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Template talk:Japanese Buddhism

message: This template was co-created with User:Sacca, User:TonyMPNS, User:Nat_Krause, User:66.8.203.13 and User:88.105.73.180/88.105.80.10, based on discussions at Template_talk:Buddhism#needs_more_Japan. Larry Rosenfeld (talk) 13:36, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

message: I propose the change in the photograph on the template. 
The Kamakura Daibustu doesn't symbolize the Japanese Buddhism, and it doesn't symbolize even the Buddhist art of Japan of Kamakura Period. 
In the Kamakura Daibustu, it is difficult to find the originality of the Buddhism of Japan. 
It is an established theory of the academic society in Japan. 
I think that I am one of the individuality of the Buddhism of Japan where the pagoda is the most comprehensible.  
I think that three photographs explained as follows are appropriate. 
*The Pagoda of Ichijō-ji -  Pagoda in wayō (和様, "Japanese") that is Japanese original design. 
*The Pagoda of Hōryu-ji - this buddhist temple is near origin of the Buddhism of Japan.
*Alternate："Yumedono" of Hōryu-ji
Especially, I want to recommend the Pagoda of Ichijo-ji, please. --663highland (talk) 11:30, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I executed it because there was no dissenting opinion. --663highland (talk) 12:36, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposal of photograph change 

message: I've changed the sidebar to a collapsible version, to give more balance and space to pages with several sidebars. See the Zen page. Joshua Jonathan (talk) 09:45, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Collapsible sidebar
File talk:Harney Peak dam.jpg

message: As the highest point in the Black Hills and as a former fire lookout, one wouldn't want to carry water to that elevation in order to keep the staff hydrated.  A small dam created in that rocky area would be a great source for drinking water (with filtration) and for washing clothes and bathing.  Now, the rock tower is no longer used as a fire lookout...so that purpose is no longer needed...but the dam is still there.  Frankly, it may also serve as a source of water for fire suppression on the highest peak in the Black Hills.  That would seem to be a minor reason and I have my doubts that it has ever been used for that.  Most of the helicopter fire suppression in that area would draw water from the larger Sylvan Lake which isn't that far from the peak.  Water could also have been used to generate electricity for two-way radios though a 24 or 32 volt wind generator with battery storage is more likely.  Fire lookouts often stayed an entire season at their towers in the early days.  Packing anything up to that elevation in the Black Hills would have been very difficult either by horse or by hikers.
Rikwrybac  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rikwrybac (talk • contribs) 08:50, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why Harney Peak Dam?  I think I know.
Talk:Sense of wonder

message: I've changed the lead paragraph so that it does not explicitly tie the concept to sci-fi, created a definitions section to house the explicit definitions and put the rest of the old definitions and origins section into a less encyclopediac connections to sci-fi section.  To continue the task of making the article more encyclopediac, we need to keep reworking that section. -- 95.91.247.189 (talk) 10:00, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I've now removed the { {essay}} tag. 95.91.213.147 (talk) 06:46, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Towards making this article more encyclopediac

message: The sense of wonder has been historically (and currently) more important to philosophy and science than to science fiction. While this article is less notable, it could be merged with Wonder (emotion). Dpleibovitz (talk) 21:14, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Please see my revised opinion below. Thanks. PopSci (talk) 04:33, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge with [[Wonder (emotion)]] 

message: This article is about an aspect of science fiction.  If we merge it there more people will see it and it will add needed content there. A sense of wonder, or the emotion of wonder, can be generated by science itself, by nature, by human achievements (the Egyptian pyramids for instance), by religion and myth, by other fiction, as well as by science fiction. Wonder (emotion) should deal with the general concept.  PopSci (talk) 04:32, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I put a brief mention and a link in the Science fiction article.  This one is too big and no clear way to trim it down.  So just leave it as it is.PopSci (talk) 02:08, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

text: No, this is a big concept (has entry in SF Encyclopedia and like: ) that should be stand alone. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 02:50, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge with [[Science fiction]]

message: This entire section was just a WP:QUOTEFARM, moving here. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 02:50, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Examples of the 'casual' use of the term in science fiction criticism

message: Idk 2A00:23C8:6782:9000:55F3:95EB:73F6:3E13 (talk) 18:01, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Senses of wonder
Talk:Distaff

message: I find the description of Russian distaffs confusing. In the picture, they look like large, rectangular ping-pong paddles. I don't see anything L-shaped, or horizontal. I also don't understand "inner" surface, and exactly what part the user sat on. 208.54.85.223 (talk) 20:59, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I think I've figured it out. The illustration shows the distaffs displayed on shelves, in the position in which they'd be used, with the dontses flat upon the shelves, which can be seen most clearly in the lower right-hand corner of the photo. It's the dontses which are the lower legs of the L, and I'd overlooked them when I first saw the picture. The side of the paddle towards the user, the side towards which the dontse projects, is the one referred to as "inner", because it faces towards the person doing the spinning. I'm not sure how to reword the description to make it clearer. 172.56.27.39 (talk) 21:13, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Confusing
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Bristol/to do

message: I have removed the above form the to do list as there are no RS for them and it is unlikely that an article could be constructed until there is one. Jezhotwells (talk) 08:58, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. Currently not notable, and falls under the general Girl Geek Dinners. My addition to the list at the time was misguided. Cheers. -- Trevj (talk) 09:29, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bristol Girl Geeks 

message: I have added a note to the list requesting help with Grade II* listed buildings in Bristol. In case you are not aware the UK will be taking part in Wiki Loves Monuments for the first time this September & some of us are working to rapidly prepare all the lists of Grade I & II* listed buildings to use a format which makes it easy for competitors to upload their pictures. The list Grade I listed buildings in Bristol has been done, but the II* list needs to be converted to use the template & have the missing entries included - even where we do not have an article for them yet. Some details of the behind the scenes work are at the organisers page. I would do it but I'm currently working on the 14 lists for Somerset to get everything ready by 1st Sept.— Rod talk 09:40, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, I am taking this on. 212 II* buildings are listed in the official sources.  Probably take a couple of weeks to get into shape. I am working on this in my sandbox. Jezhotwells (talk) 12:34, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wiki Loves Monuments
Talk:Double cloth

message: I have moved this article from double weave to double cloth following Kadolph, Textiles, 2007, who categorizes double-weave as a type or subset of double cloth.  It's a murky area; the double-woven Peruvian textiles seem always to be called "double cloth" or "doublecloth" by archaeologists (as do the more complex double-woven coverlets), and William Morris offered his double-woven furnishing textiles as "doublecloth". - PKM 03:24, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Move

message: An edit I had recently made to this page has been reverted rather swiftly, on the grounds that it was "inaccurate"; I am curious as to why. In the fabric's description, I directed the term "reversible" to "reversible garment"; is this not the meaning of the word? What other possible things can the word "reversible" convey in this context? If it is not meant this way, then the intended meaning should be clarified further. SpiralSource (talk) 14:53, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I reverted because you introduced the phrase "reversable garment" into the link. Just because a double cloth is used for a garment, does not make the garment reversible. It isn't that simple. -Roxy  the dog. wooF 16:18, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reversibility of fabric
Talk:Fair Isle (technique)

message: For consistency with the other knitting pages, I'd like to move this page to "Fair Isle (knitting)".  Does anyone mind if I do that? Willow 00:05, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Page move?

message: * The Times, 2 May 2010
--Mais oui! (talk) 05:20, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Shetland teaching cuts threaten to unpick Fair Isle knitting tradition" 

message: The Fair Isle 101 site isn't available.  When I try to access the She Ewe Knits page I get a generic Plesk desktop page that says the Domain Name probably doesn't work any more.  Please delete until you can fix it.
4.249.63.72 (talk) 14:47, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  link rot 

message: I have been informed, again and again, by many sources, that the reason for the variety of Fair Isle (etc.) patterns was to allow the bodies of fishermen to be identified after they washed ashore, often rather the worse for their time in the sea.  Is there any real background for this?  If so, it would make a good addition to the article. --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 17:59, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reason
Talk:Fustian

message: For bombast the OED says, "mid 16th century (denoting raw cotton or cotton wool used as padding, later used figuratively)".  
Both bombast and fustian may be metaphors for pompous, but that doesn't mean they're the same type of physical object.  We need to have a source that uses bombast to refer to the woven cloth.--72.152.235.205 (talk) 14:35, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bombast 

message: Fustian is a useless blue blur. --2602:306:CFCE:1EE0:48B1:FABE:6C83:FC2F (talk) 05:27, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bad photo: Textile samples: Fustian, Linen, and Moleskin 

message: The language selector dropdown menu links to what is supposedly the equivalent page on the German Wikipedia: . However, that page describes a cotton-linen blend with a cotton weft and a linen warp that was historically made from camelhair, used for undergarments and socks in WWI, isn't in use anymore, and doesn't seem to have much in common with fustian, this category (not specific type of cloth) of heavy cotton weaves mainly used for padding.
That largely matches the description of the "original fustian" described here, but the two names seem to have developed differently enough that "Barchent" still refers to a very specific type of cloth, while "fustian" (as the article describes) came to lose its meaning and to refer to an entire category of loosely-related cloths ("The term seems to have quickly become less precise […] and in the reign of Edward III of England, the name was given to a woollen fabric").
I might be wrong, so please give me some second opinions here, but it seems to me that the two pages are tangentially related at best and certainly not equivalent articles describing the same thing. Could it be this linking from one to the other was mistaken (or one of the pages got moved/merged/renamed and the association between the two was rendered meaningless at some point)?
--HashtagH (talk) 18:47, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong crosslinking to German WP?
Talk:SER O class

message: I have added a link from the Bluebell Railway page so I will remove the "orphan" tags. Biscuittin 13:50, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not orphaned 

message: This article covers O & O1 class locos, so shouldn't details of the rebuilding from O to O1 be given? Also, like so many articles on locomotives there is much more on preservation than any other topic which shows a lack of balance, the preserved O1 should have a seperate article. Barney Bruchstein (talk) 11:28, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rebuilding info?
Talk:Orenburg shawl

message: This article refers to both (micro)meters and feet ('5 ft.'). It would surely be less confusing if one system of units were used throughout - and since we're talking about a Russian product rather than an American one (the writer uses American spellings like 'fiber' and 'micrometer'), and since most of the world uses the metric system, I feel metric should be preferred. Maybe there are general Wikipedia guidelines on this.31.15.247.228 (talk) 09:08, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mixture of metric and non-metric units
Talk:Patchwork quilt

message: This article is a perfect proof to a theory that proposes the existence of two distinct categories of editors active in this encyclopedia: those to work building and perfecting articles, namely, the Contributors, and those who devote their time and energy to criticize articles built by Contributors, namely, the Critics. The second lot never add any value whatsoever to the vast encyclopedic effort being made in every country and language on a daily basis; all they do is to add their ubiquitous (and infamous) templates objecting whatever they feel can satisfy their urges to mar the work of others, and that objectionable attitude includes condemning articles and images to oblivion, excuse me, to deletion. 
The all too common result of the "work" done by Critics is that the reader, eager to learn what Wikipedia has to say about a subject, gets the literary equivalent of a smack in the face, telling him/her about the defects or issues that someone thinks has found in the article. How disgusting!  
This flawless article on the innocent subject of Patchwork Quilts merits being thanked for, and a lot at that. But all that was to see were those ridiculous templates from some Critics. For a change, they could instead have spared a little effort and corrected whatever they didn't like, but sadly, that never happens. By gosh, it's only about PATCHWORK QUILTS, so what's the need for "inline citations", or what is wrong with the length of the Introduction?  Nonsense!  
I have deleted such spurious templates. Let's hope no Critic reverts this. If that happens, then I guess Wikipedia is simply hopeless. 
--AVM (talk) 17:13, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: It was bound to happen, as usual

message: I removed the «Globalize/US|date=December 2010» template and added a lede to the section to try to make clear that this innocent subject is something rather specific to the development of the patchwork quilt, which, being a North American, primarily Canadian and United States, art form, need not have that more culturally relativist perspective.  I also created a "see also" section to help direct others to the widely scattered treatment of quilting in English Wikipedia.  It's a pity our encyclopedia does so poorly on such a heavily researched subject.  Beyond the pity, it reflects our male bias.
There is much more to be done and I would especially like to see an addition treating the relation of pattern exchange through sampler blocks to open-source software and of the quilting bee to later communal collaboration.
- phi (talk) 16:37, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: North American art form
Talk:Plain weave

message: In my opinion, the "Designation" section is interesting, but pretty irrelevant.  I suggest that it be removed. Bobondijon (talk) 06:30, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed, as written the relevance of the Designation section wasn't clear. I did some research and learned that ‘attābī is the 1630s adjective from which tabby, as in "tabby weave" (another name for plain weave), is derived. I adjusted the article to make the connection clearer. Enby (talk) 21:58, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
Talk:Plying

message: *Agree to merge the textile parts of ply here (and perhaps make ply a disambiguation page? - PKM 21:24, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge

message: Thanks for separating this article from ply.
I have reassessed this article from B-class to start-class because it does not cite any written, verifiable sources.   We should add some - I'll see what I have. - PKM (talk) 23:02, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No worries; I have something somewhere...  :-)  - PKM (talk) 18:33, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh good. All the fiber related books I have are an ocean away, literally, and I won't have access to them for a long while yet, which saddens me almost as much as the lack of a good yarn shop nearby. Loggie (talk) 19:48, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: After merge
Wikipedia talk:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Scotland

message: Note — I was bold and went ahead and archived the stale threads from this page: I for one found it quite irrating to be scrolling down past expired/dealt with posts every time I wished to deal with current concerns, and I'm sure potential contributors (whose opinion is highly valued) felt likewise. Any Wikipedian closing this discussion is strongly invited to consult the archive of old threads, so as to oversee the full picture of consensus on this Portal ~ Anthony 12:29, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think being irritated by scroll length is a good enough reason to disrupt a standard format. In any event, this is hardly a large discussion.--cj | talk 14:00, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed, showing the support is vital for the closer, and means that this has more chance to actually pass (which is what we all want, right? :D). Daniel Bryant 02:49, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Woven fabric

message: Since we have little more than a definition. Hyacinth (talk) 17:16, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Copy to Wiktionary

message: See above. Hyacinth (talk) 17:16, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: agree. and will do so if nobody objects in the next week. FiveRings (talk) 18:29, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge with Weaving

message: --CopyToWiktionaryBot (talk) 17:15, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  2008-03-21 Automated pywikipediabot message
Talk:Euromast

message: Gyro Tower article says that this tower has 'Gyro Tower running from 101 to 185 metre level' but in this article is no mention that kind of feature. 85.217.38.115 (talk) 17:14, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Now it mentions a 'Space Tower' that was added on top of the original tower. But is it accessible (a 'Gyro Tower') as the above comment suggests? 82.141.125.5 (talk) 20:34, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Shakwak Agreement

message: Hi
I would like to know what's the meaning of the word "shakwak" and which language it comes from.
thanks
stefdepantruche@yahoo.fr  (Paris)
:The highways involved in the project mostly pass through the Shakwak Valley or Trench, a geographical feature. Shakwak is, more than likely, a First Nations (American Indian) word. Unfortunately, even my book "Yukon Places & Names" does not explain the origin of Shakwak. GBC (talk) 21:29, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Dr. Bunhead

message: The mere fact that you personally only know of him for Brainiac does not change the fact that he has a pretty significant and growing public profile as a contributor to other programmes, and as a live performer. Something which I thought ought to be reflected in him having a Wikipedia entry (and no, I have nothing to do with him.)  --PinkEllie 14:11, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
Talk:List of Jewish United States Supreme Court justices

message: On wp:en, there are mainly contributors from English culture and mainly from the US. I'd like to point out that such an article would not be considered politically correct in European culture and discuss this.
The reason is that it sounds extremely discriminatory to point of the cultural affilation of people. How could the fact that a "justice" would be Jew be relevant of anything in any way or would deserve interest.
In Belgium, our Prime Minister (higher level of the executive ; equivalent of President) is gay. I think it is even not mentionned in his wikipedia articles.
The fact a man practices Judaism or has Jewish cultural origins is something that is private, as well as the fact he would be gay, Christian, Atheist, ... The fact a politician is liberal or socailist is on the conrary relevant.
It is not the first time I am amazed by such precisions in articles on wp:en. How is this justifed in anglo-saxon culture to provide such information ? Pluto2012 (talk) 09:38, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Is there any opposition/support to the deletion of this article ? Pluto2012 (talk) 14:56, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I would strongly oppose the deletion of this article. I would be glad to provide my rationale should that discussion occur, but suffice it to say this discussion was previously undertaken in 2007 and the result was keep. Nemesis63 (talk) 19:43, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: And what about my former question ? Pluto2012 (talk) 20:36, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I note that you also strongly oppose discussion. Pluto2012 (talk) 11:57, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question: Why is the fact they would be Jewish relevant?
Talk:List of county routes in Putnam County, New York

message: With the exception of CR 73, all the road names listed on this page are wrong, accoridng to www.empirestateroads.com, as well as the articles. (Ludingtonville ROad/CR 43 is also correct; there might be a few others, I am not sure, I will have to check). Could someone verify which is correct, what is listed here or what is listed on esr, and change accordingly. Thanks. Smartyshoe 11:25, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  All the names are wrong
Talk:New Buffalo station

message: Given that these are physically separate stations, are two articles warranted? Mackensen (talk) 03:00, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  New article? 

message: Why did the Pere Marquette cease stopping at this station?  Was ridership too low even for Amtrak?  Something should be added to the article about why the Pere Marquette ceased stopping here. --Criticalthinker (talk) 13:42, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I looked it up just after I typed that.  Still, why was the station moved to the Blue Water and Wolverine lines?  I imagine it's because of higher ridership than what the Pere Marquette could offer, but it'd be nice to be sure.  I think it's important for the article. --Criticalthinker (talk) 13:55, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I'm going to start looking for that. My recollection is that a local developer stepped up with the money as part of a larger project, and that the increased connections to Chicago and Detroit were more valuable than the connection to Holland and GR. I'll see what I can find. Mackensen (talk) 16:26, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pere Marquette
Talk:Bragança District

message: There doesn't seem to be any information on the area of Bragança District in this article. All the other Portuguese district articles have a clear indication of the size of the district in square kilometres, why is there none for Bragança? I've measured the area in Google Earth and it's approximately 6,600 km sqr. but I can't measure it that accurately, so I don't want to put that into the article without a source. So, if anyone has the correct official area size, please put it in. --Hibernian (talk) 00:21, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Area of the Distinct?