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Talk:IPv4 address exhaustion

message: I removed the references to hierarchy because hierarchy has only a second-order relationship to address exhaustion, and I don't want to confuse readers. The real issue with address exhaustion is that because of the use of bit masks, allocation blocks have to be in sizes that are powers of two, and this leads to "breakage", where the back portion of the block is unused. I have focussed the article on this.
CIDR was introduced to solve  three separate problems:
* the rapid consumption of class-B addresses (/16's)
* the eventual exhaustion of the entire address space
* the growth in routing tables
Hierarchy attacks the third, by making sure that X.a, X.b ... X.n are all colocated, so that in distant parts of the network, they can be covered with a single routing table entry for X. Note that you can have "efficient" allocation (i.e. in power-2 blocks) without having hierachy (i.e. routing table size control); you can allocate successive /24's to places which are far apart, so you will never be able to condense their routing table entries.
The particular mechanism we picked (CIDR) does allow hierarchy, as well as allocation of blocks in any size (not just /8, /16 and /24), but it's easy to get mixed up between the two (which this article used to).
The connection between hierarchy and address allocation is second-order because hierarchy means it doesn't make sense to allocate a growing institution a series of small, unconnected blocks as it grows, and this is not maximally efficient in terms of address space consumption. E.g. it's slightly more efficient in space terms to give a growing entity, over time, 3 unrelated /24's than a single /22, but we wouldn't do that because it would produce more routing table entries.
This is a simple gloss on an issue that is very complex, hope it is useful. Noel 12:59, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Hierarchy

message: I have removed the following from  as this level of detail was not necessary there. I beleive this material is already covered in this article but some of the detail and refs may be useful for improving this article. ~Kvng (talk) 19:25, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed from [[IP address]]
Talk:List of colonial governors in 2004

message: Why is every insular area of the U.S. listed, even though many are uninhabited and are wildlife refuges? If every U.S. dependent territory is listed here, then so should those of every other country. older≠wiser 21:50, 17 Jun 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Good idea! I support the removal of the nine US Minor Outlying Islands. They are now under OIA or FWS as wildlife refuges. I doubt they will be inhabited anytime soon. - Hoshie.Crat 02:22, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Uninhabited territory
Talk:Gwoyeu Romatzyh

message: Is anyone actively watching this article? I am about ready to open a featured article review but wanted to raise the issues first if anyone is around. rʨanaɢ (talk) 14:13, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: FAR?

message: Please don't simply revert back to "Gwoyeu Luomaatzyh" while ignoring the explanation. Yes, if the term were regular, then it would be spelled "Gwoyeu Luomaatzyh". However, the rules of GR state that terms borrowed from foreign languages should retain their original spellings, which is why the spelling "Gwoyeu Romatzyh" is used, because it derives from the English word "Roman". This is explained at Spelling in Gwoyeu Romatzyh#Exceptions, and Chao does explain this himself.
Incidentally, exactly the same rule applies in Latinxua Sin Wenz, which is where that spelling comes from, and not because English speakers decided to mangle "Ladingxua Sin Wenz". Theknightwho (talk) 21:22, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I apologize for the inconvenience. I reverted it back to "Gwoyeu Luomaatzyh" because I believed that you were mistaken when you reverted it back to Gwoyeu Romatzyh since I did not read your your original edit summary. I will be more careful next time. yUnGeDiTz (talk) 11:18, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Gwoyeu Romatzyh" in Gwoyeu Romatzyh
Talk:Sunflower (The Beach Boys album)

message: Timothy White's liner notes in the 2000 CD booklet states explicitly, and the All Music Guide entry implies that work started on the album in February.  What is the source for the assertion that work started in January? I think that we should stick with February unless we can find a reputable source for January. —Theo  (Talk) 19:41, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Start dates

message: Given that the difference between the original release and the international version is so simply described, I think that it is easier for the reader if we just cite that difference at the end of the Track listing section rather than have a separate international section listing all 13 tracks. —Theo  (Talk) 19:41, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: International version

message: The spoken intro by Brian was listed as being in Spanish, but it's actually in (very humorously poorly spoken) French, so I changed that.--Guidedbyalan 18:52, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  At My Window in French 

message: I was bold and almost completely rewrote the article. I put all of the information about the finished album first. The second half is a narrative about the recording of the album. If anyone doesn't like it, obviously feel free to revert to the previoius version. Also, I am aware that my writing isn't all that great, so even if it is kept, rephrase my words all you want to. Check all of the wikilinks too, I think I got them all right, but one or two may have slipped through the cracks.
My workbooks for these changes, by the way are at: User:MookieZ/Sunflower & User:MookieZ/Sunflower2, if you want to look through the history.
I hope that you enjoy it. MookieZ (talk) 16:01, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Aritcle rewrite 

message: PaintedCarpet (talk) 19:50, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copy edit "Live performances" section
Talk:Quinceañera

message: Spain is in EU, so how or why is it being referred to for Mexican culture? 110.175.32.32 (talk) 06:56, 19 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Would love to know what Spanish has to do with Mexico 

message: It makes no sense to say that it is a celebration. The quinceañera is the girl herself. 82.36.70.45 (talk) 19:12, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Even if it's grammatically incorrect to call the celebration of a quinceañera (the person) a quinceañera itself, it is commonly called that. Wikipedia doesn't dictate language rules. soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 19:23, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Can we say that it is logically, semantically and grammatically nonsense? 82.36.70.45 (talk) 19:26, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: That would be WP:EDITORIALising, to point that out. But isn't the lead sufficient? It already states , making clear that quinceañera has different meanings in different cultures. soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 19:58, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: It’s not different cultures (and I belong to both, you appear to be a Dutch guy), it’s different languages. 67.83.101.225 (talk) 15:52, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  The quinceañera is the girl, not the party 

message: I thought we only used woman when the person in question is at least 18 years old. 82.36.70.45 (talk) 19:26, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Woman?
Talk:Robin Cook (American novelist)

message: i will be adding links to the book titles i just don't have time right at this moment --Larsie 16:10, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  novels 

message: Is there anything available on this? The article suggests he is or has been a practicing physician, researcher or teacher. 66.142.57.70 18:39, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Medical Practice

message: I'm a little disappointed in Abduction, in both content and errors. The author consistently used the word "base" when referring to a low musical tone. Even his editor(s) apparently let that slip by.
4.165.195.13 (talk) 12:20, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Abduction 

message: "Cook ran the Cousteau Society's blood-gas lab in the south of France.  He later became an aquanaut with the U.S. Navy's SEALAB program when he was drafted in 1969."
I have just rewritten this paragraph into the form I have quoted because the previous version of the paragraph was taken directly from the article cited, clearly violating copyright. Gildir (talk) 18:53, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rewritten paragraph 

message: Hi @Urbanwriter, thanks for your contributions. I've re-reverted the sentence about Cook's first spouse, because none of the sources seem to be reliable, and I can't find any other reliable sources for it in searching on my own.
* The Encyclopedia.com source is mirroring Cengage, which would probably be fine, but it doesn't mention the spouse's name.
* Prabook isn't a reliable source because it's a mix of user contributed and scraped information from other unreliable sources (like Marquis Who's Who as described at WP:RSP). Sometimes it also scrapes Wikipedia.
* InformationCrade.com is another unreliable web scraper (see Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 258#informationcradle.com).
I understand that you know this from your personal experience, but Wikipedia requires verifiable sources (WP:VERIFYOR). Best, Politanvm talk 02:10, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Source for first spouse
Talk:Matthew Hale (jurist)

message: This needs copyediting for promotional tone. We should not be so effusive in Wikipedia's own voice. We can quote his fans saying nice things about him and we can summarise opinions about him but we should not be eulogising him in Wikipedia's own voice. --DanielRigal (talk) 00:12, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Examples please as (eg) I am not sure where we quote his fans, we do quote people of the time who held him in very high regard. We do reference the incredible influence he had on the law both during his time and famously afterwards. (We only have to look at the USA Supreme Court to see that)! The wording used throughout may well need a copyedit, but I know that some sections were arrived at following many discussions (sometimes heated) to arrive at this version.  Happy to assist once I understand what you mean. Thanks. Edmund Patrick –  confer 07:14, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: To give one egregious example, I think it is pretty obvious that a phrase like  is utterly ridiculous and does not belong in an encyclopaedia at all, unless it is a direct quotation attributed to somebody else. It should not be used in Wikipedia's own voice. I'm sure he had detractors. Everybody notable has detractors. In fact, I the only reason I looked him up in the first place is that I saw somebody talking about his horrible attitudes to women and I was surprised to see almost no critical coverage here at all. If nothing else this proves that consideration of his excellence is not "universal". Returning to my example, that sentence could be rendered more acceptable if it was turned into something like  followed by references to back that up. --DanielRigal (talk) 10:04, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

text: I rewrote some of the lead section. striking the passage "Hale was noted for his resistance to bribery and his willingness to make politically unpopular decisions which upheld the law" which may be true but is not in the body of the article and was not supported by references. Sources do mention his integrity, which is mentioned in the article. I think more balance could be provided by elaborating on the critiques of his published works, such as that of Andrew Amos. gobonobo + c 16:06, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

text: I agree withDanielRigal, the term "universally considered" is inappropriate. time to reassess the article ? @Edmund Patrick for examples see: Amanda Taub. The 17th-Century English Judge Behind Abortion and Rape Rulings Today. NY Times. 2022/05/19.--Wuerzele (talk) 22:45, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  I am afraid that I cannot access NY Times as it is behind a paywall but thanks Thanks for the pointer an excellent piece (I found on another site I assume a true copy?), which I am sure will be used as referenced points in this article.  There is much to do to bring this article to a point where it reflects the latest thoughts (all referenced of course), and as if to confirm his continual influences there will be long discussions; one only has to look at the ones concerning his own actions in his lifetime, let alone centuries later! Edmund Patrick –  confer 07:37, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hagiography?
Talk:Henrietta Lacks

message: Hey y'all, I'm skimming this article because I heard about it through friends. Is the entire Illness section just gone? I don't know anything about her outside of this article, so can someone who does please add at least something small in that section? Thanks much! Nathan Walsh (talk) 20:32, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: @Raccoonlad27 everything in § Diagnosis and treatment is part of § Illness --Jeremyb (talk) 20:43, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Illness Section? 

message: So skimming this article, one of the pieces that I didn't find was why the cells had more resilience? 38.75.212.85 (talk) 12:38, 22 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Resilience of the Cell Line 

message: "We could live forever like Henrietta Lacks cells"
... misses the point that the prevalence of these cells in your body will eventually kill you (or is it deliberate irony ... can't tell these days)? 2001:8003:70F5:2400:E11A:8A72:970:BF19 (talk) 00:47, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Common sense departed!
Talk:Hill fort

message: This seems like a dup of hill fort; if not, it needs to explain the distinction. Stan 16:51, 10 May 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: drat should have checked though in my defence the author(s) of hill fort refer to them as hillforts and even hill-forts. They are the same thing though. I'd argue hillfort is the proper archaeological rendering anyway but then I wrote that one. Probably needs a debate somewhere adamsan  16:58, 10 May 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: A Google sniff, plus a check of which seems most common in books by searching Amazon, should be sufficient - I doubt anybody will make a big deal either way. (What I find amusing is to Google both together, see how many pages use both on the same page!) Stan 17:36, 10 May 2004 (UTC)

text: Splendid. I have started a discussion in Talk:Archaeology to see what everyone there thinks there. adamsan  14:17, 11 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments
Talk:Rinkeby

message: Please someone, fork out "Crime in Rinkeby".
The following might be added to the forked out text: At the end of August 2020, two gangs imposed a curfew after 6 PM while bodily harm supposedly was the punishment for those who got caught breaking the curfew; the matter became public in October . 89.8.181.153 (talk) 19:21, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fork out "Crime in Rinkeby"
Talk:Broadcast address

message: Am I missing something here? I thought the subnet mask of the 172.16.0.0 network was 255.240.0.0. That would mean that the broadcast address would be 172.31.255.255, surely? - Tbsdy lives (formerly Ta bu shi da yu) talk 10:19, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ummm... 

message: Mustn't we mention in the definition that it only works with UDP not TCP ?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.240.81.106 (talk) 18:21, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: This is an internet layer feature and works for all transport layer protocols. ~Kvng (talk) 16:24, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I think UDP and TCP should be mentioned *somewhere* in the definition, since most people have some idea what they are but don't know what a datagram is. Therefore, I've changed the definition from "A broadcast address is a network address at which all devices connected to a multiple-access communications network are enabled to receive datagrams" to "A broadcast address is a network address at which all devices connected to a multiple-access communications network are enabled to receive datagrams, which comprise UDP and TCP/IP packets, for instance." (new part added in bold). I think this is appropriate, but if someone has a better way of mentioning UDP and TCP/IP somewhere in the first paragraph, I'd be fine with that too. ERCaGuy (talk) 22:20, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  with UDP not TCP 

message: You've deleted my intro to the example table, but I feel very strongly this is an essential addition that really helps this page be more readable and easy to understand. The table takes some careful study, and my one sentence intro. makes that study 5x faster. Please leave it in. I've added it back with this wording: "As shown in the example below, in order to calculate the broadcast address to transmit a packet to an entire IPv4 subnet using the private IP address space 172.16.0.0/12, which has the subnet mask 255.240.0.0, the broadcast address is calculated as 172.16.0.0 bitwise ORed with 0.15.255.255 = 172.31.255.255." Also, I've moved the generic information which applies to *any* example to be a standalone paragraph, rather than part of the intro do the example. This makes much more sense. ERCaGuy (talk) 22:26, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Introducing the example shown in the table
Talk:Rennell and Bellona Province

message: Originally found on Wikipedia:Cleanup. The original only discussed a dispute over the first name of the person credited with discovering the Rennell atoll. Aside from POV, it had nothing to do with the actual geographical location. As it stands now, I combined this with Bellona, which is the official name of the Solomon Is. province. Alcarillo 18:26, 10 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]
Talk:Francisco de Zurbarán

message: Notice: An earlier version of this article was at Francisco de Zurbaran; hence  older page history of this page is there. -- Infrogmation 18:57, 10 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I have edited the gallery from over 70 images down to nine, believing that the more economical format looks better and distills Zurbaran's work to essentials. I have tried to choose some of his best works, searching for the higher quality photo images. All the remaining images, as is the case with many other artists, are viewable in the commons. Previously, the entire Zurbaran commons gallery was grafted onto the article.
There is no specific guideline as to size of gallery, as far as I know, so other editors are welcome to disagree, and revert my action. JNW 18:00, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Editing of gallery

message: The Metzenmacher 'trivia' is well worth deletion. Bigturtle 15:10, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Metzenmacher

message: I corrected a mistaken reference to the (non-existent) Seville Museum in the original, to the Museo de las Bellas Artes Seville. But a quick look across at the Spanish language Wikipedia entry on Zurbarán shows it to be a great deal more comprehensive than the English, so I will try to add an appropriate note at the head of the entry.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.154.115.28 (talk) 22:32, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Spanish edition is fuller 

message: I checked a couple of monographs on Zurbaran including the catalog of a 1987 retrospective at the MMA in NYC, and the consensus seems to be that this is a myth; an inventory of his belongings after his death suggests that he was reasonably well off, comparable to Murillo or Goya. Maybe somebody more motivated than myself could make an edit.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.165.95.66 (talk) 18:48, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I added some info on this, plus a cite Marjaliisa (talk) 12:38, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Died in poverty 

message: I am confused by "It had been preceded by numerous pictures of the screen of St. Peter Nolasco in the cathedral."  There is indeed an major set of paintings by Zurbaran making up the altarpiece of the Capilla de San Pedro in the Seville Cathedral.  However, it is demonstrably St. Peter the apostle, not St. Peter Nolasco -- it shows him accompanying Jesus walking on water, enthroned as pope, etc (image at https://www.flickr.com/photos/anitagould/39139645160/).  Is there some other work there that does show St. Peter Nolasco, or is this just an error?— Preceding unsigned comment added by Gould363 (talk • contribs) 21:22, March 25, 2018 (UTC)
:You're right, the article is confused. Zurbarán's paintings of St. Peter Nolasco are not in the cathedral; I've added some clarification. Ewulp (talk) 04:15, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discrepancy
Talk:Alexandra, New Zealand

message: carisbrook has no 'e' on the end
:Thanks - but why didn't you just edit the article? dramatic 08:31, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  carisbrook 

message: Sorry but Alex doesn't have a continental climate. Refer Koppen Climate classification. Live in Montana or North Dakota if you want "severe winters and hot, dry summers"
:Seriously. Alexandra winters are about as "severe" as those of central Virginia.--Mishnayd (talk) 04:20, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  continental climate 

message: This hasn't been much of an issue as of yet (especially with this article) but I want to preempt a problem that I can definitely see occurring, as well as have an argument ready in case it becomes an issue and a dispute arises. Alexandra has neither a semi-arid climate nor a continental climate, going by the most widely used climate classification system, the Köppen-Geiger system. Using the climate data found in Alexandra's article, my explanation follows.
Continental climates (Type D): These climates are defined as having at least four months with daily mean temperatures equal to or above 10°C, one month with a daily mean temperature equal to or below 0°C, and not being dry enough to be classified as arid or semi-arid. While Alexandra meets the first and third criteria, it fails the second criterion. The daily mean temperature in the coldest month, June, is 2.9°C (average daily high of 7.5°C plus average daily low of -1.7°C, divide by 2). The aridity criterion will be covered in the next paragraph. Make no mistake, Alexandra does display greater continentality than most of New Zealand, but, strictly speaking, its climate is not continental.
Semi-arid climates (Type BS): These climates are defined as having an annual average precipitation lower than, but greater than half of potential evapotranspiration, with potential evapotranspiration being represented by a calculated precipitation threshold. This threshold (in millimetres) is calculated as follows:
:First, find the annual average temperature in °Celsius and multiply it by 20. Alexandra's annual average temperature is 10.8°C (annual average high of 16.7°C plus annual average low of 4.9°C, divide by 2)
:Second, find the percentage of annual average precipitation that falls in the high sun months (October through March in the Southern Hemisphere). If the percentage is below 70%, then add 140mm. If the percentage is equal to or greater than 70%, then add 280mm. On average, Alexandra receives 201mm of precipitation from October to March, which is 54.3% of its 370mm annual average.
Alexandra's precipitation threshold is therefore 356mm (10.8 x 20 + 140 = 356). As this is lower than Alexandra's annual average precipitation of 370mm, Alexandra does not experience a semi-arid climate (though the difference is only 14mm).
For brevity's sake (read: laziness), I will not positively show that Alexandra has an oceanic climate (Type Cfb), but the criteria to be met for a climate to be classified as such can be found in my source, which will be given under my signature and timestamp below.
1brettsnyder (talk) 04:53, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Climate