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Talk:Children's Book Award (UK)

message: During major expansion these two hours I have used section headings identical to those (I have introduced) elsewhere —except the first, "Process and latest rendition". That does not appeal to me for the first named section of any article but it does fit the content, which combines what we handle separately in many articles on more important awards —eg, Conditions, Eligibility, Process, Rules, etc; typically no more than two of these per article. (Current rendition or Latest rendition is my coinage, as far as I know, and may appear only after my major revision.)
Here I have stated the fact that the three shortlists comprise those ten books that garner the most nominations (RHCBA, Pick of the Year). That source explicitly features a "top 50" that for 2012 comprises 17, 17, and 16 books from the three categories. That distribution is so uniform as possible, which for me casts doubt that the shortlists of size 4, 3, and 3 for 2012 simply comprise the top ten. I suspect that the categories attract different numbers of participants; that both the top ten and top 50 are uniform in number by category according to policy rather than accident. If anyone learns the truth pro or con, please speak up. --in the article with Reference or Note if possible. 
--P64 (talk) 01:13, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Process and latest rendition
Talk:Lost and Found (book)

message: The Penguin Cabal strikes again!Coolabahapple (talk) 06:20, 27 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Squark squark!! 
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Trains/Timelines task force

message: I don't think the project makes as much use of the 'xxxx in rail transport' pages as it could, although I suspect that a 'project policy' would need to be drawn up to ensure consistent application.
Anyway, having just stumbled across Years in rail transport (indirectly) -- after noticing that someone has removed the year link '1902' from Buffer stop, "in accordance with WP:MOSNUM" -- I realised that the 'xxxx in rail transport' pages have a notable omission. It would strike me as sensible for each of these pages to also link to 'Rail accidents in xxxx', 'Railway stations opened in xxxx', and 'Railway stations closed in xxxx', etc, plus any other like pages that may appear in the future. This should be an easy fix to apply using a template (and a bot?).
Also, I'm sure it would be useful for these pages to provide a quick link from each page to  Years in rail transport -- again, a link from a template would probably be best.
Thoughts?
EdJogg 12:05, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems like a reasonable navigation need to me.  I'll work up something for the navbox template on them.  Slambo (Speak) 12:27, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Missing links

message: Maybe it's a good idea to redirect this talk page to the WP:Trains talk page? Also, I was wondering why there is a need for articles like June 2010 in rail transport. It would seem the article 2010 in rail transport isn't so large that it couldn't hold all of the events on the one page. Having everything all on one page would make it much easier for the reader to navigate.
Finally, MOS:FLAGS asks for the country's name to be included next to the flag (or at least nearby?). In many of the items on these lists this isn't the case.. for example June 22 – Bergen Light Rail is opened., in the 2010 in rail transport article.. or August 23 - The Suvarnabhumi Airport rail link opens after a 4 year delay, connecting the Suvarnabhumi Airport with the City Centre. The reader may not know the flags of Norway and Thailand; and this isn't clear from the caption.. so the country's name should be added somewhere. Thanks, Mlm42 (talk) 00:47, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  A few things
Talk:Bill Russ

message: There's another Bill Russ who is a director, writer, and actor from USA. He's actually more known as his character "Retro Bill."
Check it out: http://imdb.com/name/nm1103155/ and http://retrobill.com/pressroom.htm
He's coming to my boy's school for an assembly and I wanted to see if there's any info on wiki. I would contribute but I never like to sign up for community sites and I've only time to find these two sources, though one of them is not reliable and the other is more of an advertisement.
- 76.171.59.175 (talk) 07:32, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bill Russ of Hollywood, CA
Talk:JCI Limited

message: The article makes strong and probably defamatory statements about the recent mismanagement of JCI Ltd without any references to back up these claims. The article was written by a SPA and is not neutral in tone throughout. There is no neutral version to revert to. andy 12:14, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The article certainly needs better sourcing, no question about that. But please re-read it and simply remove the dispparging remarks. Of course prod or AFD is always an option but not speedy. JodyB Roll, Tide, Roll 15:58, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Attack

message: Whilst prosecution of Brett Kebble is highly improbable, as he is dead, the previous management is currently the subject of litigation, as discussed on the  ABC's  Four Corners program on 02/06/2008.  The segment is called "Bad Company", and the transcript is given at "Bad Company" transcript, 02/06/2008, with additional sources at Background on "Bad Company".
I am going to put references to the Four Corners program on the page.  I will also mention John Stratton's alleged role therein.
Mvanderkolff (talk) 09:43, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Re. Brett Kebble
Talk:David Roberts (illustrator)

message: Lynn Margaret Roberts, b. 1973-11-16; Pavilion Children's Books; Chrysalis C B
* 
WorldCat participating libraries catalogue five distinct works: three retellings of fairy tales illustrated by David Roberts (Cinderella, Rapunzel, Red Riding Hood); Toy Story and SpongeBob look-and-find books.
--P64 (talk) 21:57, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sister and collaborator Lynn Roberts 

message: Thanks David for your beautiful drawings in perky Andrea Beaty's "Iggy Peck, architect". But, as my grand-son soon noticed, you forgot the school-mistress shoe-laces, which Iggy uses to tie up an emergency bridge...BTW, thanks Andrea for allowing the school-mistress to suffer only a mild "architectophobia" after such a childhood trauma 
(being stuck in a sky-scraper elevator for 2 days with some French clowns feeding only on camembert cheese...) !.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.27.240.64 (talk) 08:28, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: a trifle : shoe-laces forgotten in "Iggy Peck, Architect"

message: Previously we said, "David Roberts has also illustrated the covers for the reprints of Enid Blyton's St Clare's books, for the Molly Moon series by Georgia Byng ...". Literally that means cover art for the original Molly Moon editions but I wonder about the intention.
ISFDB shows four different covers  but credits none of the artists for book one, Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism (where we credit the third of them, edition unspecified). 
Books by Georgia Byng and David Roberts at WorldCat hits only the records for Catalan language editions of the first two books, which credit Roberts for the covers, no images. Perhaps those alone because it is exceptional for library catalogues to credit any cover artist. 
I rewrote the paragraph without mention of the Molly Moon series. --P64 (talk) 20:13, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Molly Moon series
Talk:Bob Graham (author/illustrator)

message: The bibliography does not mention "Spirit of Hope", 1992, I think.
128.250.80.15 (talk) 05:48, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Bob has written a truckload of wonderful books, the article only lists those that have won awards. It would be nice to have a full list in the article. Gdt (talk) 07:15, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Cold drop

message: Greetings,
Is "cold drop" really the term used in English or is it simply the translation from Spanish. I've been told by someone who tends to know such things that the correct English term is "cut-off low". Can someone please confirm. Likewise, what would be the difference between this and what I know of as a cloudburst? Thanx. --Technopat 12:29, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Cut-off low?

message: This article is plagued with errors:
*It is not polar air the reason of "cold drop". The actual reason is that, in october, Mediterranean sea waters are much warmer than continent is. Remember that water does not heat up as quickly as land areas, but also lasts much more time in cooling down. So, different temperatures between land and water along the northern hemisphere coasts, reach its peak in autumn in general and in october in particular, therefore, it is the time with maximum inestability within the atmosphere. It would be good to read the article on the spanish WP about diathermancy (es:diatermancia). 
*The jet stream has nothing to do with this phenomenon. Maybe is the opposite. --Fev (talk) 22:50, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Errors

message: Page needs urgent work to make it clear this is not a meteorological cut off low. rather than the often misused Spanish and Catalan term.Lacunae (talk) 15:58, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Sources in article indicate that a Cold Drop is synonymous with a Cut Off Low. The term Gota Fria is just a Spanish name for the weather phenomena. In essence, GF/DANA is a cut-off low experienced in Southern Europe. I edited the article now to cover Cut off lows in general, or as they're experienced worldwide, because the article was rather Mediterranean/Spanish-centric beforehand. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 106.69.77.183 (talk) 10:28, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cold Drop (Gota Fria) is not the same as a cut off low. 

message: Assuming, of course that a "DANA" is a cold-core low. Jonur (talk) 17:34, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Good question. But no, Cold core lows (or upper level lows), unlike cut off lows/cold drops, are not of poleward origin and in fact are oftentimes associated with subtropical to tropical storm systems. Whereas a a cut-off low/cold drop is literally just a cut-off low from the prevailing frontal track which has strayed from its usual path.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 106.69.77.183 (talk) 10:34, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: You seem to know a lot about this. My main issue is that I think "cold drop" is a literal translation from the Spanish and not a real term used in meteorology in English. The problem is that translators trying to translate "gota fría" into English will find this page and think they have found the equivalent term in English. I'm not convinced that it is a valid term at all. Jonur (talk) 12:02, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Could this be the same as [[Cold-core_low]]?
Talk:Storm (novella)

message: I wonder whether this work is related to Storm and other old English riddles, translated by Kevin Crossley-Holland, London: Macmillan, 1970. U.S. Library of Congress Catalog Record --P64 (talk) 17:07, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Storm, old English? 

message: Relying on very little data I have tried to explain the "Banana Books" class that includes this book. That is not or not simply a Heinemann imprint, if i understand correctly, for this book has been a Red Banana from Egmont (2001) as well as a Yellow Banana from Heinemann (1985) --and in the U.S., some Banana Book from Barron's (1989). 
Does this represent some branding developed by educators and used by multiple publishers? If so, does it have transatlantic meaning?
The explanation of Banana Books helps (should help) to refine the audience for this book, where the coarse distinction is between "children" on the one hand and "teens" or "young adults" on the other. 
--P64 (talk) 15:42, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Banana Books

message: Learning about storms 82.7.190.97 (talk) 20:36, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  English
Talk:Chi Wang

message: Nearly all of this page has been lifted verbatim and without credit, from a 2005 article https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2212&context=jeal. Besides not crediting the original, the article lacks balance and citations. I've trimmed out some of the NPOV language, but the page needs balance and citations.Thinginblack (talk) 10:16, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Copypasta NPOV
Talk:Josh (novel)

message: Revisiting just now (above) I have deleted this paragraph, something I intended to do yesterday.
: As the Carnegie Medal winner for 1971, the novel is described on the Carnegie website as being "about overcoming difficulties and staying true to yourself. It's tense and raw with a message for today and an unexpected ending." Josh's situation is said to represent any time or place when people with different backgrounds confront one another.[ref name=medal1971/]
Providing that refname, I noticed that the quotation is from a visitor review ("Your reviews of this book") not from the book or author blurb provided by CILIP. The last sentence does paraphrase CILIP about the book; I expanded the point with quotation in the lead section of the article (yesterday). 
I now upgrade this to Start, twice, which may justify deleting material from a contributor review --justifies to myself at least! --P64 (talk) 14:28, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Carnegie Medal website review 
Talk:Loose the Concert

message: This isn't real.  It should be deleted.  At the height of Furtado's popularity, it's doubtful the label would release a singles compilation, let alone without any promotion. (insaneace1)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Insaneace1 (talk • contribs) 21:40, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fake Tracklisting?
Talk:Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle

message: It can move its head very quickly:
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JharT0XcAxM - "River Monsters: Turtle Strikes Like a Snake - YouTube" (April 24, 2009) --User123o987name (talk) 11:26, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not in the article
Talk:Middleton on the Hill

message: The location map needs an edit (sorry but I don't know how to do it.  Middleton has to be shown at least 50 miles too far to the east.  Jonathan Trigg, Highgate London  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.171.129.71 (talk) 09:03, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Appears to be OK now.Cavrdg (talk) 09:39, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
Talk:Ashley Bowen

message: Is this really pertinent? Sgt. bender 13:38, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:RAF Bempton

message: Can someone please insert the coordinates for the map please as i cannot work out how to do it right?
Gavbadger (talk) 23:30, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I have fixed the map (assuming existing coords are correct) & set the region as well. Keith D (talk) 23:56, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hello
Talk:Voltage droop

message: While I am only a beginner in the field of electronics, I have never heard of a voltage droop. I just think this is a misspelling, but don't want to step on anyones toes editing it. Besides I don't know how to edit name of the article. Rocketmaniac 13:58, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The easiest way to check for this is to perform a Google search of the term: . If it were a typo then we could expect a handful of hits but this one seems to return quite a few. --Hooperbloob 22:49, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Voltage Drop?

message: I tried to search for droop inside Wiki and I came to PID-regulation. I added this as a link to "droop" here. However, I don't know how could I influence the search engine within Wikipedia to display also this "voltage droop" in the list... The term seems to be very important in the electricity production. Flyflu, 2011-08-17  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.138.39.56 (talk) 14:29, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Droop]]

message: The article contains this text "before the loop has a chance to compensate" but it does not explain what a "loop" is. Please either add a link to a page that explain what this is or add text to do so. 134.191.220.73 (talk) 08:26, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: That now links to Control loop. ~Kvng (talk) 17:32, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  "loop"?
Talk:¿Dónde Jugarán los Niños?

message: Erick (talk) 06:40, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Certifications
Talk:Kate Roberts (YouthAIDS)

message: I've removed the reference to Southport University of Art and Technology although a source says Kate Roberts graduated from Southport University of Art and Technology there isn't, as far as I can find on UCAS, lists of UK Universities etc, a university in Southport or a University in the UK by that name.  There is a Southport college, the type of qualification and the age the Washinton Post article on Kate Roberts says she got her qualification is the normal age that people leave college and start attending University in England this would make it more likely that the college has been mistaken for a university.  If anyone can find Southport University or reference to her attendance at college please add it back to the article, I'll keep looking myself.  --Kaly99 22:19, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Southport University of Art and Technology

message: Given that she is most known for founding YouthAIDS, i.e. as an activist working for AIDS prevention and treatment, it seems a bit odd to me that this article is tagged with the artist stub. :)  --Jimbo Wales 09:59, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Artist? 
Talk:Bondage tape

message: Images of the tape and/or a mummificated Bottom's head would be nice.--Nemissimo 14:13, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Images

message: It seems the wording of this (short) Wikipedia article is the same as this site. I don't know which one is the original.
201.78.108.236 (talk) 19:17, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Dead link 2605:59C8:22F4:8910:ACC3:3E26:A771:958F (talk) 07:33, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Same words as in somewhere else?
Talk:Gibson Spirit

message: Hello from Hackbarth, the creator of the Gibson Spirit page here on Wikipedia.  Thanks for the recent contributions to the page.  I'm curious if anyone can verify that early Spirits had maple necks, as my 82 Epi definitely has a mahogany neck.
If you're looking to contribute, I'd really like to see the gallery expanded.  If someone comes across an S/S/H XPL, please get a photo at all costs!  Well, not ALL costs... but please get one. :)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hackbarth (talk • contribs) 14:41, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
Talk:World's Best Reading

message: This article said the series was canceled in 2006, but according to the discussion of collectors at LibraryThing (see external links), it is still going, in fact the on-going series was mentioned in a recent SEC filing (see LibraryThing for link), in case a source is needed. -- 71.191.42.242 (talk) 01:58, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Series canceled? 

message: In looking at the history for this page, I see that the list of the books in this series was removed by an anonymous editor in November of 2007 because it was erroneous.  While that may be true, is there any reason the list cannot be restored and the work continue to correct and complete the list?  Why remove it all together?
While it's true that the people at LibraryThing have done a lot of work trying to get this sorted out, the thread on that site discussing this matter is very difficult to follow.  I'd like to know what the objections are (if any) to having the results of that work posted here in a more usable format.  
There were some complaints at LibraryThing that the list was removed, and those complaints give the impression that there was some administrative intervention involved, but I don't see any evidence of that.  Am I missing something?  
I don't know if those people (those involved in the LibraryThing discussion) didn't restore it because they didn't know how, or if there was other discussion (not evident here) that took place elsewhere?  Tamblyne (talk) 04:37, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Book List Removed By Anonymous Member? 

message: I've created a spreadsheet of the known publications in this series and restored it to the page after receiving feedback from Gtstricky.  Tamblyne (talk) 18:19, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It is now a year later and out of date. The LibraryThing thread in the External Links seems to be the most lively place to find the most up to date list of books in WBR. Green Cardamom (talk) 03:44, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: BTW, which isn't to say the list here isn't accurate, it is, just needs expanding with the latest volumes. Green Cardamom (talk) 03:46, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Book List Restored
Talk:Spaghetti all' aglio, olio e peperoncino

message: Is there no English name? Garlic, Oil and Peppered-Cheese Spaghetti?--133.62.200.220 14:24, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

message: Salt should be added. Also, may grated cheese (parmesan, romano, or Grana Padano) be added at the end, in the traditional version of this dish? Badagnani (talk) 20:42, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Other ingredients

message: What type(s) of oil are used? I've heard of olive oil, as well as olive oil mixed with sunflower or safflower oil. Badagnani (talk) 21:00, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Oil

message: WP:NOT must be doubtful here, surely this would be better folded into the Spaghetti article, or the recipe transwikied to Wiki Cookbook?? FlagSteward (talk) 02:53, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Notability?
Talk:Cromwell High School

message: Where the heck is his school? There are towns called "Cromwell" all over the place. Improbcat 14:33, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Cromwell is right next to Middletown, Connecticut. Lighted Match 14:52, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Where?

message: Eventually, the picture will be replaced by one that shows more of the school.  Lighted Match (talk) 15:31, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Picture to be uploaded eventually
Talk:HMS Diana

message: From Wikipedia:WikiProject_Ships/Guidelines#Index pages:
:"On a shipindex page, don't obscure a ship article's name behind piping—if the article name is disambiguated by a year or hull/pennant number, the link to it on a shipindex page should display this. You can use one of the templates at Wikipedia:WikiProject Ships/Tools#Editing shortcut templates to easily format a ship's name in italics while still displaying the full article name."
so the |6 option for the template is not used on a shipindex page. It is for in article links. Thank you. Nekura (talk) 21:06, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Obfuscation of article name
Talk:American Screenwriters Association

message: Distinguishing the purpose of this organization compared to the Writers Guild of America, west and Writers Guild of America, East would be helpful to understanding this organization.  It also might improve the article by framing this organization within an industry context.  DirectRevelation 14:35, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: ASA versus other organizations