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Talk:Monocular

message: Are monoculars also used in the field to examine objects close-up, like an ant, say, or a flower?  Or is that something else?
Sjforman 17:46, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question 

message: I have added an original research tag. "used by visually impaired people" is a primary use? Sounds like someones opinion or impression. This article needs sources and references. Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 19:44, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Needs to be referenced

message: Compact Maksukov's have been marketed by at least one manufacturer: - prior to its loss I had one which I believe was a 35mm aperture and which I found quite useful on nature walks for looking at an object a few meters off the path without my leaving the path to do so. It fit well in a simple cell phone travel case or a pocket.  That it would focus to near objects was a major feature.
I recall seeing a monocular with a prism or mirror used in a Hollywood film 2000+ (spy? suspense? thrller?) and another in a 'Bourne' film.
G. Robert Shiplett 16:04, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  mini Maksukov (monocular) 

message: I have taken the liberty of adding more information and references on monoculars, based on my experiences of owning and using over 30 different monoculars and telescopes.  I hope readers find this helpful.DavidPaygate (talk) 16:16, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Latest additions
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject United States regions/Update Proposal May 2006

message: === The partial shading of states ===
The partial shading of states has been one of the perennial issues that this WikiProject has dealt with since its inception. Passage of this proposal would allow for states to be partially shaded. This would allow for regions to be more accurately and precisely shown but it would also expanded the potential for disagreement, which could make the map series more unstable. 
==== For ====
#Jmabel | Talk 09:25, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposals 

message: The partial shading of states has been one of the perennial issues that this WikiProject has dealt with since its inception. Passage of this proposal would allow for states to be partially shaded. This would allow for regions to be more accurately and precisely shown but it would also expanded the potential for disagreement, which could make the map series more unstable. 
==== For ====
#Jmabel | Talk 09:25, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The partial shading of states 

message: #Jmabel | Talk 09:25, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  For 

message: #Acegikmo1 04:59, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Against 

message: Vote for  as many candidates as you support.  The candidate with the most votes wins, in the event of a tie a runoff will be held after the general election.
=== JCarriker ===
#Jmabel | Talk 09:25, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coordinator 

message: #Jmabel | Talk 09:25, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[User:JCarriker|JCarriker]]
Talk:Top Alcohol

message: if you delete and shorten all the entries you will never leave the stub status ;-)
--Gerfriedc 18:22, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've tried to expand it further whilst keeping in information about ethanol fuel.  I appreciate the link you made between this form of racing and alternative fuels, it is a very valid one that I would've most likely over-looked had you not brought it up.  However, ethanol is quite a minor part of Top Alcohol racing.  Very few racers use it... in fact here in Europe it is refered to as Top Methanol.  Sorry if it seemed as though I didn't appreciate your contribution but I have tried to incorporated the points you have brought up whilst editting in my usual ruthless manner :D Cdh1984 16:01, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

message: the statement that this class may burn nitromethane, right after you state that nitro is the fuel for top fuelers, is confusing.some explanation is needed.Toyokuni3 (talk) 18:18, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm equally confused. T/A classes burning nitro? It seems to mean (or seems to intend) a nitro-alky mix. And that would seem to disqualify it from T/A, since that's the very "pop" the TF guys are running...  TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura  23:48, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Nitro
Talk:Private Walker

message: This article notes that Walker is no longer heard of after the episode "Things that Bump in the Night."  However, at the beginning of the next episode ("The Recruit" I believe), Mainwaring is shown reading a letter from Walker in front of the assembled platoon to explain his absence.  Walker has gone off to 'do a deal.'  The note is written in lively and funny cockney (informing Mainwaring that he [walker] might have to sweeten the deal by 'comming across with a monkey').  I remember this scene so well because it is rather moving.  James Beck has only recently died and of course everyone is very sad.  You can even notice Clive Dunn fighting to stay 'in character' smiling, fighting off very deep sorrow.  After this note reading, Walker does vanish forever and I do believe he's never heard from again.  Yanqui9 01:33, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: "The Recruit" was recorded on July 22 1973, when Beck was in a coma. He passed away two weeks later on August 6. According to the information on Wikipedia, both Things that Go Bump in the Night and The Recruit (Dad's Army episode) were recorded on July 22 - this may have been a delay because of Beck's illness. {However the dates seem strange - although recording two episodes together is not unheard of (it would save some costs such as having to erect and take down the shared sets one fewer time) but these two are a strange combination as they don't have shared sets.} Timrollpickering 13:01, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Is there any explanation why Walker calls Frazer taffy even though it seems to be a nickname for welsh people.88.104.94.116 (talk) 19:16, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It's clearly a joke although never called out as such.Tirailleur (talk) 15:01, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Taffy" 
Talk:Carl Eldh

message: Anyone have any plans on expanding this article? OfFire 18:24, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Tatu (disambiguation)

message: Stop vandalizing this page. This page is only to be linked from t.A.T.u. and has been approved by a lot of users; please stop before you get warnings. --Shandris 18:25, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

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: Not moved, the arguments that t.A.T.u. is still the primary topic for the redirect Tatu are more convincing than the arguments against. (non-admin closure) Iffy★Chat -- 10:36, 28 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Tatu (disambiguation) →  – Given that t.A.T.u. has been defunct for nearly 7 years, and the fact that Tatu, California and the other terms on the disambiguation page exist, I propose that the disambiguation page be moved to the base name so that readers can determine for themselves which subject they are attempting to locate. Steel1943 (talk) 20:20, 19 July 2019 (UTC)

text: The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.
I have to say "not moved" is a bit of a stretch. Red Slash 03:15, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

text: If I saw any merit in the support !voter's arguments, I'd have closed as no consensus instead, but the end result would be the same. Iffy★Chat -- 08:17, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 19 July 2019
Template talk:DisputedAssertion

message: What about having an optional parameter to point to the section inside the talk page? In long pages, or with several sections about the same dispute, it may be a bit complex to guide newcomers to the right discussion zone. -- ReyBrujo 05:43, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Parameter

message: The question mark icon looks strange on my computer. Maybe use anothe picture? WP 07:41, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd prefer to change it to resemble Template:POV-statement. The meaning of that template is obvious when you see it in an article. The meaning of this one is not. That format also seems to be more standard, as it is also used for Template:Fact. --Icarus (Hi!) 06:46, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bad picture?
Talk:Holland & Barrett

message: I removed the following from the article:
:Holland and Barrett like to think they have great customer care, however many shoppers who have used thier service would argue otherwise. Most Employers of this shop are, in fact, brainwashed into the "facts" that adjorn each product. Quite a number of the products they stock have been shown to have utterly no effect on the symptons they "help".
Looks like unverified POV to me. --Happynoodleboy 18:26, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV removal 

message: This article reads too much like an advertisemment for the company.... having worked for the company for the last 10 years (as an area manager)I can confirm that the training is actually very poor. It has been company policy, to hire staff with previous retail experience(in any field)-- up unitl recently, for example, we pro-actively recruited staff and particularly managers from Victoria Wine and Supercigs shops, whose training in retail was considered thorough!  Alan 81.79.140.95 16:28, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Questionable impartiality
Talk:Michael Marisi Ornstein

message: This page really needs better orginization
I understand that this ia an autobiography. Please see the relevant guideline: WP:AUTO.
:"Avoid writing or editing articles about yourself, since we all find objectivity especially difficult when we ourselves are concerned. Such articles frequently violate neutrality, verifiability, and notability guidelines. Contribute on the talk page instead. Feel free to correct mistaken or out-of-date facts about yourself."
≈ jossi ≈  t • @ 15:30, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Ornstein is a typical German surname. Is Michael a German American or maybe a German Jew? Thanks! 91.65.18.230 (talk) 01:24, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Heritage
Talk:Sharp-shinned hawk

message: I added this image as a comparison on the Cooper's and Sharp-shinned pages. The originals show the difference in shape of the tail well, but were not done to scale, so I re-sized the Sharp-shinned to be somewhat smaller than the Cooper's. They are real variable, I understand, with the female Sharp-shinned very close in size to a male Cooper's. I think this adds something to the pages, but I don't intend this to be any sort of exact scientific statement.
--Cotinis 18:33, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comparison with Cooper's Hawk 

message: The first paragraph, which we cannot edit, says that Sharp-shinned are the smallest in North America. Shouldn't it say smallest accipiter in North America?  They clearly aren't the smallest birds, and American Kestrels are smaller Falconiformes. --User TomdB2, 21 January 2011  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.246.163.176 (talk) 02:29, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It means "smallest hawk", picking up on "small hawk" in the first sentence, and in the sense of "hawk" that excludes falcons.  Maybe it it should be changed, but I'm not sure—"hawk" may already be repeated enough in that paragraph. —JerryFriedman  (Talk) 04:20, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Smallest what?
Talk:Captain Mainwaring

message: Re: The statue features Captain Mainwaring sitting to attention on a simple bench in Home Guard uniform, with his pace stick across his knees.
Isn't it a "Swagger stick" and not a "Pace stick"? Paul Hutchinson (talk) 18:37, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, you're right.  A pace stick is carried by a drill instructor when measuring the length of a pace.  I've just amended the wording. Mikeo1938 (talk) 22:36, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mis-named accessory ? 

message: The photo used here seems misleading. A newcomer might think that Mainwaring is usually got up like that! If there's going to be a photo, surely one of him in uniform, or at least in his bank clothes, would be better? 86.130.99.187 (talk) 01:35, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, you're right - I think that's an image from the awful feature film. Will have a look around to see if a more appropriate image can be found. Bob talk 13:14, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo - do you really think that's wise?
Talk:Kommune 1

message: I did translations of phase 2 and the end of Kommune 1, but phase 1 is so long I find it hard to get myself to translate that, too.--Groogokk 17:33, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for what you have done so far. I'll proof the article as I find time. Peter G Werner 18:17, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Done! A part of the chapter "emergence" is not included yet, though (like the fact that the Kommune 1 was in the flat of Uwe Johnson EDIT: Yes, that info is there), but I'll leave it for today. --Groogokk 18:43, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

message: It links to an athlete. That is incorrect i think.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Leendert123 (talk • contribs) 02:10, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  link detlef michel seems incorrect 

message: The article makes a fantastic claim that the commune ushered in the sexual revolution. This bombastic boast is nonsense: the revolution arose from many quarters at the time, and over a period of time, before and since.  --O'Dea (talk) 13:26, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  The commune did not "usher in the sexual revolution". 
Talk:Nuclear chemistry

message: Which metallic isotopes are best-suited for substitution into pre-existing, non-nuclear medicines? Heavy metals like zinc are both known for their healing and nuclear properties. Zinc is transferrous, which means that it reacts out of the iron-based nuclear cycles. It is our task to identify to which cycle, or cycles, zinc belongs. Once this is done, it may naturally be put into medicine. 74.195.28.79 (talk) 15:05, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Medicine

message: why don't the protons present in nucleus repel when they are like charges?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.63.168.50 (talk) 10:21, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Nuclear chemistry article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject. Nuclear chemistry related questions can be posted at the Reference desk. --Puzzledvegetable (talk) 19:44, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  nuclear chemistry 

message: Define nuclear chemistry 103.129.142.65 (talk) 09:58, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chemistry
Talk:Big Four accounting firms

message: Split from #Listing of global members of each of the Big Four.
The "Branding list" that shows the history of mergers should be kept though.  Perhaps something like Template:Ahnentafel or Template:Tree_chart will help to make it more readable. CDB-Man (talk) 21:28, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks WikiCpa; it wasn't that hard to figure out ... just took a lot of trial and error to get good alignment.CDB-Man (talk) 13:27, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Merger History

message: Some of the content was under Collusion which actually related to audit quality. I dont think the poor audit quality and ethical issues related to these firms was necessarily "colluding". They were simply getting away with poor quality audit work which is what they were hired to do in the first place to protect the interests of Investors and other stakeholders. Given the number of fines and regulatory actions against all of them including settlements I believe it is more appropriate to deal with these in a separate section. 
The edits are still work in progress but please feel free to comment here or on my talk page. 
Would welcome other editors to add and expand and also clean up the article a bit - it is a bit verbose and disconnected at places and there are good suggestions above by other editors that have not yet been implemented.WikiCpa (talk) 08:55, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Added new section under Criticism - Audit Quality and Ethics
Talk:Wild Swans

message: "Outside China it has been praised by many scholars as an informative look at the lives of the Chinese people during the Cultural Revolution, though it has a small number of critics as well."
Does anyone have precise numbers or at least a credible estimation of "many scholars" or "small number of critics?" Are these claims verifiable? We should at least list a few names of the "many scholars" and "small...critics". Count de Chagny 22:44, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Of course it's impossible to have precise numbers - estimations are also difficult. As to names, you could try digging some up. John Smith's 12:04, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Citations

message: the following statement is incorrect:
"At university Chang studied English. After her graduation and a stint as an assistant lecturer, she won a scholarship to study in England and did not return to China."
she did return to china in many occasions but only for holydays.Jordifreixa (talk) 13:01, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: About the Chang's story

message: I have concerns about the tone and accuracy of this article. The synopsis section strikes me more as an informal book report than an encyclopedic article. Descriptions such as "her man" seem out of place. There are several sentences such as the following written in a dubious style: Jung's grandmother managed to avoid going for two years, until the officer became sick of health and the need for a heir was dire." Furthermore, Chang's grandmother became a concubine to a warlord general, not a Kuomintang official.
 
207.35.204.153 02:59, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Tone

message: Was this book written in Chinese of in English? Also, the intro says it was a 1992 novel, while the bottom list of publications mentions a publication in 1991? 84.194.172.120 (talk) 17:47, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm a bit late in replying here, I meant was it originally written by the author in English or in Chinese? Now that I've finished reading it, I know she studied English and lived in London while she wrote the book, so I'm guessing the manuscript was in English - but that's still a guess from my part. 84.196.57.120 (talk) 20:12, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Original language & date inaccuracy

message: Should there be a banned books segment?  According to the wikipedia page for banned books, Wild Swans was banned in China.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_banned_by_governments
I haven't yet spent time researching the status of the book in China today.
Torfrid (talk) 18:32, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Banned Books
Talk:Levitron

message: Am I going to have to start a new article, Levitating magnetic top? I really don't want to, but it looks like I'll have to if people insist that this article be only about the boring legal aspects of the trademark and not about the cool physics. Can we come to some kind of consensus here? —Keenan Pepper 19:54, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trademark versus actual thing 

message: After following the various discussions about this and wanting to see the Roy Harrigan aspect of Levitron's story go forward I have begun the spin stabilized magnetic levitation which as a physical phenomenon merits its own article. I encourage those who have been editing here to join me in expanding this new article.  07:14, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Spin stabilized magnetic levitation]]

message: Rather than block three (auto-confirmed) users and have them start right back up when their blocks expire, I have elected to lock the page for a week and force you all to work it out here on the talk page. Forge an agreement and when that is done, ask for the page to be unprotected at WP:RFPP. Horologium (talk) 22:30, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Protected 

message: It seems to me that Roy Harrigans patent is the primary one. The physics papers all agree that this is the original invention. I agree that there is also a legal patent that applies to the Levitron as sold. However, I think that it's most people's assessment that this latter patent only stands because it hasn't been contested in court, but nevertherless there is legally a patent until that occurs (if ever).- (User) WolfKeeper (Talk) 13:15, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Patents 

message: Rather than continue to edit war over this, I've nominated this article for deletion per WP:COATRACK at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Levitron. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 07:49, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nominated for deletion 
Talk:Lakenheath

message: In 1956 a B 47 crashed into a atom-depot... --80.133.114.168 (talk) 16:40, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  US-B 47 

message: I have removed the ridiculous reference to the supposed continuing legality of capital punishment in the village. The article read: "Lakenheath is the only village in the UK where the death penalty is still in use, only for the crime of sexually accosting a Horse, a law established in 1792 that is yet to have been appealed or adjusted". The Human Rights Act 1998 completely abolished the death penalty for all offences. Abolition of the death penalty is also a requirement for membership of the European Union; the legally enforceable Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union bans the death penalty in all circumstances, as does protocol 13 of the also legally binding European Convention on Human Rights (both of which the UK is party to).--Hellsoso (talk) 16:22, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Death penalty

message: I have heard that an old medal has been found in that village and the first known english text with on from the year 475. There's a campaign collecting the 100 most important events of englesh language. Organisers gave 10 of them to generate discussion here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/8082737/Hunt-for-100-events-that-shaped-the-English-language.html
Here they say: "The journey starts in Lakenheath in Suffolk, where the Undley Bracteate medallion was found, dated to 475 and bearing the first evidence of written English."  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gastonschalke (talk • contribs) 05:59, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  The very old Medal 