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Talk:Flag of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast

message: Uh... does this really need to be its own article? This is more like a section of another article, if that. Equazcion • argue/improves • 07:06, 09/23/2007
===Article needs to stand on its own===
The Flag of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast is a notable article.  As the present article states, the subject has both regional and religious significance.  Also, here are a few other articles for Russian Oblast and regional flags.  These are listed in "Category:Flags of Russia".  
* Flag of Kaliningrad Oblast
* Flag of Tuva
* Flag of North Ossetia-Alania 
* Flag of Ingushetia
Thanks. Culturalrevival 15:18, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not a question of significance or notability. This is a small (article-material-wise) part of a larger subject. If there were more to say about the flag, then I'd support it being mentioned in summary style and split off into its own article, but this is a tiny bit of information that belongs in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast article. As for the other flag article examples, I'd object to those too, as long as a larger article on the state or movement exists for which the flag represents. Equazcion • argue/improves • 16:34, 09/23/2007
There is quite a bit more about the flag at https://web.archive.org/web/20070708202012/http://russia-today.ru/2003/no_17/17_symbols_2.htm  --Aliza250 (talk) 18:43, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge

message: The Flag of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast is a notable article.  As the present article states, the subject has both regional and religious significance.  Also, here are a few other articles for Russian Oblast and regional flags.  These are listed in "Category:Flags of Russia".  
* Flag of Kaliningrad Oblast
* Flag of Tuva
* Flag of North Ossetia-Alania 
* Flag of Ingushetia
Thanks. Culturalrevival 15:18, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not a question of significance or notability. This is a small (article-material-wise) part of a larger subject. If there were more to say about the flag, then I'd support it being mentioned in summary style and split off into its own article, but this is a tiny bit of information that belongs in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast article. As for the other flag article examples, I'd object to those too, as long as a larger article on the state or movement exists for which the flag represents. Equazcion • argue/improves • 16:34, 09/23/2007
There is quite a bit more about the flag at https://web.archive.org/web/20070708202012/http://russia-today.ru/2003/no_17/17_symbols_2.htm  --Aliza250 (talk) 18:43, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Article needs to stand on its own
Talk:Polyalthia

message: Thank-you  and  for your comments (elsewhere).  My current 'can of worms' is related to this genus and started with the many re-assigned species here - there may be more.  I am especially interested in the species listed as present here in southern Vietnam, that have been moved from and to Polyalthia: with all the names so far moved either to Monoon (page recently created) or Huberantha.  I will be guided by you as to how many pages should be changed (many created by PolBot - see Talk:Polyalthia pingpienensis), but have edited and will propose changing Polyalthia cerasoides because it is the type species of the new genus (and also occurs here!). Wouldn't it be more efficient to request moves for other species I know about (with a reference, edits to the first line, speciesbox and taxonbar), using a generic form of words?  As a non-botanist, I rely heavily on websites such as POWO and have occasionally had to set-up new wikidata items ... should it be a matter of concern that this site (and IPNI, but not GBIF) is the only source so far?  An example is Phaeanthus malabaricus, which now should belong to this genus ... and then there are the other genera that also need updating! Roy Bateman (talk) 08:47, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: if you are following PoWO, and adding it as a reference in the article, there's no need to request moving – just do it. Plant editors will support the move; non-plant editors don't generally understand taxonomic issues. If you can't move an article because of edits to the destination or some other problem, then I'm happy to do it – just ask. Peter coxhead (talk) 09:34, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Moving Genera and Species
Talk:Parahyangan Catholic University

message: Please find WP:RS for this article - thank you SatuSuro 14:35, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Help improve
Talk:Hindu chronology

message: I have added in sections in an attempt to make this more readable. It seems to me this article is misnamed. It should be called something like 'Hindu calendar (history)'? It is too big to merge with the existing hindu calender article.Neelmack 08:51, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: 61.1.40.200 11:07, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[User:61.1.40.200|61.1.40.200]] 11:07, 31 August 2007 (UTC)comparative value 

message: The original for this article appears to be an OCR transcript from EB1911, e.g..  The text has footnotes, sidebars, etc all mashed in at random places, along with OCR errors (e.g. | for 1, etc).  As such, tagging it for citations seems kind of pointless, as EB1911 qualifies as a WP:RS.  Knowing who "J.F.F" was would help, though. rudra (talk) 11:49, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  From EB1911
Talk:Richtersveld

message: I cannot tell if the focus of the article is the area or the World Heritage Site. I know the WHS name redirects to this article. There is also the National Park to consider.User-duck (talk) 18:48, 20 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Not sure why this should be an issue. THe Article deals with what is a substantial area only a part of which is a World Heritage Site. It is also the only article that deals with the World Heritage portion of the area, hence the redirect page, which should surely remain in place until someone feels it is necessary to write a separate article on the World Heritage Site. Otherwise, through its text and map, the article makes it pretty clear where and what the World Heritage Site is. Personally, and knowing the area well, there is very little difference between the ecology, geography, etc. of the WH site, the National Park and the rest of the area that makes up the Richtersveld, so probably no need for a separate article for World Heritage, which would only repeat what is already said. Waitabout 12:13, 22 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the input, Waitabout. One of the Wikipedia guidelines is that an article should be "concise". I interpret this to mean not far-ranging. Since there is so much information about the WHS in this article, I thought maybe the article's focus was the WHS. I like the concept about being about the area. This means the WHS is a section of the article and the National Park (NP) another.User-duck (talk) 01:44, 23 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Focus of article
Talk:John Pennington Thomasson

message: According to the "The Responsible Society", he was eldest son of Thomas THOMASSON and Sarah PENNINGTON.  The DNB gives the mother as Maria PENNINGTON and is presumably the source for this article.  "The Responsible Society" if the history of Bank Street Chapel, I would personally trust it more than the DNB.  --jmb 09:20, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The 1841 census seems to confirm the DNB with mother being Maria (though the 1841 census does not give relationships).  Very odd as The Responsible Society at least twice gives his mother's name as Sarah.  I have found too many mistakes in the DNB so tend to never completely believe it.  --jmb 09:45, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: John Pennington THOMASSON
Talk:Lao music

message: I just deleted three paragraphs from the Music Today section, as it looks to me that they were lifted from Laos: Modern and contemporary performing arts: Music. Jjamison 09:24, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment

message: What is the Lao spelling of the word "xing" (cymbals) ? 173.89.236.187 (talk) 00:30, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lao spelling of xing 
Talk:Dinosaur Park

message: Dinosaur Park is a designated World Heritage Site in Alberta, Canada. 
I disagree that the redirect should be this way around. GabrielVelasquez (talk) 17:17, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Château de Ranton

message: I am the author of this history of the Chateau de Ranton, which I jointly own with my wife, and which we have restored over the last 20 years. The earlier version of this history has been in the public domain on the sites www.rantoncastle.com and www.chateauderanton.fr, but in updating it I have added links to related events and people already in Wikipedia, and I feel this history of the Chateau de Ranton is now better located in Wikipedia where other, perhaps more knowledgeable people, can add to it and correct it if necessary. As the author, I own the copyright, but I agree to license it under the GFDL.
The main sources for this history are the papers for the Chateau itself, but cross checked with the French dictionary of biographies of the main feudal families in France - notably the de la Jaille family, and the parish records.
Peter Johnston 09:30, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Udmurts

message: Maybe it worth of mentioning that Ud-murts have one of the largest percentage in whole Ud-murt population (more than their percentage of Irish and Bretons) red heared and grey or blue eyed people.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.114.205.131 (talk) 01:56, August 30, 2007 (UTC) 
:What is the source of your statement? `'Míkka 02:52, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not the poster above, but (s)he may have gotten that information from here: http://www.udm.ru/history.html which says as such five paragraphs into the "Udmurt Ethnos" section. I'm not sure how reliable the page is, but it's the first Google hit for "udmurt" and  and seems to be reasonably well put together. --137.122.200.89 (talk) 20:28, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's on the wikipedia Red hair page... --Yalens (talk) 21:30, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Udmurt People 

message: Udmurt women have opened the old taboo in Russia. Red heared Serafina Blaganina did it by writing a book of her own sex experiences with men. Her novel become a local best seller and she was asked to talk openly of it in several arranged meetings in Udmurt villages. At first the old Udmurt women (and few men) listened her quietly but when she had finished her talk all old women approved her message only feeing sorry that they had not have possibility to do the same things in their youth what Serafina Blaganova told in her book. The babushka jungle drum message system worked effectively from village to village and the success of Serafina´s tour was quaranteed.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.115.115.5 (talk) 18:41, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Russia´s first female sex novelist

message: Is there a more recent census than 2002, to see if this people is still declining? Thanks, DPdH (talk) 14:09, 14 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Latest census? 

message: The Russians use Вотяки https://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/efremova/148933/%D0%92%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%8F%D0%BA%D0%B8.
This can be variously latinised as both Wotyak, as pluralised in the current French-language reference (which clearly isn't what the Russians use, the paragraph is misleading), and as Votyak with the more traditional Ve->'v' transliteration rule to English (and as a completely formulaic transliteration, requires no reference). About "votyak", http://www.suri.ee/eup/udmurts.html says "The self-appellation of this people is udmurt, vudmurt, odmort, udmort, ukmort (in plural, -joz is added, e.g. udmurtjoz). The name for the Udmurts propagated by the use in the Russian language and now outdated is Votyak, which the Udmurts consider disparaging and offensive. FatPhil (talk) 08:22, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wotyak/Votyak 
Talk:Enets language

message: Throughout the morphology section everything seems to be written in some odd pseudo-ipa latin orthography, and while that is fine, there is no indication what "ē" and "e̮" mean at all.  Can we please get some sort of pronunciation guide or anything?
128.114.255.174 (talk) 21:26, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: There is some information buried in "Phonology". I have moved the section up, and added a note about the macron. Still much to be done. –Austronesier (talk) 11:47, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Internal transcription?
Talk:Comprehensive examination

message: I just made an edit to clarify an important distinction in the USA Undergrad section.  Some institutions require Comps of all students, regardless of major/degree program, and some degree programs and schools within larger universities require comps, but the institution as a whole doesn't require them. 69.43.35.251 (talk) 12:57, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Undergraduate Institutions vs. programs within such institutions 

message: The section that says "...a series of proctored exams taking anywhere from a few hours to two days." seems to put a weirdly hard limit on the amount of time that they can take. While I know anecdotal evidence is generally not accepted, I myself just finished a three day exam, so I think that replacing "two" with "several" would be more accurate (though less precise).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:1:1D01:7F3D:612D:A698:1C41:B40D (talk) 23:05, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Duration of Examinations 
Talk:The Last Canadian

message: I've recently seen an assertion that it was also published in the United States as The Last American; can anybody affirm or deny? --Orange Mike | Talk 18:36, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: See http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?883059 , I can affirm! GrahamHardy (talk) 21:50, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  ''The Last American''
Talk:Logos Dictionary

message: Logos was widely mentioned in Internet indexes from 1995-2005; there was then a small round of reviews around 2007 which is most of what remains in search results from the web. A traditional library search would turn up better sources for how it was seen in the translation and MT communities before then. – SJ + 12:59, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Historical refs wanted
Talk:Chillout Sessions 7

message: This page has already been paid a visit from CorenSearchBot concerning its contents, so I figured I'd better sort that problem out now:
Up until the message came up, I had absolutely no idea that the Chillout Sessions track listings were being held on the Ministry of Sound website; in actual fact, the listing was actually lifted from the album itself, as I hold a copy of the album myself. The opening sentence was taken from other articles on the compilation series. I'll notify Coren of this, just so he/she knows. --JB Adder | Talk 09:55, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article contents
Talk:The End of Work

message: How can IT have significant impact on agriculture which is mostly farming ?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.61.23.71 (talk) 08:29, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: This talk page is only for discussing improvements to the The End of Work article. --Loremaster (talk) 00:58, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Impact of IT on agriculture

message: Hi, just to note that  the second External link regarding criticism  seems to be broken. Is there automated system on Wiki checking this?   Braniti (talk) 02:15, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The application checking for broken links must be added to the page for the checking to happen. That being said, I've replaced the link with one that leads to an archived version of the essay. --Loremaster (talk) 20:14, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: External links

message: The last sentence of the quotation seems to be botched. 
The "end of work" literature of the 1990s, therefore, is not only theoretically and empirically disconfirmed.
Should that be "but" instead of "and"? I cannot find the source. 
Bn (talk) 03:50, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  References
Talk:Russian censorship in the Second Chechen War

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: Moved to Russian censorship in the Second Chechen War. Consensus arrived at the suggested title. (closed by non-admin page mover) – robertsky (talk) 16:59, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Russian government censorship of Chechnya coverage → ? – This title is gramatically wrong. Super Ψ Dro 00:18, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

text: Note: WikiProject Russia has been notified of this discussion.  ASUKITE 15:53, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

text: Note: WikiProject Chechnya has been notified of this discussion.  ASUKITE 15:54, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 16 January 2023
Talk:Arkhyz

message: The diameter of the telescope as given is nonsense:  It surely must be 600 centimetres, i.e. six metres.
Bjf 10:04, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: please see . --KoberTalk 04:44, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dispute tag
Category talk:African-American actors

message: I did not find Stephen Fetchit on the African American actors.goin to call tyler heldriht
Shouldn't this page by named "African-American actors and actresses?"  —Preceding unsigned comment added by D4S (talk • contribs) 04:11, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This category must be deleted because it is discriminative. --Mercenario97 (talk) 23:36, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: This listing is inconsistently alphabetized. For example, "Veto Ali" is listed under "V", not "A". I know this is a stage name, and it could be the rule that stage names are placed according to their first letter. This would explain why "Whoopi Goldberg" is under "W", instead of "G".
However, this is not followed consistently either. For example:
* "J. B. Smoove" (stage name of Jerry Brooks) listed under "S"
* "Mr. T" (stage name of Laurence Tureaud) listed under "T"
* "Slappy White" (stage name of Melvin White) listed under "W"
There are probably other discrepancies. I'd like to get clarification on this before I go changing things. ChrisWinter (talk) 20:12, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Inconsistent alphabetization

message: There are categories for African-American actors, but not for African-American theatres/companies, although there is a category for African-American playwrights and dramatists. Makes it hard for people to learn more about early theatres and companies, such as the African Grove in NY.Parkwells (talk) 18:03, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Category issue
Talk:Demographics of Siberia

message: The article on Sybirak mentions 1.5 million Poles deported over various times to Siberia, but Poles are not mentioned here.  Is there a reason? --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 03:13, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Poles in Siberia 

message: The page is based on 2002 data. The situation in Siberia has changed.Xx236 (talk) 08:17, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update 
Talk:Belarusians in Russia

message: I created a collage of famous Belarusians who lived in Russia:
Valentina Tereshkova · Nikolai Gastello · Zhores Alferov · Branislaw TarashkyevichAlexander Bogdanov · Pavel Sukhoi · Yanka Kupala · Andrei Gromyko
You are welcome to suggest more people! 79.99.144.141 (talk) 10:20, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Collage 
Talk:Proactionary principle

message: This article, together with articles on "extropy" and "extropianism", seems to be self-promoting. I have found no external references that would not be affiliated to Max More and Extropy Institute. A search on Google News for "Extropy Institute" gave no results. --Dan Polansky 10:26, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I find a total of 12,300 mentions on Google of the Proactionary Principle, the majority of which had nothing to do with Wikipedia. I have also located two hostile analyses of it, two neutral definitions of it, and one significant mention of it in a noteworthy news and opinion magazine, Reason. I have added these to the External Links, cleaned up the text to make it clear that it is a description of the proactionary principle, and removed the "primary sources" and "peacock" tags. Allens (talk) 04:10, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possibly self-promoting 

message: ===For===
* Proactionary Principle, authored by Max More
* Commentary from Fight Aging!
* The Open Future: The Reversibility Principle (WorldChanging.com, March 6, 2006 article)
* "The Proactionary Principle". The Extropy Institute
* Would you give up your immortality to ensure the success of a posthuman world? (From Reason (magazine))
===Neutral===
* Definition of Proactionary Principle
* Definition of Proactionary Principle
===Against===
* The quest for proactive evolution: "Throw caution to the winds" is the motto of a technology-infatuated group which wants to improve the human race.
* It may sound loopy, but a group of people calling themselves 'transhumanists' seeks to replace humans with an artificial form of life. The group is aggressively opposing the precautionary principle, hoping to substitute their own 'proactionary principle.' We dismiss them at our peril.
- David Gerard (talk) 09:24, 6 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: External links

message: * The quest for proactive evolution: "Throw caution to the winds" is the motto of a technology-infatuated group which wants to improve the human race.
* It may sound loopy, but a group of people calling themselves 'transhumanists' seeks to replace humans with an artificial form of life. The group is aggressively opposing the precautionary principle, hoping to substitute their own 'proactionary principle.' We dismiss them at our peril.
- David Gerard (talk) 09:24, 6 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Against
Talk:Earl of Sussex

message: I am not sure if I have done the right thing in adding John Savile, 1st Baron Savile of Pomfret to this page.  There is also a conflict between this (which I took from www.peerage.com and the text there previously, which said the 1628 title was Viscount.  Could the barony be 1628 and the viscounty a subsidary title of 1644?  Peterkingiron (talk) 22:11, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Baron Savile of Pomfret 
Talk:Presidential Administration of Russia

message: I thik the proper term for this entity is the Administrative Office of the President of the Russian Federation. "Presidential administration" implies a body of the heads of the federal government executive departments (i. e. ministers, heades of agencies, committees and such). This particualr organization has none of the features or functions of such administrative body. It is just an office the main purpose of which is to provide administrative assistance to the president and nothing more. 108.76.70.179 (talk) 23:31, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

message: The official English title of this Russian state body is the Presidential Executive Office, as can be seen on its official English-language website: . Therefore, the article should be renamed. The article should still mention the "Presidential Administration of Russia" translation as it's widely used in the English-language media. I can not rename the article myself as I prefer to stay anonymous as a matter of principle. So hopefully someone with a Wikipedia account will do it. Thanks. --46.242.13.224 (talk) 20:12, 23 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rename article to "Presidential Executive Office (Russia)" or "Presidential Executive Office of Russia"