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June 8

Globalization and anti-globalization

Can someone recommend a book arguing in favor of globalization and a book against globalization? Thanks. 74.15.137.246 (talk) 04:11, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

See Category:Books about globalization.—Wavelength (talk) 04:19, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Margot Frank's Diary

Why wasn't Anne Frank's sister Margot diary saved as well? At the same time I'm also wondering if Peter Van Pels kept a diary himself and why wasn't his saved as well? Do you think that Mr. Frank would have also published Margot and possible Peter's ones as well if they were saved like Anne's?

Have to say that I always have wondered about Margots, but now I'm thrown Peters into it as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mybodymyself (talk • contribs) 05:54, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Who says they weren't saved? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 06:46, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Margot Frank's article (end of intro). I don't recall Anne's diary mentioning that Peter kept one. Clarityfiend (talk) 06:50, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

My guess is that Miep Gies knew about Anne's aspirations to be a writer, so she saved the diary. Clarityfiend (talk) 19:07, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Faaa Church from 1852

A Tahitian chief by the name of Tehapai or Maheanu'u a Mai was the first pastor of the Tahitian district of Faaa, appointed in 1852. My questions are was there a church that he was placed in charge of in that district, what was the name of church, where is it now and can someone find me an image of it today. Google searching in French would probably yield more results.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 07:46, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The website of the Papeete diocese [1] lists three catholic parishes in Faa'a. St. Joseph; Puurai Notre Dame de Grâce; and Pamatai Christ Roi. This page [2] claims the first church in the area dates back to 1865, but the three current ones are all modern (1950, 1984 and 1971 respectively). There is also a pentecostal church that seems to be quite ancient. There is a contact link at the diocese's web site; that would likely be the best source for the information you are looking for. --Xuxl (talk) 13:43, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

LGAs in South Australia

We appear to have a discrepancy between maps of LGAs in South Australia. File:Australia-Map-SA-LGA-Regions.png shows a yellowish blob-shaped LGA along the ocean in the far western part of the state, but it's absent from File:Australian local government areas.png. What is it, and did it recently get established or abolished, or is it the result of a mapmaker's error? Google Maps doesn't help; the area is rural enough that an unenlightened American can't learn anything relevant. Nyttend (talk) 13:18, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Am I missing something, or are you referring to Yalata, the last item in the list at LGAs in South Australia? /Coffeeshivers (talk) 16:03, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That's what it is, but the question remains: Why does it not appear on the second map Nyttend mentioned? That map was made from ABS data, so that's a bit of a puzzle. -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 21:48, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, okay. I looked at all of the maps, but since File:Australia-Map-SA-AC-Yalata.png highlights a spot in the southeast, I assumed that Yalata was in the southeast. I didn't look at the "Region" column, so I didn't notice that "Outback" was its region. The bit about recent establishment or disestablishment was because the two maps were uploaded 2½ years apart, making me wonder if things had changed during that period, but now I see that Yalata was established in 1994. Thank you! Nyttend (talk) 22:43, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Is it possible that the overall map is generally in error for some reason? It's missing a small rectangular exclave in the large middle-western LGA, and a small enclave\LGA near the eastern border of the state, as well. Andrew Gray (talk) 20:24, 10 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sportspeople without coach

Are there sportspeople that achieved notable successes without a coach?--93.174.25.12 (talk) 17:28, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If you go back far enough in time, say before the mid 20th century, the majority of individual sports people tended to have no coach. The idea of a personal coach dictating an athlete's every move is a relatively modern one. HiLo48 (talk) 17:47, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Deriving, at least in part, from self-taught athletes who kept their careers going by becoming coaches or at least mentors. One example would be Rogers Hornsby, who mentored other great hitters such as Ted Williams. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:22, 9 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Want to know about Nationalism

Hai Sir,

I Just want a article about labourism and which i want for a project work i searched in wikipedia about labourism but i only got about labour movement,labour economics,etc and all...but i need the exact about labourism. so i kindly request you to provide it to me as soon as possible.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.252.10.164 (talk) 17:46, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

In which country are you looking for, and what information do you seek on "labourism"? --Jayron32 17:53, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Merriam-Webster says labourism is a synonym for the politics of a Labour Party [3] while other google hits seem to define it as something like "dominance of the workers" - apparently in the context of the last century. [4] [5] [6] Is there some modern term that fits this definition and that we do have an article on? Best I can find are List of social democratic parties, Labour Party and Social democracy - would these be more on track? 184.147.118.213 (talk) 02:47, 9 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Labourism refers to the instinctive ideology of the three major parties of labour in the Anglosphere: the Australian Labor Party the New Zealand Labour Party and the Labour Party (UK). These parties have a poorly developed ideology, shared with the affiliated and related unions of their countries, that is based in an attempt to take the parliamentary state apparatus and then use them to further develop labour (ie: actual worker)'s interests. Labourism is sometimes revolutionary, sometimes centrist, sometimes hard right wing. It lies between "progressivism" and "social democracy", but lacks the links to "liberalism" and "socialism or Marxism" respectively. If you could clarify which labourism, UK, Au or NZ you're interested in, we could better answer. Each has had a semi-independent trajectory. Fifelfoo (talk) 08:49, 9 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your header mentions Nationalism, but your question is about labour politics. Can you explain why, please? AlexTiefling (talk) 11:11, 9 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

They could be asking after the links between labourism and nationalism, such as the Australian settlement hypothesis; basically a kind of "national level Fordism" claim. Fifelfoo (talk) 11:20, 9 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Want to know about labourism (again)

Hai Sir,

I Just want a article about labourism and which i want for a project work i searched in wikipedia about labourism but i only got about labour movement,labour economics,etc and all...but i need the exact about labourism. so i kindly request you to provide it to me as soon as possible.and also i want it in about 5-10 paragraph. and also is it possible to get about labourism in europe,Britain,america,india .if anyone can. then please provide it to me fast....

thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.252.12.158 (talk) 14:10, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean by 'Labourism'? As far as I'm aware, the term simply means 'the ideology of the Labour movement', which you have already looked at. If you intend something different you will have to explain what it is. And no, we don't give '5-10 paragraph' answers on demand - we don't do people's homework for them. AndyTheGrump (talk) 14:21, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]