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Talk:Canspell National Spelling Bee

message: Does anyone have information about whether Canspell was held in 2013 and, if so, who the top finisher(s) was/were?
:Antediluvian67 (talk) 13:58, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  2013 contest (if any)? 

message: 68.144.197.105 posted this comment on 11 January 2012 (view all feedback).
A list of the most commonly misspelled words in the competition. 
Any thoughts?
I don't know about this one, as it seems as the words wouldn't be the same every time this competition occurs.Jakeable (talk) 01:31, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reader feedback: A list of the most commonly ... 

message: It's now in the article that the spelling bee happened annually from 2005 to 2012, then ended.  Why?  Surely there is some coverage that would document it being closed, and it would be relevant to report the stated reasons.  The article also needs editing to put everything into past tense. --doncram 23:00, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: It ended?  What happened?

message: The redirect Canadian Spelling Bee has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached.  Merko (talk) 18:09, 19 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "[[:Canadian Spelling Bee]]" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]]
Talk:Fade (novel)

message: I know it's frequently challenged, but has it been banned, and where?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.185.70.19 (talk) 16:38, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where was this book banned? 

message: I don't think the writing quality of the Plot section is up to Wikipedia's standards. If anything it looks like a 5th grade book report.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.85.23.124 (talk) 05:51, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Plot Section
Talk:RJ11, RJ14, RJ25

message: Looking at the variety of RJ11 and RJ14 telephone cables that I have for connecting from the wall socket to the actual phone, most (but not all!) seem to be wired with the pair wiring reversed from one end to the other: pins 3/4 will be red/green at one end and green/red at the other.  I am assuming that ordinary telephone equipment expects this.  This is different from "RJ45" network cabling, where "normal cables" are straight-through wired, so I think this bears mention on this page (that standard telephone equipment expects a crossover cable) if I haven't just managed to get mostly bad phone cables over the years (in my experience most equipment seems to work fine either way).
Akantha 05:04, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  RJ11 cable wiring: crossover is standard? 

message: The T/R and ± column in the Pinouts (sic) table conflicts with the information at the Tip_and_ring page. The Tip_and_ring page states that the Tip is the negative (ground) side and Ring is the positive (battery) side of a phone circuit. The Pinout table has "T" (for Tip) being positive (+) and "R" (for Ring) being negative (-). Which is correct?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.79.84.121 (talk) 01:51, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The arrows are correct, but the photo is not very clear. The photo shows the connector with the retaining tab underneath (bottom) and with the connector sitting on the cable entry and tab facing away (top). --Tothwolf (talk) 01:44, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pinouts Table 

message: This article really needs a picture of all three in order to distinguish between them. — Hex (❝?!❞) 19:43, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Guess what, there used to be one here that was great. Guess someone took umbrage to it. ---Ransom (--67.91.216.67 (talk) 21:35, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comparison needed
Talk:La Chatte

message: Because I looked it up and the dictionary says it means something other than cat... 144.132.85.218 05:32, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That's the slang meaning.  The literal meaning is female cat. Katharineamy 21:19, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  What does chatte actually mean? 
Talk:Phinius Gage

message: Have they released any albums? Dweller 10:35, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I see you've answered this now. Thanks. Dweller 10:37, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I seem to recall one criterion of notability was 2 released albums, but I could be wrong. Dweller 10:48, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Even if we go by the 'rough guidelines' of Wikipedia:Notability (music), they still need to have a charted hit, 2 albums from a major record label (or well known indie label), been on an international tour (or national in a major country), or something verifiable... maybe just a prod instead of speedy, and give them a chance to prove their notability? Also, the fact that they are calling themselves underground does not help the notability question... - Adolphus79 11:01, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: lol. Dweller 11:12, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: hmm... I just happened to check out the myspace page, and there are a few differences between what's there and what's here... for example:
* Named after the 1840s railway worker named Phineas Gage who had an unfortunate incident with a sharp object
* The band signed to FOND OF LIFE records in Germany, and WINGED SKULL records of Luxembourg in late 2005
can you explain? - Adolphus79 11:41, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Errors found? 

message: It is obvious that you are either a member of the band, or a fan... either way, this has turned into a pretty decent article... now just one last complaint... take a step back, and make sure you comply with WP:NPOV... nothing major, just a couple words here and there that need to be changed... - Adolphus79 11:55, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV
Talk:Keddie Wye

message: I seem to recall a family movie about lost pets in which Jimmy Stewart starred that had a scene or two set on or near the Keddie Wye. If you don't know for sure that the Wye really exists, you're liable as not to think it was faked to create dramatic scenery for the movie. 66.234.220.195 (talk) 05:35, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That's interesting, but it's not a notable enough fact to include in the article text.  Slambo (Speak) 11:58, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Keddie Wye in movies 
Talk:1989 Newcastle earthquake

message: Obviously, this is completely POV and completely unsubstantiable, but I put it here in good faith. Make of it what you will.
At the time, I was camping with some friends about 100 miles to the West of the earthquake site. One of my friends had his dog, Max. Max was a very very well behaved dog. Never barked, never growled. The proverbial "good boy".
But on that afternoon, for a good 3-4 minutes, Max barked and barked, for no apparent reason, and could not be silenced. It wasnt until we went home and saw it on the news (there being no mobile phones in those days) that we realized that Max had been barking at "about" the same time as the earthquake happened. Again, make of this story what you will. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:e422:3c01:b493:ff6a:5783:1221 (talk) 09:23, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Interesting personal experience of the Earthquake.
Talk:Dasher the Reindeer

message: What more can be said about the original 8 than has been said so far? Most of each article is the same... Like with other fictional character articles that were stubby, I am thinking a merge of the original 8 into one article (with redirects left behind) might be better. ++Lar: t/c 10:38, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have thought about it, but I just started these articles two days ago. Can I have a little more time to look for information? If I cannot find adequate information by the 14th then I will combine them. Is that ok? --Merond e 11:12, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Sure! and I'll be happy to help you with the merge if you like, drop me a note. A tip, I often find that working on articles (that are obscure) in userspace, and then moving them to articlespace when they're fleshed out, works quite well, it takes some of the time pressure off. ++Lar: t/c 12:29, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the tip! I will be sure to do that next time. Oh, and if and when merging becomes necessary I will be sure to tell you! --Merond e 10:34, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
Talk:The Rag and Bone Shop

message: I added the notability tag to this article because the only reference on the page is to the collection of Yeats works, which can not lend its notability to a 2001 novel. this book must prove that it is a viable subject for an article independent of the work for which it gets its name.Mrathel (talk) 12:56, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a book by an established author; I think the notability tag is a little over the top. 84.68.79.66 (talk) 21:32, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  notability
Talk:Alta Battalion

message: It may be true, but you should not simply state it in a sub-sentance and then move on without further explanation. It is one of the more controversial pieces of Norwegian WWII history. The people fighting in the North felt betraied (and some might still) while the people in the South were trying to cope with the new reality of being occupied. Some contractors might have seen it as an oportunity to make money and posisiton themselves in the new situation, others or all might have been forced or threatened into complying. If you choose to use the article on Alta Battalion as the place to inform people of this then that's your choise. I must say I disagree. This article is not the place to enlighten people on this issue and it is too complexe to simply blurt it out and leave it hanging as it is now. If you want to get it off your chest write a new article on it and link to this one (and other relevant articles), but leave the simpler wording here. Inge 10:34, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Airfields 

message: *May 30. The following source seems to say that Alta Battalion (Alta bataljon) had 870 soldiers that are know, while researchers think that c. 900 were in the battalion (and the article talks about "6th Division". Source (from today), sagat.no/debatt/stiftelsen-narviksenteret-og-alta-bataljon/19.44552. 80.67.37.2 (talk) 14:39, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources
Talk:CAFOD

message: 'CAFOD do beautiful things, to beautiful hearts' is totally POV, and totally outa there. Larklight 18:12, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: POV

message: I've slightly improved (I think) the "Criticism" section by adding quotation marks around a direct quotation and removing some heavy POV.  However, the entire section still has a POV undercurrent, and if I had the time I'd rewrite it entirely.  Anyone want to help with that?  AnturiaethwrTalk 18:16, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: "Criticism" section

message: Much as I don't like to flag charity articles for NPOV issues (even if they ARE Catholic...) this article reads like an advert and has some completely unsubstantiated claims in there. e.g. the "Compassion" section. 
The claims may well be true but they're too subjective to be stated as fact without some clear evidence and re-writing. You can't state things like "CAFOD is deeply affected by the suffering of those...etc" for example. If that's part of the organisation's PR material then it should be stated as such, and not as a neutral viewpoint.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.141.169.163 (talk) 13:33, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  PR/NPOV 

message: Is it really encyclopedic to use the term "etc"? Also, the sentence after using this term says "They also put adverts on TV" but would it not be more encyclopedic to put the word "television" in full? Vorbee (talk) 06:20, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Use of etc.

message: This article appears to have no reliable sources. Where is the "significant coverage in reliable (or contextually reliable, as indicated by Peterkingiron) sources" referred to in the AfD?   — Jeff G. ツ 14:23, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources
Talk:Numerical tower

message: Where do IEEE 754 floats fit in this tower?  Do -0.0, +Inf and NaN fit in with "Real"?  Or (in my opinion) is this tower an artificial construct with little basis in practical computing? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.114.96.51 (talk • contribs) .
: According to R5RS, IEEE floats may be used to represent numbers inexactly. Using floats for real numbers seems to be the usual practice. By that standard, the presence of ±Inf, NaN and −0 would be implementation-dependent. For example, Chicken implements them, whereas, according to , Scheme 48 does not. More generally, the hierarchy just expresses the fact that, but for minor issues, \mathbb{C} \supset \mathbb{R} \supset \mathbb{Q} \supset \mathbb{Z} \supset \mathbb{N}, which is something that non-sadistic language designers will usually not dispute by specifying something different. What you choose as an implementation of those things is up to you (although, if I may voice an opinion here, it is generally a good idea to implement both the C99-style types and arbitrary precision types). —xyzzyn 14:32, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

message: Scheme programming language uses this terminology:
In R5RS (1) (current standard)
Mathematically, numbers may be arranged into a tower of subtypes in which each level is a subset of the level above it:
* number
* complex
* real
* rational
* integer
In R6RS (2) (draft for next standard):
The full numeric tower is now required.
So please don't delete the article. I have no knowledge to improve it, but I think it should remain or, at least, should be made a section of a broader article. --189.12.141.71 06:58, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Scheme
Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Michael Keith Smith

message: * Comment: And who do we know from Sussex??? Don't be such a drama queen, Smith's entry is up for deletion because he is a nobody in respectable British politics, he is an attention seeking right winger who spends most of his time posting a variety of rude and obscene messages about the Conservative Party and its leadership on his own message boards. If he was well known in respectable Conservative Circles as you put it, he would be listed in the search engines as being 'A well known respectable Conservative, but he is not. Most entries deal with the Conservative party dumping the right wing Monday Club to shake off its racist image, and Mike Smith setting up the CDA in an attack on the Conservatives's cleaner and respectable image. 
** Comment: I would support deletion not of Smith's article, but of unsigned comments as above which have been made by those who lost a recent libel action to him and supporters of the loser. Hundreds of thousands of people live in Sussex. I know a few. How many do you know? What a stupid comment. 81.131.91.205 13:25, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Operation Swarmer

message: I'll have gander around the internet later today but the cold hard truth is the Media sources about this are just plain wrong. The article goes out of it's way to allow as how they might be right. However, an Air Assault in the US Army has nothing to do with fixed wing Aircraft, unless they are in a supporting role. Air Assualts like Airborne operations and Ground Assault Convoys are means of travel and/or insertion. I don't know how size or intensity in Air to Ground strikes would be characterized. My area of expertise is having been an Infantryman in the 101st and participating in the first two Iraq deployments. I intend to change the article to reflect the fact that media doubted the Army's claims based on the lack of fixed wing aircraft but that it is not a valid argument. I'd agree that the 05/06 one was smaller than the 03 one but I'll leave that out of the article as that's my pride talking.214.38.94.219 (talk) 10:03, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Media Knowledge or Lack There of
Talk:Havana (novel)

message: The article currently says the book is Hb & Pb (Simon & Schuster) with  416 pages.  The Library of Congress gives 408 pages for the 2003 first edition. http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=1&ti=1,1&Search%5FArg=hunter%2C%20stephen&Search%5FCode=AUTH%5F&CNT=100&PID=KGFY5ieMMHslYM8gW8MNBV9jWFCTs&SEQ=20130623010225&SID=2
The copy I have before me is Pocket Books (a division of Simon & Schuster), First Pocket Books paperback edition 2005, with 470 pages.  A 2011 paperback is listed at B&N's online site as having 528 pages. Kdammers (talk) 05:05, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Number of pages
Talk:Chinese softshell turtle

message: This information 
Need:
* predator and longevity information
* references for turtle soup, pet trade information, and foraging info
* research distribution map - should Russia be included in the distribution text or is map incorrect? Teresa J. Mayfield (talk) 04:41, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: It was me that took out Russia because the IUCN doesn't list it. I've now added it back in because the WWF map does. No idea what the difference is, perhaps the range is shrinking, but the map we have looks great and checks also with http://www.wild-russia.org/bioregion13/khankaisky/13_khankaisky.htm, if you look at the maps you can see Lake Khanka which is at least partly in Russia. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 00:14, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: On a little more investigation is seems to be a confusion over Northern Chinese softshell turtle. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 18:53, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  To be added 

message: How come this Chinese softshell turtle is vulnerable, when there are millions of them? Meursault2004 (talk) 12:51, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: According to a provisional listing from 2018, the Chinese softshell turtle is now Endangered, not Vulnerable.  In other words, the species has become even more endangered than it was in 2000, the year of the current IUCN listing. The reasons for this are both taxonomical (the splitting of the species complex), and an actual decline of wild populations. While there are millions of individuals in breeding facilities, the wild populations are in decline. Now, there is a distinct difference between wild turtles and turtles in food production. The turtles that are being bred have been subject to selective breeding and hybridization. Thus, the wild populations can't be supplemented with bred turtles; it would be like releasing dogs into the woods in an attempt to save wolves. --Paranaja (talk) 11:07, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vulnerable
Talk:Operation Plymouth Rock

message: This article is confusing and lacks details, references etc. al-Fallujah is not S of Baghdad. Whatever is "the many operations" is not resolvable. Black Watch involvement suggests that the operation encompassed essentially most of Iraq S of the line Baghdad-Rahmadi. And so on. Dysmorodrepanis 15:25, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Adam Tinworth

message: Article considerably expanded. Notability warning removed because of (a) article expansion and (b) comparable notability with existing entries such as Conrad Hubbard and Dean Shomshak Mattyjohn (talk) 11:15, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Some of the delete votes were just strange - calling Tinworth a businessman suggests the voter paid no attention to the content of the article - sources show his to be a (former) game writer and journalist. However, he has significant coverage in a national newspaper, and was a co-designer of two major game lines Demon: the Fallen and Werewolf: the Forsaken, as well as one lesser one Dark Ages: Inquisitor. That seems to hit the notability boxes on two separate fronts. Next up: tidying up the publications section. Mattyjohn (talk) 10:32, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Addressing AfD
Talk:List of NHL players (A)

message: This (and all related articles) should be renamed: List of NHL Players: A in order to conform with naming conventions. Peyna 22:11, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article title 

message: Anyone else think we should include what country each player is from? --Thricecube 23:24, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birth country
Talk:List of NHL players (B)

message: Changed spelling of Garry Bauman's name. The 2006-07 Yearbook for the Michigan Tech Huskies lists him as Garry, not Gary, on pages 86, 91, 106-108, 111, 113-14 and 122-23. NHL publications such as the annual Official Guide and Record Book and Total Hockey have incorrectly spelled it Gary. Munson66 21:11, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Goniometer

message: The definition for Protractor seems to overlap the definition for Goniometer. Is there an appropriate definition that separates the two, or are some goniometers also protractors?
Jbirt2 20:02, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Goniometer vs. Protractor

message: The article makes no mention of goniometers for the calibration of camera lenses. This is an important use of goniometry, used in map making and space sciences 220.253.16.237 (talk) 04:46, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Goniometer for Camera Lenses

message: There is clear overlap, but the relationship between the two concepts/terms is not made clear in either article. In any case, it seems like a merge is desirable. 2.100.104.223 (talk) 11:02, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Klbrain (talk) 08:20, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal with [[Protractor]]
Template talk:User dolphin

message: The reason why this is dlph-1 rather than a cute picture is because it goes alongside the other Wikipedia:Babel boxes... :) Ashibaka tock 05:30, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, that was a dumb idea. The 'user is a dolphin' template is now . CameoAppearance 10:33, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Latrodectus tredecimguttatus

message: I would like clarification on the issue of L. lugubris, and why it is thought to be the same species as tredecimguttatus. Is there are reference which clarifies this (neither of the links provided mention lugubris). I am not an expert in spiders, but the photos provided by Fauna Laboratories (Kazakhstan) do not look similar to those in the article. Is there a simple explanation for this apparent discrepency?
* The World Spider Catalog --the link covers the family which includes Latrodectus, lists L. lubugris as a synynom for L. tredecimguttatus.  IIRC, L. lubugris is all-black in color (rather than having 13 red spots), so many thought it a different species, but the two color varieties apparently can mate. --EngineerScotty 13:42, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: untitled
Talk:Devil's Planet

message: Is there any sources for the info on a Portugese made third series?  I can't see Gerry Anderson okaying it myself. Douglasnicol 11:51, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I have started an article on Michael Dickinson, the Stuckist artist. However, he is also involved with plays and acting, and I think he may be the same Michael Dickinson as in this article, so I have not disambiguated. It would be good if anyone could confirm one way or the other. Tyrenius 14:30, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Michael Dickinson
Talk:Code Age Commanders

message: This article is well-written, comprehensive, neutral, stable and sourced. Images are fine. I am passing it.  Vikrant Phadkay 15:49, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks! Kariteh 16:49, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: GA pass

message: This article should absorb the Code Age Brawls article, as it is small and is unlikely to grow beyond a start. Also, the two paragraphs it would add would bolster this article and help its future development toward Featured Status. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 20:48, 13 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Merger proposal
Talk:Geography of Himachal Pradesh

message: Just added some information on the rivers in Himachal. RMehra 12:06, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Rivers

message: This article is not in good state. Soon I'll start up with this page. Sushant gupta 07:41, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Now I am starting up with my work on geo of HP.Sushant gupta 11:48, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article needs to be improved.