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Talk:Slave Compensation Act 1837

message: This seems all true. But it fails to explore many relevant issues. For example there were many free-black slave owners who received compensation for freeing their slaves. And not all owners really owned slaves - they had bought them on credit, and to free their slaves without compensation would not only have ruined them but also the banks and their depositors who had lent the money. Nor was it all about already-rich people getting paid, many less well-off folk owned perhaps just one or two slaves, or even just a few shares in a company which owned or perhaps had a mortgage on a plantation. It's obviously a far more complicated picture than is so far presented here. 88.106.15.126 (talk) 14:28, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Economics 

message: The article describes the compensation as "equivalent to around £16.5bn in today's terms". While this may be true, it hardly meaningful due to inflation during the latter part of the 20th century and the vast changes in life-style and culture.  Inflation was zero or negative during the latter 19th century - if a person received bonds worth 500l in 1833 they would have been worth less than face value in 1900, and probably few people kept their bonds this long anyway. We just don't know when the last of them were redeemed.  The notorious statement citing "2015" made it clear that this was the earliest date the we could be certain that the debt had been paid - i.e. the date when the consolidated bundle of debt that had absorbed the slave debt issue many many years ago (from which point we no longer had any further information on whether it was being paid off or not) was finally paid out and off the books.
Also it appears that may of the bonds were not "redeemable" until 1957. Doesn't this mean that the holder only benefited from the interest?  I this case inflation would have made the bonds practically worthless in later years.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gwat00 (talk • contribs) 00:29, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Usefulness of the comparison to current value
Talk:George F. Titterton

message: I have added documentation from NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration (formerly classified information) to bolster Mr. Titterton's credentials. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kuasol1 (talk • contribs) 20:10, 30 October 2007
The Grumman Corporation is now Northrop Grumman, one of the largest corporation in the US. George Titterton was a key player in the growth of Grumman Corporation and was instrumental in the design of numerous aircraft used by the US military for over 50 years.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kuasol1 (talk • contribs) 01:06, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The Grumman Corporation page lists all their aircraft, but there's no mention of Gulfhawk. Colonies Chris (talk) 17:13, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gulfhawk 
Talk:Mririda n'Ait Attik

message: The currently most-used citation, "theblankgarden.com", doesn't seem reliable to me. A collection of Attik's work with what seems like a very informative forward is available on Archive (https://archive.org/details/les_chants_de_la_tassaout/page/n1/mode/2up), but it's in French. Perhaps someone that knows French could use this source to improve the citations for this page sometime. Blueshiftofdeath (talk) 18:12, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citations
Talk:Saint Mary School, Bordentown

message: Several characteristics of this article are written like an advertisement. For example, the section "Philosophy" is written in first person and in present tense, despite the school being defunct, about values of the school that is written like a fact rather than a neutral observation of the philosophy claimed by the school. These claims are not corroborated with neutral sources. The section "School life" is also written in first person, and ends with the biased sentence "St. Mary School develops the whole child."  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.50.144.188 (talk) 17:38, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: It is. I took care of removing two sections, and then removed the 'advert' tag. Hope that's what you were referring to.   signed, Willondon (talk)  18:03, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Addition of advert template
Talk:Punkie Night

message: Although I have always understood Punkie Night to be the last Thursday of October, I see that it the third of the external links listed here suggests that, at one time, it was observed in November.I have never lived in Somerset (and this seems to be a Somerset custom), so perhaps some one from that way could give information here. ACEOREVIVED 20:21, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: As far as I know it has always been the last Thursday of October. I usually celebrate punkie night as I live in the area, and havent known it to be a different date. Hope this helps. Lucindasomerset (talk) 21:01, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Date of Punkie Night
Talk:Pickens High School (South Carolina)

message: I have no idea what this high school is, but I'm going to attempt to edit the page as best I can because the article is of pretty poor quality.  If anyone has any reliable information to edit here, please do so.  Hopefully we can turn this into a viable article so it does not have to be deleted.  Pete4999 20:24, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Editing this page

message: There are 2 Pickens High Schools. One is in Jasper, Georgia and the other is in Pickens, South Carolina. (This is the school in this article.)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fullsinks (talk • contribs) 21:29, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Two Pickens High Schools
Talk:Union Hill High School

message: It would seem, given the result of the move at Talk:Emerson High School (Union City, New Jersey)#Requested move 11 January 2017, this article should also be returned to Union City High School and the content adjusted accordingly. Ultimately, the page's notability is from its time as a high school and much of the content is from that time as well. --JonRidinger (talk) 14:39, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: makes sense to me Jacona (talk) 18:08, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Return to Union Hill High School
Talk:Kishū Domain

message: 紀伊和歌山藩 Kii Wakayama is the official Name of the Domain, but most Japanese sources refer to it as the Kishu Domain for the Gosanke branch of the Tokugawa, so I consider that the better Lemma. It also agrees with the Japanese Wikipedia article. --Mkill (talk) 14:59, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
Talk:Shanghai Detention Center

message: Completely BS. Where are the sources? POV concerns? Also, there is no record of a prison in Pudong, Shanghai. There is one in the Tilanqiao District though. Well, I am from Shanghai. Btmachine333667 20:42, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I guess the author must be an inmate in the Shanghai Detention Center to mention all details without sources.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 42.200.171.199 (talk) 05:42, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Author?
Talk:Kordian Józef Zamorski

message: Zamorski's place of birth needs to be verified. PWN gives Rzepnik , although other sources states that was Rzepiennik Strzyżewski  . Visor (talk) 15:03, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I used PWN Encyclopedia as a source of his birth place. Visor (talk) 22:06, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Place of birth to verify
Talk:Personalized marketing

message: My thoughts are to keep the two separate, the whole one to one marketing movement has gained more than sufficient notability to deserve its own page. The two concepts are related, but can stand alone.
This article is a disgrace, but as an engineer, I am not competent to even start to rewrite this.AWHS (talk) 12:00, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re suggestion to merge with one to one marketing
Talk:Elections in the District of Columbia

message: See:
*https://www.dcboe.org/Voters/Casting-Your-Vote/Request-an-Absentee-Ballot
*https://lims.dccouncil.gov/Legislation/B24-0507 
--Timeshifter (talk) 14:41, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  DC has no-excuse mail-in voting. Ballots are mailed out automatically
Talk:Amy Briggs

message: Unreleased Sequel to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
This link mentions her role:
http://waxy.org/2008/04/milliways_infocoms_unreleased_sequel_to_hitchhikers_guide_to_the_galax/
--Purpleslog (talk) 01:20, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Sizeism

message: We already have height discrimination and social stigma of obesity, and this seems to be entirely within the scope of those. An anonymous username, not my real name (talk) 02:37, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: If anything, this article encompasses the other two topics, not the other way around. ParticipantObserver (talk) 10:38, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is this article really necessary?
Talk:Calueque

message: Calueque and Ruacana both contained information regarding the damage to the power station.  Namibia Power, which operates the hydro station, reports that the station is up and running 3 turbines @ 80 MW each for a total of 240 MW. --Mr Accountable 20:53, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

message: :The power station is a complicated facility and after reading the NamPower Ruacana Hydro page, it is not perfectly clear to this reader what the current disposition of the various parts of the facility is.  It is clear that the Ruacana Hydro station is up and running. --Mr Accountable 21:01, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The term "colonialist" as used in the following context may be misleading: "colonialist South African and Portuguese governments."
South Africa had received its independence from Great Britain before the development began, correct? 
The terms "colonialist" and "imperialist" were often used in Soviet-bloc propaganda to strengthen the notion that white immigrants were an extension of the oppressive ruling class in the West. By creating enmity between whites and the black working-class, the Soviet-bloc intended to create uprisings and institute socialist-style regimes. The Stalinist-flavored terminology "colonialist government" was intended to be inflammatory and does not offer a balanced view of South African ambitions and security concerns in Angola and elsewhere. 
Suggesting that the white-majority government intended to colonize Angola and Namibia (SWA) is an oversimplification of its converging security, economic, and other policies.
:Agree Socrates2008 (talk) 21:45, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cold War Soviet-bloc propagandist terminology 

message: Another source suggests ten SADF soldiers were killed when their Casspir APC was bombed by a MiG-23. This article states that 11 were struck after exiting a Buffel APC, but makes no mention of casualties (conflicting information). There is also no mention of a MiG-23 being shot down by a S. African 20mm AAA system.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.111.29.1 (talk) 23:14, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Casualties/Losses
Talk:Home (nightclub)

message: "It is an article about a company or corporation that does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject. (CSD A7) Speedy concern: It is an article about a company or corporation that does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject."
The article is full of facts that indicate its importance. For example, its prime location at 1 Leicester Square, its large capacity of approximately 2000, famous DJs and also that it was populare and considered a "superclub". Not to mention the fact it was important enough to feature in two BBC News articles, and be the primary topic of discussion at a meeting for Westminster Council (see the references section).
If this doesn't constitute an indication of importance, what does?
Reuptake 20:56, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: It appears that the 'Home' site is currently the location of 2 clubs - 'Sound' on the lower floors and 'Vertigo' on the upper floors - 'Sound' was formerly located in the swiss centre.
http://www.soundlondon.com/
http://www.vertigolondon.com/
87.194.80.255 (talk) 12:05, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Clubs
Talk:Mary Flanagan

message: In the last revision I edited, I found duplicate named references, i.e. references sharing the same name, but not having the same content. Please check them, as I am not able to fix them automatically :) 
* "flanagan" :
** 
** 
Most recently giantJoystick, a ten-foot-tall working joystick designed for collaborative play of Atari 2600 games. It appeared in the  2007 show Feedback at the Laboral Art Center, Spain.<ref>Feedback in Spain | post.thing.net
DumZiBoT (talk) 04:41, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bot report : Found duplicate references ! 
Talk:Tracy Fullerton

message: Fullerton was also likely involved in the GAME_JAM controversy. 
https://kotaku.com/the-indie-game-reality-tv-show-that-went-to-hell-1555599284
https://www.eurogamer.net/game-jam-reality-show-cancelled-as-indies-wouldnt-put-up-with-its-s
Or at the very least she was in charge of the division that instigated that event. Fullerton is not a universally loved figure and there are a number of noteworthy controversies that should be referenced in this article. Or the article itself should be removed.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.44.138.238 (talk) 14:52, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Fullerton is not mentioned in either of those articles so I can't figure out what you think we can say about her with them. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 02:06, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  GAME_JAM 

message: It seems whenever someone voices a critical opinion of Fullerton it gets blanked. Why is this?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.44.138.238 (talk) 10:09, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Refer to WP:BLP. Wikipedia is not a forum for editors' opinions of the subject, neither in the article nor even in any talk pages. —C.Fred (talk) 10:12, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I think you need a semicolon in that one, but as long as we are keeping emotion out of it I'll be sound as a pound. 130.44.138.238 (talk) 10:22, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blanking critical opinions?
Talk:Speed sailing

message: This needs to cover the fact that the speed sailing windsurfers are using a kilometer long man-made trench for their 500m speed records, which gives them far better conditions than can typically be had for larger craft--nice, flat water and winds over 40 knots--really the windsurfers are quite slow, barely beating windspeed.  The C-class catamarans in the 1976 Little America's Cup were doing more than 1.5x windspeed on a reach in winds as light as 5 knots and were down to 1.2x windspeed in 15 knot winds (being optimized for light winds), and the Yellow Pages Endeavour made its 46 knot record in 19-20 knot gust, for 2.3x windspeed.  scot 21:05, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Trench

message: You should know about this and comment.  One of our editors has systematically depopulated it (from this article among many others), and thinks that is a good reason to delete it. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 12:36, 26 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Contested deletion [[Category talk:Yachting races]]
Talk:Jason Hall (producer)

message: This article, in its style and content reads like Jace has written it himself via a copy/paste from his resume...  Surely this needs to become more objective in its tone?
--Spoco2 (talk) 04:48, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reads like a resume? 

message: Does anyone have a date for this so it can be put in the past-tense? It can't be that recent, since he was born in 1971 and hasn't been under 35 for a few years.Obonicus (talk) 17:37, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Top 35 executives under 35?
Talk:1995–96 St. Louis Blues season

message: I have added information and will require more time to finish it up. Flavallee:Talk 19:28, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added information 

message: Wayne Gretzky never played with Shayne Corson and Igor Kravchuk during his time with the Oilers.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by NewPasha1 (talk • contribs) 05:37, 20 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shayne Corson and Igor Kravchuk
Talk:Jackson Rancheria

message: I have an issue with this statement: "Margaret and Earl Dalton's dream was the betterment of the Native American's way of life. Their dream is, at long last, coming true."
I think it reads as non-neutral. The author, especially with the inclusion of the phrase "at long last" appears to be taking a stand in favor of the actions of the Daltons.
So why didn't I just reword / delete it and/or flag it for non-neutrality? Primarily because I don't know how it stacks up against similar articles on Native Americans and I don't want to be arbitrary.
So.. any thoughts?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.141.230.105 (talk) 02:04, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: You're correct – this is a very oddly written article. For comparable articles, you might check out some of the California Tribes listed on Federally recognized tribes, California. -Uyvsdi (talk) 06:29, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

text: I agree. I stumbled in from "Random Article" and thought this read more like a biography of Margaret Dalton than anything useful about Jackson Rancheria. There are also no references to back up any statements. 118.93.249.3 (talk) 09:06, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

text: The location of the original is now here: http://www.jacksoncasino.com/tribal/history. I have removed it as a copyright violation leaving the article as a stub. Trugster | Talk | Contributions 17:27, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neutrality 

message: This article is completely lacking in reliable, independent, third-party sources. The only source  is controlled by the Jackson Rancheria Casino. Stesmo (talk) 00:03, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Third Party Sources Needed
Talk:Microsoft HealthVault

message: Is this part of the live.com?70.247.39.251 21:23, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Be bold and do it. --soum talk 03:53, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

message: The screenshot is outdated. Someone should update it. Digifiend (talk) 09:48, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Screenshot
Talk:Yellow Pages Endeavour

message: For references I've not had time to integrate yet:
*Speed Record : Foiler Macquarie Innovation capsizes half way through a record attempt run in 18 - 20 knot winds, covers YPE and MI crashes
*Aussies go for speed record Mentions crashes are common
*Image of 2005 wingsail failure
scot 21:46, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Reference parking

message: No offense to the creator of the image, but it is a somewhat crude drawing that I think does not accurately reflect the YPE. I suggest that the picture be either changed to an actual photograph or removed altogether as I feel it does not meet the Wiki's standards.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 18.10.135.15 (talk) 00:33, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Change/delete main image?
Talk:Directive 67/548/EEC

message: The link to "sensitizer" in Classification of Dangerous Substances leads to the wrong definition of sensitizer. The sensitizer listed at the link destination is photosensitization of chemicals; the classification scheme is about danger to humans so I'm sure that can't be right. I looked it up on Google and it does have another meaning of the "danger to humans" type.
Jojojlj (talk) 02:12, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sensitizer 
Template talk:Blood for goods

message: The "Blood for Goods" proposal was a completely different plan from the "Europa Plan" proposed by Weissmandl and his Working Group. Blood for Goods proposed the exchange of trucks and supplies for the lives of Jews of Hungary, whereas Weissmandl's Europa Plan tried to negotiate the release of 1 million Jews throughout Europe in exchange for a ransom payment of $2 million. I would suggest deleting this info box altogether from this article about Weissmandl. Yoninah (talk) 00:20, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Why is Rabbi Weissmandl on this list?
Talk:Halesworth

message: This article reads more like a blurb from a tourism brochure than an encyclopedia article. I would happily change it myself but Im really quite busy. Gingerblokey 21:38, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've made a start to the beginning of the article...GrahamHardy (talk) 17:58, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: See WP:UKCITIES for guidance. -- Jza84 · (talk) 13:18, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Portal talk:Kenya

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thread_title:  Notice from the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals|Portals WikiProject]] 

message: The portal has been expanded with the addition of a new Good article section. The article selections listed below were added. Additional expansion, updating and cleanup was also performed. If anyone is interested, please feel free to discuss these changes here. North America1000 15:23, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Portal expanded
Talk:Emergency (disambiguation)

message: I've removed a lot of entries, seem to have been included because they are:
* in :Category:Emergency management  or
* discussed in the Emergency article or
* have the word "emergency" in them
The only things that should be in this page are things that are sometimes called 
* "emergency" or 
* "the emergency" or
* something else that redirects to :Emergency (disambiguation)
Nobody calls a firefighter an "emergency".
See Wikipedia:Disambiguation#What not to include. jnestorius(talk) 21:54, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I strongly support the edit that you made. Disambiguation pages are not intended to be for exploration of a subject—they are to allow the reader to navigate quickly to an article that could be titled (in this case) "Emergency". The trimming you made, I think, helps tremendously with that efficient navigation. --Paul Erik 00:20, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Trimmed

message: It was stated that the Girlschool song 'Emergency' was on the Screaming Blue Murder album. This is incorrect. It's present as a bonus track on the CD, but wasn't part of the album as originally released. In fact, the song first appeared on the band's debut album, Demolition. I've corrected the reference.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.75.44.60 (talk) 20:11, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Girlschool song