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Talk:Persistence of a number

message: I'm dubious about the words 'simplest form,' since I don't see how we can call 9 the 'simplest form' of 2781. How is 9 a form of 2781?! Usually when we say "simplest form" (reducing fractions, simplifying algebraic expressions, etc.), we're making only a cosmetic change. Changing 2781 into 9 is more than cosmetic. Doops 16:49, 30 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Presumably the term persistence can be used in other ways, other than referring to digital roots by addition or multiplication. Let me try and fix that sentence. Dysprosia 00:40, 1 May 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Of course, the wording simplest form is too fuzzy; instead, it is a fixed point of the operation, i.e. a number on which the operation yields the same number again. I have majorly rewritten the article to account for that. By the way, I don't think the term persistence of a number is used in mathematics for anything but the additive and multiplicative persistence. Therefore, I think we can get rid of the overly abstract first sentence and just say what additive and multiplicative persistence is. Comments? --Yogi de 22:17, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: In the article, it says "By cleverly using the specific properties of numbers in this sequence, the above terms can be calculated in a fraction of a second.".  Is it possible if a citation to this algorithm, or a brief explanation could be provided?  I think that would provide a clearer understanding of the mathematics to the reader.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Svdsps (talk • contribs) 20:55, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that this sentence was not very helpful. I replaced it by a more precise description of the properties that help speed the search. —David Eppstein (talk) 23:07, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh yee of uncertain faith, to wit: function multiplicativePersistence(a,b){for(var d=0,f=a.toString(b);console.log(d+":"+f),!(1>=f.length);)f=[...f].map(h=>parseInt(h,b)).reduce((h,i)=>h*i,1).toString(b),d++;return d} multiplicativePersistence(277777788888899,10);  WurmWoodeT 14:34, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clarifying the simple algorithm for calculating the persistence of a number. 

message: i think the current title, "Persistence of a number", is a bit too wordy and i propose moving it to "Persistence (mathematics)"
Nucg5040 (talk) 13:25, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  title
Talk:Cîteaux Abbey

message: The following needs serious revision:
"... a former abbot of Cîteaux is purported to have said, "Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius" (Kill them all. God will know his own)."
The phrase is justly famous, but the Latin here only reads: "For the Lord knows which ones are his."  So: "God knows / will know his own" is fine, but there is nothing corresponding to "Kill them all".  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.112.76.135 (talk) 20:31, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  bad translation
Talk:Chalfont & Latimer station

message: I've moved this page in line with Wikipedia:WikiProject London's aim for consistency on names for combined stations. Timrollpickering 17:30, 30 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: This has stopped, with direct trains to London and Watford instead.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.189.103.145 (talk) 15:22, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Chesham shuttle

message: That's not the only destination.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.189.103.145 (talk) 13:49, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Chiltern Railways' line to Aylesbury
Talk:Imperial Japanese Navy

message: It's very important topic for any country Lss dhruvil (talk) 09:38, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe. What does that have to do with the Imperial Japanese Navy, a now defunct military organization???????????????????????? 50.111.9.165 (talk) 21:11, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Democracy 

message: There should be a bit about the flag. Benjamin (talk) 21:25, 26 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flag 
Talk:Ted Nugent

message: Under the subsection 'Family' in the section 'Personal life', the article states that knowledge of Nugent's first two children (that he gave up for adoption) only became public in 2010. However, the existence of these children had been reported 20 years earlier, in the Detroit Free Press Magazine of July 1990, which already serves as a reference and a source for other information in the Ted Nugent Wikipedia article: https://www.scribd.com/doc/214489436/Ted-Nugent-Grows-Up-The-Detroit-Free-Press-Magazine-July-15-1990  The relevant info is low down on page 10 of the document: "He had given a son up for adoption in 1967. His first daughter, Starr Stricklin, was born in 1970 to a woman he dated before his marriage."
I don't really know the most appropriate way to fix this myself, but perhaps someone can check the reference to make sure I'm right, then make the necessary amendments to the article. Ninkerty Nonk (talk) 13:29, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Source contradicts 'fact' about family life 

message: I find it risible that Wikipedia would include a retrospectively reputational rehabilitative statement made on some guy's podcast.
but that's just me soibangla (talk) 06:48, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: on second thought and after reading his statements in  Behind the Music i agree its BS --FMSky (talk) 07:01, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Joe Rogan Experience
Talk:Shine On (Pink Floyd box set)

message: Since one site gave a list of more than 12 albums by the name "Shine On" and since this is actually a box set for Pink Floyd, using my normal convention of "Shine On (1992 album)" just did not seem right and switching to "Shine On (box set)" didn't seem great either. RedWolf 03:46, May 1, 2004 (UTC)
Adding The Final Cut to the list of albums excluded from the boxed set. Happypc (talk) 19:15, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: A proposal for changes to this article, has been made at Talk:Pink Floyd discography#Further review of box set standards.  Please state if you're for or against, over there.  Thanks! --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 15:03, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposal 

message: (cur | prev) 13:13, 10 August 2012‎ The Evil IP address (talk | contribs)‎ m . . (6,066 bytes) (0)‎ . . (The Evil IP address moved page Shine On (Pink Floyd album) to Shine On (box set): shorten and precise title) (undo | thank)
:Reverted per similar on Talk:Discovery (Pink Floyd album) In ictu oculi (talk) 13:03, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Reverted

message: I cautiously laid down the $150.00 for this boxed set, "back in the day." 
The second track of Animals got scratched, breaking my heart. I play them now only to make recordings, resting safely in the box. Once I get my hands on a glass case, I'll display the rainbow prism again. 
The book is fascinating, with interviews and backstories. The artful wayward inflated pig story at Battersea Power Station alone is worth the read.
Stargazerusa (talk) 14:58, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pleased to own this treasure 

message: "each CD housed in a solid black jewel case with a small sticker of the album cover affixed to the front" 
Solid? WTF??
Because I was a fan at the time, I'm sad to say I did buy this sorry effort. 
I can assure you: my jewel cases were not 'solid'. It was cheap plastic, showed every scratch, and had a crappily printed rainbow beam on the spines. Some of the stickers of the "album covers" were not even affixed straight. 
This pile of crap was purchased by me in the UK from a Virgin record store: so it wasn't a foreign fake (presumably), but it certainly was the most shoddily produced collectors "boxed set" I've ever seen. 
The book was nice, though.
I gave the CD set to a charity shop years ago - and good riddance to it.
BTW - the sound of the 'remastered' albums was almost indistinguishable from the originals (on CD). Original Momentary Lapse was already ADD - FFS.
Welcome to the Machine.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.152.111.102 (talk) 13:10, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Production values
Talk:Founding Fathers of the United States

message: Gouverneur Morris, who according to his article was a founding father.  BhamBoi (talk) 07:03, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add person to infobox  

message: . Re:the discussion to capitalize . The Manual of Style/Capital letters debate, which began on Feb.5, has not had any further comments made since Feb.26 -- more than two weeks ago. Was just wondering why it was taking so long to close. Not sure if WP:RFCEND#Reasons and ways to end RfCs, per item 5, would apply here. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 23:28, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Since this was a talk page discussion and not an rfc, I don't think we need a formal close. Most "dissenters" on FF capped have agreed the discussion has run its course and are willing to accept the status quo based on the rough consensus. It'd be good to keep an eye on the page to see if aome new commenters weigh in but that seems unlikely given the thoughts at the end. In short, let's let sleeping dogs lie. Allreet (talk) 20:36, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, now that you mention it, there is not one discussion on that MOS page that was 'closed' like an RfC is closed. It's not an article Talk page, but it seems it's a Talk page with just a discussion nonetheless.  -- Gwillhickers (talk) 21:29, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Capitalization  discussion

message: This attempt to delete  may be of interest to editors of this page. Randy Kryn (talk) 09:03, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Deletion attempt at [[Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2024 March 12#Template:Signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence]]

message: This discussion affects this page and may be of interest to topic editors. It concerns the navbox . Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 13:52, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2024 April 3#Template:Historical American Documents]]
Talk:Transmigration program

message: Of course this is a controversial topic and it is easy to fail objectivity. I think POV can be acknowledged but should be done carefully. So far it hasn't been - by supporters of BOTH "sides" of the argument.   User 58.107.10.239 made what are undeniably UNSOURCED claims.  I also saw them as overly point-of-view and with an anti-Indonesian bias. Maybe Indonesia is indeed the "bad guy" here on in his opinion, but that needs to be objectively put forward. Having reverted his mostly inappropriate edits , i will go through his changes and see if there is stuff that should have been left.  Rather than an edit was, i am happy to discuss items here - remember often it is not so much what the article says, but HOW it is said. cheers --Merbabu 07:27, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Point of View

message: The transportation of labourers to Sumatra was not known at the time as transmigratie, and it's very different from the deliberate program of settlement after Indonesian Independence. There was, however, a real transmigratie program to Lampung in colonial times. OK to make a change?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Atla5Atla5 (talk • contribs) 08:51, 9 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Colonial era

message: I'm now translating this article into traditional Chinese, and I need citations to support the sayings in this section. Can the writer or anybody help? Thanks.ThomasYehYeh (talk) 01:15, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Need citations related to the section of ==Figures== 

message: There is not a single citation for the figures section. Surely this must be against Wikipedia policy somehow?
I don't know much about Wikipedia so I am hesitant to make edits. In some of my basic research I have found this article https://apjjf.org/2017/02/Elmslie.html#_ftn4 which seems to be one of the most serious studies of demographic shift due to transmigrasi in Papua. Fallarbor (talk) 02:05, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  No citations for "Figures" section
Talk:Institute of Chemical Technology

message: Mumbai University Institute of Chemical Technology is the official name now. All other pages redirect to this name. Prashant 22:55, 30 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Can an expert person update the details on this article, like the total number of seats available, admission procedure (via AIEEE and MHT-CET) till 2012, (since the ISEET exam is going to take over on 2013 and later). Also, the details of Bachelor's Degrees etc.?
I found some links, which might help, but I can't do it myself!:
http://admissionsindia.blogspot.in/2009/05/institute-of-chemical-technology-ict.html
http://www.uniapply.in/institutes/item/2102-institute-of-chemical-technology-mumbai-university-institute-of-chemical-technology
http://www.grotal.com/e/Institute-of-Chemical-Technology-C661
http://www1.minglebox.com/college/UDCT-University-Department-of-Chemical-Technology-Mumbai
Thank-Q! Sourabh.khot (talk) 09:00, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Needs urgent article updation
Wikipedia talk:Featured articles/Archive 1

message: Freedom fries marks the first time an article something I helped created wound up as Brilliant Prose. that's nice! Kingturtle 04:30, 20 Nov 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  yippee 

message: *Wikipedia:Brilliant Prose
*For:
*#Jack (strongly) 
*#Tannin (mildly)
*#168... 
*Against: 
*#mav (very strongly; see discussion above)
*#Gentgeen (mildly)
*#Infrogmation
*#Tuf-Kat (more because of prose than brilliant -- factuality, thoroughness and neutrality are more important for us that well-done writing)
*#—Eloquence (strongly)
*#DanKeshet (strongly)
*Wikipedia:Featured articles
*For:
*#mav (mildly)
*#→Raul654 (mildly)
*#Jiang (strongly for now) 
*#RickK (not strongly)
*#Tuf-Kat (somewhat strongly) 
*#Infrogmation 
*#Tannin (not bad - and I wish Jiang would remove all that crap from his sig so that people can read & edit without going cross-eyed)  
*#DanKeshet (mildly)
*#Lord Emsworth (mildly)
*#Bmills 09:25, 19 Jan 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: OK, let's have a straw poll
Talk:St. Charles, Missouri

message: Some public domain photos of Saint Charles can be found at:
http://infolink.cr.usgs.gov/Photos/MOTownGalleries/St.CharlesGallery/InternetFiles/
Unfortunately, they aren't very interesting. Kevin Saff 23:20, 30 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Public Domain Photos

message: Shouldn't this article be at St. Charles, Missouri? TJ Spyke 04:09, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name 

message: The current Libertarian candidate for governor, Andrew W. Finkenstadt, lives in St. Charles.  See Missouri gubernatorial election, 2008. I have worked with him at Simutronics so should not write anything substantive about him per WP:COI, but this might be a good addition for the page if he ends up getting any serious press. --Elonka 08:38, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Notable residents

message: I just want to write at the discussion page, that the Miniature World scale model museum that Was located in St. Charles, MO closed its doors around the year 2000. A tavern is now located at the former address of the museum.  There is No scale model museum in or near St. Charles, MO.  There is a collection of doll houses on display in St. Charles, however, there is no scale model museum anywhere near the city. I am writing this, because, Google (in 2009), still has links to websites that say there is a Miniature World Museum in St. Charles, MO. If a person uses Google to do a map search for 132 N. Main Street,63301, (phone #636-916-0550), and they use the "street view" option; they will see the tavern, not a museum. 204.80.61.110 (talk) 19:34, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Miniature World scale model museum no longer exists

message: Shouldn't something be included here about the town's "emergency legislation" to outlaw K2?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.16.125.178 (talk) 01:15, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Emergency legislation 

message: Large chunks of the ‘Riverfront’ section come across as advertisement rather than neutral description, especially where it talks about ‘great food and fun’. This requires some serious revision. שונרא (talk) 14:53, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I went through the section and made some updates, including removal of some of the puffery. Other editors are welcome to do more. —ADavidB 15:40, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Non-encyclopædic description
Talk:Orange drink

message: Article listed on Wikipedia:Votes for deletion Apr 30 to May 7 2004, rough consensus was to keep following amendments.  Discussion:
*Dicdef.  RickK 23:12, 30 Apr 2004 (UTC)

message: I added Yedigün to the list. I'll make the article's own page, in addition to recreate Cola Turka. -- WiiVolve 20:39, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yedigün
Talk:Stanford prison experiment

message: This is a related study, also conducted in Palo Alto just prior to the SPE. Should it be added to this article? ErzsieHDR (talk) 22:01, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: You're referring to The Third Wave (experiment), correct? That took place four years before the SPE, not just prior to it. It was a high school educational exercise, rather than a structured academic research study. It's not clear how it might be related, as doesn't seem to have played any role in Zimbardo's work. We'd need some reliable sources for confirmation before moving on this item. jxm (talk) 06:03, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  3rd Wave 

message: In the text "Many have argued that the validity and merit of the research findings were significantly affected by the Demand characteristics § Notes and selection bias resulting from the Recruitment and selection § Notes.", is the subtext "§ Notes" really intended? Masonmilan (talk) 11:13, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Interpretation and reproducibility of results 

message: In the See Also section, there is a list and link to other related articles on similar questionable psychological studies.
The list should include the psychological study at Harvard at which Ted Kaczynski spent 200 hours in 1959. The timeline of abusive psychological studies in U.S. should include ted  given it predates Stanford Experiment. And the implication that this study may be the tipping point of his later pathology. Also has any behavioral study been conducted on the participants of the Stanford Experiment?  Are any available on Wikipedia?  Thanks. Stay safe. Elizabeth Spraygal109 (talk) 19:57, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: This is no Wikipedia article on that study specifically, so there isn't anything to link in the see also section. We can't just link to 'Ted Kaczynski', as that biography is not sufficiently related to the topic of this article. MrOllie (talk) 20:16, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  See also: unabomber
Talk:A-Sides

message: Does anyone know why they included "Nothing to Say" when that was just the B-side to "Hunted Down"? Also, why did they include "Get on the Snake" when that was only a B-side to either "Loud Love" or "Hands All Over" (I cannot remember which)? Also, why didn't they put "My Wave" in there when that was released as a single AND made in onto the charts (although the four other singles from Superunknown charted with more success)? Sherlock32 (talk) 00:17, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Nothing to Say / Get on the Snake

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: Not Moved   Megan☺️ Talk to the monster 18:22, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 14 September 2020
Talk:Winn-Dixie

message: It was announced that Aidi is buying Winn Dixie.  The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2024 and pending regulatory approval.  So I don't think it right or correct to say Aidi is the parent company of Winn Dixie when the sale hasn't been finalized.  — DarkFrog (talk) —   19:13, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Owners of Winn Dixie 

message: The entire covid section needs to be rewritten. Some of it could probably be cut and most of it needs updating to remove things like "to the present day" or "currently". --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 14:23, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for bringing this up. I looked at other pages for grocery retailers, and none of them had any similarly extensive sections of their in-store pandemic responses. Most of them had minimal information regarding how the pandemic affected their financial or economic performance or other technical information. Given that none of the pandemic information for Winn-Dixie related to such things, and merely related to precautionary measures that most other retailers also took during that time, I decided to just delete the entire section. If someone else has a different point of view, feel free to express it. pillowcrow 18:35, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Covid section
Talk:Pah-Peh-Rheo

message: So this fellow is an uncle to Cleopatra III of Egypt, a human, and thus, is likely a human himself, albeit with a "Ducky" name.  By the time of Eider McDuck, 700 years later, I'm guessing the McDucks were ducks of the anthropomorphic Donald Duck variety, if only because most of the puns in the names of Clan McDuck are more or less dependent on feathers. :)
Raising the obvious problem... the Egyptian royals were known to practice philadephic love, and were known to venerate animals.  At some point, did philadelphic love become phila-duck-ic love? :)  (When one thinks of the available jokes, I think I'm being quite tasteful here!)  I mean, Donald can walk and talk, and he does wear clothes... ;)  Have Barks or Rosa ever, ahem, commented on this?
See also Humanzee. Xoloz 14:19, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: The Burning Unasked Question

message: It is unnecessary and off-topic to explain the actual circumstances of the fall of Egypt, since they are available elsewhere on Wikipedia; and the fictional history of Pah-Peh-Rheo is different anyway. Lengthy off-topic sections are deprecated. This article is marginal anyway, as discussing unauthorized (although amusing) filk; please don't push it. Septentrionalis 16:08, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: In this context, authorized = approved or licensed by Disney, and therefore part of the standard mythos. Nothing wrong or illegal with pure fanac, but it does argue against notability. Septentrionalis 18:46, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

text: fannish activity. I'm surprised that's a redlink, but I suppose it may be a dicdef. Septentrionalis 22:38, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: History

message: This article previously survived a deletion attempt archived here, as consensus was not reached.--Scimitar parley 18:55, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Afd survival 

message: Given the other character-equivilents mentioned, I take it it Pah-Peh-Rheo's eldest nephew resembled Donald, and the three younger ones were Huey, Louie and Dewey? Daibhid C 00:21, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Nephews