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Talk:Varda (Middle-earth)

message: "It has been suggested" is weasel wording. I don't doubt that someone has made the suggestion, but does the suggestion come from a sufficiently important source to be noteworthy?
Mrhsj 15:26, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree, because in the front of the Lord of the Rings, Tolkien explicitly says that he didn't model Middle-earth or anything else in LOTR-world on real life, nor did he use any form of allegory (this is mentioned in the Lord of the Rings article, search for "allegory" to find the relevant paragraph). Thus, a reliable source is really needed for this comparison. 124.148.91.160 03:08, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Virgin Mary comparison 

message: Was the Sindarin name of Varda perhaps inspired by El Berith? - ∅ (∅), 02:26, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Doubt it – Tolkien was interested in Germanic languages, not Middle Eastern history. See the Influences section in the Tolkien article for where he got ideas for these names from.124.148.49.98 01:47, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

text: The name Elbereth is composed of two separate Sindarin words el (star) and bereth (queen). The vocabulary of Tolkien's constructed languages has frequently been changed back and forth by him so I wouldn't go as far as to draw such conclusions. De728631 (talk) 21:26, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  A question that will sit here unanswered for ten years because only fanboys edit this article 

message: can somebody put a picture of varda in this article, pretty please?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.175.8.240 (talk) 01:32, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  picture 

message: I cannot get to the discussion page, so I have made additions that explain how important this fictional person is, in one of the world's best-known modern mythologies.  --GwydionM (talk) 13:17, 22 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Delete?  This is not remotely justified. 

message: Does no one care if useful data is lost?  If other people's work is thrown away?
The Redirect entry says a lot less, and less than this important character deserves.
--GwydionM (talk) 13:47, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  No one bothered to save the useful details on the page it was re-directed to
Talk:Domino Day 2005 sparrow

message: :"The Dierenbescherming, the Dutch equilevant of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, has trialed Endemol (who broadcasted the event) and Duke Faunabeheer for their actions against the domino sparrow."
This seems to be an improper use of the word trial in English. Is this perhaps a translation artifact? Should this read instead "...Cruelty to Animals, has sued Endemol..."? -- 12.106.111.10 23:14, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Usage
Talk:Charles Kramer (economist)

message: In answer to the mystery of where Charles Kramer went after he left public life in the early-to-mid-1950s, we have
* 
which says "He continued to work for the Progressive Party until it disbanded in 1955, after which he moved to Oregon." I don't know how reliable this source is, but if one wants to search for Charles Kramer, this could help. —Anomalocaris (talk) 06:23, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where did he go?
Talk:Interlocutor

message: Is the cleanup tag still needed? I'm not sure if I have the authority to just remove it myself... -Grenadier 23:21, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

message: :interlocutor noun (formal) 1 a person taking part in a conversation with you 2 a person or an organization that talks to another person or organization on behalf of sb else —Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Is there a single source saying that "In colloquial use, an interlocutor ... is simply someone taking part in a conversation" (emphasis mine)? To me, formal and colloquial seem very different. —Goh wz 12:42, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Colloquial?
Talk:List of free corps

message: Free Corps (dismabiguation) → Free Corps – Typo, unnecessary disambiguation. Korg (talk) 23:21, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Requested move

message: Add any additional comments
This article has been renamed as the result of a move request.Vegaswikian 21:39, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion

message: this article is just a list of military units so it is not a DAB - otherwise it would be empty because no partial matches are permitted.
--Hutcher (talk) 00:34, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: This is a list
Talk:Piedmont High School (California)

message: This page needs a Piedmont High logo, although I can't seem to find a good quality one anywhere.--SanjayPatel 23:27, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Logo needed

message: Over this repeated statement: The school is run by an extremely liberal and openly partisan administration, receiving much criticism from the community.  At the most basic we need to see verifiable references from reliable sources that substantiate the elements:
#'extremely liberal ... (school) administration'
#'openly partisan (school) administration'
#'much criticism from the community'
The usual places to look are online newspaper archives and the archives at news.google.com. Several examples of a google news archive search: , ,  ,    Keep in mind that personal experiences of this bias/criticism are original research which is insufficient for encyclopedic inclusion. Zedla (talk) 20:46, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  liberal/partisan/criticism edit war 

message: I am assessing this article as B / Mid class for been well structured and having a good collection of references and pictures. I am assessing it as Mid importance for well known academics, alumni, and nationally recognised contest. Camaron | Chris (talk) 12:46, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've changed the SFBA and Cal assessments to C, while it has a decent number of sections set up structure wise, several of the sections are very brief and need expansion, History is very short, while Academics has small sections that could be merged and lists that can be converted to prose (list of AP courses). -Optigan13 (talk) 02:06, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment
Talk:Driveblind

message: Changed the box a little but if not tell me. Grapeindie 17:35, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Info

message: *Allmusic
*Oakland Tribune
*Los Angeles Times
More found on Google News. Should be sufficient to satisfy WP:MUSIC.--Michig (talk) 07:01, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coverage 

message: This non-charting band is not notable. No independent significant sources. Article should be deleted. It fails the notability requirements established in WP:MUSICBIO. Securel (talk) 23:54, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Notability
Talk:Piedmont Airlines (1948–1989)

message: In the "history" section, it states that 727's were added from 1977 onwards, however, a Piedmont Airlines 727 crshed ten years earlier. How is this possible, and please remember to cite sources for trivial information.--Airplaneman (talk) 17:24, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  trivial info, cite some sources

message: What is this "local historian" stuff about the 1967 crash?  Why are there no sources for any of this?  I don't see any press releases or other information about this reopening of the invsetigation on the NTSB web site.  Jpp42 09:55, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "local historian"?
Talk:Aust Ferry

message: Maybe I missed it, but the reference to the gravestones seems to me to show onlty that one person drowned whilst crossing.  Is there anything taht says that was a sinking ? -- Beardo 12:57, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Third loss 

message: If one clicks on the Bob Dylan picture then the enlarged version appears. On clicking the 'X' to cancel the enlarged picture, the position in the article returns to the start of the article.
Tsipouro-Sipper (talk) 08:40, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Faulty action on Dylan picture
Talk:Rex T. Barber

message: I started this article a couple of years ago after driving across a bridge with this guy's name on it.  I did a little research and put up a few lines about him in Wikipedia.  Amazing how it's grown since then.  EOBeav (talk) 22:04, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Wow

message: Excellent article on Rex Barber.  I have a question about the 2003 inspection of the Yamamoto crash site.  Who conducted the inspection and did the analysis of the Betty Bomber.FBumpire (talk) 02:22, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: 2003 inspection
Talk:Shiva Star

message: This article has been written by a user who is, frankly, a tinfoil hat. "Is or was..." and "But there is suspicion..." make this clear. It is salvageable, so I'm not putting it up for a VFD, and it's not that important an article - but it does still need a rewrite. Mysticaloctopus 21:06, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm deleting the weasel words and the unverified allegation that the project is being continued in secret. I won't have a problem if the user backs the statement up with a good, verifiable resource, but for now there is none so it should be removed. --Edwin Herdman 10:30, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Update - I actually need some more time to get a handle on this. The Jane's article is the source for the so-called "weasel words;" they may still be weasel words but they weren't invented here - Jane's is at least reasonably well respected, after all! I'll look at conducting a rewrite soon. --Edwin Herdman 10:52, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Marked for POV, Weasel Words and Cleanup
Talk:Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls

message: we want to be on this show theres 1 10 year old girl and 1 8 year old boy pease give us info on how to go on this show please  please please  please  please  please  please  please  please  please  please  please  please  please  please  please please please  please  please  please  please  please  please please  please  please please please  please please 
thnxs for your time —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.161.187.28 (talk) 17:12, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  discovery kids 
Talk:Abel's Island

message: Who edited this, a third grader? Some sentences are abruptly cut off.
WTF?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.197.6.19 (talk) 05:52, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Some parts make no sense

message: The template gives the author's name as "Caydence Perkins". I thought it was William Steig. Thylacine24 (talk) 18:51, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Caydence Perkins"?
Talk:Joseph Wharton

message: Could this entry be more hagiographical?  Apologies if this entry is in fact some advanced form of irony. Rykalski (talk) 20:01, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hagiography? 
Talk:Arkansas Governor's School

message: This article has been automatically assessed as Stub-Class becuase it uses the Category:Arkansas stub on the article page.
*If you agree with this assessment, please remove this message.
*If you disagree with the assessment, please change it by editing the class parameter of the  above to the appropriate class and removing the stub template from the article.
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This section is biased: “[A] film entitled The Guiding Hand was created as anti-Clinton propaganda. The film accused the school of brainwashing, saying that one girl had to be ‘deprogrammed’ for two years. Also in the film is an unidentified student (the only person not to be identified) who makes several false claims about the school, such as claiming that there is a required course called ‘Views of Man,’ which was actually a course at Hendrix.”
Furthermore, the entire article is in need of citations.
Greta Hoostal (talk) 22:11, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Would finding records of Hendrix courses be sufficient to support this claim? OR should another source that lists all of AGS's courses be linked also? How to support this comparison with multiple pieces of evidence needed? -- VicLaFave (talk) 19:06, 22 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I've removed an old neutrality tag from this page that appears to have no active discussion per the instructions at Template:POV:
::This template is not meant to be a permanent resident on any article. Remove this template whenever:
::#There is consensus on the talkpage or the NPOV Noticeboard that the issue has been resolved
::#It is not clear what the neutrality issue is, and no satisfactory explanation has been given
::#In the absence of any discussion, or if the discussion has become dormant.
Since there's no evidence of ongoing discussion, I'm removing the tag for now. If discussion is continuing and I've failed to see it, however, please feel free to restore the template and continue to address the issues. Thanks to everybody working on this one! -- Khazar2 (talk) 23:39, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  removing POV tag with no active discussion per [[Template:POV]]
Talk:Swatragh GAC

message: I dont understand this title of this articial
*Swatragh GAA
*Michael Davitt GAC 
Which is it ? (Gnevin 10:51, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title  

message: At the time of writing this page has Category links with identical content. A proposal to delete categories relating to the GAA that use "Londonderry" (the name of the former administrative county) rather than "Derry" (the name of the GAA county) is under discussion. If you wish to contribute, follow the link from the "Londonderry" category. Brocach (talk) 10:02, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Category duplication
Talk:Big Jack Armstrong

message: "the music it was spoken over was changed to the instrumental version of th megatons Shimmy Shimmy Walk part 2"
I have never heard any of Jack's signoffs over this music, and I have airchecks of him at every station he has worked at since 1964. That doesn't necessarily mean anything, since all of the airchecks don't include the signoff. A reference or citation would be nice. What station did he do this at? -- Elaich 00:01, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

message: Should add that jack's broadcasts were fueled by 7 and 7.  source: http://paintyourbaldspot.com/?action=showBlog&blog_id=4169  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Charlywithay (talk • contribs) 06:25, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Drunk on the air 
Talk:Points of Light

message: Made a quick pass. SOmeone should go over it again before de-tagging.Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 00:02, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Quick pass

message: Is this going to be fleshed out? --evrik (talk) 18:59, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Extra Mile Points of Light Volunteer Pathway
Talk:Jackson J. Spielvogel

message: "Associate Professor Emeritus" - is there a story as to why he was honored with the Emeritus title but never was made a full professor?!? 68.43.13.102 (talk) 18:00, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: That's an interesting job title

message: When was he born? 1939 or 1940?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2620:114:5016:30:4195:1620:A766:85C5 (talk) 21:42, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: 19558kommentaar 154.222.7.166 (talk) 09:27, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Date of Birth?

message: Needs proper hyperlink removalLiist 00:03, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:TED spread

message: This needs to be bulked up but I need to reread Don Coxe's book again for more details... Carbonate 00:03, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It was I who changed it. This is supposed to be an encyclopedic entry describing what the TED spread is. It is not meant to be a daily bulletin giving up-to-date quotes on closing prices, just like we don't publish daily exchange rates in the article for Euro or Pound sterling. We have Wikinews for topical issues, although I doubt this would qualify there either. Owen× ☎ 01:34, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I don't think Wikipedia should report quotes as a news service. I'm for reverting the quotations for Sep/29/08.--Gciriani (talk) 22:13, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: There are too many updates of daily quotes, and no cleanup of old ones. This demonstrates in my opinion that the entry should not report the latest record, but at most report the trend that brought it to record highs and why.--Gciriani (talk) 16:09, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too Newsy 

message: Are the units on the TED spread annualized interest rates, or 3 month interest rates? Homunq (talk) 13:00, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Annualized. All quoted rates for fixed income instruments are annualized. Owen× ☎ 17:45, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Annualized? 

message: but these two statements seem to be contradictory: "TED spread is now calculated as the difference between the three-month T-bill interest rate and three-month LIBOR" and "When the TED spread increases, that is a sign that lenders believe the risk of default on interbank loans (also known as counterparty risk) is increasing. Interbank lenders therefore demand a higher rate of interest, or accept lower returns on safe investments such as T-bills." 
If the T-bill rate is the safe rate and if investors are willing to accept a lower return on safe investments then the TED spread should decrease since according to the first sentence Ted Spread = T-bill rate - Libor. But a lower rate on T-bills represents the belief that the risk of default on interbank loans is higher. Hence it contradicts the second sentence. What am I missing? Or is it just absolute value because the Libor rate is always higher than the t-bill rate?
:Exactly. LIBOR is essentially always higher than the T-bill rate. TED spread is LIBOR minus T-Bill. Owen× ☎ 23:34, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  pardon a stupid question
Talk:Ishval

message: In the United States a partial quote should be cited with three periods in front of the first word of that quote, to denote that the quote is partial and not full. In this article specifiaclly the quote "...lasted seven years, until the Führer had had enough" should have the periods in front because the full quote reads, "It escalated into a full scale civil war that lasted seven years, until the Fuhrer had had enough". Just something to think about. TomStar81 (Talk) 00:04, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: The Quote in the Civil War section

message: I have added a list of named Ishbalans. I might have missed some though. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.91.155.164 (talk) 05:23, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Named Ishbalans 

message: I'm not a Wikipedia editor, but one thing that I found somewhat confusing was the interpretation of the Ishbal Massacre in terms of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.  For one, it does not match with the WWII parallels drawn in FMA.  Arabs were very much allied with Nazi Germany (in the form of Haj-Amin al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem).  On the other hand, it could be said that the Nazis' "Final Solution" was precipitated from the seed that was the assassination of vom Rath (which directly led to Kristallnacht).  Alchemy was condemned as "pagan practice" in the same way prewar Haredim condemned assimilation and the "ways of the nations".  There are more parallels discussed at http://www.alltrees.org/anime/killing/fma.histpar.php, but since I don't have a Wikipedia account, I'm not sure if I can edit this into the page.151.201.12.211 05:47, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Additional interpretations of Ishbal
Talk:J. Barkley Rosser

message: I'm writing (as user KleinKlio) on the german wikipedia (de) article on Rosser and just added some writings here.
Does anyone know about availabilty and ISBN-no. of his writings for example his diss? I could make out very little in german library search engines and am not accustomed to the use of the us/uk biblo-system. Thanks for your help. --85.216.66.107 00:05, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Writings by J. B. Rosser 

message: The link Interview with Rosser and Stephen Kleene about their experiences at Princeton is dead. Pierre de Lyon 18:47, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dead link
Talk:Lloyd Thaxton

message: This was on my short list of articles that I've been meaning to do.  Since someone's already started it, I plan on making this worth keeping.  Ol'Lloyd was among my earliest memories. - Lucky 6.9 00:07, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The claim that “Lloyd Thaxton is today known as the father of music videos” is neither given a citation here, nor is he mentioned in the Wikipedia article on the subject which is linked to. I’d never heard of him in that context - is there any basis to it? Jock123 (talk) 19:11, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Father of the video?
Talk:Die-cast toy

message: I removed the link to White Rose in the company section. There is no indication on that page they did diecast toys. None of the links in the White Rose (disambiguation) page looked like toy makers either. VikÞor (talk) 00:09, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  White Rose link 

message: I do not see some major producers in the above-mentioned list, such as Anson, Welly, Ricko, Cararama, Highway 61 and others.  If there is no objection, I would like to add them and if possible create some pages for them.  I am collector of 1:64 and 1:72 scale die-cast models, while my son is a master of 1:43 and larger scales. --Aynabend (talk) 07:37, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of die cast toy brands 

message: How is it possible that an exact replica can be made and then reduced to a smaller scale?  Is it photo-reduction?  Is it some kind of early tomography? (not likely)  Is it just an artists rendition of the original?  The miniatures seem extremely close to the original full-scale versions. (the real things)  This article would be improved if something along these lines could be added.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Longinus876 (talk • contribs) 14:49, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I can't find the words "exact" or "replica" in the article, so I'm not sure what you are actually asking. Techniques have differed depending on quality, price and era. Early models were carved out of some material (wood, metal, clay?) and from that a mould was made. Some may have carved the mould directly. Some models were made at an intermediate size and then transferred to a smaller size using a 3D Pantograph. Recently, the real object is 3D scanned into a computer or the design is done on a computer (or a blend of both) and then the mould is made by a CNC machine. Many different techniques - none of which I have good references for.  Stepho  talk  20:58, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  How!
Talk:Sarah Culberson

message: I've provided references and hope this article won't be deleted. I mean, honestly, the girl is a princess and she might become the queen one day. 
SwedishConqueror 00:13, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Articles with valid references, like this one has now, are unlikely to be deleted. Angus McLellan  (Talk) 07:41, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I just saw a report on this woman on French national TV. It may not be the most important article in the world, but it is notable. I'm removing the deletion warning. FJM 18:23, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This is notable. I saw it on the news (USA) a couple of times.  She meets at least the notablility guidelines. It should not be deleted.--John Lake 03:27, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Politics of Guatemala

message: This has clearly been vandalisedCiriii 00:14, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  vandals 