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Talk:Norway/Archive 3

message: Talking about details, could somebody fix the flag? It has wrong proportions. The red rectangles to the left are supposed to be squares, and the red rectangles to the right should be 2:1. Fisk 16:25, 7 Oct 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: The coat of arm seems to be the old one used during King Olav V era. It was changed around in the 90s. Is this the old or the new? Jakro64 19:42, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  The flag 

message: *Sogn Fjord, Sogne Fjord, Sognefjord, Sognefjorden
*Oslo Fjord, Oslofjord, Oslofjorden
*Gudbrand Valley, Gudbrands Valley, Gudbrandsdalen Valley
*Hardanger Plateau, Hardangervidda Plateau
*Jostedal Glacier, Jostedals Glacier, Jostedalsbreen Glacier
What should we use?
: To the best of my knowledge forms like Gudbrandsdalen valley, Lake Mjøsa and the Nidelva river are preferred in English. --  Gustavf 14:09, Apr 28, 2004 (UTC)
:: "-dal" means ~valley, yes? Then I'd stay away from Gudbrandsdalen Valley. Though people do say La Brea Tar Pits, and some even say Rio Grande River and Sierra Nevada Mountains. And then there's England's Torpenhow Hill. --wwoods 20:08, 28 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Place names 

message: An anon edit changed the size of Norway, so I reverted, assuming that the national boundaries haven't changed and the original number was correct.  Someone may want to check though; here's the edit. Tuf-Kat 19:03, Sep 11, 2004 (UTC)
:The anon reverted and I have left it, because some googling indicates he may be right.  Tuf-Kat 19:11, Sep 11, 2004 (UTC)
::According to the official website at www.odin.dep.no, the area of Norway is 386,958 sq.km (incl. Svalbard & Jan Mayen). The website at www.statkart.no says that the area of Norway excluding Svalberg and Jan Mayen is 323.802 sq.km. So both the previous number and the anon edit is right - the big question is which number we ought to use. What do the guideline says? At the very least we should add the words "(incl. Svalbard & Jan Mayen)" to the table I think. WegianWarrior 06:02, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah, I wondered if that was the issue.  My feeling is that the area given should be the total area, including Svalbard and Jan Mayen, though a note that those areas are included should be present (a footnote might be better than trying to put it in the infobox).  Tuf-Kat 07:04, Sep 12, 2004 (UTC)
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The footnote on what's included in the total area has been deleted recently. If the area of the mainland is not mentioned separately, at least the footnote should be there. I will restore it. --Eddi 00:42, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Area

message: The various GDP rankings and figures for Norway are not from the same year; they are from 2002, 2003, and 2004. Therefore I think the year should be stated for each figure. If not, someone should constantly watch the figures and make sure they are all from the year given in the heading. Any volunteers? --Eddi 23:35, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  GDP
Talk:Badmash.org

message: A list of possible sources for this article can be found here. I have no idea how reliable these are, however, as I've never heard of most of the listed publications. ~Mable (chat) 06:36, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible sources 
Talk:The Book of Dust

message: I am going to add something that Mr Pullman told me himself in a private conversation: look for clues in Lyra's Oxford for the setting of the adventure in the Book of Dust. By the way, no, I have failed totally to pick up the clues. Fuzzibloke 19:19, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clues...

message: I've made some preliminary cleanup edits here but really this whole article needs to be deleted or restarted with some actual sources. If this article is still in its current unsourced state when I come back, I'll probably just redirect it to something like His Dark Materials or something. --Tony Sidaway 03:51, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added some sources - hopefully it doesn't need redirecting now. -- KittyRainbow (talk) 23:46, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup

message: Dystopian? What? Who said it was a Dystopian novel (unless you're referring to the Magesterium's rule. Kausill 14:32, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dystopian 

message: In the quoted article, the only statement about this upcoming novel is 
The Book of Dust will pick up Lyra's story two years on and also deal with some of the theological issues raised in the previous books..
I don't see how one can conclude that this would mean addressing the "lack" of positive portrayals of religion, I read it rather as picking up on the further fate of the Church in Lyra's world, maybe it tries to regain power, or there is a reformation or even revolution going on.
I mean - spoiler ahead - God just whimsically died away in His Dark Materials, rendering religion even more pointless. --Mewtu (talk) 04:29, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: In the reference () the reporter asks "What do you say to critics who ask where is the good that is done by religion [in His Dark Materials]?" and Pullman responds: "This is a big subject and I'm writing a big, big book in order to deal precisely with that question." Does that answer the query? Del♉sion23 (talk) 17:46, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  "will address the lack of positive portrayals of religion in the His Dark Materials books" 

message: I can't see past the paywall, but there's a new article in The Times.
"The author on his new book The Imagination Chamber and the delayed Book of Dust finale, Twitterstorms and the impact that having the illness has had on his writing ..." Esowteric + Talk + Breadcrumbs 15:39, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article in The Times mentions "The Imagination Chamber" and delayed Book of Dust finale
Talk:List of people from Belfast

message: Followwing user: 81.7.40.223 and correcting vandolism done by him/her — Preceding unsigned comment added by Myork (talk • contribs) 16:07, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Correcting vandalism

message: This page should be merged with Category: Natives of Belfast.  In addition that category could introduce several sub-categories.
ridley 00:56, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Suggested merge
Talk:Anenome

message: I agree with Whouk, in an ideal world the redirect would just go to the correct spelling. In this case, however, I felt a little more comment and clarification was required. This usage is such a common mistake – misapprehension, even – yet I don't think it warrants mentioning on all of the relevant pages. I note that on Wikipedia:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages) the final section reads (and I quote):
:==Break rules==
:For every style suggestion above, there's some page which has a good reason to do something else. These guidelines are intended for consistency, but usefulness to the reader is the principal goal. So ignore these guidelines if you have a good reason.
I felt I had a good reason... SiGarb 16:18, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There isn't an existing disambiguation page for Anemone. If you think we need one, create one and point the Anenome redirect to that. On that page, you could then briefly mention the possible misspelling, although I still think the redirect itself handles it. --Whouk (talk) 16:36, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've created the disambiguation page and moved the content from here. I think that solves the problem. Someone looking for anenome wil lend up at the disambig page, with the notes about the spelling; someone looking for 'anemone' will get to the flower, which has a disambig note about the snimal and the disambig page. The Land 17:35, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for that. --Whouk (talk) 20:18, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann

message: (source imdb.com)
- The above source details were moved here from the main article page. CLW 16:19, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources

message: Grethe Ingmann → . I've read Grethe's article and there isn't a lot of coverage on her article. I think it is best for it to be merged into this article. Having 2-3 articles of the same subject isn't really necessary because Wikipedia is not a dictionary so there is no need for the duo members to have separate articles about themselves especially when there's a lack of sources or coverage regarding Grethe's career as a musician.Bleubeatle (talk) 11:25, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I can see why a merger would be appropriate as they did perform together as a duet.  Although the reason given as "Wikipedia is not a dictionary" is incorrect in my opinion.  The BLP articles are not classified as "dictionary stubs".  The nutshell link even describes the in one sentence "One test is that an encyclopedia article's name can usually easily take many different equivalent forms, whereas a dictionary as a linguistic work is about the words in the title, and cannot usually be easily translated."  Another thing worth noting is, if Grethe Ingmann's article is to be merged, then we should also consider Jørgen Ingmann's too; as there are two individual articles.  I'm not 100% certain if these two also performed as solo artists at some stage in their careers, and that could be something worth investigating before carrying out a merger.  Wesley☀Mouse 12:57, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: In my opinion Grethes article could be merged. But Jørgen seem to have some notability beyond the one Eurovision performance and win. I also am wondering why Bleubeatle brings this up at a number of discussion boards instead of keeping it to one or maybe two. Bringing it up at numerous discussion boards make it harder to reach a proper consensus.--BabbaQ (talk) 13:23, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that is because the article is attached to 4 different projects, and it is seen to be courteous to inform the respective projects just in case they don't have "article alerts" on their watchlist.  Wesley☀Mouse 13:39, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

text: I agree with that. I'll see if anyone else wants to place an input to towards this discussion. If there is no input within 2 days time then I'll close this and re-direct.Bleubeatle (talk) 06:01, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Bluebeatle, as you were the nominator for this merge proposal should you really have closed down the discussion and carried out the redirect?  I'm pretty much certain that such action is considered to be conflicting and very biased.  Wesley Mouse 22:55, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll undo it then. Bleubeatle (talk) 01:54, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal for Grethe Ingmann to this page
Talk:Final examination

message: I removed the following paragraph from the article due to its unencyclopedic tone:
:Usually, by the time a student comes round to do doing final exams, he/she is so fed up of doing them that they don't bother revising and fail. Or they get so stressed out about ruining their life as a result of said exams, they commit suicide. This seems irrational but is, in fact, commonplace. Avoid final exams, or do them at your peril.
However, I do think the article could use some discussion of the stress of final exams, and the occasional incidence of students choking or blanking out or otherwise performing poorly despite having studied very hard. bd2412 T 16:28, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't see why the FINALS acronym has to be "Fudge..." and not "Fuck..." since most people would use the latter.  This is coupled with the fact that the article states that the acronym is "Edited for content."  This makes me think that the true acronym begins with "Fuck" and not "Fudge."  But why are we doing that?  This is Wikipedia; we have an article on the word "Fuck" and I don't see why we should sanitize the acronym, especially if the original phrase began with "Fuck."  Casull 09:11, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Paragraph for discussion

message: The article doesn't really specify, but what are take home finals?  Doesn't this defeat the purpose of a final exam, as the student can just look up all of the answers at home?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.248.98.218 (talk) 18:15, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Takehome Finals? 

message: Midterm exam is essentially a DICDEF and we really don't need two (unsourced) articles. Let's merge and rename this just Examination or something to simplify? ZimZalaBim talk 17:51, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree with DICDEF. A better target would be Exam, to which Final examination could be redirected (no unique content to merge), and the referenced comments in Midterm exam could be merged.  Klbrain (talk) 17:27, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

text: Agree with Klbrain's suggestion for target of merge. Joyous! | Talk 06:00, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge of [[Midterm exam]] into [[Final examination]]
Talk:Battle of Grodno (1939)

message: I wrote a stub bio for Józef Olszyna-Wilczyński. I'd like to have more info, but some sources indicate he didn't want to fight (keeping in accordance with government orders to decist from fighting with Soviets), and this page (in Polish) has a relation that could indicate he left Grodno before the battle was fought. In any case, he died on 22nd September so before the end of the battle - surely we should mention who was the commander afterwards? PS. I think Olszyna-Wilczyński was in nominal command of this region, but probably was not involved in actual defence - this may be the source of the confusion.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 16:40, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: "The Soviet aggression " it is not aggression it is liberation of Belorussian city--Jaro.p 10:07, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV 

message: We wrześniu 1939 roku dowodził grupą operacyjną działającą w rejonie Grodna . Xx236 08:03, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wilczyński wasn't in Grodno 
Talk:Terrytown, Nebraska

message: "Terry Carpenter, a former mayor of Scottbluff" I don't thing he ever became mayor, just ran...--Rayc 16:48, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The U.S. Census Bureau has Terrytown listed as a city in their July 2011 estimates.  July 2012 estimates come out in March 2013.  HankW512 (talk) 22:42, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  City or Village
Talk:Nguni cattle

message: The opening line describes nguni cattle as an indigenous breed but then says the breed is a hyrbid of indigenous and Indian cattle. Is this still indigenous? Brooksmith's (talk) 16:17, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Indigenous? 

message: "All different combinations were catalogued in the beginning of the century by a South African herdmaster." Which century? Cognita (talk) 20:33, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Need clarification in Characteristics section 

message: Nguni presence in South Africa precedes 600 CE so explain how does their source of food not correlating with their presence as by valid evidence they introduced these species in what's now South Africa, this is dubious or misinformation. Their completion of migration even precedes 600 CE, at the latest end of it is 500 CE, then someone comes and says 600 CE-1400 CE Nguni cattle came about, not even in South Africa but Southern Africa, which is worse because presence of Bantu speakers in Southern Africa is as old as before 300 BCE. Untrammeled (talk) 12:00, 15 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Nguni peoples, presence
Talk:National Renewal (Chile)

message: I have added an infobox. Marmaduque 19:01, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Independent Democratic Union

message: This article is a non-neutral whitewash, poorly written by someone whose first language is evidently Spanish. Who wrote this tripe? Pinochet's son? You are entitled to your own opinions. But you are not entitled to your own facts. To exclude UDI's servile relationship to Pinochet's dictatorship is like excluding the Gulag from the article on Stalin. To blab about "terrorists" while ignoring the thousands of murders perpetrated by your "military government" is non-neutral. But we can't expect honesty from a follower of a thief and murderer, can't we?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.109.86.86 (talk) 03:46, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Whitewash of UDI's collaborationism with Pinochet's dictatorship 

message: The starting of this article is based on this following wikilink. If you have a notice of some problem or/and another quotations, here is the template:
thanks a lot.----Je7roi (talk) 14:01, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  
Advice
 

message: What's the correct translation of the name of the party: Democrat or Democratic? --Danrolo (talk) 00:26, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Democratic. For example, the correct translation for the Democratic Party is Partido Demócrata, just like the Unión Demócrata... --Diego Grez-Cañete (talk) 00:30, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Why? --200.120.117.105 (talk) 12:04, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: 'cos it's the correct translation. Diego Grez-Cañete (talk) 14:57, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Democratic or Democrat?
File talk:Synapse with NMDAR and AMPAR.png

message: This diagram needs some factual corrections, e.g.
* Suggests AMPAR has two subunits: its a heterotetramer with four subunits
* Suggests that NMDAR's blockade is by intracellular magnesium, when it's in fact extracellular
For the time being, I'm removing this (and :Image:LTP induction.png) from the long-term potentiation article as I don't have the time to make these corrections myself. --David Iberri (talk) 17:04, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Plan Nine Publishing

message: Is the name of Plan 9 Publishing a reference to the OS or the movie? --maru   (talk)  contribs 21:14, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name 

message: The page leads off talking about how well known the publisher is, when it should instead focus on how influential the publisher was on the start of the period of economic success of webcomics artists.
Each assertion about which notable comic Plan 9 published should be verified and referenced.
Netmouse (talk) 17:45, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I have put the statements in the article in the past tense - pending confirmation that they are still in operation (which I have requested from the company through e-mail). The website is registered until 3-Oct-2010, being renewed this October (see WHOIS lookup). However, as this was through 1&1, I know (as they host my various domains), that they auto-renew registration unless specifically notified not to, so that does not prove that the website/company are still in use. Until verification otherwise is found, I suggest that we keep it in the past tense - we can always change to the present tense if we find that the company is alive and kicking! -- PhantomSteve (Contact Me, My Contribs) 12:43, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Things that need work on this page
Talk:Justice Underground

message: This article fails to cite a source as to where this material originates from, thus violating no original research and failing to cite sources. Netkinetic 17:10, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Located source material, adding link and issue this was featured in, though leaving above message to advised article originators to cite their sources in future endeavors. Netkinetic 17:13, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
Talk:The World of Skin

message: User:Richardrj's change of 13:51, 24 August 2006 changes "The project was initially called Skin but US releases were made under the name World of Skin." to "The project was called Skin in Europe, but US releases were made under the name World of Skin."   I was certainly under the impression that the European releases of "Blood Women Roses" and "Shame Humility Revenge" predate the US release of "World of Skin", so the older phrasing (that the initial name was "Skin") seems correct.   However, I didn't want just to revert the change without establishing some kind of consensus. JamesYoungman 11:38, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You're right, of course.  I've tried to clarify the sentence now.  Does it look OK to you?  Best wishes, --Richardrj talk email 07:35, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, that looks good to me.  JamesYoungman (talk) 09:51, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Band Name
Talk:Argentina women's national field hockey team

message: I contacted the C.A.H. to ask them when was the first match ever played by a women's national team, who is the player with most games, and I also asked them for an image of the team's logo (the lioness they wear on their shirt). They couldn't help me and I couldn't find this info anywhere else, so what remains to be done is:
* History may need some rewording.
* add History between 1909 and 1997. I'm sure there's nowhere near enough to say about those 90 years as in the past 10 alone, but still. CAH mostly provides the history of the institution itself.
* add a Players section with some of the most notable players and possibly the current lineup (I intend to do this when I get around to it, if no one else does it first)
and of course, any other info or improvements anyone may add.
ironcito 17:19, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  To Do 
Talk:Alan Grant (writer)

message: When was Alan Grant born? I see no source in the article for 9 February. According to  BNF he was born on 2 July. According other sources (GCD, isfdb, noosfere) he was born on 7 February, but I am not sure about their reliability. Jaqen (talk) 07:45, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birth date 

message: Alan was married to Morelle Smith in the late 1960s. They had separated by 1968. He was 20. 51.6.139.112 (talk) 10:26, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alan Grant addition 

message: Not mentioned is Alan’s first marriage in his late teens to Morelle Smith. The marriage which, according to Alan, was opposed by her parents, ended in 1968. 51.6.139.112 (talk) 08:25, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alan Grant first marriage 

message: I was at secondary school with Alan. He was a very bright boy but was never expelled and then reinstated.The extent of his rebellion was wearing a black leather motorcycle jacket. 51.6.139.112 (talk) 16:40, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  SCHOOL EXPULSIONS 

message: I lodged with Alan in Dundee at a time when he edited ‘Secrets’ magazine for publishers DC Thompson. Thompson had full editorial control over stories so Alan re-hashed romances written 20 or 30 years earlier.Alan also told me that knowing that Thompson were a Conservative Party supporting group, he responded to an interview question about his own politics by saying he was ‘a mild fascist’. He got the job! 51.6.139.112 (talk) 16:48, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  JOURNALISM
File talk:VanGoghShoes1885.jpg

message: Now, here is a quite obviously unnecessary copyright mess, which needs to be cleared. This picture has two sets of copyright: copyright of the painting, belonging to Van Gogh, and copyright of the photo, which seems to be anonymous, supposedly belonging to the museum. Van Gogh died in 1890, and in the EU, copyright only lasts for 70 years after the author's death, and that's it. With the photo, there are different options, but the general practice across Wikimedia projects has been to assume that a mostly mechanical, non-artistic photo that mainly aims to create a truthful reproduction of an original artwork has no copyright of its own, as copyright needs some level of creativity or originality. That's valid for many, if not most jurisdictions, and we can deal with that. The original uploader had no idea about copyright ("it's on museum's webpage, hence PD, right?") and the user who added the "PD-US only" and expiry date in 2046 thought they knew what they were doing but actually didn't. Now, both of them have departed from the project and even if they weren't I doubt they could add any valuable information, as they both dealt with the picture years ago. Thus, it is quite clear there is no reason to believe there is any non-expired copyright to the file, and therefore it should be transferred to Commons, where five more photos of the same pair of boots are ready to welcome it into the family. --Ehitaja (talk) 10:42, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright mess