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Talk:Sarah Mildred Long Bridge

message: Is the railroad portion of this bridge just a single track wide?  JNW2 (talk) 03:58, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes Ereuter (talk) 14:03, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Tracks

message: You may find what the Interstate Commerce Commission had to write in the late 1910s useful: Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/ICC valuations/Proprietors of Portsmouth Bridge --NE2 04:46, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Some history

message: The old bridge is described as having a lift portion for highway traffic, and some (not quite completely described) retractable span for rail.
However, the new bridge appears to similarly have a lower deck for rail and an upper deck for highway traffic, but the lift span appears to be single-level, so how does this bridge operate?72.43.88.221 (talk) 11:24, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: This is not the forum to ask general questions about the operation of the bridge- however, to answer you, this article states " The result is a dual-purpose single 300-foot (91 m) lift span[24] with an integrated set of rails, which lowers to railroad level when rail traffic must cross." 331dot (talk) 12:17, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  So... How does the *new* bridge work?
Talk:Dixfield, Maine

message: I propose moving this article to the simpler Dixfield, Maine, which currently redirects to this article.  I understand that the "(town)" qualifier was added to some Maine towns to distinguish from census-designated places carrying the same name.  (See Dixfield (CDP), Maine).  However, in New England, by far the most common search for a place name is for the entire town, rather than the census-designated place, which is simply a statistical artifact.  Maine is the only New England state in which some town articles still carry "(town)" in their titles, and even here it has been inconsistent.--Ken Gallager (talk) 18:23, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Support The town is almost always what is referred to when using "Dixfield, Maine". The CDP is clearly a secondary usage. --Polaron | Talk 15:21, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

text: Comment I overlooked Vermont above: there are some Vermont "(town)" and "(village)" articles, but there the distinction is between two legal entities.--Ken Gallager (talk) 15:35, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  –Drilnoth (T • C) 15:46, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed move
Talk:Dover-Foxcroft, Maine

message: It doesn't say which side of the Piscataquis Dover was on, and which side Foxcroft was on. Someone the Person (talk) 22:09, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I found a source  for which side each was on. Someone the Person (talk) 22:12, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The link embedded into the article was actually a history of the town. It was best to be put in the external links. I apologize if this was wrong. Thanks Relevantsus (talk) 04:15, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup 
Talk:East Millinocket, Maine

message: The request is to move this page to the simpler East Millinocket, Maine.  The modifier of "(town)" had been used to distinguish from the census-designated place "(CDP)" by the same name, but the CDP is merely a statistical compilation with no legal weight.  All info about East Millinocket other than demographic info for the town center belongs in the town page.--Ken Gallager (talk) 15:31, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Requested move
Talk:Etna, Maine

message: I've restored the Camp Etna section which was taken out by a previous user, with the explanation that it was religious self-promotion.  I wrote the section and am not a spiritualist but an historian.  Camp Etna is a famous historical landmark within the town of Etna, similar to other historic religious landmarks such as churches or synagogues.  There are a number of links within the paragraph to sites which relate to the Camp Etna site.Buskahegian (talk) 08:21, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The religion self promotion removal has nothing to do with you or who posted the materiel. It has to do with the reference used. Nothing done on Wikipedia is based on user reputation, only facts and citations. The citation used here is the camps own claim of self worth with no additional citation to back it up. Thank you for your diligence on Wikipedia and I hope this little bump does discourage you from further editing, including finding a good source for this edit.Dkriegls (talk) 17:59, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: REMOVAL OF CAMP ETNA SECTION
Talk:Frye Island, Maine

message: Just wanted to note: the Census Bureau attempts to consider year-round residents, so there's nothing inconsistent about the idea that the town has a population of 0.  Nyttend (talk) 14:32, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population 
Talk:Harrington, Maine

message: WE DEFINITELY NEED TO INCLUDE A PARAGRAPH ON THE LOCAL ENTREPRENEUR, SINCE 1992, WHO HAS BEEN ANNUALLY DONATING 5000 MAGNIFICENT CHRISTMAS WREATHS TO ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, ENLISTING LOCAL HARRINGTON TEENAGERS TO ASSIST WITH THE TRANSPORT AND SETTING-UP OF THE WREATHS IN WASHINGTON,D.C. AS PART OF THEIR NATIONAL HERITAGE EXCURSION.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.136.191.219 (talk) 04:08, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
Talk:Harrison, Maine

message: I've temporarily moved text identifying these potentially notable residents to the talk page until the Wikipedia articles describing their notability can be completed in accordance with WP:BIO. Thewellman (talk) 20:03, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Potentially notable residents
Talk:Hollis, Maine

message: Might the town be named in memory of Thomas Hollis, an English publisher who had supported American rights and contributed generously to American universities? J S Ayer (talk) 02:10, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: (specifically Harvard) and for whom Holliston, Massachusetts is named? J S Ayer (talk) 23:12, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name 
Talk:Howland, Maine

message: I am thinking about making a MSAD #31 article. There is sufficient information right now and also I can easily get alot more. Any ideas?
Patricksimpson21 (talk) 18:03, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Moving Local School Section 
Talk:Kingfield, Maine

message: See WP:SPAM. If The Bullocks are not notable enough to have their own Wiki page, they are not notable enough to have more than a passing mention in the Kingfield, Maine article (if any). Other editors will soon delete even the brief para I left, unless it is supported by an independent, third-party reference. Piano non troppo (talk) 07:38, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: The Bullocks
Talk:Nishiki (bicycle company)

message: *Old School BMX magazines - many read like adverts but perhaps some facts can be gleaned. Bruxton (talk) 17:11, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Treasure trove

message: Throughout the US bike boom of the 1970s and into the 1980s, Nishiki and West Coast Cycle competed with domestic companies including Schwinn, Huffy, and Murray; European companies including Raleigh, Peugeot and Motobecane—as well as other nascent Japanese brands including Miyata, Fuji, Bridgestone, Panasonic, Univega, Lotus and Centurion—itself a line of Japanese-manufactured bicycles that were specified, distributed and marketed by Western States Imports (WSI), a US company similar to West Coast Cycle. 
That's an awfully big chunk of the lead devoting to surveying the historical landscape. — MaxEnt 23:03, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  A bit too much background in lead
Talk:List of ships of the Israeli Navy

message: The name of the first Dolphin AIP Submarine is written Tanin. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.142.54.241 (talk) 23:56, 1 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Name of the Dolphin AIP Submarine

message: When was the prefix INS introduced officially? Is there a paper from the ministry of defense giving this as a standard? -- Behaltbar (talk) 13:33, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  INS 

message: isn't pre ww2 gunboats/ships misleading? My proposakl would be ww2 gunboats/ships. --JuergenKlueser (talk) 13:26, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: ww2 gunboats/ships would be appropriate. Flayer (talk) 16:14, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Naming of sections
Talk:Lincoln, Maine

message: This article should be titled Lincoln, Maine. The addition of "Penobscot County" to the title was to prevent confusion with Lincoln Plantation, Maine, population 46.  I believe the potential for confusion is vanishingly small.  "Lincoln, Maine" is simpler and fits the standard U.S. format for town names. --Ken Gallager (talk) 14:22, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Support moving to the simpler name as the plantation is almost always called "Lincoln Plantation" rather than "Lincoln" alone. --Polaron | Talk 15:17, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: . Standard procedure for town names. –Drilnoth (T • C) 13:15, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Requested move

message: The stub I created was redirected, but feel free to use this for future expansion, if helpful. Happy editing! ---Another Believer (Talk) 20:06, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Statue of Gary Gordon
Template talk:WikiProject Walt Disney World

message: I created this template to be used on any page that would fall under the Walt Disney World WikiProject. With it being created a page at the WikiProject needs to be made wdw=yes|wdw-importance=/Assessment for assessment, also a number of categories need to be created as well as a main category. If one is found to not have been created please do so. Phydend (talk) 04:16, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Creation
Talk:Lubec, Maine

message: The part about the salt swindle ends with this mention... Yet it nowhere says who this 'Smith' is, the other person responsible is named as Charles Fisher.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.157.155.247 (talk) 08:43, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jernegan and Smith vanished 
Talk:Machias, Maine

message: Clearly, this information has nothing to with a reference to the town in this magnitude.  This should be made into a new article, with a small reference added to the machias article.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Downwithelimanning (talk • contribs) 03:34, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've split out Battle of Machias with the text detailing the battle. Magic♪piano 19:04, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Seperation of revolutionary war information from machias page 

message: I'm only an occasional contributor to wikipedia, so I'm not sure what the appropriate approach is to the fact that a goodly portion of this article is taken verbatim from a source long out of copyright, "A History of Machias, Maine" in _A Gazetteer of the State of Maine_, by George  J. Varney (B. B. Russell, Boston, 1886).  I'm sure no one is going to call and complain, but that makes some of the text 125 years out of date as well as not really original.  Maybe rather than a rewrite, the text could simply be properly attributed and quoted?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pdbg (talk • contribs) 22:32, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Referencing? 

message: Ive felt kind of strssed lately, but Im still planning to improve the climate data for this town.  Though my plan to do that is to remove it and then link to a nearby town with better data.  The data we have here now is clearly corrupt, as it is far out of step with nearby towns such as Eastport both in terms of its general shapes and the steps between months  (May being 16F warmer than April  but June only 3F warmer than May). Likely it was based on a very short period of record, which Weatherbase does not reveal. —Soap— 03:30, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Climate
Talk:Madawaska, Maine

message: The link is to NE extremes - which states that Estcourt Station is the northernmost town ???  Irish Melkite (talk) 05:02, 7 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: ? Northernmost town in New England 

message: Why is potato farming not mentioned under economy? 2601:681:5500:BCD0:5881:7575:1DBA:C72E (talk) 01:45, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Economy- potato farming
Talk:Heat flux

message: I've :Check out the "What links here" in the link alongside this article's page also.  Gene Nygaard (talk) 04:55, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge

message: This article is not consistent with other related wiki articles, such as the article on flux and the article on the heat equation.
--MuTau (talk) 01:29, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Flow of energy per unit of time per unit area is correct.  Please note that the SI unit for energy is the Joule, not the Watt, which is the unit for power.  Watts are Joules per second.  W/m² = J/s-m², hence heat flux is flow of energy per unit area per unit time. 2600:1700:DDA0:5500:3D0E:1234:6AEB:C2CE (talk) 20:17, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Consistency 

message: Would Heat Flux also be known as radiant exitance? If so, should that be added as an aka for Heat Flux (and cross-linked to the Radiant Exitance page, and the Radiant Exitance page cross-linked here)?
76.30.103.137 (talk) 20:07, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Also aka radiant exitance?
Talk:Milford, Maine

message: You spelled "parties" wrong, retard. Get a life.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.179.18.125 (talk) 04:18, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
Talk:Millinocket, Maine

message: RECENT photos! Not century old paintings! This goes for most other articles on towns/small cities in new england. I could care less about a pile of logs in Millinocket, ME 100 years ago, what does the town look like now?----outintheRED (not signed in)
Those pictures are under the History topic. Chill out dude they are at the right place. And contribute if you want. Always easy to complain when you have nothing to bring to the table.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.92.188.27 (talk) 05:39, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Monmouth, Maine

message: Dude, I'm part of the 0.42% Native American and the 0.69% Hispanic. Sirius85 (talk) 20:28, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Demographics

message: In the last paragraph it is stated: 
“ The median income for a household in the town was $4,300,906, and the median income for a family was $47,616. Males had a median income of $3,002,034 versus $2,002,885 for females. The per capita income for the town was $17,551.”
A median income of $4,300,906 seems out of whack with a per capita income of $17,551.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smcinerny (talk • contribs) 19:03, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Demographics
Talk:Mount Chase, Maine

message: In telling the story of Mount Chase there may be some old photos that would help.  Also, a winter view and other scenic images could enhance the article.  Please contribute and feel free to replace what I have added.  Maineshepp (talk) 00:44, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Got photos? 
Talk:Mount Desert, Maine

message: The following comes from page 108 of Man vs. Weather by Dennis DiClaudio:
"In 1853, Mount Desert, Maine, was beset with a gaggle of lightning balls during a blizzard. They came pouring into the townspeople's homes, entering through windows and doors and down chimneys, causing mass mayhem, hysteria, and no small number of injuries. One man was shocked so badly by one that he was left stunned and incapable of speech."  Unfortunately, the author doesn't cite his source. There's also nothing about it on the Ball Lightning page. Anyone have more information about this incident?
-Nobody202 (talk) 01:17, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ball lightning attack 

message: John D. Rockefeller Jr. built a large house on the island. I've seen photos of it, its massive. Shouldn't it be mentioned in the article? --RyanTee82 (talk) 04:43, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Note that this is the article on Mount Desert, a small town on the island.  The article on Mount Desert Island does mention Rockefeller, who donated much of the land that is now Acadia National Park, but is only one of a long list of luminaries who had (and have) houses, some of them large, on the island.. . . . Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward (talk • contribs)  13:14, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Rockefeller house
Talk:Nobleboro, Maine

message: At last! Most of the Wiki articles on towns provide the settlement and incorporation dates in the narrative, and also in the column on the right.
2602:304:CDA6:51B0:85EE:6363:AE3C:CC12 (talk) 01:34, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  The term "founded" needs elaboration 
Talk:Orrington, Maine

message: I flagged the unsourced statement that Orrington was part of the Kenduskeag Plantation.
According to William D. Williamson's 1832 History of the State of Maine, Kenduskeag Plantation "extended from the first house north of Wheeler's mills at Soadabscook [later Hampden], to Stillwater [later Orono and Old Town]. It contained, in 1790, 567 inhabitants, including adjacents".  This included (without the "adjacents") the present city of Bangor (incorporated 1791) and the towns of Orono (incorporated 1806), Old Town (set off from Orono in 1840), and Veazie (set off from Bangor in 1853).
If Orrington was incorporated in 1788, it should have been mentioned here.
However, in the [0,{%22name%22:%22Fit%22} first census from 1790, Orrington is listed separately from Kenduskeag Plantation. Wuerzele (talk) 19:00, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
Talk:Paris, Maine

message: List of songs about ParisShadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet’s “Memories of Gay Paree was most likely about Paris, Ontario. The video featured a scale model layout of Paris, France.Civic Cat (talk) 19:51, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: any songs about Paris?
Talk:Richmond, Maine

message: Per https://www.google.com/books/edition/In_Memoriam_Israel_Washburn_Jr/InwmAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=israel+washburn+1876&pg=PA8&printsec=frontcover Seasider53 (talk) 10:20, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Formerly named White's Landing
Talk:Rockport, Maine

message: Not sure how to add references when the section does not exist, but this is a link to an article about Merrill Morang, written about six months before his death.
http://knox.villagesoup.com/p/292406  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.78.35.72 (talk) 19:07, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable people (references) 

message: This recently added content should gain consensus for inclusion: "Sea View Cemetery in Rockport is home to the grave of a young, unidentified baby boy whom passed away and was found in the Rockport Quarry on Route 1 in 1940. His headstone reads "Unknown Unwanted Baby Boy". The grave is located in the Pauper's Section in the back of the cemetery and has been decorated with toys and gifts over the years." Find-a-grave is not a RS and does not back claim. Promotes OR. Also, source draws conclusions that are not back by any other source. Maineartists (talk) 19:12, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Questionable content 

message: Andre the Seal is apparently notable and has an article. The person who found the seal does not have an article and should not be listed as a notable resident. Notability is not inherited. If Harry Goodridge is notable himself then WP:WTAF. Meters (talk) 23:46, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Andre the Seal]]
Talk:Solar dynasty

message: Further to my note above from some years ago regarding a clean up, things seem to have actually got worse. Certainly in the last 3 or 4 months, people have been changing sourced information and I'm not at all convinced that they have actually read the sources because the info has been changed more that once, eg: the Indo-Aryan/Dravidian problem in the paragraph citing Mazumdar. I'm tempted to revert this thing back for years unless someone starts providing quotes (here, not in the article) so we can all see what is going on. - Sitush (talk) 10:10, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sourcing 

message: This is incorrect transliteration done by  Hunterian scheme doesnot translate to 'm'.
Hence Raghuwamsh is incorrect. Please revert the change.
Wait for making any changes to anything related to Suryavanshi or Raghuvanshi.
Ref : Latest revision as of 02:23, 20 February 2022 (view source) Getsnoopy (talk | contribs)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by  Neha.thakur75 (talk • contribs) 05:23, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Continue the discussion at :Talk:Raghuvamshi.  There is no value in discussing what is fundamentally the same issue on multiple Talk pages simultaneously. General Ization Talk   14:46, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

text: A user would not have been aware of the discussion at :Talk:Raghuvamshi without a link to that discussion, which I added above. Once again, you may not instruct other editors not to participate in Talk page discussions. General Ization Talk   16:10, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  incorrect transliteration done by {{mention|Getsnoopy|p='s}}
Talk:Lizard (camouflage)

message: This is an old article, but it has not improved much with time. It has two major issues.
Firstly, there is only one reference, and that's only a marginal source that wouldn't be acceptable on a history article, say. The article needs proper sourcing for the claims it makes. What has stopped a vandal adding a flag or two to the list? Indeed, how do we know the nations on the list are actually users of the pattern? It's not satisfactory.
Secondly, the list of flags/nations says extremely little about the evolution of the pattern. It barely even hints at the most basic fact, which is that it's a French pattern with many descendants, in which a family tree can be discerned.
The two issues could with benefit be addressed together, by writing a brief history of the pattern's development in France and then in other nations, and grouping those in that history, with suitable references. We could then get rid of the (totally useless) flag icons. Chiswick Chap (talk) 17:50, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Two issues, and a suggestion
Talk:Benigno Ramos

message: There is only an oblique reference to Ramos' imprisonment prior to the 1941 election.  The page on the Japanese occupation mentions his release.  Surely there is more than can be said about his arrest and imprisonment.  AusJeb (talk) 17:54, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Imprisonment?
Talk:Metal House Robots

message: I feel that while this may refer to items that can be bought and sold, that it is not actually advertising the items as if for sale. I think the topic refers to a very popular hobby in which most collectors will appreciate the facts and news put forth by this article. In the robot collecting world, most collectors are starved for knowledge on who manufactured these items, as most companies have long since been out of business. This is a rare and unique example of a company that has been in business for almost 70 years, having made some of the most important robots in most hobbyists' collections. Since most collectors are ignorant to the fact that this old, unknown company indeed manufactured the robots they love to collect, and that the company still exists, is invaluable information. The art of making tin toys has long been lost to nintendo, Bratz and other toys of the modern era. To delete this article would be like deleting the art of making samurai swords,even though the makers still SELL their wares.Thetruthy (talk) 04:45, 6 December 2007 (UTC)