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Talk:Emancipation of the British West Indies

message: This article desparately needs a map. I couldn't point out where these places are with a map in front of me.
It should probably have an intro that explains that there was slavery there, and why, how long, and by whom/of whom.
Needs some sections
Vvuppala 08:02, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  How to clean up this article 

message: This article does duplicate a lot of information available elsewhere, in articles on the Abolition of Slavery, etc and individual campaigners. But I do think it has value, nevertheless. I cannot believe that there is no mention of William Wilberforce. I will attempt to adress these issues in the coming weeks. – Agendum (talk) 09:10, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article 

message: When slavery is mentioned, there is a general tendency to avoid all mention of what real slavery is and was in South Asia. 
Slavery in South Asia was not a statutory item established and maintained through any administrative law. 
Social system is graded into different levels by the local feudal languages. The lowest sections automatically become the slaves. They were generally treated like domestic cattle. They live in very feeble huts inside an agricultural plot. They do not have any right to come out, unless the are rented out to some other farmer. 
They had no proper dresses, lived without amenities for sanitation, and literally lived terribly dirty. So they could be used for dirty manual labourer without any qualms. 
They were seen as half-animals. Animals do not revolt. In a similar manner, these slaves do not revolt. 
The drastic social change came during the English rule in the subcontinent. In the new social system wherein the traditional upper classes lost their statutory administrative rights, many slaves escaped to other farm lands wherein they were merely paid labourers. Next came the slavery abolishment Act in English East India Company ruled locations. 
Many converted to Islam and improved the social life. The English rule was a heaven-sent opportunity for the slaves in thousands of years.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.94.193.88 (talk) 07:24, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Real slavery and route to rebellion
Talk:James Allen (author)

message: An odd, contradictory puff piece.  If Allen wrote somthing "now considered a classic self-help book", how is it that he is today "hardly recognised"?  "Considered" by whom?  And the article would be better if it cited evidence for the purported influence of Allen, instead of just asserting it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.193.63.23 (talk) 5:58, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Ringgit (disambiguation)

message: This page keeps on being replaced by a redirect to Malaysian ringgit. This is inappropriate as the Bruneian currency is also called the ringgit.Dove1950 (talk) 18:52, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Not really, as the Brunei currency, according to its article is the Brunei Dollar. Another solution would be to have a disambig link on the top of the Malaysian ringgit page, stating that the Bruneian currency is also called the ringgit. As this page stands now, it doesn't provide readers with any information which is not already included in the Malaysian ringgit article. V85 (talk) 15:08, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Inappropriate redirect
Talk:Roman governors of Brittania

message: The current title for this article is inaccurate. Britannia was the name of the province from AD 43
to c. 213. After that there were two provinces, called Britannia Superior and Britannia Inferior. Then further subdivisions into Maxima Caesariensis, Valentia, Britannia Prima, Britannia Secunda and Flavia Caesariensis. Only some of the people listed here were governors of Britannia. we do not know which provinces some ruled at all and so a geographical term like Britain is preferable to a political one.
Also, because Britannia has several other meanings on the wiki, we have used an English name for it, this is reflected in the category name for the governors and the articles on the history and invasion of the region. I see no reason to call this article Roman governors of Brittania. adamsan 21:27, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not spelt properly either. I'm going to move it again as I really don't think the editor who moved this first is fully informed on the subject. adamsan 21:46, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
Talk:Liberation Struggle (Kerala)

message: According to the US Ambassador to India Mr. Moynihan in the The Disclosure of Indira Gandhi-CIA Report states that	
"We had twice, but only twice, interfered in Indian politics to the extent of providing money to a political party. Both times this was done in the face of a prospective communist victory in state elections, once in Kerala and once in West Bengal, where Calcutta is located. Both times the money was given to the Congress Party which had asked for it"
This was the role played by the CIA in the vimochana samaram.[]
#The reference cited doesn't point to what is stated
#The site is run by Communist party led government agency - unreliable reference
--Jacob.jose (talk) 16:37, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  criticism with wrong citation 

message: Communist sponsored attempts were made to erase the Vimohana Samaram from Kerala History. On the 50th anniversary of the Anagamaly Firing, one of the popular daily newspaparer tried to portray the Angamaly firing as an aftermath of a quarrel in a toddy-shop. But all these attempts became unsuccessful as the Pople of Kerala lead a socond liberation struggle - on the 50th anniversary of the first liberation struggle - and defeated the communist party again.
Need to rephrase from propogandist style.. --Jacob.jose (talk) 20:13, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Attempts to Erase the Vimochana Samaram from Kerala History 

message: Howzit all.
I'm going to propose renaming this article to "Vimochana Samaram" because that's the more common terminology in India. It should be noted that many wars and internal conflicts in Africa, Asia, and South America were also referred to as "liberation struggles" or "the liberation struggle" so it's not very appropriate for this article to retain such a generic title. Thanks, --Katangais (talk) 00:38, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed renaming
Talk:MAUD Committee

message: Maud Ray was not Bohrs old girlfriend. She was a housekeeper at a place he'd lived when he studied in Britain under Rutherford. And he didn't ask for her - he told them to tell her.
:OK I have amended the article, but with your detailed sources, you might have done a better job.JMcC 09:15, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  I've got it down "as his children's former governess", on p15 Pierre, Andrew J "Nuclear Politics : The British Experience With An Independent Strategic Force, 1939-1970" (1972), and he is citing Gowing, Margaret “Britain and Atomic Energy, 1939-1945” (1964) - which is the "offcial" history of the UK bomb project. Pickle 12:38, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bohr's Role 

message: This page claims that the "Maud Ray" telegram was from Bohr.  Richard Rhodes claims that the telegram was sent by Lise Meitner (though the message was presumably behalf of Bohr).  The full sentence is: "MET NIELS AND MARGRETHE RECENTLY BOTH WELL BUT UNHAPPY ABOUT EVENTS PLEASE INFORM COCKCROFT AND MAUD RAY KENT."  I'd like to fix the article.  Any objections?
Asrabkin (talk) 09:01, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bohr or Meitner? 

message: From the very beginning Melitta Norwood, a Communist, was Secretary of the Committee. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/spy-scandal-the-double-life-of-a-quiet-old-lady-1117939.html
 
It seems unlikely that it took until 1943 for the Russians to "obtain" anything.  In fact she was keeping them informed in real time.
 
This seems to be normal operating procedure, of course, just like the CIA running the Soviet air defense system in the 1970s.
 
Now then, can somebody bring me up to speed on just what Hitler's "my Jew," Milch, the head of German aviation research, did to produce a useful air force as opposed to a bravura array of technological wonders? 
 
David Lloyd-Jones (talk) 00:47, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  NKVD "obtained"? 1943? 

message: "The major part of the chain reaction would be completed in about  sec." I know nothing, but should that not be a negative exponent: ? Globbet (talk) 21:51, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I have corrected the text according to the source.  Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:40, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Activity - Liverpool 

message: The reference to Heinrich Kuhn (or Kühn) is to a photographer who became a Nazi, according to the German Wikipedia.  I could not find any other suitable Heinrich Kühn on the German Wikipedia. --Drackles (talk) 19:11, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: The link to the photographer is clearly wrong. We don't seem to have an article on the physicist Heinrich Gerhard Kuhn. TwoTwoHello (talk) 19:30, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I think we do. (Also on the German wikipedia here.) Linked. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:33, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Activity - University of Oxford
Talk:Katamari Fortissimo Damacy

message: Is there anything that'd be considered a "professional" review?
:Since this is a game soundtrack, I'm doubting there are any reviews. --Snkcube 04:48, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

message: Is there anything resembling an official source for the translated track listings. I noticed that some of the names in the article differ from the ones on MusicBrainz. - 74.119.205.19 00:04, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You can translate Japanese more than one way. We don't have to use MusicBrainz's.—Ｌｏｖｅはドコ？ (talk • contribs) 13:11, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Official source
Talk:Choose Life license plates

message: As Choose-Life.Org, this article was nominated for AFD but failed to get consensus to delete. Johnleemk | Talk 09:13, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Failed AFD

message: The name "Choose Life" implies that the woman should *have* a choice, does it not?  Is this the group's position? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Icowrich (talk • contribs) 23:13, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: "Choose" implies choice?

message: "$20 being distributed to life affirming organizations that provide adoption services to women with unplanned pregnancies."
How is this viewpoint-neutral? One person's "life affirming" is another person's "anti-choice".  I'm changing this to "crisis pregnancy centers" since this is a more neutral term. Lothar76 (talk) 05:47, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: "Life Affirming"?

message: Update the article 2600:100B:B120:17EF:832E:53BB:B545:B2E4 (talk) 15:20, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arkansas allows sale of these plates
Talk:Hunt-class minesweeper (1916)

message: The very short "Design" section gives no hint of what the hull construction was (or, really, much of anything else).  WW2 minesweepers were usually of wood construction, but I don't think magnetic mines were much used in WW1, so these may have been steel hulled ships.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:589:300:CA70:A8C7:6023:7DB4:25BA (talk) 21:19, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  What were they made of? 

message: Re:
Longford, Marlow, Mistley & Monaghan attributed to:
John Harkness and Sons, Middlesbrough; and
Harkness
Is it possible that these should all be
W. Harkess and Son; at
https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/W._Harkess_and_Son
The article even mentions they built ships for the admiralty
I can find a John Harker on Graces
https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/John_Harker_Shipbuilders
However they were in Knottingly not Middlesbrough Lǐshìmǎn (talk) 00:49, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shipyards
Talk:Jamaat-e-Islami Hind

message: The last sentence of the JIH introduction does use adequate sources to back up its claims.  The source listed under footnote (9) is published by a far from neutral policy group's website and extracted from a book called *Monsters for Mohammad*.  The second claim is just a copy of NY Times reporter ANAND GIRIDHARADAS' words--it would be better to tell us which academics find JIH extremist. 
Simply put, the last sentence of the introduction could be making valid criticisms about JIH but the sources it cites provide no evidence. Rather than parroting ideological positions, I would encourage providing better sources or qualifying the claims being made.  
TaborType (talk) 09:30, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  last sentence of Intro 

message: The POV from a journalist seems to be biased. "JAMATH" means organization. Just because of the name of the organization is "JAMAATH", it cannot be labelled as terrorist or extremist.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.101.103.98 (talk) 06:59, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Labeling Islamic Group 

message: Reliable sources are not used. Mostly consist of Propaganda materials. Re writing is required.Keralath (talk) 16:11, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: , why do you believe the scholarly work to be biased? ∯WBGconverse 14:02, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rewriting with alternate POV & additional content
Talk:Cockburn, South Australia

message: Quote from User_talk:Avochelm:
Your edit of Cockburn, South Australia on 29 October 2005 had the comment Copied information from cockburn.org.au by the copyright holders. Did you mean "by permission of the copyright holders"? If so, could you please add a note about the permission to the talk page? Thanks. --Scott Davis Talk 13:06, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The person who created that website is my associate. I copied that information to here while working for him. --Avochelm 09:38, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds OK then. Just needed to check. Thanks. --Scott Davis Talk 09:25, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment
Talk:Virgin Islands National Park

message: 24-April-2008: I have removed the wording that sounded like a travel brochure, with glowing marketing phrases (such as "all tourists love the park").  I left other phrases that describe the area as a tourist attraction, with sporting activities, which I thought was a fair assessment. I have found most Wikipedia articles to be 99% accurate, even without footnote references, so I don't doubt the statements being made. -Wikid77 (talk) 16:56, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Cut glowing marketing phrases

message: Are there any economic accomations in the park?  I am a snorkeler on a small budget.
S. Callahan  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.122.68.79 (talk) 18:56, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hostels in National Park 
Talk:Theodore Roosevelt National Park

message: I've edited the sentence about "sage bushes" so that it reads "sagebrush," and is properly linked. Sagebrush is not to be confused with the kitchen herb sage (Salvia). Sagebrush is completely unrelated to the herb, and this was not clear from the text. Xerophyllum tenax 16:36, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Didz Hammond

message: anybody know anything else on genius didz? Stan weller 09:56, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Hammond's original band The Cooper Temple Clause are commonly perceived as a Post-hardcore band. Subsequently Hammond can be considered to have played post-hardcore for at least five years, prior to his departure of the band for his current post-punk revival work in Dirty Pretty Things. --Featherfin 17:05, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Genres

message: I'm 100% sure the baby's name isn't Willa, but I don't know what it is.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.167.96.249 (talk) 14:00, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Sandy Blue. No reference, but I've added it to article. 152.78.83.201 (talk) 14:28, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Children
Talk:Farah Province

message: VANDALIZING ETHNIC INFORMATION ON NON-PASHTUNS OF AFGHANISTAN ON THE PAGES OF WIKI
It is sad to see a Pashtun ethno-nationalist write the entries for the cities and provinces of Afghanistan to the south, west and southeast of the Hindu Kush mountain. All the ethnic "statistics" are falsified to grossly exaggerate the size of the Pashtun people. The best resource for the accurate figures and statistics is: Luis Dupree, Aghanistan (Princeton University Press). There, one will get the right figures for the province  as well as the city of Farah. So sad. What does one achieve by falsifying figures in an online encyclopaedia like this except misleading the people?  Aimaqs, for example, predominate in the northeast highlands as well as the entire steppe regions to the west, bordering on Iran. Farah city is an old Farsiwan town, with a Pashtun minority (relatively sizeable). A vast majority of these Pashtuns, however, despite preserving their old tribal connections, they no longer speak Pashtu but rather Dari as their first language —Preceding unsigned comment added by Izady (talk • contribs) 02:18, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Probably the wrong term as bigamy implies a crime, polygamy is probably better.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Geo8rge (talk • contribs) 19:24, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: bigamy 

message: Reverted edits made by IP 94.219.198.90. Farah is overwhelmingly Pashtun and Pashto is their native language. We are writing native names of the province.  (Ketabtoon (talk) 01:57, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/94.219.198.90|94.219.198.90]] 
Talk:Saguaro National Park

message: We need a writeup for Saguaro West -- the Tucson Mtn section. Hopefully, Pete Tillman (talk) 06:51, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: West side writeup?

message: I don't know anything about Saguaro NP, but... "lying approximately 20 miles (32 km) east and 15 miles (24 km) west of the center of the city of Tucson, Arizona" - read that carefully... can someone fix that?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.229.206.127 (talk) 02:31, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Hmm

message: Sagraro cacti? Not Saguaro?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by VonPalm (talk • contribs) 17:35, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Misnamed pics?
Talk:Mammoth Cave National Park

message: I just found a website dedicated to the detective work to find out who Max Kämper was: www.familie-luyken.de/07Genealogie/Bilder/10Gen/10029/maxE.htm. Seven Pages full of details and pictures in English. Would be worth linking, especially as the section about Kämper's discoveries has no citation so far. BTW, there is mentioned that another German, Max Eyth, visited the cave 40 year earlier in 1866 and also published a description and map. The English Wiki page does not mention it, on the German page a publication about his work is cited: "Hans Binder: Der Ingenieur und Dichter Max Eyth (1836–1906) und sein Plan der Mammuthöhle in Kentucky (USA) aus dem Jahr 1866. München: Verband der Deutschen Höhlen- und Karstforscher e. V., 1997. (= Abhandlungen zur Karst- und Höhlenkunde, 28)". The periodical "Abhandlungen zur Karst- und Höhlenkunde" is published and the 1997 edition is still being sold by the German cave exploring association, www.vdhk.de/der-verband/publikationen.html 47.71.46.26 (talk) 19:25, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Max Kämper
Talk:Robert Seton-Watson

message: "Propagandist"
  He was a historian who worked for a propaganda office.  I think not all historians do that (in fact very few), and the two roles seem somewhat incompatible.  A historian who goes and takes a job at a propaganda department can no longer be regarded as neutral or objective. 129.27.161.101 10:43, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Due to the edit wars of the last months, the POV-warning template should be included. 195.56.93.165 11:22, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: POV
Talk:Southport, Queensland

message: The article says “Southport is a coastal suburb at the northern end of the Gold Coast, Australia”. More correctly Southport is located near the mid-point of the Gold Coast as the Gold Coast now extends form Coolangatta to Beenleigh. --WikiCats 10:56, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Location 

message: Southport, Nerang and Robina all have in the order of 24,000 people. http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/attachment/factsheet_popest2004.pdf Guanaba-Currumbin Valley has 31,000 but this is a region not a suburb.--WikiCats 14:12, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Largest Community 

message: A major reconstruction in time for olympics, so site is construction zone at moment.  Is it worth updating ? GCCC has plans & info of the new site.  (Andys'edtits 15:28, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: update Aquatic centre information
Talk:Hengqin

message: Should this island really be in all those categories relating to Macao considering it does not (yet) belong to Macao? --Dpr 10:51, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Macao

message: Before all the developments Hengqin was just a deserted island--I've been there in 2009 and there was absolutely nothing. Indeed, there is only ~200 meters between it and Macau but trust me its historical cultural social legal whatever links to Macau is really minute. The Portuguese occupation was really brief and didn't left anything significant. However, this article makes it sounds like the Portuguese were of fundamental importance to Hengqin. Wishva de Silva (talk) 11:53, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article make it seem like that it has a lot to do with Macau 
Talk:Richard Gregg (social philosopher)

message: I think this can sneak into speedy deletion territory. It is non-notable - an essay or paper does not make someone notable.
I'm prepared to accept a dispute on this, reviewing admin may send to AFD instead if you cannot speedy; you may paste this comment. Stifle 10:54, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Speedy Deletion
Talk:Gerolamo Emiliani

message: Some sources say that Emiliani was born in 1486, including the group of schools that originated from the Brotherhood of Emiliani (see end of school documentation: ).
Also some other references:
History of Monastary: http://inventaris.vioe.be/dibe/relict/15106
Somascans: http://www.somascans.org/St.Jerome.htm - Mentions 1486
News involving Emiliani: http://www.catholic.net/index.php?option=zenit&id=33299
Some history in french, mentioning his history in the army: http://www.worldlingo.com/ma/enwiki/fr/Gerolamo_Emiliani
The Pope mentions in 1986 that Emilani was born 500 years ago, hence born in 1486:
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/letters/1986/documents/hf_jp-ii_let_19860111_chierici-regolari_it.html
I would expect that the Vatican and that the institutions descending from the inspiration of Emiliani have the facts right and that the birth date is 1486 (and not 1481).
Also see http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi%C3%ABronymus_Emiliani to make sure that the articles agree.
82.240.173.104 (talk) 00:07, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled