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Talk:List of works by W. Somerset Maugham

message: The article is categorised as one with unsourced statements seemingly because of the citation needed flag on "one of the most prolific and popular". The length of the bibliography shows that he was prolific, unless his authorship of those works be held unsourced. So it seems popular is the fly in the ointment. The linked Wikipedia article W. Somerset Maugham is not flagged as needing a citation despite containing:
“...Maugham...was one of the most popular authors of his era, and reputedly the highest paid of his profession during the 1930s[1].”
The reference, to The Literature Network ,  has this:
“… Maugham … Well known British … writer… highest paid author of the 1930s … was popular among many readers,…” and uses the word ‘’popular’’ several times, without sources.  
Is there a test for popularity? "Popular" occurs in many Wikipedia articles about petty singers. 
Either both Wikipedia articles or neither should carry the flag.SilasW 09:22, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is it really unsourced? 

message: So, what's the deal with the running commentary after the book titles, such as his "most chilling novel" or "worst novel"?  Some of it seems appropriate, such as shortest novel, or first novel, but the rest seems out of place. Rnb  (talk) 23:28, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The aim of the running commentary is to put the works in the context of Maugham's life and oeuvre as well as to give some brief idea about their nature. Feel free to edit anything you wish. I agree that "most chilling" is out of place, and I will think of something more suitable. As for the "worst novel", it doesn't exist. There is "worst mature novel", and this is perfectly correct. Waldstein1981 (talk) 15:30, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  I've stripped out more of the commentary. Notes on subject matter, placement in publication timeline, etc., are fine. But no, comments like "worst mature novel" are not "perfectly correct" on Wikipedia. They may be in a survey of Maugham's work or a biography, but not in an encyclopedia entry. It's original research, and it's verboten. Similarly, "Contains no preface at all!" and "Maugham's shortest novel, or longest short story, if you like" are unencyclopedic in tone.PacificBoy 08:28, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text:  Fair enough. Should you decide to clean up, feel free to do so as thoroughly as you like. I only want to point out that my aim was to compile a really useful bibliography, including the great deal of detail. The Web is full of general and generic listings of Maugham's books. Waldstein1981 (talk) 10:58, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Running commentary
Talk:Palestine Jewish Colonization Association

message: This should probably be merged into Jewish Colonization Association.ShulMaven (talk) 12:36, 15 October 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: 100% 66.44.95.66 (talk) 03:04, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: If I translate the Hebrew to my native language or the English language, it reads: 
   "Society for Jewish Settlement in the land of Israel" 
The name at the Wikipedia page as it is, "Jewish Colonization Association", which reads like someone choose it from a political point of view expressing their opinion rather than the facts. "Colonization" is a loaded name I couldn't imagine they themselves would choose at that time. DouweMeer (talk) 11:37, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: On the contrary. "The Jewish Colonization Association" was the name under which that organization was registered as a company in 1921 (Official Gazette of the Government of Palestine, No. 23, Jan 1 1921, p9.) "The Palestine Jewish Colonization Association (Edmond de Rothschild Foundation)" is the name under which that body was established by ordinance in 1924. (Official Gazette of the Government of Palestine, No. 111, Mar 15 1924, pp. 546–560.) It is also the name used by countless reliable sources. What I suspect you don't understand is that in those days the Zionist organization was completely open about being a colonizing body. For example, the minutes of the 1921 Zionist Congress (which are in German) use "Kolonisation" hundreds of times. Zerotalk 00:07, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I see. Makes me wonder whether the definition of the word has changed over time. Like how 'Antiquarian' isn't like Historian but was seen as Hoarder. I see the term, colonize, has also been used in 1900 in the US to purchase land for the Jewish population. Thanks for informing me about my misunderstanding. Peculiar. DouweMeer (talk) 17:16, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The definition is much the same now as it was then. What has changed is the world's attitude towards colonisation. In the 19th and early 20th century, colonisation was regarded by the Western world as a good thing. As well as being within the rights of "civilised people" to colonise "backward regions", it was claimed (with not a little cynicism) to be to the advantage of the "natives". Of course the attitude of the world today towards colonisation is almost uniformly negative, so the propagandists of colonising nations have to work hard to explain how their colonisation really isn't colonisation. Zerotalk 01:45, 31 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title is incorrect?
Talk:Mary Euphrasia Pelletier

message: I think this article has a bias towards Christians, as it assumes that the reader believes in God, and more specifically the Christian God.
Obviously this is due to its source, but just because it uses material from the Catholic Encyclopedia, doesn't mean it can't be made more NPOV.
: I tried to make some changes in some passages. Can you please specify passages demanding rework (there are not too many of them)?Ans-mo 06:49, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Religious Bias 
Category talk:Events associated with apartheid

message: Moved the following TODO list from the category page to this talk page:
*2nd February Speech
*"Crossing the Rubicon" speech
*Dakar Declaration meeting
*Park Station bombing
*State of Emergency: 1985
*State of Emergency: 1986
*Pan Am 103
Zaian 09:57, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I doubt very much if the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 (Lockerbie) is associated with apartheid, because a Libyan agent has been convicted of the crime and South African "connection" to the event is limited to one of the 7 alternate conspiracy theories. I don't think anyone readily associates it with the concept of "apartheid". --Deon Steyn 12:36, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Of course you don't agree. Suidafrikaan 13:08, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't understand your comment. I don't agree for the reason stated above, please assume good faith (WP:AGF). --Deon Steyn 06:50, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: TODO
Talk:Fistball

message: Is anyone able to add some WP:INDEPENDENT sources to this draft so that it can be accepted? ~Kvng (talk) 20:59, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Draft:2019 Men's Fistball World Championships]]
Talk:Kakori Shaikh

message: It seems a succinct and brief introduction to the work providing basis and explaining the current form of the online genealogical records of identified group of people.64.230.127.73 10:24, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  So succinct that it contains no information on where on earth these people come from.  There are no wiki-links to provide further information.  it doesn't explain why this information is notable or important. How does this research meet WP:notability?  That's the type of stuff that goes in an introduction Gillyweed 10:31, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  It does say that but way down in the text.  Are you familiar with WP?  If so, you will note that the best articles have a short one or two sentence introduction that provides the context for the article.  This article does not.  I need to read right through to glean an understanding of what it is about.  Perhaps you could add an introductory sentence that says who these people are, where they come from and why it is important.  Please note that I am not saying that WP shouldn't have this article.  It should, but it needs improving.  I would have a go at it myself but I don't know enough about it to do so.  May I also state that WP is written for everyone - not simply Muslims. WP is inclusionist and not exclusionist.  This information should be of interest to Jews, Christians, Atheists, Buddhists, Hindus and New Age Spriritualists.  I will put the context tag back until a good introductory sentence is provided.  I also believe that references are required too.  Gillyweed 22:38, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Mike D'Orso

message: Hello User:Mdorsonic. Thank you for explaining your edit with the summary:
I have reread that footnote, and I agree that it makes makes clear that "ghost-writer" is not your primary job, so I am okay with leaving the first sentence. However, the source still describes you as "The Happy Ghost," suggesting you do ghost-write books. Furthermore, I have looked up the term "co-author," and it seems to refer specifically to research texts. Thus I suggest that as a compromise we leave the first sentence as you have changed it but say ghost-wrote rather than co-authored when referring to specific books. I hope this is okay with you.
Finally, I suggest that you read Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide and publicly disclose your conflict of interest regarding this article on your user page at User:Mdorsonic. Thank you for clearly explaining your edit. GreyGreenWhy (talk) 14:51, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for your reasoned clarification. Much appreciated. Mdorsonic (talk) 16:48, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ghostwriter or Coauthor?
Wikipedia talk:Reference desk/Archives/Mathematics/April 2007

message: Additional mathematics project work 2007 form 5?
Ang, Bakar and Chandran are friends and they have just graduated from a local university. Ang works in a company with a starting pay of RM2000 per month. Bakar is a sales executive whose income depends solely on the commission he receives. He earns a commission of RM1000 for the first month and this commission increases by RM100 for each subsequent month. On the other hand, Chandran decides to go into business. He opens a cafe and makes a profit of RM100 in the first month. For the first year, his profit in each subsequent month is 50% more than of the previous month.
In the second year, Ang receives a 10% increment in his monthly pay. On the other hand, the profit made by Chandran is reduced by 10% for each subsequent month
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(a)how much does each of them receive at the end of the 1st year?(2 or more methods are required for this question)
(b)what is the percentage change in their total income for the 2nd year compared to the 1st year?comment on the answers. 
(c)Ang, Bakar and Chandran, each decided to open a fixed deposit account of RM10000 for 3 years without any withdrawal.
-Ang keeps the amount at an interest rate of 2.5% per annum for duration of 1 month renewable at the end of each month.
-Bakar keeps the amount at an interest rate 3% per annum for duration of 3 months renewable at the end of every 3 months.
-Chandran keeps the amount at an interest rate of 3.5% per annum for a duration of 6 months renewable at the end of every 6 months.
(i)Find the total amount each of them will receive after three years.
(ii)Compare and comment on the different in the interests received. If you were to invest RM10000 for the same period of time, which fixed deposit account would you prefer? Give your reasons. 
 2
(a)when Chandran's first child, Johan is born, Chandran invested RM300 for him at 8% compound interest per annum. He continues to invest RM300 on each of Johan's birthday, up to and including  his 18th birthday?
(b)If Chandran starts his investment with RM500 instead of RM300 at the same interest rate, calculate on which birthday will the total investment be more than RM25000 for the first time.
note: compound interest is interest earned during a period calculated on the basis of the original sum together with interest earned from the previous periods
can u give me the answer's..pls
:I'm sure someone can answer your question, however this is the talk page of an archive, not the actual reference desk, your question might be better suited for the Mathematics Desk itself--VectorPotentialTalk 11:43, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Chaonia

message: Re  by User:Epirjoti: Totally unrelated to whether the ancient Chaonians were Greeks or Illyrians, the Greek name is the relevant one here because it is this form through which the name has come down to us historically. We know it only through the ancient Greek sources. All modern languages, including Albanian, have borrowed their versions from there. The modern Albanian name Kaonia is most definitely not the original native name of those people, no matter what language they spoke, but simply a modern loan into Albanian from Greek.
Needless to say, even if those people spoke ancient Illyrian, ancient Illyrian is not the same as Albanian. It may – or may not – have been its ancestor, we don't know, that's basically just idle speculation. 
If you have a reliable source supporting the idea that the modern Albanian name is a closer representative of the original native name, come back here. Fut.Perf. ☼ 19:30, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ancient name?
Talk:WEDI

message: ----
i am writing an article on WEDI, pronounced wee-dee.  known only as WEDI.  acronym stands for workgroup for electronic data interchange.  it is a very important .org in washington which was responsbiel for HIPAA among other things.
I wish i could use a heading or title other than WEDI, but i cant since it is the name of the org.
so i will have to disambiguate this page in a few days.  
any suggestions, please let me know
josephbrophyjoe 02:19, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've now changed this page to a disambiguation page, and linked to a new article Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange.  Joe it sounds like you know a lot more about WEDI than I do, so please edit away on that one.  Thanks, Clicketyclack 13:55, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
File talk:NirvanaNevermindalbumcover.jpg

message: I´m not a native englisch speaker. What is the meaning of "then-three-month-old" ? Thirteen months old? 84.172.116.208 10:54, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Misc

message: I ul'ed a lower-resolution replacement and added the new template.  I think this image purging thing blows, but this appears to be the only thing to do to keep images in articles. Tarc 13:39, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: FYI, the image needs a separate fair use rationale written for each article in which it is used - see WP:NFCC#10c. Videmus Omnia 15:09, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: "The bureaucracy must expand to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy" indeed.  Its unlikely that there'd be time to bang out a dozen rationales in 48 hrs, so I would hope that since rationale is provided for at least one article that the solution will not be image deletion. Tarc 19:08, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the assumption is that the current rationale is for Nevermind and I don't see deleting it from that article. But the fair use in most of the other articles is unjustified or marginal, though I'd be willing to see rationales for their use before removing the image from those articles. Videmus Omnia 19:27, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Alright, I added more.  I took the liberty of combining a few rationales, as the rationale for why it should be in hard rock is literally no different from that in alternative rock.  So, check it out. Tarc 05:04, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  FYI
Talk:Tando Adam Khan

message: Arfan  (Founder of Mirpurkhas Itian's Foundation)
--Ranathegreat08 (talk) 14:58, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arfan 
Talk:1935–36 French Division 1

message: Why has Oskar Rohr been denoted "Nazi Germany" (see "Topscorers")? He was born in 1912 and left Germany in 1933. The flag icon should be replaced. SpVggLieth (talk) 11:21, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Oskar Rohr]]
Talk:Barmston and Fraisthorpe

message: As far as I can see the civil parish is named Barmston not Barmston and Fraisthorpe.  Can anyone provide evidence of a change of name?
Skinsmoke (talk) 02:10, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: See East Riding of Yorkshire County Council web site & title on area profile. Keith D (talk) 20:48, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name
Talk:Victualling Commissioners

message: Many firms claim to make Navy Rum, but my understanding is that each of the main UK Victualling Yards (i.e.  the four home dockyards) produced their own rum and apart from some rough standardisation of proof ( i.e did the gunpowder explode or not) there was no standardised recipie. Each Yard produced something slightly different, so that the modern claims of "navy rum" are an bit suspect without reference to a particular Victualling Yard.
At there any old D of V hands out there who know the truth of the matter? 7 Unfortunately I worked in D.G.Ships in the mid 60s so I never had much contact with D of S.
In the end, it probably doesn't matter. As long as you like it, the name is irrelevant. 57.128.147.253 (talk) 15:36, 21 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Authenticity of Navy Rum
Talk:Battle of the Nive

message: "Actually, despite their French citizenship, the inhabitants south and east of Bayonne were Basque people for the most part, often unable to speak and/or understand French as it had been the case before crossing the River Bidasoa."
The last part of this sentence does not make sense. I will remove it unless anyone has a better proposed revision.  Gog the Mild (talk) 22:35, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Done.  Gog the Mild (talk) 18:12, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Basques
Talk:Z function

message: Z times Ω does not tend to 0, this is true; but it does not imply that  is increasing, and that meaning of the symbol Ω is nonstandard. --Yecril (talk) 08:23, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Quite: usually, an Ω theorem is the negation of the corresponding little-o form -as you say! Also, a product is not involved - it's a quotient of the absolute values - usually! Hair Commodore (talk) 17:24, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  What &Omega; means
Talk:Borozdinovskaya operation

message: http://www.kavkaz-uzel.ru/newstext/news/id/814525.html - PietervHuis (talk) 02:23, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Old talk
Talk:Unenumerated rights

message: This was removed;
"Unenumerated rights" can be thought of as an inverse second stage to a positive/natural law dichotomy reflecting the scope of positive law's presented rationale. Rather than positive laws arising unhindered from an original clean-slate 'natural law' ideal; natural laws, recolored as they are by an environment made relative to an existing positive law structure, come to be regarded as implied by that positive law as additionally true. In other words: instead of positive law filling an undefined condition to approximate natural law, unenumerated rights are natural law flowing from the defined condition of positive law in the image of such law.
Nagelfar 11:39, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: §  Please consider adding the following NEW paragraph at the end of the current “In the United States” section with link to the Michigan Press page for Anthony’s book and his article on due process and state constitutions:
State constitutions have also been interpreted to protect unenumerated rights. Sometimes this has been done via provisions with similar language to the Ninth Amendment (often called Baby Ninth Amendments) and sometimes with provisions with similar language to the Fifth Amendment’s and Fourteenth Amendment’s due process of law clauses. Unenumerated rights that state courts have found to be protected by these types of provisions are as varied, if not more varied, as those that federal courts have found, including the right to earn a living, the right to establish a home, and the right to refuse medical treatment. Lyrical42 (talk) 15:07, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggested new paragraph at end of the current "In the United States" section
Talk:Antique vehicle registration

message: Can I reregister as vintage or antique as it is not a daily driver ?? 2601:645:C002:A110:E9EA:7CEE:FF3:3444 (talk) 00:01, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: You'd be better off taking this up with the DMV where you live, and even then, I'm sure they'll need more specifics. Doctor Whom (talk) 15:26, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vintage antique vehicle registration I’ve been paying new car rates but rarely drive it it’s been in the shop for over 6 month ( vandalism ) so why or when did we have to REGISTER And RELICENSE every year ? What is the cost to go antique or vintage ?
Talk:List of country codes on British diplomatic vehicle registration plates

message: A discussion has been started at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Countries/Lists of countries which could affect the inclusion criteria and title of this and other lists of countries.  Editors are invited to participate. Pfainuk talk 12:06, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: New Discussion

message: In the text, it says that X is "allocated to vehicles outside London and for international organisations". In the photo of an X-reg plate [145 X 106], the caption says X is allocated to non-diplomatic embassy staff. Which is it?
Redpaul1 (talk) 07:34, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: 'X'
Talk:Vehicle registration plates of Croatia

message: From a few years back, the dealer's test plates are no longer made of paper but are stickers that are attached to the plate holder. Correcting it in the article. 141.136.142.210 (talk) 09:46, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dealer's test plates 

message: Is there timeline to introduce standard EU stripe licence plates? Inkogn (talk) 12:45, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I am also wondering this. If there is someone please add a ref-- Infestor  T•C</small> 10:32, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

text: Večernji list published an article about it less than a week ago -  - the Ministry of the Interior (Croatia) hasn't made that decision yet. --Joy [shallot] (talk) 11:08, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  EU Stripe
Talk:Vehicle registration plates of Denmark

message: The image from Wikimedia commons that supposedly illustrates the new design looks manipulated. (Note the slight change of background color between the letters and numbers parts of the plate.) Can anyone provide a proper source for the fact that the EU design has been officially introduced as of 2008? Hqb (talk) 21:32, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This summer I have been in Denmark and once have seen such a new plate with EU sign. As I understood it is still very rare because people are not obliged to change their old plates to the new. And the fact that it was introduced this years tells us that not so much time passed for it to be popular. --Dima1 (talk) 22:43, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  To the best of my knowledge, it is not yet possible to get the new plates even if you want to, and I have yet to see one on the streets. Apparently they will only be introduced in connection with a major revision of the vehicle registration system, which has been delayed to the fall of 2009, according to this page (Danish only, sorry) from the EU Information Centre. Hqb (talk) 09:56, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

text: sorry guys but i am gonna remove this future europlate design. i have been living in denmark for 3½ years and never seen such kind. and i also think that the image is not authentic. if you disagree with me we can make a poll--Infestor (talk) 19:09, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: EU plate?

message: Is there a typo for the serial ranges of "Trailers and semi-trailers" and "Small mopeds"? The number values overlap and there's a gap between 3000 and 5499 inclusive.
See http://nrpl.dk/numbers-1966.php
62.255.46.193 (talk) 14:18, 17 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Numbering Serial Ranges