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Talk:Christian Academy of Knoxville

message: Wow- I'm really sorry that this looks so bad, I'm new but I'm trying to learn the formatting/procedure.
Anyone that could help clean it up/flesh it out would be great!
Iwanttohelpwiki 05:24, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

message: I think we should request semi protection. I've come here on several occasions to find vandals ruining this article. But I think we should just get some people opinions first. Irunongamesplay 01:09, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request Semi-Protection? 
Talk:Adult Kickball

message: IMHO, there is absolutely no reason why the content of this article (as it is now) can't be merged in with the kickball article.  The games are played with (more or less) the same rules -- the only difference is the age of the players.  If this is that contentious an issue, I would recommend having outside parties comment on it in a WP:RFC. Amnewsboy 11:40, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed Merge
Talk:Nakor

message: Has the person who wrote these even read half of Feist's work??
The prologue to King's Buccaneer are pretty clear on the origin of the 'Blue Rider' tag; when directly questioned, Nakor replies that he 'threw the cloak' away' but the tattered, dirty robe he wore was still the same one gifted him at the end of Prince of the Blood. What a mess.
MichaelHenson (talk) 20:07, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: If you can do better, do better.  Chaheel Riens (talk) 21:20, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
Talk:City of Pearl

message: The article says that most of the book takes place in 2374, but doesn't it actually take place in 2375?  The initial scenes are in 2374 at Christmas time (Earth calender).  The book is about a year long, meaning that almost all of the book actually takes place in 2375.  Anyone mind if I change the date?  208.61.112.212 (talk) 18:36, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  2374 vs. 2375? 

message: Amazon Customer Reviews (positive and negative) [3]
Anyone know why this is cited as footnote 3?  (I don't see any place in the text that refers to it) 208.61.112.212 (talk) 18:43, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Footnote 3?
Talk:Double play

message: I'm not sure what to make of this chart. The number of double plays does not add to 100. Also, it's tagged with  (since July 2007)
:For every 100 double plays that go 6-4-3, there are:
:*83 which go 4-6-3
:*53 which go 5-4-3
:*27 which go 6-3
:*20 which go 1-6-3
:*19 which go 4-3
:*9 which go 3-6-3
:*5 which go 3-6-1
:*4 which go 1-4-3
:*4 which go 3-6
—JonTerry4) 00:41, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: A citation would be nice, but there's no reason that they should add to 100.  The 6-4-3 is the most common double play.  The chart lists how common the other plays are, relative to the 6-4-3.  For every (100) 6-4-3 double plays, there's (83) 4-6-3 double plays.  In other words, the 4-6-3 is slightly less common (83% as common) as the 6-4-3.  I don't know whether the numbers are correct, but the text and representation seem reasonable.  -- Coneslayer (talk) 21:39, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

text: I'm pretty sure that I'd seen this table in one of Bill James' baseball books. WHPratt (talk) 20:26, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Summary of double plays 

message: The page might benefit from some discussion of what the Rule Book calls a "reverse-force double play."  The situation wherein the defense chooses to make the out at first and then try for the out at second is mentioned (as the 3-6 double play), but one playing rule and another scoring rule are impacted by a 3-6 DP as opposed to (say) a 3-6-3 DP. 
Scoring rule: If the DP occurs with none out and a runner scores from third base on the play, the batter is still denied a run batted in on the reverse-force DP as well as on a more conventional DP.  
Playing rule: If the DP occurs with one out and a runner scores from third base on the play, the conventional DP would nullify the run, whereas with the reverse-force DP, the run would count provided it was registered before the tag out.
It would be tricky to word that succintly and correctly . . . WHPratt (talk) 17:16, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  "reverse-force" double play 

message: The section by this heading is becoming unwieldy.  I am not an expert on Wikipedia policy, but a detailed description of individual game plays on the basis that they are "notable" (or merely unusual) seems outside the scope of this article.  Spike-from-NH (talk) 00:46, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Odd and notable double plays 

message: Anon at 173.169.179.205 believes the article's single-season record numbers of double plays by a LF and RF are mistaken.  Rather than correcting the text, he adds an awkward note underneath, citing a player's Wikipedia article (which could be wrong), then stating that the original source (Baseball Reference) confirms.  Someone knowledgeable, please resolve: Correct the list-by-position and delete the postscript, or just delete the postscript.  Spike-from-NH (talk) 02:49, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Single-season records by LF and RF
Talk:Alice Dunbar Nelson

message: "She was bisexual, and her husband knew it and would throw tantrums over her lesbian affairs."
She had three husbands; which one does this refer to?
Paul Lawrence Dunbar  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.230.53.53 (talk) 09:01, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Clarification needed

message: The text says that Nelson was born in Louisiana, but the biographical box says Massachusetts.  Which is correct?  Nolabob (talk) 17:14, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Both the date and place of birth were inaccurate in parts of the article. After consulting the sources, New Orleans is correct, and the article has been changed to reflect that. Icarus of old (talk) 17:36, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: This was caused by vandalism that lasted for a month and a half. Graham87 16:10, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Apparent contradiction 

message: In the Personal Life section, the use of the name 'Moore' and 'Nelson' are used interchangeably. ex. "Moore graduated from the teaching program at Straight University (later merged into Dillard University) in 1892 and worked as a teacher in the public school system of New Orleans at Old Marigny Elementary.[1] Nelson lived in New Orleans for twenty-one years."
This is likely due to different editors working on the same article, but it would be helpful for the usage of names to reflect the chronology of her life. (If the article is describing her childhood, she is unmarried, and therefore her name at that time would have been Alice Ruth Moore.) Also, due to the fact that her official last name, Dunbar-Nelson, is comprised of the names of two separate individuals, it might be best to use the name "Alice" in places where 'Dunbar-Nelson' is used. Of course, it may be easily understood who is being referred to by the 'Dunbar-Nelson' name, the same logic applies to using the name 'Alice' in these places.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Willace01 (talk • contribs) 02:39, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Massively Inconsistent Use of Name
Talk:Hit and run (baseball)

message: I removed the information about Bunt and run found in the last paragraph.  I'm no expert on baseball rules and strategy, but a Google search finds a few results discussing how to bunt and run, so the play and term bunt and run seems to be accepted.  Also, from reading the Wikipedia articles on bunt and sacrifice bunt, I see no reason why there cannot be a play called bunt and run.  The fact that a bunt can be and is often a sacrifice play does not mean that one cannot try to bunt and reach first, which means that the bunt and run would be a legitimate play.  If someone more knowledgeable has any input, please speak up.  Stangbat (talk) 19:45, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bunt and Run 

message: I removed the following sentence, "You say hit first because the hit is more important and the run is secondary to the hit." Because it's unsourced, awkwardly phrased, and encyclopedias shouldn't be written in the second person. This whole article needs to be cleaned up. Onlynone (talk) 02:35, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who says hit first 

message: Confusingly 'hit and run' (also 'tip and run') describes a common rule variant in informal versions of cricket.  It's the same thing as a standard baseball play - if the batter hits the ball he has to run. Hakluyt bean (talk) 03:37, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  hit or tip, then run 

message: I suppose it depends on what level of ball (e.g., Little League, MLB) is being played, but as far as I know "but slightly closer to home plate" is incorrect for most situations.  Kdammers (talk) 11:01, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where the basemen stand 

message: Article says, " The first and third basemen normally stand close to the lines, generally near their bases but slightly closer to home plate." The writer surely cannot mean that normally 1st & 3rd basement stand closer to home plate than to their bases!!!  As a matter of fact it is not normal for a first baseman nor for a 3rd baseman to stand closer to the home plate.   Could whoever wrote this, revise it so it is clear what he means.  (PeacePeace (talk) 18:28, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I addressed the issue and added  more info regarding the first basemen and pitcher trying to prevent a runner from stealing Persistent Corvid (talk) 06:39, 12 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where 1st & 3rd Basemen Normally Stand
Talk:Howe Sound

message: I'll see what I can do to find more out about Howe Sound, although most history is more specific to island, places, and creeks.  As for naming, we have three different names for Howe Sound, for four different parts of the Howe Sound.  I get two of them confused, but I'll find out the specific parts of the Howe Sound for each of the names.  As for the islands and places; there was villages, camp sites, spiritual sites all over the Howe Sound.  Places like "Potlatch Creek" actually are cultural significant for ending wars between nations, and Defense Islands for bury islands.  I'll add this to the list of things to ask my elders about...  (I really like to use that line on here...haha)  Would this be good to add? OldManRivers 05:44, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It would all be great to add, as it would fill a void in a lot of the stuff in this article and elsewhere on Wikipedia. Really enjoying reading the stuff you've already done, and will be glad to help copy-edit or whatever as needed. It's all vital stuff and too often missing/ignored from textual history.--Keefer4 00:32, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Skwxwu7mesh history
Talk:Brigid Brophy

message: Is this an accurate quote?  Kostaki mou (talk) 00:50, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: "one of the oddest, most brilliant, and most enduring of [the] 1960s symptoms."

message: For some reason, her age is quoted in the Box as 87, as though she's still alive. I can't see how to delete this. Valetude (talk) 01:55, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Age 

message: The article is fluidly written but is highly subjective. It contains no supporting citations at all.  As it stands, it needs improving through supporting evidence. The article seems to have a single author, so I am copying this to that editor for info/action. I am adding a 'needs citations' flag and will revisit in due course. @kjlevey Emmentalist (talk) 12:38, 4 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources and subjectivity
Talk:Appeal play

message: What is a legal appeal? If the definition is "An appeal is legal if the fielder ..." then that is inconsistent with the sentence on viable appeal. One guess is that "legal" in that supposed definition might be instead "successful". It's also possible that since it doesn't say "an appeal is legal if and only if the fielder..." that more conditions could be added about other types of legal appeals. In any case, the definition probably shouldn't appear to require that a fielder do something (the first case) and at the same time also be a condition that can be true even before a fielder has done that something (the second case).
[The viable sentences: "Umpires will only rule on legal appeals. A potential appeal is viable if the appeal is legal and the umpire knows that the runner has indeed committed an infraction and will be called out if the appeal is executed by a fielder."]Hozelda (talk) 16:42, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
Talk:Batter's box

message: I propose merging this article with the "Batter's box and catcher's box" section of Baseball field. The entire content of this stand-alone article is contained in that section, and I can't fathom much more info on this subject that can be put into this article.
Kuyabribri (talk) 03:29, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge
Talk:Beanball

message: Psychology study about beanballs: http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2011/03/10/Study-More-beanballs-in-hotter-weather/UPI-95761299805264/  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.3.123.217 (talk) 14:38, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Would it be relevant to list MLB pitchers with the highest totals/rates of throwing beanballs? Gprobins (talk) 19:17, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Individual Pitchers?
Talk:Blocking the plate

message: "On February 23, 2015..."
Isn't that a bit early even for an exhibition game?  Anyway, I "fact" tagged it, it should be footnoted- and perhaps mentioned that it wasn't a regular season game.  PS, there was an unsuccessful challenge based on the "new" rule in today's Red Sox/Blue Jays game. Huw Powell (talk) 00:30, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable instances since the rule change
Talk:Brock for Broglio

message: Maybe too much editorializing in some of the comments, but IP address deletions without explanation won't stand. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 16:46, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deletions 
Talk:Bullpen

message: Is there a set dimensions for a bullpen?--BigMac1212 (talk) 02:40, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Dimensions

message: One of the entries referring to a bull pen as a holding facility is this:
:"In the 1800s, jails and holding cells were nicknamed "bullpens", in respect of many police officers' bullish features – strength and a short temper."
I'm somewhat skeptical of this usage. In my view, the idea of a bull pen comes from the concept of a pen for bulls, not a pen administered by bulls. 
The idea of using this term for a pen intended to hold human prisoners, in my view, is one of asserting the futility of resistance. In other words, the pen is alluded to as if it was designed to hold bulls, which are perceived as large, brutish, and mean. If a powerful bull cannot escape from such a pen, then how could a person hope to escape? Thus, the usage psychologically reinforces the purpose of the structure.
Granted, police have sometimes been referred to as bulls. But i expect this is merely incidental. 
This is just my opinion after reading about the use of bull pens as holding facilities. I am not recommending any changes in the article on that basis. Richard Myers (talk) 23:25, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  comment about perception of "bull" in bull pens as holding facilities 

message: This article needs information on how a bullpen is used, the different positions in the modern bullpen (closer, setup man...) and how those positions came into being (I hear it was La Russa as A's manager who first started using good pitchers in the bullpen, eg Eckersley, but I don't have documentation). Thmazing (talk) 23:09, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Most of that is covered in the Relief pitcher article. Tad Lincoln (talk) 02:19, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  But what about the bullpen? 

message: All the bullpens listed in non-playable foul territory are actually in fair territory  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.227.196.117 (talk) 15:33, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know if this was the case in the past, but basically every MLB bullpen today is in the outfield, behind the fence other than four parks that have them in foul territory. This is listed in 2 sentences in the article's lead and could be repeated if necessary in the body of the article. Is it really necessary to waste so much space listing every ballpark in the MLB in two lists (outfield bullpens and foul territory bullpens? I think it's not and I'm going to remove it. 99.225.139.21 (talk) 14:48, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fair/Foul Territory?
Talk:Antiphrasis

message: Shouldn't this be in Wiktionary, instead? Mdotley 05:52, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

message: "abnormal" is too general, it's "opposite" or "contrary", see Merriam-Webster Dictionary or American Heritage Dictionary. Dan Pelleg 16:41, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  more accurately 

message: Disagree strongly with this :
"He is but a youngster" (describing a middle-aged man)
I see that with the implied 'naught' : 'He is naught but a youngster' -> 'He is nothing but a youngster' -> 'He is only a youngster'.
If the phrase were 'He is everything but young', then yes, agree that it would describe someone who is not young.
I've removed it from the article's list of examples pending an authoritative example or demonstration.81.109.212.32 (talk) 22:35, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  ... but a...
Talk:Charging the mound

message: I assume in professional baseball there is some rule than forbids charging the mound. Or are there rules that regulate it?? - In any case, this should be mentioned in the article.  
--217.149.175.227 (talk) 19:12, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: There's no specific rule, just the general expectation of sportsmanship. Daniel Case (talk) 06:01, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rules?
Talk:Chin music

message: Why isn’t Shawn Michaels on this page? “Chin music” is also the name of a famous wrestling move of his. 71.215.165.188 (talk) 21:29, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shawn Michaels
Talk:Cleanup hitter

message: Can we delete the 2007 list?-DANO- (talk) 21:10, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Quite the opposite. Wouldn't it be more interesting to add 2006, and then 2005? Eventually we could have a chart going all the way back to 1957 (when the data stops). I'm happy to work on it with you, if you like. Kingturtle (talk) 21:15, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

text: If we added one year's worth of data a week, we'd get it done in a year. Kingturtle (talk) 00:48, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Back to my first question.-DANO- (talk) 23:45, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

text: I think the lists are trivial and should be removed. 71.251.47.180 (talk) 22:41, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Outdated Info 

message: I reassessed this article to a high-importance stub article. (It was a list). It is currently written as if it were a list article, but I do not believe it should be. A new article could be created titled "lists of cleanup hitters" or something I guess (why? WP:N), but an article about cleanup hitters should discuss the statistical and believed importance of the number 4 position in the batting order, its historical and contemporary use, what kind of prototypical batter would be a good cleanup hitter, etc. Aaron north (talk) 03:18, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Classification and Article Direction

message: The redirect Cleanup man 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.  Utopes (talk / cont) 23:50, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "[[:Cleanup man]]" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]]
Talk:Kristi Capel

message: Please refrain from edits that imply that one person knows what another is thinking.  An article about an "insincere apology" is likely to be biased and speculative and violate the neutral point of view rule.  The reporter's degree is unlikely to have anything to do with whether she is telling the truth.  The story as written now presents the facts without speculating or throwing in random opinions (which violates the rule against original research).Arnold Rothstein1921 (talk) 15:44, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Further edits
Talk:Injured list

message: With the reports the DL is being renamed the injured list, what should this page be titled? I see injured list already redirects to injured reserve list. Would it require disambiguation? Nohomersryan (talk) 22:39, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Replacing the injured list redirect with this article shouldn't be a problem, as this article already has a hatnote to Injured reserve list. - BilCat (talk) 19:08, 9 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Rename
Talk:Dugout (baseball)

message: The section on which dugout is used the home team seems to stray from the main topic of the article. It's certainly a legitimate topic worth discussing in the article, but as of right now it's the bulk of the article, and is probably too specialized to be such an overwhelming portion of it. Having it in its own section would be a start, but it also needs some sourcing (for example, the "many theories"... whose are they?) and general cleanup for tone and cohesion. Someone in the Wikiproject might want to take a look at it. --Kinu t/c 04:40, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  First/third base side dugout 

message: How long is a typical Major Leage Baseball dugout?--BigMac1212 (talk) 03:39, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Lenght of dugout

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: Not moved. (non-admin closure) Adumbrativus (talk) 03:00, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Dugout (baseball) →  – Dugouts exist identically in baseball and softball. Unless we're considering softball a variety of baseball (which we very well could), the parenthetical should include the two separate sports in which this concept exists. Dennis C. Abrams (talk) 01:36, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 28 April 2022
Talk:Fourth outfielder

message: I don't think it's true that fourth outfielders cannot play CF.  I'm thinking of fast OF who don't hit all that well, but are good fielders.  Lew Ford?  I'm going to change it unless someone comes up with an argument that fourth OF don't play CF. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.91.102.204 (talk) 18:07, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Really not CF?
Talk:Money in the Bank (Lil Scrappy song)

message: Can someone provide a source for the current release date shown? --98E 15:22, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Release Date 

message: The only part of the trivia that survived my edit was "The song was originally done by Kool G Rap on his second CD "Wanted Dead or Alive". What does that mean? Do rappers nowadays cover songs, or do they just have the same name? number29(Talk) 20:11, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Kool G Rap
Talk:Dreamspace

message: What? --Dayn 06:06, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well I'll delete it anyway, it makes no sense. --Dayn 16:13, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sad-Rush? 
Talk:Rumiko Fujikawa

message: Does anyone know of any verifiable sources that mention Rumiko is an homage to Rumiko Takahashi, creator of Ranma 1/2 and Maison Ikkoku among other things? Heck, Rumiko first appears in comics wearing Kyoko Otonashi's apron from "Maison Ikkoku", complete with baby chick and the words Piyo Piyo. Nezu Chiza 06:06, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who Rumiko is based on 