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Talk:Pran Nath (musician)

message: I think the page should be Pran Nath (singer), not Pandit Pran Nath (there is another Pran Nath, a scientist, with a stub). No other Indian classical musicians seems to have a honorific in the title itself, and indeed in a neutral context it is best to use such titles sparingly since they are so arbitrary: it is sure to lead to controversy over who is a pandit/ustad and who's not. What can be done?
This is a fair point but the singer seems to be known ONLY with the honorific in the West, as far as I can tell, i.e. his few recordings all bill him thus and reviews and articles in print and on-line use the three-word version.  (Correct me if I'm wrong, though!)  I myself typed in 'Pandit Pran Nath' just now when looking for this page, but previously searched for just 'Ravi Shankar', 'Ali Akbar Khan', etc., minus their pandits and ustads, so I think that says something about how The Great Man is generally known.  Let's remain pleasantly inconsistent on this one, I'd say! Bhasi23 16:34, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment by [[User:Bossk-Office|Bossk-Office]]
Talk:Mike Merlo

message: Most of the above [article] is pure fiction. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.216.115.182 (talk • contribs) 
:I'd like someday to meet the person who made up all this garbage! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.216.115.182 (talk • contribs) 
*It seems much of the prior information was taken from the highly fictionalized film The Untouchables. MadMax 15:34, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment
Talk:Longitude by chronometer

message: I have changed "Long by Chrom" to "Long by Chron" because that is what we called it when I was a Midshipman. The Real Walrus 23:14, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: Longitude by chronometer is a method of calculating a longitude at an assumed latitude though which a position line can be drawn  Basic Principles of Marine Navigation by D A Moore Published by Kandy p89. The observer is somewhere along the position line. To carry out this calculation an accurate time is needed so the sun's (or other bodiies') hour angle can be obtained. The hour angle feeds into the calculation. A latitude and longitude cannot be determined by a single 'sight' with a sextant. Simon JD (talk) 14:10, 30 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Longitude by chronometer 

message: This article needs to be completely re-written. It is confusing and does not clearly explain long by chron. For example the article discusses longitude by equal altitudes which has nothing to do with long by chron. I suggest that there needs to be a Longitude Methods page. Specific methods could still have their own article. For example a time sight worked by two latitudes is a Chord Sumner. This probably does not belong in a Longitude Methods page but rather in a Long by Chron page. On the other hand two sights worked by the intercept method determine longitude so belong on a longitudes methods page.
I am tempted to begin this process by adding the following paragraph at the very start of the long by chron article but will think about it first.
"Lon by Chron (British) aka Time Sight (US) involves measuring the altitude of the sun with a sextant and noting time on a chonometer. From the observed alrtitude, the declinaton of the sun (from an almanac) and the DR latitude, local apparant time can be calculated and hence longitude. The closer the sun is to the prime vertical the less the error caused by an incorrect DR latitude."  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Llama234 (talk • contribs) 21:37, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  A new longitude methods page?
Talk:Turton Urban District

message: Have merged the article Turton, England with Turton, Lancashire as the stub's limited text referred to this articlein the following text:
Turton is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Lancashire.  It has a high school called Turton Media Arts College.
Page history as follows:
* (cur) (last)  22:39, 19 February 2006 Dieter Simon (This the identical Turton in Lancashire. Have redirected to Turton, Lancashire) 
* (cur) (last)  14:10, 10 December 2005 JRM (Stubbing, though) 
* (cur) (last)  08:50, 2 December 2005 194.176.200.151 
* (cur) (last)  14:40, 5 November 2005 86.130.92.130
Dieter Simon 23:52, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge

message: I've moved this back to the last and highest status the district had before it was abolished, as that is what has been done with the other historic districts. MRSC • Talk 07:22, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Move

message: i dont understand why you have taken my edits off as i live in Bolton i think i know what the area is called the entire area is still called Turton.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.221.165.66 (talk) 19:37, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: all called turton

message: The article is confusing in that most of it deals with the township/civil parish of Turton, but some of it deals with the urban district which existed from 1894 to 1974, and covered a much larger area.  Would it be better to split the article into two, one on the township and one on the UD?--Mhockey (talk) 21:54, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Now done.--Mhockey (talk) 22:52, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Split? 
Talk:Joel Fuhrman

message: WebMD and other sources introduce Dr. Fuhrman as a "board-certified family physician", but this was replaced with "celebrity doctor". The reason for this was because I was "whitewashing - de-emphasizine", even though my version was simply a statement of fact and consistent with authoritative sources. "celebrity doctor", on the other hand, seems to be well-poisoning to me. Jessehogan (talk)
:WebMD is not a reliable source. We have a reliable source for Joel Fuhrman being a celebrity doctor - Bijlefeld, M; Zoumbaris, SK (2014). Celebrity Doctors. Encyclopedia of Diet Fads: Understanding Science and Society (2nd ed.). ABC-CLIO. p. 41. Psychologist Guy (talk) 18:46, 23 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: The WP:LEDE summarizes and introduces the article. As far as I can tell, all the arguments above are WP:OR, though identifying specific references might help resolve that problem. --Hipal (talk) 20:09, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Introduction
Wikipedia talk:Article assessment/suggestions

message: I really think we need a method of managing suggestions and prioritizing them.  
* My personal favorite is a voting system (such as that used on WP:AID or WP:COTW).  We're already at the point that we'll have a good-sized page if we give equal space to all suggestions (i.e. separate all the suggestions under Lots more into subheadings to ease discussion).  A voting system would (a) ease the equality of the category choice process and (b) allow for discussion in a more structured, well-documented manner.  Of course the downside is voting turnout might be fairly low until the project gets more exposure.  
* Alternatively, we could just establish a standard way of listing suggestions and commenting (likely more similar to the procedure used on WP:FA).  The down-side there is suggestions added first would probably take priority over those added later.  
* The third option is a simple approximation of how many articles which are not stubs or FACs/FAs are in the category and a determination based on that number of how well the category fits the project.  However, I think that option would be more work than it's worth for those working on the project and the same task is accomplished through the nomination process, so it's no help to the project there.  --DMurphy 23:28, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This certainly needs to be addressed, but has not been my focus until the project has more participants.  Thanks for the ideas - I'll have a think about them.  violet/riga (t) 23:43, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Managing suggestions
Talk:Lake Prespa

message: What does phrase this mean? What are tectonic lakes? Are there natural lakes that are not tectonic? The article links to plate tectonics, which is a huge article that covers tectonic theory in general. Bomac, could you be more specific? --Michalis Famelis 23:30, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: highest (tectonic) lakes

message: I think Small Prespa Lake should be merged into Lake Prespa.  The article on Small Prespa Lake is small enough to be easily merged into this article, andd there's no real need for a separate article. Inks.LWC (talk) 05:58, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Ι don`t think is a good idea. Lakes have different borders.--Vagrand (talk) 10:35, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

message: the phrase "of the total surface ..." should be moved from the collective description of the two lakes to the description of the Great lake a few lines below. pietro151.29.143.193 (talk) 11:20, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  detail 

message: I see you reverted the pushpin map on the grounds that the map of Albania of "Not an improvement. Albania is not the only state where the lake is located within". What pushpin map would you suggest we use as for those not familiar with the close location? I'm not trying to define that this lake is only in Albania, but it was as good as the other pushpin maps at a country level. Wolfgang8741 says: If not you, then who? (talk) 10:47, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: copied from Talk:Lake Ohrid: Hey @Wolfgang8741, I see where you coming from (for both this and Lake Ohrid). A pushpin map of North Macedonia does not work either especially being land-locked. I think multiple pushpin maps may work, one for  AL and NM, if possible. Or some kind of interactive map, again, if possible. Beat of the tapan (talk) 23:29, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  Consolidating and continuing the discussion at Talk:Lake_Ohrid#maps_for_the_infobox - suggesting the use of the overall map of Europe until regional specific one could be made and applied.Wolfgang8741 says: If not you, then who? (talk) 05:23, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  maps for infobox 

message: The description in the Tourism paragraph reads like an advertisement or sensationalist piece. Definitely not encyclopedic tone. TynoPk (talk) 13:25, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello. Thank you for bringing it to attention. It has been removed. If anyone has any WP:RS about tourism, they can restore the section with an encyclopedic tone. Is there any other tone issue that you've noticed in the article? StephenMacky1 (talk) 22:09, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tone
Talk:Phaedo of Elis

message: What is the source for the claim that "Aeschines also wrote a dialogue called Phaedo"?  And does this refer to Aeschines the orator or Aeschines Socraticus; I'm assuming the reference is supposed to be to the latter. Isokrates 23:32, 19 February 2006.
:The claim is from the Suda, but it seems to be considered rather dubious, so I've removed the line from the article. Singinglemon (talk) 20:24, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Sure, done.  CCS81 (talk) 21:20, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments
Talk:I2 Technologies

message: i2 was found guilty of fraud in a case brought by Dillard's.  Even though the deal with Dillard's was for roughly $10M, and there was a limitation of liability built into the EULA, the fraud finding opened up exemplary and punitive damages.  Currently, this is $246M.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/dillards-wins-246-million-in-damages-vs-jda-i2/35888  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.237.236.15 (talk) 02:49, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dillard's Case 

message: Is it JDA, RedRiver, or IBM? Confusing mismatch between the article's header, the history section, and this. MrZaiustalk 12:36, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who owns it?
Talk:Kingdom of Saguenay

message: This article is pretty interesting... But I've never heard of this anywhere else.  Are there some citations that could be put in to verify this?  TriNotch 15:03, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Citations

message: This article's currently in Category pseudohistory... I can't see any reason for that... It is quite possibly a mythical place, but nothing in the article suggests it is pseudohistorical... If so this should be mentioned —Preceding unsigned comment added by Furius (talk • contribs) 16:50, 9 December 2006
:There is nothing pseudohistoric in the article as it now stands. I am hovewer moving it from :Category:Pseudohistory to :Category:Viking exploration of North America. This will no doubt make some editors claim that it is pseudohistory. Ain't this a paradox! -- Petri Krohn (talk) 22:35, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pseudohistory
Talk:2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series

message: OK, the driver team table doesn't really belong there. BUT, it is very good looking. Therefore, I propose that it be moved to List of NASCAR teams. --D-Day  Somebody talk to me. Please somebody! Anybody! 12:35, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Driver/Team Table 

message: I'm just seeing this article for the first time.  Nice work.  Any opinions on whether the point standings should be on this page?  Say, the top 10 at least? SubSeven 07:53, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Points? 

message: Since we're almost halfway through the 2006 season, and Silly Season is in high gear, I've created the 2007 in NASCAR page, using this page as a template.  Please post all information for the 2007 season there. DiegoTehMexican 19:20, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  2007 Information 
Talk:Spotted eagle-owl

message: New article. Needs an image badly looked on commons but I can't find one yet.--Dakota ~  ° 23:43, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: How about :Image:Bubo africanus01.jpg? Sango123 (e) 00:06, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

text: Image placed into taxo box.--Dakota ~  ° 05:50, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: There is a move discussion in progress which affects this page. Please participate at Talk:Eurasian Eagle-owl - Requested move and not in this talk page section. Thank you.  —RM bot 15:30, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Move discussion in progress
Talk:Amy Carmichael

message: There seems to exist some confusion about Amy Carmichael's middle name. Some sources quote have it as Wilson. Can anyone clear up this confusion please.
:I believe that she took Wilson as a "pen name" after her adoptive father figure Robert Wilson. Need to verify.Brian0324 22:38, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name 

message: This article strongly lacks and independent references that can attest to the conditions of the girls "saved" by Amy Carmichael. It is also "pro" Christianity and does not present and accurate picture of Tamil Nadu and Hindus. PovertyEradication (talk) 19:50, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: This article now seems to be well-referenced from a number of sources. I propose removing the issues template. Please note that neutrality is not the same as satisfying all points of view, but rather of accurately representing the consensus of external materials. Martin Turner (talk) 13:55, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I also note that the account making this claim has been removed, and gives the appearance (based on comments above) of being supportive of vandalism. Martin Turner (talk) 14:22, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neutrality/Impartiality 

message: This article strongly lacks and independent references that can attest to the conditions of the girls "saved" by Amy Carmichael. It is also "pro" Christianity and does not present and accurate picture of Tamil Nadu and Hindus. PovertyEradication (talk) 19:53, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: This thread now appears to be dormant and the account making this allegation is no longer a valid account. Martin Turner (talk) 14:23, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neutrality/Impartiality 

message: fixed a misspell on carmichael at begining 47.202.51.14 (talk) 13:55, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  edit
Talk:Shoeless Joe (novel)

message: I am currently reading this book, about halfway through, so, uh...hi. It's a good book. Engrossing, and magical. Thanks for making this article. -The Hams 22:35, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Continuing off... 

message: I was just wondering if the phrase "If you build it, they will come" comes directly from the novel, or if it is justin the movie? --In Defense of the Artist (talk) 02:23, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The catch-phrases were from the book. That one, plus "Ease his pain" and "Go the distance." Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 02:58, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I just stumbled upon this but love this movie. For anyone who might know, having seen this movie many times, I've always been under the impression that "ease his pain" was referencing the pain that Kinsella's father probably experienced upon the relationship break with son Ray. I musta missed sumpin'. Any enlightment out there? JakeInJoisey (talk) 23:34, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  "If you build it, he will come." 

message: I love the movie but have not read the book yet.  But, this single line always bugs me.  No says Do you want to HAVE A CATCH.  If you are asking someone to toss the ball with you, the appropriate phrase would have been, "Hey Dad, do you want to PLAY catch?".  The original phrase is just wrong and makes me wonder if the author truly ever played baseball.  Interested in others input.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Matthewcolinlane (talk • contribs) 03:13, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Regional colloquialism. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 11:01, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

text: I would have said, "Do you want to play catch?" and I don't recall hearing the expression "have a catch" when I was a kid, but it could be a regional thing. The OP wrote that a year ago summer, so I hope he's had a chance to read the book by now. It doesn't actually end quite the way the film did, and he doesn't say, "Do you want to have a catch?" to his father. That was apparently written for the film. The "Hey... Dad?" part was added as an afterthought, possibly post-production. In the book, the father apparently doesn't know Ray is his son. In the film, it's obvious he does know, but father and son both avoid coming out and saying it until that line at the end. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 00:34, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: "Wanna have a catch" is definitively Brooklyn, NY, early to mid 50's. Anyone uttering "Wanna play catch" would have been soundly trodden upon as a closet Yankee or Giant fan  ;-) JakeInJoisey (talk) 00:23, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Hey dad, do you want to have a catch"?
Talk:Battle of Chestnut Neck

message: I'ld say this would be a good place to practice looking at the other person's POV.  Some examples: "that darkest period of the war" -- for whom?  It seems to have been pretty bright for the British.
"Privateer" or pirate?  Which government had issued their Letter of marque?
"capture", "sieze" or "steal" (note that colonists do one, the British the other)?
"Having demolished, burned, and laid waste to all they couldn't steal" is another way of saying "having siezed or destroyed enemy combatants' property", or "having justly punished the pirates for their offences against the law of nations".
"spies" or "loyalists"?  What is the difference between that and "intelligence"?  From the cited article the "spies" were deserters from Pulaski anyway: there's an objective difference.
"massacre" or "successful attack on a unit of enemy troops"?
"From this massacre, it is evident what would have been the fate of Chestnut Neck".  I assume this means they would have engaged the enemy and attempted to destroy them.  How about "After this successful action a follow-up attack on Chestnut Neck would clearly have been the next move"
Have fun!  Richard Pinch 07:19, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

message: Two queries come to mind when reading this offering:
1. In the 'Background' section, para 3:
"...a fleet of nine ships and transports"
Shoud the 'ships' be warships? As a 'transport' is presumably also a type of ship, albeit a merchant one.
2. In the 'Aftermath' section:
It is stated that "the British were able to surprise an outpost of Pulaski's men, bayonet the sentry and almost all of the other men."
At the moment, the article gives the impression that fifty men suffered stab wounds, when the infobox gives just one. Is a word missing between 'and' and 'almost', (like 'overcome'), or is the infobox wrong?
RASAM (talk) 21:56, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Queries

message: I'm going to visit the Chestnut Neck Battle Monument in Chestnut Neck, Port Republic, NJ, this weekend. It's at a very snaky part of the Mullica River, not the Little Egg Harbor River. The river dumps out into the Great Bay, not the Little Egg Harbor. If I'm wrong, fine, but if not, can somebody please make the corrections? PaulSank (talk) 01:25, 9 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: As the first sentence says: "Little Egg Harbor River (now known as the Mullica River)".  The whole region was the Little Egg Harbor.  It's all the same thing.  SnowFire (talk) 04:20, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

text: Well, it depends.  Do the sources talk about it?  This is a quite lightly referenced article currently, and the entirety of "The Affair at Egg Harbor, New Jersey, October 15, 1778" is available to read for free on Google Books.  I don't see a lot of discussion on the Bay specifically from a quick glance, but if you want to improve the article and can find some more sources discussing the history of the battle - and potentially any connections to the Bay & larger area - go for it!  SnowFire (talk) 11:31, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong river?
Talk:Battle of Chilcheollyang

message: Is the date on this battle based on the lunar calender? because all the other articles involving the Imjin war is based on the Korean / Chinese calender of the time, yet this one seem to not be. I'm seen more than a few reference that this battle was fought in july, and from what I recall of the battle in the Annals of Seonjo it also was fought earlier than late August.
I will need to recheck some of the sources to confirm, but this is something that I notice.
(RollingWave (talk) 06:33, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question on the date 

message: Alright, I changed the date back to accordance with the Annals of Seonjo, and  threw in a little bit here and there, almost all based on the various entries on the Annals on that day
(RollingWave (talk) 03:23, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  edits
Talk:Treaty of Alfred and Guthrum

message: N.B. I think there's a problem with the dating of Alfred in London in 886. I'll do some more research into the matter. Harthacanute 14:28, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: Can someone explain what is meant by this:
The first point is the most famous. First concerning our boundaries: up on the Thames, and then up on the Lea, and along the Lea unto its source, then straight to Bedford, then up on the Ouse to Watling Street. This has been used by many as the boundary of the Danelaw. However, there is no mention of this, and it appears to be primarily a political boundary, perhaps created in the wake of Alfred's taking of London.
It seems peculiarly redundant to suggest (as I understand it) that the boundaries set out in the treaty might not represent the boundary of the Danelaw, and then to observe that 'it appears to be primarily a political boundary'. It begs the question, 'When is a boundary not a boundary?' Nortonius (talk) 11:30, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: When is a boundary not a boundary...?
Talk:Margaret Brundage

message: I challenge this page to be larger. --User:General Eisenhower 03:02, March 25 2006
:If you want the page to grow, feel free to research the subject and add information yourself! Good luck. -- ConDemTalk 02:18, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Apparently there's a New book on her. That article on it mentions some things I might add.--T. Anthony (talk) 21:04, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Larger 

message: :
It appears from the bio that Johnson was her stepfather's name. —Tamfang (talk) 22:13, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  birth name