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Talk:National Vocational Qualification

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Removed the reference about Great Britain as this is nonsense. NVQ's are not awarded in Scotland SVQ's are. --Pandaplodder 22:47, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The sad thing is that the person who made the change thinks they are being incredibly witty and original. The JPStalk to me 16:31, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I'm a bit wary of the section that compares NVQs to their academic equivalents. Looks like WP:OR to me. I mean an NVQ level 5 being equivalent to a PhD? Is their a references for this? Million_Moments (talk) 16:49, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Quite right.  I have provided a reference (and therefore removed the OR tag) and adjusted the equivalence for Level 5 to the one that it gives, which is roughly to an "ordinary" (non-honours) degree. The other levels agreed with my source. seglea (talk) 18:29, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: An anonymous editor has now twice inserted some (inexpertly formatted) academic equivalences that don't seem to have any basis in an authoritative source.  I have reverted to previous versions, and will do so again.  However, I don't claim special expertise in this area, and if you know more than I do, please explain what your sources are on this page (and please do get yourself a userid - it's free - so that situations like this can be resolved by discussion rather than just by reversing edits, which always comes across as unfriendly).  seglea (talk) 22:58, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: External links do dispute what is in this section and there are no refs安東尼 TALK 圣诞快乐 23:04, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I would prefer a simpler explanation here to avoid this issue. NVQweb (talk) 16:02, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Equivalent qualifications-disputed
Talk:Memory loss

message: As a great fan of Wikipedia, this article shows the limits of this open format.  Memory loss causes great distress among untold millions of older people, myself included.  There is enough controversy among experts.  Even the respected Alzheimer's Association is wrong on some things, such as saying that normal age related loss of memory is an "Open Question."  
99 percent of Wikipedia articles are valuable, even if they have some errors, some vandalism.  But this is too serious. 
Excellent information on memory loss, focusing on pathology, is available at Medscape.com.  Those who are concerned, which are most people over 40 who do suffer normal memory loss, should not take any of the recommendations here as valid, and many on seemingly legitimate medical sites are equally self serving, increasing fear of Alzheimer's.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arodb (talk • contribs) 07:18, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: This article should be REMOVED

message: Memory loss affects some people. It has severe social and lifestyle implications on those that suffer from memory loss. It is often not understood by others because is isn't a physical disability. It is unforunate that some people vandalise this page to poke fun at a disability. This article has the ability to help people understand the condition better.122.59.11.3 (talk) 23:38, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Memory Loss

message: Tagging this as having unreliable sources, because there are some very dubious claims here, especially in the therapy section, about certain  alternative treatments being effective. The only references for most of this text consists of sites that sell these treatments and associated books, notably healthynewage.com. Smocking (talk) 22:34, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reliable sources? 

message: The article makes many claims, most notably in the "Prevention" section, of various substances that allegedly prevent memory loss. Many of the vitamins listed are only beneficial when countering a deficiency, which are fairly uncommon in the developed world due to only small amounts being required, and the bodies tolerance of temporary minor deficiencies. Really, the article needs good sources, and a good rewrite, since it makes a lot of grandiose claims about the effects of supplementation, which are rarely so dramatic. 174.112.10.156 (talk) 19:41, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  False claims
Talk:Eric Magnusson (duke)

message: Eric had a substantive title, duke of Sudermannia, and he was widely known by it - almost all chronicles and so forth refer to Duke. This fits extraordinarily well to naming conventions of royalty and nobility, which says that article name should include "Duke of X". Suedois 09:40, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Undulator

message: The term is also encountered in high-speed morse operation, eg a "Printing Undularor".
See "The Secret Wireless War" by Geoffrey Pidgeon.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.207.18.233 (talk) 15:27, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Radio Undularor 

message: Article is a bit short on information, I think it should mention what the device is used for, and why. --GalFisk 09:46, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use 

message: I thing the distinction between both should be k>1 and k≤1 (indstead of k≫1 and k≪1) because at k=1 the radiation cones start overlaying. Anyway, in the current description, what would a device with k≈1 be called?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.34.3.113 (talk) 09:31, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Distinction between undulator and wiggler 

message: The undulator picture does not follow the right hand rule for Lorentz force, assuming the arrows indicate B field direction and the particle beam is composed of electrons (as stated in the caption).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.82.193.71 (talk) 07:35, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I noticed the same too. The particle deflection is shown opposite to what is expected from Lorentz force. Can someone verify it and correct if needed? 174.16.196.10 (talk) 18:51, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  diagram incorrect?
Talk:UNIX time

message: The Year 2038 problem article is essentially the same as the section here. -- Omniplex 09:50, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed the tag for the rejected proposal. Future generations will have some fun to find out why on earth this debate ended up on the talk page of a redirect instead of Talk:Unix time. Near miss trying hard to avoid "POSIX time", or a lack coffee. FWIW, 292277026596-12-04T15:30:07Z matches my result. -- Omniplex 14:21, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge
Talk:Hamilton Boys' High School

message: We'll see what we can do. --Hamilton Boys High School (talk) 05:59, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photograph 

message: This article needs its history.
However, I found some history of HBHS.
On the website http://www.hbhs.school.nz/Our-School/Parents-Association/Parents-Association/Parent-Handbook which somewhere it has the history of HBHS, in the title Hamilton Boys High School - Historical Timeline.
Qwertyxp2000 (talk) 00:51, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hamilton Boys High School History
Talk:Freedom at Midnight

message: the real things happen before indian independence.pls read this book becos this is one of the indispensable one...
abi
The book is great, but do take it with a little pinch of salt, most of the comments are from Lord Mountbatten and his perspective of things, he does try to colour things to show  the Brits being in the right. Haphar 12:34, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

message: The article does not state what the book's orignal language is, I believe it to be French (Cette nuit la liberté). Sephia karta 17:59, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  language 

message: The book doesn't mention the rumoured relationship between Jawaharlal Nehru and Edwina Mountbatten.
Didn't the authors know?
Did they know but decided not to publish it?
Why?
--Error (talk) 00:47, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mountbatten-Nehru
Talk:Zuñi Salt Lake

message: In the pilgrimages to Zuni Salt Lake, that I have seen, the people wore shoes/moccasins.  Do you have a citation for "barefoot"? --Bejnar 02:20, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Unfortunately, that qualifies as original research.  Most Zuñi rituals are now quite secret, published sources are likely to be quite old, such as Stevenson, Matilda Coxe (1904) The Zuñi Indians: their mythology, esoteric societies, and ceremonies Twenty-third annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1901-1902. --Bejnar 18:09, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Barefoot

message: I changed the importance rating from low to mid because it is such a good example of a maar volcano, and it is widely cited as such. --Bejnar 18:17, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Importance

message: I made this class=C and importance=mid on the templates. The article has seven references, and good detail. --DThomsen8 (talk) 22:59, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Class=C 
Talk:Conspiracy of the Pintos

message: This article seems biased. The author calls Tipu Sultan 'usurper' of Mysore. This is incorrect. Tipu Sultan inherited the Mysore throne from his father, Hyder Ali. Although there could arguably some truth in claiming Hyder Ali usurped the throne from Wodeyars (the earlier - and later - rulers of Mysore), his son simply inherited it. It appears the author is trying to portray Tipu Sultan as a small time chieftain. The truth is, Tipu Sultan ruled large swathes (perhaps tens of times as large as Goa!) of land.
Further, the article indicates that Tipu was aiming to convert christians (and incidentally hindus as well) to Islam. While I am no expert on Tipu and his religious tolerance or intolerance, I gather from existing evidence that this could not have been the case. Some of the circumstantial reasons for me to say so are:
1. The Mangalorean christian community thrives even today as does the hindu community
2. Tipu was one of the chief patrons of the famous Ranganath temple in Srirangapattana (or Serigapatam - anglicised) and many others. In fact, even today most of the guards in this temple are muslims.
3. In the city of Mysore itself there are many historical temples and churches that predate Tipu. While he could tolerate this religious diversity under his nose, why would Tipu want to islamise far away people?
Overall, the article needs to undergo a good un-biased edit.
20:38, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Biased? 
Talk:Rhossili

message: Just a note on why I removed this passage: "On top of Rhossili Down is Sweyne's Howes, the burial place of Sweyne the Viking who founded the modern day city of Swansea[citation needed]. (The name Swansea is derived from Sweyne's Ey). The Vikings also settled in many parts of Gower, including Rhossili: the Helwick Channel and Worms Head are both Norse names."
The jury is still out on practically every part of this. They are megalithic tombs, for a start: when did the Vikings start using those? There are three pages of discussion on the origin of the placename "Swansea" and another page and a half on "Sweyne's Howes" alone in Gwyneth O Pierce's Placenames in Glamorgan. Pierce prefers an origin from "Swine house" (there are a couple of Welsh farm names involving pigs locally) for the latter, and doesn't go for the Sweyne theory at all: "one suspects a contrived antiquarian influence". I think the closest you're going to get is the comment in A Guide to Gower (see refs) that "Tradition has it that this is the burial place of Sweyn, the Scandinavian sea-lord who may have given his name to Swansea". Note the "tradition has it" and "may have". There is no proof. Telsa (talk) 10:41, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Viking settlement
Talk:Chemins de fer de l'Ouest

message: I propose to merge Réseau Saint-Lazare into this article. "Réseau Saint-Lazare" doesn't exist, other than a collection of railway lines departing from St-Lazare station. The content of Réseau Saint-Lazare is currently:
*a history of some of the first railway lines in France, opened by the Chemins de Fer de l'Ouest or its predecessors
*a history of track electrification in the operating area of Chemins de Fer de l'Ouest 
*rolling stock 
The Réseau Saint-Lazare article doesn't cite sources, and I don't have good references either, apart from what you can find at http://www.rff.fr Markussep Talk 10:39, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge proposal
Talk:Rasmus Hardiker

message: ...and good friend Ben Bradley is best mates with this lad. I could tap him for a bit of biographical information if you like.--Crestville 02:01, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Unless the info you get is backed up by a Reliable source, you won't be able to inlcude it. Amo 19:55, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: My uni flatmate...

message: Rasmus Hardiker does the voice of Mr. Truepenny in the BBC Radio 4 comedy series 'The Break'. 217.155.43.183 (talk) 21:29, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mr Truepenny
Talk:Manhattan Transfer station

message: The route box currently shown is confusing. Aren't route boxes for currently operating lines only? If they are also used for historic (former) lines & stations, then some additional labeling is needed, to distinguish closed stations, lines, etc. from currently open ones. This station has been closed since 1937, and the route shown is "Newark-World Trade Center." The route certainly wasn't called that in the 1930s when the station was open. Also, this was primarily a PRR station, and there's no route box shown for the old PRR line to Exchange Place. Showing the H&M route alone is a form of "undue emphasis."
The route box should be deleted unless it can be modified/relabeled as discussed above. It might be clearer to use a modified version of the PATH system map (Template:PATH route map). This map includes Manhattan Transfer and shows the station as "closed."  Caseyjonz (talk) 03:23, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: A lot of routeboxes for former lines have been turning up lately. The separate Hudson & Manhattan S-lines should be changed from World Trade Center (PATH station) to Hudson Terminal and the one to Pennsylvania Station (Newark) should be replaced with Park Place (H&M station). ----DanTD (talk) 04:00, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Route box
Talk:Manuel Machado

message: -----
Manuel Machado is a well-known poet from the Generation of 98. He was Antonio Machados' brother, and his poetry is in the Spanish school books.Some of his poems are as famous as these ones:
CANTARES
Vino, sentimiento, guitarra y poesía
hacen los cantares de la patria mía.
Cantares...
Quien dice cantares dice Andalucía.
A la sombra fresca de la vieja parra,
un mozo moreno rasguea la guitarra...
Cantares...
Algo que acaricia y algo que desgarra.
La prima que canta y el bordón que llora...
Y el tiempo callado se va hora tras hora.
Cantares...
Son dejos fatales de la raza mora.
No importa la vida, que ya está perdida,
y, después de todo, ¿qué es eso, la vida?...
Cantares...
Cantando la pena, la pena se olvida.
Madre, pena, suerte, pena, madre, muerte,
ojos negros, negros, y negra la suerte...
Cantares...
En ellos el alma del alma se vierte.
Cantares. Cantares de la patria mía,
quien dice cantares dice Andalucía.
Cantares...
No tiene más notas la guitarra mía.
  
CASTILLA
El ciego sol se estrella 
en las duras aristas de las armas, 
llaga de luz los petos y espaldares 
y flamea en las puntas de las lanzas. 
El ciego sol, la sed y la fatiga. 
Por la terrible estepa castellana, 
al destierro, con doce de los suyos 
-polvo, sudor y hierro- , el Cid cabalga. 
Cerrado está el mesón a piedra y lodo. 
Nadie responde. Al pomo de la espada 
y al cuento de las picas el postigo 
va a ceder... ¡Quema el sol, el aire abrasa! 
A los terribles golpes,
 
de eco ronco, una voz pura, de plata 
y de cristal responde... Hay una niña
 
muy débil y muy blanca 
en el umbral. Es toda 
ojos azules y en los ojos lágrimas.
 
Oro pálido nimba 
su carita curiosa y asustada. 
“¡Buen Cid, pasad...! El rey nos dará muerte, 
arruinará la casa, 
y sembrará de sal el pobre campo 
que mi padre trabaja... 
Idos. El cielo os colme de venturas... 
¡En nuestro mal, oh Cid no ganáis nada!”
 
Calla la niña y llora sin gemido... 
Un sollozo infantil cruza la escuadra
 
de feroces guerreros, 
y una voz inflexible grita “¡En marcha!” 
El ciego sol, la sed y la fatiga. 
Por la terrible estepa castellana, 
al destierro, con doce de los suyos 
-polvo, sudor y hierro-, el Cid cabalga.
--Garcilaso (talk) 13:21, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Wikipedia talk:Requests for arbitration/Dionyseus

message: I was the mediator in the aforementioned mediation cabal.  Unfortunately, it didn't seem to have been resolved to everyone's satisfaction.  As for the cheating allegations: can we please get some citations on that?  Thank you.  --Cyde↔Weys 13:24, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Statement by Cyde Weys
Talk:Ardmore Municipal Airport

message: Can you show why this airport is notable?  Keep in mind you're writing for an international audience who may be unfamiliar with this topic.  Also, you need to source the story, since it's against guidelines to write up original research.  Thanks!  Tychocat 10:56, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: All airport information in original article was based on publicly available FAA data. The article has been updated to note that it is the former site of Ardmore Air Force Base, which should take care of why it's notable. A references section has been added along with more external links for further information on this airport. Zyxw 06:03, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Karori

message: The article orignally stated after Neil Leslie's edit that "Karori Normal School is one of the largest primary schools in New Zealand.".
This was modified to claim "Karori West Normal School is one of the best primary schools in New Zealand".
I reverted, citing the NPOV, let alone the uncited source.
It has been subsequently reverted with the note "{don't change it}" included.
I move that the page is reverted to the revision by Neil Leslie on the 5th June 2005, unless any proof or citation is provided for the claim.
Liberator 10:59, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV Dispute 

message: Community groups
* Rotary club http://www.karorirotary.org.nz/
* Lions club http://www.lionsclubs.org.nz/Clubs/202M/Zone-6/Karori
* Toy library http://www.karoritoylibrary.org.nz/
Facilities:
* Rec centre http://wellington.govt.nz/recreation/recreation-centres/karori-recreation-centre
* Karori pool http://wellington.govt.nz/recreation/pools/swimming-pools/karori-pool
* Zealandia http://www.wellingtonnz.com/sights-activities/zealandia-karori-sanctuary-experience
* Library http://www.wcl.govt.nz/about/branches/karori/
* Karori park http://tracks.org.nz/area/show/6
* Makara Peak mountain bike park http://www.makarapeak.org/
Sports:
* Cricket club http://www.karoricricket.org.nz/
* Hockey club http://www.karorihockey.wellington.net.nz/
* Tennis club http://www.karoritennis.co.nz/
* Karori Athletics http://www.karoriathletics.org.nz/
News / development:
* Planned Karori event centre http://www.karorieventcentre.co.nz/
History
* Historical society http://www.karorihistory.org.nz/
* Karori history http://www.wcl.govt.nz/heritage/karori.html
* A brief history http://www.karori-living.co.nz/history.html
Schools:
* Karori normal http://www.kns.school.nz/
* Karori West Normal School http://www.kwns.school.nz/
* St Teresa's http://www.stteresas.ac.nz/
* Victoria's College of Education http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/maps/campus-karori
* Samuel Marsden http://www.marsden.school.nz/ 
Roue2 (talk) 09:15, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Info to help improve this article

message: I deleted the claim of Karori Cemetery being the second oldest in NZ as this had been marked as dubiuos and I couldn't find any evidence of this apart from the cited newspaper article, so perhaps the reporter got confused. The crematorium is the oldest in Australasia I believe and this is in the cemetery's wikipedia article. Pakoire (talk) 00:47, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: If it is correct that Karori Cemetery "opened in 1891", then it is obviously not the country's second oldest cemetery. The country got going just a tad earlier than that... Schwede66 00:53, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Also there are several older ones in Wellington - Mount Street and Bolton Street's to name but two.NealeFamily (talk) 08:37, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Karori Cemetery
Talk:Second Half of the Chessboard

message: Currently this page reads:
The term is derived from the fable of an ancient Indian mathematician who according to the fable invented the game of chess. The emperor of India is so pleased with the game that he tells the mathematician he may have anything in his kingdom he wishes. The mathematician replies that he only asks for a meek amount of rice placed on the squares of his chessboard: one grain of rice on the first square, two for the second, et cetera. Each successive square would have grains of rice double the number of the prior square until all 64 squares of the chessboard have had their said amounts.
I feel that it would be better if it read: 
The term is derived from the fable of an ancient Indian mathematician who, according to the fable, invented the game of chess. The emperor of India was so pleased with the game that he told the mathematician that he could have anything in his kingdom that he wished to have. The mathematician replied that he only asked for a meek amount of rice placed on the squares of his chessboard: one grain of rice on the first square, two for the second, et cetera. Each successive square would have grains of rice double the number of the prior square until all 64 squares of the chessboard had had their said amounts.
This is because of my grammatical prejudices- would anyone feel this to be wrong?
Grant McKenna 09:42, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No, the amount of rice on the last square is 263. You have to realize that it has to be a power of two, and as such, it cannot be an odd number, which 263 - 1 is. The total number of rice is, as you correctly claim, \sum_{x=0}^{63} 2^x which happens to be 264 - 1 = 18446744073709551615. rado 09:50, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
Talk:WWF One Night Only

message: The event was also shown in Canada on PPV, not just in Europe.  What was the next Europe only PPV?  - VWG
I also don't believe Nitro never "won" a ratings week in the UK, can we have a reference please? 86.16.208.176 20:25, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No. TJ Spyke 00:08, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

message: It's amazing how they're all so rounded...>_>  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.201.7.194 (talk) 19:59, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The source used had rounded times for this PPV, if you can find a more specific source you can state it here. TJ Spyke 21:37, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Match times?

message: Added tag to request event section.
65.102.187.215 (talk) 13:05, 23 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Event. 

message: It says it later released on home video, but when was it released? Rignoo (talk) 16:27, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  US Home Video?
Talk:Clinton-Sherman Airport

message: This is all you do, isn't it?  Well, let's try kick it up a notch.  Can you give some context to this airport, why it's important enough to be listed in an encyclopedia?  Is it historic, commercially important, the location of a singular event or place?  Tychocat 11:11, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: All airport information in original article was based on publicly available FAA data. The article has been updated to note that it is the former site of Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base, which should take care of why it's notable. A references section has been added along with more external links for further information on this airport. Zyxw 07:04, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Battle of Fort Bisland

message: We normally use the National Park Service classification for campaigns. Does anyone know why Operations in West Louisiana was named Bayou Teche Campaign? I would like to rename it unless people object with good rationale. Hal Jespersen 17:42, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Campaign? 