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Talk:Community-led total sanitation

Clean up of this article in FEb 2015
Possibly stating the obvious, but the first stage of clean-up for this article will be to add more inline refs. JMWt (talk) 11:53, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

I also just noticed that the first section is word-for-word from here: http://www.communityledtotalsanitation.org/page/clts-approach - if this is just cut-and-pasted from the IDS website (which seems more likely than the reverse), I guess that is not ideal for a wikipedia page.. JMWt (talk) 14:58, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
 * After further investigation, I have established that the copied information was added during this edit in 2011 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Community-led_total_sanitation&oldid=411992633 - given so much information was added during one edit, it seems likely that it was cut-and-pasted from the original here: http://www.communityledtotalsanitation.org/page/clts-approach (which does not appear to be licenced for reuse under CC). I am therefore going to tag for investigation/removal. JMWt (talk) 15:24, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
 * On reflection, I decided to remove the duplicate material and add additional sections. I think it is better than it was before. JMWt (talk) 20:45, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

Remove external link to Appropredia?
I suggest to remove the external link to the Appropedia page as it seems to contain pretty much the same content as we have here? And if not how about copying across what is missing, as it's open access on Appropedia as far as I know. Same would apply if we find anything useful on Akvopedia.org about CLTS
 * Yes, Appropedia is all CC-BY. I doubt there is much different there, but I will look and remove the link if not. JMWt (talk) 22:27, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

Remove Further Reading sectionn?
I would delete the entire Further Reading section. This is not in-line with normal Wikipedia practice where the further reading leads to textbooks. If the further reading references are important, they should be cited in-line. If not, then they can anyway be found from the External Links section. EvM-Susana (talk) 22:17, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, agree JMWt (talk) 22:24, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

Further reading - moved to talk

 * Kamal Kar with Robert Chambers (2008) Handbook on Community-led Total Sanitation. IDS and Plan International also available in French, Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi, Bengali, Khmer and Arabic PetraBongartz (talk) 09:41, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Kamal Kar (2010) Facilitating “Hands-on” Training Workshops for CLTS: A Trainer's Training Guide
 * Petra Bongartz and Robert Chambers (2009) Beyond Subsidies- Triggering a Revolution in Rural Sanitation (In Focus Policy Briefing)
 * Robert Chambers (2009)Going to Scale with Community-led Total Sanitation: Reflections on Experience, Issues and Ways Forward
 * Bongartz, Petra, Musyoki, Samuel Musembi, Milligan, Angela and Ashley, Holly (2010) Tales of Shit: Community-Led Total Sanitation in Africa, Participatory Learning and Action 61, London: International Institute for Environment and Development
 * Kamal Kar and Petra Bongartz (2006) Latest Update to Subsidy or Self Respect. Update to IDS Working Paper 257
 * Kamal Kar and Katherine Pasteur(2005) Subsidy or Self-Respect? Community Led Total Sanitation. An Update on Recent Developments . IDS Working Paper 257
 * Kamal Kar (2005) Practical Guide to Triggering Community-Led Total Sanitation. IDS. Also available in Chinese, Arabic, Spanish, French and Lao
 * Kamal Kar (2003) Subsidy or Self-Respect? Participatory Total Community Sanitation in Bangladesh . IDS Working Paper 184
 * Video of Kamal Kar talking about community-led total sanitation in the Water Cube at the 2010 Stockholm Water Week

The only problem with removing this is that there are links to resources in other languages which might be relevant to readers. I wonder if maybe we are wrong on removing this for that reason? JMWt (talk) 09:01, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

The lead section is not yet a summary
The lead needs to be modified so that it becomes a summary of the article (with up to 4 paragraphs in length). At the moment it is more or less just about the history of CLTS. EvM-Susana (talk) 22:22, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, I started writing it and then thought maybe I should work on the structure of the rest first.. JMWt (talk) 22:25, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Is there a way the article could be written in the active voice, as required by wikipedia standards? For example, currently the opening sentence is the following:

 * "Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) is an approach to bring about sustained behavior change in mainly rural people by a process of "triggering" leading to spontaneous and long-term abandonement of open defecation practices." could be something like
 * "Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) is a method of changing the sanitation-related behaviour of rural people, using shame to induce communities (?) to abandon the practice of open defecation. It was developed by ??? and found ??% effect in (names of countries/places etc.)".

 * This is just a suggestion. EChastain (talk) 01:47, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Removed recent addition about Frontiers publications
Hi J.myers2, I have removed this because this is not of encyclopedic nature. Rather cite statements from there and then include it in the reference list:

+++++++ Frontiers of CLTS

'Frontiers of CLTS: Innovations and Insights' is a series of short notes offering guidance on new methods and approaches, and thinking on broader issues surrounding the CLTS approach. The most recent 'Sustainability and CLTS: Taking Stock' identifies some of the problems with sustaining ODF communities and identifies some priority areas for learning.

Other additions:

1. Participatory Design Development for Sanitation

2. How to Trigger for Handwashing with Soap

3. Disability: Making CLTS Fully Inclusive

4. Sustainability and CLTS: Taking Stock

The series is also available in French and Portuguese. ++++++++++

EvM-Susana (talk) 10:24, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

Wider criteria for ODF status in Plan report
EvM-Susana, I am not sure what the 'wider criteria' are either! JMWt (talk) 11:48, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

questions about this article
I'm wondering who developed the "Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS)" approach? I was asked to look at this article, but this method of shame is something I can't endorse. I'm sorry but I could never support a method based on shame. Are there other formal approaches to changing behaviour regarding sanitation? EChastain (talk) 01:29, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

 * Not sure what you mean here, the article is clear that Kar developed the approach. Nobody is asking you to 'endorse' it. Other methods are not relevant to this article.JMWt (talk) 06:33, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Also, does this method have any scientific support? The source for this article seems to be a primary source, and so not a reliable source for wikipedia. Also, the developer of this method: "Dr. Kamal Kar is a specialist in livestock production, agriculture and natural resources by training". I think the article needs a much wider focus, wider than just the ideas of one man. How about a compare and contract article about several methods, backed by scientific evidence on their effectiveness? EChastain (talk) 01:55, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

 * The approach is about human behavior and is used by a large number of NGOs in the field, so it is proper to quote from them about what it involves. These are necessarily primary sources. There are very few peer reviewed studies as to the effectiveness of it, but as we find them we will include. This is not primarily a medical or a science article, the sources are necessarily descriptive.

 * I reject the idea of a wider article, the page is about a process called "Community-led Total Sanitation" which readers might want to know more detail about. The point of this article is to introduce it as a concept not to attempt to compare effectiveness, which would not be a neutral POV as there are many different professional opinions about it. JMWt (talk) 06:33, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

 * I copy here what I just put on my talk page where we also spoke about this: JMWt recently worked on that page (I also gave some inputs) and there is no danger of an "editing war". However, I think you might enjoy first reading our previous discussions on CLTS here: http://forum.susana.org/forum/categories/5-clts-community-led-total-sanitation-and-other-community-led-approaches . One might think that it's only about providing nice toilets and then people will use them. But the reality is different. Villagers should not wait for outsiders to build toilets for theme, they should jump into action (after "triggering") and build their own toilets. This is what CLTS is all about and it's got a lot to do with psychology... See also here previous discussions: http://forum.susana.org/forum/categories/71-behaviour-change-and-user-psychology-issues EvM-Susana (talk) 07:44, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

 * I would say your idea of a "wider article" is valid (as a separate article) and that's what the existing article on behaviour change (public health) can and should do, isn't it? Apart from that I do think it is important to look at CLTS from all angles - that's why we have a criticism section there. CLTS has been touted as the silver bullet but there are also many people criticising it. The article should be balanced, providing information on both standpoints. And the more publications come to light, the more we can include. There are large grants funded by the BMGF to look at the effectiveness of CLTS, see here here: http://www.susana.org/en/resources/projects?search=clts EvM-Susana (talk) 07:50, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

On the recent clean-up of this article
Regarding the general point that this article being a mess, a few points:

1. It is a work in progress. For many years it was copied-and-pasted from a copyrighted page with few inline sources. I wrote much of the content in a hurry having realised this last week, and I would argue it is considerably improved. The structure is largely mine, I am interested to hear from anyone who thinks there is a better way to present the information.

2. It is about a system which is in widespread use in sanitation, readers are likely to come across it having heard about "Community-led Total Sanitation" or "CLTS", as there are many NGOs and governments who are using these terms.

3. I have fairly strong feelings about CLTS, but I see it as my responsiblity to record things here dispassionately, providing as many relevant references as possible for readers to understand the terms used and the way they are used in practice. WP:NPOV states that "articles must not take sides, but should explain the sides, fairly and without bias." The use of shame is controversial and criticism should be included in the relevant section. Pointing this out has no bearing on the rest of the article, this article should not read as if it is promoting or detracting from CLTS.

4. Kamal Kar was the originator of the concept, he is seen as being an expert in community engagement, which is why Wateraid asked him to intervene in the Bangladesh situation. Kar developed and engaged many with his ideas, but they have grown far beyond him. It is therefore important to acknowledge his contribution as well as the way the thing has expanded beyond his influence. I agree that the latter can be improved and clarified - again this is a work in progress.

5. Self-published sources are used to reference this article because few peer-reviewed articles exist. WP:SPS says "Self-published expert sources may be considered reliable when produced by an established expert on the subject matter, whose work in the relevant field has previously been published by reliable third-party publications." The majority of cites here are from NGO practice documents. Whilst it might be better to use sources in peer-reviewed books, these generally do not exist about CLTS IMO. I would be very interested to see them included if anyone can find them.

6. Finally I think we should all keep in mind the dangers of trying to argue from authority. Many of the previous editors of this page are very conversant with the ideas behind CTLS, psychology, sanitation etc. The point is not to try to get to 'the truth' but to focus on the way that the terms are being used and applied so that a person coming here finds the content useful. If there is a relevant reference which supports your view, use it. If you have no references, then I'm afraid it can't be used here.

JMWt (talk) 08:48, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

 * Thank you for these comments. They seem to hit on most of the problems with this article, especially the issues of the need for reliable sourcing and the importance of a neutral point of view and the avoidance of advocacy. You're probably familiar with the Manual of Style (Sanitation). It seems this article falls under Recommended section headings → Articles on technologies, would you agree? EChastain (talk) 14:23, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

 * No, I think it falls under the Articles about concepts section - which incidentally I wrote! I wouldn't say it is a technology in any sense, but a conceptual system used widely in sanitation JMWt (talk) 14:28, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

 * , I thought that at first, but then I noticed in the lede: An important difference between CLTS and other forms of "top down", "technology focussed" sanitation intervention. "Concept" seems to be more abstract and not an application. See a dictionary definition. This article seems to describe applications, doesn't it? Or is it about the concept only? Regarding outcome studies, this source appears to pinpoint the problems regarding evaluating CLTS. Is there a way to reduce the use of jargon and acronyms? It's difficult to read now. And in the sources, what is WEPA, PLANUSA and UNC? (The latter two are funded by the Gates foundation, but other than that?) The "about" section on the websites don't seem to give much info. Please excuse these questions/comments. I'm trying to get a grip on this subject matter. Thanks! EChastain (talk) 14:53, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

 * I don't see it as technology. This is not talking about latrines, or toilets but the system used widely to encourage communities to desire better sanitation.  It is not 'technology' in the sense that most people discussing sanitation would use the word technology. It is an application in that it is used in villages rather than just a concept which exists on a page. I agree that there are many sources with results which can and should be introduced into the text.

 * The acronyms are unavoidable because those are the names of NGOs working in the sanitation field. If they have a wikipedia page, I will link to them, but I cannot really see how we are going to discuss the players without referring to them. JMWt (talk) 15:05, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

 * Then perhaps you'll take the wording "technology focussed" out of the lede? EChastain (talk) 15:21, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I don't understand the point you are making. Some interventions come with technology (ie the villagers are offered latrines or grants for latrines).  This doesn't.  JMWt (talk) 15:29, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

 * I suggest getting some outside opinions then, since you wrote Articles about concepts section. EChastain (talk) 15:34, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I agree. I suggest you explain why you think it should be considered technology and what difference that would make to the way we write the article. JMWt (talk) 15:38, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
 * As I explained above, the phrase "technology focussed" is used regarding this method in the lede, and a "concept" is an idea and not an implementation. EChastain (talk) 15:58, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I think it is the wording you have a problem with. "Technology focussed" is used to contrast it with other methods, not to claim that this is technology based.  I disagree that a concept is not something which can be implemented, but if you like we can change the Articles about concepts, what do you think it should be called?  JMWt (talk) 16:05, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

this looks like a good source
This UNICEF articles has info on outcomes for CLTS in Sierra Leone, Zambia, India, Nepal with what worked and what didn't in each country. It also has references. Community Approaches to Total Sanitation EChastain (talk) 00:13, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

use talk pages rather than wholesale reverts
, sorry. I had an and didn't know you were doing a wholesale revert because of one word you felt was wrong. The thing to do is to use the talk pages to discuss things, rather than reverting huge chunks. I recommend this avenue for resolving differences on all wikipedia articles. EChastain (talk) 21:32, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
 * There were two word edits, both wrong. I'd appreciate it if you would take more care to read the sources before editing. JMWt (talk) 21:37, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Ok they were longer than two words. But they were still very wrong - you ascribed to Kar a source which was not written by him. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Community-led_total_sanitation&diff=651102544&oldid=651102282 JMWt (talk) 21:40, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
 * well, why not just fix it instead of revert? I had made many little corrections and added the cite I gave above to the article. EChastain (talk) 21:58, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

Need for photos for this article
I reckon this article is really improving nicely, thanks to the work of talk and EChastain! Thank you! Hopefully more people will take an interest in this article as well, because CLTS is really pretty "big". It think it's time to look for photos. I couldn't find any on Wikimedia Commons so far, which is partly due to the fact that we don't have any on the SuSanA flickr database either. I have asked CLTS Knowledge Hub if we can use any form their photo contest: http://forum.susana.org/forum/categories/5-clts-community-led-total-sanitation-and-other-community-led-approaches/10752-photo-competition-picturing-clts. There is also a Flickr account of CLTS Foundation with good photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/communityledtotalsanitation/ I looked at a couple and they say all rights reserved, so I will e-mail them to find out if we can use any. EvM-Susana (talk) 08:59, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
 * , thank you for that! Regarding photos, there's a "hidden category" on the Commons Category:Files created by Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA), but you have to have your preferences on the Commons set to "Show hidden categories" to see it. Also, if you describe what sort of images you want, maybe I can find one there. (There are 2 categories with a total 9990 files in the SuSanA category described above.) EChastain (talk) 12:37, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I am after images like these ones: https://www.flickr.com/photos/communityledtotalsanitation/ The person behind this flickr account has replied that she will make some available in the next few days. - Why is there a hidden category? EvM-Susana (talk) 13:34, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
 * , hidden categories are considered maintenance categories. Images are put there automatically as a means of dealing with the huge number of images that come with the SuSanA template that don't seem to have a clear category to put them in, according to their Flicker tags. Once a human editor places them in a category, then they are more useful. Probably those images on Flickr that you point to above are already on the Commons somewhere, but unless someone has found them and sorted through them, they're in some category designated by Flickr which generally aren't very useful. I mentioned this problem to, but he didn't think it was a problem.  EChastain (talk) 17:32, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
 * p.s. I say they're probably already there because there's a massive number with your template from Flickr. If you try to upload images that are already there, you might run into problems. Doc James seemed to think you could just search for them on the Commons and find them that way, so you could try that. I recognise some of the images you pointed to on Flickr, so I think they're on the Commons now. EChastain (talk) 17:40, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

more info on commons category
I received an answer on the Commons regarding the category: "the creation of the category and the creation of the template were both inspired by practical considerations from the fact that there are many files from the same source. For more information about the upload of those files, you can probably ask the users EvM-Susana and Fæ. Because the files from that organization are copied to Commons from the flickr account of the organization, I understand EvM-Susana's comment on en.wp as meaning that the files copied to Commons from that account are those that are available there, and that's why EvM-Susana would try to find files from other sources, including flickr accounts of other people, to copy to Commons." I looked at the category creation. Elitre (A) created the category on the commons and made several revisions last October. Since then another editor has removed a few categories and added one. So that's as it stands now. EChastain (talk) 19:33, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

 * Yes, that's exactly right: we had no CLTS photos in the SuSanA flickr account which is why non of the SuSanA photos on Commons include CLTS. I looked by using the search terms CLTS and community-led total sanitation but found none. Perhaps I din't look in the right way? The other flickr account belongs to CLTS Foundation and they do have great photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/communityledtotalsanitation/

But they are not under an open licence. I will try to convince them to change the licence type for their whole photostream. Or if not then at least for some photos that we can use (they already agreed to the latter and I am waiting for them to select some photos). EvM-Susana (talk) 20:03, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

About the hidden category on commons which were files from the SuSanA flickr transfer: could you give me the link where I can access them because perhaps it's easy for me to suggest which categories they could go into. I have to admit Commons is for me still a big question mark. I only use it to insert photos into articles, usually those that came originally from the SuSanA photostream. I am going to insert in the next few days some photos on helminths so stay tuned... But I have never used it to browse EvM-Susana (talk) 20:03, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

 * , well I'm fairly familiar with the Commons and I've spent a lot of time browsing sanitation categories there and they're hugely confusing. (I've tried to clean them up, but it's hard to know what others will want. I thought I had all the toilet images, but then I found big batches of them in vague cats that didn't mention "toilets".)  I've found many of the SuSanA images that were "uncategorised" completely i.e. in no cat at all and only found by luck. If you go to the commons, go to Category:Files created by Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA), but you have to have your preferences on the Commons set to "Show hidden categories" to see it. Under "Sustainable Sanitation Alliance, someone as made an attempt to categorise some workshops and meetings. For you, click on File:Facultative pond<PHONE_NUMBER>).jpg and you will see in tiny print at the bottom: "Files created by Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA)". (But first, make sure to set your preferences on the Commons to "show hidden categories".) Strange that you have to ask for permission. It says on the Commons: "SuSanA is kindly donating pictures from its Flickr photo database for Wikimedia Commons. Pictures in SuSanA's Flickr photo database were taken by various SuSanA members who all have an interest to share their sanitation photos as widely as possible." And that Flickr photostream you want images from is included as part of the SusanA database. If you upload any images, please put them in categories when you do, or you might not find them later. The "Flickr tags" are very misleading, so don't count on them. Editors on the Commons get overwhelmed with huge uploads that are badly categorised.  I think that's why so many of your images weren't categorised at all. A typical scenario is that  editors looked at some images of kids, or a school, or water categorised under "urine" or something that looked wrong to them, removed the cats and couldn't figure out where to put it. If there's at least a location, an editor confused about "what the heck is this" will categorise by place. Otherwise, they'll leave with no cat. (There are many thousands that will never have cats there.)  EChastain (talk) 22:16, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

 * Also, there are many of your images under another "hidden category" called Category:WikiAfrica report. I just now stuck them all under "Africa" because they weren't under any category. (That frequently happens on the Commons for batch uploads that no one knows what to do with. EChastain (talk) 22:40, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

 * We should perhaps move this whole section to my talk page as it's not really related to the talk page of CLTS?EvM-Susana (talk) 23:33, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

No, the flickr photostream of CLTS is NOT part of the flickr photostream of SuSanA - they are two different organisations. Just like the photostream might be of Joe Blogg.EvM-Susana (talk) 23:33, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
 * About not finding my own photos on Commons: well when I work on an article, e.g. ascariasis - If I want to insert a photo that already exists in commons I just go to insert media, type in those search terms (or it uses the article title by default) and there they all are. I think the categories are only important for that note at the bottom of an article taking people to more photos. I just uploaded a few more photos just now - normally I write for category just "sanitation" but now I also used "helminth infection". But I couldn't see an overivew of available categories, had to use trial and error to see which category already existed. EvM-Susana (talk) 23:26, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
 * , okay. Well, I'm done with the sanitation images, then. I only did it because I wanted to be helpful. But sounds like there's no point so I'd rather do something else anyway than worry about cats for urine and defecation etc. So, onward, for me, to something else! EChastain (talk) 00:26, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Do these publications count as secondary sources ?
There are some publications on testing the effectiveness of CLTS by Plan USA - are any of these useful to incorporate into this article, do they count as secondary sources? http://scalingclts.web.unc.edu/resource-library/ EvM-Susana (talk) 09:58, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

 * , the University of North Carolina is a reputable university in the US, so it's research articles are valid, in my opinion, and they know the basics of research design. This one: Community-led Total Sanitation in Ghana Findings from a Situational Assessment discusses their methods for data assessment and the limitations of the study. But they conclude that CLTS data is not regularly reported, and "CLTS data are inconsistent and unreliable. For example: "Reports of ODF status also vary substantially. In 2009, one international organization indicated 22% ODF achievement, while in 2010, another report cited a 6% ODF rate among a subset of regions." It also concludes that it's not possible to analyse the funding allocated to CLTS as the funding is mixed in with "other water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH) programs, which makes it difficult to distinguish CLTS funding from other areas." It's a great source for why there's no reliable date on the effectiveness of CLTS. EChastain (talk) 00:00, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

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Readability and Clarity of explanations in the Lead
I would like to see the first sentence define the term CLTS better, while using language that regular readers would find more familiar. "Triggering" is introduced without being explained well. Readability is a problem I'd like to work on. The first sentence gets a 1 (sic) out of 100 on the Flesch readability scale. The Wikipedia goal is 60-70. In the below attempt at improving readability I only got the score up to 41, but you can see what I have in mind.

Community-led total sanitation (CLTS) is an approach used to improve sanitation n a community. Ending the practice of open defecation is the goal. The term "triggering" describes processes that bring about spontaneous and long-term changes to sanitation practices.

My question for those watching this page is how open are you to readability edits? Often experts don't want to give up on fine details, in order to make the topic more accessible to the general reader. My goal is to preserve accuracy, while introducing some clarity. PlanetCare (talk) 21:54, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

 * Hearing no objections...I have gone ahead and made some changes to improve readability of just the lead.PlanetCare (talk) 22:31, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Depressingly, the readability is now only 37, up from 32. I'll come back to this again.PlanetCare (talk) 23:27, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

 * I've done some more work on the lead. It was actually too long, too detailed and not a good summary of the article. Have moved some of the excessive detail (e.g. about subsidies) to the main body now. I think people were trying to cram too much information into the lead rather than ensuring it's a good summary of the article. EMsmile (talk) 00:30, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

 * I have now added some more content to the lead, by taking what I think are key pieces of information from the main text. I have included the references each time just to make it easier for people to check (adding references in the lead is optional but I am finding it useful in many cases).EMsmile (talk) 04:04, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

Good reference from April 2018 from USAID
This reference from USAID could be used to add further updates to the article (I don't have time right now to do it myself but perhaps someone else has; if not, I will come back to it later): see here EMsmile (talk) 15:10, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

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Krishnapura matha

The Krishnapur Matha (ಕೃಷ್ಣಾಪುರ ಮಠ कृष्णपुरा मठ Kr̥ṣṇāpura maṭha)  or Krishnapur Mutt in some records and literature is a Madhwa Vaishnava monastery. It is one of the Ashta Mathas of Udupi founded by Dvaita philosopher Madhvacharya of Udupi. Krishnapur Monastery is currently headed by Vidyasagara Thirta. The first swami of this monastery was Janardhana Thirta, who was one of the direct disciples of Madhvacharya. Its presiding deity is Kalingamardhana Krishna. The matha houses a Mukyaprana temple inside where puja is performed every day.The present swamiji (mathadeesha or peethadipati) of Krishnapura Matha Shri Vidyasagara Thirtha ascended paryaya for fourth time on 18 January 2022 and completed his two year term of performing pooje to Lord Krishna at Shri Krishna Matha ,Car street, Udupi on 17 January 2024.

This monastic order has many branches all over India. Some are at Udupi, Ramanakatte, Padigaru, Pejavara, Dandathirtha, Padubidri and others mostly in districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi of Karnataka and one in Prayag (Allahabad).

The Krishnapur Matha owned last large tracts of land, but lost due to enactment of the law "Tiller is the owner of Land" by then Chief minister of Karnataka state Devaraj Urs in 1974.

The Matha (monastery) at Krishnapur, which is 3 kilometres from Surathkal locality of Mangalore, is the main Maths from which the name has been derived. The present Matha at Krishnapur was built by Sri Vidyamurthi Teertha who is twenty sixth Swamiji in this lineage built Matha ( monastery at) Krishnapur. There is a Mukhyaprana Hanuman temple inside the Matha. The structure of the building is mostly made of wood. This type of structure is rare in the age of concrete buildings nowadays.

The lineage of Swamiji's (Guru parampara) of Krishnapur Matha

 * Sri Madhvacharya(1238-1317)
 * Sri Janaradhana Teertha(1317-1319)
 * Sri Srivatsanka Teertha(1319-1359)
 * Sri Vageesha Teertha(1359-1407)
 * Sri Lokesha Teertha(1407-1447)
 * Sri Lokanaatha Teertha(1447-1461)
 * Sri Lokapoojya Teertha(1461-1473)
 * Sri Vidyaaraja Teertha(1473-1483)
 * Sri Vishwaaadhiraja Teertha(1483-1493)
 * Sri Vishwaadheesha Teertha(1493-1506
 * Sri Vishwesha Teertha(1506-1519)
 * Sri Vishwavandya Teertha(1519-1530)
 * Sri Vishwaraaja Teertha(1530-1541)
 * Sri Dharaneedhara Teertha(1541-1555)
 * Sri Dharaadhara Teertha(1555-1567)
 * Sri Prajnaamoorthi Teertha -I(1567-1578)
 * Sri Tapomoorthi Teertha(1578-1589)
 * Sri Sureshwara Teertha(1589-1601)
 * Sri Jagannaatha Teertha(1601-1614)
 * Sri Suresha Teertha(1614-1627)
 * Sri Vishwapungava Teertha(1627-1638)
 * Sri Vishwavallabha Teertha(1638-1649)
 * Sri Vishwabhooshana Teertha(1649-1659)
 * Sri Yaadhavendra Teertha(1659-1670)
 * Sri Prajnaamoorthi Teertha II(1670-1701)
 * Sri Vidyaadhiraja Teertha(1701-1705)
 * Sri Vidyamoorthi Teertha(1705-1766)
 * Sri Vidyavallabha Teertha(1766-1775)
 * Sri Vidyendra Teertha(1775-1784)
 * Sri Vidyaanidhi Teertha(1784-1799)
 * Sri Vidyaasamudra Teertha(1799-1820)
 * Sri Vidyaapathi Teertha ( Expired before assuming office )(1820-1820)
 * Sri Vidyaadheesha Teertha(1820-1886)
 * Sri Vidyaapoorna Teertha(1886-1938)
 * Sri Vidyarathna Teertha(1938-1972)
 * Sri Vidya Saagara Teertha (present Swamiji)(1972)

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303rd Tactical Fighter Squadron (JASDF)

The 303rd Tactical Fighter Squadron (第303飛行隊 (dai-sann-byaku-sann-hikoutai)) is a squadron of the 6th Air Wing of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JSDF) based at Komatsu Air Base, in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It is equipped with Mitsubishi F-15J/DJ and Kawasaki T-4 aircraft.

History
The squadron was formed as the third of the JASDF's McDonnell Douglas F-4EJ Phantom II squadrons. It replaced the 4th Squadron, which had been equipped with North American F-86F Sabres, and was formed using some of the personnel from the 4th squadron. At the time the JASDF's squadron numbering system was dependent on the aircraft model used. There was a gap between the disbanding of the 4th and the founding of the 303rd due to discussions with the local community near the base about the F-4s being based there.

On June 17, 1977, the squadron began quick reaction alert (QRA) flights. There were many intercepts of the regular "Tokyo Express" flights by Soviet aircraft such as Tupolev Tu-95 and Myasishchev M-4 bombers over the Sea of Japan. Some of them were transiting to or from the Soviet Union's Cam Ranh Base in southern Vietnam. During a QRA on June 27, 1980, a Tu-16 Badger of the Soviet Air Force on a Tokyo Express flight crashed near Komatsu Air Base in Ishikawa Prefecture in the Sea of Japan. There were no survivors. The remains of three crew members were recovered by the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force ship Nemuro.

On December 1, 1987, the squadron re-equipped with F-15J/DJ aircraft. It was the first F-4 squadron to re-equip with the F-15. Unlike many JASDF fighter squadrons, it has been located at the same base for its entire existence.

On 22 November 1995 F-15J 02-8919 flown by Lieutenant Tatsumi Higuchi was shot down by an AIM-9L Sidewinder missile accidentally fired by his wingman during air-intercept training over the Sea of Japan. The pilot ejected safely.

The squadron participated in the US military exercise Cope North in Guam in 2000 and in the exercise Red Flag - Alaska in 2009, 2011 and 2012. During the 2011 exercise it carried out bilateral exercises with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) for the first time, flying with McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornets of the RAAF's No. 3 Squadron.

In July 2018 aircraft of the squadron trained in Japanese airspace with US B-52 bombers.

Tail markings
Originally the squadron's tail marking was of the 6th Air Wing's red, white and blue marking. In 1981 the tail marking changed to be that of a dragon inside a stylized "6". The squadron's call sign is "dragon", and in addition the dragon depicted in the tail marking is said to be the protector of Mount Haku, which is not far from the base.

In popular culture
The squadron appeared in the 1993 anime film Patlabor 2: The Movie, the 2004 video game Drakengard, the 2006 anime series Yomigaeru Sora – Rescue Wings and the 2007 film Midnight Eagle.

Fighter aircraft

 * McDonnell Douglas F-4EJ Phantom II (1976–1987)
 * Mitsubishi F-15J (1987–present)

Liaison aircraft

 * Lockheed T-33A (1976–1994)
 * Kawasaki T-4 (1992–present)

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Talk:Boddole Zer

De-merge
De-merged article from Dolza, as it is (IMHO) distinct enough to warrant its own, unique article. If you disagree, please feel free to propose a merger and gather consensus. --Kralizec! | talk 05:02, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

 * I don't know about this. Not only do the two articles look almost exactly alike, it doesn't appear that there is a really huge difference between the Macross character and his Robotech counterpart. There's no reason why we couldn't have one section detailing his role in the former series and another section which discusses the latter (like the main Zentradi article). Tony Myers 05:56, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

I still think they should remain separate. The Super Dimensional Fortress Macross and Robotech considerable diverge both during and after the original 36 episodes (especially in character names which are frequently mentioned in both articles). They should remain separate to avoid confusion (Hyperionsteel (talk) 00:56, 23 July 2008 (UTC))

And yet another reason why many Robotech fans don't know anything about Macross and consider Robotech as the original... Don't get me wrong. I like both shows, but de-merging this character was just useless and is going to complicate things much much more... Kronnang Dunn (talk) 00:40, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

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Custos Rotulorum of Huntingdonshire

This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum (Keeper of the Rolls) of Huntingdonshire.

For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire.
 * Sir Richard Cromwell bef. 1544
 * William Cooke 1544–1553
 * Sir Robert Tyrwhitt bef. 1558 – bef. 1562
 * William Lawrence bef. 1562 – aft. 1564
 * Sir James Dyer bef. 1573 – c. 1579
 * Sir Christopher Wray c. 1579 – bef. 1584
 * Sir Henry Cromwell bef. 1584–1604
 * Sir Oliver Cromwell c. 1605–1646
 * Interregnum
 * Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich 1660–1672
 * Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester 1672–1681

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bọ chét

Etymology
🇰🇲; the second element from.

Noun

 * 1) a flea (a parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera)

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Beginner Japanese

初級の日本語

Shokyū no Nihongo

Beginner Japanese

Content summary
This learning project will provide an introduction to the Japanese language.

Goals
This learning project offers learning activities to enable you to:
 * Understand some basic elements of the Japanese language
 * Learn the pronunciation of Japanese
 * Understand the various writing systems
 * Learn the syllabaries of Japanese

Introduction
Before continuing, please see Computing in Japanese to determine if your computer and browser are configured properly for viewing course-related material.

Conventions
Throughout this course, Japanese terms are presented in two forms: the Japanese scripts, and romanized forms (rōmaji), which are bolded. Japanese terms written in the Japanese scripts are always followed by rōmaji.

Meanings of Japanese terms and their English equivalents are italicised.

 * 話す hanasu (to speak)
 * 食べる taberu (to eat)

Sample Japanese sentences will be formatted to help you understand how the parts of speech work together.

 * 日本語は話しますか. Nihongo wa hanashimasu ka.
 * Do [you] speak Japanese?
 * Literally:  Speaking of Japanese, speak?

Japanese can be said to use SOV (Subject-Object-Verb,  'I Japanese like' ) sentence structure, compared to the English SVO (Subject-Verb-Object,  'I like Japanese' ). Although this is not always true, it may help the beginner to establish a baseline from which to delve into the Japanese Language.

Introduction

 * 1) /Introduction to the Japanese Language/
 * 2) /Introduction to the Japanese Writing System/
 * 3) /Kana/
 * 4) /Kanji/
 * 5) /Pronunciation of Japanese/

Grammar

 * 1) /Existence and Copula/
 * 2) /Particles/
 * 3) /Adjectives/
 * 4) /Verbs/
 * 5) /Godan Verbs/
 * 6) /Ichidan Verbs/
 * 7) /Particles used with verbs/

Applied Japanese

 * 1) /Looking For Someone/
 * 2) /Politeness/

External resources

 * Tae Kim's Japanese Guide to Japanese Grammar.

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Portal:Learning Materials/Selected biography

Hunter-gatherers
 * Main article: Hunter-gatherers project

An important function of Wikiversity is to provide critical evaluations of learning materials and online learning resources. Hunter-gatherers should participate in the critical evaluation of learning resources by editing the Wikiversity pages that are devoted to evaluating learning materials and describing how to integrate them into courses of study.

Wikiversity hunter-gatherers can take on ambassadorial functions and participate in Wikiversity projects that seek to establish collaborations between Wikiversity participants and outside educators (see outreach). These collaborations can involve the development of new learning materials for use either in the wiki user environment or outside of Wikiversity.


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biisi

Etymology
A hypercorrection of (of music), using the non-native phoneme.

Noun

 * 1) song

Etymology
From, ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1)  bus

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nær dauða en lífi

Etymology
From nær (meaning "closer") + dauða (meaning "[to] death"), the dative singular of dauði (meaning "death") + en (meaning "than") + lífi (meaning "[to] life"), the dative singular of líf. Meaning "closer [to] death than [to] life".

Idiom

 * 1)  meaning that one is closer to death than life

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User:Vibrantmatter/Books/1992 General Presidential Election

1992 General Presidential Election

 * United States presidential election, 1992

= Conventions =
 * 1992 Democratic National Convention
 * 1992 Republican National Convention

= Candidates =
 * George H. W. Bush
 * Bill Clinton
 * Ross Perot
 * Dan Quayle
 * Al Gore

= Notable Figures =
 * Mary Fisher (activist)
 * Elizabeth Glaser


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casella

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) compartment
 * 2)  square on a game board
 * 1)  square on a game board

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) box (small area on a document for a tick mark)
 * 2) square (of a chess board)
 * 3) pigeonhole

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) hut, small cottage
 * 2) small farm
 * 1) small farm

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bernadette Friel

The result was   delete. postdlf (talk) 18:38, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Bernadette Friel

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Delete: seriously questionable notability. Tragic deaths, even murders, are not automatically notable, as has long been established on Wikipedia, unless I am missing something here. Quis separabit? 03:45, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
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Mokhnatushka

Mokhnatushka (Мохнатушка) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Barnaul, Altai Krai, Russia. The population was 262 as of 2013. There are 7 streets.

Geography
Mokhnatushka is located 27 km southwest of Barnaul by road. Chernitsk is the nearest rural locality.

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Turkic peoples in India

Turkic peoples (including the Turks of Turkey) have historically been associated as one of the non-indigenous peoples to have ruled areas of India and the Indian subcontinent. Although modern day Turks in India are very small in number, and are likely recent immigrants from Turkey. In the 1961 census, 58 people stated that their mother tongue was Turkish. According to the 2001 census, 126 residents of India stated their place of birth as Turkey. In a state visit during early 2010, Prime Minister Abdullah Gül of Turkey met Turkish expatriates living in India and handed out Hindi-Turkish dictionaries to Turkish students in New Delhi.

History and origin
The first known mention of the term Turk applied to a Turkic group was in reference to the Göktürks in the 6th century, who were based in modern Mongolia. Over time, the term has devolved onto the Turks of modern day Turkiey, but historically Turks used to describe Turkic Races A Race in Central Asian Region where Turkic Races with Several Different Groups or Sub-tribes. The Turks claim their descendants belongs to Timurids Amir Timur from the mongolic Barlas sub tribe, or Gurkani, migrated with Babur army Campaigns from Central Asia present day Fergana Valley to Northern India. and after 1857 revolution fall of Delhi Mughal Empire by the British Rules the Most Turkic tribes settled in Tarai jungle region of Rohailkhand. in One such tradition claims that the Turks from Sambal, Moradabad, Budaun, came to India as soldiers who accompanied the 11th century warrior-saint Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud or Salar Ghazi Masud (circa 1014 – 1034 CE). The Turk settlement took place at a latter date. Indeed some Other Turkic subtribe groups, Seljuk, Ghaznavids, Mamluks, Khaliji, that are originally emigrants came in the army of Alauddin Khalji, Shahabddin Ghori, Mehmud Ghaznavi, and Timur (Tamerlane). These Turks had come from Turkistan region during 998 AD to 1526 AD in what is now Central Asia.

Present circumstances
The Turks live in northern India, mainly in Delhi, Gaziabad, Amroha, Moradabad, Rampur, Sambhal, Bijnor, Agra,Kanpur, Muzaffarnagar and Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, Udhamsingh Nagar, Nainital and Haldwani in Kumaon, Bhopal and Junagarh in Gujarat and in South India mainly in the city of Hyderabad in Telangana, Bidar, Gulbarga, Bijapur, Mysore, Srirangapatna of Karnataka, Banganapalle, Kurnool of Andhra Pradesh, Arcot, Tamil Nadu, Pathanamthitta, Erattupetta, Palakkad district, Alappuzha district in Kerala.

The community had traditionally served as soldiers in the armies of the various princely states in the Kathiawar Agency. They are also good traders Like other Gujarati Muslims, they have a caste association known as the Jamat, which acts both as a welfare organization and an instrument of social control.

Notable people

 * Timurid dynasty
 * Ghaznavid dynasty
 * Taj al-Din Yildiz, general of the Delhi Sultanate
 * Mamluk dynasty of Delhi
 * Shah Turkan, mistress of Iltutmish
 * Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji, general of the Delhi Sultanate
 * Muhammad Shiran Khalji, the 2nd governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Delhi Sultanate
 * Iwaz Khalji, the 3rd governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Delhi Sultanate
 * Ali Mardan Khalji, the 3rd governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Delhi Sultanate
 * Malik Balkha Khalji, the last Khalji governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Delhi Sultanate
 * Saifuddin Aibak, 1st governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Mamluk Delhi Sultanate
 * Awar Khan Aibak, 2nd governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Mamluk Delhi Sultanate
 * Tughral Tughan Khan, 3rd governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Mamluk Delhi Sultanate
 * Tughlaq Tamar Khan, 4th governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Mamluk Delhi Sultanate
 * Malik Ikhtiyaruddin Iuzbak, 6th governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Mamluk Delhi Sultanate
 * Ijjauddin Balban Iuzbaki, 7th governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Mamluk Delhi Sultanate
 * Nasiruddin Bughra Khan, 13th governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Mamluk Delhi Sultanate
 * Rukunuddin Kaikaus, 1st governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Balban Delhi Sultanate
 * Shamsuddin Firuz Shah, 2nd governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Balban Delhi Sultanate
 * Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah, 3rd governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Balban Delhi Sultanate
 * Izz al-Din Yahya, 6th governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Tughlaq Delhi Sultanate
 * Munim Khan, 1st Mughal Subahdar of Bengal Subah
 * Khan Jahan I, 2nd Mughal Subahdar of Bengal Subah
 * Jahangir Quli Beg, Mughal Subahdar of Bengal Subah
 * Nasir ad-Din Qabacha, Governor of Multan
 * Khalji dynasty
 * Tughlaq dynasty
 * Qutb Shahi dynasty

 * Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung III, 1st Nawab of Baoni State

 * Dürrüşehvar Sultan, Imperial Princess of the Ottoman Empire wife of prince Azam Jah
 * Princess Niloufer, Princess of the Ottoman Empire wife of prince Moazzam Jah
 * Princess Esra, wife of Mukarram Jah, 8th Nizam of Hyderabad
 * Manolya Onur, wife of Mukarram Jah, 8th Nizam of Hyderabad
 * Muhammad Beg Khan-e Rosebahani, was Qiladar and Jagirdar of Banganapalle
 * Nawabs of Banganapalle
 * Rulers of Amb State

 * Jackie Shroff, Indian actor

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How to Write a Program

This book assumes you have read one or more books on how to program, and you have some degree of familiarity with one or more computer languages.

Now you are sitting in front of your computer and want to start writing a program... and after several tries you find yourself stuck, in a blind corner or feel you are just going about this wrong.

Now is the time to read this book.

Table of Contents

 * /Before you start/
 * /Requirements analysis/
 * /Architecture/
 * /Refactoring/
 * /Enhancing code/

Appendix

 * /Collected Real-life Experiences/

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Mario Merola (singer)

Mario Merola (6 April 1934 – 12 November 2006) was an Italian singer and actor, most prominently known for having rejuvenated the traditional popular Neapolitan melodrama known as the sceneggiata.

He was nicknamed the King of the sceneggiata to be able to give this kind typically a regional and a national popularity and success unknown before, to make a film genre, representing all of this even off the stage, so being able to put a face to sceneggiata.

Biography
Born into a poor family of Naples, Merola held a number of day jobs ranging from kitchen help to longshoreman at the port of Naples until one of his songs, Malu Figliu, was used successfully in a sceneggiata, promoting him into the limelight. Merola was at the height of his popularity in the 1970s and 1980s.

With the proceeds of the first vocal performances manages to marry Rosa Serrapiglia, on 5 April 1964, with whom he had three children: Roberto (organizer of musical events), Loredana (housewife) and Francesco, singer, too, who in recent years has accompanied the father on numerous occasions, among them the performance at the Festival of Naples in 2001, where they won the first prize with the song L'Urdemo emigrante (The last immigrant).

The first public performance of Merola happens by chance, at the beginning of the sixties, from just had sounded the siren of the lunch break at the port of Naples and Merola, along with colleagues unloaders, walked in the square near the church of Sant 'Anna to the Marshes to attend the party on the occasion of the celebration of the Virgin Mary. The singer who had produce, Mario Trevi, came to the event with a ten-minute delay. In this expectation colleagues Merola led Miscavige to get on stage and perform, for the first time, from before a public.

In 1964, he made his debut at the Festival of Naples with the song Doce e' 'o silenzio (Sweet is the silence), coupled with Elsa Quarta. The next year will be the time to T'aspetto a maggio (wait for you in May) with Achille Togliani and Tu stasera si pusilleco (You will tonight Pusilleco) with Enzo Del Forno. In 1966 he continued his participation in the Festival of Naples with the songs and Femmene e tamorre and Ciento catene (one hundred chains), in 1967 Allegretto ma non-troppo (happy but not too), in 1968 Cchiu' forte (stronger) and Comm'a 'nu Sciummo (like a river) in 1969 with  'O masto (the master), ciente appuntamente (hundred appointments) (which he wrote the music) and Abbracciame (hug) and in 1970 with  'Nnammurato 'e te! (in love with you) and Chitarra rossa (Guitar red). After the interruption of the Festival in 1971, it will be taken thirty years later, in 2001. In this latest edition Merola and his son Francesco, will perform with the song L'urdemo emigrante (the last emigrant), coming to a total of eight investments.

In the 1970s, he went to the White House as the representative of the classic Neapolitan song and there he sang for an hour.

He recorded approximately 40 CDs of sceneggiata music and has extensive credits in filmed versions of this Neapolitan form, newer ones as well as "classical" works from earlier in the 20th century. He toured abroad with a Neapolitan company to bring the sceneggiata to emigrant Italian communities elsewhere.

Becomes a "scout" (contributing among other things to the initial popularity of the young Massimo Ranieri, Nino D'Angelo, and Gigi D'Alessio).

Although better known as a singer, Merola starred in several Italian crime thrillers, usually playing a good-hearted gangster (a guappo). He starred as crime boss Michele Barresi in Umberto Lenzi's 1979 thriller From Corleone to Brooklyn. One of Merola's most renowned movies was Zappatore, where he plays a father who worked tirelessly to make his son into a lawyer, only to have his son turn his back on him.

On the occasion of the Festival of Sanremo 1994, along with Nilla Pizzi, Wess, Wilma Goich, Manuela Villa, Tony Santagata, Jimmy Fontana, Gianni Nazzaro, Lando Fiorini, Rosanna Fratello and Giuseppe Cionfoli, is part of Team Italy, cosituitosi 's event, and sings the song Una vecchia canzone italiana (An old Italian song), will affect a disc of the same name that contains 12 tracks including one sang together and the other individually by each member of the group, Merola an occasion to affect an unreleased track Acqua salata Blu (salt water blue).

Engages as a composer, in fact, is the author of the music of some songs, including: Ciento appuntamente (1969), Passione Eterna (Eternal Passion) (1972) and Eternamente tua (Eternally Yours) (1973), three of its major topics. whose lyrics were written by Enzo di Domenico.

In 1997, Merola went into coma when he was hospitalized for three weeks at the hospital Vecchio Pellegrini of Naples. That was the most disturbing episode as a crisis cardio-respiratory did fear the worst. On that occasion, for the first time, the sleep was induced by drugs. Merola, on that occasion, he recovered.

On 26 November 2005 Mario Merola was appointed Knight of Malta, together with Bruno Venturini and Mario Trevi. In 2005, he published his autobiography Napoli solo andata... Il mio lungo viaggio (Napoli one way ... My Long Journey) written with journalist Geo Nocchetti, Merola in the book talks about his life, his achievements, illness and many other things concerning him. The book, Merola, accompanying it also features many photos.

He died aged 72 on 12 November 2006, after having been in intensive care in San Leonardo hospital in Castellammare di Stabia (Naples), with breathing difficulties. The funeral will take place on November 14, in Naples, in the Basilica of Santa Maria del Carmine Maggiore (the same one where Merola was married and also the same when it was celebrated in 1967, the funeral of Totò). Present the political authorities, colleagues and, in the square outside the church, some 40,000 people. At least half of the people followed the coffin in procession to the Monumental Cemetery of Naples, where the artist is buried.

Tributes
During the Festival of Sanremo 2000, the singer Bono Vox of U2, who was performing the song The ground beneath her feet, fell into the pit and came across Mario Merola: once before he pays homage with a bow, while the neapolitan singer applauded him.

Hugo Race in 2004 published The Merola Matrix, an album of 16 songs in which Race uses the voice of old songs and even some movie scenes of Merola making a mix between his music and that of the artist in neapolitan.

In 2005, the singer recorded the album neomelodico Mauro Nardi sings Merola where he plays 16 tracks not belonging to the genus neomelodico, but in the classic neapolitan song, Merola achievements, Nardi that pays homage to running them.

A Mario Merola, some neomelodici have dedicated several songs, including: Faje parte 'e chesta storia (You are part of this story), il grande Merola (The great Merola), al re Merola (King Merola) and Maestro Merola (Master Merola).

In 2008 he opened the restaurant-museum in Naples Felicissima Sera (Happy evening), named after the myth of Mario Merola. The venue accompanied by photos, objects, records, posters, costumes, letters, covers and newspaper headlines of the singer, was born thanks to the children of Roberto and Francesco, Mimmo and Valentino Manna and with the collaboration of the design Nadia Wanderlingh. Among the photos that portray Merola there are those with Diego Armando Maradona, Mike Bongiorno, Franco Franchi, Ornella Muti, Johnny Dorelli, Vittorio Gassman and Adriano Celentano. In the room there is also a letter written by Eduardo De Filippo to Merola dated 29 October 1976.

In 2009, the great singer, in the district Sant'Anna alle Paludi in Naples, is erected a commemorative plaque bust. The plaque created by sculptor Dominico Sepe, reads: Mario Merola ambassador of Neapolitan songs in the world.

On 18 September 2010 the first memorial Mario Merola (a musical event dedicated to the great singer) was held. The concert was held at the Stadio San Ciro Portici has seen the participation of, among others: Francesco Merola, Tullio de Piscopo, Sal Da Vinci, Gigi Finizio, Gianni Fiorellino, Mario Da Vinci, Valentina Stella, Gloriana and Gigi D'Alessio.

In November 2011 was held in the Vigevano Rally in honor of the king of sceneggiata Mario Merola, a concert in honor of Merola which brought together many of his fans from all over Europe.

In 2013 was founded on the YouTube channel Mario-Merola Story, a channel that contains several songs by the great artist.

Festival of Naples

 * 1964
 * Doce e' 'o silenzio (Acampora – Martingano) with Elsa Quarta, 12th Festival of Neapolitan Song – not finalist
 * 1965
 * T'aspetto a Maggio (Dura – Scuotto – Esposito) with Achille Togliani, 13th Festival of Neapolitan Song – 7th place
 * Tu stasera si pusilleco (Amato – E. Buonafede) with Enzo Del Forno, 13th Festival of Neapolitan Song – not finalist
 * 1966
 * Ciento catene (Chiarazzo – Ruocco) with Maria Paris, 14th Festival of Neapolitan Song – 5th place
 * Femmene e Tamorre (E. Bonagura – Lumini) with Daisy Lumini, 14th Festival of Neapolitan Song – not finalist
 * 1967
 * Allegretto ma non-troppo (De Crescenzo – D'Annibale) with Mario Abbate, 15th Festival of Neapolitan Song – 6th place
 * Freve 'e gelusia (Chiarazzo – Pelligiano) with Maria Paris, 15th Festival of Neapolitan Song – 9th place
 * 1968
 * Cchiu' forte 'e me (U. Martucci – Colosimo – Landi) with Ben Venuti, 16th Festival of Neapolitan Song – not finalist
 * Comm'a nu sciummo (Barrucci – Gregoretti – C. Esposito) with Mario Trevi, 16th Festival of Neapolitan Song – not finalist
 * 1969
 * 'O Masto (Pelliggiano – Mammone – De Caro – Petrucci) with Antonio Buonomo, 17th Festival of Neapolitan Song – 5th place
 * Abbracciame (Romeo – Dura – Troia) with Giulietta Sacco, 17th Festival of Neapolitan Song – 7th place
 * Ciento Appuntamente (Langella – Falsetti) with Luciano Rondinella, 17th Festival of Neapolitan Song – 13th place
 * 1970
 * Chitarra Rossa (Russo – V. – S. Mazzocco) with Mirna Doris, 18th Festival of Neapolitan Song – 5th place
 * 'Nnammurato 'e te! (Fiorini – Schiano) with Luciano Rondinella, 18th Festival of Neapolitan Song – 6th place
 * 'O guastafeste (Moxedano – Colucci – Sorrentino – Cofra) with Luciano Rondinella, 18th Festival of Neapolitan Song – 12th place
 * 1971
 * Was present Stella Nera (Russo – Genta) with Luciano Rondinella, 19th Festival of Neapolitan Song – closed program for organizational reasons
 * 2001
 * L'Urdemo Emigrante (V. Campagnoli – G. Campagnoli – M. Guida – G. Quirito) with Francesco Merola, 24th Festival of Neapolitan Song – 1st place/Winner

Festival of Sanremo

 * 1994
 * Una vecchia canzone italiana (Stefano Jurgens – Marcello Marrocchi), Squadra Italia with Nilla Pizzi, Manuela Villa, Jimmy Fontana, Gianni Nazzaro, Wilma Goich, Wess, Giuseppe Cionfoli, Tony Santagata, Lando Fiorini e Rosanna Fratello, 44th Festival of Italian Song – 19th place

33 rpm

 * 1967 – Mario Merola (1° album of 1967)|Mario Merola (Zeus, BE 0015)
 * 1967 – Mario Merola (2° album of 1967)|Mario Merola (Zeus, BE 0016)
 * 1970 – 6 sceneggiate cantate da Mario Merola (Zeus, TM 55460)
 * 1972 – Cumpagne ‘e cella, Mario Trevi – Mario Merola (West records, WLP 104)
 * 1972 – Passione eterna (33 giri)|Passione eterna (West records, WLP 101)
 * 1973 – Volume primo (Hello, ZSEL 55404)
 * 1973 – Volume secondo (Hello, ZSEL 55405)
 * 1973 – Canzoni 'nziste (Rifi variety record, ST 19154)
 * 1973 – Madonna verde (Storm, BR 002)
 * 1973 – Tribunale (33 giri)|Tribunale (Storm, BR 004)
 * 1975 – Classiche napoletane Vol. 6 – Merola canta Libero Bovio (Hello, ZSEL 55411)
 * 1975 – Mario Merola e Pino Mauro (Hello, ZSEL 55413)
 * 1975 – 5 sceneggiate cantate da Mario Merola (Hello, ZSEL 55436)
 * 1975 – Vol. 5° (Hello, ZSEL 55441)
 * 1975 – Eternamente tua (Storm, TM 55402)
 * 1976 – Volume quarto (Zeus, ZSV BS 3022)
 * 1977 – Legge d'onore (Lineavis, LV 3376)
 * 1977 – Licenza 'e carcerato (Storm, ZSLTM 55453)
 * 1978 – Canta Napoli (Record, LP)
 * 1978 – 6 sceneggiate (Storm, TM 55474)
 * 1979 – Si chesta e' 'a legge – Vol. 9° (Storm, ZSL TM 55461)
 * 1980 – Zappatore sceneggiata (Hello, ZSEL 55466)
 * 1980 –  'A dolce vita (Lineavis, LV 3302)
 * 1981 – Chiamate Napoli 081 (Storm)
 * 1982 – Carcerato (33 giri)|Carcerato (Storm, TM 55474)
 * 1982 –  'O rre d' 'a sceneggiata (33 giri)|'O rre d' 'a sceneggiata (Storm, TM 55477)

45 rpm

 * 1963 – Malufiglio/L'urdemo avvertimento (Mario Merola)|Malufiglio/L'urdemo avvertimento (Deafon, CT 001)
 * 1963 – Scugnezziello/'O primmo giuramento (Deafon, CT 004)
 * 1963 – So' nnato carcerato/Quatt'anne ammore (Phonotris, CS 5001)
 * 1963 – Femmena nera/L'ultima buscia (Phonotris, CS 5002)
 * 1963 – Dicite all'avvocato/Nun ce sarrà dimane (Phonotris, CS 5007)
 * 1963 – Quatto mura/Gelusia d'ammore (Phonotris, CS 5008)
 * 1963 – Se cagnata 'a scena/Amici (Phonotris, CS 5009)
 * 1963 –  'O primmo giuramento/Scugnezziello (Phonotris, CS 5010)
 * 1963 – L'urdemo bicchiere/Velo niro (Phonotris, CS 5019)
 * 1963 – Tu me lasse/Malommo (Phonotris, CS 5020)
 * 1964 – Malommo/Tu me lasse (Zeus, BE 117)
 * 1964 –  'A fede (l'urdemo bicchiere)/Velo niro (Zeus, BE 118)
 * 1964 – Canciello 'e cunvento/Dduje sciure arancio (Zeus, BE 121)
 * 1964 – Rosa 'nfamità/Nu poco 'e tutte cose (Zeus, BE 125)
 * 1964 – Doce è 'o silenzio/'Mbrellino 'e seta (Zeus, BE 126)
 * 1964 – Suonno 'e cancelle/Ddoje vote carcerato (Zeus, BE 132)
 * 1964 –  'O zampugnaro/Acale 'e scelle (Zeus, BE 133)
 * 1964 – Te chiammavo Maria/Schiavo senza catene (Zeus, BE 134)
 * 1964 –  'A sciurara/Se ne ghiuta (Zeus, BE 137)
 * 1965 – Tu stasera sì Pusilleco/T'aspetto a maggio (Zeus, BE 144)
 * 1965 – Legge d'onore/Parola d'onore (Zeus, BE 148)
 * 1966 –  'Nu capriccio/'A prucessione (Zeus, BE 178)
 * 1966 – L'ultima 'nfamità/Carmela Spina (Zeus, BE 179)
 * 1966 – Canzona marinaresca/'Nu capriccio (Zeus, BE 180)
 * 1966 – Scetate/'O zampugnaro (Zeus, BE 181)
 * 1966 – Core furastiero/Carmela Spina (Zeus, BE 182)
 * 1966 – Pusilleco addiruso/L'ultima 'nfamità (Zeus, BE 183)
 * 1966 –  'O mare 'e Margellina/Surdate (Zeus, BE 184)
 * 1966 – Canzona marinaresca/Pusilleco addiruso (Zeus, BE 185)
 * 1966 – Femmene e tammorre/Dipende a te (Zeus, BE 188)
 * 1966 – Ciento catene/Tengo a mamma ca m'aspetta (Zeus, BE 189)
 * 1966 – E bonanotte 'a sposa/Mamma schiavona (Zeus, BE 195)
 * 1966 –  'A voce 'e mamma/Surriento d' 'e 'nnammurate (Zeus, BE 196)
 * 1967 –  'A bandiera/Senza guapparia (Zeus, BE 199)
 * 1967 – Allegretto...ma non troppo/'E vvarchetelle (Zeus, BE 203)
 * 1967 – Freva 'e gelusia/N'ata passione (Zeus, BE 204)
 * 1967 –  'E quatte vie/Luna dispettosa (Zeus, BE 207)
 * 1967 – Dal Vesuvio con amore/Fantasia (Zeus, BE 212)
 * 1968 – Ammanettato/Mamma schiavona (Zeus, BE 221)
 * 1968 – Malaspina/Bonanotte 'a sposa (Zeus, BE 222)
 * 1968 – Comm' 'a 'nu sciummo/Malasera (Zeus, BE 224)
 * 1968 – Cchiù forte 'e me/Uocchie 'e mare (Zeus, BE 225)
 * 1969 –  'O Milurdino/Signora 'nfamità (Hello, HR 9022)
 * 1970 –  'Na santa guapparia/Miracolo d'ammore (Hello, HR 9023)
 * 1970 – Nnammurato 'e te!/'O giurnale (Hello, HR 9025)
 * 1970 – Chitarra rossa/Salutammela (Hello, HR 9027)
 * 1970 – L'Urdema Carta/Chella d'o terzo piano (Hello, HR 9034)
 * 1971 –  'A camorra/Amico, permettete! (Hello, HR 9041)
 * 1971 – Stella nera/Cielo e mare (Hello, HR 9056)
 * 1971 – Via nova/Ddoje serenate (Hello, HR 9069)
 * 1971 – Chitarra Tragica/A Montevergine (Hello, HR 9070)
 * 1972 –  'O Festino/'A Legge (Hello, HR 9079)
 * 1972 – Lacreme Napulitane/Tatonno se nne va (Hello, HR 9082)
 * 1972 – Mamma addò stà/Chiove (Hello, HR 9085)
 * 1972 –  'A bravura/'A congiura (Hello, HR 9101)
 * 1972 – Passione eterna/'A dolce vita (Arlecchino, ARL 3001)
 * 1973 – Madonna verde/N'ata passione (Storm, SR 703)
 * 1974 – Eternamente tua/Chi s'annammora 'e te (Storm, SR 713)
 * 1975 – Inferno d'ammore/Vagabondo d'o mare (Edibi, ZEDB 50238)
 * 1981 – Ave Maria/Napoli canta Napoli (Storm, ZTM 50507)

CDs

 * 1973 – Mario Merola e Giulietta Sacco (Zeus Record)
 * 1975 –  'O Clan d' 'e napulitane
 * 1978 – Mario Merola canta Libero Bovio
 * 1979 – Ave Maria (D.V. More Record)
 * 1980 – Zappatore (D.V. More Record)
 * 1985 – Passione eterna (Video Sound Market, CD 730)
 * 1989 –  'O mare 'e margellina (Zeus Record, ZS 0052)
 * 1990 – Cuore di Napoli (D.V. More Record)
 * 1993 –  'A sciurara (Zeus Record, ZS 0222)
 * 1993 – Quattro mura (Mario Merola)|Quattro mura (Alpha Records, CD AR 7052)
 * 1994 – Trasmette Napoli (Mea Sound, SIAE CD 303)
 * 1994 – Una vecchia canzone italiana (con il gruppo Squadra Italia) (Pravo Music)
 * 1994 – Tangentopoli (album)|Tangentopoli (Mea Sound, MEA CD 351)
 * 1997 – Chiamate Napoli... 081 (D.V. More Record)
 * 1997 –  'E figlie... (D.V. More Record)
 * 1997 – Lacrime napulitane (CD)|Lacrime napulitane (D.V. More Record)
 * 1997 – Carcerato (CD)|Carcerato (D.V. More Record)
 * 1997 – Guapparia (CD)|Guapparia (D.V. More Record)
 * 1998 – Malommo (CD)|Malommo (Replay Music)
 * 2000 – Guaglione 'e malavita – Mario Merola e [[Pino Mauro
 * 2001 – Malavicina (Mea Sound, MEACD 112)
 * 2004 – Auguri vita mia (Mea Sound)
 * 2005 – Gelosia (CD)|Gelosia (D.V. More Record)
 * 2005 – Dicite all'avvocato

Album live

 * 2004 – Mario Merola 40-45-70 (CD)|Mario Merola 40-45-70 (D.V. More Record)
 * 2005 – Merola insieme (with Francesco) (Mea Sound)

Collected partial

 * 1988 – Ciao paisà (D.V. More Record)
 * 1990 – 14 successi (Duck Records)
 * 1991 – Tutto Merola vol. 1 (Bideri)
 * 1991 – Tutto Merola vol. 2 (Bideri)
 * 1999 – Melodie napoletane (D.V. More Record)
 * 2000 – Tutto Merola vol.1/I grandi classici (Bideri)
 * 2000 – Tutto Merola vol.2/I grandi successi (Bideri)
 * 2001 – Quattro mura (Raccolta)|Quattro mura (Fonotil)
 * 2002 – Disco d'oro vol. 1 (D.V. More Record, MRCD 4269)
 * 2002 – Disco d'oro vol. 2 (D.V. More Record, MRCD 4270)
 * 2002 – Da Napoli con amore (D.V. More Record)
 * 2003 – Malommo (Replay Music)
 * 2003 – Napoli – Antologia della canzone napoletana (Retro Gold)
 * 2003 – Monografie napoletane vol. 7 Mario Merola (Duck Records, GRCD-E 6365)
 * 2003 – Monografie napoletane vol. 8 Mario Merola (Duck Records, GRCD-E 6366)
 * 2003 – Monografie napoletane vol. 9 Mario Merola (Duck Records, GRCD-E 6367)
 * 2003 – Cuore di Napoli (raccolta)|Cuore di Napoli (D.V. More Record)
 * 2004 – Chella d' 'e rrose (D.V. More Record)
 * 2004 – Mario Merola contiene medley (D.V. More Record)
 * 2004 – Cient'anne (album)|Cient'anne (D.V. More Record)
 * 2004 – Mario Merola – Storia della canzone napoletana (Retro Gold)
 * 2004 – Mario Merola canta Napoli (Joker)
 * 2005 – I protagonisti vol. 2 (D.V. More Record)
 * 2005 –  'A peggio offesa sta 'ncoppa all'onore (Nuova Canaria)
 * 2005 – Bella Napoli vol. 2 (D.V. More Record)
 * 2005 – Numero 1 (Mario Merola)|Numero 1 (D.V. More Record)
 * 2005 – Cinematografo (Doppio CD)|Cinematografo (MR. Music)
 * 2005 – I miei festival di Napoli (Cristiani Music Italy)
 * 2005 – Napoli ieri e oggi (Raccolta)|Napoli ieri e oggi (D.V. More Record)
 * 2005 –  'A Fede (D.V. More Record)
 * 2005 – Disco oro (MR Music)
 * 2005 – Due in uno: La sceneggiata Mario Merola & Nino D'Angelo ([[Nuova Canaria)
 * 2005 – Napoli (Mario Merola)|Napoli (D.V. More Record)
 * 2005 – A città 'e Pulecenella – Tangentopoli (MR Music)
 * 2005 – Collezione (Mario Merola)|Collezione (Disco Più)
 * 2005 – Quatt'anne ammore (D.V. More Record)
 * 2005 – O'Rre da sceneggiata (MR Music)
 * 2005 – Napule ca se ne va (MR Music)
 * 2005 – Mario Merola the classic collection (Azzurra Music)
 * 2006 – Carosello napoletano (Raccolta)|Carosello napoletano (MR Music)
 * 2006 – Giuramento (raccolta)|Giuramento (Duck Record)
 * 2006 – Napoli prima e dopo 45 successi – Mario Merola, Nino D'Angelo, Gigi D'Alessio (D.V. More Record)
 * 2006 – I grandi successi (Mario Merola)|I grandi successi (Music Time)
 * 2006 – Bar Napoli (Mediane)
 * 2007 – Core 'e Napule Mario Merola & Nino D'Angelo (Saar Srl, Cd 8525)
 * 2007 – Antologia sonora della canzone napoletana - cofanetto 2 (Phonotype, SFN3 2072)
 * 2007 – Antologia sonora della canzone napoletana - cofanetto 3 (Phonotype, SFN3 2073)
 * 2007 – Antologia sonora della canzone napoletana - cofanetto 4 (Phonotype, SFN3 2074)
 * 2007 – Antologia sonora della canzone napoletana - cofanetto 5 (Phonotype, SFN3 2075)
 * 2007 – Antologia sonora della canzone napoletana - cofanetto 7 (Phonotype, SFN3 2077)
 * 2007 – Antologia sonora della canzone napoletana - cofanetto 8 (Phonotype, SFN3 2078)
 * 2007 – Antologia sonora della canzone napoletana - cofanetto 9 (Phonotype, SFN3 2079)
 * 2007 – Antologia sonora della canzone napoletana - cofanetto 13 (Phonotype, SFN3 2083)
 * 2007 – Antologia sonora della canzone napoletana - cofanetto 14 (Phonotype, SFN3 2084)
 * 2007 – Antologia sonora della canzone napoletana - cofanetto 15 (Phonotype, SFN3 2085)
 * 2008 –  'A collezione 1 - 'O mare 'e margellina (Zeus Record, ZS 0052)
 * 2008 –  'A collezione 2 - 'A sciurara (Zeus Record, ZS 0222)
 * 2008 –  'A collezione 3 - Malommo (Zeus Record, ZS 2062)
 * 2008 –  'A collezione 4 - Surriento d' 'e nnammurate (Zeus Record, ZS 2112)
 * 2008 –  'A collezione 5 - Fantasia (Zeus Record, ZS 2122)
 * 2008 –  'A collezione 6 - Comm' 'a 'nu sciummo (Zeus Record, ZS 2132)
 * 2008 – Gli Indimenticabili vol. 2 Mario Merola (Nuova Canaria)
 * 2008 – Malu Figlio - Mario Merola & Pino Marchese (Nuova Canaria)
 * 2008 – Amori e tradimenti (Nuova Canaria)
 * 2008 – So' nnato carcerato (Nuova Canaria)
 * 2009 – La tradizione. La sceneggiata (Lucky Planets)
 * 2009 – I miei successi (Mario Merola)|I miei successi (Zeus Record)
 * 2010 – Canta Napoli 10 (Joker)
 * 2010 – Il meglio di Mario Merola (Joker)
 * 2010 – Senza guapparia (Fonotil)
 * 2010 – Cinematografo (album)|Cinematografo (Phonotype, CD 0240)
 * 2011 – Viva Napoli vol. 3 (Phonotype, CD 0035)
 * 2013 – Le sceneggiate di Mario Merola (Replay Music)

Individual

 * 1992 – Cient'Anne (with Gigi D'Alessio)
 * 1992 – Futtetènne (with Cristiano Malgioglio)
 * 2001 – Ll'urdemo emigrante (with Francesco Merola)
 * 2002 – Si tu papà (with Cinzia Oscar)
 * 2002 – Mamma de vicule (with Giovanna De Sio)
 * 2004 – Get another rum (with I Corleone)
 * 2004 – E' figli 'e Napule (with Antonio Ottaiano)
 * 2005 – Cu' mme (with Rita Siani)

Filmography

 * Sgarro alla camorra (1973)
 * L'ultimo guappo, regia di Alfonso Brescia (1978)
 * Napoli... serenata calibro 9 (1978)
 * Il mammasantissima (1979)
 * From Corleone to Brooklyn (Da Corleone a Brooklyn) (1979)
 * The New Godfathers (I contrabbandieri di Santa Lucia) (1979)
 * Hunted City (Sbirro, la tua legge è lenta... la mia no!) (1979)
 * Napoli... la camorra sfida e la città risponde (1979)
 * Zappatore (1980)
 * La tua vita per mio figlio (1980)
 * Carcerato (1981)
 * The Mafia Triangle (Napoli, Palermo, New York – Il triangolo della camorra) (1981)
 * Lacrime napulitane (1981)
 * I figli... so' pezzi 'e core (1981)
 * Tradimento (1982)
 * Giuramento (1982)
 * Torna, regia di Stelvio Massi (1984)
 * Guapparia, regia di Stelvio Massi (1984)
 * Corsia preferenziale, movie TV (1995)
 * Un posto al sole, serie TV (1996)
 * Cient'anne (1999)
 * Sud Side Stori (2000)
 * Totò Sapore e la magica storia della pizza, voice of Vincenzone (2003)

title: Mario Merola (singer)


text:
little boy

Noun

 * 1) A male child, especially one younger than ten years of age.
 * 2)  A small saveloy often consumed with tomato sauce at parties, also known as a cocktail sausage or a cheerio.
 * 3)  A male perceived to be weaker than or subservient to another; or a boy who is too young for their job.
 * 1)  A male perceived to be weaker than or subservient to another; or a boy who is too young for their job.

Translations

 * Belarusian: хло́пчык, хлапчаня́, хлапчанё, хлапчу́к
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 小男孩
 * Czech: chlapeček
 * Esperanto: knabeto
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * German: Knäbchen,, , ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ingrian: poissikkain, poikain
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer: ក្មេងប្រុស
 * Korean:, 남자애
 * Macedonian: момченце
 * Old English: cnafa, cniht
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romani: ćhavorro, raklorro
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovak: chlapček
 * Spanish:, , , chiquitin
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian: хло́пчик, хлопча́к, хлопчи́сько, хлопі́йко
 * Welsh: bachgennyn, bachgenyn

title: little boy


text:
The Crazy Companies II

The Crazy Companies II (最佳損友闖情關) is a 1988 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Wong Jing starring Andy Lau, Sandra Ng and Natalis Chan.

Summary
The sequel to The Crazy Companies sees Kwai (Andy Lau) and his buddies return. Following straight on from the first movie, it starts with the wedding of Horny (Pak-cheung Chan) to his overbearing fiancée Doriana (Sandra Ng).

At the reception we learn that the Kwai's brother is in financial trouble and the company is going to be bought over by Fok's thanks to the meddling of evil executive Robert Cheng. After the takeover, Kwai, Horny, Frank and Kim must get jobs with Fok's and rise up the corporate ladder again before Robert Cheng returns from his 3-month vacation.

Cast

 * Andy Lau - Tsui Ting-kwai
 * Natalis Chan - Tam Sad-Chiu
 * Stanley Fung - Frank
 * Lawrence Ng - Robery Cheng
 * Charlie Cho - Sau Hau-Kei
 * Shing Fui-On - Wut Yuan
 * Carol Cheng - Falishanna
 * Rosamund Kwan - Niko
 * Chingmy Yau - Kimmy
 * Sandra Ng - Dorlina
 * Chan Fai-hung
 * Jamie Chik
 * Hui Ying-Sau - Tsui Ying-sau
 * Lau Siu-Ming - Fok Ka-tung
 * Albert Lo - Manager Law
 * Law Lan - Kimmy's mum
 * Michael Miu
 * Pak Yan - Niko's mum
 * Joan Tong Lai-Kau - Happy
 * Wong Sen
 * Yip Wing-Cho - Wut Tak-king
 * Yung Sai-Kit - Tsui Ting-Fu

title: The Crazy Companies II


text:
Talk:La Tour d'Auvergne

Untitled
A family tree, or a succession diagram or something would make this article much more understandable! Stevage 13:05, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Marie-Louise LTdA and Sobieski-Stuarts
Several editors have tried to make changes to the sentence, "Although officially married to Jules de Rohan, Duc de Montbazon, she also had offspring by her cousin, the Young Pretender to the thrones of England and Scotland, - the so-called Sobieski-Stuart brothers." But the corrections have several times been reverted by an editor who has provided no evidence for this peculiar claim.

There is absolutely no relationship between Marie-Louise and the Sobieski-Stuarts.

Marie-Louise was the mother of a son sired (while whe was married to the duc de Montbazon) by Charles Edward Stuart. The child died some five months later. For an extensive treatment of this relationship, see Laurence L. Bongie's "The love of a Prince: Bonnie Prince Charlie in France, 1744-1748" (1986).

The so-called Sobieski Stuart brothers claimed to be the sons of a legitimate son born to Louise of Stolberg-Gedern, wife of Charles Edward Stuart.

I have corrected the page accordingly. Noel S McFerran 17:26, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Red linking, WP:MS
As the original author of the page, I consider this version of the page the last that I can endorse. Further edits were abysmal. I'd appreciate their reversal. Per WP:NOT, Wikipedia is not a genealogical reference. --Ghirla-трёп- 13:49, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Philippe d'Auvergne
Is there any proof he committed suicide in London. He certainly died, bankrupt, in a hotel in Kensington, London, and it is likely to have been suicide, but is there anything to corroborate this claim? Rincewind 68 (talk) 15:13, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Or, for that matter, any credible corroboration of his claim to be a legitimate member of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne? While the last reigning Duke of Bouillon, whose only son had fathered no sons, longed to believe it and treated it as factual, most genealogists were and are skeptical. Our article should reflect both the Duke's attitude toward him and current research data on the kinship claim. FactStraight (talk) 17:22, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
 * The London Gazette announced the official odoption of Philippe to Godefroy III, with the King's permission. Although by all accounts the connection between a 13th Century family arriving in Jersey and the Prinicipality is very dubious to say the least. Godefory III was looking for an heir, and looks like he wanted to ignore any rightful French heirs (assumption). Rincewind 68 (talk) 11:53, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Recent move
User:Gryffindor recently moved this page with the rationale that the La Tour d'Auvergne were a "non-sovereign family". On the contrary, the Duchy of Bouillon was sovereign, and its Dukes were recognised at the French court as princes étrangers on the strength of it. I don't disagree with the page move itself, but the reason given was wrong. Opera hat (talk) 09:55, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Opera hat. Was the Duchy ever an independent country? As far as I can tell it was a fief of early modern France and a state of the Holy Roman Empire. If it was independent and sovereign, I will gladly move it back of course. Gryffindor (talk) 09:59, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Succession to Principality
Godefroi Maurice Marie Joseph, Prince de la Tour d’Auvergne (20 Nov 1770-7 Apr 1849) was in 1791 named as heir presumptive. Congress of Wien in 1815 decided to give the right of naming successor to King of Netheralnds. See pages 176 and 177. https://books.google.rs/books?id=uxBkAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA2-PA176&lpg=RA2-PA176&dq=Godefroy+Maurice+Marie+Joseph+de+La+Tour+d%27Auvergne+1770&source=bl&ots=0NT0YxNw2g&sig=ACfU3U1wumL3HK9bozS6x6tWmZnicqMRwg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjYkPOit5_5AhVGVfEDHfYXBMwQ6AF6BAgYEAM#v=onepage&q=Godefroy%20Maurice%20Marie%20Joseph%20de%20La%20Tour%20d'Auvergne%201770&f=false <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 01:32, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

title: Talk:La Tour d'Auvergne


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User:Acather96/Cosma Shi Enxiang

Bishop Cosma Shi Enxiang (1921-2015) was a Roman Catholic priest and later bishop for the apostolic prefecture of Yixian who, due to his loyalty to the Holy See instead of the People's Republic of China's Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (CPCA), was imprisoned by the Chinese government. Incarcerated and re-released several times since 1954, Bishop Shi spent forty years in prison and on 30th January 2015 his family were informed by the Baoding city government that he had died in prison.

Born in February 1921, Shi was ordained a priest on 1947. Two years later in 1949, the communists gained power over all of mainland China and established the CPCA, a state association which exercises control over mainland Chinese Catholics and rejects the authority of the Vatican, most notably by ordaining its own bishops independent of papal authority and suppressing Church teaching on issues such as abortion and female genital mutilation. Shi was first arrested in 1954, and was imprisoned (during which he mostly completed hard labour, first at a camp in Heilongjiang province and later at coal mines ine was clandestinely consecrated Auxiliary Bishop of Yixian in 1982. He was later made the Prefect Apostolic of Yixian (the ordina [[Shanxi province) for during long periods in between 1957-1980. Rearrested in 1981 after restarting his ministry in Hebei, hry]] of Yixian ) after the previous bishop, Bishop Liu Guandong retired.

Notes and references
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ApEVuR8s8_wC&pg=PA24&lpg=PA24&dq=auxiliary+bishop+of+Yixian&source=bl&ots=14v3Ei5_9T&sig=hmYPxPIc7j-FOk6hTKEfjQIlFc8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HSjZVOkp5cHuBsbcgegL&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%20Yixian&f=false

http://www.ucanews.com/news/chinese-prelate-held-in-secret-for-14-years-dies-at-age-94/72910

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/397953/death-prisoner-nina-shea

http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Remembering-Mgr-Peter-Liu-Guandong,-standard-bearer-of-the-underground-Church-29494.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11396106/Catholic-bishop-dies-in-China-after-14-years-in-prison.html

http://thetablet.org/bishop-cosmas-shi-enxiang-of-yixian/

http://www.gcatholic.org/hierarchy/data/bishops-73.htm#46560

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kukkuta Sastra

The result was delete and redirect to Cockfighting in India. Consensus is that the topic is covered adequately in the target article, and that the article as it stands should be TNT'd. No prejudice against recreation in a form that follows our policies and guidelines, it seems. Eddie891 Talk Work 13:13, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

Kukkuta Sastra

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Now this is an interesting one. Ostensibly it is a form of divination based on the results of cockfighting (or something in that general vicinity—the prose is pretty garbled atm). This would certainly be a notable topic if I could confirm that it is real. But my searches for "kukkuta sastra" and "cock astrology" got precisely zero hits on the Internet Archive and just one passing mention in. So we seem to have a WP:V fail here. There is an article in the Telugu Wikipedia, but it has just one source (which is a dead link). AleatoryPonderings (talk) 03:51, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Mythology-related deletion discussions. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 03:51, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 03:51, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

 * Comment. This is definitely an interesting one. The article is just a mismash of several topics. But, here's a book that has something. Book Listing Book Preview. Now, the tricky part is this - the book was published in 2016, and this article was written in 2012. Did the book's author just pick it up from WP? Btw, looked at the Telugu Wikipedia link - looks legitimate, except for the sole-sourcing. PS:I used Google Translate to translate the article though. Ktin (talk) 04:09, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment I could find two articles about this in Telugu newspapers, which mainly talk about how this shastra used in cockfights. So its definitely a real thing. A BBC Telugu article about cockfights says that there's no information about the author or when the book is written. I think it's very unlikely that the content is taken from wikipedia, as sastra is more of traditional knowledge than a book. -- Ab207 (talk) 19:25, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much ! Just so I understand better: is Kukkuta Sastra a book/treatise—which is how the shastra article defines shastra—or is it a kind of divination (or both)? Kukkuta Sastra is so hard to understand that I can't really tell what it's about … AleatoryPonderings (talk) 19:44, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
 * , I don't have an expertise on this topic, but I think its a shastra (as in treatise) about cockfighting. I would have recommended merging this article into Cockfighting in India, if existed, which could provide a better context and a decent amount of sources for the topic. --Ab207 (talk) 20:08, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
 * , Specifically to the question from, while I too don't have an expertise on this topic, I think the answer might be a combination i.e. body of study / treatise and also divination.
 * There is a book that is referenced in the Telugu wikipedia article. If someone can read Telugu, I think there might be a lot that could come out of that book. Unfortunately, I can not read the language. Also, irrespective - this article has a whole lot of unrelated things going on. This is truly a fascinating article, in that I agree with the nominator! Ktin (talk) 21:45, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
 * , You may be right. As a native Telugu speaker, I haven't had the opportunity to go through the book. But the article seems to be written in a way that's detached from its real-world context. Ab207 (talk) 13:50, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
 * , You may be right. As a native Telugu speaker, I haven't had the opportunity to go through the book. But the article seems to be written in a way that's detached from its real-world context. Ab207 (talk) 13:50, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

 * Additional comment: I have retrieved the source from Telugu Wikipedia. Kukkuta sastra is also the most viewed article of Telugu Wikipedia between Jan-July 2020 for some reason. --Ab207 (talk) 17:50, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
 * The archived source from the Telugu WP looks like it's from Suryaa, which would give us one RS! Not quite verifiable yet, IMO, but getting closer; would be great to have WP:THREE. For others' reference, it looks like the name in Telugu is కుక్కుట శాస్త్రం, in case other Telugu speakers want to look into this. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 18:01, 21 August 2020 (UTC
 * Nava Telangana's article also talks about Kukkuta sastra in detail. --Ab207 (talk) 19:41, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

 * , - I also noted one thing, the author for the bulk of this article is the same as the author of the Telugu Wikipedia article. But, the articles are fundamentally different. This one goes to some strange ways of linking to Mohenjo Daro etc. While the Telugu one is straight forward - this is the science (sic), these are the key divination inputs / outputs (so to speak). Ktin (talk) 19:49, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
 * , You are right. Another editor made the connection to ancient civilizations, quite mysteriously. Telugu article presents the actual contents in the book, which might explain high page views as the information comes handy for people who are involved in cockfights. Ab207 (talk) 20:13, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

 * Summing up. As this is an AfD and not the talk page of the article—and no one has !voted yet!—perhaps we should run down how this article meets, or does not meet, policy as written. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 20:40, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
 * It, to my eye, is utterly incomprehensible as currently written. Arguable WP:TNT case. (Although, of course, TNT is not policy.)
 * Further to point 1, I don't even know what this article is supposed to be about. It may either be a form of divination, a treatise about divination, both, or perhaps even neither. Another point in favour of WP:TNT, and one in favour of deletion per WP:V: you can't verify claims of an article that has an unclear topic.
 * We apparently have two, not WP:THREE reliable sources which appear to mention the topic in some capacity. As a non-Telugu speaker, I cannot evaluate them for quality. But my original rationale for the nom—that this article was utterly unverifiable—no longer applies.
 * By the same token as point 3 above, we have an arguable case for notability per WP:GNG. But, again, I am not in a position to evaluate.

(I think this is above post is a great call for action. Thanks for framing it this way .)

 * Weak Keep. But, use this opportunity to get rid of the Mohenjo Daro references etc. or atleast make that recommendation. Use that to restore the article to the text that was introduced by that author who also wrote the Telugu wikipedia article. Regarding 2 versus 3, I think we can go either way, and the keep-rather-than-delete-when-you-can mindset in me, drives me toward a Weak Keep. My choice has further been solidified by that LiveMint article that showed that this page was the most visited Telugu Wikipedia article! This has been an interesting AfD for sure, and for that, thanks and ! Ktin (talk) 20:48, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

 * , I agree with your reasoning, though I've gravitated towards a different solution. Thanks for all the input! --Ab207 (talk) 21:14, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

 * Agree with the Redirect as suggested below by and . Ktin (talk) 16:25, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

 * Delete: Broadly agree with that its a case of TNT. Although I think this topic may narrowly qualify GNG, the article is beyond repair and should be re-written from the scratch, imv. Better to delete for a clean start, I would do it myself if I can find enough sources and time. --Ab207 (talk) 20:41, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Cockfighting in India: As I have proposed earlier, the topic may be better suited for Cockfighting in India. I have created the article and added the content from the sources we have gathered during the discussion. Regards --Ab207 (talk) 14:55, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete (because it's a total mess at the moment and should be blown up without prejudice against recreation as something useable) and redirect to Cockfighting in India. Fantastic solution—thanks much, . (Note to closer: I know my delete !vote is implied as nom, but am adding "redirect" for clarity.) AleatoryPonderings (talk) 15:16, 22 August 2020 (UTC)