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Talk:Battle of Kepaniwai

message: Is it appropriate to refer to Kalanikupule as a king?  Wasn't Kahekili the king of Maui?   KarlM 00:57, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: King Kalanikupule

message: "A Malana army...(Kipuokinaupuu)..."
Until somebody can explain what this means, I deleted it.  I can't find any meaning that makes sense in the Hawaiian dictionary, and it's not in the hawaiianhistory.org article that the paragraph is mostly copied from.  So if it is something that's worth keeping in, there should be some explanation in the article.  KarlM 07:59, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Malana arm

message: I removed the bows and arrows comment about this battle. If I'm wrong I would be surprised, as I have never heard of the use of bows in this or any other Hawaiian battles. I also lengthened the time line to fit with contemporary accounts. -Warmog
:It appears to be entirely accurate from what I can tell, and various reliable sources describe archery in the islands.  It's a little strange that you would remove bows and arrows from the article but fail to observe the use of modern cannons in the very same war.  Viriditas (talk) 19:46, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, looking into this further, from what I can tell, bows and arrows were used extensively throughout Polynesia, but the historical consensus is that they were never used during warfare, which I find strange.  But even stranger, the original material reporting the use of bows and arrows was taken from a poor source (a mistake on my part) named Hawaiihistory.org, which was apparently using user-generated content.  This edit was made in 2006. However, the current URL does not list "bows and arrows", nor does it list the "malana army" listed above.  Perplexed, I went to archive.org to trace the original error, only to find one archived entry for 2007, one year after the edit was made.  This tells me that either the site wasn't indexed until a year later, or the original erroneous archive was deleted.  This leads me to believe that we should ban the use of HawaiiHistory.org as a reference. Anyway, you were right. Viriditas (talk) 20:14, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Bows and arrows
Talk:Battle of Curupayty

message: Guess the article was translated from Spanish/Portuguese using Google's translate.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.87.19.218 (talk) 01:18, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Translation is clumpsy 

message: Seems that the lead section is not fully summarizing the article, as some information in it is not in the body of the article. Will have a go at reorganizing the info, at some point next week. Regards, DPdH (talk) 23:04, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rewrite lead section
Talk:Operation Bluecoat

message: Looking at the campaignbox I see that Hausser is down as the "lead" German commander. However, I also see that the order of battle shows that the German forces involved were from 5th Panzer Army commanded by Eberbach. As I understand it (and I don't claim any expertise on this campaign) Hausser commanded 7th Army which did most of the fighting in Normandy - but it's not clear to me who was involved in this engagement. Either the infobox is wrong or the order of battle. Stephen Kirrage talk - contribs 19:55, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Hausser?

message: Tidied prose, added citations and revised the references accordingly. Keith-264 (talk) 10:39, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Moved image temporarily as article page too cramped now.Keith-264 (talk) 09:00, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: CE
Talk:Battle of Reims (1814)

message: "The engagement took place during the 1814 campaign. After Napoleon had retreated from Russia and lost the Battle of Leipzig, the allied armies had invaded France. Napoleon won a number of victories (such as the battle of Reims), but had little chance of success, with just 70,000 men against half a million allied forces. The campaign ended with the allies taking Paris on 31 March and Napoleon's abdication on 6 April."
The above uncited paragraph was removed. It does not really discuss the Battle of Reims nor add any information to the article. Djmaschek (talk) 02:48, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Removed paragraph

message: In a letter to his brother Joseph on 14 March, Napoleon wrote: "Yesterday I arrived in Reims, which had been occupied by General St. Priest with three Russian divisions and a new Prussian division. I captured the city, taking twenty guns, plenty of baggage, and 5,000 prisoners. General St. Priest has been mortally wounded".
Unlike the first paragraph, the second paragraph (see above) is excellent. However, it's uncited so I'm going to remove it. If someone can find the source (I can't) please put it back. Thanks. Djmaschek (talk) 03:19, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Remove 2nd paragraph

message: Does anyone have page numbers to verify this edit? --Kansas Bear (talk) 23:20, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I replaced it with other sources Waylon1104 (talk) 02:00, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Houssaye, Henry (1947). 1814. Paris: (Librairie Académique) Perrin.
Talk:Battle of Four Lakes

message: The article currently reads like a US-military-biased version, if only in basics/choices of language; was this part of the Yakima War or was this the Coeur D'Alene-Palouse War?  Whatever, this should be better tied into corresponding articles on tribes and the post-annexation/partition Indian Wars.Skookum1 (talk) 21:43, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: de-US militarize

message: These were two separate battles in the campaign against the Spokanes and other neighboring tribes.  'Four Lakes' occurred on Sep 1, 1858 while 'Spokane Plains' occurred four days later - Sep 5.  From 'historylink.org'.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by PacotheBold (talk • contribs) 04:22, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Battle of Four Lakes and Spokane Plains 

message: In the description of the belligerents, the Native American coalition strength is given as 500. However, the photograph of the Four Lakes monument shows "5000 allied Indians" in its inscription. This differs by an order of magnitude. Which was it? Brucite (talk) 16:58, 2 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  500 vs 5000
Talk:Battle of Konya

message: The entire article is considerably incorrect, remove it!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.82.206.143 (talk) 10:07, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Which things about it are incorrect, and which references do you have? WhisperToMe (talk) 08:37, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Sinking of HMS Peacock

message: The battle was fought off the mouth of the Demerara River, and the location of 6.85°N 58.17°W was arbitrarily chosen to reflect that account, without any implication about the location of the wreck of HMS Peacock. --DThomsen8 (talk) 19:48, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Location of the Battle
Talk:Capture of HMS Guerriere

message: 1st edit on this and this page is lifted from the Naval historical website which is released for public use.  Its probably a good start for a full blown article.
Tirronan 04:49, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've reviewed this battle and the opening broadside of Constitution was at 300 yards.  Seamanship was involved in not allowing the Guerriere to rake, none of the 44's were all that nimble and at this time most of HMS frigates were faster and more nimble.  As for speed of the guns refer to USS Constellation vs. La'Vengence.  The British Admirality was convinced that her ships were lacking in gunnery practice and that it was showing.  I need to add a section about the 44's construction as it was true that many cannon balls did not penetrate the 44's sides which is an advantage.  So that you understand, the cream of the English speaking seamen often worked for US merchant ships as the pay was better.  No slight to the English Navy is implied here. Tirronan 18:10, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  start 

message: I've changed the from stub to start class to begin the review and editing.  If you make changes please leave the captain's letters alone.  Spellings and grammer are 18th century and leave the flavor of what they are saying.  Delete if you think they do not belong but do not change them.
Tirronan 15:30, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stub to start 

message: These Captains didn't know each other nor was there a bet.  This happened later when the USS United States battled HMS Macedonian Tirronan 17:27, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  removed section
Talk:Battle of Dogali

message: The article concludes, "Since Alula fought for the Empire and not for Tigray itself, he is viewed as a traitor on the Eritrean side of the border, a hero on the Ethiopian side." Are we sure that the destruction of this monument was an act against the Ras, & not against Mengistu, who both idolized Ras Alula & was detested by the Eritreans? (After Emperor Yohannes' death, Ras Alula was hostile to the Shewan Emperor Menelik, almost to the point of being in revolt against him.) I think we need a cite here to prove this is what Eritreans actually think. -- llywrch (talk) 17:01, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The original citation is a dead link now, but the essay can still be read at http://web.archive.org/web/20070625145854/http://www.unhcr.org/publ/RSDCOI/3ae6a6b74.html Consuelo D'Guiche (talk) 18:19, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: That essay is interesting (& does offers some insights on the Ethiopian-Eritrean relationship), but I would be far more convinced if it was drawn from actual Eritrean statements, rather than from a single document on which the author's name fails to appear. (I checked, using the search function in my browser.) And accepting that this is written by Prunier, I regret to point out that there is nothing in his Wikipedia article to indicate that he is an expert on Eritrea, & can speak with authority on the subject. -- llywrch (talk) 20:22, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eritrean views of Ras Alula 

message: For some reason the phrase "Battle of Gundet" redirects here, although Gundet (1875, Abyssinia vs Egypt) is a distinct engagement. Since its virtually impossible to undo other editors' redirects, it'd be great if the editor responsible could possibly update this so as to either remove the redirect, or, if Dogali actually is also known as Gundet (as there are two Battles of Adwa), modify it to read Gundet (1887). Mikedash (talk) 12:23, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: have tagged Battle of Gundet for deletion. Once deleted, hopefully a real article for that topic will one day be created once Ethiopian–Egyptian War has been expanded.አቤል ዳዊት (Janweh) (talk) 04:02, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Battle of Gundet 

message: I have a book on Italian small arms in which the number of Eritrean casualties is mentioned (All in connection with the issue of ammunition supply).
The book, "Italian Small Arms of the First and Second World Wars" by Raplh Riccio states that "some 1500 Eritreans were accounted for by the Italians before they were overwhelmed". Thom430 (talk) 14:09, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ethiopian casualties
Talk:Battle of Canton (May 1841)

message: Canton is not, nor has it ever been, the name of Guangzhou
So I have changed The "Battle of Canton" to be the title of a significant battle in Canton, by placing it in quotes where appropriate and using the name Guangzhou where possible
Please join the Canton Name Discussion if you wish to discuss the matter  —Preceding unsigned comment added by L31 G0NG L41 (talk • contribs) 05:29, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name Correction 
Talk:Capture of HMS Frolic

message: Vandalism or deliberate?  Ratagonia (talk) 18:31, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Royal?? 

message: How can it be a victory of the US if the USS Wasp was captured by the Royal Navy?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.15.47.174 (talk) 18:05, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Victory? 
Talk:Battle of Devil's Hole

message: I noted in the info box that Cornplanter was listed as one of the commanders for the Seneca. There wasn't any mention of him in the article and no mention of the battle on Cornplanter's page. In addition Cornplanter's birth is given as circa 1750, which would have made him in his early to mid teens when this battle occurred. This would've made him a probable participant but too young to be a leader at this time. I checked 2 outside sources for Cornplanter  (Encyclopedia Brittanica & oswego.edu), neither mention him participating in this battle. Recommend that he be deleted from the info box as one of the commanders.  MacEachan1 (talk) 04:38, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cornplanter as Commander? 

message: I cleaned up one phrase in the lede to clarify who was killed. But this sentence at the end is unreadable:
*"Its settlement forced most of the Iroquois as British allies to Canada.[2]"
1. Does this mean the settlement of the Revolutionary War, or white settlers coming to the area, or both?
2. If the Seneca/Iroquois had opposed the British in 1763, why were they British allies now?
Bellagio99 (talk) 20:40, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please clean up writing 
Talk:Battle of Magdala

message: It is important to the understanding of this battle and its aftermath that the burning of the city and the vast amount of loot collected be included in this article, especially since this remains on ongoing issue between the governments. If an editor feels otherwise, let us discuss on the Talk page. rewinn (talk) 18:12, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: If no-one objects, I'll put a qualifier into the article noting that the bit about the elephants is from an historian (I haven't read the actual diary myself ...must put it on the list of things to do... that Pankhurst edited.) He seems to have done quite a lot of historical work on Ethiopia, see  rewinn (talk) 19:34, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Burning and looting

message: Ferguson notes that the Black Watch were essentially the vanguard of the battle, they are not mentioned?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.4.81.225 (talk) 20:29, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Black Watch not mentioned? 

message: The casualty figures cite Nial Fergusons book, Empire : how Britain made the modern world. He clearly states there were 2 dead on the British side. The causality figures are being vandalised and infalted to huge numbers with no source cited. 213.123.215.169 (talk) 19:28, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Casualty figures.
Talk:Battle of the Shirts

message: Whats the source for the result of the battle being a stalemate? In his dissertation Mackenzie Ross Crawford says it was a decisive Clanranald victory. Creuzbourg (talk) 17:29, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe that most sources state that was indeed a Clanranald (MacDonald) victory. Here are a few online sources:, , . I will update the result in the info box accordingly.QuintusPetillius (talk) 18:48, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks. Creuzbourg (talk) 21:22, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stalemate?
Talk:Siege of Khartoum

message: Hahaha. Khartoum remained in Mahdist hands for 14 years after the battle. 84.73.134.206 (talk) 12:17, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pyrrhic? 

message: Before the building of the various Aswan Dams the Nile flooded up the walls of Khartoum for approx six months annually. At any time during this six months Gordon could have evacuated Khartoum. For reasons not apparently clear the fact is that he didn't.
As word got out that there would be a city with rich pickings if stormed and taken must have been a considerable inducement for the Mahdi in recruiting an army.AT Kunene (talk) 13:37, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Evacuation 

message: I realize that Hollywood "history" is weak but in the 1960s film, they imply invading forces slaughtered all of the  city's inhabitants (along with the soldiers). But that doesn't seem supported by the account here. Is this accurate? 64.134.71.163 (talk) 22:56, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question about siege
Talk:Battle of Intombe

message: * Ensured that the article is: within project scope, tagged for task forces, and assessed for class. 
* This article would benefit from:  expansion, sections (Prelude, The battle, Aftermath), in-text citations. --Rosiestep (talk) 19:47, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008]] 

message: Made a start on citations, minor copy edits etc. Using sfns as they're the only ones I know. Keith-264 (talk) 12:04, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Added more citations (all from Lock as it's my only source) and took down the banner. Will add more text etc tomorrow. Keith-264 (talk) 16:23, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Revising and expanding text, more to follow. Keith-264 (talk) 17:28, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent edits
Talk:Battle of Ferozeshah

message: the sikh forces numbered 40,000-60,000 and not 10,000 it was gough 5000 force which stopped 50,000 strong sikh force in the battle.Shail kalp (talk) 05:07, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Figures of sikhs underestimated

message: Many articles including this one of Khushwant Singh, refers this place as Ferozeshahr. Is this a spelling mistake? --Vssun (talk) 07:27, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ferozeshahr 
Talk:Battle of Kulevicha

message: Shouldn't it be Kyulevcha considering that it is written as Кюлевча in Bulgarian language? --Hardscarf 20:54, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  name of Kulevicha 

message: I would like to see a source for the casualties.  Russians suffering 4 times more casualties than ottomans seems completly false. 82.128.170.29 10:44, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Casualties
Talk:Battle of Valparaíso

message: This page was originally a stub describing the capture of the Essex; it was deleted and redirected to USS Essex (1799), without much explanation, on 11 Dec 2006.
A second page on the subject was started at USS Essex vs HMS Phoebe on 10 Oct 2009.
However that title is incorrect (see talk, here): So I have moved it here (via cut-paste,  as a conventional move was not feasible); the edit history for all content changes between 10 Oct 2009 and 16 May 2010 is here. Xyl 54 (talk) 00:36, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Move

message: This article should be renamed "Battle of Valaparaiso". USS Essex was not the only US warship captured that day.--$1LENCE D00600D (talk) 07:00, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: RENAME

message: The current text is misleading, suggesting the location is 57ft off shore, while the original statement was 'at pistol shot' from the shore, and at a sounding of 57ft. From other documents of the period, including the 'Essay on Naval Tactics' by John Clerk a 'pistol shot' is noted in a footnote there (by Admiral Rodney) as being 400yds, a distance seldom achieved when attempting to close for fleet actions. 
Hillyar estimated the distance to shore as 'around half a mile' in his log, which is roughly double the distance reported by Porter, so we can state between 400 and 800 yds, without contradicting either. The bottom is gently shelving over most of the coastline - and 400 yds does suit a 57ft sounding in places, but a small distance further along the coast the 57ft sounding does reach out much further. 2A00:23C7:9390:FF01:C428:6D36:DF46:7CD3 (talk) 13:34, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Location of the anchorage for the duration of the battle.
Talk:The Suffering: Ties That Bind

message: i also saw some other games although i'm not sure what games they are.
info appreciated. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.72.126.105 (talk) 22:28, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: other references

message: Going through the article adding links and fixing errors.  Will dwane 16:41, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleaning Up 

message: What genre classifications are being used on wikipedia??? This article says that its a 1st/3rd person shooter. While this is partly true both suffering games are Action-Survival-Horrors. --Savre 22:38, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Genre Definition

message: "In one, a parody of the Kool-Aid man (Captain Carafe - a large carafe of Sangria) bursts through a wall. If killed, he provides the player with a swizzle stick weapon (complete with olives)."
Where in this game can I find something like this?  Or is it just a bunch of lies, like i suspect?--Roflthatnoobgotowned (talk) 01:41, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The kool-aid man 

message: Sorry, theres no Kool-Aid character in The Suffering: Ties That Bind. Would be pretty cool, mind.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.138.167.248 (talk) 19:34, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kool-aid Man 

message: Since the boat driver at the end of the first game and beginning of this is so important in terms of morality, is there any clue what happens to him if he survives visiting Torque? Apart from just being led away by mysterious strangers? Lots42 (talk) 02:07, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Boat driver 

message: that's a hard read to know that this game is not compatible on the list, there might be many hidden games. 2002:B8BE:BA89:E472:D191:A4E:9843:D547 (talk) 10:43, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not on the XBOX 360 compatible list
Talk:Sharon Isbin

message: ==Untitled==
Seems contradictory to me. September 2006
::You you elaborate on this?  Where does it say she won and did not win the same prize? Michael Hardy 00:48, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: How does one both win and not win the same prize?

message: Seems contradictory to me. September 2006
::You you elaborate on this?  Where does it say she won and did not win the same prize? Michael Hardy 00:48, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Is this everything we know about such a great guitarrist?
:If you know more, write more. Matve 13:37, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: More?

message: It should be added to the article that she is a lesbian. Need sources? Try google.
A lesbo? Too bad.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.72.10.104 (talk) 22:05, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: No one has caught this for a year? First, the term "lesbo" is insulting. How would you like to be insulted for one of your inherent, private characteristics? Second, if by "too bad" you mean that you are a male and you think she might be interested in you, I suspect you are flattering yourself. What have you accomplished that is comparable to all that Ms. Isbin has done? David Spector (talk) 18:45, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

text: If you can find reliable sources for any of those claims then we will definitely add that content to the article. SQGibbon (talk) 05:55, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Lesbian

message: I came to this page wondering how old Sharon is, and was surprised to find that her birth date is not listed, which seems odd for a biography page. Also, she is married - to Elizabeth Schulze, at least as of May, 2018 - which is also something that tends to be included in biography pages. So I thought I'd just mention it. And I still don't know when she was born, so I can't update that. Sammyjava (talk) 22:27, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: If you can find reliable sources for any of those claims then we will definitely add that content to the article. SQGibbon (talk) 05:55, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Include Sharon's birth date? Spouse?
Talk:The Bible and morality

message: This article seems little more than an NPOV rant.  KHM03 00:13, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: This article (when you wrote that comment) was copied verbatim from the Dystheism article. If you feel it is an NPOV rant take it up at that article, which, judging by its history, is a very good example of careful neutral editing by some of the most active editors in the encyclopedia. Clinkophonist 01:08, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
Talk:Anek Ngernmool

message: I know nothing of the subject nor whether the claims in the article are true, but IMHO people who are decapitated merit inclusion in Wikipedia. Samw 00:19, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I think he is not notable. -- Lerdsuwa 08:46, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

text: I second Lerdsuwa's --manop 08:49, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Importance