lflage/wiki-talks huggingface dataset:
Talk:Lys (river)

message: Jokulhlaup, No such user, Wbm1058, Mathglot: I'm not necessarily against it (both are used depending on the country), but the only source used was the Ngram information spike in the 20's. This was directly related to the Battle of the Lys in WW1 and probably shouldn't be the deciding factor in what it's called now, a century later. It would be like using early 20th century Ngrams—or even modern ones—in an Istanbul/Constantinople discussion. Even in the 21st century, "Lys" often appears in connection to the battles in WW1 and WW2. The exact wording "Battle of the Lys" alone gives 185.000 results and "world war Lys" (which includes sources like this) gives 543.000. Sadly, Google itself is bad with minuses and calculating results so the exact numbers remain vague. "Lys river" gives 1.080.000 results while "Lys river -battle" gives 712.000, but Leie river gives 392.000 hits while "Leie river -battle" gives 1.970.000. Trends shows that even without filtering out the battle references, the results are not as bad as the ngram shows. Note: I had a lot of goo.gl shortened urls to show the Google results but those are on a blacklist for whatever reason. Prinsgezinde (talk) 09:50, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: You've misread the data I'm afraid, or perhaps missed the link entirely? It's nothing to do with a spike in the 20s, and to that extent I agree with you, that old data is worthless on this question now, but the ngram showing recent data shows overwhelming support for this move. Also, battle names can be shortened forms or otherwise vary from location names, so those searches have no relevance here, though they might be decisive in determining the name of an article about those battles. Another thing to know about "minuses" in searching, is that they exclude the appearance of that word anywhere on the web page, and not necessarily in the same expression as the other search terms. Mathglot (talk) 10:15, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Move reasoning
Talk:Somme (river)

message: The current map is a fine map of the river's basin, but the article needs a map that shows the river's location within France. Unschool 07:08, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Unschool I agree. The infobox would have to be changed, but the map (right) of northern France could be added below the current detailed map...Jokulhlaup (talk) 08:48, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Made the change - now has two maps...Jokulhlaup (talk) 10:42, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Significant improvement. Thanks. Unschool 16:40, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Additional map needed 

message: Isn't it pronounced Somme as in bomb rather than /sɔːm/ 'sawm' (like fraud)?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by PeelitePowellite (talk • contribs) 14:11, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes. At least in England, it always rhymes with "bomb". The reference is "reliable", but American, where there is "cot/caught merger": arguably the vowel might be lengthened, but I cannot imagine ("demerged") 'au'. LDEL (a UK offshoot of Merriam-Webster originally) gives just /sɔm/. I will be bold, to try to avoid lists of parenthesized pronunciation variations in the first sentence. Imaginatorium (talk) 05:26, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

text: I checked further, and Merriam-Webster  Collegiate 8th ed. gives /sɔm/ first, so I think that will do. (Actually their first key is "säm", as is "cot or cart", second is "sɘm", which would be the same as "some". Imaginatorium (talk) 16:19, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation
Talk:Edmund Herring

message: Herring was appointed KC in 1936. It appears to me that by the time of the corination, he was no longer practising at the bar. i.e. Was he ever a QC? Pdfpdf (talk) 05:30, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes. Although he never practiced law again after the Second World War, appointment as a KC is for life. He remained on the list and so automatically became a QC in 1953. He continued to use the post nominal. It is not uncommon for a judge to resign and practice as a senior counsel again. Hawkeye7 (talk) 09:30, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  QC? 

message: In section Between the Wars, second paragraph:  "Herring ... practice in and died of cancer in mid 50s then his wife victoria....   "  
Apparently a previous edit dropped some continuity and leaves a garble. Possibly entire sentence can be eliminated, in any case reference must be cleared up as Herring obviously did not die of cancer.
99.34.26.78 (talk) 17:35, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: That was added about half an hour ago, along with some other nonsense. I reverted it about 20 minutes ago. If it's still showing up for you, try purging the cache. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts?   17:48, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from 99.34.26.78, 2 September 2011 

message: Why delete that Monash was an engineer? He is more famous for having been an engineer than a lawyer, and never practised law, according to his article. Grassynoel (talk) 03:51, 7 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: True, but the context is a comparison with Herring, who was a lawyer but not an engineer. We could drop the "and lawyer" if you think it would confuse readers.  Hawkeye7 (discuss) 04:10, 7 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Monash: Lawyer ''and'' engineer 
Talk:The Orient Express (professional wrestling)

message: Shouldn't there be some mention that the team was originally called the Oriental Express, before they shortened it to Orient Express? I don't have a good cite, but do remember the team originally being called that, and a quick google of "oriental express" (with the quotes) shows I'm not the only one to remember that name.76.234.154.131 (talk) 18:33, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oriental Express 

message: Paul Diamond played Kato, though that wasn't always the case.  For example, Tom Boric wrestled as Kato on the 29th of May, 1992.  I don't know if this was a one-time case or if this happened frequently in 1992 when Kato played more of a singles-jobber role.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.191.197.143 (talk) 20:23, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kato's identity
Talk:Mansfield urban area

message: Is Mansfield really a big enough place to claim an urban area like this? Jules1975 12:49, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:European route E60

message: I think somebody forgot to write some countries because reading the article it seems that the road goes directly from Romania to Georgia but these two countries don't share borders! --Vipera (talk) 09:40, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I checked this and added an explaination. --BIL (talk) 10:25, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Strange path
Talk:European route E80

message: Can we please stop fighting over this and keep politics out of here. Kosovo does not exist as a recognized country by UN.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wexy (talk • contribs) 13:58, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: If you read the article of Pristina carefully, you will note that it says: The captical of Kosovo. While Kosovo is not a country according to wikipedia and UN, I've added a note anywhere where Kosovo is mentioned with it's political status. We can't deny the fact that it passes through Kosovo. Thank you. kedadial 22:03, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, section through Spain passses through Basque Country (autonomous community) yet I don't see any mention of this so I don't see a reason to include regions and autonomous provinces in the list in case of Kosovo. I've made a change that's more fitting and also lists that it passes through Kosovo as you wanted. wexy (talk) 13:56, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Basque region of Spain, unlike Kosovo, is not a country. I reverted your edit. Current version is the most NPOV one, like in the Template:Countries of Europe. --Turkish Flame ☎ 14:18, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

text: If you check the user page of one of the editors engaged in this edit war you can clearly see where these political efforts come from. Also Kosovo article lists both POVs, one of them being part of Serbia under UN administration. I still don't see a reason to list a self-declared independence as a country here or on any other article. wexy (talk) 13:59, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: If you were referring to me, then it's my fundamental right to do it. We have a consensus that Kosovo is a disputed territory (as the note on footer tells), which means that we can't hide the fact that it is independent and also we can't hide that fact that Serbia doesn't accept it. The intro of Pristina's arciles says: "Pristina is the capital and the largest city of Kosovo", it's not saying "Pristina is a city in Serbia (Kosovo)", because we have a consensus about these issues, to only use Kosovo with a note on the footer of the page. Do you need any more clarification? Thank you kedadial 15:57, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  E80 and section through Serbia 

message: I don't about the rest of the route, but the "map" of E80 across Portugal is very unrealistic. E80 goes North from Lisbon, parallel to the sea, and then makes a hard 90º turn East, toward the border with Spain; in the "map" shown here the road goes diagonally towards the border. Gazilion (talk) 18:25, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Map" of E80
Talk:Périphérique (Caen)

message: The map shows an error: It's not the A14 motorway which connects to the Périphérique Caen at exit 16. The A14 is a short motorway in the suburbs of Paris. One should correct it to A13 Waldo79 (talk) 08:26, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  ==A14 on map== 
Talk:European route E15

message: how come it says in the first sentance: 'United Nations'.....shouldnt it be EU?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Plague of Death (talk • contribs) 13:26, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Because it is the United Nations. The EU didn't exist when the initial agreement was made in 1950, and the EU has power only over its member countries and the EES countries, total 30 out of about 45 countries. -- BIL 13:21, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  UN / EU 

message: Both A68 road and A1 road (Great Britain) claim that the E15 follows the A68 and the A696 from Edinburgh to Newcastle, contradicting this article. But I don't know what's correct, and the lists of E roads that I've found are not detailed enough to say, so I'll just note it here and hope that somebody else will know. //Essin (talk) 23:30, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Has article now been fixed?  it reads as though it has. Robert EA Harvey (talk) 05:17, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It was indeed changed in these edits, although no source was provided, unfortunately. //Essin (talk) 20:02, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradiction 

message: If you are interested in this and similar articles, please have a look at my query here and see if you would like to help. I don't think it needs saying everywhere but I am just mentioning it here because the E15 seems quite a significant example, and my GPS keeps telling me about it! Cheers DBaK (talk) 08:28, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Future of E-numbered UK roads post-Brexit
Talk:Route Napoléon

message: Not only does this article have no sources cited, but the three depictions of the route (the map, the textual narrative, and the list of points) all give a different starting point.  This fact, plus the complete lack of sources, makes this article a candidate for deletion. --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 14:40, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree that it at least wants help. Just looked over the fr article, which itself is no masterwork. One ref there makes me wonder if the whole notion was born of a tourism marketing effort. Will have to take a closer look some rainy day. Eric talk 15:33, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Route points?
Talk:Jews of Rusape

message: Can we get a source for their number? I checked the links on this article and nowhere did it say that they had a population of 4000. That figure seems very high to me. I am not saying its not possible, just it needs a source. A major cleanup for this article is sorely needed, without question. Olockers 12:55, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Population

message: I saw a documentary a couple of years ago that used DNA to test the truth behind the statement that the Lemba's were decendants of Israel (therefore cousins to the Jews) and DNA proved that the Lemba's do indeed have unique characteristics of DNA, that are only found in Jews. Furthermore, the 'Priests' of the Lemba show the same signature paterns as the Kohen's.
perhaps, scientifically it only proves that the Jews are descendants of an African tribe????  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.14.172.33 (talk) 08:30, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Truth
Talk:European route E9

message: There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:International E-road network which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you.  RFC bot (talk) 01:00, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Move discussion in process

message: The map is wrong  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.61.56.44 (talk) 09:03, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  The map is wrong 

message: Is there any evidences why E9 is run through Andorra? --Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 13:03, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Andorra
Talk:Weak formulation

message: What does "[Au](v) = f(v)" mean?. Please, provide relevant definitions. Sirix 12:55, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, f(v) is f applied to v, and [Au](v) is in the same way Au applied to v. That's because Au takes values in the dual, so Au is a function. I did not write this stuff, but I don't know how to explain it better. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 16:14, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  It should state somewhere that V' is the dual of V. The usual notation is V*. I'm going to go ahead and insert this. Compsonheir (talk) 21:18, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Notation

message: Hi! I noticed the link to the articles in other languages are to Lax–Milgram theorem. Is this correct? In the Italian wikipedia there is an article 'Formulazione debole', which is the exact translation of 'Weak formulation'. Is Lax–Milgram theorem the same as 'Weak formulation'? Correct in case I'm wrong guys. Thanks! --Luca (talk) 15:53, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The Lax-Migram theorem is not the same as 'Weak formulation'. However, this 'Weak formulation' does describe the Lax-Milgram theorem, and the link to Lax–Milgram theorem points back here. Therefore, things are OK. Idially somebody would write the Lax–Milgram theorem article, but until then we are stuck with what we have. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 05:40, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Ok. Where should 'Formulazione debole' (italian for 'Weak formulation') point to? Now it points to 'Weak formulation', is this ok? Thanks! --Luca (talk) 13:06, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  I think it's okay as it is now. Both :it:Formulazione debole and :it:Lemma di Lax-Milgram point to :en:Weak formulation, and :en:Weak formulation points to :it:Formulazione debole, so every article points to its closest equivalent. -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 15:15, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

text: I added a merge template, there is the page Lions–Lax–Milgram theorem which contains about the same stuff, I think all content about Lax-Milgram theorem should be moved to its page rather than having a page in common with Weak formulation. Agi 90 (talk) 15:52, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

text: As an amateur mathematician, I find the page tricky enough to digest as it is without merging more content in to a combined page. There I oppose the merge proposal. Klbrain (talk) 16:40, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lax–Milgram theorem? 

message: Why is this formulation termed "weak" (and the usual formulation termed "strong")? Who coined these terms, and in what sense did they mean that one formulation is stronger than the other? Is it just that the weak formulation has extra solutions which kindof-almost-but-not-strictly satisfy (i.e. weakly satisfy) the original equation?
This concept seems to also be termed the "variational" formulation; does this simply refer to the resemblance of the formulation to the integrals used in variational calculus (introducing an additional arbitrary function, purely as an aid to help solve the original equation)? Cesiumfrog (talk) 08:28, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Terminology motivation
Talk:Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rouen

message: Is the map at right correct? If so, someone may want to insert it.--Wetman (talk) 22:11, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]

message: Might it not be a good idea to divide up the several lists of bishops and archbishops into lists of two or even three columns?  The lists are overly long, and in a print-out create a great deal of blank paper.  --Vicedomino (talk) 18:00, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Lists and columns

message: I removed the French Republic flag icon from the Infobox, in accordance with several sections of WP:ICON; specifically (quoting),
* "Generally, flag icons should not be used in infoboxes, even when there is a "country", "nationality" or equivalent field: they are unnecessarily distracting and give undue prominence to one field among many...."
* "Flags make simple, blunt statements about nationality, while words can express the facts with more complexity." ....
* "Do not rewrite history. Flags should not be used to misrepresent the nationality of a historical figure [including some bishops], event, object, etc. Political boundaries change, often over the span of a biographical article subject's lifetime. Where ambiguity or confusion could result, it is better not to use a flag at all, and where one is genuinely needed, use the historically accurate flag."
--Vicedomino (talk) 15:47, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed flag of French Republic, per [WP:ICON]
Talk:Fédérale 1

message: Please look here for details. Thank you. Kal 21:43, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Jean Prat information
Talk:Pro D2

message: Châteaurenard and Orthez have not been promoted to Pro D2. Currently the clubs competing for Pro D2 are Aurillac, Blagnac, Nîmes and Périgueux. They are all awaiting their second legs in the Jean Prat semi-finals which take place tomorrow evening. Please look here for more information. Kal 21:17, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Problem with promotion
Talk:Marion Dufresne (1994)

message: This article has been automatically assessed for WP:SHIPS as stub-class because there is a stub template on the article page. HausTalk 22:45, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment

message: 1] Is there a work-around for the apparent disabling of Wikilink sublinks here?  There are a couple of links, for instance, the Sea Bottom Profiler section of the Sonar page, that I would like to link directly to without having to write a new article on the subject [something I know nothing about]. 
2] I was thinking about moving the sub-section Environmentals to under the Sciences heading.  S'allright?
Thanks in advance,
--Atani (talk) 21:20, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  A Couple of Questions
Talk:Val Thorens

message: Currently reads like a tourist brochure for the resort.  The lack of independent third party references is troubling given that it is more than a stub and contains plenty of descriptive opinion.  Could do with a rewrite into a more measured tone that doesn't give the impression it's been written by someone who simply loves to ski there!  Surely the place exists in the summer too and there are factors about the town that aren't only to do with skiing... -- SiobhanHansa 12:58, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Article tone 

message: I was reading up on Zip Lines, and they mention, quite proudly, that the Highest Zip Line in the World is in Val Thorens! Catch it here in Zip Line under the sub-section: "Records" and "Highest elevation zipline".
Most everything on this page is skiing related, or deals with the methods of transport up and down the mountainside. This is neither skiing, nor transport, so I did not see a good place to insert it.
Still it is tourist related, and if you can find a place to mention it, I think it would add to the article of things to do in Val Thorens. Also, it is apparently (for now at least), a world record!
James 203.150.154.225 (talk) 07:52, 6 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  World's highest Zip Line!
Talk:List of Terrahawks episodes

message: Bobfos 23:23, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

message: I'm just wondering, are the spoiler warnings really necessary? I made and continue to make sure to avoid mentioning anything in them besides the basic idea of what goes on. Gladrius
:Hi. I've removed the spoiler tags. I was going through the episode lists I've made, so they conform to WP:LOE and I probably got carried away. They say you should put spoiler tags if you give plot synopses, but i guess these are teasers and, as you say, you've gone to the trouble of avoiding spoilers so spoiler tags aren't really needed. Good work by the way, it's nearly complete now. 
Bobfos 11:00, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Spoiler tags

message: Are these air dates confirmed? I remember the first episode being shown on LWT in London on Sunday 9th Oct 1983 - I remember this because it was the day before I started a new school. In addition if it was on LWT, it couldn't have been on the 3rd as that's a Monday - LWT (London Weekend Television) only broadcast at weekends and from 5pm on Fridays? Jckcip (talk) 04:47, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: With regard to the Series One episodes, Bentley's The Authorised Episode Guide elaborates: "Episodes premièred on Central on Saturday mornings from October 8th and were then screened by the majority of other regions on Sunday afternoons..." This would explain the Sunday 9th October date given in the New Scientist source. SuperMarioMan 20:45, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Broadcast dates
Talk:Flaine

message: Someone might like to review the 'Crime' section - we're in Flaine at the moment and one of our party has had his skis stolen.  On reporting this, he was told that two families had theirs stolen last week.  The thefts occurred at the same place - Bissac cafe / restaurant.  (19th March 2010).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.109.94.85 (talk) 20:05, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
Talk:Les Arcs

message: I reinstated British English spellings as the article is about a European Topic and the original creator of the article use BrE.  Note that metres/meters are spelling differences not spelling mistakes. --Brideshead 19:22, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: spelling

message: This article needs to be restored to international spellings, as pointed out above. - There is no US connection to justify US spellings.
:That is British English spelling, not international spelling; Europe is not a British province or colony and the language of France is French, not English, so an article about things French does not have to be subject to the rules of British English. However, if the original author wrote it using British spellings, then that should determine the spellings for the article. —Stephen (talk) 21:13, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spelling 