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Talk:United States Deputy Secretary of Defense

message: I took out the link to James H. Douglas.  The problem is that James H. Douglas redirects to Jim Douglas, the current Governor of Vermont (Whose middle initial is also H.)  In fact, neither of these people are on the James Douglas disambiguation page.  I'll fix these problems soon. FerralMoonrender (MyTalk • MyContribs • EmailMe) 03:19, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  James H. Douglas 

message: I'm confused.  Our article on Robert Fred Ellsworth says that he served as deputy secretary of defense, and the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress agrees (it says he served under Ford from December 1975 to January 1977).  But he's not on this list.  What's up? —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 02:00, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Robert Fred Ellsworth filled the position of Second Deputy Secretary of Defense (23 DECEMBER 1975–10 JANUARY 1977), created by PL 92–956 in 1972 but not previously filled. Position was abolished by PL 95–140, 21 October 1977. (see Department of Defense Key Officials 1947–2015)  — Archer1234 (talk) 17:09, 24 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Robert Ellsworth? 

message: According to the DoD website defense.gov, Norquist is Performing the Duties of Deputy Defense Secretary (at Today in DoD) and Performing the Duties of the Deputy Secretary of Defense (Nordquist bio).  It does not say he is Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense.  Contrast that with what it says for Shanahan where it says that he is Acting Secretary of Defense.  Might there be a statutory/legal definition of acting that means it applies in Shanahan's case, but not in Norquist's case?  I understand that Shanahan intends to resume being DepSecDef as soon as a new SecDef is confirmed by the Senate, so could that be the reason why Norquist is not formally considered to be acting?  Did President Trump name Nordquist as acting DepSecDef or was it just that Shanahan delegated his DepSecDefduties on his own authority?  Are there any implications from this that need to be incorporated into this article (and others like Norquist's and Shanahan's) or should the articles use a more common/layman's understanding of acting? 
: – Archer1234 (talk) 20:00, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Norquist: ''acting'' or ''performing the duties of'' 

message: Note "the deputy secretary of state" is uncapitalized because "deputy secretary of state" is preceded by modifier "the", per MOS:JOBTITLES bullet 3 and table column 2, example 1: "Richard Nixon was the president of the United States." Any proposal for modification to the guideline should be posted at its talk page, WT:MOSBIO. —Eyer (If you reply, add  to your message to let me know.) 22:41, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Capitalization
Talk:Immigration

message: — Assignment last updated by Kdavis25 (talk) 22:51, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: نبي النسجل في الدورة التدربة 165.16.42.211 (talk) 14:45, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: LIBR 1 Working with Sources

message: Types of immigration 154.161.189.221 (talk) 13:24, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Geography
Talk:Western marsh harrier

message: Are you sure is that really a female? For me, pale mask and yellow eye indicate an immature male (2-3 calendar year?). Wireonek (talk) 18:24, 24 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  "A fairly pale adult female (note brown remiges and yellow eye) winters near Hodal (Faridabad district, Haryana, India)"
Talk:Fuse

message: Although this page has nothing yet about fuses/fuzes as used to detonate explosives, I want to check one thing before I start redirecting and/or writing: Would I be right in thinking that this kind of fuze is spelled "fuze" much more than "fuse", while electrical ones are more often "fuse"? And is this something that differs in non-USA English, so that we might need to have a single page with a redirect, instead of two pages with links to each other? -- John Owens 07:01 May 5, 2003 (UTC)
: yup. electrical fuse; bomb fuse (Br) fuze (Am). We might as well take advatange of the difference to have two pages (but with links between in case of confusion)  -- Tarquin 08:00 May 5, 2003 (UTC)
:: Apparently that idea has been found wanting, as Fuze is now a redirect to Fuse.  (I support the redirect, despite the appeal of the original clever idea, because between the two dialects and the two distinct senses, the match-up between sense and spelling is too weak to achieve the clarity originally imagined.)
:: But on the other hand, the detonator sense and the circuit-protector sense are distinct enough that IMO this page should become a dab. (The spellings, which may assist readers occasionally in judging which sense is involved, should still be disucssed here.) I don't propose to do it for a few days, for lack of a proper mouse, so that offers a chance for anyone who thinks a dab is a problem to speak up. --Jerzy(t) 03:02, 2004 Apr 3 (UTC)
:: What about Fuse, the TV channel?
76.17.39.210 01:14, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Lucius Aemilius Paullus (consul 219 BC)

message: I've never seen "Paulus" spelled with two l's before.  Are you sure it's right? Deb 09:52 May 5, 2003 (UTC)
:Early instances of the name have two Ls.  Later writers and Greek writers used only one. Paullus in Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography  Amphipolis 12:56, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled
Talk:Raw score

message: This is like a waste of space.  No, wait, it is a waste of space.  Presumably part of statistics, but I failed stats so I'm not a good judge. -- mib 11:44 May 5, 2003 (UTC)
Not only that, it's copied and from a very dubious source (see the external "example" linked from standard score). Now if only I'd quite whinging and do something constructive, right? Hmm. -- mib 11:47 May 5, 2003 (UTC)
:OK, after almost 17 years I've done something ... redirect. Klbrain (talk) 18:58, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
Talk:Tritheism

message: If tritheism is a hypothetical belief system, who has hypothesized it? It looks like nothing more than a gross misunderstanding or parody of the Christian Trinity, and probably a gross distortion of Hinduism as well. Perhaps a straw man doctrine used to refute the real ones? Wesley 14:22 May 5, 2003 (UTC)
:Shame on me for posting without doing any research first. The term "tritheism" is used in discussing the history of Christianity to identify the belief that the three persons of the Trinity are actually three separate gods. It is often contrasted with trinitarianism, as is modalism, although I did find one or two current writers suggesting that trinitarianism was just tritheism in disguise. Wesley 16:48 May 5, 2003 (UTC)
The following commentary was added to the article body, but belongs here instead. -- 208.81.184.4 (talk) 21:39, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:May 29

message: promotional day of a special interest group.  not appropriate here.--142.163.195.11 (talk) 11:16, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Toddst1 (talk) 20:52, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  digestive health day 

message: it is trivial to say that the feast of the Sacred Heart is 19 days after Pentecost.  It is the first Friday after the octave of Corpus Christi, which is the first Thursday after the octave of Pentecost.  No where in any official church statement about SH does it say "19 days" so that seems to be original research.  --142.163.194.66 (talk) 11:33, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Toddst1 (talk) 20:52, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sacred Heart 

message: Punjabi singer died May 29 this year. 50.126.64.122 (talk) 01:30, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sidhu moose wala 

message: Her birthday should be on this list, here is her Wiki
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCl%C5%9Fen_(singer) 24.16.35.36 (talk) 04:47, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: We need a reliable source with her date of birth. Kiwipete (talk) 08:36, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please add Gülsen
Talk:Universal suffrage

message: Universal suffrage in an autocracy or hybrid regime is completely different than in a democracy. Feels incomplete to not acknowledge when suffrage is not genuine. Superb Owl (talk) 21:02, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  How to label autocracies? 

message: •As respect for human life to emotionally secure with a healthy level of confidence and self-esteem. 
•views ethnic and religious diversity as a source of strength and cultural richness.
•as a strong appreciation of family and kinship there is value.
•demonstrate a positive attitude towards work.
•contribute to the health and welfare of the community and country.
•Is aware of and displays respect for cultural heritage. 63.143.124.195 (talk) 20:24, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  The ideal Caribbean citizen 

message: The section makes clear that "States have granted and revoked universal suffrage at various times.", which is true. But in this context, what good is it to list the most recent "milestone", if rights have been revoked since? For example, 2004 is listed as a milestone year for Afghanistan, but "All political parties have been banned since August 2023." Boers1 (talk) 13:51, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Milestones" table is problematic
Talk:List of tuberculosis cases

message: I got to this page from the page Lists of people by cause of death, so I assumed it was intended to only include those who had died of TB, and the special symbols had been added to indicate doubt about entries on the list. As I now realise it is intended to be a list of those who suffered from the disease, I have reverted my earlier edit.ObjectiveReader 17:07, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Confusing link

message: I have never seen a credible suggestion that Mozart died of TB.  Reference, please. -- Bill-on-the-Hill 03:35, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart]]??

message: Where's the sources for Florence Nightingale and Alexander Graham Bell?--JBellis 17:13, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  More sources needed 

message: If Alfons had tuberculosis wouldn't Edward have caught it from him, considering they lived together? He probably had lung cancer from working with rockets. Ketsuban (is 1337) 00:08, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Alfons Heiderich

message: Fyodor Dostoevsky did not have TB.  His first wife died of it and in every one of his major works there is a character with it, but Dostoevsky himself was not a sufferer.  I'm removing him from the list, he can be put back on if someone unearths a source proving the contrary.   Verkhovensky 02:58, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Fyodor Dostoevsky

message: In the Wikipedia entry for Heinlein is says that he died of emphysema and heart failure.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcm1303 (talk • contribs) 01:02, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It also says he contracted tuberculosis earlier in his life. --Pontificalibus (talk) 20:41, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Robert A. Heinlein

message: I recently changed the lead from "famous" to "notable", to make this consistent with the hundreds of other lists in Wikipedia. Generally speaking, there should be no red links or unlinked entries in such lists.
I will give it a few days on the chance that the following are legitimate entries and simply misspelled or some other issue, but after a few days, I plan to remove these:
* Finn Walsh
* Shaikh Raheela Begum
* Arline Greenbaum Feynman
* Tim Moore (George "Kingfish" Stevens of Amos 'n Andy) 
S Philbrick(Talk) 14:11, 24 November 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Hearing nothing, I've removed them. S Philbrick(Talk) 16:25, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Red or unlinked entries 

message: Removed Paul Gauguin because I could not find any sources to verify that he had tuberculosis. Potentially came from a mixup with Charles Laval, a friend of Gauguin who died of tuberculosis. Laval's paintings are often attributed to Gauguin, so it would be quite the parallel if we've accidentally attributed his fatal disease to Gauguin as well. 73.39.82.171 (talk) 14:21, 2 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Paul Gauguin 

message: I could not find any corroboration that Robert Natus had tuberculosis, so I removed him from the list. FrustratedSquirrel (talk) 03:14, 15 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Robert Natus
Talk:Family Guy

message: Under Broadcast and streaming, please add that in Canada, Family Guy will be returning to Citytv as of Fall 2023, according to Rogers Sports & Media's latest upfront. It is assumed that it will still be available on Star on Disney+. EsotericScandal (talk) 23:19, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Added. NanaOn-Sha (talk) 06:48, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 27 July 2023 

message: With the series moving to Wednesday in the Spring of 2024 and seeing all the timeslot changes and noticing how little and not big significant longterm change got me thinking of adding a "notes" section and adding hidden declaimers of those changes see "Night Court" (2023 TV series) and ifs an ok idea to make the change. Brianis19 (talk) 07:53, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleaning up the timeslot section of the ratings table 

message: In the "Video games" tag under "Franchise", I would like to include a citation alluding to his appearance in Fortnite. If other acknowledgements of his appearances in other video games are necessary, I will happily find them. 131.156.156.120 (talk) 03:21, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. DonIago (talk) 03:51, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 22 March 2024 

message: It was just announced that it's over. 72.36.0.224 (talk) 01:26, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. User:CanonNi (talk|contribs) 01:31, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 20 April 2024
Talk:Pearson correlation coefficient

message: The article presently says that the pronunciation of "Pearson" is . This is surely incorrect. In my dialect, the natural way to say it would be more like , where the first schwa is debatable; notice the change to the first vowel and the rhotic. Indeed, this is how I have heard it pronounced throughout my personal experience.
Can we get a citation on the proper pronunciation or something? IbexNu (talk) 23:45, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Concur.  I would just "edit aggressively", in good WP fashion, if I were you, IbexNu. Jmacwiki (talk) 20:18, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation
Talk:Argument from silence

message: "An example of a convincing application is the silence of Cicero on works of oratory by Cato".
No argument is given here. The silence of Cicero is suggested to imply some argument, but what argument is implied is never stated. Geoffrey.landis (talk) 21:34, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: That's due to this edit by VanishedUserABC. Page 153 of the cited work, Bloomer's The School of Rome, is happily available via Google books -- "Astin further noted that Cicero never refers to a work on oratory by Cato. This argument from silence is especially convincing because Cato was such an authority, a figure to be cited if one could." Peter Gulutzan (talk) 14:34, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cicero? 

message: 82.132.186.87 on 12 June 2022 added  Similar claims have been inserted before and been reverted. From the cited source degruyter.com I see a sentence  I acknowledge that I haven't read it all and maybe missed something clearer. But if that's all, then I believe this doesn't directly support the contention. If nobody can come up with better sourcing, I will remove in a few days. Peter Gulutzan (talk) 17:48, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Seeing no reply re better sourcing, I removed. Peter Gulutzan (talk) 18:00, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  No news is good news
Talk:U.S. list of most-wanted Iraqis

message: See Talk:Most wanted Iraqi playing cards
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Subtle bias point: We have "claim to be killed" and "taken into custody", but no corresponding "claimed to be alive" and "at large". This makes it look like the US/UK have been slightly more successful than they have been, in my opinion.
What do other think? Martin 15:18 27 Jul 2003 (UTC)
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I don't know, during the edit conflicts, if my explanation for the revert came through; I changed "Captured on" back to "Taken into custody" because not all of these people were "captured"; some turned themselves in to coalition forces.  If anyone wants to look up which is which, feel free, but the term "taken into custody" covers both cases. - Hephaestos 00:56, 21 Aug 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: The word "custody" suggests the coalition forces have some sort of jurisdictional authority, which is a POV. -- 212.127.214.105 01:02, 21 Aug 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah.  I see, that makes sense.  How about "taken into confinement"? - Hephaestos 01:09, 21 Aug 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds a bit too euphemistic. My vote goes to "Held as captive since". -- 212.127.214.105 01:15, 21 Aug 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Works for me. - Hephaestos 01:20, 21 Aug 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Does anyone else think the list would benefit from a third colour? Individuals would be categorised as dead, in captivity, or at large. 194.72.35.70 08:07, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Colour coding

message: Please check the list at the 5 of diamonds (captured on 27 June 2015)
The link:  http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB11871130314313103897904581073871078323898
37.118.61.220 (talk) 06:26, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Done by  Stickee (talk) 23:32, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 30 June 2015
Talk:Purple Rain

message: I've replaced the original article with a stub. Original content was copyrighted, lifted verbatim from a Fast Rewind page about the movie. -- Wapcaplet
 -text was removed from this page today that shouldn't be? Please comment.
:The text was properly removed.  This is a disambiguation page, not an article.  Wikipedia is also not a dictionary.--TParis00ap (talk) 16:14, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I've nulled this RfC. RfC may not be the first step in dispute resolution. Please seek feedback through other fora and consider refiling the RfC if consensus cannot be achieved. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:22, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:August 28

message: --mav 00:11, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)

message: I can't find any source that the idea of Pokemon was conceived of on this day. The source on the pokemon page is encyclopedia britannica, and they do not mention a specific date, as far as I can see. Someone else please check this, and in case remove it. H
Heimebrentvernet 3:11, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Pokemon

message: The Battle of Jutand also wasn't 1914, and the author may not even have been thinking of Jutland anyway (I just left it in as Jutland as that was the only battle anywhere near there during that war). There was no full blown sea battle in that war before the Battle of the Falklands either, so just what engagement could there have been as early as August 1914? PML.
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Moved birth from article:
*1984 - Charles Mayer
Unverifiable. Lupo 11:35, 6 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Gyula Várady Rklawton 18:21, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Needs article

message: I have removed the 1565 establishment of St. Augustine, Florida from this day. The article does not support such a statement, noting only that "Menéndez first sighted land on August 28". Pedro Menendez sailed back and founded the city on September 8, as the article notes. Please discuss here before changing it back. --Scaletail (talk) 16:57, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Establishment of St. Augustine

message: The last day of the Democratic National Convention in 2008, he became the first African-American to receive and accept the Democratic nomination for president.  Notable enough to be included? Mistrx75 (talk) 10:02, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  President Obama's Nomination? 

message: There are many links that containing several different dates of the race between Tom Thumb and the horse. Wich date is correct August 18 1830        or September 18 1830     or August 25 1829 ? Blast furnace chip worker (talk) 14:40, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: This question has been put to several forum if you know the answer please reply on Talk:Tom Thumb (locomotive)-- PBS (talk) 21:48, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Which date of the race is correct?
Talk:Llewelyn Powys

message: a biography isn't complete without information about cause of death. please add. Kingturtle 01:42 May 6, 2003 (UTC)
Well, I came to clean up a smidge of vandalism on the dates, but I'll add the cause of death as well.  I have read that he died of TB, but the more thorough (Elwin) account of his death says hemorrhaging from a "chronic ulcer in the descending part of the duodenum."  As I understand it, peptic ulcers and TB are reasonably common bedfellows so I guess this makes sense.  That said I'm obviously not going to do any speculating. 
Reve (talk) 07:54, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Cause of Death
Talk:There's No Disgrace Like Home

message: awesome article! that chart is beautiful!!Kingturtle 03:10 May 6, 2003 (UTC)
That's user:fonzy's work, I think.  I'll go change the others so they say The Simpsons, and it will become the de facto standard before many more are filled in.  :-)  Koyaanis Qatsi
-Thankyou for that complement. :-) -fonzy
I remember this being the first episode aired in Australia, can anyone confirm this? - Diceman 17:41, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Nevermind. - Diceman 14:40, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Diceman, that is my understanding. I thought this was the first episode until reading Wikipedia Dankru 08:24, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the confirmation. - Diceman 11:54, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion

message: I watched this epiode again recently and it is notable how different Homer's character is from usual. In fact he and Marge seem to have been reversed: She shovels down dinner with the kids while Homer watches in horror. And Homer sells the TV to pay for family therapy. is it worth noting how different the characters are in this episode? 172.214.190.239 00:44, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Homer's character
Wikipedia talk:Dark side of Wikipedia

message: One thing I've noticed is that mass editing usually tends to result in articles which represent the majority orthodox view, not necessarily the "truth" or other plausible alternatives.
* Kosovo War
— Preceding unsigned comment added by OnBeyondZebrax (talk • contribs) 03:09, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Relocated comment-I don't understand it
Talk:Six O'Clock News (film)

message: I've removed the plot summary. This is a documentary, and a 1600-word blow-by-blow account of any film is ridiculously large.  A summary of the film might be useful, but not this. --Tony Sidaway 21:21, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Plot summary