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Talk:Priscilla de Villiers

message: Upon further consideration and discussion with community members I have concluded it would be more appropriate to keep de Villiers article as the new merged document:
1)  She is alive, CAVEAT is defunct
2)  She is a part of Canada's history in making changes to our laws and community groups.
3)  CAVEAT was one of her projects, but does not entirely encompass her work for Canada.
4)  Without Priscilla CAVEAT could not continue.
5)  She is an example of one of Canada's female leaders
6)  She as an example of of how "one person does make a difference"
I propose to merge CAVEAT to this article after 14 days have expired.
Alan.ca 03:07, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge from [[CAVEAT]] 
Talk:The C'mons

message: Anyone else think that the Vauxhall advert these puppets are in is excrutiatingly annoying? Monkeyspearfish 13:14, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Not so much the Corsa advert.. but the Mtv adverts were probably the most irritating adverts ever, which is why I just couldn't watch MTV in case the advert was on. Even thinking about it now makes me want to just self-implode.  88.109.201.205 00:40, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Don't be afraid, soon nobody will know them anymore. It's a campaign that didn't work, maybe because people saw through it or just like Opel 84.177.84.166 14:54, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Annoying
Talk:Arhuaco

message: For dedicated editors of this page: The "Related Groups" info was removed from all  infoboxes. Comments may be left on the Ethnic groups talk page. Ling.Nut 20:48, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "related groups" info removed from infobox 

message: I did my best to clean up the article, but without knowing much of anything about the Arhuacos, it was hard to tell how to rewrite some of it.
What does "The Arhuacos are a profoundly spiritual people who follow their own unique philosophy that tends to globalize their surroundings." mean? I considered rewriting it as "The Arhuacos follow their own unique spirituality and philosophy." but wasn't sure if I was missing something.
--Cheyinka (talk) 02:40, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article cleanup 
Talk:I, Davros: Innocence

message: This is my first attempt at writing a wikipedia article from scratch. I'd be grateful for any feedback or corrections.android 12:37, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: First Article

message: The article says that Gary Russell of Big Finish said that I, Claudius was his template for the I, Davros plays, but is marked as needing a citation. The information can be found in the interview given on the fifth disc of the boxed set of the plays, where in addition to the base statement used in the statement, there are further mentions, such as one in which the choice of actress to play Calcula, Davros’s mother, was made because it was felt that she would avoid playing it in the manner of Sîan Phillips’s portrayal of Livia in the BBC TV adaptation of the Graves book. Jock123 (talk) 21:13, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  “I, Cladius” as inspiration for “I, Davros”…
Talk:Dick Cook

message: Perhaps mention could be made of why he was asked to step down as head of Disney Studios.  Few executives have his magic touch of green lighting flops including  "Race to Witch Mountain," "Bedtime Stories," and "Confessions of a Shopaholic", "A Christmas Carol" and the granddaddy flop of them all "Mars Needs Moms" which will lose Disney in excess of 100 million dollars.
Dumas777 (talk) 22:03, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  King of flops
Talk:Cousin Itt

message: In the sequel "Addams`s Family Values" Cousin Itt marries and has a son named "What" how is "What" related to Pugsley Wednesday and Pubert????  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.80.106.105 (talk) 21:02, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cousin Itt`s son "What" 

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I suspect that what Magro provided was not his own voice but that of a porcupine.  (Sadly I can't now find the YouTube clip that made me think "Wow, that's Itt!", but here are a bunch of others: .)  I wish we had an authoritative statement! —Tamfang (talk) 20:32, 1 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  voice origin
Talk:Alberto da Giussano

message: I have deleted the current Lega Nord badge, and replaced with a Nautral pic. of the statue, because i dont think we should mention the imagary of Alberto da Giussano in modern italian politics in the Article AdG. I think this deserves a Mention in the Laga Nord article but not in AdG article.
I translated a bit from the italian article.
--AndreaFox2 (talk) 22:07, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I have changed the appellation of "Italian", because at the time the Battle of Legnano occured Italy had never existed and the Peninsula had been divided in tons of states or kingdoms under many different rulers, since the Roman Empire fell. The story of this legendary hero was written by some monk named Galvano Fiamma, who lived in Milan, and he wrote this tale to please Galeazzo Visconti (the lord of the City).
As Giussano was never recognised or praised as a national hero, and considering that this is likely because he fought to preserve the indipendence of the Comuni in Northern Italy, saying that he was an Italian legendary hero is very incorrect.
To further demonstrate that I'm right and that my claims are legitimate, I invite you to check the Italian and German versions of this article (both languages that I speak well), you are going to see he's never mentioned as an italian figure.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Milo933 (talk • contribs) 08:38, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Lombards were a Germanic tribe. Alberto da Giussano was Italian just like Dante Alighieri or Marco Polo. Ethnicity is not related to a political state.--Enok (talk) 20:17, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Lombard or Italian hero?
Talk:Explosive lens

message: " The (exploding-bridgewire detonator at the left triggers a semi-spherical detonation wave through the low-speed outer explosive." Outer explosives should be high speed, according to my intuition. Otherwise the inner high speed explosive would make the explosion wavefront even more spherical, diluting the explosion force instead of concentrating it on the fissile core. The Optic lenses work in a similar manner, light propagates slower in the lens medium. If the lens is convex, instead of a spherical wavefront, a planar wavefront is formed. Since there are no references cited in the article, I'm changing this part. If you find any reference stating otherwise, please revert my change and cite your reference.--C6H12O6 12:55, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

message: Explosive lens is really just a shaped charge - maybe this needs the attention of an expert?Timpo (talk) 09:01, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: No, it's not really just a shaped charge.  Explosive lenses manage the detonation wavefront to produce smooth wavefronts for various purposes.  Shaped charges use semi-spherical wavefronts, or at most an inert wave shaper, to collapse a liner and project a jet or EFP.  They are related but distinct.  Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 17:23, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Shaped charge
Talk:Chips (dog)

message: Chips may have been allowed to keep his medals, although our article says differently. See  and . The US still has no official medals for dogs, but one organisation has set up a medal system.. Dougweller (talk) 15:03, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Medals 

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thread_title:  Further reading
Talk:Cyrano de Bergerac (1950 film)

message: Hello! This is to let editors know that :File:Cyrano de Bergerac (1950).webm, a featured picture used in this article, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for January 29, 2024. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2024-01-29. For the greater benefit of readers, any potential improvements or maintenance that could benefit the quality of this article should be done before its scheduled appearance on the Main Page.  If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you!  — Amakuru (talk) 22:59, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Featured picture scheduled for POTD
Talk:Neglect of probability

message: "In another example of near-total neglect of probability , Rottenstreich and Hsee (2001) found that the typical subject was willing to pay $7 to avoid a 1% chance of a painful electric shock, and $10 - only a little more - to avoid a 99% chance of the same shock. (They suggest that probability is more likely to be neglected when the outcomes are emotion arousing.)"
As currently written, this seems to be a "duh" response.  If someone is willing to pay $7 to avoid a 1% chance, paying less than $693 to avoid a 99% chance is a bargain.  Perhaps this needs to be rephrased, but the current way it's phrased only proves that people are willing to pay less than the maximum amount they'd accept... a trivial principle of economics Eoseth (talk) 04:49, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I took a stab at this by changing the order of the sentence. Paying $10 for 99% and $7 for only 1% is an egregious violation of the same economic principle (paying $7 when it should be only worth about $0.10). I am not sure if this properly represents the study, though, so it might need another look. Primalmoon (talk) 12:54, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Hsee example needs reworking badly
Talk:Suchitra Bhattacharya

message: This author is one of the leading feminist Bengali novelists of today. You can find a link to her on List of Bengali authors.
What are the timeframes for creation of a new article? I created the article about 5 minutes before it got listed for speedy deletion. 
Is this because I haven't listed what books she has written? Will do so now. Rbha7 13:13, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: ::I removed speedy delete tag because article asserts notability.  A Google search yields information that the claims are accurate.  I added a cleanup tag because the article needs Wikification.  Johnbrownsbody 13:25, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Cheers for that. Agree completely about wikification, its definitely a bit half-arsed but my intention was to get it started. Rbha7 13:36, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Re: DB:BIO tag removal
Talk:A Great and Terrible Beauty

message: Can anyone help me? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.53.36.253 (talk) 21:12, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Women's role in society or their foray into the spiritual world? Generally speaking. People are a mixed bag; none of us are all evil or all good.Rocket000 22:47, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: What is the theme of A great and Terrible Beauty?

message: I've made a template for the series (my first-- I may not have done it right).  Thoughts?
*Looks good. I changed the name, though.  to  due to the quotes that may cause problems like you see in this sentence. :) - Rocket000 22:20, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Template
Talk:Howard K. Smith

message: The author lists Mr. Smith under "Cajuns" in the specific categories. What is the evidence that Mr. Smith was "Cajun"? Was his mother of French descent?
Billy Hathorn 13:10, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: an interesting quote:  "Every Sunday at noon he [Einstein] listened to a news analysis broadcast by Howard K. Smith. Guests were never invited at that hour."  Per the book, this quote apparently relates to some period in the last decade of Einstein's life (died April 1955).  Einstein was living in Princeton, New Jersey at the time.
(Pais, Abraham (2005-11-03). Subtle Is the Lord: The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein (p. 473). Oxford University Press - A. Kindle Edition.)    2607:F0B0:9:17:6C57:7F83:A317:3FA (talk) 20:50, 7 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Einstein Connection
Talk:Zahran tribe

message: The article claims that the Zahran surname is not related to the tribe itself. Where is the proof of this claim? Zahran is a big tribe with its members living all over the Middle East, why should they be only confined to Saudi Arabia and not Jordan or Palestine?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.141.137.156 (talk) 05:36, 16 February 2015 Akmal94 (talk) 01:45, 18 February 2015 (UTC)

message: Hi, I have improved this article with many sources and added sourced contents. I guess we can now remove the template? Thanks SharabSalam (talk) 22:03, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi, can you give us your opinion regarding this issue? SharabSalam (talk) 22:06, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  Looking at the article as it stands, the references have improved, although there are still some major concerns. The "Zahrani tribal weddings" section only has one source which appears as a link to a website and not a news article, so that citation needs to be updated. And the "Notable people" section only has one source, which doesn't actually support the statement made. The best way to make this article survive the current deletion discussion would be to add citations to reliable sources throughout the article, and we're still a long way from that. Any statements that cannot be sourced should be removed. Bradv 22:15, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Predictably, of course, having survived deletion it will now be left to rot. I've removed some of the more rambling and seemingly irrelevant material. Pinkbeast (talk) 14:36, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  refimprove template 

message: The 750,000 appears to be a result of a random edit. The original as can be seen here states 5,000  The referenced source now produces a dead link. The 750,000 numbers comes from a random edit from a non-logged-in user:   — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zahran80 (talk • contribs) 18:50, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  750,000 Number 

message: Dear , I found that you protected this article, so I thought you could help remove irrelevant content from it, namely:
* the section of "Notable people from Zahran tribe", most of these people had their tribes names for ages, they are from Daws tribe, the Zahrani Tribe is contemporary, the confusion stems from "Zahran" as an ancestor, not a tribe, he was a person from which the tribe of Daws descended, at his time, while Zahran as a tribe (not a person) is a contemporary tribe, they descend from the same person "Zahran" but the notable people mentioned in this article did not descended from Zarhan Tribe, this fallacy or confusion led to many wrong additions of historical figures who lived before the existence of the contemporary tribe of Zahran, therefore, I am going to remove the notable people who lived near the time of Islam establishment, because their biographers named them Dawsi not Zahrani, I already did that in Arabic Wikipedia, looking forward to hearing from you.--Abu aamir (talk) 11:15, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  irrelevant notable people
Talk:NPS MedicineWise

message: Personally I find the info on the nps website strange. The references at the bottom to government websites are invalid. After hours of research I can't find a single link or mention of the nps from any Australian government website. I'll be back with proper info...
124.191.139.167 (talk) 18:23, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Strange 

message: I've cleaned up the article a fair bit and would reckon that most if not all of the objections have been addressed accordingly. I'm curious as to where the claims of "original research or unverifiable claims" come in, though...thoughts welcomed. Teamabby (talk) 05:08, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article issues? 

message: We can't have organizations controlling information on their own wikipedia pages. Roidroid (talk) 01:43, 19 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  User:Nps-socialmedia is editing this page, this is a conflict of interest. 
Talk:Shropshire Union Canal

message: I found a lovely old iamge of the aqueduct here http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/250050 - there are many images for me to explore, so I'll leave it to someone else to upload to commons :) Parrot of Doom (talk) 17:18, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  aqueduct 
Talk:Jan Yoors

message: I don't have the skills to add more to this article right now, but here's a 1970's or 80's-era interview with Yoors:
http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/narrative/digest/notable/gypsy-mjones-010178-a.html
Maria "girl Mark" Alovert 23:40, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:House at 36 Aegean Avenue

message: Is it normal for articles similar to this one, to barely have any citations or information on it whatsoever? I mean, it would make sense to say we should expand/utilize it if we're not going to delete it, right? It was added into NRHP for a reason, there must be some sort of background behind this location if it was added. If it is normal for location pages to barely have any information on them at all, it should definitely be considered that we improve as many as possible, especially if they're apparently notable enough to have a page on WIkipedia. TrevortniDesserpedx (talk) 18:08, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question
Talk:Serpent Mound Disturbance

message: This is on exactly the same subject as Serpent Mound crater. I suggest the articles be merged under the name Serpent Mound crater to be consistence with other impact crater articles. I will do this in a few days if no discussion to the contrary. --Zamphuor 11:55, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Yip Hon

message: That has got to be something that was lost in translation, but I have no clue what it is supposed to mean. SmartGuy 13:28, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I remember seeing a Kung Fu movie where they shook the dice in a container, took bets and revealed the dice; a character was able to predict the dice by listening to the sounds during the shaking.  But I don't know if this is possible without wire-fu.  How does it work and do we have an article on it?  RJFJR (talk) 15:06, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Listening Dice?
Talk:Gigantic octopus

message: I suggest the material pertaining to Octopus giganteus is moved here with a seperate page for the carcass (rather than its interpretation) itself. 
Tullimonstrum 13:30, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The two articles should not be merged. "Octopus giganteus" refers to a specific example. I will expand the article considerably in the next few days. The reason I chose that name as the title is to avoid ambiguity. The carcass has been called many things, including Florida monster, St. Augustine monster, St. Augustine giant octopus, etc., while "Octopus giganteus" can only refer to this particular carcass, the other names are not as specific. Mgiganteus1 13:39, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

text: Of course it's not a valid scientific name. Nevertheless it is a name that is used to refer to this carcass. Mgiganteus1 15:03, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

text: What you are proposing is a renaming of the article rather than a merging; all the information in the Octopus giganteus article pertains to the carcass rather than the possible species as a whole. If anything, I would lean towards "St. Augustine Monster" as an alternative name. Mgiganteus1 15:17, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Talk about outdated, the species is entirely proven real, and has few-to-no mysteries left. It's been proven at least since I was a young kid. WTF is this doing being treated like mythology still, and like it's debateable? Scientists do not debate this, so WTF? Get with the times! Wikipedia likely even has a page about it already not considered mythology, it must have one. And, you'd have to be like 40, to 100 years-old to not know this stuff! (I'm 28, not a kid. Really, you'd have to be old, and VERY behind in following scientific news to not know this.) Absolutely not should this species be handled like a mythological being, or like it's debatable whether or not the existing is the one of legend! These are common knowledge now! --174.19.234.173 (talk) 23:31, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  WTF? (Some People Are Too Old To Edit Wikipedia, Clearly)
Talk:Marion May Campbell

message: I have commenced a tidy-up of the Bibliography section using cite templates. Capitalization and punctuation follow standard cataloguing rules in AACR2 and RDA, as much as Wikipedia templates allow it. Feel free to continue. Sunwin1960 (talk) 04:39, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bibliography 
Talk:IF Björklöven

message: Struggling to play in the second tier? Not really, they are in sixth place out of 16 teams currently... Sounds like something written by a Skellefteå AIK-fan. I'll delete that sentence. 90.229.147.225 (talk) 00:22, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. I also rewrote the section due to the first sentence being outdated. --Bamsefar75 (talk) 01:17, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: History (recent)
Talk:Secured loan

message: I suggest we merge secured debt to this article because they cover near the same material and this article already has a rating and classification.  EECavazos 22:51, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I concur. Be bold and go ahead! :) --Gimlei (talk to me) 13:38, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge suggestion

message: If the UK and the US use different naming systems for secured debt/loan then a generalized intro should be given that is not country-specific.  Beyond the intro there should be sections devoted to the formalities of the UK and the US.EECavazos 15:48, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Names and nations

message: The subheading "Types" does not describe the material below it. For instance, foreclosure cannot be said to be a "type" of secured loan but is rather a process that can affect secured loans that enter default.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.190.68.242 (talk) 22:09, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Revise Subheading for Clarity?

message: W Bobbie1975 (talk) 19:11, 25 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  I need help and need it fast please I will be able to pay back in a week
Talk:Jürgen Bartsch

message: Is there a source for stating that he was molested by the named individual? That is a serious allegation.24.131.12.228 02:30, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think, the accusations come from Bartsch himself. It is well known now, that german homes for parent-less children were very authoritarian and suppressing in that time. I saw a man in german TV, who was in the same "school", and who did not become a prisoner, and who said, too, that the "school"-leaders were violent. Psychiatry is violent, schools r violent,  ... So the allegation fits the pattern... :-) --213.54.143.146 09:08, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: In other words, no.71.63.119.49 19:07, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yup! It is difficult to find a source for something, that nobody but the criminal could see/hear/sense (the criminal has the right to remain silent, but everything he says, can and might be used against him in a judge trial)... Especially when it is politically wished, that children r forced to live with adults/grups... --Homer Landskirty 07:00, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

text: ohoh - the study is about facilities with protestantic carrier... but i think catholic carriers r not better... --Homer Landskirty (talk) 07:51, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

text: I've removed the unsource claim.  If a source is found, it can be readded.--TParis00ap (talk) 00:04, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: source for molest
Talk:Black and White in Color

message: The is no doubt that the movie was filmed in Ivory Coast, but this location has no German colony in 1915. In supplemental materials with the CD (Netflicks), the location is the current Cameroon. The film says that it is in French Equatorial Africa, which consisted of the Kamerun. So the plot is centered on Cameroon and not Ivory Coast. KudzuVine (talk) 18:33, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Location