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Talk:Vanilla (genus)

message: There is an image on the page about the flavor Vanilla which has a detailed diagram of the Vanilla orchid.  Would anyone object to my "transplanting" this image to this page, since this one's more closely related to the actual plant?  -Kasreyn 07:55, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image from page on [[Vanilla]] 

message: I dont know how to put the tag on the page, but there are no sources cited in this article.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.239.249.154 (talk) 00:48, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi! You should have a citation for where the name vanilla comes from. I suggest that you look at the book "The Names of Plants," by D. Gledhill. There they describe the name vanilla meaning little-sheath, and coming from the latin word vagina.--Ivizulis (talk) 18:05, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  No references? 

message: Under the Selected species section, there appears to be a photo at the bottom with the words "unidentified vanilla species" underneath. I feel as if this does not fit with the flow of this section, and that it is distracting. I would reccomend you omit this, or place the photo in a different place on the page. --Ivizulis (talk) 18:16, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Distraction

message: The "Selected Species" section contains a lot of links to Wikipedia pages with almost no information. I think it would be better to make one Wikipage that serves as a list for all these "Selected Species", on this Wiki list, all the information that is now in the seperate Wikipedia pages could be given in a clear way, without having lots of pages with near to no information. A link to this Wikipedia list could be placed in the "See Also" section.  BabyTree69 (talk) 09:40, 19 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: There already is a separate page listing all the species, and it is very visibly linked. WP policy would not support creating a special separate article that contains only a partial species list. Dyanega (talk) 15:55, 19 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: If there is already a page with all the species, what's the point of the "Selected Species" section? BabyTree69 (talk) 09:27, 20 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The use of a "Selected species" list is very common in articles for large genera where only a small subset of the total have active articles or common names. This is especially useful when only some of the species are of economic or cultural importance, and would be buried within a complete list. You'll note that essentially all of the names in the "Selected species" list for this page are in one of those two categories: either an article (bluelinks) or redlink for a common name article that has not yet been created. See other examples at Salvia, Scutellaria, Shorea, Sumac, Terminalia (plant) and MANY others. Dyanega (talk) 22:27, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Selected species List
Talk:List of sultans of Sokoto

message: I would really like to move this to Sultan of Sokoto and make Sokoto Caliph the redirect. In the first 15 years of my life, spent in an around Sokoto, I never heard the phrase "Sokoto Caliph"—and my parents were both history teachers.—iFaqeer (Talk to me!) 20:46, Dec 7, 2004 (UTC)
:If no one has any objection, I would like to go ahead and make this move now.
IFaqeer 23:52, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]

message: I've added Sada Abubakar as the new 20th sultan as according to the BBC website  he was elected to this office. Someone more knowledgeable however may want to write his biography/entry... -- fdewaele, 2 November 2006, 13:02
The sentence which lists 'Mai' as a local kingship title in the context of this article is wrong, and I can tell you so as a Hausa subject of the sultanate. 'Mai' is a title that used to be used for the Rulers of the Borno and means 'King' ONLY in the Kanem-Bornu context; in the local Kanuri language. 
However when you speak of the Hausa/Fulani Sultans and Amirs, the HAUSA word 'Mai' signifies ownership - a direct transliteration may be 'of' and it does not signify any special effect, it is just a word, when you read of someone for example called 'Abubakar Mai Dawaki' it simply means 'Abubakar of the Horses' a.k.a Abubakar who owns lots of horses. these types of names could frequently become honorific surnames over time.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.0.193.205 (talk) 01:22, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Sada Abubakar

message: I think this is just a normal article, it isnt a current event, i think the current event tag is for things changing minute by minute, like when Arafat was ill, or Sadaam Hussain etc.--Halaqah 07:32, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Not a current event
Talk:Lobata

message: — Assignment last updated by Wildlife Nerd8694 (talk) 19:03, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Invertebrate Zoology
Talk:Tristar and Red Sector Inc. (demogroup)

message: This page is a straight rip from , © G. Lunder 1996-2004 but published with the comment "Scenery is freeware. Use this material in any way you want. Permission is hereby granted for its distribution on internet web and ftp sites, and any
reasonably priced cd-roms. You may, if you feel really generous, donate a
copy to me =]" 
* The redirect from TRSI to here was strongly premature.  The existing copy at TRSI is much more readable and already Wikified.  Merging is welcome, but lets not jump the gun.  —RaD Man (talk) 23:23, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Talk:Free Republic of Schwarzenberg

message: Wait a goddamn minute.
How can the term "Free Republic of Schwarzenberg" be derived from a 1984 novel if the group was only around in mid-1945?  Someone's got some issues with the time-space continuum. Mauipsyko 21:22, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps that should be explained in the article somewhere.  It confused me as well. Leadpipevigilante 00:35, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I got confused as well. What was the entity called in 1945 then? Even if it wasn't a formal state, it should have been nicknamed something. --Soman (talk) 23:08, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  It was no entity at all, just a historical accident, which became unstuck quickly enough once the dust had settled. Ondundozonananandana (talk) 12:37, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I don't know much about this topic, but I found this article hard to read.  First, it sounds like a lot more can be said about this subject (is there an explanation as to how this country got it's own currency and postage system in 7 weeks?).  Also, isn't the last sentence of the second paragraph a bit of a redundant statement? Leadpipevigilante 00:35, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Clean-Up?

message: Okay, I had another look at the German Wikipedia entry and tried to bang the article into some kind of shape. As stated earlier, there were no stamps and no currency, as far as I know. Anyone wishing to add to this article is most welcome, I cannot do more than declutter it. Ondundozonananandana 14:06, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Revamp
Talk:Roy Lichtenstein

message: The link to "Ohh...Alright..." in the table "Roy Lichtenstein sales records" is broken. The actual page is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohhh...Alright...
Trophonius326 (talk)
: thanks! DBaK (talk) 10:19, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Internal Link Not Working 

message: Spelling mistake 90.253.130.130 (talk) 08:48, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: as you have not identified the specific change required - what is the mistake? and where is it on the page? - Arjayay (talk) 09:21, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: If it was "Septepmber" - I have now corrected it - Arjayay (talk) 09:27, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 23 June 2020 
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ships/Ensigns

message: I am not sure what the interest or value is served by including national flags that are not a distinct design for use an ensign? I reached this page wishing to view the countries and contexts where a distinct ensign design is applied. Where it is not, the assumption is that the National Flag is used. Dainamo (talk) 12:44, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Including National Flags
Talk:Bradford protein assay

message: This article was listed on votes for deletion; see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Bradford protein assay.  —No-One Jones]] 21:28, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: A lot of people spamming the wikipedia.
www.westernblotting.org and biologicalworld.com for example has spammed the following pages:
*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gel_electrophoresis
*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_membrane
*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coomassie
*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradford_protein_assay
*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blot_(biology)
*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_mosaic_model 
*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyacrylamide_gel_electrophoresis
*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slot_blot
*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell-surface
And many others I got tired of pasting. For sites of very few pages, there is very little information from this site for users especially a made for adsense site.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sciencetalks (talk • contribs) 02:26, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  SPAMMING EXTERNAL LINKS 

message: It would be nice to have a wiki page discussing pros and cons of all the various assays if anyone is up for it.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.232.173.26 (talk) 14:18, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Protein assay 

message: Bradfrod assay is more sensitive to serum albumin including BSA and human serum proteins. I understand there are inherent variabilities in dye binding between different proteins, however it would be better to avoid using BSA as a standard. I have removed mentions to BSA. Laforet (talk) 00:46, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Standard Curve Constructed with BSA 

message: What does it mean for the assay to be "subjective"?
Wouldn't "non-quantitative" be more precise?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.246.2.62 (talk) 19:11, 26 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Subjective? 

message: This is to advise that I have added a citation in regards to the usage of 595 nm as a wavelength when making absorbance readings when applying the Bradford method (AnthonyFernandez65 (talk) 03:52, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edits recently made 

message: — Assignment last updated by Angelicas1216 (talk) 21:30, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: CHEM 378
Talk:The Woman in White (novel)

message: I wish there was an official GP place to discuss books like this. The feminist ramifications of this novel are significant. I find it a lot more enjoyable than, say, Dracula. I am sorry to see people emphasizing movies or TV shows here -- the novel itself is well worth reading.Geneven (talk) 12:13, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  What on earth has Dracula to do with it, or for that matter your personal tastes in literature?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.12.97.111 (talk) 15:40, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

text: I don't think it's too bad.  I've pruned it and filled in some gaps Chrismorey (talk) 05:04, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Novel

message: I think we would be remiss not to mention the actress for the role to which the title "The Woman in White" refers.  I've added Oliver Darley and Jill Paice with the intention of starting a additional pages for these careers that are sure to blossom.
--206.180.38.20 21:50, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: this page is about the novel.  Significant adaptations have their own articles Chrismorey (talk) 05:05, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Actress

message: Is the claim in the article that this is Collins' most famous novel correct? I would have thought that it's at least arguable that The Moonstone is even more famous. JH (talk page) 19:08, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  Claims about 'most famous' are absurd. But then, Wikipedia is a laughable entity.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.12.97.111 (talk) 15:42, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

text: Collins thought it was his best (see his epitaph).  Modern critics rate it above the Moonstone which is however a close second Chrismorey (talk) 05:04, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Collin's most famous novel? 

message: Epistolary novels are those written wholly or largely as a series of letters.  This is not; it's a multiple-viewpoint novel written in successive Narratives by various characters who are significant actors in those Narratives (plus one "Narrative" from a tombstone).  Collins used this device again in The Moonstone.  It allows the author to vary style, pace and viewpoint, and allow plot details to be revealed by those who would know them, rather than having an omniscient narrator or relying on coincidence, unexpected revelation etc.  An early and excellent epistolary novel is Smollett's The Expedition of Humphry Clinker.  Another example is Jane Austen's novel Lady Susan. Chrismorey (talk) 05:19, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not epistolary 

message: While editing the article on the Agapemonites I came across this source which suggests that the case of Louisa Nottidge may have inspired this story. Can anyone corroborate this?— Rod talk 20:18, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The article on Louisa Nottidge covers the likely relation to this book well. --ssd (talk) 07:30, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  It does no such thing. It merely mentions the dedication of The Woman in White.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.12.97.111 (talk) 15:52, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Louisa Nottidge
Talk:Zech's logarithm

message: I foound the literature on this a bit confusing, last time I looked. But I would have expect 'logarithm' to mean the inverse of the mapping indicated. That is, the log map would be
:polynomial in α (reduced) → n
where n is the power you need to take ...
Charles Matthews 21:54, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: When discussing Zech's logarithms in particular you start with a lot of high power polynomials and then the set of logarithms is the set of sums of reduced powers.  So I believe the power-reducing nature lead to the naming.  That being said, I've only seen Zech's logarithms described in lecture notes and mentioned referentially in a couple of papers, and I'm not even sure where they were first introduced.  I tried many different searches on search engines to try to figure out who Zech is and ultimately posted here, to no avail.  So, if you can dig up some more info on the subject perhaps you can set things straight (if they aren't already). CryptoDerk 23:46, Dec 7, 2004 (UTC)
Who is Zech?  If possible, the article should say who this concept is named after. Michael Hardy 22:11, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled 2004 comment 

message: Zech's logarithms are used to perform addition in a finite field, not to reduce a high degree polynomial to one of a lesser degree. The description given in the article seems totally spurious to me. Bekant 10:06, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. I've made a large revision to the article to correct this problem. Hurkyl (talk) 18:51, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Addition in a finite field
Talk:William Binchy

message: Does anyone think it would be useful to add Prof. Binchy's academic qualifications, list of subjects he lecturers in and a short list of his published work? I added this detail and it was removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kappar (talk • contribs) 18:11, 19 Jun 2005
:The list of qualifications, and especially the list of subjects, are unnecessary (and not given in other articles on academics, so far as I'm aware).  The list of published work should go in, well, in a list of published work; they weren't in fact included in any previous edit, but if you know the details you could add them. Mel Etitis  (Μελ Ετητης) 18:17, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Conger (syndicate)

message: Another aspect of the Conger's operations, ended with the Statute of Queen Anne, has considerable contemporary relevance. The Conger also functioned as a copyright syndicate operation. Thus, Smith had purchased from Shakespeare or his company the copyright to the plays. Successors and assigns to that right still existed ca 1700 claiming the exclusive right (80 years after Bill's death) to publish his plays. And were upheld in that claim by the courts. Until passage of the Statute canceled the claim and established a limited term for copyright and thus for exclusive exploitation of creative work (at least for literary work) for commercial or other reasons. The application to the the contemporary scene is obvious (see Digital Rights Managment. 
Someone who is better familiar with the legal history than I should have a whack at revising this article to reflect the copyright angle. A reasonable place to start is Lessig's Free Culture, from an expert on intellectual property and its history. His coverage of the Conger is in re copyright will be a good place to begin. 
ww 22:06, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Friday Harbor, Washington

message: That's a strange looking drawing of San Juan Island in the infobox!  The one at San Juan Island looks true.  --Hordaland (talk) 06:27, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I just noted that on the map's own talk page, and offered this screenshot from Google Maps as illustration of the reality. This map makes most of San Juan County appear to be a single land mass, and even at that seems to misrepresent the location of Friday Harbor vis-à-vis the water. --Haruo (talk) 18:12, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  that map 
Template talk:R from misspelling

message: Why is this template a member of both :Category:Templates for unprintworthy redirects and :Category:Templates for printworthy redirects? – Uanfala (talk) 14:52, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Because the template inherits those by virtue of transcluding its documentation, which has examples of both. I don't really see the point of "printworthiness" so I don't pay much attention to that. wbm1058 (talk) 18:00, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

text: Oh, I see. Those are both categorized at the bottom of the template documentation. Anyhow, the documentation explains how a misspelling in one context may be considered a correct spelling in another context, and thus be "printworthy". I think it's all too convoluted and confusing. – wbm1058 (talk) 18:07, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Categories 

message: An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Template:R from tpyo. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so.  Nardog (talk) 22:47, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template:R from tpyo listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] 

message: If editor uses , then correct form should have link. Monniasza talk edits 08:31, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I've definitely seen numerous cases where some knucklehead has "fixed" a link by changing it from  to , if that's what you're talking about. A database report of this antipattern would be good. ―cobaltcigs 22:49, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Change display of correct form 

message: I'd think we'd want a bot to alert the linker that they may have made a typo, or at least add it to a database of links that could be fixed.  talk 03:36, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I tried to construct this query with Petscan, but I failed. You might ask at Wikipedia:Request a query or a related forum to see if someone can write a quarry query for "mainspace pages that link to pages that transclude ". – Jonesey95 (talk) 04:15, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Requested the other day here.  talk 20:17, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

text: Related discussions: WP:Database reports/Linked misspellings (current) and especially its talk, WP:Bots/Requests for approval/Archive 2#CJBot (2006), Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/AntiRedirBot (2007), WP:Bot requests/Archive 50#R from misspelling typo/misspelling bot (2012), WP:Typo Team/moss#False negatives (2018).  I also vaguely recall a tool for fixing such links semi-automatically, possibly part of WP:WikiProject Red Link Recovery despite the links being blue. Certes (talk) 11:00, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does anything happen when a page with this template is linked from mainspace?
Talk:Pelham Islands

message: I find it hard to believe Rat Island ever had anything on it.  It's just too small.  Do you have any references to support that?
—Preceding unsigned comment added by RoySmith (talk • contribs) 18:58, 7 December 2004
:Hi!,
:I do not know of any website that exists.
:In her book, "Images Of America : City Island and Orchard Beach" the late Catherine Scott said there was a Typhoid Quarantine Hospital on Rat Island in the 1830's but it closed because of storm floods. Alice Payne is over on Reville Street and she might know cause she wrote "Tales of the Clamdiggers.
:I was told in 1958 there used to be a Lighthouse there, but I do not know if it is true or not.
:—Preceding unsigned comment added by Supercool Dude (talk • contribs) 21:10, 26 December 2004
I believe only David's Island and Goose Island are part of New Rochelle.  At least, the New Rochelle zoning map doesn't show any of the others.  I'm changing the article to that effect, if anyone learns otherwise please feel free to cite and correct. RossPatterson 18:44, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: This article is totally unreferenced. I am having difficulty finding any evidence that these islands actually are called the Pelham Islands. The only online source that uses that term seems to be this article! I wonder if the article name is valid. This New York City Parks & Recreation Dept. webpage looks like a good source for the article; it describes the islands as "islands of Pelham Bay," but it never calls them "Pelham Islands." This webpage republishes an 1889 article telling about the history of these islands, but it never gives a name for the island group. This page also looks like a good source for the article. --Orlady (talk) 20:15, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: There's virtually no material in this article which couldn't easily be merged into the articles about the individual islands, or into List of smaller islands in New York City.  I would have no problem with doing that and then deleting this.  -- RoySmith (talk) 21:44, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: More simply, cut and paste the entire article into Pelham Bay.  Certainly that name is not unusual for the area where the islands sit.  Jim.henderson (talk) 21:07, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Article is unreferenced // Should its name be changed?

message: This article was better and made worse for no real reason. The information is correct so please leave it. I live in the area and can verify this is correct.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.247.0.13 (talk) 08:31, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Improved article
Talk:Amjad Farooqi

message: The page says nothing of how Farooqi died.
this page has extremely valuable information and doesnt need more expansion.was musharaff really going to be assasinated?i dont think so.i think it was all stage managed to show that the government of pakistan and militants are against each other,contrary to the fact that they both go hand in glove.--Jayanthv86 09:02, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled 