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Talk:Taiwanese Constitution

message: Should this be a disambiguation to
#the constitution of the Republic of China, and
#the draft of the constitution of the pro-independence people (e.g. http://newcongress.yam.org.tw/constitution/)?  — Instantnood 17:18 Feb 28 2005 (UTC)
:The document is not well known or widely accepted. I doubt that would ever be used even if they declared independence. This can go under a criticism/proposed replacement section of the constitution of the Republic of China article. The topics are related enough so that we dont need a new article. --Jiang 04:44, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I think most people are not aware of the Republic of China but are aware of Taiwan. This is like redirecting President of Taiwan to President of the Republic of China or Flag of Taiwan to Flag of the Republic of China. (this should especially apply since we're using Taiwanese the adjective, as opposed to having this at "Constitution of Taiwan" --Jiang 07:08, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Talk:Wylie transliteration

message: There is a template Wylie_box available. With this template it is possible to remove the Wylie transliteration out of contiguous English text to the right margin to improve readability.
If one writes, for example,

before the text then the box appears to the right of the text as shown in this example.
The first parameter 'english' sets the transcribed word or words and
the second parameter 'wylie' sets the Wylie transliteration of the corresponding Tibetan word or words.
The comment could be left empty. --Klimov 12:48, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template Wylie_box 
Talk:Onion dome

message: The article doesn't say anything about what's inside the dome.  I guess they'd be windowless, but are there usually rooms or other usable space up there?  They are big enough. 70.36.142.114 (talk) 00:55, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: That would depend on what the tower below them is made of.  Inside the dome is cold, dark and sometimes only a small space because of the timber. A dome covered in tiles has many gaps and there will be birds. If the church is small and the tower is made of wood then it cannot support more weight than the dome. Large churches with brick or stone towers have more space. Sometimes things are hidden up there. I have not seen one with stairs to the dome, only ladders, so it is hard to carry some heavy chest up there. 89.46.102.14 (talk) 11:21, 13 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  what is inside the dome? 

message: According to the article the oldest onion shaped dome in Western and Central Europe is to be found in Augsburg (1576). In 1520 however the tower of the 'Grote Kerk' in Haarlem was topped with an open onion. Shortly after 1533 the crossing of Antwerp Cathedral already got an onion shaped dome. The tower of Sint-Katharinakerk in Hoogstraten (Belgium) was crowned with an onion in 1546. This shows that in the Low Countries these onion domes were constructed far earlier than 1576.Fred Vanderpoorten (talk) 10:55, 8 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  oldest onion shaped dome in Western and Central Europe 

message: I can't find any sources on when this art is from, but it features 2 onion domes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Simeon_Stylites_the_Younger.jpg  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.16.38.122 (talk) 12:06, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  what year is this art from?
Talk:Studio 54

message: In the long term, I'm planning to improve this article to GA status. However, I noticed a few things about the arrangement of the article's sections:
* Most of the page is about history and is in chronological order, but only one section of the article (the Roundabout Theatre section) has a list of notable productions. However, there were several other notable productions at Studio 54 back when it was the Gallo Theatre/New Yorker Theatre. Should the "notable productions" section get its own level-2 header, such as in Stephen Sondheim Theatre#Notable productions and American Airlines Theatre#Notable productions? I am planning to flesh out the Roundabout section with prose.
* Meanwhile, the focus of this article needs to be clarified. Currently, the article is largely about the theater itself and the former nightclub, which is fine. But I also recently removed an unsourced section about "other tenants", which is only related to the office building within which the theater/nightclub is housed. Should we be talking about the office building as well?
* Should the "Upstairs at Studio 54" subsection be a subsection of "Design" instead of "Roundabout Theatre"?
– Epicgenius (talk) 17:49, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I guess the long term was not as long as I thought, as I've already implemented all of the above changes. The article's focus is now on the nightclub/theater and, to another extent, the physical space. There are a few referencing issues that probably still need to be addressed, particularly the use of sources like mentalfloss.com, but overall I think the page is broad enough in coverage.Some people may be wondering about the massive wikitext size (nearly 190 kb at last count). However, the article has about 45 kilobytes of prose size right now; per WP:TOOBIG, the page's size is all right, and it should be manageable as long as there aren't any significant additions of trivia. The article has nearly 450 references. which inflates the wikitext size greatly. The opera house, television studio, nightclub, and theater occupy the same physical space and are largely related to each other, so I have rewritten the article to cover all of these aspects. – Epicgenius (talk) 21:42, 18 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Section layout 

message: "Another early show produced at Studio 52 was The Fred Waring Show, which was taped there in 1950."
This is not possible. Video tape was not in production use until the mid 50s. 2600:1700:CA10:18A0:FC54:C529:E060:6C42 (talk) 15:53, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for pointing this out. I've fixed this sentence now. – Epicgenius (talk) 16:58, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anachronism
Talk:Alex Deakin

message: Why is it strange that Deakin didn't feature in the 100 greatest Britons?  Had he featured in it in the past?
As a Briton, I think that the factual content of this is correct, but the the author's tongue is firmly in their cheek! The comment about Greatest Britains, though drole, should be removed.
:Of course it should be removed . Be bold!, you can edit too. --Oldak Quill 01:17, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]
Talk:25th Golden Raspberry Awards

message: The article says that this this Razzie year was unique because it nominated a film that was NOT a financial or critical bomb (Fahrenheit 911). However, in 2005 Katie Holmes was nominated for Batman Begins, which was a huge critical and financial success. This statement therefore seems patently false. --DreamsReign 04:06, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Very Dubious
Talk:Lom, Norway

message: Due to a page copy that happen on Jan 1 2005, the rest of the history of this page is found in the Lom article. -- Egil 19:03, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Talk:Kalanchoe

message: Wetman added: "The American localism  Kalancho (sic) comes from local usage among people so isolated from the cultural mainstream that they thought the final e of Kalanchoë was silent, and merely decorative. In fact, "Kalanchoë" rhymes with 'no way'."
:I'm "American" and I've never seen it spelled this way ("Kalancho"); maybe it is just a typo? I suggest we move it to Kalanchoe. And the proper place for POV comments is not the article, but the discussion page (not that I don't share that POV %^) - Marshman 19:07, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm removing the sentence "The name is sometimes written "Kalanchoë" to indicate that the final 'e' is not pronounced."  A diaeresis on the final e would specifically indicate that it is supposed to be pronounced separately.N. Pharris (talk) 04:08, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

message: User Apokryltaros states that Adanson named the genus after either Kalanchoe ceratophylla or Kalanchoe spathulata. We need to find a reference for this statement. Apokryltaros has referenced the GRIN data sheets for these species at  and , but what we really need is a source that makes the claim that Adanson got the generic name from the Chinese vernacular name for one of these species. Does anyone have a print or web reference that makes this claim? Rupert Clayton (talk) 22:13, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for fixing the reference for me...  Do we know what the type species is?--Mr Fink (talk) 18:22, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Took a bit of searching, but if I'm reading this  and this  right the type species is Kalanchoe laciniata, which was originally Linnaeus's Cotyledon laciniata. Rupert Clayton (talk) 21:50, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Refs needed for origin of name

message: The article fails to mention that some Kalanchoe plants sold in supermarkets in the USA are patented varieties sold under agreement that the purchaser will not propagate the plant further. David Spector (talk) 20:39, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not an expert on the matter, but as it is "mainly native to Madagascar and tropical Africa" it's possible that Kalanchoe is considered an invasive species where you live and would displace parts of the native flora. This could cause all kinds of problems - not all of which would be immediately apparent. Cane toads in Australia would be a good example. --91.22.84.135 (talk) 03:45, 5 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Patents? 
Talk:Lom, Bulgaria

message: Does anyone know the demographics including the population of Lom?  It would make a very relevant addition? Kenallen 01:33, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Demographics

message: Article says Lom was founded in 1695 by Kara Mustafa and Murad Bey. That can't be the case, as Kara Mustafa was executed in 1683 after he failed to conquer Vienna, while the Murad Bey linked in the article was only born c 1750. We should keep in mind that there are several Murad Beys in the Ottoman narrative, so this might refer to a different person with the same name. 118.100.86.197 (talk) 01:14, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Disputed statement
Talk:Schistosoma

message: OK, I've started rewriting this article, but I don't have any great experience in medical parasitology, so if anyone wants to jump in, please do. I think it's a shame that wikipedia doesn't have a good article on such an important disease. Anilocra 19:18, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: There is no need of you rewriting this article. It is only about the organism, not the disease. A very complete article on the disease is available on schistosomiasis. Rsabbatini, 28 Feb 05.
So there is! Sorry, I hadn't looked at it since you started working on it. Nice job... Anilocra 08:41, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rewrite 

message: The sharp, hook-like structure in the upper right of the picture is used for tearing through tissues. This should be mentioned in the article. Also, the egg stage picture could stand to appear on the S. mansoni page as well. Fuzzform 03:55, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images 

message: I just wanted to ask why the summary tries to describe the life-cycle and then omits the parasitism of gastropods between human-parasite stages(cycles) I think the text shouldnt say "....to fresh water, where larval stages can infect a new host by penetrating the skin...." but rather "...to fresh water, where eggs hatch and infect availible gastropods wherein the larvae grow until ready to go from gastropod to the water phase, and then infect a new host by penetrating the skin...." (or something in that order)even in the summary the fact that the pressence of certain species of gastropod is a marker for at least the cleanliness of the water body in question, and therefore a very prerequesite for further infection, seems important.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.41.77.254 (talk) 08:10, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Omitted information?
Talk:Douglas TBD Devastator

message: In reference to a statement near the end refering to how TBF Avengers would have likely suffered similar losses at the Battle of Midway under similar circumstances as those the TBD Devestators faced:  I seem to recall from a book called "Miracle at Midway" that TBF Avengers used during the Battle of Midway also suffered severe losses, though only a handful of them (flying from Midway Island) were present.  These also attacked without fighter escort, due to the fact that most of the fighters based at Midway had to defend the base from the initial attack and were unable to join the bombers.  The one plane that did survive from this group landed wih over 200 bullet holes in it.  I don't have the book with me, so I won't add this to the article until I can verify it (but if someone else verifies this or dis-verifies it before then, feel free to add this or refute it as you wish.)
--Jeff
I've read that story as well.  The Avengers were a detachment of VT-8 based on Midway.  Six attacked, one returned with the turret gunner (Jay Manning) dead.  IIRC the aircraft was heavily damaged, crash-landed, and was scrapped.
This is the pilot's story:  http://boatcoach.tripod.com/id109.html 198.49.81.33 17:17, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: There are no surviving aircraft in museums or private collections, except for the three in al gore's garage
can this be edited? Im doing this on my phone or I would do it myself
94.3.135.22 (talk) 21:33, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lol 

message: "The Devastator performed well in early battles, most notably in the Battle of Coral Sea"
As a contrast, Toll 2012 summarizes Coral Sea after-action reports and calls it "disastrously obsolete" and says that it "must be replaced as quickly as possible".
So is there a source for the good performance?  --84.132.144.110 (talk) 21:42, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  From the Lede
Talk:Megasthenes

message: The link to Indika returns an error message.
:Fixed. --Clay Collier 00:54, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: error message

message: Why does the External links section have two links directing to the same site? As they seem to go to the same page, I decided to remove the link only displaying the address, not the one with bibliographical references. 129.125.156.46 (talk) 19:11, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links 

message: I just added a little bit of detail to the Legacy section of this page, discussing some of Strabo's specific objections rather than simply saying that he did or did not treat Megasthenes's Indica with respect.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:7:9F01:7BF7:E6CE:8FFF:FE27:64F6 (talk) 14:44, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added a little detail in Legacy 

message: I've undone recent undiscussed split by User:Kazvorpal for following reasons:
* It was done without content attribution: see Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia
* Nearly all the content left in this article after the split was still about the book (except a couple of sentences about Megasthenes' occupation, region of birth, and period). There was a lot of duplication of information: the content left in this article should have been much shorter, per Wikipedia:Summary style.
I've no problem with the content about the book being split into a separate article, if the above-mentioned problems are addressed. utcursch | talk 16:20, 17 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: If no one has an objection, I'll perform a proper split. This article can be shortened to bits about Megasthenes's personal life / career. utcursch | talk 01:11, 3 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Separate article for the book
Talk:James Alan McPherson

message: Due to the death of this person, the BLP status of this article has changed. "This does not mean that unsourced material that would contravene the Biography of Living Persons rules can be added to this article. Capitalistroadster (talk) 03:04, 28 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: BLP status change

message: I couldn't believe it, but he really was the first African American to win the Pulitzer for prose writing- Gwendolyn Brooks won her's for poetry. No Claude McKay, Jean Toomer,  Richard Wright, James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, Ishmael Reed (also no Pynchon in his great time (?)). But Hemingway won his only in the 1950s, and I think F. S. Fitzgerald never won it (?). Still, the racism is obvious.--Ralfdetlef (talk) 07:36, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Racist Pulitzer Prize
Talk:Historical population of Poznań

message: Is this really an article?  This is absurd. john k 20:16, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Old talk
Talk:Epenthetic vowel

message: Japanese also uses different vowels after [h], e.g. Gogh -> gohho  and Bach -> Bahha  Kappa 20:42, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Japanese vowels after "h"

message: PuzzletChung suggested a month ago that this article be merged with Epenthesis, but there's been no discussion. If anyone wants to discuss it, please do so at Talk:Epenthesis. --Angr/ 18:06, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. kwami 15:15, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge?
Talk:Touchstone (assaying tool)

message: I had the impression that as touchstone was exclusively Basanite (Lydian Stone; black Jasper) used. Can anyone confirm? Speaking of which, Basanite is supposed to be a Quartz as any Jasper is, but the entry for Basanite states the opposite. In fact, it seems to be an entry for some Basalt, but not for Basanite.
In German, the word Prüfstein is more often used as an analogy for a test, similar to the English (political) litmus test. Fore example, Martin Luther uses this word in No 12 of his 95 Theses . The Bible is often cited as the "Prüfstein" in theological issues (undecided? read the scripture!) in Lutheran churches. Doesn't "touchstone" have this meaning in English? --LA2 08:21, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opening comment 

message: I added headings so that other pages could link to the explanation of "touchstone" as a metaphor. The heading names may not be the most appropriate names, but I thought this would be a good start. --Culix 03:56, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Touchstone as a metaphor

message: This article talks about "fieldstone" as an example of a kind of stone you could use as a touchstone.  But the "fieldstone" article says that fieldstone is just any stone found in a field, not a particular rock, in the way that slate is a particular rock.  Maybe the article means feldspar, which is a particular mineral, and means "fieldstone" in German? Kragen Javier Sitaker (talk) 03:06, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: i agree it surely should read feldspar and not fieldstone.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Grant-serpell (talk • contribs) 00:00, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Fieldstone"? 

message: move Anthony Appleyard (talk) 12:17, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Touchstone → Touchstone (assay) — No primary use. Touchstone is a more common use. Vegaswikian (talk) 06:25, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Requested move
Talk:Terra incognita

message: This page was voted on for deletion at Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Terra Incognita.  dbenbenn | talk 20:47, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]

message: Thanks to Vsmith and Dougweller for fixing a mess I found here, which I unfortunately made worse by in trying to fix it. The articles involved are these:
*Terra Australis
*Terra Australis Incognita
*Terra Australis Ignota
*Terra incognita
*Terra ignota
*Talkpages for each of the above
I have replaced the lead of Terra Australis with the following summation, including a link to comprehensive history of terms at Australia:
Terra Australis (or Terra Australis Ignota and Terra Australis Incognita; Latin: "the unknown land of the South") was a hypothetical continent appearing on European maps from the 15th to the 18th century. Other names for the continent include Magallanica or Magellanica ("the land of Magellan"), La Australia del Espíritu Santo (Spanish: "the southern land of the Holy Spirit"), and La grande isle de Java (French: "the great island of Java"). Terra Australis was one of several names applied to the actual continent of Australia, after its European discovery; and it is the inspiration for the continent's modern name (see also Etymology, at Australia).
As things stand, there are links and redirects among those pages. These may need discussion and rectifying, along with suitable changes to the pages themselves. In particular the talkpages are problematic: if a talkpage is moved (and then possibly re-moved), redirected, etc., it can become unclear precisely which page is under discussion, or which is referred to in templated page-headers.
Ignota and incognita mean roughly the same in Latin, but are perhaps distinguishable: ignota "unknown"; incognita "unrecognised, undiscovered, un-learned-about". Non-English-speaking speakers, especially Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian, appear to favour ignota over incognita. I suspect there are two reasons for this:
:#The phrase terra ignota famously occurs in Vergil (less known in the English-speaking world), in a context having nothing to do with any southern continent (Heu, terra ignota canibus date praeda Latinis alitibusque iaces! "You lie in a strange land, given as prey to the dogs and fowls of Latium!" parsed here, but with uninformative gloss for ignota).
:#The word ignota is closer to forms in those modern European languages than it is to forms in English.
But in the literature (surveyed through properly conducted searches in Googlebooks and other sources), Terra [Australis] Incognita is overwhelming more common: even in old sources, and especially in English-language sources.
I strongly advise that centralised discussion be conducted at Talk:Australia, and briefly noted at affected pages, to keep all of this in good order. I have placed this discussion there as well.
–⊥¡ɐɔıʇǝoNoetica!T– 23:14, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rationalising Terra, Australis, Ignota, and Incognita
Talk:Assam/OriginDisputeResolution

message: The text below is suggested as a compromise.  It is neutral, and just states what is known in the academic community, and puts forwards those view which are substantiated with evidence as well as objections.
=== Sample ===
The origin of the name Assam is not clear.  Edward Gait [History of Assam, 1906] suggests the name comes from the Sanskrit word asama meaning "uneven", which describes the geographical region with its mountains and valleys.  Banikanta Kakati [Aspects of Early Assamese Literature, 1953] suggests that the word is rooted in the Tai word cham (to be defeated).  Since the Tai conquerors were undefeated, the indigenous people called them a-cham (undefeated).  This word morphed into asama with a Sanskritized meaning "peerless", which formed the root for both the names: Assam as well as Ahom. Kakati's assertion, that the word asam was used originally by the local people to call the Ahoms, is now accepted widely in the academic community.  There are some who dispute this interpretation and claim that Assam and Ahom can only be associated if the word Assam is found in the buranjis, the Ahom chronicles.
=== Comments ===
* This is excellent. Approved from my side. Prabhakar 06:37, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alternative Text 

message: * This is excellent. Approved from my side. Prabhakar 06:37, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comments