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Talk:The One with Ross's Wedding

message: Is this the actual reason? I was under the impression Baxendale left because she hated everyone. Brad 18:55, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, I think it was in the tabloids in the time that she didn't get on with the, I'll double check the commentaries (an anon added that bit). Ideally, we should cite both versions (although is it that important to this episode?). The JPStalk to me 19:17, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd go with yes if it can be properly cited, since it's the last proper appearance she made on the show (though it could be moved to any future season 4 article, should one be created). There's plenty of news items, past and present, where she talks about hating everyone, so maybe the pregnancy thing was just something said on the commentary to avoid a kerfuffle. Brad 19:55, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reason Ross and Emily broke up 

message: Excellent. Why no screenshot in the infobox though? Alientraveller 16:06, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not into including FU images just for the sake of it. IMO, there aren't any particularly noteworthy scenes in the episode from which an image could be included that goes beyond simple illustration. Thanks for reviewing! Brad 16:47, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: GA pass

message: This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force. I believe the article currently meets the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. The article history has been updated to reflect this review. Regards, MASEM 05:46, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: GA Sweeps (Pass)
Talk:Vladimir Ipatieff

message: I googled unsuccessfully to find where his grave is. Perhaps findagrave isn't very active in Chicago, or he may have been cremated?Jweaver28 (talk) 10:00, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grave
Talk:Vojta Beneš

message: I have corrected an error in this article, also repeated on Czech wikipedia and elsewhere online. Bohuš Beneš, father of Emilie Beneš Brzezinski, was NOT the son of Vojta but rather his nephew. Bohuš's father was Václav Beneš, another brother of Edvard and Vojta. Vojta had four surviving children: Hana, Miluše, Václav, and Alice. I will attempt to add some sources to this article in the near future, including for this genealogical information.
147.126.10.5 (talk) 19:34, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
Talk:Vojtech Tuka

message: I have performed as much of a copy edit as is possible on this text. However, there are some substantial sections remaining that are incoherent.  I cannot make heads or tails of what they're trying to say, and there are no references given to consult.  In other parts of the article, I've been able to find references to reconstruct the proper meaning into the article.  Until the incoherent sections are repaired, or replaced with properly documented sections, it's not possible to copy-edit them. // ⌘macwhiz (talk) 03:47, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Copy edit
Talk:Volodymyr Antonovych

message: I've had a bash at copyediting this but it's very much a work in progress. I have no knowledge of the individual or the subject area and I think a more in-depth edit needs to be performed by somebody with understanding of the area (and ideally, ability to read the raw source materials).
My main thoughts around areas for improvement are:
* It is unclear why this individual is notable; the lead says he's known for authoring a book, and the main article then proceeds to say nothing about this but focuses on his political affiliations. 
* I have arbitrarily broken the article into sections to avoid a wall of text, but these are unlikely to be ideal.
* This article would benefit from more links to help explain context, but the ones I'd like to add don't exist. It's possible that this is the result of poor original translations from the source material; the syntax of the translation suggests an auto-translate. 
Best, Darren-M talk 20:19, 5 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Improvements needed
Talk:Vsevolod Solovyov

message: The current version links Sergei Solovyov (film director) instead of [[Sergey Solovyov (historian)]. The WP article of Sergei Solovyov (film director) is specifically disambiguated from the latter. 
However, the link in the current article (oldid 960958117) is a probable error since both of them can't be a same unique person. Philosopher81sp (talk) 12:32, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link
Talk:Vyacheslav Mescherin

message: Noted compositions
I removed the paragraph about Mescherin composing Popcorn (instrumental), which everyone knows was created by Gershon Kingsley.  Then there was mention of some unspecified Disneyland Parade; I'm assuming this was a reference to the Main Street Electrical Parade which has used several recordings of the composition Baroque Hoedown originally released by Gershon Kingsley with Jean-Jacques Perrey.  75.49.251.170 (talk) 13:11, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:W. G. Hoskins

message: I propose a move to William George Hoskins. W.G. ought to be a redirect. Pterre (talk) 14:08, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name 

message: Removed: One of the uses is a quotation; I do not agree with abridging the lead.--Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 13:12, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Lead
Talk:Pamela Blake

message: The LC authority file cites a couple of sources for her birthdate:
Rainey, B. Sweethearts of the sage, c1992: p. 260 (Pamela Blake; born Aug. 6, 1916 in Oakland, Calif.; christened Adele Pearce; when her career was not progressing as she wished, she changed her name to Pamela Blake)
IMDb, Jan. 2, 2006: Pamela Blake web page (Pamela Blake; b. 6 Aug. 1918; sometimes credited as Adele Pearce) Biography for Pamela Blake (birth name, Adele Pearce; performed under her real name until 1942)
LC has established her birth date as 1916. Is there any way to verify which is the correct date? I looked at Ancestry.com and this is what I found:
California Birth Index, 1905-1995
Name: 	Adele E Pearce
Birth Date: 	6 Aug 1915
Gender: 	Female
Birth County: 	Alameda
So we have three dates, 1915, 1916, and 1918; my guess is the latest one is one of those false birthdates to make the actress appear younger. Any other suggestions? --FeanorStar7 (talk) 14:03, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Birthdate confusion
Talk:Bab El Oued

message: On June 20, 1956, a well-liked photographer and journalist named Gaston Tolila was shot in Bab-el-Oued. He worked for the Journal d'Alger and was well liked and respected by friends and colleagues. He was shot by terrorists in the middle of his afternoon coffee.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.237.221.59 (talk) 20:02, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
Talk:W. K. C. Guthrie

message: I see there is a new Polish language entry on Prof Guthrie.   Sadly I do not understand Polish so have no idea what it says.
But assuming it says something worthwhile, is anyone able to summarize / translate (as appropriate) it into English for this entry?   And please.
Regards Charles01 (talk) 06:06, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Anyone master Polish?
Talk:Wacław Stachiewicz

message: Stachiewicz made the command decision to disclose the Biuro Szyfrów's cryptanalysis of the Enigma to the British and French intelligence services, a few weeks before Germany invaded Poland in 1939.  That disclosure changed the course of the whole war and might well have been impossible if postponed to after the invasion.  It's mentioned in the article Tadeusz Pełczyński.  The incident also seems worth mentioning in Stachiewicz's biography.  67.122.211.178 (talk) 23:38, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Enigma
Talk:Wade Ward

message: In the discography section, the compilation High Atmosphere is cited. First it is not noted as a compilation (but it is not really important since there is the link); second with a quick look on Folkways I could think of 12 similar compilations to add. What do you think about adding them, or rather the most important ones? Jgc2003 (talk) 17:39, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discography inaccuracies 

message: Finally located a source that listed all 8 of the tunes recorded for Okeh (4 solo, 4 with Buck Mtn), confirmed that just 2 were released, and added those as a 78 RPM entry in the Discography.  Chuckiesdad/Talk/Contribs 04:48, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Okeh recordings
Talk:Rolanet

message: "Networking speed was 500 kBd, comparable to other standards of the day"
Although that would compare favorably to systems like LocalTalk, that is not remotely "comparable" to really anything else that also used coax or glass fiber in 1987, which typically ran at 2.5Mbit (ARCNet over coax) to the 10Mbit range (ethernet over coax or fiber).
That's about as 'comparable' as a Trabant would be to a Camry.
71.94.168.85 (talk) 18:08, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article is misleading
Talk:Waldemar Hoven

message: The category :Category:Pardon recipients keeps being added to this article. As it stands now, there is nothing in the article about a pardon being granted, either during his life or posthumously after execution. Obviously, for the category to be there, we need some information on a pardon being granted. Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:11, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I assume it was added in relation to "He was convicted and sentenced to death, although he was released in March of 1945 due to the Nazi shortage of doctors.", not the Nuremberg trials. Sherurcij (Speaker for the Dead)  00:43, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I see. A pardon is a changing of the conviction to "not guilty". It's possible to be released after conviction as a result of a sentence being changed. In other words, you can be released due to a change in your sentence but not pardoned. We would need more information on whether the Nazis actually pardoned him or just reduced or eliminated his sentence. Good Ol’factory (talk) 01:30, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Pardon

message: "He was also involved in Nazi euthenasia programs, during which people who were considered useless eaters were killed, along with Jewish people who were considered unfit for work."
Someone seems to have had a bit of fun with this article. Tchernobog  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.108.185.105 (talk) 19:05, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: "Useless eater" is the term used at that time for the mentally ill.--Mark v1.0 (talk) 19:19, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Useless eaters?

message: "Between the years 1919 and 1933, he visited Denmark, Sweden, the United States, and France, returning in 1933 to Freiburg, where he completed his high school studies."
Am I the only one who thinks it's a bit odd that he travelled around the world (apparently alone) between the ages of 16 and 30, then went back home to finish high school?  Could this possibly be a misprint and he travelled for 4 years (not 14) and returned home to finish high school in 1923, at the age of 20?
If it isn't a misprint, then I have other questions: why did he stay away so long?  Was he a tourist the entire 14 years?  Did his family pay for his travels or did he work to support himself during that time?  If he worked, what did he do, as a foreigner without even a high school education?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Esaons (talk • contribs) 13:44, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Education 
Talk:Waldo Williams

message: Should this article follow the usual Wikipedia convention and refer to Waldo Williams as 'Williams' in the body of the article? There is a case for overriding this convention and using 'Waldo'. The Wikipedia guideline is at MOS:SURNAME.
*He is often referred to by the mononym 'Waldo'. The Dictionary of Welsh Biography says "he is often referred to by his first name only".
*'Waldo' has some of the characteristics of a bardic name. There is a tradition of referring to Welsh language poets by their bardic name, and bardic names are used in the main text of several Wikipedia on Welsh poets, including many or most of those listed in Archdruid.
*Waldo is an unusual name in Wales whereas Williams is very common. The article is clearer if we use 'Waldo'.
Comments please. Verbcatcher (talk) 12:33, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: This discussion was prompted by my removal of the first name from most of the text today. I accept those three points and I would be happy to go along with a consensus to use the mononym. --Wire723 (talk) 19:03, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

text: I agree with Verbcatcher and Wire723. Of the three possible ways of referring to the poet (by his Christian name and surname - 'Waldo Williams'; by his Christian name alone - 'Waldo'; or by his surname alone - 'Williams') - the second is the most common form used in Wales - whether the discussion is in Welsh or in English. Waldo is not unique in this - he is one of a small group of Welsh poets who are usually referred to by a single name : e.g. Cranogwen (Sarah Jane Rees), Elfed (Elvet Lewis), Ceiriog (John Hughes), Crwys (William Williams), Dyfnallt (Dyfnallt Morgan), Sarnicol (Thomas Jacob Thomas). The next most common way of referring to this poet would be the first form - 'Waldo Williams'. It would be very rare indeed that the third form - surname alone - would be used. A good example of the general pattern can be found in the website of the Waldo Williams Society (Cymdeithas Waldo Williams) at . Almost all the references throughout the website are to 'Waldo'. Another example - a news article in the West Wales newspaper, the Western Telegraph, on 30 May 2021 (the fiftieth anniversary of his death) similarly makes use of 'Waldo' - see . For this Wikipedia article there is a case for keeping 'Waldo Williams' as a marker at key points - the start of a new section for example. But then the great majority of further references should be to 'Waldo'. Gwedi elwch (talk) 02:17, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

text: Newspapers & websites have their own stylistic conventions which are often not the same as the Wikipedia guideline. Nevertheless I continue to agree that my 2020 edits were probably a mistake ... although no-one has been bold enough to change the text in the three years since then. Wire723 (talk) 09:16, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: 'Waldo' or 'Williams'?
Talk:Eastern South Semitic

message: Whats Modern about the Eastern South Semitic languages?
They been spoken since the days of A'ad. and they are known for their extremely archaic nature, especially in their system of phonology -- for example, they preserve the lateral fricatives of Proto-Semitic, which were lost in all other Semitic languages thousands of years ago. from the article itself.
Eastern South Semitic is an accurate term for two reasons:
* Geographic location.
* The Eastern South Semitic shares many charchters of both Eastern Semitic and South Semitic. --Skatewalk 09:42, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Modern South Semitic
Talk:Wallace H. White

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: page moved.  Andrewa (talk) 04:03, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Wallace H. White Jr. →  – Since WP doesn't have an article on Wallace H. White Sr., I don't see why the Jr. needs to be specified in the title. Total random nerd (talk) 03:51, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 13 September 2021
Talk:Wallace John Eckert

message: Obvious question is if he was related to J. Presper Eckert? W Nowicki (talk) 22:04, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Related? 
Talk:Wallace Nutting

message: This article pretty much misses the point. Nutting's major contribution will always be as a scholar of American material culture of the past. The hand coloured prints, while they do relate to this were really the means by which he made the money to pursue his real interest-American furniture through the Federal period. (He had nothing but disdain for all that followed, referring to these as' the degenerate styles').He and Israel Sack were probably the 2 pre-eminent American furniture scholars of the first half of the 20th century. His furniture commands top prices at auction today, and his Furniture Treasury and Furniture of the Pilgrim Century are BIBLES! In their time the prints were sold in five and dimes.Toyokuni3 (talk) 06:41, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Walt Kuhn

message: Just found this auction of a letter which give more information about his medical status. Maybe someone is interested in it (and can add details to the article).
Letter with autopsy-results
Cheers!
--74albia (talk) 12:40, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Autopsy 
Talk:Walter Bricht

message: No doubt, this article still has many issues that need to be addressed. However, it does not appear to me to be very badly written and not in need of a complete re-write from start to finish. The main problem seemed to me that it just looked bad. Indeed, it didn't look like a Wikipedia article at all, because it didn't follow the conventions of one. I have made some cosmetic changes to the article which I think go some way to rectifying that.Simon Peter Hughes (talk) 13:42, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Cosmetic changes
Talk:Walter Davis (blues)

message: This article has been revised as part of a large-scale clean-up project of multiple article copyright infringement. (See the investigation subpage) Earlier text must not be restored, unless it can be verified to be free of infringement. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions must be deleted. Contributors may use sources as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences or phrases. Accordingly, the material may be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously. Diannaa (talk) 20:32, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible copyright problem
Talk:Walter Flanders

message: Hmmm. A machine tool guy named Flanders from Vermont. ("from Vermont" per Sorensen 1956:95.) I plan on figuring out someday, if possible, whether Walter E. Flanders and Ralph E. Flanders were cousins. If I find out, I'll post cross-refs in their articles. — ¾-10 19:37, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The following was forwarded to me from a Flanders family list server: "I looked up Walter E. Flanders in the big Flanders Genealogy book.  His ancestor John is the younger brother of our ancestor Stephen, who are the sons of the first Flanders in America, Stephen Flanders.  They are the Boscawen Flanders, and I had the wives mixed up in my first stab at this." This means that they are distant relatives. Sincerely,--User:HopsonRoad 17:14, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cousins?
Talk:Walter H. Taylor

message: In this biography, it is said Taylor accompagnied Lee. 
In Marshall's biography, it is said Marshall's did.
But... only one colonel was there. Which one ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Marshall_(colonel)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nobru07 (talk • contribs) 17:20, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who accompagnied Lee at Appomatox? 

message: The intro says he rose to be Lieutenant colonel, the photo, however, shows him with the three stars of a Confederate colonel. Creuzbourg (talk) 15:00, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  LTC? 
Talk:Walter H. Thompson

message: Some tantalizing details are missing.
*Thompson's marriage disolved in 1929.  He "eventually" married Mary Shearburn. When? Were the events related?
*After Thompsons death his great niece discovered his memoirs. So what? Were they published, donated, burned in a bonfire, (probably not), or what? Citation and details needed.
GeeBee60 (talk) 14:50, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing details
Talk:Walter Karig

message: I'm currently rereading Zotz! -- which I first read 45 years ago, when the dreadful William Castle film came out -- and loving it, as Maxwell Smart said (in a different context). Karig is a terrific writer; I'm looking forward to tracking down and reading Lower than Angels. It received highly favorable reviews and should be discussed.
WilliamSommerwerck 20:58, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Tchazzar

message: This article gave me some new insight, as I only have the AD&D Old Empires accessory. I tried to still improve it and I have quoted that one, so there is one reference now, but most informations has surely come from somewhere else. Can anyone add those references? Maybe it is in Lost Empires of Faerûn?
Additionally, in my opinion the categories chosen are very distinct. I would have chosen Forgotten Realms deities, Forgotten realms characters and Dungeons & Dragons dragons instead.
What does anyone else think?
Daranios 10:05, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: A merge discussion about a number of articles including Tchazzar has taken place here. Anyone who has any new input should start up, taking this into account, at Talk:List of Forgotten Realms deities, I guess. Daranios (talk) 13:51, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge discussion
Talk:Walter Nash

message: I deduce from his dates of birth and of holding office as NZ Prime Minister that Nash was 75 years old (above average male life expectancy in England) when he commenced office.  Whether or not this makes him the oldest person to serve as Prime Minister of his adopted country is surely worth an informed comment - can any NZ users help? (I am not a New Zealander and only came across this article by way of an article on his English birth town.)Cloptonson (talk) 19:54, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Age at Premiership

message: , you have expanded this article and asked for a reassessment. Fantastic work! I've upgraded it to B class and suggest that it's ready for GA review. I encourage you to put this article forward for it. Schwede66 18:38, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Article assessment
Talk:Walter P. Brownlow

message: I was unable to find a source for the following:
At the time of his death in 1910, the total of federal appropriations secured by Brownlow for his District was estimated at $8 million. No member of Congress, particularly from the South, had previously matched this level of influence over federal appropriations.
If a source is available, feel free to re-add it.  Bms4880 (talk) 14:45, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Removed information
Talk:Walter R. Brooks

message: Walter Rollin "W. R." Brooks (1821–1888) of Hamilton, NY, may be the source of his name. "pastor of the First Baptist Church of Hamilton, N.Y., Jan. 1, 1859-Oct. 1, 1873; lecturer on natural history, Madison University, 1874-1888; in 1874 also began preaching at Randallsville, where he soon organized a Baptist church"
:
Madison U. is in Hamilton NY. So is Colgate University which provided the biographical data to LC from its archives. Rome, NY, where our Walter R. Brooks was born, is in a neighboring county.
--P64 (talk) 17:58, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Walter Rollin Brooks (1821–1888) 

message: Having read many of the short stories, I do not recall that the horse's name was "Mister Ed," but rather "Ed." I believe that the name was changed to "Mister Ed" for the TV series. PlaysInPeoria (talk) 23:33, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ed or Mister Ed?