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Talk:Tadd Roosevelt

message: If Tadd's father was James Roosevelt Jr., and Tadd's paternal grandfather is James Roosevelt Sr., then shouldn't that make Tadd's name be "James Roosevelt III"? I'm puzzled..... and "James Roosevelt Roosevelt, Jr." just doesn't sound right..... Thesomeone987 (talk) 03:09, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Again, same answer I gave you on Talk:Theodore Roosevelt - go do some research, you're not going to be allowed to change the article to reflect your assumptions about what the subjects name "should" have been, in your opinion. Beyond My Ken (talk) 03:35, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jr vs III
Talk:Tadeusz Tomaszewski (Prime Minister)

message: I have changed the date when became PM.  The following where Prime Minister before him: Władysław Sikorski, Stanisław Mikołajczyk, Tomasz Arciszewski and Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski.  I have added reference to support the new date of him becoming Prime Minister. Jniech (talk) 17:17, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Year becoming PM
Talk:Convolution random number generator

message: I'm confused by this article. Specifically, I'm not sure what the Erlang operator is supposed to represent.
I searched Google Scholar for "convolution sampling". Most of the hits I got used constructions like "convolution, sampling", or "... convolution. Sampling ..." – in other words, I couldn't find a reliable reference that used "convolution sampling" as a specific concept. I did hit the German-English dictionary to understand "Erlang", and that seems to occur only in words that mean something like "to get", or "to obtain".
Can somebody shed some light on this one?  DavidCBryant 16:25, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  What does this mean? 

message: It looks as if the point of this article is that some probability distributions can be realized as convolutions, so that to generate a random variable from such a distribution, you first generate independent r.v.s from certain other distributions and then simply add them.
: 
Is that the point of the article? Michael Hardy (talk) 12:24, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Meaning of this article
Talk:David Werdyger

message: If Werdyger "operated a well known travel agency", (past tense). then he is a "retired entrepreneur" as described more than adequately in the first sentence. Stating "he is now no longer active", in whatever he was active in, is gobbledegook unless what he was active in is described, is notable, and is referenced -  see: Wikipedia:Verifiability. Words like "well known" (should be well-known) are weasely and not encyclopedic, unless backed-up with reliable independent third party inline citations to sources that quote such. Do not add-back such unsubstantiated comments that smack of editorializing (Wikipedia:Editorializing), and could violate Wikipedia:Neutral point of view and Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. If there are no independent sources for claims, this would be considered as violating Wikipedia's strictures on original research, see:Wikipedia:No original research. Acabashi (talk) 01:13, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit 12 Feb 2011 

message: The ref does say soprano (alto) but since he's a male how likely is this to be true?
Also, how did this make DYK as it is not new and was not significantly expanded?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.161.8.90 (talk) 16:42, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Soprano
Talk:Mary Ward (actress)

message: Had a go at tidying this one up, and a copy edit in good faith. I couldn't find any reference to Mary's work in America within the body of the article, so I removed this mention from the lead. The article desperately needs references and sources. As most Prisoner fans will know, the Bourke book is not a reliable source. Also, despite some celebratory facebook pages and forums being quite sure that Mary celebrated her 100th birthday in 2014, I'm unable to find anything independent to verify it. In fact, other sites list her birth year as 1918. Apart from unsourced tidbits on varying Prisoner forums, information on Mary in general is rather scant, as is so often the case with (minor) notable people who retired or disappeared from view prior to the rise of the internet. But there is some interesting stuff out there, including her being a forces sweetheart during WWII. Bennycat (talk) 04:45, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Copy Edit
Talk:David Wolfenberger

message: Which records by the Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers (a.k.a Creekdippers) does Wolfenberger appear on.  Neither wikipedia nor allmusic seem to have complete credits & my Victoria Williams collection runs out somewhere around Loose/This Moment.  -MrFizyx (talk) 22:29, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Creekdipper

message: I'd like to see some sources for the items listed under awards.  I've only be able to independently verify the first of these.  Does the CityBeat article, "Top Discs of 2001" actually name his records as Album of the Year or does it just name it as one of the best local CDs or what precisely? -MrFizyx (talk) 23:08, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, I've found an archive with the CitySearch award too. -MrFizyx (talk) 23:28, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Awards

message: Allmusic doesn't give written reviews of his albums, but has a couple of ratings.  We might use these to balance some of the claims of critical acclaim:
*"Overview: The Marshwiggles - Stone Soup", Allmusic 
*"Overview: David Wolfenberger - Tales from Thom Scarecrow", Allmusic 
-MrFizyx (talk) 15:07, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Reviews
Talk:Ted Halstead

message: Checked Bio - he's no longer part of New America Foundation. Now Former CEO as of Sept. 2007.  This may be better removed due to notability issues.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.23.5.73 (talk) 20:36, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  This really is a vanity piece 

message: I agree with the Vanity Piece opinion above. However, he does seem to have some notability. 
Frustratingly, what info I could find about him seems to be boilerplate bio on several different sites; no info like birthdate, nationality, early childhood, etc.  I don't feel it is Encyclopedic, but I leave that to consensus if we need to go that route. Here is one example:
Ted Halstead, New America’s founder, served as the institution’s first president and CEO from its inception in 1999 until September, 2007. He is a frequent public speaker and media commentator, having appeared as a guest on Nightline, ABC’s World News Tonight, CNN, CNBC, C-SPAN, and PBS. He has published numerous articles in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, The Atlantic Monthly, Los Angeles Times, and The Harvard Business Review. He is co-author with Michael Lind of The Radical Center: The Future of American Politics, and editor of The Real State of the Union.
Previously, Mr. Halstead was executive director of Redefining Progress, another public policy institute that he founded to promote new approaches to economic and environmental policy. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth College, and received his Master’s degree from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. He was selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
— Safety Cap (talk) 17:49, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Elusive biographical facts 

message: The article is full of PR weasel terms.  Ought to be cleaned up.XavierItzm (talk) 12:07, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  PR article
Talk:Parkerizing

message: Removed non-NPOV word "infamous".  Does anyone know which Parker to link to for this family?  Rojomoke 16:29, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: They were called infamous in the press at the time in 1931. Political correctness was not yet in vogue in that era :-)  Read the last paragraph of this article, on the elder and junior Parkers, their history, and their investor fraud scheme. Yaf 16:46, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Non-NPOV wording 

message: Someone over-wrote the process section with gibberish.  Edit undone. Halcyonforever (talk)  —Preceding undated comment was added at 17:51, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too much information 

message: What is the relationship between "Parkerizing" and "Bonderizing"?  Are they essentially the same surface treatment process under different trade names?  Henkel apparently filed for a trademark on October 17, 1947 for the latter term, but I haven't been able to find much about it, except that it's "rust-proofing and anti-corrosive materials, including such materials comprising as an essential ingredient alkaline phosphates, and solutions prepared therefrom".  In other words, it's a way of coating metals such as steel with an anticorrosive phosphate solution, usually in preparation for the application of paint, enamel, or lacquer.  Examples that I've seen — steel rain gutters — have a dark gray, matte appearance that resists rust, even if left unpainted for a number of years.  It would be useful if Bonderizing could be related to Parkerizing in this article, or if it could be described in a separate article. — QuicksilverT @ 07:46, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Someone recently merged "bonderizing" into the definition. It seems there is, or at some point there was some difference:  (1933), (2012). Then there is oxy metal inc. --Askedonty (talk) 11:50, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bonderizing 

message: The 1911 pictured is clearly a 1911A1 yet it is labeled as the earlier model, 1911.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:301:7705:75E0:15CB:F362:A8ED:E6AD (talk) 08:57, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Resolved some time ago I note. Klbrain (talk) 13:37, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo caption 

message: The processes described in this page seem to be exactly the same as those in phosphate conversion coating. The only difference seems to be that this article is focused exclusively on the use of those processes for firearms.  It seems that all this material can be merged into that article, with no visible loss to the reader — quite the opposite.--Jorge Stolfi (talk) 18:30, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Klbrain (talk) 11:08, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge into [[Phosphate conversion coating]]
Talk:Dean Dixon

message: User:2600:1700:75d0:9ff0:6d92:f8a2:41b9:70a3 removed :File:Dean Dixon (1941).jpg from this article with an edit summary suggesting that they thought the image was copyrighted. I'm not sure why - the file description is pretty clear about this image being in the public domain. I've asked the user for more information on their talk page, and in the meantime I'm going to add the other image we seem to have of Dixon. Does anyone else have information about the copyright status of the 1941 image? If not, my sense is that it would be reasonable to restore it, and maybe to have both images in the article with the 1941 image as the lead one. --Opus 113 (talk) 07:29, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image copyright status
Talk:Toni Marsh

message: * Toni Marsh is one of the most famous celebrities in New Zealand and has a large fan base. I was personally shocked to find you have Tony Marsh the racing car driver, Tony Marsh the rugby player, Tony Marsh the artist, but no Toni Marsh the weather girl whom is rated one of the most beautiful women in New Zealand. I am currently in the process of finding out the exact date that she won first place in a celebrity beauty poll that was done last year. In the meantime, if certain people are not happy with my style of writing they are more than welcome to "wikify" it. --Delos 16:30, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Debi Nova

message: I think this has too few citations. Anything after the initial summary seems quite biased and has no sources. Also, the use of hyperboles (a "massive star" in Costa Rica) is a little too much. I live in Costa Rica, and though she's popular, massive is stretching stuff a little. I'd like it if an admin tried to sort this out. --Conoceymedio (talk) 23:23, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Terrel Bell

message: I do a google search:  Reagan Secretary Education Bell
And the top of the search results misspells his first name.  The correct spelling is Terrel with one l. I've seen this with both a iphone search and a desktop google search. 
In my judgment, it's not worth it.  Let's take down the disambiguation which just includes one other person, a professional athlete.  Interesting, there's two NFL players with similar names, a running back from the '80s Curt Warner with a C, and a quarterback from the late '90s and 2000s Kurt Warner with a K.  If a disambiguation led to confusion and search results misspelling, then in my judgment, it's simply not worth it.  FriendlyRiverOtter (talk) 20:56, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  The fact that we misspell his first name in the disambiguation leads to a misspelling on searches.
Talk:Terry Dolan (activist)

message: * Terry Dolan Award - Awarded to "the gay Republican who has done the most harm to the cause of gay civil rights".
** 2006 Terry Dolan Award candidates
This does not appear to be an actual award, but rather an opinion piece in a blog intended as a way of criticising bot Dolan and living people. I don't know anything about this site. If their opinions are noteworthy then it should be rewritten to clearly attribute the source. Something like, "In 2006 the Pensito Review considered nominees for a Terry Dolan Award which listed supposedly gay Republicans who..." If the blog is not notable then this should probably be deleted outright.   Will Beback  talk   23:37, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for checking that out. I just now deleted the "award" and the section. I didn't look at the source when I visited the article af few hours earlier. I hadn't visited this article in a long time, and was dismayed to see that it had been revised to make it sound like Dolan was notable primarily for being a closeted gay person. He was well-known in his lifetime (and reviled by people like me) for his role as a formidable New Right political operative, which is the basis for his notability. The bizarre fact of his closeted homosexuality was not known until after his death, and should not become the sole focus of the article. --Orlady (talk) 03:57, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Award
Talk:Matt Bardock

message: Played a significant part in this TV mini-series. (Character name, year of production, etc not known by me). 2A00:23EE:1CB8:4C87:FFC8:3A5A:CD20:265E (talk) 22:48, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Manhunt : The Nightstalker
Talk:Barnet Gate

message: 'm not sure about this statement! I'm sure it's within the London Borough of Barnet, but just on the outside of Branet itself. It's actually in Arkley, which is LB of Barnet. It's not Hertsmere as that borders Stirling Corner and no further.
Needs checking.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.130.208.181 (talk) 09:01, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Location
Talk:Del Rey (musician)

message: I have taken a few minutes to add content and references to Del Rey's page. Further improvements could be to add a critique section, updated material, photograph, and possible sound recording (which would be amazing to capture). I removed the "citation needed" tag. Additional edits/improvements welcome with reliable sources.SojoQ (talk) 02:57, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added Content/Removed Citation Needed Tag
Talk:Matt Mullins

message: We can now definitely say that he was not cast as Vegeta for the rumored DBZ movie as he denied any such claims on his facebook account in pm's. He said: "Matt Mullins  April 19 at 4:17am Report 
I have not gotten any calls, but it would be cool!" From this page: http://www.facebook.com/mattmullins1500. So any one that tries to add him as Vegeta on this page is now officially vandalizing it. If you want a screen shot of the conversation then ask below.FusionChamber (talk) 05:28, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Matt Mullins and DBZ 
Talk:Islington Branch Canal

message: Is the new Islington wharf being constructed on the site of the old canal? Perhaps some mention of it should be in this article. Richerman (talk) 12:33, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It is not on the site of the old canal. If I can find any info on it, I will add it to the article. Bob1960evens (talk) 14:29, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello, Islington Wharf is situated next to, this canal branch (to the left of the picture in the article). The Islington Wharf development currently consists of 2 buildings, with the another 3 still planned. The final 3 buildings will be built on each side of the short branch and therefore surround it. This is a few years away though. Happy to help with more information. I live in Islington Wharf. --Eastham85 (talk) 14:58, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Islington Wharf
Talk:Dennis Coffey

message: He has a quartet that performs every Tuesday from 8pm to 11pm at Northern Lights lounge in Detroit's New Centre section. He's been doing this for the last several years.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.115.238.102 (talk) 23:13, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Currently perforning live! 
Talk:Villa de Merlo

message: Please, give a source to change the coordinates of the place. I restored the version matching the Spanish article. --Mariano(t/c) 16:40, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Coordinates

message: The link included in the sentence "You will find many resorts and villas and cabins for rental try Merlo VIllas" as well as its matching link in the External Links section seem like blatant advertising or a PR campaign for the related company. There are dozens and dozens of websites for buying or renting properties in Merlo so why is this particular one mentioned? It is not even a fully developed website, with various 404 page not found errors and lorem ipsum text as placeholders. It should be deleted.
24.232.207.82 (talk) 15:47, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inappropiate commercial links 

message: I propose that Merlo, San Luis be merged into Villa de Merlo. I think that the content in the Merlo, San Luis article can easily be explained in the context of Villa de Merlo, and the Villa de Merlo article is of a reasonable size that the merging of Merlo, San Luis will not cause any problems as far as article size or undue weight is concerned. 148.101.172.132 (talk) 23:54, 26 November 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Support merge, but suggest keeping Villa de Merlo as it seem to be the English name used on the official tourism website. That's also the more complete article. Klbrain (talk) 21:36, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

text: Klbrain (talk) 16:22, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal
Talk:Lancaster Canal Tramroad

message: I have reverted the removal of the above reference and linked it to a copy on the web. An uncorroborated statement that he was a 'notorious hoaxer' is no grounds for a summary removal of this reference.  I invite you to read his commentary and compare it with that of the other references quoted (that I have located in libraries, or are in my personal collection) - and please discuss where his veracity is questioned, and how that relates to his version of history in respect to the tramroad.  Regards Oxonhutch (talk) 12:25, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stretton 1893 
Talk:Leven Canal

message: I have removed the reference to Yorkshire Water removing the aqueduct, as the canal is not their responsibility. It is managed by Trailer & Marina on behalf of EA and English Nature. If anyone has any proof to the contrary, by all means add it back in. Bob1960evens (talk) 19:08, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Canal cut in half
Talk:Limehouse Cut

message: I have removed the following:
:On the 11th of January 2012, a 15 year old boy slipped and drowned, becoming yet another victim of the unbounded canal.
Wikipedia is not a news service, and unless the event was somehow notable, I cannot see that it belongs here. If it does belong here, then the article on the A1 road ought to include all the people who died in road accidents. Bob1960evens (talk) 10:51, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Content removed
Talk:Derrick Carter

message: It strikes me that the last section of this article has an ulterior motive; namely, to coin the term 'boompty house'. I don't believe it's grounded in any fact. Opinions?
: I tend to agree with you, although being a underground house junkie I'm pretty sure Derricks one of the main players involved in the evolution of the so-called 'boompty sound'. I already searched for backup in the form of references for the statements that are made in the paragraph, but I failed to find them. I was the one who added the citation tags. I think it's fair to say that the section you mentioned 1) needs to be rewritten with referenced statements or 2) needs to be removed from the article. I think removal is the best choice at the moment. DaSjieb 20:02, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: First of all, I respect your opinion, and this is not an attempt to start a flamewar. That being said, if you really are mister Carter (which I doubt), you'd make a wise decision to actually tell that to the reporter next time you give an interview, so that we can have a good reference instead of some loose statements based on nothing but thin air. DaSjieb 07:23, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I don’t really know how to edit well, but this entry sounds like an advertisement. 173.73.93.202 (talk) 04:02, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Horrible writing sounds like advertising.
Talk:Esher News & Mail

message: This article has been merged into the Surrey Advertiser Group per general policy applicable to creation of very narrow articles (local predecessor media articles). - Adam37 Talk 14:23, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Merged

message: Surely a list of personnel is not necessary or appropriate in WP, particularly in regards to notability? I'm always glad for lots of info to be on WP. In general, I don't think notability is a test to be strictly applied - its breadth is one of the things that makes wikipedia special. But surely there are limits... Even more peculiar is the idea that they should be wikified, as though there would be an expectation that they might have a WP entry on the basis of working there. They may well be notable people, but not by virtue of being on the staff of a small regional news outlet, I'd have guessed. i have deleted the list for these reasons, but happy to discuss. hamiltonstone 05:28, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thankfully these have generally been redacted to national notables per WP:ORG. - Adam37 Talk 14:23, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: A staff list???
Talk:Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza

message: The English version of this saint's name is not typically (the French) "Yves", as his own article makes clear. It should be changed. - Eponymous-Archon (talk) 16:54, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not clear what the most common modern name for this saint is in English. A Google search on patron saint of lawyers (ivo | yves | ives) finds all three.  Ives appears to be the most common; Ivo is more common in historical contexts. It's hard to tell partly because the place-name "Saint Ives" is commonly mentioned in the nursery rhyme. --Macrakis (talk) 20:47, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggestion - English-name change 
Talk:Thomas Jefferson Randolph

message: It seems the section in his article should be more narrowly focused to his comments and the ultimate resolution. I will work on putting some of the info into notes... rather than getting into side conversations that ended up being irrelevant and there is the main article for that kind of detail.–CaroleHenson (talk) 06:26, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Relevance of Sally Hemings - paternity section