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= September 30 =

Most prestigious classical music competitions for music composition
What might be considered the most prestigious classical music competitions for composition?-anything akin to the high standing of the the Chopin or Tchaikovsky Piano competitions? The only one that comes to mind is the Toru Takemitsu Composition Award. I guess I'm thinking outside of things like the Pulitzer and Grammy awards, if that makes sense? 143.44.33.22 (talk) 02:16, 30 September 2022 (UTC)


 * See this list and List of classical music competitions. Alansplodge (talk) 10:52, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
 * One would expect to find the most prestigious ones on both lists. but I have yet to detect any overlap. --Lambiam 12:44, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Path of Nord Stream 1 vs Nord Stream 2
The map on http://theguardian.com/business/2022/sep/29/nord-stream-attacks-highlight-vulnerability-undersea-pipelines-west shows both Nord Stream pipelines being parallel for most of their lengths.

Am I right to infer that that is simply a drawing convention, and that they are not literally uniformly separated by around 5 km (according to the scale)?

If so, why are the two crossings important enough to show?

Thanks, cm&#610;&#671;ee&#9094;&#964;a&#671;&#954; 11:02, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

new Russian border and claims
Without wanting to open any wider debate on the current events, but in terms of the new situation - is there any authoritative source on the exact official Russian position on territorial claims? Are any new maps from government sources available? From what I gather from the news is that the 4 areas joined RF as 4 different federal subjects. But does RF maintain claims to the parts of oblasts that are under Ukrainian control? Or are the new federal subjects limited by the extent of control at the time of the accession to RF? --Soman (talk) 18:24, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
 * "But does RF maintain claims to the parts of oblasts that are under Ukrainian control?"
 * According to BBC Radio and website reporting I've heard/seen in the last day or so, such as this: yes they seemingly do. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.2230.195} 90.193.128.129 (talk) 00:47, 1 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Kremlin unclear on which parts of Ukraine it has ‘annexed’ (2022-10-03) --Error (talk) 16:14, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

Shirin Ebadi
The article about Shirin Ebadi needs updating. The latest reference in it is 2016. Perhaps the originator could bring it up to 2022?Cherrycherrito (talk) 22:05, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Courtesy link: Shirin Ebadi. A more appropriate place to flag this is the talk page of the article. You can also place the template update on the article place. Also, please feel free to contribute improvements to the article yourself. The article was created in 2003 by an editor who has not been active for more than three years; since then 671 other editors have made contributions, increasing its initial size by 3725%. Although the latest reference may be from 2016, the (as of 12:36, 1 October 2022 (UTC)) latest contribution is from 28 September 2022‎, so it is not as if the article is derelict. --Lambiam 12:36, 1 October 2022 (UTC)