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Talk:Kyiv (disambiguation)

message: I really do not understand why this page is Kiev.  The name is Kyiv (or Kiev).  The country has clarified how it is to be spelled and all media and government organizations use Kyiv when reffering to the capital of Ukraine.
Just because non-educated mass of people do not know geography, wikipedia should not reinforce incorrect spelling.
Vvolodymyr 21:24, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: What makes this change controversial?
Sources, valid arguments?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vvolodymyr (talk • contribs) 23:39, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry I didn’t see this comment way back then. It was very controversial among Wikipedia editors, up until we moved the article Kiev to Kyiv a day ago. Cheers. —Michael Z. 21:36, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unauthorised Change by Mzajac 

message: * 02:48, 31 July 2007 Alex Bakharev protected "Kiev (disambiguation)"‎ (disruptive editing by IPs/socks [edit=autoconfirmed:move=autoconfirmed])
As the above semiprotection was some time ago I'd like to discuss whether it's still necessary.  As well as welcoming comments from regular or sometime editors I've also notified the protecting sysop, .
--TS 03:42, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Semiprotection review

message: Kyiv and Kiev are two spelling variants of the same name, may be used interchangeably, and there is no accepted difference in pronunciation. And their usage is in flux at this time. So I wouldn’t split these into two separate disambiguation pages, because most articles would end up listed in both. Semantically, all-caps callsigns or abbreviations KIEV and KYIV are perhaps different, but there are few links there, that I don’t see making more pages very helpful. Have I missed some good rationale for a split? —Michael Z. 21:32, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi Mzajac I guess this is a response to my edit diff with a comment . I frankly did not give it much thought (I just looked at Gdansk/Gdanzig and assumed they had the same situation (one topoynym word (G)dans(k)ig spelled differently in German/Polish, hence why they now have Gdańsk (disambiguation) and Danzig (disambiguation)), but your arguments above make good sense. I have now cancelled my edit per your argument -> feel free to return it if I misundertood anything.--73.75.115.5 (talk) 21:50, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  Sounds good. —Michael Z. 22:31, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed split
Talk:War Horse (novel)

message: Why is there no summary? This article needs a summary!! Gaia Octavia Agrippa Talk |  Sign 15:48, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Summary!!?? 

message: See here. The horses that won us the war: How a harrowing reality inspired Michael Morpugo's classic novel - from the Daily Mail, 08/01/2010. Carcharoth (talk) 19:48, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  News article on the book
Talk:Mitsubishi 380/Archive 1

message: I think someone has a slight bias against the 380.  I have made several changes.  The starting price is $34,490, not $39,000.  The original sales target was 2500 units per month, not 3500.  Therefore sales are currently at 40% of the original target (averaged out over the time it has been released).  Davez621 08:38, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Bias

message: Obviously user:Catstail feels strongly about this - his revert deleted 22 edits over the last 50 days, wiping out the  tag, the recently-added infobox, the tidy-up of references to an appropriate style, and restoring several dead links I'd pruned out. The edit he reverted to also happened to be the last version he contributed. I reverted the revert, and would invite further discussion here before such sweeping changes are applied in future. Regards, -- DeLarge 08:45, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  reverts of 7 July 2006
Talk:Butter cake

message: Is this at all notable? Effectively its a page which says butter cake is any type of cake with butter as an ingredient and little else. Surely this should at the very most simply be a few sentences in a more generic 'Cake' article? 86.13.119.97 (talk) 15:11, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Ernest Chantre

message: I don't think that the article about the prominent French scholar should be deleted without any discussion. Check google, this name gives plenty of hits, he is mentioned in a number of Wikipedia articles and even in Britannica. This article needs expansion, but not deletion. Grandmaster 09:18, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I tagged this article because the EB link you provided states: "No results were returned". From this perspective the links suggesting notability do not appear to be founded. However, under closer review and a google search, this article may be warranted, but I would suggest a different link. Tiggerjay 05:12, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks for your response. Yes, the EB does not have a dedicated article on this person, but Chantre is responsible for some important scientific discoveries, so I believe he is notable enough for a wiki article. Regards, Grandmaster 06:50, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deletion 
Talk:Letters of Gediminas

message: :This letter is best known because Vilnius, capital of Lithuania, was mentioned in written sources for the first time. - there is no word Vilnius in the text, only Vilna, Wilno, Vilne [E. Bojtár, Foreword To The Past, A Cultural History of the Baltic People, p. 265, Central European University Press, 1999] .
:Similar statements:
::Klaipėda The first time the city was mentioned as Caloypede in the letter of Vytautas
::Kaunas doesn't contain old names, but :lt:Kauno istorija says Kauen, Cawen, Kauwenpille
::Šiauliai The city was first mentioned in written sources as Soule
::Gdańsk The name of a settlement was recorded after St. Adalbert's death in AD 997 as urbs Gyddanyzc
::Wrocław The city's name was first recorded as "Wrotizlava" in the chronicle of German chronicler Thietmar of Merseburg
::Paris Lutetia Parisiorum Xx236 (talk) 11:32, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  ''That's a very poor addition, which doesn't mean anything'' says Sabbatino
Talk:Lava cake

message: dont do dis to ewvsh!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.245.76.26 (talk) 03:01, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

message: Consider merging this with the Molten Chocolate Cake article. Is this a different type of cake? 207.12.38.254 (talk) 08:18, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge 

message: The primary listing of this should be under Chocolate Fondant which is a traditional French preparation.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.212.49.225 (talk) 11:16, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chocolate Fondant
File talk:Mist - Ensay region3.jpg

message: The text for this picture claims:
: "Ensay" is a Gaelic translation for Jesus."
On the other hand the article on Ensay Island reads:
: "Ensay ... The name originates from the Old Norse for Ewe Island [1]"
Which is it?
:A number of books show the original Norse as Engi or Engis, meaning meadow. http://www.google.co.uk/books?lr=&q=ensay+engis&btnG=Search+Books   Also, http://www.majstro.com/Web/Majstro/sdict.php shows no translation for Jesus or Ewe, but it does translate meadow to innis which is not phonectically disimilar from engis. Yes, it's OR... but it may spur someone else's imagination into finding a citable connection from Old Norse Engis, through Scots Gaelic Innis to the modern Ens (+ ey = isle).  81.179.95.88 14:32, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mistranslation? 

message: This a lovely picture. Colinstu 20:02, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nice picture
Talk:St. Honoré cake

message: Does this St. Honoré Cake related to the Hong Kong Saint Honore? Jacob Poon 00:33, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Hong Kong branch?

message: If one studies the legend of this saint, one of the miracles of his lifetime was reputed to be a blackberry tree sprouting where he 'planted' an orange rind.  One supposes that the orange zest or liqueur versions of the Chiboust Cream filling reflect this part of the legend.  They also taste pretty good in the mix.  210.50.143.21 (talk) 08:59, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Chiboust Cream appropriate to St Honoré
Talk:Simnel cake

message: The history of the cake and common convention suggests eleven balls are placed on the cake, not 12. Amended appropriately.
Junius (talk) 09:12, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  11 Marzipan balls 

message: Simnel cake, could this also be Simonal cake? It symbolises Simon Peter's denial of Christ post crucification, It is eaten for atonement? (on behalf of 81.33.102.222) Ic451uk (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 19:33, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: * I've never seen this usage, and am dubious of this. Please point to some references.--ColonelHenry (talk) 01:45, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Simonal Cake
Talk:Ayhan Işık

message: == More needed ==
This is an icon of Turkish cinema, Sean Connery, Clark Gable and Robert Reford in one.  Surely there is more to add.  At least a photo!--Murat (talk) 19:36, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comments 

message: This is an icon of Turkish cinema, Sean Connery, Clark Gable and Robert Reford in one.  Surely there is more to add.  At least a photo!--Murat (talk) 19:36, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  More needed 
Talk:List of Cachaça brands

message: Playboy Brazil did a report "Ranking da Cachaça 2011" in their July 2011 issue. It can be found at least in Portuguese (I read with translator).
There are quite a few missing: #1 Anísio Santiago, #5 Canarinha, #6 Serra Limpa, #7 Maria Izabel Jequitibá, #9 Sagatiba Preciosa (2 other Sagatibas are listed), #10 Germana Heritage ("normal" Germana is listed, and was #4), #11 MatoDentro Prata, #13 Santo Grau Coronel Xavier Chaves (this version missing), #14 Boazinha, #15 Lua Cheia, #16 Casa Bucco Ouro (this version missing), #17 Nega Fulô, #18 Armazém Vieira Safira, #19 Weber Haus Amburana (this version missing), #20 Rainha das Gerais.
So, 10 of 20 are missing totally and 5 do not have the same version/taste/whatever listed. 91.154.188.185 (talk) 04:09, 18 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some of the best (?) missing
Talk:Snickometer

message: I removed this unsourced and dubious sounding material by an anonymous editor:
:A backyard version of the Snicko was first tested and introduced by Luke Lukess in 1992. Using a small microphone drilled into a cricket stump and a tape recorder recording backyard games, the device was used to adjudicate caught behind decisions. 
Similar material had been removed previously in the edit of 20:31, 14 January 2016‎.
-- dmmaus (talk) 04:35, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
Talk:Third-party software component

message: === Why is there a link on Enterprise Java Beans? ===
I never heard of an EJB distributed as 3rd party component. Did you mean Java Beans as reusable software components? 217.91.144.108 (talk) 11:11, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I never heard of an EJB distributed as 3rd party component. Did you mean Java Beans as reusable software components? 217.91.144.108 (talk) 11:11, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is there a link on Enterprise Java Beans? 

message: A software developer writing its own programs, is the first party. And if he uses some code/libraries/programs from outside, its called third party.
Who/What/Where is the second party? 212.91.246.21 10:04, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question: Who is the second party? 

message: What is third party app? 223.237.69.205 (talk) 19:55, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Computer
Talk:Cable Beach

message: I've switched the Wikidata sitelink for this article from  (the beach) to  (the locality), because it's about more than just the beach and the infobox also says it's about the suburb. Feel free to correct me if this is wrong! It's prompted by the fact that the population figure relates to the suburb and not the beach (I don't know how many people live on the beach). Sam Wilson 08:34, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Locality or beach?
Talk:HMS St Vincent (1815)

message: The image used from Wikimedia Commons may be captioned HMS St Vincent but it looks nothing like the ship compared to her appearance in photographs. In fact, it's not a picture of a ship of the line at all, but apparently of a frigate or sloop.Cenedi (talk) 23:21, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Its definitely wrong, St Vincent she may be but its almost certainly another ship with the same name. The library tag says just 'St Vincent (ship)'. From the flags at her fore and main mast, I'd say she was a commercial vessel, the one at the mainmast is surely a house flag. Benea (talk) 18:46, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  The particular vessel (image) talked about here was the St Vincent (1829), which sailed on the Australia Run, carrying emigrants or convicts. Broichmore (talk) 13:27, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Incorrect image?
Talk:Feliz Navidad (song)

message: On an episode of The West Wing, a character says that Feliz Navidad sold more copies than White Christmas (song). Anybody know if this is true? Cheers, Rothery 10:35, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: old talk

message: There was no copyright information for the article. Is the song still copyrighted? Gnetter (talk) 20:24, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, it is still copyrighted everywhere, since it was written in 1970. Graham87 05:06, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright information of song 

message: Am removing tagged request for an infobox as I have added one. Expansion would be appreciated, though. Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:16, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Infobox

message: Why does Feliz Navidad have the same melody as Taco Wagon?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.205.196.206 (talk) 19:21, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Taco Wagon 

message: Except for a couple huge charity fundraisers (like Do They Know It's Christmas), I'm wondering if this isn't one of the last really "big" Christmas pop songs.... PurpleChez (talk) 16:38, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd thought this was a late 70s song, so my thinking was a little off. I can think of several "classic rock" Xmas songs more recent than this. Wonderful Christmastime, maybe Happy Xmas War Is Over... Still...how many holiday pop hits have there been in the last 25 years or so? I know that people still put out Xmas records, but it's a judgement call about what's a classic.... PurpleChez (talk) 16:44, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Modern Xmas hits 

message: The footnote tells us that "feliz" is pronounced "[feˈliθ]" or "[fe'lis]". However, the first pronunciation (with the English "th" sound in "three" or "bath") is only used in parts of Spain (mainly the north), whereas the second pronunciation (with the English "s" sound in "saw" or "boss") is used everywhere else in the Spanish-speaking world (including Feliciano's homeland Puerto Rico and the rest of Latin America). This means the "s" pronunciation is by far the more common (and it is also acceptable everywhere). I reckon singing this song with a "th" sound everywhere (including "fe-leeth-ee-dahd") would be like singing American jazz or country music with a cut-glass British accent. Perhaps some Spaniards would sing the song this way (since that's how they would pronounce the phrase as an ordinary Christmas greeting), but as I say the vast majority (at least 90%) of Spanish-speakers would not - so the "th" pronunciation should surely be given in second place, or perhaps not at all.213.127.210.95 (talk) 15:51, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation of "feliz"
Talk:HMS Queen Charlotte (1810)

message: Given the date this HMS excellent is probably HMS Queen Charlotte but we don't know when the artist died
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/hms-excellent-and-hms-calcutta-26063
©Geni 03:50, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Possible pic

message: The ship is mentioned in an important internal link to dry rot which appears worth including -I have no access to the sources. JRPG (talk) 10:53, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Dry rot"
Talk:Lietuvos istorijos metraštis

message: Maybe it is worth to name this article in English equivalent? M.K. 11:29, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Not sure whether publication names should be  translated. (Same goes for street names Vienybės square of Unity square?)--Lokyz 11:49, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Talk:James Reese (author)

message: Any reason to say that this person is notable?  Kenilworth Terrace (talk) 17:54, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notability 

message: This author is categorized in a number of erotica categories, but there's no mention of erotica in the article's body. Per WP:BLPCAT, categories must be supported by the article text and reliable sources. Without such support, the categories could be considered contentious and should be removed. Pburka (talk) 23:20, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Erotica 
Talk:Smith Breeden Prize

message: Many links at the notes are inactive   ("...was not found on this server") SoSivr (talk) 14:53, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Inactive links

message: This prize is now called "Amundi Smith Breeden Prize". SoSivr (talk) 16:12, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Change of name for this Prize
Talk:Scotopic vision

message: The current (unsourced) luminance range given for scotopic vision is below 10^-3.5 cd/m^2. This paperhttp://faculty.washington.edu/sbuck/545ColorClass/PokornyCh2.1979b.PDF gives 10^-3 cd/m^2 and cites a CIE report. Which (if either) is correct? --Rgalexandervision (talk) 16:09, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Any sourced value, with citation, would be OK.  If someone finds another, we can talk.  Dicklyon (talk) 16:35, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Wrong luminance range?

message: I wonder why at scotopic vision, smaller wavelengths are more important for good perception, than in photopic vision. Wouldn't it be more advantageous the other way, as the ambient light at night is far more red than blue? By looking at CIE Illuminant A (night) and C (day) and comparing them with scotopic and photopic vision, one can see that for day it does make sense, but our night vision would be better if the eye wouldn't swich to scotopic but stay with photopic vision. I can not find an explanation for this, it simply does not follow the rules of evolution.--TeakHoken193.187.211.118 (talk) 10:11, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: A complete guess, but I think that all light, regardless of the luminence, is composed of various wavelengths of visible light.  That is to say, that if our cones were able to "work" at the typical nighttime luminence values, then we'd still have color vision at night.  Light at night isn't more blue, it's just darker, and we can't use color vision because we only have one type of cell interpreting the light.  As far as evolution goes, I guess color wasn't as important during the night (when we wouldn't be foraging for food) so it wasn't developed in earnest.  But I really have no clue how our eyes evolved :)
Also, from reading the article on rod cells, it seems that they are much better at detecting small movements, though not quickly or with great acuity.  This might serve as a adaption to keep vigilant at night, wary of potential predators. Lime in the Coconut 19:49, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: wrong evolution?

message: The article mentions a lack of colour discrimination, but what about perception? I noticed, for example, that the light pollution in the sky looks distinctly "blue" to me and fades to "orange" towards the brighter areas (sodium lighting). This might explain the blue colouring used to simulate moonlight in movies etc, when in fact (in answer to the above) it is white light (moon is grey, acts just like a very dim sun). (Not sure whether I should be using US English spelling "color" here.)--Adx (talk) 10:24, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: colour discrimination vs perception
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Software/to do

message: Here I find, there's no dedicated section for requesting articles for topics, which are yet to be covered. Some of them were covered before, and then deleted for improper practice, advertisements, importance-less-ness etc.
Some of those topics are indeed important enough for WikiProject:Software, and should be given a life (or brought to life).
Situations may come when it leads to a debate among the editors and admins, most of the time the debates are upped by the mods. But just to keep it fairer, we need a article-banner which says that it is a requested article and not to be deleted (or to be requested for deletion) without having a discussion in here - with the WP:SW contributors. If here it's decided unworthy, it can be deleted, otherwise the article stays with the banner (updated with the summery conclusion - telling why the deletion proposal failed last time - and the discussion link). Once the article is mature enough, the banner can be lifted off.
(Sorry for being so mean - for not adding the appropriate links - but please bear with my schedule. Hope, to whom the message I want to convey, are expert enough to understand WP:SW or speedy-deletion etc. without back-links)
– Deb ‖ Poke • EditList ‖ 07:37, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps you could list the articles at Wikipedia:Requested articles/Applied arts and sciences/Computer science, computing, and Internet. --Pnm (talk) 00:33, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article Requests (WikiProject:Software only)
Talk:Hammersmith Hospital

message: Does any one know about the 1950 Hammersmith hospital experiments, in which plutonium was injected in patients without their consent?  Also, they were allegedly given "radioactive cocktails", or subjected to full body radiation.  270 pregnant women had radioactive sodium injected into their placentas.
I'm getting this from Jane Goldman's X-Files Book of the Unexplaines Volume II, sorely she didn't make this up, but why is there no information on this?
:"The X Files Book of the Unexplained"? Well, it must be true! – iridescent 20:01, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
Talk:Sirat al-Zahir Baybars

message: Cirederf7 , please stop vandalism. This article goes about Sirat al-Zahir Baibars. The introduction goes about why Baibars was popular and not about French being beaten by him. It explains why the Sirah  emerged. Please stop that . As I told you before can not change history by vandalism.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Samsam22 (talk • contribs) 03:04, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: Vale maio (talk) 14:12, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: featured article on arz.wikipedia
Talk:Mike Ashley (writer)

message: I have commenced a tidy-up of the Bibliography section using cite templates. Capitalization and punctuation follow standard cataloguing rules in AACR2 and RDA, as much as Wikipedia templates allow it. ISBNs and other persistent identifiers, where available, are commented out, but still available for reference. This is a work in progress; feel free to continue. Sunwin1960 (talk) 03:45, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bibliography