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Talk:XyWrite

message: I've switched this to the present tense, as XyWrite still has a fair number of users. (I'm one, and yes, I say it's faster than MS Word and OOo because I've compared them.)
I've also fixed the misstatement that Xy file format is ASCII. Wrongo. There are alternative ways of phrasing "IBM437", but "ASCII" is surely the most misleading among them. Hoary 06:11, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm now no longer a user of XyWrite, mostly because of its inability to handle Unicode but also because of the irritations involved in running a DOS or Windows program under a superior OS. However, I stand by the statement that "XyWrite still has a fair number of users": see the activity here and the discussion here. --Hoary 05:37, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: The present tense 

message: I assumed the NPOV issues with this article were fairly obvious. Phrases like "several great virtues" and "polished to near-perfection" show a clear lack of neutrality, unless you can find a source for someone knowledgeable on the subject saying that. The article overall is pretty good but weasel phrases like that need to be weeded out. Soo 13:19, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well said. I'd start by pointing to an article by Edward Mendelson published in the Yale Review -- but oh dear, most of the links in this page are dead. So rewriting may take a while. In the meantime.... Hoary 13:55, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: NPOV

message: I had forgotten that Signature was released - but now it vaguely comes back to me. What a mess it was. Menus for inserting footnotes, no menus for deleting footnotes. A beginner could add things but only experts could remove the things that the beginner added... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 160.39.18.104 (talk) 18:18, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Signature

message: There seems to be an argument between 
:Quasi-WYSIWYG editing which ensures that the line breaks in documents matches those of the printed version, although all text appears in the same generic font and the same point size and graphic elements are represented only by empty outlines.
and
:Version 4 had full WYSIWYG graphical editing capabilities including on-screen display of bitmaps.
I can't speak about bitmaps, but as for text the former accords a lot better with my own hazy memories of Xy4DOS. Could the one writer have Xy4DOS in mind and the other Xy4Win? -- Hoary 04:18, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: How WYSIWYG woz Xy4?

message: When the entry reads, "Nota Bene, which runs on the XyWrite engine, is popular among academics" I wonder how "popular" is defined.  I cannot find a single academic I know (small pool) that uses XyWrite.  Please be specific.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomdarling (talk • contribs) 11:29, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Popularity 

message: In UTF-8, Russian requires 2 bytes, Chinese 3 bytes.--Reciprocist (talk) 23:21, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Russian vs Chinese
Talk:Humanity+

message: In light of the name change, the article title should now be Humanity Plus, with a redirect from World Transhumanist Association.--Gloriamarie (talk) 20:06, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. I will make the change. --Loremaster (talk) 20:48, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks!--Gloriamarie (talk) 21:19, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Article title should be changed

message: — Assignment last updated by Pichaudhary (talk) 05:21, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Introduction to Community Economic and Social Development II
Talk:Cross-country skiing

message: With this edit, I substituted the notion of traveling on skis instead of being transported by them. My edit was reverted by User:Graham87. Before restoring my edit, I would like the input of others, as to which is more appropriate: "however, some use it as a means of transportation" (status quo) or "nonetheless, some travel point-to point on skis" (my recommendation). My reasoning is that one travels on skis, but is not transported by them, since the skis are not propelled by other means. Here are some sources on the topic:
* OED: Transport, The action of carrying or conveying a thing or person from one place to another; conveyance. vs Travel, To make a journey, esp. of some length or to a distant or foreign place; to go from place to place.
*Merriam-Webster: Transport, to transfer or convey from one place to another. vs Travel, to go on or as if on a trip or tour.
*Wiktionary: Transport, to carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey. vs Travel, to pass from one place to another.
I look forward to the input of others. Cheers, HopsonRoad (talk) 18:10, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: For me those words are synonymous, but I see that there is some nuance in favour of travel. Historically travel was of course the main or only purpose of skiing. Also today skis are often used for instance for hunting, I guess that is covered by travel. — Erik Jr. 21:51, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't mind either way now that I think about it ... honestly I didn't check the diffs properly (which I should've done) and was rushing through dealing with edits by ComputerUserUser. I've put "travel" back. Graham87 (talk) 00:41, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for your constructive engagement, Graham87! Keep up the good work! Cheers, HopsonRoad (talk) 02:46, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Travel vs transport
Talk:Elgin

message: Does anybody know about the pronunciation of Elgin in Scotland and elsewhere? I know that Elgin, Illinois is pronounced [ˈɛldʒɪn] (I grew up about twenty minutes away from there) but I've heard [ˈɛlgɪn] with respect to the Marbles (and not liked it very much!). QuartierLatin1968 06:18, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: According to the Surrey History website, this Elgin is named after the Elgin is Scotland Barisam (talk) 06:29, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I seem to have made a mistake and accidentally deleted the infobox, im new to wikipedia can you reverse that Barisam (talk) 06:31, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/The Thacher School

message: Hi, I started this entry - Katherine Bechtel, daughter of Riley Bechtel (of Bechtel Corporation) recently graduated from the school (2003), Kate Mulhulland (of the L.A. water thing) also recently graduated from the school.  The school has hosted and run the Ojai Valley Tennis Tournament (amateur tournament) for decades and has a unique philosophy (which I will certainly expand upon momentarily).  I would not have started this entry had I known that I had to pupulate it so *absolutely* quickly.  I do apologize, but this is my first post and I'll admit I have been a bit sluggish.  No more!  I will populate it shortly.  I can assure you, it IS a notable school (member of a group of nine schools that include Philips Academy and Philips Academy Exeter).  It was founded it 1889 by Sherman Day Thacher, whose letters to a headmaster on the east coast (The Taft School) have been published in a (now out of print) book called "The Taft-Thacher Letters" and expand on his philosophy on running a boarding school.  The school itself if founded on the principles of "Honor, Fairness, Kindness, and Truth" and was built on the philosophy that "the outside of a horse is good for the inside of a boy" (refering to the fact that every incoming freshman must care for and learn to ride a horse for at minimum one year.
This is a unique school, with a hitory dating back to 1889 (it was once a feeder school for Yale, as Sherman Day Thacher's (the founder) father had connections with Yale).  That practice was stopped quite some time ago.
Additionally, it is important to remember that this school is on the *west coast*--what most would consider "notable" schools are generally found on the east coast--perhaps why many people in this discussion assert that the school is not notable enough.  This schools was among the *first* boarding schools in the west.
Give me a day to put more info up and *then* judge the entry.
Thanks.
:As a Canadian living on the west coast, I promise that I'm not filled up with east coast bias or anything. But, in response to the rest of your points...I'd like to make a quick suggestion. If you're new to Wikipedia, you'd have no way whatsoever of knowing this, but there have been a lot of really, really stupid schools popping up on Wikipedia. As a result, many people (including myself!) tend to look at the article, see if it establishes notability right away, maybe do some quick Google searches, and if it doesn't look good in a hurry then poof, delete vote. If all of this stuff about Howard Hughes had cropped up in the first version of the article, it would probably get better support than it is now. And, besides, looks like it's going to survive VfD anyway, so don't worry too much. Lord Bob 07:08, Nov 20, 2004 (UTC)
----
I've noticed that someone redirected this article while it was up for discussion on VfD.  This has been reverted until a concensus can be reached.  GRider\talk 18:31, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Talk:IRQ

message: Put in some pictures of how it talks to the processor to bring it into attention.
This is very specific to the IBM-PC derivatives. A lead-in of a more general nature would be nice. Wiml 05:00, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: No! But you might get that impression after reading this (bad) article. Mirror Vax 16:51, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Tongues (Esham album)

message: Granted, speaking in tongues is dealt with under glossololia. However, it is quite absurd to think that this album is the primary use of the word "Tongues." Tongues is the way Glossolalia is referred to within the christian faith, Google tongues and you'll see lots of references to glossolalia, and a few references to languages and to the piece of flesh. This page ought to be Tongues (Esham), and tongues be a dabpage at the very least, probably best a redirect to Glossolalia Thanatosimii 05:17, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, since noone's contested this, here goes. They say to be bold after all. Thanatosimii 15:59, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  not the primary use of this term 
Talk:Gediminas

message: Can someone check this claim, currently in the article?
This seems highly dubious, and would apparently imply that the GDL was just a vassal to the German knights. I don’t think the TK/LO ever controlled Minsk, for example, based on Timeline of Minsk.
I can’t access the 2011 source, but the 1911 source just says that these lands were "environed by powerful and greedy foes, the most dangerous of them being the Teutonic Knights and the Livonian knights of the Sword", which is a totally different claim. In fact, even changing the word “owned” to “surrounded” wouldn’t be right, because not all of these lands bordered TK/LO, just some of them.
That said, the history of the region is pretty complex (for example, I know Samogitia definitely was ruled by TK during certain periods), so I’m not 100% sure of what I wrote above, and someone who is more knowledgeable should take a look. 70.172.194.25 (talk) 21:50, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for pointing this out, I have checked both sources and fixed the sentence accordingly with this edit. Cukrakalnis (talk) 19:50, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  GDL lands owned by Teutonic Knights/Livonian Order? 

message: 50508 Prince Palemo relative of Roman Cesar Nero took took 500 famalies on ships went to Baltiv sea and settle on rive Neman went up.The was 4 major houses Dospungus coat of arm Kitovras,Prosperce Cesarin coat of arm Kolumni or Primus,Korsinus coat of arm Ulianus,Hecktor coat arm Rosey.First Dynasty was Prince Palemo it ended on Voycelk who was kiled in monasrtry.
1 Palemo-2 Kunos-3 Gimbrutus-4 Montvil-5 Radivil(Erdvil)-6 Mikgayla-7 Skirmont-8 Troynut-9 Algimont-10 Ringolt-11 Mendog-12 Voyselk-chang of dynasty to Dovspungus Coat of arm Kitovras 1 Zhivibund-2 Kunovoyt-3 Utenes-4 Svintorog 5 Germont-6 Altimin-7 Ranut-8 Narimont-9 Troyden-10 Ginvil- he went to monastry change of dynasty to  Coat of arm Kolumni(Primus) 1 Viten- 2 GEDEMIN(KGEDEMIN)-3 Evnut removed by 4 Kestut+Olgerd both-5 Skirgaylo-6 Yagaylo -7 Vitolt(Vitautas)-8 Svidrigaylo (ovethrown mooved to rule Rus lands Kiev)-9 Zhigimont-10 Kazimir-11 Alexand(remooved to be King of Poland)-12 Zhigimont-August(mooved to be King of Poland)-13 Zhigimont( Zhigimont old) Poland incorporated Duchy of Lithuania, Rus and Zhmont but Duchy had separate army and money and constitution CONFEDERATION Александр Макович (talk) 00:16, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  I built dynasty of Gediminas (Gedemin)
Talk:Ravana

message: Ravan is a Tamil king. So you can include tamil word for name 'Ravan'along with Sanskrit reference. Tamil word for 'Ravan' is  இராவணன் 122.164.84.126 (talk) 23:28, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. DreamRimmer (talk) 04:36, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 3 June 2023 

message: Ravanan was best played by Mr.Mohanlal (Veteran actor). 
add in 'In popular culture > Television'
Title  : Lal'onam Nall'onam
Played by : Mohanlal
Channel : Asianet
Country : India 79.66.214.10 (talk) 22:15, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. 𝙳𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚁𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛   𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚞𝚜𝚜 00:14, 18 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 17 June 2023
Talk:Fuzzball router

message: here's a bit of history about naming:
http://www-mice.cs.ucl.ac.uk/multimedia/misc/tcp_ip/8603.mm.www/0158.html
quoting trantor!oconnor:
> A few years back ('80 | '81?) at a meeting at DARPA headquarters,
someone used the term "fuzzball" to describe Dave's system. Most of the
other people were TOPS-20 users with maybe one UNIX user. While intended
as a somewhat derogatory term Dave embraced it and has used it to describe
his system ever since. I'm not even sure he remembers the origin. 
I had an account on the umich fuzzball in 1986.  here's a contemporary
account from Dave Mills in 86:
http://www-mice.cs.ucl.ac.uk/multimedia/misc/tcp_ip/8603.mm.www/0098.html
USAN (192.17.4) is currently gatewayed to ARPANET via a fuzzball at
U Michigan on an experimental basis. The fuzzball gateway is gimmicked
with an incredible routing algorithm that provides connectivity for all
the j-random networks babbling on the USAN channel, as well as many
other networks that seem to be passing by from time to time. The
gimmicks include "promiscuous" ARP, dynamic logical-address translation
and multiple delay-based routing algorithms sharing the same cable. While
the experiment is somewhat of a lashup at present, the experience gained
seems to indicate that it would be practical to evolve a working standard
for multiplexing broadcast channels with arbitrary routing plexes. Whether
you want to do that on a performance basis may be another matter. 
Edward Vielmetti (talk) 20:30, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  naming of fuzzballs 
Talk:Chizumulu Island

message: The few big boats that ply the waters of Lake Malawi are universally referred to as 'the lake steamers'.  They're not paddle steamers and I don't know enough about boats to know exactly what they are, but everyone calls them the steamers anyway, so I reverted the change by Roisterer which removed the term.Worldtraveller 09:44, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Steamers?

message: What currency is used here? Malawian kwacha or Mozambican metical? --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 06:45, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Currency 

message: If they are inhabited how come their inhabitants speak certain language?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.26.86.214 (talk) 08:37, 21 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inhabited? 
Talk:Renault Fuego

message: I removed the following sentence from the article:
:Another appearance is in an Harrison Ford movie, i think it was 'Patriot Games'.
We need a clarification on this, not just an author's guess. Norman Rogers 11:13, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Remove movie mention

message: "It was the world's first car to feature remote central locking."
I think this may not be correct.
Boru318 03:31, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  I'm not sure about this 

message: I removed the Avantime as successor of the Fuego, it's not the same bodystyle at all (see my comment on the Avantime talk page. DaFinch 19:13, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Successor
Talk:Uncle Tom Cobley

message: Quote 
Perhaps 'lee' should be 'lea' ?
[The historical Tom Cobley ....
Whether Tom Cobley, or the other characters from the song, ever existed is uncertain.]
Well, I beg to differ!
Uncle Tom Cobley was my Great, Great, Great, Great Uncle.
I have seen his grave.
He definitely DID exist and so did his counterparts.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dianneroach (talk • contribs) 11:39, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uncle Tom Cobley ... existed ? 

message: According to http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/uncle-tom-cobbleigh Uncle Tom's surname is spelt "Cobbleigh".  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.31.162.66 (talk) 19:42, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The common spellings seem to be Cobley and Cobleigh, with Cobbleigh as an also-ran. Cobley and Cobleigh are both mentioned at the start of the article. Should we add Cobbleigh as well? Maybe ... SNALWIBMA ( talk - contribs ) 22:17, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Spelling

message: Perhaps the article should say that the phrase "and all" means "also" in popular British English. The lyrics don't mean "and everybody else". It isn't standard English and non-natives of the British isles might misunderstand it.
Franciscus montmartinensis (talk) 18:16, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  ... and all
Talk:Éraic

message: Shouldn't this be moved to wictionary?
Shanth phy 11:34, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: This page shouldn't have a bilingual and misleading title (especially not one that jams an Irish word and and English word together) discuss
Buirechain (talk) 01:51, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Move?
Talk:Jefferson Memorial

message: Well, which is it? 
I don't like the word ionic.  It sounds like chemistry.  But do these words mean the same thing?Longinus876 (talk) 15:38, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ionic or Ionian 

message: :Found.  209.26.202.234 (talk) 22:03, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Locate and include inscription 

message: Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that :File:Jefferson Memorial At Dusk 1.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on February 15, 2016. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2016-02-15. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:20, 26 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[:File:Jefferson Memorial At Dusk 1.jpg]] to appear as POTD soon 

message: I think the criticism section is POV, considering that it consists primarily of one oppositional voice, heavily quoted, from a partisan think tank, which is apparently trying to take back ownership of jefferson from the New Deal era, and return it to the neoconservative movement. I think there may be some disagreement about this being "objective" and unchallenged. I think that pretty much any memorial, no matter how revered, can have a criticism found of it, so i dont have a problem with a secxtion. Statue of Liberty has a brief mention of opposition to the memorial, but doesnt have a section criticizing the entire premise of the memorial. The section would be better if it contained evidence that more than one voice has criticized the monuments ties to liberalism, esp in its use of quotes. my previous comment here was removed appropriately for its tone. im better now. If i can find some comments, either positive or negative, to add here, i will.(mercurywoodrose)50.193.19.66 (talk) 17:40, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Cato Institute

message: The map at the head of the article should show the exact location of the Memorial.Paulhummerman (talk) 13:57, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: It does, it's that red dot. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:12, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map
Talk:Army officer ranks

message: Though my original sources are no longer to hand, I had thought that a Russian junior lieutenant was equivalent to an Anglo second lieutenant and a lieutenant equivalent to a US 1st lieutentant or UK lieutentant.  The rank of senior lieutenant in the Russian army (of which there is no direct equivalent) would be considered still the same as a 1st Lt.  Dainamo 12:11, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Russian Lieutenants

message: Thanks for spotting my mistake, Necrothesp. --DimaY2K 17:58, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Latvia 

message: I changed the Finnish OF-10 rank from Suomen Marsalkka (Marshal of Finland) to Sotamarsalkka (Field Marshal) because the former is an unique rank awarded to then Field Marshal C.G.E. Mannerheim on 4 June 1942. -- Graniitti 18:34, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Suomen marsalkka and sotamarsalkka are not actual military ranks (see Finnish_Defence_Forces#Military_Ranks). And since they are definitely not used anymore they should be removed from the table. -- Jniemenmaa 19:09, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Finland 

message: The article has a note before the table that says that in "the German Empire and Russia - often it is considered that in these countries a colonel-general equates to an OF-9 rank, a general to OF-8."
That may be true for the German Empire.  But the table says that for the Russian Federation, General armii is OF-9 and General-polkovnik (Colonel General) is OF-8.  So should the note be changed? - Shaheenjim 17:25, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Colonel General

message: Does this article really convey any information? 
--Malin Randstrom (talk) 03:24, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Informative ?
Talk:Newington, Connecticut

message: While the term CDP is technically correct when referring to the census data, many residents of Newington and the surrounding areas would say that Newington is a "town".  The external link reflects this, and Newington has a "Town Council" government.  In Connecticut, counties are of very limited importance, and so towns and cities are effectively the only layer of organization between the State of Connecticut and individual households.  As such, additions to this article (for example, discussing local schools) should probably refer to the "town". Kime1R 13:19, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)

message: Although, as a Newington resident, I have heard the "smallest waterfall" claim numerous times, I don't know of any authoritative source which backs this up.  From a logical perspective, it seems that a waterfall (natural or artificial) could be arbitrarily small, making it seem highly unlikely that Mill Pond Falls, at 16 feet, is the smallest, unless some additional criterion is place. Kime1R 02:19, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I could not find any reference of this as being the smallest waterfall in North America, as it is mostly referenced on forums or on other sites that pull information directly from Wikipedia. This site lists the smallest waterfall in North America as being Sandstone Falls at 20ft tall.  Mill Pond Falls would be the smallest if it were included onto the list.  World Waterfall Database
Alarshi (talk) 15:46, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Smallest waterfall?