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Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Hong Kong/Requests

message: Hi, I wish to add 喊驚 to the request list. I think it is part of history in HK; it is still practiced by the old people and the term itself is still used in general speech. For example, in the movie Shaolin Soccer, after Stephen Chow sing that crazy song in the restaurant with Wong Yut Fei, the triad members said the following:
「你 地 唱 咩 呀 ? 唱 到 喊 驚 咁 !!」
「啲 歌 詞 又 鬼 五 馬 六 !!」
Some background info:
喊驚 is the "chinese magic" that people do to clam people who have been suprised / shocked, e.g. a car crashes into the wall in front of him, etc. I think it is some kind of chinese rituals or spells to summon's the guy's 三魂七魄, which are scared away by the suprise.
Comments, anyone? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Granzo (talk • contribs) Aprl 23, 2007
The page, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Yat-sen, has an external link to the HKU Libraries database, Sun Yat-sen in Hong Kong. I think the link should be amended to say, Sun Yat-sen in Hong Kong-University of Hong Kong Libraries, Digital Initiatives.
Jklai (talk) 07:50, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Requests

message: I couldn't help but to re-organize this page to this new sort by date format because the old table format was very hard to add new request (especially for newcomers) and difficult to track new/old requests.  Feel free to comment or make suggestions on the new sorting here. Tavatar (talk) 02:01, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Sort by date

message: I have recently updated the article- Hong Kong five hundred-dollar note, feel free make suggestions. See my personal sandbox…Tinalei2014 (talk) 01:00, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Update an article
Talk:Indiana vesiculovirus

message: The stuff about VSV and cancer really needs citations soon or it should get deleted.  Looks like it's been there for over a year without a cite.  The "current research" section didn't add anything content-wise so I deleted it; it looked like some PI trying to promote his/her project or something...
Please prove me wrong by expanding it while using proper citations.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sardino (talk • contribs) 23:12, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Cancer/Current Research Section

message: None of the reference titles say indiana - nor does the summary in Oncolytic_virus#Vesicular_stomatitis_virus. Has the virus species been renamed ? or is indiana one of many strains/types/species of VSV - It would be nice if article had a history section to explain ? - Rod57 (talk) 17:10, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I agrree, and actually this article actually needs to be dumped in favor of the much more common usage of VSV, and not "VSIV". LaurentianShield (talk) 03:10, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why does article put indiana in the name
Talk:Primate clades

message: This copyright violation is a real bummer: I took a look at the old article and it looked really good (but if copyvio is the reason then no wonder).
Be nice to see an edited Article back in production! Doesn't sound like the whole article is a copy so can I suggest the offending parts of the article are removed and/or those and/or the remainder is reworked/reworded.  From a cursory glance it looks to me like the infringement lies in elements of the first paragraph so simply remove that (and perhaps the reference list) and put some kind of Article back up.  Note that there is no Copyright in "ideas" but rather "only" in the "verbatim written expression" of a "significant percentage" of a "work". Mattjs 19:49, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Leave a note on my talk back page and I may come back and do for you a "blind" rewrite of the final paragraph after removing most of the first and the references: this will avoid copyright infringement.  I am not an expert in Primatology (but I am perhaps close enough to one in Copyright) I can most assuredly edit what was already in place into a "non-infringing" form. Regards, Mattjs 20:04, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Is the graphic infringing also!? Many thanks in advance, Mattjs 20:04, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re: The alledged Copyright Violation
Talk:Nabisco Brands, Inc.

message: This article is finished. Have some comments. - Obin 3391 17:50, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

message: I see from Talk:Nabisco that this article is split from there, but it looks like well over half of it is a text cut and paste and then some random trimming. I don't see the clear rationale here for a separate article when there's so much overlap. I could see a History of Nabisco approach working. In any case there needs to be some balance and harmonization between the articles so it's clear one is about X and the other Y. (See summary style.) --Dhartung | Talk 07:35, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Split 

message: Just in case anyone wonders or is worried, i merged the article that was here back into Nabisco a couple of days ago.  The rationale can be found here, if you're interested. Cheers, LindsayHi 17:56, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge
Talk:Sustainability metric and indices

message: does the dow jones sustainability index really count as a sustainability metric? see this link for a description of the [corporate] sustainability that this index takes into account
I feel that some of the categories on this page (ie International Institute for Sustainable Development, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Sutainable Enterprise Approach, Stern Review, FAO types, and Development Sustainability approaches) should be removed from this page, as they are neither metrics nor indices of sustainability.
Solace098 (talk) 23:13, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
Talk:New Years Day (band)

message: Does anyone know it? I couldn't find it anywhere but I was able to find all the other members. If you know or can find it, please add it to the article. Thanks. --IllaZilla 17:55, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Mike's last name?

message: He had a mutual split with the band to go on and live a normal life...He works at a church now. I changed the page to reflect that  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.115.79.235 (talk) 01:38, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Source? --IllaZilla (talk) 08:12, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adam not in the band anymore 

message: Shouldn't someone add Lights Out and Do Your Worst to the non album song section?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 214.15.219.73 (talk) 14:35, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:   Non Album Songs
Talk:TSYD Cup

message: User User:1886kusagi keeps putting in the 1999 title for Galatasaray, even though the association itself which organized this tournament clearly states that this tournament was NOT played in 1999. Please check the source here: 
It states: 1999 - YAPILMADI
"YAPILMADI" meaning "not played" in English. This is the only reliable and official source for this tournament.
Counting the number will also amount to 11 cups for Galatasaray. User 1886kusagi is constantly pushing his POV though and reinstating wrong data. Akocsg (talk) 19:20, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Istanbul TSYD Cup
Talk:Cherifian Anthem

message: Is the name in Arabic given in the article, really the equivalent of Cherifian Anthem?  As far as I can make out, the romanised version of the Arabic would be An Našid al Šarif.  Although I am not an expert on Arabic script, that doesn't appear to be what is written here.  Skinsmoke (talk) 00:21, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arabic name 

message: As far as I know, there is no official Berber translation. Can this translation be sourced? Fenakhay (talk) 23:07, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Berber translation
Talk:Nova Studios

message: 129.21.107.119, I appreciate the effort to remove in appropriate sexual slang from Wikipedia articles.  However, in this case, the word in question occurred as part of a quotation.  I don't think anyone should alter that quotation.  The quotation is included because it makes a point in a very unique way, and is particularly well-worded.  In some cases, an original quotation could be altered (for example, for tense).  But the changed wording would need to be set apart through the use of brackets to indicate to the reader that a word was changed.  Additionally, if the word contravened Wikipedia policy to such an egregious extent that it must be changed, I would argue that, in addition to the brackets, a footnote should be added to indicate that the word cannot be used on Wikipedia and the appropriate Wikipedia policy cited.  Barring such a justification, I argue for a revision back to the orginal quotation. - Tim1965 18:24, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Sexual slang and original quotations
Talk:Agaram (film)

message: [copied from my talk page] I think you have made an error trying to delete the article, Agaram (film), it has plenty of information. Universal Hero 17:54, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hey there.  I don't think the problem with :Agaram (film) is that is has insufficient information, but that it's not notable.  While it's not a hard-and-fast criterion, the fact that none of the film, director or actors can be found in the IMDB nor Google is a bad sigh.  You can add a hangon tag to the article and add notability information if you have any.  Coren 18:02, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Notability
Talk:Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises

message: Circle Line Downtown and Circle Line at 42nd are two entirely different company's with only an ancestral correspondence. Circle Line split into two separate companies--Circle Line Sightseeing and what would later become Circle Line Harbor Cruises, LLC--after 1982. Following this break they developed into two autonomous companies
CircleLineDowntown (talk) 21:05, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Older (2) 

message: Firstly, do we need the bit about US 1549 at all? I wondered whether each example of a vessel which helped has been similarly documented? Are we saying that CLSC's role here was notable? Because if it was, then great, but let's document it properly.
Secondly, if we do need the ditching story - and I acknowledge that yes, maybe we do! - do we really need two bits of media about it? There is a blurry and jerky video and a better-quality photo. In neither of them, from neither the media nor their captioning, is it currently possible to identify which vessel we should be looking at - it's just a load of boats and an aircraft. We know that the scene is heroic, miraculous and amazing but we do not know where we fit into it reading this article. My suggestion would be to lose one of them - preferably the video - and keep the other but point out how it is connected to this line.  or whatever. Without this kind of link, it just feels a bit dumped here. But what do you think? Best wishes DBaK (talk) 12:32, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  US 1549
Talk:Brass (disambiguation)

message: ::Isn't "brass" also a slang term for army officers? 169.237.235.71 18:07, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That's why theres a link to Wiktionary. Disambiguation pages are not lists of dictionary definitions. The article on officers made no mention of the term "Brass", so I removed it. Feel free to add a link to it here If you add it to an article. Dissolve 18:14, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Coalition of the Willing (Jericho episode)

message: Coalition implies allies. Unless the title is ironic, which is possible. Fshy --71.146.34.138 18:09, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: To Jericho's benefit they have a Tank in their arsenal.
Lowellriggsiam 21:35, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, Johnston Green is the one who said "You never know when you might need a tank". Considering that the morse code translation for that episode (Semper Fidelis) was "They'll need it", and you can see the edge of it in the preview for next week's episode, it will play a part. How big of a part is still unknown. As for Hawkins' bomb, it is a 20 kiloton nuclear warhead from a Soviet MERV, not a dirty bomb. BIG difference :-) --Breandán 02:11, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: A time for war

message: Anyone see the flag at the end of the episode? It looked like the US flag with less stars and stripesA305w 01:57, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Could someone add this picture or a better one on the appropriate page? [NEW FLAG PIC]. Same amount of stripes (but aligned vertically) but with 21 stars instead.
-G—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.231.158.71 (talk) 02:31, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Do a Google Image Search for "us civil flag"+"vertical stripes" and prepare to be surprised ;) Kar98 17:45, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Interesting. Its the US Civil flag, a flag that hasn't been used except by the Coast Guard in a modified form, since 1822. It looks like in the screencap it has the wrong number of stars but it is hard to tell. I wonder how they'll use it on Jericho? A305w 18:03, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Supposedly the current U.S. is the MILITARY flag for the U.S, and the flag with the vertical stripes is the flag for civilian use. I’m assuming that other towns or cities in the Jericho universe decided to revive this flag in light of the recent wars and conflicts across the U.S.
-G —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.231.230.240 (talk) 19:58, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Flag

message: When we see the first shot of the truck that Hawking's spots, did anyone notice that it was a black and white truck, then in the next shots it turns to blue and white?
ITDEFX 23:26, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Goof??
Talk:Baba Sali

message: I am taking this statement out:
"However, Rabbi Yisrael staunchly opposed political Zionism. He was quoted as saying that the book VaYoel Moshe, a religious polemic tome against modern day political Zionism, by Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum, was the "Tractate of our generation", and would make a celebration when he completed studying this book, as he would for studying a tractate of Talmud."
Where was he quoted as saying this? This statement is not referenced in any way. In fact, the link at the bottom of the article says that the "rabbi's stance towards the Zionist endeavour and the secular State of Israel was known to be essentially favourable." If anyone has the source of this contradictory, and currently un-sourced piece of information, please present it. Until then, this statement will be removed.--Brad M. 22:02, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: This article is filled to the brim with peacock terms and sentences. I'm cutting it down. --Toussaint (talk) 03:24, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Severely peacocked 

message: I'd love to see details of his second marriage. I know the Baba Sali's second wife and third wife lived in the same time, the second wife lived in Yerushalayim while the third wife lived in Netivot. --Manor Perets (talk) 06:13, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  2nd Wife 

message: The wikilinked Moroccan city of Boudnib, where the Baba Sali's career began, is repeatedly spelled "Bodniv" in the article. Should we make consistent use of one spelling or the other, or explain the disparity? --Eliyahu S Talk 09:21, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Boudnib / Bodniv? 

message: The section Baba Sali#Exile ends with the Rav taking up a position in Bodniv, Morocco in the early 1920's.
Then the article jumps to his death and burial in Netivot, Israel in 1984.
Shouldn't we have something about his life for six decades, and how he moved from the country of his birth and early work to the country of his final resting place?
Surely the man must have done something notable in his life to warrant a tomb visited by thousands of pilgrims every year.
Content experts?  Anyone? --Eliyahu S Talk 09:31, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, that's where I left off writing the article. I'll try to get back to it. Yoninah (talk) 11:30, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  From Bodniv to Netivot?
Talk:Ferrous

message: This is various stuff from the merge and I don't know how much is really needed. I feel that all of this can be found in other articles.
 Properties of ferrous metals:
 * may be pure iron or they may be alloys of iron and other elements.
 * it is common that they be highly magnetic, although not all of them are. (Austenitic stainless steel, a ferrous metal, is non-magnetic, while cobalt is magnetic but non-ferrous.)
 ==Ferrous metals==
 Common ferrous metals include the various irons and steels. Common non-ferrous metals include aluminum, copper, lead, tin, zinc.
 ==Other uses==
 For example, referring to "ferrous metallurgy" includes the production of metallic iron, including wrought iron, cast iron, steel, or other alloying elements.
--Wizard191 (talk) 18:38, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have expanded the ferrous part slightly.  This may be of help to those who know little of the subject.  I do not think it necessary or helpful to list non-ferrous metals.  Peterkingiron (talk) 22:12, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is any of this really needed? 

message: Okay, the article may say the uses are mostly deprecated, but... what WERE the uses? I saw this matierial in a minecraft mod, so i'm interested in what it is used for.
209.240.127.38 (talk) 15:35, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  uses 

message: Why does the See Also section include Ferris wheel? That article says that the Ferris wheel was named after a guy whose last name was Ferris - nothing to do with Iron. --Sbreheny (talk) 00:37, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Removed, this isn't a dab page. Vsmith (talk) 00:45, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ferris Wheel 

message: I may not be the first to propose this, but IMO, the articles that currently have the Latin names of ions (e.g. this one) should be moved to their newer element+Roman numeral equivalents (e.g. "Iron(II)"), with the Latin names becoming the redirects instead. I have two major reasons for this:
* The system featuring element+Roman numeral is the newer system and the one currently approved/encouraged by the IUPAC; and
* "Ferrous" is an adjective while "Iron(II)" is a noun; I know that phrases containing nouns are usually preferred over (bare) adjectives for article titles.
Could moves of such pages be considered? 134.153.39.171 (talk) 13:42, 25 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move to "Iron(II)"
Talk:Robert O'Brien (racing driver)

message: How is Robert O'Brien, a racing driver who participated in a single race and wasn't ranked in the results, sufficiently notable for a Wikipedia page? Lippard (talk) 23:01, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That was not his only race, just his only World Championship race. He took part in other Formula One races and there are also many reports of him being a CIA agent and/or a spy, and that motor racing was just a front for his other activities. There are so many Formula One articles and we're getting to them all slowly. This one will be expanded sooner or later. Bretonbanquet (talk) 23:16, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, thanks! Lippard (talk) 03:37, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

text: It can't be deleted as O'Brien is notable as per WP:ATHLETE. Bretonbanquet (talk) 10:33, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Notability
Talk:Robert Smith (running back)

message: When Smith retired, the article alludes to the fact that he said he was going to pursue a medical career. Since he's now on ESPN, I think it's reasonable to ask what the hell happened to that? Shouldn't the article mention that he does not appear to be pursuing a medical career after all?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.254.31.36 (talk) 00:56, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  What medical career? 
Talk:Collegium Novum

message: Collegium Novum was opened on 14 June 1887, commencing several years of debate and construction. This makes no sense.... Shouldn't it be "...concluding several years....", or ".... after several years..." ??--Jotel 09:06, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chronology at the beginning 
Talk:Clint Independent School District

message: http://www.clintweb.net/UserFiles/Servers/Server_28120/File/Migration/Notificacion%20a%20los%20padres.pdf - http://www.webcitation.org/6ak1sOIH1 uses "Distrito Escolar de Clint I.S.D."
WhisperToMe (talk) 02:35, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spanish alt names 
Talk:Victor van Strydonck de Burkel

message: I noted on the internet that the years listed for his life varied.  In order to resolve the conflicting information, I contacted the Belgian Museum of the Army in Brussels.  The cordial email I received on 24 June 2009 follows:
>Dear Sir
>I can confirm the dates 
>1876- 
>8-1-1961
>Staying at your Service
>I remain
>Dr Pierre Lierneux
>Expertise documentaire
>Dept III
>Museum of the ARmy and the military History
>Jubilee Parc 3
>1000 Brussels
Therefore, I have changed the birth year listed in the article to 1876.  Cheers, W. B. Wilson (talk) 18:32, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birth and death years of General van Strydonck de Burkel
Talk:Cummins M-series engine

message: i got a question about an over heating m11 engin i got on my 97 fld. 
....my mechanic told me it is normal for engin to run at 220 degree is it. i say ?
so please can some one tell me is it or not. now im not that very new to driving trucks. and not very good as a mechanic. but i know that HEAT is engines worst enemy so please i realy could use some straite ansewer thnx.  hk trucking owner  hormez
:Heat in combustion chamber improves fuel economy, I was taught in 4H, when I was 10. Going from 160 to 190 with a good thermostat, is supposed to be good for a 10% improvment in economy on a deisel. If the temp stays stable even after a long pull, the thermostat is controling the temp in the motor. The radiator has cooler water for the engine if the thermostat lets it flow. OLD retired farmer.
::No, 220 degrees is to hot, thermostat opens fully before 205, and should never exceed that.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.81.193.253 (talk) 21:47, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: ????
Talk:Wes Ours

message: Wes used to coach running backs at Westmar High School should i add that  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pat21539 (talk • contribs) 10:50, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Not unless you have proof. 74.47.75.251 (talk) 19:10, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: High school coach
Talk:TV1 (Estonian TV channel)

message: TV1 was one my favorite TV station when it was on the air and I know that TV1 was a private station, not government-funded. In October 2001 their transmissions were ceased and in February 2002, bankruptcy was declared. Due to high debts, at 4 PM on 3 October 2001, Estonian Broadcasting Transmission Center(now Levira) turned their transmitter off. Shortly before it TV1 had text news broadcast(what had music videos as a background) on air. At 3:58 PM they showed a text on a section of SMS chat: "From Info-TV and other TV1 employees too, goodbye!" and Andrea Bocelli's and Sarah Brightman's Time to say Goodbye was played. Estonian Olympic Committee is now located at old TV1's building at Pirita tee 12, Tallinn. --Tarmo Tanilsoo 18:53, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Paddy (pigeon)

message: * 230 miles in 4 hours, 5 minutes, is a little under 60mph.  This sounds implausible.  I don't see those numbers repeated in any of the cited pages.  Can we get a cite for this impressive speed? --Joshua BishopRoby 19:01, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fast Bird?
Talk:HMS Conqueror (S48)

message: Users are invited to comment on the removal of :Image:HMS Conqueror (S48).jpg at the RFC on Talk:British naval forces in the Falklands War. Pfainuk talk 12:08, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The image has now been taken to IFD here. Pfainuk talk 16:28, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  RFC 

message: The article states, in a footnote, "The only other submarine to sink a warship since World War II is the Pakistani Navy's PNS Hangor." It is widely believed (and this belief is more than adequately published in reliable sources) that the Republic of Korea Ship Cheonan was torpedoed by an unknown North Korean midget submarine, and this is reported in the Wikipedia article on the Cheonan. This means that at least one other sub has probably sunk a warship, and although we don't know which one it surely deserves a mention. 91.85.36.107 (talk) 08:49, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Only two sub kills since WW2?