lflage/wiki-talks huggingface dataset:
Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Writing about fiction/sandbox

message: Archive 1
Archived by Dr Aaron 10:34, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

message: :Back again - I've removed the historical status because I'm reworking the page and about to have another go at changing the world. Who know's - I may get there eventually.Dr Aaron 11:54, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Page active again

message: Good effort.  The bottom half is okay, but tthe top half has problems. It relies too heavily on notability, which is only a guideline. I'd kill that section.  It's also far too strong in its wording on sourcing, sourcing is ultimately the goal, certainly, but I think you need to soften the authoritarian voice a little there.  Even our policies allow that sourcing happen over time, that needs to be reflected here.  The detail and scope area has some good ideas in it but again relies on notability and again may be overly prescriptive. Hiding Talk  13:16, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I usually hate any changes people make to my writing, but I definitely think your revisions are a distinct improvement! I think your changes to ordering and the tone capture better what I was intending to create. I really like the NPOV section as well. Thanks for your input! Dr Aaron 21:31, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Initial thoughts 

message: "Articles should not include unreferenced critical analysis of the subject, influence of the work on later creators and their projects, and conflicts between different fictional sources (e.g. books and films)."
:This is supposed to mean "Articles should not include unreferenced critical analysis of the subject, unreferenced  influence of the work on later creators and their projects, and unreferenced conflicts between different fictional sources (e.g. books and films)." Right? Could this be expressed more clearly? --129.241.127.227 06:42, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Good pick up - except Brian beat me to fixing it. Cheers Dr Aaron 10:09, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  ATT
Talk:Ready to Fall

message: I put the cover of the album not the single cuz i dont know how to get a the cover for the single that's ok right?
Howl5 13:58, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

message: It is definalely melodic hardcore, with melodic vocals and occasional screaming, it has a more melodic breakdown than hardcore.
No! songs like Chamber of Catridge or Injection(melodic Hardcore/hardcore-punk) or The Good left Undone or Survive are Melodic Hardcore but not Ready to Fall Melodic Horror
You mean Post-hardcore? with melodic hardcore?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.94.213.82 (talk) 17:37, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Genre
Talk:Birmingham Superprix

message: I have added event dates.  Dates shown are actual published ones, there may have been setup activity on the preceding day.
Jim Whitaker (talk) 09:54, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Event dates
Talk:Battle of Schöngrabern

message: Not a bad article. My suggestions for its improvement are:
1. Can the actual troop numbers be better researched? I know that many historians believe Murat had 30,000 troops at his disposal, and Bagration may have had as few as 4,000 to 6,000.
2. Can any details regarding the combat itself be added? It is a fact that the Russians fended off several French assaults...that is no mean accomplishment. Napoleon himself, upon hearing of the details at Schoen Grabern, commented on the resolve of the Russian infantry.
3. There is not sufficient attention in this article to the strategic success enjoyed by the Russians: Bagration's object was to delay the French advance, which he succeeded in doing by holding Murat off for six hours during the fighting.
4. Bagration executed a skilled and organized withdrawal from the field...I think this should be mentioned.
5. Perhaps the outcome of the battle should read as "French tactical victory, Russian strategic success"? It was, after all, a succussful Russian rearguard action.
Kenmore 05:59, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: In the overview table, the Austrian Empire is listed as belligerent, but nowhere in the text Austrian troops are mentioned, only Russian troops. The "order of battle" link is broken as of today, so there really is no hint on Austrian troops present. OG a.D. 86 (talk) 13:39, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Austrian participation?
Talk:Portcullis

message: Agree with editor that this needs citation. Considerations: a) "Oil" is a generic term for "anything liquid including animal fats", b) When castles were hard pressed, anything at all was used for ammo. Piano non troppo (talk) 09:32, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Boiling oil too valuable

message: Does this belong in Category: Fortification?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rustbelt Maps (talk • contribs) 01:28, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Category Missing 

message: Does this belong in Category: Fortification?
Rustbelt Maps (talk) 01:39, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Category Missing 

message: I was under the impression that the plural of 'Portcullis' was 'Portculli', from the Latin, but here it's 'Portcullises.' Discussion?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.171.88.35 (talk) 03:53, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Not a Latin scholar, eh?  If the ending of a Latin noun is "us", then the nominative plural ending could be "i".  That obviously does not apply here, totally aside from the fact that Latin plurals are not necessarily recommended for English words, even if of Latin origin. --Kbh3rdtalk 04:02, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

text: I would prefer portscullis ;) —Tamfang (talk) 16:14, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pluralization 

message: The article states "from the Growtopia porte coulissante.." Growtopia? Is this a typo/auto complete error?
Monsieur Gavier (talk) 16:23, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Growtopia? 

message: "wood and/or metal" — I wonder how often the metal is other than iron. —Tamfang (talk) 16:15, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  substances 

message: A portcullis appears in the arms of Baron Gridley, presumably canting. —Tamfang (talk) 22:24, 27 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  cant
Talk:EnergyAustralia (state government enterprise)

message: As TRUenergy acquired former EnergyAustralia retail business and rebranded itself as EnergyAustralia, we should probably merge these articles. As an alternative, keep these articles separated but rename this article EnergyAustralia (state government enterprise) to talk about the former company existing until 2011, and rename TRUenergy EnergyAustralia. Beagel (talk) 05:47, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Pdfpdf (talk) 08:59, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge proposal
Talk:Great Wall Airlines

message: There was a another Great Wall Airlines prior to the one mentioned in this article. In the late 1990s I took an internal flight between two Chinese cities on Great Wall Airlines (I don't recall which two cities but I'm pretty sure one was in Shandong Province, probably Jinan or Qingdao.) This airlines was bought by China Eastern Airline in the early 2000s. Should this be mentioned here?
Gentleman wiki (talk) 23:54, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Passenger airline with same name? 
Talk:Malaysia–Singapore Airlines

message: (Please refer to, and respond  at, talk:Singapore Airlines. Thanks.) — Instantnood 18:40, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: History of MSA

message: Hi,
i have removed the following:
One of its leased aircraft, a 707, is included in the British Airways Museum collection on display at the RAF Museum Cosford
It is not longer on display. It was removed and broken up on 2006. See Here: RAF Museum Cosford
--Boeing747-412 (talk) 12:08, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Boeing 707 Display 
Category talk:WikiProject Dogs

message: When I expand the entry "WikiProject Dogs", I get:
 [–] WikiProject Dogs
 304 undefined: 
 [+] Dogs articles by importance
 [+] Dogs articles by quality
 [+] WikiProject Dogs
 [+] WikiProject Dogs Members
with the "304" and all the "[+]" in red.  I thought Categories weren't supposed to self-reference themselves?  How do we go about fixing this?  Gordon | Talk, 14:25, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm afraid I'm not really sure what the question is. The WikiProject Dogs page mentioned in the category is the Project page, not the category page. Also, categories of this type are fairly common for most of the larger projects. I think I actually took the design from Wikipedia:WikiProject Virginia, so I thought that it was fairly reasonably formed. It isn't technically self-referencing, because the category of WPDogs is not itself a member of the category. I think. If my answer is insufficient, or if I somehow misconstrued the question, please let me know. Badbilltucker 17:06, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

text: Thanks mate.  It looks good now, the organisation is nifty.  Alas, I come across quite a lot of Cat pages with the 304 and [+] all in red.  Gordon | Talk, 13:09, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Self-Referencing
Talk:Windstopper

message: This page redirected to Gore-Tex, but on that page it says Windstopper is a different product.  This should either be a page in it's own right, or redirect to a section of Gore-Tex.  Is that right? Meizawotmeiz 14:26, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  This is not Gore-Tex
Talk:List of The Backyardigans episodes

message: 65.24.104.167 (talk) 17:42, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Bestagon ⬡ 18:14, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 17 February 2021 

message: I just want Simple English List of Backyardigans episodes back. 2601:3C7:8300:2E70:2435:C1CC:749F:357E (talk) 05:36, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. EvergreenFir (talk) 06:03, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 19 February 2021 

message: change the music genre of To The Center of the Earth to "1930s small novelty band" (Raymond Scott) as it is more accurate to the genre of the episode Gkr2020 (talk) 00:15, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. — IVORK Talk 03:48, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 25 November 2021 

message: The episode "Monster Detectives" has 1960s rock rather than garage rock. The episode "The Flipper!"'s rock is in the style of Bo Diddley. AlexBrior24 (talk) 20:22, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Not 100% sure about the second but the first one would make sense, as this article mentions that the season three episode Pirate Camp also used Garage Rock, and I'm fairly certain this show wouldn't use the same genre twice. Plus, 1960s rock seems more fitting for the music in Monster Detectives and sounds different from the music in Pirate Camp. Kaincee (talk) 04:49, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 26 August 2022 

message: Every time I look through this page I'm confused by the mention of "A Box of AAUGH" on the episode "High Tea", and it says it was an Internet meme years ago. I'm not sure what that meme is, and I couldn't find evidence of anything related to this in the episode or by looking it up. (Ironically, though, when simply searching "A Box of AAUGH" the "Box of Wind" meme from the show appears.) So, what does this even mean? Is it worthy of being on this page or is this just a false, useless addition that went under the radar somehow? Kaincee (talk) 04:46, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  What does "Box of AAUGH" mean?
Talk:Frumentarii

message: the 'collector of corn' is a strange term, since corn was invented in central america, and was not known in europe until the time of columbus, over one thousand years after the roman period this article is discussing.
1. Corn wasn't invented.
2. More importantly 'corn' is the most well-used forms of describing grain in Ancient Rome; because of the 'corn dole' as it is called.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.194.158.244 (talk) 05:57, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  corn in rome?
Talk:Cohortes urbanae

message: Is there any reason why "Urban Cohorts" and "Urban Cohort" should not redirect here? - Plasticbadge 18:23, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirect? 

message: Aren't these the same as the Vigiles? Mon Vier 22:09, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No, they are distinct from one another. In modern terms, urban cohorts were cops and vigiles firemen and security guards. 85.76.165.217 (talk) 17:34, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Vigiles

message: I think that the the urban cohorts were known as city cohorts in places where they had 'urbans' such as Carthage. This excludes Rome as in Rome they were known as Urbans.The Gaon (talk) 20:56, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi, I'm afraid I still don't get it. "urbs" or "urbis" is "city" in Latin. So I wonder what distinction was possible between the two terms in the original. Bazuz (talk) 21:01, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  City Cohorts 

message: Isn't it a bit anachronistic to state that Augustus created the urban cohorts to to balance the "enormous power" of the Praetorians? As far as I am aware, the praetorians did not become the force that we know until well into the imperial period, not during the Republic precedent too Augustus' rule. Or am I mistaken?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.132.173.112 (talk) 00:21, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Enormous Power 

message: Saying that "In the time of the Flavians this was increased to four cohorts" makes it sound like this was the first and only modification to the structure of the cohorts, when in fact there were many others in the interim. I don't have a source, but I've read these things so many times, that I'm sure somebody will find a reputable reference for expanding this article. 85.76.165.217 (talk) 17:29, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Addition to "Organization" section
Talk:Dromedarii

message: I find it very difficult to believe that Romans could not distinguish between bactrians and dromedaries since they are from 2 very distinct ecological regions and have the obvious difference of having either 1 or 2 humps. While Oy may be true that Romans had less access to information than us due to not having invented the internet yet, all of my research has brought me to the conclusion that they were infact not only able to count all the way to the number 2 but most were able to distinguish between 1 and 2. 2600:6C56:6100:46E:6880:3C8F:AC3D:BA4F (talk) 06:13, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dumb Romans
Talk:Bucellarii

message: Sorry for bothering. According to the bucellarii entry in the Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity (2018), the term came into common use during the papacy of Honorius I (625-628). Isn't that... weird? - LouisAragon (talk) 01:11, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi LouisAragon , I'm pretty sure that Emperor Honorius is meant, not Pope Honorius; the article makes clear reference to 5th-century people like Aetius, or the Notitia Dignitatum, after all. Constantine   ✍  18:31, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yeah my thoughts exactly. I guess its just an error in the Internet Oxford link then. When you click on the link "Honorius" within the entry ("(...) and became common from the time of Honorius."), it somehow redirects to Pope Honorius. Thanks, - LouisAragon (talk) 18:34, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pope Honorius I?
Talk:Stumpy (album)

message: I was correcting the common mis-spelling of desiccated. Track 19 on this album is "Dessicated". Can someone confirm that this is the way it is spelt on the album, in which case it needs to stay as "Dessicated"   MortimerCat 14:38, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I just did the same, some 3 years later...   Chzz  ►  21:21, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Couldn't find anything on the net to confirm/deny the spelling; various sites quote the title, but I strongly suspect that many come from Wikipedia itself; I've tagged the word as 'disputed'. Maybe in another 3 years we might get some answer; good job there is no deadline :-)   Chzz  ►  21:35, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't understand. On the album, which seems to me to be the _only_ correct source for this, it clearly reads "Dessicated". Mark in wiki (talk) 10:29, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Back 5 years later to answer Mark - Chzz and myself do not have access to the album. We probably both tried searching for some other online reliable source but failed. You are right, the album itself is the definitive source and you have confirmed that the spelling should remain as dessicated, even if it appears with a red underline!  MortimerCat (talk) 17:12, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spelling "Dessicated"
Talk:Llangorse Lake

message: Why was the photograph of Llangorse lake removed?
The photograph was not copywrited and as I took the photo myself, the lake is common ground and there were no other people visable in the photo, it was a good quality photograph, relevent to the article and not too large.
So the only reason I can think of for it's removal is vandalisam. I am adding the picture to the article again to correct the vandalisam.
--Shearluck 14:54, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo 

message: I doubted the figure of 139 ha and so independently measured the area of the water surface at 127 ha but since that is original research it cannot be incorporated into the article. I initially made some changes in reference to a further figure but have since self-reverted. Geopersona (talk) 15:03, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Area of lake
Talk:Headford

message: I'm curious about the locals who are contributing to the article.  Say hello!  Dppowell 15:06, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

message: I have tidied / updated the European /national / county elections section. I'm not sure, though, that the names of MEPs, etc. need to be here (in the town article) as those particulars are fully covered in the linked articles dealing directly with the constituencies. -- Picapica (talk) 22:37, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Elections
Talk:Battle of Mediolanum

message: This article reads like it is constructed with English vocabulary, but with non-English grammar. I suspect that it has been inexpertly translated from a non-English source, possibly one of the non-English wikipedia, or a non-English website - possibly by a machine translator such as Babelfish. It really needs to be untangled. - Vedexent (talk) - 15:07, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Translation problems? 

message: Disculpen las molestias pero intentaré mejorarlo a partir de la próxima semana para dar un mejor servicio. 
Atentamente José Antonio. Andalucía España/Spain
Thanks you Vedexent  I need to improve my English. Nisibis
Estoy trabajando en el artículo " Battle of Mediolanum" Excuse me for disturbing you. 
Singara 11:04, 18 April 2007 
thank you all --Singara (talk) 14:14, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contestación
Talk:Exchange matrix

message: :Looks to me like everything on this list has been done already. 67.198.37.16 (talk) 01:03, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: todo list

message: Just did one by hand to find out what was being 'exchanged' 2.103.12.172 (talk) 14:32, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems that someone added such examples. 67.198.37.16 (talk) 01:03, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  why not an example, that would have been so simple and clear 

message: Have been unable to find common reference to "exchange matrices" in this sense apart from the book by Johnson & Horn, which is the only source listed for the entirety of the article.
Rather, it seems to more widespread/standard idea of "exchange matrices" is akin to that of "permutation matrices", and the two are used interchangeably. 77.80.28.27 (talk) 16:53, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  concept of "exchange matrices" seems to be non-standard?
Talk:Manilkara bidentata

message: Why does Macaranduba redirect here?  I'd assume that it's an alternate name for the same plant, but there's no mention of it in the article. -- hibou 15:12, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The name Massaranduba/macaranduba is used in the american wood products industry to refer to "brazillian redwood". This may be the tree this wood comes from. howerver, this source says brazillian redwood is Tabebuia ImpetiginosaMercurywoodrose (talk) 16:51, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Macaranduba 
Talk:Monro of Fyrish

message: I've located an ISBN number for a 2004 reprint of the "History of the Monros of Fowlis" and included that in the reference. Dcodriscoll 15:17, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, I would say that it looks great! Keep up the good work. HighInBC (Need help? Ask me) 15:22, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

text: This may interest you, Wikipedia:Citation templates, it is a collection of templates for citing various mediums. This allows for a unified style throughout the encyclopedia. HighInBC (Need help? Ask me) 15:26, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Cheers for the guidance. I'd missed that resource, but it's very useful. Thanks. Dcodriscoll 12:05, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Dr James Monro, Born: November 17, 1939; Died: August 29, 2013, was one of the most-respected heart surgeons of his generation and a pioneer of congenital heart surgery, particularly recognised for his corrective cardiac surgery on babies. Until his death, he was President of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Britain and Ireland. Although born in Singapore and educated in England, he was extremely proud of his Scottish ancestors in the medical field. As a young man he was a rifle shot for Scotland at international level and throughout his life enjoyed playing links golf on this country's courses.
He came from a long line of Scottish doctors from the Monro of Fyrish.  Shipsview (talk) 19:10, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: One more

message: I do not have access to the sources to do it myself, but I feel that this article would benefit from some history about how the estate came into Monro hands, and when and how it left them.
The eastern lands of Fyrish were added to the Novar estate when they were passed from the Munro of Culrain family to the Munro of Novar family during the 18th century. Is this at the same time that the Douglas family acquired them?  A Captain William Douglas of the Marines, who was part of an expedition against Martinique and Guadaloupe in 1758-59 died at Fyrish on 24 August 1788. He, and his descendant Robert, a plantation owner in the West Indies, are both described as being 'of Fyrish', though I suspect Robert may have been so named after his Fyrish Plantation, in Demerara. This would seem to indicate that there was no Monro, 10th of Fyrish.  Other family members are described as being 'of Kiltearn', a neighbouring landholding. 
I note that a George Kenneth Monro of Fyrish matriculated Arms "of that description" in 1994.  I do not know if this indicates that the family is back in residence.  Shipsview (talk) 19:32, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Fyrish

message: I would like to see Dr John Monro’s family tree 86.19.110.157 (talk) 14:17, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Family tree