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Talk:Jonathan Karsh

message: The text from this page is identical to the 2nd bio from http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1285615/bio. I don't know if this is a case of copy & paste, if so the article should be re-written so not to infringe copyright. XLerate 01:06, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: When I view this article, there is a bio of Talmage Newman Cooley at the bottom. What the heck is that? What does it have to do with Janathan Karsh? And why doesn't it show up on the Edit page? --Colinbartlett 01:53, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Talmage Newman Cooley
Talk:Deirdre

message: Trendhorn is not an Irish name. In the stories I've read, the spy has no name. What source has that name? Evangeline (talk) 02:42, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Though I am no expert in Irish myth I have read a few accounts of the Legend of Deirdre which add a final chapter to the story; the chapter where they (Deirdre and Naiose) are buried close together on a hill top and two trees sprout atop their graves, and because of the great love which existed between the two of them those trees entwined themselves about until they were as one.  I am surprised that this additional information, even if perhaps mistaken, is not included if for no other reason than to say, "this chapter was never part of the original myth."  My most notable reference for this information is the CD "A Celtic Tale" performed by Mychael & Jeff Danna and Fiona Ritchie.
John A.M. Darnell
johnamdarnell@gmail.com  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:CD4A:CCD0:55F:E621:7D65:C735 (talk) 22:06, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Two Trees
Talk:Louis Antonelli

message: We have been given permission by Mr. Louis Antonelli (subject) to publish this text, information and photograph on your site. To check this permission status you may contact Mr. Antonelli directly at Antonellifilm@aol.com—Preceding unsigned comment added by Reelstory (talk • contribs) 05:10, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: , you need to add references or alot of the material will be removed.  For example, a Google search of "'Louis Antonelli' 'The Black and White Face'" only reveals Wikipedia and sites that copied from Wikipedia.  
The movie posters are probably copyrighted.  They too will be removed unless written permission is given to Wikipedia that the images are no longer copyrighted.  Bgwhite (talk) 04:36, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  References
Talk:Wake Island rail

message: This article lacks a photo.Agre22 (talk) 20:06, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

message: "This was a direct result of the presence of thousands of starving Japanese troops stranded on the island after a U.S. blockade of the island took place as a direct result of the Japanese invasion and occupation of Wake Island in December 1941, in addition combined with the inevitable habitat destruction resulting from military altercations and extensive aerial bombardment by the Japanese and U.S. during World War II."
I count 68 words in that sentence. Needs to be rewritten 2600:1700:AF70:19F0:1D52:73BA:7163:64E0 (talk) 04:46, 18 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Massive run-on sentence in the Extinction section
Talk:White swamphen

message: Hi, , you recently changed the species authority with an edit summary referring to IOC 13.2. I think these details should be explained in prose too, as they now contradict what is written there, but I can't find the sources used to justify it. Any pointers? FunkMonk (talk) 05:00, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, I'll double-check the new text soon. FunkMonk (talk) 09:31, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it looks good, , but shouldn't the authority of the alternative combinations that use the original specific name be changed to Shaw too, then? Anyhow, it seems kind of odd that one would credit someone for providing the name rather than the author of the publication itself, which is otherwise customary? FunkMonk (talk) 13:52, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yes of course - the protonym should be credited to Shaw. I hadn't unhidden the list of Synonyms. I've changed White to Shaw for the original combination and also added links for the authorities. - Aa77zz (talk) 15:28, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Alright, thanks for the fixes. FunkMonk (talk) 19:58, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Species authority
Talk:Henri Alphonse Barnoin

message: I hope someone who has knowledge on this topic steps forward and creates a fuller entry.
I brought this topic here because this man's paintings are some of the best uses of light
in impressionism from this period. He is virtually unknown. I beg that you (the moderators) 
spare this entry until it is fully developed. I will make an effort to attract the attention
of someone who has knowledge of this artist. Thank you for your patience.
Tom Laverty II 05:20, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  I Hope it's not removed...
Talk:Fig Tree

message: This article is about a recently created imprint of Penguin Books (circa 2006), it contains very little in the way of encyclopedic information.. just a list of authors. Perhaps it would be best to redirect this to the Penguin Books article until such time as there is something more to say about the publishing group itself. I tried to find more information, but  even Penguin Books doesn't have a description of the group on it's about-us pages. Other references to Fig Tree, are about a small publisher in the UK named Fig Tree Press which is not at all related to Penguin Books. --Versageek 05:20, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I concur. The page was created by a COI employee of Penguin/Fig Tree, Jenpeng. --Orange Mike 15:13, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  redirect to [[Penguin Books]]?  

message: I propose merging Figtree dab page into Fig Tree dab page.  And I want to see places named Figtree together with places named Fig Tree (as I try to figure out where an ambiguous link from The Flying Doctor should target).  Others then me have added Figtree items to Fig Tree, as we came across them.  Seems better to have just one.  Offhand it seems more natural to me to have it at Fig Tree rather than at Figtree.  Have it describe clearly that it covers "Fig tree" also, which "Fig Tree" does. --doncram 02:46, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal
Talk:Thomas Leighton Williams

message: This is a straight copy of the article "Williams, Thomas Cuthbert Leighton" in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Charles Matthews (talk) 08:37, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you. I've created a clean stub. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 10:19, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Copyvio
Talk:Tanaka

message: This user insists on adding shona grammatical information onto this page, and with top billing. It's not useful, it's not well-written, and I will continue to revert it as it appears. Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 16:30, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: pharmdmsn continues adding this poorly written, unencyclopedic, long-winded, unsourced, bulky how-to, without so much as a notable example of this last name. It doesn't belong here. Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 17:10, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  garbage edits by User:Pharmdmsn 

message: This page is a disambiguation page and as such should contain a list of links to other articles that explain each of the ambiguous terms. If there is such a use of Tanaka within the Shona language of Zimbabwe then that term must also be included as a link to the article about it; ie: a link to Tanaka (Shona language). This should be done by . It is wrong for the lead section of Tanaka to contain this information. fr33kman -s- 18:11, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The information Pharmdms was adding was simply grammatical information about the a word in the Shona language. IMO, this does not deserve its own article and would be better suited in the Wiktionary instead. This article can then link to word's article in Wiktionary. --TorsodogTalk 19:01, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Probably, but I thought that it would be a good idea to let them try and create an article about the Zimbabwean usage if they have the references for its use there. If they do provide simply a definition, then we can add a  tag to it and take care of it that way. If it is a common 'name' in Zimbabwe, then it deserves to have an article here on Wikipedia as much as any use of Tanaka in the Japanese language does. If it is such a common name in the Shona language then there will probably be notable people with it as a name. fr33kman -s- 20:07, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. The problem is that there were no references and I wasn't really sure if he was saying Takana is a name or simply a word. I originally started to try to edit it and clean it up, but it was so poorly written I didn't even know where to begin. --TorsodogTalk 20:36, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree, it was poor. That's why I gave him/her a link. If there's no action in a week, we'll undo it all. :-) fr33kman -s- 21:10, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that it's obvious that WP:V is not going to be forthcoming; I've undone the edits. Pharmdmsn, if you wish to re-add them and have reliable sources for verification then please do re-add them. If you've no sources, please leave it as is until you do. Thank you! :-) fr33kman -s- 19:52, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Third opinion 

message: Isn't there a company called Tanaka that makes airsoft pellet guns? --24.21.148.155 (talk) 04:55, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Airsoft gun manufacturer?
Talk:List of The Big Bang Theory episodes

message: I added a ratings graph template toward the end of the article for the show's viewership, but it seems to have affected the templates used below it. Can anyone help? 2001:BB6:A288:A758:31C0:63FE:37A3:AFA3 (talk) 18:22, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template issue
Talk:Ikegami Tsushinki

message: Okay, so far the stuff about them developing Donkey Kong etc. qualifies as a fringe theory. I'm going to edit the articles accordingly. Doctorx0079 (talk) 02:06, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know. This is one of those fascinating parts of Japanese gaming folklore that just never made its way to the Western world until recently. That does not IMHO detract from its truthiness. It's not my fault all the sources are in Japanese. :-( I don't have the Pong book with me ATM, but I'll work to obtain it and include the relevant text as a footnote with a translation (per WP:V#Non-English_sources). Have a nice day! 213.243.189.66 (talk) 19:07, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

text: You're right in your edit that "claim" sounds like a weasel word. I have deleted it. "Some sources" is necessary though because as far as ENGLISH-LANGUAGE WIKIPEDIA is concerned, this IS a FRINGE theory. Please read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Fringe_theories . I have edited the article accordingly. I also included the new sources you found. Doctorx0079 (talk) 21:59, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

text: If you have another source, add it to the article. Gamasutra is just referencing the same sources. They don't get to be a special authority just because they are popular or you like them. The same goes for GDRI, they aren't special. Doctorx0079 (talk) 01:48, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Donkey Kong etc.
Talk:Downtown West, Minneapolis

message: Is a citation desired to corroborate the gay population in Loring Park, the existence of gay bars in Downtown West, or the fact that their existence is unsurprising? 75.168.67.167 (talk) 21:49, 12 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation Needed
Talk:Liang Heng

message: I don't know who added the statement that Liang Heng is a short-story writer. I deleted it. Please provide links to any of his published short stories, as it will not only satisfy the credibility of such statement, it will satisfy my curiousity. I've been desperately looking for any other material published by Liang Heng.
Kaybi 05:53, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Sonnet 76

message: So within a few days of a news story breaking of pipes with cannabis traces being found a a plot of last historically occupied by Shakespeare and hundreds of other occupants, the stoners are already vandalizing Shakespeare related Wikipedia entries. "weed" is modern slang, and the use of the word "compound" in relation to chemicals dates to the nineteenth century. There is nothing controversial about the stoner interpretation of this sonnet; it is established amongst everyone with the slightest knowledge of the history of language that this poem is not about marijuana.--RJBowman (talk) 04:35, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kick Out the Stoners
Talk:List of current communist states

message: I think that we should have removed "current" and completed it with another section: Former communist-lead states. I think we also shall include those that ruled together with others or was elected.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.16.168.251 (talk) 16:52, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  idea about removing "current". 

message: * Agree. Lycurgus (talk) 02:47, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge to [[Communist states]] 

message: North Korea should be added.
The line "even though its principles are not followed." should be removed. The principles of Communism are being followed in each of these states. People will not live by the principles of communism without the force of a totalitarian regime. One has followed the other in every attempt to bring the Communist idea to reality. Allowing the current generation of Communist idealists to re-label the failures of Communism as not true Communism is intellectually disingenuous and misleading. 
Mrhymer (talk) 16:18, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Basically done.  I reorganized the "self described" countries by the date they "became" communist (formerly, they were neither organized by date nor by alphabetical order, so I don't think there was a reason to the order they were in).  I added North Korea and used the date that the USSR was officially assigned to govern what is now North Korea, since that seemed the best date for the "official" beginning of a communist government in North Korea.  As for the "even though its principles are not followed", that sounds like a weasel statement which is there merely so we don't get into big arguments about which countries are "really" communism.  Banaticus (talk) 19:22, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from 76.105.115.131, 10 March 2011
Template talk:Bluegrass music

message: Thanks to everyone contributing who's helped the template.  If you'd like to help further, feel free to edit the template itself or add it to related articles.—oac old american century talk @ 06:26, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Template Created

message: Hi!  This is very useful template.  There are a number of red links, though.  I'm trying to drum up interest in creating a Wikiproject or task force to improve the hundreds of bluegrass articles on Wikipedia.  Anyone interested please leave me a message at: User talk:Anne Delong/Bluegrass Topics
Those red links in the template would make good task for such a group.  I've started gathering some material at: User:Anne Delong/Bluegrass Topics.  In the mean time, I'll be adding this template to pages that I come across.  Thanks for creating it.—Anne Delong (talk) 23:19, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible Bluegrass Wikiproject 

message: As far as I know, a template like this (that isn't exhaustive, as say an NBA team's roster) usually shouldn't have redlinks. Especially so in a category called "notable festivals" (notability having a specific meaning on Wikipedia). I don't know enough about bluegrass to know if those festivals pass notability criteria but just haven't been created yet or if they should be removed (or both)? --— Rhododendrites talk \\ 15:36, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello, .  I'm afraid it's a combination of both problems.  I fixed one red link which just had the wrong title, but the others are a mixed bag. I have most of them on my list for improvement/creation.  There are several on the list that are definitely notable; the others need investigation.  There don't seem to be many people interested in working on articles about bluegrass.  I started out working in this area and then became so busy rescuing old AfC articles that I have been neglecting it.  I agree about the redlinks; what if we just comment out the ones that don't exist yet, so that anyone adding a new one will see them and maybe create them?  —Anne Delong (talk) 18:21, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  that sounds like a perfectly good approach to me. Do you want to do that or should I? (Presuming nobody else weighs in to disagree) --— Rhododendrites talk \\ 18:26, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: , I have gone ahead and done it.  If anyone objects, I will happily be reverted.  —Anne Delong (talk) 18:39, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too many redlinks 

message: A while ago, someone told me that Bluegrass predated country music and country music spun off from it, so I think country music is actually a subgenre of Bluegrass, not the other way around.  We should make changes to this template (and the one for Country music) to reflect that. 47.36.25.163 (talk) 21:29, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  A Cleanup Proposal
Talk:Pale chanting goshawk

message: Authorities that recognize the split include the latest versions from the African Bird Club; Handbook of the Birds of the World, Birdlife; the Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux; Clements; Howard and Moore; the IOC; Sibley and Monroe (all those according to avibase); the IUCN; Zimmerman, Turner and Pearson's field guide for Kenya; and Ferguson-Lees and Christie's Raptors of the World.  I don't know who keeps them lumped. The names proposed are the IOC's names, the standard for WP:Bird.  —JerryFriedman  (Talk) 04:14, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems fine, since all those authorities recognise the split. —innotata 16:58, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks.  Done in the absence of objections. —JerryFriedman  (Talk) 23:54, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Split
Talk:Anton Rubinstein Competition

message: Is there connection with this competition: http://www.arims.org.il/competition2011/pages/english/index.php  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.69.229.85 (talk) 11:16, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Competition 
Talk:Malaysian plover

message: Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that :File:Charadrius peronii - Laem Pak Bia.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on June 4, 2016. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2016-06-04. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:49, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[:File:Charadrius peronii - Laem Pak Bia.jpg]] to appear as POTD soon
Talk:List of governors of Puerto Rico/Archive 1

message: I've just gone through disambiguating links to the Jones Act to Jones-Shafroth Act (or Jones Act). I noticed that this article implies it was passed in 1900, all the other links to it date it as 1917, including the article about it. I haven't updated this article because I don't know if the goveners between 1900 and 1917 were the same as those post 1917 or those pre 1900. Thryduulf 20:09, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Jones Act

message: I have never seen the Coat of Arms of the island been described as the seal of the governos, I have seen a simplified vrsion (a circle like the USA one, etc..) which is used as the seal of the goverment.  Can someone tell me where it says tha tthis is indeed the seal of the governor?  Cjrs 79 17:36, Jun 19, 2005 (UTC)
**I believe you are right. The seal of the governor has a circle around the Coat of arms of the islands that says GOVERNOR OF PR. I'll see if I can find it.<<Coburn_Pharr>> 05:01, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Seal of the Governor

message: After intensive searching, I can't find *any* information on Jose Colon who was, according to this article, Governor in 1939. (There is a Jose Colon that is the brother of Rafael Hernández Colón and involved in a minor scandal, but it's not the same person.) I have found a Congressional transcript from Representative Vito Marcantonio from August 14, 1939 here. That transcript says that (of that date) Blanton C. Winship was still Governor but the President had appointed William D. Leahy to replace him. Does anyone have a source to cite for Jose Colon? Is there an "official" governor list that includes him? If not, I will remove him from the list. (BTW: Leahy will make an excellent article. He seems to have been involved in a human rights scandal which resulted in his ouster.) JRP 22:27, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Jose Colon

message: Finally done. We now have articles for all American governors of Puerty Rico. :) I'm not even going to try the Spanish ones... JRP 03:35, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Done!

message: Vicente Yañez Pinzón was not appointed 'Governor' of Puerto Rico. He was commissioned as 'capitan-general y corregidor' of the city of Puerto Rico, with a commission to colonize the island of San Juan Baptista within one year. As the first Spanish settlement on the island of San Juan Baptista/Puerto Rico was not founded until 1508, I do not see how he could be construed as 'governor' of Puerto Rico. -- Donald Albury(Talk) 16:46, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Governor" Pinzon
Talk:Biomusic

message: This page is in progress. Please help improve this article. --S.dedalus 06:59, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Work in progress

message: First, you define Biomusic as "sounds created or performed by NON-LIVING things." and then you go on by talking about birds, whales an plants. This doesn't make sense at all.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.186.212.72 (talk) 17:09, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  nonsensical definition 

message: Under "Forms"
"It is important to note that of the more than 13,100 bird species, less than 100 have been accepted into Western classical or other music genres (or .007%). With the exception of entire biophonies, the abstract and deconstructed selection of particular birds (and the voices of a few other non-human animals such as certain cetaceans or canids) in these genres have been largely predicated on the convenient ways in which they happen to fit the models consistent with the then-current paradigms of the Academy – those considered to be "musical" at any given time.[1]"
This reads like some kind of criticism of the musical establishment for marginalizing animal musicians and preventing birds from making their own music. What a weird thing to say. 
 SacraConversazione (talk) 03:35, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  A really weird passage
Template talk:C. S. Lewis

message: It's quite hard to understand why a Lewis template wouldn't include the major Lewis scholars. There aren't a huge number of them and they are obviously relevant. Of course they could have a separate or sub-template but given that this one isn't terribly large, the obvious first choice is to have them here. Chiswick Chap (talk) 15:16, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Removal of Lewis scholars