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Talk:Anatinae

message: I have found no paper really (robustly) suggesting that diving and dabbliung ducks belong to the same monophyletic clade. Even Livezey's 1986 morphological study is fairly equivocal on the subject; the diving ducks formed a distinct clade there and the dabbling ducks simply could not be resolved well enough to stand out. Genetically, they appear very distinct. Since the split of the Aythyinae (diving duck subfamily) makes the dabbling duck article redundant, and since the Anatidae phylogeny is obviously so badly resolved as regards e.g. the steamer ducks to make a thorough revision in the more recent future fairly likely, ease of maintaining robust (or as robust as they get) systematics on WP clearly warrants the merge: by now, a genus change in an Anas species, say the Baikal Teal which is probably a monotypic genus, would require no less than 4-5 page edits, which is quite a lot... Dysmorodrepanis 21:24, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge Dabbling Duck here

message: Hi, if the Marbled Duck has been reclassified, the article should be updated as well. --Kjoonlee 17:22, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Dysmorodrepanis 21:17, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Classification of [[Marbled Duck]] 

message: The introduction speaks of dabbling ducks, but the text lower down uses puddle ducks. is the latter the American term? If no adverse comment I shall change puddle to dabbling. The Yowser (talk) 15:42, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Puddle Ducks?

message: Why are there so many question marks in the article? Not very encyclopedic. 71.51.143.1 (talk) 20:56, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: ???
Talk:Awash Fentale (woreda)

message: The following coordinate fixes are needed for
—Nurhusien (talk) 04:35, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: You haven't said what fixes you think are needed; but I've tweaked the coordinates a bit, and they seem to be OK. Deor (talk) 12:14, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Awash fentale  
Talk:Catherine Filloux

message: I don't know this person but are you really sure she is Arab and Algerian ? Her father is born in France and his mom have a french name "Odette". I think she born in French algerian colony, of french parents and may be she move after the independance in 1962. Excuse me if i make a mistake. --Mamiejeanjean (talk) 19:18, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Agerian ?
Talk:Pennsylvania Route 283

message: I'm not convinced the entire route is built to Interstate standards. the median in the section between PA 230 and US 30 is too narrow for the standards (they require 10 ft. in urban areas) and I'm not sure if the inside shoulder is wide enough either. should the sentence about being built to interstate standards be removed if there is no citation?  - Geekosaurus(talk) 22:13, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Interstate Standards?
Talk:Toshio Masuda (composer)

message: His name is Toshio Masuda, as proven on this site— which i assume is the official website of the place he works for (the description matches him, at least)—and supported by the ja article. According to the ja wiki, there's another guy (a vocalist) whose name is also written as 増田俊郎, only pronounced as Toshirō Masuda. Perhaps this may have been the source of confusion?
Well, I'm renaming Toshiro Masuda to Toshio Masuda (composer)—turns out there's another Toshio Masuda (film director).... --Raica 21:41, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Regarding his name 

message: Bear in mind that kanji has many readings, especially when it comes to names. 俊郎 can be read as either "Toshio" or "Toshiro", and without furigana, anyone could mistake his name. But in this case, his name is TOSHIO, people. Evidence:
*It is hard to find his name in romaji on original Japan CD releases, but I finally found one that did: Mushishi's theme song single "The Sore Feet Song" (released 2005.10.21, MJCD-23010) includes an instrumental track by Masuda -- his name is clearly printed as "Toshio Masuda". The booklet also includes a profile description that matches this particular Masuda.(If anyone knows more do tell)
*Several anime soundtracks by Masuda that have been released domestically in NA, for example: Mahoromatic, Ai yori Aoshi, Juubei-chan.All credit the music to Toshio Masuda... well, all except for the 1st Mahoromatic OST, that has "Toshiro Masuda" written in its description -- but if you scroll down to the staff credits "Toshio Masuda" is listed. It could be a typo, or they might have gotten his name wrong the first time; all other later releases list his name as Toshio.
*Okay, not sure if this counts, but if you go through the edit history for the Japanese version of this article, notice that no one has ever modified the reading of his name. It has always been としお (Toshio). I trust the Japanese know their people better than us gaijin.
Like I posted before, there exists a Toshiro Masuda who is a singer and radio personality and his name is also written as 増田俊郎 but he is NOT the same person as the soundtrack composer this article is about. Do not mix them up. --Raica 16:20, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Toshio, not Toshiro

message: Second Paragrah:  Written as a opinion as is not suitable to be encyclopedia content.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.87.103.153 (talk) 23:38, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please remove the unacceptable material listed
Template talk:London people message/Archive 1

message: How do we operate this for :Category:People from Penge where Penge was both in Surrey first and then Kent until becoming part of London? Regan123 01:38, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Where there are anomolies I have tended just to add a little bit of text on afterwards to explain. As it stands, the  It was in Kent until 1965 is still true. Also, it is still unclear if Penge was a detatched part of Battersea, Surrey in Kent or just a detatched part of Battersea within Surrey. It is also possible it was part in both Surrey and Kent (some maps I've seen suggest this). However, I'm yet to see a written source which completely explains where it was before the creation of Penge Urban District. MRSC • Talk 13:51, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Friends on mine have an old Surrey map on the wall showing Penge, Anerley and Crystal Palace as being in Surrey from the late 1800s. I think I could just manually add the cat and some text then. Regan123 14:25, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added the category. I think we should gloss over the fact it was technically in the County of London from 1889 to 1899. MRSC • Talk 15:12, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dual County 

message: I was thinking we might need to change the topology on here.  :Category:People from London includes plenty of people where we know the local area but it isn't clear that there are all these district sub cats.  If we made this template work with that as opposed to :Category:People from London by district it would highlight the area cats and I think remove a bit of category clutter. Regan123 15:07, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The only problem with that is that by district sub cats get "lost" in the sub pages whereas at the moment they are all visible on one page. When People from London has fewer articles in it, we can change it over. MRSC • Talk 06:10, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Topology 

message: This template does not produce a locator map for the boroughs of Hammersmith & Fulham, Tower Hamlets, or Waltham Forest. I tried to add these, following the pattern for Barking & Dagenham. But I seem to have failed. Could someone please make this necessary change, or let me know how to do this? Thanks. RolandR (talk) 16:02, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Compound names 

message: Sutton categories are now at "Sutton (London borough)" - please can someone adjust the template to automatically generate the correct name, otherwise I'll have to remove it from the subcategories of :Category:People from Sutton (district). Timrollpickering (talk) 14:34, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sutton
Talk:Dean Pees

message: I am removing the following sentence: "When Pees left the program after the 2003 season, his six-year stint made him the longest tenured head football coach in the school's history." This simply is not true. Trevor Rees coached the program for 18 seasons from 1946-1963.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.16.156.121 (talk) 17:13, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kent State tenure
Talk:Cat skin disorders

message: Opposed. Cat skin disorders is a general overview and allows no details of particular conditions. V.B. (talk) 03:58, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with V.B. TomCat4680 (talk) 12:19, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I also agree with V.B. and Brambleclawx. Also, feline acne appears to be a minor annoyance for cat and owner, compared to the life-altering diseases covered in Cat skin disorders. I could jump over to the Cats article, but I'll stay here and ask that you pardon my ignorance, and tell me if there is a care section (beyond feeding, exercise, neutering). If so, Feline acne could be merged there. Cortina2 (talk) 00:39, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

text: I think it all comes down to whether the feline acne article passes the notability and reliable sources guidelines. The feline acne article currently has reliable sources (looks like veterinary books) that contribute to the factual accuracy of the article, but I'm not sure they demonstrate that this is a notable condition. However, Googling "feline acne" produces many hits. If someone can find a couple of articles in non-specialist literature about this condition, then I say the article is notable and should not be merged. On the other hand, if it seems like this article is about a rare and non-notable condition, then perhaps a merger is warranted. Given that there are many hits with a Google search, I'm certainly leaning against merger. PDCook (talk) 01:42, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

text: I consider myself a cat lover/enthusiast (owned several over the years), and never heard of it. But that doesn't really mean anything. Ha. PDCook (talk) 01:58, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for PDCook's insight. I've read about feline acne in cat-care publications (I think mostly in those from the country's veterinary schools), and have the impression it's about as rare for cats as it is for humans. I vote to keep the article separate. Cortina2 (talk) 19:33, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging feline acne into cat skin disorders
Talk:Eosinophilic granuloma

message: This article was categorized based on scheme outlined at WP:DERM:CAT. Calmer Waters 07:15, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article categorization 

message: Here's an image of an Eosinophilic granuloma in a human, if someone wishes to incorporate it into the article. Pburka (talk) 01:11, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image in human
Talk:The Execution of Private Slovik

message: The private executed was in service during World War II, not the American Civil War.  Please change.
Hempdiddy 20:05, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It doesn't say that and never did. The article correctly indicates that he was the only American soldier executed for desertion since the American Civil War. TaintedMustard (talk) 22:05, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  incorrect info 

message: Hmm, seems like this story/novel/film may have been the inspiration for an episode of the show. I can't prove it just yet, but see List of Tales from the Crypt episodes, #38 ("Yellow"). It also stars a father-son pairing (Kirk and Eric Douglas). I believe the senior won an Emmy or something for it, and it was also a very different episode in that there was nothing supernatural about it. According to some reviews, the supposed "horror" was war itself -- how poignant. :) Ham Pastrami (talk) 03:24, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tales from the Crypt 

message: The "Plot" section of this article discusses a number of things, almost none of which actually have anything to do with plot.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sambeck (talk • contribs) 22:46, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plot? 

message: This article refers to missed shots, but the article on Slovik says,, "Twelve picked soldiers were detailed for the firing squad from the 109th Regiment. The weapons used were standard issue M1 rifles with just one bullet for each rifle. One rifle was loaded with a blank.[11] On the command of "Fire", Slovik was hit by eleven bullets, at least four of them being fatal. "  Is one of these wrong, or is there a subltety  I am missing? Kdammers (talk) 06:14, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Accuracy
Talk:The Brothers

message: Wasn't there an HBO series in the 1980s called Brothers?  As I recall, one of the brothers was Robert Walden.  (I believe that he was the gay one.)  Anyway, this accounts for the way that I titled the 1950s sitcom that I added; if you feel the need to move it to a better title please do so if you fell that can follow the MOS better.  Rlquall 21:52, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]
Talk:Andrea Wyatt

message: I see "Andi" way more than I see "Andie", so unless someone knows it's otherwise I'm gonna change that. --Harlequin212121 21:52, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Andi or Andie?
Talk:La Vieille

message: This section is confusing. Were there three men, or just the two? It mentions the head keeper and the two Corsicans.
The part about the light going out in 1927 makes it seem as if they were stuck for two years without supplies instead of two months, perhaps it should be separated and clarified? 2606:A000:71C3:F200:74E8:C168:51F4:CF6C (talk) 02:51, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reserved occupation at La Vieille 
Talk:Recherche et Industrie Thérapeutiques

message: Part of a series of articles clarifying the history of the Belgian pharmaceutical industry (e.g. also Janssen Pharmaceutica. Pvosta 21:56, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:It's Polka Time

message: While this isn't the most self-serving of all wikipedia pages, I question that this article about a television show that ran for just over a year in the fifties is truly notable enough to be encyclopedic. Also, if the page were to remain, it would almost certainly remain an eternal stub; there isn't enough information or significance to warrant an article. Ben P. 21:57, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that it is a fairly well-established principle that every U.S. television series which was picked up by a major network at the start of a season is encylopedic/siginificant.  There are many more articles than this about other series that ran for a far shorter period of time.  Remember that Wikipedia is not paper.  This article hurts nothing and if it remains a stub, that is hardly tragic.  There is very little chance indeed of anyone developing a good, full-length article about the show if this one is deleted.  I happen to like polka music, as do thousands of other Americans, and would love to learn more about this show.  If I do, and it is reputably sourced, I will include it here and hope that others will do the same.  Remember that Wikipedia is the reference work that contains an article on every single Pokemon card and every episode of every Star Trek.  This is hardly less encyclopedic/siginficant than those topics; I would argue that it is far more so. Rlquall 22:10, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well put. While I still don't entirely agree that the page is significant enough to be encyclopedic, I do agree with the fact that the bar is low, and this article does clear the bar of importance. I'm glad to see that there is a committed editor on this page who will strive to get it out of "stub" status. I will remove the challenge to importance. This mark certainly wasn't meant as an attack on anyone's taste in music, and I am sorry if you took my challenge to be that. Ben P. 22:46, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Your remark was not at all taken as a swipe at my taste in music and I hope that no one else interpreted it a such.  (Please understand that I like other musical genres as well; particularly insturmental ones such as classical and bluegrass; I'm hardly above listening to Classic Rock on occassion, either.)  I would like to learn more about some of these old-time polka acts; the afficianados of the genre tend to be interesting, colorful characters, which goes double for some of the performers.  Rlquall 01:14, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Nicoleta Onel

message: Incredibly weaselly wording: "many believe that she has probably…" - Jmabel | Talk 18:54, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Hey, don't take it too serious, you don't know what she's been through (just like many other Romanian gymnasts). I tried to be as neutral as possible. If I didn't succeed, that's why it is called "the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit". So, if you don't like something, you can change it. The Vindictive 20:29, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Dispersion (geology)

message: This is more a soil phenomenon than a geology phenomenon. Reliable sources will be based in soil science.  I support moving this page to Dispersion (soil), or merge with Hydrophobic soils. -- Paleorthid 22:05, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

message: Is dispersion the equi-distribution of any "particular chemical constituent or element" ?
Or is the meaning more specific? The only example given is sodic soils. How does this example meet the above definition? Is it because the chemical element sodium spreads around everywhere, evening out its concentration? 
Or some other material? Is it expansion (and fragmentation?) of clods, leading to movement of soil parts and erosion, as suggested later in the article?  178.38.100.65 (talk) 19:03, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is the definition of dispersion? 
Talk:Culchie

message: I just found out about this page. What sort of article on Culchies does not have an "I've Made it to Dublin" section? This is easily the most hilarious aspect of culchies. With their big hairy verbs starting off with sentences like "when I arrived in Dublin I hadn't ere an arse in me britches..." and finishing with "Well, I've made it to Dublin now and the lads back home have two heads on them when I honour them with a visit". Meanwhile, the lads at home still always remember the lad who didn't even have ere an arse in his britches, and tell him about it every time! PS: You just have to put in Barry's Hotel and Line Dancing in the 1980s, and the Teachers' Club, the Garda Club- oh jaysas, this article has wicked potential. PPS Not forgetting the moving Statues!! 86.42.119.12 (talk) 23:10, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "I've Made it to Dublin"- Have you?

message: I've removed the following, because I can't find any verification of it on a quick Google search, and it sounds (to me) as if it's a garbled reference to the Festival that's already in the article.
There is an Annual Culchie Festival in Athboy, Co.Meath every August to find "The culchie of the year". Contestants come from all over Ireland, and abroad. The applicant is considered to have a good chance if he can dress in old clothes, drive an old Honda 50 motorcycle, and is well prepared to get his hands dirty trying to earn a living. A direct manner, a positive optimistic outlook on life, and a complex sense of humour also help. This competition is purely humorous.
But please put it back if it can be referenced.  —SMALLJIM  16:17, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Another para removed

message: It seems weird to find this detailed discussion of a single word, with many unsubstantiated claims, while Wiktionary - where the editors know about these things - has virtually nothing. Is it a coiniudence that the page promotes the festival? Or is the whole thinga waste of space?
I've no objection to the festival having a page, but is this the appropriate page?  Heenan73 (talk) 09:53, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is this page in Wikipedia?
Talk:Acoustic Kitty (album)

message: WikiProject Cats, just because it has the word "Kitty" in the title? This is a bit of a stretch, isn't it? Bearcat 07:10, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The banner did assessments, which the article didn't have yet, and it was the only one I knew of at the time that did. Badbilltucker 18:42, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:1951/52 United States network television schedule

message: Why are the titles of some shows bolded and others not?  What is the rationale?  Shouldn't they all be bolded or not (the latter preferable IMO)?  Rlquall 22:21, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Apparently everything that premiered at the start of the season is in bold?  Rlquall 22:22, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Now I get it
Talk:Artistic roller skating

message: The article implies that there are certain dances only done as part of American dance, like "glide waltz". However I know that UK roller dancers do the glide waltz and I wouldn't think they do American dance. Are there dances that are genuinely only done in American dance, rather than in international dance?
Also I think the difference in American dance is to do with posture but don't know enough to edit the entry. Can anyone sort this out?
Molybdomancer 18:17, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: American dance?
Talk:Midpeninsula Free University

message: Jim didn't have much computer experience at that point. I told him about display technology and how it would eventually be used for page layout. I brought him to SAIL, where he saw Space War, etc. That visit was one thing that led Jim to redirect his career. Jim never worked at PARC. I did. The story of the genesis of copy/cut/paste is in the commentary on page 4 of the PUB Manusl - see http://www.nomodes.com/pub_manual.html. Also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gypsy_%28software%29, which is fairly accurate except that I had named cut and paste before ever having any contact with Ginn. Larry Tesler 22:41, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Manual

message: After posting a draft of the existing article for 2 weeks for comment, I have finalized it.  The expanded edit is possible because considerable additional information  about  the  MFU has now become available online.   This includes original material from its Course Catalogs and from its newsletter, The Free You; as well as an extended history of the MFU prepared from its catalogs and newsletters, from my personal  experience as its attorney, and from additional research on the Free University Movement in the 1960's and the MFU's place in that movement.  See: "Alive in  the 60's: The Midpeninsula  Free  University"    
I have incorporated most of the material in the existing article into my edited version.
James Wolpman (Midpeninsula Free University) 11:48, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Expanded  Article
Template talk:Cuban Revolution

message: Warmest congratulations, Zleitzen, on having created this very attractive -- and much needed --template!!! It greatly enhances the presentation of the pages upon which it appears. -- Polaris999 22:41, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks Polaris, it occurred to me that if you didn't realise that there were articles on the Battle of Yaguajay and so on - and you'd been editing the Guevara page for a long time - there is little hope for the average reader. Is there anything you consider would improve the template? --Zleitzen 22:58, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: My only suggestion would be a link to a person who I believe played a significant role, but who apparently doesn't even have a WP article: José Antonio Echevarria ... -- Polaris999 23:31, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed. An article on Echevarria would also given me an excuse to move the picture on the Cuba page of the truck used to storm the palace. Which is a little overbearing on that page. --Zleitzen 00:08, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Wow, I only caught this when looking around Cuban related articles. Figured it would be you who created this. Looks great.--Jersey Devil 01:01, 3 February 2007 (UTC)