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Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Archive 90

message: The gasoline/petrol war was eventually decided based on the first contributor rule, after all other arguments were exhausted without any consensus.  Should we mention it as an example? — Omegatron 04:34, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Do we need an example? — The Storm Surfer 04:39, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  First contributor example 

message: Which dash should be used here: "the 2006-07 football season"? Epbr123 11:12, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: En dash. See WP:MOS#En dashes. --PEJL 11:48, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: See the proposal for overhauling the "years" section at MOSNUM. Tony 00:35, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Dashes

message: I can't find anything in there. What happened to the old system of just using chronoclogical order? Marcus Taylor 01:50, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You beat me to it: I tried to look for something I remembered from around December 2006, but it was hopeless trying to find it. Tony 03:17, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The person who used to keep the archives insisted on doing it according to subject, which meant no one could ever find anything. I've been thinking for some time of going back to the beginning and re-creating chronological archives. Let me know if you think that would be helpful enough to justify the work. SlimVirgin (talk)(contribs) 05:36, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Slim, I think that' s a good idea (without knowing how much work it would be for you). In addition, filing by subject means that someone has to tend to it continually into the future. Not a good prospect. But let's see what other people think. Tony 06:04, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, I think I'll make a start. It's probably not a huge amount of work (famous last words). It's really only a question of copying the page every 100-200 kilobytes or so. Onwards and upwards ... SlimVirgin (talk)(contribs) 07:24, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That would be excellent.  I concur that the current topical archives are non-helpful. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont]  ‹(-¿-)› 00:44, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Archives are a mess

message: As advised twice in the past week on this talk page, the folks at MOSNUM have been working hard on a summary of the most important information in their submanual, to insert here. This information will probably also be the basis of an overhaul of the text at MOSNUM itself, which will continue by providing greater detail and covering a wider range of topics.
I'm hoping that the text will be finalised and the insertion made into MOS-central early next week. Please speak up now if you have suggestions or improvements, here. Tony 05:26, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  New subsections on times and numbers being finalised! 

message: Which dash should be used at Toronto Raptors' Accomplishments and Records? Thanks. —MC 00:26, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. —MC 01:04, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Which dash?
Talk:Crater (Aden)

message: Craiter District appears to be about exactly the same entity as this page, and is, in effect, a duplicated article (though it appears to be more recent).  The two should be combined into the one page.  Skinsmoke (talk) 06:59, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

message: Hello, just to let you know that I donated money to you last week. If I could afford to I would donate again, but, as I only receive a pension which is not very much, I can't afford to do it again, so soon, but when I can I will. Kind regards Theresa (Smith) Redlored (talk) 16:30, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re donations 

message: This place has had a long history. How about we have some? Zerotalk 09:08, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  life began in 1967?
Talk:BoHo Theatre

message: Is it worth adding information about the manager, set director, costume designer, etc? I happen to know the manager, Thomas Samorian  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.227.91.32 (talk) 21:01, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]
Talk:Gabriel Elorde

message: I found a personal account arguing that Gabriel "Flash" Elorde won the junior lightweight match against Harold Gomes on a weekday and not a weekend in the April 5, 2002 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer:
:"I recall that the day after that historic event happened, our school campus at the Capitol City College (now Trinity College), where I was a first year high school student then, was abuzz with the news of that historic triumph." - Diosdado Calonge of Cubao, Quezon City.
LionFosset (talk) 17:14, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Account of when Elorde became the junior lightweight champion
Talk:Kra–Dai-speaking peoples

message: A lot of info at Tai-Kadai languages needs to be merged here. kwami (talk) 21:36, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge

message: Most so-called “Tai peoples” do not actually call themselves “Tai”. --222.35.187.137 (talk) 11:48, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dubious 

message: I'd sure like to see definitions of 'Tai' in a least some of the languages of the peoples to whom the term applies. My So Sethaputra Thai-English dictionary says it means 'boss'. I've seen other references saying it means 'big', 'big one', but don't have those to hand. I've never found an etymology for 'Thai'. --Pawyilee (talk) 05:05, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Definition
Talk:Scott Jacoby (actor)

message: He also appears in the 1975 film "The Count of Monte Christo" (played by Richard Chamberlain) as Albert de Morcerf.
But the end credits list him as Dominic Guard. 
Well, I am sure it is Scott Jacoby - if he isn't then it must be a twin brother ... the likeness is striking.
Anyone knowing more kindly double-check. Thank you!  — Preceding 
If I am mistaken, just delete this and forget about it!
unsigned comment added by Hansjmaurer (talk • contribs) 13:49, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  other names of Scott Jacoby
Talk:Ed Chandler

message: Chandler's date of birth is listed as February 17, 1917, in baseball-reference.com; January 31, 1917, in mlb.com; and February 17, 1922, in baseballcube.com. The baseball-reference date is used in the article. It is probably best to periodically check the sources to see if there has been any agreement on the date.
Bob305 (talk) 18:03, 21 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conflicting dates of death
Talk:Middle Low German

message: While it's certainly the case that the term Low German, particularly in older works, sometimes includes Dutch, I have two reservations about this point being made in this article, even though it's sourced (though admittedly not from a linguist): it's not all clear to me that
# the precise terms Middle Low German and mittelniederdeutsch are used to include Middle Dutch - having looked through a number of standard handbooks, I can't find any evidence of such usage;
# this usage is found in modern linguistic scholarship (the last 50 years, say), as opposed to older works (Lasch in 1914 mentions the ambiguity, but she includes nothing on Dutch in her MLG grammar).
I don't think the point should be removed entirely, but my view is that it should be downgraded to a caveat about older works. Or can someone find suitable recent sources to support the current wording? --Pfold (talk) 14:29, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  MLG and Middle Dutch 

message: "(High German:..)" should be "(Standard German: ...)".
This has probably been done by a native German speaker (like myself). Most native German speakers don't know the differences between "Hochdeutsch" / High German and Standarddeutsch (Standard German) because "Hochdeutsch" is a very common word. --77.189.31.143 (talk) 00:19, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: High German too has both meanings as Hochdeutsch, and "Standard German" is a High German variety, i.e. High German isn't wrong. "Standard High German" however is more precise and addresses both issues. --23:25, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  "(High German:..)" should be "(Standard German: ...)" 

message: It's good to see some work being done on this article, but I have two concerns about the Phonology section.
#Lasch's work may be seminal but it's 100+ years old and predates all modern phonological theory. I don't think we should be using neo-grammarian sources on phonology where there is up-to-date stuff available. Possible modern sources include Cordes's Mnd. article in the Cordes/Mühn Handbuch or the articles by Niebaum on Mnd. graphology and phonology in both editions of the Sprachgeschichte volumes (ed. Besch et al.) - most of his article from the 2nd edn is on Google books, certainly enough of it to serve as a basis for updating of this section.
#I'm afraid I think the whole "specific notes" section is irrelevant for anyone consulting the English WP about MLG. If there were a separate article on MLG phonology it could possibly be justified, but this level of detail (and from an out-of-date source) is unwarrented in my view. I realise someone has put a lot of work into this section, but that doesn't make it relevant.
Another minor point: the phonology section is going to have to talk about dialects, so I would say the Dialects section needs to be moved up in the article.--Pfold (talk) 11:47, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Do as you think fit. --Ubel (talk) 01:02, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Phonology
Talk:History of the University of North Alabama

message: The state's legislative act, when the state offices were still in Tuscaloosa, is a footnote in my 1982 book, Chotankers.  This Wikipedia article already includes two men from the local and distant College boards, John Coffee and Henry Stuart Foote.  The legislation should be cited and, I believe, my book should be part of the reference list.
"Cite your sources."
Edited 29 August 2017 by AEF.
Avon Edward Foote, Ph.D., Ohio State and professor emeritus, University of North Alabama  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:7C0:8103:5CBF:C5A8:486B:1101:66EC (talk) 12:08, 28 August 2017 (UTC)
Talk:Barclay–Vesey Building

message: Hopefully not coming off as too picky, but the oft repeated use of the phrase "the Barclay–Vesey Building" throughout this excellent article is a bit distracting. Wouldn't the phrase "the building" suffice?
Incidentally, I ended up here after seeing an image from a January 8, 1924 newspaper (The New Britain Herald) wherein the skeletal hull of a ship was uncovered during "this building's" foundation-excavation.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.46.179.107 (talk) 23:20, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Good point; thanks for your feedback. I've reduced the repetition of the building's name. – Epicgenius (talk) 16:30, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Readability Suggestion 

message: How much of the building's restoration cost was due to damage caused by the attacks, vs. work that was planned to be done anyway? Robert K S 11:06, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure what specific work was planned, but looking at photos   , the building was a complete mess and required full renovation.  Whatever was planned was now required anyway.  My understanding of the costs being so high has to do with the amount of manual work, bringing in people who can carve the designs in the facade, restore the interior artwork, etc., in addition to structural work and general renovations.  Also, restoration of the telecommunications equipments.  Will try and find sources to detail all this more. --Aude (talk) 14:49, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Actual cost of 9/11? 

message: I assume that's the name of the current owner? Any idea what it was called previously? Ingolfson 12:21, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The building was originally known as the "Barclay-Vesey Building".  I think it was also known as the "New York Telephone Company building".  New York Telephone Company somehow became part of Verizon, through the mergers and acquisitions that happened. --Aude (talk) 14:49, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Verizon? 

message: Wasn't 1095 Avenue of Americas the headquarters from 1986 to 1997?  Jim.henderson (talk) 15:07, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  NYNEX HQ? 

message: Thanks for the footnote fixes. Regarding this edit, I was wrong because there were two Walker 1926 references; all of these, except the page 323 Telephone Review reference, were to Walker 1926b. All of the Telephone Review articles on this page, however, are from the same issue, including Walker 1926a. I will have to investigate this more in detail, either by going to the library and reviewing them again, or alternatively waiting for the sources to become public domain at the beginning of next year. In any case, the edits are much appreciated - that March 25, 2021, edit summary of mine was inaccurate, and my others should have been talk page comments instead. Epicgenius (talk) 15:50, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shortened footnotes 

message: Ok
Is veri,on stl in the building 2600:1014:B1A3:50AD:8971:1E9C:BD51:D278 (talk) 07:59, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Verizon bldg
Talk:Core Pacific City

message: The claim that this is the largest mall in Asia can't be true. Not even close, see: List of largest buildings in the world#List of the world's largest shopping malls. -- P199 14:20, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Largest mall in Asia

message: The mall is one of the landmarks in simcity 4, though I am not sure which version they first came with. This should be added to the section. I cite various wiki's mentioning it and a picture: http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6459/thelivingmallasiatownqs6.jpg 63.140.104.240 (talk) 07:40, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Something to add to the pop culture section 
Talk:Sport in the Netherlands

message: Why is Chess not mentioned? At the world ranglist of countries, the Netherlands are most among the top 10. Elizabeth'94 (talk) 14:42, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chess 

message: The Dutch have produced several of the best Darts players of all time - yet no mention of this sport in the article?
I may be wrong but I would have thought that darts was a least a very popular spectator sport in the Netherlands? 82.18.188.223 (talk) 23:22, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Darts?
Talk:List of Colombian writers

message: Every letter has an embedded non-textual hatnote to add only names with their own wikipedia articles, but about 25% of the entire list is names without such articles.  Furthermore, on disambiguation pages and other list pages, there are many names without articles.  Names without articles may also appear in existing articles, where they may be preemptorally wikilinked (because they're names or terms we'd like to know about).  The existance of such non-article links and names provides clues to editors that something remains to be done, or a needed article to be written.  If there is a policy to not have non-article names in lists, I think it is counterproductive.  I'm adding names here as I see fit (alternatively, ALL non-article names should be deleted
from this and all other lists - I've had the displeasure of doing that, and having my deletion reverted within minutes by an administrator).Sbalfour (talk) 19:36, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: All non-article names should be deleted from this and similar lists. WP:LISTPEOPLE specifically states that lists of people should include only notable entries, with notability equivalent to having a wikipedia article on the subject. For other, non-list articles, my understanding is that redlinked names can be included if they are of significant importance to the subject, though it is still good practice to provide a reliable source citation to establish their importance/relevance. If you take a look at the other list articles of writers and poets, you will find that almost all are now in line with WP:LISTPEOPLE.Dialectric (talk) 21:11, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Only persons with wikipedia articles?
Talk:Plausible Worlds

message: Who wrote this entry, and why? We really do need to know such information: who wrote the entry, if not the author (or his subordinate)? This entry is no more than a blurb for a book: if this book, then why not an entry for all the millions of books published annually? The use of Wikipedia by academics for self-promotion is now rife. Wikipedia must really tighten up its act, since it is in danger of becoming an electronic form of advertising (‘buy my product, make me famous’). 13 September 2007.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.133.178.85 (talk) 09:00, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: IMPLAUSIBLE WORDS
Talk:Looking for Kitty

message: The article about David Krumholtz says that this movie changed its name and is now called "The Last Hold-Outs". (That must have happened somewhen in the summer of 2005.) But I cannot find any information about that change. Most sources still call the movie "Looking For Kitty" (even the DVDs on Amazon are called "Looking For Kitty", but I also found some other sources, e.g. the Florida Film Festival.
Does anyone know which name is now the official/real one and which name should be used in WP? — Tauriel-1 (☎) 05:15, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name of the movie?
Talk:Eyespot (mimicry)

message: Possibly related to the 2010 comment about the article's title, the lead needs rewriting. It sets out several contradictory theories, directly cites recent primary sources (research papers, not review articles or books that discuss and place the research into context) - and it shouldn't contain refs or discussion that aren't in the diminutive article body either, and mumbles repetitively about possibly not being functional. Cott 1940 was crystal clear that eyespots were highly functional, and nobody frankly has contradicted that.
Suggest the article needs new clear section on each of the theories (deimatic/startle; mention of aposematic/foul-tasting honest signal where applicable; strong resemblance to vertebrate predator (binocular vision) eyes, i.e. mimicry in service of deimatic effect; sexual selection; sometimes perhaps just 'spandrel' accident/morphogenesis), and rewritten lead that makes these points shortly and sweetly. Of these, I think mimicry is just part of the deimatic/aposematic signalling effect.
List of refs needs to go back a bit to get some historical perspective, with a section on 'Early research' or just 'History' - Cott of course; and Messrs Darwin, Wallace, Bates do rather need a mention. So, we rewrite the lead, and the body, and the refs. Guess that at least leaves the article name unchanged ... 'course, we could change that too. Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:20, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confused lead, what's the message? 

message: This does not mention cockroaches.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.21.196.65 (talk) 12:29, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  It rightly doesn't. If you know otherwise, cite your evidence here. Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:43, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  What about cockroaches?
Talk:Coverham with Agglethorpe

message: Is this article really important? There's not much information on it. Hatmatbbat10 02:35, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Unsure what you are getting at here. Are you querying the importance rating which is low in terms of the overall need for the project to put effort into improving it. Or are you querying the fact that there is not much information given and the need for the article. If the latter then all of the civil parishes as such are important to have articles in order to build up a picture of the county as the census etc figures are based on civil parishes. Obviously the article needs more detail on the demographics presented in the 2001 census, where it is located, boundaries etc but these would be added when someone finds the time to do it. Keith D 11:00, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Kemp's spiny mouse

message: Current research is studying Percival's Spiny Mouse (Acomys percivali) and Kemp's Spiny Mouse (Acomys kempi) for their tissue regeneration (unusual in mammals) and possible implications for human health.http://www.nature.com/news/african-spiny-mice-can-regrow-lost-skin-1.11488 Not sure what the requirements are for bumping up an article of low-importance, but if we could get some more info on these species it would be nice.WhiskeyedJack (talk) 22:16, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  New studies in tissue regeneration
Talk:Percival's spiny mouse

message: Current research is studying Percival's Spiny Mouse (Acomys percivali) and Kemp's Spiny Mouse (Acomys kempi) for their tissue regeneration (unusual in mammals) and possible implications for human health.http://www.nature.com/news/african-spiny-mice-can-regrow-lost-skin-1.11488 Not sure what the requirements are for bumping up an article of low-importance, but if we could get some more info on these species it would be nice.WhiskeyedJack (talk) 22:15, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  New studies in tissue regeneration
Talk:Venus In Situ Explorer

message: Does anyone hve  conceptul artwork of this? is it going to 
look similar the the venera probes or is it going to be completely differant?
with out a picture we wont know what it looks like (probably the main design centering around the concept of a metal sphere). T.Neo 09:53, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Conceptual art

message: This is not among the future missions to Venus on NASA anymore. This article should be deleted.
68.37.237.100 (talk) 04:01, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: No, it should be updated with details of the proposal and how far the designs etc got. - Rod57 (talk) 00:53, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Welp 

message: How long would it operate on the surface, and is the technology (eg high temp electronics) already proven or what needs to be developed ? - Rod57 (talk) 00:55, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  How long would it operate on the surface
Category talk:Palaces in Warsaw

message: Yes, I know it is an English Wikipedia, mainly for English-speaking people from around the world - see and compare: Palais Strousberg, Schloß Pötzleinsdorf, Palais Königswarter, Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Französischer Dom, Stadtschloss, Berlin, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Zoologischer Garten Berlin, Berliner Dom, Rotes Rathaus, Votivkirche, Augustinerkirche, Jesuitenkirche, Vienna, Ruprechtskirche, Kapuzinerkirche, Dresdner Frauenkirche, Grünes Gewölbe etc, etc, etc... Polaco77 09:54, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Ōshio Kenji

message: Is the death date of 1 June 2024 confirmed by some other source? Seems to me from the articles I'm reading that this is the date that it was announced. 
:Yomiuri Shimbun article reports that the date of death was 25 May. Updated accordingly. JRHorse (talk) 00:11, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the correction; I saw it was announced on 1 June but thought it also said the death was on that day - must have misread. Pawnkingthree (talk) 14:31, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: No worries, the Yomiuri article was actually the day after the announcement. JRHorse (talk) 18:28, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death
Talk:Cambridge Audio

message: Can someone please add these "citation required" notes to the main article as I do not know how to do this. Thanks.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.8.150.6 (talk) 12:36, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: On the same subject, the references need to be moved inline preferably MK47X (talk) 18:55, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Needs references

message: There's far too much marketing wank in this article. It looks like it was cut-n-pasted from brochures by someone who knows little about audio.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.163.118.202 (talk) 02:18, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I saw it had been flagged as containing content written like an advertisement, so I took a lot of it out and redistributed what remained into more factual subsections than a decade-by-decade rundown of products. Based it on the Naim Audio page for guidance. May have taken too much away? Camberrr (talk) 13:55, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Marketing Wank? 