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Talk:Lock Martin

message: An old edition of Popular Mechanics says that Lockard Martin was 7 ft 4.
:There is some tendency to exaggerate the height of people over 7 ft. That said Find a Grave, the American Film Institute, and IMDB agreed on 7 ft 7. A few others indicate less, but are non-specific and just say "over seven foot." Therefore I'll keep it at 7 ft 7 in least for now.--T. Anthony 06:47, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment

message: Recently, an IP editor () has been claiming via an edit (examply) that Lock Martin suffered from gigantism. I have removed this material as uncited. I have tried to find reliable sources that support this claim, but have not been able to find such sources as yet. Being tall does not automatically mean someone suffers from gigantism. Barring presentation of reliable sources that support this claim, this material should not be in the article in my opinion. I welcome other input. --Hammersoft (talk) 14:18, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Claimed gigantism
Talk:John Malm Jr.

message: There is a lot of stuff about Trent Reznor here that should be in his (or NIN's) page not this one, pretty much the entire last paragraph.
User:?
I scoured the internet for about a half hour trying to find anything about Malm that wasn't tied to NIN, but was unsuccessful.  I did find an address for a John A Malm Jr in Lakewood, OH (a Cleveland suburb) on whitepages.com.  From looking at the address on google maps, it appears he's living in a nice lakefront appartment.
Squibman 22:23, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Not enough about Malm

message: :this whole article is libelous, imho, and urgently requires a thorough reworking with facts, and a careful, accurate and non-biased description of the lawsuit. it also contains almost no info about the subject; it's a trent reznor vanity page. i deleted the most egregious parts, i.e. claims that malm has no talent, and did a quick edit, adding one citation, but this whole thing is coming down fast unless the somebody (preferably the person who created it) fixes these critical problems. you can't mess around with someone's public reputation this way. on notice!! --  Denstat 06:10, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: finally able to look at this again. major edit and some improvement but still needs a lot of work. -- Denstat 04:32, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: libelous content alert

message: Someone needs to reword that part about nothing being a "Stand Alone" record label. Last time i checked, a stand alone label doesn't need distribution and promotion through interscope.69.214.139.76 20:31, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Stand Alone company?
Talk:Giant Haystacks

message: That guy was even heavier and atleast as tall as Andre the Giant.
I can't believe that Giant Haystacks was 6,11. Surely he must have been more like 6'5-6'6?
If Big Daddy was 6'2 I would estimate GH was 6'6", is that OK with everyone?(Halbared 13:42, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion

message: The American Heavyweight Haystacks Calhoun was 6'5 and 45 stone, but he is not to be confused with the British heavyweight Giant Haystacks (Mr. Ruane) who was every bit of 6'10 and 45 stone, though he looks 6'8-ish in his later bouts.--71.222.48.14 22:22, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Lineker is to the right: http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o102/rossie_photos/bulldog%20ateam/gARY.jpg Haystacks even had a footwear advantage, his boots: http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o102/rossie_photos/bulldog%20ateam/they.jpg  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.145.38.5 (talk) 16:18, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Height 

message: I've always thought that he was British. He was born in London, lived most of his life in Manchester, and was always introduced as being British at wrestling events. Why was this suddenly changed? -- Captain Sumo
He was British.Halbared (talk) 14:15, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nationality 

message: The name Luke McMasters links to this page, but there is no indication here whether he Martin Ruane was also known as Luke McMasters. Some websites state that Giant Haystacks real name was Luke McMasters, others that it was Martin Ruane. Are they the same person or different men? Eyebeeuk (talk) 13:06, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: As a quiz buff I know the popular quiz question Who is Luke McMasters better known as? requires the answer Giant Haystacks to get your point. However I have checked ODNB and it states that GH's actual name is Martin Ruane. Where "Luke McMasters" comes from, I do not know - I think it might be from Trivial Pursuit  Tom Pippens (talk) 16:26, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Luke McMasters 

message: The article is contradictory about Ruane's DOB. The article lists him as being born in October 1947, while elsewhere, it is stated that he was "three years old" in 1949, implying that the latest he could have been born is 1946. 
British public records strongly favour Ruane being born in 1946 instead of 1947, too:
A Birth Registration for a Martin A Ruane, born Oct/Nov/Dec 1946 in Camberwell London from FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3Amartin~%20%2Bsurname%3Aruane~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1946-1947~%20%2Brecord_country%3AEngland
A Death Reg. for Martin Austin Ruane, from 29 Nov 1998, born 10 Oct 1946: https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3Amartin~%20%2Bsurname%3Aruane~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1946-1947~%20%2Brecord_country%3AEngland
Unless anyone puts up an objection, I will change this in a short time.
EDIT: The source (Ruane's obituary) used in the article itself says that Ruane was born in 1946.
--JoeyofScotia (talk) 19:24, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of birth.
Talk:Étang de Vaccarès

message: There seem to be a confusion between Étang de Vaccarès, a marsh, and Camargue, the river delta inside which the Étang is located. olivier 10:37, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, the existing article was mostly about the Camargue, not the Étang de Vaccarès, and I have now rewritten the article to correct this. Geanixx 05:10, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]
Talk:List of elected and appointed female heads of state and government

message: Keeping them here until they work again. — kwami (talk) 23:45, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Graphs from lead (currently nonfunctional) 

message: Kamala Harris was acting president of the US for an hour and a half. I doubt most Americans even remember that happened, so it seems a bit silly to color the US green because of it. But Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri was acting president of South Africa for 14 hours, and we color South Africa green because of that. Similarly Carmen Pereira for 2 days in Guinea-Bissau, etc. etc. 
For consistency, I've added the US, Vietnam and Salvador to the map (which hadn't been updated recently).
Should we ignore acting presidents etc, or would that cause worse problems? — kwami (talk) 04:20, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: This edition was made previously and a debate was held. The edit was removed because the position of president was not vacant, the president just stepped aside to undergo medical examinations. Ramsessantos (talk) 23:49, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: That makes sense. I removed the US. By that criterion South Africa should be on the map (as it is), because those 14 hours were an interregnum. — kwami (talk) 05:33, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should the US be on the map? what are our criteria? 

message: French territories are included, British ones are not. Is the PM of the UK not the PM of the Isle of Mann or of Bermuda?
AFAIK, the PM of Denmark is PM of the kingdom, not just the country, so should Faroes and Greenland be counted as part of Denmark?
For NZ, looks like Tokelau should be counted, but not Niue and the Cooks (which is convenient, as it seems Niue isn't displaying properly). — kwami (talk) 06:01, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  should territories and constituent countries be included on map?
Talk:B. Traven

message: I feel like it would be useful to have a "See Also" section here to guide further reading. 
For example, the section could include a link to Doug Dorst's novel S., which is based in part on B Traven. It should also link to any wikipedia page that covers authorship controversies more generally, e.g. as for Shakespeare.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.201.243.112 (talk) 13:50, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add a "See Also" Section? 

message: @Lizardcreator, I don't know if that split to Identity of B. Traven is justified. Once we remove the copious original research and replace the primary source attributions to that which has been discussed in secondary sources, everything remaining should fit within the original article's context. Given how important the question of Traven's identity is to this biography, the article now has far too little on the topic. czar 03:53, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I thought somebody screwed up the page until I found the link here on the talk page to identity of B. Traven.  His identity is not that much in doubt anymore. With so few books being published about him, and interest falling, I don't know how you verify that statement is not original research or private opinion.  The 100 year identity chase was at least half of what made him interesting. 107.126.60.87 (talk) 20:59, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Which is why it is best covered as part of this main article and not as a separate topic, which it can be once the unsourced and poorly sourced text is removed. czar 20:38, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

text: Interest falling according to whom? It seems like all or most of his books are in print in three languages, and I had no trouble finding quite a few "scholarly articles" about him in English, Spanish, and German.Pascalulu88 (talk) 00:09, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Split
Talk:The Mound

message: I think it should be pointed out that "The Mound" could also refer to a short story that was ghost written by HP Lovecraft.
http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/fiction/mo.asp
ialsoagree (talk) 15:34, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another Possible Entry for "The Mound"
Talk:List of performance poets

message: WayneRay 01:50, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

message: there is a diffrerence between performance artists Laurie Anderson and Vito Acconci and performance poet Hedwig Gorski, who made the distinction clear by writing poems only for performance with original music and not for print. Performance art used text, but it does not make that text performance poetry. Laurie Anderson would be better categorized as Spoken Word in the muddling logic system, but why not keep her in the category of art from which she arose and belongs, which is performance art, which is a genre that belongs in the history of visual art, such as painting, photography, and sculpture. Beat poets wrote for print and performed the print poems instead of just reading them. Spoken word, which is a broader category that include theater monologues, also contains narratives that is more akin to fiction prose than to poetry.  
Let these separate categories remain separate from each other and performance poetry to allow them all to develop. Joining them together, I fear, will muddy the separate and distint definitions that print encyclopedias try to make clear and define exactly. We should aim to do the same. Let the experts help to create the listings for these very different newer genres. We can keep an eye on inferior text and inaccuracies. Lumping things together is probably premature. Thanks. What do you think?  (artpoetry 19:02, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Difference
Talk:Tonneau

message: Hello,
I'd like to insert this tonneau cover guide into the tonneau cover wikipedia reference section.
http://www.4wheelparts.com/buyers-guide-reviews/tonneau-cover-review.aspx  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chriscasarez (talk • contribs) 23:48, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it looks like a good resource.--Rmissey (talk) 21:21, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Link 

message: One need not go back to the classic British cars to find a full cockpit tonneau cover. My 1994 Miata has one. It was a factory option. I assume it is still available for the current models.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Doc1062 (talk • contribs) 13:37, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Full cockpit tonneau 

message: The 2 paragraphs in the Myth section do not agree well about the mileage improvement, and the 2nd paragraph's reference does not seem to show the referenced facts, and is a commercial site that sells the product.  The following site has an interesting article and discussion on the small mileage improvement:  http://www.tundraheadquarters.com/blog/2007/07/30/the-tonneau-cover-fuel-economy-myth/.
The Benefits section ends with "Increased fuel mileage: Engineering studies have demonstrated a significant reduction in drag coefficient..." which sounds directly contradictory to the Myth section.
Reading the Tundraheadquarters link above, both might be true - drag does reduce but mileage improvement is negligible at speeds <60mph, significant at >80mph.  Reading the Mythbusters link, they tested gas flow @ 55mph, with no measurable improvement, which is consistent.  If so it should be clarified.  I'm refraining from editing because I'm no expert (can't even tell if these are good sources..) Cbensf (talk) 10:39, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mileage myth? 

message: The covers used to block the view of a hatchback's storage compartment through the rear window are also referred to as tonneaus, at least by some manufacturers. These are distinct from the truck and convertible tonneaus in that they are located inside the vehicle. Examples from Subaru and Mazda: https://www.subaruonlineparts.com/sku/65550fj001vh.html and https://www.mazda-parts.com/oem-parts/mazda-cargo-cover-d10e6831002 Truehatch (talk) 20:45, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hatchback tonneau
Talk:John F. Sowa

message: well, whoever is editing this article should try to use ENGLISH. Full of errors and, let's say, strange expressions as "eras modern and ancient". ;-)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.176.67.238 (talk) 19:48, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: wtf?

message: Does anyone know which "DoD" the reference to "DoD programming" on this page is meant to refer to? Is is the US Department of Defence? We should link directly to it if so... Drevicko (talk) 10:27, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed in text. --denny vrandečić (talk) 14:47, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Which DoD is Dod?
Talk:The College Preparatory School

message: CPS was not traditionally known for its athletics teams; until recently the joke was that the school's initials stood for "Can't Play Sports," but in the last five years, the school's athletics teams have won more league titles than any other team in the league. The Athletics section has been updated with new information.
Cpsalumni (talk) 22:43, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sports 

message: Please refrain from undue optimism when updating this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.54.50.98 (talk • contribs) 
This article was created by a CPS student a few years ago, thus the glowing prose. I have since updated it and maintained the statistics. As the school librarian, I know that the optimism is not necessarily undue, but I will attempt to re-edit for bias, and also correct the grammatical errors that were left when the last editor changed the wording. Her Pegship 17:59, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  ??? 

message: It seems as though CPS sees Head Royce as a rival whereas Head Royce does not reciprocate. Anyways, just some thought. Mipchunk 01:28, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  School Rivals 

message: This article is completely lacking in photos. It'd be good to add some. — Emiellaiendiay 22:43, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Photos

message: user:Mean as custard removed some text which reads, admittedly, like a marketing pitch; however, the text removed is the mission statement of the school as constructed by its faculty and administration and seems relevant to the article. I suggest it be restored, possibly with an explanatory word or two. If I see no further comment here or on related talk pages I may restore it myself, but I don't want to get into an edit dispute. Thanks for reading. Her :Pegship 17:10, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Mission statement

message: I've uploaded a photo of the campus to Commons for use in this article, if editors see fit. --Cassiville (talk) 00:03, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo of campus now on Commons 

message: Should student names be included on the page? For example debaters that have won awards (winner of Western JV Novice Champs, or clean sweep championship qualification), or the student who created the CPS schedule, or sports captains that have won championships. If no there's a few (Rahim in the technology section and another I believe) to remove and if yes I can add the debate kids and maybe someone else knows the sports info?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by TGercken (talk • contribs) 16:50, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Student Names
Category talk:Beer in Belgium

message: Should't breweries for whom an article exists (and which article includes this category) be removed from the list at the top?--Filipvr 11:26, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: To me we could remove the whole list:  this is hardly a copy of the List of breweries. Julien Tuerlinckx 12:17, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
Talk:James Thatcher (musician)

message: Soundtrack credit details from http://www.goodnewsmusic.com/audiocds/8913557.html CLW 11:39, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Source
Talk:Microreactor

message: The convention in ChemEng is to use negative exponents rather than a slash character -- see, e.g. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jabout/112140232/2451_notice.html?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
Also, regarding the need for expert help as requested on the main page and here: I'm not a ChemEng, but I've been intensively studying the field of microreactors for nearly a year, including a fairly exhaustive literature survey (at Stanford University), Ehrfeld & Hessel's books, and am the founder of a company in Silicon Valley which is designing microreactors. I'll do what I can. ;-)
A Doon 15:58, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Exponent usage in ChE; need for expert help 

message: This article is slowly degrading to a directory of microreactor manufacturers and dealers. At some point I will take the liberty of trashing the Commercial Suppliers subsection, unless there are any objections. --DrTorstenHenning 08:08, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links 

message: Why are these points listet twice in the link section?:
* Bhangale, Atul. "Enzyme-Catalyzed Polymerization of End-Functionalized Polymers in a Microreactor". Macromolecules.
* Bhangale, Atul. "Continuous Flow Enzyme-Catalyzed Polymerization in a Microreactor". JACS.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.91.241.92 (talk) 21:18, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  listed twice
Talk:Kangta

message: Please take a look at the list of reliable sources and source information for KangTa's 2014 comeback claim. Thanks! Tibbydibby (talk) 22:19, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comeback Claim for 2014 
Talk:Francisco D'Souza

message: The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. --KenWalker | Talk 07:42, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography/Assessment#Class_parameter|Biography assessment rating]] comment 
Talk:Drancy

message: David V Houston (talk) 21:08, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  heraldry from French page 
Talk:Boyne Viaduct

message: Isn't the correct term 'gantlet'?
LorenzoB 11:21, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's gauntlet track, but interlaced is acceptable. Slambo (Speak) 15:29, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Interlaced

message: The bridge was completed in 1855, but the first train crossed the river two years earlier? Are those dates correct? Did they send trains across a half-finished bridge? I have serious doubts. I have similarly serious doubts about the external link provided in the article; it confirms the 1855 completion date, but gets the engineer's background wrong, calling him Scottish. Huon (talk) 18:54, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The answer for the first question is that while the current viaduct was indeed completed in 1855, there was a temporary rail bridge across the river before that; I'll source that in the article later tonight, when I can get to books on someone else's bookshelf. (The temporary bridge is mentioned in the Drogheda railway station article.) FlowerpotmaN·(t) 19:22, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

text: Err, make that tonight :). Have at least one source, but won;t have a chance to do anything with it unti later today. FlowerpotmaN·(t) 14:16, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

text: Not exactly a triumph of prose, but ref provided for the temporary bridge. Removed the external link; it really didn't add anything to the article apart from getting the origins of MacNeill wrong. I'll look around for some better external sites FlowerpotmaN·(t) 22:53, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, good job! Huon (talk) 22:55, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dates and sources
Talk:Oxshott

message: I've merged the details of the schools that existed elsewhere into this article, on the grounds that they consisted entirely of mentioning that the schools existed, and giving their webpages. This page does the same. I don't see a need for separate articles until there is something separate to say. Average Earthman 12:16, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Quote from article
 "The pond is approxamately [sic] 100ft deep with a cottage and machinery at the bottom."
86.182.103.115 (talk) 15:36, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Strange place to build a cottage