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Talk:Cross-dressing/Archive 2

message: Could we please deal with what does need to go into the article on Cross-dressing? The article defines cross-dressing in a way that is a very clear, and also a way that assigns no value judgment. If people in a community agree that somebody, e.g. Milton Berle the 50s commedian, is a man, and Milton comes on stage in a dress, then he is cross-dressing during that period on stage. I suspect that if you find an account of his career as a comedian somewhere it will mention his use of cross-dressing in his attempts to make people laugh. We know he cross-dressed because we saw him on TV. In fact, there may be old kinescopes that preserve the evidence. Whether he had other motivations for wearing a dress or not is irrelevant to the subject of cross-dressing. (If there is an article on cross-dressers, i.e., on people who habitually rather than situationally cross-dress, then listing him on that page would require a very different kind of proof.) P0M 05:51, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Excellent idea. But each time I see light at the end of the tunnel it's just another freight train with pointless repetitions coming. -- AlexR 09:40, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)

text: In reference to the above debate on Joan of Arc's supposed intersexuality, and if we come to the decision of keeping motivations out of this article, then the discussion to Joan's intersexuality should be discussed on her page. As an auxilliary statement, whether the arguments regarding her intersexuality or not have a correct or incorrect basis, they seem to warrant inclusion and discussion since the argument has an obvious notoriety. Dysprosia 04:12, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: This subject is under mediation and is being handled accordingly - meaning not on the Talk page. AWilliamson 03:44, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: It's important for me to be clear here that mediation does not mean that other editors cannot discuss the issues, and that mediation will not produce some unchangeable product that other editors cannot vary.  The intent of mediation is to try to resolve differences between the editors involved in conflict and to try to come up with alternatives to disputed wording.  If we do come to an agreement, that won't mean that the agreement is binding on all authors - but hopefully it will be a sensible and balanced option that will help the article go forward -- sannse (talk) 19:35, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Back to the Future 

message: An anonymous user has been revising my edits on the subject of the clothes of Joan of Arc. I' don't want to experience another edit war with this anonymous user (as I assume it is AWilliamson all over again that has been using this IP number: correct me if I'm wrong). I therefore seek assistance from real experts on medieval clothing, especially on clothing of the early 15th century. Please join the discussion on this matter on the Joan of Arc Talk page. No need to discuss the same subject on two pages, as the same debate is on over there (same users, same opinions). — HAJARS 10:05, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pants against rape?
Talk:Nicolae Ceaușescu/Archive 1

message: I'm sorry but I don't think that "interbelic" is an English word. Apologies if I am wrong. From the context and from things like "Missa in tempore belli" (Haydn) I am guessing it means between the wars. If this is wrong please correct me. Nevilley 18:36 Feb 16, 2003 (UTC)
:Yup. The English equivalent is "interbellum," but it's not as common a word in English as in Romanian. Jmabel 05:35, 19 Nov 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: "Interbelic"

message: Removed the following from the article. I don't necessarily disagree, but it's very POV. "The horrendous state of Romania by 1989 illustrate the tragic outcome of a totalitarian, single party political system, as promoted by the Communist doctrine." I'd have no objection to an appropriately attributed quotation to the same effect. -- Jmabel 21:23, 4 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: "Horrendous, tragic" POV 

message: Could the Elena Ceausecu entry be merged with her husband's?
212.85.6.26 16:54, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: About Elena Ceaushescu there are many things to be said, as she was a quite important character in communist Romania. I think it's better to let the things as they are. Bogdan | Talk 17:33, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Elena Ceau&#351;escu

message: Should we really have a picture of "Ceauşescu just after his execution" in the article ? Isn't this a bit sick ? I think a photo during the trial (ie. before he was killed) would be OK. Bogdan | Talk 15:06, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: What editorial principles ? Unlike in the article of Abu Ghraib, this does not improve at all the article. At Abu Ghraib, the photos were the central theme: they generated the whole scandal. Bogdan | Talk 09:26, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: And Ceausescu's ouster and execution is central to his biography. 172 09:29, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Every picture should add some extra information to the article. How does this photo improve the article? Bogdan | Talk 09:34, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)

text: Wikipedia is not rotten.com. It is entirely misleading of you to imply that the Wikipedia community has decided that it is acceptable to include photos of dead bodies within articles. That is not the case. It remains a controversial topic in Wikipedia, and has caused significant disagreement with regards to the Abu Ghraib and Nick Berg articles. If I recall correctly, the final result on the Nick Berg article was to provide an unclickable URL of the execution video. It most certainly was not to include an image, despite the fact that his kidnapping and killing was central to his biography in Wikipedia. - Mark 10:01, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Death photo

message: Shouldn't the Communist-era newspaper be Scânteia or  Scînteia rather than Scinteia? -- Jmabel | Talk 01:32, Oct 25, 2004 (UTC)
: Yes, "Scînteia". Bogdan | Talk 11:32, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  diacriticals 

message: Just the references:
* AP, 30 Sep 1989
* Reuters, 25 Oct 1989
(they're Usenet transcripts of the articles -- I don't have access to the AP/Reuters archives :) Bogdan | Talk 14:48, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed summit
Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Agile programming language

message: This term (and more commonly, the variant "agile language") seem to be entering the language. It is particularly popular in the language communities involved, in part because the alternative ("scripting languages") is seen as misunderstood, if not pejorative.  That is, scripters are tired of having to explain that scripting languages are "real". 
So, although the term is of recent coinage, I suspect that it will grow in usage as the (Perl, Python, Ruby, ...) community continues to use it. My question is, how long do Wikipedia and/or Wiktionary have to wait before having another vote? It has been a bit over a year since the last vote and the term doesn't appear to be going away.
RichMorin 05:38, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I would say that 16 months is more than long enough. I'd also suggest, though, given this history of article deletion, that you will want to cite solidly for any claim you make about this term. -- Jmabel | Talk 00:02, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Russ Powers

message: Regarding the John Bryden entry: AFAIK, he was never accepted by the Conservatives.  He approached them about running for the nomination but was not accepted. [unsigned]
No, he ran for the nomination and lost to David Sweet on the first ballot (see: Toronto Star, 31 March 2004, A07).  He also sat as a Conservative in parliament.  CJCurrie 21:18, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Concerns CjCurrie:
1)  What is the source of your remarks regarding David Sweet alienating the voters?
2)  What is the source of your charicterization of David Sweet as an "Evangelical christian fundraiser"?
3)  Why should there be discussion of David Sweet in an article about Russ Powers?  Is it possible to describe the political achievements and failures of Mr. Powers without getting in to the specifics of his opponents?
I am concerned that we may be including Negative Content of Mr. Sweet and information that is not relevant to the notability of Russ Powers. Alan.ca 2006-09-27 @ 03:12:17 UTC
Rather than responding in a point-by-point manner, I'll provide some sourced information about the 2004 contest shortly.  CJCurrie 21:39, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remarks regarding David Sweet
Talk:Frank Bettger

message: Did this guy actually play major league ball?  He doesn't seem to be listed on baseball reference, which is pretty definitive. --W.marsh 05:50, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: He did not - I've removed the reference. No Guru 00:21, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: He did actually, under the name of Frank Betcher. -- No Guru 17:45, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: baseball
Talk:Al Saunders

message: The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Jreferee 17:50, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography/Assessment#Class_parameter|Biography assessment rating]] comment 
Talk:Great Australians Party

message: I was about to do it myself when I realised the information was inconsistent. Was it founded in 2003 or 2005? By John James Cumming or John Rivett? etc.  So if anyone who knows about this would like to choose the correct information, feel free to merge away. pfctdayelise 05:56, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  proposed merge
Talk:All-Winners Squad

message: This article needs the B-Class checklist filled in to remain a B-Class article.  If the checklist is not filled in by 7th August this article will be re-assessed as C-Class.  The checklist should be filled out referencing the guidance given at Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment/B-Class criteria. For further details please contact the Comics WikiProject.  Comics-awb (talk) 11:29, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: B-Class Assesment required
Talk:Scotch'n'Soda Theatre

message: In 2000, the Public Relations Coordinator on the board did a revamp of PR. In the end, he tried to make sure how Scotch'n'Soda's name was presented was consistent. It still isn't very consistent to this day, but having the wikipedia entry recognize it how Scotch'n'Soda recognizes itself would be nice. My point is, that it should be referred to as Scotch'n'Soda or S'n'S with no spaces in between the apostraphe. Here is the primary source: . I don't want to change it, because I am the current PR Coordinator, and I think it's bad taste for me to change the article. Yincrash 06:09, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment

message: Per the AFD result, I hereby propose that the verifiable and cited materials in this article be merged into Carnegie Mellon University#Student life.--GrapedApe (talk) 03:10, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge proposal 

message: Deleting this page this way shows extraordinariIy bad faith, completely gaming the system.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.174.93.47 (talk) 19:46, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Editing in bad faith
Talk:Big Hero 6 (comics)

message: In her OHTHMU profile, it is implied that her current blonde-haired blue-eyed obviously-White appearance is the result of either a body-switch or a full-body transformation, as it is expressly stated that she previously had a black-haired brown-eyed traditional-East Asian appearance (though her original appearance has yet to be depicted on-panel).
Uhm, how does her OHotMU profile imply all of that?  I think it merely implies that she uses color contacts and a lot of blonde hair dye.  Her early appearances depicted her with East Asian facial structure, and her name strongly suggests Japanese ancestry.  
152.130.15.14 (talk) 14:41, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Honey Lemon 
Talk:State of the Union (film)

message: Each person reading this has made a mistake that hurt someone. As he was being sent to war in Europe, Wendell Willkie Esq. impulsively married a sweet and lovely girl, compared to which shrinking violets are as Whoopie Goldberg. Wendell was an extreme extrovert. His law degree was his ticket for a future in the Public Eye. He was masculine, handsome, energetic and flirtatious. Women were drawn to him. At some point the personality mismatch had to be faced, either with divorce or what is called "an understanding". The latter won out. Other than casual sexual encounters, Wendell's partners eventually included Clare Booth Luce and Mme. Chiang kai-Shek. His longest liaison, indeed his backup marriage, was with Manhattan-based Irita Van Dorn, while the Willkie family lived on Long Island.
New York playwrights Crouse and Lindsay knew the score. The titillatingly impossible became possible with Willkie's death in October 1944. SOTU opened in Manhattan 13 months later. Although an artistic success, the play humiliated the widow of Wendell and exposed their teenage son to "adult matters" between his parents. The play won a Pulitzer Prize for drama. With minor difficulty, the play can be still be found in bound books - and that case is important.                           
New Yorkers forget that one Manhattan Insider is the occupant of St. Patrick's Cathedral. Americans forget the reign of censorship terror promulgated in Hollywood after World War Two by the Catholic League of Decency. They demanded, and usually won, the right to read screen plays of films in early production. They made their objections known to producers. The movie, State Of The Union, which can still be seen today is less attributable to Frank Capra than it is to Francis Cardinal Spellman. 
This assertion will anger many people. The fairest among them (as well as academic students of drama) should do as this writer did: watch the movie STOU on DVD/VHS while holding a copy of the Crouse and Lindsay stage play. Note each departure of the film from the play, omissions and insertions and convoluted plot change. By the time of the final scene, in which Spencer Tracy -at a house party- makes a sobbing, wrist-slashing, penitent, grovelling fool of himself to Ms. Hepburn, you may have hurled your last meal across the room.         
Via a friend and intermediary, Angela Lansbury indicated that SHE had no idea whatsoever that the stage play was based upon real events, nor that the family of Wendell Willkie was exposed to shame and humiliation by the stage play and movie. She expressed her sincere regret.
As a footnote, when the Catholic League of Decency later attempted to re-write Miracle on 34th Street, making Maureen O'Hara a war widow rather than a divorcee, Producer Zanuck told them to perform a strange act.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.128.142.167 (talk) 06:40, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  The True Story of State Of The Union
Talk:King Island (Alaska)

message: "It was once the winter home of a group of about 200 Inupiat who called themselves Aseuluk ... It was the home of a group of about 200 Inupiat who called themselves Ukivokmiut." Irish Melkite (talk) 05:57, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I have found mention of both names in sources that do not seem to depend on the WP article. For Aseuluk that takes some deep searching. Dankarl (talk) 16:26, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  So, which did they call themselves? 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just added archive links to  on King Island (Alaska). Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add  after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add  to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/20160128233337/http://www.riemunoz.com/kingIsland.htm to http://www.riemunoz.com/kingIsland.htm
::the new link appears to redirect to the Munoz site, where the page has been taken down.  I suspect a copyright issue.
::Not a redirect. Archived too late?
Dankarl (talk) 16:36, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: worksDankarl (talk) 16:36, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified 
Talk:Fish Market MLR station

message: Fish Market MLR station, Sydney -> Sydney Monorail – This article can be a sub page or sub section of already existing Sydney Monorail article. There are several others like John St Square MLR station, Sydney which can be viewed at the same page in different sections/subpages.
This is Tanul | Wanna Talk 06:22, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This is not a move, but a merge. Delisted from WP:RM. —Nightstallion (?) 10:51, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
Talk:John St Square MLR station

message: John St Square MLR station, Sydney -> Sydney Monorail – This article can be a sub page or sub section of already existing Sydney Monorail article. There are several others like Fish Market MLR station, Sydney which can be viewed at the same page in different sections/subpages.
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This is Tanul | Wanna Talk 06:23, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: :Add any additional comments
This is Tanul | Wanna Talk 06:23, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion

message: Merge proposal tag removed. There was significant opposition to the proposal on Talk:Metro Light Rail, and no real support for it. Jarrod 04:36, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed
Talk:Chrysothamnus

message: How bout create a "Rabbitbrush" article, with these Chrysothamnus species and those from Ericameria such as nauseosus that also go by "rabbitbrush".  I think nauseosus is the thing most commonly thought of as rabbitbrush (at least by laymen like me), so the current situation with Rabbitbrush redirecting here is not so good. Toiyabe 21:01, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know the answer to this, but it must have happened before. I'll ask MPF to take a look. I think that a disambiguation page WP:D is the Wikipedia standard solution. Thank you for bringing this up. Best wishes, Walter Siegmund (talk) 21:48, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  One solution would be to have Rabbitbrush redirect to Ericameria nauseosus (once it's written, of course) along with a disambig notice and page listing other species that have rabbitbrush as part of their common name.  That's based on the assumption that E. nauseosus is the most prominent rabbitbrush, which I may well be wrong about.  If that is a good solution, it probably should also be applied Sagebrush and Artemisia tridentata.  Toiyabe 22:10, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd make rabbitbrush into a disambig, along the same lines as e.g. thistle, cypress and hawthorn, with all the species and genus pages at their scientific names - MPF 22:19, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That is very helpful. I've started a disambiguation page using hawthorn as a model. Hopefully, it will solve the immediate problem. I'm not sure that E. nauseosus dominates the rabbitbrush species; my impression is that E. viscidiflorus is quite widespread and superficially quite similar to the former. However, I will be the first to admit that I know very little about these genera; they don't grow where I live. Walter Siegmund (talk) 22:54, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've copied this discussion to Talk:Rabbitbrush. I suggest that further discussion be moved there. Forgive me if you object. Walter Siegmund (talk) 23:16, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Rabbitbrush]] article
Talk:Microstomus pacificus

message: i think this article needs to be expanded with regards to the cooking of the fish. BUF4Life 06:32, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Quick Web search shows that she enjoyed the Dover sole at the Hotel Pierre in New York, a bastion of French cooking.  It seems likely that it was the true Dover sole flown in from Europe.  Also, I see that the passage was transferred from the Soleidae page, where it was not originally linked to the Pacific Dover sole, so I will guess that this was a case of mistaken disambiguation.  I will move it back, but of course if others have contrary information, let's hear it. --Macrakis 15:36, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Ericameria

message: Moved Chrysothamnus nauseosus to  Ericameria nauseosus and added four other recently reclassified species as well as some of the species previously placed in Ericameria. See the Chrysothamnus talk page for more information and links to sources. Walter Siegmund (talk) 06:33, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Updated species list and organized into sections according to Roberts R.P. & Urbatsch L.E. 2003: Molecular phylogeny of Ericameria (Asteraceae, Astereae) based on nuclear ribosomal 3 ETS and ITS sequence data. Taxon 52 (2). That article cites (Roberts & Urbatsch, in press), most likely, Roberts, R. P. and, L. E. Urbatsch. 2004. Molecular phylogeny of Chrysothamnus and related genera (Asteraceae, Astereae) based on nuclear ribosomal 3ETS and ITS nrDNA sequence data. Systematic Botany . 29: 199--215. (QK95 .S97) --Walter Siegmund (talk) 01:38, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Chrysothamnus / Ericameria

message: Please?  Are taxonomists writing these articles or people who don't understand botanical latin?  Or something else?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.165.210.161 (talk) 07:43, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Corrected occurrence in taxobox image caption. Chrysothamnus nauseosus is correct. --Walter Siegmund (talk) 04:22, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Ericameria nauseosA

message: A claim that these species are called sagebrush requires a reliable source, in my opinion. --Walter Siegmund (talk) 04:25, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Dave, thank you for your kind words and comment. Best wishes, --Walter Siegmund (talk) 00:38, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sagebrush 
Talk:Knave

message: Knave is also the historical name of the jack (playing card).
anyone ever heard of knave referring to a part of the chin?142.166.244.109 20:20, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: i need MEDIVEAL MEANING!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.237.20.25 (talk) 22:10, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  knave 

message: Main usage I see for this word is a trickster. Maybe that should be at the head.--Inayity (talk) 19:37, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  main usage