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

message: I have removed "" from the portal for the time being. It is significantly breaking the portal's layout when in place. North America1000 17:20, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Transclude selected current events removed 

message: This portal has been updated and expanded in 2019. Additional articles for the portal can be considered from those available in the table listed below. North America1000 11:35, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Portal expanded 

message: The discussion is at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Proposal to delete Portal space. Voceditenore (talk) 16:15, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposal to delete all portals
Talk:Anubias

message: Anubias barteri var coffeefolia is not a recognized name. From the description it looks like this is a form of A. barteri var glabra. The taxonomy of Anubias is actually quite stable. It was revised once, by myself in 1978. No names have been changed since then, although some names have been introduced and used commercially (like coffeefolia). --Crusio (talk) 18:32, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  comment 

message: "hobbyists have seen great results and improved growth with CO2 and high light intensity" yes, citation please.  maybe we've been growing this wrong all these years!  ps emersed = not exactly "above water" but "in water and extending above it" 2607:FEA8:FF01:7C2C:3960:2FFA:6C0B:8A14 (talk) 01:30, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  light or not?
Talk:Locomotive Duplex

message: This article was written quite poorly. The author's command of basic English needs to be reviewed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.163.216.109 (talk) 17:46, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Tidied up. Biscuittin (talk) 18:29, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I do not think the issue is, or is not, whether the poster's English skills are lacking; that's the inherent responsibility of other 'editors' in the Wikipedia system.
A more important issue concerns what this design of locomotive actually accomplished, and (more importantly in my opinion) how the actual mechanical design was laid out.  At least one graphic clearly showing the running gear needs to be found, proper permissions to post it secured, and linked appropriately to the subject page.  That would more properly guide us toward what this locomotive represents.
I have found such a graphic, and some information on the locomotive, here:
http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/odcuri.Html
(About 1/3 of the way down the page)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wizlish (talk • contribs) 00:41, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  More careful description and taxonomy needed, not mere grammatical objection 

message: I'm not sure what country Prague (Praha) was in in 1861 because the Austro-Hungarian Empire was formed in 1867 and Czechoslovakia in 1918. Biscuittin (talk) 22:03, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Probably Bohemia. Biscuittin (talk) 09:16, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: See History of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown (1648–1867). Biscuittin (talk) 09:19, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  History
Talk:Xu Xi (writer)

message: * https://radiichina.com/between-cultures-author-xu-xis-writing-worlds/
WhisperToMe (talk) 09:17, 7 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some other urls
Talk:Peter Weiss

message: Alexandergreenb (talk) 00:27, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Started translating the German wiki page 

message: The EMMYBCA link was broken. The imagi-nation link was full of misinformation (e.g., Peter Weiss wasn't writing much from the time of his first heart attack in 1973 until his death).
I again pulled the imagi-nation link. Please do not restore it. The claim that Weiss only wrote "minor works" in the 70s is false - he wrote the three-volume novel, The Aesthetics of Resistance, in the seventies. Imagi-nation does not fulfill any of the criteria for an adequate secondary source. Alexandergreenb (talk) 00:01, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pulled two external links 

message: Are you sure that "meticulous" is the word you want in this sentence?: "Peter Weiss earned his reputation in the post-war German literary world as the proponent of an avant-garde, meticulously [sic] descriptive writing, as an exponent of autobiographical prose, and also as a politically engaged dramatist." The meaning of this word has been corrupted by its solecistic use by journalists, who now  use it to mean "careful"; it really means "marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details". I don't think that's what you meant to say about Weiss. Autodidact1 (talk) 12:08, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: "meticulously descriptive writing" relates to Weiss' avantgarde text Shadow of the Body of the Coachmen (1960) which is dominated by the description of (negligible) daily occurences on an isolated farmhouse. Throughout the whole work Weiss depicts the minutest details of what is going on at this barnyard at length. It was a literary experiment. Do you know of a better term for this kind of literature? --Diggindeeper (talk) 12:04, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: A question of usage

message: It seems to me that Weiss should be categorized by descent based on nationality at birth, and then by emigration from and to.  So German emigrants to Sweden.  It seems that categorizing him by both as a German of X descents and under Swedish people of X descent is overcat.John Pack Lambert (talk) 06:08, 9 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Are descents listed an example of overcat 

message: The correct term in german is Vergangenheitsbewältigung, not Vergangenheitspolitik (in this context unusual)
--Zibaldone (talk) 18:36, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vergangenheitspolitik?
Talk:Eagle vs Shark

message: quoted from WP:SPOILER
# A section header such as "Plot" or "Overview" can be ambiguous as to the presence of detailed spoilers, particularly for a newcomer to Wikipedia. If that section contains significant spoilers, consider changing the header to something clearer. Sometimes, a separate "Overview" paragraph may be appropriate (or may be included in the lede), containing a "back-of-the-book" style overview of the story, in which case significant plot details should be moved to a more clearly labeled section.
# If separate plot-related sections are not appropriate for the article, you may consider merging them into a single section: an opening paragraph that offers an overview of the plot, then a detailed passage marked off with spoiler tags.
I believe that spoiler tags can be adequately used in this instance as the plot isn't widely known and therefor qualify its self for SW tags.
if noted on a watch page with my contribution of SW tags i was given +48 and in the removal of the tags Marc Shepherd was given a -27.. although i am yet to understand the principals and reasons behind the +/- markings.
(BeeTz)TuneNZ 05:30, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Those reflect the size change (number of characters removed/added) of your contribution Nil Einne (talk) 22:17, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spoiler warnings necciary? 

message: Damon is suddenly introduced with no real explaination of who he is or how he's related to Lily or Jarrod Nil Einne (talk) 22:18, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed. - Kollision (talk) 15:56, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Damon 

message: Whilst it would be debatable whether or not the actual video game played is important, I'm wondering - what video game / system was actually being used in this movie?  Or was it a mocked up game that doesn't exist in real life? 203.219.157.19 (talk) 14:00, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It's an obvious parody of Mortal Kombat. Not sure on which console they used. 惑乱 Wakuran (talk) 00:56, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  What video game is "Fightman"?
Talk:Timberlake Wertenbaker

message: Has this playwright done a dramatisation of In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust for BBC Radio 4? Vorbee (talk) 20:00, 25 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: In Search of Lost Time

message: So she was born in Feb '56, 13 months after the death of her father? This seems hugely unlikely. I've seen birth years of 1944 and '51 floating about also, which do seem more likely. We need a source at any rate. Crisso (talk) 04:52, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birth date
Talk:Michael Wigglesworth

message: The poem listed as MW's epitaph is not the inscription on his gravestone. It's almost certainly from Mather's Magnalia, although I don't have a copy to confirm that before me at present. 
The 1903 critique of his work, "Day of Doom" is also one-sided; early 20th c. writers, especially more liberal theologians seeking to distance themselves from the very founders they sought to claim as progenitors, were prone to be dismissive and generalize in their critiques of such clerics' works. Its poetic values are a bit higher than indicated, and it is worth reading the work on its own terms, rather than as a base comparanda against which to valorize later theological holdings.108.7.186.137 (talk) 02:03, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
Talk:Café Coffee Day

message: This article is so fake. Why are there these many pages on wikipedia created by companies?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.207.62.38 (talk) 13:19, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: So what. If individuals contribute so also individuals working for companies (i.e. companies themselves) can contribute. It is knowledge that contributes. So contribute. Add to it, take away from it... or better yet 'prove it', rather than approving or disapproving. We are not moralizing if we can ask, "Can it be 'improved'?", but we are moralizing if we deem company contribution as 'fake'. Can it be less advert and better referenced? Mos def. Even Wiki is aware it is also becoming another cross-platform for marketing within its goal of disseminating knowledge. That being said, we can build on it. So if anyone out there can write about CCD policy, experience, method, press, etc. Varanasiwalks (talk) 07:46, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: so fake
Talk:Samuel Willard

message: FamilySearch's record for Samuel Willard indicates that he had another wife besides Abigail Sherman and Eunice Tyng, named Priscilla Buttolph.  Can anyone confirm or deny that this marriage actually happened? -John Rigali (talk) 17:59, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Priscilla Buttolph: another wife?
Talk:Helen Maria Williams

message: The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Edofedinburgh 03:03, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography/Assessment#Class_parameter|Biography assessment rating]] comment 

message: Nonetheless, he proved to be, in this respect, more lenient than Robespierre had been to this now-famous international literary figure: 
I do wonder about the appropriateness of using 'Robespierre' in this sentence.  Robespierre was not at any point a dictator like Napoleon - merely one of twelve equal members of the Committee of Public Safety.  I very much doubt that he, personally, had anything to do with Helen Maria Williams being thrown into prison.  Perhaps a substitute, such as 'revolutionary government of Year II,' would be better?
-A young Jacobine 76.84.130.190 21:54, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hm... 
Talk:Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea

message: Isn't she 'Lady Winchilsea', as quoted in Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own? Zigzig20s 01:44, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lady Winchilsea? 

message: Does her title refer to the Cinque Port currently spelled Winchelsea, as is strongly suggested by the Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham article? I can't find any definitive reference to the alternative spelling of the town's name, other than the redirect here (Winchilsea). Uniquely, the EB1911 article uses the "e" spelling in her name; I just added a poster linking to that. It might be nice to have an explanation, either in the earldom article or the Winchelsea article. David Brooks (talk) 18:05, 25 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Winchilsea/Winchelsea? 

message: Hello, I'm a scholar working on Finch and making edits to reflect the recent Cambridge Edition of Finch's works, along with a few other more recent, definitive pieces of scholarship. I'm new to this, so I welcome advice. Andytowne (talk) 20:15, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Editing Page to reflect recent Scholarly Edition
Talk:Shaw Direct

message: All Jan 2007 updates are based on information directly from a StarChoice invoice.
The Machine 18:02, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

message: Should something be mentioned here about the legal battles that Starchoice is having with Rogers Sportsnet and the NHL about broadcasting out of market NHL games on Sportsnet (Pacific, West, Ontario, East)? Supposedly the NHL is trying to make them black them out, but I dont know any further details. Chileiceman 02:24, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Sportsnet

message: Hey,
There is no little talk about it's Shaw ownership and the recievers!!
Needs some talk aboyt that.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.57.32.16 (talk) 20:01, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shaw ownership 

message: Are there providers that supply Canadian Satellite TV in the US?  If so,is it legal to acquire for residents in the US?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.47.216.75 (talk) 22:51, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Broadcasting Canadian Satellite  

message: There used to be a list of channels available on Wikipedia showing Shaw Direct's channels, but due to Wikipedia's policies, it's since been removed. As I think this information is relevant to readers, I've posted a link to a Wiki with a listing of Shaw Direct's channels; however, the list could do with some updating, if anyone here is able to contribute. Wyp (talk) 12:32, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I think your "request" falls under what wikipedia is not: Wikipedia:ISNOT.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Notwillywanka (talk • contribs) 02:36, 14 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: That's why it's an external link and not a link to a Wikipedia page. Wyp (talk) 04:38, 14 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of channels 

message: I PLAN TO BOYCOT YOU FOR CUTING OF MY 2001  PREPAID ACCOUNT  AND ANYONE ELSE THAT YOUS DID THIS TO../
AND I HAVE ALSO PHONED  CTV NEWS  ABOUT YOUS  OK..
SO SCREW YOUR BIG TAKEOVER 209.145.120.252 (talk) 05:59, 5 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:   SHAW SATILITE TV  PREPAID SINCE 2001  PRINCE RUPERT B.C YOUS CUT MY CHANNELS..
Talk:2005–06 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

message: Town's goal has officially been given to Worthington see here. BlueValour 18:04, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Play-off Semi-final 2nd Leg
Talk:Nate Guenin

message: I'll preface this by stating that I not sure which way I'm supposed to spell defense/defence as an American, so personally I really don't care. That said, it was decided a while ago at WP:HOCKEY that variant spellings should be determined by the article's context and ties as stated in Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#National_varieties_of_English (If someone know where to find that discussion, please bring it up). An American hockey team should contain en-US spelling, an American ice hockey player should contain en-US. Our anonymous friend is right, lack of civility not withstanding. ccwaters 17:09, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Fully agree and accept that. I was just pointing out to him that he uses that arguement to change spelling when it suits him. He used the opposite arguement to have it changed on another article to American when it was a Canadian player. I am more than happy to have it in American spelling since its an American player, just trying to point out he can't have it both ways. He keeps insisting that every player that has ever played for the Flyers have American spelling. --Djsasso 17:28, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, I think the first criteria for players is their own nationality. Then I think for European players, it goes to the team location?? Not sure about that though. ccwaters 17:48, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: en-US vs en-CA Spelling

message: The file :File:Nate Guenin.jpg, used on this page, has been deleted from Wikimedia Commons and re-uploaded at :File:Nate Guenin.jpg. It should be reviewed to determine if it is compliant with this project's non-free content policy, or else should be deleted and removed from this page. Commons fair use upload bot (talk) 01:10, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fair use candidate from Commons: [[:File:Nate Guenin.jpg]]
Talk:Constance Fenimore Woolson

message: Her short story Solomon (23 pp.) is not on the list.184.147.228.122 (talk) 06:26, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Solomon

message: James met Woolson between 1879 (though she had tried to meet him in that year) and May 1880 (Kaplan, Fred (1993). "Henry James: The Imagination of Genius, A Biography", chapter 7. Using chapter numbers because I have only have the ebook to hand.) When did she write "Miss Grief"? I see it was published at some point in 1880. Schissel | Sound the Note! 05:04, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  "though she had not yet met James when she wrote it" 

message: the tags are present, but no information is given in the article [jumping/falling out of the land-side window of Ca' Orio Semitecolo Benzon in Venice Drterno (talk) 11:48, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suicide
Talk:The Nylons

message: Why would singing the theme song to Throb gain the group a large gay following? The article about Throb doesn't mention that television show having any gay characters or related content. (I don't know whether Throb did or didn't have gay characters or content, but there's no reference to that.) --Metropolitan90 (talk) 16:13, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Throb]]

message: He is mentioned in the original lineup but not in the current one. And there is no mention of him leaving which there are for everyone else who left or joined. Cuardin (talk) 10:48, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: What happened to Arnold Robinsson?

message: Does this mean that there are members besides Morrison still with the band, but those others aren't living?? -- Dan Griscom (talk) 19:46, 28 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Morrison is the only original member still with the band (and still living) today."??? 

message: Is that an accurate description?  I think they use a drummer or drum machine on the tracks I've heard.  All groups that sing are "a cappella" if you don't count their instruments..  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.202.33.17 (talk) 21:34, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:   A Cappella?
Talk:Andrei Voznesensky

message: Was he part of the Russian Orthodox Church? --CatholicW (talk) 20:00, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Religion 

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thread_title:  Copyright problem 
Talk:Bucca (mythological creature)

message: Edit by previous user suggests that removal of previous information was unjustified however it was to correct the misinformation concerning "bucca" as nickname for the inhabitants in Newlyn which from established sources (and not original research) was used because of their superstitions regarding the Bucca and was not a pre-existing.  Edit and some information still in the article was un-encyclopediac and represents point of view - see Wikipedia:Describing points of view for full guidance. The article was beggining to read like a well argued academic project and not an open source encyclopedia. Reedgunner (talk) 08:51, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Edits
Talk:Henry Vaughan

message: Why is this link interspersed in the article?  Is it supposed to be a 'cited reference' or an advertisement? Im-Mersion 15:51, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bartleby.com 

message: ODNB has 1621 rather than 1622, as does the page for his twin Thomas Vaughan (philosopher) (though the quotation given there in support of the year is unreferenced) Dsp13 12:44, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Birthyear?

message: Why on earth is there so much attention paid to this subject, which isn't even really all that prominent in Vaughan's poetry?  It seems especially odd considering that the most famous reference to it occurs without question in Marvell's To His Coy Mistress, but the idea isn't mentioned on the Marvell page, just as Marvell is never mentioned on this one.  If someone wants to draw out and elaborate on a specific theme from Vaughan's poetry, his concern with nature and childhood are far more traditionally significant and historically original choices. My god these poetry pages need work! (No offense.) (Eeesh 00:39, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conversion of the Jews? 

message: What worries me more is that according to the article as it stands now, Vaughan was born in both 1621 and 1622. A bold guess would almost be preferable. Bishonen | talk 21:27, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Birthyear redux

message: See  and note the identical birth and death years. I think this page should be moved to his full name, but I will wait for a consensus before I make such a major change to this article. Eptified (talk) 09:49, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Also known to historians of economics as the author Henry ''Rice'' Vaughan

message: No source is given for place of death at Scethrog. Is this meant to be Scethrog House (just north of the A40 between Talybont-on-Usk and Brecon)? There seems to be still some dispute as to whether Vaughan ever lived there. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:40, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Place of death 

message: Why do Henry Vaughan and John Donne have the same picture?? They really are separate individuals.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.144.147.82 (talk) 21:05, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pictures