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Talk:David Seals

message: I'm glad I checked the history here. This article was better a few edits ago. - Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 05:40, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Certain events in this subject's life may be described only in his own "family memoir", Abduction at Roswell. Of the two possible problems using that material, copyright and verifiability (against another source), I think verifiability might be the greater issue. Seals posted a summary blurb here: . Perhaps credibility would be the better word. I don't think we can just take the subject's own uncorroborated word for all that, can we? And... frankly, it raises the question of how much else to take his word for. PhilbertB (talk) 21:50, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: As in any Bio of a living person, and in WP:RS and WP:V, uncontroversial material may be sourced from an author's own statements. If a claim seems controversial, it can be cited for better sourcing, and cut if no WP:V/WP:RS source exists. Unless I missed something, I don't see much of anything in here that looks to be sourced to the Roswell book. "Memoir" leaves room for a certain degree of novelization not inherent in a strict Bio or Autobio. I haven't read the Roswell book, but being familiar with the author's humorous fiction, as well as looking at a description of the Roswell memoir, I am bearing in mind that it may not be intended as a strict autobio. - Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 02:05, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  One-Source Bio Material? 

message: Are only rumours until we have a solid source. If someone wants to confirm off-wiki, you can contact me or another admin. Or you can post a link here to any place where a family member or credible close friend has announced it, even if it's not a source we can use in the article. But if people just keep adding unsourced stuff about him being dead, we will have to lock down the article on the chance it's a hoax. I have no wish to cause distress to anyone, but until we confirm what the truth is, I don't want people edit-warring. Thanks. (And my condolences to his loved ones if this is true.) - CorbieV ☊ ☼ 01:02, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rumours of his death...
Talk:David Selby

message: Perhaps this is more trivia than important , but , David Selby , along with Jonathan Frid , Lara Parker and Kathryn Leigh Scott , had cameos in the Tim Burton film. ( Greeted as guests at the Collinwood party. ). 75.104.163.77 (talk) 18:50, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Dark Shadows" (2012) 

message: The actual nominations and winning need sourcing.
The notable career turns need sourcing.
This article is problematic as written. That'sHedley (talk) 18:42, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsourced awards
Talk:Johns Hopkins University Press

message: Redited and Re-vamped the whole article.TennisGrandSlam (talk) 01:49, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: well, I am thinking about whether to revert that merge. Merges if not obvious need to be proposed first, see WP:MERGE. As for criteria for the validity of a separate list, see WP:LIST. As for other changes, I'm thinking about them. I remind you that nobody owns an article here. Please see also WP:BRD. I'm in fact a little gentler than that, and to save the trouble of the reversion, I urge you now to give your reasons. I'll notify the appropriate workgroup:  Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Academic Journals DGG (talk) 02:08, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  As the sole creator, compiler and editor of the original list I felt its relevance would be better highlighted by the merge. In turn, I also felt that that the list would provide synergestic value to the publisher's article which had been merely a stub and bereft of any information of a substantive nature prior to my having edited it (temporally twice - pre and post merge). There are other University Press articles which are similar eg. MIT Press. If you feel if these reasons are insufficient, please let me know. As the person who originally created the list as a seperate entity I would not be averse to a revert if you deem it necessary. However, I do feel that the merge provides this article with additional sorely needed heft making it more profound and informative (as serves the purpose of Wikipedia) than most other press articles which merely "exist" and serve no practical or informative purpose.TennisGrandSlam (talk) 03:15, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  I noticed that the Lead Section contains an uncited claim about the organization's size and influence that may come across as personal interpretation or bias. It could be improved by adding a citation to a reliable source such as an independent academic award recognizing the organization over others for its large influence, or deleting the claim. Rlyantonio (talk) 23:07, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: 07/05/2009
Talk:David Sheepshanks

message: Predecessors in which role?  Can this be clarified please? Oinky (talk) 15:00, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Like his predecessors..."
Talk:David Shiner (clown)

message: Dear Mr. Shiner,
Last year I visited NY and had the opportunity to see you and your partner in "Old Hats".  I so enjoyed that show that I kept the stub so that I would remember who the wonderful actors were.  Today, I thought I'd write and tell you, you were both terrific!!  I live now in Florida and don't get to Broadway or the theater much...but I have wonderful memories of your show.
I just thought I'd say it!
Terry  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:3:380:396:21D:4FFF:FE45:1984 (talk) 02:16, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  I so enjoyed the show!
Talk:David Shore

message: Being one of a curious nature I couldn't help but try, without success, to determine what is actually represented in the "House" TV show closing credits screen when a Shore Z Productions company logo is presented.  It would appear misspelled text, perhaps in the handwriting of a child, resides behind the company logo.  Is anyone aware as to the nature/meaning of such text?  As I am sure some are aware, similar tidbits are present, in the "white" screen at the end of the TV show "Two And A Half Men".  I apologize if my request is not per website guidelines as I am unaware of such criteria.  Thank you for your time.
Tony Dakin76.2.231.163 04:48, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shore Z Productions - "House" Closing Credits Screen / Company Logo 

message: 5 "hero"es in 2 sentences? Needs rewrite. --Quoth nevermore 00:42, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: And who is it exactly who says House resembles him? garik (talk) 13:52, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hero worship 
Talk:Next friend

message: I have encountered this term in an American court decision Hendren v. Campbell with the following plaintiffs: "JON HENDREN, by next friend ROBERT HENDREN, ROBERT HENDREN, by his own right and E. THOMAS MARSH".  Jon was a 9th grade student whom the lawsuit was filed on behalf of.  (The court case was about a creationist textbook.) 
Here are some links:
*  American legal definition (via Wex)
* Another definition (via law.com) -- suggests the practiced has mostly been supplanted.
MichaelSH 04:18, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Harry Lennix

message: Typical of Wikipedia run by one faction of the caretakers of the ENGLISH language: Searching for 'Harry J Lennix' nets nothing. You can after your failed search look inside Wikipedia articles for mention of 'Harry J Lennix' and then you'll find a link to 'Harry J. Lennix'. Notice 'J.' - there's a dot there.
The trouble is only the people in the US have this obsession with excessive punctuation; listing this actor as 'Harry J Lennix' (without the dot) is the common way to do things in all other countries. In fact the mention of 'Harry J Lennix' (without the dot) was found at a UK site.
That should be enough of a wakeup call for the US chauvinists running Wikipedia: if you insist on using this punctuation then make sure the references without it still lead to the correct articles; and if you're writing about people or things outside the US please remember that not everyone uses 'English' as you do and you are not even the primary (or definitive) location in the world for use of the language. It's called 'English' because its home country is 'England'. In most other countries your 'language' is most appropriately called 'American'.
Another good example of this is 'JK Rowling'. More often than not her initials do not have punctuation; she is very much a Brit; yet your 'American' article 'bastardises' her name.
Wikipedia IS an American web site. Why the obsession with the UK?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.202.113.201 (talk) 08:33, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Dot

message: Was Harry born in 1964 or 1965?Hotwine8 04:08, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Birthyear

message: This article needs a picture.
:Yes it does. He's a dead ringer for Barack Hussein Obama. He even talks like him. In fact he might be him.
:http://dailydoppel.blogspot.com/2007/08/barack-obama-harry-j-lennix.html
There is a picture of Mr. Lennix on the Wikipedia page reviewing the DNR episode of House(tv series).  Would that suffice?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wmlschlotterer (talk • contribs) 01:31, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Picture
Category talk:American non-fiction crime writers

message: it seems this should be merged with true crime writers.  looking at the true crime page, the definition seems to be non-fiction crime writing.  For example, in the main article on the "true crime" page", Truman Capote is listed specifically as a true crime writer, yet he is listed on this list as a non-fiction crime writer.  I think true crime should remain since it is a more commonly used term, and will be more "findable" that way.  Scarykitty 04:09, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:David Simon (writer)

message: Simon is listed as a novelist on this page, but I don't believe he has written a published novel.  Nor is one listed in his bibliography.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.243.191.212 (talk) 02:49, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for pointing that out. I've removed that from the infobox. Was that the only instance?--Opark 77 09:19, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Author

message: Hi.  Angryjournalist.com has begun selling David Simon t-shirts. This seems to be rather unique and, in my mind, serves as an example of his influence in pop culture. So I'm going to go ahead and add a link in "External links." But if anyone disagrees or thinks this is inappropriate, would you please respond?
Also, I believe Angryjournalist.com is noteworthy enough for its own Wikipedia page, but maybe it's too young? I believe it was started this year, but it's been mentioned all over the place within the journalism and even PR worlds. It inspired a number of similar sites, as well. Semidash (talk) 16:30, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  David Simon T-Shirts
Talk:David Singmaster

message: David Singmaster is known for (amongst other things) bringing a small number of Magic Cubes to England and writing an English newspaper article on the Magic Cube in June 1979. All information I have included here is based on correspondence from Mr Singmaster himself, received in December 2003.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dorgan65 (talk • contribs) 01:59, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: 86.24.102.36 (talk) 22:48, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  David Singmaster And The Magic Cube - Correct Information. 
Talk:David Slepian

message: I am Don Slepian, David Slepian's son.  I have inherited my father's collected published papers, in several large bound volumes.  I would imagine that there would be a lot of interesting material for mathematicians working in information theory, historians looking at the mathematics culture of Bell Laboratories in the 1950's and 1960's, and people generally interested in David Slepian's work.  I would want to make these materials available with the hopes that the materials of interest could be gathered together, index and published on the web for the general good.  I can be reached through my website, DonSlepian.com, or email, Don@DonSlepian.com.
Don Slepian (talk) 02:40, 4 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  David Slepian collected papers
Talk:Fay Bainter

message: Was Fay born in 1891 or 1893? There seems to be confusion between IMDB and Wikipedia again! Hotwine8 04:12, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Daniel Blum's "Great Stars of the American Stage" gives her birth date as December 7, 1892. This may be correct as she was alive and well when Blum wrote this book in 1952 and knew a lot of the famous stage personalities covered in the book on a personal basis. 1893 pops up a lot as well but that may be because she has a late year birthday and writers just round it off to the next year without checking. Im tending to go with Blum as he knew her and she would know her own birth date better than anyone, but Ill leave it for now. Koplimek (talk) 02:25, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birthyear 

message: Fay Bainter's Tombstone -- Michael David 17:26, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bainter's tombstone
Category talk:Non-fiction crime writers

message: This page should be merged with :Category:Non-fiction crime writers and all entries re classified.  non-fiction crime writers is a slightly older category, but true crime seems more colloquial and more likely to be happened upon.  Scarykitty 04:13, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's more colloquial, but a couple of months back the parent category was re-named from :Category:True crime books to :Category:Non-fiction crime books. So I'll support the merge, but probably not in the way originally suggested by Scarykitty. Cheers, ♥ Her Pegship♥ 21:26, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: cool, wasn't aware of the other change.  so let's merge true crime into non-fiction crime.  and then make sure stuff redirects cause people will come looking for true crime, as I did.  Got any recommendations for authors to branch out from Ann Rule?  Scarykitty 20:49, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

text: also, what do you think will be the process for doing this merge?  Will we have to go to each page, eg Truman Capote and re categorize him as a non fiction crime writer, not a crime writer.  any easier way to do this?  Scarykitty 20:50, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There's a process at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion; I'll list these items there, and someone of admin status can do the dirty work. Cheers, ♥ Her Pegship♥ 23:13, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: From Category talk:True crime writers
Talk:Victor McLaglen

message: The page currently states: "One of ten siblings, Victor had eight brothers and a sister," and references a 1928 piece from the Derby Daily Telegraph on the death of his father. The first problem is that that report actually states the late bishop, "had six sons," but the page names seven, plus Victor himself, making eight. However, the names listed include "Sydney" and "Leopold." Reference to an earlier version, which included birth and death dates for the siblings, has them as "Sydney (born circa 1884)" and "Leopold McLaglen (1884-1951)." In fact, these are the same person, Sydney Temple Leopold McLaglen, born in mid-1884. So that means that Victor was one of nine siblings, and one of eight brothers. Nick Cooper (talk) 13:48, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Number of siblings
Talk:David Solway

message: I removed the bit that described Solway's attendance at Layton's funeral simply because I feel it is more pertinent to a discussion about Layton. It is mentioned in the article about Irving Layton anyhow. This article is so short that the detail seemed out of place to me. --Susiebowers 19:07, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Who Are the Real Climate Deniers? by David Solway, 2013. 
Subtitle: "Both style and substance bespeak the weakness of climate-warmist arguments."
An interesting essay, which we might consider adding to the article. --Pete Tillman (talk) 04:27, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Solway on climate change
Talk:David Somerset, 11th Duke of Beaufort

message: # David Somerset, 11th Duke of Beaufort
# Henry Robert Somers Fitzroy de Vere Somerset
# Henry Charles Somers Augustus
# Lord Henry Somerset
# Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort
# Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort
# Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort
# Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort
# Charles Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort
# Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort
# Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester
# Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort
# Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester
# Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worcester
# Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester
# William Somerset, 3rd Earl of Worcester
# Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester
# Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester legitimised son of
# Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset
# Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset
# John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset legitimised (by marriage) son of
# John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster
# Edward III of England
# Edward II of England
# Edward I of England
# Henry III of England
# John of England
# Henry II of England
# Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou
# Fulk of Jerusalem
# Fulk IV, Count of Anjou
# Geoffrey, Count of Gâtinais
# Bouchard, Count of Gâtinais
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Tryde (talk • contribs) 07:24, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Ancestry
Talk:David Soyer

message: This ref says that George Neikrug played Kodaly's Solo Cello Sonata in New York in 1947, being the first time it had been performed anywhere in the USA "for many years".  Soyer was aged only 24 in 1947, and "many years" earlier would have made him too early to be making such a premiere.  It looks like Soyer's essay was after Neikrug's, and thus could not have been the New York premiere as claimed in the article.  
Comments?  --  Jack of Oz [Talk] 04:04, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Kodaly Solo Cello Sonata premiere?
Talk:David Spiegelhalter

message: He's on the list https://www.rss.org.uk/site/cms/contentviewarticle.asp?article=1284 Aalisonberry (talk) 18:01, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  it says CStat dubious-discuss 
Talk:Kapiti Fine Foods

message: why should this article be put up for speedy deletion when there are many other NZ company articles with even less supporting info that are still around??  
KFF Ltd (and i am NOT and employee by the way) is important as it is a major producer of cheese and icecream in NZ and wins awards for its products
i have removed the speedy deletion tag as the article is not about a person, group of people, band or club. Goldfinger820 04:25, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:List of Seikai characters

message: I've added some of the official English-language character names from TokyoPop's versions of the manga and novel and moved them to a more prominent position than the stricter fan transliterations, under the theory that most English-language fans are likely to be much more familiar with those name versions than the "originals". However, the standardization process is likely to be an imperfect nightmare due to minor inconsistencies among the three different English-language media. Although all of them use the spellings "Jinto" and "Lafiel" for the two main characters, I have no idea how to reconcile slight differences among the translations of the novel and manga (both via TokyoPop) and the captions/subtitles in the anime (via Bandai)-- should every variation be listed? is it really worth pointing out that the original "Laicch" is "Lexshu" in the novel but "Lexshue" in the manga and anime?-- but for now am using the novel as the primary reference, with the manga as backup for the later parts of the storyline that haven't been translated yet. (209.204.172.102 05:29, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Character names
Talk:Beta Ursae Minoris

message: The article very cautiously mentions a possibility for an arabic origin while many Russian and few French sources go even further. According to them the full Arabic name of the star is "Кохаб-эль-Шемали" / "Kaucab al Shemali" which translates to "The star of the Nord". It makes sense (much more than Kochab=star in de.wiki for example) but I cannot find any source in English. Obviously my knowledge in Arabic is zero, and my knowledge in Arabic (historical) names of the stars is even lower. -- Goldie (tell me) 04:33, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arabic origin and name 

message: I corrected an outdated statement of the apparent distance of Polaris from the north celestial pole as an pole alignment marker from Kochab.  It is currently about 38 arcminutes, a few minutes different from the J2000 epoch due to precession.  The apparent declination also varies several minutes of arc due to atmospheric refraction during the time of day.  The apparent position is not visually precise to arcminutes without a complex sidereal calculation, so the stated precision is misleading. Richard J Kinch (talk) 04:46, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Apparent declination
Talk:Belle Harbor, Queens

message: I believe Belle Harbor actually only refers to the area between Beach 125th and Beach 142nd streets. Dlgoldstein 04:33, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled comment 

message: The introductory section describes the new shore defenses, but uses the adjective "Unlikely" to refer to another storm like Super Storm Sandy. In light of our understanding of Global Climate Change, I believe the adjective "unlikely" is unwarranted. If we wish to remain conservative, we need not change it to "likely", but we should at least omit it. Comments?
Cladist (talk) 19:11, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  A New Superstorm is Unlikely?
Talk:Aaron Schatz

message: Sorry about the NPOV but I couldn't help myself. Perches 04:33, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Boss Johnson

message: In case it is of use, an image of the person's tombstone at 
Ross Bay Cemetery is available at  commons.wikimedia.  KenWalker | Talk 16:13, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Digging for the Truth

message: Some people (including myself) are very critical of the overall lack of skepticism presented in the show. Often prevailing theories are ignored if they are controversial. (For example, even though no reputable historian pays any credence to the story of Lot, Josh barely mentioned that and proceeded as if it were historical fact.) It would be nice if someone could find a verifiable source of such criticism so it could be included here for the sake of completeness. The best source I've found is an article on About.com that briefly mentions that archaeologists are not sold on the show, but it's second-hand and isn't much to begin with. This could easily be balanced with praise from the media, as the show has received excellent reviews. Sm5574 04:24, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criticism of the Show
Talk:Space War Blues

message: Owning a copy of this book, I'm drawing on the introductions by the author and Harlan Ellison for the details. swain 04:46, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

message: A section on "critical reception" would be good. (If there was any to speak of -- perhaps the interest in this work was pretty well used up by the time the novel-version finally saw print.)
108.7.233.155 (talk) 23:11, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: "Critical Reception section?