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Talk:Philip Stuart

message: Around the same time, I see some usage of "Philip Steuart" and "General Philip Steuart" with reference to someone from Maryland at the battle of Eutaw Springs. There are likely other sources with this alternative spelling, but I haven't been able to find much more. --Engineerchange (talk) 15:25, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Philip Steuart alternative spelling
Talk:Mexican black kingsnake

message: Krysko et al. 2017 reclassified several members of the genus Lampropeltis and elevated Lampropeltis nigrita to species status; this is the name currently accepted by the SSAR
The SSAR gives the English name as 'Western Black Kingsnake,' but I have never heard that common name used and don't think readers will be familiar with it. I will list it as an alternative name unless suggested otherwise?
Laurelhach (talk) 01:47, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Taxonomy 

message: As an observation, this article seems to be functioning largely as a how-to guide for pet keepers to keep kingsnakes. More than half of the article is a "captivity" section. Husbandry tutorials are generally not appropriate for Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_manual,_guidebook,_textbook,_or_scientific_journal
Connorlong90 (talk) 06:03, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I separated information into sections and moved or removed a substantial portion of the "captivity" section as it was functioning as a tutorial/editorial and was lacking in citations. Connorlong90 (talk) 06:20, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  How-to Husbandry Information
Talk:Philip Francis Thomas

message: Hello! This is to let editors know that the featured picture :File:THOMAS, Philip F-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg, which is used in this article, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for September 12, 2021. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2021-09-12. For the greater benefit of readers, any potential improvements or maintenance that could benefit the quality of this article should be done before its scheduled appearance on the Main Page.  If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:53, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Featured picture scheduled for POTD
Talk:Union High School (New Jersey)

message: Alansohn reverted my pare-down of the lede, saying there would be an explanation why on my talk page. I never found a reference to this article on my talk page. The appropriate place to discuss is here, anyway. So: My issues here is that the lede goes into rather detailed (if not arcane) detail about the administrative matters. That should be moved into the body of the article, as we have done in several other cases in the mammoth task of improving these exhausting articles on NJ schools (@GuardianH helped). If anyone has a compelling reason to keep the lede the way it is now, please explain. -- Melchior2006 (talk) 10:34, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, then I will go ahead and pare down the lede and relocate content. -- Melchior2006 (talk) 14:11, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Excessive detail in lede
Talk:Mark Murray (administrator)

message: :"During his tenure at GVSU, many students believed Murray beared a striking resemblance to Sam the Eagle, one of Jim Henson's Muppets.  This was due, in part, to Murray's stoic personality."
Thanks.  Ra2007 (talk) 19:25, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comparison to "Sam the Eagle" a muppet removed.  Please cite if reinserted. 
Talk:Mark Pitcavage

message: An RfC: Which descriptor, if any, can be added in front of Southern Poverty Law Center when referenced in other articles? has been posted at the Southern Poverty Law Center talk page. Your participation is welcomed. – MrX 16:58, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  RfC 

message: How fortuitous that the section began with 'association!' An attempt to use the fact that Pitcavage's work influenced Bellesides to associate Pitcavage with Bellesides' intellectual dishonesty, ergo properly deleted. See the appropriate section of Association fallacy. Tapered (talk) 08:21, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Section: Association with Michael Bellesiles = Guilt by association
Talk:The Regis School of the Sacred Heart

message: Disagree with Houston project. You need more for a B. Some photos would help. Imagine me in Europe, Ive no idea what this school looks like. Victuallers 08:34, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, you're incorrect. A lack of images does not disqualify an article from Good Article status, therefore images would not required for B-class articles. Please see Wikipedia:What is a good article?. Postoak 03:10, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

text: Thanks for your comments. I agree that the article needs a few photos and I plan to take some in the next few weeks, after summer break is over. I'll have plenty of opportunity while waiting for my son's soccer practice to finish. I had intended to take some earlier but, well, I never got around to it. —Travistalk 11:50, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Assess

message: "The Regis Catholic School for Boys" and "Regis School"
* Saley, Margaret. "Gynecology needs of women runners examined." Houston Chronicle. Sunday February 21, 1993. Lifestyle p. 5.
WhisperToMe (talk) 20:55, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: No, that's not an alternate name, just another mistake by the Chronicle. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 17:37, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Alternate name
Talk:Philippe Buonarroti

message: That when you read Babeuf's own writings he was not as supportive of Robespierre's ideas as Buonarroti made it sound.--JaredMithrandir (talk) 22:33, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  I've read it claimed he actually misrepresented Babeuf's views 

message: Any particular reason this article is not at Filippo Buonarroti? He was, afterall, an Italian not a Frenchman. Claíomh Solais (talk) 22:42, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title?
Category talk:Mormonism-related controversies

message: This category should be deleted.  It is being used to hold every Mormon article around. Silly. --Blue Tie 03:11, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Here is the result of such a discussion, noting that it exists as a subcategory that is accepted.  Anon166 22:20, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you really think that "accepted" and "no consensus" are the same thing? The result of the discussion was "no consensus" not "accepted." Jaksmata 14:02, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Here is the parent category I referred to. Anon166 19:21, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Some of the articles categorized with this "controversies" categories describe obvious, unabashed persecution, e.g. see Short Creek Raid. I would imagine that if it were some other religion likewise targeted for mass arrest and removal of their children over disliked religious practices, the word "persecution" would have been used immediately. 76.24.104.52 (talk) 16:05, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is there no "Persecution of Mormons" category?
Talk:Loa River

message: This article was very helpful, thank you. SciTheory7 (talk) 01:17, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gracias!
Talk:Philo Carpenter

message: I’m an alumni 👩🏻‍🎓’81 class. Went to Philo carnero tee since of kg to 8th grade. Being there for those years never learned once about the namesake of this school. I’m in awe. Amazing Mr. Carpenter was the first pharmacist in Chicago. Don’t know that again done remember any of the teachers ever talking about him. 
Now I know. Amazing of so many accomplishments he made and contributed to the city of Chicago. I’m proud to be one of the classMates in this school. Lots and lots of memories. Loved this school my home away from home. 72.203.48.134 (talk) 13:01, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  A graduate of carpenter ‘81.
Talk:Philo McGiffin

message: I feel obliged to raise the obvious question as to why the family name is spelled both McGiffen and McGiffin.  Richard Harding Davis, who devoted a chapter to him in "Real Soldiers of Fortune," handled a letter signed by P.M., and spells the name McGiffin, as did Century Magazine (May-Oct 1895) when it published his account of the Battle of the Yalu.  (Both the pictures on this page are found in Davis' book.)  What's the case for "McGiffen?" --Terry J. Carter (talk) 23:51, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  What's in a Name? 

message: I question the section that suggests he served aboard several U.S. warships on the Pacific Squadron.  The Pensacola was in Europe during that period.  None of the references mention any sea duty for him between 1882 and 1884.  I'm going to strike that section. Neptune1969 (talk) 16:09, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Service History 

message: The previous form of the article gave the impression that McGiffin won the Battle of Yalu river for the Chinese through skillfull manoeuvering. Utter nonsense. The Chinese lost and withdrew and there was very little skillfull maneuvering on the Chinese side.
Sensemaker— Preceding unsigned comment added by Sensemaker (talk • contribs) 10:26, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Battle of Yalu
Talk:Martin Neil Baily

message: He can't be the 19th to be called "Chairman" because that would mean that all 18 of his predecessors were called "Chairman", which isn't true.  Yellen wasn't a man and her infobox says her title was "Chairwoman".  Stiglitz's infobox says his title was "Chair".47.139.44.102 (talk) 05:30, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox use of the phrase "19th Chairman" is inaccurate
Talk:Rice paddy snake

message: I've been doing some copyediting, cleanup and expansion on this article, and noticed some problems regarding inconsistency between sources, specifically on the length of the snake and whether it is nocturnal or diurnal. Here's what I've found so far:
 
Length
The article says that the species is a"relatively small snake, reaching a total length (including tail) of up to 72 cm"
*Maximum length 72 cm Snakes of Taiwan, by Hans Breuer & William Christopher Murphy. https://www.snakesoftaiwan.com/hypsiscopus-plumbea.html, Accessed Sep 25, 2022
*40-60 cm Hong Kong Snake ID.com, by Adam Francis & Robert Ferguson. https://www.hongkongsnakeid.com/plumbeous-water-snake Accessed Sep 25, 2022
*Maximum length 48 cmEcology Asia. Grey Water Snake - Hypsiscopus plumbea. https://www.ecologyasia.com/verts/snakes/grey-water-snake.htm Accessed Sep 25 2022.
*Length 72 cmPets. https://www.mascotarios.org/en/serpiente-acuatica-de-vientre-amarillo/ Accessed Sep 25 2022.
*Length averages 18-28 inches (46-71 cm)Right Pet®. https://rightpet.com/breed-species/reptiles/snakes/rice-paddy-snake Accessed Sep 25 2022.
*Maximum length 56 cmhttps://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/278704, Biodiversity India: Hypsiscopus plumbea (Boie, 1827)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Edward-Woodrow (talk • contribs) 22:38, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Length+Diurnal vs Nocturnal 

message: I hate to sound pedantic, but according to this source, Hypsiscopus plumbea has a profusion of common names, which I note are scattered across the other sources used in the article (i.e., one source uses one common name, a different one uses a different one, and so on.) And yet Hypsiscopus plumbea redirects to Rice Paddy Snake. I understand that Hypsiscopus plumbea was created recently, as there was some taxonomic wrangling regarding the scientific name (it used to be Enhydris plumbea) . However, I propose that this article is moved back to Hypsiscopus plumbea, so that one common name is not chosen over a variety of other ones. Edward-Woodrow (talk) 22:32, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  And another thing... (common names, profusion of)
Talk:Giant garter snake

message: — Assignment last updated by Pcr&img37 (talk) 16:46, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Aquatic Dispersal and Invasive Species Ecology Seminar

message: We have the largest garner ive ever seen i am so suprised by her gurth. 2600:6C55:7F:E5D5:D5B1:497E:9C50:54CE (talk) 18:47, 11 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oregon southern coast
Talk:Checkered garter snake

message: The 'Habitat' sections states "They are everywhere."  This is patently untrue, as they do not (for example) exist in the UK.  I don't know enough about this particular species to be able to edit the section accuratly, but wanted to flag it as incorrect. 86.170.156.206 (talk) 18:42, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Habitat section incorrect
Talk:Virginia striatula

message: Haldea earth snakes in my yard 69.92.228.122 (talk) 21:50, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  how do i get rid of these snakes in my yard 

message: Is there any way to make the base page name the actual species name instead of just a (now-outdated) genus name? 76.182.77.241 (talk) 23:01, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page name
Talk:Mary Gergen

message: This page has recently been substantially improved.  Can the stub tag be removed?
GoVeg (talk) 02:30, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The inline external links are inappropriate per WP:EL. I suspect most of them should be converted to references. Rees11 (talk) 01:00, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inline external links
Talk:Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau

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 17:36, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment
Talk:Mary Joe Frug

message: It seems inaccurate to say that Frug is considered the "mother of postmodern feminist theory" for two reasons. The first, and most basic, is that it's simply untrue. She may be the "mother" of postmodern feminist LEGAL theory, but certainly not of pomo fem theory as a whole.
Second, calling her the "mother" when her work specifically argues against the widespread maternalization of women is either painfully ironic or downright offensive. May I suggest that it be changed to "a central [or significant...or something like this] figure in early postmodern feminist legal theory"?
----Amanda —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.11.27.49 (talk) 05:13, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: @Eikko Just a quick note on a small edit in the article, where you changed that Gerald Frug was a CLS "adherent" to "associated with". I then re-favored the word "adherent" ("supporter" would work as well). From my reading of the cited sources, it seems that Gerald's hiring was part of that clash between the Crits and the traditionalists, recruited at least partly because he was a Crit. That doesn't seem directly in the scope of this article, but does seem worth emphasizing in the above small way (and it gives a little more context to the objection to the publication of Mary Joe's essay in the Review). Anyhow, hahaha...just detail since you seem interested in tone. --Tsavage (talk) 20:04, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for noting it. I think you're more knowledgeable about the context and I'll leave it as is. I appreciate the collaborative spirit!  Eikko (talk) 13:23, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gerald Frug and CLS
Talk:Mud snake

message: Why is the title of this article, as well as every other reference to the creature within the article, capitalized?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.117.107.182 (talk) 00:56, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Capitalization? 
Talk:Western hognose snake

message: Heterodon nasicus is not nonvenomous. It has a venom, which is of no significance for most people. But there have been clinically relevant accidents. --2A02:2455:7E2:DC00:5C43:B2E9:EDD3:78A1 (talk) 13:21, 17 November 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: As per sources, it is not considered a snake venom because it is not produced by proper venom glands, but rather is a mildly irritating saliva. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 19:16, 18 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Nonvenomous

message: Southwestern Manitoba must be correct. Although Behler and King (1979) mention northwestern Manitoba as being part of the northern limit of the range of this species, this does seem a bit too cold for them. And indeed, a range map for the species included in the same book shows southwestern Manitoba. Wright and Wright (1957) also mention southwestern Manitoba as being at the northern limit of their range. --Jwinius (talk) 12:00, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Northern range limit in Canada
Talk:Mary Simms Oliphant

message: According to Isaac Bailey's opinion piece on the Confederate Flag,
"For about 6 decades, from the 1920s to the 1980s, the S.C. history book used in our public schools was written by a woman named Mary C. Simms Oliphant - the daughter of a Confederate general.
"In the book, she wrote about happy slaves, and with sympathy for the KKK, and little to nothing about iconic black South Carolinians such as Denmark Vesey."
Reading the Wikipedia entry on Ms. Simms Oliphant, one would never know the damage that she caused to the minds of children "educated" by her book in South Carolina schools. This Wikipedia article, if not biased, is certainly incomplete. Criticisms of Ms. Simms Oliphant's pro-Confederate sympathies and of her failure to record history in an objective and just manner need to be included.
67.197.139.156 (talk) 16:52, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia is the encyclopedia everyone can edit, which means you too can include additional information; but "when available, academic and peer-reviewed publications, scholarly monographs, and textbooks are usually the most reliable sources."  Opinion pieces in the media are not usually the best place to look.  For starters on this editorial, there was a Confederate general named James P. Simms, but he was from Georgia and, so far as I know, no relation to Mary Simms Oliphant.--John Foxe (talk) 21:07, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Simms Oliphant as a revisionist whitewasher of history
Talk:Pantherophis vulpinus

message: The title of this article needs to be changed from "Pantherophis vulpina" to "Pantherophis vulpinus".  The genus Elaphe is feminine, but the genus Pantherophis is masculine.  Therefore, when this species was moved from the former to the latter, the specific name changed from vulpina (fem.) to vulpinus (masc.). I would make the correction myself, except I don't know how.  Perhaps someone, with better computer skills than I, could do so. Thank you. Lyttle-Wight (talk) 00:56, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect article title. 

message: I propose merging Pantherophis gloydi into Pantherophis vulpinus. The scientific names are synonyms according to GBIF. 108.18.207.147 (talk) 12:55, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I agree. Do merge “gloydi” into “vulpinus”. Nomenclature has been stable since Crother et al. (2011). See also Powell, Conant & Collins (2016) and Reptile Database. Lyttle-Wight (talk) 00:27, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text:  Klbrain (talk) 10:46, 16 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal
Talk:Pantherophis gloydi

message: re: "separation of these snakes to their own species is a recent occurrence"
Does that mean the species actually diverged? Or merely that people decided to call them different species?
--Jeffkw (talk) 10:39, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The latter. Dger (talk) 21:08, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Speciation
Talk:Chigiriki

message: It is not spelled Chigriki, it is spelled Chigiriki. This is a major mistake for a title. - 69.157.190.222 03:22, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Typo
Talk:Trochee

message: I hate to be pedantic, but isn't it more accurate to say that trochaic lines often have the final unstressed syllable ommitted, rather than an extra stressed one added?
Just a thought.
Blowery 15:12, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  A Docked Syllable 

message: Another thing, placing the excerpt of "The Raven" w/o attribution right after the references to the Song of Hiawatha is very confusing. Plus, I don't think "The Raven" is a "perfect" (whatever that means) example of the use of trochees. I believe that "The Raven" is a fine example of trochaic octameter, so maybe moving the excerpt to the end of the article & adding a reference to the article on trochaic octameter would make things clearer.
Mlaude123 (talk) 05:31, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Example from "The Raven" 

message: On what basis are "and tra-" and "with the" (Song of Hiawatha) classed as pyrric substitutions, while "-on the" (The Raven) is classed as a trochee?--72.225.250.121 (talk) 21:00, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Substitutions"? 

message: I was surprised to see Longfellow's "Song of Hiawatha" given as the first example of trochaic meter.  To my ear, Longfellow's meter is usually composed of two four-beat feet, with the main accent on the third beat of each:
        By the shores of Gitche Gumee,
        By the shining Big-Sea Water,
        Stood the wigwam of Nikomis,
 
In the example given, I hear:
        Should you ask me, whence these stories?
        Whence these legends and traditions,
        With the odours of the forest, ...
Or perhaps:
        Should you ask me, whence these stories?
I think "The Raven" is also best heard in four-beat feet, rather than trochees. 
I realize that scansion is often a matter of taste or opinion, but I would argue that any scansion that requires repeated stressing of unimportant words like "by," "and," and "of" sounds unnatural and mechanical -- and is a good way of turning young readers against poetry. 
So I would suggest omitting the Longfellow and Poe examples in this article, or at least starting with the Shakespeare, Blake, and Latin examples, which, like the nursery rhyme, are clearly and unambiguously trochaic. Then one could introduce more complex examples that can be considered trochaic, such as the Longfellow and Poe.
Twdevine (talk) 03:29, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hiawatha scansion: Not a good example of trochaic meter 

message: The "Examples" section says, near the beginning, that trochaic poetry in Latin was common and particularly suited to the language, and gives an example. Near the end of the same section, it says that trochaic poetry in Latin was very unusual, and a supporting reference is given. I suspect that the disagreement might be due to one writer's exclusive focus on medieval Latin in the first case, and a different writer's exclusive focus on the Latin of ancient Rome in the second. But I'm no expert in any type of Latin. TooManyFingers (talk) 05:04, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Latin: conflicting info requires clarification
Talk:Pierre Bossier

message: Bossier... cultivated cotton and sugar as commodity crops on his plantation... depending on the labor of large gangs of enslaved African Americans.
:Every local plantation would have been run by slave labour, which hardly needs mentioning at all, let alone spelling out in this way. Valetude (talk) 04:29, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notability