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Talk:Blackpool Zoo

message: Why is it classed as Vandalism to edit something back to the way it was since April regarding the Zoo's treatment of employees? The IP of the user that removed the comments originates at the Zoo - surely allowing them to edit their entry into one that is almost entirely positive is not what Wikipedia is about! —Preceding unsigned comment added by McDodge (talk • contribs) 
:"This is in the same that the Zoo edits it's own Wikipedia entry to ensure that it recieves no negative publicity" was reverted. The anon edit just happened to make another edit adding the information above before I rolled back the article. If you can provide reliable sources, feel free to add any information you like as long as it's encyclopedic. -- Longhair\talk 07:11, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Information about Staffing Policies
Talk:Elaphe taeniura

message: Wikipedia:Verifiability specifically disallows personal communications to be used as sources for Wikipedia articles.  Is it possible to replace the current "type locality" reference with an acceptable reliable source?  -- Visviva 07:16, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed. EMBL is now cited. Shyamal 08:14, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Cystic Fibrosis Trust

message: Would it be OK to put most of the mentions of CF in lowercase letters? Seeing it so many times capitalised strikes me as rather odd. I know that I could be bold and simply change things, but I wanted to be certain that there wasn't some stylistic reason for spelling. --Kyoko 07:17, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If cystic fibrosis is abbreviated then it should be CF, if it's used in conjunction with trust as the actual name 'Cystic Fibrosis Trust' it needs to remain capitalized, I can't think of anything other than those two things, so feel free.cystic fibrosis is a very serious disease so everyone should be aware of it and it's affect on your new born babies. --ImmortalGoddezz 11:27, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, that's what I was thinking too. Thanks. --Kyoko 13:08, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]
Talk:Real-time clock

message: What kind of clock is it physically?
A crystal based clock or a "CPU cycle" clock speed clock? --Procrastinating@talk2me 13:16, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Question

message: Is there any reason that we're mentioning a specific Philips microcontroller on this page?  I found a hastily written statement, which I edited and linked to the product page, but it seems somewhat overly-specific and out of place. --ThinkingInBinary 14:11, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have no idea, someone sorta left it there. I'm going to remove it. Codeczero 02:41, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Philips microcontroller

message: I think the fact that it associated with IRQ 8 should be mentioned.  CPU MeltDown 14:09, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: IRQ??

message: the page now has several references, they aren't great, im not super fond of using application notes (although i did use 3 different manufacturers). if you can find better references feel free to replace mine Codeczero 02:30, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  references
Talk:Æthelwold

message: ----
Please stop adding the entry:
*St. Ethelwold, monk of Ripon, anchoret at Lindisfarne, d. about 720; feast kept 23 March 
This person is exactly the same as:
*Saint Æthelwold of Farne, hermit on Inner Farne, d. 699; feast kept 23 March
If you read the article, Æthelwold of Farne, this is made quite clear.
Walgamanus 07:22, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Since this duplicate entry continues to reappear, I assume that there is doubt in some quarters as to whether these two are indeed one and ths same. Please supply details, with references, of why this may not be the case. Walgamanus 12:50, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No, you supply a source i the imprabla case they do - nothing fits, neither years nor bio Fastifex
The source is already given on the Æthelwold of Farne article:
*Farmer, David Hugh. (1978). The Oxford Dictionary of Saints. Oxford: Oxford University Press 
This indicates that Æthelwold of Farne and the so-called Ethelwold of Ripon & Lindisfarne are the same person. If you have information to the contrary, please provide sources and details, preferably by creating an article for Æthelwold of Ripon. How does his biography differ? Walgamanus 14:48, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]
Talk:Transport Research Laboratory

message: It is true that this was the only establishment of its kind and the fact that it invented (or certainly helped develop) such things as anti-lock brakes, computerised signals, roundabouts and even sat-nav, shows that it deserves a place in history —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jwgardner (talk • contribs) 
:They were involved in the development of the Dunlop Maxaret anti-skid system back in the 1950s.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.31.130.124 (talk) 11:01, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Is it true...

message: Should we not move this article to TRL which is the name it has used since it stopped being a government body? PeterEastern (talk) 09:20, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I was preparing to do the move and then noticed that TRL is of course already in use so one would have to decide how to differentiate it. I now note from their about page that Transport Research Laboratory is also a trading name for the organisation: 'TRL and Transport Research Laboratory are trading names of TRL Limited,' so possibly we stick with the current title. PeterEastern (talk) 08:16, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: This article was moved from  to  on 9 July 2012. However, many reliable sources are still using 'Transport Research Laboratory'. Therefore, per WP:COMMONNAME, I'm moving it back. Its entry at  also still reflects this common name. -- Trevj (talk) 10:19, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: TRL
Wikipedia talk:New user log/Archive 1

message: We'll have to see if people actually use this.  I'm highly tempted to "seed" it with a phony entry just so somebody doesn't have to be the first newcomer to sign.  It might take a while before someone signs, but once there's one I figure others will be comfortable doing so.
To see why I created this page, check out my comment on Wikipedia talk:Welcoming committee
Isomorphic 01:43, 17 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, unless someone's gone ahead and seeded it, I'd say you've got a success here. What a nice idea! IMSoP 03:22, 19 Feb 2004 (UTC)

message: It works just fine for me, I think that things are good good the way they are. I've only used the page a couple times and I was just getting used to it being here. I don't want things to change much. 
Just registering the voice of a new user. 
--Noisecontrol 12:00, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thanks - But no thanks! 

message: New users should consider visiting irc.freenode.com room:wikipedia. Its been a thoroughly enlightening experience being in there. 
An excellent web browser is www.opera.com
Talk to you soon!
Noisecontrol 00:40, 14 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Irc for new users 

message: Hi, is there a place to find all recently created users, similar to Special:Recentchanges?  There is no Special:Recentusers ... 
I know about Special:Listusers, but I am looking for a chronological list. -- Aleph4 16:31, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Hm, Special:Contributions/newbies is close, but not the real thing. -- Aleph4 18:39, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Found it! Special:Log/Newusers -- Aleph4 11:26, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  real new user log 

message: Hi there.  I've been a wikipedia reader for a while but didn't feel up to actually editing anything until I found a typo on a West Wing page talking about a 1866 President Succesion Act, whereas the actuality was that the act was from 1886.  And since it had sent me off on a wild google chase, I figured I'd fix it for the sake of future wingnuts.  (OK, so I'm a geek.  :) )
Gilroy0 04:55, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  new user: gilroy0 

message: When will it be created? Anonymous anonymous 23:13, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: April 2006 Log

message: does it matter if i created a new log but forgot to about a month ago? Simply south 10:08, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  whoops
Talk:Dental insurance

message: First of all the wording "full coverage" is vague and a term not recognized in the dental industry. More importantly there other places on the internet that you can place web site ads and hyperlinks. This is not the place for those tactics. 
--Delamo (talk) 00:25, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Full Coverage Advertisment

message: I do not see the constructive value associating dental insurance and its related benefits with health insurance. It is agreed they are separate coverages by definition. Therefore general references to health insurance should be discussed within the appropriate section and not here.  Regards, Dr. Blunt— Preceding unsigned comment added by Delamo (talk • contribs) 00:21, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Categorical Statements Regarding Dental Insurance 

message: Golden Rule Insurance has a great page about Understanding Dental Insurance Terms that defines and explains common dental insurance terms. I tried to add these terms to the dental insurance page, but when I cited it, I got a message that Wikipedia was not for links, however, I was simply trying to cite my source. It's great content and relevant to the topic of dental insurance.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.165.34.1 (talk) 18:21, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Dental Insurance Terms

message: Information should be added only if the facts can be sourced to independently written articles appearing in reputable, third-party news sources meeting WP:RS. Health insurance topics are widely covered in the popular press; dental insurance information should be no exception.
Before adding information and citations to commercial websites or associations, please see Wikipedia policy for sourcing at WP:V and WP:N, as well as WP:SPAM.
Next stop those continuing to abuse this article is WP:WPSPAM, which rarely results in a happy ending. Flowanda | Talk 02:16, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sourcing and advertising. 

message: Lisa needs braces!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.144.35.152 (talk) 18:28, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dental Plan
Talk:Mount Eliza (Western Australia)

message: The following has been copied verbatim from Gnangarra's talk page
Hi Gnangara.  You wrote "Hi John, I noticed you spent a lot of time with this article. We've run into a problem with the Mount Eliza, Western Australia and the Kings Park, Western Australia articles both of these have differing Names to each other ad to the Whadjuk article. Would know of a source that we can quote to clear this up as our sources all differ."
My sources are from the publication of Daisy Bates' maerials organised through Hesperion Press, and through long discussions with Tim McCabe, who speaks the Nyungar language fluently (Albeit with a Njakinjaki dialect).  Mooro Kata means the hill of Mooro which was the name given to the site of the area on which government house now stands.  Kaarta, is suspect also means Hill, (English orthographies for Nyungar differ wdely) not as the translation suggests about a good meeting place.  Aboriginal names of Mount Eliza  differ somewhat from European naming usage.  Europeans have one name for things, that are fixed in maps.  Aboriginal naming conventions were much more flexible.  Thus for instance the western most portion of the rise of Mount Eliza, known by the name Karakatta (Spider Hill) - on which the HHouse of Parliament now stands was also caled Mooro Katta as well.  Mount Eliza would have been known as Katta (simply Hill), Garrup, may come from the Nyungar Karl arp (The place of the hearth (Karl = Fire, hearth, arp/up = place), so a meeting place on the hill would ave been Katta-Karl-up.  Europeans, not speaking the language, and as the Aboriginal K and G was the same phoneme, simply transcribed what they thought they heard, not speaking the language fluently.  Hope this helps
John D. Croft 07:48, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Going on John's notes above, which appear to support my incoherent ramblings in our discussion in Talk:Mount_Eliza%2C_Western_Australia, I see no reason why we couldn't document two Noongar names, using John's work here as the basis?  You will recall I couldn't work out "gar", but John makes it clear that it may well equate with "karl", thus it may well be that Mooro Katta and Kaarta gar-up are the same thing and equally valid.  Alas, Goonininup is still \\\ STOP PRESS! \\\  AlltheWeb reveals that Goonininup is the Noongar name for the site of the Old Swan Brewery!  And that makes sense, 'cos it's a different place!  So we can strike that one from Mt Eliza.  Gordon | Talk, 15:33, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Confusion over Nyungar names

message: Dear all, as part of my university studies i have tried to expand upon this page. I would greatly appreciate any edits and comments in where i can improve and what potential topics I've missed. 
Thanks! - Studentaccount2711  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Studentaccount2711 (talk • contribs) 05:58, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikiproject Student assignment
Talk:Cockenzie and Port Seton

message: Sorry, but I had to add and change the content of this article. The original photograph that was pasted was a view of Cockenzie Power Station taken from Edinburgh - which hardly does justice to the history nor the image of the place. The power station does dominate views looking west from the town but is hardly it's main feature. The old parts of the town still have the look of an east coast fishing village. Since I am pretty new to editing content on Wikipedia, I would be obliged if anyone with the relevant knowledge could correct any mistakes, re-arrange the info or add any other information I may have missed.--Billps 08:09, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Populus trichocarpa

message: Large sections of the current version of article are copied from USDA Forest Service site. As a work of the Federal Goverment of USA it should be exempt from copyright. Please correct me if I'm wrong. --Chino 08:11, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That's correct - MPF 21:40, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright issues 

message: Reproduction ... "The species reaches flowering age at about 10 years" ... Use as a model species ... "Reaches reproductive maturity 4-6 years" – need to check which is correct! - MPF 21:40, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Unfortunately I cannot provide a reference, but I believe the difference arises from the fact that when used in science the tree is most most often grown in a greenhouse. --Chino 11:10, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Minor internal inconsistencies

message: It seems that P. trichocarpa is not the accepted name for this tree.  The actual accepted name is P. balsamifera subsp. trichocarpa..  Shouldn't this apperar somewhere in the page? Diriano 16:43, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Actual accepted name

message: Why is it written that black cottonwood is fairly short-lived?  For a poplar, it is very long lived.  As a genus, poplars are shorter lived than many other deciduous trees, but black cottonwood is an exception.  And what is this 'record' about from AK?  It is a record of what?  Certainly not height, and if age, it is not given.  Note that the height range says to 50m.  Here http://www.arthurleej.com/a-talltales.html is a claim of a standing black cottonwood over 200' tall.
168.103.45.30 (talk) 23:54, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Age, size, and record
Talk:Scottish Unionist Party (1986)

message: On what grounds is the SUP described as centrist? It sounds like a party of the Orange right: preoccupations with Roman Catholicism and drugs crime appear to be prominent. 79.68.156.147 (talk) 17:35, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Political position: Centrist

message: I have removed the claim that this party is affiliated to the Conservative Party. It was unsourced and not supported by any evidence. Dunarc (talk) 20:56, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  National affiliation
File talk:Blocking oscillator.jpg

message: I wonder where the base current for initial bias comes from. Are we relying on the capacitor having a high or slight amount of internal leakage. If I made up this circuit with a good capacitor..... would it work? Please comment somebody. --Technut 08:28, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's better: 
220px 90.191.190.76 (talk) 21:22, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
Talk:Seal and Serpent

message: What exactly are the "letters" on the Seal and Serpent insignia? They appear to be an Indic script, and this page claims that they are in Sanskrit, but I can't find any other information. —Moxfyre (ǝɹʎℲxoɯ | contrib) 21:42, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sanskrit/Indic letters?
Talk:E. J. Josey

message: I have searched and searched for this man's date of birth.  As of now, it's really the only thing missing from this article, and I would really like to find it in order to have some degree of "completion" with this entry.  Does anyone know of it or where a good place to look for it would be? TommyP 08:38, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Apparently there is a problem with publishing birthdates of semi-public people due to privacy concerns.  Schmiteye 06:17, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

text: Question -- couldn't we just find and post the YEAR of birth?  It's exactly what I'm looking for!  We could even ask Dr. Josey himself ;-) Katewill 18:24, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Date of birth
Talk:Inga dams

message: - The output of the whole dam aite is so large that it could not be used in Africa alone due to system security issues - but it is feasible to interconmect all African grids and to those of Europe with large mutual benefits.
http://www.claverton-energy.com/vision-2020-and-beyond-dr-gregor-czisch-ex-kassell-university-discussed-the-integration-of-african-power-production-internally-and-with-europe-to-fully-exploit-the-vast-hydro-power-available-at-the.html - paper by Dr Gregor Czisch, Kassell University.
The above insertion was removed by AL with the comment:
August 2009
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added such as to the page Gasification do not comply with our guidelines for external links and have been removed. Wikipedia is not a collection of links; nor should it be used for advertising or promotion, and doing so is contrary to the goals of this project. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. User A1 (talk) 04:21, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Engineman comments 

message: I propose to merge the Grand Inga Dam into this article. The Grand Inga Dam is currently very short article and merging it here with restoring deleted information will create more comprehensive overview of Inga dams. Also all other dams are included in this article. Beagel (talk) 08:49, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge proposal
Talk:Minoru Genda

message: A previous version of this article stated that Japanese fighter ace Saburo Sakai harshly criticized Genda after the war. I checked that reference and found it wanting. The reference was to an informal interview with Saburo Sakai in 1998 by a Scot Hards, wherein Sakai reportedly referred to Genda as 'that idiot.'
Scot Hards specifically stated at the beginning of his Sakai article that "I will point out that I did not take notes nor use a tape recorder during our conversation, and these "quotes" are paraphrased by myself to the best of my memory. Please do not repeat them or attribute them to Sakai-san in any published forum. The conversation was entirely in Japanese, and in my translations, I've attempted to choose language that best represents the atmosphere of how Sakai-san himself was saying it." http://www.warbirdforum.com/sakai.htm
I therefore definitely question the inclusion of the statement that Sakai harshly criticized Genda. I have removed the article reference per Scot Hards' request-- this was clearly a direct attribution in a public forum. I am a historian and under no circumstances should this have been included in Minoru Genda's Wikipedia article as a fact. If there are other instances of Sakai (or anyone else of importance) impugning Genda then we can evaluate them for authenticity and inclusion in this article as examples of Japanese criticism of Genda.
Lastly, I intend to return and offer more foot-noted material as to Genda's unique contribution to the Pearl Harbor attack and Japanese Naval Air tactics in World War II. Markm62 08:57, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  I read that Interview with Scot Hards 

message: Please conform to wiki standards! Also, this article has been infected with a biased tone that is incompatible with this project; the plethora of poor grammar is also most unwelcome. Markm62 (talk) 23:16, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  This Article has been degraded 
Talk:Guards Division (United Kingdom)

message: Should this article not be merged with the Guards Division article? This article isn't mentioned on that page nor the disambiguation page. Cyclopaedic 13:20, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Guards Division article

message: Converted infobox to new Infobox Military Unit as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history. —ERcheck @ 01:16, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Infobox conversion

message: Didn't Harold Macmillan (himself a Grenadier captain) once say that the Guards Division in WW1 was the finest fighting unit since the Macedonian phalanx? Politician's hyperbole of course, but might make an interesting addition if anybody can remember when and where.Paulturtle (talk) 23:52, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Phalanx

message: "In the Guards Armoured Division the tradition of the old Guards Division of the first world war was maintained." EnigmaMcmxc (talk) 03:51, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: To note, forming 2nd line territorial divisions were given leeway on what identity to acquire during the Second World War. The Guards Armoured Division's history seems to the suggest the same for them on p. 17 and on p.157 it notes "a Guards Division" and not 'the Guards Division'.EnigmaMcmxc (talk) 03:59, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Interesting tibbet from the Times article