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Talk:Icon (film)

message: Sorry but the plot of this film reads like a running commentry from a school child for the first 1/4 of the film and then the important bit- such as the other 3/4 have been totally ignored.
I am going to read up on how this wikipedia lark works, and then re-write one that is a bit better.
It really is a good film and deserves a better plot summary.
- - - - 
I just finished reading the original story as written by Frederick Forsyth - Icon.  Reading the movie summary given here, reminds me of how horribly Hollywood treated two other stories by Forsyth (Day of the Jackal and The Odessa File).  The screenwriters who transferred this book to film have, once again, butchered the story.  They have added details (such as Monk having a daughter) and changed details such as who and how Monk is protected while in Russia and making one of the tertiary characters (retired General of the Army Nikolai Nikolayey) into a totally different character in the film.  Also, not covered is the extensive backdrop of agent recruitment that made Monk the man of choice for this assignment.  Hopefully, those who do watch the movie will read the book.  It is a far better read than the movie is to watch.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.1.107.127 (talk) 16:57, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Sorry
Talk:Potomac School (McLean, Virginia)

message: I removed the statement that potomac is the "best school in Virginia, 28th best in the country." Please don't make sourced statements, especially when you are claiming something as dramatic as this. Dramma!
I inserted a paragraph concerning the connection between Potomac School and Priscilla Hiss.  The Alger Hiss trial in 1949 was a significant event in the history of Potomac School.  It did not merely relate to spouses of faculty members, as one editor stated.  Instead it concerned a teacher, the headmistress, and an application for admission to the school.  I have substantially revised my original version to emphasize this connection.  Jawillens (talk) 14:03, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: History

message: Is there a source for the statement "Potomac is one of the few private schools in the D.C. metropolitan area to have a school bus system"? Because it seems totally inaccurate. It seems like every private school in McLean has a school bus.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by BK DC (talk • contribs) 06:59, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  School Bus System? 
Talk:Special collections

message: removed reference to 'room temperature which could be misleading in the context of library and archival environments, and replaced with 'environment, defined in terms of temperature, relative humidity and illumination'
Also struck reference to 'restoration' which is a deprecated practice, and changes to 'preservation and conservation,' which are complimentary activities. Jnadal 22:19, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Alternative versions of Wonder Woman

message: Nubia is missing from the mainstream list. --68.45.218.70 (talk) 16:41, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mainstream
Talk:Swedish Warmblood

message: Those wishing to improve this article may find the following links helpful:
1. WBFSH Interstallion survey  information on population, goals and procedures.
2. 2007 WBFSH Eventing Rankings  #6 thanks to Better I Do It (Billion xx), Stand By Me (Stanford), Colombo (Eighty Eight Keys xx), La Fair (Labrador), Carat (Cardento), Twins United (Leuthen I)
3. 2007 WBFSH Jumping Rankings  #8 thanks to Butterfly Flip (Robin I Z), Madick (Cortez), Isaac (Feliciano), H&M Espri (Guinness), Al Kaheel Spender S (Silbersee), Irco Mac (Irco Marco)
4. 2007 WBFSH Dressage Rankings  #3 thanks to Briar (Magini), Max (Master), Mr G De Lully (Gauguin de Lully), Beluga (Bellini), Isidor (Guinness), Norson (Wilson)
5. ASVH Swedish Warmblood Association 
6. SWANA Swedish Warmblood Association North America  Detailed, unemotional history and regulations are all online for reading. Terrific source.
Countercanter (talk) 00:52, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Links for the ambitious 

message: Prior content in this article duplicated one or more previously published sources. The material was copied from: Elwyn Hartley Edwards (1994), The Encyclopedia of the Horse, ISBN 0751301159, page 149. Copied or closely paraphrased material has been rewritten or removed and must not be restored, unless it is duly released under a compatible license. (For more information, please see "using copyrighted works from others" if you are not the copyright holder of this material, or "donating copyrighted materials" if you are.)
For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or published material; such additions will be deleted. Contributors may use copyrighted publications as a source of information, and, if allowed under fair use, may copy sentences and phrases, provided they are included in quotation marks and referenced properly. The material may also be rewritten, provided it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Therefore, such paraphrased portions must provide their source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with these policies. Thank you.  Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 08:22, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright problem removed
Talk:National Commission on Resources for Youth

message: I have been correcting the existing Wikipedia article, but the corrections have been reverted several times. I am sure this is due to my ineptitude. I have no skills with technology, and only regret that I am doing this and not someone who is able. Nonetheless, NCRY was an important organization and in light of its influence on the development of national youth development practice, should be preserved accurately for the benefit of research and history. The current article is incomplete and has several inaccuracies. For example, several the references are not good - when you link to several, not all, they lead to unrelated material - Tom Osbourne Federal Youth Coordination Act,  Rep Tom Osbourne's Press Release. The information about funding sources is partially inaccurate - the major funder of NCRY's work was the US Department of Labor. Most important, the current article does not describe accurately the range of NCRY's activities, especially the ones that have had longer term influence. NCRY 's work was supported by a very significant Board of Directors. This is important because their involvement demonstrates that NCRY's work was influenced by and important to leading educators, business people and scientists of its time.This includes Ralph W. Tyler who was a leader in the development of educational theory and evaluation in the US; Charles DeCarlo, who led the team that created the first computer at IBM; Rene Dubos, a leading scientist and environmentalist; George Gallup; John Gardner who headed the US Department of Health, Education and Welfare and is considered one of the key architects of the Great Socie3ty programs of Lyndon Johnson; Peter G. Peterson who served as US Secretary of Commerce - and more.  It was led by Mary Conway Kohler, a former judge and leader in youth advocacy https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/06/obituaries/judge-mary-kohler-dies-at-82.html.  Is there a way I can get support from someone at Wikimedia to complete this article? Henrybardklein (talk) 13:28, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article on the National Commission on Resources for Youth (NCRY)
Talk:Pete Strickland

message: Prior content in this  duplicated one or more previously published sources. The material was copied from: http://www.petestrickland.com/about.html. Copied or closely paraphrased material has been rewritten or removed and must not be restored, unless it is duly released under a compatible license. (For more information, please see "using copyrighted works from others" if you are not the copyright holder of this material, or "donating copyrighted materials" if you are.)
For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or published material; such additions will be deleted. Contributors may use copyrighted publications as a source of information, and, if allowed under fair use, may copy sentences and phrases, provided they are included in quotation marks and referenced properly. The material may also be rewritten, providing it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Therefore, such paraphrased portions must provide their source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with these policies. Thank you.  John of Reading (talk) 07:14, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright problem removed
Talk:Hiren Roy

message: I started the page, people need to expand it. Thanks Gautam  22:42, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Expansion

message: Homepage, physical address? Belongs in the article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:C0:DF13:8F00:60A0:44A9:1CDC:2048 (talk) 22:30, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Homepage, physical address?
Talk:Zamfara State

message: History Of Zamfara State Emirates
German: Adamaua: French: Adamaoua) is a traditional
state located in Fombina, an area which now roughly corresponds
to arcas of Adamawa State and Taraba state in Nigeria. and
previously also in the three northern provinces of Cameroon (Far
North. North, and Adamawa), including minor Parts of
Western Chad and the Central African Republic. It was founded
by Modibo Adama, a commander of Sheikh Usman dan Fodio, the
man who began the Fulani jihad in 1809. The capital was moved
several times until it settled in Yola, Nigeria on the banks of
the Benue River in Nigeria around 1841. At the time of Adama's
dealh his realm encompassed parts of modern Nigeria and much
of north Cameroon. It was technically part of the Fulani Empire,
and it had to pay a tribute to the leaders in Sokoto And the Supreme Emir Is Sarkin Zamfara Anka.
 
Zamfara Kingdoms 
Anka 
Bakura
Birninmagaji 
Bukkuyum 
Bungudu 
Gummi 
Gusau 
Kaura/Namoda 
Maradun 
Maru  
Shinkafi 
Talata Mafara
Tsafe 
Zurmi 
Dansadau
Kotorkoshi 
Moriki  — Preceding unsigned comment added by HakimBmj (talk • contribs) 19:05, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Zamfara Emirate Council 

message: these figures of "a population of 9,278,873 according to the 2006 census" are at odds with the other sources giving the 2006 census population as 3,278,873. a discrepancy of 6 million.
Similarly the "Estimate (2011)	9,838,160"
and 9,278,873[1] for 2021 census. What census in 2021? 
Noel Ellis 07:18, 14 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I also noticed this and edited the 2006 figure to accurately reflect that figure. I can't access the 2021 "census" figures but I also find it highly unlikely that the population tripled and is somehow exactly 6 million more than in 2006. Brutannica (talk) 18:03, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population
Talk:Windows 4.2

message: Windows Me is Windows 4.9. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Josh the Nerd (talk • contribs).
: Yes, but a lot of people might consider Windows Me Windows 4.2, which is why this page redirects to that one. — Alex(U|C|E) 23:08, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  There is no Windows 4.2 

message: This redirect should be deleted because Windows 4.2 NEVER existed. Apophis4029 (talk) 08:39, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is this here?
Talk:Geneva (typeface)

message: I know my Helvetica, and I don't see how this could possibly be a reworking of it as the article states. Instead, it looks a bit more like Univers, if anything. jr98664 23:09, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Helvetica? 

message: I've been printing lists of fonts I have installed on my computers at work (Windows) and home (Mac) and noticed that Geneva on the Mac looks quite different from the specimen given here.  The 'G' doesn't have the horizontal stroke and the 'a' has more of a tail.  It looks very similar to Lucida Grande.  I'm going to double-check that it wasn't just a glitch in the PDF I made and sent to myself to print, but that's what I'm seeing now.  
Also, any suggestions for good (free) tools to investigate the metadata stored in these fonts to determine which versions I have, exactly?  On XP I'm justing using the system's font viewer.  On OS X I have the system's font viewer and Linotype's FontExplorer. ⇔ ChristTrekker 15:26, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Versions of Geneva?
Template talk:Cycling

message: This template seem to need over all update. I came here to suggest following articles should have links in this template. Looking forward to inputs and help in this respect.
* Bicycling and feminism 
* Women and bicycling in Islam
* Al'Asayl Cycling Team 
* The Blessing of the Bicycles (religious ceremony)
* Cycling at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
* Fancy Women Bike Ride
* In Popular culture
** Roozi ke zan shodam
** Wadjda 
 Bookku    (talk) 06:08, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry but no, too much articles that go to much into detail. A template like this is not meant to advertise all articles about cycling, on every page it is placed on. Instead this template should be cleaned up and half of the items on it can be removed. DovaModaal (talk) 09:56, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Need links
Talk:Mod ruby

message: How does sharing of classes among Apache processes make mod_ruby not safe for multiple applications?  Is there a resource that describes this problem? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sutch (talk • contribs) 23:12, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I marked this as . 200.127.223.79 (talk) 00:02, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

text: My guess is that it's because of a ruby program's ability to do runtime changes to any class.  Sharing instances of the classes would allow one ruby app to change the behavior of other ruby apps on the same server.  Still, I haven't seen enough talk of any real apache-based ruby serving option to know if this is the problem.  --Busbeytheelder (talk) 03:38, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Classes

message: As of 2015, see the link to the old homepage, it no longer seems to exist. Not sure if it will come back, possibly at a later time someone check again. Thanks. 2A02:8388:1601:E000:BE5F:F4FF:FECD:7CB2 (talk) 11:56, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Future of the Project 
Talk:Walter Grimshaw

message: The statement that Grimshaw "won the first ever chess problem solving competition in London" in 1854 is almost certainly untrue. This is what Bill Wall says (e.g. in Chess Trivia) but it was not a solving tourney but a problem composition tourney, most probably the first ever composition tourney. Indeed, Grimshaw won this tourney. There are some reports about it, e.g. The Illustrated London News, 26 August 1854 (Staunton's chess column), The Chess Player's Chronicle, 15 (1854), p. 322, and later The Illustrated London News, 4 June 1881 (chess column by Duffy), finally Tim Harding: Eminent Victorian Chessplayers. McFarland, Jefferson 2012, p. 362. None of these sources mention a solving tourney.--Mautpreller (talk) 11:14, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: We can add that the problem composition tourney announced and begun in 1852 was cancelled in 1854, despite 'many of the most eminent chess problem composers in the country' were said to take part, after adjudication had been announced to be postponed already in 1852 (Chess Player's Chronicle, vol. XIII, p. 349).  The reason is somewhat unclear, but seems to have been related to concerns over the fairly large contributor's fee (one guinea, which would have a buying power of approx. 50 pounds today), which may have dissuaded participation (despite the stated participation as above), as well as there were few or no competitors from abroad.   In same issue of Chess Player's Chronicle where the cancellation is finally announced (vol II (new series), p. 322 (1854)), it is reported that an second tournament had been started and finished -- though no additional evidence for this is cited or has been found. This is the tourney that Grimshaw wins ... and from which the cited problem is taken. Athulin (talk) 09:36, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: There are some more reports, see Patrick Thomas Duffy in the chess column of the Illustrated London News, 4 June 1887, see also Grimshaw's necrologue in British Chess Magazine 1891, see also Staunton in Illustrated London News, 26. August 1854. All these reports don't tell much, neither about the participants (with the exception of Silas Angas) nor about the jury or the selction process. So it is not much that is known but I think one can say for certain that it was a composition tourney and not a solving tourney. It is, however, a huge difference to the ERA tourney where virtually everything is known and printed.Mautpreller (talk) 18:56, 21 November 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I've tried to summarize what is known about the 1852 and 1854 tourneys at http://www.anders.thulin.name/tourneys/chess-players-chronicle-1852/ and http://www.anders.thulin.name/tourneys/english-problem-tourney-1854/ .  Athulin (talk) 10:22, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Fine, thank you very much.Mautpreller (talk) 14:15, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problem solving tourney
Talk:Sonja Graf

message: It says here that "some teams withdrew" following the outbreak of WWII. As far as I know - and that is also what Wikipedia says - England were the only team to withdraw.Zamora1934 (talk) 08:30, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Buenos Aires Olympiad 

message: The article (and also the Women's World Chess Championship 1939 article) says "In 1939, Sonja Graf traveled to Buenos Aires, Argentina to play on the German team for the 8th Chess Olympiad.". The implication is that she was struck off the German Olympiad team and played in the Women's World Chess Championship 1939 instead (the events were concurrent). I think this is very unlikely; more likely she always intended to play in the womens WC. Adpete (talk) 03:50, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't have many good sources on the women's championships, but I agree with you.  Maybe we should just record the text here on the talk page and remove it from the articles until someone can provide a source.  Quale (talk) 02:04, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Went to play in the Olympiad?
Talk:Leopold Mitrofanov

message: There is also a commonly circulated version (see for example ChessBase) without the White rook and with the g2-knight already on e1. Now Krabbé doesn't like this one with the passive Ne1 (though it still plays a role in ensuring Black's final defeat), but Mitrofanov preferred this one to the Ng2-version. I think I can guess why; everyone loves the underdog and it is more satisfying to watch White push the odds dramatically in her favour, astonishing the spectators and taking Black's words from his mouth, when she is quite without pieces. Maybe the creator's preference should have priority here, but I'm ambivalent about it. Double sharp (talk) 16:33, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Amputated version
Talk:Carl B. Jensen

message: Carl is married to Julie Ann Jensen, Carl has 2 kids; Kyle & Heather.
Kyle currently has 2 daughters; Charlotte & Lucy.(Charlotte-7, Lucy-3)
Heather currently has 1 daughter Casey.(Casey-15)
Kyle got a masters degree at MIT!
Heather works at OHSU doing Neuroscience!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.232.254.86 (talk) 23:48, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Relatives
Talk:List of Pittsburgh Penguins seasons

message: I'm sorry, but I vastly preferred the page the way it was when it was like this, as well as the way it remains on other pages.  It's simpler, easier to read, and allows for representation of things like the Presidents's Trophy.  I'd really like to put it back the way it was. –ConkblockCity (talk) 02:08, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe all season pages are being changed to this format. -Djsasso (talk) 03:30, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

text: I changed this page to its current format because it is based on List of New York Rangers seasons which is a Featured List. blackngold29 19:20, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Classic format" 
Talk:Roger de Breteuil, 2nd Earl of Hereford

message: "but he was released, with other political prisoners, at the death of William I in 1087."
No he wasn't.  
His rage against the king, according to Ordericus, made William resolve to keep him in prison so long as he lived, but on his death he sanctioned his release.  He was, however, never released... [Ref: DNB, Editors, Leslie Stephen & Sidney Lee, MacMillan Co, London & Smith, Elder & Co., NY, 1908, vol. vii, p. 230] DNB = Dictionary of National Biography
Though the King is reported, when he fell ill in 1087, to have ordered Roger's liberation, it does not appear that this order was ever carried out.(c)
(c) Roger de Hoveden (vol. i, p. 140) states that he released his brother Eudes, The Earls Morcar and Roger, and all whom he had in prison, both in England and Normandy, but Ordericua Vitalis (536 A) states (after the burning of the royal gift—see note”b” above “Sententia regis tam fixa permansit quod nec etiam post mortem regis ipse nisi mortuus de vinculis exiit”—and Ordericus Vitalis lived in those years. [Ref: CP VI:450] CP = Cokayne's Peerage.
I quote these source references not to have the quotes themselves printed in the article, but to corroborate that this individual was never released from imprisonment as stated by Ordericus Vitalis who was living at the time.
Regards,
Curt_Hofemann@yahoo.com
The Latin statement merely states that the king became fixed that Earl Roger should not be released until his own death whether that occured before the king's death or not.  It does not state that he was never released.  Certainly William kept him imprisoned to his own death.--Paul Remfry (talk) 21:26, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Kilquade

message: --ESBPGEN (talk) 15:23, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

message: Well, as clearly stated (with link provided) I got the bit of history of the Kilquade Parish Church from the Kilquade Parish Website. I thought that was more honest than re-writing material from a single source (I have no other source) and presenting it as mine! As for being "in the public domain" it is on a parish website on the Internet. I'm not sure what that makes it legally speaking; but I'd be rather surprised if the catholic Church were upset with me reproducing a few paras from a parish website. As the facility for "block quotes" is provided in the Wiki editing page I'm a bit puzzled by all this. Can I only quote myself? (Sarah777 23:35, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for the rewrite. Legally speaking publishing something on the internet does not make it public domain. Only a clear statement (or law) can do that. Garion96 (talk) 21:31, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks Garion - How the heck did you spot this?!! You Admins scare 'lil ole me :) (Sarah777 02:27, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This article was on my watchlist. Although, to tell you the truth, I have no idea why I put it there anymore. :) Garion96 (talk) 21:29, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Copyright
Talk:Carol Hersee

message: If you have a problem with the prod template, leave a note on my page and I'll discuss the problem. Neranei 23:42, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

message: Thanks, I was going to try to get this page deleted anyway, as I spelt the name wrong, and there is a lot of information about her on The Test Cards F, J, and W pages. 
Riatsila 11:17, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  RE Deletion