547:"We need to teach them a lesson and show the world what they're up to." We do? Why? And how will an article that can be edited by just anybody teach them that lesson? But besides that, two people out of 217 is too small a number to make a meaningful inference. If those two people both got fired from the Zumba corporation and moved to some other company with only 100 employees, and continued prostituting on the side, then that new company now has about a
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The article gives no views against the use of Zumba. Zumba is of limited value as far as health benefits are concerned. There's nothing wrong with making money though of course. However
Knowledge shouldn't advertise. If that is putting my point too strongly then apologies to all who are concerned.
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a large swath of the population had never heard the term until the scandal broke. like it or not, "zumba" is now being used sarcastically in such expressions as "getting a zumba". while prostitution may rightly have been limited to one small franchise, the entire chain/movement is now tainted by
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The first time this stuff was added it was copied and pasted straight from the web site. Now it seems to be copied from other articles. Either way it's not very interesting stuff and is written in a promotional style instead of something suitable for an encyclopedia article. We don't need a whole
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greater than the prevalence of prostitution in other settings, or even just in other widespread exercise programs, state this clearly in the text. Otherwise I vote to delete this section altogether. A few isolated incidents, even if one of them was a really big deal, aren't enough to justify
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According to the references I provided (and thousands more in reputable newspapers worldwide), it WAS highly prevalent. In one case, over a hundred men from one small town were charged with being johns, including the former mayor, lawyers, and police. This is very notable not only for the
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I continue to try to add more information about Zumba the company -- which I thought this article was about, but Bhny keeps deleting it. Should we split the articles in to two? One article about the company, which is doing a lot (merchandise, wii game, etc.) and one about the "dance"
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OK, I made a new product section and added back some of your info, like not charging a licensing fee. Basically this article has to be pretty dry, if someone wants the full marketing speak they should go to zumba.com
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Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the official website under the About Zumba
Classes say six different classes but list seven? It's also in the article (under exercises). Maybe I'm missing somthing? Thanx!
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Knowledge was the original source. From the looks of things these phrases are probably part of widely-copied marketing copy.
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