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Talk:Tadas Ivanauskas

message: For the record: Tadas became Lithuanian, Jerzy and Stanisław became Polish, Wacław became Belarusian. Very educational, I think. --Lysytalk 19:37, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I especially liked the story that one of them, Stanisław I think, brought all Tadas stuffed animals collections in two wagons through the front line:) The war was stopped for a half a day:) And what's so educational about this?--Lokyz 19:59, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I find it an educational example of how the Polish/Lithuanian/Belarusian nationality is relative and depending on what people considered themselves. --Lysytalk 21:20, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Of course all of this nationality crap is "modern" blather, and probably all of the people between the Elbe river and Ural mountains share more biological similarities than not. It is language or religion that created the nationalistic distinctions within the last millenium or less. However all of these nationalities have their proto-types, and cultures (but they weren't waving flags and singing national anthems), and that cannot be denied either. Dr. Dan 17:09, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brothers 

message: Please, could the author of the Nationality Controversy, rewrite or remove the section, because as it stands it belongs on the talk page and not in an encyclopedia article. Otherwise I will do so myself. Dr. Dan 17:14, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Encyclopedia Article

message: In university I was studying one professor has mentioned, that while studying in Paris, Ivanauskas got interested in anarchism, but I can't find any sources that could confirm this. Maybe somebody can come up with any sources for this? Encyclopaedia Editing Dude 16:12, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Anarchism
Talk:Michał Pius Römer

message: Although it still needs expansion on Vilnius times, and Krajowcy activity.--Lokyz 20:10, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: This article is in dire need of a good copy-edit. It needs first of all to become more "encyclopedic" (right now it's far from it). Then it needs to get a good "anglicization" (sic), with more facts and less opinions. Anybody ready, willing, and able other than myself? Dr. Dan 03:59, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No, go ahead, you are the copy-editor here. --Lysytalk 11:28, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Suggestion
Talk:Trevor Kaine

message: The Rosemary Follett article states that she was the first woman to head a government in an Australian state or territory but not the fact that she was first ACT Chief Minister and the first female ACT Chief Minister. The way the Rosemary Follett article has been worded is probably justification for Trevor Kaine in this article not being noted as the first male Chief Minister. Not noting the very fact that he was the first male Chief Minister in the territory would imply that Wikipedia is sexist. Sexism goes both ways not just the female gender.--The Shadow Treasurer (talk) 00:21, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  First male Chief Minister 
Talk:Alfred William East

message: I wonder whether this is him:
* 23 January 1893 in The Sydney Morning Herald: THE FRIENDS of the late Major ALFRED WILLIAM EAST are kindly informed that his Funeral will leave Newtown station THIS (Monday) AFTERNOON, for Necropolis. Friends kindly meet at Mortuary Station. Redfern, at 2.20 p.m. BOOTS and GOMMESON, Undertakers, 163 King-street, Newtown.
* 25 January 1893 in The Sydney Morning Herald: EAST.-January 22, at Prince Alfred Hospital, Alfred William East, late Major New South Wales Reserves, in the 65th year of his age.
Thus born circa 1828. Schwede66 17:26, 16 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Died in Sydney?
Talk:Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco

message: Simply delete the "Alfredo Parez Diezcanceco" article. It is redundant & has an erroneous middle name (first surname). 143.85.18.26 (talk) 19:30, 26 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I just redirected it. --kelapstick(bainuu)  05:59, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge proposal
Talk:Airman basic

message: Should the article mention that all airmen, even those that have stripes coming due to their enlistment contract, are ABs during Basic and do not put on their ranks until after graduation? Kelly hi! 00:40, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Mayhaps, but I didn't have any reliable sourcing for that available during my initial writing binge.  I'll keep it in mind for data to look for when I work on expanding the article.  —  pd_THOR | =/\= | 16:57, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  All Airmen are "Basic" in basic training?
Talk:Senior airman

message: Previously, from 1947 to 1952, and from 1967 to 1991, the rank of sergeant was an NCO rank in the USAF.
Are you sure about this?  My uncle was in the AF not long after it became an independent service, and he said back then a three-striper was an Airman First Class, with lower ranks being Airman Second Class (two stripes) and Airman Third Class (one).  However, a former boss of mine who was an MSGT and then got a commission said during his era (Vietnam) the ranks went from Airman (one), Airman 1st Class (two), Sergeant (three), Staff Sergeant (four), and so on.--MarshallStack 16:57, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The rank called Sergeant and its insignia changed around a few times before being eliminated in the early 1990s. Sf46 (talk) 16:13, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  When did "Sergeant" actually come into being? 

message: I think that  is a much better repersentation than the current, real patch, possibly both?
it is kind of hard to tell that the star is subdued. 74.180.79.68 (talk) 05:14, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The old SRA rank had the star so subdued that you really couldn't tell that there actually was a star there unless you were right up on it.  If you could darken in the star on that image you propose a bit, it would then have my vote. Sf46 (talk) 03:07, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image?
Talk:Chief master sergeant

message: Chief Master Sergeant is not the highest enlisted rank in the Air Force Wikipedia. For your information Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force is the highest enlisted rank in the Air Force. I suppose you will tell me you are going to take away my precious editing privliges for saying this?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.163.180.144 (talk) 15:46, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chief Master Sergeant is not the highest enlisted rank. 

message: A short chief master sergeant of the Air Force (CMSAF) subsection should be added to the section on special duty position. It could clarify that CMSAF is a special position for the rank of CMSgt and, of course, point to the CMSAF main article.  Sorry, too busy and not interested enough to do it myself now.  (Hey, I just did a thorough copy-edit of the existing material and have been fixing a ton of similar writing and errors in other articles.)  Also, the other subsections within the same section should be toned down a lot, both in quantity of information and in bad military writing (e.g., incoherent lists of vague organizational terms and barely meaningful business-speak). Holy (talk) 04:50, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Chief master sergeant of the Air Force]] section 

message: I have wikified longevity ribbon despite it being a redlink. I cannot find any online source that tells me what it means but it seems to me that an article or at least a redirect to a section is needed. That's assuming it is true... it is not yet supported by any citation that I can see, but I am not challenging its truth. Andrewa (talk) 19:09, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Longevity ribbon
Talk:Summer of My German Soldier

message: poopKittycatbeck (talk) 03:53, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The plot summary needs a less play-by-play feel. So many quotes are also unnecessary. It should summarize, not tell every detail of the entire story. PrincessofLlyr (talk) 22:56, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggestions for improvement 

message: This article is still a stub because:
*It only has one reliable source (Amazon and IMDB aren't good)
*The article is overwhelmingly about plot, and little real world info is dealt with
Other suggestions:
*Unless quoting in the plot section you don't need to use references
Hope you keep improving the article. If you need any help, contact me on my talk page. Sadads (talk) 23:39, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggestions for improvement 

message: As requested at WikiProject CHildren's literature, I have assessed this article and moved it to a Start class. To improve further, please ensure that the article is fluent and correctly punctuated the whole way through, particularly in the Plot Summary section, improve the lead paragraph, find more reliable sources and expand sections of the article which do not relate to the plot. strdst_grl (call me Stardust) 17:40, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment

message: Per MOS:CHARACTER, "Most articles do not need this section. Instead, a finely crafted plot summary is used to introduce the characters to the reader." When I encountered this article, it had a Character section, but no Plot, so I reworked the one into the other, incorporating information from the Plot section, as well as transferring some over from the TV movie article. Just Another Cringy Username (talk) 05:32, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Character-->Summary
Talk:Senior master sergeant

message: statement: " By Federal law, only two percent of the Air Force's total active duty enlisted strength may hold this rank." 
What Federal Law says this? 
69.248.248.9 (talk) 13:09, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Currently 2.5%, I'll add this to the article. It is not just the Air Force, but all US armed forces that this law applies to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/517--Nyctc7 (talk) 01:06, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs citation 
Talk:Technical sergeant

message: The article states that the rank of Technical Sergeant was used in the Army and is currently used in the Air Force. The rank was also used in the Marine Corps from 1941 until 1958. Until 1946, it was three chevrons and two horizontal bars. From 1947-1958, it was 
three chevrons and two curved bars. It has always been equivalent in grade to a Gunnery Sergeant (Grade 2 or E-6, now E-7).
http://www.obxmarines.com/documents/rank.html
Kleinhhl (talk) 04:16, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Article Wrong

message: I have a picture of my Grandfather in the Army, and he has a Technical Sergeant symbol like on this article, except it had a "T" in the middle.TBird100636 (talk) 03:32, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Lets see it. --< Nicht Nein! (talk) 11:18, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The T indicates that he was a Technician, not a Technical Sergeant.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Xray84 (talk • contribs) 00:44, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Technical Sergeant Rank in Army

message: From 1920 until 1948, the US Army as well as the US Army Air Force used the rank of T/Sgt with an insignia similar to today's SFC -- three up and two down. See United States Army enlisted rank insignia of World War II. It would improve the article to include this usage. Unfortunatly, I have no sources except the cited wiki article. --TGC55 (talk) 03:01, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  WW 2 US Army T/Sgt usage 

message: Why was this rank called "technical"? Was it originally for specialists in some technical area, e.g. communications or
engineering?Bill (talk) 05:19, 21 March 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, essentially, that was the case, and the article explains that, "In 1920 the army combined several battalion/squadron level "staff" NCO ranks, including battalion quartermaster sergeant, battalion supply sergeant, ordnance sergeant, hospital sergeant, three grades of master sergeant (junior grade), and six additional senior-level technical and specialist ranks into the new technical sergeant rank." So, "technical" sergeant was a compromise of sorts in creating a new title for those senior NCOs who were more experienced and had more authority than a "staff" sergeant but not as much as did "master" sergeants.CobraDragoon (talk) 21:11, 21 March 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Then why not add this basic information (which anyone visiting this article might expect to find, since we're supposedly an "encyclopedic" project) to the text of the article? As it stands, in May 2023, the article gives no indication why this rank is called "technical." 173.88.246.138 (talk) 23:15, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Why "technical"?
Talk:Airman

message: Why is the "Aviation Ordnanceman Airman" not mentioned. --217.228.82.107 (talk) 20:29, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Aviation Ordnanceman Airman 

message: In the first part of the United States section it says "Airman First Class became an Air Force Sergeant; the former Airman became the new Airman First Class; the former Airman Second Class became an Airman; and the former Airman Third Class became an Airman Basic. All of the pay and fringe benefit Grades remained as they were, just associated with new an less unwieldy rank names."  The order of ranks here doesn't seem right.  Why would A1C -> Sergeant and A2C -> Airman, and A3C -> Airman Basic and yet right in the middle between A1C and A2C is Airman that becomes A1C?--v/r - TP 20:51, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Order of ranks 

message: It seems this article is based around just the United States military, could someone balance this article please?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.155.130.208 (talk) 13:32, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  USA Focused
Talk:Mohawk Airlines Flight 112

message: Now that the decision to keep has been made, I propose renaming this article to Mohawk Airlines Flight 121. Akradecki 15:35, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No problem, I'l get that taken care of. Akradecki 16:37, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Renaming proposal
Talk:List of terrorist attacks in Damascus

message: Does anybody know how to change the name too Damascus terrorist attacks or Damascus political violence...--Boris Johnson VC 15:37, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Under what conditions do these Wikipedia editors have the ability to decide what a terrorist attack is and what isn't?
And they say Wikipedia is no biased.72.53.153.82 (talk) 19:32, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: You are correct. I will move the article to the title: "Damascus bombings and other attacks" Tradedia (talk) 20:59, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who determines the nature of the attacks as "terrorist"?
Talk:Farnham, New York

message: FARNHAM WAS ACTUALLY NAMED AFTER MY GREAT-GREAT GRANDFATHER HORATIO NELSON FARNHAM - THE SON OF ASA FARNHAM AND FATHER OF FAMOUS ARTIST AMMI MERCHANT FARNHAM.  PLEASE CORRECT YOUR RECORDS AS I CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS TO SUPPORT THIS STATEMENT. RAELENE KAY BOHNET (FARNHAM)- PER HISTORIC JOURNAL ENTRY:  "Horatio Farnham was at one time Agent for the Cattaraugus Indians, and the town of Farnham between Buffalo and Silver Creek was founded and named after him" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.58.224.12 (talk • contribs) 15:38, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Arthur Wade

message: The name of this article should change.  Wade is generally known as Arthur Wade in Newcastle, and was also known as Ned Wade (though I don't understand how he got that nickname).  A cite for him being known as Arthur Wade:
http://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/in_council/council_works/building_projects/carrington_boat_ramp/arthur_wades_opening_address
Giles Martin (talk) 20:50, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Braunstone Park

message: What a dreadfully poor article on this park! When one looks at the website quoted to see the wealth of detail which could have been included, and taking into account how much a similar US article would produce, we in UK should be ashamed! Can it not be made much more of, by someone local? It also appears to be belong to the City Council, which isn't mentioned either. Peter Shearan 15:41, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Patrick Nielsen Hayden

message: Regarding the deletion of "peacock terms," Nielsen Hayden is one of the preeminent editors in science fiction (see Hugo nominations for Best Editor plus his World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology). And Tor wins the LOCUS award for Best Publisher most years. 
Yes, I know him. But why not check these things before deleting based purely on sound? Pleasantville 22:15, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Following the advice given to writers for generations, we try to "show it, don't say it." So rather than saying the subject is "preeminent" we should show his preeminent standing in the community. See "Wikipedia:avoid peacock terms". -Will Beback · † · 22:22, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Peacock terms

message: There are several errors in the first, second, and fourth sentences of the "Career" section. I wasn't first active in SF fandom in Toronto, and I wasn't in Toronto in the "early 1970s". I was first active in SF fandom in the Phoenix area in January 1975, and I moved (with my family) to Toronto in June 1975. I was subsequently also active in SF fandom in New York City, East Lansing, San Francisco, and Seattle before moving to New York City in 1984, where I've lived since. Someone other than me should decide, but if I were writing this article, I'd just replace all four sentences with "He was first active in SF fandom while living in the Phoenix area and Toronto in the mid-1970s, and he continued to be active in a number of different North American cities before moving to New York City in 1984 to work professionally in publishing."
Also, I joined Tor Books in 1988, which is not really "the mid-80s."
The latest issue of LOCUS (May 2013) has an interview with Teresa Nielsen Hayden and me which is full of information about our early days in SF fandom and in publishing; it might be usable as a cite for these chronological and geographical details.  Pnh (talk) 20:51, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, Patrick; I'll see what I can do (I've got a couple of your Seattle-era fanzines I picked u at a Corflu). Wish I thought I'd see you both, next weekend at WisCon! --Orange Mike | Talk 21:30, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Notes from this article's subject
Talk:Patrick Reynolds (activist)

message: Patrick Reynolds was recently in touch with me; I sorted out getting clear license releases for some more recent photos of him (one of which I added to the article and to Wikidata, the rest of which are just on Commons). He also had a request for some edits; I'll leave that to whoever is working on the article. He proposed a possible paragraphs, with the following citations:
"In 2016, frustrated by years of near unanimous opposition by Republicans in Congress to increasing the Federal tobacco tax, passing FDA Regulation of tobacco and a national workplace smoking policy, Reynolds founded a political action committee, Congress Majority PAC, www.CongressMajority.org . The PAC's TV spots mention no candidates by name and urge voters to vote Democrat. In 2021, with his background in advocacy and public speaking, Reynolds is contemplating a run for Congress."
* documentation of him founding the PAC:
** https://www.prweb.com/releases/congress_majority_pac_breaks_new_ground_it_s_a_superpac_whose_tv_spots_mention_no_candidate_by_name_and_urge_viewers_to_vote_democrat_in_the_mid_term_election/prweb15847508.htm
** https://www.prweb.com/releases/congress_majority_pac_says_there_s_still_time_to_help_democrats_win_the_mid_term_election_and_answer_ads_by_future45_pac_and_donald_trump_for_president_pac/prweb15892321.htm
** https://congressmajority.org/press-room/ 
He adds "All our releases were distributed to the press, and some were picked up" so someone might want to look for independent coverage of this. It would seem to me that existence of an organization and who its founder was don't really require an independent source, though. 
As for his "contemplating a run for Congress" my own inclination would be to leave that out until such time as he formally announces.
For the record: I do not know Mr. Reynolds, nor has he in any way compensated me. I got involved with this because he requested licensing help on the Commons help desk. However, I felt that since I had a good deal of interaction with him in this process and have not edited this article except to update the photo, I'd leave it to someone else to make this editorial decision. 
Pinging a few people who have passed through here:  sorry if I missed anyone very active, only so much patience to read decades of history. - Jmabel | Talk 21:16, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed edits
Talk:Ali Mahdi Muhammad

message: For consistency with List of Presidents of Somalia, I suggest that his term as President should be shown as ending on 3 January 1997 and being followed by a vacancy, with the next President being Abdiqasim Salad Hassan.  Alekksandr (talk) 21:43, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: President of Somalia

message: Some sources claim that Muhammad was 83, with a birth year given as 1938. Should that be reflected in the article?
I am asking someone with a little bit more Wikipedia-authority...
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/former-somali-president-dies-3318962
https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/africa/former-somali-president-dies-in-nairobi-3319070
194.69.14.132 (talk) 07:47, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birth year?
Talk:Edo meisho zue

message: Okay, folks, I tried to make this into a decent sized article, so it is no longer a stub and at least no longer reads like it was written by a drunken high school student. I removed the "see also" list because the links' relevance is not obvious to anyone who hasn't gone through the original. Any comments, additions, corrections (especially of editing artifacts) will be greatly appreciated. Best regards, Jim_Lockhart 13:36, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Total rework of 11 March
Talk:Ali Modu Sheriff

message: he now already change his party to APC  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gamborima (talk • contribs) 08:54, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  party
Talk:Patrick Suppes

message: Officially we need a good source that can be cited; they will be showing up soon (I have it by word of mouth).  So far the Leiter report has http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2014/11/in-memoriam-patrick-suppes-1922-2014.html  --Erp (talk) 04:58, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death 