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Talk:Cascade Tunnel

message: What is the gradient of the second Cascade tunnel, and which end (E or W) is higher in elevation?
Tabletop 07:54, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gradients 

message: It looks like the old tunnel didn't avoid all switchbacks, and that there was one at Scenic and one north of Deception Falls. Is this correct? --SPUI (talk) 20:13, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Never mind - I found a map that shows a sharp hairpin curve at each end. The one north of Deception Falls was in a tunnel. --SPUI (talk) 23:26, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Switchbacks

message: Can someone familiar with the subject clarify the ventilation system? At present, it refers to trains entering the EASTERN portal, which means trains going downhill. Why would they need any ventilation at all? And why does closing doors and turning on fans at the same time help? - I would have thought closing doors would defeat the purpose of the fans.
--Ian Page 23:06, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ventilation system (under History) 

message: I separated the material on the original Cascade Tunnel from the material on the second Cascade Tunnel to make it easier to add material and perhaps at some point create separate articles.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.19.45.169 (talk) 23:15, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Separated Material on the Cascade Tunnel from Material on the New Cascade Tunnel 

message: Copyright Tag entered.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.77.221.54 (talk) 12:40, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Diagram is a Candidate for Speedy Deletion

message: Article says current tunnel "was built ... by A. Guthrie of St. Paul, Minnesota." Would that be Arlo Guthrie? Ha. Is there a more complete name for the contractor? Sca (talk) 17:52, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Tunnel contractor

message: This article gives the power of each unit as 1500 hp. However, the article GN boxcab (3 phase) gives 1000 hp, which agrees with its source (an on-line page that looks pretty good, but still might have a glitch). I will leave the correction to someone who can find a really definitive source. Oaklandguy (talk) 20:14, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conflicting info on the boxcab locomotives used for the original 3-phase tunnel when electrified 
Talk:Slumming

message: — JIP | Talk 08:17, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

message: I think that the article makes a good start, and, for what it is worth, I like its tone; it accords well with my own impressions of what "slumming" is about. For further development: discussion of the topic on a gradient leading from ideas about poverty to "the prosperity of poverty," bohemianism, slumming, and finally to certain forms of ethnography to class tourism.
Tkatvgps (talk) 10:22, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  agree, that is what I remember reading about slumming.  I don't see no pov bias here.  just need a few more references, that's it. i'm gonna load in a frank leslie photo of a slum tour later on. Lucky dog (talk) 03:42, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Slumming 

message: The article is very short of references and of doubtful objectivity. Ideally it should be based on examples from more than just London and New York.--Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 11:55, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Poor quality
Talk:Ureter

message: this article needs to go into far deeper detail about the muscles of the ureters.
let's start wth what muscles are in the ureter
Gringo300 08:42, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Muscles of the ureter 

message: === Proposed merge with Ureteropelvic junction ===
Ureter Tom (LT) (talk) 06:32, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposals

message: Ureter Tom (LT) (talk) 06:32, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge with [[Ureteropelvic junction]] 

message: Needlessly fragmented to have these two tiny articles on the beginning and end of the ureter separated. Tom (LT) (talk) 06:37, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge with [[Orifice of ureter]]
Talk:Ryde Bridge

message: Under REFERENCES. Third bullet point. It reads simply [1]. When clicked, it takes one to another website "On This day - Naval Historical Society of Australia". I cannot see the relevance of this website to Ryde Bridge. Perhaps it was intended as a reference for the statement. "The keel of HMAS Stuart (destroyer) is buried in the mud below Ryde Bridge."  If so, this page of the website contains nothing about HMAS Stuart. Could some editor more experienced than me please either correct the reference so that its points to an appropriate web page and make the wording less cryptic than [1] or; delete it. Thank You Rick from Richmond (talk) 14:56, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi there. Thanks. Yes, I agree, it's not a great link. And the database does not appear searchable. I've cleaned up the reference; but the link needs to be rectified. Rangasyd (talk) 11:05, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Recommendation for improvement
Talk:Protein kinase

message: this page needs citations
There is already a "kinase" article.  "protein kinase" article is redundant
:You'd probably want to simply add the  tag to the article itself.  It says the following:
~GMH talk to me 22:37, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I'm no expert on this topic, but the kinase article states that not all kinases are protein kinases. Either that statement is false or there's no redundancy.
There is no reference to kinase A, here, yet there is a page for it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAMP-dependent_protein_kinase
I came here looking to be sure that kinase 1 and kinase A were unrelated, not different usages. It certainly seems so, but if someone has more information on that, please do add it here. 
Ndaniels 17:44, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not redundant,  

message: I propose that Protein kinase be merged into Protein phosphorylation or vice-versa, or at least properly divided and referenced. I think that the content in the Protein kinase article can easily be explained in the context of Protein phosphorylation and the Protein phosphorylation article is of a reasonable size that the merging of Protein kinase will not cause any problems as far as article size or undue weight is concerned. 79.180.161.130 (talk) 07:39, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Protein kinase is a molecule while protein phosphorylation is a process. I think these should remain separate. Aszilagyi (talk) 14:54, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

text: Against, "The diphosphoinositol polyphosphates serve as phosphate donors in non-enzymatic protein phosphorylation ..." Scott T. Brady et al. (bold is mine) Teaktl17 (talk) 22:02, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Tags removed, agreement here that these should be separate. Opabinia regalis (talk) 06:52, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

message: An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect :Receptor serine/threonine kinase and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 February 1#Receptor serine/threonine kinase until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.  Steel1943 (talk) 06:41, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Receptor serine/threonine kinase" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]]
Talk:Arkansas RimRockers

message: Any news about rejoining the NBADL?--Cooly123 00:44, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rejoining  
Template talk:History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

message: Judging from the rarity of edits to this template, it seems likely no one will read this. However, this template needs to be updated.
The problem is that the links have been styled yellow through use of span tags. That means the underlines are the wrong colour. It also makes it very difficult to tell which links have been visited, which don't yet have a page, etc.
If no one objects I think we should turn it into a more standardised grey table with ordinary links. It won't look as fancy, but it'll be more consistent and less buggy.
Have now corrected table as per my suggestions above. El T 15:35, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

message: I removed the link Kingdom of Kongo (14th century to 1867) because many more states were covering the DRC back in the days, and that particular one covered parts of Angola with Kabinda and the other Congo. ---21:16, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Kingdom of Kongo]] (14th century to 1867) 

message: Would it be better to have a image of four flags from Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo put together in a grid, rather than the flag using parts of different flags? While it makes sense for people who know all the flags, if you dont know them it may look like it is the flag, rather than one composed of different images --Astrokey44 02:42, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I would agree with this.  I actually hadn't realized that this was a composite image until quite recently. - BanyanTree 22:15, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

text: I have updated the flags and made a grid as suggested. Someone who better knows what flags should be included may wish to change the flags displayed, or their order. El T 11:49, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

text: I removed the image altogether - it's simpler and neater without. El T (talk) 06:26, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  flag?
Talk:Kazimierz Adjukiewicz

message: Nothing from the main namespace links here, could somebody who understands the issue please link to him from the Lambda calculus page and any other appropriate pages. Thanks Cdyson37 | (Talk) 09:54, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Typo in the title - now redirects to an existing page. Charles Matthews 10:01, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Links
Talk:Ravi Jagannathan

message: where did obtain his PhD, was it related to Economics. His bio seems to suggest he is more of Finance Scientist than regular economist.
When did he obtain his PhD? The article mentions this as the start point of an event.
Exact date of birth is needed.--109.252.100.73 (talk) 04:32, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Gil Vicente

message: Vicente's notice as a writer was a result of his association with the royal court of King John II of Spain. He contributed to court dramatic functions and he was noticed by the Queen Dowager Leonore and commissioned to write the first of what would become a plethora of theatrical works. -- based on information elsewhere on Wikipedia and the internet, I believe that should be King of Portugal. I changed it, but it anyone believes I'm wrong, feel free to change it back.  --JoanneB 10:03, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm the Wikipedian who made that mistake, forgive me. Unfortunately my knowledge of the Spanish and Portuguese monarchies isn't very good. I'm pleased to see how this has been expanded. Keep up the good work! I will give this a good read through and add anything that I can. *Exeunt* Ganymead | Dialogue? 14:13, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Alternity

message: I always thought there was no d10 in the Alternity dice system because it is not a platonic solid in the form usually used for dice.
208.64.165.129 08:35, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dice 

message: When rolling two dice there is no flat area, the curve schould look this "/\" or am I wrong?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.181.242.68 (talk) 19:19, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It depends on how many dice you're rolling, and of what sorts. If you roll 2d20, it will look like /\, but if you roll a twenty-sided die and a six-sided die, and add the results together, it will look like this /`````````\. The reason is this: how do you get the result 2? You have to roll 1s on both dice. How about 3? 1+2 or 2+1. 4? 1+3, 3+1, or 2+2. Ect. Once you hit seven, though, you have 1+6, 6+1, 2+5, 5+2, 3+4, 4+3. But 8 has exactly the same chance of coming up: 7+1, 2+6, 6+2, 3+5, 5+3, 4+4. Because the limit is on the maximum value of the 6 sided die, but the 20-sided die has a much larger limit, you end up with the same probability of rolling any number between 1+1+(smaller die's maximum value) and 21 (at which you get everything from 20+1 to 15+6). Titanium Dragon 23:50, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Probabilities 

message: I was one of the playtesters for Alternity back before it was released. My name is in the back of the book (GM). Although it's a dead topic now, if there's any need for information, I'll try to help. MikeSims (talk) 04:43, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Former Playtester 

message: Under System, we currently have: "Classes were replaced by professions". There is no context for this. As a nerd, I assume this implies a comparison with the D&D version of the time, but it's not explicit. Could be fixed in many ways, depending on whether or not a comparison is desired or if a more general description of the basic character structure is preferred. Effrenatus (talk) 00:41, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  System: Basis for Comparison
Talk:Daniel Pesina

message: I've read that Daniel and his brother Carlos were fired from Midway for secretly helping Data East on the failed Tattoo Assassins project, which is why Johnny Cage and Raiden were not featured in MK3. The question is, is this true or did he get fired for the Johnny Cage dress-up for Bloodstorm? -Buzda
:I heard that Dan Pesina and a bunch of other actors didn't get fired, but quit due to salary/royalties demands. The Bloodstorm ad happened AFTER the lawsuit. Jonny2x4 19:14, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: http://www.polygon.com/2012/10/2/3444618/mortal-kombats-johnny-cage-20-years-later --Niemti (talk) 23:11, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Polygon article 
Template talk:Strategic bombing during World War II

message: *Baedeker Raids? GraemeLeggett 14:51, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing entries 

message: Perhaps we could split the template, or divide the entries within it, by year, perpetrator or target? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk  19:55, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Split 

message: Some of the bombings listed were non-city related/targeted. The most prominent of which is Pearl Harbor. Accordingly I recommend we rename the template as "WWII – major bombing missions". This template-name (or category) should include all of the big targets, military and civilian. More importantly, it will avoid POV issues. (Like: "TUV conducted a massive air-raid on the sleepy village of XYZ during the War of ABC".)  – S. Rich (talk) 03:40, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi , I'd prefer to leave it as city bombing and to include only towns and cities; otherwise it will get huge and will lose focus. I left Pearl Harbour there during my recent editing only because it seemed odd not to include it, given that it accounts for much of the Japan bombings. But it could be moved into the Japan section (bracketed or something), so that there isn't a United States section. SarahSV (talk) 04:16, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re-naming template – suggestion
Talk:Carbon-13

message: I came to this article after reading the following Space.com article about how scientists are using carbon-13 to deduce the origins of life of Earth:
* 
I wanted to understand how biochemical reactions can distinguish between carbon-13 and other isotopes. But the current material here reads less like an encyclopedia article than an excerpt from a nuclear physics text. Can someone with more domain knowledge than I (on the whole subject of carbon-13, not just how to detect it) broaden this article to incorporate aspects of more general interest, like those that might answer my question? Thank you for any assistance. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 17:37, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: See Isotope fractionation Jclerman 18:57, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

text: Jeff Q is right, chemical and biochemical reactions should NEVER distinguish isotopes. But in fact enzymes distinguish them. I added this information and moved most of biological part of this article to Isotopic_signature#Carbon_isotopes in order to avoid duplication of material. Ivan Kucherenko (talk) 20:33, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article too narrowly focused 

message: No mention of hyperpolarized carbon-13 as used in Hyperpolarized carbon-13 MRI; and see "Imaging breast cancer using hyperpolarized carbon-13 MRI" - Rod57 (talk) 14:21, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  No mention of hyperpolarized carbon-13 

message: Does anyone know from where the natural abundance figure is derived? it differs from the Wikipedia page on isotopes of carbon, which gives 1.07%, a value also found in primary literature, and used by mass spec manufacturers. 79.64.116.99 (talk) 22:03, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Natural abundance
Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Archive 19

message: Perhaps we should take a lesson from Occam's Razor and Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem. I really couldn't care less about this frivilous matter, as it makes no difference. The font doesn't distinguish between the two styles. Since the proper special characters are supposed to be used anyway, this rule simply pluralizes the rule. I remember when people got behind causes that mattered. glocks out 17:35, 28 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Occam's Razor
Talk:Caernarfon

message: This article has a wonky red dot. Could someone sort it out? If you work out how, the Bangor, Wales article has a similar problem SP-KP 18:28, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks fine to me in Firefox 1.5, Opera 8.5, Safari 2.0 and IE 6.0. Owain 19:21, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Both are misplaced for me, too -- it appears just below the center of the title of the article, nowhere near the map.  Mozilla 1.1 on Yellow Dog Linux on a Macintosh laptop.  Same for Bangor, Wales. -- Mareklug talk 00:03, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Red dot

message: We should probably mention Caernarfon's (lapsed) claims to be capital of Wales - according to this 1955 times article I'm reading it had made a formal claim in 1951.  Morwen - Talk 11:56, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Capital

message: The twin town of Caernarfon is Landernau. Landernau is situated in Brittany, France.
Reverted Vandal NoelWalley 16:54, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Twin Town 

message: Why is there nothing about the town walls?  Like the castle, they are a remarkable medieval structure, and have contibuted to Caernarfon's status as World Heritage Site.  Moreover, they have considerable affected the history and development of the town, as well as the culture (eg. for a time, no Welshman could live within the walls).  To understand the town, you must understand the walls.  Gwinva 10:10, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have added a brief mention to the "Landmarks" section, with a link to the main article. Alansplodge (talk) 23:22, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Town walls

message: I have proposed the merge since the contents of the article (Carnarvon) don't, in my opinion, justify an article page of it's own although perhaps there should be a disambiguation page for the lists. --92.237.94.9 (talk) 18:36, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge proposal 

message: Surely something should be said about this interesting linguistic anomaly --Sion Derfel  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.211.32.174 (talk) 12:27, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cofi use of "cont" 

message: A large number of websites contain an incorrect spelling duplicating an error present in Ofcom's (previously Oftel) UK area code list for the last decade.
01286 was listed as Caernarvon in the official UK area code list and only recently corrected to Caernarfon, see their Errata. 212.139.105.91 (talk) 08:34, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Phone Code

message: It would be useful to include the Welsh and English pronunciations of Maes.--Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 00:25, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Maes
Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Archive 21

message: Again, I see no consensus to change the style. If anything, it looks like the split is about even. Maurreen (talk) 02:39, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Nevertheless, if there is no consensus to change, that means that there is also isn't consensus to keep it the same. The page should be changed to clarify that there is no consensus on the topic. To leave it as it is would be to misrepresent the nature of the consensus, or more accurately, the lack thereof. Nohat 03:07, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree. To apply that principle widely could lead to chaos. Do you base this on any WP reference? Maurreen (talk) 03:20, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not chaos, it's The Wiki Way. Nowhere does it say that the MoS is exempt from the normal Wiki process. Nohat 06:51, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

text: I mean really, to not do this would be abhorrent. Any current policy guideline needs to have consensus support to stay a policy or guideline. To do otherwise goes against the very essence of how Wikipedia works. Nohat 07:08, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Apparently we interpret The Wiki Way differently. Why don't we agree to disagree on the specifics of that and wait a day to see if anyone but the three of us weighs in on this? Maurreen (talk) 07:13, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm confused... does your interpretation of The Wiki Way allow for minority rule? Aren't guidelines supposed to reflect community consensus? Nohat 07:52, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Consensus?
Template talk:Swl

message: SWL stands for shared watch list. I created this template with List of chess topics in mind but if there are other pages like that, they can use this template, too. This template removes the need to type everything twice. --ZeroOne 10:54, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Is there a specific reason this template is used and not just link - link - link? Shinobu 02:01, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: List of chess topics tracks the article talk pages too. Thus, the links in there are actually in the form "Chess   -". Using this template cuts the page code size (almost) in half and makes adding new links easier, as this template creates both of those links. --ZeroOne 10:26, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

text: Ah. When I looked at it the talk link wasn't there. Check the article's history; it has been removed for a while. Shinobu 12:49, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  SWL stands for shared watch list
Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Archive 22

message: Has anyone considered putting a recommendation about the proper way to make quotations or citations of books ? I witness a considerable amount of citations of the form "The C++ Programming Language, p.224", which are obviously totally useless. Could a format such as "Bjarne Stroustrup, The C++ Programming Language, Special edition, Addison Wesley 2002, p.224" be made an official standard ? Rama 11:13, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Any sensible way of doing it and giving the requisite information is sufficient. You could put the ISBN there instead of "Special edition", jguk 11:37, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

text: There's a guideline for citation at WP:CITE; it's probably not as well-known as it should be, however.  TenOfAllTrades(talk) 13:28, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Book quotations