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Category talk:Chinese scientists

message: Many Chinese names are not alphabetized under their surnames. I changed the listing of Yang Huanming from H to Y, since Yang is his family name. Chinese names are confusing since the surname comes first. The surname is usually a single character and the personal name is two characters, but two character family names such as Ouyang are not rare and single character personal names are fairly common. Does the Wiki follow a convention on this? I suggest listing family names first. DavidCowhig 00:13, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
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Talk:Vapalux

message: Dear People,
I am in the midst of writing a good article about the Vapalux Pressure lamp.
I put a draft up too quick I'm afraid. It is not complete nor finished.
I am working on it, it is not a spam or sneeky way for making advertisement.
Please give me a couple of days to complete and alter it to be good enough for Wikipedia.
Bart J. Meijer 23:41, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Erskine Bridge

message: The span dimensions given as 524 m (1,719 ft) main span and two 68 m (223 ft) approach spans do not appear to be correct. Structurae mentions 110 m + 305 m + 110 m which is in  line with Google Earth. Thus the main span is probably 1000 ft = 304,8 m and the side spans could be 360 ft = 109,728 m. --AHert (talk) 16:01, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Span 

message: I have managed to secure every bit of information i could find on the bridge. I'm sure that there is no more info i can find on it at the moment. I have quite enjoyed finding out about this awesome structure and quite enjoyed learning what i could about Wiki in the process. I get the point of Wiki now. Enjoy. Discolover18 (talk) 13:32, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, glad you enjoyed yourself. Andy Dingley (talk) 13:44, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Erskine Bridge 

message: The height of the bridge causes some concern. There is conflicting information between the sources. In this case, I don't know what to do?? --Discolover18 (talk) 09:46, 13 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Height 

message: There is some doubt around the 15 suicides per year figure. Some media have reported more - 36 in 2010, which would appear to be a misinterpretation of coastguard figues that include precautionary calls to false alarms or people talked down. A "Location of concern case study" from an anti-suicide body describes jumping as 6% of slightly under 700 suicides throughout Scotland annually - the figures quoted would imply a massive proportion were at Erskine Bridge. It also mentions "countering misconceptions that many more suicides occurred at the Erskine Bridge than was the case" and gives figures of 17 in five years (including the double case) and four or five in a monitoring period of Jan-Sep 2010, with a vastly higher number of "incidents of suicide-related behaviour" (a pattern also mentioned for Beachy Head and jumping into the River Foyle). They also consider the barriers succussful with "a reduction from 16 suicides in the two years prior to the placing of barriers in August 2011 to 3 suicides in the two years after installation"; the only climbing of the barriers was one incident with a stepladder, which would imply the other two got around some other way.Billwilson5060 (talk) 15:07, 17 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  How many suicides?
Talk:Louisiana Highway 18

message: "(One notable exception is that LA 18 is routed along Louisiana Street rather than the parallel Sala Avenue through Westwego's historic district.)
Sala Avenue may have some history with Old Spanish Trail, but is currently only 4 blocks long and ends at 4th Street. Louisiana Street is the obvious route from HWY 541 to 4th Street since Sala could not carry the SPUR route to the Westbank Expressway. 2600:8807:4800:463:E8E0:2979:9ADA:5831 (talk) 22:21, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  History Section contains a strange comment
Talk:Thomas Pink

message: get your facts right there was never a tailor call thomas pink, it is named after the jackets warn by the huntsman.
::*yeah, there was. See  or do a google search. -Taco325i 14:02, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: This whole article is one giant advert  for the company. Could an admin flag this?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.96.3.198 (talk) 19:23, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blatant advert 

message: At least one major contributor to this article appears to have a close personal or professional connection to the topic, and thus to have a conflict of interest. Conflict-of-interest editors are strongly discouraged from editing the article directly, but are always welcome to propose changes on the talk page (i.e., here). You can attract the attention of other editors by putting  (exactly so, with the curly parentheses) at the beginning of your request, or by clicking the link on the lowest yellow notice above. Requests that are not supported by independent reliable sources are unlikely to be accepted. 
Please also note that our Terms of Use state that "you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation." An editor who contributes as part of his or her paid employment is required to disclose that fact.  Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 21:11, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conflict of interest 

message: Hi Ad Orientem 
i was wondering why my update to thomaspinks wiki page was reverted as it seemed perfectly correct from my point of view
GOD12345678 (talk) 09:06, 19 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  reverting of changes
Talk:Bride (band)

message: I think we should add Progressive metal to the genre's cause there sound has a certain screaming like modern metal bands but still no growl.
-I disagree with this. The music is too simplistic to be considered progressive. The closest they came to progressive is "Live to Die".  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.248.249.5 (talk) 16:03, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Progressive metal

message: I'm changing the phrasing of this, as only a minority of Christians believe in the Rapture. was going to change the phrasing to "minority of" however i'll just get rid of everything after the reference to Revelations, which is perfectly adequate information for someone to look up the concept mentioned for themselves. This is an article about a band, no need to explain fringe Christian concepts. I really wouldn't call the citation for the concept reliable either.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.251.222.154 (talk) 05:44, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Band Name 
Talk:Rural Municipality of Frenchman Butte No. 501

message: Frenchman Butte No. 501, Saskatchewan is a rural government body in northern Saskatchewan.  This article is added on New Years Day around dinner, and I had to leave to serve guests.  Why would someone mark it for deletion.  And how can I contact them? —Preceding unsigned comment added by SriMesh (talk • contribs) 23:46, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled
Talk:Symphony No. 8 (Beethoven)

message: I disagree with the classification in the summary of this as a Classical symphony.  Allmusic.com says it is a Romantic symphony, and I should agree because it sounds more like from the Romantic era than the Classical era.  The symphonies of CPE Bach sound much closer to those of Haydn and Mozart than Beethoven.  Therefore those should be considered classical. Marcus2 23:47, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sigh.  It's really quite a stretch to call this particular symphony, which echoes throughout with memories of Haydn and Mozart, "Romantic".  However, given that the "Classical" label is causing trouble, I've replaced it with "in all of Beethoven's works".  Please don't continue the revert war.    Opus33 00:23, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Isn't Beethoven's death the begining of the Romantic period? The symphony sounds more classical than Romantic for sure. Justin Tokke 01:11, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: 1827??  No, it didn't begin that late.  And rather than "echoing with memories of Haydn and Mozart", the Eighth Symphony rather foreshadows the works of Mendelssohn, Schumann, and even (yikes!) Tchaikovsky, all of whom were also Romantic composers.  Justin Tokke, if you don't believe me, listen to one of CPE Bach's Hamburg symphonies, one of Haydn's first symphonies, or Mozart's Symphony No. 40.  They sound by far closer to the Classical period than Beethoven's symphonies 3 to 9.  And all of Beethoven's works from the beginning of his Middle period onward differ greatly from his Early period in that they sound something far removed from the Classical style, which I call Romantic.  I hope this helps. Marcus2 01:59, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

text: Thanks for the lengthy explanation, but take a look at this.  According to this allmusic.com site (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=41:6981), Beethoven's birth date is 1770, and in the "Work Type" heading of the Eighth symphony (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=42:34920), the description is "Romantic Symphony".  I hope this helps. Marcus2 13:18, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Allmusic.com's "Work Type" is not the final say on a complex question such as this.  This is indeed a complicated question.  Yes, the work is short and Haydn's influence is strong here, but the composer of Eroica, Waldstein and Egmont doesn't just forget all that.  So there are aspects to this symphony that would never appear in Haydn.  I'm not sure its really "neoclassical" either.  Anyhow, rather than insist that the symphony is either classical or romantic, the older-style-yet-still-forward-looking can be mentioned and played up in the article somehow.  1812-1814 is in the grey area where the two periods meet anyways.  DavidRF 03:22, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You couldn't have said it any better. Marcus2 14:18, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Classical vs. Romantic
Talk:Dale Thompson

message: I think it's safe to say he is. Ultimatum's vocalist states that Thompson does, infact, have universalist views. that can be found at nolifetillmetal.com on the Bride page. IronCrow 21:38, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Christian Universalist 

message: You can find easily the reference here http://www.bridepub.com/ and here http://www.bridepub.com/dalebook.htm
Soul Sabbath http://www.bridepub.com/soulsabbath.pdf
Garden of solace http://www.bridepub.com/gardenofsolace.pdf
This is the must reliable source for reference.Samelepetit (talk) 05:26, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Self-published books are a curiosity, not something notable. Please read :WP:RS (:WP:GNG specifically) to see what it entails. Not everything a notable person does is notable. Walter Görlitz (talk) 05:19, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  Ok, I understand.Samelepetit (talk) 05:28, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dale has written two books 
Talk:Veterans' Glass City Skyway

message: I am curious what people think about moving this page to Veterans' Glass City Skyway as this is the official name. I know the standard is to name the article the most common name, but I am curious whether Maumee River Crossing is still the most common name. I am not sure when the official name appeared, but it seems that it is becoming the name more often used. Toledo residents (Toledoans? Toledoites?) would probably know what people there call it. Polypmaster 04:16, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: As a Toledoan, I am not sure either. The bridge has no locally accepted name. Many people call it the Maumee River Crossing, Veterans' Glass City Skyway, or even "the skyway" and "the bridge" However, I think the page should be moved to Veterans' Glass City Skyway, with a redirect on the Maumee River Crossing page. My reasons are as follows:
*Veterans' Glass City Skyway is the official name
*Maumee River Crossing is not an up-to-date name for the project
*Veterans' Glass City Skyway will logically become the most common name when used on signs, opening day activites, and other propoganda
I hope this helps, and I invite other Toledoans to join in and leave their imput. --wpktsfs 19:25, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rename? 
Template talk:United States Department of Health and Human Services

message: I WP:BOLDly added a link to Surgeon General of the United States immediately after United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.  I figured I probably wasn't the only one who was trying to figure out where the Surgeon General fit into the mix.  Comments/improvements on formatting welcomed. — MrDolomite • Talk 12:25, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Surgeon General

message: Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and Food and Drug Administration#Science and research programs as per template:United States research agencies? ※ Sobreira ◣◥ (parlez) 22:50, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  BARDA
Talk:New Railway Bridge

message: It definitely isn't. The M25 Lyne Bridge in the UK was built in 1978 (see  and ), and there are far earlier rail bridges which were a mixture of suspension bridge and cable-stayed bridge in form, such as the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge. -- Kvetner 13:46, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Claim to be first cable-stayed rail bridge
Talk:Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory

message: One added, but its horrible... Sorry its the best I can do.--Dk69 02:21, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Pictures

message: Now that the old bridge has been demolished, we should keep an eye out for an image of the bridge without the old one in it. 331dot (talk) 22:56, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image
Talk:Puente de la Unidad

message: Regarding the controversy of the price of the bridge. There was once a conventional bridge at this location. It was destroyed, when the dry river rose, to over 20 feet over flood stage, when Hurricane Gilbert stuck, on September 17th 1988.--Subman758 (talk) 04:07, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Construction Cost Controversy
Talk:Villa Romana del Casale

message: B.C or A.D.? (CE or BCE, I guess...boo) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 201.21.96.49 (talk) 04:52, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: A.D. -- In the 4th-century B.C., Sicily was under the Carthaginians and Greeks... AnonMoos 09:10, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fourth Century? 

message: :File:Roman Bikini (reconstruction).jpg ... -- AnonMoos (talk) 14:17, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Reconstruction image
Talk:ActUp/RI

message: I was a long term memer of ActUp/RI, and want to make an entry for it. It was a dynamic group with a lot of interesting history. Please give me a chance to flesh it out a bit! I'm going to track down the specific references to newspaper articles that document our actions & demonstrations.Bill.jesdale 02:03, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Sidney Lanier Bridge

message: IS THE LANIER BRIDGE OPEN 64.159.110.108 (talk) 13:17, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  IS THE BRIDGE BACK OPEN. 9-30-22 AM 

message: Is there any source for a rivalry among Charleston, Brunswick and Savannah over the height and dimensions of their large bridges? Those sections (Talmadge Memorial Bridge#Comparison with Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge and the Sidney Lanier Bridge; Sidney Lanier Bridge#Comparison with two other bridges; Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge#Comparison with Talmadge Memorial Bridge and Sidney Lanier Bridge) seem to be nothing but original research and should be removed if there's no RS indicating these articles need sections comparing them with these specific bridges. Dclemens1971 (talk) 14:20, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original research in comparison of Ravenel/Talmadge/Lanier bridges
Talk:Skarnsund Bridge

message: A citation or additional information is needed for the claim in the article that the bridge was the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world by total length when it opened (until beaten by the Millau Bridge).  This does not seem to be the case to me; the Sunshine Skyway has a longer total length.
:
Bridge                	Longest Span         	Total Length ofCable Supported Spans	Total Length of Bridge(includes all approach spans)	Deck Cross SectionConcrete, Steel composite, Orthotropic	Year Opened
Skarnsund Bridge      	530 mLongest concrete	                                    	1,010 m                                            	Concrete                                                	1991
Sunshine Skyway Bridge	367 m                	695 m                               	8851 mLongest                                      	Concrete                                                	1987
Millau Viaduct        	342 m                	2460 mLongest                       	2460 m                                             	Orthotropic                                             	2004
The page says there are eight spans.  The pictures of the bridge show the cable-stay back spans have columns.  Does the 1,010 m total length include any spans that are not cable supported?  
Does anyone know of a page that lists the lengths of the back spans (between columns)? Should the article say longest total cable-supported length?- SCgatorFan 22:38, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Longest by total length?
Talk:The Partners

message: I suggest replacing the main picture with the one found at the following URL.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LNtad913TA8/ULeunUVL0UI/AAAAAAAAR90/fRt7Fo8Hex4/s1600/partner55ddss.JPG
It is obviously a publicity photo which would presumably imply permission to use it.
--Nitpicker321 (talk) 06:17, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Main picture
Talk:The List: What's In and Out

message: I created this article for Wikipedia, in part, because Wikipedia loves lists!  How about some previous lists from previous years?  It would be enjoyable to see what pop culture commentators thought should be "in" or "out" in any given year.  ProfessorPaul 00:10, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Previous lists, anyone?

message: I have just updated this list for 2008.  I am sorry that this took so long.  I will endeavor to act more quickly in the future (assuming they continue to publish this list).  ProfessorPaul (talk) 02:15, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Updated for 2008

message: I have just updated this list for 2009.  At least I got around to it more quickly this year.  Take care. ProfessorPaul (talk) 21:16, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Updated for 2009

message: Very sorry Wiki people--but I have kept this article updated through 2012; I appreciate your patience with me; take care. ProfessorPaul (talk) 23:18, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Updated through 2012
Talk:Thuận Phước Bridge

message: Its Vietnamese name is Cầu sông Hàn, i.e. Han River Bridge. Thuan Phuoc Bridge located at Han River mouth and is still being built. Avia 10:22, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's my understanding that Cầu sông Hàn refers to the much older Han River Bridge, the swing bridge with the light-up firework decoration at the top of the central span. It would therefore be incorrect to refer to Thuan Phuoc bridge (the much larger one at the mouth of the Han River) as "Cầu sông Hàn". --dragfyre_ʞןɐʇc 14:06, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name
Talk:Chris McFoy

message: The article states "McFoy was one of the two senior wide receivers at the University of Southern California and ranked third on the team in receiving yards per game behind All-Americans Steve Smith and Dwayne Jarrett."  Third in what sense?  The all-time list?  The 2006 season? Johntex\talk 01:17, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Question
Talk:Drug house

message: I think this page is important and ought to be expanded. It's a part of city history we must better understand.
futurebird 00:13, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Expand

message: Maybe this should be moved to an article like drug house as today the predominant drug co-habitators seems to be addicted to meth, i.e. meth houses. 67.5.157.82 (talk) 21:47, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: still, crack house is part of our lexicon, where drug house is not. there are no rules at crack houses or shooting galleries as far as what you can smoke or shoot up, as long as you pay the house to stay there and do your junk and keep the business coming.
Badmachine (talk) 03:53, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  drug house? 

message: It's hard to write an encyclopedia article about elements of the drug trade in a neutral tone. The secondary sources we can draw from come overwhelmingly from outsiders trying to stop or fix drug use and trade, which are both biased and often wrong on particulars, and we lack cite-able knowledge from insiders.
I advocate the two following directions for this article: first, to arrange it by theme rather than geography and, second, to maintain a neutral tone. Themes for which there is a plenitude of secondary sources are "Politics" (drug houses in justice and legislation), "Culture" (for example, trap music and film), "Public health," and "Sociology." Piparsveinn (talk) 03:46, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Steps to make this article encyclopedic 

message: That's probably the origin, but meth has brought drug houses into rural America.  108.200.234.93 (talk) 10:05, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  "A drug house is a city residence...."
Talk:The Family Book

message: Some general areas that are worth trying to expand upon: further controversies in other areas (where they exist), a plot summary, and more specific criticism of the book.
Additionally, this stub could use some cleanup. Some formatting to clear the lead from holding all of the stub's information might be beneficial. JE215 (talk) 16:21, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggestions for Expansion 

message: — Assignment last updated by Jilliangtown (talk) 19:51, 1 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I have made the changes I had outlined above to provide better clarity on what this book was about, as well as to address the imbalance that skewed heavily towards the controversy of the book. I also added followed wikipedia's recommendations for articles about books, and related this text with other books written by Todd Parr. Please note, I did not end up adding a Plot Summary section but rather a Content Summary section, since there was no distinct plot or main characters for the book. Please see my sandbox page User:Jilliangtown/Sandbox if you have any questions. Jilliangtown (talk) 08:35, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: ENGL 2730-05 - Children's Literature