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Talk:The Calcutta Chromosome

message: This text which enthralls only delirious minds, or patients down with incurable mental malaria should not be taught in Engineering Colleges. I admit most humbly that it is a work of art, based on years of mental fatigue, but it is hardly a piece for consideration and ceratinly sub- mid-importance.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.225.80.136 (talk) 05:33, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  A Reader's Opinion 

message: I added this into the category: 1990s science fiction novels Transcendentalist01 (talk) 16:36, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  I added this into a category
Talk:Simon Byrne

message: Giano - on fixing up the refs yesterdy, I noticed that the reference to Broughton's Rules toward the end currently uses Svinth, but there was an inline note that another reference is required. Could you possibly check if Svinth is right, or another ref is still needed.  Thanks.  -- ALoan (Talk) 08:56, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No it is right the ref is here  direct quote below
"Mee, 2001, 105; "Burke was arrested, but exonerated. The death contributed to the introduction of London Prize Ring Rules, which prohibited seconds from carrying a nearly unconscious man to the mark. The new rules also prohibited spiked boots (most bouts were fought outdoors) and disqualified fighters who fell down without being hit (a common way of getting a rest under Broughton's Rules)."  It seems to be sufficiently referenced to my way of thinking, was that "needs reference" added yesterday, I haven't seen it there before? Giano | talk 09:15, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Great - thanks.  I added that comment - it previously said Reference needed.   I guess that probably happened by accident - I didn't do it when I did the references the first time  - but it is good to have cleared it up.  -- ALoan (Talk) 10:32, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Missing ref?
Talk:Natchez Trace Trail

message: Does the trail really run 440 miles along the parkway?  According to the NPS, only about 65 miles of trail are currently open, that being in four separate sections.  It seems that the full 440 mile distance is planned at some point, but perhaps a distinction should be made regarding the proposed length and currently available length.
Jrsharp 15:00, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: ... and the article National Scenic Trail even talks about 695 miles! How many are there really? --Ibn Battuta (talk) 03:40, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Rephrased the 440 mile comment to point to the 444 mile Parkway and that the Trail follows sections of the Trace.SBaker43 (talk) 01:38, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Mileage?
Talk:American Empire: The Center Cannot Hold

message: This article has been reverted by a bot to  as part of a large-scale clean-up project of multiple article copyright infringement. (See the investigation subpage) This has been done to remove User:Accotink2's contributions as they have a history of extensive copyright violation and so it is assumed that all of their major contributions are copyright violations. Earlier text must not be restored, unless it can be verified to be free of infringement. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions must be deleted. Contributors may use sources as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences or phrases. Accordingly, the material may be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously. VWBot (talk) 05:30, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright problem
Talk:Shiva Purana

message: It tells about the great deeds of Lord Siva and presents the mystical aspects of saivaite belief apart from giving an insight into the philosophical aspects of Siva worship. It also contains extensive stories about different events in India and the world. It is not unjustified to say that in spite of the mythological aspect of the book, it serves as a reference to historians as well, as it contains stories of kingdoms, dynasties, places and worship practices which may have been based on actual events.
There are different versions which includes Sanskrit as well as Tamil Versions. Though the accounts differ in many ways, the central theme remains the same.
(If you feel something of this needs to be addedg back to the present article, please go ahead. (Ekabhishek (talk) 16:32, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Text from the old Shiva Puranam article

message: It would appear that the greater part of this article is copied directly from this site. Aside from the overall low quality of the writing, the above page would seem to be a devotional Hinduism source, which I'm guessing constitutes a violation of Wiki's POV policy.
219.115.123.79 09:02, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Deleted. Not only it is copyright violation, it is also unreferenced nonverified retale of the text. It is also non-encyclopedic: we need an article about the work, not its retale or long quotation or whatever. See the Rigveda article for an example. `'Míkka 19:34, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Plagiarism?

message: I believe that both the articles talk about the same aspects and as such, they need to be merged. I do not have any preference for which article should be retained or which should be made a redirect. --Gurubrahma (talk) 09:26, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Merge into Shiva Purana, Supported. Shiva purana be retained.--Redtigerxyz (talk) 13:08, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge with [[Siva Puranam]] - Discussion 

message: The MUM version in pdf is far from complete. After Vidyeswar Samhita, the chapters are not numbered and many are missing.
A Wordpress site with mirror sites (on Facebook, Twitter and Blogspot) carries a summary in the form of selected verses. New verses are being added roughly at the rate of one a day these days (August 2011). This URL has been added.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.232.83.96 (talk) 13:59, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  No complete version on Internet
Talk:A World of Difference (novel)

message: The plot summary here is inaccurate. The US and Soviet explorers did not "use" the Minervans to carry out a war by proxy. They were unwillingly trapped into participating on opposite sides of a war between opposing Minervan groups that was already starting when they arrived. I will be happy to correct this if no one objects.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.204.210.237 (talk) 17:20, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Old Spanish Trail (trade route)

message: This is one of at least two roads named the Old Spanish Trail.  and  have information about a national auto trail with that name from San Diego to St. Augustine. Disambiguation is probably in order. --SPUI (T - C - RFC) 20:29, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Naming 

message: Why did Vegaswikian undo my additions to the page.  I added history that is important to the trail, especially those of Antonio Armijo.  Please do not revert to the previous version without citing your reasons.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Robert.Armijo (talk • contribs) 18:17, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Revert 

message: *Please cite reference that trail was closed by Mormons due to the slave trade. The trail association history mentions that the practice was widely condemned. Also, that article seems to indicate the trail ceased usage mostly due to its becoming obsolete. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.170.173.254 (talk) 17:00, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  History 

message: *Please cite a refence on the discouragement of trade between provinces during spanish colonial reign.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.170.173.254 (talk) 17:29, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Introduction 
Talk:Voyage (novel)

message: I've tried to add the precision that Ralph Gershon is afro-american and was reverted (  ) . I think this precision is important, as important as the fact that Natalie York is a woman, and I don't understand why it was reverted. Corpsmoderne (talk) 16:38, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ralph Gershon is afro-american and it's important
Talk:Arabesk trilogy

message: I've gutted and rebuilt the page to have individual plot summaries for the three books, redistributed the references and generally tweaked it.  I'll refine the plot summaries for the second two books once I've re-read them.  Was horrified WP didn't already have a proper article for the trilogy... Tyrhinis 22:24, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rebuild
Talk:Carl Reichenbach

message: That sort of ranking looks silly. Who is considering him to be "one of the 1000 most important scientists" ? Whoever wrote that tries to give the impression that such ranking is sort of nature-given, an indisputable fact. That is nonsense. Any value is a human decsion. So name the criteria, and the person/s who chose to apply these and came to the conclusion, then it makes some sense, otherwise not.147.142.186.54 (talk) 14:22, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: "Most Important scientists"?

message: I very much doubt the etymology for "Od". German Wp article on C.R. gives the nordic god "Odin" as name origin. The greek noun "He hodos" means 1. "way, road" and 2. "travelling, journeying"; also it would give "Hod", not "Od". And no reference is cited in the article. So that seems to be an error.147.142.186.54 (talk) 14:22, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology 

message: I did not understand why he was described as a "philosopher". The publications cited deal with topics that today we would include under "natural science", and perhaps "parapsychology". Of course the meaning and understanding of scholarly terms such as "philosophy" are subject to change over centuries, but still it is not clear.147.142.186.54 (talk) 14:22, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: "Philosopher" ?

message: Does anyone see the connection? Bokoharamwatch (talk) 18:16, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Odin Reichenbach
Talk:Tunnel Through the Deeps

message: Harrison's official webpage, and the sources refer to is as A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah! The publication history indicates that was its title when first published - in magazine form. It was renamed "Tunnel Through the Deeps" for its first book publications. So which title should we use ? -- Beardo 00:16, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page name 

message: I'd like to echo the preceding user's comments. I rather suspect that there's a matter of principle involved here: I'm under the impression that the work was first publishing in book form in Europe under the title "A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!", and that the alternative title was used for US publication. Given the author's webpage and the publication history, it seems inappropriate to use the US title. (The obvious parallel, I suppose, is "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", which I understand was sold in the US as "Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone", but whose Wikipedia entry uses the original title.) RomanSpa (talk) 00:45, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The first book publications were in the U.S. and Canada, both under the current title. It is customary to title an article about a book which was also serialized in magazine format under the initial book publication title, rather than the title which the serialized magazine version bore, since the book version usually has much greater permanent impact. --Orange Mike  |  Talk 13:48, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for clearing that up. I was under the impression that the book was published in the UK before it was published in North America, but I'll take your word for it. RomanSpa (talk) 23:44, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Do we have any sources for the actual publication date ? Again - http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?958 shows the US title as a variant, with both published in 1972. -- Beardo (talk) 22:21, 6 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible Incorrect Title
Talk:Colonization (series)

message: The change to sci-fi stub is a bit peculiar. Colonization is both, but mostly AH, no?  Homeward bound I can agree. But Colonization?
:Alternate history is generally considered as a sub-set of science fiction (I won't call it "sci-fi" for love nor money); so both apply.--Orange Mike 01:09, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Sci-fi or Alternate history?

message: The link to the novel "Colonization: Second Contact" is redirected back to this page.
It should probably be a red link. --Mirage GSM 14:57, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed all three. Colonization: Second Contact is the natural page name for an article about just that book, but it redirects back here effectively eliminating possibility of having its own article. Creating specific articles for the second and third in a series doesn't make sense if a specific article for the first article can't be created. Jon 13:46, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  circular Link
Talk:Gustave Le Bon

message: :On page 12 of his (Evolution of matter) he writes: "It would, no doubt be possible to conceive energy without substance, for there is nothing to prove that it necessarily requires a support; but such a conception cannot be attained by us. We can only understand things by fitting them into the common frame of our thoughts. The essence of energy being unknown, we are compelled to materialize it in order to reason thereto." WFPM (talk) 03:35, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Dr Le Bon was a proponent of the concept that the atom was a container of a large quantity of what he called "intra-atomic energy", and was aware that its mass increased as a function of its velocity.WFPM (talk) 16:15, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

text: I highly recommend that Gustave Le Bon's book: The Evolution of Matter from Charles Scribner's Sons 1907 be included in his Book reference section. The book I have is an english  translation from the4 third edition by F Legge. In his introduction, he said that the book was first published and sold in France in 1905.WFPM (talk) 01:24, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Energy without matter 

message: Claiming LeBon was a proto-Fascist is rather backwards: he wrote to *warn* of demagogic techniques.  Observing that Hitler et al used in in reverse, so to speak, is rather like saying that [insert modern dictator here] read Orwell's 1984 as a manual rather than a cautionary tale. Solicitr (talk) 20:53, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Influence on fascists? 

message: Is there anyone who speaks French fluently who can translate the titles listed in the "Works" section?
Looking at the history, my above post is first in 4 years on this page so I will just translate myself. Hopefully in future someone will correct any mistakes I make. KaltenB (talk) 17:26, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Translation 

message: I have seen this quote The role of the scholar is to destroy chimeras, that of the statesman is to make use of them atributed to him all over the web but no one has any idea where it came from. Any one have a clue? 2804:29B8:5028:B060:39FF:9665:8E6F:6B82 (talk) 00:18, 31 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  No known source for quote
Talk:Prince William Forest Park

message: This article has two sections and three photos.  Is it still really a stub?  Thoughts? Mmoyer 03:15, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I checked the WikiProjectVirginia quality scale. Since this article has some good sources, some photos, and substantial content, I think it is at least a "Start" quality, so I upgraded it from stub to start. Smiller933 (talk) 02:11, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Still a stub
Talk:The Great War (novel series)

message: When I tried editing this artical about Harry Turtledove's Great War, the page ended up getting screwed up and wow the box the should be on the right of the page is now on top and it's messy. Could somebody help someone help me please?
--24.147.1.197 (talk) 19:11, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Talk

message: curprev 10:04, 18 August 2015‎ Woodensuperman talk contribs‎  48 bytes +48‎  Robsinden moved page Great War (Harry Turtledove) to Great War (series): per standard naming thank
:Not clear that The is not required. And this is a novel series not a TV series. In ictu oculi (talk) 12:36, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Move
Talk:Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge

message: I found a good article on the expansion of the refuge.  It describes the federal government's purchase of interests in roughly 280,000 acres.  It also describes the possible effects of the purchase on Alabama's economy.  You can find a link to the article on my user page User:ElderHap.  ElderHap (talk) 17:19, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  News of Expansion
Talk:How Few Remain

message: The text says it was released in 1997, but the infobox says 1992. I'm sure there is a reason for this? -- Jao 11:03, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, Shsilver. -- Jao 15:18, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Release date 

message: In both Kentucky and Missouri, the government split and the pro-Confederate half was admitted to the Confederacy in 1861.  It seems very odd that they should have given up on Missouri.  They might even have tried to re-conquer Kansas, which they felt was part of their share of the West.
There is also the New Mexico territory, which Confederate forces had tried to capture in 1861.  The southern half of California also felt Confederate and logically ought to have joined if secession had succeeded.
It was also known to Confederates as their 'War of Independence' - surely that would have been the name used.
Most non-slave states did not allow blacks the vote in the pre-Civil War period, or otherwise discriminated against them.   I've not read the book recently but I don't recall this being mentioned.  
It's an entertaining book, but not good history.
--GwydionM 17:14, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Historic oddities 

message: In the history of the book, it is mentioned that the COnfederates take Philadelphia, thereby winning the war.  Later, it is mentioned that the US capital is moved from Washington to Philadelphia because Washington now borders the Confederacy.  If the first part is true, then Philadelphia is *in* the Confederacy, can this be clearly explained in the article how the capital can move to Philadelphia and if it is again US territory? --192.127.94.7 16:07, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The Seceshes take Philadelphia during the war, but do not retain control of it after the war is over. --Orange Mike 02:17, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Philadelphia 

message: Deanwhinchester10 has twice (here and here) plagiarized a review I wrote of How Few Remain by inserting all or portions of the review into this article.  Please keep a lookout for continued plagiarism and copyright violation by this user. Shsilver (talk) 04:07, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plagiarism 

message: Canada needs to be added to the belligerents list under the United Kingdom and France.This is due to the United States trying to invade Canada to keep out Britian.
24.147.1.197 (talk) 22:57, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Canada as a Belligerent
Talk:Making History (novel)

message: The article is currently tagged that the plot summary may be too long.  This is ridiculous; it's a difficult plot to summarize, as is usual for time-travel stories.  Or does anyone want to keep the tag? DavidHobby (talk) 03:09, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I came back and removed the tag.  Let me know if you care?DavidHobby (talk) 03:58, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plot Summary 
Talk:The Great War: Breakthroughs

message: The act of having "torpedoed and sunk a U.S. destroyer after the U.S.-C.S. armistice took effect" would not be a war crime, but an error. There were many real war crimes during the actual civil war which could have been a more accurate basis for a war crime in this book.Royalcourtier (talk) 04:32, 22 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  War crime?
Talk:The Chronicle of the Black Sword

message: Does this page need (album) in the title - is there anything else by that title ?
-- Beardo 09:49, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Pavane (novel)

message: In the phrase "...  the Pope becomes the effective secular, as well as spiritual, ruler over Europe (a development with no parallel in the actual history of Catholic countries)." (emphasis added), I have deleted the parenthetical "a development with no parallel in the actual history of Catholic countries".
This statement is entirely wrong. From the Donation of Pepin in 756CE to the Italian Unification (1860s-1870s), the Papacy fully exercised secular rule over those territories in Italy known as The Papal States. Indeed, though these territories are now reduced to the 0.44 km² of Vatican City (and much reduced in sovereignty, as well), the Papacy still exercises secular rule there.
JTGILLICK (talk) 20:51, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Editing out misconception re Papal rule

message: Because it is fiction. The best kind of science fiction is speculative fiction. Not all Science Fiction is speculative, just as all violets are pansies but not all pansies are violets. 
Because this story and the other stories described are alternate universe fiction, there can not be any reliable sources until students and scholars begin writing papers on the subjects covered and publish them as serious work, which may be never. On the other hand, such papers have been written about Blade Runner and Star Trek and the Terminator series. Therefore, keep this page as is for at least 20 years or until universities begin teaching and publishing papers on the subject of a Catholic England and alternate New World.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.113.49.126 (talk) 04:21, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  The article should stand as currently written 

message: The venue is relevant for illustrating this novel, but could we use a different image? The current one, "Renown", is a showman engine but :File:Boadicea traction engine Great Dorset Steam Fair.jpg is a traction engine, like "Lady Margaret". Proposing a swap. --Old Moonraker (talk) 15:37, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. --Old Moonraker (talk) 22:42, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Great Dorset Steam Fair