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Talk:Lookahead

message: From Vfd, which decided to keep after a rewrite:
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/lookahead
This article is pretty useless. It begins with a comparison with other methods, rather than a definition of lookahead; in fact, there is no clear description of the concept anywhere in the article.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.216.107.230 (talk) 04:17, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  from VfD 

message: Someone has re-instated the split tag without bothering to leave a comment on the talk page. I do not intend to spend my life trawling through the article history in the vain hope that an explanation has been given. If I understand the request correctly then it is without merit for the following reasons:
The content to be split off is unreferenced.
The content to be split off is not notable.
If I were to carry out the split as requested then the split article is liable to be deleted for the above reasons and my time would be wasted.
When I next do the monthly cleanup of split tags (on or after the 1st of the next month), I intend to remove the relevant material. Having removed the relevant material the reason for the split tag will disappear and hence I intend to remove the split tag. 
If you do not wish me to do this then there are 4 options that I am aware of:
1) Do the split yourself (if you disagree with my reasons not to split)
2) Rectify the problems stated above (and then preferably carry out the split)
3) Put a comment on THIS talk page informing us of when you plan to rectify the problem and then rectify the problem in that time scale.
4) Put a comment on this talk page explaining what you really wanted.
Op47 (talk) 11:00, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Split
Talk:Mescalero (album)

message: does "mescalero" really refer to the tribe in New Mexico or the "mescal" drink?
What does "mescalero" mean?
Also, should it be noted that this is their first Latino themed album in years?
: Whew--I don't know if any ZZ album sounded or was 'themed' 'Latino' or 'Hispanic'. Maybe "Sheik" had a Santana flavor 'musically'--but it was about a guy "from Mozambique"! Anyway, somebody stuck in a link to the Mescalero Apache tribe. Really, an album by three white Americans, with songs like "Punk Ass Boyfriend", "Alley-Gator", and "As Time Goes By" (!), hardly comes across as Mexican, much less Apache. 68Kustom (talk) 09:18, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Mescalero definition
Talk:Joe Juneau

message: I wrote this page because I spotted it on the front as a "request."  I am new.  Sorry if someone actually meant Joe Juneau the prospector.  I had no idea.  Was wondering why someone was interested in a relatively run of the mill hockey player.  I know hockey, so figured I'd help. ... I see that some veteran came in and labeled it as a "stub." My question is, do people really expect more information than what's there? I figured "stub" was reserved for topics that clearly needed more info, but didn't have it yet.  This does not seem to qualify, since there's really not much more to add.
Wikipedians encourage a Neutral Point of View. As a Montreal Canadiens fan myself, I can tell you that this article is not complete. SD6-Agent 11:42, 2 May 2004 (UTC)
Talk:Plazas de soberanía

message: Doesn't Parsley Island belong here?  RickK 02:23, 1 May 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: It's considered included in the near city, not as an apart entity. -- Error 04:29, 2 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Island

message: So, Isla de Alborán is technically not a Plazas de soberanía since it is attached to the municipality of Almería, and is not administered directly by the Spanish central government.  Is this correct?  If so, then it makes sense that Morocco has never filed a formal claim to Alborán since it's not part of the disputed Plazas de soberanía.  Should this be added to the section that mentions Isla de Alborán for clarity?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.207.152.58 (talk) 15:27, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Isla de Alborán

message: I noted that in the Spanish Wiki article Plazas de soberania, it is mentionned in the first paragraph that the term Place of sovereignty has fallen into disuse and that it is now used occasionally to refer to the Spanish islets and peñones off the North African coast (therefore, excluding Ceuta and Melilla).  (En la actualidad la denominación ha quedado en desuso, si bien puede usarse ocasionalmente como denominación del conjunto de los islotes y peñones españoles en la costa mediterránea del norte de África.)
I think the English-language article should reflect that reality.--Lubiesque (talk) 17:06, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I do not see the need to change anything, the second paragraph is already very clear: Historically, a distinction was made between the so-called major sovereign territories, comprising the cities of Ceuta and Melilla, and the minor sovereign territories, referring to a number of smaller enclaves and islands along the coast. In the present, the term refers mainly to the latter. Megustalastrufas (talk) 18:17, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Obsolete expression 

message: See Ceuta or Melilla Keksfresser12 (talk) 00:29, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added the mention of the Plazas de sobarania to several articles.
Talk:List of heads of state and government who died in office/Archive 1

message: When this page gets REALLY long, as indicated by the question above, then it will be a good time to put them on separate pages, such as List of U.S. Presidents who died in office. 66.32.132.71 02:27, 1 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  What can you do to break up this page??
Talk:Girls Aloud

message: Girls Aloud are listed as "a English-Irish pop girl group" however Nadine Coyle is from Derry in Northern Ireland. They are officially recognised as independent, separate, countries and so for the sake of accuracy it should probably be English-Northern Irish 82.8.194.226 (talk) 01:50, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: She self-ID's as Irish so there is nothing to really discuss here. She would also be free to choose ROI nationality if she so wished.  SinoDevonian (talk) 00:24, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  English-Northern Irish 

message: British and Irish band 81.99.75.83 (talk) 20:31, 24 May 2024 (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. Myrealnamm (💬talk · ✏️contribs) at 20:48, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 24 May 2024
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Former countries

message: There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor#Requested move 27 February 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Векочел (talk) 14:45, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move at [[Talk:Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor#Requested move 27 February 2024]] 

message: Kaunas Fortress has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:09, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Good article reassessment for [[Kaunas Fortress]] 

message: I started a draft on this Exile government Draft:Biafra Republic. It was a former country. I want to share this here for the editors to contribute in expansion of it. 
Best, 
Fugabus (talk) 18:59, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  New article alert 

message: There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Berar Sultanate#Requested move 5 May 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Wikiexplorationandhelping (talk) 05:13, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move at [[Talk:Berar Sultanate#Requested move 5 May 2024]]
Talk:Swing (seat)

message: There are tons of excellent swing photos at stock xchng]--tire swings, baby swings close up, canvas swings, all kinds of stuff. Not quite public domain--you have to contact each photog and confirm that they're willing to have their photos used under GFDL, as I did with :Image:Sandbox25703_5762.jpg. If someone wanted to take the time to email these folks, they'd probably be glad for the exposure.  Elf | Talk 04:34, 1 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: It would appear that user palmdale has put one over on us. This user added the bit about "National Swing Association" in a 5 February 2009 edit. This edit is the user's only contribution. A Web search for "National Swing Association" results in only 29 actual hits, with no authoratative reference and many from sites that have quoted this article. I would recommend removing this reference ASAP. 96.252.229.220 (talk) 14:05, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Done, thanks.  Sandstein  15:31, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  National Swing Association 

message: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1='6,368,227'.WKU.&OS=PN/6,368,227&RS=PN/6,368,227 anybody remember that priceless excerpt of patent fun?
I find it hard to believe someone invented swinging sideways.  It has been around as long as playground swings have.  Every kid in the world has done it at least once.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.229.112.135 (talk) 14:11, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Swinging sideways 

message: Has anyone got an explanation to add to the article regarding the mechanics of swinging and how shifting the center of mass relative to the seat enhances the action? Gregorydavid 18:56, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Swinging technique

message: Porch swing redirects here, but is not mentioned in this article. It is also referred to as a "swing hammock" or "frame hammock" though the type I have in mind is not really a hammock, having a fixed seat suspended within a fixed frame ... 84.144.70.115 (talk) 13:27, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Porch swing 

message: Is it possible kiiking was based on that thing where kids would try to swing over the bar?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.229.112.135 (talk) 14:18, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: kiiking

message: Hi, the title Swing (seat) is (culturally?) biased for one particular kind of swing as Estonian and Russian swings are swings on which one stands. -- Stratoprutser (talk) 14:17, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, the name's been bothering me too. Rope swings anyone? The real question now, what is a better name? Swing (Play Equipment) could work, but is clunky Atreem (talk) 14:13, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

text: Who cares, seriously. Bomberswarm2 (talk) 13:18, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Swing (seat) biased
Talk:Alan Millar

message: Alan,Brookie here, your homepage link returned the following "The requested URL /staff/alan_millar.htm was not found on this server." Brookie 21:42, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Homepage Link

message: This article has been kept following this VFD debate. Sjakkalle (Check!) 12:31, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  VfD debate link 
Talk:Polyhedral dice

message: Reportedly the earliest polyhedral dice used in role-playing games were actually intended as classroom tools for exploring platonic solids or probability or something similar.  Details would be interesting.
I have no idea what the early plastic used in polyhedral dice was.  Later dice were almost uniformly referred to as "High Impact", so presumably the previous dice were "Low Impact."  Of course, I suspect even High Impact is more of a description of the properties of the plastic than the technical name.  The actual names/compositions of common die formulations would be interesting.
Alan De Smet 05:48, 1 May 2004 (UTC)

message: The current image of blue polyhedral dice needs to be replaced with one which includes a d10. Also it may be good for it to be vertical rather than horizontal, to line up with the table. ··gracefool |☺ 22:37, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: It would also be nice to have images of the more uncommon die types, such as the d7 or Zocchihedron; I've got no means of capturing an image, and couldn't find any PD photos to contribute. Anyone? --Rossumcapek 09:52, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images
Talk:United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance

message: The USMC used the term special operations capable for a Marine expeditionary unit designating it as Marine expeditionary unit (special operations capable) (MEU(SOC)). A Force Recon platoon in a MEU(SOC) never received a designation and formed part of the Maritime Special Purpose Force. On a side note, Nicholson concluded in his 1994 thesis that only four of the twenty-one missions that a MEU(SOC) was certified for were true special operations missions. The four missions would be carried out by the Force Recon platoon.
This article describes Force Reconnaissance as "one of the United States Marine Corps' special operations capable forces (SOC)" and the type in the infobox is "Special Operations Capable (SOC)". As far as I am aware the USMC has never used the term special operations capable forces and the term has never been used by the United States Armed Forces. I stand to be corrected. Special operations capable was a designation for a MEU not a Force Reconnaissance Company or a Force Recon platoon.
In December 2008,  created an article titled United States Marine Corps Special Operations Capable Forces that does not cite any sources for the term Special Operations Capable Forces. The introduction discusses the establishment of the Marine expeditionary unit (special operations capable) program. 
In January 2009, RekonDog changed the introduction of this article from "special-purposes units roughly analogous to the U.S. Army Special Forces and are widely recognized as the "special operations forces" of the United States Marine Corps" to "are one of the United States Marine Corps's special operations (capable) forces". ReckonDog later in January changed the type in the infobox from special operations to special operations capable.
The type in the introduction and the infobox should be substituted if the term never existed and is a Wikipedia creation. Neither of the USMC publications the Organization of the United States Marine Corps or the Ground Reconnaissance Operations uses a term to characterize the Force Recon type. One option is to use special operation forces. From what little I have read on Force Recon it would in my opinion fit the definition of a special operation force in List of military special forces units. Although in the US it is not formally considered a special operation forces (designated by the Secretary of Defense).--Melbguy05 (talk) 00:55, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: dunno if you'll get much of a reaponse here, you might want to post a notice at  as well. (imho) - wolf 01:26, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Special operations capable forces - does the term actually exist?
Talk:Pre-qualification

message: I think the title on this article is far too general.  There are numerous activities that have some type of "pre-qualification" and it would not be appropriate for this article to cover all such topics.  As written, and as per most of the linked articles, it is about mortgage or credit pre-qualification.  I think the article title should be revised so it's intent is clear.  E.g. Mortgage Pre-qualification" or "Pre-qualification (mortgage)".  Merging with the "pre-approval" article also seems sensible.  As first step in this direction, I propose to add an introduction statement to this effect, and remove paragraph on racing pre-qualification. Gierszep (talk) 17:59, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inappropriate title
Talk:Self-interpreter

message: As far as I know, "Self-interpreter" is not in any way academic lingo, and it is very confusing as it is ambiguous with an "interpreter for the Self programming language". I suggest renaming to Meta-circular interpreter. Wouter Lievens 09:12, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Anyone should feel free to add a #REDIRECT from Metacompiler to the article.  71.246.25.169 05:44, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

text: This is all old news to FORTH programmers, which has long since (1970s) termed this as a metacompiler. 71.246.25.169 05:44, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page Title 

message: The article switches haphazardly between talking about meta-circular interpreters, and self-interpreters in general.  The content related to the former should probably be reworked into the meta-circular evaluator article.  --Piet Delport 07:46, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Self-interpreters versus meta-circular interpreters 

message: The article doesn't explain any particular example of a meta-interpreter in detail. It explains the basic overall concept, but it fails to mention any specific examples. I think a good place to start would be a list of existing meta-interpreters. 71.34.241.23 (talk) 04:34, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  There needs to be a list 

message: Here is a brief justification of the changes I made this month.
* found the first sentence not clear, reworded.
* found the bootstrapping process not clearly described, reworded.
* some minor editorial changes
* added a table of languages known to have at least one self-interpreter
* added Forth and Pascal to this table
Considered, but not changed:
* Self-interpreter as interpreter for the [[Self_programming_language]Self programming language]: the article does not mention any interpreter, and stresses that [[Self_programming_language]Self] was used to pioneer compilation techniques. I decided there is no ambiquity in 'Self-interpreter'.
* locating a reference to 'reflective interpreters' (perhaps later).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rommelebom (talk • contribs) 06:55, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit 2013-09 

message: Regarding the proposed deletion of this article, I suggest that it be merged as a new section into the Interpreter (computing) article. — Loadmaster (talk) 18:17, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, that's a better alternative than deletion (although I'm still concerned about the OR). I'll remove the prod tag, start a discussion on Talk:Interpreter (computing) and tag both articles. All the best, Miniapolis 00:20, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed deletion
Talk:Rheged

message: There is the logical possibility that Rheged/Argoed is exactly the same proper noun, simply mentioned in a different tense &/or "case" &/or with a preposition. For example, one version - say, "Rheged", may be the nominative case and "Argoed" the transformation that occurs when saying "at Rheged" or "from Rheged" or "Rheged was...". 
The convention in modern Scottish Gaelic* is to insert "silent" letters like "h" after consonants or "i" after certain vowels, to indicate that a noun changes its vowels or consonants under certain circumstances -- e.g. when a preposition is used, or when it's a particular case or tense. 
(*I don't know anything about Welsh or Breton, so can't comment on any similarity there.)
It would be good if someone knowledgeable about Celtic languages could contribute.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.187.173.97 (talk) 21:39, 22 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe argoed has a literal meaning in Welsh or Early Welsh of 'by a wood', related to the word coit meaning 'forest'. Urselius (talk) 09:14, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  Correct. There is no connection between this word/name and Rheged. Cagwinn (talk) 19:44, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Argoed could be "Rheged", just in a different grammatical form
Talk:Mount Katahdin

message: This article should be title Katahdin (Mountain) not Mount Katahdin. Since Katahdin means "Greatest Mountain" the article currently says "Mountain Greatest Mountain" Steene01 (talk) 20:36, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: The article addresses that issue - Mount Katahdin is the official USGS name. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 21:06, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name 

message: "notorious Knife Edge ridgeline" - what's that all about?  Needs explanation, otherwise I will take out the 'notorious' next time I am here. Cross Reference (talk) 22:56, 8 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: The Knife Edge trail itself is relatively easy to traverse, no technical skill required. However, in some places it narrows to 3-4 in width, with sheer drops of several hundred feet on both sides. Hence "the knife's edge". It often takes hikers unaware because the the rest of the trails are beginner-intermediate. 172.101.11.12 (talk) 12:32, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notorious???? 

message: I was wondering about who was it who lived on Mount katahdin? 206.85.226.25 (talk) 18:25, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  People
Talk:Lunar eclipse

message: i made a picture to the genesis of the colors in the earthshadow as seen on the moon . i think i can see a blue line at the border of shadow , coming from upper-atmosphere-refraktion stronger affecting to blue light . i would also say there must be a black part between the border and the beginning red center shadow , and too there should be a blueisch or green center in the shadow . i find the animated gif-picture in " blood moon "-paragraph somewhat displaying what i mean . my picture (it is free): [img]https://up.picr.de/44273482wf.jpg[/img]. sure its no solid sience of mine , but maybe of interest .--Konfressor (talk) 23:55, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  my idea on the refrakted color of the earthshadow 

message: The article says it's safe to look at an eclipse of the Moon without eye protection because it is less bright than the full Moon.  But that seems a bit silly, since it's perfectly safe to look at the full Moon. Uporządnicki (talk) 11:28, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes. I have removed that wording. Thanks for bringing this up. HiLo48 (talk) 22:52, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eye safety--absurd statement 

message: During a lunar eclipse, the Earth passes between the moon and the sun. When that happens, the sun projects Earth’s shadow onto the moon. When this happens, you can actually see the Earth’s shadow if you look up at the moon. If you do this, you’ll see that there is a round shadow, not a flat one. 2001:16A2:7A90:C000:4179:4598:2CFF:56EE (talk) 14:16, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  The earth is not flat 

message: In the "Occurrence" section the language is vauge:
At least two lunar eclipses and as many as five occur every year, although total lunar eclipses are significantly less common.
Should be changed to
At least two lunar eclipses and as many as five occur every year, although total lunar eclipses are significantly less common than partial lunar eclipses. Cnich43 (talk) 01:25, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: You are autoconfirmed now after making this request, do it yourself. Lightoil (talk) 03:20, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: @User:Cnich43 Well, I couldn't say whether it was "vauge" or not, but it certainly wasn't vague.  It was just plain incorrect. Uporządnicki (talk) 14:55, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 4 June 2023 

message: The current caption starts with:
”A painting by Lucien Rudaux showing how a solar eclipse might appear when viewed from the lunar surface.”
but this whole article has been talking about lunar eclipses, not solar eclipses! I realize that it technically becomes a solar eclipse when viewed from the moon, but I think that’s hard to understand for the target audience of this article.
I would propose:
A painting by Lucien Rudaux showing how a lunar eclipse might appear when viewed from the lunar surface. (And technically, a lunar eclipse would actually be a solar eclipse when viewed from the moon!) 38.126.98.206 (talk) 01:49, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Caption for picture in “View from the Moon” section could be improved