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Talk:Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet

message: The article on his remarkable life should be supplemented from the the article Eastern Approaches, to flesh it out more.86.163.233.231 (talk) 22:41, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The book is autobiographical, and only that material that can be reliably sourced from third parties can be used in this article. Regards, Peacemaker67  (send... over) 11:03, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

text: No, the book and the biography are two different subjects, and should not be merged. But it is possible to use more of the book here, with attribution. --NSH001 (talk) 08:52, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

text: Agree that the merger is completely inappropriate, Fitzroy MacLean is completely notable on his own, as is his book. Peacemaker67  (send... over) 09:55, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

text: Agree with merger proposal. Autobiographical material may be quoted on a person's page if it is marked as such.Bmcln1 (talk) 12:14, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

text: The merger proposal is completely inappropriate. Eastern Approaches is a major work and far more than mere autobiography: it contains a considerable amount of history and the author's own judgements of events and personalities.  On the other hand, there was more to Maclean's life than Eastern Approaches.  He deserves a separate article. Sasha (talk) 11:38, 1 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

message: The article says that Maclean 'rose to the rank of brigadier' but refers to this officer as a major general. He undoubtedly was a brigadier, but when was he promoted to major general? Shipsview (talk) 15:49, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: as the article says "He reached the rank of Brigadier during the war, and was promoted to the local rank of Major General on 16 June 1947.". DuncanHill (talk) 16:02, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text:  As  notes, Maclean was a local major-general at the end of the Second World War in charge of refugee commissions in Austria, Germany, and Italy. This was, however, only ever a local rank, and he reverted to brigadier afterwards (see for example  The London Gazette in 1970). As such I've changed the article. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 16:05, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Military rank
Talk:William Crolly

message: Prior content in this article duplicated one or more previously published sources. The material was copied from: http://www.ulsterhistory.co.uk/crolly.htm. Infringing material has been rewritten or removed and must not be restored, unless it is duly released under a compatible license. (For more information, please see "using copyrighted works from others" if you are not the copyright holder of this material, or "donating copyrighted materials" if you are.) For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or published material; such additions will be deleted. Contributors may use copyrighted publications 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, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with these policies. Thank you.  MER-C 06:52, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright problem removed
Talk:David Bell (VC)

message: David Bell was a British Subject, during his lifetime the entire island of Ireland was a component of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. So there is no reason to put in the sumamry that he was by birth an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross. For he was a Briton. 
Today, it would be difficult for a national for the Republic of Ireland to recieve one, but not for a Northern Irishman. For they are a part of the United Kingdom and have the same rights and privlidges as those born in Great Britain.
:Um yes but he was an Irishman, born on the island of Ireland which is what the article linked to. Ben W Bell talk 07:19, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ridiculous Statement
Talk:Joseph Reed (politician)

message: Article reassessed and graded as start class. --dashiellx (talk) 11:15, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008 

message: Is it known what illness took his life?68.7.66.85 (talk) 06:37, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Illness" 

message: Perhaps someone more familiar with this period of history would present the other view of Reed: He was driven from the army by Washington for cowardice. He did not discover Arnold's treason, but that he drove Arnold to it. While president he had over 400 people he disagreed with found guilty of treason many by Writ of Attainder. Nitpyck (talk) 02:01, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  the other view 

message: Law for the emancipation of slavery was passed in 1780 while Reed was Pres. Not sure if it needs its own heading or can be added into his Political Career. Nitpyck (talk) 06:34, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Due to the Revolutionary army half-pay ruling, I created a separate section entitled "Significant political achievements" that could maybe be added to. --Soulparadox 18:13, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Slavery  

message: In addition to adding new info, I have gone over the whole article for grammar, Wikifying etc. and hope that I haven't made any major mistakes. I also addressed the inline citation issue and, whilst there needs to be more, I have made a start with four of them. --Soulparadox 18:15, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  General copyediting 

message: I moved this addition here, since geni.com is not RS:
*His grandfather, Joseph Reed (1650–1727), was born in Carrickfergus, County Antrim in Ulster and settled in West Jersey.
*
Good find, but not allowed. Choor monster (talk) 14:38, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  geni.com is not RS 

message: @User:Randy Kryn: Joseph Reed is considered a Founding Father by whom? Since you didn't add a citation, we have no way of telling. So please apply one so we can determine whether reliable sources consider him a founder. This page is one 50 or so where you added this title without providing a citation. According to WP:VER, "Any material that needs a source but does not have one may be removed." Thank you. Allreet (talk) 00:55, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added a reference for his being one of the signers of the Articles of Confederation.  According to the wikipedia page Founding Fathers of the United States - "America's Founders are defined as those who signed the United States Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution, and others."" Dwkaminski (talk) 21:27, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disputing unsourced Founding Father title
Talk:Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats

message: Move Parsecboy (talk) 15:10, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 

message: What does "Open" in the name imply? Perhaps adding a sentence about this in the opening paragraph or "2007 elections" subsection in the "History" section would be appropriate. These words are cognates in Dutch and English, I think, but I've noticed that the meaning isn't exactly the same in all cases. Criticalthinker (talk) 11:21, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Open
Talk:Joseph R. Hawley

message: Article reassessed and graded as start class. --dashiellx (talk) 11:18, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008 

message: Regarding the move of this page, Joseph R. Hawley (62%), Joseph Hawley (29%), and J. R. Hawley (9%) are the only iterations of Hawley's name that constitute over 5% of references to him on newspapers.com. Star Garnet (talk) 05:06, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Common name
Talk:Joseph Saidu Momoh

message: This article mentions Valentine Strasser's age as being 27 at the time of his coup, whilst his own article states it as being 25... I'm assuming that 25 is the correct age, so unless anyone knows better..? Sk8a H8a 21:39, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Strasser's age 

message: The date of Birth given in the same article are different : at 2 places it is 26th January , 1937 whereas at another place it is 26th January , 1936.
Also , whether it was 1936 or 1937 , his age at the time of death in 2003 has been mentioned as 81 years which is absolutely wrong by as it has to be either 66 years or 67 years.
Piyush Tewari
(India)
ptewari@gmail.com  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.163.142.108 (talk) 03:30, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Joseph Saidu Momoh - Date of Birth & Age. 
Talk:Eamon Collins

message: This is the first that I've heard of this and it doesn't seem true. Ark [] has one SF councillor elected in Newry in 1985 and 1989 but its a Brendan Curran. None of the surrounding councils (Armagh, Banbridge or Down) have him elected either so unless someone comes up with a citation for that I'll remove it. Valenciano 10:28, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: He never stood as an election candidate. He didn't endear himself to the SF leadership when he called Gerry Adams a 'Stick' at a Republican funeral, plus his job as a customs officer meant he didn't really have the right image as a candidate either. I'll remove it now. The article is something I'm working on (amongst many other things), but Collins' book not having an index slows it down slightly. One Night In Hackney303 02:56, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  elected as a SF councillor in Newry? 
Talk:E. R. Dodds

message: Dodds's edition is much admired. Seadowns (talk) 15:14, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Euripides's Bacchae
Talk:Edmund De Wind

message: I have a photograph of the Historic Point of Interest next to the Bank of Montreal on Broadway Ave. in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada, which says he fought at "Grougie" France. Computer_Saskboy 01:33, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled 
Talk:Walter Edward Davidson

message: It is impossible to have been awarded this in 1902, as the Order of the British Empire wasn't instituted until 1917. - (203.211.70.190 (talk) 09:20, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Order of the British Empire]]
Template talk:Infobox former country

message: I have asked about this once before, but I still think it is relevant. Can "largest city" be added to this template? It is available of for the current country infobox, and it does sometimes make sense to fill it out. -- Nidator T / C 10:33, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Largest city? 

message: I am in the process of correcting the reference errors in the Nabatean Kingdom article. The infobox lists 11 leaders named but this template can only iterate up to 9, (leader1... leader2...) and this triggers an infobox error message. Can someone with authority could add the two extra iterations (which is an easy task). — Ineuw talk 21:36, 24 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Done Primefac (talk) 22:46, 24 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Insufficient number of iterations 

message: Please remove the flags from the  parameter per MOS:INFOBOXFLAG. TompaDompa (talk) 13:05, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: That example is in the documentation subpage, which isn't protected.  Kanguole 13:39, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: My bad. I was for some reason under the impression that the template added the flags automatically. Now I see that they're added manually by editors. Oh well. TompaDompa (talk) 14:48, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template-protected edit request on 31 July 2018 

message: Hi,
I believe a recent change to this template is causing issues in some articles using template "Infobox Former Country" in capitals.
See  and  Vpab15 (talk) 23:18, 12 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Done It was an issue with double-redirects. Usually a bot fixes them pretty quickly so I didn't think anything of it. I've dealt with all of them. Primefac (talk) 23:22, 12 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template-protected edit request on 12 August 2018
Talk:Foster Furcolo

message: I have an iPhone and can't edit this sentence... But the punctuation is incorrect. If I can get to a computer before someone can help me fix the sentence then I will edit it myself and delete this talk page topic. This is the particular part in need of fixing: " elected Governor of Massachusetts in Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1956 and" thanks... Altarboy420 (talk) 16:27, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: punctuation
Talk:Noble Huston

message: Do people consider AN IRISH SETTER OR TWO OR.....! to be a suitable reference? AWoodland (talk) 13:15, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suitable reference?
Talk:Legion of Doom (disambiguation)

message: I think that Legion of Doom should redirect to the comic book section because most of the links are related to the supergroup.
why does the wrestling legion of doom just redirect here :S  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.50.93.193 (talk) 18:38, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  redirect 
Talk:Fouad Ali El Himma

message: Ali Elhimma ‘forceful entry to Politics is a masquerade to democracy. A Blatant distortion to real democracy  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.134.7.126 (talk) 12:46, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  a masquerade  
Talk:Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings

message: R J Beevor's 1931 compilation - Hastings of Hastings does not entirely agree with this account. 1. Born - Dublin. 2. Birth - 7th Dec. 3. Governor of India - 18 Nov 1812 to 1822. 4. Hastings surname adopted - 1790 5. Titles created - 13 Feb 1817. 6. Governorship of India - 18th Nov 1812. 7. Gurkha war declared - Nov 1814. 8. Tenure as Governor ended in 1822. 
Can someone confirm or discount these details? Rosser Gruffydd 19:43, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hastings of Hastings 

message: Rather than scattering places named for him through the account, I put them together under Legacy, which is common for bios.Parkwells (talk) 14:40, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Place names 

message: For readers not as familiar with aristocratic practices, it can be confusing to follow the account with changing references to his name. Could Rawdon be used primarily, and put other styles, such as Moira, in parentheses? That way name changes in time could be accounted for, but the subject still be clear.Parkwells (talk) 14:40, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name changes 

message: The first section addressing Hastings's time as Governor General in India discusses the relative strength of British Army and EIC Army forces in India, and lists the number of regiments and native cavalry in service in the latter's Bengal and Madras Armies. However, it does not mention the small Bombay Army. When someone has time they should remedy this.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.53.11.51 (talk) 21:48, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Army Strengths 
Talk:Alexander Henry Haliday

message: Work in some detail of his professional accomplishment (ie, more than a list or publications), for example, the info below.  References required also.Heds (talk) 11:49, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: WikiProject Arthropods grading
Talk:4th Canadian Ministry

message: * 
Unprotection: to make substantive changes due to Yamla's recent changes was unacceptable. Mo 102.184.69.80 (talk) 05:59, 22 June 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Saucy[talk – contribs] 06:38, 22 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 22 June 2019
Talk:1st Parachute Army (Wehrmacht)

message: check the commander of the german 1st parachute army.  student was replaced by at least one other officer.
That's correct, and I've added new info based on a German reference. Still looking for on English one.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fairlane75 (talk • contribs) 21:27, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Maria Margaretha Kirch

message: Could someone who knows how infoboxes work please fix the death date? I tried, but it just broke it. Katharineamy (talk) 14:46, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: infobox

message: Overall the article is fine and it does a good job in establishing the difficulties she faced in a male-dominated profession. However, some of the wording seems to inappropriately inflate her actual importance to astronomy. For example:
* "...one of the first famous astronomers of her period."
* "Maria continued to pursue important work in astronomy..."
* "...a well-received pamphlet..."
These assertions need to be properly established by reliable citations. Thank you. Regards, RJH (talk) 18:25, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tone 

message: Maria Kirch’s (Winckelmann) Wikipedia page breaks down the different segments of her personal and professional life very well. However, the fact that women scientists were not as acknowledged by the professional world, is still reflected in the information displayed on the page. Compared to other white, male scientists working during the same time period, there is a lot more information provided on their pages in even just the text box bio to the right. 
If no applicable photos are available even some added quotes either by her or about her would help spice up the page.It is good that there is such an emphasis on how much women were restricted in the scientific world on her page, but now women are gaining more influence. 
Why isn’t the growing equality reflected in the Wikipedia pages of all women scientists who have made important contributions? Is it hard to have a detailed page because there was a lack of credit given to her work as it was completed, and it is now hard to determine exactly how much she contributed versus her husband? 
Even if that is the case, a picture and a few added points to the text box bio would make it clear that more effort was put into the creation of the page. Also, the entire Wikipedia page was drawn from only three different sources. Is this because those three sources sufficiently covered all the significant details of her life and professional career, or is there more room for research to be done? Another link, <http://www.epigenesys.eu/en/science-and-you/women-in-science/657-maria-margarethe-winkelmann-kirch> provided some more information on her, even just in the form of interesting details. In addition, the website's catchy headlines also drew my attention and made the article more uplifting in describing her love of astronomy as well as her accomplishments.
SavanahNicole (talk) 01:37, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Professional carrer of a woman scientist
Talk:Cryptic Fate

message: Article needs to be written in better English. The significance of the band to Bangladesh (being unique as a premier heavy metal band in a country such as Bangladesh) needs to be expressed clearly.
:I agree. I think it should be deleted, but apparently it's notable in Bangladesh. No one who can write in English has shown a willingness to work on this article. Enigmamsg 00:29, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: English
Talk:See My Friend-dummy-swap

message: I followed an internal red link here and seeing that it was a common mis-spelling created the redirect before moving on to writing the article. --Moochocoogle 15:45, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Then create the page "See My Friends" and correct the link in the document that you followed. Mapetite526 15:49, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have, but I feel that this redirect should be kept because it is a common mis-titling of the song. I, myself, had thought that this was the title until i researched it just now. --Moochocoogle 16:03, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Speedy deletion challenge
Talk:See My Friends

message: "Inspiration for the song came after a stopover in Bombay, where, finding himself jetlagged on a beach, Davies encountered two fishermen chanting on their way to their morning work. He wrote the song while travelling in India years later when he heard about the significance of the Ganges river in the Indian death ritual." So there were two visits to India. 1. A stopover 2. Travelling in India years later (1965, one presumes) when he wrote the song. When was the stopover "years earlier"? Tsinfandel (talk) 13:08, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The article is incorrect. I quote from The Kinks' page: "A stopover in Bombay, India, during the band's Australian and Asian tour had led Davies to write the song "See My Friends", released as a single in July 1965." I've made a few changes. - I.M.S. (talk) 05:16, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  When in India 

message: Shel Talmy who was the producer of the record "See My Friends" states in more than one interview that the song had been inspired by Jon Mark:
1.) Shel Talmy: Jon Mark "was absolutely a folk singer. It was only later on that he started getting into jazz and Indian. He's the first person that introduced me to sort of Indian music, and ragas and things like that, which is how [the Kinks'] "See My Friends" came about." SHEL TALMY INTERVIEW
2.) Shel Talmy: "In fact I did try early on [to record acoustic music], with a duo called Jon and Alan, and Jon became Jon Mark of the Mark-Almond Band.  [Jon] was a great innovator.  He's the first person, come to think of it, who ever told me about Bob Dylan.  He said, "Watch - - this guy's going to be sensational."  Jon was the first guy that ever brought Indian music to my attention, and in fact wrote a song that was sort of based on a drone, a folkish type song, that I recorded with him.  I played that to Ray Davies, who was so enamored with it that he went out and wrote "See My Friends" [one of the first Indian-influenced rock songs]." SHEL TALMY INTERVIEW: PART TWO.
3.) Shel Talmy: "'See My Friends' was a real groundbreaker! The evolution of that came about as I was recording Jon Mark, who eventually became part of Mark-Almond. He was a very good songwriter and turned me on to Indian music - ragas and all that kind of stuff. He wrote a song that incorporated an Indian drone, which I loved! I asked him if he'd mind if I played it for Ray Davies, and he said, "Be my guest." I did … and Ray came back the next day with 'See My Friends'. There weren't any sitars available at that time, so we re-tuned the guitars and double-tracked it to get the drone effect. It was the first record on the charts to have a sitar type sound on it. I heard it recently and it really holds up!" SHEL TALMY INTERVIEWED BY ARTIE WAYNE, PART TWO. --Popmuseum (talk) 18:38, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  "See My Friends" had been inspired by [[Jon Mark]]
Talk:Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet

message: The Peerage.com says he died 12 September 1810.  --  JackofOz (talk) 01:07, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Date of death