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Talk:Mozilla-tan

message: This article should be merged with OS-tan, I can't see why it has it's own article. Philip Nilsson 17:56, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Although they seems similar, they are created from different parties, and OS-tan don't have relation to Mozilla-tan at all. Maybe they can merged to a even boarder scope article, but I suggest to keep them as seperate articles. --kctsang 03:14, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge 

message: If people can "personify" (draw terminally cute images for) Mozilla, etc., and these are then dignified with an encyclopedia article, then I guess they can be done for anything else too. Can I "personify" my ballpoint pen and then get a mate of mine to create an article for it? Or again, is there any suggestion in the article that more than a dozen people in the world are interested in this kind of thing?  Hoary 14:06, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Scrap
Talk:Elizabeth Barry

message: WikiProject Biography Summer 2007 Assessment Drive
The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Yamara 22:09, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography/Assessment#Class_parameter|Biography assessment rating]] comment 

message: On second thoughts, I've reverted to Sannse's 1911 EB version, it was fine as it was. I've added back minor edits by others—meaning basically the categories—and not lost anybody's work but my own, I hope. Bishonen|Talk 12:07, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Reverting myself

message: The phrasing of "big, prestigious London theatre companies " seems somewhat ridiculous when there were only two companies originally, then one for a time, rather than a plethora of rival companies as the sentence would suggest.  Fisty 08:33, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Ahh, that's why I like to write for Wikipedia — the appreciation. If the phrasing is ridiculous, perhaps you'd like to improve it? I was trying to make sense to a non-specialist reader in a concise way about Barry's prestige, without going into detail about the London monopoly of the patent theatres versus the other kinds of work that less famous and successful actors than Barry would be reduced to, either exclusively or part time. Quite a few people combined a September—May position in one of the licensed theatres with working the summer fairs outside London in the off season, for instance. Seasons or years in "strolling" companies or the "nursery" theatre at Barbican were quite common also, and London-based actors not infrequently worked for periods abroad. A reasonably successful career actor like Joseph Haines would be a good example. Barry and the rest of the top actors did the prestigious patent theatre work exclusively. Bishonen | talk 09:27, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: theatre companies

message: "When Barry starred in The Orphan, it was implied that “the trope of the female breast to represent innocence or ruin (consider the many references to Monimia’s “swelling breasts” or “white breasts”)"
In the play is never mentioned “swelling breasts” or “white breasts”. Confused Alberich21 (talk) 10:54, 4 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong citation
Talk:List of Choro Q video games

message: the series history is far from complete, I'll get it more or less finished in the near future.
Takosuke 01:46, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: history
Talk:Don Pierson

message: September 28: I am in the process of constructing this biography but I have had to take a break. I will return to complete this page within the next 6 hours. MPLX/MH 01:55, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Vitebsk

message: for reasons unknown, the most likely being vanity. 
It may well be vanity, but putting covert editorial opinion  into the article isn't the way to handle it. If it's the city's official founding myth - and many credible sites such as the State Medical University mention the story  - then it should go in (just as the Rome article mentions Romulus and Remus). Gordonofcartoon 02:23, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Founding myth?

message: The administrative district named after this city has had its name changed to Witebsk Voivodeship, along with Nowogródek Voivodeship (1507-1795) and Połock Voivodeship. There is a discussion of the moves and voting at Talk:Nowogródek Voivodeship (1507-1795). Novickas 14:41, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Name change

message: I'm not sure whether it was the principality or Vitebsk which "thrived at the crossroads. Unfree (talk) 21:15, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Thrived at the crossroads

message: Aren't cities large by definition, and shtetls likewise small?  If so, Vitebsk couldn't be both a city and a shtetl. Unfree (talk) 21:32, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: City or shtetl

message: Hello!
There is an official Instruction on transliteration of Belarusian geographical names with letters of Latin script. Could You kindly change the name of the article from Vitebsk to correct Viciebsk? --Belarus2578 (talk) 22:59, 17 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changing the name 

message: Basing on older Vitebsk names - Vidbesk, Videbsk, Vitepesk, it seems, that the origin of river Vitba name is Baltic Vidupe - 'middle river' and further Vidupe + ska > Vidupeska > Videbeska >> Vitebsk. Roberts7 14:00, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology 
Talk:Joan Bates

message: I understand that there is controversy about the Sealand article in general, but is there any reason this one-sentence article shouldn't redirect there?  Joyous 02:24, Sep 29, 2004 (UTC)
:No. —No-One Jones (m) 03:34, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: She was Ms. Joan Bates from birth though she was born Joan Collins?  Something needs adjusting.
154.5.153.168 (talk) 20:55, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you.  I have corrected that. Edwardx (talk) 21:08, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

text: It's not a real country, so the titles don't exist. It doesn't really matter if they called themselves the Grand Master Poobahs of Sealand - it has the same basis in reality (i.e. none). 2A00:23C7:8905:CC01:B8E1:EC33:4C7F:1E2 (talk) 13:31, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Styles Error 

message: I really don’t see why Joan Bates has her own article. Her notability is purely based on her marriage to someone who claims to be the ruler of his own principality. She isn’t notable in her own right. 2A01:4C8:444:C252:B57B:5FD8:5D71:ED00 (talk) 04:55, 12 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Notability
Talk:KZEL-FM

message: 96.1 KZEL
A non notable radio station from a city obscure to just about everyone but Northwesteners.  Not relevant to Wikipedia.•→Iñgólemo←• 03:03, 2004 Sep 29 (UTC)
*Not a vote on the article, but Eugene is not an obscure city. VV 07:53, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: VFD Debate
Talk:Katharine Anthony

message: I see the following in the article
:US biographer best known for "The Lambs" (1945), a controversial study of the British writers Charles and Mary Lamb.
In what way is her work controversial?
WpZurp 03:37, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: That work was controversial in that she claimed there was a sexual tension between the sister and brother team. Wjhonson 02:39, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Emergency Response Team (RCMP)

message: It's not impossible that this is RCMP during a public exhibition, but there's absolutely no proof one way or the other that this isn't, say, a cosplayer, except the photographer's say-so. Can we see a link to a page about, or an official communication from the RCMP regarding, the public exhibition in question? Thanks. --81.5.170.9 (talk) 10:28, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Veracity 

message: My father was on one of the original teams and he noticed an error in this article. It says the ERT team was modelled after the HARP team but that's not actually correct. The ERT team came first in 1976, and HARP followed shortly after. Trying to find a citation to back this up, but thought I would bring it to attention for now.
HubertMW (talk) 18:18, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Early formation inaccuracy  
Talk:Canadian special forces

message: This should be turned into an article on the history of Canadian special forces, since we don't have such an article right now, only on specific units, and the current special forces, with little or no linkage between them. 70.55.86.100 (talk) 07:24, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  article 

message: Special Operations Group, est. 2005
70.55.86.100 (talk) 09:44, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: SOG

message: Canadian Special Operations Forces Command, est. 2006
70.55.86.100 (talk) 09:44, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: CANSOFCOM
Talk:Billet

message: Here's a short dictionary type answer, found via Onelook:
http://www.metal-mart.com/Dictionary/dictletb.htm#I25
Please paraphrase this, and make it into a stub. I'll do it when I have time. JesseW 04:05, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: As discussed below, belongs in Billet (manufacturing). David Brooks (talk) 02:22, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  A possible starting source 

message: To me, the term "billet" as described in this article is most used in a civilian setting - say a school student or a member of a club - not just a military person.  There isn't any mention of this in the article, which makes me wonder if other terms are used for this definition that I am not aware of? -- Chuq 10:13, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I also agree. The term billet can be likened to a landparent. For example, junior hockey players living away from while part of a hockey program. Flibirigit 05:22, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I would further question "billet" as being a "US" term, as the article indicates. The Oxford English Dictionary defines the word as follows: "ORIGIN originally denoting a short written document, later a written order requiring a householder to lodge the bearer: from Old French billette ‘little bill’;". Ergo, I'd be tempted to severely edit this article... Wikig39 (talk) 13:02, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Not difficult, with EB1911 to help. David Brooks (talk) 02:22, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps a section for etymology would be beneficial. NedTown5000 (talk) 00:30, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Modern day definition of billet 

message: This topic doesn't belong here.  It belongs in the article on material billets.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.88.212.43 (talk) 13:47, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: sofixit... I did. I'll figure out if the reference is useful in Billet (manufacturing). David Brooks (talk) 02:19, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Motorcycle Parts 
Talk:Implosion (mechanical process)

message: by saying an implosion is an explosion from a circular motion.  are you infact saying there can be no real implosions in the truer sense. (i also believe this article made little sense)
The vortex motion, which also causes a drop in temperature and an increase in density, is paramount for water to stay healthy and disease free.
Really? removed as nonsense - part of original article. -- Leonard G. 04:33, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Talk:Ol' Rip the Horned Toad

message: Man, what a cool story. Imagine if it was featured? On the main page, even? I'd love to see that. Everyking 04:05, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think there's enough verifiable material to work with. -- Cyrius|✎ 06:41, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I think there is, actually. It seems to have been quite notable in its time; someone willing to do some research could probably write quite a bit. Everyking 12:47, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I won't try to stop you, but I'm not going to pursue it and I don't think you'll have much luck. -- Cyrius|✎ 14:34, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I didn't say I was going to do it. I just said it would be cool. Based on the cursory research I did to find those two dates, it looks like there's a reasonable amount of info available just on the net. Everyking 18:39, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)

text: And what's with you pouring cold water on my enthusiasm, anyway? If someone was to try to build this up to featured status, how could that be anything but good? Ol' Rip is famous; apparently they have local celebrations to mark his anniversary and he's something of a tourist attraction. While alive, he was a celebrity and even met the president. Everyking 18:46, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm a wet blanket, what can I say? -- Cyrius|✎ 20:49, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, damn it, if the legendary Ol' Rip can't get you worked up, I don't think anything can. Everyking 21:05, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: I do not know if the tie-in is as certain as the folklore; but the Warner Brothers cartoon of the frog, Michigan J. Frog, coming out of the cornerstone and with top hat and cane, singing "Hello my baby" is no doubt related.  Other than the association in the minds of many, does anyone have anything more substantial as to the link between that and the Ol' Rip story? --cregil (talk) 06:47, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ol' Rip & Loony Tunes' Michigan J. Frog.
Talk:Fjord

message: No-one spells it fyord. Fyord doesn't even redirect here. This book cited in the article says: "The OED gives precedence to fi-. The other spelling is apparently used in English to help the ignorant to call it fyord; as, instead of helping, it only puzzles them, it should be abandoned". Clearly that means that in the 1920s the OED actually considered the fiord spelling to be the standard and the author notes the word was being incorrectly pronounced as fyord (due to a mistaken sight reading of fjord), not spelled as fyord. Fiord should be bolded as the article redirects here. --81.158.79.21 (talk) 13:41, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Not sure what your suggestion is here. Fyord isn't even mentioned in the article. --PerpetuityGrat (talk) 19:53, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fyord 

message: According to Your Guide to the National Parks, “The park and Island are nearly split in half by a natural, glacially-carves barrier, Somes Sound. It is the only fjord on the U.S. Atlantic Coast.” 217.180.228.133 (talk) 13:12, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fjord in Maine 

message: Nhc
M@8øfhvv yn  n c 37.221.245.243 (talk) 20:03, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bbnnkjk 

message: This article refers to a general geographic term but also goes in depth to fjords of Norway.  Presumably because that is the nation inventing the term. However it is confusing when this page is linked (for example freshwater fjords from lake Okanagan from ogopogo) and it's all about Norway instead of general land shapes. I therefore propose we have 2 articles: one about physical geography and one about the Norwegian context. Sound reasonable? Rusl (talk) 10:31, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  split article into two
Talk:Dennis, Massachusetts

message: Why should the CDP have equality of status with an actual incorporated municipality?  This article should have the article on the town, with a link to the one on the CDP. john k 05:37, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Category talk:Historians of the United States

message: Is this a category for historians who happen to be born in the United States or is it about historians who study the United States? Can this be specified on its main page because it is rather ambiguous in my opinion. --Fastfission 06:43, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: In initially creating the category, I included only the latter, though it looks like others have added, so I guess it does need clarification. RadicalSubversiv E 20:56, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)

text: Don't worry, you've stepped on no toes. It's clearly my fault for not being clear enough in the category and looking at the others. Perhaps what we really need is go up a level and create both "Historians by field of study" and "Historians by nationality." I think the :Category:American people is fine for the moment, as everyone on the list is both an American and a historian of United States. RadicalSubversiv E 01:11, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)

text: Sounds good. Perhaps the level above could have "Historians by nationality" and "Historians by field of study"? RadicalSubversiv E 18:30, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: comments
Talk:Cooloola monster

message: *Cooloola monster--can someone verify this? Also please check linked articles. Meelar (talk) 20:57, Sep 28, 2004 (UTC)
**It seems to be generally OK. I fixed lots of typos on this and the Cooloolidae page and moved the material about the Cooloolidae family to that page. There seem to exist slightly different taxonomies in this area (compare  and ), but apart from that the entries appear sound. Both the animal and the park exist -- so it's certainly more than just a hoax or a pun on "cool" :-) I removed "Rentz 1980" from the name and mentioned the discovery explicitly instead. Fpahl 22:31, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: How big is this monster? 2001:56A:F414:D300:60D5:B853:F4AF:DD98 (talk) 05:22, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Size
Talk:Conde McCullough

message: Though no pictures of him, the Library of Congress has pictures of many of the bridges if you search using his name. Aboutmovies (talk) 06:21, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pictures 
Talk:Spark chamber

message: Schneelocke: Thanks for the stub. I just read off "spark chamber" from my old lecture notes when writing the J/Psi article and briefly wondered how this thing might have worked but was too lazy to look it up. So thanks for the explanation. Simon A. 08:26, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: You're welcome. :) -- Schnee 14:11, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)

text: I agree, I was curious if there are two plates or many but I figure it is two plates. Where do the sparks occur? Between the two plates, or in the whole box? -- User:Mark767 23:33, 05 October 2005 (UTC)
Talk:The Generals

message: I removed Greece from the list of nations that habe experienced the rule of "The Generals". Greece was ruled by colonels, not generals.
The second paragraph seems like it could be someone's idea of a joke. Can anyone confirm whether it has any basis in fact, or is notable enough for an encyclopedia? --Micpp 09:21, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: The Generals
Talk:Pushing hands

message: The external links don't directly address the topic of pushing hands. I am tempted to remove them all.--Sonjaaa 10:36, Sep 29, 2004 (UTC)
:They are links to international schools where readers can learn how to (or at least get more information about) push hands. Fire Star 14:08, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: My primary source is Wu Kung-tsao's (吳公藻, 1902-1983) book Wu Chia T'ai Chi Ch'uan (吳家太極拳), known by English speakers as The Gold Book because of the colour of its cover, published in Hong Kong, 1980, which is itself a commentary on much older hand-written documents that it partially reproduces in photographic plates. Secondary sources include Yang Pan-hou's, Wu Yu-hsiang's, Li I-yu's, Wu Chien-ch'uan's and Yang Zhenduo's writings and, to contextualise them, twenty years of oral teaching on the subject from various members of the Wu family. Fire Star 14:01, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources 

message: In the text, we see, "pushing hands is a contract between students to train in the defensive and offensive movement principles of their martial art."
Is that word "contract" correct?  It seems a very odd choice to me. Phiwum (talk) 19:31, 14 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confused by wording
Talk:Afro

message: I ask this question because the article has a particularly heavy focus on black people, and the culture around afro hair. Which is all fine, but clearly, such hair is not completely unique to black people, and can be found worldwide in other groups of people. For example, some white people have very tightly coiled and kinky hair, and will also grow an afro-like hairstyle naturally.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C7:731:4601:7CE6:26D2:EB26:1C17 (talk) 20:47, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: The world doesn't center around white people, jeez 2601:8C:B80:6660:E0C2:2A67:452E:1B68 (talk) 14:49, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is an "Afro" just the hairstyle, or is it a combination of the hairstyle combined with social and cultural aspects? 

message: Should we add more Jewfro images
https://imgur.com/a/IIXunNf Walapo (talk) 00:59, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images
Talk:Revolving door

message: I think the graphic being used could be improved in a number of areas:
*It needs to be shown in an isometric projection, straight on and top-down views fail to convey how they work,
*Pushbars should be added,
*The partially curved walls need to be shown as well,
*Bonus points if someone can show an animated version
--Hooperbloob 05:26, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Gimme a few days and I can toodle about in AutoCAD, see what I can come up with, huh? PolarisSLBM 18:32, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Needs better diagram

message: This image is listed as a door from Turkey revolving clockwise.  I believe Turkey is a right-hand drive country.  Shouldn't it have a counter-clockwise revolving door?  Samw (talk) 00:04, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image on revolving doors in Turkey 

message: — Assignment last updated by Muhammadmir1 (talk) 17:11, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Political Economy of War and Peace
Talk:Straw that broke the camel's back

message: from VfD:
Dictdef. Securiger 13:56, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: * Comment: it seems like cases like these would be simpler if Wikipedia and Wiktionary were more integrated.  -- WOT 21:03, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)

message: --CopyToWiktionaryBot 09:01, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  2007-02-9 Automated pywikipediabot message 

message: In 1655, Archbishop John Bramhall wrote: It is the last feather that breaks the horse's back, which is the identical concept albeit using slightly different words. .  --  JackofOz (talk) 08:23, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Earliest known appearance in English

message: I wouldn't mind a bit of scientific fact about camels and volume to weight ratio and back density. Anyone know anything about the literalisms behind this idiom? PyroGamer (talk) 22:43, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think about 103,847 straws worth of weight would do. Remember seeing it in a reddit forum somewhere. Don't take my word though, I would recommend checking for yourself on my accuracy. Carnival200 (talk) 17:09, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  how much straw do you need to break a camel's back? 

message: What evidence do we have that this proverb is a calque from the Arabic? Simply because a camel is mentioned? But our earliest English source talks of a "horse", and the "last drop" version comes from about the same time. The source given, Exploring Idioms, is written for 4-8th grade, and shows no evidence of scholarly research.
Why was the Dickens use of this quote so prominent? I have moved it to a chronological list of occurrences. 
The Tamil proverb is translated as "With peacock feathers light, you load the wain; / Yet, heaped too high, the axle snaps in twain." which doesn't mean the same thing at all -- it is saying that it doesn't matter if the weight of individual items is small if you load too many of them; it isn't talking about the "last drop" or the "last straw". I am removing it.
For that matter, should WP really be listing dozens of translations of a proverb? --Macrakis (talk) 04:51, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Arabic, Dickens, Tamil, etc.