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Talk:German submarine U-557

message: This article is different stylistically from other U-boat articles, and relies heavily on Herbert Werner's book Iron Coffins.</br>
This book has been subject of discussion on the Werner article talk page and at MILHIST: For the reasons given there, it cannot be accepted as a reliable source for historical fact, though as a personal memoir it is a useful  insight into the thoughts and opinions of a German U-boat officer of the time.</br>
I have therefore re-written the article, to match the style of other, similar, articles, and confined the content to information that can be substantiated by other, more acceptable, sources. Xyl 54 (talk) 20:52, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re-write
Talk:Terence Wheelock

message: The opening section - "Circumstances leading up to his death"-has clearly been copied and pasted from some media source. It even has "Advertisement" still left from the sloppy c&p job. 
84.203.48.179 (talk) 23:59, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Opening Section

message: This concerns POV tag cleanup.  Whenever an POV tag is placed, it is necessary to also post a message in the discussion section stating clearly why it is thought the article does not comply with POV guidelines, and suggestions for how to improve it.  This permits discussion and consensus among editors.  This is a drive-by tag, which is discouraged in WP, and it shall be removed. Future tags should have discussion posted as to why the tag was placed, and how the topic might be improved.  Better yet, edit the topic yourself with the improvements.  This statement is not a judgement of content, it is only a cleanup of frivolously and/or arbitrarily placed tags.  No discussion, no tag.Jjdon (talk) 00:51, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV tag 

message: It seems a little odd that we have a whole sectiond dedicated to one sides opinions and allegations. theres no Gardai POV section concerning the family (obviously). Seeing as the family have never made any complaints or explained some of the oddities on their side, I would suggest this section should at this stage be removed  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.143.48.58 (talk) 19:19, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Allegations by family 
Talk:Rotating Regional Primary System

message: The National Association of Secretaries of State has endorsed this plan, it is one of the three most-mentioned plans out there.  It is directly referenced in the literature for the American Plan itself.  Multiple sources of verification have been added to this page.
Multiple external references and sources have been added.  That should be sufficient, no?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.188.247.5 (talk) 17:49, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I removed this crap: "Why should a new regional primary system, set up with a plan to rotate which region would go first, continue allowing these two states with strongly atypical demographics to have an undue influence in choosing America's president?"
This is not a forum, people.  If you want to discuss this issue, don't discuss it here. -Laikalynx (talk) 20:19, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: NH, IA Bias

message: What on earth does this term mean?  Can someone find a source for the term and define it in the article?--~TPW 14:40, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Retail politics
Talk:Wabanaki Confederacy

message: Looking for a link for the 2015 Grandmothers' Declaration which is all over social media esp facebook but seems not to be formally published on any website of any authoritative source.
Also wondering if this source which is from a blog but also widely republished and referenced is suitable for this article.
Much of the literature seems to be moving around these sources, and there is a dearth of mainstream reporting, as is common on indigenous issues anywhere.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.212.125.141 (talk) 20:07, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  sources 

message: Does anyone know why the Yucatan peninsula is what is shown on the map here? Smashrgrl (talk) 05:12, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Yucatan?

message: About the image you added to the infobox:. When was this flag adopted and/or in use? Do you have a link to a site or source about it? I did an image search and nothing is coming up. If we're going to use it we should source it. Thanks! - CorbieV ☊ ☼ 18:03, 19 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flag 

message: According to the John Cabot article, no one is sure where Cabot landed, what happened to him on his last known voyage, or whether he ever came back. We don't know if he ever met any Mi'kmaq, or fought with any natives, AFAICT. This article claims he kidnapped and fought with, and was defeated by, Mi'kmaq, citing a blogpost with no references. It appears to be pure speculation. 70.77.37.23 (talk) 19:52, 9 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  John Cabot
Talk:2007–08 S.L. Benfica season

message: There is a discussion about Manual of Style for club season articles that could after this article, you could participate here.--ClaudioMB 16:33, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Manual of Style for club season articles

message: Something is wrong here....too much information repeted...Aritajustino 18:23, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It was fixed--ClaudioMB 23:42, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Repeated information

message: The games in Pre-season section aren't the one that Benfica played in Pre-season. I think that they are the Manchester ones...Aritajustino (talk) 17:37, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Pre-season
Template talk:Infobox East Asian name

message: This template has been created as a supplement to  and also as a replacement for . Although primarily intented for Korea-related articles, Korean name is not a requirement, and the template can display names in any order using the "sort" key (although it cannot display Chinese name first, since this feature would be effectively redundant to the  template). A more detailed documentation will need to be written at some point, but we'll see how things go first. PC78 16:40, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  New template 

message: I was just editing the Jurchen people article and came across a few issues with this infobox. I am completely ignorant of the coding end of the templates (so forgive me if this request or post is inappropriate), but would like to have it edited and expanded. There are some imperfections which could easily be removed with a minor expansion which I don't believe would affect the template adversely in any way and would make the template more consistent. I would like to see chinesename2 added for an alternative Chinese name and its accompanying c2, t2, s2, p2, and w2 and tags like these below added under the Chinese name section.
pinyin2 for alternative pinyin reading (of the same characters of course)
wg2 for alternate Wade-Giles (again of the same characters)
tradvar for alternate Chinese name in traditional Chinese
charvar for a name in variant characters which exist in both traditional and simplified
Is it possible to add these?  Thanks for your time.
-Devin (d.s.ronis) (talk) 12:32, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expanding the Chinese name section of the infobox 

message: I started a discussion of this template, at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Infoboxes#Infobox East Asian name. Your views would be welcome. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 22:17, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discussion of this template 

message: This template currently displays the Korean romanisation method "McCune–Reischauer" (with endash) as "McCune-Reischauer" (with hyphen). Can it be changed to use the preferred endash spelling, in line with WP's article on this subject? I'd do it myself but I can't locate this text in the template code. Colonies Chris (talk) 14:52, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorted, and for Wade–Giles too. PC78 (talk) 10:06, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  McCune–Reischauer  

message: At should be aligned as alphabetical order for fair treat. thus, the order is Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, (Vietnamese)
I've changed the order anyway. --Carl Daniels (talk) 11:28, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  the order of each languages 

message: Can this be made embedded like the Template:Infobox Korean name? CherryPie94 (talk) 14:27, 22 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Embedding
Talk:Nanda Bayin

message: In the Wikipedia article Death from laughter, it is said that: 
:It is cited that the Burmese king Nanda Bayin in 1599 "laughed to death when informed by a visiting Italian merchant that Venice was a free state without a king."
That's in direct contradiction to the information in this article: 
:The abdicated king had survived for another year before being assassinated by Natshinnaung in 1600.
I'm guessing the latter is correct, but can someone look this over and confirm? Then I can replace the wrong bit of information in the appropriate place. Crusoe704 (talk) 20:53, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The latter is correct. Just added a citation.Hybernator (talk) 21:11, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death from laughter? 

message: , please don't remove the old style dates; they're not there just to annoy the reader. That Burma used its own calendar is irrelevant here. The question is to which Western calendar the Burmese dates are translated. Older books on Burmese history (in English and in Burmese) use Julian calendar dates for post-1581 dates (because most of the earliest Western historians were British, and they used British calendar dates -- meaning using Julian dates well into the mid-18th century). This causes issues. For example, Mingyi Swa's date of death is translated as 30 December 1592 in Burmese books, without specifying which calendar -- whereas Thai books use the Gregorian calendar. This issue persists even for post-1751 (the British switch to Gregorian) dates. E.g, the fall of Ayutthia is reported in older books as 28 March 1767 while modern books use 7 April 1767 -- even though their source date is the same Burmese date.
Again, the issue isn't that Burma used its own calendar; it is letting the reader know which Western calendar the original Burmese date is being translated to. This is especially important if the reader has grown up seeing one set of dates over another, and not automatically think the article's dates are incorrect. I assume good faith on your part. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. Hybernator (talk) 18:04, 2 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Old style dates
Talk:Michael Morales (musician)

message: I assumed this is an auto because of Studio M was the creator and the article contains info about Studio M. Spryde 16:44, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps, but in its current revision it's neutral and clearly asserts notability, so I removed the tag. Chubbles (talk) 03:46, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup 

message: I agree with his notability, but question the count of Grammy Awards.  The recording academy's Grammy.org site only credits Morales with one win. That was as a producer for Best Latin Pop Album at the 44th Grammys (2001). I also looked at LatinGrammy.com. I see plenty of references to five or six Grammy Awards, but not on official sites and none with a list.  George Bounacos (talk) 01:10, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grammy Award Count
Talk:The Burning Mountain

message: Isn't this a bit too detailed for an encyclopedia entry? Some of it seems too much for a book report, even:  
He tries to warn Chauncey but it is too late: the satchel charge of the girl he is giving a C-ration to blows off his head, which rolls. One child manages to destroy an armored personnel carrier, but the rest of the children, civilians, run. The teacher is obviously leading the children to kill the Americans: MacCauley blasts the teacher with six rounds and as the children flee he calls for a cease fire.
Lloyd Hansen is forced to bail out of a B-17 Flying Fortress and loses his boots in a rice paddy fertilized with the only fertilizer the villagers had available, their own. First, from a distance, he hears his comrade, Seargant Stansky, yell at an abusive "[Japanese] bastard" and score a punch, but the howling Japanese and his comrades shoot Stansky, who dies painfully, "Oh God, God."
The lead vehicle is hit and the vehicle in back hits it. Izuhara is gravely wounded, three soldiers are dead, and three cyanogen canisters are punctured by the rounds. The driver of the truck behind notices the six tracer rounds and loses control, overturning, and spilling more canisters, some of which leak. There is no time for the survivors to put on their gas masks, they, and most of the inhabitants of a nearby village, are asphyxiated by the cyanide gases. Immamura dies so quickly the last thing he notices is the fecal incontinence of either he or Izuhara, which always happens during death.
This isn't even a plot summary, just descriptions of death scenes the author found memorable.
69.155.76.41 16:48, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too Much Detail? 

message: Sorry about that. It is a grabbing alternative history novel. Thanks for cleaning it up.
I wonder if there should be any mention of the technology of Identification Friend or Foe or radar-assisted bombsighting, as depicted in the story. Also mentioned is the use of naval ships as gun platforms to hit inland targets. I feel I learned something reading the book, Coppel must have researched the military history pretty well.Chris-marsh-usa (talk) 06:41, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Apology. Thumbs Up.
Talk:Empowerment and Rights Institute

message: I'm doing POV tag cleanup. Whenever an POV tag is placed, it is necessary to also post a message in the discussion section stating clearly why it is thought the article does not comply with POV guidelines, and suggestions for how to improve it. This permits discussion and consensus among editors. This is a drive-by tag, which is discouraged in WP, and it shall be removed. Future tags should have discussion posted as to why the tag was placed, and how the topic might be improved. Better yet, edit the topic yourself with the improvements. This statement is not a judgement of content, it is only a cleanup of frivolously and/or arbitrarily placed tags. No discussion, no tag.Jjdon (talk) 18:25, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, it's written like an ad. I just tagged it as such, but I will also start working on cleaning it up. Unless of course I decide that this group isn't notable and should be deleted. Oiyarbepsy (talk) 04:51, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV TAG
Talk:Dêmqog

message: There are at least two places called Dêmqog (bde mchog): In Chinese, one is called Diǎnjiǎo 典角 and is in Gar, Ngari; the other one is called Déjué 德觉 and is in Xoka, Gongbo’gyamda, Nyingchi. See Guójiā cèhuìjú dìmíng yánjiūsuǒ 国家测绘局地名研究所, Xīzàng dìmíng 西藏地名 / bod ljongs sa ming བོད་ལྗོངས་ས་མིང (Tibetan Place Names), Beijing, Zhōngguó Zàngxué chūbǎnshè 中国藏学出版社 1995), . The official Latin spelling of both places is Dêmqog, so I suggest a redirect; at Dêmqog, there should be a disambiguation for two articles about the two different places - I suggest Dêmqog (Ngari) and Dêmqog (Nyingchi).
It's not a very bright idea to sift through a site like fallingrain.com and create articles from that, if that site is the only source. (Nor is it a great idea to call that site “fallinggrain.com”.) —Babelfisch 03:32, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move and disambiguate
Talk:Roman Catholic Diocese of Bungoma

message: I would like a deeper explanation of why you feel the article Roman Catholic Diocese of Bungoma is not notable for inclusion in wikipedia. I would also welcome your input on how to determine whether of not a diocese is notable or not. My personal feeling is that every diocese article provides important information regarding the Catholic Church in any given area. Npeters22 17:09, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, it's very notable. I'm working on making diocese articles for every diocese in the Catholic church. Thank you for your contributions. I'm still working on my catalogue to make sure that all the articles can be easily found! Thanks for the excellent job Npeters. Benkenobi18 (talk) 06:45, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Roman Catholic Diocese of Bungoma
Talk:North American Debating Championship

message: The article currently doesn't indicate what debate style is used.
The North American Debating Championship's 2020 Facebook event (https://fo-fo.facebook.com/events/university-of-waterloo/2020-north-american-debating-championship/679552345905725/) indicates that it is "North American Parliamentary Debating style", and goes on to describe it in a way that mirrors Canadian Parliamentary style debate. Can we confirm what the correct answer is and have it added to the article? 198.52.130.115 (talk) 02:05, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Debate Style
Talk:Tokugawa Munetada

message: According to the japanese Wikipedia he already died in 1764 (not 1765) - this is also metioned at the source https://reichsarchiv.jp/%e5%ae%b6%e7%b3%bb%e3%83%aa%e3%82%b9%e3%83%88/%e5%be%b3%e5%b7%9d%ef%bc%88%e5%be%b7%e5%b7%9d%ef%bc%89%e6%b0%8f%ef%bc%88%e5%be%a1%e4%b8%89%e5%8d%bf%e3%83%bb%e4%b8%80%e6%a9%8b%e5%be%b3%e5%b7%9d%e5%ae%b6%ef%bc%89#munetadad 9Hammer (talk) 20:05, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Year of death
Talk:Bainbridge-class destroyer

message: Is it really correct to refer to these ships as "DD-xx" when they were all decommissioned before the "DD" hull classification symbol came into use in 1920? 216.255.171.122 (talk) 17:04, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, the classification symbols were retroactive, the US Navy uses DD to refer to these ships, . At the beginning of each ship article the vessel is referred to by its anachronistic name.Pennsy22 (talk) 13:38, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hull numbers
Talk:Williams Lea Tag

message: Article claims WL is "the global leader of Corporate Information Solutions" and that "its refocus on BPO has been well timed."  These statements should probably be edited or removed.
Cyranojoe 17:32, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: The first paragraph was worthy of Williams Lea's own marketing department and was not fitting for Wikipedia.  So, after removal of this paragraph and checking of the rest of the article, I think the POV and peacock term boxes may safely be removed.
I think the comment on timing with regard to a change in the company's direction should stand as it can be considered a statement of fact.  It does not pertain to a current shift in the business, but one taken some years ago that can be seen to have directly led to a major growth period.  Compare to a statement like "Apple's focus on portable music players was well timed"; I think this statement shoudl be viewed in a similar context.
Juux (talk) 18:41, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peacock term & POV boxes 

message: The autobiography tag doesn't make any sense - could someone please remove it?Anja (Deutsche Post DHL) (talk) 10:21, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: The article is about a company, not a person. Northamerica1000(talk) 00:59, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Autobiography Tag 

message: The details in the info box are a bit outdated, and a new Global CEO has been appointed more than a year ago. Could someone please update it? Press Release - Williams Lea appoints Conor Davey as Global CEOAnja (Deutsche Post DHL) (talk) 11:58, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Data outdated, new CEO
Talk:American Whig–Cliosophic Society

message: There is an open debate about whether previous Presidents of the American Whig-Cliosophic Society should be listed.  Arguments in favor include the fact that this position is important and has been held by U.S. President James Madison, and other notables; additionally, the person in this position has a significant impact on Princeton undergraduate activities, as he or she controls Whig Hall, valued at over $2,000,000 and an annual budget approaching $50,000, and organizes political events that have drawn prominent politicians, including President Bill Clinton, Supreme Court Justices Steven Breyer and Sandra Day O'Connor, etc.  Also, some of the previous officers are now active in politics.  Arguments against including these officers include the fact that they do not yet all have their own separate wiki page.
One user writes:
An Ip user is adding a list of the last two sets of Previous officers. I do not believe that they should be added unless it can be shown as per WP:NLIST and WP:Source list that any of the named persons are in themselves WP:N.
WP is NOT a facebook or a substitute for a Society website.
What would be acceptable is a list of Notable Past Offers/Members - the key to such as list is that they would have their own WP article (thus demonstrating notability) and a WP:RS ref showing they were a member - or one in their article page.   Codf1977 (talk) 09:22, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Following the blocking of an IP user under the 3RR does anyone else support the inclusion of the last 2 years officers - As I said I can not see why they are there - none of them appear to be notable or to have been involved in a notable event of the Society. (see WP:NLIST and WP:Source list) Codf1977 (talk) 19:38, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Previous officers 

message: I have removed that section completely. Such lists are completely inappropriate. The names of private persons, not notable in themselves, with no independent references, and labelled "current" (a meaningless construct) do not belong in the article. This trivia is of interest solely to members of the society, several of whom are clearly editing this article. This is an encyclopedia article, not an extension of your web site. Please stop using it as such. Voceditenore (talk) 08:16, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Current Governing Council" removed
Talk:Democracy building

message: I refer to the following:
"Democracy building is also believed by some to be possible through war, the NATO War in Afghanistan and the War in Iraq being examples."
Who believes democracy building is possible through war? Why are these two wars examples? Without a citation this amounts to weasel words. Without a citation who really cares if some believe it to be a useful form of democracy building. Without any explanation as to why these two ongoing wars are successful examples, this sentence is useless.
:I removed the uncited, biased phrasing. Please feel free to make attributed, NPOV contributions. • Freechild'sup? 15:26, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsupported political bias?
Talk:Pete Wheeler

message: This article seems to have one editor (or a handful of anons) repeatedly adding material which is unsuitable for it. Sentences such as:
:"In so doing, he pierces the heart of these iconic snapshots, giving them new meaning in a poignant and simple way."
...have no place in an encyclopedic article - they are the opinions of one individual rather than the factual details of the artist's work. Neither do direct uncited quotations such as:
:"There is a political aspect to his work. Human figures can often be seen as either victims or oppressors in a modern world that owes a lot of its ambience to George Orwell’s ‘1984’.”
Nor do individual interpretations of what Wheeler is trying to achieve, such as:
:"Wheeler takes these images and refashions them in paint, seeking to expose something else within them"
If you wish to cite a reviewer or critic's opinions on Wheeler's art, then do so according to the information laid down at Wikipedia:Citing sources#When to cite sources.
Furthermore, much of such text appears to be clear copyright violation of gallery websites, and as such is not allowed on Wikipedia. 
Please follow the guidelines and policies laid down for writing biographical articles about artists in Wikipedia. Grutness...wha? 00:17, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unencyclopedic material