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Talk:Jevons paradox

message: Moore's Law, Wright's Law... they are all possessive. The possessive apostrophe seems to be left out in this case simply because this name ends with an S. Am I being too pedantic? It is commonly written w/o the apostrophe. Is there a reason (other than laziness) that to not have the apostrophe?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.53.185.55 (talk) 19:58, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  should it be "Jevons' paradox" 

message: "...the contemporary economics have traversed, to expand the scope of what is meant by rebound effects and to provide Jevons' effect a more concise definition."
What does "the contemporary economics have traversed" mean? 
Based on what follows, I think it should be something like "contemporary economists have expanded the scope...", but I am not a subject expert. The original appears to be a franken sentence, but I am not sure exactly where the seems are. JwD (talk) 05:07, 4 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, it is a horrible sentence that doesn't make sense. I will try to fix it.--FeralOink (talk) 13:05, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nonsense phrasing in 3rd paragraph of History section
Talk:Someday We'll Be Together

message: The official Motown title for this song is "Someday We'll Be Together" with no commas (that is, not "Someday, We'll Be Together", as it would be rendered in standard English). --b. Touch 01:35, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Martin Pike (Australian footballer)

message: It's a matter of public record that the Fitzroy Football Club still plays in its own right, albeit not in the AFL - now in the VAFA - and is not a part of the Brisbane Lions. Hence any claim that Fitzroy no longer competes as a club and somehow merged with Brisbane is not true and shouldn't be posted as such in Wikipedia articles like this one.
What is true is that Brisbane took over the AFL operations. As detailed by Fitzroy on the club's website (http://www.fitzroyfc.com.au), and within Wikipedia itself for a long time now in the entry about the Fitzroy Football Club (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club). And both the club website and that Wikipedia entry clearly show that Fitzroy still exist and compete as a club on the field.
Since Fitzroy obviously still exist as a club, both on and off the field, it is simply false to claim that 1996 was the club's last season, and therefore false, for instance, to say that Pike was the club's last best & fairest winner in any competition.
So I've corrected these points.
121.210.232.42 (talk) 13:51, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Errors of fact corrected about Fitzroy in this article 
Talk:Jordan College, Oxford

message: Wouldn't this page be (marginally) better placed at simply Jordan College?  That's the more "common" reference, and the conventions for titling real institutions expressly don't apply to fictional ones.  Alai 01:56, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It is in the same style as the real-world colleges' articles (see Trinity College, Cambridge or Exeter College, Oxford), so I suggest we leave it as is, with the redirect. -Erolos 01:17, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: That's precisely why I'm suggesting we do move it.  Alai 06:45, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Article title

message: "Jordan College" is the more common reference. Fictional places expressly need not (and I think for the sake of clarity, should not) use the same naming conventions as their real counterparts.  Alai 18:04, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Can you name three fast?  As none seem to have WP articles at present, surely that's a rather pre-emptive disambiguation strategy.  And were disambiguation necessary, I'd still argue this is not the best way to do it.  Alai 00:55, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

text: Thank you. I don't remember when an Admin counted for two votes. -Erolos 21:40, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

text: As no place/college articles do. -Erolos 21:53, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

text: "Page moves requested on this page may be actioned if there is a rough consensus supporting the moving of an article after five (5) days under discussion on the talk page of the article to be moved, or earlier at the discretion of an administrator."
Now 2 for and 3 against.  Keep the Redirect and it will be all good.  Just because it doesn't exist, doesn't mean we need to change it for differentiation.  It gives a frame of reference.  Also, with the Redirect, who cares? at least it prevents amibguation down the road.  Sardino 04:04, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed Move
Talk:Matsudaira Teru

message: This page was voted on for deletion at Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Matsudaira Teruko. The final result was No consensus, so keep. --Deathphoenix 02:02, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The references I used (provided by the Aizuwakamatsu City Library for a small fee) do not agree on some dates and numbers (mainly related to the year of births, deaths, and marriage).
I decided to use
*稲林敬一, (1991), 照姫様とその周辺. In 宮崎十三八 (Ed.), 物語　妻たちの会津戦争, pp. 9-30. 新人物往来社.
as the authorative reference.  It is one of the more recent references, appeared to be detailed and well written, and agreed with most of the sources I was able to find online.
*小島一男, (1992), 会津女性人物事典, pp. 158-159. 歴史春秋社.
is more recent, but the content seems to rely on the "authorative reference" I used.  I have to note that the two references disagree on the year Teru married.  The first says it was 1849, the second says 1850 (just an example of the various disrespancies).
The years of the major events in this article may be off an year or so. The number of sons and daughters Katanaka had greatly differed between references, as well as the year Toshihime was born.  I would appreciate it if future editors would be able to research and provide a credible source before correcting such numbers.
Yes, I forgot to login before doing the major rewrite T_T  Atsi Otani 17:00, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Minor Issues
Talk:Plan de Sánchez massacre

message: I question whether the national context bit should be here; it looks more appropriate for the Ríos Montt article. What do others think? --SqueakBox 02:13, Mar 18, 2005 (UTC)
:I think it is definitely necessary to understand the national context in order to understand the massacre and its signficance.
::I'd be reluctant to trim it, too, at least not until SqueakBox gets round to writing the Guatemalan Civil War article (which he will, one day, I'm sure). And maybe not even then: it's only one screenful on an article that's eight-screensful long, and (as anon said) you have to understand the national context. Perhaps what it could use is some tweaking to the wording to make it less about Ríos Montt the man and more about the Ríos Montt administration -- depersonalize it somewhat -- even though carrying the can for everything that happens is part-and-parcel of being an autocratic dictactor. 
::What the article could really use is some photos, if anyone's ever down that way. –Hajor 02:10, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Talk:Howard Hampton

message: I have assessed this as Start Class, as it contains more detail and organization than would be expected of a Stub, although it requires more referencing and in-line citations. I have assessed this as low importance, as I do not feel that many people outside of Canada would be familiar with the subject of the article. Cheers, CP 15:20, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment

message: A good deal of the article speaks about the NDP, and not Howard Hampton. I propose the information regarding the current number of seats, by-elections, etc. be removed.
--70.53.20.236 (talk) 22:20, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Focus on Hampton
Talk:Finders, keepers

message: Not sure what you mean by the lottery ticket, in the UK this happened recently, the person whom bought the ticket lost it accidentally but had been using the same numbers for years. When the person who found it claimed the prize it was disputed by the original purchaser of the ticket who eventually won the dispute and received the prize money with the finder coming away with nothing. So in this instance would "Finders Keepers" not apply to the lottery? The point in the article suggests that it does apply Projectmayhem666 (talk) 11:41, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Lottery

message: I have added this for deletion after having a look and seeing this content available in the relevant sections, there is little valuable information here and it's unsourced. Projectmayhem666 (talk) 11:53, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Deletion
Talk:Penta Water

message: See .  BTW, yes I know this isn't just 'Christian Burnham's' article- it's a collaborative effort and I'd like to thank all the people who have corrected my poor spelling and have improved the article! Christianjb 20:11, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: James Randi Discusses this page!

message: I think this entire entry should be deleted altogether. It does not add anything to anyone's understanding of the world, except for fraud, which is presumably best understood by reading the entry for fraud.
This page does however, provide a service to the company and product it ostensibly exposes as fraudulent, since the old adage "any PR is good PR" is certainly true in many, even most, instances. Since no right-minded person would want that to happen - this page should be deleted!
I read the discussion about the last time deleting was discussed and was surprised to see apparent unanimity in voting to keep it. I worry that keeping this entry opens the door to too much rubbish that does not belong in WP. If it wouldn't ALL be welcome, then NONE of it should be.
TimProof 04:43, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Once notable, always notable. — Omegatron 03:27, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  delete this entry ? 

message: It appears Penta Water is still being sold. What has apparently been overlooked is that the FDA has authority over bottled water.  What the FDA has to say about the claims of Penta Water (via Wikipedia) would definitely be a public service.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Linda Rosa (talk • contribs) 04:21, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you have any source for the FDA commenting on Penta Water that we could use? --Nat Gertler (talk) 19:29, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: FDA
Talk:Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax

message: This article seems to intentionally ignore his relationship with Newton's neice, Catherine Barton Mlorrey 02:47, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Gentlemen, did Lord Halifax possess any estates in or near Yorkshire(so as to support his title)? --Anglius 21:30, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Property

message: This article could be improved by dividing it into sections, as per Wikipedia:Guide to layout#Structure of the article.-,-~R'lyehRising~-,- 17:26, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Attention needed 

message: This article has a long and complicated infobox, which duplicates the succession box.  Do we really need both?  This is obviously a strategic issue that ought to be discussed elsewhere.  Peterkingiron (talk) 12:49, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You're right: the info box is just dupicating the succession boxes.  It should be shortened.  I'll be glad to do it if no one objects.  Coemgenus 13:00, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox 

message: Recently the file :File:Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt.jpg (right) was uploaded and it appears to be relevant to this article and not currently used by it. If you're interested and think it would be a useful addition, please feel free to include it. Dcoetzee 10:42, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  New file [[:File:Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt.jpg]] 
Talk:Hwa Rang Do

message: Edit: "Additional to physical" to "addition to physical" under Philosophy. -Taekwondo-Cha!
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*I have essentially written the article on Hwa Rang Do. I will work on expanding it later (this took too many hours to do everything at once ;) ), but I would appreciate if someone with more experience here would look it over.
*The image on this page is listed as having no copyright info, but I did come across a copy on the internet at The U of W site. I presume this means that it is a copyright infringement for sure? I guess I will have to read more about copyright for pictures, so I can find a new one that is actually free to take ;).
*Most of the info is avaliable from the sources at the bottom of the page. The top one especially (world headquarters) has info about most of what I wrote. I tried to verify details it as I went, but much of this info is from memory from when I was training, so there may be minor details that have problems.
Eric Burnett 03:11, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I was glancing through a translation of the Shu King, an exceedingly ancient work, which has something which may be related to the "nine virtues" here (this being the only article that matches the English phrase precisely).  But without matching up Hanzi directly, it is very hard to say whether the translated ideas are the same or not.  It is also very interesting that this seems to be formulated as a middle way possibly before Buddha.  Could someone advise? 
"Kaou-Yaou replied: ... In general practice there are nine virtues... By being liberal, yet austere; complacent, yet firm; particular, yet reverential; indifferent, yet respectful; kind, yet daring; self-respecting, yet meek; unaffected, yet genuine; steadfast, yet sincere; bold, yet just; and showing that he has integrity, how successful he will be!" Shu King p. 31 Wnt (talk) 06:57, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nine virtues 

message: Would using Joo bang lee's book in regards to the modern formation of hwarang do be acceptable since it would be a primary source?  Obviously not in regards to Lee's iteration of Hwa rang do's ancient history, as that wouldn't be a primary source.
Defwiki (talk) 02:13, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Primary sources 

message: Is there verification for this? I don't recall ever seeing anything beyond his use of "Dr." before his name. JJL (talk) 16:32, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Joo Bang Lee's Claimed Doctorate 

message: Dear Wikipedia Contributors,
please, receive a kind greeting. I was researching about the Korean version of Ninjutsu and found Sul Sa Do (http://www.sul-sa-do.com/). However, here in Wikipedia I have found this article entitled Hwa Rang Do. Are they the same? Are they related some way?
Thank you very much for your help in advance.
George Rodney Maruri Game (talk) 01:19, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Relationship with Sul Sa Do.
Talk:Will-o'-the-wisp

message: Piezoelectric is the accepted spelling of the word linked in this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.251.138.223 (talk) 03:15, 18 March 2005 
: Thanks.  I fixed it.  You can, of course, fix anything like that which you find by yourself. --  03:17, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  (Piezoelectric) 

message: The article says in Sweden that will-o-the-wisps are unbaptized souls, but the article connected  to this one on the Swedish language Wikipedia (article title "Irrbloss") says they are souls that did equal amounts of good and evil in their lives so they didn't go to heaven or hell. I don't know which is correct, but it's something to look into. 195.198.29.229 (talk) 21:04, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  What they mean in Sweden 

message: This is an global geographical feature is ubiquitously and historically mentioned internationally in a vast array of poems, films, tv and fiction. Useless to try to have any kind of meaningful list. The science section is long and unbroken. It would be better to break it into meaningful blocks. Anna (talk) 22:49, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: rm "popular culture" mentions

message: Will-o-the-wisp as described in this article is a phenomenon of marshes, bogs, etc. and has something to do with the chemistry of marsh gases, even if the exact details (conventional combustion vs "cool flame" vs chemiluminescence, etc) are somewhat uncertain.
The Marfa lights are in a semi-desert area and have a totally different proposed explanation (car headlights or some mirage reflecting/altering them).
This article shouldn't be all kinds of weird lights people report - that's the general atmospheric ghost light article. Vultur~enwiki (talk) 22:16, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Marfa lights, etc are not will-o-the-wisp
Talk:Adult themes in Scooby-Doo

message: This page was voted on for deletion at Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Adult themes and the Scooby Gang. The final result was Merge and redirect with Scooby-Doo. --Deathphoenix 03:53, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Done and done. This was good experience for me, being the first article I merged and redirected. Cybertooth85 18:32, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Lawrence Reed

message: I could be wrong but as I understand it Reed recently published a new book called was Jesus a Socialist.  If that’s correct, would that be worthy of inclusion in the list of his books?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.200.115.29 (talk) 17:04, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Books

message: Given the editorial changes made, would the group agree that it is in the best interest of this article to remove the neutrality dispute? Somethingmoreclever (talk) 05:09, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Remove the tag?

message: This article is a disappointment and makes a poor encyclopedia article. It reads like an introduction for a keynote speaker. — 72.147.125.123 (talk) 16:16, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Insubstantial 
Talk:Daisy cutter (fuse)

message: The page history to this article Daisy cutter (fuse) prior to 18 March  2005 remains at the Daisy cutter disambiguation page because the present article content was copied instead of being renamed.  --Blainster 00:14, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Missing Daisy cutter page history

message: vietnam was not the first time daisy cutters were used http://www.thefreedictionary.com/daisy+cutter 
also consider the "daisy cutter" entry which calls a large jungle clearing weapon a daisy cutter. apparently the daisy cutter name was mapped onto the BLU-82 but this was not its original meaning. http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0211b&L=ads-l&D=1&P=12724  —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 129.116.50.223 (talk • contribs) 19:11, May 2, 2006  (UTC)
http://www.lonesentry.com/articles/ttt07/nose-extension-rod.html
84.56.138.24 (talk) 14:01, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: At about 40 minutes into the contemporary American propaganda film the The Fighting Lady, the narrator says: "the kind of anti-personnel bombs we call daisy cutters", so it would seem that the term was used about a type of US bomb already during WWII.--Sus scrofa (talk) 16:47, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  daisy cutter older than vietnam
Talk:Moses Lake, Washington

message: from:
Moses Lake is a city in Grant County, Washington, United States. The population was 14,953 at the 2000 census. Major attractions of Moses Lake include the sand dunes, mud flats, and water sports. The sand dunes south of town are a tourist attraction for a variety of recreational vehicles such as, Hot Rod Jeeps, Sand Rails, Quads, Dirt Bikes, and many boats. South of town of I-90 there is a Bmx Race Track. There are races scheduled from March all the way into October.
to:
Moses Lake is a city in Grant County, Washington, United States. The population was 14,953 at the 2000 census.
Major attractions that can be found in Moses Lake include the Sand Dunes ORV Park, which is located in between the two largest bodies of water in Grant County just south of town. A wide variety of recreation is available in the area you’ll find Hot-Rod Jeeps, People enjoying the many water ways and Bird watcher ogling the Great Blue Heron. There is fun for the family at newly expanded water or at the BMX Track, Ice Stating ring, batting cages or just taking a ride across town on the ever growing cycling paths.
Why:
1. The Sand dunes ORV Park include the mudflats they are not separate places and well, water sports is noun that describes things not a place. (awkward sent.)
2. After trying to list attractions of Moses Lake. Repeats again about the sand dunes that where already just introduced as majors attractions. But this time as a tourist, (same thing, repeating)
3. The listing of the variety of orv’s isn’t really saying anything about Moses lake only still just telling about the what I can find in the sand dunes.. 
4. What is every thing in Moses Lake south of town. The BMX bike track in located in Moses Lake not south of it or even south of i-90. Also people that are just concerned with specifically with Moses Lake aren’t going to care when to track is open anyway.
What:
I tried to make the intro into more of a preview of what Moses lake has to offer to a tourist, Yet tried to include things and attraction that is Moses Lake not just adjacent to the town proper —Preceding unsigned comment added by Domanost (talk • contribs) 20:41, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for the contribution but please do not include tourism-oriented information. I've included details on your talk page. Sethwoodworth (talk) 04:25, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changed Intro paragraph. 
Talk:Sherwood Schwartz

message: Although Schwartz served in the United States Army during the World War II era, no reliable sources found as of yet state that he served overseas in a war zone during the war. More specifically, the sources do not establish defining role in World War II. Accordingly, :Category:American military personnel of World War II was removed from the article. Semper Fi! FieldMarine (talk) 01:01, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: World War II service
Talk:Jonny Moseley

message: the word "skiing" is misspelled "sking" lots of times but my browser will not seel within the edit window.  Somebody please fix
Pdn 04:50, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: "So when his dear friend Drazen "Franko" Frankovich got caught having sex with a polar bear it tore him up on the inside." I have to assume this is false / vandalism, right? Tripnoted (talk) 15:43, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Drazen "Franko" Frankovich
Talk:Road Runner (video game)

message: Is it ok to link to a ROM page? Does this count as warez? Sorry for the ignorance.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.217.12.110 (talk • contribs) 
:depends on whether the ROMs are legal...--Tjansen 18:06, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Commercial game, so it's not legal, at least in the US/Japan/etc. XMog 14:54, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link to ROM Page 

message: - There's a fourth classical piece of music featured in the game. The famous passage of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera 'The Tale of Tsar Saltan' commonly referred to as 'Flight of the Bumblebee' is featured in level two of the arcade game and level four of the C64 conversion. (I have just checked both.) It is quite probable that it is featured in the other conversions as well.
- There's a totally different game called 'Road Runner' for the Atari 5200 console, dating from 1982. It may be described as a kind of crossover between Pipemania and The Amazing Labyrinth (though it is older than both!).
- There's also a (very different) Road Runner game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is called 'Road Runner's Death Valley Rally'. It already has its own Wikipedia entry.--130.83.200.82 (talk) 12:23, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some possible additions to be made