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Talk:Mensa (constellation)

message: :Cas; can you make this clearer: "Lacaille labelled eleven stars with Bayer designations Alpha through to Lambda (excluding Kappa)." Ceoil (talk) 09:12, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Is this better? Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:18, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Request

message: "Another myth relating to its dangers comes from Sinbad the Sailor, an Arabic folk hero who saw it as a magnet pulling his ships to the bottom of the sea," says the text, referencing a book by Julias Staal. Does anyone have any idea how Sinbad might have known about Table Mountain or, for that matter, magnetism? This sounds like another of Staal's dodgy 'myths' for which he is the only source. Unless anyone can find an independent and reliable authority, I propose to delete this sentence. Skeptic2 (talk) 11:32, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Fair point. Delete away. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:12, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Thanks for the support. Skeptic2 (talk) 14:15, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  it's funny, it didn't seem so far-fetched when I scanned it  the first time but when you point it out, umm...yeah, anyway gone now. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:14, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sinbad the Sailor
Talk:MV Ross Revenge

message: The article states that On 19 November 1991, storms built up across Europe. Consequently, very high seas with north easterly winds were experienced by the crew of the Ross Revenge. By the early hours of the next morning force ten storms were battering the Ross Revenge, and eventually the main anchoring system failed. Dover Coast Guard asked other sea traffic to confirm that the ship they were tracking was the Ross Revenge. At 03:50 the Ross Revenge grounded on the Goodwin Sands
Steve Conways (who was on board at the time) in his book "Shiprocked" gives a slightly different account. Dover coastguard warned ships in the area about an "unknown vessel" which was "pursuing an erratic course" The crew of the ross revenge heard the warning but didn't realize that the "unknown vessel" was them. Visibility and sea conditions were so bad at the time that they didn't realise they had broken anchor until they hit the Godwin sands by which time they had "drifted" over 18 nautical miles. 90.201.84.104 (talk) 12:32, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Dover Coastguard Warning

message: As a result, Seamore[who?] purchased the Ross Revenge for £28,500. The ship was subsequently registered in Panama to Grothan Steemship
Seamore and Grothan Steemship* Lines Incorporated (* = misspelling apparently deliberate) were the names of some of the front companies set up (in various countries ) to acquire and register the Ross Revenge. Because of the legal position it was necessary for the Caroline Organization to obfuscate their involvement in (and indeed the very nature of) the project until the Ross could be moved to a "friendly" port and fitting was well underway. Some of the background is explained here  90.201.84.104 (talk) 12:56, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who were Seamore and Grothan ? 
Talk:Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich of Russia

message: I noticed a slight date descrepency in the Military Career section:
On April 6, 1899, the Grand Duke was promoted to the rank of Captain and given command of the 2nd Squadron of the Horse Guards. Three years later, on December 10, 1892, he was promoted to the rank of Colonel and owing to his distinguish service ... 
Should the 1892 be 1902? 
Ssismk 02:57, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Musca

message: Technically, Bayer called Apus "Apis Indica";  Musca he instead called "Apes". Have a look at :File:BayerUran1661apuschamtri.jpg. Bayer has lots of unique spelling. This is almost right, but not quite. Perhaps a footnote explaining Bayer's spelling?  Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:51, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Will check sources later when can sit down and digest. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 05:19, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Hang on, looking up close at the image it says Apis  for Musca...where are you seeing Apes?.Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:53, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: ...You're right. I think there was a speck on the monitor. Adam Cuerden (talk) 09:10, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Aah well, one mystery solved anyway...Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:16, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

text: This is a bit late to the party, but if it's any help, Apes is an older name for Musca Borealis, the other Fly. Regards, Moonraker12 (talk) 22:02, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  " Bayer termed it Apis—the Bee, a name by which it was known for the next two centuries." 
Talk:Norma (constellation)

message: History section seems very confused:
# a Southern Triangle distinct from Triangulum Australe is elsewhere unknown,
# a "Quadrans Euclidis" seems like a mega-confusion, Norma was earlier named "Quadra Euclides", Euclides is the correct singular genitive form, a "Quadra" is a quadrate, a "Quadrans" is a quadrant, i.e. an astronomical instrument,
# what has that hypothetical "Southern Triangle" to do with this article?
# If someone invented that hypothetical "Southern Triangle", it wasn't Plancius, but possibly instead Andreas Corsalius, or possibly Amerigo Vespucci; the early globes of Hondius and Plancius circa 1593 proves nothing, since they filled the southern sky with incorrect and too vague star descriptions,
# Abbé De Lacaille invented Quadra Euclides in the middle of the 1750:ies,
# the section needs citations.
The section needs a total rewrite. ... said: Rursus (mbork³) 18:55, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Norma on star tales support that the article's current confusion is a confusion propagated from Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning, which is not very reliable. Richard Hinckley Allen, who wrote it had severe eyesight limitations and relied on obsolete sources which languages he didn't understand very well. ... said: Rursus (mbork³) 19:12, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I've likewise have had troubles finding the alleged source of Monoceros being a Persian invention, according to Allen refering to Ideler, but I haven't yet found the clause where Ideler claims that the Einhorn is the second horse. Instead I believe that Allen have misread Ideler, and that Monoceros was invented by Petrus Plancius or some c:a 1550 cartographer, such as Kurt Vopel. ... said: Rursus (mbork³) 19:18, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Fact dispute

message: The Norma cluster (Abell 3627) is actually (at least mostly) across the border in Triangulum Australe. -- Elphion (talk) 18:01, 14 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Norma Cluster
Talk:Metro Schechter Academy

message: School closing was announced on Thursday,  Aug. 23 in meeting with parent body. Announcement of donor falling through was published in the Jewish Standard this past weekend.
Yudel 20:28, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
Talk:List of North American Deserts

message: Could the Painted Desert be included perhaps? 69.223.47.69 19:05, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The Painted Desert is a part of the Colorado Plateau. Solarapex 23:38, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

message: I think this may be a duplicate article as there is another entry with the same name here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_North_American_deserts (the only difference in the title is the capitalisation of the 'D' in desert)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.135.30.32 (talk) 12:52, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks to me like this list should be merged into the List of North American deserts. --Pete Tillman (talk) 02:35, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Merger needed?
Talk:Pavo (constellation)

message: At one point in the article (section "The peacock in Greek mythology"), there's the following quote: ""In Greek myth the stars that are now the Peacock were Argos [or Argus], builder of the ship Argo. He was changed by the goddess Juno into a peacock and placed in the sky along with his ship." 
There's a bit of a mix-up here (Juno was a Roman goddess, equivalent to the Greek's Hera, who is mentioned immediately afterwards); this may be an issue with the original writer quoted (either Mark R. Chartrand III or Mike Dixon-Kennedy), but it's worth looking into (and maybe writing a footnote to explain this issue). Luisftd (talk) 11:45, 26 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Graeco-Roman mythology (potential) mix-up 

message: Could note that the NASA probe Voyager 2 is heading into Pavo ? - Rod57 (talk) 21:09, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Voyager 2 heading into Pavo
Talk:Sica

message: If anyone wants to help feel free... obviously
'Scaper 19:08, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: : this article could use a little reworking. it has quite a few sentances that are at least hard to read perhaps gramatically incorrect (such as tense shifts). i dont know enough about this topic to rewrite it myself (my knowledge pretty much comes from what ive read on this wikipedia page ;-) ), but id appreciate it if someone took a look at it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gavrielyosef (talk • contribs) 04:49, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  review

message: the image of the sica should be turned up-down to show its cutting edge verse, IMO, as in the present form it is misleading about it Cunibertus (talk) 19:15, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, I'd like to see any sort of citation showing this to be the case, since none is given except by extension to the falx (which I also think requires attestation). Roman art (and this is inarguably the most common and notable context for the Sica, despite its Dacian associations) depicts the sica curving upwards when held waist high, which would require the hand to be super-awkwardly supinated if the concave edge was the one used to strike -- a downward curve in this posture would be the expected one if the premise is to be believed.67.101.119.99 (talk) 20:09, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Image

message: http://www.sica.int/  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.115.17.83 (talk) 22:27, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  disambiguation needed 

message: Somehow I doubt that the detailed information given on different variants of this weapon, etc, came from the sources listed in the references, which appear to be pieces about a certain type of people, not the most likely place to find technical info about historical weapons. That would make it unreferenced at best, and the tone just somehow suggests OR to me..45Colt 22:41, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original research? 

message: I would like to point out that the word sica might be related to semitic or Hebrew word sakin - knife (סַכִּין).
Please see:
https://he.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%9F
16:31, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sakin - knife in semitic languages
Talk:Paroxysm

message: This seems a little dictionary-ish doesn't it? Felix 19:12, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed.  This is little more than a list of dictionary definitions.  It should be redirected to Paroxysmal attacks. Neelix (talk) 22:54, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: This
Talk:Pictor

message: Is it possible to update the `Did you know' section (October 20, 2012) of the English main page to no longer reflect that this cluster has `800 trillion stars' (~8e15 M_sun is the total mass according to the cited reference, but most of that is dark matter so the assertion is bogus).
Thanks for catching that. -Fjozk (talk) 00:47, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Issue with hook
Talk:Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art

message: Today the school is known as University of the Arts and the museum is known as the Philadelphia Museum of Art. --DThomsen8 (talk) 02:52, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Now

message: Somehow, this seems like it should be a footnote in both of the child articles. dm (talk) 05:59, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  merge?
Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Endal (dog)

message: I would like to thank everyone for their comments either for or against Endal's page. I was requested to enter Endal into the famous dog category (yes it is true Endal can't write it himself) little knowing what I was starting or getting into. I have had great difficulty reducing down all the source and reference documentation but would like to thank all those that have given me editorial direction.
Endal fame has been based around his part in my rehabilitation and recovery and enablement over the last ten years. Being voted the Dog of the Millennium and being awarded the first ever Animal George cross surely is notable? The other awards and achievements bolster Endal's case. Resolving the argument over authorship/copyright is like "nailing jelly to the wall" and beyond me. Endal and Allen 19:56, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Law of Portugal

message: Under the logic that Portugals noticeably progressive LGBT laws deserve a mention in the article, the extremely liberal attitude towards drug use is probably worth highlighting as well? Unfortunately, I don't know enough about the details to write anything myself...GGdown (talk) 13:06, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Drug Legislation 
Talk:Schilling rudder

message: This is first article I have written from scratch, circa 2005.
The information I have on the subject is limited, chiefly a scanned copy of an article for which I have no reference for (author and publication unknown) and some sketchy information available online, however all the details are as correctly reported from said article which appears inline with the very limited alternative information I have on the topic and will hopefully initiate some further knowledge to come forwards.
I successfully fitted our 58ft steam powered narrowboat (canal boat) with a schilling rudder as per that seen in the 'CAD image' within the article, fabricated using the information I have as contained within this article. Based purely on my own and other perception I can report that it appears to have improved the turning ability of the boat by 20-50% while shifting the steering performance in reverse to a point where the rudder can be used to successfully counter the effects of prop-walk and provide the ability to travel in a straight line in reverse.
Article slightly updated/improved/corrected - 2013.
dhutch (talk) 15:27, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
Talk:Telescopium

message: "Telescopium was later much reduced in size by Francis Baily and Benjamin Gould." For a non-aficionado on astronomy, this comes rather vague. Please clarify. ALso, the word created was changed to named. The constellation (or pattern) already existed; it was only a matter of identifying and naming it.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.107.75.38 (talk) 07:30, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vague 

message: "Its name is a Latinized form of the Greek word for telescope." This strikes me as a bit confusing. The word "telescopium" was coined from Greek roots but was the original word ever only used in Greek before it spread to other languages or was it coined from Greek words but used in Latin, the then language of scholarship, from the first. That would make it a Latin word not a Greek word. Dabbler (talk) 11:28, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Interesting question - "telescope" is described as coming from the Greek words - words like this are often described as Latinised Greek. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:52, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: As a comparison, the word telephone also is derived from the Greek words but was first invented by a Frenchman for a different sort of instrument in 1828. I have seen it described as from the French word "1835, "system for conveying words over distance by musical notes" (devised in 1828 by French composer Jean-François Sudré (1787-1862); each tone played over several octaves represented a letter of the alphabet), from French téléphone". Telegraph is also said to come from the French word for the semaphore type system invented in the late 18th century, even though it too has Greek roots. Dabbler (talk) 21:10, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Origins of Telescopium word

message: * 
* 
Two source with exactly the same url, is this right?--Jarodalien (talk) 16:56, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Well spotted! And now fixed. Thanks for being thorough. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:20, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is this right?
Talk:Vela (constellation)

message: The sources that claim Pyxis to have been a subdivision of Argo are not 'authorities', and are wrong. Wagman, who is an authority, is quite clear on the matter. The other related entries in Wikipedia get it right. 79.77.212.76 (talk) 01:27, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pyxis was not part of Argo
Talk:Charles R. Van Hise

message: Sci. Am. vol. 116 p. 573 identifies Charles's parents and Henry and Mary Goodrich Van Hise, good evidence that it is a mistake to shorten William Henry Van Hise to William, and providing a norm suggesting that Mary's maiden name Goodrich be retained.
History of Dane County: Biographical and Genealogical, vol. 1 p. 925 explains that Henry "was a farmer in early life, but later became a merchant," important for an accurate perspective because Henry took up his mercantile career about 1865 when Charles was young (about 8); it also tells that Charles grew up with four sisters and two brothers.
I leave it to more experienced contributors to weave additional facts and sources into the article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.101.164.181 (talk) 03:09, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I've happened by chance across a book that discusses Van Hise in relation to political figures of the day, especially La Follette: Wisconsin, An Experiment in Democracy, by Frederic Clemson Howe. See https://books.google.com/books?id=XPcqAAAAMAAJ. It should be explored and material added here about that dimension of Van Hise's career. I doubt that I will have a chance to come back to this, so I hope someone else can pick up on it.
Poihths (talk) 13:38, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Political activities
Talk:Volans

message: What is the catalog number of the ring shaped galaxy in Volans which is nicknamed Das Rheingold (aka Nibelungen Ring and Graham's Object) in Hugh C. Maddocks's handy booklet DEEP-SKY NAME INDEX 2000.0 ? (this object is also briefly mentioned in SKY CATALOGUE 2000.0, Volume 2: Double Stars, Variable Stars and Nonstellar Objects). The coordinates of this object are: R.A. 6h 41.4m / Decl. -74° 19' (2000.0). What is known about this ring shaped galaxy? I try to find online info, but... nothing. DannyCaes (talk) 13:07, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Starting with 644?  ★ Ayaena Aya helps you  22:41, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ring shaped galaxy in Volans (-Das Rheingold-).
Talk:ODIN Technologies

message: This "article" actually appears to be an advertisement for a consulting company.  The phrases "thought leader" and "most sought after business partner" belay a subjective stance usually found in marketing literature.  Assuming that Wikipedia is a wiki-based encyclopedia with rigorous peer review for data accuracy, the this "article" would not meet the required standards due to bias, subjectivity, and questionable purpose of content.Metaphusis 20:17, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: agree (recent edits are more blatant) Tedickey (talk) 20:06, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

text: Still looks like an advert, and has lots of external links which aren't useful TEDickey (talk) 13:49, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: This page still appears like an advert.  It also still has excessive external links to ODIN's corporate webpage.  Only one link is needed to their website, not individual ones embedded in the text. User:Richard.h.blaine removed the advert and external links flags, but they did not make the article sound less of an advertisement, and actually added more unneeded external links. Jmcfarland27 (talk) 19:49, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: There have been a few prior incidents of that sort, each from a WP:SPA TEDickey (talk) 21:38, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
Talk:List of presidents and chancellors of the University of Wisconsin–Madison

message: For the correct spelling of Sterling's middle name, see the Dictionary of Wisconsin History. LaurentianShield (talk) 00:11, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: John Whelan/Whalen Sterling

message: You missed some one UW President.....work for the Illini? 2603:8080:2803:5115:3130:A9E1:FAC6:CC86 (talk) 01:20, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  What happened to H. Edwin Young...Pres of the UW, not only chancellor...the Math building bombing and decision to keep Madison open?
Talk:Philosopher All-Stars

message: Unfortunately this article is being 'quick-failed' for GA status, according to the standards:
*A complete lack of reliable sources, see WP:Verifiability.
*The article uses copyrighted images which do not meet Wikipedia's fair use policy.
Further, this needs to be an article about the cards. I suspect that the majority of the text is copied from the cards.  ike9898 19:43, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: GA
Talk:Fascinator

message: Is it really necessary to have two drawings of the same fascinator worn by Princess Beatrice?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.169.37.118 (talk) 09:19, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Superfluous images

message: When did the term 'fascinator' first come into use?  Mid-18th century?Penelope Gordon (talk) 22:44, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origins? 

message: Should add a disambiguation for 'magician'.Penelope Gordon (talk) 22:44, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambiguation 

message: What is the origin of the word?  Fascinate?  Fasces?  Fascinum (L.)?Conscientia (talk) 12:25, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Fascinate: see
. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 12:29, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

text: Try the OED. The word has the sense of 'fasten', rather than 'enchant'.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:44B8:3102:BB00:5DF0:5942:6B59:21C7 (talk) 23:27, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: The IP's "fasten" explanation is not supported by the OED, which gives only a single etymology – Latin fascinator, meaning "sorceror", from the verb fascinare, "to fascinate" – for all uses of the English word "fascinator", including a sorceror; a person or thing which is enthralling or charming; the semi-historical shawl or scarf; and the modern headpiece. GrindtXX (talk) 15:11, 23 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Origin of the word
Talk:Knight's Armament Company

message: I'm sorry, but the last sentence of this article is just priceless.  "Products aimed at the civilian market"?  I'll just bet they are.  Frequently.  Accounting4Taste 20:32, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: KAC makes long-range rifles and automatic assault rifles, so extremely rarely, actually.--66.75.48.94 (talk) 02:03, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: KAC sells products to the civilian sector quite often, and their main product lines are accessories, not firearms. This discussion page is for the integrity of the article, not for cracking jokes about whether their products are used to harm civilians. 66.191.14.120 (talk) 23:48, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  guffaw 
Talk:Pembina Trail

message: Would it be appropriate to convert this article to a redirect to the recently-started piece on Red River Trails?  Kablammo 20:33, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  I would like to merge this article with the Red River Trails article. S.cacciotti (talk) 18:52, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Willys Jeep Station Wagon

message: I recently acquired a Willys Jeep Wagon - kaiser corp.  I am confused on the year because it has a 230 tornado in it which was 1963... however in 1963 Willys was obsolete it was just Kaiser Jeep.  Can anyone help me with the year?  The serial number is marked as a Willys.--12.189.32.36 20:47, 4 May 2007 (UTC)