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Talk:James Harvey Logan

message: Survived VfD Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/James Harvey Logan. Mikkalai 21:35, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Viktor Vasnetsov

message: I do not find the image of Vasnetsov's "The Four Horsemen" anywhere in this article, yet it is worthy of inclusion. It is already uploaded into Wikipedia on the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse article. If someone could add it, it would be nice. 65.248.164.214 (talk) 17:16, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Four Horsemen Inclusion

message: ; 1884-1885 - Creates fresco in the Vladimir Temple in Kiev
: Does anyone know anything about this temple, or the fresco?
-- Sy / (talk)
Yes, I copied the text from three separate sources.  I did some cleanup, but someone with some creativity could do better I'm sure, so I put the copyedit notice there. -- Sy / (talk) 21:42, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Fresco in Vladamir Temple

message: Biography says he (as well as Apollinary V.) was buried at Vvedenskoye Cemetery in Moscow. Ditto the grave register of that cemetery. After all, he died in Moscow, not St.Pete. Then why does the article state Tikhvinskoye Cemetery (SPB) ? I suspect the pictured cross is not his grave, but his design. Pls clarify NVO 04:14, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Buried - where?

message: i find the writing in the 'childhood' section confusing. 'two of his sons'; whose sons? the subject's sons? his grandfather's sons? (the previous sentence is about the grandfather.) if it's the subject's sons, what is it doing in the paragraph about HIS childhhod? most people do not have kids during their own childhood. clarification is in order.Toyokuni3 (talk) 13:49, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Confusing

message: This can be seen from the blessing with left hand and the inverted emblem on the shield.--Reciprocist (talk) 19:37, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  The fresco is inverted left-right
Talk:Jim Sinclair (activist)

message: survived vfd at Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Jim Sinclair. Mikkalai 21:44, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: AfD

message: Is Jim Sinclair Canadian? -207.97.161.50 (talk) 10:30, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Canadian?
Talk:Geographic information system/to do

message: * Remove Climate Change subsection from the Developments in GIS section. It is an example of a use of GIS technology, not a development in the technology.
* Reference a good paper discussing the object/field abstraction in the Data representation section.
* Combine the Projections, coordinate systems and registration section with the Relating information from different sources section.
* history section - Tighten up discussion of CGIS (create a separate page for it?)
* history section - Add discussion of DIME format (first well known use of topologic data structure)
* history section - Add discussion of the US universities (Harvard Laboratory for Computer Graphics) that contributed to early GIS research (they went on to form ESRI and GRASS)
[ smervin 3/07 added sentence about Harvard Lab (LCGSA) to the History section. Also started separate wiki page about LCGSA but got 'speedily deleted' by zealous Wiki Admin who claimed "no assertion of notability"]
* history section - Add contributions of SFU to early GIS research (TIN format)
* Decide what to do about the GIS software section
* Decide on an overall focus for this article and how it relates to other fields used by GIS (GI Science, geoimformatics, etc)
* Needs to be information regarding the creation of data, specifically the different interpolation methods
* Make this page plain language that wider community can understand
* Raster section - this is very weak in its description of raster data.
* Desperately needs a discussion of uncertainty in data measurement and analysis. This is probably the top item of importance and least intuitive for a newcomer to understand.
* Review the use of data as a plural noun in this article. Though I acknowledge the traditional use of it as the plural of the Latin datum--and am not quick to abandon tradition--I find it awkward and distracting here. I believe the majority of modern English users treat data as a noun of quantity these days (like water, air, information)--see the usage note in its AHD entry here.-Eric talk 15:42, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
Talk:A Bug's Life

message: Sorry If I edited this page too many times before, But I was just trying to make it more interesting, that is all, But anyway, if you had to guess, what kind of ants are Flik, Atta, Dot, The Queen and the Other Ants? what kind of ladybug is Francis, and what kind of caterpillar is Heimlich, Because I see that Hopper and his grasshopper gang are Carolina Grasshoppers. that Rosie is a Black Widow Spider, and that Gypsy is obviously a Gypsy Moth. 206.219.77.122 (talk) 18:27, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  What species of ants are the ants from A Bugs Life anyway? and the others too?
Talk:Destination restaurant

message: Totally bizarre list of "destination restaurants" eh. --Wetman 22:23, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)

message: This article was based upon a subjective definition of a "destination restaurant" and was used more for marketing restaurant links than for encyclopedic information.  After removing the subjective and marketing material, all that's left is a now-sourced definition, which does not need a separate article.  Therefore, I am merging this article with "Types of Restaurants." OccamzRazor (talk) 22:08, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge
Talk:Postal service

message: Is there an entry for Postal Service the indie band? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Zephyrprince (talk • contribs) .
:Yes, at The Postal Service. jareha (comments) 22:20, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: The Postal Service

message: Why is only USPS mentioned here?  All countries' postal companies would be different kinds of postal services, so either all or none should be mentioned.  Or maybe only postal services containing the expression "postal service" are mentioned?  In that case at least the Swedish one should be added: on some papers you get from the post, it refers to itself as "Services de poste Suède". (Stefan2 18:50, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: USPS
Talk:Datagram Transport Layer Security

message: I've added a ref improve tag to the "Libraries" section because the specific claims about library support are not supported by references in column headers. -- Mikeblas (talk) 20:56, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Library support
Talk:Mark Naimark

message: survived vfd at Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Mark Naimark Mikkalai 22:39, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: It would be great if someone could find an appropriate photo for Mark Naimark and add it to the Infobox-Mathematician template!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bwr6 (talk • contribs) 09:32, 31 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can someone find a photo?
Talk:Beep (sound)

message: Meep is currently up for AfD. Meep was previously merged with Beep, but after Beep was moved to Beep (sound) and Beep became a disambiguation page, an anon thought the redirect from Meep to the disambiguation page was page vandalism, and reverted it. Anyways, if you want to vote in the AfD, your input would be appreciated. Armedblowfish (talk|contribs) 21:14, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Meep|Meep AfD]] 

message: Is Wikipedia really served well by having a list of references to the word "meep" in popular culture?  Does anybody, well... care that much?  ekedolphin 09:11, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Meep in popular culture?

message: Error in text 'As a noun, the practice of "beeping" in sub-Saharan Africa' -- that sentence (and indeed the entire paragraph) describes its use as a verb, not as a noun. 2600:8805:B000:890:3127:8A38:A0D9:9A54 (talk) 12:28, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Error under sub-heading "Call back request" - verb, not noun
Talk:Pleiades (Greek mythology)

message: I think there'd be little objection to the following moves:
*The "In Folklore" section of Pleiades (star cluster) should be at Pleiades (mythology), with a synopsis of this page with a "Main article..." heading added to the text.
*This page should be Pleiades (Greek mythology) retaining its relevant hatnotes.
*Pleiades (star cluster) should have a brief "Folklore" synopsis pointing to the two mythology pages.
I don't know how to make the changes without snafu of the various page histories.
What are your thoughts, folks? --Wetman 23:31, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Pages to be renamed

message: In the mythology section it says
"In the Pleiades star cluster only six of the stars shine brightly, the seventh, Merope, shines dully because she is shamed for eternity for having an affair with a mortal." 
but Merope is the forth brightest "sister" star in the cluster, refer Pleiades_(star_cluster)#Brightest_stars_in_Pleiades  
Because of connectivity, I removed the entire paragraph. I placed it below for easy reference. Someone knowledgeable needs to look into this.Dave3457 (talk) 19:02, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: In the Pleiades star cluster only six of the stars shine brightly, the seventh, Merope, shines dully because she is shamed for eternity for having an affair with a mortal. Some myths also say that the star that doesn't shine is Electra; she is said to have left her place so that she will not have to look down upon the ruin of Troy, because the city was founded by her son Dardanus.Bulfinch, Thomas Bulfinch's Mythology Barnes and Noble, 2006, pp. 194-195.
There's a lot more to this. In ancient times, Merope was a lot brighter than it is now. It is a very long term variable star, that has faded. This is consistent with a Greek legend that she got sick. I don't have this reference any more, but it is in the famous (if now very dated) Burham's Celestial Handbook.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:E414:3A01:7C7C:5DD7:8D20:72D1 (talk) 08:39, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merope not the dimmest sister star
Talk:Marian Petre Miluț

message: I was assigned to improve this bio at random, and I can find little online about this person besides echoes of the Wikipedia article. The information does not appear contentious, but it is troubling that there is almost nothing on the web (in English, at least) or the CIA World Fact Book. I checked Google, Bing. Found an entry on ZoomInfo.com crediting Intellius.comAdallas (talk) 21:22, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources are hard to find
Talk:Nick Patrick (referee)

message: Can you really say he's been released?  It hasn't been announced on WWE.com.  I know it's not exactly like a referee is as high-profile as in-ring talent, but you'd figure he'd be listed along with all the other guys who were supposedly released today and haven't been announced as such.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by BrettxPW (talk • contribs) 21:05, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Release 

message: He was in a Tag Match, Teaming With The Dudley Boys facing The Rock, Chris Jericho and referee Mike Chioda
Referee Earl Hebner throws Patrick back in the ring while he's trying to run away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM9geLQ9lpE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-egDoEEWim8 
KingRaven (>$.$)> (talk) 09:21, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tag Match
Talk:Cessnock, New South Wales

message: *I assume it was named after Cessnock, Glasgow.  Can anyone confirm?
*: I have an answer - "Cessnock was named by Scottish settler John Campbell, after his grandfather's baronial Cessnock Castle in Ayrshire to reflect the aristocratic heritage and ambitions for this estate..  I'll add it to the article.  --  JackofOz (talk) 07:31, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Origin of name
Talk:Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua

message: You made a comment that the SDL is almost never called the Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua by the local media, and that the article should accordingly be renamed.  I don't know whether to agree or disagree.  My sentiments lean towards using national names of political parties whenever possible.  A consensus was established, however, long before I joined Wikipedia, that all political parties should be labeled by their English names, if such exist, or by a translation, if not.  (User:Adam Carr (and others) have argued, plausibly, that as this is an English-language encyclopedia, party names should be in English, and I don't feel strongly enough the other way to argue the case.
:let me quote from List of political parties in Fiji
:The general rule on naming applies. That means: the parties are named in the English translation and the original native name is placed on the first line of the article unless the native form is more commonly used in English than the English form.
:"Read any english language newspaper or listen to english language radio in Fiji, and you will never see or hear the words "United Fiji Party".  According the rule quoted above "the native form is more commonly used in English than the English form" then the page should be renamed.
:we don't call Sinn Fein "Ourselves Alone", nor do we call Fianna Fail "Soldiers of Destiny", so i think the choice is obvious - I could go on (indian BJP, indonesian Golkar) but i think i won't
--Xorkl000 15:09, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: But what about outside of Fiji?  This is an international encyclopedia, not a Fijian one.  OUTSIDE of Fiji, the term "United Fiji Party" is used generally, with the Fijian name in parenthesis, in most international newspapers and magazines. David Cannon 23:04, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  i live in fiji and most of what i read is in the english language, so I'm basing this purely on my own experience.  I think the way to settle this would be google, yahoo, msn, search on both terms, and remove the fiji based sites and compare numbers.  Shall we carry out these experiment independently? --Xorkl000 12:02, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

text: Wikipedia here is following the general practice of using English names for political parties in non-English speaking countries (e.g. Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, etc.).  This policy was in place long before I came to wikipedia.  Personally, I'm more than willing to switch to the official Fijian names, but that would have to be done consistently.  I'll have a look at some of the other countries and see whether there is any precedent to follow. David Cannon 03:55, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: United Fiji Party vs Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua
Talk:Foolscap folio

message: Just looking at the sizes stated, given that 1 inch = 25.4 mm, wouldn't the following be more accurate (to the nearest millimetre)?
8½ × 13½ inches (216 × 342 mm) -> 216 × 343 mm
17 x 13½ inches (432 × 342 mm) -> 432 × 343 mm
Given 25.4 mm/inch × 13.5 inches = 342.9 mm (which rounds to 343 mm, not 342 mm)
I'll change it and let you pick over all 0.1 mm of it :) Mattabat 07:51, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Since these are defined values why not give exact conversions? JIMp talk·cont 03:46, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Size in metric

message: Can someone expand on the assertion: "Recently it has met more widespread use in some circles in the United States". Which circles? When? --Theo  (Talk) 00:28, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: More widespread use in USA

message: Should we mention that it is a common size for ring binders/lever arch files containing A4 paper, because it offers greater protection to the edge of the pages than an A4 binder? Thryduulf 08:29, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, we should, so I have! Be bold in updating pages --Theo  (Talk) 10:37, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

text: How is it better? That is in no way clear...Empaler 02:04, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: ring binders

message: There has been some confusion somewhere.  The paper size that we Brazilians variously name "Folio" or "Oficio II" is 8 1/2 x 13 inches, not 8 1/2 x 13 1/2. Luis Dantas 22:54, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Seeing as it is a different size and also not referred to as "Foolscap", I think the Brazilian Oficio is out of place here. Corwin.amber (talk) 11:16, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Uh...

message: I came here looking for the definition in terms of the legal writing community.  My impression is that the foolscap folio is used to bind smaller sheets of a legal document such as a pleading or a complaint or a motion.  It is usually blue and imprinted with the author's name at the binding edge and the case caption on the back.  Does anyone have corroboration or additional insight into this use of the word?
The size of paper was actually used to make caps to wear in class rooms as a punishment to naughty boys. There after when the printing machine was invented and the same size of paper was used for printing. The word fool's cap was used as an identification to the size  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.72.57.202 (talk) 06:40, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Nonsense! You try making a paper hat out of a sheet of foolscap and see how well it fits on a head! The originak;l Victorian foolscap paper had a watermark in the shape of a jester's hat. You can see some examples here: [] Stub Mandrel (talk) 20:27, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Legalese
Talk:Scent of a Woman (1992 film)

message: Does anyone know why it's called Scent of a Woman, women/or a woman are of minor significance in this film, it's not like Charlie is keeping quiet for his girlfriend or anything. I had thought maybe Slade being blind being able to smell them might have something to do with it, but his testimony for Charlie has nothing to do with a woman or women. The snare (talk) 20:26, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: The name of the movie

message: This article is not a stub any more I guess its time to remove stub tag
Good catch.  Removed that. --Dave 03:36, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stub ? 

message: I watched the movie last week, and my recollection of Slade's surprise visit to his relatives on Thanksgiving Day was that it was acrimonious from start to finish. Hence, my decision to alter the phrase "ends in acrimony", which implies that the acrimony began somewhat after the middle. 
I wonder if anyone else who's seen the film will back me up on this: Does anyone recall a pleasant word being spoken in the hallway, or during the meal? Slade was rude and condescending from the very beginning. Then he monopolized the dinner conversation with cutting remarks. 
* acrimony - harsh or biting sharpness especially of words, manner, or disposition 
Finally, one man starts insulting him back, while Slade uncharacteristically responds mildly and the other relatives ask the man to stop with the insults. Slade lets him go until he crosses some sort of line, at which the evening ends in violence of a near-fatal sort. 
We might not need all this detail in the article, but to say "ends in acrimony" is inaccurate. The biting sharpness of words is there from the start; it does not commence at the end. --Uncle Ed (talk) 14:07, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: My point was the inner details need not be known.  Slade shows up, deliberately provokes everyone and by the end of dinner, he's succeeded in alienating himself from his family that much more.  Someone was writing in the little piece about "don't call him Chuck" as if it had any relevance to a greater summary of the plot.  We could even chop the entire paragraph off and change it to, "an incident at Slade's brother's home further alienates Slade from his family.--Louiedog (talk) 17:46, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Acrimony on Thanksgiving
Talk:Roger Livesey

message: His birth date differs between the article and the bio at screenonline.  We say it was 1906, they say 1901.     They also say his stage debut was in 1917, which would make him 11 by our date, but 16 by theirs.  We don't state the year of his stage debut, but we do state he was 11.  I haven't looked at the other two listed sources yet.  Someone more knowledgable about this should look into it. JesseW 01:31, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The IMdb source claim 1906 for his birth.  They also have as his first role in 1921, not 1917. JesseW 01:37, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Some of us at the [Powell & Pressburger Appreciation Society] (Roger Livesey did his best film work with P&P) are working on a [biography]. We're still just collecting information so far but the 1906 date looks fairly certain - short of seeing his birth certificate. SteveCrook 14:38, Feb 28, 2005 (UTC)
I just checked the Birth Index which shows his birth was registered in Cardiff in 1906. Crisso (talk) 21:00, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Dates? (birth, first role)

message: Is it worth having the new picture of him talking to George VI?  Its quite low quality, he's in the background and you can't tell that its him. Jihg 15:25, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It is quite bad -- SteveCrook 16:19, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Picture

message: The link in the text takes you to the site for the posh and ancient Westminster School.  Roger Livesey was educated at the Westminster City School, a neighboring institution that attracted boys from less affluent backgrounds. He was enrolled there in April, 1916.  His cousins/step brothers Jack and Barrie also went to school there. There is a site for the WCS, you just have to change the link.
Margaretmeyers 22:41, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  School attended 

message: Thank you  for pointing out the note that I missed, and restoring "nationality = British" to the infobox. However, the first sentence has "Welsh". I know these matters can be contentious, and have no strong views on the matter, and no particular opinion in this instance. Edwardx (talk) 17:33, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, as the Note says: NOTE: Roger Livesey didn't regard himself as particularly Welsh or English, just British. So if anything, that should be changed from 'Welsh stage and film actor' to 'British stage and film actor'. -- SteveCrook (talk) 10:19, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you again, . I have been bold, and edited the lead accordingly. Edwardx (talk) 09:46, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Article lead

message: I understood it was illegal for a widow to marry her brother-in-law until 1921, yet the article says Livesey's mother and uncle married in 1913.  What have I missed? 2A02:8084:24:AA00:D4C8:DA9E:1E20:5F21 (talk) 11:43, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Parents
Talk:Jim Rose Circus

message: This entire article is very poorly sourced. The only citations are essentially Jim Rose himself. In this particular case, that is an extremely unreliable source. Mr. Rose is as famous for exaggerations, fabrications, shameless self-promotion and presenting far fetched lies to the media for publicity as he is for anything. A quick survey of the history of this article shows that he and his wife have indiscreetly written and edited this article for years. There's no telling how much of it is true. At a minimum it should remain flagged until someone gets a chance to check sources and delete unreliable claims.Awhodothey (talk) 10:18, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disputed/COI 

message: *Stone Pony Photos of Jim Rose Circus, June 6, 2002
*Circus review
*Mr. Lifto interview
*Oddities Magazine interview with Jim Rose
Jeraxmoira (talk) 12:53, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links from article
Talk:Ray, Iran

message: I also corrected the reference to a "Dr. Smith" from Philadephia University to Dr. Erich Schmidt University of Pennsylvania.  I suppose it is easy to confuse "Smith" which is the most common last name in the U.S. with "Schmidt," especially if you are not as familiar with the English language.  Apparently, most of information for this article was garnered almost verbatim from the www.iranchamber.com website where that information is posted.  Unfortunately, upon further research much of the information on that website is in error. It too is also a Wiki-like website where anyone with or without knowledge can post to.  Stevenmitchell 15:20, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Correction of 1934-1936 Excavation 

message: 250.000 (1996) --Englishazadipedia (talk) 01:46, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  inhabitants 