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Talk:Watson and the Shark

message: Great painting of a dramatic event, and perhaps a product of its times, but what was Watson thinking - skinny dipping in Havana harbour? Pavium 01:01, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Watson is crippled and lost a leg due to a shark attack. This is a rendering of that attack and a historical painting. Not skinny dipping.Yialanliu (talk) 03:00, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: If he's not skinny dipping, why in the world is he naked? Caeruleancentaur (talk) 12:37, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Clearly he forgot to take his swimming costume with him ! In those days, I suspect that swimming naked was more acceptable. -- Beardo (talk) 00:48, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The same reason the people in The Raft of the Medusa are nearly naked, in indeterminate rags: it is hard to look heroic in 18th-century underwear. Johnbod (talk) 12:15, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

text: I am also puzzled by this. I saw this painting in Boston's MFA. So, is the article's stated location of the painting wrong? (talk) user:Al83tito  07:19, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  Ah, never mind: while the infobox only lists one location, the body of the article better explains it: "The painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1778. Copley produced a second, full-size replica for himself, now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. His third and smaller version, with a more upright composition, is held by the Detroit Institute of Arts. The Beaverbrook Art Gallery (Fredericton, Canada) has a miniature version of this piece, attributed to Copley." Maybe the detail in the inbox should be improved a bit, but other than it seems ok.  Thank you. (talk) user:Al83tito  07:21, 27 October 2018 (UTC)

text: Yes - as so often the infobox destroyed the vital information. I've removed it, & clarified the lead. Johnbod (talk) 23:50, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Are there any creditable interpretations of the painting? Seems like it may contain elements of the Christian mythos. The spear wielder is in a pose reminiscent of Michael, and Watson representing the naked soul in danger of sin? My own amateur thoughts aside, does anyone know of any critical commentary that could be included? -Vironic Hero  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.10.250.80 (talk) 19:05, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: An AP US History textbook (Liberty, Equality, Power) captions the photo on page 118: "John Singleton Copley's 1778 painting, dramatically depicting a young man's rescue from shark attack, began the democratization or heroism. Note that a black man holds the traditional central and elevated place of honor in the painting, and that only one person on the rescue boat is a 'gentleman.' In this work, Copley announced that ordinary men can be heroes." It doesn't sound particularly verifiable, but it's an interesting note. musicGUYGUY 21:52, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Interpretations 

message: 'One of the characters is shown socking said shark in the face.' Alliterative rather than encylopediac. 86.53.143.254 (talk) 14:10, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Phrasing
Talk:Carhuasanta

message: The sections on the 1982 and 1985 expeditions were originally referenced to the National Geographic Magazine article, however barring time travel, this strikes me as being problematic as the NGS expedition took place in 1972.  As such, I changed them to .  If someone could provide reliable sources on either of these expeditions, it would be greatly appreciated.  --Kralizec! (talk) 19:04, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[WP:V|Sources]] needed
Talk:Places in the Realm of the Elderlings

message: The map used appears to be an edited version of a Six Duchies map, with Jamaillia inserted where Chalced is noted on the maps in the books, and Chalced moved off inland. The liveship trader books show Jamaillia as being further southwest of Bingtown, not between it and the Six Duchies. h3st (talk) 16:33, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong map
Talk:Noel Field

message: I added the "cleanup" tag to this article. It needs a proper introduction paragraph with birth & death dates and section headings. It also contains some extremely unencyclopedic, unclear, and just plain weird writing, such as 
:"His early history---a Quaker with Communist sympathies who rose steadily in the world of American diplomacy---offers an informative window on its era. But it does not hint at the explosion to come, in postwar Eastern Europe, for which Field unwittingly would serve as the detonator." (Ay caramba!) 
KarlBunker 16:15, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: "Noel and Herta Field, however, opted to settle in Budapest where they remained apologists for the regime that had tortured them. Historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., who had blocked Field's bid for OSS funds for a German communist front group during World War II, later said, "Field's simple-mindedness was indestructible.""
Use of terms like "apologists" seems entirely out of place here.  For whatever reason, the Fields continued to believe in these governments.  Whether they were apologists or not is a matter of opinion.
Shankargopal (talk) 13:23, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

text: I have attempted some small improvement. The quote by Field shows why some labelled him an apologist at the time. - Salmanazar (talk) 16:49, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: But the sentence User: Shankargopa singles out is also simply true from a to z. But it is so nice to see some stalinist sympathies here. There is a exhaustive treatment of the Field case (in german!) available (with the usual lacunae) on googlebooks.--Radh (talk) 07:27, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

text: Not called The N F Diaries, as mistakenly said in the edit comment; its called Der Fall N F (The Case of Noel Field).--Radh (talk) 09:26, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I think the entire page needs a rewrite, starting with the assertion that he was a Soviet agent. He was clearly sympathic to communism, but the transcripts of his interrogations by the Hungarian secret police (under torture) clearly indicate otherwise. He was an American agent prior to 1945; it appears that his "handler" was none other than Allen Dulles, later head of the C.I.A. After his release from Hungarian prison, he stayed in Hungary because if he returned to the U.S. it was certain that he would have been tried during the McCarthy Era.
Charles L. Smith (talk) 04:53, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bias 

message: There is a massive book on Field and the whole trial thing - in German. Will find out the bibliographical details.--80.157.2.254 (talk) 10:57, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Book on Field
Talk:Göteborgs BK

message: Most cities in the U.S. have one major team for a given sport.  Göteborgs seems to have many: IFK Göteborg, Göteborgs IF, Göteborgs FF, Göteborg Berserkers, History of IFK Göteborg.  I don't know anything about Göteborg and found all these teams confusing.  It might be beneficial to the Göteborgs BK article to provide some distinction between each Göteborg team and in doing so, the reader may better understand where Göteborgs BK fits amoung all these teams. -- Jreferee 14:12, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Göteborg Berserkers doesn't play football (soccer), Göteborgs IF and Göteborgs FF have been defunct for a long time, as have the club this article is about. IFK Göteborg did not even exist when Göteborgs BK was dissolved (and History of IFK Göteborg isn't really a club, but a history article on a club). And there are loads of other football clubs from Gothenburg that play on a high level or have done so in the past, for example Örgryte IS, GAIS, Fässbergs IF, Gårda BK, Gunnilse IS, BK Häcken, Qviding FIF, Västra Frölunda IF, IS Lyckans Soldater and Redbergslids IK, just to mention those that Wikipedia currently has articles on. You will find that most larger European cities have a lot of clubs in several sports, just take a look at :Category:Sport in London or :Category:Sport in Moscow. Or even take a look at :Category:Sports in New York City, where there are loads of football (soccer) clubs listed. I don't believe that each and every of all those articles benefits from having a see also section with links to the other clubs (which is handled fine by the category), or an explanation where the club fits among the others, which by the way is hard to do. I don't even really understand how to do that. – Elisson • T • C • 14:36, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: References to other Göteborgs clubs

message: In the infobox, it is assumed that the club was dissolved "after 1887?". In its database entry for Evert Lundqvist the Swedish football association lists "Göteborgs BK" among the clubs where the player was active with being registered for the club in 1930. Could this be the same club? --TSchm (talk) 10:24, 20 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi! No, the later Göteborgs BK was founded in 1929. And when looking this up I actually found a source that confirmed that the original club was dissolved in 1910 (I don't have the time currently to rewrite the article though). – Elisson • T • C • 12:43, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dissolved in (or after) the 1930?
Talk:Tay Road Bridge

message: Is there any reason for the panoramic photograph of the RAILWAY bridge at the foot of the article about the ROAD bridge? --Steelwool (talk) 13:18, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmm, it was added in this edit by an IP address that has no other edits. I've removed it. Citizensmith (talk) 16:01, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Though not an excuse, the road bridge is rather lackluster.--172.191.102.219 (talk) 04:07, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Images

message: As historical background, it might be worth noting where was the nearest road bridge across the Tay, before the construction of the new bridge. Valetude (talk) 18:27, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Previous road crossing?
Talk:Dean Cemetery

message: We've got a massive, unwieldy list of burials that is pretty much unsourced and includes redlinks, meaning that even the WP:SUMMARYSTYLE won't apply. Since we also have the :Category:Burials at the Dean Cemetery, is this list really necessary in its current form? And where would one find :John Murray Mitchell (missionary), whose article has a source saying he is there somewhere? - Sitush (talk) 08:33, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Burials
Talk:Midtown Madness 3

message: what? am i missing something? why isnt the game Midtown Madness 3 on this page?! Thedreamdied 16:31, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Now been created. Thanks. Thedreamdied 22:25, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It was purely co-incidental. I only read your comment after properly creating the page. M3Plus 05:14, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Song (Korean surname)

message: "a naturalized-Korean citizen named Song Joo-Eun 송주은(宋柱殷) from China's Tang Dynasty in the 1300s became the progenitor of the people bearing his surname."
Tang dynasty ruled from 618-907 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_dynasty
"but he was a highly ranked court official during Korea's Shilla Dynasty."
Shilla ruled from 57 BCE - 935 CE
Unified Shilla ruled from 668 CE - 935 CE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ShillaJonbolt (talk) 18:10, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Period
Talk:Tanana Chiefs Conference

message: The "History" section is way long and describes many events that don't seem to be directly relevant to the organization itself. Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act would be greatly improved by moving some of this over there.--Atlantima 16:35, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Off-topic

message: Kaktovik is not within the TCC region.  Not even close.  However, they may be affiliated with TCC due to Fairbanks being just as easy to reach via air than Barrow.  Anaktuvuk Pass did align with TCC several years ago for roughly this reason - namely, that all flights from "AKP" to the outside world go through Fairbanks, with none going through Barrow (the only flights between those two communities are generally charters).  There have also been ongoing political issues within the North Slope Borough, between Barrow and the borough's eastern outlying villages.
Additionally, the article reads as if it were copied and pasted from a TCC web page.  Anyone care to check that out?RadioKAOS (talk) 22:38, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Villages
Talk:Thant Myint-U

message: Private communication with the author confirms that he currently holds Myanmar citizenship. Please do not change it. SWH® talk 16:47, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: if he was born in the US, he's an American... unless he undertook a very long and painful process to renounce his citizenship...  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:647:4C02:9B10:FD34:3040:3165:E18A (talk) 04:53, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Not always! Sons and daughters of diplomats can avoid that. Not sure whether his parents had a diplomatic status. Halskw (talk) 04:03, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  He is a Myanmar national 

message: Those lectures are actually conference visits and not notable in my opinion. As a matter of fact, almost every student in the US goes to a conference visit every semester and gives presentations (lectures). The reason we should remove those is that they can easily be confused with an official position at the universities. People think of it as being a lecturer. Sherwilliam (talk) 15:42, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lectures 

message: I strongly suspect JudahEzekie, ArthurPhayre, HenryYule2018, Moon-San214, SukhumvitRoad2021, and many others are either U Thant Myint-U himself or people close to him. Halskw (talk) 15:07, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  COI edits 

message: So many socks are editing this page. Curiousdroid (talk) 20:04, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Socks of Thant Myint-U self-editing this page
Talk:Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway

message: "The Act of Parliament for building the railway received its Royal Assent in 1838 which was open on 28 July 1863.  Services started between Glasgow Queen Street and Haymarket on 21 February 1842."
I don't know what this is intended to convey. Afterbrunel (talk) 20:17, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Deleted "which was open on 28 July 1863" for the time being.  Davidships (talk) 13:43, 31 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Does this make sense?
Talk:Scottish Central Railway

message: The railway title "Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Railway Junction" sounds a bit peculiar - I think that it should be "Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Junction Railway". See the second source cited for that line. --Redrose64 (talk) 15:33, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Unfortunately, I've found a source to back up "Railway Junction" - Awdry, Christopher Encyclopedia of British Railway Companies, p.72. Still don't like it though. --Redrose64 (talk) 21:44, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Railway Junction 

message: On the Route Template Diagram a station should be added at this location (open 1848 closed 1854)Steamybrian2 (talk) 21:00, 12 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Greenhill Upper Junction station
Talk:Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway

message: The text at present says "CRAG have recently been campaigning for the re-opening of the South Suburban line to passenger rail services."
But the citation is from 2007. That is not "recently". 
I don't like putting "Dubious" in the face of an article, but I wondered if anyone with better knowledge than me could either update the assertion, or if it is dead, just delete it ... ? Afterbrunel (talk) 16:08, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Well spotted; I have updated the dead references with links to the Web Archive - always a great resource for dealing with dead URLs. Correspondingly I changed the tenses to make the text a bit less recent-sounding. Hope it helps.Cnbrb (talk) 20:41, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks for this. Afterbrunel (talk) 06:57, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recently, but undated 

message: I have done some substantial editing on this section, partly to meet some (by no means all) of the criticism mentioned above. I have tried to bring the story up to date (as of 2024), and have added several more examples of various initiatives in favour of a reopening. But I'm aware that there are still some gaps here, and would welcome any further edits from knowledgeable editors.
I have also adjusted the name of the subsection, changing "Campaigns" to "Proposals", which seems to be more appropriate. And rightly or wrongly I have promoted it to a sub-section in its own right, rather than a sub-sub-section of "History". If anyone disagrees with those decisions, feel free to edit accordingly. Mike Marchmont (talk) 16:37, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Partial rewrite of "Proposals for restoring passenger services"
Talk:Us amendments

message: I am requesting the page removal, this page has only been used for spamming, an there are other pages on the US Amendments.
:Every version has been just nonsense. Delete as such. Fan-1967 16:44, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

message: Double redirect, update target to List of amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Hyphenation Expert (talk) 06:08, 19 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: , thanks! DanCherek (talk) 18:50, 19 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Protected edit request on 19 June 2023
Talk:Northern Court

message: I don't think I have ever seen another source explain so succinctly and clearly who the two sides in the Nanbokucho conflict were - that is, where the division of the two Courts originated and why they both had more or less legitimate claims to the throne. Thank you very much to all who worked on this to make it so informative and clear. LordAmeth 23:02, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nice job! 

message: What part of Japan was controlled by the Northern Court? Which present day prefectures? --Apoc2400 (talk) 10:45, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  What area? 

message: "pretenders to the throne?"  This is not a very objective, value-free definition.  It may have been labeled this in the Meiji period, but that label is not descriptive of historical fact, but rather is a nationalist, ideological representation of the past.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.194.201.74 (talk) 06:17, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  pretenders? 

message: "Still, since 1911, the Japanese government has declared the southern claimants were actually the rightful emperors despite the fact that all subsequent emperors including the then-Emperor Meiji were descended from the Northern Court, reasoning the Southern Court retained possession of the three sacred treasures, thus converting the emperors of the former Northern court into mere pretenders." 
This is stated in the article with no source, and it something as important as the emperors of Japan being illegitimate definitely should have a source.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Markush100 (talk • contribs) 15:57, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Source on the current emperors of Japan being illegitimate?
Talk:Medtronic

message: The table in this article of largest global medical device firms is from the MarketResearch 2017 table of world's largest medical device companies, but this report is not readable online (paywall); however, I have attached references from articles that (without stating it), quote the MarketResearch report.  I think they are fine as standalone references in their own right, but maybe I should also add the MarketResearch reference (or, does the fact that it is behind a paywall render it unusable). I think that it is an important and notable face about Medtronic so is worth keeping. thanks. Britishfinance (talk) 10:38, 8 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: - see your TP. XyZAn (talk) 10:40, 8 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: , thanks for that.  As I understand it, your concern is that the table is not specific to Medtronic, and therefore should be a separate list article which the Medtronic article would link into (have I got that right)?  What you say does make sense to me, however, my problem is that I have only been able to do this list for the top-10 and am not sure that a separate WP article on the top 10 medical device companies would be worth creating?  My proposal is that we leave this table here for the moment (unless you feel that it is a material violation of the rules?), and I will try and get my hands on a PDF of the top-100 medical device companies which I could paste into excel and easily create a  separate WP list article on?  There was an table I saw last year from MR which had details around the total revenues, total patents, total staff, tax location, operational location etc. for the top-100 medical device companies, which would be useful to readers and would tie in nicely to all the other medical device company articles. Britishfinance (talk) 19:18, 8 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Table of largest Medical Device companies
Talk:Polaris Inc.

message: it said the company was founded in 2008.... i dont think that is right. i may be wrong though  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.237.112.120 (talk) 22:43, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: They were founded in 1954. 76.188.240.96 (talk) 02:57, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Company founding

message: Polaris has been making the only 6 wheel drive ATV on the market for many years now. shoudln't this be mentioned somewhere?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.235.92.237 (talk) 03:43, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: 6 wheel drive

message: I knoticed there isn't very much info on the history of Polaris ATVs and Side by Sides. or their PVT "polaris veriable transmition" driveline system. or that the Ranger RZR was the first sport Side by Side UTV able to go on standard ATV trailes where other side by sides aren't allowed.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.235.92.237 (talk) 03:50, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: more ATV history needed?

message: Polaris set up its website in Australia  in Jul 2011 and has
42 dealers Australia Wide.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobxiao (talk • contribs) 05:00, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: And...? If you have something you'd like to add to this page, please be bold and do it. Ckruschke (talk) 14:46, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Polaris in Australia 

message: It was named after the north star. Michael Delaughter (talk) 14:04, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  North Star. 

message: Polaris launched a redesigned logo in July of 2019.  Hjomspat (talk) 16:21, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Logo
Talk:Regis Corporation

message: Hello. We handle the public relations for Regis Corporation and would like to suggest corrections to the page.
We understand the conflict of interest and know we cannot make the changes ourselves. Who do we send suggested corrections to, or is there a different way to get the page updated?  Thank you, GretchenGARELC123 (talk) 20:23, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Corrections to page
Talk:Pacific Western University/Proposed

message: THE BELOW IS A WORK IN PROGRESS AND HAS NOT BEEN ASSESSED FOR NEUTRALITY.
PLEASE REMARK ON ALL CHANGES TO THIS PROPOSED ARTICLE
ON THE MAIN TALK PAGE UNDER THE SECTION "Discuss changes you made to the proposal here."
---- Please note that information on Pacific Western University and how they eventually were unanimously and ubiquitously stereotyped a “diploma mill” had to do with September 11th, 2001 and school records were traced from events where the attacker pilots had used PWU to obtain their pilot licenses. http://educationservices.us/faq.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20120830220816/http://educationservices.us/gaoreport.html
63.155.44.105 (talk) 21:07, 3 June 2023 (UTC)