Translation of the week/Translation candidates
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[edit] Two-thirds majority in favour
Sorted by net support (number of support votes minus number of oppose votes).
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[edit] en:Economy of the Republic of Vietnam/vi:Kinh tế Việt Nam Cộng hòa
(Net support = 8; Against = 16.667%)
Support
- --Dnssgh 09:25, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
- --Marbot 19:28, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
- --Wiwi1 19:11, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
- --BBKurt 17:18, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
- --Taichi - (あ!) 00:27, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
- --Ares.it 12:51, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
- --光合成 05:09, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
- --dirgela 20:09, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
- --Flamelai 06:47, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
- J 1982 15:57, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
Comments
- Why just this period of the history of Vietnam?
[edit] en:Jikji/ko:직지심체요절
(Net support = 8; Against = 10%)
Jikji is the world's oldest extant movable metal print book. UNESCO confirmed Jikji as the world oldest metalloid type in September 2001 and includes it in the Memory of the World program.
Support
- ChongDae 03:15, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
- Ares.it 09:42, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
- --Marbot 18:13, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
- --Flamelai 07:38, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
- --Taichi - (あ!) 02:21, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
- --Almafeta 06:01, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
- --Kwj2772 (msg) 09:35, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
- Amikeco 03:24, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
- --NERIUM 18:48, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
- --dirgela 17:38, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
Comments
7
[edit] en:Grand Coulee
(Net support = 7; Against = 11.111%)
An ancient river bed in Washington State of the United States of America.
Support
- --RekishiEJ 14:42, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
- --Ranan 21:17, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
- --Marbot 16:18, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
- --Wiwi1 19:03, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
- --BBKurt 16:59, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
- --LilTrilly 11:37, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
- --Taichi - (あ!) 02:18, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
- --老陳 (留言) 06:48, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
- --dirgela 14:55, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
Comment
[edit] en:History of the alphabet
(Net support = 6; Against = 31.25%)
An important topic in writing systems.
Support
- --RekishiEJ 06:12, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
- --Wiwi1 02:47, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
- --Taichi - (あ!) 00:32, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
- --Ciphers 07:46, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
- Ares.it 14:59, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
- --Barcelona 15:46, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
- --Azzka 15:26, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- --Gce 16:02, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
- --Jordicollcosta 19:04, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
- --dirgela 17:35, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
- --老陳 (留言) 06:48, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
- --Ranan 17:31, 7 August 2008 (UTC) Too long
- --same above.Flamelai 03:50, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
- --BBKurt 17:56, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
- --Biŋhai 14:05, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
- --Ksanyi 12:49, 21 November 2009 (UTC) Too complex
Comment
6
[edit] en:Baseball (ball)
(Net support = 6; Against = 25%)
The ball play in baseball game.
Support
- --Flamelai 10:15, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
- --Ranan 13:17, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
- --BBKurt 17:40, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
- --Taichi - (あ!) 00:27, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
- --Marbot 22:53, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
- --光合成 13:29, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
- --Ciphers 16:29, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
- --Gce 15:28, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
- --ChongDae 02:31, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
- --Lalulilo 21:59, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
- --dirgela 20:08, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
- --Hanberke 05:50, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
Comment
Comments
- On the brink of being to long as an appropriate TOTW. --Marbot 17:07, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
[edit] en:Pineapplefish
(Net support = 6; Against = 20%)
Support
- --光合成 05:09, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
- --Marbot 15:35, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
- --Taichi - (あ!) 00:51, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- --Flamelai 01:34, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- --Aushulz 02:20, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
- Ares.it 11:54, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
- Ranan 14:11, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
- --LilTrilly 11:36, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
Comment
[edit] en:London Economic Conference
(Net support = 6; Against = 0%)
An international economic conference aimed to fight Economic Depression, yet failed due to many participants only cared for their own benefit.
Support
- --RekishiEJ 14:03, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- Ranan 13:47, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
- --Marbot 16:42, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
- --V0d01ey 00:11, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
- --Barcelona 10:04, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
- --dirgela 17:37, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
Comment
[edit] en:Cairo International Book Fair
(Net support = 6; Against = 20%)
The largest book fair in the Arab world.
Support
- --光合成 05:09, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
- --Marbot 15:36, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
- --Ciphers 02:55, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- --V0d01ey 00:09, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
- --Flamelai 07:38, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
- --Barcelona 10:03, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
- --LilTrilly 09:46, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
- --Taichi - (あ!) 02:19, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
- --dirgela 15:00, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
- Only a start-class article.--RekishiEJ 15:08, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
Comment
[edit] en:Control of fire by early humans
(Net support = 6; Against = 0%)
A topic vital in human history.
Support
- --RekishiEJ 20:53, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
- Ares.it 10:52, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
- --Barcelona 10:06, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
- --Lalulilo 17:37, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
- --dirgela 15:50, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
- --Taichi - (あ!) 03:26, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
Comment
5
[edit] en:Gotō Shinpei/ja:後藤新平
(Net support = 5; Against = 14.286%)
Support
- --Dnssgh 15:28, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
- --光合成 14:57, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
- --BBKurt 17:28, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
- --Marbot 18:08, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
- --Taichi - (あ!) 08:10, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
- --LilTrilly 11:39, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
- --dirgela 14:59, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
Comments
[edit] en:Choi Jin-sil/ja:チェ・ジンシル/ko:최진실
(Net support = 5; Against = 22.222%)
A famous actress in the Republic of Korea hanged herself in the bathroom in October 2 2008 because of Internet rumour, having only 5 language editions.
Support
- --RekishiEJ 16:41, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
- --Marbot 20:05, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
- --Ranan 21:08, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
- — Amikeco 21:37, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
- --Ciphers 03:10, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
- --Taichi - (あ!) 08:05, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
- --Flamelai 07:38, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
Comment
[edit] en:Virgin of Candelaria/es:Virgen de la Candelaria
(Net support = 5; Against = 22.222%)
Support
- --Ranan 13:19, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
- --BBKurt 17:41, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
- --Marbot 22:55, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
- --光合成 05:06, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
- --Taichi - (あ!) 08:13, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
- --Flamelai 07:38, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
- --LilTrilly 09:48, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
- The English article just speaks about the adoration in the Canary Islands, and forgets to mention other parts in the world where she is venerated, as the Spanish article does. --Ecelan 10:36, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
- --dirgela 20:09, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
Comment
[edit] en:Equal justice under law
(Net support = 5; Against = 14.286%)
A phrase engraved on the front of the United States Supreme Court building in Washington D.C..
Support
- Very useful.--RekishiEJ 12:58, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
- --Taichi - (あ!) 19:59, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
- USchick 01:48, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
- --Marbot 18:11, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
- --LilTrilly 17:17, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
- --Dispe 22:35, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
- --dirgela 15:06, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
Comments
[edit] en:Cultural mosaic
(Net support = 5; Against = 22.222%)
A term used to describe the mix of ethnic groups, languages and cultures that co-exist within Canadian society.
Support
- --RekishiEJ 03:43, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
- --Marbot 22:49, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
- --光合成 05:04, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
- --Taichi - (あ!) 19:33, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
- --V0d01ey 00:06, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
- --LilTrilly 17:19, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
- --Wiwi1 07:54, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
Comment
[edit] en:Aristarchus (crater)
(Net support = 5; Against = 0%)
A prominent lunar impact crater that lies in the northwest part of the Moon's near side. The name comes from Aristarchus of Samos, an Ancient Greek astronomer and mathematician. It is considered the brightest of the large formations on the lunar surface, with an albedo nearly double that of most lunar features.
Support
- The English edition is not long, and also a good article.--RekishiEJ 13:57, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
- Ares.it 10:44, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
- --Marbot 18:15, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
- --dirgela 15:48, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
- --Taichi - (あ!) 03:28, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
Comments
[edit] en:Gallic invasion of the Balkans
(Net support = 5; Against = 0%)
Support
- --RekishiEJ 15:34, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
- --Marbot 18:21, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
- --Gce 15:46, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
- --dirgela 15:49, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
- --Taichi - (あ!) 03:29, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
Comments
4
[edit] en:Tsūtenkaku/ja:通天閣
(Net support = 4; Against = 25%)
Support
- --Dnssgh 10:31, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
- --Marbot 19:31, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
- --Wiwi1 19:12, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
- --Taichi - (あ!) 09:29, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
- --BBKurt 17:18, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
- --Ciphers 15:39, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
Comments
[edit] de:/en:Quirinus Kuhlmann
(Net support = 4; Against = 30%)
German mystic and poet of the 1600s, follower of en:Jakob Böhme, author of a utopian teaching seeking to unite all Abrahamic religions and restore Eden on Earth. Kuhlmann travelled to Constantinople, where he (unsuccessfully) attempted to convert the Turkish sultan, and to Moscow, where he was burned at stake after an accusation of heresy made by a Lutheran pastor of the local German community. Long story short, a truly remarkable personality. Until recently, the article existed only in German; the Russian version was created by yours truly.
Support
- --The Deceiver 11:42, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
- --Marbot 16:54, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
- --Ecelan 17:10, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
- --Chiyu716 15:46, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
- --Wiwi1 19:41, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
- --BBKurt 17:33, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
- --Taichi - (あ!) 00:49, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
- The English article needs more fine-tuning, a bit hard to understand. Jenste 22:10, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
- --Panairjdde 00:05, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
- --dirgela 20:09, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
Comments
- An English translation is needed to make this a successfull TOTW. --Marbot 16:54, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
-
- A mysterious benefactor has created an article in English. The Deceiver 10:57, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
- Indeed, I am happy about this, too. :-)) --Marbot 21:07, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
- A mysterious benefactor has created an article in English. The Deceiver 10:57, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] en:SS St. Louis
(Net support = 4; Against = 25%)
Support
- --Dnssgh 13:12, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
- --Marbot 21:08, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
- --Wiwi1 19:13, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
- --光合成 12:27, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
- --BBKurt 17:21, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
- --MARKELLOS 17:49, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
Comments
[edit] en:Basketball (ball)
(Net support = 4; Against = 25%)
The ball play in basketball game.
Support
- --Flamelai 10:15, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
- --Ranan 12:51, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
- --Taichi - (あ!) 00:33, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
- --Marbot 21:23, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
- --光合成 13:26, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
- --Henrik Sundbom 01:38, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
Comment
[edit] en:Shanghai ghetto/zh:上海隔都
(Net support = 4; Against = 16.667%)
Support
- --Dnssgh 13:12, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
- --Marbot 21:07, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
- --Wiwi1 19:13, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
- Ares.it 15:21, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
- --dirgela 17:42, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
- --BBKurt 17:20, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
Comments
[edit] en:Fugu Plan/ja:河豚計画
(Net support = 4; Against = 16.667%)
Support
- --Dnssgh 13:12, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
- --Wiwi1 19:15, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
- --Bestiasonica 12:49, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
- --Ciphers 02:54, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- --dirgela 15:47, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
- --BBKurt 17:23, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
Comments
[edit] en:abc notation
(Net support = 4; Against = 16.667%)
Support
- --Dnssgh 08:02, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
- --光合成 12:29, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
- --Marbot 19:55, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
- --Lalulilo 18:02, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
- Very interesting and not long.--RekishiEJ 22:09, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
- --BBKurt 17:28, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
Comments
[edit] en:Siphon (mollusc)
(Net support = 4; Against = 25%)
Support
- --光合成 14:56, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
- --Bestiasonica 12:51, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
- --Marbot 18:12, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
- --Ares.it 12:43, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
- --JFY 09:01, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
- --RekishiEJ 22:09, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
Comments
[edit] en:Anti-capitalism
(Net support = 4; Against = 16.667%)
A summary of ideologies opposed to capitalism. Has some importance. Recommend that editors create articles corresponding to critique of capitalism (which lists arguments against capitalism) as well.
Support
- --RekishiEJ 10:16, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
- --Flamelai 14:51, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
- --Gce 15:50, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
- --Barcelona 10:05, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
- --Jordicollcosta 19:01, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
- --Almafeta 06:51, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
Comment
[edit] en:Stand in the Schoolhouse Door
(Net support = 4; Against = 0%)
An incident which took place at Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama on 11 June and helped bring Alabama Governor George Wallace into the national spotlight because he stood at the door of the auditorium to try to block two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, in a symbolic attempt to keep his inaugural promise of "segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever" and stop the desegregation of schools.
Support
- --RekishiEJ 13:06, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
- --Ranan 14:24, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
- --Marbot 18:13, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
- --Taichi - (あ!) 05:06, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
Comments
- A picture depicting this incident has been rated featured in the English Wikipedia. --RekishiEJ 13:17, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
[edit] en:List of national parks of Sweden/sv:Nationalparker i Sverige
(Net support = 4; Against = 0%)
A list which can stimulate translation of articles about national parks of Sweden. Also the English edition is featured and not long.
Support
- --RekishiEJ 15:46, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
- --Flamelai 07:38, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
- --Gce 15:47, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
- --Taichi - (あ!) 05:09, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
Comment
[edit] en:IEC_60906-1/:de/:it/:pt
(Net support = 4; Against = 0%)
Support
- --Accurimbono 15:29, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- --Gce 15:52, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
- Very useful.--RekishiEJ 11:16, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
- --Taichi - (あ!) 05:11, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
Comment
- Short, technical but easy to translate, electrical standard, widely interesting. --Accurimbono 15:29, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
[edit] en:Anna Louise Strong
(Net support = 4; Against = 0%)
A twentieth-century American journalist and activist, best known for her reporting on and support for communist movements in the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China.
Support
- --RekishiEJ 13:02, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
- --Taichi - (あ!) 19:55, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
- --Marbot 18:16, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
- --Victuallers 10:24, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
Comments
[edit] en:Bundala National Park
(Net support = 4; Against = 0%)
Support
- --光合成 08:39, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
- --Marbot 18:45, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
- Is important to a certain extent, and the article is not long.--RekishiEJ 15:45, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
- --10:23, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
Comments
[edit] en:False consensus effect/ja:偽の合意効果
(Net support = 4; Against = 25%)
A Social psychology term which means the tendency for people to project their way of thinking onto other people.
Support
- --光合成 05:18, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
- --Marbot 15:34, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
- --V0d01ey 00:18, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
- --Assar 11:39, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
- --Jordicollcosta 19:02, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
- --NERIUM 06:20, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
- --Hanberke 06:17, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
- --Victuallers 10:18, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
Comment
3
[edit] en:Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII
(Net support = 3; Against = 20%)
Support
- --Ranan 20:27, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
- --Marbot 22:50, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
- --光合成 05:11, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
- --Taichi - (あ!) 19:32, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
- --dirgela 15:33, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
Comment
[edit] en:Erich Pommer
(Net support = 3; Against = 28.571%)
Support
- --Ranan 15:48, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
- --Marbot 15:09, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
- --Wiwi1 19:51, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
- MARKELLOS 17:47, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
- --BBKurt 17:53, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
Oppose
- --Panairjdde 00:05, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
- --Gce 22:18, 29 October 2008 (UTC) Maybe too long...
Comments
[edit] en:Politics and the English Language/ja:政治と英語
(Net support = 3; Against = 28.571%)
Support
- --光合成 05:36, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
- --Dnssgh 09:58, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
- --Taichi - (あ!) 00:33, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
- --Marbot 22:44, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
- --Gce 15:44, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
Comments
[edit] en:Helicene
(Net support = 3; Against = 20%)
An organic compound.
Support
- --光合成 03:09, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
- --JFY 09:48, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
- Ares.it 21:29, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
- --V0d01ey 00:50, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
- --Marbot 22:44, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Comment
[edit] en:Clemens Wilmenrod
(Net support = 3; Against = 0%)
Support
- --Ranan 11:05, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
- --BBKurt 17:39, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
- --Marbot 22:52, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
Oppose
Comment
[edit] en:The Anatomy of Melancholy
(Net support = 3; Against = 0%)
Support
- --光合成 13:17, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
- --Marbot 18:11, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
- --V0d01ey 00:16, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
Comment
[edit] ja:直江兼続/en:Naoe Kanetsugu
(Net support = 3; Against = 20%)
Support
- --Dnssgh 01:50, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
- --Marbot 14:27, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
- --Taichi - (あ!) 08:24, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
- --Ciphers 06:31, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
- Too short for English version.--Flamelai 15:19, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
Comment
[edit] en:Upton Park F.C.
(Net support = 3; Against = 20%)
A defunct English amateur football club of London. They represented Great Britain at the 1900 Summer Olympics football tournament, which they won.
Support
- -- ChongDae 17:18, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
- --Marbot 21:24, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
- --Flamelai 00:48, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
- --Gce 15:46, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
- --Ares.it 12:38, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
Comment
[edit] en:The American Language
(Net support = 3; Against = 0%)
H. L. Mencken's book about the English language as spoken in the United States of America.
Support
- --RekishiEJ 03:35, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
- Ares.it 10:52, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
- --Gce 15:47, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
Comment
[edit] en:Phan Dinh Phung/vi:Phan Đình Phùng
(Net support = 3; Against = 28.571%)
Most noteworthy 19th century Vietnamese anticolonialist. Influenced the future generation of revolutionaries, like Phan Boi Chau. The article only exists on en.wiki (where it is a current Featured Article candidate) and vi.wiki.
Support
- Nishkid64 (talk) 22:45, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
- --Javiersorribes 09:42, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
- --Wiwi1 19:28, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
- --Flamelai 08:06, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
- --Taichi - (あ!) 00:37, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
Oppose
- --Marbot 20:06, 14 July 2008 (UTC) Definitively too long to be an appropriate TOTW!
- --BBKurt 17:32, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
Comments
- Translating the lead would be sufficient enough for some wikis. Nishkid64 (talk) 22:55, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
[edit] en:Areopagitica
(Net support = 3; Against = 0%)
Support
- Ranan 13:47, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
- --Marbot 16:43, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
- --Flamelai 16:15, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
Comment
[edit] en:United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting
(Net support = 3; Against = 28.571%)
A shooting occured at the nation's memorial to The Holocaust in Washington, D.C. on June 10, 2009, at 12:50 p.m. Shooting suspect James Wenneker von Brunn was charged in federal court on June 11, 2009, with first-degree murder and firearms violations.
Support
- The article is not long, and it's about a significant gun crime which was reported outside the U.S.--RekishiEJ 10:42, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
- Ranan 14:27, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
- --Gce 16:04, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
- --LilTrilly 10:54, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
- --Almafeta 16:24, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
Comments
[edit] en:British Academy Television Awards
(Net support = 3; Against = 0%)
The most prestigious awards given in the British television industry, which is known as the BAFTAs — or, to differentiate them from the BAFTA Film Awards, the BAFTA Television Awards and is analogous to the Emmy Awards in the United States of America. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, they have been awarded annually since 1954.
Support
- --RekishiEJ 12:57, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
- --Fr33kman 22:50, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
- --老陳 (留言) 06:48, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
Comment
2
[edit] en:James Fisk (financier)
(Net support = 2; Against = 25%)
Support
- --Ranan 12:46, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
- --Marbot 21:09, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
- --BBKurt 17:43, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
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- No comments as to why this is significant, and I didn't really get it after reading the page. Jenste 22:10, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] en:Fredric Wertham
(Net support = 2; Against = 0%)
A notable psychiatrist involved in American comic book controversies. Also his research about the effects of racial segregation were used as evidence in the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education.
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[edit] ar:سلامة موسى / en:Salama Moussa
(Net support = 2; Against = 0%)
A notable Egyptian journalist and reformer in the 1920s.
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[edit] en:Nobuko Yoshiya/ja:吉屋信子
(Net support = 2; Against = 0%)
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[edit] en:Gorgoneion/ru:Горгонейон
(Net support = 2; Against = 0%)
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[edit] en:Underwire bra
(Net support = 2; Against = 25%)
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- --光合成 08:36, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
- --Taichi - (あ!) 19:50, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
- --Marbot 18:18, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
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- Ares.it 15:00, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
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[edit] en:Gadna (Israel)
(Net support = 2; Against = 0%)
An interesting program of the Israeli army which is aimed to preparing Israeli youngsters to their military service. Ranan 14:32, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
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[edit] en:Henry Watson Fowler
(Net support = 2; Against = 0%)
An English schoolmaster, lexicographer and commentator on the usage of the English language. He is notable for both A Dictionary of Modern English Usage and his work on the Concise Oxford Dictionary and was described by The Times as "a lexicographical genius".
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[edit] en:Jaap Eden/nl:Jaap Eden
(Net support = 2; Against = 0%)
A Dutch athlete who is the only male athlete to have won World Championships titles in both speed skating and cycling as of 2005.
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[edit] en:Ogyū Sorai/ja:荻生徂徠
(Net support = 2; Against = 0%)
A Japanese Confucian philosopher and philologist during mid-Edo period who objected Zhu Xi school (朱子學).
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[edit] en:H. L. Mencken
(Net support = 2; Against = 0%)
An American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, acerbic critic of American life and culture, and a student of American English. Mencken, known as the "Sage of Baltimore", who is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the 20th century. He is known for writing The American Language and his satirical reporting on the Scopes trial, which he named the "Monkey" trial.
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[edit] en:Chris Ryan
(Net support = 2; Against = 0%)
A former British soldier turned novelist whose pseudonym is Chris Ryan. 'Ryan' came to public prominence for being the only member of the failed eight-man SAS mission, Bravo Two Zero to escape, during the First Gulf War, 1991. He has subsequently written a number of books, including The One That Got Away and "One Good Turn" a specially commissioned story for the Quick Reads Initiative, aimed at improving adult literacy.
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[edit] en:Badwater/de
(Net support = 2; Against = 0%)
The lowest point in North America.
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[edit] en:Gao Shun/zh:高順
(Net support = 2; Against = 0%)
One of notable Lü Bu force commander.
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[edit] en:National parks of India
(Net support = 2; Against = 25%)
A portal article about India national Parks.
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- --Flamelai 01:51, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
- Very useful, not long, and stimulates more translation of articles about national parks in India and other Indian wildlife topics.--RekishiEJ 12:58, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
- --Gce 15:51, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
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- --Marbot 18:14, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
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[edit] en:Numerical weather prediction
(Net support = 2; Against = 0%)
Easy, not too long, and may be helpful for other articles on climate models and weather prediction.
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[edit] en:WYSIWYM
(Net support = 2; Against = 0%)
An acronym for What You See Is What You Mean and refers to a paradigm for document editing. It is an alternative to the better known WYSIWYG paradigm.
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[edit] en:Unicode typefaces
(Net support = 2; Against = 0%)
Is very useful and not hard to translate.
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--RekishiEJ 19:04, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
Comment RekishEJ, you can't support and oppose in the same time the translation: choose! --Gce 15:59, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
[edit] en:Kingdom of Denmark/da:Kongeriget Danmark
(Net support = 2; Against = 25%)
constitutional monarchy country include Faroe Islands and Greenland. Only English and Danish Wikipedia have this article. I think other languages is redirecting to Denmark article.
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- --Flamelai 07:16, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
- --RekishiEJ 06:26, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
- --dirgela 15:52, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
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- --Gce 15:50, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
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- --RekishiEJ 06:26, 17 July 2009 (UTC)The Danish edition is too short, so please translate the English edition instead.
[edit] en:Ap Lei Chau/zh:鴨脷洲
(Net support = 2; Against = 0%)
Located in Hong Kong, this island is the most densely populated island in the world, having a population density of 66,755 people / km².
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[edit] en:Food waste
(Net support = 2; Against = 0%)
See also sv:Matavfall and ja:食品廃材. A topic that a lot of people discuss nowadays, and is of big importance. It is also rather short and easy to translate.
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[edit] en:Luigi Galleani/it:Luigi Galleani
(Net support = 2; Against = 0%)
A 20th century anarchist who is best described as an anarchist communist and an insurrectionary anarchist.
Support
- Not long, a B-class article, and has 4 interwiki links which means the figure is somewhat important.--RekishiEJ 21:37, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
- --Dispe 22:41, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
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- Suggest that Wikipedians translate the English edition, since the English edition has more content and is better-referenced. --RekishiEJ 21:37, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
[edit] en:Unfinished building
(Net support = 2; Against = 0%)
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[edit] en:Overweight
(Net support = 2; Against = 0%)
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[edit] en:Center for Constitutional Rights
(Net support = 2; Against = 0%)
A non-profit legal advocacy organisation based in New York City, New York, the United States of America which has been frequently in the news for its civil liberties and human rights litigation and activism, as well as its legal assistance to the people imprisoned in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp in recent years.
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[edit] en:Powerchair football
(Net support = 2; Against = 0%)
Wheelchair football match.
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[edit] en:Jazz piano
(Net support = 2; Against = 0%)
A jazz instrument. To my surprise the article actually has only two interwiki links.
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[edit] en:Freedom of information
(Net support = 2; Against = 0%)
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Comment OMG! Very important!--Wwbread 10:42, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
[edit] en:Gun safety
(Net support = 2; Against = 0%)
Is highly important in firearm-related articles. What surprises me is that the article has only one language edition.
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[edit] en:Latency stage
(Net support = 1; Against = 0%)
One stage of Sigmund Freud's child psycho-sexual development. Sincerely hope that by making this a TOW can push Wikipedians to create other four stages of that.
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- --RekishiEJ 20:32, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
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[edit] en:Underweight
(Net support = 1; Against = 0%)
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- --RekishiEJ 00:38, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
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[edit] en:Center for Consumer Freedom
(Net support = 1; Against = 0%)
A U.S.A. non-profit organisation with a stated mission to defend the "right of adults and parents to choose what they eat, drink, and how they enjoy themselves". This organisation has been harshly criticised.
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- --RekishiEJ 01:36, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
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[edit] en:Paul Campos
(Net support = 1; Against = 0%)
A law professor, author and journalist currently on the faculty of the University of Colorado in Boulder. His legal scholarship has focused largely on questions of legal interpretation, and especially on the ways in which law can become a kind of substitute pseudo-religion in a secularized culture. Outside the legal community, he is perhaps best known for his 2004 book The Obesity Myth (later published as The Diet Myth) which reviews research that, in Campos's estimation, calls into question the connection between obesity and mortality rates
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- --RekishiEJ 01:36, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
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[edit] en:Mass versus weight
(Net support = 1; Against = 0%)
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- --RekishiEJ 01:36, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
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- Very interesting physical science topic which actually only has one language edition.--RekishiEJ 02:28, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
[edit] en:The Heartland Institute
(Net support = 1; Against = 0%)
An American libertarian/conservative free market-oriented public policy think tank based in Chicago, Illinois which is sceptical of the scientific consensus that global warming does occur nowadays and criticises science which documents the harms of second-hand smoke.
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- --RekishiEJ 01:36, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
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[edit] en:Cooler Heads Coalition
(Net support = 1; Against = 0%)
An organisation which was originally a project of the National Consumer Coalition, a project of the nonprofit organization Consumer Alert. The Cooler Heads Coalition is now financed and operated by the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Its objective is described as "dispelling the myths of global warming by exposing flawed economic, scientific, and risk analysis". In 2004, its stated position was that "the science of global warming is uncertain, but the negative impacts of global warming policies on consumers are all too real."
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- --RekishiEJ 02:28, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
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[edit] en:Competitive Enterprise Institute
(Net support = 1; Against = 0%)
A non-profit libertarian think tank founded in 1984 by Fred L. Smith, Jr and based in Washington, D.C., USA. Its stated belief is that humans are best helped not by government regulation of commercial interests, but by humans being allowed to make their own choices in a free marketplace.
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- Not long, and is C-rated.--RekishiEJ 02:28, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
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[edit] en:British comics
(Net support = 1; Against = 0%)
An interesting topic, though this kind of comics is not as popular as American comics, Franco-Belgian comics or manga among the Globe's youth.
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- --RekishiEJ 02:55, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
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[edit] en:Color motion picture film
(Net support = 1; Against = 0%)
Is important and interesting, not long and given B-class, though having only two interwiki links.
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- --RekishiEJ 03:03, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
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[edit] en:Game port
(Net support = 1; Against = 0%)
Is important in the history of computer games, since in the past most game controllers (not including gaming keyboards and gaming mice) used this traditional connector. Also the article is not long.
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- --RekishiEJ 03:03, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
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[edit] en:Claims to be the fastest growing religion
(Net support = 1; Against = 0%)
Not long, not bad (B-Class), and is useful to some extent.
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- --RekishiEJ 09:19, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
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[edit] en:CTVglobemedia
(Net support = 1; Against = 0%)
One of Canada's largest private media companies whose operations include television broadcasting and production, radio broadcasting, publishing and their respective Internet properties. The English edition is A-rated and not long.
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- --RekishiEJ 21:29, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
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[edit] en:Elmer Gedeon
(Net support = 1; Against = 0%)
One of only two Major League Baseball players killed in action during World War II. He was also a multi-sport star in college at the University of Michigan. The article is important, A-rated and a GA, not long and has no other language editions.
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- --RekishiEJ 21:29, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
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[edit] Between 50% and 2/3 support
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[edit] en:Esperanto film
(Net support = 4; Against = 33.333%)
A short topic (there are not many movies filmed in the constructed language Esperanto), but a very interesting one.
Support
- --Lalulilo 17:21, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
- --Marbot 18:07, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
- --Tomer T 09:55, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
- --JFY 09:34, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
- --Flamelai 00:51, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
- --V0d01ey 23:46, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
- --Taichi - (あ!) 07:58, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
- --Gce 15:27, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
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- --dirgela 20:08, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
- --Bearas 05:35, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
- --Hanberke 05:44, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
- --Dispe 22:38, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
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- -- The theme is interesting but I think the article needs cleanup first. Almafeta 01:03, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
[edit] en:Northern Alligator Lizard
(Net support = 4; Against = 37.5%)
Support
- --Ranan 21:30, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
- --Marbot 20:50, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
- --Chiyu716 15:57, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
- --Wiwi1 19:45, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
- --BBKurt 17:49, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
- --Ares.it 12:40, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
#--Flamelai 02:16, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
- --JFY 09:20, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
- --Aushulz 02:24, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
- --Treisijs 18:47, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
- --dirgela 20:09, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
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- --Panairjdde 00:05, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
- --Sailko 08:21, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
- --Lalulilo 16:02, 26 April 2009 (UTC) (again U.S. centered)
- change my mind.--Flamelai 08:16, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
- --ChongDae 06:28, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
- --Dispe 22:46, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
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[edit] en:William Zeckendorf
(Net support = 0; Against = 50%)
A prominent real estate developer who developed much of the urban landscape of New York City.
Support
- --Luuva 05:48, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
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- A stub which can be expanded by referencing Zeckendorf's autobiography and news about him.--RekishiEJ 22:09, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
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[edit] en:Body Volume Index
(Net support = 0; Against = 50%)
A medical sign which has been proposed as an alternative to Body Mass Index, which has some limitations.
Support
- I'm surprised that it has no other language editions!--RekishiEJ 00:38, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
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- Too many same type articles for nomaintion.--Flamelai 07:23, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
Comment
- I don't agree with what Flamelai says, since this nomination is reasonable as it is highly appreciated. By the way, though in Chinese world there seems to me that few people use this medical sign, in Mainland China there's already an appropriate translation. Also in special cases original translated names are tolerable (as in 中國大百科全書 there are some original translated names, as they have very few Google results except that encyclopaedia).--RekishiEJ 07:41, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
- I do not like YOU to nomaiite many articles at the SAME TIME Iperer 1 week for 1 articles.--Flamelai 08:15, 17 November 2009 (UTC)