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It aint exactly news that the entertainment world is absolutely riddled with people whose connections to the industry has given them a massive leg up. If its not direct connections to the industry, then its the material resources and class position that allow kids with dreams of working in the performing arts the chance to try, over and over again, without the unsustainable consequences that can otherwise come with failure. Cushioned by mum and dads wealth, they are free to practice their craft and make connections without having to worry about not being able to afford the heating bill. Thats not to say that great talents havent arisen from the posh and connected classes, but its an absolute tragedy that the direction of travel in the artsespecially in miserable neoliberal hellholes like Britainhas seen opportunities and support for working class actors, musicians, and other performers to grow ever thinner.

As James McAvoy, son of a psychiatric nurse and a builder, once said of the increasingly poshified spaces of Britains entertainment industry:

We all know about how connected or already well-off many successful American actors were before they made it. And we all must be instinctually aware of how bad things are over on the UK side of the pond. But for a glimpse of how truly grotesque things are in Britain, consider some of these names and the revealing paragraphs found in the early life sections of their Wikipedia entries:

Benedict Cumberbatch

Cara Delevigne

Florence Welch

Tom Hiddleston

Rose Leslie

Marshall whatshisface from Mumford and Sons

Chris Martin

Eddie Redmayne

Tilda Swinton

Jack Whitehall

Rebecca Hall

Guy Ritchie

Hugh Grant

Kit Harington

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The Most Ridiculously Posh British Actors and Musicians According to Their Wikipedia Entries - Pajiba Entertainment News

Protais Uwayezu was on Friday May 13, announced as the third winner of Wiki Project Afrocine/Months of African Cinema, a contest that aims to bridge a huge gap of African cinema content on the world's largest encyclopaedia, Wikipedia.

The Civil Engineering student at the University of Rwanda who is also a member ofWikimedia User Group Rwandacompeted with 93 other contributors from different corners of Africa and the Middle East.

During the contest which started on October 15, and ended on November 30, 2021, more than 4,200 articles were created and Uwayezu created 534 on the Kinyarwanda Wikipedia.

"I also put the Kinyarwanda language among twelve languages that have contributed the most," he said.

"I cannot only be proud of the prizes but also for putting Rwanda among the winners. It is the first appearance of Wikimedia User Group Rwanda among other active Wikimedia communities, a pride I have been fighting for."

Uwayezu also noted that winning the prize boosted his confidence and skills, adding that he aims to keep Rwandan content updated on Wikipedia.

"Rwanda has its own story about culture, history and other areas. Rwandans have a chance to participate in internet decolonization of contents about Rwanda and nurture the image of the country while increasing its visibility," he said.

"I believe it would be fair to us if we contribute and tell our stories in the process of sharing knowledge. I took time to learn and practice Wikipedia editing hints. In the beginning, I had to contribute as much as possible just to give others examples and raise awareness of how it is so easy to tell your story."

Uwayezu has been editing Wikipedia since 2020. Apart from the Afrocine, he has also scooped different awards including first prize inWikiGapKigali 2021: editing articles about Rwandan women politicians, second prize in WikiVibrance 2021: African contest for editing about African agriculture and third prize in both Wikipedia pages Want Photos (WPWP 2021): adding photos to Wikipedia articles which they correspond to and Wiki Loves Earth 2021: Editing about Rwandan Diversity contents.

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LAWRENCE Parenthood may seem like the most natural, nearly universal adult condition. And yet, according to Maria Velasco, in the art world and especially the academic art world, parenthood is truly challenging, edgy subject matter because its liable to get you dismissed as hokey and sentimental.

Thats why it is a bold choice for the subject of a forthcoming exhibition the University of Kansas professor of visual art co-curated for the Lawrence Arts Center titled Making It Work.The show opens May 27 and runs through July 30.

The most activist thing we can do right now is to speak up and take up public space to make ourselves visible, because the culture, with its systemic inequities in gender and familial relationships, tries to make us invisible, Velasco said. Her struggle to reconcile her competing roles as mother, working artist and teacher has informed her work these past few years. Her 2020 award-winning documentary film, All of Me: Artists + Mothers, will have its first local screening at 7 p.m. July 28 at the arts center as part of the exhibition.

Velasco said she and co-curator Rachel Epp Buller, a professor of visual art and design at Bethel College in central Kansas, wanted to show artists who embrace the generative possibilities of parenthood through subject matter, collaboration or a caring lens through which to reframe institutional structures, advocate for political reform and build more sustainable futures. Making It Workbrings together six contemporary artists from across the U.S. who tell stories across generations, posit caregiving as a political act and develop community-minded initiatives for change.

For Alberto Aguilar, the lone man in the show, his photographs are the result of the COVID-19 pandemic forcing him to see his home its people and furniture arranged in new ways.

The arts centers public-facing front window space will be taken up by Lise Haller Baggesens Mothernism, a reading room and installation of pinks and purples designed to encourage conversations about care work and intergenerational feminist knowledge-sharing.

Conceptual artist Jina Valentines work will invite the community to rewrite history and dismantle institutional racism through meaningful conversations, Velasco said. Valentine will lead three sessions of The Black Lunch Table, a series of discussions that anyone may join by Zoom (RSVP requested) and focuses on creating community for Black artists. The June 25 event is a Wikipedia edit-a-thon designed to review and improve a specific set of Wikipedia articles that pertain to the lives and works of Black artists. Valentine has also prepared art cards for anyone who stops by the gallery to take home.

The exhibition will also extend out into the community, with a large-scale photo by Cara Romero to be installed on the 30-foot-tall parking lot facade next to Lawrence Public Library and a participatory audio piece by Christa Donner accessible (via a QR code) in the nearby South Park. Velasco said Donners web platform Cultural ReProducerswas most inspiring to the curators as they shaped the show.

Velasco said she hopes people who view or participate in the exhibition will feel empowered.

I want the people with me in this boat to feel inspired and supported, Velasco said. I'm so tired of being Superwoman. I don't want to be Superwoman. I want the system to support me, and I can just be a woman, you know?

Image: Photo of Lise Haller Baggesens "Mothernism" installation at the Mapping the Maternal conference, University of Alberta. Credit: Michael Wooley

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Background: Wikipedia is a popular encyclopedia for health- and disease-related information in which patients seek advice and guidance on the web. Yet, Wikipedia articles can be unsuitable as patient education materials, as investigated in previous studies that analyzed specific diseases or medical topics with a comparatively small sample size. Currently, no data are available on the average readability levels of all disease-related Wikipedia pages for the different localizations of this particular encyclopedia. Objective: This study aimed to analyze disease-related Wikipedia pages written in English, German, and Russian using well-established readability metrics for each language. Methods: Wikipedia database snapshots and Wikidata metadata were chosen as resources for data collection. Disease-related articles were retrieved separately for English, German, and Russian starting with the main concept of Human Diseases and Disorders (German: Krankheit; Russian: ). In the case of existence, the corresponding International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10), codes were retrieved for each article. Next, the raw texts were extracted and readability metrics were computed. Results: The number of articles included in this study for English, German, and Russian Wikipedia was n=6127, n=6024, and n=3314, respectively. Most disease-related articles had a Flesch Reading Ease (FRE) score <50.00, signaling difficult or very difficult educational material (English: 5937/6125, 96.93%; German: 6004/6022, 99.7%; Russian: 2647/3313, 79.9%). In total, 70% (7/10) of the analyzed articles could be assigned an ICD-10 code with certainty (English: 4235/6127, 69.12%; German: 4625/6024, 76.78%; Russian: 2316/3314, 69.89%). For articles with ICD-10 codes, the mean FRE scores were 28.69 (SD 11.00), 20.33 (SD 9.98), and 38.54 (SD 13.51) for English, German, and Russian, respectively. A total of 9 English ICD-10 chapters (11 German and 10 Russian) showed significant differences: chapter F (FRE 23.88, SD 9.95; P<.001), chapter E (FRE 25.14, SD 9.88; P<.001), chapter H (FRE 30.04, SD 10.57; P=.049), chapter I (FRE 30.05, SD 9.07; P=.04), chapter M (FRE 31.17, 11.94; P<.001), chapter T (FRE 32.06, SD 10.51; P=.001), chapter A (FRE 32.63, SD 9.25; P<.001), chapter B (FRE 33.24, SD 9.07; P<.001), and chapter S (FRE 39.02, SD 8.22; P<.001). Conclusions: Disease-related English, German, and Russian Wikipedia articles cannot be recommended as patient education materials because a major fraction is difficult or very difficult to read. The authors of Wikipedia pages should carefully revise existing text materials for readers with a specific interest in a disease or its associated symptoms. Special attention should be given to articles on mental, behavioral, and neurodevelopmental disorders (ICD-10 chapter F) because these articles were most difficult to read in comparison with other ICD-10 chapters. Wikipedia readers should be supported by editors providing a short and easy-to-read summary for each article.

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A 'PEOPLE map'can now tell us who the top person is associated with certain parts of the UK.

Created by The Pudding, the map uses the last four year's worth of Wikipedia search data toreplacetowns and villages with famous residents or people born or connected to that place.

Using the map, here are the two most searched for people in Halton.

Nicola Roberts - Runcorn

The singer and songwriter, who grew up in Runcorn,rose to prominence in2002 when she won a place inGirls Aloud, agirl groupcreated throughITV'sPopstars: The Rivals.

The group then had huge success with20 consecutive top 10singles. They even entered theGuinness World Recordsas the most successful reality television music-group.

David Dawson - Widnes

David Dawson in The Last Kingdom

Widnes-born David Dawson has had a varied acting career appearing in a number of high profile shows such asLuther,Ripper Street,The Last Kingdom, Peaky Blinders and The Thick of It.

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The most famous people in Widnes and Runcorn, based on Wikipedia searches - Runcorn and Widnes World