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Talk:States' rights/Archive 1

message: The article contains the following:  "But with [sic] now the ground has shifted to general issues of federal versus state power, especially to moralistic issues such as abortion, gay rights, same-sex marriage, which conservatives want decided at the state level. In this regard, "states' right" remains a code word for opposition on the part of conservatives to these social issues, and is used by the Republican Party as part of its southern strategy."  
I have two problems with this.  First, I think it is, at least partially, incorrect.  On the issue of gay marriage, the majority of the Republicans (The President, Bill Frist etc) are not taking a States' Rights position on this issue.  They have proposed an amendment to the U.S. Constituion to Federalize the issue of marriage and to take it away from the States.  Under their proposal, no state (through its courts, legislature or popular vote to amend its constitution) would be allowed to grant same sex marriages, nor would state courts be allowed to interpret state constitutions to grant the "incidents of marriage" to gay couples.  This is not a states' rights position.  My second problem involves the language used.  There is a clear point of view expressed in this section.  I hate to raise this, as it is a point of view that I happen to agree with, but it is a POV nonetheless.  I think that this section needs to be revised.  What do others think?  Franklin Moore 18:19, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conservatives and States' Rights
Talk:Calderwood Dam

message: According to this press release from 2012, Brookfield bought a portfolio of hydroelectric generating stations from Alcoa. The Calderwood dam was included in that purchase.
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2012/06/29/1371673/0/en/Brookfield-Renewable-Acquires-Large-Scale-Hydroelectric-Portfolio.html 134.238.247.108 (talk) 21:52, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brookfield owns the dam, not Alcoa
Talk:Black Knight (Nathan Garrett)

message: There's a page for Teen Brigade, and I'd like to include the hyperlink for this page to the article when it's applicable.  Gammera2000 (talk) 20:17, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding a hyperlink
Talk:Magdalene

message: don't forget the other meaning - a reformed prostitute  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.182.24.255 (talk) 19:52, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

message: How is Magdalene (in the non-Cambridge sense) pronounced? Is it really maG-dalane? Or mad-alin? Or does it vary by locale and situation?
:In Ireland anyway, the 'g' is pronounced - so its pronounced as its spelled. BastunBaStun not BaTsun 23:24, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Pronunciation
Talk:Douglass, Memphis, Tennessee

message: This is crazy. This article doesn't have any citation sources. This article should be a draft if it doesn't have citation sources. King Work (talk) 03:03, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article doesn't have any citation sources 

message: Is this about Douglass history or the Fluker family? It's sad that the real history of Douglass was omitted and was only focused on one family's so called accomplishments. 76.17.124.226 (talk) 14:15, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not the REAL Douglass history 

message: This arcticle’s history segment is just random people and outside of that it  needs so much cleaning up it might as well be rewritten in its entirely Wyndon Guy (talk) 18:26, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who are these people?
Talk:East Lyn River

message: Assessed as start and low importance for WP:WikiProject Rivers.  Needs referencing and could benefit from expanding into structure as suggested at project page. Jezhotwells (talk) 18:13, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment
Talk:Virginia and Truckee 18 Dayton

message: Title of the article should be renamed.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Einbierbitte (talk • contribs) 12:09, November 3, 2007 (UTC)
As of 2008 the Dayton is on display in a museum in Virginia City, NV.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.141.200.145 (talk) 04:01, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opening comment
Talk:Nigerian Military School

message: I've removed an old neutrality tag from this page that appears to have no active discussion per the instructions at Template:POV:
::This template is not meant to be a permanent resident on any article. Remove this template whenever:
::#There is consensus on the talkpage or the NPOV Noticeboard that the issue has been resolved
::#It is not clear what the neutrality issue is, and no satisfactory explanation has been given
::#In the absence of any discussion, or if the discussion has become dormant.
Since there's no evidence of ongoing discussion, I'm removing the tag for now. If discussion is continuing and I've failed to see it, however, please feel free to restore the template and continue to address the issues. Thanks to everybody working on this one! -- Khazar2 (talk) 14:46, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  removing POV tag with no active discussion per [[Template:POV]]
Talk:Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness

message: Should Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest not redirect to this article rather than the Nantahala National Forest article?  Bms4880 (talk) 21:37, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Since the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest is contained within this wilderness area, I would lean toward changing the redirect to point here, since this is a more specific article than the National Forest one. Doing so will require some rewording of this article to prevent a self-redirect. Another option is to create a "real" article, replacing the redirect altogether. Merenta (talk) 22:40, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd wondered the same thing, Brian - but I hadn't figured out how to change it yet. In fact, in my opinion JKMF probably deserves its own article, separate from the Slickrock Wilderness article, but until someone gets around to writing one, I agree with you that it should definitely redirect here. - Ken Thomas (talk) 22:43, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, I changed the redirect and killed the internal link.  Bms4880 (talk) 13:19, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  joyce kilmer memorial redirect 
Talk:Jim Coley

message: This article has been automatically assessed as Stub-Class because it uses the Category:Tennessee stub on the article page.
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— Preceding unsigned comment added by SkiersBot (talk • contribs) 17:22, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Stub
Talk:Atlanta Braves all-time roster

message: I got this article going, but anyone can make additions to it. The article will be a lot easier to edit, with a page created and something to start with. Tigersfan1992 17:31, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Made a start

message: I created 82 Braves articles this week to remove all red-links. Now every single Braves player on this list as of September 12, 2011 has an article on Wikipedia. Agent VodelloOK, Let's Party, Darling! 00:27, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: All Braves have articles now
Talk:Lucille Benson

message: There is incorrect information on the web about the location of her remains. The source of this error is apparently an accidental posting of her as a famous internment at the wrong cemetery. Part of a from message from Erin Lambert about the burial site and her post:
When I was little, my dad always told me she was buried in Scottsboro. It wasn't until after my dad died, that I made it a point to find her grave. I have contacted them about correcting the cemetary name, but no luck so far! It is the cemetary behind Unclaimed Baggage. Her tombstone is so small because it is a cremation plot. I was out there looking for a huge tombstone, when some city workers told me she was cremated. Anyway, I am glad that I was able to provide a picture of her grave for her fans.
The pictures Erin posted are clearly from Cedar Hill as it is a city cemetery with rock gates on one side and an iron gate on another. Woods Cove Freeman Cemetery is a beautiful small country cemetery a few miles away with a white fence around it.
* Find a Grave famous internment listing: http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=cem&FScemeteryid=2155680
* Lucille Benson's biography page on Find a Grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10290964
* Cedar Hill at Find a Grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=22035&CScn=Cedar&CScntry=4&CSst=3&CScnty=61&  — Preceding unsigned comment added by JoelSherrill (talk • contribs) 12:04, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Location of Burial
Talk:Dil Kya Kare

message: * New Straits Times --Nicholas Michael Halim (talk) 06:39, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reviews
Talk:Hermetic Lunar Week Calendar

message: Because of the ongoing back and forth, I've protected the redirect. As far as I see:
# The AfD resulted in delete
# As some content was merged to Lunisolar calendar, the page was restored and converted into a redirect
# The content seems meanwhile to have been removed from Lunisolar calendar
So who thinks there are new reasons to have a separate article should bring it to WP:DRV, who sees a problem with the redirect might want to turn to WP:RfD--Tikiwont 21:11, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The redirect
Talk:Ballygawley, County Tyrone

message: Please move to Ballygawley, County Tyrone I am going to create a Ballygawley, County Sligo.--Vintagekits 18:01, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Name
Talk:National Defence Council (East Germany)

message: I think it would be good to aim to have a full list of members for the whole period of the Council's existence, much as the Presidium of the Volkskammer and State Council articles do. Does anyone know where this information might be found? 217.155.59.206 (talk) 14:18, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Membership requires expansion
Talk:Ryan Shay

message: I moved the uncited AP news story to this page for somebody to do soemthing with Particlebry 18:03, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: AP story

message: Ok, the death today may be the impetus for this article being written, but clearly there's more to say than 'he died.' 
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug=ap-run--marathontrials-death&prov=ap&type=lgns
Shay was a favorite going into the 2004 trials but was hampered by a hamstring strain and finished 23rd. He was the 2003 U.S. marathon champion and was third at this year's U.S. 25K championships. He also won the U.S. half marathon in 2003 and 2004. He was the NCAA 10,000-meter champion in 2001, the first national individual title in track for Notre Dame. 
Shay was the U.S. 20,000-meters (20K) road racing champion in 2004, making him a four-time national champion. 
His wife, Alicia, also is a top distance runner. She was a two-time NCAA champion and the collegiate 10,000-meter record-holder while running as Alicia Craig at Stanford. She and Ryan met at the 2005 NYC Marathon and they married in July. Alicia was hoping to make it to Beijing in the women's 10,000 meters. 
If he was the 2003 US marathon champion, as this article states, it's surprising there was no article prior to his death.
I wonder if there's an article for Ryan Hall, who won the race with a sub-2:10 time?Ryoung122 18:32, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Good job, everyone, of expanding this from a 'stub' to an article in just one day.Ryoung122 12:15, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Needs a biographical approach, not 'recentism.'

message: OK, Sure, most adults know that 2007-1979=28. However, given that:
A. Many people do not know math
B. Like it or not, this story was made more of due in part to Ryan's young age
C. Ages are almost always given in obituaries
D. If someone has not made it to the birthday, they are a year younger
Then it seems appropriate to have his age listed.Ryoung122 08:11, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Numbers vs. Proxies

message: It should not be speculated that the cause of Shay's death was an enlarged heart.  Preliminary autopsies have shown no link between that factor and his death.  The article needs to be changed to reflect the fact that although the direct cause of death was indeed a massive heart attack, there has been no link to the enlarged heart triggering the heart attack.  I do not believe I can make this edit, and associated changes to references without corrupting the code of the article.  Hopefully someone is able to do this.
The reference for the inconclusive autopsy is at the following address:
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071104/SPORTS17/71104017/1065—Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.13.61.229 (talk) 16:27, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Cause of Death
Talk:McDonald's Deluxe line

message: It has been proposed that the article McLean Deluxe be merged into this one, please discuss here:
* support - stub article that is duplicated in this article. - Jeremy (Jerem43 18:07, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge proposal
Talk:Ranvir Shorey

message: 41.72.122.46 (talk) 20:14, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please be more specific about what needs to be changed. ObtundTalk  23:13, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  The IP probably wants it to be added to Filmography. I'd close as  Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. A boat that can float! (watch me float!) 08:17, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 20 August 2012 

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Ref : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2457544/
AllHeartWeb (talk) 15:33, 2 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: It appears that you will be autoconfirmed in about 2 days, at which time you will be able to make the addition. No need to re-open, unless there are issues then. Thanks. — Andy W. (talk · ctb) 07:12, 4 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 2 June 2016
Talk:William A. S. Ouderland

message: He is called a Dutch Australian, but no details are given of his life in Australia or why he should be called Australian. He "returned" to Australia before he died, but when did he first arrive? haydn_likes_carpet 03:00, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: He was probably migrated to Australia after the Second World War. My main source of information, the Bhuiyan book does not provide any details about it. We have to manage other sources for it. But he's definately an Australian as well. Regards --Tarif from Bangladesh 19:59, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Australian?
Talk:List of National Historic Landmarks in Nevada

message: Please consider this article to be an article on rating scale Stub to Start to B to Featured List.doncram (talk) 13:44, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Rating as an article not as a list

message: Are available for two sites, Fort Churchill Ruins and the house one (which currently has a photo of the historic person, not the house). These could be uploaded... doncram (talk) 13:44, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Pictures from HABS
Talk:Florida black bass

message: it says this is a species, how good are those facts? i'm aware for a florida strain of Large mouth bass, but not of a whole new species being found in florida. peace! Ryan shell (talk) 04:05, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think this is a separate species than the Largemouth. I have never heard of this fish and I have fished for largemouth is several states including Florida. 173.188.36.87 (talk) 04:33, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll change to text then, and refer it as something other than 'species' Ryan shell (talk) 16:09, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: species?

message: Should this fish be merged with its species entry, Micropterus salmoides? Thricecube 17:45, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Possible Merge?
Talk:List of National Historic Landmarks in Rhode Island

message: About the blurbs describing each of these, can the NRHP numbers be dropped?  Those appear in the infoboxes in the articles, and are not of interest here.  Or, does anyone want them kept for the rows where the article is still just a red-link?  I myself would not need the numbers and would not trust them anyhow, if i was creating an article to fill one of the red-links. doncram (talk) 02:02, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Drop NRHP number from blurbs 

message: Multiple Resource documents available that might be useful in more than one article, include:
*East Providence MRA, 2.6MB.
*Providence MRA, 6.9MB.
*Lighthouses of Rhode Island TR, 4.0 MB
doncram (talk) 11:07, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  MRA sources
Talk:List of National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin

message: An editor added a red-link item for a Aldo Leopold Shack and Farm, in Lewiston, in Columbia County, Wisconsin to the article.  I just removed it from the article at least for now.  The place is a legit historic site, deserving an article.  Let's develop the article first, please, and establish if it is listed on the U.S. National Register and/or further designated a National Historic Landmark before adding it back to this list-article.  I actually think it is not a NHL.  Will help with a new stub article on the place.  Talk here or Talk at the talk page for the new article.  Thanks for calling it to our general attention, though. :) doncram (talk) 00:19, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Please see http://www.doi.gov/news/09_News_Releases/011609c.html for a press release from the Dept. of the Interior designating it as a NHL. --BaronLarf 18:24, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Works for me!  Thanks for adding the ref to the article, too. doncram (talk) 19:18, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Aldo Leopold Shack and Farm]]
Talk:Thelodonti

message: Any more specific data on that matter?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.118.191.48 (talk) 22:14, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Laurentian origin? 

message: The above phrase appearing in an article about a type of extinct fish looks like vandalism to me. If anyone knows why it should remain in this article, make a mention of it here (or edit it yourself, for clarity or expungement, so I won't have to remove it).--Quisqualis (talk) 00:48, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: From what I can tell from the history, the tube-like handle phrase is some sort of transcribing error, though, I have been unable to translate what the original editor wanted to convey.  I opted to replace it with a phrase about lobes forming a hypocercal-heterocercal tail, instead.--Mr Fink (talk) 01:27, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  "prolonged anterior tube-like handle"?
Talk:Kirsten Sheridan

message: As a new reader, this was hard to decipher: "Sheridan's first feature film was 2001's Disco Pigs, Enda Walsh's adaptation of his play". His play who's play? Sheridan's? Bulbous 05:48, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sheridan is a she; Enda Walsh is a he. Walsh wrote the play, Disco Pigs and adapted it for the screen; Sheridan directed. How do you think it could be written more clearly? --Melty girl 08:25, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe something to the effect of "own adaptation" or "self-adaptation" or "own play", to better illustrate the recursive. I just know it was a little hard to follow after a few glasses of wine. Good article! Bulbous 15:53, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Cool, thanks! --Melty girl 17:30, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Enda Walsh
Talk:Dallas Diesel

message: Admittedly, the article is in woeful shape (at best) but it can be both properly referenced and significantly cleaned up.  I'll attend to it after Christmas. - Dravecky (talk) 09:51, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup needed

message: The article was inadvertantly posted as a second WP:PROD by me.  I'll go ahead and post a second "Old Prod Full" template for record-keeping purposes.--Paul McDonald (talk) 14:53, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Inadvertant second prod
Talk:Texas EquuSearch

message: ::"TES has gained a reputation as a well-equipped organization which can deploy on short notice resources such as radar, sonar, scuba diving or SAR dog teams, and vehicles ranging from all-terrain vehicles to boats to aircraft to remotely operated vehicles."
Is there a source to support this claim?  Perhaps it is indeed true, but (to me) it sounds suspiciously like the opinion of the editor who inserted the statement...  -Grammaticus Repairo (talk) 15:05, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Feel free to edit it accordingly.  That line always didn't sit well with me, but being located where they are based, I see them in action quite a bit, so it is hard for me to be impartial. --Hourick (talk) 22:51, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Original editor here who wrote this line.  I have no affiliation with the organization but am a member of the EMS community in Houston.  The information comes from conversations with people from around here who have worked with TES (which I personally have not). I agree that it sounds opinionated. Feel free to edit, and thanks (to both of you) for improving the page. -BigDukeSix (talk) 21:27, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Source?

message: Two later entries in the list of notable searches use the phrase "Search currently underway" without providing a time frame. Shouldn't that include an entry date or some other indication of the time frame?50.175.88.50 (talk) 21:44, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Timeframes?
Talk:Texas Science and Natural History Museum

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: Moved to Texas Science and Natural History Museum, redirect created at the title with ampersand. (closed by non-admin page mover) BegbertBiggs (talk) 18:02, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Texas Memorial Museum →  – The museum will have a new name when it reopens on September 23. Skywatcher68 (talk) 20:37, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

text: Note: WikiProject Museums has been notified of this discussion. ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 14:08, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 18 September 2023
Talk:Texas Public Policy Foundation

message: Basically what is a controversial organisation is here presented apparently as it wants to see itself presented. I say that because it has been edited by Chuck DeVore, its Vice President of National Initiatives, anonymously by  from the Foundation itself, and possibly others.
Some possible sources.  and, all on the same issue,   . I'm sure there must be more independent sources. Doug Weller talk 20:24, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Some more sources also available through these search links: The Guardian, Washington Post.  —PaleoNeonate – 03:47, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

text: As there were improvements (also thanks to Marquardtika), I removed the POV tag for now.  Feel free to revise and restore the tag if necessary.  Thanks, —PaleoNeonate – 22:10, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV issues
Talk:The Lufkin Daily News

message: http://m.lufkindailynews.com/
WhisperToMe (talk) 00:19, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:The String-A-Longs

message: Surely this tune is so widely known and familiar that it deserves it's own article; or at least more than a passing mention in the article of the two bands who had a hit with it? It's as much of a musical cliche in comedy shows as 'The Stripper' or latterly 'Oh Yeah', composed by the pop group Yello. 
Anyway, it seems weird that such a widely known song has only a tiny mention on an article about a slightly obscure 60s Shadows/Ventures style instrumental pop combo.--Steve Farrell (talk) 08:14, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  'Wheels'