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Talk:Wiki Campus Radio

For disscusions concerning planned playlist content or scheduling see /Active audio stream

Wikio is an idea that was born back in the WOPN radio days of the Open Projects Network, now known as Freenode. It combines IRC, wiki and webcasting into a single model of collaborative control of open content audio using exclusively open source software. Let's discuss this concept. CQ 02:38, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

A new beginning
(Cue star wars like intro music)

It's a new year, a new decade, and time to start a new learning resource anew. There are new noises about a revived Sandbox Server, let's jump on the bandwagon. Is anyone interested in helping out? 21:00, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

 * Damn crickets. Ok, I think this place needs a bit of a shake up. So, I'm going to BE BOLD and start a wikicast. Fun fun. If anyone can suggest a topic or two, I'd love to hear. Historybuff 14:24, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Some topics in the news. astrobiology, historian's dream --JWSchmidt 14:48, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure I can carry on an intelligent dialogue about astrobiology, but I'm game for either. I think I'm going to start with just some simple voice recordings, to get the ball rolling -- just to have some stuff to play with, as I'm sure we'll have some technical stuff to deal with. Also, do you have any times/days which work better on this stuff? Historybuff 09:55, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I just heard one of the talking heads of network television asking, "What is astrobiology?" I suggested that topic because it is of interest to me, but it might be productive to have a mix of participants who have different levels of familiarity with the topic. It might be worth exploring the idea that we can have a distributed system for creating audio resources...the participants need not be online at the same time. I have some schedule flexibility for the next month...in the past, it seemed like evening in North America often attracted the most participants. Did you ever use Teamspeak? --JWSchmidt 15:25, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

 * So many questions. :)
 * I think astrobiology is a great topic -- and before you mentioned it (and NASA), I hadn't heard of it. WV is all about learning, so I think we should be doing that ... so talking about astrobiology seems spot on.
 * As far as asynchronous comms goes, it's a great idea, but I think baby steps are the way to go. I've done a couple solo recordings, and the next step would be with another participant or two.
 * I did try teamspeak, skype, and a few other similar type products. They all seem similar, but some people are more familiar with one then another.
 * I think eves North America time is a good place to start. Maybe we could set something up for around 10PM EST one eve? Historybuff 21:16, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

 * 10PM EST sounds okay. It is often useful to coordinate via IRC. I've started a Wikiversity page about Replacement of phosphorus by arsenic in living organisms...hopefully it can lead to some follow-up audio discussing the NASA-funded research and implications for the search for extraterrestrial life. --JWSchmidt 22:42, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

I've peeked into IRC on a couple occasions, but it seems awful quiet. I have a couple of test audio bits, I might do a few more and upload them to the Toolserver so we can work on editing them. I might just pick a day, and if it's just two of us chatting back and forth, so be it to start. Historybuff 15:21, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

Older discussions

 * IRC seems so....last century. Why not use something like iChat? --JWSchmidt 03:22, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
 * If IRC is so last century, then why are you on #wikiversity-en? :D Cheers! Michael Billington
 * IRC provides one of the most reliable, most controlable, most widely availible forms of protocols around and if a bot were to be included it would be most likely easier by use of IRC --Nolhay 17:43, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

(talk • contribs) 10:21, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Rough Draft
My favorite Surfer!

You know I'm oldschool, JW *big grin* tractor backfires I'll have to look into iChat.

Meanwhile back at the Farm...

What you see to your left is a Rough draft of Portal:Wikio, or what ever we decide to name this puppy. The name Wikio was chosen from the Wikia.com context and has commercial overtones, just like the normal broad perception of the term Radio. I'm not sure how Jimbo, Angela and the rest of the gang at Wikia will react|respond to Wikio.net, but that context is what drove the current document and Wikio has... ...something to do with fundraising.

Like, I hope the current document clearly states: Wikio is|has|does what WE tell it to be|have|do.

I'm banking on this experiential learning process being community-wide-open! up CQ 10:16, 14 October 2006 (UTC) dn

 * OK... six months later... It's still in the Rough Draft stage but we have made quite a bit of progress. We've incorporated Voice over Internet Protocol using a temporary Asterisk IAX hub to record some interviews and chat sessions. (See details below). We've settled on the name Wiki Campus Radio and added some related learning projects to help generate some content: Getting started with sound recording, Audacity, Linux Server Administration and several others. I'll try to update the article page soon. Thanks to all who have taken an interest in this project and are helping to move it foreward. CQ 01:44, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject WikipediaWeekly
New webcasting project at Wikipedia: WikiProject WikipediaWeekly. --JWSchmidt 11:34, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Name
The name might be confused with the search engine Wikio (which I also think is too close to "wikia"). Angela 22:54, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Hey, thanks for your input, Angela! Ratz! I wasn't aware of wikio.fr. :(
 * The name isn't that important. We can call Jimbio or Wikiversio, or maybe Wikiverse Radio. What's important is that people will be able to hear what's going on and the music, news, info and other free content will be very cool and created in a community-wide open learning project :) CQ 23:41, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

 * Since renamed - Wiki Campus Radio ShakespeareFan00 22:31, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Skype test
I think the first step for this is to get two users on skype at the same time and learn how to record a sample. Then we can throw it over to the audiocity expert for audio editing. Then will come music, shows, etc... --Rayc 22:19, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I am jwsurf on Skype. --JWSchmidt 22:47, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I am nolhay on Skype. --Nolhay 17:36, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Soliciting people for IAX tests
I think that Wikio might be well suited to be part of a proof of concept with regard to Remote Learning Development, at least as one component. If anyone would like to particpate in a test, let me know. Historybuff 08:09, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

There is a freely available multi-platfrom client available here. It looks like it's development isn't current, but it does work. There are other trial/shareware clients, and some other single platform free clients. Anyone interested in trying it?
 * We've opened Topic:VoIP and done some experiments. Even had a conference call between Historybuff, JWSchmidt and Me. I didn't have a mic, but I heard HistoryBuff talking and JW's tv going. I was using the MozIAX plugin for Mozilla Firefox. Kind of like it must've been back in the 1920s. Hehe. ...but we're coming along! CQ 06:23, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

IRC
If you IRC, join us on #wikiversity-en for coordinating and VoIP help in real-time. CQ 16:52, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Second Session
If you'd like to be involved, sign your name, Day of week and Timezone (in UTC offset if you know it) so we can schedule. Historybuff 20:51, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

This voice chat session will be recorded, edited and uploaded to Wikiversity as an ogg-format file. The session will be recorded in .wav audio format.

 * Any, UTC-5, Historybuff 20:51, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Saturday, UTC-6 --Rayc 20:56, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * What time on Saturday?
 * I thought I would have time free on Saturday... i might have time next sautruday.--Rayc 20:29, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I am Arizona (UTC-7:00) --JWSchmidt 21:30, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Almost any. I'm in UTC-6 (US Central) --CQ 16:52, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I just got a headset but I'll need time to get set up. It may be Sunday for me but go ahead. --CQ 16:52, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * ...your preference, TZ and ~

test OGG file
. (Help with ogg audio play.) Image:Wikio-launch.ogg
 * Sounds good, though sort of one sided. Might be the first song every uploaded on wikiversity, though. The conversation between you and the other person was unbalanced.  Need to up the other person's mic.--Rayc 20:45, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Right, Rayc. (...first of many many, I hope) It was a seat-of-the-pants flight for me and I was nervous. I found the input level controls and hope to get some help from SynrG about setting up the streaming, file handling and other black magic. ;) CQ ("Kentucky Chuck", yeoman, etc.) 21:25, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Impromptu Session
We had an off the cuff session when Rayc joined us in the IRC channel. Although it's after session 2, since it was unscheduled and unrecorded I think it's appropriate to chalk it up as a test session. We identified some technical hurdles that the chat has which need to be solved, as well as we got up to 4 particpants at one time. We also discussed some other applications of the technology, and CQ made some good points with regard to the Sandbox Server. We should have another formal session quite soon. Historybuff 16:53, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Third Session
We are going to be doing a third session, to discuss the Sandbox Server. The goal is to record the discussion, edit it and have a high quality OGG sound file. Discuss possible times above.
 * What program, and what time?--Rayc 20:32, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I suggest that participants talk about the contents of the Sandbox Server page and what Wikiversity could do with such a server. I suggest that we try to develop a "distributed time" approach. Apparently HistoryBuff can leave the current server in a mode so that it automatically records. As soon as two people meet in the IRC chat channel, they can get started. Other people will be able to listen and add their own comments later. I will eventually try to edit it all into one coherent discussion. --JWSchmidt 20:40, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I'll have to get on IRC later then. Hammer out a method. Busy right now with work, try it some other time.--Rayc 20:48, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

An edited version (six minutes) of the voice chat session is in. . Help with ogg audio play. I plan to add my own commentary soon. This edited version was made from the much longer. I wanted to use GarageBand to edit the original sound file. GarageBand will open AIFF, WAV, AAC and MP3 files. I used the GUI converter called Super (for Windows, see this review) to convert the original OGG audio file into an AAC audio file. Using GarageBand, I edited out dead air, speech that was to quiet or too loud and off topic dialog. I just wanted a short audio clip that would demonstrate an ability to record multiple people having a discussion. GarageBand is also good at increasing the volume of quiet sounds and reducing the volume of loud sounds, so I was able to even out some very quiet input and some very loud input. GarageBand produces .m4a files, a form of MPEG4. For video OGG files, I use the conversion method shown at Podcasting. I decided to try Music Man demo to convert the audio m4a file to an OGG file. It worked fine, but I am in the market for a totally free alternative (note: the VLC media player for Mac OS X did this conversion, but produced an OGG file that is more than twice as large as the file made by Music Man). --JWSchmidt 03:55, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Modified and expanded version. I made by adding some commentary to  and I also added in some comments from Jimmy Wales about Wikiversity. . Help with ogg audio play. This is about 15 minutes play time and a 12 Mb download.

Another recorded session
Just an update -- we've been able to pull in up to 6 participants at one time, and had one participant from Australia join us.

We need to do another recorded session, but need a firm topic or an agenda of a few topics to speak about. If you want to participate, please add your name to this above. Historybuff 02:07, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

 * "agenda" - I wonder if it would be useful to talk about the various existing efforts to make/use copyleft webcasts/podcasts/etc and possible ways to coordinate/integrate them or at least get cooperation between them. --JWSchmidt 13:55, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * That would be cool. We have, through IRC established a rapore with WikiCast, Hypatia, and even the commercial network ZtekRadio (through User:Drjayztekradio) and others are waiting in the wings. I think. We should try to "join forces". An agenda would be nice, but when your just getting to know each other, it's hard to stick to... but if you post one somewhere, I'll try. -- CQ 04:25, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

18 February
This long conference call was split into two parts: These ogg audio files include some diagnosis of audio problems and some discussion of Wikiversity and related education-oriented projects. Editing needed! --JWSchmidt 21:48, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
 * About the first 115 minutes, [[Image:Session-raw-2007-02-18p1.ogg]]
 * About the second 120 minutes, [[Image:Session-raw-2007-02-18p2.ogg]]

Topics for upcoming sessions
We are going to be doing this on a semi-regular basis. We'd like to select a time that is inclusive for all, so please indicate when you might be available in your Timezone, and what Timezone it is.

Right now, we have:
 * Talk about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_WikipediaWeekly/Wikimania_2007 ... could we help?
 * Further discussion Wikimania_2007
 * Discussion on various copyleft pod/*-casts, and ways to co-ordinate
 * Discussion about general production of audio material
 * New ideas for wikio - speaker's corner/voice colloquium, additional shows/topics
 * Interviews. Topics: technology and education.
 * a short infomercial about Wikiversity:
 * Time: any
 * Timzone: any
 * Language: any
 * User: any
 * Topic: any
 * Channel: #wikiversity
 * Protocol: IRC
 * CQ 02:14, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Discussion with Leigh Blackall
Information about [Leigh Blackall]

Time: 12.00pm (noon) (Sydney, Australia time)

Date: Saturday 28th April 2007

Participants: Chrismo, Historybuff, CQ, JWSchmidt, Countrymike

Raw audio file, edited version. --JWSchmidt 13:38, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Discussion Alexander Hayes
I would like to interview professional educators and get their perspective on Wikiversity. Alexander Hayes has agreed to participate. Is it possible to schedule a time? Chrismo 14:50, 20 March 2007 (UTC) Hi Chris - My apologies for not getting back in here sooner. I'd like to discuss why in a talk re-scheduled ( see new time ) and engage you all in discussion as to how we can move forward with LearnScope and more. Again - my apologies and hope you can make it to the next proposed chat --Alexanderhayes 05:38, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Well folks I havent heard from Chris who said he'd be convening the discussion. As I dont know what client to use to talk I'm awaiting a call from Chris on my mobile - Australia - +61 407459557 - to be able to connect. Can someone please alert hom of this - ta :-)--Alexanderhayes 23:37, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Time: 12.00pm ( Sydney, Australia time ) - visit world clockfor your time

Date: Saturday 26th May 2007

Participants: Chrismo, Historybuff, Ben Armstrong, Cormaggio,  CQ, JWSchmidt, Countrymike

Rough draft: A 30-60 minutes discussion about learning theory and educational technology and many other things.

Discussion with Teemu Leinonen
Information about Teemu Leinonen

Time: In the future

Date:

Participants:

Rough draft:

Discussion with Daniel Baumann
Information about [ Daniel Baumann]

Time: In the future

Date:

Participants:

Rough draft:

Roundtable with Nelson Pavlosky
Information about Nelson Pavlosky

Time: In the future

Date:

Participants: Poningru, Aphid

Rough draft: Discussion about the Free Culture Movement. Nelson is cofounder of FreeCulture.org. see Wikiversity outreach

Discussion with Wayne Mackintosh and Cormac Lawler
Time: In the future

Date: Dec 15-20 (tentative)

Participants:

Rough draft: A discussion about links (and possibly distinctions) between Wikiversity and Wikieducator, and a broader look at the OER movement, with a focus on wiki-based activities.

WikiCast
Hi,

Interesting ideas...

OK so This is a partial advert, but please take a look at http://www.bitshuffle.org/wikicast/Main_Page

You might also want to look at Freematrix, and the archived WNN disscusions over at WikiNews

<IP_ADDRESS> 21:37, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

We are talking to some people at wikicast, but our goal isn't just being able to broadcast -- it's being able to facilitate learning. I definately see networking and collaboration opportunities, though. Hopefully we'll be seeing more wikicasters here :) Historybuff 02:14, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Alrighty then. We're going to open up a WikiCast workspace in the main namespace... LiquidThreads moves this segment of the conversation to Talk:WikiCast • CQ 22:13, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

UNIT-E
The Wikio project welcomes the UNIT-E recording label to the mix. This group is proficient at Music Production using Free audio software and interested in expanding the Audio Engineering department through their intricate knowledge of the topic. Their music is available under a Creative Commons license. Welcome, especially Ajgenius! CQ 19:01, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Volume
The volume is loud on these recordings...is it possible to make the volume lower? Or perhaps it is simply the fact that my local settings are set too high? --HappyCamper 04:05, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Can you specify a file that is particularly bad? For the ones that I have edited, I did make an attempt to get the volume within the dynamic range of my playback equipment. For example, with [[Image:WCRApril28PartB.ogg]] I can leave the internal volume control of QuickTime player at maximum and reduce my computer's output volume control to about the half way point for easy listening. It would be possible for me to make the volume of the fies lower, but you should be able to use your controls to reduce the playback volume to zero. --JWSchmidt 13:47, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I only listened to Image:WCRApril28PartA.ogg. I was listening with a headset and had to turn the volume down to less than a slither in order for it to be comfortable. Frankly, I was thoroughly shocked and I'm a little afraid to test this out again! :-) I'll try out the files again later. --HappyCamper 14:04, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, I didn't figure out what my problem was, but I have a workaround that I like...use speakers instead! --HappyCamper 22:20, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Can you describe what hardware, OS and ogg player you are using? "turn the volume down" <-- does this mean the volume control for your computer or the volume control for the ogg player? --JWSchmidt 23:26, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I think this is a problem that we can eventually work out. (Sorry about any hearing loss Happy Camper). If we continue with VoIP ecperiments, we should be able to engineer a way to get uniform "input sensitivity" despite a wide range of microphone types (for example condenser, dynamic, line level, and bare telephone type input devices). There remain a multitude of problems, but we are "getting there". -- CQ 02:45, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * No, no...not hearing loss!! Just a really big jolt. Volume control for the OGG player. I was using Winamp Media Player. Running on Windows XP. --HappyCamper 05:20, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * It might be my fault, my mic-output mic and my line-level input tend to make me the quietest speaker and the dynamic range might be adjusted to me right now. :S We will work towards getting something that everyone is comfy with, and we do appreciate the feedback. Historybuff 06:08, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Collaboration with real live stations
I'm going to be poking around with this a little. I had a meeting with a local (to me) college station, and I will be trying to meet with them again. Any interest from our side in this? Historybuff 23:15, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Channels?
It sounds interesting. I have two q. Will I need for this new software? Will be there a possibility to run more channels?--Juan 11:47, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

 * I don't think we'll need more "channels" quite yet -- we have 24 hours in a broadcast day, and right now not even a full day worth of original programming (so far). We are definately open to running new shows, though, whether they be one-off or something regularly (or irregularly) scheduled.
 * I'm not sure what you mean by "new software" -- do you mean you'll need software to use WCR? For recording, it would seem so. For listening, we're going to try and provide both OGG and MP3 format output, I hope. Historybuff 06:11, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Okay. So now I understand.--Juan 15:15, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Wiki Campus Radio irc channel
Hi people, I have realized there will be a need of special channel for WCR. So what are the recomendations. How we can name it? Just:

 * 1) wiki_campus_radio?--Juan 22:55, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Hello Juan, why shouldn't the preparations, pre-meetings before the WCR be held as always in #wikiversity-en (see also Colloquium/archives/July_2007) ? I am sure that IRC members can help also for the WCR. Erkan Yilmaz ( my talk page, wiki blog ) 23:07, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Well, in this case, I am not talking about preparation, I am talking about off-line broadcasting we can offer within weeks. There will be a need to offer empty channel for people entering on-line broadcasting to be able to talk about current themes. Such as this: Session:Test.--Juan 23:14, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the info. I understand your reason now better. Perhaps I join the new channel then also from time to time. Name: just propose one, e.g. #WCR or #Wiki-Campus-Radio. If nobody objects that will be it :-) Erkan Yilmaz ( my talk page, wiki blog ) 23:21, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, problem of WCR, is that it is to long, but on the other hand #Wiki-Campus-Radio is more userfriendly to new users. It maigt be modified to #wiki-campus-radio - as other channels are not using capitals.--Juan 23:41, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Update Currently disscussions relating to WCR are taking place in #Wikimedia-radio on freenode :) ShakespeareFan00 18:22, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Wikinews also proposing a radio project
There's a proposal on Wikinews to set up a radio station that would incorporate content and initiatives from across the Wikimedia family. Initial ideas for Wikiversity's part in this (by the Wikinews community) include recording educational sessions based on Wikiversity content - eg a session on learning a particular language. If you want to add your own ideas, there's a section specifically for Wikiversity. Personally, I'd love to further such an initiative, and use it as a means to learn about the process of doing radio - thereby inviting people to get involved - as much as about learning how all projects can be used for educational ends. I don't think it needs to be limited to recording spoken versions of Wikiversity pages - though that's certainly part of what we could do. :-) Cormaggio talk 14:45, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Internet Radio Stations
Hi,

How does the wiki community feel about collaborating with student run radio stations? I am part of a student run radio station in the University of California San Diego. This station is internet only and plays strictly "independent" music/programs (that is, material that is not easily accessible in popular media).

We have a show that focuses on various types of music (our blog can be found here: http://nowavenodiego.blogspot.com/). Would it be possible for us to podcast our shows on the wiki campus radio?
 * Hi, anything is possible :-)
 * Perhaps you can show us a sample ? Either link or you can upload e.g. a file at commons (see possible upload formats). The files there can then be used on all Wikimedia projects (Wikipedia, Wikiversity, ...). Erkan Yilmaz uses the Chat (try) 17:44, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

 * Yes indeedie! That's what I'm talkin' 'bout! CQ 17:23, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Policy issue - Religon..
It was my understanding that in terms of direct religious broadcasting (i.e Preaching), this is something that would definitly not be possible as it would violate standing policy (including NPOV).

However, it has been noted that one of the Gospels had been suggested in the possible projects for the Active stream.

In terms of religion and the use of religious works, what would be considered appropriate editorial/contributor guidance? ShakespeareFan00 17:18, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

 * What would Jezux do? CQ 17:26, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Policy issue -Wiki Politics...
In a disscussion on he #Wikimedia-radio it was suggested that WCR adopt a policy of not airing 'endorsments' in respect of on-wiki politics.

However I am starting a disscussion here to try an develop some editoral/contributor guidance on this issue.

Real World politics, would IMO be completely out of project scope at this stage.. ShakespeareFan00 17:21, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

 * WCR is a proposed hyper-public Internet meeting place. It is built on FLOSS for developing and distributing free content and shall (if I have anything to do with it) not become a haven for censors, trolls and naysayers. CQ 17:33, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

I wouldn't rule anything out as far as discussion goes. I'm of one mind with CQ here -- and politics should be fair game. We aren't looking to add a talking head on either the "Right" or "Left" side, but genuine discussion is to be welcomed. Historybuff 20:57, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Time
WCR utilises UTC doesn't it ? ShakespeareFan00 23:10, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
 * See Timestamp • CQ 17:35, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

The yeoman is back
I'm back! CQ 16:54, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Welcome back Yeoman ... its been a long time; things have changed around here I reckon - possibly not for the better but good to see you back on board. Countrymike 23:00, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah and I wanna kick some *ss ;) This place is getting sloppy! • CQ 16:10, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Whole Wheat Radio
These guys have the platform! I joined the community and started listening last week. I'm hoping they'll come over here and show us how it's done. • CQ 16:12, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

 * The magic of Whole Wheat Radio and it's overall platform has been designed by Jim Kloss...Master Programmer ;-) It is summer in Alaska right now and summer is a very short season up there. This is one of Jim's busiest times and he tends to spend much less time at the computer while he races to accomplish necessary warm weather projects. He is the man behind the curtain of our OZ, and he will have to be the one to answer any questions concerning his alteration of and additional coding he has personally interfaced with the Mediawiki software. He morphs into a codehead when the Alaskan weather turns icy!

 * WWR's community powered radio ties both the physical community of Talkeetna, Alaska with the virtual community. If you have the time, you can read What is Whole Wheat Radio to see our mission and core values. You might also take a look at WWR's basic rules for more insight and see if we are still a desirable model for WCR's endeavors. For now you might want to also take a look at our technical glossary to see what sort of platforms are utilized...such as Jasper.

 * Just to note...we have had a few discussions, cussings, and battles on the Mother Ship Wikipedia concerning WWR's notability. For now I guess we are considered notable...not sure for how long though. I just wanted to throw this tidbit out there to let all of you know we are considered outlaws in some circles, but that is alright with us! We try to keep our eyes on the future rather than the past! ;-) Atuuschaaw 13:51, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

 * Heh. Yeah we know about wikibattles around here for sure. Wikiversity is ostensibly an extension of Wikipedia as a Wikimedia sisterproject, so we have our share of wikicratic spillover. We've suffered a few cussings too. Hopefully when we get up into the realm of sound with actual sonic content, we'll be able to grow in both size and social maturity. Thanks for the insight and the very helpful linkage, Atuuschaaw. I'm not too concerned about how long this is all taking. It's like laying tracks and building the engine, at this point. It may take a few more years to get this train moving. CQ 04:46, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

LibrePlanet
This project will never die. It may take decades, but it will happen. See this page at LibrePlanet.org for current status. Sign up at Libre.fm right away. Thanks! CQ (discuss • contribs) 20:14, 25 April 2016 (UTC)

Wiki radio
So I want to record my own radio station on wiki campus radio so pls tell me on how to doit pls Prince lekeka (discuss • contribs) 16:49, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

 * Wiki Campus Radio is no longer active. The page is for historical reference only. Research Podcast or consider creating your own YouTube channel instead. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 14:01, 8 July 2018 (UTC)

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HTML has a very flexible tag, the  tag. This article will show you the many ways it can be used. Keep in mind however, that this tag is 'deprecated', so when you feel like you know enough about HTML, move on to CSS stylesheets for formatting, and forget you ever learned about this tag.

Changing font colours
The colours of the text can be changed like this:

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Which makes red text:

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Isn't that much easier? There are 16 colour constants you can use, outlined in the following table:

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Cookbook:Lettuce

Lettuce is a temperate plant grown for its leaves, which are used in salads, sandwiches, and several other dishes. Lettuce is generally used raw and in cold dishes, but in South-East Asian cooking it is used as a 'wrap' around a hot filling.

There are many varieties of lettuce commonly available, including:

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 * Romaine lettuce or Cos
 * Butter lettuce

Some lettuces (especially iceberg) have been specifically bred to remove the bitterness from their leaves. These lettuces are largely water with very little nutrient value. The more bitter lettuces and the ones with pigmented leaves contain anti-oxidants. Consider replacing lettuce with spinach or alfalfa sprouts if you wish to have high nutrient value; these replacements also last longer in the refrigerator.

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Tom Hannifan
Even though this shouldn't be an issue, should we change the name of the article to Hannifan's real name, or are we still wedded to calling him Phillips, even though he hasn't used that name in months.

Truthfully, I don't even know why we're here...this shouldn't even need a discussion. But some editors just can't let go.

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Feminism in Brazil

The origins of feminism in Brazil trace back to the 19th century. During the Empire of Brazil, some jurists attempted to legalize women's suffrage, with or without the consent of the husband. Later, the republican constitution of 1891 did not exclude women from voting, because they were not considered individuals who could have rights. That made some women request, without success, their inclusion among the voters. The 1891 constitution initially had a clause that gave women the right to vote, but it was abolished in its last version because the idea that politics was not an honorable activity for women prevailed.

Some historical moments of this time were important in the advance of women's struggle, such as the 1917 strikes, the rise of the Communist Party of Brazil in 1922 and, in the same year, the Modern Art Week in São Paulo. In 1919, Bertha Lutz, who is considered a pioneer in the Brazilian feminist movement along with Nísia Floresta, founded the Brazilian Federation for Women's Progress, which fought for voting rights and the right to work without the husband's authorization.

Rio Grande do Norte and Minas Gerais were pioneer states in legalizing the female vote. The first registered female elector was Celina Guimarães Viana. Celina, in 1927, invoked article 17 of Rio Grande do Norte's electoral law, which states: In Rio Grande do Norte, all citizens who meet the condictions determined by Law, will be able to vote and be voted, without gender distinction. On 25 November 1927, she requested to be included among the voters, a request which judge Israel Ferreira Nunes approved.

The Brazilian feminist movement was heavily influenced by the feminist movements in the United States and Europe.

History
The republican constitution of 1891 already assured women the right to vote, depending on how it was interpreted. Article 70 stated that are electors all citizens who are above 21. The term "citizens", according to the interpretation of the time, referred only to men. Women only effectively got the right to vote in 1932.

19th Century
The Brazilian feminist movement began midst 19th century, when women from several parts of the country started to aim for more political and cultural participation in society, in which, at that time, was patriarcally dominated. During that time, women were perceived in an overall negative manner. If they weren't workers or service providers, women were confined to a domestic bubble – taking care of the house and children, complying with the social constructs that were expected from them. In addition, the possibilities women had to enter an educational system were limited, the possibilities women had to aim for higher education were not possible, since they were seen as beings with questionable intellectual capacity and they had no access to political activities. Women in higher social classes could participate in certain activities in the cultural and artistic fields, such as painting, literature, and music, the same were considered tolerable as long as further specialization didn't occur. Teaching was seen as an honorable profession, however, it was also surrounded by prejudice and limitations. As said by Regina Zilberman,"'Destining women to teaching solved several problems: it justified the need to educate them; it solved the problem of the lack of workers for teaching, a profession that was little sought after because it was poorly paid; there was no need to improve earnings, because the salary of the woman should not be superior to man, but additional. These reasons were covered by others, of an ideological nature: the teacher was idealized, calling them mothers and, thus, suggesting that, in teaching, she remained faithful to her nature maternal; the professional element of teaching was denied, because the classroom became a second home; teaching would not be a problem, because it was not work, but an extension of domestic tasks, which stopped the eventual emancipatory tendency that this activity could contain and did not contradict the sexist nature of Brazilian patriarchal society; and the woman-wife-mother association remained untouched, and also idealized, even when she was away from home, earning modest gain.”"It was through the dedication of certain women to the press and literature that feminist ideas started to gain notice. According to Zahidé Muzart, "“in the 19th century, women who wrote, and who wished to have a career as writers, were feminists, since only the desire of leaving the domestic bubble indicated a thoughtful thinking. So, in its origins, the feminist literature in Brazil was always linked to a feminist emancipation.”"The feminist achievements in the 19th century were small, and favoured, in a general sense, only white women from middle and higher classes, but still, in the eyes of Silva & Pedro, “already demonstrated the union in regards to common goals of the feminine sex that would come to influence the next generations of feminists.”

20th century
In Brazil, the feminist movements were inspired by the European struggles. Nísia Floresta is one of the first to manifest herself as a force in the pursuit of equality for women, as well as Bertha Lutz, who created the Federation for Women's Progress, in 1930; and Jerônima Mesquita, who fought for women's right to vote and tool part in several social and philanthropical activities.

In a national level, the fact that received most attention from all women was having writer, lawyer, and feminist Miêtta Santiago, in 1928, noticing that the prohibition of women's vote contradicted the First Brazilian Republic Constitution(February 24, 1891), already effective at the time. The article states, simply, that “citizens over 21 years old…” with no discrimination of gender. With this in mind, Miêtta filed, as a lawyer, a security mandate and obtained a sentence, which allowed her to vote herself for a federal deputy mandate.

The electoral code elaborated in 1933 finally extended the right to vote and the political representation to women; in the constituent of 1934, there was a woman representative, the first woman deputy of Brazil: Carlota Pereira de Queiroz. In 1947, with the help of Bertha Lutz, Pereira de Queiroz founded the Soroptimist Club in Rio de Janeiro, an international association of women who aimed to improve the quality of life of women in their local life conditions.

1960s and 1970s
In the 60s and 70s, feminism arose throughout Europe and with in the US and got its impulse from the political and cultural upheavals those regions were going through, which challenged the conservative values of society, and in this context The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir was published.

However, in Brazil the scenario was very different. The country was going through a right-wing military dictatorship. In the height of repression, the feminist movement emerged again through the hands of Romy Medeiros da Fonseca. This movement widened the range of the demands, including the principle of equality between husband and wife in marriage and the introduction of divorce in Brazilian legislation.

During the military dictatorship, women organized themselves, regardless of political parties, age and social class, to form militancy against the military regime. In 1975 the UN organized the "International Women's Year". The issue of women became a topic of discussion in universities and among liberal professionals. In the same year, the International Women's Congress took place in Mexico and simultaneously in Brazil, which sent Bertha Lutz to Mexico as a representative. In Brazil, the movement organized the Research Week on the Role and Behavior of Brazilian Women.

As a result of this movement, in September 1975, the Centro da Mulher Brasileira was created, an institutionalized body responsible for intermediating and articulating feminist goals in the form of collective action. The Centro da Mulher Brasileira proposed a study center that promoted major seminars and major discussions and research on the condition of women. From there emerged several publications in newspapers and magazines in addition to the production of books.

A very striking fact for feminists was the death of Ângela Diniz, in 1976, by Doca Street, who in 1979 was acquitted. The indignation of feminists brought about the movement that created SOS Mulher. From then on, there was greater protection for women, including those who worked and suffered sexual exploitation and blackmail by employers.

1980s
From 1980 onwards, a definition of the situation of women also became essential among political discourses. In 1983, through official decrees, the Conselho Estadual da Condição Feminina in São Paulo was created and in 1985 the Conselho Nacional dos Direitos da Mulher. It was also in that year that women from various parties came together and, hand in hand, occupied 26 seats as constituent deputies, giving greater and more significant representation to women's rights. The accomplishments of the feminist movement were great, as a consequence of all the previous years of struggle. In 1980, the show TV Mulher (TV Woman) aired in the Rede Globo TV network, in which themes such as kitchen and decoration were discussed. Later, the necessity to talk about the body, sexuality and freedom arose. The female spectators sent their doubts concerning sexual freedom and curiosities about their own bodies to the host, Marta Suplicy. A need for liberation was perceptible in women. Brazilian music was taken by singers of great success, such as Simone, Rita Lee, Maria Bethânia, Fafá de Belém and Joana. Many songs turned into icons of the time: Começar de novo (Simone), Atrevida(Simone), Cor de rosa choque (Rita Lee).

Concerns about the intersection of race and class with feminism also began developing, with events such at the National Meeting of Black Women highlighting ways in which contemporary feminism was not addressing the concerns faced by poor women and women of colour.

21st Century
In the first years of the 21st century, Brazilian feminists celebrated the repeal of the article in the Penal Code dealing with the crime of "rape" as a victory, since in this provision there was the expression "honest woman", considered offensive by the feminist movement.

The feminist movement currently has as its main banners, in Brazil, the fight against domestic violence, which reaches high levels in the country; combating discrimination at work. It also gives importance to the study of gender and the contribution, until today somewhat forgotten, of women in the various historical and cultural movements in the country. The legalization of abortion (which is currently only allowed under exceptional conditions) and the adoption of independent lifestyles are goals of some groups.

In the feminist thought of the 21st century, Magda Guadalupe, director of the Simone de Beauvoir Society, to apply Simone de Beauvoir's thinking in Brazil, understands feminism as a plural movement, which involves several waves and must be understood as feminisms, as it goes beyond the simplicity of the struggle for equal rights between men and women, emphasizing that it proposes to present alternatives in terms of analyses, practices and discourses, with a view to deconstructing the social and binary roles between sexes and genders that feed patriarchy.

Historical Notable Persons
Marie Rennotte (1852–1942) A native Belgian and naturalized Brazilian teacher and physician, who was active in the fight for women's rights. Rennotte directed the obstetrics and maternity unit of the Maternity Hospital of São Paulo.

In 1901, she was admitted as a member of the São Paulo branch of the Brazilian Historic and Geographic Institute. She conducted research at the surgery of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia on the effects of chloroform as an anesthetic from 1906 to 1910. Then she traveled to Europe to study how to establish a Red Cross Branch in São Paulo. Upon her return she founded the local branch in 1912, opened a nurses training school, and began a campaign to found the first children's hospital in São Paulo. She continued to practice medicine through the mid-1920s, but increasingly in the late 1920s and the 1930s became more involved in the international feminist movement and scientific conferences.

In 1922, she founded the Aliança Paulista pelo Sufrágio Feminino (Paulistan Alliance for Women's Suffrage). By the late 1930s, suffering from ill health, blindness and deafness, she was granted a state pension, which she collected until her death in 1942. She is remembered for her work to improve women's educational and health care options, and women's rights to employment and citizenship. She is also recognized as one of those who defined feminist thought in Brazil during the 19th century.

Patricia Acioli - February 14, 1964 in Niterói, August 12, 2011 (in Niterói) was a Brazilian judge and feminist. She was the first judge to be murdered in the State of Rio de Janeiro. Acioli championed the rights of battered women and fought against organized crime and corrupt police officers. She was murdered by masked men on motorbikes outside her house in 2011. Eleven police officers, including its chief, were convicted of planning and executing the murder.

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Industry funding of academic research

Industry funding of academic research in the United States is one of the two major sources of research funding in academia along with government support. Currently, private funding of research accounts for the majority of all research and development funding in the United States as of 2007 overall. Overall, Federal and Industrial sources contribute similar amounts to research, while industry funds the vast majority of development work.

While the majority of industry research is performed in-house, a major portion of this private research funding is directed to research in non-profit academic centers. As of 1999, industrial sources accounted for an estimated $2.2 billion of academic research funding in the US. However, there is little governmental oversight or tracking of industry funding on academic science and figures of the scale of industry research are often estimated by self-reporting and surveys which can be somewhat unreliable.

Much of this industry funding of academic research is directed toward applied research. However, by some accounts, industry may even fund up to 40% of basic research in the United States, with Federal funding of basic research falling below 50%, although this figure does not consider where this research is conducted. The role for funding of academic research from industrial sources has received much attention both in a historical and contemporary perspective. The practice has received both extensive political praise and scholarly criticism.

History
Research in the US prior to World War II, heavily relied on funding from private sources without major organized federal research programs or either the scientists’ or associates’ personal funds. During WWII, governmental investment in research was widely regarded as a major contributor to military success and support for research was politically favorable. Following WW2, federal research funding in both Europe and the US increased in terms of relative percent of funding for research and absolute amount. Overall, the growth of industrial research funding has greatly outpaced public research funding growth, with US governmental research funding increasing by an average of 3.4% annually, while industrial research funding increased by an average of 5.4% annually from 1950 to 2004.

Since WW2, industry funding of science has consistently represented the second largest source of funding for academic science. Industry funding of academic science did expand during the 1980s and 1990s following the passing of the Bayh–Dole Act and a variety of both State and Federal proposals to increase funding for joint industry academic partnerships. In the 2000s there has been a small retraction of industry funding for academic science while overall industry R&D funding has expanded. ). However, industry funding may be broadening its scope as industry funding of basic science increasing dramatically over that same period, but much of this funding remains in-house.

Culturally, attitudes towards the industrial funding of academic research have changed over time. Within universities, commercial activities and industry funding were often spurned in the 19th century. More recently, commercializing scientific activity is viewed more favorably with extensive political and university support of translating scientific discovery into economic output. However, within the research community and the public, industrial funding of research remains controversial. The universality of this tangled industry, academic, and governmental exchange of funding and research adventures has led researchers to term this model of R&D the Triple Helix.

Types of industrially funded academic research
University-industry partnerships can take on a variety of forms. On the smallest scale, individual research labs or researchers can partner with industry sources for funding. The details of such partnerships can differ substantially with any number of motives ranging from the academic lab testing of previously developed products, to performing early stage basic research related to industry research objectives, or even to individual researchers supporting their salary by consulting on related research problems in industry. While many such partnerships exist, due to their informal nature and resulting lack of record, it is difficult to track how extensive and impactful such relationships are, with most relying on surveys and other self-reporting measures. By closest approximation, according to the Research Value Mapping Survey, 17% of academics at major US research universities report receive grants from industry sources supporting their research.

Far more extensively, in many fields and countries, a narrow majority of academic scientists report having some soft industry relationships, primarily through consulting. Such informal industry academic relationships have a long-standing tradition as they served as a major source of funding for individual labs prior to WW2. In many cases, it was expected that researchers would pursue such relationships as this was expected to be a major source of funding for researcher’s salaries. Despite greatly expanded post-WW2 federal support for research, so called soft money salary support from industry remains a large and growing aspect of academic research salaries.

University Industry Research Centers (UIRCs)
On a larger scale, there have been numerous attempts to create collaborative University-Industry Research Centers (UIRCs) to jointly host academic and industry researchers to address industry problems with direct, large scale collaborative centers. Early forms of UIRCS started in the 1950s and 1960s with the formation of research parks with industry sponsors. In the 1970s, there were multiple proposals at the federal level in the US to help fund and expand early UIRCs. However, funding fell through at multiple points.

The first UIRCs experienced difficulties in bridging the differences between academic and industrial culture. One such attempt occurred at Cal Tech where Cal Tech researchers partnered with Xerox and IBM through the Silicon Structures Project. Both industry and academic partners were concerned about the cultures of the other and found the structure ineffective. With such frustrations, it was difficult to secure partners to continue expanding UIRCs.

In the late 1970s, RPI created two three new UIRCs: 1) the Center for Integrated Computer Graphics, which received both NSF and industry support 2) the Center for Manufacturing Productivity and Technology Transfer, which was funded entirely by industry support and 3) the Center for Integrated Electronics, which received unprecedented industry support. These centers were generally regarded as highly successful and made expansion of governmental support for joint industry and academic ventures more favorable. In the early 1980s, states began contributing funding to UIRCs and other industry-academic partnerships to encourage local economic growth from innovation. By the mid-1980s, the federal government expanded financial support for UIRCs.

With mixed governmental and industry support, the UIRCs were more likely to be successful. Over time successful governmentally funded UIRCs could become independent from government support once having demonstrable successes that could continue to incentivize industry to contribute funding more aggressively. UIRCs, coupled to early seeding from both state and federal government, continued to greatly expand during the 1980s and early 1990s, eventually receiving nearly 70% of industry funding of academic research and incentivizing a tripling of industry funding of academic research during the 1980s.

Contract Research Organizations (CROs)
Contract research has also drawn increasing industry funding, particularly to Contract Research Organizations (CROs) from Biotech and Pharmaceutical corporations. Contract research is a popular form of outsourcing research in industry as industry has more influence over how the study is conducted than in either UIRCs or traditional academic grants. CROs, which are specifically designed for this function have drawn substantial industry clinical research funding away from academia and are growing rapidly.

Influence and criticisms
Much discussion has been placed on the effects of industrial research funding on the behavior of academic research scientists. Concerns center on whether researchers can remain impartial when they are being funded by a for-profit and potentially motivated industrial source, if this funding gives private sources an oversized impact on which research directions are pursued, and the potential negative effects of industrial funding on the openness of science.

A multitude of studies have found that pharmaceutical studies funded by industry organizations are significantly more likely to publish results in favor of the product being supported. This could, in part, be due to the fact that usually when an academic accepts industry funding, particularly when working on an existing product, researchers have to sign non-disclosure agreements which often prevent the publication of negative results and inhibit the openness of science. This could serve to significantly bias scientific results and diminish public trust of science.

There are additionally many scholars who have considered advantages of industrially funded academic research. Generally, increased industry funding may increase academic and industry interaction, prompting greater efficiency in translating and commercializing of science research. This increased commercialization activity from academics could serve as an economic and societal boost as the economy could be bolstered by new products hitting the market, while society could benefit directly from having increased access to the fruits of scientific production. Supporting this, academic science funded by industry sources does result in more patents per dollar, increased licensing of these patents, and even more citations per published paper than research supported by other sources, including federal at the University of California Berkeley.

In Germany, it also appears that applied research funded by industry sources results in a significant increase in patent citations, which could correspond to a serious increase in translation of applied research. Such increase in commercialization and translation of research could provide social and economic benefits. However, it is difficult to determine whether this increase in apparent impact is due to the industry funding itself or is just a read out that industry funds target work that tends to produce more citations per publication as well as more patents.

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Unverified
...nor could it be verified since the Institute was unidentified.(a private venture maybe ?) However a similar claim printed in the French Payot edition of 1957 has long been left undisputed. It does not matter much, the study is distinctly ethnological.(<IP_ADDRESS> 14:16, 20 March 2006 (UTC))

Sufi Studies in the West?
This only deals with some aspects of Sufi studies i.e. in some areas in the West. Needs to be renamed or expanded with references to The Society for Sufi Studies, Institute for Cultural Research, ISHK etc.

New Research on Current Philosophical Systems, The Diffusion of Sufi Studies in the West by L. Lewin and Documents on Contemporary Dervish Communities by Roy Weaver Davidson and Rapahel Lefort's Teachers of Gurdjieff could be included as references.

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Introduction
Die Plage (English: The Plague) is a large-scale photomontage installation by artist and composer Harley Gaber (1943-2011) consisting of roughly 4,200 canvases that interpret German history from the Weimar Republic to the end of World War II. Gaber worked on Die Plage between 1993 and 2002, incorporating paint, charcoal, and xerography into his photomontage technique, and exhibiting the work in several stages of completion. As of September 2020, Die Plage has not yet been exhibited in its entirety, which would run over 1,680 ft long were it displayed as intended in a series of panels, five canvases high, about 12 ft.

Gaber distinguished Die Plage from other art historical Holocaust renderings in that this work “arises out of the collision between external circumstances and internal, personal circumstances,” as it seeks to individualize, but not exonerate, perpetrators and victims of the Holocaust alike.

Eight years after Gaber's death in 2011, the Gaber estate gifted Die Plage to the Chicago-based Dan J. Epstein Family Foundation. The Foundation subsequently commissioned the digital scanning and cataloging of the work, and is seeking exhibition opportunities.

Background
Gaber began work on Die Plage in November 1993, shortly after the death of his close friend and mentor, composer Kenneth Gaburo. Gaburo had been Gaber's music professor at the University of Illinois. Gaber was a highly trained musician and composer who had published several CD's of electronic music with acclaim, but never formally studied visual art. He worked exclusively on Die Plage until 2002. During those nine years, he moved four times, serving as primary care-giver for his father until he died in 1998. Gaber had a lifelong fascination with German culture: historical references recur throughout the entirety of his creative output, in visual arts and music alike, though nowhere more thoroughly than in Die Plage.

Gaber’s Die Plage may refer to Albert Camus' 1947 work of the same name, La Peste, a novel about political morality and humanity during a plague in Algeria as an allegory of the French resistance to Nazi occupation in World War II.

Technique and Organization
To make the canvases in Die Plage, Gaber used a range of techniques including collage, photomontage, painting, xerographic manipulation, pastel, and charcoal. Razor blades and scissors were Gaber’s primary tools. Although it was available, Gaber did not use photoshop in his alterations. Gaber gathered historic images and iconography from books, archives, and magazines; he then xeroxed, cut, spliced, and adhered images to the canvas with gesso or a heat gun. He gathered these materials from libraries and archives in the U.S., and from his many trips to Germany. The canvases, each measuring 16 by 20 inches, are framed with thin, light wood. Aside from the occasional application of blue paint, Gaber confined all of the other 4,200 canvases to a black-and-white palette.

Die Plage as a whole (running across the walls in five straight, continuous lines) mimics the form of sheet music, while the blank canvases create the sensation that the work is shaped in part by blank canvases that act as notations for “pause and counterpoint,” as rest notes would.

Gaber’s approach to Die Plage draws inspiration from German photomontage pioneers Hannah Höch, John Heartfield, and George Grosz, whose influence is acknowledged in several canvases within the series. Höch, Heartfield, and Grosz, as artistic collaborators in the avant-garde Dadaist and New Objectivity movements, were credited with inventing the “anti-art” technique of pasting together pre-existing photographs, text, and clippings. Several of these works are themselves cut and pasted into Die Plage, including the notable example of Adolf Hitler’s head in Heartfield’s Adolf, the Superman: Swallows Gold and Spouts Tin (1932).

Gaber separated Die Plage into four discrete parts or movements, much like a symphony. The first section is dedicated to the Weimar Republic (1918-1933) and the first seven years of the Third Reich, including Hitler’s rise in popularity, propaganda campaigns, the political defamation of modern art, the 1936 Olympics and the 1937 Entartete Kunst exhibition. Section II depicts persecution of the Jews. In this section, Gaber painted directly on the collages with abstract strokes of gray and blue. Section III reimagines the events in the prior two sections from more subjective points-of-view, and Section IV serves as an epilogue. The density of images within the canvases, and the rhythm of canvases within panels, change notably in each section.

Jonathan Saville of the San Diego Reader described the relationship between Die Plage’s movements, writing, “images are introduced like musical themes, reappearing again and again, continually transformed.” The sections and their sub-themes, according to Gaber, “flow” as they move between “broad historical premises and a private, intimate nightmare. Someone goes through this and finds his or her own way through it.”

Artistic Intention
Gaber wrote in the program for his Half Moon Bay Coastal Repertory Theater exhibit:

"In Die Plage, I make distinctions regarding how and why people behaved as they did where others see unanimity of intent. The malignant criminality that was increasingly perpetrated against so called Aryan and Non-Aryan people alike, in the name of the German people, is a fact. What is not a fact, is precisely what was going on in the minds of all the participants as they went through the events of that period. What they were thinking and feeling, what their motivations were for doing what they did or didn’t do. My work, then, arises out of the collision between external circumstances and internal, personal circumstances."

Gaber believed photomontage had the effect of “reenergizing” historical photographic subjects, altering them and therefore humanizing the victims and perpetrators alike. In returning humanity to the people involved in carrying out the Holocaust, Gaber wanted to articulate a repudiation of the Holocaust as an “abberation,” or “a part of history so terrible as to be disbelievable.” Gaber explained, “People have removed the event from history... I’m acting in the spirit of trying to explain how it did happen. I’m asking, how do things happen, and how did this thing happen.’” [emphasis added].

Exhibition History

 * 1995, Southwestern College, San Diego, CA
 * 1997, Anne Frank Installation, Coastal Repertory Theater to accompany a production of Diary of Anne Frank, Half Moon Bay, CA
 * 2000, Anne Frank Installation, Newport, OR
 * 2000, Installation, The Laboratory, Los Angeles, CA

Critics’ Reviews
Die Plage has been broadly praised for its uncommon treatment of the Holocaust. In response to the 1995 Southwestern College exhibit of Die Plage’s first 950 canvases, Johnathan Saville, writing for the San Diego Reader wrote:

"In experiencing Die Plage, you first focus on the emotion-charged content of the pictures, the Nazi arrogance, the Jewish suffering. After a while, you become aware of the remarkable artistry displayed in each of the individual canvases, the powerful composition, the dramatic treatment of darks and lights, the fabulously expressive use of such aesthetic elements as repetition, contrast, density, patterning, and texture, where even the graininess of the enlarged photos is given an artistic purpose (Gaber’s medium may be photo-montage, but his sensibilities and talents are those of a painter - and an exceptionally gifted one)."

Saville labeled Die Plage “a major work of art of great splendor and profundity,” adding that the work is among “the most searing and poignant treatments, in any genre, of the Nazis’ extermination of the Jews,” and “one of the supreme aesthetic statements of the 20th Century.”

John Oxendine, writing in the San Mateo Times on October 1, 1994, understood Die Plage as the representation of individuals within a collective historical moment. According to Oxendine, Gaber “puts forth his argument for humanity as the images eviscerate and gush forth with a deep desire to bring the importance of the subject (not the event) before us, showing us the saddening plight of the victims, as he re-lives their despair when he brings them back to life.” More broadly, “The Holocaust is the central event through which Gaber filters his vision of the consequences of our concerns for technology and power rather than humanity.”

From September 23 to October 25, 2000, The Laboratory gallery in Los Angeles displayed about 700 of Die Plage’s canvases. Los Angeles Times art critic Leah Ollman described the work this way:

"Harley Gaber's vast, absorbing installation at the Laboratory steeps its viewers in the visual vocabulary of German politics and culture from the end of the first World War through the end of the second. Neither oppressively didactic nor consistently propagandistic, the work captures the tumult and terror of those years through a thoughtful, aggressive barrage of images. The heart of the show is made up of four continuous sections, whose subjects progress chronologically from the promising dynamism of the Weimar Republic through the depravities of the Nazi regime. In this terrifically engaging panorama, Gaber uses both the imagery and visual strategies of German art from those decades to invoke the character of the times."

Not all critics were ready to praise Gaber’s work. Mark Shlim, after seeing the installation at The Laboratory in Los Angeles, critiqued Die Plage in an essay in Artists’ News in April 2000, alleging that Gaber’s art-historical collages amounted to an appropriation of the Shoah’s place in the Jewish 20th century identity. Shlim posited that Gaber’s decision to alter “images sacred to the Jews” lacked artistic justification.

Gallery
Individual canvases, selected as representative of the range of subject matter, style and composition of the larger work.

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Talk:Puzzles/Action sequences/Sharing Milk

Nanobug 20:41, 10 Oct 2003 (UTC)
 * Pour 3 from 8 into 3
 * Pour 3 from 3 into 5
 * Pour 3 from 8 into 3
 * Pour 2 from 3 into 5 (5 is then full, leaving 1 in 3)
 * Pour 5 from 5 into 8
 * Pour 1 from 3 into 5
 * Pour 3 from 8 into 3
 * Pour 3 from 3 into 5 (5 had 1 in it, now it has 4, 8 also has 4, problem solved)

 * Absolutely right! Good job, Nanobug. (In the official solution we might want to show the amount of milk in each bucket for every step) Thomas

This solution is one move shorter

 * Pour 5 from 8 into 5
 * Pour 3 from 5 into 3 (leaving 2 in 5)
 * Pour 3 from 3 into 8 (now 6 in 8)
 * Pour 2 from 5 into 3
 * Pour 5 from 8 into 5 (leaving 1 in 8)
 * Pour 1 from 5 into 3 (which is now full, leaving 4 in 5)
 * Pour 3 from 3 into 8

-- Smjg 15:17, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)


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Gideon Brecher

Gideon Brecher (גדעון ברכר; 12 January 1797 – 14 May 1873), also known by the pen name Gedaliah ben Eliezer (גדליה בן אליעזר, was an Austrian writer and physician. He was a central figure in the Moravian Haskalah.

Biography
Brecher was born in Prossnitz, Moravia, and attended yeshivot in Eibenschütz and Nikolsburg. He was the first Jew of Prossnitz to study medicine or any other professional field. Brecher received a graduate degree in surgery and obstetrics at the University of Pest in 1824, and obtained a doctorate in medicine at the University of Erlangen in 1849, with the thesis Das Transcendentale, Magie und Magische Heilarten im Talmud (Vienna, 1850).

Brecher's fame in Jewish literature rests principally on this work and upon his lucid commentary on the Kuzari of Judah ha-Levi, which appeared with the text in four parts (Prague, 1838–1840). His correspondence with Samuel David Luzzato about this commentary was also published.

In addition to many contributions to scientific and literary periodicals and collections, and some important "Gutachten" (expert opinions) on social and religious questions submitted to him by imperial and local government officials, Brecher is the author of a monograph on circumcision, Die Beschneidung der Israeliten (Vienna, 1845), with an introduction by Hirsch Fassel, and an appendix on Circumcision Among the Semitic Nations, by Moritz Steinschneider. Brecher also wrote Die Unsterblichkeitslehre des Israelitischen Volkes (Vienna, 1857), of which a French translation appeared in the same year by Isidore Cahen; and Concordantiæ nominum propriorum, a concordance of Biblical proper names, part of which was revised and published after his death by his son Adolph Brecher.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Serbia in the Yugoslav Wars

The result was   keep. WP:SNOW The Bushranger One ping only 22:16, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Serbia in the Yugoslav Wars

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The language of this article is inflammatory and biased. Specifically, using inflammatory language such as "propaganda" and only referring to war atrocities to Serbs. Sphorbis (talk) 23:06, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2012 July 10.  Snotbot   t • c »  23:24, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Strong keep Serbia was strongly involved in mass murders, rape, torture and genocide in Croatia and Bosnia during the Yugoslav wars of the mid-1990's. No one can hide these facts. They supplied the Bosnian and Croatian Serbs with heavy weaponry and tanks that destroyed the city of Vukovar and killed thousands of people in Sarajevo. Was the massacre of Vukovar here a lie? This is not inflammatory...its the truth. Serbia indirectly killed hundreds of thousands of Bosnian Muslims in the 1990's through their Bosnian Serb proxies. But perhaps the article regarding the Kosovo war of 1999 should be reduced since the scale of Serb atrocities against the Kosovars was less until NATO intervened on Kosovo's behalf. Just my opinion. This is my only edit here. Thank You, --Artene50 (talk) 01:38, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep. We are talking about an interesting, if tragic, piece of recent history of South-East Europe, which should be remembered. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 09:53, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep unless the nominator can point to actual Reasons for deletion rather than what is at best a content dispute and at worst a simple failure to match their POV. --Joy [shallot] (talk) 10:38, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep: the problem the nominator wants to address with deletion can be addressed with editing. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talk) 11:01, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Agreed - this is case of a problem which should be dealt with by editing, not by deletion. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 15:36, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
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 * Speedy keep There are other ways to deal with bias.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 13:33, 11 July 2012 (UTC)


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Frame capture from a video copy of the 16mm film Scratch and Crow, a motion picture made by Helen Hill. The on-screen copyright notice reads "© ch. hill 1995." The copyright notice is an inside joke: the film's characters are chickens, and Helen Hill's nickname was Chicken.

As a frame capture from a motion picture (with more than 6,000 frames), this image is shared under Fair Use provision.

Fair use rationale for Scratch and Crow
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User:Pedmands

General Information
Preston Clark Edmands

Born: January 10, 1984

Location: New York City

Schools of Study:

 * School:Music
 * School:Philosophy

External Projects

 * Music on MySpace
 * Art on Deviantart

Recommended Resources
Guitar Workbook

Talk
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Template talk:Kings of Isin-Larsa

Chronological sorting issue
So for the list of rulers under Larsa, currently it shows:

 * Naplanum
 * Emisum
 * Samium
 * Zabaia
 * Gungunum
 * Abisare

Gungunum's reign is given as 1932 to 1906 BC (middle chronology acc. to the footnote). His predecessor in the list (Zabaia) ruled from 1877 to 1868 BC (short chronology) and the successor (Abisare) ruled from 1841 to 1830 BC (short chronology).

If we subtract 64 from both dates for Gungunum (following the pattern of the formula given on the short chronology WP page), we get 1868 and 1842, which would be short chronology dates and would but him properly in between Zabaia and Abisare; so it looks like he is correctly placed, but I wanted to ask if it's appropriate to add short chronology dates into the article for Gungunum itself; this would add clarity and help align with other articles that use both chronologies. Suggestions welcome--FeanorStar7 (talk) 12:50, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

 * Another problem, however, is that if we keep the middle chronology dates in the Gungunum article, it appears he is a 20th century BC ruler and not a 19th century one as his predecessor and successor are, according to the short chronology... is it better to leave things as they are or align the others to the middle chronology, which is more academically accepted?

I have also put this section on the talk page of Gungunum--FeanorStar7 (talk) 12:57, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

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Picture With the Padres
Phil Nevin played more for the San Diego Padres than any other team. He only played part of his final year with the Minnesota Twins. Does anybody have a picture of him with the Padres? There are obviously thousands online, but I wonder if a Wikipedia editor might have one that could be used for this article. Wouldn’t it be more appropriate than the current picture? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jasonagastrich (talk • contribs) 20:22, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
 * , the photo of Nevin with the Twins appears to be the only freely licensed photo of Nevin that we have. Those thousands of photos of him with San Diego that are online are not free to us. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:50, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

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ferroelasticity

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  A phenomenon, analogous to ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity, in which spontaneous strain arises within a material

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General Chemistry/Atomic Structure/Subatomic Particles

Particle Properties
Before learning about subatomic particles, some basic properties should be understood.

Charge
Particles may be electrically charged. Charge is a property which defines the force that a particle will exert on other charged particles. There is a well known saying that applies perfectly: "Opposites attract." (Likewise, like charges repel.) Positive charges and negative charges will attract each other and come together. Two positive or two negative charges will push each other away.

The amount of charge a particle has is measured in coulombs, but it is more conveniently expressed in terms of an integer. For instance, a helium ion that has 2 less electrons than usual has a charge of +2, and a bromide ion with one more electron than usual has a charge of -1. (This may seem backwards, but remember that an electron has a negative charge.) Notice that charge not only applies to subatomic particles, but also ions and other things as well. Always remember to specify if a charge is positive or negative. Unlike ordinary numbers, we always write the plus sign for positive charges to avoid confusion with a negative charge.

Mass
Mass is the measure of inertia. From a subatomic point of view, mass can also be understood in terms of energy, but that does not concern us when dealing with chemistry. Mass for particles, atoms, and molecules is not measured in grams, as with ordinary substances. Instead, it is measured in atomic mass units, or amu. For more information about mass and amu, read the previous chapters on properties of matter.

The Nucleus

At the center of each atom lies the nucleus. It is incredibly small: if you were to take the average atom (itself miniscule in size) and expand it to the size of a football stadium, then the nucleus would be about the size of a marble. It is, however, astoundingly dense: despite the tiny percentage of the atom's volume it contains nearly all of the atom's mass. The nucleus almost never changes under normal conditions, remaining constant throughout chemical reactions. Nuclei are themselves made up of a pair of smaller and more dense particles, the proton and the neutron. These particles are collectively dubbed nucleons.

Protons
Protons have a charge of +1 and a mass of 1 amu. They are often represented by a $$p$$.

Protons will be important when learning about acids and bases—they are the essence of acid. Remember that the number of protons in an atom is its atomic number, and defines what element it will be. The number of protons in a nucleus ranges from one to over a hundred.

Consider the element hydrogen. Its atomic number is 1, so it has one proton and one electron. If it is made into an ion (an atom with missing or extra electrons), it will simply be a lone proton. Thus, a proton is the nucleus of a hydrogen atom, and a proton is a hydrogen ion. Therefore, a proton can be written as $$\text{H}^+$$ or $$_1^1\text{H}^+$$, both symbols for a hydrogen ion.

Neutrons
Neutrons have no charge and a mass of 1 amu. A neutron is slightly heavier than a proton, but the difference is insignificant. Neutrons are often written $$n$$.

Unlike the protons, neutrons cannot exist outside the nucleus indefinitely as they become unstable and break down. Within one nucleus there can be many protons and neutrons all in close proximity to one another. The number of neutrons in a nucleus ranges from zero to over a hundred.

You may wonder why neutrons exist. They have no charge, so can they do anything? The answer is yes—neutrons are very important. Remember that opposites attract and likes repel. If so, then how can several protons stay clumped together in the dense nucleus of an atom? It would seem as if the protons would repel and scatter the nucleus. However, there is a strong nuclear force that holds the nucleus together. This incredible force causes nucleons to attract each other with much greater strength than the electric force can repel them, but only over extremely short distances.

A delicate balance exists between the number of protons and neutrons. Protons, which are attracted to one another via the strong force but simultaneously repelled by their electromagnetic charges, cannot exist in great numbers within the nucleus without the stabilizing action of neutrons, which are attracted via the strong force but are not charged. Conversely, neutrons lend their inherent instability to the nucleus and too many will destabilize it.

Lastly, neutrons are very important in nuclear reactions, such as those used in power plants. Neutrons act like a bullet that can split an atom's nucleus. Because they have no charge, neutrons are neither attracted nor repelled by atoms and ions.

The Electron Cloud
Surrounding the dense nucleus is a cloud of electrons. Electrons have a charge of -1 and a mass of 0 amu. That does not mean they are massless. Electrons do have mass, but it is so small that it has no effect on the overall mass of an atom. An electron has approximately 1/1800 the mass of a proton or neutron. Electrons are written $$e^-$$.

Electrons orbit the outside of a nucleus, unaffected by the strong nuclear force. They define the chemical properties of an atom because virtually every chemical reaction deals with the interaction or exchange of the outer electrons of atoms and molecules.

Electrons are attracted to the nucleus of an atom because they are negative and the nucleus (being made of protons and neutrons) is positive. Opposites attract. However, electrons don't fall into the nucleus. They orbit around it at specific distances because the electrons have a certain amount of energy. That energy prevents them from getting too close, as they must maintain a specific speed and distance. Changes in the energy levels of electrons cause different phenomena such as spectral lines, the color of substances, and the creation of ions (atoms with missing or extra electrons).

Electron Interactions
Atoms will always have equal numbers of protons and electrons, so their overall charge is zero. Atoms are neutral. Ions, on the other hand, are atoms that have gained or lost electrons and now have an unequal number of protons and electrons. If there are extra electrons, the ion will be negatively charged. If there are missing electrons, the ion will be positively charged, due to the majority of positive protons.

Valence electrons (the outermost electrons) are responsible for an atom's behavior in chemical bonds. The core electrons are all of the electrons not in the outermost shell, and they rarely get involved. An atom will attempt to fill its valence shell. This occurs when an atom has eight valence electrons (as explained in the next chapter), so atoms will undergo chemical bonds to either share, give, or take the electrons it needs. Sodium, for example, is very likely to give up its one valence electron, so that its outer shell is empty (the shell underneath it is full). Chlorine is very likely to take an electron because it has seven and wants eight. When sodium and chlorine are mixed, they exchange electrons and create sodium chloride (table salt). As a result, both elements have full valence shells, and a very stable compound is formed.


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User:NebY/past discussions

Here are some of the past discussions about the use of imperial and metric units.

WT:MOSNUM
On 8 October 2014, this discussion began on the administrators' noticeboard. It led to the community authorising sanctions regarding the use of imperial and metric units in UK-related articles. Editors were tired of the conflicts that took place in editing articles, on article and project talk pages, and over the Manual of Style. To give some idea, here are links to the discussions on the Manual of Style (dates and numbers) talk page that began in just the 12 months before 8 October 2014.

RFC - Clarifying Units of Measure in UK Geographical articles

Inches - ok?

A Modest Proposal

Imperial measurements

 * Policy implications

 * Arbitrary break

 * Arbitrary break

 * Reference to Driver Location Signs

 * The RGloucester Proposal - User:RGloucester/units

 * Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers/Units

 * Seriously?

 * RFC: Proposals to rewrite WP:MOSNUM on UK units of preference

 * Response to questions on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers/Units

 * User:Kahastok/Units and User:Kahastok/Units2

 * Survey

 * Threaded Discussion

 * Above RfC

 * Tidying up

 * Distances in miles/kilometres

 * The Times style guide link

 * Metric for everything

 * Imperial for everything

 * This is absurd

 * Current state of discussion

 * Proposal on wording

 * We need direction

 * Principles for choice of units: a proposal

 * The Kahastok Proposal - User:Kahastok/Units

Human height

What exacly is a "UK engineering-related article"

 * Proposal

Should MOSNUM reflect this oddity of UK marketing?

 * Revised proposal

A better link (UK units)

 * What does The Times recommend?

 * Contents of The Times Style and Usage Guide

 * Comment on the guidelines as presented above

 * Proposal to remove the link to The Times Style Guide

 * Clarity of the UK metric/imperial guidance

Wither style guide

UK horses' heights

 * Please lend a hand

UK articles inconsistency - metric or imperial

Which units should be primary for the height of a UK statue of a UK politician?

 * For the sake of future newcomers

 * SPI Filed

 * Pointing out the obvious

What is the basis for the bias towards metric for UK related articles?

 * In reference to the above

 * UK Adoption of the Metric System

 * A proposal to tweak the wording

 * Another subheading

 * Closing the discussion on the removal of the advice about milk

 * Some information that may be helpful

 * The studiedly uncommitted EEng steps forward to propose a way by which this might possibly be resolved

 * The UK bottled-milk dispute rages on

 * Compromise proposal

 * Support or Oppose?

 * EEng gives up

 * The dairy of Anne Frank

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Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2006-08-11 Civil War (comics)

Mediation Case: Civil War (comics)
Please observe Etiquette and Talk Page Etiquette in disputes. If you submit complaints or insults your edits are likely to be removed by the mediator, any other refactoring of the mediation case by anybody but the mediator is likely to be reverted. If you are not satisfied with the mediation procedure please submit your complaints to Wikipedia talk:Mediation Cabal.

Request Information

 * Request made by: Chris Griswold 04:37, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Where is the issue taking place?
 * Talk:Civil War (comics)

 * Who's involved?

 * What's going on?
 * Unregistered editor has repeatedly reverted the work I am doing on the article. lAst night, said editor violated the 3RR rule in doing so. I have tried to open a dialogue to come to a resolution and have made edits in an attempt to compromise, but editor continues to tell me that I am not listening and that "a lot of editors" disagree with me, none of whom have entered the conversation.
 * I have outlined specific issues at the talk page in an effort to have a clear conversation about this. Editor refuses to discuss the situation in a civil, collected manner. The editor also questions the need for citations and demands that we include information from a comic book yet to be published. I have tried to explain both, to no avail.

 * ''What would you like to change about that?
 * Open a dialogue so that we can have a third party mediating so that it's not perceived as ChrisGriswold vs. <IP_ADDRESS>, but ChrisGriswold, <IP_ADDRESS>, and a mediator working together to improve an article.

 * Would you prefer we work discreetly? If so, how can we reach you?
 * No. This is already pretty public.

Compromise offers
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Talk:List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters: 2010–2015

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click [SEARCH] Pyxis Solitary  (yak). L not Q. 13:09, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

lesbian or a lesbian
The subject of this edit has led to the creation of a discussion in WP:MOS @ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style/Archive_215#%22She_is_lesbian.%22_or_%22She_is_a_lesbian.%22_? "She is lesbian." or "She is a lesbian." ?]. You are invited to join the discussion. Pyxis Solitary  (yak)  08:43, 6 July 2019 (UTC) The discussion was archived with consensus that "is lesbian"  is not incorrect or offensive. As noted, "a lesbian" is to define them wholly in terms of their sexuality, whereas to say someone is "lesbian" is simply to report their orientation more neutrally. Pyxis Solitary  (yak) ; updated 11:02, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

"List of BL drama" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_BL_drama&redirect=no List of BL drama] has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 09:22, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

Table errors
The In the Flesh/Masters of Sex section has glitched out - I can trace it to Nikkimaria's edit on 5 June 2023 - but am unfortunately not skilled enough to know what formatting made it go out of kilter and get it back to normal. PitterPatter533 (talk) 21:28, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

 * I'll see what can be done. Historyday01 (talk) 22:36, 26 June 2023 (UTC)