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Talk:Groote Eylandt

message: Was the island named 'Groote Eylandt' in 1623 or 1644? Renke 23:28, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Most sources attribute the naming to Tasman in 1644, although it was earlier visited by another dutch vessel in 1623. It had been changed from Tasman in '44 to Carstenz in 23 by an earlier anon edit; I've changed it back for now, will add a ref or two for it (quite possibly there are other refs which mention 1623, will need to be investigated further.--cjllw | TALK 06:25, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Naming date 

message: Removed the following:
:"GEMCO's IT needs are looked after by Computer Science Corporation, most IT needs are looked after by the ESC Service Desk and local field staff." - IstvanWolf (talk) 21:00, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Irrelevant information 

message: I was under the impression that it went Tasmania, Melville Island, Kangaroo Island then Groote Eylandt.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.6.69.2 (talk) 02:04, 6 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is Groote Eylandt the third largest island in Australia? 

message: What is exact pronunciation  of Groote Eylandt? Please add the IPA if you could.--Propatriamori (talk) 10:27, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation
Talk:Bart After Dark

message: Problems with cultural references. The "Our House" sentence is uncited whilst you need a full stop after the first sentence, and you don't need the cite there. Alientraveller 19:05, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  GA comment 

message: I dunno if it should be mentioned that they made a t-shirt using that picture. I can take a picture of mine if needed. --Cao Wei 23:27, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Simpson Peppers couch gag

message: This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force. I believe the article currently meets the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. The article history has been updated to reflect this review. Regards, MASEM 18:43, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: GA Sweeps (Pass)
Talk:A Milhouse Divided

message: Leads need to summarise articles, and I'd like the lead to say that Thompkins entirely wrote the episode. Alientraveller 19:30, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  GA note 

message: This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force in an effort to ensure all listed Good articles continue to meet the Good article criteria. In reviewing the article, I have found there are some issues that may need to be addressed:
* Both images are outside generally accepted sizes for non-free use, and have been tagged as such.
* It would be nice if there could be a larger reception section for this to better demonstrate notability (basically it only has one review cited for this)
I will check back in no less than seven days. If progress is being made and issues are addressed, the article will remain listed as a Good article. Otherwise, it may be delisted (such a decision may be challenged through WP:GAR). If improved after it has been delisted, it may be nominated at WP:GAN. Feel free to drop a message on my talk page if you have any questions, and many thanks for all the hard work that has gone into this article thus far. Regards, MASEM 07:26, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: GA Sweeps (on hold)

message: This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force. I believe the article currently meets the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. The article history has been updated to reflect this review. Regards, MASEM 05:16, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: GA Sweeps (Pass)
Talk:Hurricane Neddy

message: This sentence appears under Cultural References section:
When Barney says Ow my Nose after Flanders shuts the door on him is from Marcia Brady from The Brady Bunch and The Brady Bunch Movie after she gets smacked in the face with a football.
Barney gets his face smacked by a tiny door; Marcia gets her face smacked by a football. They both say something like "Ow, my nose!" Is there really a strong connection between these two events? Inquiring minds want to know!
The connection here seems flimsy, to me anyway.  The statement is unverified by any source that I know of; frankly I doubt one exists.  However, I am sometimes wrong about pop-culture references; but I'm also older than 50, so I remember afternoon re-runs of The Brady Bunch quite well.
I can't help thinking of Martin Prince's reaction to Grampa Simpson's claim that the German kaiser had stolen the English word for twenty or some other number, requiring Yanks to substitute the word dickety instead:
"Dickety.  Highly dubious!" Kinkyturnip (talk) 00:38, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does anyone object to deleting this sentence?
Talk:The Springfield Files

message: *"Al Jean went in to a bathroom and found a copy of TV Guide there, it had a picture of The X-Files on the cover, Jean thought it would be a good idea to do a crossover." should be changed to "Al Jean found a copy of TV Guide whilst in the bathroom, with The X-Files on the cover. Feeling a crossover would be good idea..." and then continue. Alientraveller 20:34, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Gran2 20:44, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  GA review 

message: Stop deleting this is Top 5 Best Simpsons Episode Ever please! You suck!
:Why don't you actually provide a source for it? Gran2 15:29, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Something 

message: I stand by my belief that the cultural references section is hard to read (in other words, a bunch of garglemesh) without bulletpoints, but I don't want any more grief, so I must ask what makes that better. I still don't understand. --Jnelson09 17:25, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Good? 

message: This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force. I believe the article currently meets the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. The article history has been updated to reflect this review. Regards, MASEM 06:18, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: GA Sweeps (Pass)
Talk:The Twisted World of Marge Simpson

message: Does anyone know what the song is called that runs while the mafia is terrorizing all the snack shops? - Strahlehans 16:49, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mafia theme 

message: This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force. I believe the article currently meets the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. The article history has been updated to reflect this review. Regards, MASEM 06:26, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: GA Sweeps (Pass)

message: Mindy from "The Last Temptation of Homer" makes a cameo in this episode. Worth a mention?
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/7207/vlcsnap221295lt9.png  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mike45450 (talk • contribs) 16:32, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No, because it would be trivia, sorry. Also it would be unsourced and original research, because while it looks like Mindy, there's no proof it is. Gran2 16:35, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mindy cameo 

message: Isn't it a parody of the turtles series? I might be wrong because I find no other fan site mentioning it.
As pro-argument the team setups are very alike, 3/5 of the Japanese Maffia has the same weapons as the turtle characters. And the Springfield Maffia has the big guy 'shredder'/'fat tony' and like the turtles series there is two sideshows (bebop and rocksteady are their names in the turtle series).
Since I'm uncertain myself I just thought to present the idea and let an expert decide whether if there is any cultural reference.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.114.22.37 (talk) 16:29, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Japanese Maffia 
Talk:Homer's Phobia

message: I am watching this video that states, around 14 minutes in, that in the "Santa's Land" theme park in Vermont, some "lazy" hunters shot some of the captive "reindeer" in the petting zoo. If this is real, it's uncanny and might be a source of inspiration, but a Wikipedia article obviously requires both an article that this really happened and an article linking it to the episode in some capacity, and I have neither. I just thought I would leave this notice here for other wikipedians as a little note of curiosity. --Laikedits (talk) 03:57, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Real Life Santa-Themed Deer Shooting 

message: Looking at this as part of WP:URFA/2020.  Marking this as satisfactory, but noting for , who recently reworked this, that AskMen is probably not a high-quality RS per its WP:RSP entry. Hog Farm  Talk 18:58, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: removed. I gave it the benefit of the doubt before but I did think it was borderline, but now the overall source is being questioned, I can't find any background on the author and it's not adding much to the article anyway. — Bilorv (talk) 21:45, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  FA notes
Talk:Grade School Confidential

message: I don't know if anyones gonna see this but I noticed something when I watched this episode. When Skinner and Krababbel have dinner together the candle on the table looks remarkably like Charlie Brown. It only has the very top of his head cut off. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 138.217.57.54 (talk) 15:47, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Charlie Brown (Snoopy) Reference 

message: Good enough. Alientraveller 16:26, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: GA pass

message: Do you think his dialog ("Mrs. Krabappel and Principal Skinner were in the closet making babies and I saw one of the babies and the baby looked at me!") maybe a cultural reference to something? Because I think I heard it before. Aix Duran
:I don;t know, but if it is, it needs a reference, like the thing you added. Gran2 12:30, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Ralph Wiggum's infamous Quote

message: This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force. I believe the article currently meets the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. The article history has been updated to reflect this review. Regards, MASEM 07:06, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: GA Sweeps (Pass)

message: I have since changed from using the SNPP source to The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family. Please inform me if additional citation is required. I do have a question though - are information that is readily apparent simply from watching the episode enough to not require a citation? One example is the song that plays which I mentioned. Since the lyrics is audible, and thus the artist and song title can be deduced from that. Also, I noticed that the old Simpsons official site's episode list links are all dead, yet are still present in the articles. Any thoughts on removal? Thanks. Sokari (talk) 15:49, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes additional citations are required as the guide only covers the Charlie Brown candle. Nothing else in the section is mentioned in the book. Also "Armour hotdogs jingle" is not a source for what happens in this episode. As for your question, no, that counts as original research. And no, the links are not dead they have just been moved, so they should be changed, not removed. Gran2 18:07, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, thanks for the update. I'll keep an eye out for usable sources to address the cultural references that do not have sources.Sokari (talk) 22:26, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I've restored some of the cultural reference parts as well as added new ones with a more reliable source.Sokari (talk) 00:31, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Nice work, I seem to recall writing this article at about 2 AM some time a couple of years ago, which explains the shher amount of information I missed from the commentary. Gran2 00:35, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Cultural References
Talk:Blancmange curve

message: I don't think that  Hurst parameter  should redirect to this page.  I was going to add a link from the page on fractional Brownian motion, but this page is no more about the Hurst parameter than that page is.
Would someone like to write a real Hurst parameter page?
LachlanA 23:34, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hurst parameter 

message: Does anyone happen to know what the fractal dimension of this function is? It's not listed anywhere on the Internet, but a quick box-counting estimate gives 1.03037, which suggests it could well actually be 1, at least for w=1/2. 82.12.108.65 13:25, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fractal dimension 

message: I reduced the section "differentiability", that contained  wrong and unclear statements. However it may be expanded again hopefully. A more complete exposition should give the modulus of continuity of T_w for w > 1/2 ( Hölder, I guess) and if possible, the exact value of the total variation of T_w on the interval [0,1]). Also, a more precise statement about the differentiability for w ≥ 1/2 is still lacking. pma 16:28, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: A useful reference should be: Nowhere Differentiable Functions: The Monsters of Analysis , by Marek Jarnicki and Peter Pflug. pma 09:58, 18 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Differentiability
Talk:The Canine Mutiny

message: One thing should be taken care of to pass the article; no mention is made of the title! It's a play on The Caine Mutiny, and that should be mentioned in the lead and in the cultural references section. Chubbles 17:55, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That's true but there isn't a reliable source for that, so it cannot be included, unless it is put in uncited. Gran2 17:56, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm of the opinion that that seems to constitute a plain enough derivation that it wouldn't require an outright statement from the cast or crew of the connection. Chubbles 20:01, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, that's fine by me, it'll be in within two minutes. Gran2 20:07, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There we go. Gran2 20:09, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

text: Thanks. Gran2 06:57, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Almost ready for GA

message: This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force. I believe the article currently meets the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. The article history has been updated to reflect this review. Regards, MASEM 21:56, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: GA Sweeps (Pass)

message: The American sitcom, Married With Children, had an episode with a similar main plot where a credit card arrived in the mail in the name of Buck Bundy, the family dog. The Bundy family, assuming that they couldn't be made to pay back the charges on the card, went on a spending spree with it. It was episode 16 of Season 2, entitled "Master the Possibilities". 
Rhino (talk) 00:02, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Similar plots
Talk:The Old Man and the Lisa

message: Neat article, I was surprised to learn Burns wasn't drawn without his scowl in this. Just change Swartzwelder has to "had" as my tip of the day. Alientraveller 19:24, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: GA pass

message: It feels like one of the best parts of the narrative is completely missing from the episode description. The reason Burns went bankrupt was essentially because his financial team was made entirely of yes-men afraid to tell him that his decisions were foolish. He enlisted Lisa's help since she showed at school that she's not afraid to disagree with him and tell him he's wrong.
I always felt it was clever writing and basically thought of it as the fuel for the episodes events.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by JibFlank (talk • contribs) 17:23, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Yes Men

message: This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force. I believe the article currently meets the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. The article history has been updated to reflect this review. Regards, MASEM 05:43, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I must say you did an impressive job about the cultural references section. TheBlazikenMaster (talk) 15:50, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: GA Sweeps (Pass)

message: Has anyone ever noticed that Dr. Hibberts hand is white in the scene where Lisa is explaining to Homer that 10% of $120,000,000 isn't $12,000? Vandalism destroyer (talk) 04:44, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dr. Hibberts Hand. 

message: The place where the class sells their recycled newspapers is run by a hippie. Doesn't it seem more likely "Uriah's Heap" was intended as as a (perhaps backhanded) homage to the rock band formed in the '60s? You could say it's "a reference to the character Uriah Heep in Charles Dickens' novel David Copperfield," but only indirectly.drone5 (talk) 05:22, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Uriah Heep" is linked to...Dickens?
Talk:The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase

message: I was bold and decided to remove the whole themes section. I noticed too many phrases that were taken verbatim from the Alberti book, without even being put into quotes. When you paraphrase, you need to do more than just change a word here or there. You need to put as much as possible in your own words. The section needs a complete rewrite. Zagalejo^^^ 05:05, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The whole section is paraphrased. It is not a copyvio. --Maitch (talk) 07:22, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I gave an example phrase in my edit summary. There are others. Just because you didn't borrow the entire sentence doesn't mean it's not a copyvio/plagiarism. As I said above, you should try to use as many of your own words as possible. (Either that, or put the Alberti stuff in quotes, and clearly introduce that material as Alberti's.) Zagalejo^^^ 07:35, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, you can't find one complete sentence, which is a copyvio and that is good enough for the section to stay. I will be willing to work more on it, if you put your criticism here instead of just deleting everything. --Maitch (talk) 07:40, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You need to learn some things about plagiarism. I left a message on your talk page. I'll add some more examples, if you want, but it's time for me to go to sleep right now. I'll get back to you later. Zagalejo^^^ 07:47, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Themes section 

message: Here are some phrases which are either exactly the same as or too close to the source material. I can't view all of the Alberti book through Google books - the images for the "Lovematic Grampa" section seem to have been corrupted - so it's possible that there are other problems.
*"Wiggum is a notably bad police officer and the normally straight-laced Skinner" (exactly the same)
*"underlines the ridiculousness of the premise" (original is "underlines the silliness of the premise")
*"obligatory guest appearance by the spin-off host characters" (original is "obligatory guest appearance made by the spin-off's 'host' characters")
*"This line is awkward and forced, especially when it is coming out of Lisa." (original is "The line is awkward and forced, particularly coming from the rather self-aware Lisa")
*"they would rather have information which goes down easily and is not troubling or ethically difficult." (original is "They would rather have information that is sweet and goes down easy, not something that is troubling and ethically difficult."
*"Candy is used metaphorically for the antidote to political awareness." (original is "it is the metaphorical antidote to any type of political awareness") Zagalejo^^^ 19:08, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Examples
Talk:The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson

message: Ya see, this Wikipedian clicks on "edit", and  then confounds "visibly" (accurately perceptible by eye) with  "merely apparent"/ "mere appearance", and a routine coincidence with  "event  worth construing as a occult foreshadowing of, or causal factor behind, a later event".  We can report people documentable as pursuing conspiracy theories, but not single out pairs events that could be connected, without reliable studies involving calculations of the odds against mere chance producing comparable outcomes.--JerzyA (talk) 06:25, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Are talking about the scene in the episode where Lisa held up the brochure? In preparation of the article being Today's Featured Article for September 11th, I added text (backed by two citations) about the apparent reference to 9/11 Attacks. Having the text omitted from the article would harm its FA status. Since the apparent reference didn't take off until after the article reached FA status over a decade ago, its inclusion made the article more effective for the reader. The citations were not from some random Youtube account or Infowars, but from two, established newspapers which had conversations or mentioned the writers discussing the scene. I relied on guidance from Bart to the Future's article where it referenced a scene when Lisa mentioned the Donald Trump Administration. FunksBrother (talk) 15:18, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Speaking of reckless editing...
Talk:The Principal and the Pauper

message: Lisa refers to Skinner as Tamzarian in a canon episode during the mid 2000s, so this episode should be considered canon, despite what fans say. 104.172.39.100 (talk) 23:33, 3 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Non-canon
Talk:Wireless Intelligent Network

message: I replaced some of the fancier (and non-technical) language as the meaning was being modified slightly by some of the simpler terms. Interim Standard is not a temporary pattern or temporary standard, in IS-41 the IS stands for interim standard. Additionally, allowing something implies simply failing to disallow it while facilitation is not a technical term but it conveys the fact that something had to be done to make something else possible. BigNate37 23:38, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The Title Is A Good Demonstration Of The Cancer Of Upcasing In This Field, Contrary To Normal English Typographical Practice. Tony (talk) 03:37, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please Don't Change Meaning if You "Englishize" Technology Articles
Talk:Lisa the Skeptic

message: I have translated this article to Chinese Wikipedia here and promoted to FA status, and I want to thank User:Cirt for his effort to write this amazing article. --Jarodalien (talk) 15:07, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Now a FA in Chinese Wikipedia 