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Talk:Finger wave

message: I've never even heard of this... and I've been researching fashion/ hair in the 20s for awhile. Why are no other hairstyles (except the extremely popular bob) featured in articles?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.181.44.176 (talk) 01:12, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

message: I had been working on an article regarding the similar "marcel wave" (now a redirect). However, I've been unable to see any real difference (despite the text below) between the one and the other, 'though some folks seem to think there is a difference. Below is the text from that aborted article (the refs have been reformatted, etc.); hopefully some bits and pieces may be useful here:
The Marcel Wave (originally called the Undulation Marcel) is a hairstyle that was created in 1872  by Francois Marcel (The creator's name is in dispute. The patent (linked below) is in the name of Francois Marcel, but some sources give the name as Marcel Grateau and an obituary in the name of "Francois Marcel Grateau". The situation is detailed here.), a late 19th century French hair-dresser. The style gave its name to the "Marcel curling iron", which differed slightly from the typical irons at the time in that the pressure on the crimping mechanism was provided by the user rather than a spring, and that it could be rotated.
The Marcel is similar to a standard finger wave style, but differs in creating the range of curls in a circular fashion across the brow.
===External links===
Marcel's patent for Marcel curling iron
Matt Deres (talk) 21:16, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Marcel wave 

message: Marcel's patent for Marcel curling iron
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Matt Deres (talk) 21:16, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: External links
Talk:Hair straightening

message: "Hair straighteners won't damage hair unless used with protective thermal spray"
or should it be hair straighteners will damage hair unless used with protective spray?
please clarify
16:27, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Will or Won't? 

message: "Nevertheless, many African-American women still continue to straighten their hair claiming it is an aesthetic choice, however, many African American women do continue to straighten their hair due to the fact that they feel, because of interlized opperession and the idea that their natural hair is wrong, or "nappy-looking" straighten their hair to fit as best as possible European women's hair, as said in the 2009 movie, Good Hair" directed by Chris Rock."
What kind of sentence is that?  I don't even know how to begin to fix it.
71.68.13.2 (talk) 22:06, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure how to rephrase it. Chris Rock made a documentary called "Good Hair" which is very relevant to this article. It's about hair straightening, and the fact that black women have internalized European standards of beauty. Again, I don't think I'm the best person to fix this article, but someone should. It's an important topic. I know, it's about hair and beauty, it's girly, therefore trivial, right? But it's something that affects the lives of millions of people. It's also a billion dollar industry. Rosekelleher (talk) 02:05, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  ? 

message: I'm just a passer by, not a regular editor (hence the usage of an IP address rather than a username, but even I think that the paragraph "Straight Hair African American Women" needs to be looked at. I mean, what is that? There's no references, the paragraph is poorly structured, grammar is either non-existant or used inappropriately, and there is a lack of correct spelling. Not to mention the usage of the word "apron" rather than "upon". I know that this is not the fault of regular editors on Wikipedia, but I urge you that something be done about this paragraph. For lack of a better phrasing, it's just wrong. 
120.18.81.31 (talk) 15:30, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Just Passing By 

message: This article could do with expansion, in particular in relation to hair straightening by African American women, a topic covered in depth by some excellent sources. Here is just a small number of them, many more could be added:
*Hair raising: beauty, culture, and African American women, Rutgers University Press (widely cited standard work in the field)
*The American Beauty Industry Encyclopedia
*Hair matters: beauty, power, and Black women's consciousness, New York University Press
*The body reader: essential social and cultural readings, New York University Press
*Chicago Tribune
--JN466 23:42, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources

message: This article contradicts itself by a large margin on when hair straightening practices began (I would assume the practice goes further back than 1900, too).
99.255.239.90 (talk) 20:20, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  1980 or 1900
Talk:Complex society

message: I vote against the idea. My take on the "complex society" term is that it was developed in lieu of having to say "class society" or "stratified society." It does not work in the general (and generous) sense of the word. I'd leave it separate. V.B. (talk) 00:04, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Incorporate into "civilization"? NO!

message: I removed the 11 year old original research template.  The article seems well supported by reliable references.  Discuss here if there are any concerns about original research remaining.
Newystats (talk) 01:34, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  I removed original research template
Talk:Operation Ambassador

message: This article lists one British "killed in action" in the infobox. Later in the text, it elaborates that this was the result of a drowning. Is there a source that confirms this? There seems a possibility that this is incorrect. In John Durnford-Slater's account of the operation, he states that this man was initially believed to have drowned, but was later confirmed alive and to have been captured by the Germans (see p. 32 of Commando: Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in World War Two - full details in sources section of the article). Can anyone help clear this up? Cheers. AustralianRupert (talk) 10:24, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Query regarding casualties
Talk:South Fork, Saskatchewan

message: (Cocopie (talk) 00:16, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
Talk:Gallery of works by Johann Sebastian Bach

message: It would be great if someone could add images in addition to the sounds, that show the beginning of the work like this is done in the index of sheet music. --helohe (talk) 00:18, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

message: I've declined the prod; I don't think this would be deleted without discussion. Personally, I like the idea of merging it into List of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach. Most lists have plenty of images, so I see no reason why a list of compositions ought not contain plenty of sounds. Hesperian 11:18, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, I hadn't thought about that good possibility. I have added a mergeto / mergefrom template accordingly. Fram (talk) 11:27, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: (moved from my talk page): I hadn't thought of that - I had just asked at Commons:Administrators' noticeboard for the history to be imported, which might still be a good idea, because it would be a good start for a cross-project list of Bach audio. There is precedent for this at List of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, so I don't see why the same thing can't be done for Bach as well. Graham87 11:29, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm currently making a draft of the merger in a text editor, with the files afther the lists so the HTML isn't too messed up. Most of the merger is straightforward, but the miscellaneous pieces probably won't be. Fortunately, there are a lot of recordings of Bach on the Internet for me to use to figure out which work is in each file. Graham87 11:47, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, done, not as straightforward as I hoped but that's life. If it looks alright, the gallery page can be redirected to List of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach. Graham87 13:44, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I take this edit as confirmation that everything is alright, so I'll redirect it now. I just wanted a pair of eyes to check if I'd made a huge mess of it first. Graham87 15:47, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Prod declined
Talk:Gloria Parker

message: This article needs more chronological data. When was Parker born? What time period was the The Gloria Parker Show? In the "Career" section, the '50s precede 1944. This should be rearranged along with the addition of further chron info. Binksternet (talk) 17:59, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Chron

message: It was not possible in the 1950s to broadcast coast to coast on a single radio station - WABC is a single station.Wis2fan (talk) 02:57, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coast to coast 

message: Big band era was not the 1950s. The big band era was from 1935 to around 1945. Wis2fan (talk) 03:08, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Big band era
Talk:Terra Nova Expedition/GA 1

message: The article could use more images, considering its length and subject matter. A map would help to tie in the list of team members. Aside from some minor grammatical fixes the lead section needs expansion and improvement; essentially it should be a brief version of the article itself so try to mention the teams, some specific experiments/explorations, Roald Amundsen, etc. too. This also applies to factors contributing to the failure, which should be mentioned rather than referred to another article. Otherwise the article is very close, so I'm putting this on hold. Anynobody 03:19, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nomination for good article status on hold 

message: When reviewing the article I used these guidelines:
1. Clear prose, including proper spelling, grammar, and clear language. Also look for proper formatting and organization of the article, with appropriate use of wikilinks, sections, table of contents, and general organization as spelled out in the areas of the Manual of Style outlined in the Good Article criteria.
2. Adequate referencing, preferably with the use of either inline or Harvard citations.
3. Appropriate broadness in coverage of the topic.
4. Written from a neutral point of view.
5. If images are used, that they are free images, or if they are copyright, that their use is covered by Wikipedia's fair use guidelines.
Prose: There are too many lists in the article including information of minor relation to this expedition. (For example, the list of Antarctic Expeditions is unnecessary when it could just be said that Scott and several others had been on expeditions there before. The Terra Nova movements is also an excess list) The list of members could be kept if more info about important members is given. An example is Edward Adrian Wilson whom more could be said of than "Chief Scientist and Zoologist." Anynobody 01:44, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Failed, notes
Talk:Fleur Isabelle Delacour

message: WP:FICTION says the article must discuss (and reference) the real world notability of fictional characters. --Fabrictramp (talk) 00:22, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, we already have adequate coverage of this character.  I'll redirect. --Tony Sidaway 09:29, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
Talk:Terra Nova Expedition/GA 2

message: This article is written very well, and very thoroughly researched. It is well cited. I cannot find any major WP:NPOV or stability violations, and images are all tagged appropriately with copyright tags. The only major issues with the article were copyediting and manual of style issues, which were easier to fix by copyediting myself. For future reference, here is a brief summary of my copyediting:
* Wikilinked full dates (e.g. 29 December 1911), so that they show up in user's date preferences properly. I also removed the th/st/nd from the month/day (e.g. write '14 March' instead of '14th March'), since that is the way it's used predominantly on wikipedia.
* Added metric conversions for measurements, added a non-breaking space between measurements and units of measurement (to prevent them from being separated by line breaks).
* Changed - to – (usage of endashes is preferred, particularly when referring to begin/end years (e.g. 1911–1913).
* The beginning of the article was a bit image heavy, so I moved the image of Scott down to the below the first section separator (he's the leader, and we're listing the expedition members, so this seems appropriate). But in order to do this I had to get rid of the three columns, because the image overlapped the text of the third column. Still, I think it looks a little better with the images separated; it doesn't look quite as bunched up at the top).
This article meets the current Good article criteria, and will be listed at WP:GA. Great work! Dr. Cash (talk) 00:30, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: GA Review
Talk:Independence Party (United States)

message: This might be a dumb suggestion, but mightn't it be a good idea to add a section discussing the party's principles and stances on various issues? Was it like a smaller-scale Democratic party, or did they differ from that party in substantial ways? -Anotheronewiki (talk) 15:41, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Party's core principles
Talk:Terzan 7

message: Agop Terzan is Armenian, not French.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.166.226.83 (talk) 23:42, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I find no references to support this claim, while there are many to support his being French (Do a google search).  Please provide a reference to back up your claim if you believe it to be true. WilliamKF (talk) 03:57, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

text: Perhaps the Astronaut by the same name is Armenian? WilliamKF (talk) 04:00, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

text: The link provided is for the Astronaut Agop Terzan.  I believe there are two different people, one an astronaut and the other an astronomer.  We really need to get some citation to back up one or the other. WilliamKF (talk) 17:23, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've put the article back to being just French since I have found ample sources to cite this fact and none to support his being Armenian.  The above arguments while perhaps true, would represent original research and thus should be rejected until we can find a legitimate source to cite.  WilliamKF (talk) 22:03, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: French or Armenian?
Talk:Curtiss JN-6H

message: Can we have a sensible caption on these articles. They are basically all the same aircraft with minor differences. There is no need for separate articles on every jenny sub-type!!! I propose all are mergesd under one roof as the Curtiss JN--Petebutt (talk) 04:52, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Curtiss JN]]
Talk:Tetraselmis chui

message: This should be diatom's name is "Tetraselmis Chui", not "Tetraselmis Chuii". The page's name is incorrect.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.128.73.7 (talk) 18:07, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

message: Please clarify Thanks --Ernsts (talk) 14:39, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  chui or chuii
Talk:Justus Pfaue

message: I'm afraid I can find nothing at all outside this article that mentions a Justus Peacocks. AlasdairGreen27 (talk) 01:06, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It looks like this is for real, but for some reason the person's last name was translated: "Peacocks" == "Pfaue". This page is an English translation of the German Wikipedia article for Justus Pfaue. I will move the page and fix the inter-wiki links accordingly. -- Shunpiker (talk) 18:13, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah, now I can see why I couldn't find any references to Mr Peacocks. Shunpiker, well done, you are a true detective. I'm not entirely clear why the guy's surname got translated, but there we are.  AlasdairGreen27 (talk) 09:11, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Hoax?
Talk:Postage stamps and postal history of the Australian Antarctic Territory

message: If any other users could assist me with editing;
*the stamp releases for the Australian Antarctic Territory past 1989
*any new section headings that could be added to the page
Thank youCmcbell12 (talk) 04:16, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello, thanks for your expansions on this topic. For potential section headings, perhaps Postage stamps of Ireland and Postage stamps and postal history of Malta (and maybe Revenue stamps of the United Kingdom and Revenue stamps of Malta) could provide inspiration. CMD (talk) 08:19, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Editing check
Talk:Mercedes-Benz SL-Class (R230)

message: The new SL 350 with 315 hp is missing in the list.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.162.96.99 (talk) 12:13, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

message: What's the difference between the SL 63 AMG and SL 65 AMG? It's under the same header but it's not explained 81.68.255.36 (talk) 21:09, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The 63 has a V8. The 65 has V12. --Sabre ball t  c  19:23, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sl 63, SL 65 

message: Just noticed the front bumper of the main article photo looked odd. Closer inspection shows the car bumper is considerably damaged. I'm sure there's a more fitting photo out there. 106.69.216.143 (talk) 12:54, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Main photo - car is damaged 
Talk:MV Xue Long

message: A previous version of this article existed.
It was deleted, on August 7 2007, based on a claim of copyright violation.
I've looked.  I can't find the discussion of the nomination of this article for deletion.  I have no idea why there is no record of the discussion of the deletion of this article.
I asked the admin who performed the deletion to temporarily userify the deleted contents, so I could access whatever valid references and material that did not violate copyright it may have contained, and use the URL of the page whose copyright it violated into a valid reference.
The closing admin told me this temporary userification would be a violation of policy.
I've decided to put further comments here, rather than on the closing admin's talk page.  Geo Swan (talk) 01:30, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I asked the deleting admin how come I can't find the discussion of the perceived copyright violation that lead to this deletion.  Geo Swan (talk) 17:56, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Previous version

message: From http://www.economist.com/node/21561891 
99.119.129.222 (talk) 23:18, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: The new ship, which won't be a sister ship to Xue Long but a completely new design, is still mentioned in the article, As for the Svalbard research station, it doesn't have much to do with the research ship other than the fact that both partake in Arctic research. Tupsumato (talk) 06:49, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why was this [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MV_Xue_Long&diff=511972863&oldid=511916899 removed]? 

message: According to this tweet, Xue Long is nowadays powered by Wärtsilä RT-flex60 series engine. However, I can't find any reference for this, so I'll leave the article be until I can add a citation as well. However, this means that the 2013 refit might have actually been carried out. Tupsumato (talk) 17:37, 5 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Main engine 
Talk:People's Liberation Army Navy Submarine Force

message: * http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-492804/The-uninvited-guest-Chinese-sub-pops-middle-U-S-Navy-exercise-leaving-military-chiefs-red-faced.html [November 2007]
* http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2007/07/new_chinese_ballistic_missile.php [2007]
* http://defense.aol.com/2011/12/23/your-move-beijing-big-year-ahead-for-chinese-navy/ [2011]
* http://thediplomat.com/2011/10/20/china%E2%80%99s-overhyped-submarine-threat/ [2011]
* http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/12/china-submarines/ [2011]
-- John Broughton   (♫♫) 14:59, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources for additions
Talk:Mercedes-Benz W108/W109

message: What the hell should mean this phrase? There was only one Western German republic, and this was the Federal Republic of Germany. --TheAutoJunkie (talk) 06:06, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Successful in both West Germany

message: Under the picture on the right hand side of the page, in the overall production statistics, it lists "Port Melbourne, Australia" as the "Assembly". I do not believe this is correct. It should probably be Stuttgart, West Germany.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.247.54.37 (talk) 00:51, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Place of Assembly? 

message: Just letting this community know, I think a Mercedes is not a muscle car. So until someone provides a reference, which I won't, I will keep the muscle thing out of the page 
Thank you
137.25.35.93 (talk) 07:32, 6 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed mention of it being a "muscle" car 
Talk:Mercedes-Benz W116

message: HI, I would like to add the following link to our forum onto the Mercedes-Benz_W116 page - we are a non-profit enthusiasts club for the w116 mercedes.
Mercedes W116 Enthusiasts Forum
Thanks!
Teknoblast (talk) 02:55, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: WP does not link to forums. 21:23, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Site link 

message: what would be the cureen value of 1976 280s model 116 in excellent condition  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.220.79.187 (talk) 06:10, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  value 

message: In the last two days anons have been adding the following to the article: "Siaw Berut" ( and ). I am no expert on this subject, but I can't find reliable sources (e.g. academic) to support this change. If there are sources or arguments for this change, please, explain it and take charge. Thanks. Caballero/Historiador ⎌ 19:26, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Mercedes-Benz Siaw Berut W116

message: The article includes the following sentence:
"One of the key advantages of the 300 SD is its exceptional fuel economy on track, where it burns just 2.5 GPH (Roughly 18MPG)."
What does that mean? Regarding fuel economy, I expect g/kWh, but what is GPH? the disambiguation page does not explain it. Also, what is "roughly 18MPG"? I recommend using g/kWh, kg/h, l/h or even l/100 km for fuel consumption or efficiency.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.183.56.221 (talk) 10:55, 4 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Gallons per hour would be my guess. Mr Larrington (talk) 12:28, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  What does that mean ? 

message: It is my understanding that these ridges are to prevent snow build-up when parked.  I am sure I have read it somewhere, probably one of my vehicle manuals. Yevad (talk) 20:23, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  "ridged lamp covers which kept dirt accumulation at bay" 

message: The W116 article (38k bytes) is largely about the low volume 6.9, which already has it own article (25k bytes).PLawrence99cx (talk) 18:59, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Overlap with 6.9 Article 

message: The redirect 6.9 has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached.  Okmrman (talk) 23:31, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  "[[:6.9]]" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]]
Template talk:Non-free rationale

message: See Template:Non-free use rationale instead.  —johndburger 16:56, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikidemo has said this is a template in testing, but for some reason it won't work correctly in the user space. -- Ned Scott 06:52, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Apparently deprecated