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Talk:Bob McKeown

message: McKeown is most famous in the USA for the controversial confrontation he had with Ann Coulter on the 5th Estate.
I feel the following paragraph provides valuable information in explaining how McKeown is currently perceived in America.
In January 2005 McKeown was embroiled in controversy over an interview with American conservative polemicist Ann Coulter shown on CBC's The Fifth Estate. Coulter had argued that Canada's non-participation in the 2003 invasion of Iraq demonstrated that Canada's "loyal friendship" with the United States was weaker than in the past. She attempted to contrast the situation with the Vietnam War, stating, "Canada used to be one of our most loyal friends and vice-versa. I mean Canada sent troops to Vietnam - was Vietnam less containable and more of a threat than Saddam Hussein?"
McKeown countered, "No, actually, Canada didn't send troops to Vietnam." Coulter asked if it was perhaps IndoChina where Canadian troops were sent and again McKeown rebuffed her. Neither Coulter or McKeown gave any ground in their assertions.
However, a Time Magazine article dated April 25, 2005, confirmed that "Canada did send noncombat troops to Indochina in the 1950s and again to Vietnam in 1972."
Big Daddy 16:47, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Scare Quotes are not acceptable for an "encyclopedia." Hipocrite - «Talk» 18:19, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Scare Quotes 

message: For those interested, an RfC has been filed against User:BigDaddy777 at Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/BigDaddy777. Your comments would be appreciated. -- 69.121.133.154 06:49, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/BigDaddy777]] 

message: Something should be said about how Coulter, though given the opportunity then and there, did not mention those facts.  It is obvious to anyone who saw it that she did not know.  It would also be incorrect to assume that McKeown didn't know them, as it was clear that they were talking about the Canadian government officially sending troops.  They didn't.  70.53.108.105 (talk) 20:30, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coulter 
Talk:Soviet Student Olympiads

message: Yuri Matiyasevich won in 1964, not 1965 according to his online CV . Pretzelpaws 16:50, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable winners 

message: "This round's contests on different subjects were conducted on the same day, so a student could compete only in one subject." — Really? Definitely not in Leningrad 1965; I have two diplomas, in math and physics, of that year. Boris Tsirelson (talk) 10:13, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  City round 

message: The article would benefit from a timeline, listing the Olympiads by year. When was the first Olympiad? The last?  Which Olympiads stand out for remarkable events or accomplisments? etc.
Karl gregory jones (talk) 18:00, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Timeline of Olympiads
Template talk:Assassination of John F. Kennedy

message: I've reverted to the old version of the template because the new version is way too large.  While some of the added links could arguably be included, we don't need two lines for each link, and some of these (James Tague, for example) are not significant enough for inclusion. Gamaliel 16:55, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I just added Jack Ruby -- I think he is significant enough to be included in the template. – ukexpat (talk) 15:33, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Jack Ruby

message: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy portal was recently deleted. I've removed the red link from the template. BlackcurrantTea (talk) 12:18, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Link to deleted portal removed
Talk:Anchor, Shropshire

message: I removed the pub-stub and cat as it is basically about a village (which happens to have a pub of the same name). I think that if there is enough to write an article about the pub itself it is best to put it into a seperate article - an entry should not if at all possible be about two different things, however simialr the names. I know there are many cases when this is done (eg Guinness is about the company and the drink for example) but it is best to avoid these. Justinc 16:59, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Why make things complicated? Just leave it as it is - the village and the pub are both called Anchor and unusually in this case it's the village that is named after the pub. If you've ever been to Anchor you will realise that the pub is the oldest part of the village and the small number of other buildings there (it's really quite small) have grown around it. I suggest we leave it as one article, with two sections - one for the settlement and one for the pub. Makes it easier and groups together two closely related things. David 18:10, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  ok, with headings like that it looks better. I'll shut up now. It sounds like a nice place... Justinc 18:57, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Pub cat

message: Having just visited the pub, I would like to point out that it most certainly is notable. Probably not in any way that would be recognised by Wikipedia, but for aficionados of British pubs it is well worth seeking out. Open evenings only.
By the way, is there any authority for it once being named the Mermaid's Rest? It seems most unlikely and the current landlord made no mention of it, although he was uncertain which if any of a number of possible origins for the name of Anchor is correct. There seems no doubt that the pub gave the hamlet its name.  Zipperdeedoodah (talk) 20:39, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm certain I read it somewhere (in a book, not online) but can't remember exactly where now. It could be that the pub was called the Mermaid's Rest and had an anchor as its pub sign - quite often with pubs, the pub sign becomes the name of the pub, giving a pub a different name! And for certain the place is named after the pub and not the other way round. Anyway, glad you enjoyed Anchor! David (talk) 17:28, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  The pub
Talk:Aunt Esther

message: Google searches for Fierstein, Aunt Esther, Independence Day, and combinations of those three, and imdb do not support current content of this page at all.  Even if they did, Harvey's Aunt Esther would not be notable.  A/O/T marking this for deletion I'm simply redirecting it towards the Aunt Esther with the most Google hits, the Aunt Esther in Sanford and Son.  --Lockley 17:03, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
Talk:Poplarville, Mississippi

message: Poplarville Soccer Club is a Youth Soccer organization with membership in the Mississippi Soccer Association. We have age groups from 4 - 18 years of age. Our home games are played at the Pearl River Community College. For more information visit our website www.poplarvillesoccer.org or call 601-795-3375. Our season runs from September-June.--4.167.82.118 (talk) 18:34, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Youth Sports Activities 

message: I read a reference to Poplarville elsewhere and came to Wikipedia to learn more. I was confused because there wasn't any mention of anything special in this article. With some digging I found the 1959 lynching of Parker, which may be the most famous event in Poplarville history. Yet, references to it keep getting deleted: 12 July 2006,9 December 2006,17 October 2016, 17 October 2016, 19 October 2016, 20 December 2017. After that last deletion in 2017 it wasn't restored until I retrieved it from the history.  Hopefully the content will be stable in the future. I'm leaving this note so that future editors will be aware of the issue. Mobi Ditch (talk) 21:18, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lynching of Charles Mack Parker
Talk:Workbench

message: Spruce is not a hardwood, should this line be changed to something like "Woodworking benches are normally made from hardwoods such as poplar, or softwoods such as spruce"
what are database workbenches on the internet?
why are such interactive and dynamic databases called "workbench"?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.52.146.70 (talk) 09:58, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Schiavo memo

message: Trim this, paste in Government involvement... article and leave as redirect. Brief notability that has already passed. Marskell 17:29, 6 September 2005 
(UTC)
:It deserves its own article because of its significance apart from the Schiavo case, and how it reveals how the Senate works.  There's virtually no overlap in the people involved in the Schiavo memo and the larger Schiavo case. patsw 00:40, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree.  Don't merge.  129.170.119.14 01:06, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

text: I agree as well.  I oppose the merge, for the reasons listed above.  --Chancemichaels 22:01, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Much ado about nothing 

message: I propose to merge this into Terri Schiavo case. It's been 16 years since the ordeal and I do not believe this has sustained coverage to maintain as a separate article. – The Grid (talk)  15:08, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Klbrain (talk) 08:23, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal
Talk:Traveller

message: Removed from page:
* Traveller, a writer of bondage and fetish stories. Usually uses m/f- f/f, bdsm, s&m and nylon/ foot fetish themes. Influences include; John Willie, Ruiz, Franco Saudelli, Irving Klaw, House of Gord, Cocheta and Timid. The works of bondage models; Bettie Page, Koko Li, Paige White, Chanta Rose, Jenny Lee and Talia Monet are said to be inspirations.
I've never heard of them. Cite, and reasons for notability, please? -- Karada 18:03, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

message: Some-one looking for the horse named Traveller (sic) is not helped here.  Only if the person thinks to write the name followed by "(horse)" will s/he find Lee's famed equid unless s/he scrolls way down past 'all' the "travelers" (sic).  Can't we fix this?Kdammers (talk) 12:49, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bad re-direct
Talk:Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!

message: I beleive this video has sold in excess of 500,000 copies now, I think that has been well documented in the past I'm trying to find some official evidence to write it up here on Wiki.
:According to the RIAA's searchable Gold and Platinum Database, the video was certified platinum (1 million copies) in 1995. --jh51681 21:10, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Okay, according to a few people on YouTube (not reliable, but thats why I'm discussing it here), the video of Love Buzz has a part after Kurt attacks a camera man where Dave sings "Macho Macho Man! I wanna be a macho man!". Apparently it was edited out for copyright reasons. The only problem is, that video is labeled as the performace on November 25, 1991 in Amsterdam, Holland. This article says the performance is on October 19, 1991 in Dallas, Texas. Any idea where the mistake is? -- Reaper  X 17:59, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a goof here.  The version of "Love Buzz" on LTSO starts with the Dallas performance through Kurt bashing the bouncer, then finishes with part of the Amsterdam performance.  So it should have listed both locations. -- ChrisB 19:09, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

text: Is there a source that says that?  I'm not entirely comfortable including that if we're simply assuming that it's the reason - it may have been for other reasons (ie, not wanting to include two "incidents" in the same song). -- ChrisB 19:57, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: LiveNirvana.com has a page about it at . --jh51681 05:48, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Love Buzz

message: this article needs a namechange. it's not just "Live! Tonight! Sold out!!" it's "Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold out!!". i don't know if i can change the name, i'm pretty sure an admin would have to  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobbydvorak (talk • contribs) 22:27, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Headline text
Talk:Port Hacking, New South Wales

message: This article takes the view it is a suburb. However most of the links to this article, especially those that redirect via Port Hacking, are clearly written on the assumption that they are linking to an article on Port Hacking as a water feature. -- Chris j wood 18:11, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: On reflection, I have resolved this by turning Port Hacking into an article about the estuary, and retaining Port Hacking, New South Wales as an article about the suburb. With cross-links, of course. -- Chris j wood 19:23, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is Port Hacking a suburb, or a stretch of water?
Talk:Uniformization (set theory)

message: This article could really use a picture like the one on page 33 of Moschovakis (1980).  Anyone who's good at that sort of thing, please don't stand on ceremony. --Trovatore 18:19, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Request has been fulfilled; removing template. --Trovatore 01:49, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: need picture

message: So the note about uniformizations of relations in L(R) is really awkward at the moment. Maybe it should be a footnote? Just throwing it into the first sentence in the bullet above it, it seems to me, makes the thing kind of hard to follow. Not going to deal with it tonight. --Trovatore 05:21, 28 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: need rewording

message: "It follows from ZFC alone that \boldsymbol{\Pi}^1_1 and \boldsymbol{\Sigma}^1_2 have the uniformization property."
ZFC contains the axiom of choice, from which follows uniformization property for every set! 88.179.136.104 (talk) 08:13, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  ZF or ZFC ?
Talk:Persian

message: I did some simple corrections to solve the problem in the old Persia which was a completely incorrect disambig page and had been  caused about 858 articles to point to a wrong location.
1. Persia now have its own disambig page
2. And Persian its own disambig.
3. The item Perspolis had nothing to do in any of disambig pages above.
4. This way, I removed Redirection from Persian to Persia and made each page individual.
Note that the term Persia in 99% of places refers to ancient name of Iran and I think I could sacrifice those references in articles of city names in U.S. like Persia, Iowa and Persia, New York and Persia, California, in order to correct the other 99% of articles.
User:Sepand
:I definitely agree that, when referring to a place, 'Persia' almost always means 'Iran'.  However, it does not always refer to a place.  People often link to "Persian music" and such. --Smack (talk) 04:31, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: New Correction

message: Exhibiting "Persian" (adjective) is a psychological and physiological state characterized by cognitive, emotional, and behavioral components. These components combine to create an unpleasant feeling that is typically associated with uneasiness, fear, anxiety, sadness, panic, or worry. (ie. I have Persian.)
Persian is a mood condition that occurs without an identifiable triggering stimulus. It occurs commonly when an individual is going through major life changes or dilemmas. Often, the individual is ponders the issue(s) at hand over and over and works himself into an emotional disaster. Common side effects of Persian include sudden inflamed skin (Acne), weight loss, loss of appetite, antisocial behavior and general discomfort with the quality of life.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mandana07 (talk • contribs) 23:34, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Persian" as a state of a mental and emotional condition 

message: Там ведь впритык к заливу. Не то што руку протянуть - а каак дал пинка! .. 
Был залив - и нет залива. Есть засып. 
Потом пойти. Дороги, водоканалы, оазисы там всякие, полуостров "Гималаями" застроили и далее через непустыню к берегам другого водоканала ов. 
Греция и Турция и как-бы острова которые когда-то были. И Сардиния .. 
Каспий выйдет за берега и дойдёт до Чёрного моря. Нам с этой стороны нужны камни по обе стороны от Уральского хребта. В болотах и в степях, в Поволжье, в Запорожье, до и в Белорусии. Потом выше до финов. 
Для Польши есть в Карпатах.
В Австралию можно отвозить со стороны Индокитая. Я написал о паромах на воздушной подушке. Если возить не торопясь - тогда транспортные траты практически исчезнут. При тех же тратах "ГСМ" можно перевезти 10-о больше. Время пока есть. 
Если даже на наших широтах в январе Зимы будут с +-вой температурой Солнца-то один чёрт не поднимешь. Будет также за и под горизонтом шастать как дура старая в сундуке с молями и нафталином .. 
Кароче один чёрт кошмар и ужас тупо как !! 
176.59.194.89 (talk) 23:10, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Если Иранские Гималаи не идут в Аравийские пустыни ..
Talk:Mississippi embayment

message: I'm tempted to remove the "too technical" tag added by a confused anonymous reader.  Technical, yes. "Too" technical?  I don't think so.  <joke> If you disagree, maybe you should stick to something more your speed. </joke>  Seriously, let's discuss it here.   --  Kbh3rd 05:42, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Phrases like "Cretaceous to recent sediments" are most likely useful shorthand for those who have experience reading geology textbooks, but geological terminology is an impediment to those who don't have that experience, who just stumble here because this is a general encyclopedia.  As the template says, technical terminology does not need to be removed, but explaining either there, or in a later paragraph, "river sediments dropped over the last 146 million years" instantly makes the article accessible to a vastly wider audience.  Other phrases that are somewhat tough to get through are "anomalous break in regional geologic structure", "tectonic basin", "failed continental rift", and "partially re-activated", particularly because there are no links for someone to read more to understand those topics if they wanted to. --67.163.7.156 16:34, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too technical? 

message: The title is "Mississippi embayment", but it is described in the article as the "Mississippi Embayment". Is one of them incorrect? Chris the Paleontologist (talk • contribs) 23:16, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia likes for article titles to start with upper case and continue in lower case unless the title is also a proper name.  In this case, I'm inclined to think that "Mississippi Embayment" is the better choice.  Let's let the discussion continue.  If no one has a major objection, we can move the article to a new title ("Mississippi Embayment") and let the present title become a redirect page. (If we do that, only an administrator can move it back.) Cheers!  -- Cuppysfriend (talk) 23:28, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title 

message: Section: Formation of the embayment - Second Para: "As Pangaea began to break up about 95 million years ago..."
The 95 MY value cited disagrees with other references such as Encyclopedia Britannica/Pangaea (200 Mya) and the UK Geological Society by Dr Ted Nield (Editor, Geoscientist) who states the breakup starting at 250 Mya.  
So 95 Mya seems far too young.  Comments? Astrophysicalchemist (talk) 01:21, 14 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed, the commonly accepted timeframe is around 200 mya - even the Wiki article on Pangaea says as much. Perhaps it's a typo and was meant to read "195 million years ago"? Either way, I support changing it. Markthomasvia (talk) 17:33, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pangaea breakup
Template talk:UK officer ranks

message: Should we put this in the template (perhaps with a 'not an actual rank' footnote), partly to fill the gap and partly to dissuade people from editing the template and adding the rank in, as I nearly did before doing a little research. It doesn't exactly help that the Royal Navy has a page  showing Field Marshal as one of the ranks of the Royal Marines. -Scott Wilson 18:24, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Captain General Royal Marines?

message: Almost without exception, the RAF abbreviate Officer Cadet to OC.  There is also an equivalent rank for graduates, Student Officer (abbreviated as SO).  I propose that the Student Officer entry be amended to OC - SO. 88.105.139.27 00:25, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: RAF Officer Cadets

message: Instead of thinking about adding Captain General to the template should'nt we think about this rank Commandant General Royal Marines as it doesnt seem to be ceremonial but acording to the article "professional head of the Royal Marines" and is "responsible for advising the First Sea Lord" but i dont fully understand it as it seems that its more a title and responsability --Climax-Void  Chat or My Contributions 
:As you say, Commandant-General isn't a rank, but a title. The CG holds the rank of Major-General (formerly Lieutenant-General), so can be outranked by RM officers holding more senior appointments in the MoD. Captain-General, on the other hand, is effectively a rank, although only an honorary one. -- Necrothesp 20:28, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Commandant General Royal Marines

message: Having been a Mid RN myself, I had never heard of OF(D) until looking on wikipedia. Midshipmen have been commissioned since 2007/08 on passing fleet board/ passing out of Dartmouth. Midshipman IS an OF1 rank and due to the above change in commission status is no longer junior to 2Lt or Pilot Officer.  --Noofworm (talk) 00:38, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Midshipman should be OF1 not OF(D)
Talk:SS Noronic

message: Regarding Jagvar's spelling reverts on 4 September, 2005, I believe that the changes I made were correct according to Wikipedia policies outlined in Wikipedia:Manual of Style (spelling) and National varities of English based upon the location of the construction of the ship (Port Arthur) and the fire (Toronto).  --Grmagne 18:33, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry if there was any confusion. I reverted those edits before because I was using the Oxford English Dictionary as a guide. However, since your changes are in accordance with the Wikipedia manual of style, I will not dispute them. Thanks for checking on that. Jagvar 00:00, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spelling 

message: If anyone can get access to the book Great Lakes passenger ship disasters, by Wayne Louis Kadar, on page 78 it most likely contains the information needed to remove the Citation Needed tag about Cyril Cole.  I cannot get more than a snippet, so I cannot say for certain. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 21:13, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Source I can't access 

message: Here's some decent sources I have not yet found a place for:
*Toronto Star
* Darkest Hours, by Jay Robert Nash
Howicus (Did I mess up?) 22:00, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources I haven't used (yet) 

message: The article currently says the fire on the Hamonic had one fatality.  My sources say no casualties.  Geo Swan (talk) 16:31, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Hamonic fatalities...

message: more citations needed tagged since 2012 -- article has 19 cites, seems reasonable off hand -- is it possible we could flag the specific items we are worried about, and remove the flag on the entire article?Feldercarb (talk) 22:31, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can we remove More Citations Needed? 

message: The history of the SS Noronic seems to be marked by its connection to a series of disasters.W W (talk) 07:38, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: A Series of Disasters