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Talk:Carl Brandon Society

message: Does the use of a pseudonym "create" a fictional character, as in "the fictional male writer James Tiptree, Jr.?" For instance, I don't believe there are many who would say that George Sand was "fictional." I'd like to rephrase the paragraph that mentions Carl Brandon and Tiptree to use the word "pseudonym," but I'm uncertain how to approch it. AdmN 05:43, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: In this particular case, I think it's appropriate, because Alice Sheldon created an entire persona for "Tip" (as his buddies called him). "Tip" was a hoax, one in which many people believed and whose unveiling left some of them hurt or disappointed; just as happened when "Carl Brandon" was revealed as fictitious.--Orange Mike 23:15, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

text: From some of the organizers of the Society: "We named ourselves after the fictional fan of color "Carl Brandon, Jr." created in the mid-1950s by Terry Carr and Peter Graham. They used that construct to explore concepts of race within the pages of the influential FANAC fanzine, which Carr co-edited, during a time when the landscape of speculative fiction was decidedly monotone."  Ron Ellik and Dave Rike also contributed to the hoax, establishing a full-blown persona and biography for Carl which explained why local fans never seemed to meet up with him in person (I think he had family responsibilities and lived in a 'bad' part of town). As a fannish reference work puts it, "Carl Brandon's specialty was writing full-scale fannish parodies that went quite a bit beyond pastiche; they were close to word-for-word 'translations' of certain mundane works into fannish. Brandon's parody of J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, for example, has Holden Caufield getting kicked out of FAPA rather than an exclusive boarding school, living in a slan shack instead of a dormitory, interacting with other fans rather than school mates and faculty &c. By elevating fannish concerns to such levels, the works often served as effective satires as well."  
--Orange Mike 13:27, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The description of James Tiptree, Jr. was changed from "fictitious male writer" to "pseudonymous male writer".  I reckon he/she ought to be either fictitious male or pseudonymous female; "pseudonymous male" is likely puzzling (why specify 'male'?) to those who don't know. —Tamfang (talk) 03:26, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed in an adequate manner, I think. --Orange Mike  |  Talk 03:34, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  I'm satisfied. —Tamfang (talk) 08:28, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Tiptree
Talk:Kigurumi/Archive 1

message: User:Zanimum just reverted all of the changes made by 219.17.48.130 without any comment and marked it as a minor edit. It wasn't minor, and seems to have removed some salient facts (though I don't know the terms well enough to tell if they're true facts myself), so I'm going to ask for some more details here. Zanimum, what was your specific objection to the changes made by 219.17.48.130? Bryan 00:43, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)

message: Jan 29, 2004 
Upadated the article, because it emphasized too much on the Fetish aspect of hobbiest cosplay.  And even though Fetish may be a part of our community, and merely painting it fetish would be a somewhat skewed picture of the group at large.  
--Kigurumifan 08:01, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updated Article 

message: I don't know if it was The Cell or another film, but I distinctly recall seeing a woman - in what may have been a dream sequence - wearing a Kigurumi mask.  Anyone else recall something of this sort? 206.114.20.121 19:32, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: I recall a movie where a Kigurumi mask appeared

message: The photographs are not kigurumi at all, they should be changed.  It would be like exclusively posting images of propellor driven aircraft in an article about jets. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Patrick R.W.A. R. (talk • contribs) 
:I agree. Even if Animegao is a subdivision of Kigurumi, the Animegao photographs aren't really representative of Kigurumi as a whole. I mean, it says at the beginning "Kigurumi is the Japanese name for costumed animal characters" and the photographs are clearly not animal characters. If someone can get at least one picture of an animal character, that would be nice. -kotra 23:35, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: This needs cleaning up

message: Would an image such as http://gyotti.ddo.jp/~yuki/gallery/20050313/P3130120.JPG be best suited to this page? It has 2 examples of Kigurumi, and one of Animegao in a single photograph.
Turtleheart 14:03, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That looks good! What are the copyright restrictions for it? We'll need to know who owns the copyright for it (that's usually the person who took the picture) and if they have any usage restrictions. -kotra 08:22, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Email has been sent. --StalkerAT 09:49, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay recieved. Uploaded to . Awaiting final permission. --StalkerAT 21:59, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Photograph
Talk:Mycenaean Greece

message: All the famous ancient Greeks seem to have lived after the dark age that followed this era, that the Myceneans didn't have a written language/written records. What about the most important people, such as kings of the cities? Do know know any of their names? 173.76.166.185 (talk) 00:32, 27 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Famous people from this time period

message: All the dates have to be revised to further back in time. Radiocarbon testing of olives found in pyroclastic flows at Thera put the explosion at 1630 BCE give or take a few years.
100.15.117.34 (talk) 14:34, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  chronology
Talk:Smith–Volterra–Cantor set

message: The same content is present at nowhere dense but I felt this deserves a separate page.  I'll be creating
a page on Volterra's function in the near future if someone doesn't beat me to it  :-)   - Gauge 06:07, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for noticing.  I noticed that the intervals you gave seemed to be off, so I corrected them (hopefully :-)).  - Gauge 01:42, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: You are right - somehow I multipled 3 by 2 and got 12. Thanks --Henrygb 22:53, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nowhere dense 

message: Let the set be called S. By construction, S contains no intervals (i.e. S contains points that are seperate from each other.). And the measure of a single point is 0. So how can the total measure be 1/2? On the other hand, the total length of removal is 1/2, hence remaining length must be 1/2. Hence, S must contains intervals of length greater than 0. Can somebody please help me resolve this? 108.162.157.141 (talk) 01:53, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Intuition must adapt to facts! Yes, it is hard. For now, your intuition tells you that the measure of a set is the sum of lengths of intervals. And your logic already tells you the opposite. Your intuition must adapt. It is a hard internal work. For even harder case, see Weierstrass function. Such is the life. Boris Tsirelson (talk) 06:18, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can somebody please help me understand? 

message: This article needs to explain the hausdorff dimension of the Generalized Cantor set, as listed on the wikipage List of fractals by Hausdorff dimension, which is shown as
Dimension=\frac{-\log(2)}{\log\left(\displaystyle\frac{1-\gamma}{2}\right)}
:Some refs:
:* An Exploration of the Cantor Set by Christopher Shaver
:* Hausdorff measure of p-Cantor sets by C. Cabrelli, U. Molter, V. Paulauskas and R. Shonkwiler
:* Topological dimensions, Hausdorff dimensions and fractals by Yuval Kohavi and Hadar Davdovich
:* Dimension of the Cantor set by Michael Damron
:Boris Tsirelson (talk) 20:11, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please, explain the hausdorf dimension
Talk:List of Samanthas

message: From VfD:
Delete. Non-useful disambig page. One definition is a redirect to an old TV program, the other is a red link to a very minor character on another TV show. Nothing here suggests to me that this disambig page is necessary. Kevyn 06:34, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Done.--Samuel J. Howard 07:47, Aug 25, 2004 (UTC)
*Keep if article gives origin/meaning of name Samantha plus note on popularity - I'd be happy to see that for any forename.  But I definitely counsel steering clear of listing people who share the name. Maybe there needs to be a forename article policy.  Why are you throwing things at me?  I'm serious.  I AM!  --bodnotbod » .....TALKQuietly)</span> 03:50, Aug 26, 2004 (UTC)
* Delete No more articles like this. As for etymology and meaning of names and their popularity, seems to me that an encyclopedia article discussing this with references would be the right course for an encyclopedia, with perhaps tables giving the 50 most popular male and 50 most popular female given names in the English-speaking world in 1900, 1925, 1950, 1975 and 2000 with links to further reading and study. That would be encyclopedic. This isn't. And don't tell the category maniacs that we need category of "First name:Samantha" and category of "First name: James" and category of "First name: Sally" and category of "First name: George".  Jallan 22:28, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Talk:Exotica

message: Would the 1992 hit "Sweet Lullaby" by "Deep Forest" be considered exotica? Burschik 07:54, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: What about Babatunde Olatunji and his Drums of Passion records?  There was one of these that was out in the 1960s, and a friend's dad had it and it was a lot of fun to listen to when you were eight or nine years old.  -- Smerdis of Tlön 22:03, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

text: After six years, I think the answer to your question is "no" - DavidWBrooks (talk) 20:58, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: after five more years, I'd say that 16 minus 8 is not "six".  ;)    66.30.47.138 (talk) 16:35, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]
Talk:Mount Kumgang Tourist Region

message: There is a move discussion in progress which affects this page. Please participate at Talk:Kŭmgangsan - Requested move and not in this talk page section. Thank you.  —RM bot 19:00, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Move discussion in progress

message: We need someone to update the info in this article, especially on the current status of tours etc.. E.g. http://www.mtkumgang.com/eng/start/admission.jsp does not mention any restrictions on foreigners, however that website as such may also be outdated. Travelbird (talk) 09:34, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article ourdated
Talk:DeDe Lind

message: Error Notification to Wikipedia Moderators!!!!
Actually she always went by the nickname Dede when attending Orange High School, Orange, California, graduating in 1962.  Check the 1962 "Orange and White" annual for many high school pictures and confirmation.
The Playmate biography was true to the extent that her nmother was Italian and her father was Swedish.  The family name was Gunderson.  "Lind" preserved the ethnic heritage somewhat.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.181.110.229 (talk) 07:45, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Please fix Dede Lind article errors
Talk:Jirisan

message: I wanted to clarify some text that reads as follows:
:: It is a recently developed site to celebrate one of Korea's foundation myths.
In this case who or what recently developed the site? Exactly how is it related to mythology? ^^Mumun 22:34, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Shouldn't there be something about the island? Rachel63 (talk) 09:18, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jirisan Saryong-do 

message: Currently the only history (as distinct from legend) listed here is from the Korean War Period. I don't know enough, but surely there must have been other significant events. It would have been close to the border of Baekje and Gaya early on, then subsequently between Baekje and Silla, hard to believe nothing happened here (maybe it just wasn't recorded, I guess). What about the Imjin War? Even just a series of links to the relevant parts of other wikipedia entries would be useful. Is anyone able to tackle this? Urilarim (talk) 01:58, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  More History??? 
Talk:List of river systems by length

message: Add the Chari River between the Benue and Ili rivers. The length is 1,400km. 
122.59.56.224 (talk) 08:14, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: In progress: An editor is implementing the requested edit. voorts (talk/contributions) 01:57, 25 May 2023 (UTC)

text: voorts (talk/contributions) 02:08, 25 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 23 May 2023 

message: Please include following rivers in the list of rivers: 
Ganges river length: 2510 Km
Indus River Length: 3180 Km
Godavari River Length: 1465 Km
Satluj River Length: 1450 Km
Yamuna River Length: 1376 Km
Krishna River Length: 1400 Km
Kaveri River Length: 805 Km SunderSingh22 (talk) 14:19, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. MadGuy7023 (talk) 14:33, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Ganges river Indus river Godavari river Satluj river Yamuna river Krishna river reliable sources 2400:ADC1:493:9D00:284E:E11F:3D13:8AA3 (talk) 13:05, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 16 July 2023 

message: Many rivers list which tributaries they arise from.  The Saskatchewan River is fed at its longest by the South Saskatchewan River, and that is fed at its longest by the (don't entirely remember) Bow River (might be the Hay River).  The Wikipedia page for the South Saskatchewan lists these details, with citations.  If you look there, you will find the information necessary to complete this change.  It doesn't seem fair to list so much tributary information for other rivers, but not for the Saskatchewan.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dampendair (talk • contribs) 20:15, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: N7fty (talk/contributions) 17:52, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 9 Sept 2023 

message: Water yield data are outdated and inaccurate. You may want to check with the "List of rivers by discharge" page. 2A02:AB88:4702:7900:E814:7E1D:E460:AFD (talk) 10:21, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discharge 

message: The Senegal rivers location is color-coded as North American. Needs to be Africa. 77.181.78.72 (talk) 09:56, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Senegal has wrong continental color-code
Talk:Robert McAlmon

message: Removed text:
His own writing was apparently abominable, or so other writers of the time said, in whispers and in doggerel verse.
Unbeknownst to McAlmon, Hemingway recommended that Shuster & Sons publish one of his books, but editor Max Perkins (also editor to F. Scott Fitzgerald, Callaghan, and others) declined when McAlmon made repeated disparaging remarks about Hemingway to him and others.
I think we should have some attribution here! Andrewa 10:02, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Misc

message: Perhaps the redirect for Contact Editions should be reverted?Zigzig20s (talk) 05:31, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It is interesting, how interesting the works of the "unknown" writers published by McAlmon seem to be. Gertrude Beasley has some interesting websites, Emanuel Carnevali has an italian WP-entry and also some sites.--Radh (talk) 12:39, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Contact Editions]]
Talk:Social Christian Reformist Party

message: I'm not npoving this article because I'm an expert on the dominican republic, because I'm not. I just feel the tone of this article is a bit biased, in a way I can't quantify and am not sure how to correct. I went back and forth about NPOVing but decided to be bold. MDCore 11:33, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV
Talk:Breakbeat hardcore

message: Have attempted a small re-write of this, attempting to keep it very concise and short, using the Reynolds refs where possible plus refs that relate to all of the notable releases mentioned here plus more. It had over time mutated somewhat.
A quick note: Breakbeat hardcore (or UK hardcore) has its own UK lineage. It is untrue as one previous talk comment in the archive asserted, to say that breakbeat hardcore originated from European Hardcore techno. Of course, Belgian new beat had a big influence on the sound over a 12-18 month period (e.g Cubic 22 - Night In Motion, Senses - Destroyer), as did Beltram - Mentasm obviously (seen as a Belgian rave tune although Beltram being from the US). But breakbeat hardcore owed as much to both the 1989-1990 UK bleep scene just before it (LFO - LFO, Nightmares on Wax - Aftermath, Unique 3 - The Theme) and hip-house breakbeat/house experimentations (Blapps Posse - Bus It, Shut Up and Dance - 5 6 7 8, 4 Hero - Mr Kirk Nightmare) - the latter in some cases being dubbed Hardcore House and being very much from a hip hop/house lineage rather than any Euro hardcore sound. 
I also had pondered collapsing Breakbeat hardcore and Darkcore into a single article with sections, also including Hardcore jungle, as that period of 91-93 was so interwoven. Have decided to keep as is for now. Thanks Altlondon (talk) 18:42, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Small re-write
Talk:Eligible receiver

message: Maybe it might be a good idea to explain the reasoning behind this rule if you know it. Or is it simply "it's always been like that"? -- 77.7.163.176 (talk) 17:21, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I put in a reference to this NFL rule. One thing could use some clarification. The rules that I have seen indicate that in the T Formation, the QB is not eligible, but other sources say that when the QB takes the snap from the line of scrimmage, as opposed to from the shotgun, that the QB is not eligible. My question is, when the NFL says T Formation, do they actually mean the T formation, which has been obsolete in the NFL for years, or do they mean any formation where the QB takes the snap directly from the center at the line of scrimage? Is a QB in the I Formation eligible?--RLent (talk) 13:40, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  What's the point of this rule? 

message: In the section about professional football, I find:
"If, for example, eight men line up on the line of scrimmage, the team loses an eligible receiver."
It goes on to say this could happen if a flanker or "slot" back mistakenly lines up on the line instead of being a step back of the line.  I do recall hearing of a penalty for illegal formation, but, as usual for a non-dead-ball foul, the play goes on and the defense has the option of taking the penalty or taking the play (thus declining the penalty).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.20 (talk) 16:20, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  wouldn't a penalty be called?
Talk:Real Life (webcomic)

message: The second paragraph seems a bit non-NPOV, should it be changed?
--Micpp 12:23, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Added 'Reality' as the Genre, felt it was a propro. --CaveatLector 06:07, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The categories now read "Science fiction webcomics | Reality webcomics" at the end...  Something there just feels somehow wrong, and yet... — Xenoveritas 22:15, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Genre
Talk:Canals of the United Kingdom

message: I don't believe that this is true: 
"The current speed limit for inland waterways in Great Britain is Four Knots."
* it may apply to most small canals, but what about commercial ones?
* certainly doesn't apply to all inland waterways.
* usually quoted in mph not knots.
--Derek Andrews 20:52, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed Mayalld 12:19, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Apologies, I read that on a canal boating website, but their source must have been incorrect Grunners 17:07, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

text: The further rule from British Waterways is that your craft must not make a breaking wash on the banks, so 4mph is still breaking the speed limit in many narrower and shallower waterways! --feline1 17:10, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  speed limit 

message: Should there not be a reference to the two inclined planes (or trackways) for the Lancaster canal at Preston?
These were at Avenham, (down from Preston to the Ribble), and up the other side at Penwortham, both of which were powered by steam engines, with a further slope at the Summit, which remained horse-powered.
http://www.lctrust.co.uk/pages/posts/preston--walton-summit21.php  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.105.211.139 (talk) 21:19, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Additional inclined planes 

message: Can anyone work out how to get an SVG version of the lead image?©Geni 12:52, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: An SVG export will be added to the mapping service in the not to distant future at which point it would be easy to create an SVG version, however at present the only export available is raster. In the interim someone could extract the data from OpenStreetMap and create an SVG version of the map but this would probably entail significant coding or manual work. PeterEastern (talk) 07:30, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead image 

message: I just deleted "the only ship canal in the United Kingdom" from the photo of the Manchester ship canal, since is not true: because of (at least) the Gloucester-Sharpness ship canal (once the largest in the world apparently). I expect the MSC is the *largest* or something in the UK, so perhaps someone can put back in a slightly more restrained claim which is true.Imaginatorium (talk) 10:54, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ship canals in the UK
Talk:Iztok Čop

message: As his real name is Iztok Čop and English interface obviously has some problems with Slovenian letters, I suggest that the article moves to Iztok Cop
:yeah, that's an odd one. An admin needs to move it back. Dunc_Harris|☺ 13:10, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments
Talk:Squadron leader

message: Additional references required in many of the sections and sub-sections  PunkyNZ (talk) 01:30, 22 Sep 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The point of interest is that, although ranks like squadron leader and wing commander are not used in the military of the english speaking world, notablty the US, some readers may be previously familiar with the names exclusively through such fiction.  It's a bit like saying Budweiser is a beer from the Czech republic, but many many be familiar with the very different domestic brand in the US. Dainamo 17:17, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I assume you mean they're not used in the militaries of all the countries of the English-speaking world? They do originate in the most English part of the English-speaking world! -- Necrothesp 18:12, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled 

message: Anyone know where I could go about finding out the average age of a contemporary Squadron Leader? --Rebroad (talk) 00:17, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: For which country? The rank is used in more than ten countries. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 00:20, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Average age 

message: Having checked out the ref there seems to be nothing to distinguish Sqn Ldr Thomas from any other aircrew officer.  I propose to delete her name plus reference and put in the names of Sqn Ldrs who have either received Gallantry awards or have performed extraordinary achievements in the course of their duties.  Comments? Kitbag (talk) 20:27, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable Squadron Leaders
Talk:Flame holder

message: how does the concept of base bleed as provided by a small rocket in the linked base bleed article compare to base bleed as mentioned in this article about jet engines? -- WhiteDragon 13:50, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)

message: Although I realize this is only one part of the combustor, perhaps it should be rolled into that article? Maury 16:55, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  holder/can/combustor