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Talk:Bill Knott (poet)

message: Reading the preceding exchange I can say with absolute certainty that yes, that was unmistakably Bill Knott. He could be touchy. I can see his point, though, to some degree. A lot of people did tend to fixate on his life story and personality quirks rather than talking about his poetry, and I think that made him feel disrespected, despite being a very well regarded poet. He had some interesting things to say in his Memorious interview about how privilege works in the literary world, and who gets respect and who doesn't. Reading someone's work closely and carefully is a mark of respect. Look at the tomes of serious literary criticism that have been written over the years, and whose work they've been written about. And then people write about Bill and they keep bringing up the same anecdote from 1968. How about the fact that he was known in his early career for writing unusually short poems, that later in his career he became interested in traditional poetic forms, though he never restricted himself to one particular style because he didn't believe in that. How about his recurring themes. Etc. (I'll attempt to write a paragraph to that effect, not because I'm the best person to do it, but because no one else has bothered.)
I do find his life story interesting, but I won't write about it because I know he would have hated that. There's more that could be said about his poetry, though. In fact there's an ongoing blog dedicated to discussing just that (https://billknott.wordpress.com/). --Rosekelleher (talk) 12:29, 19 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bill 
Talk:Marc Becker

message: I deleted the reference to "the professors" book because I felt it wasn’t significant enough to be in the mans biography, especially since the whole wikipedia page is only a few sentences long. A random visitor who stumbles on to the Marc Becker wiki will get the impression that the most memorable achievement of the mans career is being mentioned in Dave Horowitz’s polemic. This is pop culture trivia not a discription of the man or his life. The fact that Marc Becker is in "the professors" book is already mentioned on "the professors" wikipedia and anyone interested in who the 101 most dangerous academics in America are can find out there. - df
I put it back, because without it, it's hard to see WP:NOTABILITY (and even with...) DavidOaks (talk) 18:24, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Blue Dragon ST

message: dose any one know anything more about this manga project then that it's based off the concept of the 2006/2007(japan and US in that order) game-GasSnake or Poison Oak 00:52, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  More info 

message: The official title is Blue Dragon ST, it was spelled like that in MSJ and was spelled as is on the S-Manga website. – J U M P G U R U @Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 05:46, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Please provide actual sources, as the article has no official links, and its lead suggests that Burū Doragon Shīkuretto Torikku is the full name and ST is just a shortening of that. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 06:03, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The Japanese WP calls it "BLUE DRAGON ST": http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLUE_DRAGON_ST#.E6.BC.AB.E7.94.BB , it doesn't even have a article there, and so does the MSJ website, so does the MSJ website, on it's official page. – J U M P G U R U @Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 16:13, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Here's the MSJ site: http://mj.shueisha.co.jp/bdst/index.html . – J U M P G U R U @Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 16:42, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmmm....It still seems to be an abbreviation, but more views might be good. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 16:53, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The company is spelling it as "ST" though, even the logo spells it that way. On the Japanese website for Shueisha n' such, i've never seen them spell it as "Secret Trick" other than to say that ST is a abreviation for it, and is the official title. – J U M P G U R U @Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 16:58, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've left a note on the project talk page for more views. While I see your point, at the same time all of the logos and stuff also include the full kanji title, which does spell it out. So not sure which is "more official." -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 17:03, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blue Dragon ST
Talk:List of organisations designated as terrorist by Australia

message: Aruran Vinayagamoorthy and Sivarajah Yathavan have been charged with "being a member of a terrorist organisation, making funds available to a terrorist organisation and intentionally providing support or resources to a terrorist organisation." The group in question is the Tamil Tigers - is there a reason it is not on the list? --Lollerkeet 00:36, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Its because this list has only organisations currently listed under the legislation, Tamil Tigers are yet to be listed, I had just checked the official site expecting them to have been added. Gnangarra 01:12, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: listing

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: Moved. Rreagan007 (talk) 05:29, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 15 October 2023
Talk:Petrache Poenaru

message: Removed the:"When you sign an important document or your wedding certificate, you should bear in mind that the fountain pen you are using was invented by a Romanian, Petrache Poenaru (1799–1875). Actually, this was one tiny detail in his many achievements as an engineer and pioneer in the development of modern Romania.". This paragraph sounds extremely corny and rather stupid - when I'm signing my wedding certificate the least I want to think about is who invented the pen I'm using...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.117.252.54 (talk) 05:23, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Ahaetulla prasina

message: I simplified the description so it may not need the box saying it needs to be simplified now but I wanted someone else to read it to see if I have got it right. Reefswaggie (talk) 10:35, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

message: removed an unreliable link but didn't remove the unencyclopedic information added by an IP attached to that link, so I went ahead and did it. A better source can be found here if anyone want to keep the information about the meme. Mateussf (talk) 17:14, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Judgemental Shoelace
Talk:Ahaetulla pulverulenta

message: The claim in the article that the Sinhala name Henakadaya for this snake gave Anaconda sounds implausible to me. The names sound very different and, more importantly, this snake seems to have nothing to do with Anacondas. -- Sundar \talk \contribs 13:56, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: The kind of corruption and mix-ups that happened with early specimen transfers and notes seems very likely. In any case we know that Anaconda is a name not used in South America. The name theory is actually old and the Latin transcriptions can be found in the references cited at Anaconda. Shyamal (talk) 15:21, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the clarification, Shyamal. -- Sundar \talk \contribs 15:37, 18 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Henakadaya -> Anaconda claim
Talk:Siege of Abadan

message: This has been moved from "Battle of…"  to "Siege of…", but it still looks like a page about a battle. 
So I’ve changed the layout a bit.
It could do with a bit more detail, but it’s not a subject I’m familiar with.
Xyl 54 (talk) 17:39, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Re-arrangement

message: Can we have a source for the changes to the strength numbers in the infobox, please? Xyl 54 (talk) 12:56, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Numbers
Talk:Operation Nasr

message: The statement that "Despite his title as president, Banisadr was not a military leader" is nonsense. Presidents are political leaders, not military leaders, although some military leaders become presidents.125.237.105.102 (talk) 04:40, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Presidents are not military leaders 

message: This is quite a well written article, however it lacks reference for many of its important claims. The original authors could improve this.MikeEcho (talk) 09:56, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing references 
Talk:Marcella Althaus-Reid

message: While there's no doubt Ms A-R writes about queer theology, I can find no reference that she herself is lesbian or bi.  Is there anyone who has one of her books that might be able to find a ref in the "About the Author" or something like that? -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 13:41, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lesbian? 

message: I corrected a typo, plus changed "methodism church" to Methodist Church. 
Sorry, first time I made the edit - accidentally put my signature on as well - so re-did the edit. I'm a newbie and this was my first edit. Yay! Parsleysoup 20:08, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Typo
Talk:Boiga ceylonensis

message: When I was at school the snake come in the class and we run, Teacher what are you running , we said the snake in the class room the teacher cry and run in to the car and said come to my car and I will send you in to you home's
@ 105.4.7.220 (talk) 09:38, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  The 🐍 Bad Snake in The 🐍 wold
Talk:Boiga dendrophila

message: After checking in several ways (including Google Ngram book search, image search, web search, and what various sources say), I suggest the following:
# Boiga dendrophilia has a dominant common name, which is "mangrove snake" (with various capitalizations)
# The name "gold-ringed cat snake" is rarely used
# The name "mangrove cat snake" is rarely used – even more rarely than "gold-ringed cat snake"
# Boiga dendrophilia is the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC for the term "mangrove snake"
—BarrelProof (talk) 17:55, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Common name 
Talk:Battle of Khorramshahr (1982)

message: This article gives an impression of bias towards the Iranian side of the conflict. The use of the word "liberation" is a good indicator. In addition, there are several references to depictions, celebrations or histories from only the Iranian side or of Iranian provenance. I don't know if an Iraqi narrative of the same event would be substantially different, but it's not clear that this article was written from an objective point of view by a neutral party.Cuatito (talk) 21:25, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question about objectivity 

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: moved (non-admin closure)  Lennart97 (talk) 10:45, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: The Germans might get excited at you!! [This is a joke]!! Buckshot06 (talk) 07:23, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

text: Possibly. But both get similar numbers of pageviews ~2,000 vs. ~1,500 in the last month, so I'm not convinced that there's a primary topic. I would rather have a dab. (t · c) buidhe 03:40, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 16 May 2021
Talk:Boiga forsteni

message: I've tried my best to copy edit this article.  I know absolutely nothing about snakes, so I couldn't make sense of the sentence about the ventral, anal and subcaudal scales.  Dingbats (talk) 10:29, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copy editing 
Talk:First Battle of al-Faw

message: Why does this article talk about the 2003 invasion of the Al Faw peninsula?  Surely that is not appropriate to the page relating to the battle that is part of the Iran-Iraq war  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.8.103.82 (talk) 08:05, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I think the two articles should be merged together. Both articles are talking about the same battle but First_Battle_of_al-Faw is more comprehensive. so I suggest to keep this article and redirect Operation Dawn 8 to this article.--F4fluids (talk) 15:36, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: This proposal seems to have been closed with no action, but its seems that it was a good idea, as the scope is greatly overlapping and so the topic is best dealt with one one page. Indeed, there are 3 such articles, all of which should be merged: First Battle of al-Faw, Operation Dawn 8 and Al Faw peninsula landings. Klbrain (talk) 09:36, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: For Operation Dawn 8,  Klbrain (talk) 04:00, 7 August 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: For Al Faw peninsula landings,  Klbrain (talk) 04:36, 7 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging the article with Dawn 8 

message: I'm seeing a lot of bracketed [] numbers, but there aren't hyperlinked references, they are just text. What's up with that?
Thom430 (talk) 11:26, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I guess that they were meant to be links to references copied from another source. They were created with this edit by Partridgeinapeartree who might be able to help resolve this question. Klbrain (talk) 13:06, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  What's up with all the bracketed numbers? 
Talk:Second Battle of al-Faw

message: I've noticed the article has some citations that just have numbers in brackets. I was wondering if the people who added those particular citations could add more relevant info on them? David O. Johnson (talk) 04:55, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I would guess someone just copied the whole paragraph from another source and left the old citations.--Beliar (talk) 20:21, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Odd citation styles
Talk:Margaret Gelling

message: "A particular placename of modern evolution is Spaghetti Junction, also of navigational significance, being a major and complex motorway intersection in the city in which she lives. "
That is a Gelling paraphrase actually, and highly relevant, although the wording might be better.  Midgley (talk) 19:29, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: From the Economist obit.:   "Reading Spaghetti Junction... Most of the place names of England had been bestowed ...  by ordinary peasants ... That habit had long died out; but as a resident of Birmingham (“village of Beorma’s people”) for most of her life, she liked to think that Spaghetti Junction, the giant intersection of roads just north of the city, was a solitary modern example of the will of the people expressed in a name."  So you'll want to reverse the change at http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Margaret_Gelling&oldid=123070544  by someone at 86.152.150.170  Midgley (talk) 17:47, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

text: "`You know about Spaghetti Junction?' she asked, collecting me at the railway station and edging nervously out into the traffic. `It is the only modern place-name that evolved like a traditional name - just emerging rather than being named by an official. I can't think of any others. Can you?' (Any suggestions, please, on a postcard.)"  The British Archeology article referred to.  The _only_ placename of its sort?  Midgley (talk) 22:28, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  modern placenames 

message: Lacking sources - this would seem to be quite important, and a quick web search has found nothing. 90.210.0.254 (talk) 22:54, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death 

message: It was actually two other members of the expedition who were sorting finds in Kyrenia Castle. They were an advance party.  The Gellings' travel was interrupted.  Spaghetti Junction is still interesting though. Midgley (talk) 14:40, 26 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Cyprus
Talk:Philip Barton Key II

message: Here it says that Sickles' lawyer at the trial later became a rival of Stanton. In the Edwin M. Stanton article it says, however, that Stanton himself was the defense lawyer who pleaded the insanity defense on behalf of Sickles. What is the correct version? I don't know enough about it myself, otherwise I would correct it.
--89.244.115.133 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 20:11, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Discrepancy: Lawyer for Sickles
Talk:Philip Carteret Hill

message: I have assessed this as a Stub, as it only contains the basic information on the subject, and of low importance, as I do not feel that many people outside of Canada would be familiar with the subject of the article. Cheers, CP 17:35, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment
Talk:Philip Cipriani Hambley Potter

message: He was known as "Cipriani Potter", so that's what the article should be called.  I'll move it.  --  JackofOz (talk) 07:23, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: On second thoughts, it needs to be merged with the existing article Cipriani Potter.  --  JackofOz (talk) 07:26, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Title of article
Talk:Mária Török

message: Jacobisq (talk) 10:53, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Translation 

message: "Long overshadowed by exaggerated media coverage of the Lacan phenomenon, the thought of Maria Torok is slowly gaining ground throughout Europe."
Excuse me? 82.69.121.62 (talk) 23:12, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unencylopedic
Talk:Philip Gidley King

message: The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. --KenWalker | Talk 00:31, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography/Assessment#Class_parameter|Biography assessment rating]] comment 

message: The article states: "P.G. King's gravestone can be found here: St Mary Magdalene Anglican Church, Magdalene Street, St Marys, NSW 2760." The ADB has, "He was buried in the churchyard of St Nicholas, Lower Tooting, London." I think this more likely than the one at St Marys since he is known to have died in England. On the other hand ADB has another Philip Gidley King, grandson of this one, "buried in the cemetery of St Mary Magdalene's Church of England at St Marys." I propose to change this if no-one objects. Spathaky (talk) 05:13, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Burial
Talk:Southern black racer

message: I'm adding the clean up tag to this article since it seems to have multiple image gallaries scattered thoughout it that should be more logically organized.  ~ Ciar ~ (Talk to me!) 23:28, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I did some general clean-up on the article and removed the tag.  Something will still need done to tweak the images/captions. ~ All is One ~ (talk) 21:07, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clean-up images 

message: Not sure if they are black racers, but a person familiar with local environment said they probably were black racers; for possible inclusion in article.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 23:59, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I realize that I'm replying to an old post, but those aren't racers. I think they're northern watersnakes. 170.145.0.100 (talk) 22:29, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: My first guess was water mocassins, but those apparently don't get as far north as New Jersey. They're definitely not racers (as they are way too thick-bodied and are banded), so I think 170.145.0.100 is right. —BarrelProof (talk) 23:44, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo of two snakes in New Jersey
Talk:Mario De Caro

message: Su Mario De Caro c'è una voce di Wikipedia in inglese http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_De_Caro95.75.110.11. 
Oltre che a Roma Tre, insegna anche a Tufts University (nel dipartimento di Daniel Dennett) (http://ase.tufts.edu/philosophy/faculty/deCaro.asp). (talk) 09:48, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Drymobius margaritiferus

message: This link (^ "Drymobius margaritiferus". Herps of Texas. University of Texas at Austin. http://www.zo.utexas.edu/research/txherps/snakes/drymobius.margaretiferus.html. Retrieved 2010-04-27) is broken but cannot be repaired until the new website is complete.  New website address is http://www.herpsoftexas.org/
Teresa J. Mayfield (talk) 17:32, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Broken link
Talk:Mark Aronoff

message: His publications are extensive if someone wants to flesh this out. TravellingCari 16:25, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Pubs
Talk:Mark Cousins (writer)

message: There has been prod removal action that indicates notability. Could someone address that or take it to Afd? I can't ind the sources. --Stormbay (talk) 20:39, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prod removal 
Talk:Gray-banded kingsnake

message: :Grey-banded kingsnake →  – WP:TIES. This is a snake found in the southwestern U.S. (and nowhere that is far from the southwestern U.S.), so it should presumably use the U.S. spelling of "gray" (as do the articles about the gray fox and the Eastern gray squirrel). —BarrelProof (talk) 18:00, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 13 March 2015 

message: Over on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_domesticated_animals , there are several snakes listed, including this one.  I recently did some edits (removing snakes that did not belong), and I would like someone to check and make sure I didn't screw things up (eg leave a picture referring to one of the snakes I deleted).  Thanks.  Tamtrible (talk) 18:58, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Snake expert wanted...
Talk:Mark W. Ellingson

message: Ummm... being a student at RIT, I don't think I know anyone who refers to Mark Ellingson residence hall as 'Tower A'. We all call it Ellingson. (Or I sometimes call it EPB for being part of the Ellingson, Peterson, and Bell quadrangle).
Benrr101 (talk) 03:13, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It's mostly the NTID students who refer to it as Tower A.  At least, they did 10-15 years ago.  Powers T 13:22, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ellingson Hall Nickname 
Talk:California kingsnake

message: There have been edits to suggest this snake is an average of 4-5ft and reaching 10 feet in maximum length. This average is likely incorrect (the assertion was based on a PedMD/Chewy.com article that does not cite any sources and is in contradiction with more reliable sources already cited on page) and the 10ft max was based off an overt misreading of the cited article, which stated rat snakes - not kingsnakes - can reach ten feet (see edit logs). California herps states average size is 2.5-3.5 feet in length for wild individuals, this is also supported by the Oakland Zoo. Also, FWIW I see these guys in the wild because I live in their native range - they aren't 4-5 feet on average, that's just not true (I know original research isn't appropriate for Wikipedia - which is why we have the other citations already available on the article suggesting a shorter average length of 2.5-3.5 feet, but I also have firsthand experience with the subject). I reverted the original edits, only to have them reverted back with a different citation from a random website that does not cite any primary sources and also does not say the average length is 4-5 feet, instead indicating the species can grow to a maximum length of 4-5 feet. So the assertion that average length is 4-5 feet is incorrect based on the article, but in an interesting twist the article insisting the max length is 4-5 feet is also wrong (see citations on the page - they can grow to over 6ft at maximum). I will not directly revert back to how it was before, but I am going to re-write the section so that it is not overtly wrong (as it currently is misrepresenting the lower quality citation used to support the assertion). If there are any issues with how the information is presented, let's discuss it here to reach consensus prior to making more edits. Best, Connor Long (talk) 06:59, 11 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  length of snake  

message: — Assignment last updated by Kennedyltaylor (talk) 20:23, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: California Natural History

message: — Assignment last updated by Kingsnake76 (talk) 01:02, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Principles of Biology 2