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Talk:Vallum

message: The Characteristics section is copied verbatim from source, complete with the contradiction contained therein. It says the Romans used "young trees or arms of larger trees", and states later that "each soldier carried three or four of them when on a march". No wonder the legions moved slowly. There's confusion here of course. The Romans may well have used such large tree-branches in semi-permanent or circumvallate defences, but the soldiers carried stakes. 
The introduction from the same source reads better:
 VALLUM, a term applied either to the whole or a portion of the fortifications of a Roman camp. It is derived
 from vallus (a stake), and properly means the palisade which ran along the outer edge of the top of the 
 agger, but it very frequently includes the agger also. The vallum, in the latter sense, together with the fossa
 or ditch which surrounded the camp outside of the vallum, formed a complete fortification.
That at least doesn't suggest that a palisade (which is a fence) was "usually made out of earth", and doesn't use the word "moat", which is a broad (not a deep) ditch. A moat is a ditch, but a ditch isn't necessarily a moat. By editing the quoted paragraph, the phrase "which surrounded the camp" appears without any previous mention of a camp.  Rambler24 (talk) 18:32, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Palisade
Talk:Battle of Lihula

message: In the current version of the article — "Battle of Lihula marked the end to the Swedish expansion in Estonia for more than 300 years" — seems to imply that after the Battle, it was over 300 years until Sweden next tried to expand into Estonia.  However, the context seems to imply that Sweden had been expanding into Estonia for many years and this stopped that expansion. A re-write would help. — ERcheck (talk) 17:56, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, Estonia had been under Swedish rule from time to time, since the 7th century. That's a long story and goes beyond the scope of the article. Rounded the wording, though. --Drieakko 20:44, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Over 300 years
Talk:Central Park (Wigan)

message: The history section apepars to have been copied from this page. I've removed it. -- Whpq 21:15, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Copyvio

message: Did Central Park have a Kop? smb 17:55, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Kop

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: not moved. per RFC referenced by Amakuru which established that WP:NCPLACE does not apply to structures such as stadiums. I was unable to find a documented guideline as suggested by Crouch, Swale or Necrothesp suggesting that UK structures are an exception to this. Either way, consistency supports Oppose as the majority of English rugby stadiums requiring disambiguation are currently disambiguated parenthetically. (closed by non-admin page mover) Bensci54 (talk) 06:08, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Central Park (Wigan) →  – Per WP:NCDAB, comma-separated disambiguation is generally preferred over parentheses for place names. Also consistent with the naming style of other grounds (e.g. Station Road, Swinton, Craven Park, Hull) J Mo 101 (talk) 13:07, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 1 January 2024
Talk:A18 road (England)

message: This article is a bit too wordy for me, which is why I've added the  template.  See A1 and A66 for good examples of how a roads article should be laid out, and not simply a narrative of all its waypoints, which is not useful for an encyclopedia.  See wp:mos. — superbfc [ talk | cont ] — 21:16, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Most of the road articles seem to be wordy.  The Roadies discourage lists and like prose.--Robert EA Harvey (talk) 09:05, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Article Style

message: Hello. BTW there are no major junctions at all on this article. If any of you would like to add this to the article, then feel free to, and please go ahead. If not, then I will do it in the new year. Roads4117 (talk) 19:52, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major junctions
Talk:Sir Alexander Home of that Ilk, 1st Lord Home

message: May I suggest that you redirect to a more intuitive article title? StoptheDatabaseState 21:16, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: From looking at Dictionary of National Biography, it would seem that there has been some mixing of the information of a father and son
* 
* 
There are a number of significant discrepancies that would seem to need to be checked against further references.
-- billinghurst (talk) 14:35, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Contrary evidence from DNB
Talk:Aetolian War

message: I've started a discussion at Talk:Syrian War (192–189 BC)#Merge with Aetolian War to merge this article into that, per WP:OVERLAP. There is also a pending discussion also on that page about that article's name. Ifly6 (talk) 01:04, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge discussion
Talk:Postgraduate training in general dentistry in the United States

message: To all who edit this article, I openly admit to only covering the postgraduate training available in the US.  That being said, the article is properly referenced.  Please make additions to this article along with appropriate citation -- otherwise, it becomes a mess of hearsay and vagueness. DRosenbach (Talk | Contribs) 16:41, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: After seeing that PASS and match have been completely removed, I think an article specifically about postdoc training in the US is appropriate. DRosenbach (Talk | Contribs) 16:46, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  International nature of this article
Talk:The Astounding She-Monster

message: Originally it said the She Monster was shot but someone added the following
:The She Monster (Shirley Kilpatrick) was not shot.  The geologist mixed a concoction of different acids (nitric and hydrochloric) into a beaker and through the beaker with the acids at her, which dissolved the metallic skin and exposed her to Earth's atmosphere.
So I changed shot to killed since I can't confirm the method.  RJFJR (talk) 18:03, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled
Talk:Balteus (sword belt)

message: Please see the discussion of the term balteus in the Retiarius article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Retiarius. In brief, a balteus clearly is a sword belt, but specifically one worn diagonally. The linked article appears to be the primary source, but is a reenactor site rather than a scholarly one and cites no sources. If no credible sources can be found, I think the dictionary definition (linked in the Retiarius discussion, above) should prevail.67.101.119.99 (talk) 00:10, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: There seem to be no objections, but the changes needed here are fairly extensive. I'd prefer an actual editor undertake them, otherwise I will as time permits...67.101.119.99 (talk) 22:23, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cintus/ Balteus Confusion 

message: I have merged this article into Baldric due to overlap of content, similarity of topic and this article was very short and unlikely to be expanded. Aeonx (talk) 08:23, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  merged to [[Baldric]]
Talk:2006 Kolkata leather factory fire

message: I added the infamous Triangle fire to See also because it, too, involved doors being locked that shouldn't have been. Wasn't there some similar fire tragedy at a chicken plant in North Carolina in the early 1990s as well? Daniel Case 15:06, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That article has now been created: 1991 Hamlet chicken plant fire. Will add to list. Daniel Case 18:47, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Locked-door fire deaths

message: Fix the following things:
*There aren't any pictures. While not having one in this instance won't prevent getting GA status, it'd be nice. I understand that pictures are hard to come by in this instance.
**Fair use image found, uploaded, tagged and added to image. Blood Red Sandman Open Up Your Heart - Receive My EviLove 19:14, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There, it works now. Good enough. I suppose it could be integrated into the references section instead of having a separate notes section, it's up to you. Upon further consideration, I see no reason to keep your nom on hold any longer, then. :) —Disavian (talk/contribs) 19:34, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: GA on hold

message: The picture, at this resolution, is not useful.  It appears about 1.5" x 1" on my screen and has no higher resolution.  If this is the best "fair use" will allow we may as well just eliminate it, because I can't even tell what's in the picture.  --Rehcsif (talk) 04:33, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Picture

message: Can someone update this article with information about the status of the building and the investigation. It doesn't seem like there has been any updating done since early 2007, two years ago. --Jackyd101 (talk) 15:02, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: added an aftermath section and removed the update tag. Thanks.--GDibyendu (talk) 16:56, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update
Talk:Tarnish

message: Can http://www.essortment.com/all/howtocleanpol_rkvl.htm be used as a reference for the introduction?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by FreeT (talk • contribs) 17:32, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: References

message: Abrasives should never be used. Bring water to a brisk boil in a deep Aluminum pot, or a pot lined with Aluminum foil. Add a copious amount of Baking Soda (Sodium Bicarbonate) and maintain the boil. Immerse the Silver, make sure that it touches Aluminum. A few seconds is usually enough, a few minutes if the tarnish is heavy. The Silver will come out gleaming, wash in cold water and rub with a good quality micro fibre cloth. The water and foil becomes dirty, you may need to use a fresh boiling solutionHistorygypsy (talk) 12:43, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleaning Silver
Talk:Spiculum

message: FYI - your adds having petered out on the 12th, seems to be the right thing to do. Good work!  You probably want to include some of the quotes from Pila. Needs some years ranges too. 'Late Roman' is vauge WP:Weasel words-like. Cheers! Still good adds! // <B>Fra</B>nkB 19:21, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removing {{tlx|Work}} 

message: Both this article and the Javelin (weapon) article refer to the head having a "shank" but this is neither defined, nor linked.  I looked at the shank disambiguation page and am none the wiser.  Could someone clarify this please? --Irrevenant [ talk ] 00:06, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shank?
Talk:Coverack

message: From the article: Coverack is the only known habitat of the 'Coverack Gerbil', a large 2 foot long rodent that was once common on the Lizard Peninsula. A shy nocturnal animal there is now only 4 known breeding pairs and as such it is a protected species.
I'm not sure whether this is [citation needed] or [pull the other one, it's got bells on].  Google finds exactly one page for Coverack gerbil - this one.
86.20.198.71 (talk) 22:41, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Removed. 86.20.198.71 (talk) 19:06, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Ma Jiangbao

message: Although a few websites (such as the one cited in the article) give a space in Ma's name, the is not the accepted convention for pinyin names generally or on Wikipedia (WP:NCZH). I looked through the published sources and found three examples of his name spelled according to the generally accepted convention of spacing pinyin by words (, , ) and none spaced by syllable. Because this is unlikely to be controversial, I'm just going to move this page without starting a move discussion. SilverStar54 (talk) 19:47, 23 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fixing pinyin error in title
Talk:Sexy robot

message: to consider the merge: what should be considered the primary topic or thrust of the article? is it about an art style, an artist's series, or the book with this name? -- CaptainMike 21:29, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

message: This article should simply be merged into Hajime Sorayama, and this page should just redirect to it.  --George100 09:39, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge into [[Hajime Sorayama]]
Talk:National Personnel Records Center

message: NPRC currently redirects here; is there any objection to making it a disambiguation page, or do you feel this has sufficient primacy of meaning? I'm doubtful that a relatively specific governmental agency has a lock on the acronym, based not least upon a Google search:
* National Personnel Records Center
* Nonprofit Resource Center of Texas
* National Puerto Rican Coalition
* Northumberland Pistol and Revolver Club
* National Payroll Reporting Consortium
* National Policy Research Council
* National Prescription Research Centre
* National Principals Resource Center
* National Pro-life Religious Council
* Nonprofit Recyclers Council (NpRC)
* Nonprofit & Philanthropy Resource Center
* National Primate Research Center
* National Preparedness and Response Corps
* National Public Relations Chair
* Northern Plains Resource Council
...and that's just the first page. Obviously many are (and should be) redlinks right now, but many haev national scope, if not international, and thus would be articleworthy. -- nae'blis 21:30, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: A disambig page for NPRC is indeed a good idea for all the reasons you pointed out. -O.R.Comms 22:18, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: NPRC acronym

message: Doing a websearch on the name top of the list is 'National Archives at St. Louis' - so what should the link on this page be? Jackiespeel (talk) 16:05, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: The National Archives at St. Louis is a separate office of the National Archives Research Services.  It is located on site at the Military Personnel Records Center, but is not part of the National Personnel Records Center, which is part of the Federal Records Center Program. -O.R.Comms 22:18, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: So what are the external links for this page? Jackiespeel (talk) 08:38, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: External links

message: Who is this 2603:8001:2500:2898:C48B:B4A2:34C8:7186 (talk) 18:20, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Scott whiteman
Talk:Ma Yueliang

message: " taught a large number of students . . . in their travels to New Zealand, "
Could we have a reference to support this assertion ?
Ma Yueliang visited NZ once, primarily for family reasons. He may have meet with some NZers while visiting, but that is very different to "having a large number of students".
I will leave this question open here in the "Talk" section for a while, & then, if no references are available to support this assertion, I will correct the main page.
J.Blakely
----
 (J.Blakely (talk) 09:43, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Questioning unreferenced assertion.
Talk:Cadgwith

message: The editing which has been reverted on the Lifeboats is not vandalism or anything similar: the two sections are better related properly rather than just standing side-by-side.--Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 10:10, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lifeboats 

message: A small painting that I inherited is named “Cottage Overlooking Cadgwith” and signed by Brenda Caraco. Is the artist local? Can you tell me anything more about her or her artworks? 
Thank you in advance. 
Patty  BullyMe (talk) 02:20, 15 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Artwork
Talk:Shakōkidogū

message: Isn't the pokemon Claydol a Shakoukidoguu? 69.245.103.98 21:30, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Claydol? 

message: I translated the Japanese article into English, and incorporated the pop culture references already mentioned in the earlier version of this article. Unfortunately, the Japanese article, like too many Wiki articles, lacks references, and that flaw is reproduced here as well. I am fluent in Japanese, but am by no means an expert on Japanese archeology. Corrections and/or references are very much welcome. If you have the information but don't know how to edit a Wikipedia page, e-mail the information to me at "matt at matt-thorn dot com" and I will try to find time to edit the page.
--Matt Thorn (talk) 06:33, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Translation
Talk:Column still

message: I think it is important to include Robert Stein in the history of the column still as his model the patent still invented in 1827 was improved on by Coffey.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.167.231.150 (talk) 05:27, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Stein's invention is now discussed in the article. I notice that you refer to his invention as "the patent still". Did he actually have a patent on it? (I thought that the term "patent still" came into common use because of a patent by Coffey, not Stein.) —BarrelProof (talk) 19:53, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Robert Stein
Category talk:Awards

message: The categories :Category:Awards and :Category:Prizes seem to be used indistinguishably from each other, and they are circularly categorized (i.e., awards is a subcat of prizes, and prizes is a subcat of awards). Technically, I would think "awards" is the more generic term; prizes is a particular type of award with a prize, usually of cash.  But at least as currently used in wp, I think there is little distinction.  What do folks think about merging all the "prizes" into "awards"?  Is there something I'm missing or some better way to handle this? (x-posted at :Category talk:Prizes) --LQ 21:35, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Relatedly, the categories :Category:Award winners, :Category:Prize winners, and :Category:Recipients of formal honors, need cleaning up.  Whatever we end up doing with awards / prizes categories, these three categories should be cleaned up in parallel.  Plus, there is confusion between the categories--sometimes an award is itself listed under the "*winners" category (see, e.g., James Craig Watson Medal). --LQ 21:42, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: category merger with prizes
Talk:A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits

message: It might be worth mentioning why the publication date is listed as 1940 even though the text states the thesis is from 1937.  AFAIK several of Shannon's papers from this period were embargoed during the war, but why this one? --Ott2 21:35, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  1937 vs 1940 

message: A quote that may serve as a reference for the second paragraph: 
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2001/shannon.html
Fifth paragraph:
After receiving BS degrees in mathematics and electrical engineering from the University of Michigan in 1936, he came to MIT as a graduate student. As a part-time job, he worked on Professor Vannevar Bush's differential analyzer. His master's thesis, "A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits," used Boolean algebra--in which problems are solved by manipulating two symbols, 1 and 0--to establish the theoretical underpinnings of digital circuits. This work was the beginning of modern switching theory. Harvard University Professor Howard Gardner called it "possibly the most important, and also the most famous, master's thesis of the century."  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.159.7.119 (talk) 21:55, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible reference?
Talk:H. Olive Day Elementary School

message: Please don't remove this page.  I just created it, and I think it's important for the school to have a page.  More info will be added shortly. Chipmaster32 21:37, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Avaricum

message: Caesar personally made the rounds amongst his men, telling them that if the scarcity of food was too much, he would lift the siege and withdraw. His soldiers protested, refusing to end a siege in disgrace when they still had to avenge the innocent Romans murdered by the Gauls.
There are sevral problemes with this sentce. First as far as I know Ceaser rarly if ever made made rounds with his men. Second why would his soldiers refuse to leave and instead starve. I know the romans had a high sence of honor but still if they were starving and they had a chance to leave why starve. Nhog 5/1/12  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nhog (talk • contribs) 18:36, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]

message: Not that I'm an historian, but I have seen other versions of this story, in which Vercingetorix sent his cavalry off to get reinforcements, and they came back with 250,000 men. However, it was too late, because the Romans had dug in by them and could not be beaten. Sardaka (talk) 11:48, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Question

message: I've added the POV tag due to the heavy reliance on Caesar's Commentaries, which is consider a POV source. BilledMammal (talk) 01:44, 21 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV tag
Talk:Jewish commentaries on the Bible

message: Considered porting the entire article from the Jewish Encyclopedia on Bible Exegesis. The JE links to this from "Commentaries on the Bible." However, most of the articles seem to have been covered in existing articles. Porting would only confuse casual users and seriously annoy editors who have probably been through this exercise once already.
Articles, however, are scattered. This is a drawback, not only for Jewish researchers/editors, but for Christian ones as well since nearly all the serious research in the first millenia CE was done by Jewish researchers. "Commentaries on the Bible" has been ported from the Catholic Encyclopedia. 
The quality is fair. It is not up to date. It may be missing much research that has gone into Jewish articles. There is no clear way to take advantage of this.
With a different Canon, Christians necessarily draw different conclusions about the commentators results, than do Jewish ones.
In my opinion, the material needs reorganizing.Student7 21:39, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Structure and Organization

message: Normally an article of this length would be B class, but it needs to be longer and better organized.  Biblical commentaries are an important topic which should receive more attention, with full paragraphs (at least) for each of the major medieval commentators.  Also, there needs to be less redunancy between this article and List of Biblical commentaries . Shalom Hello 03:00, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Start class 

message: The old article is at Talk:Jewish commentaries on the Bible/Former Article Jewish commentaries on the Bible. We're missing a couple of Rishonim and a whole bunch of early Acharonim. Phil_burnstein (talk) 11:48, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rewrite done 

message: The second sentence (Translations into Aramaic and English, and some universally accepted Jewish commentaries with notes on their method of approach and modern translations into English with notes are listed) seems to imply that these are some of the universally accepted. A better wording is needed. Perhaps the word some can be repeated, together with the word "also" per:
::Translations into Aramaic and English, and some universally accepted Jewish commentaries with notes on their method of approach and also some modern translations into English with notes are listed.  Pi314m (talk) 23:11, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Universe