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Talk:Palooka

message: I just created the Palooka (film) article, and I created this disambiguation in order to make sure that people searching for it might find it.  I see no reason why this should be removed.  User:Zoe|(talk) 03:46, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I think it would be encyclopedically interesting to add the meaning of the word palooka at the beginning of this article, also because of the peculiarity of this term (as it happens for some other slangish words like this on wikipedia). Can anyone add this piece of information please? As for the etymology of this word, I know it is very uncertain and dictionaries usually don't show any theory about it (even though that would be a very interesting piece of information too): to me, for example, palooka might as well come from an American mispelling of a boxer's surname at first, something like Italian Pagliuca, but that's just a personal theory of mine, nothing that can be proved by any fact.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.44.212.146 (talk) 22:20, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Word meaning 

message: The general meaning of "palooka" is an average-to-bad pugilist. 
To be specific, a "palooka" is a boxer who managers and promoters match-up with real prospects in order to get the prospects' bout records up to a degree where they can secure a money- (title-) fight. "Palooka" was most likely a slang, yet functional term to categorize a boxer within the tight-knit world of early American prize-fighting.
Whether aware of their status or not, a palooka may be matched up against other palookas several times in a row so that some of them can accumulate consecutive wins and emerge as legitimate contenders to a prospect, even though they are outclassed. Accordingly, a secondary connotation to the term may be an unawareness/aloofness to one's disabilities.
The term was used somewhat commonly, especially in areas where boxing was a common ancestry, until the late 20th century. 
The term most likely originated in the boxing gyms of the U.S. midwest to east coast where the sport was prolific in the early parts of its organized (and recorded) existence.
There are two main theories as to the etymology of the term:
1) Eponym (boxer's name)
2) Italian term (American corruption)
Most likely Italian in its roots, "palooka" gained traction with the early Italian-Americans as well as anyone associated with boxing, and spread to even wider audiences as a popular slang, but became near-extinct by the turn of the century. HistoryJay (talk) 12:33, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Definition of disambiguous "palooka"
Talk:Blade (Street Fighter)

message: Any chance of at least getting images of Kyber, Arkane, and F7 on here? The S 03:49, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Other Cyborgs
Talk:Sid Fleischman

message: I'm removing stupid information from Random House, for which the data needs to be paraphrased or excerpts cited.
Deborah-jl Talk 03:50, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: and i have removed the info from this talk page, as its still technically a copyright violation to have it posted here. the material is now externally linked in his article, if anyone wants to add relevant material.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 18:25, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Copyright violation

message: He is 90 Jears old.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.40.20.116 (talk) 09:27, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  (old) 

message: He attended SDSC (section 2.1) and graduated from SDSU (. Is that because there was a name change during the interruption for WWII and aftermath? (We should date the graduation.)
illusionist, magic, stage magic -- We use these three terms for stage magic(ian), if I understand correctly, all of which refer to magic (illusion). We may easily reduce to two, illusionist and stagic magic, or simply stage magic(ian). 
--P64 (talk) 18:47, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Elegant variation? 
Talk:Fast Food Tycoon

message: I don't know much about this game, but it seems like a good place to start. Consider adding more reviews, and add an article about Fast Food Tycoon 2 if you can.
Bibliomaniac15 04:01, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You might also want to add a ==History== Section.
Primate#101 03:54, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comments 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: not moved. Subsequent move discussions should cite and examine sources to determine the WP:COMMONNAMEcommon name. (non-admin closure) Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 20:08, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Fast Food Tycoon →  – I'd like to move this to the original title of game, as the developer was German, and it was released in Europe before North America. Presumably it's been listed under the North American article name due to US-centrism EditorInTheRye (talk) 22:13, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: This probably now has to go to RM, but looks like a supportable move In ictu oculi (talk) 10:00, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

text: Note: WikiProject Video games has been notified of this discussion. UtherSRG (talk) 13:50, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 3 February 2023
Talk:WMTU-FM

message: This is a FCC licensed station which is much more then a club.  This can be checked at .  If this article is to be deleted, it really needs to be done on AfD since it likely does not meet any speedy criteria.  Generally FCC licensed stations are considered notable enough for inclusion.  Vegaswikian 04:06, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: WMTU-FM

message: I don't think listing every staff position in this (or any) radio station is at all encyclopedic. If one were to want to learn about the operations of a radio station, one could consult a relevant entry. And listing "current academic year" positions should certainly be removed.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.208.161.204 (talk) 15:08, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: School-year officers etc.?

message: The station programming section is quite out of date, the only program listed that still runs on WMTU is PB and Jamz. I tried to edit it but got referred here, sorry for not knowing the protocol, I'm new. Gdogabbott (talk) 14:47, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Station programming
Talk:Circle Ten Council

message: The reference website, circle10.org, no longer points to the BSA site, but to an editorial website. Circle 10 is now at https://c10bsa.org/ and the links should be updated to reflect that. That is beyond my skill level.  47.186.24.155 (talk) 05:31, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Websites 

message: Yes, I realize this article has very little information, but it's better for it to barely exist than to not exist at all. JCowe 04:11, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: stub

message: ....so it needs to be merged into Scouting in Texas. KC9CQJ 16:26, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: agreed, merge, for that reason. Chris 23:07, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  it's a list.... 

message: I added all the information up that wasn't in the article and that was relevant.  I think now all that's left is general grammer, word choice, and spelling clean up unless Chris or anyone else can think of anything to add. Chris M. 04:36, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Re: Council information to be folded in
Talk:No Time for Sergeants

message: There exists a comic book version of this story as well illustrated by Alex Toth. - Sparky 04:14, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I see that someone put the  template on this article, which itself references this article.  Other than the common cast members, what is the connection? --rogerd (talk) 10:02, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Connection to Mayberry 

message: The plot points listed as character differences between the "No Time for Sergeants" television show and "Gomer Pyle" are, to a one, descriptions of Gomer Pyle episodes.  The contention that Gomer Pyle is depicted as unintelligent is in error as well - the Gomer Pyle character is well in line with the country motif of the Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction, Green Acres and of course, the Andy Griffith show; the latter as the origin on the character and clearly already possessing a clown with Don Knott's Barney Fife.  All these shows play on contrasts between backwoods - and supposedly backward - "folk" and "modern" city dwellers, and in all of them the "modern" are usually victims of their own preconceptions. 2600:8805:8000:3D:F5A3:39F:1118:8D30 (talk) 11:45, 2 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comparison to Gomer Pyle
Talk:Charles Plympton Smith

message: This guy is a relative of someone borderline notable. Doesn't seem very notable himself. Cleduc 04:17, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Important? 

message: Even in a small rural state of less than half a million people there must easily be thousands of people more accomplished and notable. Being grandson of a state senator, and brother to a community college president doesn't seem particularly notable. By estimate there are more than 200 bankers in Vermont more senior, and more than 400 living Vermonters having been appointed to quasi-public boards by the state's governor. While I would note vote this Mr. Smith out of Vermont, I would vote his bio out of Wikipedia.CApitol3 21:27, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  What makes this individual notable? 
Talk:Aerial engagements of the Second Sino-Japanese War

message: Information in this article was broken off from Development of Chinese Nationalist air force (1937-1945). -Loren 04:24, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Source

message: Zhongfa (talk) 00:06, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  My First Time Edition 
Talk:HMAS Otama

message: Where did it's name come from? --Commking 04:26, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Answered in the article a while back: an Aboriginal word meaning "dolphin". -- saberwyn 01:02, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Name origin

message: Removing the uncited fact  I recall seeing such claims in an issue of Reveille (the magazine publish by the RSL NSW branch), but can't track down a copy or alternate sources at this point in time. -- saberwyn 01:02, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Whilst it may be uncited, it was correct. Whilst it may have been a good idea to remove it, it was nonetheless wrong. I was a crew member of Otama and can vouch for the validity of the claim. Otama and Orion were both utilized and configured as such.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by TB131314 (talk • contribs) 23:46, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I can believe that its correct. Unfortunately, to be included in an article, information needs to be WP:Verifiable (which basically means attributable to a reliable, published source). -- saberwyn 03:26, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Uncited fact

message: Just noting a potential source here on the approval of a berthing site for Otama, being touted as the first step in preserving her as a museum vessel. -- saberwyn 08:43, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Progress on museuming: potential source 

message: * From The Australian: "...Bundaberg in Queensland, Grafton in NSW, and Werribee, Frankston and St Kilda in Victoria."
* From The Shipping Times: "...Werribee, from St Kilda Marina, from Frankston council and from Grafton and Bundaberg."
Any further information from reliable, published sources (particularly for the Bundaberg and Grafton items) would be appreciated. -- saberwyn 07:57, 24 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Auction interest
Talk:King George station

message: This article fails to mention that where King George was built was to be the hub of a major condominium project predating Infinity.  One of these condominium towers and a line of connecting town homes were actually built and sit across from the station.  The project fell through, but for years the showcase building sat abandoned in the middle of the lot displaying a poster of the failed project.
Also, the twinning of the Port Man Bridge calls for the extension of Light Rail across the bridge from the Coquitlam side.  If this holds true it will direct whether the Expo line is expanded eastward or not.  If the line were expanded it would be required to travel down Fraser Highway and through Green Timbers Urban Forest. (207.81.164.238 19:12, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: it should be noted that the extension to guildford is now being planned. route details are scetchy, but from what I can figure it will either go up the hydro right-of-way just east of the present terminus to 104 ave, or it will travel up 140st to 104ave, as the proposal is to bring the line down 104 to 152 then down to fraser and out to 168. I'd also point out they can't even get the fraser highway widening through greentimbers park, so I would doubt there would be any skytrain line run down fraser highway between 140 and 148. Knowledgeum (talk) 10:48, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The lost King George 

message: you are literally contradicting yourself. You start by saying none of the sources call it " Fraser Highway" and then go on to acknowledge that some do.
I did err in which CBC reference I provided: I meant to give this one, where they do refer to it as  Fraser Highway.
Suffice to say, it is inconsistently referred to with and without the definite article, so you have no call to remove and upset the WP:STATUSQUO. Also, "the Fraser Highway" is used elsewhere in the article, so on top of making a change under false pretences (the claim that local sources do not use "the"), you've made the article inconsistent, also. Please self-revert. —Joeyconnick (talk) 01:25, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Odd. No consistency. At least we can be consistent and not use the definite article. Walter Görlitz (talk) 01:28, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  "the Fraser Highway" vs. "Fraser Highway"
Talk:Conviction

message: Why isn't there a proper disambiguation page for Conviction?
:The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 
The result of the debate was no consensus; I'll move regardless, since this really *is* the most common meaning, by a large margin. —Nightstallion (?) Seen this already? 19:58, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: disambig

message: If anyone's interested, I've proposed a new wikiproject for the creation of articles regarding specific prisons here. --Cdogsimmons (talk) 01:33, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikiproject Prisons
Talk:Technical University of British Columbia

message: I have tagged the article with . It seems to be derived from original research by an undergrad student who started this article  . Sound as it may be, we need to stick to reliable sources. I am sure most of it can be backed up with published sources and the tag can be removed. heqs ·:. 15:25, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've changed the tag to . heqs ·:. 07:54, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Source of this article
Talk:Charles Ingram

message: This article has been a long-term target of Belteshazzar's sock-puppets who is now using proxy IPs ,  to evade their block. The article might have to be semi-protected if this behaviour continues. Psychologist Guy (talk) 11:16, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Does he think Ingram was innocent?  Surprisingly, that edit appears factually accurate.  I had thought Ingram did U-turns on nearly every question on the second night, but watching the footage, it was only those three. 212.68.34.182 (talk) 01:20, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: 212.68.34.182 above was Belteshazzar and the account has been blocked as a proxy. He's now editing the article on this IP  Psychologist Guy (talk) 01:28, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Belteshazzar long-term sock-puppetry

message: I'm not going to argue with the sockpuppeteer about this but if anybody else wants to take a look at which year Ingram became a Major and make any corrections required then please go ahead. Please do not be discouraged by the number of recent reversions. If a legitimate change is made by anybody who is not engaged in sockpuppetry then it will not be reverted. DanielRigal (talk) 16:29, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date Ingram was promoted to Major?
Talk:Pattullo Bridge

message: In August an anon changed the construction date from "1935" to "1936-7" . While this may have been a good faith edit I think someone should double-check... -- FirstPrinciples 05:35, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Date check

message: How long is the main arch span? I am not able to found that figure. Can anybody help? --Jklamo 11:53, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Main span length 

message: Should we include notable Incidents (suicides, accidents, etc) in the article? 2600:100C:A203:FD7F:FCC5:744C:531D:8BC0 (talk) 15:19, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incidents 

message: The article should say so Miparnisari (talk) 19:47, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  How high is this bridge?
Talk:Alex Fraser Bridge

message: I know it lands on Annacis, but isn't the stretch that goes from Annacis to Richmond part of the Alex Fraser Bridge as well? I remember reading somewhere that the little bridge there is officially considered part of the A Fraser span. (Mmmm...technicalities...yummy...) --Buchanan-Hermit™..CONTRIBS..SPEAK! 06:43, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Richmond?
Talk:Golden Ears Bridge

message: If the construction schedule is going to be added here again, please make sure proper spelling and grammar is used. In addition, please prove a source for this information. --Kmsiever 20:59, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Construction schedule
Talk:Moray Bridge

message: Moray Bridge is a swing bridge. the bridge actually rotates. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jbrian80 (talk • contribs) 
: Look at the structure CAREFULLY and you don't have to be an engineer to figure it out. I actually lived in Richmond, BC I seen the bridge 100 times. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.83.153.249 (talk • contribs) 
: I'm afraid I'll have to agree with anon user there. I live in Richmond right now, and I've seen the bridge too. It doesn't swing/rotate, it retracts. -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 08:02, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  This is not a draw bridge
Talk:Sea Island Connector

message: I live in Richmond, and I am almost certain that this bridge is exactly the same one as the Airport Connector Bridge... --Buchanan-Hermit™..CONTRIBS..SPEAK! 03:34, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Just checked the official Richmond map provided by the Tourism Richmond. This bridge, indeed, is the Airport Connector Bridge. Officially, it's called Sea Island Bridge so I'll take out the other link in the NavBox template. Buchanan-Hermit™..CONTRIBS..SPEAK! 01:56, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've created a redirect on Airport Connector Bridge to catch anyone searching under that name. --Ckatz 04:26, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Alrighty, sounds good. :) Buchanan-Hermit™..CONTRIBS..SPEAK! 04:30, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Airport Connector Bridge?
Talk:New Westminster Bridge

message: It doesn't appear that the Canadian Northern Railway built this bridge. A 1921 CN annual report shows the CN (ex-CNOR) line ending at Fraser River Junction, at the east end of the bridge. After that are two lines:
*New Westminster To Gov't Bridge (Running rights) 1.00
*Gov't Bridge to Vancouver (Running rights G. N. Railway) 13.00
In addition, the CNOR wasn't completed across BC until 1915, so it's doubtful that the CNOR built the bridge in 1904. Most likely is that it was constructed by the government, with the GN initially using it. --NE2 19:34, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Knowing BC politics well, it's quite likely the government bore the costs of construction for the GN's bridge in return for some party donations (party politics began in BC only in 1903 btw).  But yeah, it was a GN bridge at first for sure (similarly the Sumas-Mission line was originally an American railroad, as I recall, though which I'm not sure).Skookum1 (talk) 19:51, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: That one seems to have always been CP, connecting to NP and Milwaukee at Sumas. The GN had a pretty big British Columbian presence, for instance the Kaslo and Slocan Railway and Nelson and Fort Sheppard Railway. If you ask me in a week I'll probably have more details, since I'm currently adding Canada to my GIS data. --NE2 20:32, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: replying to a very old post; NE2 is thinking of the CPR bridge at Mission; the CPR has no tracks on the south side of the Fraser, and it's the line from Mission that connects to Sumas and that's a CPR line.Skookum1 (talk) 13:25, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Disputed
Talk:Westham Island Bridge

message: What were the old load restrictions, when were they improved, why even mention this?HyperbolicSheet (talk) 23:07, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I took them out.  Trivial information that can't be cited easily.  Mgasparin (talk) 01:37, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Load restrictions
Talk:Astro Boy: Omega Factor

message: Um...I'm a fan of Astro Boy, and I was wondering how to set things up so that Uran actually linked to a new page. I'd like to fill in some information on Astro Boy's sister. (Actually, his whole family...Seperate sections for Uran, Cobalt, and His Parents.)
:I'm the person that created the character page for Astro Boy himself, separate from the main Astro Boy page.  You can find it at Astro Boy (character).  I'm happy to hear I'm not the only want who wants to see Uran get her own page.
:Here are the links that I think would make good pages for what you want to create - 
:Uran (character)
:Cobalt (character)
:Astro Boy's Parents
:Those links should help get you started on making pages for each of them.  I suggest using the Astro Boy character page I created as a template for them.  If you need any help, just ask me.  I'd be more than happy to.
:Oh, and remember that if you upload images to follow the guidelines.  Take a look at the main picture I put up at Astro Boy (character) for an example of what you need in your picture upload to make sure it doesn't get deleted as "non-fair use copyright infringement".
:Good luck!
:OtakuMan 21:03, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Family
Talk:Aberdeen Centre

message: The Starbucks at Aberdeen Centre is now closed.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/03/30/bc-starbucks-aberdeen-closure.html?ref=rss  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.30.155.2 (talk) 18:14, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Starbucks 

message: It has been proposed to move Aberdeen to Aberdeen, Scotland or Aberdeen city, and to move Aberdeen (disambiguation) to Aberdeen.  The discussion about this is here.  --Una Smith (talk) 16:40, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think an Asian mall in Canada has any connection to a city in Scotland.  єmarsee  • Speak up! 00:53, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Notice of requested move

message: There's no reliable source for the incident on February 9, 2006.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lazycake (talk • contribs) 04:04, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incidents 
Talk:Parker Place

message: Parker Place seemed to have changed logos. or did it? --deadkid_dk 08:38, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe so, but I have yet to find an online copy of it. And I don't feel like "drawing it out by hand" in Photoshop. They've had the logo for some time now. --Buchanan-Hermit™..CONTRIBS..SPEAK! 19:55, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The most up to date logo is now present. Luke 02:52, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled