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Talk:Lightering

message: This term has been used aside from oil tankers, for example in colonial America many of the seaward ports developed from the lucrative transshipment between ocean-going vessels and smaller vessels capable of navigating shallow sounds and rivers to points inland. One example I am familiar with is Portsmouth Island, North Carolina, whose economy was almost entirely based on lightering. Can we put some mention of these alternative definitions in the article?
The Barge Industry uses this term for off loading of material from a barge to adjust the draft of that barge.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.64.175.226 (talk) 14:40, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other types of "lightering" 

message: Have edited the article to reflect the continued contemporary usage of this practise. Now sure what the source/reference was for making the claim that modern bulk carriers no longer lighter, but that claim is false.
I removed the 'stub' tag, as the article has plenty of links and information. The process it is describing is a relatively simple one, so no reason to overcomplicate matters.
Also, the following link was broken. Have inserted new link for a video describing the lightering process.
*Skaugen Petro Trans document covering the basics of the lightering process
It is also still used in some more isolated places in the Pacific such as Norfolk Island, where no modern ship of any size can actually get close to the jetty even if empty. They anchor offshore & offload using onboard cranes to whaleboats (acting as barges) pulled by launches. (see Norfolk Island entry in Wikipedia)
144.139.103.173 (talk) 02:29, 14 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lightering still used in modern dry bulk shipping 
Talk:Waldgrave

message: Somehow this article must be linked to the Wildgrave/Graf article which discusses the wildgrave (same as waldgrave).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.116.154.116 (talk) 23:16, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I made some changes. JJL (talk) 03:31, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wildgrave
Talk:Wilhelm Góra

message: Wilhelm Gora was born in (a subdivision of) Beuthen, Upper Silesia, German Empire (today Bytom, Poland). This historic information of Wilhelm Gora's birth place was removed by Dustihowe:  
The Polish Wikipedia states Wilhelm Gora's birth place as Bytom 
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.133.68.253 (talk) 17:14, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Wilhelm Gora's place of birth
Talk:William G. Morgan

message: My friend William Wright said that William G. Morgan was his great, great grandfather. I'M FRIENDS WITH A GRANDSON FROM WHO INVENTED VOLLEYBALL, HOW COOL IS THAT? 2603:7080:DC02:5FB5:D96B:830C:FEF8:F772 (talk) 20:11, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  My friend told me this and I was shocked! 

message: William g Morgan 2601:8C0:27F:E940:4D6F:16E1:7805:B76E (talk) 14:45, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Goggle docs William g Morgan notes
Talk:William I, Elector of Hesse

message: Although he is described as "Elector of Hesse", the more correct appelation is "Prince Elector of Hesse", Prince-elector being the literal translation of Kurfürst.
The Holy Roman Empire being abolished in 1806, neither he nor his successors were "Electors" after that year.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.206.122.30 (talk) 02:57, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The page number for the inline citation 3, A Guide To Diplomatic Practice, is missing and I don't know how to apply the template without corrupting the metadata. Biologo-in-erba (talk) 09:43, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page number needed for source 3
Talk:Fake Plastic Snow

message: FYI - the INS no longer exists.  It's been replaced with the Department of Homeland Security, now, not so affectionately, known as the DHS.--Esprit15d  (talk ¤ contribs) 20:36, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: INS
Talk:Anne Chu

message: Hi guys,
The recent 18 edits that I've made for this page falls under the Art+Feminism wiki event that I participate in. #AFS2019
Yours,
IIIIFEI  — Preceding unsigned comment added by IIIIFEI (talk • contribs) 15:49, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Art + Feminism 2019"
Talk:Ground dipole

message: This article is horribly written! It should be revised at the very least for grammatical and punctuation errors.
The second link seems to be broken82.209.130.109 (talk) 21:41, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: A duplication tag was recently added to this article and Project Sanguine saying that these articles have an excessive amount of duplication and questioning whether some or all of one article should be merged into the other.  It seems to me the duplication in both articles is necessary and appropriate.  Both articles deal with communication by extremely low frequency (ELF) waves.  Ground dipole is a technical article describing the main type of antenna used for transmitting ELF waves.  Project Sanguine is a historical article describing the US Navy's obsolete ELF transmission facility, now shut down, which included one of the world's two major ground dipole antenna installations; the other being the Russian Navy's Zevs ELF transmitter.  Ground dipole necessarily includes a description of the Sanguine project since it is the antenna about which there is the most unclassified information, but also includes technical description that would be out of place in the other article.    Project Sanguine necessarily includes a description of the ground dipole, but does not go into the technical details.   --09:12, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Duplication with [[Project Sanguine]]
Talk:Carter Oosterhouse

message: My client, Carter Oosterhouse has given me permission to re publish bio language from www.carteroosterhouse.com/ web site.
Please let me know how you would like to proceed.
Best,
Steve Rohr Publicist for Howard Fine Century Public Relations 1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 365 Los Angeles, CA 90067 (310) 557-1122 steve@centurypublicity.com
:Remember that this is wikipedia, and that anyone can make additions/subtractions to the page.  Thegreatdr (talk) 13:16, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Start of the page 

message: Hi, I saw that someone reversed the fact that Oosterhouse is Mexican American, a fact he talks constantly about in interviews. I don´t understand why the elimination and the comment that his cultural heritage isn't relevant, just because his last name is Nordic and he doesn't fit the "Mexican Stereotype"? it's almost as stripping Barbara Straisand or Jerry Seinfield of their Jewish culture and heritage, or David Beckham of being British.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Worldnewsjunkie (talk • contribs) 02:05, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ethnic Heritage 

message: Playboy: Playmate Erotic Adventures 1999 lists Carter as an additional cast member through the Internet Movie Database, as well as other sites.  I'm guessing his publicist didn't want this on the page.  =)  Thegreatdr (talk) 19:56, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Porn background 
Talk:Bombardier Billy Wells

message: I am confused. Why is the article located at "Bombadier" when every mention in the article is spelled "BombaRdier"? Should the article be moved? -Phoenixrod (talk) 18:38, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I just submitted a move request. -Phoenixrod (talk) 22:43, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article name 

message: This sentence: 
Wells continued to fight, having eight more bouts, winning five and losing six. His last fight was in April 1925.
Is clearly wrong... someone know the truth?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marchin Man (talk • contribs) 09:21, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  a bit wrong 

message: How do you do that? I thought it was officers that purchased commissions. Some clarity needed. 2A00:23C7:E284:CF00:EC34:8C48:66BA:306 (talk) 22:32, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  “He bought himself out of the Army” 

message: According to the record posted here, Wells boxed a number of Generals, including one when he was still an enlisted man. One of the later ones even knocked him out. Is this right?? Generals tend to be past their physical prime. More info, please. 2A00:23C7:E284:CF00:EC34:8C48:66BA:306 (talk) 22:40, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Generals
Talk:MyPoints.com

message: We need an article here.  In the meantime, I redirect to classmates.com, cuz they seem to be quite partnered, if not owned by the same entity.  Mathiastck 20:41, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd rather have MyPoints.com NOT redirect here if there isn't anything in the Classmates.com article indicating that partnership.  At the very least, the two sites themselves are significantly different.--G.B. Blackrock 15:44, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Winifred Spooner

message: Does anyone know if Spooner was her married name, as I have books stating that the winner of the 1930 King's Cup Race was Miss Winifred Brown. Is it the same person, did she marry in that year? Thanks--FruitMonkey 14:45, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Flight from 1930 titled her Miss Spooner. Pibwl ←« 18:37, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: A minute of searching:  - Winifred Brown seems other aviatrix, the article mentions also Winifred Spooner as a participant. Pibwl ←« 18:45, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Packet trade

message: A history of the Atlantic packet trade archived here. — LlywelynII 10:22, 14 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources for article expansion
Talk:Zariadres

message: According to historians its a great chance that he was  Zaza Kurd. In the west the name is known as Zariadres. but in kurdish its Zer-ya-des. Theres no evidence saying that he was armenian.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.202.130.88 (talk) 22:32, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kurdish 

message: I would like to see a source for the argument which hinges on this point: "the actual coinage of Abdissares does not carry that name but Abdissarou (Greek: Αβδισσαρού "Abdissarou"=Son of Abdissar)."
Αβδισσαρού is the genitive of Abdissares. A name in the genitive can be a patronymic, when (and only when) it follows another name, which isn't the case on these coins. Patronymics are not the only reason why names might appear in the genitive. In particular, names on Greek coins are always in the genitive - The idea apparently being "[coin of] Abdissares" or whoever the issuer is (the genitive case is the Greek equivalent of the English ’s). Thus the legend Αβδισσαρού does not mean "son of", and is exactly what we would expect to see on the coinage of someone called Abdissares Furius (talk) 09:38, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Son of Abdissar
Talk:Wu Daqi

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: moved. Unopposed. Can be reverted per WP:RMUM. (closed by non-admin page mover) CLYDE TALK TO ME/STUFF DONE (please mention me on reply) 00:10, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Wu Ta-ch'i →  – According to WP:NCZH, Chinese names should be written in their pinyin forms unless a clear majority of sources do otherwise. In this case, it's difficult to tell for sure which transliteration is more popular (Google Books searches yield far too many false positives) but the two usages seem about equally common. The Journal of Asian Martial Arts and Lesser-Known Tai Chi Lineages both use the pinyin form. Lacking strong evidence why this article should use Wade-Giles, I say we stick to the default pinyin. SilverStar54 (talk) 20:43, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 14 June 2023
Talk:Yang Shouzhong

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) CLYDE TALK TO ME/STUFF DONE (please mention me on reply) 00:10, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Yang Shou-chung →  – In general, Cantonese names are an exception to WP:NCZH's policy to default to pinyin. However, in this case neither Cantonese spelling (Yeung Sau Chung or Yang Sau Chung) appears to be particularly widespread. Therefore, because the Wade-Giles Yang Shou-chung is not clearly more prevalent than the pinyin Yang Shouzhong, this page should be moved to the pinyin spelling. SilverStar54 (talk) 20:50, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

text: Agreed if the name is going to remain in Mandarin, then Hanyu Pinyin is preferred. In the US he is known mostly by his Cantonese name, mostly in non-standard spellings, but I recently edited the summary paragraph and the Transcription boxes include those for search and reference. Jōkepedia (talk) 21:30, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I could have been mistaken about the usage of the Cantonese name. I only looked at published works, but if there are other sources you're seeing that use the Cantonese name, we should try to make a comparison. SilverStar54 (talk) 16:59, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think this should prevent us from using the Mandarin name here. His courtesy name and his birth name were originally Mandarin. And as the article is written now, searches for his Cantonese name will also lead here. But if you want to do further research, note that because he moved to Hong Kong where he became known by the Cantonese version of his name, writers within the worldwide lineage he founded tend to use "Yeung Sau Chung", or a hybrid substituting the Mandarin "Yang" for "Yeung" to make his family heritage clear. Jōkepedia (talk) 20:56, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Got it. Yeah, it sounds like the pinyin Mandarin name is the best option here. SilverStar54 (talk) 20:31, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 14 June 2023
Talk:Zofia Zamoyska

message: The picture I have removed from article's body was of different Zofia Potocka. It depicted Zofia Glavani Witt – Potocka, 1760-1822, third wife of Stanis%C5%82aw Szcz%C4%99sny Potocki. --Ttyre 22:08, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong picture
Talk:Zoltán of Hungary

message: I've just copyedited this article, fulfilling a request someone made on WP:GOCE/REQ. I hope I've helped and not messed anything up too much.
I was confused by one thing, the end of the last sentence of the "Life" section:
"...Anonymous only inserted Zoltán into the incompletely preserved list of the grand princes because all Hungarian monarchs from the House of Árpád descended from him."
Maybe I'm just having a slow day, but I'm not sure what you're trying to say there. The rest of the article looks good to me! Bobnorwal (talk) 19:08, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Dear Bobnorwal, thank for your copyedit. I inserted some words in the above sentence. I hope these words help to understand it. Have a nice day! Borsoka (talk) 01:49, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyedit
Talk:Young Dutchy

message: I found three references to Dutchy on Google, and all three of them contradicted information in the article. I've changed what I could, but it certainly puts the rest in doubt.WQUlrich (talk) 22:40, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: There's a trove of stuff about him from the San Francisco Call on the LOC website. I put it into the article as an external link, if anybody wants to devote that much time to research. (He seems to have been a crook as much as a boxer) WQUlrich (talk) 19:36, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article may be a bunch of.....nonsense.
Template talk:WikiProject Africa

message: Rename:
*Flag of the Seychelles.svg → Flag of Seychelles.svg Rkt2312 (talk) 21:22, 26 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Terasail[✉️] 02:41, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template-protected edit request on 26 October 2022 

message: Rename:
*Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg → Flag of São Tomé and Príncipe.svg Rkt2312 (talk) 14:58, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: . P.I. Ellsworth , ed. put'r there 20:36, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template-protected edit request on 22 November 2022 

message: You are invited to join the discussion at Template talk:WikiProject banner shell § Duplicate banner templates category.  ‍—‍a smart kitten[meow] 00:53, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion at [[:Template talk:WikiProject banner shell#Duplicate banner templates category|Template talk:WikiProject banner shell §&nbsp;Duplicate banner templates category]]

message: Add portals for:
Algeria, Botswana, and Ethiopia 48JCL (talk) 21:52, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: * Pppery * it has begun... 03:13, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template-protected edit request on 28 May 2024 

message: WikiProject Botswana now has a logo, pls change the CoA to Alt Version WikiProject Botswana Logo.png48JCL TALK 12:09, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: . P.I. Ellsworth , ed. put'er there 12:30, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template-protected edit request on 6 June 2024
Talk:Women's Refugee Commission

message: I am volunteering with the Women's Commission and saw that similar organizations: Refugee International, International Rescue Committee, Human Rights Watch, etc. have wikipedia pages.  Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children is a notable NGO and I'm trying to write this as objectively as possible.  From my perspective, this page(women's commission for refugee women and children) is similar in content to the others I mentioned above - so not sure why it is marked for deletion.  Can you please help me with this?  Thank you.  Womenscommission 20:49, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Hi, 

message: I found several articles referencing the Women's Commission - including the NYTimes and Democracy Now.  These now appear under external links/references.  Furthermore, the Women's Commission is appears to be a well recognized non-profit, and not advertising anything because they do not sell their services. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 38.102.195.114 (talk) 19:45, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  I think this is a notable organization that should not be marked for deletion 

message: While adding wiki links, I made list of board of directors into paragraph to condense length and visually balance page after a few lists. --Andys'edtits (talk) 07:47, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  wiki links added
Talk:902 in poetry

message: This genuinely needs to have content added OR nominated for speedy deletion under db-nocontent. TaylorSAllen 20:53, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks like you looked at it during the two minute period between creation of the shell and the first entry. That's why we stick the notice in as we create the shells. To get a view of the broader project, take a look at, for example, 1934 in poetry or 9th century in poetry.A Musing 21:19, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Belleville High School (New Jersey)

message: what has emo to do with Belleville High School ?
Just wondering ...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.224.56.115 (talk) 21:47, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
Talk:New Gaol, Bristol

message: Hello all,
I wanted to see who, if anyone, found the title of this page confusing.  I understand that this gaol has been superceded by Horfield Prison, so is the old gaol in Bristol, but I've only really seen it referred to in sources as 'The New Gaol' as it was built to take on the inmates of Newgate Prison as well.
Historic records at Bristol Archives fairly consistently name it 'New Gaol' ( for example), and it seems to be known mostly as 'The New Gaol' in modern publications (, )
I welcome your thoughts.
BRO MarkS (talk) 15:13, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I think when I started this I used the title given by English Heritage (now historic England) in the official listing info (see entry on Images of England and more recently the entry on the national heritage list for England). I would have no objection to moving the article (which maintains the edit history), if that is the "common name", but you might like to nominate for Wikipedia:Requested moves first to enable a wider range of editors to comment. — Rod talk 17:09, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Old City Gaol" or "New Gaol"
Talk:Southern Air Transport

message: I appreciate at least there is an entry for Southern Air Transport on Wikipedia but really the whole 1999 section is an uncited hagiography of an intelligence front notorious for drug trafficking, operated under Executive Order 12333.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by HongPong (talk • contribs) 18:13, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment

message: Much of the article is unsourced, particularly the section on 1986-1999. This section should either be sourced or removed. There also seems to be no source for the 1982 composition of the SAT fleet, which is of questionable relevance; why 1982, why not later or earlier? Please comment on this if you believe this should be kept.
Several other details are also unsourced, original research, or fail verification, and I am deleting them with the following notes: 1) the statement that SAT filed for bankruptcy on the same day that the CIA-OIG report on Contra drug smuggling came out is incorrect, and implies a cause and effect no one has ever claimed (original research); 2) the statement that the CIA was ordered to divest its airlines in 1976 is incorrect; 3) the claim that SAT continued to support covert activities in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Angola, and elsewhere after this date is unsourced. 4) The entire description of the shoot-down of the C123 in Nicaragua in 1985 is incorrect; the plane did not belong to SAT, it was not registered to SAT, and the crew members were not SAT employees at the time of the crash; the claim that it belonged to "Corporate Air Services" is apparently based on a 1986 Sandinista publication; the source listed in the article does not mention Corporate Air Services. 
That SAT had links with the plane and crew is true, and these should be set out with RS citations, which I will attempt to do in the near future. Rgr09 (talk) 02:32, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problems