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Talk:Robert C. Weaver

message: Judging from photos, he was probably about three-quarters white. His actual ethnicity should be made clear in the article. Postlebury (talk) 23:08, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Race is a social construct, and in Weaver's society, the so-called one-drop rule (referring to one imaginary drop of African blood, or one African ancestor) applied. This was because of rules during slavery which understood that white slave-owners were having babies with Black slaves and therefore assigned slave status (and racial identification) according to the status of the mother (and made it illegal for Black men to have sex with white women). Homer Plessy, for instance, was only one-eighth of African extraction, and yet he was considered Black in the United States of his era. Walter White, longtime head of the NAACP, was so light-skinned that he could have easily passed as white (as many actually did)--but this would have represented a lie under the cultural norms of the time. Today, to at least some extent, this has changed in that people of mixed-race ancestry have some degree of choice in their racial self-identification. Barack Obama, for instance, identifies as Black although his mother was white. Dave Golland (talk) 15:49, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Ethnicity

message: [Topic started by 72.83.204.126]
[Moved new heading from top of page. I didn't start this heading and have no comment. Dave Golland (talk) 17:31, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: He had a wife name Ella V.Haith

message: The article needs third-party valid sources, especially academic commentary and analysis.  REporting from records of telephone conversations is original research (OR) using primary sources, and editors of Wikipedia are not supposed to be publishing OR here. --Parkwells (talk) 19:56, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Someone should read Wendell Pritchett's recent biography and use it as a reference. (This could also handle the point about "content.") Dave Golland (talk) 14:52, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: References

message: This is too much about Johnson's selection of Weaver - not enough about his other work, illustrious career, and what he did at HUD.
Lphnhoman (talk) 02:23, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Content
Talk:Multiverse/Archive 1

message: This article needs more editing work: it is interesting, but there are a number of separate strands here by different voices, all intermingled without much copyediting. -- The Anome 14:19 18 Jun 2003 (UTC)
An anonymous user pasted the OED definition, which notes that the word was invented at least as far back as 1895, not 1960.  I removed this from the article, as pasting the OED definition is a copyright violation, but this should be addressed. --Delirium 05:20, Jan 21, 2004 (UTC)
Is it just me, or is this article not only viciously POV but full of unverifiable theories that appear to be the work of cranks? I tried to clean up some of it, but the only legitimate part appears to be the intro and the part on multiverses in fiction. I think a good physicist should really look over the text here.
Derrick Coetzee 00:54, 1 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: needs more work

message: There are many multiverse theories: I would like to propose the following classification. If no objections or better ideas, I'll restructure the article accordingly in a week or 2.
* Scientific theories: theories that fit the observations data and have the ambition to make testable predictions.  To me, it means theories of other universe that interacts with ours, for example the many world interpreation of quantum physics, or the Big bounce.
* philosophical theories: theories that fit the observations data and have the ambition to give us valuable insight.  To me, it means theories of other universe that do not interact with ours. For example, theories to explain why the universe appears fine-tuned for intelligent life.
* fictional theories: theories whose only ambition is to entertain us.
Pcarbonn 10:02, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Ideas for classifications ?

message: Although I have not seen any of this in the literature, I would like to propose the following definition to help understand the issue:
* monoverse: the complete view of physical things that is observed by one observer
* universe: a view of physical things that a class of observers can agree upon.  I believe that this is an acceptable extension of the usual meaning of universe: a view of the physical world that all men could agree upon.
* multiverse: the idea that different classes of observers have incompatible view of physical things.
Does it make sense ?
: These are good ideas.  Unfortunately, you're not likely to find any people who use monoverse.  The first hit on Google, for example, is the jargon-rich, extremely abstract, and content-poor page http://www.aya.or.jp/~nasukun/babalab/Monoverse.html.  --η[ υωρ] 01:06, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed definitions of Universe, multiverse

message: Approximately what percentage of scientists believe the universe is the single piece of life and that there is no multiverse?? 66.245.31.111 01:42, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Terminology
Talk:Roosevelt family

message: "Joseph Wright Alsop V (1910–1989), gay journalist and syndicated newspaper columnist" 
I was going to change that to take out the "gay," but I really don't know what's socially acceptable or politically correct today.  I doubt Alsop would have liked to have been identified that way.  Does referring to him as gay first of all, when nothing he wrote reflected gay concerns or a gay identity, pigeon-hole or stigmatize him or is it a pride thing?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.95.174.225 (talk) 00:12, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alsop 

message: Why does the infobox have a poorly photoshopped image of Theodore Roosevelt? There are other free images available that are far superior, some of which are already in use on Wikipedia. The image looks like a caricature of TR, apparently the creator's effort to make Wikipedia his/her personal gallery. The description at Commons states "Theodore Roosevelt Self Portrait". And here it's described as the "Theodore Roosevelt family". This is quite absurd. Get consensus before restoring this monstrosity. 75.191.40.148 (talk) 03:00, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image 

message: Just to let you know, in the "Roosevelt Family" entry
> (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosevelt_family) you have made an error. In the
> section:
> 
>    
>    - Quentin Roosevelt II (1919–1948)      
>      - Anna C. Roosevelt, archaeologist
>      - Susan Roosevelt, m. William Weld
> 
> 
> 
> 
> You have forgotten to mention that Quentin II had a third daughter:
> Alexandra Roosevelt, m. Ronald W. Dworkin
> 
> I should know, because I'm Ronald W. Dworkin (with my own Wikipedia page, I might
> add).
> 
> Thanks,
> Gander1111 (talk) 14:46, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Done as verified in the Quentin Roosevelt II article with a reliable source. 's talk page! 05:09, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  COI edit request on 29 June 2020  

message: I don't think that the list of businesses and organizations that members of the family have been involved with (recently added by  is appropriate here.  Some of the items in the list are already included next to the individual involved, many appear to be completely unsourced.  It might be appropriate to add wikilinks next to the name of someone notable for their role with, for example, the Bank of New York (as is next to Isaac Roosevelt).  Input from other editors would be helpful.  Russ Woodroofe (talk) 07:13, 19 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: List of organizations

message: Is it known when the Roosevelts gave up Dutch as a family language and adopted English? Oudeístalk  21:19, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Native language
Template talk:Arsenal F.C. squad

message: I did originally consider an numerically-ordered list, but felt that names might be easier to find when alphabetised, perhaps a bit more egalitarian, and sometimes loaned-out players' squad numbers get given to other players... I do think that including squad numbers makes it look better though.  Anyway, here are three different versions to consider:
* Alphabetical order version The original.
* Numerical order (in columns)
* Numberical order (wrapped) Current version and my personal favourite.
The template can be added to player's pages by use of this: .Slumgum | yap | stalk | 23:43, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I switched the look to the column view. I think it's much easier to read especially for someone who doesn't already know the squad. I also added Arsene Wenger at the bottom under "Manager:". Behindcurtain3 17:11, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Design options

message: After adding the edit button, this template suffered seven instances of vandalism in one month. I removed it, and we've since had 0 in three weeks. For this reason I am removing it again, after one was readded today.  SLUMGUM  yap  stalk  20:56, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit button 

message: Why have them included? I don't see the need for this... Also, why not have -- next to Tomas Rosicky instead of new as is done in the main arsenal article? Yonatanh 02:24, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've changed my mind about the loaned-out players. Vela is not really part of the current squad, and the note isn't really then necessary.   SLUMGUM  yap  stalk  22:21, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Loaned out players 

message: I was bold and changed it from gold to dark red (rgb#651725) to reflect the change in the trim of the home kit. I'm willing to go with consensus if a revert of this is popular.   slυмgυм [ ←→ ] 14:03, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Border colour
Talk:Artificial urinary bladder

message: Perhaps this page should be moved to Artificial urinary bladder. A gallbladder and a gas bladder are both bladders that one day may be also artificially made. -- 199.71.174.100 23:51, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: note
Talk:Madonna of the Stairs

message: When was the Madonna made? (this question was originally posted by User:220.239.224.228 on the article page) -Big Smooth 23:51, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Old

message: No choice but to add the two templates regarding lack of citations and that it reads more like a review.  Art critique is certainly valuable but it is not encyclopedic, especially when you can't reference it.
Huge fan of Michelangelo, and took an art history course for college 20 years ago, but a better art historian is clearly needed to describe and bring knowledge about this clearly beautiful and technical sculpture.Shortiefourten (talk) 23:16, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup templates 

message: "reminiscent of the classic rods": the phrase is nonsense. Does anyone have an idea how it should be corrected?METRANGOLO1 (talk) 10:03, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, added like that. Probably "reminiscent of classical reliefs", which is no more OR than the rest of it. I'll change. Johnbod (talk) 14:59, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "reminiscent of the classic rods"
Talk:Copora cavernosa

message: I agree that the title is misspelled.  Furthermore, I think this article should be merged into the (much more detailed) Corpus_cavernosum_penis article and this one deleted.  I don't know the proper channels through which to make such a request.
--Rhorer 04:17, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Combine with Corpus_cavernosum_penis page
Talk:Flamebait

message: #REDIRECT Talk:Flaming (Internet) 
>"0/10, the obvious troll is obvious,"
>the
Maybe we could merge this with Flaming
Why? It's got nothing to do with gay people.
I do think that's irrelevant. 71.246.201.97 22:58, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This then results in the thread degrading due to veteran thread users flaming and newbies trolling.
First it seems backwards - wouldn't veteran users by definition be experienced enough to avoid flaming a flamebait, whereas newbies would be less experienced?  The term "newbies" is itself a colloquialism that shouldn't be used in an encyclopedic article without definition (or a link).  Finally it assumes that the thread must degrade from a higher point of quality; this is too specific, as a thread could just as easily start with a flamebait.  Rather than fix all of this I simply removed the sentence as the section stands just as well without it.70.126.45.101 (talk) 01:41, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

message: I changed the article to a redirect page leading to Flaming (Internet). Much of the information on this article seemed redundant to the article it now redirects to, and the Motives section seemed like original research. I moved some see also's and external links to the Flaming (Internet) article. Maybe if someone thinks it should be a separate article they could just rewrite the whole thing. - Wuffyz 16:04, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirected
Talk:Larry Eigner

message: The previous stub i created was deleted summarily, i assume because the stub did not clearly make the case for the importance of the relatively unknown eigner. i've tried in this stub to make the importance of his influence more evident and do not think this article qualifies for deletion.JFQ 23:58, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Deletion of previous stub

message: Thanks JFQ. An article was needed. JFQ is right on the mark. DO NOT DELETE. There needs to be an Eigner page. Just look at all the "What links here" in the toolbox. His importance cannot be underestimated. Also, he deserves a longer article. He's a great poet who HAPPENED TO BE handicapped (and not the other way around, if you get my drift...we're not celebrating his handicap, but his artistic integrity). His story needs telling. I was going to create an Eigner article to link to, but I'm glad it's here.
Stay tuned. I have some more interesting and relevant things to add, including future Eigner publications, that will further (posthumously) his legacy Christian Roess 03:19, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Do not delete 
Talk:McCarran-Walter Act

message: These are the same statute, the article was written twice.—Markles 00:00, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes. There isn't much overlapping info, so it should be a good merger. " Immigration and Nationality Act" was its official name, so that is the better article title. -Will Beback 05:13, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

text: Yes. I also agree. There is very little overlapping info. "Immigration and Nationality Act" is a better name as it is official. However, I think "McCarran-Walter Act" is the better article when it comes to the history of the act, and that is probably what most people are searching for with either term. Obviously there should still be a link to "Immigration and Nationality Act" from "McCarran-Walter Act" as many people will search that. Also, I'm a newb so how do you actually get a merger do you need to get an admin? If so how? -halter73 11:17, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Merger

message: The article stated that the clauses barring entry on ideological grounds were repealed in 1988. However,  says that these clauses were repealed in a 1990 act, so I've changed the date in the article. VoluntarySlave 07:09, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ideological clauses
Talk:Curses (video game)

message: Does the title really have the exclamation point at the end? The in-game release notes refer to the title as "Curses", and the header just uses all-caps "CURSES"... Robertd 00:01, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Baf's Guide appears to think so. And it's like iMDB of interactive fiction. On the other hand, I can't find any other sources. Better to move it back...  Grue  07:00, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title 

message: I deleted some spoilers in the article.  In particular, *telling* people that the demon lies is giving away an important puzzle!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.107.0.86 (talk) 22:02, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article should not contain spoilers!! 

message: "The player takes the part of Victor Meldrew..." Can anyone back up the claim that the protagonist is called Victor? Because that seems very unlikely to me.
killy mcgee (talk) 15:49, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: This was nonsense, and I have removed it. JBritnell (talk) 15:13, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Protagonist's name
Talk:The Society of the Friends of St George's and Descendants of the Knights of the Garter

message: I've removed a number of categories from this article that were not relevant to a charity founded to support St George's Chapel. If anyone feels that more categories are needed, please can you cite reasons for their inclusion. Thanks, Ian Cairns 00:07, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Categories

message: An anonymous editor wrote, 'The foundation vice presidents are the members of the order.' But the link is to the Knights and Ladies of the Order. The Officers of the Order of the Garter are also members. Are they also vice-presidents?--Oxonian2006 (talk) 11:41, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Members of the Order?
Talk:Kanhojee Aangrey

message: It seems that the Kanhojee Aangrey article is badly written and Kanhojee Aangrey is a misspelling of Kanhoji Angre, which has its own more comprehensive wikipedia article.  I propose that the Kanhojee Aangrey article be deleted (with a redirect put in place) and whatever relevant information be merged with the Kanhoji Angre article. Chriscobar 00:21, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Kanhoji Angre vs. Kanhojee Aangrey
Talk:Monetary Policy Committee (United Kingdom)

message: Should we subject this article to peer review? Lbertolotti (talk) 15:18, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Would the Purpose of a peer review to check the entry's 'good article' status?18:35, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:Peer_review|Peer review]] 

message: Dr. Farvaque has reviewed this Wikipedia page, and provided us with the following comments to improve its quality:
We hope Wikipedians on this talk page can take advantage of these comments and improve the quality of the article accordingly.
We believe Dr. Farvaque has expertise on the topic of this article, since he has published relevant scholarly research:
*Reference : Etienne Farvaque & Norimichi Matsueda & Pierre-Guillaume Meon, 2008. "How monetary policy committees impact the volatility of policy rates," Working Papers CEB 08-026.RS, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
ExpertIdeasBot (talk) 19:08, 26 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dr. Farvaque's comment on this article 
Talk:Blue Band

message: I'll get on adding info to the infobox as well as a bunch of other information - the new building, the Alumni Blue Band, other performances and appearances, etc. - in coming days. --130.203.144.94 14:55, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox 

message: I just wikified this article & added the CollegeMarchingBandInfoBox. If someone could add a logo image and uniform description, that would be great.
Brad Halls 01:47, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikified 

message: Much of this article is copied directly from the Blue Band's website and is in need of a rewrite. I am working on it and will post edits incrementally. -- PSUMark2006 talk | contribs 21:18, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rewrite needed 
Talk:Mafia (video game)

message: Hi everyone,
With an upcoming remake, Mafia has had some new attention recently. Some users have been adding The City of Lost Heaven as a subtitle in the lead. Four years ago, there was a move discussion about the same thing. As far as we can tell, Mafia was not released as Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven. MobyGames notes that The City of Lost Heaven was used as a promotional title. There are no covers out there with that title either. Hope this helps. soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 06:15, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: There's zero reason to add the subtitle because it was never actually used. People need to stop adding it back in. Namcokid47 (Contribs) 21:02, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: This tagline seems to have been on the cover at one point, but doesn't appear in any promo material from the time of release, failing WP:OFFICIALNAME. This, and it is a far cry from the WP:COMMONNAME as well. Maybe we should include a mention in the development section instead? IceWelder [✉] 21:56, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  ''City of Lost Heaven'' subtitle
Wikipedia talk:Requests for arbitration/ZAROVE/Proposed decision

message: Question, what's the "Be it so motioned." under Motion to close and "banned from Acharya S and talk page prohibited from making statements" right above Topical ban? They seem out of place, but I don't know exactly what's going down so I'm not going to screw with them. 68.39.174.238 00:44, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The former was a strange, unneeded edit made by an anon, the latter was simply bits of my notes I forgot to remove. All gone. :) Dmcdevit·t 02:12, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Robert Kirkman

message: *Often takes ideas from other works and inserts a "WHAT IF" storyline.  (WHAT IF Superman had a son, for Invincible is a good example of this).
*Frequently instructs artists to copy and paste existing panels for creative effect.
I don't find either item to be a fair statement. The copy/paste thing is hardly unique to Kirkman (it's the comics equivalent of a double-take), it's something that he's poked fun at himself (in an early Invincible issue), and it's not as prevalent in his work as the article implies. And the "What If" item is extremely reductionist. Maybe if you'd only read Invincible and Marvel Zombies you could get that impression, but even Invincible is much more than that, and he's written plenty of other stuff too. WP:NOR. -leigh (φθόγγος) 04:41, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Fair statement?

message: But the source for that bit at the end about naming his kid Peter Parker Kirkman was from the letters page of Invincible #35.  At least that's where I first read it.  --Bsteger 09:08, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I gather from comics-db.com that #35 was published in August.  There's a "Buy My Books" column from June about P.P.K.  I'll add it to the article. --Sloop Jon (talk) 05:26, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  I have no idea how citations work... 

message: I wonder if the :Category:Works by Robert Kirkman is justified? ---Another Believer (Talk) 20:02, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Category:Works by Robert Kirkman? 
Talk:Edwin Hutchins

message: He's my Hero!
- a UCSD Cognitive Science student
im in his class right now, great guy! very lively.
-a UCSD Cog Sci w/ Computer Human Interacting student  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.75.241.159 (talk) 12:32, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Hurwitz's theorem

message: I wanted to cite this for another article, but it isn't here!
C. F. Olds, Continued Fractions, section 5.3, Random House, 1963.
Rrrowf!  ---CH 00:51, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Hurwitz's theorem on continued fractions

message: Since these are all about different topics, should it become a disambiguation page (similar to Gauss's lemma)? Two of these already have their own articles: the others are probably large enough for their own. —3mta3 (talk) 09:47, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambiguation?
Talk:Lake Braddock Orchestras

message: This whole thing with merging this article into the main school article, would make the main article to long. This was originally made to put additional detail about the group. I thought by starting this out that others would contribute to it, making it more detailed, and this has not been the case. I implore those who think this is a ravel of independent info to reconsider this, there are other groups that are school based that are on Wikipedia that probably also are in the similar situation.
Compuguy1088 14:49, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging- There is no need to merge this