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Talk:The Best of Van Morrison Volume 3

message: Apparently the genres are pop, rock, :rhythm and blues, :jazz and :blues. These are apparently supported by https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-best-of-vol-3-mw0000578534 and http://www.musicbox-online.com/reviews-2007/van-morrison-best-3-08312007.html. The problem with the second source is that it doesn't appear to be a viable source. But Let's assume it is. The first paragraph talks about how eclectic the album is while the third paragraph talks about influences on individual songs, but as we see in :WP:GWAR, specifically, :WP:EXPLICITGENRES, we need genres that are explicit and address the whole album, not just individual songs. AllMusic is shorter, more balanced, and definitely a reliable source. Stephen Thomas Erlewine writes that the album is idiosyncratic and comments on "Van's excursions into jazz, country, even skiffle seemed odd" (emphasis mine). He never states that the album is jazz, nor is it country or skiffle, but that songs make trips toward those genres. To state that the whole album is those genres, therefore, fails sourcing to support it. Pop, rock an R&B are not even mentioned by either reviewer. That was my reading at the initial revert of these additions, and is still stands. Please provide support that the album is these genres from the prose written on AllMusic and find a better source than musicbox-online.com. Walter Görlitz (talk) 02:32, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Are you planning on discussing as they are clearly not all in the article. Walter Görlitz (talk) 23:00, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I really despair at what you’re trying to do here. The purpose of my edits was to solve an edit dispute by providing some sources (already used in the article) and you just create more conflict with this needless and tedious pedantry. The edits that you’ve just reverted contained genres that ARE in the text of the articles provided; clearly you aren’t reading them. To be honest I don’t even care; it’s such a non issue that I don’t have the time or energy to discuss it. Please, go and research and write an article, it’s much more rewarding.   Kitchen Roll  (talk) 23:32, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  I'm sorry you despair. There is no pedantry at all. I am clearly reading them since I understand that the terms are used for one song or another (and I quote them!), but not the collection. Wikipedia requires that the sources clearly state one to three genres for the album, not a song here or there. Mentions of the genres do not imply that the whole album is in those genres. Walter Görlitz (talk) 23:39, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Genres
Talk:A. M. Williamson

message: The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- KGV  (Talk) 08:52, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography/Assessment#Class_parameter|Biography assessment rating]] comment 

message: Are they all here? And putting them in order of publication would make more sense.
Another idea is to label each one as to genre; humor, thriller, motor-car romance etc. 
I would be interested to know which are the motor-car romances, tho the titles often give a clue. 2A00:23C3:E284:900:5594:9C41:6BFE:639D (talk) 09:44, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Works?

message: "She died 24 September 1933 under strange circumstances at Bath" What were these strange circumstances ? RGCorris (talk) 08:45, 26 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death
Talk:Alice Orlowski

message: The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- KGV  (Talk) 08:53, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography/Assessment#Class_parameter|Biography assessment rating]] comment 

message: What is meant by the term "picture-book SS woman"?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.72.23.182 (talk) 01:48, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture book?
Talk:Alice Pike Barney

message: Smithsonian Institution, public domain section:
https://www.si.edu/object/medusa-laura-dreyfus-barney:saam_1951.14.64
Also has links to download higher resolutions, also for free.
And there are many other works by the artist there, to enable new artwork here and better quality. 2601:840:8400:B80:BDFB:967D:6429:AB6D (talk) 22:21, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Medusa better version
Talk:Alice Schille

message: Llee108, I reverted you here because you created a format with no lead and seemed to add unsourced stuff. See WP:Lead. And you need to source your content. Also see MOS:LAYOUT. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 19:27, 26 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Layout 

message: I think this needs a little qualification. What was her parents' family/professional background? Valetude (talk) 20:42, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Born to wealth...
Talk:Alice Stone Blackwell

message: The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- KGV  (Talk) 08:56, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography/Assessment#Class_parameter|Biography assessment rating]] comment 

message: Hello, I am working on a college project to edit a Wikipedia article on a notable American Woman.  I have some proposed edits for this article, including information on her involvement in creating the NAWSA.  My sandbox page can be found here:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nch8501/sandbox
Nch8501 (talk) 18:24, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed Edits to the Article 
Talk:The Curious Sofa (EP)

message: Is this album named after the Edward Gorey book of the same name? Fasrad 22:44, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Alicia Boole Stott

message: The article describes various findings of Alicia Boole Stott in geometry. Yet the opening paragraph describes her primarily in terms of her family (father and husband), as though a major achievement of her life was marrying an actuary. This does not seem to do justice to her. Was she a professional mathematician? If so, this should be written in the first sentence. --Zvika (talk) 11:16, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Profession? 

message: It should also be made clear the independence of her discovery of the six regular polytopes in four dimensions, i.e. how it relates historically to Schläfli's work. 212.49.200.37 (talk) 15:45, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discovery 

message: "Alicia Stott sent him photographs of herself because she was pretty" ??  I really doubt that.  Is this something she wrote, or is it heresay, or just made up? Rybu (talk) 04:42, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  That can't be right 

message: It says "she made contributions to the field she was in." What field was she in? 108.243.152.221 (talk) 00:01, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  What?
Talk:Alifereti Finau Ulugalala

message: I think this is an error. The name is Tongan: Finau Ulukalala, I have never seen it spelt Ulugalala, although it translates roughly from the Tongan.Tukutukudina (talk) 12:27, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ulugalala or Ulukalala?
Talk:Kashruth Council of Canada

message: COR does stand for Canadian Orthodox Rabbinate which is the modern-orthodox equivalent of OU based in Toronto
Kashrut certifications in Quebec are mainly issued by MK which stands for Montreal Kosher. MK is the kashrut department of the Vaad haIr, the rabbinical council of orthodox judaism in Montreal. MK is associated with the ultra-orthodox wing of judaism.Ezra haGuer 18:36, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  COR acronym 

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thread_title:  Copyright problem removed
Talk:Alison Leggatt

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for [[:Image:Leggatt.JPG]]
Talk:Murder of Alison Parrott

message: The notion that this article doesn't meet the notability guidelines seems to overlook the primary role of the subject (Alison) in her mother's creation of the well-known "Stay Alert / Stay Safe" PSAs.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.52.240.210 (talk) 06:02, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Al-Qaeda in Iraq

message: But it still may need some copy-editing. --83.13.135.170 (talk) 10:02, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Guess I updated and cleaned it enough 

message: The article does not seem to contain much about events since 2007 and will need updating by an interested editor.  I have done copy edits of the exisitng material. --Diannaa TALK 19:51, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I guess the main thing missing is the names of the current leadership. --Diannaa TALK 20:15, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs updating 

message: I'm a little surprised no mention has been made of reports indicating that Abu Suleiman, the Islamic State of Iraq's War Minister as well as a top leader in Al Qaeda in Iraq, has been killed in the town of Hit, as reported here(), here(), and here().
While this is a new development, and may prove to be false like many similar reports in the past, I think at least this should be mentioned on this particular page, or if this person is given a page of their own, on that article (which seems unlikely given the dearth of information available).
Should we wait for better verification of these reports, or just make the appropriate additions based on what information can be verified at this time? Jetpower45 (talk) 04:45, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death of Al-Nasser Lideen Allah Abu Suleiman, ISI "War Minister"? 

message: Hey guys yesterday i made an edit on the page saying that al-qaeda in Iraq no longer exists after the section which quotes the groups attempted insurgency but the group never came back after the last man standing Huthaifa al-Batawi was killed. So I just wanted to let you know. Also isn't bin laden part of the groups other personnel since he is the founder and former operator. Let me know-What was this guy eating?  —Preceding undated comment added 01:08, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: You need to provide a reliable reference saying that the group has disbanded. (Hohum @) 17:01, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

text: That'll be news to the Iraqis that continue to be killed in the hundreds every month, including in horrific suicide attacks that are the hallmark of this group. Also, it is quite clearly sourced on this page that the group and its affiliates have at least 1,000 operatives in the country as of this year. Al Qaeda is still very real, in Iraq and elsewhere, and for the foreseeable future, they are here to stay. Jetpower45 (talk) 07:19, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death of the group 

message: As far as I've heard, this man was instead the emir of Baghdad, and not the top leader of Al Qaeda or the ISI. Al-Nasser Lideen Allah Abu Suleiman was actually announced to be the military leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq after Masri was killed in April 2010. Suleiman was claimed KIA'd by Iraqi forces during this year, but strangely, I never saw any reports of the organization either denying or confirming his death. What gives? Jetpower45 (talk) 16:24, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Was Huthaifa al-Batawi ever a main leader?
Talk:Allan Birnbaum

message: The article has a recently-added claim:
:In fact Birnbaum's alleged proof of the likelihood principle, however celebrated, has been shown to be flawed by Deborah G. Mayo in Error and Inference: Recent Exchanges on Experimental Reasoning, Reliability, and the Objectivity and Rationality of Science (Mayo and Spanos Eds, Cambridge, 2010,) chapter 7, pp. 305-314.
I have written to an expert on the likelihood principle. He has informed me that the alleged proof by Mayo is nonsense, in his opinion. He points out that the Mayo paper appears in a book which is edited by Mayo, and unlike the Birnbaum proof, appears never to have appeared in a peer-reviewed journal.
I will therefore delete this particular paragraph as insufficiently well sourced. Bill Jefferys (talk) 18:35, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Claim about Birnbaum's proof of the likelihood principle 
Talk:Allan G. Brodie

message: "prominent orthodonist." - Who says?  The article looks very good.  Removing this and simply saying orthodonist would be not detract from prominence, but it will improve the quality of the article. Pknkly (talk) 14:32, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Weasel Words
Talk:Allan J. C. Cunningham

message: Note:  Project Banner with Delhi workgroup parameters was added to this article talk page because the article falls under :Category:Delhi or its subcategories. Should you feel this addition is inappropriate , please undo my changes and update/remove the relavent categories to the article -- Amartyabag  TALK2ME 02:35, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[WP:INDIA]] Banner/Delhi Addition
Talk:Euphrasia of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

message: I think the article should be deleted, as it is just a bunch of words, and re-created when finished. Thank you. BoricuaeddieTalk • Contribs • Spread the love!  18:42, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: i suggest that the article should not be deleted as it is important article in the category of catholic church in india.the article can be edited if required.--Johnyjohny294 (talk) 21:31, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  pls do not delete this article,try to make edits if possible
Talk:Allan Pettersson

message: not a provable statement, or if it is, cite not just some critic's opinion but a survey of one-movement orchestral works or something that will go a way to - when it comes down to it, frankly, I don't think you can prove this; there might be a hoard of 30-hour one-movement orchestral works out there as unknown to us as Pettersson was unknown to most of us awhile back. It's most likely- in so far as the term "most likely" makes sense in this context (it doesn't really; statistics/probability don't play a role here) that they're at best mediocre, if so, unlike- in my opinion- the rather good (at least) Pettersson works; but sight and sound unseen we do not know anything about them, including whether or not they exist, and should stick with what we know. Even - rewriting hypothetically - "among the longest... yet performed" is a bit of a stretch since no one claims to know all public or private performances of all works ... I'd say drop the statement wholly, that it's fine in a promotional piece and very much not so on Wikipedia. Is anyone not clear on  the difference and need explaining? Schissel | Sound the Note! 20:53, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, this statement can't be proved. Pettersson's symphonies are also not listed in "Guinness World Records Book", like Brian's Gothic. So it's better to remove that part. 84.119.105.83 (talk) 11:28, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  "some of the longest single movement orchestral works ever written" 

message: "Official" Swedish sources, like Svenskt biografiskt lexikon and gravar.se spell his name "Gustaf Allan Pettersson". So Gustav is obviously not the correct spelling. 176.199.37.91 (talk) 11:20, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gustaf or Gustav
Talk:Allen and James Thompson

message: I recommend we split this article so the brothers each have their own article.--Kumioko 16:39, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Either name redirects to this article, I think that is the appropriate solution as they are most notable as being brothers who received the MOH and the articles would probably just be mirrors of each other with the name changed.   LegoTech·(t)·(c) 22:01, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Both also won their medals in the exact same action.  Keeping them together seems most appropriate for the reasons Legotech mentioned.  BrokenSphereMsg me 22:07, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Split article 
Talk:Golden Parachute (CSI: Miami)

message: At the end of the "Golden Parachute" episode from the first season of CSI: Miami, there is a voiceover quote from the character, Christina Colucci. The quote comes from a letter she left behind (Christina was murdered) along with incriminating evidence for the legal authorities to use in a fraud investigation. It reads:
To Whom It May Concern:
"I hope I'm not writing this letter in vain, but I feel I have a responsibility to those who depend on us - to those who expect us to deliver an honest and fair accounting. I feel a responsibility to speak the truth for those innocent victims who are powerless to speak it for themselves; because without the truth, we ourselves become powerless ..."
The episode's writer is Steve Maeda, but I'm not sure if he's the author of the quote. I like what the quote says, and I'd like to use it in an essay I'm writing.
Has anyone ever heard of the quote in another setting or seen it in another format/publication? I've been doing a search for it, but no luck so far. What do you think of the quote? Do you feel it's applicable to what we're experiencing in current times, or do you think it applies for any moment in our history? Do you think 'truth' can be or needs to be re-defined? I'd love to hear any and all thoughts on this.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Icansee4miles (talk • contribs) 02:54, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Christina Colucci quote 

message: Someone figure this out. Vandalism might be the cause.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Csicsicsi (talk • contribs) 22:05, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: First or Second Episode?
Talk:Allen Rosenberg (spy)

message: This page is terrible. It says he is an "accused" spy at the top, without ever saying his accuser. Later the article says, "Rosenberg was a member of the Perlo group of Soviet spies during World War II," which doesn't sound like an accusation, but a statement of fact.
The first line starts "Witt was succeeded by ..." with no explanation. Witt? Who? It reads like a badly-cropped quote with no context.
If there is a substantial charge anywhere, please indicate it. A simple googling does not turn up anything other than quotes of this article (and lots of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg stories, of course.)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:184:4200:BA0:28D5:EFF1:BC21:88FE (talk) 21:26, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is this complete BS?
Talk:Pedro I of Kongo

message: I have no idea why this article should be considered nonsense.  Please explain it to me. It is written in coherent English prose, as far as I can tell, and has historical content.
: Yeah, I'm puzzled about the "nonsense" business too, that tag is usually reserved for articles with content like "dwhgk jwhkj wgdhj kgdw" (strangely, some people actually do find the time to create such articles, hence why we have the tag...) I fixed it a little bit and placed a tag as it needs references to outside independent sources (see Wikipedia's verifiability policy) and links to other Wikipedia articles. 
: Two ways to do the links - either as inline citations or, if the source is a major published work or book, just put a references section at the end indicating the book, author, ISBN etc you got the information from or where it can be checked. Orderinchaos 19:05, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Allen Whipple

message: #"After contributing to its successful management, Whipple himself succumbed to the ravages of pancreatic cancer."
#"In 1927 Dr Whipple was briefly involved in a renowned personal injury lawsuit in which he was acquitted."
The first statement really needs to be cited, especially given the fact that one version of this article states he died of a heart attack in his sleep.
The second statement makes no sense, one is not acquitted, or found not guilty etc, in civil cases. The term is from criminal law, which makes the whole statement suspicious without a citation.
If anyone could help verify these facts that'd be great. I already looked around but there did not seem to be any sources relating to these 2 statements. --ShaunMacPherson 09:59, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Currently removed statements
Talk:We Bring the Noise!

message: Sampling and remixing or covering is not the same. Sampling is the use of the same audio recording in your own song. Scooter does not sample other artist, they program the melodies themselves. So it's more in the lines of a partial cover, or a cover/remix thing.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.208.111.228 (talk) 13:33, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
Talk:Alma Gluck

message: Is "concertized" a real word?  Rojomoke (talk) 17:28, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Real Word? 
Talk:Almon Brown Strowger

message: Many, many pages link to this page (actually most link to Strowger switch) when talking about the particulars of the Strowger switching system.  I belive that it would be beneficial to put the technical material in Strowger switch and leave Almon Brown Strowger for truly biographical information.  Barring any opposition, I'll probably do that on 2007-05-27 or the next day (Monday, Memorial Day). The Slimey 08:48, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Telephony

message: Separating Strowger Switch material into an article in its own right is a good idea  -  do it.  Better still develop an historical article looking at telephone switch developments?
:Umm, the switch history article is called telephone exchange and is large.  Instead of making a new small article for steppa, we could split off the historical sections of the big article and add all our SXS material to that.  Or move director telephone system into whatever name the Strowger Switch article gets.  Or some combination of the above.  All this on the theory that a huge article is bad, and so is a swarm of little articles, so we should strive for articles of, like, 2 to 20 Kilobytes except where the topic forces big or small ones.  Jim.henderson 06:20, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've copied the section to User:Slimey.limey/Strowger switch and I'm working on it there. The Slimey 07:43, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Good move 