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Talk:Electricity provider switching

message: 128.148.14.130 17:09, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

message: Hey, so is this article just written by an energy company? Sentences like "A broad and diverse group of retail energy suppliers who share the common vision that competitive retail energy markets deliver a more efficient, customer-oriented outcome than a regulated utility structure" read as straight-up propaganda. That sentence isn't even grammatically correct as a standalone, I think it's probably just copy-pasted from the "Retail Energy Supply Association" website it links to.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.217.223.178 (talk) 14:23, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Biased Material? 

message: This article appears to contain much original research.  Can anyone confirm? Balfa 19:51, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original research? 

message: The US section of the article appears heavily focused on Texas.  Other states have deregulated markets as well.  Tckma (talk) 20:15, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: As I recall the deregulation argument, Texas was often cited in discussions among deregulation advocates who were working in renewable energy as competitive providers of clean energy. MaynardClark (talk) 15:14, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  This seems to be a Texas-centric article 

message: This article is out of date and misleading.
For example, prices cited are no longer relevant.  The deregulated market price for electricity is now lower than most regulated markets in Texas (March, 2010). 
This article does not cite relevant, academic research on the topic.  As of March, 2010, see Kiesling and Kleit "Electricity Restructuring: The Texas Story" for an academic analysis of the Texas competitive electricity market.
--206.227.160.10 (talk) 17:31, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Out of date, misleading 

message: Please do not merge CCA with this topic. CCA is a specific topic all its own and is regular parlance for this process and protocol nationally.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.110.20.252 (talk) 05:00, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Community Choice Aggregation 

message: There has been a tag on merging Maryland Electric Deregulation into this article since Nov. 2009. I vote against it as the Maryland article is state specific discussion with little to offer to the more generic article  Electricity provider switching. Deanlaw (talk) 19:50, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed merger of Maryland Electric Deregulation into this article

message: I'd go so far as to say that this item should be deleted.  It doesn't add any independent value - anything of interest just links somewhere else - and the only substantive part (re: Texas) is badly outdated and somewhat biased.  The world will not be a lot worse off if this simply goes away. ΨνPsinu 21:15, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: No value to this article

message: Every criticism raised above still stands, and it still provides no useful or reliable information. Actions towards deletion should be taken.  Cottletj (talk) 15:55, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  All of the Above
Talk:Franksgiving

message: The answer to this question is the point of this entire article. 68.9.133.244 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment was added at 20:34, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed "by whom" Weasel Words tag 

message: The article link is to the wrong Taggert. The link goes to the mayor of Indianapolis in the 1910s/1920s. The Taggart of Atlantic City served from 1940-1944 according to the "Mayors of Atlantic City tab" 74.69.11.229 (talk) 19:52, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thomas Taggert 

message: The 2nd paragraph under History states that “By late October of that year, President Roosevelt decided to… declare November 23… as Thanksgiving that year…”
This implies that FDR didn’t make his decision until he issued the official proclamation in October. But the 6th paragraph notes that on August 31, 1939 he announced “that he would similarly designate November 21, 1940 (the next year)” as the (moved) holiday, implying that he announced the 1939 change the same day or earlier. This is still short notice, but not as short.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.189.166.173 (talk) 16:26, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: How does the fact that he announced the 1940 change in August 1939 imply that he announced the 1939 change at the same time? It doesn't. Just because he gave 15 months' warning for one, doesn't mean he didn't give just 1 month's warning for the other. 74.105.182.73 (talk) 10:37, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text:  So this is incorrect. I finally discovered a source that revealed the actual proclamation date, it was in August, not October, which jives with the Poll dates now. Updating text and adding my source. Bohn002 (talk) 03:49, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discrepancy in Dates 

message: There should be a paragraph explaining the history of Thanksgiving because there are readers from all over the world who may not be familiar with the holiday. --The Vital One (talk) 21:23, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  History
Talk:Sandy Nairne

message: Nairne reviews the accuracy of Wikipedia in this Independent article, and mentions:
:It works on the presumption that by and large people will correct things, and I changed one small thing on my own biography.
This edit is the only anonymous edit recent enough to be the edit in question.  This is strictly in breach of Wikipedia's policy on autobiography; I tend to think that small uncontroversial corrections have to be OK, but those who know the subject might like to check for autobiographical bias since it seems to include changes like
:As a snapshot of this type the series and book have dated very quickly.
becomes
:The book has remained a useful reference point for this period.
and many more such.
Of course if Nairne created a user account to do the edits then I'm entirely wrong in which case my apologies! — ciphergoth 17:32, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I dropped a welcome onto the IP address's talk page with a pointer to WP:LIVING, but since it's one of a range from an ISP, I am not confident that it will be seen. So I'm putting the link here as well. Whoever the contributor is, they are obviously familiar with an area we don't have many experts in, so I hope they will make an account and stay. --Telsa (talk) 10:54, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Autobiograpical bias?

message: Why use "Sandy" nickname, if his given name is apparently Alexander?--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 22:02, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: See WP:MOSBIO#Names: "While the article title should generally be the name by which the subject is most commonly known, the subject's full name should be given in the lead paragraph, if known". A quick poke around the web confirms that the BBC, the National Portrait Gallery and his published books all refer to him as Sandy (which is a reasonably-common abbreviation of Alexander in the UK), so we should use that for the article title. --Telsa (talk) 10:54, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name 

message: The link goes to a disambiguation page.  Apparently there are NPGs in at least the US, UK and Australia.  I presume since all his other positions have been in the UK that it should link to the British one? --wroscel, not logged in 128.38.213.67 13:34, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  National Portrait Gallery
Talk:The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

message: Infobox tag has been removed as article already has one.  If you have any problems with this please post a message on my talk page. RWardy 09:03, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Infobox Tag

message: There is also a children's book by this title. 24.4.131.142 04:34, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Children's Book

message: Would be nice if whoever wrote the "Plot" section would finish the last sentence. It just hangs there. Myles Callum 19:01, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  In addition to ... what?
Talk:List of newspapers in Hungary

message: A normal move should be made, instead of copying the content of the page to the new page. Adam78 17:38, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Also, I would remove hvg.hu, Magyar Nemzet Online and Népszabadság Online from the list, since they're just online editions of newspapers that already have articles.Kmiki87 (talk) 15:40, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Robustness (evolution)

message: Merge with canalisation? --Redhead 17:38, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge into [[canalisation]]?

message: I just create another page Robustness (evolution) since robustness doesn't only refer to mutational robustness.  It could be environmental robustness, recombinational robustness and so on, depends on what kind of perturbation involved.  So shall we merge this page into Robustness (evolution)? 
Bingjun Zhang (talk) 17:04, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I completely agree with the proposed merger. I think it would be good to then have sections grouping the type of perturbation (as Zhang suggested) as well as grouping by mechanism (e.g. genomic vs gene level robustness mechanisms). If no one objects I might start that since I don't know if Zhang is still around. T. Shafee (Evo&Evo) (talk) 00:14, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge into [[Robustness (evolution)]]?

message: Would it be helpful to mention the theories that mutational robustness helps specific systems maintain their functionality?  Maybe a section devoted to the discussion about how keeping neutral mutations high preserves the function of systems such as gene regulatory networks, and some very important proteins, for an organism's survival?  Since these processes are crucial to the functionality of most organisms, including viruses and bacteria, they are protected by maintaing their robustness over time.  Haley Thil (talk) 15:09, 9 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: The added text is too teleological. The question is under what circumstances individuals with higher robustness have higher reproductive fitness. Fragility is also a possible outcome, eg see Krakauer & Plotkin PNAS 2002 or Rajon & Masel PNAS 2009. Joannamasel (talk) 19:50, 9 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mutational Robustness in Systems  

message: : I am thinking about adding a new section to this page, taking your advice.  A new section devoted to the costs and benefits of mutational robustness? I will start the section now, feel free to add to it, plan on expansion after more research is completed. Haley Thil (talk) 19:26, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Costs and Benefits? 

message: Based on above conversations, have merged the article mutational robustness (2014 permalink), which was mostly repeated anyway, into robustness (evolution). To complement this, I've added some more information and clarification and will expand some more over the next few days.T. Shafee (Evo&Evo) (talk) 08:27, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I've expanded the cuases and consequences section and added a stack of references. I think the article can be moved from Stub to C class if everyone's ok with that. Some areas that could really do with some attention are expanding the classifications section to describe environmental and behavioural robustness.T. Shafee (Evo&Evo) (talk) 06:07, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  2014 merge
Talk:Binary Finary

message: The biography from the Binary Finary website, even if posted by Binary Finary's management and therefore with implicit permission, is still not written according to NPOV conventions--as is the case with most promotional bios. The biggest problem is that it contains a plethora of peacock terms. I thought about just deleting the peacock terms but they are integrated pretty deeply into the structure of the paragraphs and without them much of the bio lacks content e.g.:
::Through the creative use of software applications fused with various pieces of hardware they have been able to streamline the musical process into a sublime and emotional play for the listener to enjoy.
becomes:
::Through the use of software applications fused with various pieces of hardware they have been able to streamline the musical process into (something?) for the listener to enjoy. 
(ignoring the fact that saying they "streamlined" the musical process is vague at best.)
If its going to be used, it needs to be completely revamped to be more encyclopeadic. --Brentt 17:48, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok thats better, still not the most encyclopedic style but better. (Please don't delete discussions, they are archived when the discussion page gets to big.) --Brentt 20:44, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Promotional biography

message: The problem mentioned above still exists (I was just to lazy to adress the still serious problems wrote "thats better" above.)
Please do not use wikipedia to promote. If you are a paid promoter of Binary Finary (which the main contributor to this article has stated) you may still contribute, but please write in a encyclopedic fashion. Do not use peacock terms, and stick to information which can be verified. This is not a place to promote, this is a place for encyclopedic information. If a advertiser for McDonald's wrote a sentence in the McDonald's article that said "The best hamburgers in the world!" you wouldn't be suprised if it was changed would you? So please do not take offense to this article being modified. Please contribute in a language and writing style appropriate for an encyclopedia, not a promotional website. Brentt 22:36, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: No blatant advertising or promoting please
Talk:Northrop X-21

message: Even when combined with the information in Laminar Flow, this article does not provide enough info to tell a reader what, exactly, was different about this plane than any others. My guess based on the the "plugging" information is that there was something about the wing (design or surface material?) that created gaps (tubules or layers?) that could get clogged. Perhaps the information I lack existed at some point in the edit history of Laminar Flow, but I can't find it there, either. Thanks, - Kevin/Last1in 18:08, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Laminar Flow
Talk:Honne and tatemae

message: The honne/tatemae divide is a universal phenomenon of human experience
I strongly disagree with this.  This kind of cognitive split is a disease that has not yet, thankfully, taken over the entire universe.
:The alternative to this is to limit your mental horizon to what is currrently socially acceptable. It's mind control instead of control of action. -Ados 21:55, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Universal human experience

message: The page citations next to refs severely disrupt the flow of reading, especially towards the end.
Is there an alternative to using  for this, without duplicating refs? DarmaniLink (talk) 00:55, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changing citation style
Talk:Iroquois Theatre fire

message: As to my "citation needed" template - Brandt characterizes the cemetery only as "Waldheim cemetery" he does not describe it as being Jewish. Yes, I know that this cemetery is used for Jewish burials but other people might not - neither of the 2 cited sources (Brandt or FIndAGrave) state this as a fact. A source should be provided for the statement that this cemetery is a Jewish cemetery. That's all. Shearonink (talk) 21:14, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: It's proper name contained "Jewish"; many names are shortened by many writers. Lindenfall (talk) 23:06, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Waldheim cemetery/Page 90, Brandt book
Talk:Foreign Interventions of the Reagan Administration

message: What about Libya? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.72.215.225 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.72.215.225 (talk • contribs) at 18:43, 13 February 2006.
Yea, what about Libya? The US military bombed Tripoli, causing some destruction and allegedly threatening Qaddafi's life, in 1986. Another wikipedia article says it was in retaliation for a terrorist attack blamed on Libya?--RayToy 09:21, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You are right, that section should be deleted. Vints 08:31, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Even though I am an ex post facto supporter of the Reagan doctrine, I think that the legacy section should be edited for balance, but not deleted. Nicaraga and El Salvadore DID in fact become democracies after the civil war, enough so that Ortega is now president in one and the FMLN controls the congress in the other. This should be noted as a positve effect of the Reagan Doctrine. How ever democracy isn't everything, and these countries, even now at peace, and, generally free, are still quite poor and that needs to be addressed. The record is different in South America. It isn't offen noted how many SA countries became democracies during his presidency. I don't know haw much he himself was involved in this, but if the US is blamed for everything bad that happens down there, it should at least deserve a mention. --70.112.236.174 22:38, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Big Bang Comics

message: I've begun to clean up this article as it has desperately needed for a year. Unfortunately, the official site is hard to navigate, and there are few other resources to be found, but I will do what I can to validate/update information. Sources I've come across include:
* Big Bang Comics @ Internation Hero
* Talk about Big Bang (scroll down)
–Dvandersluis 20:54, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup

message: If you want this article to be more than a list then you'll have to merge in Metafictional Big Bang Comics, there's no reason for them to be separate articles. --69.136.111.100 10:51, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge

message: This article needs the B-Class checklist filled in to remain a B-Class article for the Comics WikiProject.  If the checklist is not filled in by 7th August this article will be re-assessed as C-Class.  The checklist should be filled out referencing the guidance given at Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment/B-Class criteria. For further details please contact the Comics WikiProject.  Comics-awb (talk) 15:39, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: WikiProject Comics B-Class Assesment required

message: As this B-Class article has yet to receive a review, it has been rated as C-Class. If you disagree and would like to request an assesment, please visit Wikipedia:WikiProject_Comics/Assessment#Requesting_an_assessment and list the article. Hiding T  14:53, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: C-Class rated for Comics Project
Talk:Bernie Taupin

message: I deleted the statement that the song Daniel was "written about a high school classmate who died in Vietnam."  Bernie had a classmate who died in a car accident, about which he wrote the song "Cold Highway."  He has stated that Daniel was inspired by an American magazine article about a Vietnam vet who was blinded, not killed.Historydude58 (talk) 00:21, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Daniel deletion 

message: Someone might add something about Bernie's recent interest in bull riding.  He owns several bulls and has become quite influential in the sport.
--Cranston Lamont 21:42, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bull riding 

message: That really is a bad picture.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.222.194.54 (talk) 07:19, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture 

message: I started trying to fix the glaring issues, but it's too much and I don't really care about Taupin that much. In any case, there are sources used here that are not reliable, there's a lot of unreferenced stuff that needs references, and the tone is inappropriate/promotional in some cases. GigglesnortHotel (talk) 14:48, 13 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article problems 

message: Shouldn't there be some mention of Bernie's personal data such as:
- Where he resides or homes he owns (Country/State/City) 
- Current and past relationships/marriages
-Children
Just a suggestion Clapsis (talk) 22:51, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Personal Information 

message: No mention of Madman Across the Water alblum and song-my favorites. Damonjon2345 (talk) 00:18, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: There is a separate article List of songs with lyrics by Bernie Taupin, linked from the "See also" section of this article. There are over 400 songs listed there, so we shouldn't list them all in this article as well. CodeTalker (talk) 01:20, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  No mention of Madman Across the Water alblum—my favorite.
Talk:Bremner Wafer

message: The Bremner Biscuit company was founded by David F. Bremner who first introduced bread to the fire victims of the great fire in Chicago. "First introduced bread"? What does that mean?  Joyous | Talk 23:20, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I just added to this sentence (it's the first sentence in the Bremmer Wafer#History section). It's not a very good rewrite, and I'm honestly not sure if it's accurate, but it seems better then leaving it the way that it was.— V = I * R (talk to Ω) 00:12, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  introduced bread? 
Talk:Baccalà

message: I followed the redirect from "Baccalà alla vicentina". Due to an ancient error in Vicenza (were I live) we call baccalà what is elsewere known as stockfish, so baccalà alla vicentina is cod, but not salted, it is dryied. I'm not sure how to mend the error. If you can talk italian see also http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baccalà_alla_vicentina Xaura 21:50, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
Talk:San Dieguito complex

message: Could someone add a picture of the complex to the article? It'd help a lot I think. - Joaquin89uy (talk) 01:09, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture 

message: The San Dieguito Complex is vast, covering multiple states of the United States as well as part of Mexico. The place where it was first identified is a protected site, its location held confidential by governing bodies. Oona Wikiwalker (talk) 18:51, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why I removed the tag requesting geographic coordinates
Talk:The Languages of Africa

message: Greenberg broke his own rules. At one point, he accused his enemies of racialism. This is a non-linguistic argument.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.41.51.240 (talk) 13:34, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Broke own rules 

message: What shall we do with the list of languages at the end of the article? Is the idea to keep Greenberg's spelling of language names, even though different names are often established in the literature nearly 50 years after the publication? This creates many dead links or non-links. Maybe we could keep Greenberg's names, but let the underlying links go to the correct location. This would then look like this: Awiya. Shall we pursue this? Landroving Linguist (talk) 18:51, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  What about the list of languages at the end of the article
Talk:Lleu Llaw Gyffes

message: Does anybody know some of the background to the Lleu/Llew controversy? I think it might be helpful to have a short section on this... QuartierLatin1968  21:59, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]

message: is there a connection with the Israel flag? 2607:FB91:882:9773:83C2:9BE4:C8B8:A71 (talk) 22:58, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: You might have seen the flag for the preview of some articles because of vandalism. It's been reverted and fixed now. Nardog (talk) 07:56, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Israel flag?