates or customers. There is considerable literature, often from Management consultants, who advocate using Knowledge to gain a commercial advantage often under the guise of efficiency. rgds J Johnmarkh 16:27, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * While I do not doubt that ethics is an important consideration in knowledge management, the reverse is certainly not true, namely knowledge management is not a central concept in ethics generally speaking. Since categories should contain only pages that are central to the fields they represent, I removed the category. See WP:CG for guidlines. Karol 17:20, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Welcome!
Welcome!

Hello,, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place  on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome! -- KHM03 (talk) 19:06, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
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PS - I see you've been here for a while but were never properly welcomed. We're sorry for that...happy editing! KHM03 (talk) 19:06, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Ed redirects
I noticed that some of your disambiguations for "Ed" are a bit odd- you are aware that the link Ed (UNIX) redirects to the Ed (Unix), right? --maru  (talk)  contribs 02:53, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! I have realised that I have been a little inconsistent, possibly because subconsciously I started to think 'Ed (UNIX)' is the correct version - 'ed' after all was an editor for the original UNIX trademarked system.

This all started because I moved the original 'ed' page to 'ed (disambiguation), without first checking the 'what links here' page and then thought I was obliged to change all the links (eventually I was hoping to ask for 'ed' to be deleted so there wouldn't be a need for a redirect but that 'ed (disambig' would be found the search. Since then I have found that 'redirects are cheap' on resources etc and that I could be better employed doing something else. I do get slightly annoyed though when I search for a term and it comes up with a page that isn't (POV) the most common usage and I then have to click on the link to go to a 'see xyz for other uses of the phrase'.

Portal:Christianity
Hi John, and thanks for signing up to the portal! As a member, you have no obligations, but are free to suggest any articles or pictures to showcase, as well as suggest improvements to the portal itself. Hopefully I'll see you round the wiki! Brisvegas 10:53, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Your question
See Village pump (assistance).

Prodego talk  17:58, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Don't worry about it, you just happened to edit in between, it happens all the time. Prodego  talk  18:10, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Copy of enquiry:-

Incorrect user reference in revision history
When comparing versions of a particular document it shows my user name as the editor of some vandalism.

It does not show up in my list of contributions and the 'Article History' shows that the contribution was made by an anonymous IP (131.137.245.200). It was quickly removed by someone else and a little investigation will show that I didn't add the comments.

But it still concerns me that if someone simply looks at the 'compare selected versions' window that it appears that I am the vandal.

Is this a known problem that someone is looking at? And can the current record be changed ?

forgot to sign previously Johnmarkh 17:40, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

 * It is probably nothing to worry about, but just to make sure this isn't a bug could you provide a link to the diff please? Prodego  talk  17:48, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

final entry on http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Pentecostalism&oldid=52903809 Johnmarkh

Mel Gibson Edit
I am assuming that this edit was a mistake. --Asbl 16:01, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

 * I know it sounds lame but 'it was not me'. In this instance all I did was to remove the words 'alchoholic and anti-semite' and then saved.(The incident about alcohol and antisemitic comments were already included further down the page and I considered the addition to be unneccessary, possibly a personal attack and POV - however my edit must have occurred at the same time as another user and now in fact it looks like I was doing a more serious unsatisfactory comment.

I have complained once before about the fact that an edit that I didn't do was attributed in the history file to me to be told by an Admin that 'it happens' and not to worry about it! It is of some concern when the language used is not what I would ever consider saying let alone putting into print. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Johnmarkh (talk • contribs).
 * I guess this happened because there was an edit conflict, where another user saved the page while you were editing. Typically, if you work on one section, and another user works on another section, then there are no problems. I think the problem occurs when you work on a section, and another user works on the entire article (or vise versa, you work on the entire article, and another user works on a section). --Asbl 16:56, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

From Wikipedia information team"

Dear John,

Thank you for your mail. Unfortunately, the problems associated with deleting the revision outweigh any misunderstanding that may result from the misattribution. Deleting a single revision normally requires that the entire article be temporarily deleted. Due to the large number of edits to the page (1736 as of this message), this has a noticeable effect on server performance.

The bug that causes it is quite rare; it requires that two edits to the same section of the text be submitted simultaneously. Since the rest of your contributions are in good faith, nobody will hold the misattributed edit against you.

I'm sorry I couldn't help. :)

Yours sincerely,

 * I wrote to Wikipedia information team"

My user name is Johnmarkh The edit history on 'my contributions' page shows the following edit 16:56, July 31, 2006 (hist)(diff) m Mel Gibson (rv POV comment) Clicking on (diff) indicates that my user account added the comment ' Total scumsucking racist, homophobic hack'

I would neither attack a person in this way nor use this language. In fact the I was reverting to a previous edit to simply remove the comment "alcoholic and anti-semite " and I am very upset that my attempt to make the article less POV has be turned around to look like I was comitting a greater vandalism. I was at my PC all the time and no-one else could have made it using my PC. There was a lot of activity at that time on this page and my reversion has somehow become mixed with another editors additions.

Please correct this error in the history as soon as possible. This kind of incorrect attribution of edits has only ocurred to me once before but I feel that it is essential that they should be avoided and the bug that allows it to happen be fixed. (Note that on both occasions the error seems to have happened when two users reverted the page at the same time). I appreciate that the history file should wherever possible not be altered however in this instance the information recorded is incorrect and should be modified.

rgds Johnmark

Still not happy but can't see how to move forward? Johnmarkh 21:17, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Knowledge
Whilst searching for the origin of:

Representation of a problem-solution in a human-mind is knowledge.

in the WP:Knowledge article, i found most if not all the references to be copies of the WP definition-usually without referencing WP as the origin.

Whilst this shows the effect of WP on the web it also raises the difficulty of knowing which is the original source (especially as WP wants not to be original though/research).

As Google especially weights searches to those items that are linked to each other we have a virtuous circle whereby WP gains importance simply from others who link to it (through either reasons off efficiency or as they value WP).

If this continues then won't we end up with WP dominating the web and thus effectiveley becoming the 'web index'?

In any case I could not immediateley find the source of the statement which appears to be out of synch with the rest of the paragraph and theis note is to remind you to improve the article

Hindu temples
In view of your recent edit, I'm curious where in Europe there is a larger Hindu temple than Neasden. -- Arwel (talk) 10:32, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

 * http://www.venkateswara.org.uk/

see also bbc news

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/5272882.stm

Johnmarkh 10:35, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that - I hadn't heard of this new one! -- Arwel (talk) 13:34, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

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Looks like you made it pretty plain that non constructive edits are not appreciated. He was too clever for me to catch the vandalism. His contributions are all blank now. Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim  23:48, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

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rgds, +|:) johnmark 16:42, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

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 * In summary, date linking really doesn't add anything significant to the context of the article. The tiny utility of such links, while inadequate to justify linking all date text, is (grudgingly) accepted in the specific situations set in "Autoformatting and linking" because it globalizes the encyclopedia. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 00:02, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

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Hi, I'm sorry that I removed the image so fast. It looks like everything's OK now, so I hope that there's no hard feelings. I've got one small request though - can you include a link to your user or talk page in your signature? east. 718 at 01:25, April 11, 2008

 * Glimpse of insight - lightbulb goes on - doh - I didn't realise I had taken the links out of my signature - it might explain why bots kept on adding the 'this unsigned comment was added by ...etc' when I had already signed it.. [User:Johnmarkh:johnmark†][UserTalk:Johnmarkh:talk to me  22:53, 12 April 2008 (UTC) just checking it works now

 * didn't - cos' I got the syntax wrong - [User:Johnmarkh|johnmark†][UserTalk:Johnmarkh|talk to me  22:55, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
 * one could get angry with oneself....  johnmark†  talk to me   22:57, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

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Stephen Snoddy

Stephen Snoddy (born 1959) is a British artist and gallery director.

Career
Snoddy trained as a painter at Belfast College of Art where he graduated in 1983 with an MA in Fine Art.

Snoddy moved to Manchester in 1986 and graduated with a Postgraduate Diploma in Art Gallery & Museum Studies from the University of Manchester in 1987 and then moved to Bristol to become Exhibitions Organiser at Arnolfini Gallery.

He worked from 1987 to 1991 on an exhibition programme that included solo exhibitions by Richard Long, Giuseppe Penone, Gillian Ayres, Rachel Whiteread, Vong Phaophanit, Jannis Kounellis: Drawings, Jack B. Yeats: The Late Works (which toured to the Whitechapel Art Gallery and Haags Gemeentemuseum) and the first solo exhibition of Juan Muñoz in the UK.

In 1991, Snoddy became Exhibitions Director of Cornerhouse, Manchester, where he and other city curators established the Manchester Gallery Consortium when the Hayward Gallery brought the British Art Show 4 to the city in 1995. He also organised such shows as the first John Baldessari European Retrospective toured to the Serpentine Gallery, London and onwards onto a European tour; a Bruce McLean film commission; Sublime: Manchester Music and Design;Edward Allington; Jochen Gerz; Annette Messager: Telling Tales'; Rita Donagh Retrospective; Paul Seawright: Sectarian Murder and Unveiled: Possibilities in Abstract Painting exhibitions.

In 1996, he moved to become Director of Southampton City Art Gallery, where he and later Henry Moore Foundation director Godfrey Worsdale organised the 1998 Chris Ofili solo exhibition, which helped secure Ofili the 1998 Turner Prize, and an exchange of collections with the Bilbao Museum of Fine Art, to coincide with the opening of the new Frank Gehry-designed Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. He made acquisitions for the collection included works by John Hoyland, Fiona Rae, Chris Ofili, Douglas Gordon and Julian Opie.

In the spring of 1998, he moved to Milton Keynes as founder-director during the construction of a brand new gallery as part of the £30 million Milton Keynes Theatre and Gallery complex. Milton Keynes Gallery (then MK G, now MK Gallery) opened on 8 October 1999 with 'The Rudimentary Pictures', an exhibition of 33 new works by Gilbert & George. There were also exhibitions of Richard Hamilton, Sigmar Polke, Andy Warhol, Juergen Teller, Tim Noble and Sue Webster, Richard Wright, Abigail Lane, Air Guitar: Contemporary Art and Rock Music and The Temple of Bacchus, (Sarah Lucas with Colin Lowe and Roddy Thompson). In October 2003 at the inaugural Frieze Art Fair in Regent's Park, London MK G had a stand which remains the only time a publicly funded art gallery in the UK has had a stand at the FAF.

In December 2003, Snoddy became Director of the BALTIC where he made organisational and structural changes, refreshed the programme and engaged with artists of the region. He was responsible for commissioning Bob and Roberta Smith to create an exhibition in response to the Labour Party Spring Conference of 2004 at the neighbouring the Sage, Gateshead, as well as programming an Edward Kienholz retrospective and the first exhibition of the Italian artist Carol Rama in the UK.

In January 2005, he began to work on freelance projects, acted as consultant to various organisations, lectured at Manchester Metropolitan University and continued to be on the VAGA Executive Board. Snoddy was also appointed in February 2005 as Director of the inaugural Contemporary Art Norwich (CAN05), a multi venued exhibition project, (incorporating the open exhibition EAST) in the city of Norwich during the Summer of 2005.

In May 2005, Snoddy was appointed as Director of The New Art Gallery, Walsall, where he has reviewed policies, restructured the organisation, enabled an acquisitions budget for contemporary art, opened a new 4th floor gallery, expanded the Library & Archive, developed a new sculpture terrace and increased visitor figures annually since 2005 when they were 120,000: in 2010 they reached 201,000. Exhibitions have included 'Starstruck: Contemporary Art and Celebrity'; Christopher Le Brun retrospective; Stuart Whipps - Longbridge Project; Richard Billingham: The Black Country; Jane & Louise Wilson; John Davies: A British Landscape; 'Reimagining Asia', John M. Pickering, Antoinette Haechler, Frank Sidney Smith and 'The Life of the Mind', curated by Bob and Roberta Smith and Zarina Bhimji. The New Art Gallery was also one of the 12 launch venues for Artists' Rooms, (Anthony d'Offay's gift/sale of contemporary art to the nation) and exhibited 52 early Andy Warhol drawings. From 6 October 2012 the NAG exhibited Damien Hirst, for a year-long display. The gallery attracted 236,000 visitors during the year, almost equalling the record set in its opening year.

In 2006, Snoddy was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Previously he has been a Director of The New Contemporaries and was on the Visual Arts Committee of the British Council for 10 years, taught at numerous art colleges as a visiting lecturer and was on the working committee for the National Policy for Collecting Contemporary Art and Turning Point ACE West Midlands area group.

In 2007, along with Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and Ikon Gallery, Birmingham who joined to become the West Midlands Consortium they are one of 5 consortium's in the UK to be awarded the £1 million Art Fund International award to purchase international contemporary art over the following 5 years, under the theme of the Metropolis - an interim exhibition Metropolis of acquisitions was launched in the Autumn of 2010. In 2009 he was a judge for the National Portrait Gallery, Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize which subsequently toured the UK.

In 2009, Snoddy was the Curator for the Art of Ideas in Birmingham. He is a Patron of Walsall College, a former Board member of Lichfield Festival, 'Pestival' and 'The Campaign for Drawing', and was on the Selection Committee for 'Artists Taking the Lead' in the North West of England and was a curatorial advisor working on Anthony McCall's Column for Wirral Waters, intended to be a part of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad, but which was the only 'Artists Taking the Lead' project which was not realised.

He was Director of Look11, the Liverpool International Festival of Photography and Photography, the first photography festival to be staged in Liverpool, during Liverpool's Year of Social Justice and City of Radicals in 2011.

In 2011, at the invitation of the British Council, Snoddy visited Jerusalem and the Palestinian Territories to advise on the development of a potential new Palestinian Museum of Art and on a future collections policy and exhibitions strategy.

Snoddy curated a 2012 exhibition, Wandering Rocks, selected from the Leytonstone Art Trail at The Stone Space, Leytonstone. Wandering Rocks is episode ten of James Joyce's Ulysses, and consists of nineteen short views of characters as they make their way round Dublin in the afternoon.

He was made an Honorary Member of the Royal Ulster Academy at the opening of the RUA Annual Exhibition at the Ulster Museum in Oct 2018 and in 2019 was appointed as a Visiting Professor at Manchester School of Art.

Work as an artist
Snoddy appeared on Antony Gormley's, One & Other project at Trafalgar Square in August 2009 where he collaborated with Bob and Roberta Smith on realising an art work for the fourth plinth.

In addition to his career as a museum director, Snoddy has made abstract paintings. He is a member of the artist collective Contemporary British Painting and has received solo exhibitions of his work at The Roberto Polo Gallery, Brussels, 2016, The Artist Workhouse, 2016 The Rabley Drawing Centre, 2016 and Southampton City Art Gallery, 2017

Collections
Paintings by Snoddy are held by the following collections:

 * Southampton City Art Gallery
 * CORPO, Spain
 * Frank Cohen Collection
 * Hertfordshire Education Authority
 * Lisburn Borough Council
 * The Priseman Seabrook Collection

General references

 * Interview in Museums Journal, January 2006

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Smeg (appliances)

Smeg, an acronym of Smalterie Metallurgiche Emiliane Guastalla (Italian for Emilian Guastalla Metallurgical Enamelling Works), is an Italian home appliance manufacturer.

History
Founded in 1948 by Vittorio Bertazzoni as an enameling and metalworking company, the company preserves the memory of its original purpose and location (Guastalla, Regio Emilia) in the name acronymised as Smeg, Smalterie Metallurgiche Emiliane Guastalla ("Emilian Metallurgical Enamelling Works Guastalla").

During the 1950s the company’s metalworking background was accompanied by the production of its first cooking appliances. In 1956, the company presented "Elisabeth", one of the first gas cookers equipped with automatic ignition, a safety valve in the oven and a cooking programmer.

In the 1960s, Smeg introduced its first washing machine, the Leda, and then the large 60 cm Niagara dishwasher, with capacity for 14 place settings.

In 1971, the company began production of built-in hobs and ovens.

Other activities
Smeg started in the residential sector, and later entered the commercial market. Smeg Foodservice manufactures appliances for the hotel, restaurant and catering market, and Smeg Instruments supplies disinfection equipment to hospitals and dental surgeries.

Business
The design and manufacture of Smeg appliances is concentrated in four factories based in Northern Italy, each specialising in a specific type of appliance. Smeg has subsidiaries worldwide, overseas offices and an extensive sales network. Smeg has developed products in collaboration with architects and designers including Guido Canali (who also designed the company headquarters in Guastalla), Mario Bellini, Renzo Piano, Marc Newson and deepdesign.

FAB 1950s-style appliances
In 1997, Smeg introduced refrigerators styled similarly to 1950s models, in several colours, with model names prefixed "FAB", and bearing the distinctive SMEG logo. The FAB line remained in production, with technically modern appliances with 1950s appearance. The FAB28 had deep curved doors and a large handle. Fridge-freezers were later introduced, with more colour options, and special editions such as a Union Jack door. In 2014 small domestic appliances such as toasters and kettles were added to the FAB 50s range.

Awards

 * 2010: Good Design Award granted by the Chicago Athenaeum, Museum of Architecture and Design and the European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies, for their FP610SG oven and the P755SBL hob from the innovative Newson product line.

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Talk:Schizophrenics Anonymous

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I have created this article for encyclopedic reasons. I DO NOT recommend anyone to such 12 step programs. If you take a look at several anti-12 step web sites, (some of which are found in the links section in the Alcoholics Anonymous article) you will se why I don't recommend such "therapy". --Admiral Roo 16:12, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * especially a 12-step foor schizophrenia- lol how can that work? I think mental illness can't really be approached in such a self-punishing way.  Merkinsmum  01:29, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree. It reverts to the old stereotype that mental illness is primarily due to a character fault, a moral failing that one needs to overcome.  However, when my brother was diagnosed with schizophrenia I could not get either him or my parent in attending any support groups for schizophrenics and/or their families.  My father's attitude was that we would deal with it as our family had always done, which, of course, continuing the same dysfunctional family behaviors that has characterized our family for generations.

What content is "encyclopedic" for this article?
I came back to this article to add information about the organization founder, from HealthyPlace.com, September 27, 2003, particularly that she formed the group after "coming out of the closet" as a schizophrenic on TV (on Sally Jessy Raphael and on a TV show hosted by Dr. Sonya Friedman, apparently on CNN). I'm dismayed to discover that User:Jerry has rolled back my edits to this article. Since he used the rollback feature, apparently he thinks my edits are vandalism.

I don't know why my edits are regarded as vandalism. Since an earlier edit summary stated that much of the article was "nonencyclopedic," I surmise that some users consider the information about "12 steps" to be a trivial detail, not realizing that "twelve step program" is a widely recognized generic term with very specific meaning. Another possibility is that some users are concerned that naming the program's founder causes WP:BLP issues. On the contrary, it appears to me that the founder's openness about her illness is an important piece of information regarding Schizophrenics Anonymous -- much in the same way that Bill Wilson's story is a salient part of the story of Alcoholics Anonymous.

I would like to be able to improve this article without being slapped down for vandalism. --Orlady (talk) 03:43, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

 * Stick to reliable sources. -- Craigtalbert (talk) 06:43, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

 * I was laboring under the impression that there were reliable sources for the information I added. Nevertheless, I have expanded the article, removed the "12-step" identification from the lead sentence, and expanded the sourcing. I believe that solid sources exist for the content. --Orlady (talk) 15:31, 10 February 2008 (UTC) // Revised Orlady (talk) 18:00, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

 * healthyplace.com for instance, is not a reliable source. -- Craigtalbert (talk) 18:49, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

 * Your objection to that one reference surely did not justify your reverting all of my edits. (I have restored them.)
 * I wholeheartedly agree that WP should never cite chats, forums, etc., at HealthyPlace.com as a source, particularly not for health information. However, the only item in the article that is sourced to Healthyplace is the statement "Shortly before forming SA, Verbanic had publicly disclosed her diagnosis and had discussed her illness on national television programs in an effort to challenge the stigma associated with schizophrenia by educating the public," and the source for that statement is dated editorial content on the Healthyplace site (not a user contribution). Although that is the only source cited for that sentence, much of the information in that particular statement is corroborated by other sources cited in the article, such as SA itself and the Time magazine article, as well as by sources not used in the article, such as this University of Michigan Health System article and this Indianapolis Star article. --Orlady (talk) 20:43, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

 * It was the best example of an unreliable source from the ones you cited. There's plenty of peer-reviewed sources for Schizophrenics Anonymous, there's no reason to use things like healthyplace.com in this article. -- Craigtalbert (talk) 00:23, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

 * I don't want to be drawn into a "revert" game with another good-faith contributor, but I don't see us making progress in this discussion. What exactly is your objection to the article content that I contributed (and that you have now reverted twice in the last 8 hours)?

 * If you have access to all of the journal articles in that Google Scholar search, I guess you may be in a position to write an article section discussing the findings of studies of SA's effectiveness. However, those articles that I was able to access did not contain anything more than trivial mentions of SA, and most of the visible excerpts from other other papers also appear to mention SA only in passing. (The 1998 article "The Initiation of Mutual-Help Groups Within Residential Treatment Settings" from Community Mental Health Journal is one exception; it does seem to be focused on SA. Also, SA is one focus of the 2005 article "Bridging professional and mutual-help: An application of the transtheoretical model to the mutual-help organization.")

 * I look forward to seeing your additions to the article. In the meantime, however, I would like to restore the deleted content to this article. I do not perceive how or why peer-reviewed studies in academic journals of psychiatry and psychology would be necessary (or even helpful) as sources for writing a basic factual article about this organization's history, purpose, and program.

 * --Orlady (talk) 01:22, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

What is your objection to my edits at Schizophrenics Anonymous?
This is a copy of a conversation on User:Jerry's talk page.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Orlady (talk • contribs) 21:33, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi. I made an effort to improve the article Schizophrenics Anonymous, which is the subject of an AfD discussion, but you rolled back my edits, indicating that you consider them to be vandalism. Would you give me the courtesy of explaining your actions? See Talk:Schizophrenics Anonymous. --Orlady (talk) 03:49, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

 * hmmmm. I never said vandalism.  You reverted my edits to the article after I made an effort to improve it while it was at AfD.  There is no mention in the references provided that it is a 12-step program.  This appears to be somebody's own research.  And the founder of the organization along with her diagnosis is not encyclopedic.  We do not have a valid reason to include this detail of a living person's life in our article that I could see.  The 6 steps of the program sounded very advertish, and did nothing to claim notability. JERRY talk contribs 03:56, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

 * Hmmm, indeed. I saw your first edits there as (in part) reverting my earlier attempt to improve the article by adding independently sourced content (with a reference) about the organization. I supported your decision to remove the list of the 6 steps as a possible copy-vio, but (as discussed at Talk:Schizophrenics Anonymous and in my edit summaries) I felt that the details about the history (including the founder's name) were important parts of the organization's story.

 * Regarding my perception that your rollback of my edit indicated that my edit was vandalism, I based that interpretation on WP:Rollback, which indicates that the rollback feature is only to be used for vandalism and similarly clear-cut situations.

 * Regarding calling SA a 12-step program, that's not original research. "12-step program" is essentially a generic noun that is clearly applicable to SA. It's similar to identifying a school for 3- and 4-year-olds as a "nursery school" or "preschool", even if the school calls itself "Paragon Children's Academy" and does not use the words "nursery school" or "preschool" to describe itself. Among people who are even mildly familiar with these programs as professionals or as participants (I am not in either category, but I've heard about them from people in both categories), it would be "common knowledge" that the wording of the SA 6 steps (this is some of the text that you deleted) closely mirrors the wording of the AA 12 steps. In any event, Recovery World (one of the cited references) includes SA on a list of 12-step programs (that's a pretty junky page that I would not feel good about citing in Wikipedia) and SA's own website describes the SA meeting format in terms of the AA meeting format and the AA 12 steps. Also see  and , and the lists of 12-step programs at  and [] . Since SA's program does not actually employ 12 steps, I could see reasons for taking "12 step program" out of the noun cluster in the lead, but the text of the article definitely should acknowledge that the program is based on a 12-step model. The article Self-help groups for mental health, which is one of the two "See also" links to  that I added (and that you removed), helps to explain the typology of self-help groups.

 * As for identifying the name of the founder, it is very common for articles about organizations to name the founder as a key part of the organization's history. There clearly are no WP:BLP issues with naming her. I found her name on http://www.nami.org/, which is a responsible organization that would not use a living person's name without permission. Furthermore, as I noted on the article talk page, she founded SA after "coming out of the closet" as a schizophrenic on national TV. AFAICT, she is not notable for anything in addition to going public with her illness and founding SA, so WP would not have a separate article about her, but there's plenty of reason to name her in connection with the organization she founded.

 * --Orlady (talk) 05:01, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * The essay you cited about rollback is a new one that was written to describe a new feature available to non-admins. Although I do see that it includes in its scope the use of rollback by admins, there has been no suggestion made to admins that they should read or follow that essays "how-to" recommendations.  Rollback is just a simple way to revert several consecutive edits by the same user.  And the essay says "usually vandalism", not "exclusivey vandalism".  Even before I was an administrator, I had rollback in my monobook user scripting, so my use of rollback has far preceeded this new essay.

 * Well, I guess I was naive for thinking that the same basic rules of engagement apply to administrators and non-admins. I have been bending over backwards and not using rollback in instances that I believe to be vandalism, but where I think there is even a small possibility that my actions could be misunderstood, such as this diff. --Orlady (talk) 15:27, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

 * The "obvious" applicability of 12-step programs to this organization is own-research.

 * The talkpage discussions you describe did not exist at the time I edited this article. The talkpage merely contained some statement by the supposed author of the article and how he has a vendetta against 12-step programs.

 * I agree that the talkpage discussion did not exist then. I posted there immediately before posting here, as it is my understanding that article talk pages (not a user talk page) are the appropriate place to discuss differences of opinion on article content. Previously, I had used edit summaries to describe my actions and as much of my reasoning as I could fit into a summary. --Orlady (talk) 15:27, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

 * It would be okay to include the founders name, but to include her psychological diagnosis and year of same is a BLP issue, unless sources by RS and essentially notable.

JERRY talk contribs 14:16, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

 * I was (and continue to be) under the impression that I had cited an RS source for this information. This is a person who has devoted more than 20 years of her life to speaking publicly about schizophrenia. Seeing the contentiousness of this matter, I have found additional RS sources that I believe thoroughly support its notability. See my sandbox version of this article at User:Orlady/Stuff I'm working on/SA. Let's continue this discussion on the article talk page. --Orlady (talk) 15:27, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

 * The version currently in your sandbox seems okay to me. I am unable to open reference #1, however, becuase it crashes my computer every time I try.  But I assume it has the context you footnoted.  If you move your version to the mainspace (without overwriting the AFD template, of course), I will not disturb it. JERRY talk contribs 15:47, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the re-review, and thanks for the alert on the reference. That's an [expletive deleted] Powerpoint presentation; it had better be labeled as such. One slide has a photo of Verbanic and text saying Joanne Verbanic / Founder of Schizophrenics Anonymous / 1970 diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia / 1985 with Mental Health Association in Michigan Founded Schizophrenics Anonymous / Motivated to erase stigma / “The stigma is harder to deal with than the illness itself.” / Spokesperson at Mental Health conferences, universities, schools, clubs, TV, radio in an effort to educate the public. Another slide says: Similarities and Differences with 12-Step Programs / Initially based on 12 Steps of AA / Self-help only—not advocacy or group therapy / Not billable to insurance / Not “behavior based”—can do everything “right” and still have schizophrenia / 6 Steps can be done in any order --Orlady (talk) 15:58, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

(dedent) That's great. If you use one of the php-cite templates (eg. Template:cite-web) that employs the "quotation" line, you can put that text in it and save people from the crash issue if they, like me, do not have PPT rendering software installed. JERRY talk contribs 16:02, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * That's a great idea! I incorporated the content in the live article and added quotations.
 * FWIW, although I have the software, I often use the Google cache to view the text content of online PPT and Word files. --Orlady (talk) 17:51, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I am pleased that we seem to be closing this discussion as friends, as opposed to what some may have predicted would have been an entrenched battle with a defined loser. It's been a pleasure working with you, and proving once again that the bold-revert-discuss cycle works. JERRY talk contribs 18:57, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Would that every discussion here could conclude amicably. (However, it's not over yet at Talk:Schizophrenics Anonymous.) --Orlady (talk) 20:52, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * That's brilliant Orlady! I mean it's obvious what at least the name is based on to an extent, it has the word 'Anonymous' in the name and everything:)  But thanks for finding such excellent sources for the obvious lol, the sad thing is wiki sometimes needs it, which can be infuriating :)  Merkinsmum  14:39, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Self-published references

 * Many of the sources used in this article cannot be considered as reliable, and need to be amended. Multiple sources originate from Linda Whitten, who is lacking in encyclopedic relevance, and is the CEO of the subject organisation. However, removing these sources would leave the bulk of the article completely unsourced. As such, something significant must be done to amend the state of the article in accordance with WP:CITE. Stormy clouds (talk) 15:45, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

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Zarathustra (album)

Zarathustra is the debut studio album by Italian band Museo Rosenbach released in 1973. It is generally regarded as one of the best Italian progressive rock works of all time.

Controversially, the lyrics compose a concept album of Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy, particularly his 1883–1885 novel Thus Spoke Zarathustra. The song titles translate into "The Last Man", "The King of Yesterday", "Beyond Good and Evil", "Übermensch", "The Temple of Hourglasses", "Of Man", "Of Nature", and "Of the Eternal Return".

The music has been edited by bassist Alberto Moreno, texts from external collaborator Mauro La Luce. Side A is completely occupied by the long suite Zarathustra, side B includes the remaining three songs, which relate thematically to the first part by the expression of the concept album, so dear to progressive rock groups.

The album was a commercial failure mainly because of the boycott of RAI, which was suspicious of the group because of the themes (the quote from Nietzsche could supposedly refer to ideologies of the far-right) and the bust of Mussolini pictured in the collage on the cover, work of the illustrator Caesar Monti.

The singer, Stefano Galifi, later joined an art rock band named Il Tempio delle Clessidre ("The Temple of Hourglasses"), quoting the title of the track.

Track listing

 * Side one
 * 1) Zarathustra - 20:31
 * 2) * Zarathustra: L'Ultimo Uomo – 3:55
 * 3) * Zarathustra: Il Re di Ieri – 4:40
 * 4) * Zarathustra: Al di Là del Bene e del Male – 2:39
 * 5) * Zarathustra: Superuomo – 6:25
 * 6) * Zarathustra: Il Tempio delle Clessidre – 2:52
 * Side two
 * 1) "Degli Uomini – 4:04
 * 2) Della Natura – 8:28
 * 3) Dell'Eterno Ritorno – 6:18

Personnel

 * Giancarlo Golzi – drums, percussion, vocals
 * Alberto Moreno – bass and piano
 * Enzo Merogno – guitar, vocals
 * Pit Corradi – mellotron, Hammond organ, vibraphone, Farfisa electric piano
 * Stefano Galifi – vocals

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Category:Horse racing venues in the United Kingdom

There are 60 racecourses in Great Britain. These courses are under the authority of the British Horseracing Authority. There are also two in Northern Ireland, which are part of the Irish racing system, as racing is run on an All Ireland basis. For a complete list click here.


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Secretary of Fisheries (Mexico)

In Mexico the Secretary of Fisheries was the head of the extinct Secretariat of Fisheries (Secretaría de Pesca). The secretary was a member of the President's Cabinet.

In 1994 President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León merged the Secretariat of Fisheries and the Secretariat of the Environment to create the Secretariat of the Environment, Natural Resources and Fisheries (Secretaría del Medio Ambiente, Recursos Naturales y Pesca), which itself was later replaced by the Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources in 2000.

The last three Secretaries of Fisheries were:
 * Pedro Ojeda Paullada (1982-1988)
 * María de los Ángeles Moreno (1988-1991)
 * Guillermo Jiménez Morales (1991-1994)

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Talk:Far-infrared astronomy

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I've noticed that the article is "Far infrared" and yet in the article, the term is "far-infrared" with a hyphen. The reason I noticed is that it was far-infrared in the Submillimetre astronomy article and was changed. --Jleous 16:14, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Hymen Lipman

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Speedy Delete?

I'd vote NO. Lipman's patent and "invention" is notable enough, and a link here from the Eraser article should exist. The eventual finding that the patent was invalid is an historically interesting case (and probably/arguably inconsistent with modern law) and may deserve a mention and link in the Patents article.

FRS 16:14, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Spelling of Name/Move Article
According to this court document his name is spelled Hymen L. Lipman -- I propose we move this article to the proper spelling of his name and redirect this to there. (Sorry forgot to sign my name to this) - Etcher 04:41, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Other patents and sale of patent no. 19783
There are 2 other topics that would be worth expanding on:

1. The immediate sale he made of the pencil/eraser patent (19783) for a purported sum of $100,000. 2. The other items he received patents for.

These topics would make the article more interesting and is about all the other info that is currently available on Mr. Lipman. -- Etcher 21:14, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Google graph error
The person whose image is displayed when searching is actually that of Doug Lipman (from ) and has nothing to do with this person. Please do not add the photo to this article.-- Auric    talk  22:42, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

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User talk:Jabob

菊芋治沙
最近看过一些有关菊芋治沙的文章，有没有人愿意一起建立有关菊芋的中文维基网页.

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Teen Spirit (album)

Teen Spirit is the second studio album by the Swedish pop group A-Teens. It was released on 26 February 2001 by Stockholm Records. It was the group's first album of original material.

Three singles were released from the album, "Upside Down", "Halfway Around the World" and "Sugar Rush". A new version of the album including bonus tracks was released on 21 January 2002 in Scandinavia, Germany and Mexico. While not repeating the same level of success as their first album, the album went on to sell over 1.5 million copies, despite receiving poor reviews from critics.

Critical reception
In a mixed review of the album, Billboard said that the album's tracks "range in quality from guilty pleasures to already-dated clunkers". The review was positive towards the tracks "Bouncing Off the Ceiling (Upside Down)" and "…To the Music" but overall described the album "a collection of more misses than hits". Writing for AllMusic, Jon Azpiri gave the album two out of five stars, and wrote: "instead of blatantly ripping off ABBA, they choose to imitate the trademark sound of ubiquitous Swedish pop super-producer Max Martin". Laut gave the album two out of five stars, criticizing the music’s similarities to recent hits by 'NSync, the Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears, but said, "At least the happy mood is still reminiscent of ABBA."

In a negative review, J.R. Griffin of Rolling Stone said that "without the nostalgic ABBA tunes on their side, the A-Teens have demoted themselves to the level of S Club 7, a younger Ace of Base and god-forbid, Aqua." He wrote that the music would only appeal to very young listeners. Writing for Sonic.net, Paul Gaita gave the album two and a half out of five stars, and said that if the group "intend to make good on the threat of their final track and come "Back for More," they'll need to work twice as hard to dispel both the ghosts of ABBA and this new straight-outta-IKEA personality as well." Writing for Wall of Sound, Gary Graff also criticized the similarities between the album's production and recent Max Martin produced efforts and gave the album a score of 40 out of 100. He praised group members Amit and Dhani for taking a more prominent role on the album.

Commercial performance
The album peaked at No. 2 in Sweden on the Sverigetopplistan Albums Top 60 chart, No. 18 in Austria on the Ö3 Austria Top 40 Top Albums chart, No. 33 in Finland on the Official Finnish Charts Top 50 Albums chart, No. 5 in Germany on the GfK Entertainment Top 100 Albums chart, No. 5 in the Netherlands on the Dutch Top 40, No. 37 in Norway on the VG-lista Top 40 Albums chart, No. 13 in Switzerland on the Swiss Hitparade Top 100 Albums chart, and No. 50 in the United States on the Billboard 200.

The album was certified Gold in Sweden and the United States.

Track listing

 * The track "Upside Down" was renamed "Bouncing Off the Ceiling (Upside Down)" on North American pressings of the album.
 * The track "Morning Light" is a cover of a song by E-Type from the album Last Man Standing.

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Niki Chow

Niki Chow (周勵淇, previously 周麗淇; born August 30, 1979) is a Hong Kong actress and singer.

Early life
Chow was born and raised in Hong Kong. She is fluent in Mandarin. However, netizens have pointed that her Cantonese pronunciation is less than perfect. This is because she grew up speaking Shanghainese in her family. She is the younger sister of the Hong Kong model Kathy Chow. Niki's school life ended when she was spotted by an agent who offered her a modeling opportunity. This was the beginning of her life as an artist. She was just about 17 years old at that time.

Acting career
Several years later, she began her acting career in movies and television series, working mostly with TVB. Cast by Amy Wong, her first TVB series was Hard Fate. She is well known for her role and performance in Producer Lau Ka Ho's 2005 series The Gentle Crackdown, which stars Moses Chan and her. She won the Most Improved Actress award at the TVB Anniversary Awards (2005) for her performance in The Gentle Crackdown. Amy Wong's Under the Canopy of Love, starring Kevin Cheng, Bosco Wong and her, in the February of the following year also helped establish her popularity. An indirect sequel with the same cast and crew, The Seventh Day, came out February 2008. Her on-screen partnership with Kevin Cheng was well received by the audience in the years 2004–2008, along with rumours of the two dating in real life (until 2008). Her other series include The King of Snooker in 2009, with Adam Cheng and Patrick Tang. She filmed Sakura Memories (櫻紅醉), a travel documentary programme on Japan, in the spring of 2009 which aired on TVB in August 2009.

Music career
Niki signed with BMA Records in 2005 and released her debut EP Pure Niki in the August of that year. In 2006, she released Child-Woman and a single Nikikaka. In January 2009, she released Redefine. In August 2010, she released a charity single Make a Wish with proceeds donated to an organization called Make-A-Wish Hong Kong. As well, in November 2010, she released her last EP under BMA Records: F.L.Y. (which stands for Freedom, Love, and Youth).

Writing career
She is also the author of several books, including Girlfriend Diary (周麗淇·女朋友手記; 2005), a book of the same title as her 2006 album The Child Woman (2006), Detailed Little Things (細味心事; 2007), Happiness (幸福; 2009), and Cherish (珍惜; 2010). Her books are published under BMA Publications.

Soundtrack

 * 明知不知傻痴痴 (theme song for The Gentle Crackdown (2005), a duet with co-star Moses Chan)
 * 請講 (theme song for Under the Canopy of Love (2006), a duet with co-star Kevin Cheng)
 * 抱著空氣 (sub theme for The Seventh Day (2008), a duet with co-star Kevin Cheng)
 * 相信童話 (sub theme for The King of Snooker (2009), a duet with co-star Patrick Tang)
 * 身在福中 (theme song for her TVB travel programme Sakura Memories (2009))
 * 心變 (theme song for A Change Of Heart 2013)

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Frontbend

A frontbend is a contortion position where the body is curved forward at the hips and spine. In an extreme frontbend, some contortionists can place the backs of their knees behind their shoulders.

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EPRON

EPRON, Экспедиция подводных работ особого назначения (ЭПРОН) "Special Expedition for Underwater Works" —Special-Purpose Underwater Rescue Party, was a government agency of the Soviet Union to salvage valuable cargo and equipment from sunken ships and submarines.

History
EPRON was established on 17 December 1923 and was initially under the Joint State Political Directorate (Объединенное государственное политическое управление – ОГПУ) at the Council of People's Commissars. Its first operation was treasure-hunting near Sevastopol for the wreckage of HMS Prince, a steamship sunk by a storm off Balaklava in November 1854 when it was carrying gold from Britain to pay British troops fighting in the Crimea (GBP 200,000). The project team was financed, equipped, trained and managed by Japanese diving specialists, who had become highly experienced through salvaging warships of the Russian Imperial Navy sunk or scuttled during the 1904–1905 Russo-Japanese War. The wreckage was allegedly located but there were no reports of gold being found in the quantities that had been initially deemed.

After that EPRON extended its operations to rescue and salvaging sunken ships, gradually absorbing other diving units (less experienced and/or worse equipped) and creating new ones. In 1929 EPRON became the sole body in the USSR responsible for all kinds of work under water - in marine operations, hydraulic and river engineering, mining, wreckage and derelict logging and utilizing, etc.

In 1931 it was transferred from the OGPU as a department to the NKPS (НКПС, "Народный Комиссариат Путей Сообщения" - "People's Commissariat (Ministry) of Transport"). In 1936 EPRON was subordinated to NKVT (НКВТ, "Народный Комиссариат Водного Транспорта" - "People's Commissariat (Ministry) of Sea and River Transport"); in 1939 - further to NKMF (НКМФ, "Народный Комиссариат Морского Флота" - "People's Commissariat (Ministry) of the Merchant Navy").

By 1941 EPRON had rescued 36 ships and raised 74 sunken ships with total weight of about 25,000 GRT. In 1941 naval rescue and salvage units were transferred to the Soviet Navy (still under the name EPRON); in 1942 it was renamed the Emergency Rescue Service of the Navy (Аварийно-спасательная служба ВМФ), which became the Search and Emergency Rescue Service of the Navy (поисково-спасательная служба ВМФ) in 1979.

Notable commanders

 * Vladimir Yazykov (1923-1924)
 * Lev Zakharov-Meyer (1923-1930)
 * Photius Krylov (1932-1942)

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User:MilonK

Waterpolo is life!

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Talk:Vestibulocochlear nerve

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article regarding auditory nerve and physiological characteristics

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment
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Zhijiang, Hubei

Zhijiang is a county-level city of Yichang City, in the west of Hubei province, People's Republic of China. Until the 1990s Zhijiang was a county. It is located on the left (northern) shore of the Yangtze River, downstream from Yichang center city.

Administrative divisions
One subdistrict:
 * Majiadian Subdistrict

Eight towns:
 * Anfusi, Baiyang, Hubei , Gujiadian , Dongshi , Xiannü , Wen'an , Qixingtai , Bailizhou

Climate
Zhijiang has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) with hot, rainy summers and cool winters. Rainfall occurs throughout the year but is significantly heavier between April and August.

Education

 * Zhijiang High School

Transport

 * China National Highway 318
 * Yichang Sanxia Airport
 * Jiaozuo–Liuzhou Railway

Economy
Zhijiang City has a significant cluster of Taobao villages, rural Chinese villages where the local economy has developed to focus extensively on e-commerce via the Taobao retail shopping platform. As of September 2019, there are more than 1,000 e-commerce enterprises in Zhijiang City, more than 8,000 e-commerce online stores, and more than 20,000 people working in e-commerce.

Lü Banglie
In October 2005, Zhijiang was in the news because one of the delegates to its (county-level) People's Congress, Lu Banglie, a village-rights activist, was savagely beaten on October 8, 2005 in the village of Taishi , in Yuwotou town, Panyu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, by unknown persons. The beating was witnessed by Benjamin Joffe-Walt, correspondent for The Guardian newspaper of the UK, who was himself threatened and believed Lü had been killed.

Since 2004, Lü has been the popularly elected head of Baoyuesi village (30.34191°N, 111.68366°W), in the town of Bailizhou, situated on a peninsula in the Yangtze River and the only town in Zhijiang not on the river's left bank; there is no road connection between Bailizhou and the city's other towns. He is the first elected village head in the history of the People's Republic of China.

The beating may have been intended to prevent a similar popular election from taking place in Taishi.

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