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Talk:Nashwan

message: I think Nashwan featuring prominently on most of the games developed by one of the most famous game development companies in the 1990s is hardly just trivia. Trivia would be, for example, mentioning that Bart Simpson once mentioned Naswhan in passing in episode 52,785 of The Simpsons. An entire company basically worshipping the horse isn't. Cultural references aren't evil by themselves, only when they're too distant and minor. JIP | Talk 19:55, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cultural references 

message: Nowhere in the article about Nashwan, Hern's article stubb or in Carnarvon's article is (hardly) any mention made of the inglorious period of June 1998 to May 1999 which found focus in the career of Nashwan. Mention was made in the Hern article that he was 'sacked' by Carnarvon in the summer of 1998. This caused enormous ill-feeling towards Carnarvon and more importantly towards the Queen on whom's behalf Carnarvon acted. When Nashwan won the 2000Guineas in May 1989 it became the focal point for the anti-Carnarvon brigade. It has to be said that supporters of Carnarvon were few and far between.. Something should be include in at least one if not all of these articles covering this point.
In addition it is worth adding that Carnarvon played a significant part in the arranged sale of Nashwan's dam. It ties in with the above as part of the fee received for selling Height of Fashion went towards the purchase of West Ilsley Stables where Hern trained for the Queen from 1967 to 1990. In buying the stables The Queen became Hern's boss and Carnarvon was her manager. All a sad tale I'm afraid.  (Victor Middlesex (talk) 20:51, 12 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: A sad tale indeed. The should be plenty of material available to add something to (at least) the Hern & Height of Fashion articles. I've got Peter Willett's biog of Hern which has a 30-page chapter titled "The Lease Crisis" covering the story in detail. The only problems around this for me are - I don't really have the time available to write a big update, and adding a long section to the Hern article would give the matter undue weight as the stub stands at the moment.--Bcp67 (talk) 10:44, 23 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nashwan/Hern/Carnarvon controversy 
Talk:Albert Tirrell

message: But someone wants it to be incorrect, I guess.  Mattisse 23:13, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: First sentence is grammatically incorrect
Talk:Dennis Franklin

message: Sorry, failing this one (like Bob Timberlake) for similar reasons. There's almost no discussion of his life outside football at all - all the high school information is about his life as a quarterback. He seems to have done some notable stuff at King World Productions - why not expand on that a bit more? An image would be nice too. Leave a note on my talk page with issues/questions. — Dihydrogen Monoxide 00:25, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: GA nomination failed
Talk:Rintrah

message: Why does this page say that Rintrah is mentioned in "Visions of the Daughters of Albion"? I cannot find a reference to him in the text at all. Maybe I am missing a cloaked allusion somewhere in the text that does reference Rintrah? In the Wordsworth Selection of his poems Dr Bruce Woodcock explicitly says "There is no obvious indication in the text or elsewhere in Blake's work to who Rintrah is..."The Selected Poems of William Blake, with Introduction, Notes and Bibliography by Dr Bruce Woodcock, The Wordsworth poetry LibraryBenjRust (talk) 22:25, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
Talk:Belgian passport

message: Is nobody else irritated by the fact that, judging from the picture in this article, the official 2008-an-on passports of Belgium have a bizarre typo on the cover page? Speaking of EUROPAÏSCHE. They surely brought out a new, corrected version by now, didn’t they? Anothername (talk) 07:18, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Since I can find no trace of anyone complaining on any internet forums about the typo - and there would be, especially since language is a very touchy subject in Belgium - I'm assuming that the scan we use here was scanned off of a pre-issue new article or glossy government advertisement for the new passport cover, not off a passport actually issued. Passportguy (talk) 16:58, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Typo in passport 

message: I presume that the reason why Australia is listed as requiring a visa from Belgian passport holders is that you have to get an Electronic Travel Authority (ETA, or sometimes called "electronic visa") before travelling to Australia.
Since 12 January 2009, the United States requires a similar electronic pre-authorization of anyone travelling to the US on the Visa Waiver Program, which includes Belgian passport holders< (http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/without/without_1990.html)
I haven't got a clue how to change the map myself, but it probably should be done, because the terms for entering Australia and the United States as a tourist on a Belgian passport are now almost identical.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.30.192.135 (talk) 21:11, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Visa-free travel 
Talk:Bustino

message: The comment that Bustino was inconvenienced by the firm going at Epsom at the Derby doesn't stand up. Bustino had a good action and was suited to firm going. He was disadvantaged by soft ground. The going when he won the Coronation Cup at the same track and in the King George was much firmer than that for the 1974 Derby. In fact the horse was baulked early in the race and could not make up the ground. He finished very strongly in the straight. Mercer probably had him too far back.(Victor Middlesex (talk) 08:51, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Notice that I only said that he "seemed" to be inconvenienced. Thanks very for the contribution. I will certainly look back through the sources in the light of your comments. Sometimes people rush to judgement on a horse's preferences. In 1983, everyone thought that Teenoso needed bottomless ground to show his best: in 1984 he won the King George when Ascot was like a road.  Tigerboy1966  11:12, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

text: Having watched the race over and over, I do agree with your comment that "Mercer probably had him too far back". Bustino was ten pounds better than Snow Knight and should have won with plenty in hand, regardless of the ground. Tigerboy1966  19:04, 27 December 2013 (UTC)
Talk:Samuel Ludwik Zasadius

message: This article is full of false informations: Both Komorzno and Tarnowskie Góry weren't in Poland in 17th/18th century, so they hadn't also a polish name. "He left Germany in 1742", but "he returned to Tarnowitz" (which was also in Germany).. So this don't make sense. --Jonny84 (talk) 23:38, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Be bold, fix it. - Darwinek (talk) 19:35, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  False informations
Talk:The Meeting Place (church)

message: I created this topic. I am not employed by the organization mentioned as the subject of this topic. I am simply someone familiar with the organization and saw fit to create an article about this type of organization which is consistent with other articles with the same subject matter. The subject in question is a notable organization as given in the introduction. The fact that some may differ as to the merits of what is indicated as "notable" is a subjective debate.--Kcrattmp (talk) 16:16, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]

message: This article reads like an ad for The Meeting Place. Beatfreak (talk) 22:14, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article reads like an advertisement
Talk:The Driven

message: One thing to remember is that the goal of Wikipedia is to create comprehensive and verifiable encyclopedia articles about topics. If there are newspaper clippings that (for example) state that attest to the "keen eye of Pearse Gilmore" or that the Rubbergutt - A Day in the Life demo was indeed legendary.Noonand (talk) 09:24, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Verifiable content, not hearsay or opinions
Talk:Black River-Matheson

message: Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a tourist marketing database. The current version of the article is an improvement over the tone of the prior version that I reverted on September 27, but there are still a few parts of it which read more like they were written by the township's tourist information office. This article needs to be reviewed to ensure that Wikipedia's core policies of neutral point of view, reliable sources and verifiability are being followed. Bearcat (talk) 16:32, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup tag
Talk:Constance Merritt

message: Talk page created.ReadQT (talk) 16:33, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I think you guys have a really good start though I would advise that the lead be edited slightly. It should look like, Constance Merritt (born in 1966). If possible I think adding some details on her early/personal life would be beneficial. Perhaps you could also expand upon her career and publications. Also, your lead goes over all of Merritt's awards/honors. If you wanted, you can gather this information and create a sub-category for these achievements. Mariehurtado96 (talk) 20:33, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  peer review
Talk:Caleb Guillotte

message: I assume my bigraphy page (caleb Guillotte) is relevant if only because there was an existing link to a blank page under that name from the Deadeye Dick page. Am I mistaken that the bios of the present and former members of a featured band are relevant to the wiki world?  Calvaggio (talk) 16:40, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You make a fair point.  It's not certain whether this article meets the notability guidelines, but being a member of a band with an existing wikipedia article is a sufficient assertion of notability to survive the request for speedy deletion.--Kubigula (talk) 17:01, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Brandon, County Durham

message: This article is entirely historical. We need some recent information as well. Biscuittin (talk) 15:58, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Current information needed 
Talk:Site-specific theatre

message: Plenty of material could be added on the history of site-specific theatre, as well as connections to theory. In particular, Mike Pearson's text Site-Specific Performance should be referenced, along with its bibliography of readings. A link or reference to the term “site-specific performance” would also be useful, which now currently is directed immediately to "site-specific art." A discussion of the distinction between site-specific theatre, site-specific art, and site-specific performance would also be helpful, especially as the term "performance" is utilized within both the theatre and visual art communities. Rmlouis (talk) 20:37, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Improving Sources 
Talk:Clan Macqueen

message: I've moved the article to the spelling with a lower-case letter q because this is the way it is shown on the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs website link.--Celtus (talk) 06:10, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree. Clans are named after the usually named chief's spelling, in this case Macqueen. I think it is wrong for users to jump in and change the way the way people spell their name simply because they happen to have a different spelling to their name or know somebody who has a different spelling. Yours ever, Czar Brodie (talk) 09:20, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay. So should I change all occurrences of MacQueen to Macqueen throughout the article, including the infobox? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:03, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lower-case letter ''q'' 

message: This article has been tagged since 2010 as having a lack of sources/inline citations and also as having improper sources. Any unsourced info can be removed from Wikipedia without warning. I will shortly be re-writing the history section of the article.QuintusPetillius (talk) 17:23, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Major re-write

message: This article currently cites Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia for the claim "The MacQueens are allegedly of the same descent as the Clan Donald, having kinship with the High Kings of Ireland." However, a 1998 article by David Sellar says the MacSwans of Roag in the Hebrides "claimed to belong to the same stock as the MacLeods." (W. D. H. Sellar. "Ancestry of the MacLeods Reconsidered." Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Vol. LV, 1997-1998, The Gaelic Society of Inverness, 2000, pp. 233-258.) http://www.macleodgenealogy.com/Research/Sellar.html#I130 I suggest replacing the current statement.
Beaujuste (talk) 11:43, 15 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think it should replace the current statement but be added as an alternative theory for the origins of the clan.QuintusPetillius (talk) 16:32, 15 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin of the clan
Talk:Shetland animal breeds

message: Perhaps this article would better serve its purpose if it were changed into a "List of domesticated Shetland Islands breeds". Such a proposed list could simply enumerate the names of the breeds already listed here—as wikilinks to their existing main articles. That would obviate the need to keep updated this duplicative information here.  It would also allow the new list to be easily incorporated into the existing Category: "Lists of breeds". Would this be a worthwhile change? (And if so, would someone more experienced than me be willing to do it?)  Thanks. Timbuk-2 (talk) 05:00, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Not a bad idea. List of Scottish breeds provides a possible template although a short 'notes' column to include snippets of the most interesting information might be useful - see List of rulers of the Kingdom of the Isles for an example. I doubt I am going to get the time to do this but if you'd like to have a go in sandbox I'd be happy to help sort out any glitches. The wiki-codes for tables are not that tricky - once you get the hang of it you just keep repeating them. If you are interested let me know. Ben MacDui 13:40, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for your helpful feedback. I'm comfortable building tables, but—if there's a consensus on the proposal—should the page architecture be changed first (i.e., to a list-class "List of domesticated Shetland Islands breeds" from this article-class "Shetland animal breeds")?  Or I see now that prior to that, the contents could be turned into a minimalist list of wikilinks or into a simple table. I defer to your judgment (since your user page reveals you to be a native of this parallel-universe Wikipedia-geography) regarding the optimal choice:  list or table. I appreciate your thoughts on this. Timbuk-2 (talk) 15:08, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I am not a big fan of these 'simple lists' tbh e.g. List of rivers of Italy which are mostly just strings of names whereas List of rivers of Albania looks to me more like a helpful encyclopedia article, so in short I prefer a table (and if this were to happen I also think it could/should be re-named as a list-class page). Renaming the article and re-categorisng it would be easy but I think I'd like to see a draft first so that I can be sure we are not going to lose a lot of information in the process. Ben MacDui 17:22, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Excellent suggestions. Let's see if there's any additional feedback from others. Then I'd be wondering if an interested party might be willing to undertake this. (My Wikipedia plate is full at the moment with other projects.) Again, I thank you.  Timbuk-2 (talk) 17:36, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Turn this article into a list?
Talk:Council on Quality and Leadership

message: We followed the same writing style as The Joint Commission and AAIDD which are closely related to us. We purposefully left out our marketing language. Slmcouncil (talk) 16:56, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Please read WP:COI Mayalld (talk) 17:01, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Nullification Convention

message: I made some changes, but I see no real purpose in this article.  Its background information is incomplete and the main article covers this in a much more detailed and accurate manner. Even the actions of the convention are covered in more detail than in this poorly written article. Tom (North Shoreman) (talk) 16:59, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I finally made the MERGE, although I really didn't find anything on his article that needed to be added to the main article. Tom (North Shoreman) (talk) 19:22, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge Proposal
Talk:Sanford USD Medical Center

message: I tagged this article for POV because it sounds like something copied from the Sanford website. I hope it is not as the would be copyvio. Spiesr (talk) 17:04, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: POV
Talk:Machine and Soul

message: I had already reverted an improper removal of a tag.  It was borderline for a prod vs the db-band, but I will capitulate.  I am uncomfortable with doing a 3rd edit on this page to re-instate a db or a prod because I will appear to be 'hounding' that editor.  I'm not like that and as such I will leave it alone now... if you feel it should stay there then by all means leave it there as well... I really only found one place on the net and it really is not notable or encyclopedic. --Pmedema (talk) 17:06, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
Talk:The Stone Pony

message: Claiming this to be "one of the world's most well-known music venues" is stretching my credulity to breaking point.  "...well-known in New Jersey", possibly?  Perhaps someone who knows it well could give a more realistic view, and add some references - Thanks.  Carbonix (talk) 23:16, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think there's any problem with that description, although it looks like it was already removed. I need to go back and cite the sources for my rewrite, which I will do shortly, and see if I can find sources to back up the "one of the world's best known" description. Certainly it's on the same level as the Troc and Antone's. Terrapin7 (talk) 23:26, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Status 

message: By the way, as the original forker of this article I think the 'Advert' tag can be removed.  I admit I originally (with permission) scraped their website for content, but its certainly taken a life of its own with like a bazillion edits since then.  The tag was applied 2 years ago.  Time for wikipedia to move on.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.187.84.44 (talk) 03:42, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Advertisement status 

message: I cleaned up the lead by removing the "first and foremost" text— the cited source says nothing of the kind— as well as removing references to Bam Bam Bigelow (who is not a musician) and Steven Van Zandt (who also isn't listed in the source). The phrases about Bigelow and Van Zandt wandered too far from the subject in any case. Orange Suede Sofa (talk) 03:20, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleaning up the lead 

message: This article seems very biased and more of an ad than a factual piece.  Of 7 sources cited, four were from one reporter (DeMasters, Karen)  Diversifying would probably give a more balanced article. JoeJJC (talk) 22:44, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  One source?
Talk:Longue Pointe

message: Longue Pointe is about 85 km south from Hudson Bay, so it is impossible to see it from ground level. Or you would need to be 555 m (1820 ft) high, see: Horizon.  -- P199 (talk) 17:20, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Hudson Bay not visible

message: move. 
I'm requesting that we rename the page to Longue Pointe (Quebec), since we should be using the English variant (ie - unaccented) of the provincial name on the English Wikipedia. See Wikipedia:Canadian Wikipedians' notice board/Style guide for details. Mindmatrix 20:06, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Move page
Talk:Boons offered to Kaliyan

message: Recently we had an afd, closed as keep, although the notability of the subject still remains doubtful. I am proposing merge or redirect to Kaliyan#Kali Claiming boons. Delibzr (talk) 05:20, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Merge: Though Kaliyan is notable, there is no basis for independent notability (notability in third party literature) of this list. --Redtigerxyz  Talk  11:58, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal
Category talk:Unequal treaties

message: Please flag this category. It appears to be biased: western powers treaties with East Asian nations during the late nineteenth century. If this category were to be unbiased, it would include other treaties (one example might be the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty between the US and Panama), which would suggest that this type of treaty transpires elsewhere besides East Asia. Certainly other treaties could also be considered in this category, or perhaps, this category should be eliminated since the notion of "Unequal" is a relative and subjective assessment.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.78.78.91 (talk) 00:02, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
Talk:Optare Esteem

message: Following on from this previous discussion, I believe that the same product sold under different brands can be satisfactorily covered by one article. I will merge in a few days' time unless anyone has a good reason not to. Quackdave (talk) 16:50, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Now done. As with the Olympus, there were some conflicts between the two sets of dimensions. Optare's website confirms the maximum seating capacity of 43, but the 34 clearly isn't correct as some examples have 25 seats or even fewer. Therefore I've used the range 33-60 passengers from the EL article (which presumably includes standees) but have also mentioned the 43 seated maximum. I've retained the existing length range from the Optare article infobox, as clearly many are shorter than the 12800mm given on the old EL article. 79.76.134.134 (talk) 20:41, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Excellent, thanks for that. I may soon get round to checking the links and avoiding some of the redirects. Arriva436talk 20:46, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge proposal
Talk:Product Market

message: This category may require frequent maintenance to avoid becoming too large.
It should list very few, if any, article pages directly and should mainly contain subcategories.
Articles in this category should be moved to subcategories where appropriate.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by SkE (talk • contribs) 17:51, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Helpers for expansion and Maintenance
Talk:St Mary's Church, Castle Street, Reading

message: There's already a page for this church - see Reading Minster :) Annihilatenow (talk) 17:53, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Oops, correction, just read the article I linked to. Perhaps they're different ;) Annihilatenow (talk) 17:54, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: They are indeed different. Hopefully the two articles now make this clear. -- Chris j wood (talk) 16:13, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Name confusion

message: I'm having a crisis of confidence as to whether this is actually a Church of England church. As a Reading resident I've always assumed it was. I can find sources that say it is protestant and episcopalian, and the implication of the WP articles on those subjects is that the only church in England with that combination is the Church of England. But the CoE's find a church web site (http://www.acny.org.uk/) does not show this one up. I've amended the article and some links so as not to jump to unsourced conclusions. Can anybody explain?. -- Chris j wood (talk) 16:18, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It has never been a Church of England church. It was a private Calvinist chapel associated with the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion until the 1830s, when it became associated with the Church of England, but as a Proprietary chapel, not a parish church. It left the Church of England in 1994 when its priest (David Samuel) left the Church of England and set up his own denomination named the Church of England (Continuing). Timothy Titus Talk To TT 13:02, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Denomination 