Talk:Kaplan

message: This is not clear. Is the name Kaplan derived from the Turkish word Kaplan? -- 201.51.166.124 13:49, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No, I think it is clear that Kaplan is tiger in Turkish purely coincidentally, note the use of "also". JesseRafe 05:19, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Turkish 

message: As opposed to any of those place names or names of people, it would seem that anybody searching for the education company would be more likely to search solely for "Kaplan," though finding that link through the rather long list of Kaplans was a bit tedious. JesseRafe 05:24, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I see your point, but I respectfully disagree. See my "Cleanup suggestion" above. /Hurukan 16:40, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  kaplan inc 

message: There is an extensive amount of information about heraldry here, and I'm not sure if it's all appropriate or accurate. If things are not cited and cleaned up and condensed within a week, I'm going to delete the whole section. JesseRafe 02:07, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's fine to remove the heraldry section - but you nuked the section about the derivation of the name from the hebrew word Cohen, which translates the same as Kaplan in polish which is the first appearance of the lineage "Cohen" in Eastern Europe.  I thought I cited this plenty.  Please return the text and I can provide additional citation. Kaplansa 20:04, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Another thing - a week isn't enough time to leave an ultimatum.  Next time, make it a month which is more reasonable for us working stiffs. Kaplansa 20:06, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: A week is plenty of time, especially given that most of that information was irrelevant and belonged in an article about heraldry, not a disambiguation page. As you'll notice, I myself never got around to editing down your verbose content and it was moved in toto to Kaplan (surname). The information wasn't "nuked", as can be seen from checking the page history. JesseRafe 22:14, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay okay, no need to be nasty.  I didn't notice the surname page and I ~appreciate~ that you moved the content and didn't "nuke it" at all <smiles all around>.  However, a week really isn't enough time being as most of us, including yourself I'm sure, have day jobs and families and don't get around to reviewing who's been editing our edits every couple of days.  So a week may seem like forever to you, but I'm telling you, it's not enough time and I'd suggest a month.  Thanks for the consideration, and again, thanks for the move.  Cheers. Kaplansa 14:48, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coat of arms 

message: JesseRafe, by removing my additional link to Kaplan (Surname) you're missing the point.  I appreciate you adding the disambiguation page in the place, but by simply linking "Kaplan" on the page it's not clear that this link in fact leads to another page (i.e. Kaplan_(surname)).  Proof of this is in that we've been batting around what text belongs in this article in the first place or not - if it were more obvious (which it is not), I wouldn't have kept adding information about the surname in this article at all.  So blame it on Wikipedia formatting, but folks are messaging me asking what happened to the surname info.  So please.... leave the surname link alone in this disambiguation post.  It doesn't change the content of the article and only helps to clarify where the additional info is.  You win.  Thanks. 71.126.177.8 04:07, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Again, I didn't move the information, that was done by another user (the history has everything). I only removed your link after the info was moved because it wasn't in the best format. Now I've made the link more prominent and at the top of the article. As for whether or not certain information belongs here, this is a disambiguation page, the purpose of which is to guide users to the information they are speaking (i.e. persons or places named Kaplan). As people may also want the history of the name, that information should be redirected to another page just the same as any information is redirected to the proper page. JesseRafe 05:06, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Awesome.  That's all I was talking about.  Thank you, and case closed.  Kaplansa 07:24, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link to surname (reference)