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Talk:Jaguar XK140

message: Re the comment on Jaguar's optimistic power output specifications, Jaguar's practice (at least during the '50s and '60s) was to state "gross" horsepower, i.e. power at the flywheel with no ancillaries (fan, alternator, power steering, gearbox, transmission etc.) driven and with non-standard exhausts, in accordance with US practice. Otherwise UK cars appeared under-powered on paper in the US, compared with US cars. See Horsepower#SAE_gross_horsepower.
UK car magazines joked that American horses must be very small, and suggested that if US engines did not give the required power output the inspectors re-tuned the dynamometers, rather than the engines!
GilesW (talk) 00:20, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Gross horsepower

message: It says here on page 219A of Standard Catalog of Jaguar by John Gunnell published 2007 Krause Publications ISBN 9780896895959 the Roadster (or OTS for Other Than Sedan) was the basic . . . Does anyone else know that?
From Philip Porter,  Original Jaguar XK: The Restorer's Guide page 1919, St Paul MN, Motorbooks International 2003
Abbreviations and Explanations
* OTS Open Two Seater (also known, particularly in the USA, as the Roadster). FHC Fixed Head Coupé (also known in the USA as the Sports Coupé), DHC Drophead Coupé (also known in the USA as the Convertible)
* The word open refers to OTS and DHC collectively; the word coupé refers to FHC and DHC collectively Eddaido (talk) 10:33, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  O T S 

message: Any objections to eliminating the "Production" section? The numbers in its table do not cite a reference, and appear to be completely out of whack with other sources. To wit: http://www.xk140.nl/wordpress/?cat=11  — Preceding unsigned comment added by XMattingly (talk • contribs) 15:54, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: There's not a lot of citations on this article. Yes, please leave it, I've added some rough equivalents from their Heritage site and being "real world" stuff there are differences. If you can find a reliable source for the cars produced please use and cite it. Eddaido (talk) 22:43, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Production 

message: Acceleration times from 0–60 mph (97 km/h) were 8.4 seconds, 9.1 seconds and 9.1 seconds respectively. 
Respectively to what? Where they testing the three different types of XK or did they do three attempts? It doesn't appear to specify.
64.222.153.246 (talk) 05:15, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Acceleration times
Talk:Nakhon Si Thammarat Kingdom

message: I propose to merge Naksat cities into Nakhon Si Thammarat Kingdom. "Naksat cities" is a term for the city-states that were (supposedly) subordinate to the Nakhon Si Thammarat Kingdom, according to 16th-century chronicles of Nakhon Si Thammarat. It is however not mentioned in independent sources, which is why some modern historians consider this network to be "wishful thinking" or claims on the side of Nakhon Si Thammarat, rather than evidence of actual control. I do not think that the "Naksat cities" warrant a separate article, as they are rarely mentioned in literature and are only relevant within the context of the Nakhon Si Thammarat Kingdom. In particular, they are not related to Tambralinga, as the Chronicles of Nakhon Si Thammarat were written several centuries later and do not even mention Tambralinga. Thus, a link between the Naksat cities and Tambralinga is sheerly speculative. --RJFF (talk) 10:33, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't have any strong opinion on this and not an expert myself. But does sound like "Naksat cities" is a separate concept by itself, notwithstanding the relevant contestation on its actuality. I'm aware the Malay states regularly rebelled/aided against Siam/Ayutthaya but that's probably a separate discussion. But if the two are merged, Naksat cities page probably deserves its own subsection under the mother article. __earth (Talk) 06:01, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  Have you ever read of the concept of "Naksat cities" outside the context of Nakhon Si Thammarat? --RJFF (talk) 13:26, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Nope. __earth (Talk) 03:13, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal
Talk:Darfur Now

message: "now" in the title needs to be capitalized, my apologies.
: There ya go. Ben W Bell talk 12:23, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Title

message: MSXenix: Change the language for fur to go to the correct link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fur_language
rather than
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fur  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Msxenix (talk • contribs) 16:27, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Language
Talk:MG MGA

message: The current article states Ironically, the source of the problem was only discovered after production had ended and many restored Twincam cars are running more reliably today than they ever did during production. I assume the problem meant here is piston failure, and the source fuel starvation at certain engine speeds. 
See http://www.mgcars.org.uk/MGA/mgatwine.html which states in part: Experience with racing the Twin Cams over the years has led to the possible cause of the piston problems. After all it was not the timing or plugs, but simply fuel starvation at certain rpm, giving a very hot, weak mixture. The cause was fuel frothing that leaned out the mixture, and then burnt out the pistons, the fault the engine became notorious for. 
http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1658545_1657867_1657786,00.html seems to confirm this story.
There were several other common problems with this engine, but I think the others were all eventually blamed on inadequate driving and/or maintenance. Regular tuning was critical, as was timing chain adjustment, and the tacho red and orange lines were both for real. This was a highly developed racing engine, and if you treated it like a normal road car, it soon broke. And of course if you treated it like a dodgem car it broke even sooner. A significant number of buyers evidently lacked the skills required, or perhaps lacked even the will.
But as the article currently reads, it's rather tantalising. I think we should add a short description of the problems (all of them), their causes, and the solution for this one. Are these websites considered reliable enough sources? Andrewa (talk) 15:36, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Twin cam engine problem

message: The article states that 101,081 MGA were built between 1955 and 1962. It also states that only 2,111 Twin-Cams were built between 1958 and 1960. So, it's quite obviously that the TC sold poorly. What more source is needed? --Chief tin cloud (talk) 07:29, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Twin-Cam Production 

message: The early production from May 1959 had front drum brakes, which were used up parts from the 1500 production. I have a original car #474 which has the original drum brake setup on all 4 wheels. It is accurate to state that by 1960 the cars had front disc brakes, as the early production 1600's were transitional models/ a mishmash. The question is though...at which car # was the 1600, a full spec 1600?75.222.113.67 (talk) 06:05, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  1960 MGA 1600 Brakes
Talk:Triumph 1300

message: I think this is unfounded, unless incompetents were tightening up bolts without the wheels on the ground, which damages the bushes on any car. My uncle had one and it achieved a high mileage with very few problems. I did change a CV joint gaiter for him once, which was easy, and I also noted that the handling was good, as you would expect in a front wheel drive car with wishbone suspension. I had a Mini at the time and I rated the Triumph as having nearly as good handling.
There was however a serious weakness in the front lower suspension mounts on early models, which would have been subject to a recall and replacement. This was the metal brackets, not the rubber bushes.
Tiger99 (talk) 19:48, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spurious negativity such as short life of rubber bushes, and handling?
Talk:Truth & Consequences

message: I think calling it a generic Slush (beverage) is best (I never even heard of the term before this), but Elle was clearly holding a Slusho in the episode, as can be seen from this screen shot. --Is this fact...? 06:55, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It appears to be a big tie-in think to Cloverfield . See some more info here and here - SimonLyall (talk) 07:24, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed it altogether - it is far too fine a detail for what is an excessively long "Plot" section. Now, that's not to say the appearance isn't notable - if we can find something verifiable, and present it without any speculation or interpretation on our part, it would be an "out-of-universe" fact to help strengthen the article. (It still wouldn't go in the "Plot" section, though.) --Ckatzchatspy 09:35, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Slusho Vs. Slurpiee Vs. Slush 

message: I added the line about the two-part finale.  I felt it was fairly self-evident since this episode ended with a "To Be Continued."  Exactly what kind of citation is even necessary here?  Slurms MacKenzie 07:16, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: As far as I can recall, every episode (including last year's finale) ends with the "to be continued" text. If I had to guess, I'd say it is probably related to their "volume" concept. --Ckatzchatspy 09:03, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Wow.  I am mildly embarrassed that I have literally never registered it in any episode until this one.  Maybe it's just easy to miss in the DVDs and online episodes, or I've skipped past it, or I just haven't been paying attention.  Slurms MacKenzie 05:47, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: 2-part finale

message: This page should mention the radio programme and the town - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_or_Consequences,_New_Mexico . 94.30.84.71 (talk) 15:33, 14 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Radio programme
Talk:Aryeh Eliav

message: The english entry of Lova Eliav - comparing with the Hebrew Wiki entry - needs to be edited, corrected and updated. the problem is that there are not enough English sources that one can use in order to improve the entry that way.85.64.60.11 (talk) 13:31, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  re-editing, correcting, updating 

message: @Number 57: Sure it's a good picture, but I personally find it more fitting to use one from when he was an active politician, rather than one from when he had been retired for over a decade. A picture from 1970 would feel more fitting to me, tbh. If he was still alive I'd have no objections to use the most recent good picture, but for deceased individuals it's common to instead use one from when they were most active/famous. Synotia (moan) 10:53, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I did wonder about using this one, as it's the next best close up. However, as Eliav still looked quite similar by the time the colour one was taken, I didn't think it was too bad to use. Number 57 11:51, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmm I personally found  pretty good, it's the one in my diff. Synotia (moan) 13:36, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not a good pic for the infobox (hence why I removed it) – the top third is empty space. An infobox picture should ideally be a  (relative) close-up of someone's face. Number 57 13:45, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture
Talk:Lisa Breckenridge

message: fixed link Zinza 13:23, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Portal talk:Arthropods

message: Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals is back!
The project was rebooted and completely overhauled on April 17th, 2018.
Its goals are to revitalize the entire portal system, make building and maintaining portals easier, and design the portals of the future.
As of April 29th, membership is at 56 editors, and growing.
There are design initiatives for revitalizing the portals system as a whole, and for each component of portals.
Tools are provided for building and maintaining portals, including automated portals that update themselves in various ways.
And, if you are bored and would like something to occupy your mind, we have a wonderful task list.
From your friendly neighborhood Portals WikiProject.      — The Transhumanist    03:22, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Status report from the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals|Portals WikiProject]] 

message: * The "Selected pictures" box has been overhauled using Template:Portal pictures. —⁠andrybak (talk) 14:20, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  <span class="anchor" id="Selected pictures overhaul"></span> 2020 overhaul 

message: The selected picture section of the portal has been overhauled using template . To add another picture to the selection, only POTD date is needed. No need to copy-paste captions, no need to fill out a layout template, no need to increase  when a new numbered subpage is added. Just add a date. You can also use the search box on the subpage to find other appropriate pictures. —⁠andrybak (talk) 16:12, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  How to add new selected pictures very fast
Talk:Apollo (ballet)

message: moved from Talk:Apollon musagète
===Trans from French===
Translated from French not humanly. How is it? Any opinions? Is this a stub? Should it be expanded?  -- Andy Wang (talk/contrb.) 02:22, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the language is a little awkward, probably because of the translation from French. There are plenty of points in the text where I don't understand exactly what is said. I think this article can be improved in terms of language, clarity and perhaps structure.--Atavi 11:48, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The language is very awkward-- probably because it was a bot translation. For instance, the phrase "to the Frenchwoman" sounds like a mistranslation of the phrase "French overture" -- Bwthemoose/Talk 13:51, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've cleaned up the long-languishing bot(ched) translation. The problem of sourcing remains.—Jerome Kohl (talk) 23:05, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Translated from French not humanly. How is it? Any opinions? Is this a stub? Should it be expanded?  -- Andy Wang (talk/contrb.) 02:22, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the language is a little awkward, probably because of the translation from French. There are plenty of points in the text where I don't understand exactly what is said. I think this article can be improved in terms of language, clarity and perhaps structure.--Atavi 11:48, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The language is very awkward-- probably because it was a bot translation. For instance, the phrase "to the Frenchwoman" sounds like a mistranslation of the phrase "French overture" -- Bwthemoose/Talk 13:51, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've cleaned up the long-languishing bot(ched) translation. The problem of sourcing remains.—Jerome Kohl (talk) 23:05, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Trans from French

message: Is there any opposition to the merger of Apollo (ballet) and Apollon musagète? Robert Greer (talk) 19:01, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge two entries 

message: (Please excuse that I am not an editor, and therefore possibly not writing this the approved Wikipedia way, and definitely not modifying the article myself.  I will leave that to someone experienced.)  The actual first performance was, as the article says, commissioned by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, for a 1928 performance at the Library of Congress.  But what was performed was not merely the music, but an actual dance.  However, that choreography (which was chronologically the first) was not by Balanchine but by Adolphe Bolm, who also danced it.  The now-famous, and classic, Balanchine version was thus actually the second version ... although very soon after.  Library of Congress source: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/elizabeth-sprague-coolidge-chamber-music/eagle-sings.html#obj028
I have also added this note on the page Talk:List of Apollo Stagings.
Dudley Brooks (talk) 01:46, 9 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  First performance
Talk:Jewels (ballet)

message: It would be great to include in the article a list of ballet companies on which Jewels or any of the three separate ballets has been set, and by whom, and whether the ballet is an active part of their repertory. Is this information available in any citable sources? (sdsds - talk) 18:47, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Companies on which Jewels has been set 

message: Please retain the column layout as it follows the program layout as nearly as possible which relects the partnering and importance of the roles. — Robert Greer (talk) 02:19, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  columns
Talk:Sweetheart (crocodile)

message: This article has been copied from http://www.herbertonss.qld.edu.au/landofoz/judedwin.htm. There is even a reference to a drawing that does not exist on the Wiki page "Picture original drawing by Judy Kendell ..." I removed the plagiarised material. DavidMack (talk) 18:47, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Plagiarism
Talk:Game Party

message: Game is often cited as one of the worst games if all time http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_computer_and_video_games_considered_the_worst_ever#Game_Party  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.220.125.54 (talk) 07:20, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
Talk:ATA Carnet

message: This information is taken directly from the U.S. government's U.S. Customs and Border Protection web page. --Esprit15d 14:02, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Still it shouldn't be here in this format. see WP:NOT#FAQ. I could try to clean it up but it would probably be better to start from scratch as the article is also written from a very American point of view. if its not copyrighted the verbatim copying is alright, but not the whole article Towel401 (talk) 19:22, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Northern Alliance Radio Network

message: This article was written in August of 2005.  In over two years, there wasn't a single question about the article's notability.
The "notability" criteria as applied here (and as I noted in my remarks below) are fairly myopic.  The Northern Alliance is a new media outlet, composed of new media figures.  To say its references are primarily on blogs and forums - new media, by definition - doesn't establish notability ignores the context; the program has interviewed Presidential candidates (Mitt Romney), governors, A-list pundits, and so on.  
As far as point of view goes - nobody has shown any examples of point of view or conflict of interest in the piece.  Any luck so far?
Finally - as I noted below, I've largely abandoned Wikipedia; trying to edit anything remotely political draws a horde of Kossacks; Wikipedia is in the process of marginalizing itself, at least when anything remotely political is at issue.  So it's interesting that after two years without a single comment, the"notability" and "conflict" tags pop up within weeks after a couple of regional leftybloggers wrote a tittery article about my Wikipedia edits.
While I don't really care - and doubt I'll follow through on this - I'm going to give everyone a month, give or take, to establish any actual conflict, POV or notability problems.  And then I'm going to remove the taqs.
Mitchberg (talk) 13:48, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Summation
Talk:Industrial Exposition Building

message: Perhaps I'm missing something, but I wonder about the claim that this "is the tallest structure in Minneapolis to be demolished intentionally."  That doesn't seem correct, since this was succeeded as tallest building by the Metropolitan Building, which itself was demolished intentionally.  Can someone shed some light on this?  Thanks! --Frankie Rae (talk) 17:24, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed.  I was going to tag it but since you did almost 4 years ago I just did it.  Here's what I cut: "This is the tallest structure in Minneapolis to be demolished intentionally. The Northwestern National Bank Building, though taller, was destroyed in a fire known as the Minneapolis Thanksgiving Day Fire."  — Preceding unsigned comment added by TjoeC (talk • contribs) 15:21, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
Talk:Flame Dragon Plus: Marks of Wind

message: Is the developer the same as the publisher? SharkD (talk) 06:40, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Developer
Talk:Kingsgate, Dunfermline

message: Is the centre really known for its escalators??? 161.12.7.4 14:17, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Landing Ship Medium

message: I found this article pertaining to costs of various military equipment, among the list was: "A landing ship tank costs $2,000,000; a landing ship medium, $l,000,000); a landing craft Infantry, $700,000." (Camp Barkeley Military, Civilian Groups Invest $1,500,000 in Bonds in 5 Months. The Abilene Reporter-News, Abilene, Texas, Tuesday, June 13, 1944, Page 7) --Dual Freq 03:21, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Cost

message: For the German article I have uploaded a number of US Navy photos. They are available under Commons, Category:Amphibious ships of the United States. Also the new and pretty long German article contains a lot of additional info extracted taken from Navsource. --KuK (talk) 10:08, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Photos

message: It would be nice if we could have info on the different classes instead of just a list. There already IS a list of LSMs on its own page. PaleoKaden (talk) 17:41, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Info, not list

message: There is a thread at the Ships project to remove capitalisation from article names. This would affect all ship articles that are for class or type names (such as this), rather than the names of individual ships. See WT:WikiProject Ships#Capitalisation (yet again) Andy Dingley (talk) 18:45, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Or combine the subjects into one?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jtmilesmmr (talk • contribs) 20:33, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

text: LAW Light Amphibious Warship has much  (or more) of the same information,,,,,,,,,,,,,,maybe a redirect? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jtmilesmmr (talk • contribs) 20:35, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rename to [[Landing ship medium]]? 

message: There seems to be a discrepancy between the infobox and photo. The photo shows a craft with four single Oerlikons and a single forward Bofors (no aft gun), but the infobox says two Bofors guns. So, on that basis (and plenty of evidence for some of these craft having only Oerlikon guns, I'm modifying the infobox armament details. 2A00:23C7:3119:AD01:E042:D9E6:ABC2:CA62 (talk) 22:05, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Armaments
Talk:X-Men Fairy Tales

message: This is only the first draft.  I intend to expand onto the descriptions fairly heavily when I have time to find more sources tonight.
Anyone who can expand it in the meantime., by my guest. businessman332211 14:32, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  first draft 