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Talk:Abductive reasoning

message: Igor Douven, "The Art of Abduction", https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/14179.001.0001 .  Looks relevant. 2602:24A:DE47:B8E0:1B43:29FD:A863:33CA (talk) 01:24, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  New book 

message: From the current article:
For example, if all swans that we have observed so far are white, we may induce that the possibility that all swans are white is reasonable. We have good reason to believe the conclusion from the premise, but the truth of the conclusion is not guaranteed. (Indeed, it turns out that some swans are black.)
From https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/abduction/:
The mere fact that an inference is based on statistical data is not enough to classify it as an inductive one. You may have observed many gray elephants and no non-gray ones, and infer from this that all elephants are gray, because that would provide the best explanation for why you have observed so many gray elephants and no non-gray ones.
Which source is correct, and how can the adequate revisions be made, if necessary? 81.2.179.53 (talk) 18:48, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Example on inductive reasoning actually a case of abductive reasoning
Talk:Lists of atheists/Rejected

message: The following people have been investigated and rejected for inclusion on the List of atheists. Rejection rationales have included that the person denies being an atheist; prefers another label (such as agnostic); has expressed some level of skepticism, but not enough to definitively identify them as an atheist; has ambiguous views; or no reliable source has been found to confirm their atheism.
If you wish to add someone to the main list, please review this list first to see if they have already been considered and rejected. If you have found a reliable source identifying someone listed here as an atheist, feel free to move them from this list to the main list, and cite your source. For people who have been rejected for reasons other than lack of sourcing, please discuss the issue first on the main talk page before adding them to the main list.
If you add someone to the "Rejected" list, please provide a brief rationale for why they were rejected, as well as a link to relevant discussion on the main talk page, and/or biography talk pages. Please do not add names here of people whose atheism is actively being disputed or discussed. Rather, wait for consensus to be reached before adding to this list. Please do not discuss inclusion or rejection here--reserve that for the main talk page.
*Clive Barker (1952-) - British writer, director and visual artist, one of the leading authors of contemporary horror/fantasy.
*Simón Bolívar (1783-1830) - Venezuelan revolutionary leader and South American liberator. He was a mason. For a short time, Catholics add. Nothing else.
*Pierre Boulez - conductor, composer No relevant info.
*T. Coraghessan Boyle Nothing.
*Richard Branson - British Virgin Group mogul, global circumnavigator by balloon. Unless the balloon had "There is no God" written on it, this seems unworthy too.
*Gautama Buddha
**See Talk:Buddhism/Archive 13#Was Gautama Buddha an atheist? He denied the existence of a Western type of God, but asserted the existence of other deities (devas). Also, since he did not write anything down himself, and words attributed to him were not written down for several hundreds years after his death, it is difficult to know definitively what his historical views really were on the subject.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nick Graves (talk • contribs) 15:39, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Mike Gascoyne

message: In a recent interview with Maurice Hamilton of the magazine F1 Racing, Jarno Trulli speaks about Mike Gascoyne. And while he's actually very positive on Mike, and defends him even now after Toyota F1 team flicked him, Trulli bluntly states that Gascoyne "is a fantastic organiser. But not much more than that." Excerpt:
MH: You mentioned Mike Gascoyne. He popped up a lot in your career. How did you rate him?
JT: If you understood how to manage Mike, you'd get the best out of him and he'd do a great job. But the mistake is to give him too much to do. You need to give him the job he is capable of doing – like organising an F1 team and making things happen. Give him the responsibility for all departments, and it is too much for him.
MH: Are you saying that Mike, being the bullish guy he is, couldn't be seen to say no when he should just have focused on what he was good at?
JT: Exactly. Mike will always tell you he can do it. You need to recognise what he is capable of doing because he has an extremely good character and great skill. He is a fantastic organiser. But not much more than that.
How to assess, address and include these comments in Gascoyne's Wikipedia article then? Feedback appreciated. Thanks... Azx2 21:38, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  November 2013: Assessing/including [[Jarno Trulli]]'s evaluation of Mike Gascoyne Comment 
Talk:Jenny Macklin

message: this will need editing when we find out who takes over from latham. The bellman 12:29, 2005 Jan 19 (UTC)
Ambi, first off, I was making a point with the last edit. I still fail to see how Macklin can be described as a 'solid parliamentary performer' without sources but cant be described as a failure as Deputy Leader without sources. Most people with a decent knowledge of politics would agree both are true. --RaiderAspect 01:01, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I think this could all be solved by getting a cite for both. I'd be very surprised if we couldn't find quite a few commentators to quote who've said exactly both those things. Ambi 02:23, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

text: Try Factiva if you have access to it. Ambi 09:31, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: * Lede: 29 December
* Infobox: 29 September.
Which?  --  Jack of Oz [your turn] 11:24, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Birthdate

message: I've noticed that many references and comments pertaining to welfaregate are being slowly "sanitized." All material relating to the comments has been drawn from reliable sources and cited multiple times from reputable and national-level news organizations. As such, there is no basis for the "libel and slander" warnings contained in this article. Furthermore it should be watch-dogged for underlings and other involved parties trying to erase it from history, much as they tried to when the scandal broke.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.222.0.156 (talk) 21:41, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sanitation of Newstart Controversy 
Talk:Kiyosi Itô

message: I created the page using the romaji transcription Kiyosi Itô from the MacTutor article. But now I found Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_for_Japan-related_articles and I think the more correct transcription using the Hepburn romanization would be Kiyoshi Itô. So I moved the page. MathMartin 14:34, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The Hepburn spelling is "Itō Kiyoshi" with a macron, not a circumflex. -- 70.51.202.113 (talk) 04:39, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  transcription of his name 

message: Could use the article here as a reference. Btyner (talk) 14:36, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's currently being used as a footnote . . . — Myasuda (talk) 14:48, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  RIP
Talk:Concorde Agreement

message: This page says the agreement banned privateers. When?  TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura  22:49, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Formula_One#Constructors suggests that teams have been required to build their own chassis since 1984. DH85868993 (talk) 22:54, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Thx. Unfortunately, it's not cited there...  TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura  23:01, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: This 8W article states that privateers have been banned since March 1981. DH85868993 (talk) 02:20, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Thx again. ;D  Speedy Gonzalez</small> slow down!  08:04, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Going solo

message: October 2019 has come and gone.  Is there any update? Davidships (talk) 10:20, 24 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update?
Talk:Terminal node controller

message: Information on TAPR's role in the development of packet radio might be appropriate here, particularly information on their ubiquitous TNC-2.
Simon 17:12, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC)

message: This article is woefully short on references... enough so its validity is in question.  Add references to avoid marking the article for deletion.  crcwiki (talk) 17:44, 16 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lack of references
Talk:University System of Maryland

message: The red box at the bottom of this page contains a number of errors. The list of universities there is incomplete (there are 11 universities, 2 regional higher education centers, and 1 environmental research center in the system); the reference to "joint campuses" is inaccurate (they are regional higher education centers); and the list of research centers is inaccurate (it should only reference the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.) It is unclear what can be done to resolve this issue. Feb. 1, 2019 1:12pm   — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lurbabes (talk • contribs) 18:13, 1 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: The problem isn't exclusive to Firefox, but it probably relates to the current database problems. See if it corrects itself in 24 hours; if not, then we may have a bigger problem.-FZ 18:20, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled 

message: A new survey has been created to resolve whether or not the University System of Maryland campus in College Park should be refered to simply as "University of Maryland".  This poll also proposes an amendment to Wikipedia:Naming conventions to address similar ambiguities at other schools.  Dragons flight 18:50, Mar 27, 2005 (UTC)
*Please note that the poll will be closing in about 1 more day, and the issue of what to call the University of Maryland at College Park is still pretty close to call.  So, if you have an opinion on this issue, please visit the page and say so.  Dragons flight 18:31, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)
**"1 more day" was a long time ago now.  Should this section be closed out?  What happened?  Enquiring Minds Want to Know. Mcswell (talk) 03:20, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Poll on University Naming Conventions 

message: How does the University of Maryland Medical System (University of Maryland Medical System fit in?  There is no link to this article at the article on the Medical System, and afaict no link from this page to the page for the University of Maryland Medical System. Mcswell (talk) 03:19, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: University of Maryland Medical System

message: The University of Maryland had overseas branches, e.g. in Munich, Germany. U of M, Munich closed when the US Army left Munich. Can anybody contribute to this theme? --Turan MUC (talk) 10:05, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Overseas branches 

message: So the "Region served" lists:
* Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area
* Eastern Shore of Maryland
* Western Maryland
Isn't that also known as "Maryland"? Is there any part of the state not in those three areas? - Qwerty0 (talk) 16:00, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. We can address this using :Template:Infobox university instead of the more generic infobox that is currently being used. ElKevbo (talk) 22:01, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Region served
Talk:Catalog

message: The former article associated with the page of this name concerned almost entirely the subject of library catalogs, and both the article and talk were moved accordingly.  The following items referred to Catalog and thus to content now moved, but still concern this page's (dab) article: to subects to be linked to from here:
:What about sales catalogs (such as Sears)? This is what I would think of first when I hear the word "catalog" but I don't see any reference to such catalogs. The Sears catalog was very important in American economic history, and needs to be included somewhere. Should this type of catalog be in this article, or is it somewhere else?  adam
::The content right now is really just library catalog, you want a mail-order catalog article, and sooner or later this article will need to become a disambiguator connecting to various types of catalogs; stamp catalog is not linked from here it looks like. Stan 03:01, 5 Mar 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Moved Comments 

message: A recent anonymous editor changed all instances of catalog on this page to catalogue. There is some logic to doing this as catalogue is the preferred spelling in Wiktionary (with catalog listed as an alternate US spelling). 
However, this particular page is clearly titled catalog and has been redirected from catalogue. In addition, catalog is the consistently used spelling throughout Wikipedia, so many of these links are now pointing to redirects. Some sort of consensus needs to be reached about how to handle this. Planetneutral 22:34, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Since the anonymous edits resulted in redlinks and there appears to be no imminent resolution to the spelling issue, I'm going to go with predominant Wikipedia usage and revert those edits to the last version that used catalog throughout. If someone wants to look at this more holistically, I'm all for it. Planetneutral 03:03, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

text: I have made the call to change the article to catalogue. If you look at the Wikipedia:Manual of Style (spelling) it shows that every country (even the US) accepts the spelling "catalogue", while only the United States uses "catalog". Shaizakopf 21:31, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Shaizakopf- I'm reverting your move. It needs to be discussed. Please let it be discussed before moving again. My suggestion, however, is to leave it as it is. We have more important things to do. --Justice for All 04:00, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Catalog v. catalogue 

message: Does wiki have an article on this, or do one of the articles on here have this information within it?  Perhaps if it is the latter, it could be mentioned here.  75.161.129.54 (talk) 01:06, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Archaeological catalog?
Talk:Ralliement créditiste

message: A comment on the name: calling the federal party the "Ralliement creditiste" is an example of presentism, i.e., applying present day standards to an historical event. The English-language newspapers of the day (at least in the 1965 election) called it the "Social Credit Rally" to distringuish it from Thompson's "Social Credit Party". It would be interesting to know if Caouette's party ever published anything in English, and, if so, what name they used. The party did run candidates in Ontario and NewBrunswick, and, although there candidates were francophones running in largely francophone ridings, it would not be surprising if they used English-language ior bilingual campaign materials. Kevintoronto 18:53, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The scope of this article seems to be the history of all social credit parties in Quebec, which is a worthy subject, in my opinion. However the article title carries the name of a specific party, and many Wikilinks that seem to be referring to the specific party end up bringing you here, where information about that party is buried near the bottom. Based on the number of Wikilinks I’ve seen in the past few minutes alone, it seems that Ralliement créditiste (the party) is worthy of its own article, in addition to this more general article/list providing histories of some of Quebec’s shorter-lived or lesser known social credit parties. However this article then would then need to move to something more general/appropriate like Social credit parties in Quebec. Curious about others thoughts.  Wow Mollu (talk) 17:19, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Split or move?
Talk:BVD

message: I found :File:1915_BVD_Underwear_Advertisement_National_Geographic_June_1915.jpg and :File:Welcome_to_Camp_B.V.D..jpg as CC and on Flickr. I thought the former looked good for the history section, but I figured it was worth mentioning that both are available. = paul2520 💬 04:04, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I still think other photo(s) should be added to this article... = paul2520 💬 04:05, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  two ads
Talk:Pthreads

message: I believe from the following: "The Interix Pthread implementation is built upon the thread functionality already provided by the Windows kernel. " from http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb463209.aspx#EEAA that the interix implementation is a wrapper as much as the other windows implementations.  If nobody corrects me here in a week or two I'll go ahead and update it as such. Rogerdpack (talk) 04:59, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  interix not native 

message: In the description of the example it is stated: "If a programmer wanted the threads to communicate with each other, this would require defining a variable outside of the scope of any of the functions, making it a global variable."
This seems to be incorrect? Whatever function is starting the thread could pass a more complex structure as thread_args, there is no need for global variables in the way that term is normally used in C (a variable declared outside the scope of any function.) --Lasse Hillerøe Petersen (talk) 12:25, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Example description slightly incorrect?
Template talk:Middle Ages wide 2

message: Please see Classifications_and_Templates at the Middle Ages Project for a discussion and your input on future directions of Middle Ages templates and organization. --Stbalbach 20:13, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Close discussion as no consensus for merge, after more than three years. Debresser (talk) 14:38, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-01-17/Writing contest

message: The article fails to mention that Achim had already initiated the very successful contest on the German wp in September 2004 (inspired by the dutch example started in June 2004). It received some media attention and yielded several new featured ("exzellent") articles. regards, High on a tree 20:26, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the information. Unfortunately, due to time constraints I wasn't able to research the contests on other languages for this article. --Michael Snow 21:36, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Talk:Historical background of the New Testament/Archive 11

message: In general, this material is superfluous, since it just duplicates the first half of the article.
But the "Religious Factions" section provides important information on what each faction beleived in Jesus' day; material which is rather lacking in the first half.
Ben Standeven 03:07, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments on "Earlier material from article"

message: Ihave two problems with the John section.  The NT presents John as a prophet, not as a messiah.  What sources claim that he was a messiah or candidate for messiah?  The paragraph as is is vague.  Since this is a contentious claim it has to be verifiable.  What can we cite?  Also, why is mandeanism relavent here?  Mandeans did not come into existence much later, and I think in Iran.  Slrubenstein 20:48, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: According to the Mandaeanism article, Mandaeans claim John the Baptist as one of their greatest teachers. The same article claims that Mandaeanism as a religion goes all the way back to Adam, the first man. I really don't know how reliable any of it is, but I suspect that's why Mandaeanism is being brought up in this article. Wesley 03:38, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)

text: I agree the evidence for this section appears to be weak. Does anyone object to it being deleted for lack of support? Wesley 17:39, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, totally. The Mandaeans, as I have repeatedly mentioned, are the Nazoreans that the bible and other texts mention, the Mandaeans still call themselves this, the name Mandaean actually only being used by non-Mandaeans, like the term Sabians was used before it. CheeseDreams 03:20, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  On John 

message: In what other ancient Near Eastern societies did people worship their Gods through laws?  I know that such societies (e.g. Babylonia, Sumeria) had written myths and also written laws, but were these for the purpose of worship? Slrubenstein 15:22, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Would the reader kindly remind me and others how many times the Zarathustrians have been mentioned on this talk page? CheeseDreams 17:51, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ancient societies and law
Talk:Language Construction Kit

message: Do we really need the stub message here? This article can't be expanded much from its current state without copying the whole bleeding thing here. - Cymydog Naakka 20:56, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure this article needs to exist at all.  I think the kits should be listed under the "How to" section in "External Links" in Constructed language.  (Perhaps "How to" should be renamed "Language Construction Kits"?)  The features of Mark Rosenfelder's particular kit should be placed in his article.  --Gavin 05:49, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

text: I fully agree with Gavin. It looks like free advertisement, this goes also for Mark Rosenfelder's BB. Both these articles do not seem to be encyclopedic subjects, while the Mark Rosenfelder indeed is. Presently one must look at three different wiki articles to get an idea of who he is and what he does, and yet the informtion is quite incomplete. Is he young or old? What did he study, where, who were his mentors, his intellectual influences? What does he do now? etc. Vale, Lcgarcia 15:25, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Special education

message: The redirect Seclusion room has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached.   Jay 💬 07:47, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: seclusion room is now a redirects to padded cell I think it should be the it should be the other way around. padded cell should redirect to seclusion room Epsteindidnotkillhimself smith (talk) 19:10, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  "[[:Seclusion room]]" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] 

message: the special education article redirects seclusion room to the padded cell article. padded cells are almost always called seclusion rooms and the name of the padded cell article should be changed to seclusion room. 172.56.201.98 (talk) 01:40, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  changing the name of the padded cell article
Talk:John L. Kerry

message: This page was voted on for deletion at Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/John L. Kerry.  The result was to redirect it.  dbenbenn | talk 22:03, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

message: Maybe this should be considered printworthy, since it got some media attention (unlike most wrong names) and is actually mentioned at the target? Glades12 (talk) 09:53, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Printworthiness
Talk:Donald Beardslee

message: "[...] Beardslee and, according to the prosecution, Bill Forrester, both shot Geddling, and later Beardslee slashed Benjamin's throat after Rutherford had tried to strangle her."
-> Who is that Rutherford, who appears in this sentence for the first time? 80.108.19.76 21:35, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Have as murder in 1969 though may have been manslaughter, conviction not stated Hugo999 (talk) 01:39, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  1969 