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Talk:Exploding whale

message: On August 8 of 2008 the whole section was deleted with a comment about how it's “not because it's trivia, but because it's unsourced”. So several questions arise about it:
*shouldn't there be source-request tags first, before deletion?
*if the problem is only with sources, would it be ok to recover the section (or its parts) with additional source refs where needed? 
*higher on this page there was already a little talk on similar issue, where as an argument was used the Wikipedia:TRIVIA style guideline. I guess it was meant to be linked to this page, so I'll ask about the latter one. It says, that in case of passing mentions there should be included refs of significance, so at least in cases with poetry, song and children's book the whale mention is not a passing one.
So, I need help with sorting this all out. Thanks. DaemonDice (talk) 02:09, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  “In popular culture” section 

message: http://kvf.fo/netvarp/sv/2013/11/26/video-her-brestur-hvalurin  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.78.142.203 (talk) 21:21, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I added the KVF footage via the "External Media" template to the bottom of the article, along with the same footage from the Huffington Post.  The HP footage is easier to download, has English text in the story, and has a title that warns those with queasy stomachs 2 times.  Hopefully this won't surprise anybody who has read to the bottom of the article.  Smallbones(smalltalk) 03:22, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  A new incident in Faroe Islands 

message: Just curious... there is a whole paragraph about it and yet when links are added to the video we have people delete the links.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.226.213.17 (talk) 23:09, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is there no link to the Oregon Video? 

message: The reported mass for the whale seems extremely low. Is there a specific source on that number? The reported length of 14 meters makes sense based on the picture, it's a rough cylinder, its radius appears to be around a meter, and its density is about the same as that of water, ~1000 kg/m^3, so its mass should be on the order of 44,000 kg.
According to the article on sperm whales, females are about 11 meters long and 14,000 kg, so the whale being 14 m long and only ~8,000 kg seems unlikely.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.152.44.203 (talk) 00:06, 13 November 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes indeed, of course. This article was first written in the glory days of Wikipedia and it is entirely anecdotal in nature. None of it should be taken seriously. However, if any zoologist or physicist would like to do more calculations it could be borne in mind that being filled with methane might reduce the weight of the carcass since methane is less dense than air. Thincat (talk) 12:17, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Whale mass 

message: There is a potential exploding whale beached up in Iceland. No further commentary. -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. (talk) 10:56, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not a preview; I hope.
Talk:Belcourt of Newport

message: My revert, explained – As with any article, you need categories. There is no reason to remove them, they help readers find this article and navigate around Wikipedia. Note I did not add this content, I restored  it. Also, any extra spacing between sections conflicts with Wikipedia's manual of style. There's no need for extra spacing. — MusikAnimal talk 14:28, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit warring 
Talk:Nodosaurus

message: I'm against calling the Linnean categorization by 'scientific classification'.  This implies it is the accepted scientific norm.  In fact, cladistics is becoming more and more prevalent, and that is what I would expect to see in a category of 'scientific classification'.
:Hear, hear.--MWAK 10:19, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

message: With respect to Hierosaurus, this genus should be redirected to its own page because it was once considered a synonym of Nodosaurus but is now considered a nomen dubium as per Carpenter et al. (1995). In any case, Hierosaurus was found in deposits younger than the only specimen of Nodosaurus, and is clearly not Nodosaurus. As a matter of fact, the interrelationships of Middle and Late Cretaceous nodosaurids have yet to be addressed in future papers.
Carpenter, K., D. Dilkes, and D. B. Weishampel. 1995. The dinosaurs of the Niobrara Chalk Formation (upper Cretaceous, Kansas), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(2): 275-297.Extrapolaris (talk) 14:41, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  New page for Hierosaurus 

message: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/dinosaur-nodosaur-fossil-discovery or:
http://nos.nl/artikel/2173338-alsof-hij-slaapt-uitzonderlijk-goed-bewaarde-dino-gevonden.html  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.114.146.117 (talk) 11:28, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: That is the Suncor nodosaur, another, unnamed nodosaurid. Info about it belongs on either that page, or the broader Nodosauridae page, but not here. Nodosaurus is simply the genus which the family is named after, and not particularly relevant to the new specimen. FunkMonk (talk) 13:14, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  New fossil
Talk:Strategic management

message: you two have been at this for awhile now, perhaps it's time to consider other means to move towards a resolution, such as following the steps at WP:Dispute resolution. While I suspect Snowded is already aware of this policy, I would encourage LaurAWiki1991 to read through it carefully. You both should consider the various means available to users there in resolving a dispute. (fyi) - wolf 18:38, 28 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: LaurAWiki1991 is a very new editor and obviously passionate but their continued posting of personal attacks and slurs needs to stop if they want to edit here.  I made a more open change to the text and explained by reasons for that and for refusing the narrow and largely single sourced material being proposed.  I haven't seen a response to that and when there is one I will respond.  -----Snowded TALK 09:59, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Moving towards a resolution
Talk:StarCraft universe

message: The history section is completely uncited OR.  Someone please cite some sources explicitly. // 3R1C 15:23, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Original Research

message: I followed the link and noticed it led to a site with many StarCraft-related games, but only "Shadow of Mar Sara" was listed. I am of the opinion that unless the game has been made by Blizzard Entertainment it shouldn't be in the StarCraft universe article. Instead, it deserves its own article. Perhpas a big article on "Games set in the StarCraft universe" can be made.
PS I edited the Shadow of Mar Sara page slightly. Kimera757 21:19, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shadow of Mar Sara, etc. 

message: I dont think that there needs to be any links that redirects you to the same page you are on. Look at this link StarCraft: Hybrid.  If you were on the StarCraft universe page it would redirect you to StarCraft universe. Why do we need this? GlassDesk 14:50, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirections
Talk:Spenser (character)

message: Am I the only one appalled that "Spenser" points to a fictional character of some detective novels rather than to one of the greatest poets of Western literature?! --Ryan Heuser 02:48, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Spenser could be a redirect to Edmund Spenser with the current content of Spenser moved to something like Spenser (fictional detective) (and a disambiguation link added to Edmund Spenser pointing to the detective's article).  The current Spenser article has a disambiguation link pointing to the poet, which strikes me as not significantly different.  I'd guess the Spenser detective is currently much more widely known than the poet.  In 50 years perhaps the situation will flip.  Appalling?  No.  Permanent state of affairs?  Also, probably not. -- Rick Block (talk) 03:20, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: An argument from popularity does not seem intuitive to me.  Of course a 20th-century popular novel character is more widely "known" than a 16th-century poet.  The issue remains: I don't think it's in the best interest of WP to let popular fictional characters trump canonical writers.  And I think the situation you described (Spenser->Edmund Spenser, and a Spenser (fictional detective)) would be very satisfactory. --Ryan Heuser 11:45, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Am I the only one appalled? 

message: :Add *Support or *Oppose followed by an optional one-sentence explanation, then sign your opinion with ~~~~
*Support - Nat Krause(Talk!) 20:35, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: :Add any additional comments
:The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate.  Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.</div>
—Nightstallion 09:22, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion

message: Sorry for taking so long, but I thought I would give the debate a week to finish up.  Here is what I've done:
* changed Spenser to redirect to Edmund Spenser
* added DAB header to Edmund Spenser, regarding this page
* removed DAB header from this page, because it is no longer a redirect-inbound
I did not make a DAB page because there are only two candidates, and one is much more prominent than the other.  I know two people requested a DAB page in the debate, but more simply agreed, which I took to be a tacit agreement to my proposal (that Spenser should redirect to Edmund Spenser).  If this is unsatisfactory, let's talk about it. --Ryan Heuser 12:53, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Completing the move 

message: I just wrote the Ceremony article if anyone wants to take a look, copyedit. Cheers. — Frecklefσσt | Talk 19:45, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ceremony
Talk:St Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green

message: Surely there must be dozens, if not hundreds, of cemeteries by this name throughout the world? Deb 17:53, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Surely

message: I have raised a citation need against the mention that inter alia there are French war dead in the cemetery, as there is no indication of their presence in the citations and links. I am aware that some French war dead initially buried in the UK were later repatriated to France in peacetime. Also Crosses of Sacrifice were erected by the CWGC to honour British Commonwealth war dead.Cloptonson (talk) 20:38, 3 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: French war dead
Talk:Wallace and Gromit

message: Recently it was announced that a new w&g movie is in the works. I would like there to be an article on that, or at least a mention in the article
:) Oversized Lego spoon 64 (talk) 15:42, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled movie 

message: In the Advertisement section it’s said that first Wallace and Gromit commercial was for Renault Kangaroo but actually as I know the first W&G commercials were for Glico’s pucchin pudding product. 88.84.208.58 (talk) 06:34, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Glico commercials
Talk:Canadian football

message: A discussion is taking place as to whether :Portal:Canadian football is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The page will be discussed at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Canadian football until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the page during the discussion, including to improve the page to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the deletion notice from the top of the page. North America1000 00:33, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nomination of [[:Portal:Canadian football]] for deletion 

message: The "Infractions and penalties" section was removed with  by an IP whose other work has been reverted.  It's unsourced but looks credible.  Please can a subject expert consider restoring it?  Thanks, Certes (talk) 10:36, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for pointing out this vandalism. I have restored the deleted section. Indefatigable (talk) 23:05, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infractions and penalties 

message: Regarding the recent addition of the diagram to the article - it's an excellent addition, but I don't think it's correct. The CFL's change to the hash mark spacing now has them 9 yd or 27 ft apart, not 18 ft 6 in. Indefatigable (talk) 22:31, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hash mark diagram 

message: — Assignment last updated by Lilbenny04 (talk) 23:33, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: CMN2160A

message: Have any admins checked what edit they are approving?!!! Bociek O-le (talk) 20:04, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi  what are you referring to? ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 20:34, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: @WikiOriginal-9 Please check the content of this article - someone has committed very grave and malicious (and in its own way witty) vandalism here by replacing the content of the article, repeated many times, with the original lyrics of the German marching folk song "Erika", used by the Third Reich army during World War II. Thank you for reading my message and best regards. Bociek O-le (talk) 20:53, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, someone vandalised the article It has been fixed, and the user has been warned about their inappropriate behaviour. HiLo48 (talk) 22:50, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  23.11.2023 someone trolled this article!!!
Talk:Yuri Rubinsky Memorial Award

message: I suspect this award is no longer around as the foundation website is inactive and SoftQuad (the apparent sponsor) was devoured by Corel. --LeeHunter 18:38, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Discontinued?

message: I changed the unknown year for when Vint Cerf received the award to 1995, since this year is mentioned in his Professional Curriculum Vitae, which can be found at his personal homepage (http://mci.com/cerfsup/). For more information take a look at my comment in the Vint Cerf talk page. --Brucevdk 18:17, 16 July 2005
I changed the englebart year as I was there at the time he got it.--Gorgonzilla 19:49, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Correcting years
Talk:Chicago Stadium

message: It seems sad that they could tear down the only venue where Franklin Delano Roosevelt ever received the Democratic Presidential nomination, and where "MJ" set the basketball world on its ear -- what a landmark!!
Rlquall 18:52, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: At the time the Chicago stadium was built, it wasnt the largest arena in the world, the Atlantic city convnetion hall was, it held over 40,000 people. It is 500ft long by 400ft wide and 137ft high and it is home to the worlds largest pipe organ, the Midmer Losh, wich has 33,000 pipes and over 1,000 stops spead over 7 manuals.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.145.242.106 (talk) 21:39, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Convention hall, Atlantic city 

message: I started a new article on Al Melgard, the Stadium's first organist. Please feel free to contribute, thanks. riffic (talk) 07:25, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Al Melgard 

message: Why does owner Chicago Stadium Corp. refer to the Chicago Blackhawks page? Rossidor (talk) 03:07, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Owner
Template talk:Heavy metal music

message: THe red colour is just wrong!  See Grunge for example. 121.98.204.148 (talk) 05:36, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Among Us for POTUS (talk) 23:45, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Reliable source! Your are joking aren't you?  Or are you colour blind? 121.98.204.148 (talk) 23:32, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 16:19, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: FFS!  This is not an article it is a template.  And all I want changed is the colour.  Are you editors hitting an "answered" button on some simiautomated bot without looking at what the request is about.  Have a look at the article I linked to.  This template sticks out like dogs balls!! WP is not going anywhere with you useless editors. !!!! 121.98.204.148 (talk) 00:11, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

text: Ok.  I will spell it out for you.  USE THE COMMONLY USED COLOUR!  121.98.204.148 (talk) 20:56, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems red is the common color for this template, since 2006.  - FlightTime (open channel) 21:01, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: You have used common in the wrong context. Red has been used since 2006.  It is not "common" since 2006.  Try doing some thinking.  121.98.204.148 (talk) 21:09, 25 December 2022 (UTC)

text: Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the  template. Lemonaka (talk) 18:18, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

text: per MOS:NAVBOXCOLOR as not an "appropriate, representative" colour for the genre. (I'd made this change as a seemingly obvious one, before seeing the talk page discussion.) Belbury (talk) 10:16, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bad colour 

message: Could someone group Celtic metal and Medieval metal under Folk metal? 2600:6C5A:417F:794E:C989:99AB:8A0C:D7A5 (talk) 21:01, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: AnnaMankad (talk) 05:23, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oriental Metal
Talk:East Hampton (village), New York

message: can they really get you for wearing red shoes on a Thursday?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.235.132.112 (talk) 21:44, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that's an urban legend. WTF? (talk) 16:03, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  question about the law: 

message: There was a merge tag added to this article in 2009 requesting the merge, but no discussion was initiated. Seeing no current discussion or opposition to this, and noting the very small stub article involved, I went ahead and merged the two articles. WTF? (talk) 16:02, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: merge [[East Hampton Village Police Department]] to [[East Hampton (village), New York]]
Talk:Rock Profile

message: Andy Warhol's friend Lou is Lou Reed - any objections to filling that in? --VinceBowdren 15:50, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lou is Lou Reed 

message: lam knl  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.162.45.49 (talk) 02:01, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  rocknroll 

message: In this change, IP editor 5.148.42.186 introduced some personal analysis, saying that the Shirley Bassey segment on Rock Profile was "a parody of Bassey's criticism of Tina Turner [which was] broadcast in a 1998 BBC documentary Shirley Bassey: This Is My Life." The Rock Profile segment does not make this connection explicit. The IP editor supplied a link to a video but this video is not part of Rock Profile nor is it part of the BBC documentary. Instead, it's a personal video of a dinner party, with lots of drunken revelry, with Bassey making rude comments about Tina Turner. I think it's violation of WP:BLP to have such material hosted on Wikipedia. Binksternet (talk) 19:45, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original research regarding Shirley Bassey
Talk:1992 Winter Olympics

message: Is it really appropriate to list this under "Athletic Highlights"?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.175.220.161 (talk) 09:48, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It looks like the subheading has changed since this comment was made, which helps a bit. Still, the death was a notable (tragic) highlight from the games and should be retained.Kerdooskis (talk) 22:00, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Nicolas Bochatay's death
Talk:Rag and bone man

message: Do I recall that they actually used to shout out something like "rag and bone" as they went round with their horse and cart (only it came out sounding more like "ra bo")? Deb 20:46, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: A rag and bone man just came round here now (I can actually still hear him) and the call was more like "rag-boooooooooohne" (long ending)... I think he was using a truck though, couldn't fully see what he was driving/him... never mind... interesting that in 2008 there still around though...! I thought they would be made more or less redundant by recycling points/charity shops/bags (At least in the UK anyway). 86.29.16.37 (talk) 10:52, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Rag & Bone

message: Bubbs from the wire seems to fit the description, i dont know how to edit properly but hey anyone who's up to it might want to do this 86.131.206.103 (talk) 04:40, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Suggestion for Popular Culture

message: I've written a new version of this article, to be found here.  If nobody objects, I plan to copy it across, replacing this article, in the next day or so. Parrot of Doom 19:25, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I plan to move my sandboxed article to Rag-and-bone man (the usage most commonly found in sources), and then change this article to a redirect. Parrot of Doom 00:20, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  New version
Talk:El Dorado (legend)

message: At least part of the text is from a 1636 account (see ), which is POV ("demon which they worshipped as their god and lord" for instance). The problem is that the account is unmarked, so it's not clear where the POV begins and where it ends.
Finding the source and clearly marking the parts that were copied from it would probably be enough to solve the POV problem.
cesarb 20:46, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, it's much better now. Thanks! cesarb 14:23, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV problem
Talk:Bell's theorem revisited

message: This page is intended as a replacement for the present Bell's theorem page, though I realise that it is written from the point of view of a realist.  But that was, of course, Bell's original intention.  He was a realist.  The theorem itself is centred on an inequality that applies to local realist models.  Perhaps we need a separate page written from the quantum-mechanical point of view, but I'm not the person to write it!  The present Bell's theorem page is, in any event, too flawed to be kept as it stands.
Caroline Thompson 21:17, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Talk:Nereus

message: "Nereus" (the old man of the sea) has such irresistible similarities to the "Noah" of Genesis, it is quite remarkable.
The fact that both Nereus and Noah were said to be righteous, wise, and peacful, is interesting.
An author by the name of Robert Bowie Johnson Jr. is the first man to really pinpoint the similarities between these two figures of mythology. He has written several books about Greek mythology and its ties to the Genesis story.
:: Yes, the similarities with Noah should be pointed out in the article. --41.151.38.104 (talk) 23:16, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: "Nereus was father to Thetis, one of the Nereids, who in turn was mother to the great Greek hero Achilles, and Amphitrite, who married Poseidon."
-- The Poseidon in this myth is Aegeus father of Theseus.  That makes Nereus, 1 generation older than Aegeus, since Aegeus married the daughter of Nereus; Nereus is Horemheb. Horemheb had a sea campaign from Byblos to Carchemish. Carchemish was an important Mittani(Nahariya) city, that had recently conquered by the Hittites during the reign of Akhenaten.  The name Nereus derives from Nahariya, where the Greeks add s's.
Additionally, the parentage of Nereus is Pontus; it appears to be a symbolic parentage. The Pontus Region is the general vicinity of the Mitanni. 
Horemheb died childless, but was linked to the fertility Goddess Tauret, ie Doris. The 50 Nereids, or daughters of Nereus is a penteconter full of Egyptian girls.
2601:58B:E7F:8410:31D9:4936:EABE:5168 (talk) 23:53, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nereus identified as Horemheb