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Talk:The Elfstones of Shannara

message: ---Alright, can anyone help with these?---
*Characters
**IMHO seems a bit 'spoilery' to list the characters and then list ones that are dead.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.56.198.62 (talk) 21:28, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  To do, I guess 

message: There are some major issues with this article which prevent it from attaining a higher status.
*Plot summary: in my opinion, the tone is too in-universe for a Wikipedia article. It needs to be adjusted to be a bit more neutral than it currently is. Also,I would say that there is way too much detail included; it seems every single event of the book is mentioned, when the summary really needs to be a SUMMARY, not a recounting. The summary focus needs to be zoomed out a bit, if that makes sense. That said, however, there is much usable material that will serve well for the foundation of a leaner plot summary. It just needs to be condensed and edited.
*Characters list: The characters list is too long; I doubt that the article needs to list every single minor character in the book. A brief description of the major characters and a few of the more significant minor ones would serve the article better.
*Literary significance and reception: A really crucial part of any good article on a significant book or book series, and it is entirely missing from this article. Definitely a difficult component, it is true, since one must attempt to hunt down literature reviews and discussions of the book's impact.
Basically, I am looking at The Sword of Shannara as an example of where this article needs to be, and noting the deficiencies. I hope this brief overview of major issues might serve as a springboard for further discussion, as well as a rough road-map for future editors who are interested in working on this article. -BloodDoll (talk) 00:24, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major issues with this article 
Talk:Shea Ohmsford

message: ... that in the fictional 1977 novel The Sword of Shannara, Shea Ohmsford is the only descendant of Jerle Shannara left in the Four Lands, and therefore the only one left who can use the Sword of Shannara? —the_ed17— 16:43, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Did you know.... 

message: Hey that was me who did the Biography, I thought I was signed in but it lost me I guess.  Anyway, that is basically all of Shea's experiences in the book, should it be narrowed down to more general descriptions of his experiences?  Should how he felt or what he thought at the time be focused on more?  I tried to follow the example of Frodo Baggins, although Frodo was in 3 books and Shea was really only in 1.  Any input you can give will be appreciated, I definitely want to make these Shannara articles better and I own all the books so I can provide all the information.  Also is a reference to the book really needed every time something that he did or how he felt is described?  It would be like 30 citations to the same reference.  Just wondering... thanks!  Pennywisdom2099 (talk) 03:09, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Replied on her talk page. —the_ed17— 04:11, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent changes
Talk:Scritti Politti

message: Is it true that his album is nominated in The Nationwide Mercury Music Prize?
Yes - this is easily confirmed. For example: http://www.mercuryprize.com/ or http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5190396.stm
The winners that year were Arctic Monkeys for their debut album.  --Jshatan (talk) 19:05, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Is it true that his album is in The Mercury Music Prize?

message: Perhaps one closer to the era from which they're famous, ie. more represenative? 41.242.127.16 22:53, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo 

message: Rhodri Marsden confirmed over twitter that they're hoping to release an album this year - should that be added to the article? Spark017 (talk) 16:24, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Mention of new album?

message: Was Richard Madeley really in the band?CulturalSnow (talk) 09:17, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Sadly not...undiscovered vandalsim by IP who is currently blocked for disruptive editing, and also made bad changes to the Richard Madeley article as well.  Now nicely reverted. Thanks for your discovery.  Fylbecatulous talk 12:45, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Past members?
Talk:Do it yourself

message: Given that this article is in the English-language version of Wikipedia, I believe it could benefit from being sectioned-off into North American and U.K. sections.  I'm in Canada, and most of the DIY how-to magazines of the 1940s, '50s, etc were published in the U.S.  But I've recently learned that the U.K had Practical Mechanics, Practical Householder, and perhaps other DIY magazines that were very influential and empowering after WWII.Joel Russ (talk) 17:10, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I’m interested in the general use of the abbreviation “DIY.”  I don’t remember it really being in use in the USA prior to about 2000.  It was already a common abbreviation in british English , but hadn’t really spread here it seems 69.9.133.169 (talk) 19:21, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  N. America & U.K. sections would improve the article 

message: An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Draft:Hillbilly Hack. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so.  Hog Farm (talk) 14:47, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Draft:Hillbilly Hack" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] 

message: This merge was proposed by User:ILIL. For a fair discussion, I think it should also be noted that ILIL also recently removed a large amount of unsourced content from the article. Daask (talk) 00:07, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree. Read through the article. It doesn't say or cover anything largely different from what's covered in the one the editor is suggesting to merge it with.  Suesonigeevip (talk) 18:55, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  what does fgs mean, figures of speech? Jonpatterns (talk) 16:09, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: For "goodness" sake. -Roxy the elfin dog . wooF 16:13, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

text: See diy.com -Roxy the inedible dog . wooF 10:39, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

text: Klbrain (talk) 10:55, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge of [[DIY ethic]] into [[Do it yourself]] 

message: Excuse me, Why DIY is a part of anti-consumerism?
I don't the idea came along. 125.166.76.62 (talk) 11:54, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm in agreement here, The article here analyzes DIY as a new phenomenon, and seems to forget that DIY is only possible due to consumerism. 96.42.26.63 (talk) 22:06, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inconsistent 

message: How can i add gst 2409:4055:615:9000:B4F7:9EE7:44BC:4440 (talk) 10:29, 14 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can i add Gst number in d2h
Talk:Marañón River

message: other meanings
*Gregorio Marañón
*Marañón, Navarre
Tobias Conradi (Talk) 02:27, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: This section is sheer political editorializing - nothing has actually happened there.  The encyclopedia is not a forum for reporting news and debate.  I propose the secton be deleted, or moved into a footnote.Sbalfour (talk) 17:40, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  section Dams planned for the Marañón and opposition 

message: The descent history paragraph belongs in the Guiness Book of World Records, not here.  There are now other documented successes as well as tragic attempts to do this.  I'm not going to add them.  I think this paragraph smacks of WP:PROMOTION, as well as not in compliance with WP:NOT#STATS.  I propose the paragraph be deleted.Sbalfour (talk) 17:49, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  descent history 

message: The section says his was one of the first "popular" descents of the Maranon.  What's an "unpopular" descent? 
If I do a descent, is that "popular"?  The whole section is quite a bit of tedious detail, and omits the thing of overarching importance: WHO was La Condamine, and WHY did he do the descent, since plenty of persons starting with Orellano, Tavares and Aguirre, made that descent before him.  His was the first scientific study of the flora and fauna of the river. La Condamine was primarily a scientist, not an adventurer.  The section needs to be restructured to convey the hydrographic and topological description separate from the details of La Condamine's journey, which are not significant.  Wikipedia is not a tourist or travel brochure.Sbalfour (talk) 18:04, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  La Condamine's descent 

message: Most of the article is transliterated, if not outright cut-and-pasted, from what is basically an ecotourism website, http://www.sierrarios.org.  Another cited reference is to an Amazon.com splash page for a book (evidently, if this is the best the editor could do, he didn't own or read the book). The text of the article is just a bit too "tourist-y" for a concise scholarly encyclopedia article.  I don't see any outright inaccuracies, but the article's tone needs changed, and buttressed by properly styled citations to reliable published scholarly sources.Sbalfour (talk) 18:19, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  single, unreliable source
Talk:Tiago Mendes

message: I thought his name was Cordoso Tiago?  Anyone know different? --Noxalk 02:30, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: his name is Tiago Cardoso Mendes  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.208.36.80 (talk) 11:26, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I've tagged this article as being of questionable Neutral POV. It needs some cleanup in order to be more objective and unbiased in its descriptions of this athlete. I think the article, as it presently exists, is a fine start. But I'd love to see someone clean it up a bit and make it more "encyclopedic" in its writing style. Thurston Weatherton 17:38, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Think i've fixed it now. Though i'm not really sure why i did... Sillyfolkboy (talk) 20:42, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: A little "Tottenham fan" oriened article anyway... Eric Theodore Cartman (talk) 14:49, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Neutrality
Talk:Buraidah

message: I'm not quite sure if I should do this or quite how I do this. Google Maps lists the city's name as Brydah, so I typed that in for more information and couldn't find it. The name Buraydah does appear upon further zooming, but I think that there should be a redirect to this page from the name Brydah so that the page is more easily accessible. What do you guys think? Leoberacai (talk) 17:08, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Google Maps Based Redirect Suggestion 

message: I was also trying to help out with the English grammar, but in some places it is so bad I can't tell what you are saying. Perhaps I can help you guys out, but I'd need help. Put something on my talk page if you're knowledgeable about the city so I can make the text better. Leoberacai (talk) 17:18, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grammar 

message: The latter part of the "transportation" section is complete gibberish in its current condition.  I assume that it is a translation issue so I created a new section (assuming it is some sort of lineage) and put a translation heading at the top.  However, I'm not really sure what this list of names is.  Someone who knows Arabic should compare the two articles and correct, or someone knowledgeable about the city as Leoberacai mentions.  Otherwise this section should be deleted, but I'll leave it as of now.Editfromwithout (talk) 17:28, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: History section

message: Is "Tory" the correct title for a provincial governor? Varlaam (talk) 02:08, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Tory" 

message: The following coordinate fixes are needed for
—51.39.162.58 (talk) 20:09, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: You haven't said what you think is wrong with the coordinates in the article, and they appear to be correct. If you still think that there is an error, you'll need to provide a clear explanation of what it is. Deor (talk) 07:23, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coordinates
Talk:Dammam

message: Could use a skyline photo. -- Beland (talk) 03:05, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo request 

message: The following coordinate fixes are needed for
Dammam has the same coordinate as Al Khobar.  I think Damman is a little north.
maps.coogle.com show a polygon for Dammam, so I am not sure of the precise coordinate.
—SpencerTM (talk) 20:02, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: . I've changed the coordinates to point to (roughly) the "downtown" of Dammam. Deor (talk) 22:26, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coordinate error 

message: The history section is very long and only has one reference cited at the end, to a website that is of unclear veracity. Anyone know of more scholarly sources for the history of this city?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rosswagner1985 (talk • contribs) 04:16, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  History section citations 

message: Your Location is Dammam  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 51.253.30.178 (talk) 10:23, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Location
Talk:Jizan

message: It is amazing how quickly any mention of the Shias in this and other parts of Saudi Arabia is removed from here. Not only in Saudi Arabia, but also here in the cyber-space, the truth about the religious identity of the citizens are glossed over. Until 2003, the invasion of Iraq and the liberation of the Shia's there, no mention of the Shias could be made in or outside of the Saudi Arabia without serious ramifications to the person. One can only hope that the motto of "Live and let live" would some day make its debut in Saudi Arabia and the minds of the Wahhabi zealots. Deus Vult!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Izady (talk • contribs) 22:51, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Shias

message: Jizan is not entirely Arab, there are also a lot of expats living there, like indians. Akmal94 (talk) 17:34, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you have a source for that? Would be good to change and properly cite Therealmorris (talk) 12:28, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Demographics 

message: On my Google maps (US, American English) the name of this city is romanticized as "Jazan". This made finding this page more difficult. 
I don't know how it's done, but I've seen pages that redirect from other spelling/acronyms/etc. 
I'm curious how that is done and if anyone has any thoughts on making this page the top search result/forward destination when the user enters "Jazan" into Wikipedia. 
I think it would be appropriate considering Google Maps spells it that way for presumably more users than just me.  Henrywinn (talk) 21:49, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Forward “Jazan” to this page
Talk:Asyut Governorate

message: The town of El Zarabi should be mentioned. Badagnani (talk) 20:29, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  El Zarabi 
Talk:Damanhur

message: The names in this section should be the same as those given in the opening of the article. Some here are missing there, and vice versa. To justify the redundancy this section calls for etymological information, which is mostly missing. Greek Hermou Polis Mikra and mixed Latin Hermopolis Parva have straightforward glosses given; Egyptian Behdet and Tel Ballamon need glosses. Though clearly based on something like Apollenopolis, the spelling Obollenoboles is certainly not Greek, so what is it? 
Without etymologies, the remaining function of this section is to suggest a chronology of naming. For this, it would be helpful to know approximately when these names were used (with appropriate citations), and the title should "History of Name Changes" or the like. Dates would be appropriate even with etymologies provided.
This article 
refers to "the ancient subterranean Egyptian temple meaning City of Light". Has that a basis?
Bn (talk) 17:17, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology a bit of a mess 
Talk:Damietta

message: The Industry section mentions one of Damiatta's economic sectors as being "Pattisiare".
This means nothing in English; the tiny handful of Google hits for this term point either to this article or to one of the various parasitic sites that profit by redistributing Wikipedia's content.
Unless someone can amend "pattisiare" to something meaningful, this item on the list should be deleted.
Additionally, Damietta's export furniture industry is immensely vibrant, and is exceptionally productive compared with the remainder of Egypt's economy -- to the extent that the city's level of unemployment, by contrast with the rest of Egypt, stands at just over 0%. Its activities deserve fuller treatment from someone more knowledgeable about the details than I am.
68.102.53.29 (talk) 07:56, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Damietta's industries 

message: I certainly think some mention should be made here to indicate that John/Jean de Brienne, King of Jerusalem (and later Emperor of the Latin Kingdom), was involved in the attack upon Damietta and the later distruction of the army.  Thanks,  Ronald L. Hughes69.92.23.64 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 19:39, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, almost the entire history section is about the crusades. It also links to the Siege of Damietta article. (Although I suppose John of Brienne is a lot more important than the completely random people who are currently mentioned...) Adam Bishop (talk) 02:31, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Damietta's History 

message: Most of the current history relates to Crusades, Latin titular bishops etc. Let us trim it, and enhance the post-1400s section, to restore NPOV. Zezen (talk) 08:23, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Christian POV
Talk:Hereditary Prince of Monaco

message: *from 1949 to 1957 we are under the old pre-2002 rules so only the direct descendants of the reigning prince can inherit the throne. During this period, Rainier has no child, so there is no legitimate Hereditary Prince... If Rainier had died during this period, the Crown Council would have had to select a new reigning prince(ss)... logical choice would have been either Princess Antoinette or Princess Charlotte, you can only speculate about what would have happened.
*1957: birth of Caroline, only child, she is the Hereditary Princess of Monaco
*1958: birth of Albert, he is younger, but male and therefore becomes Hereditary Prince instead of his sister
*2005: Accession of Albert, Caroline is again, for the second time, Hereditary Princess of Monaco
*200x: birth of a legitimate child of Albert, male or female, would become Hereditary Prince(ss) of Monaco instead of Caroline Hektor 21:44, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Hereditary Princes of Monaco after 1949 (Rainier III accession)
Talk:Al Hudaydah

message: * "Hodeda" in the 1911 EB. — LlywelynII 11:26, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources for article expansion

message: I am not an expert on this city but surely the history of this place must stretch back to before 1914.
Superficial research yields little information. Does anyone know anything about this place, or places to find information?
Benoliver999 (talk) 10:23, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  More in-depth history? 

message: Could the map please be tweaked so that the label for the city is within the map, not spilling over the edge - sorry that I have no idea how to do that. Davidships (talk) 13:12, 17 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map
Talk:Taiz

message: I cleaned up some poor English, but I was wondering if there is a standard spelling for Ta'iz (Taiz, Ta'izz, Ta'aiz, etc). If not, pick one spelling and be consistent throughout the article.
Also, I was wondering where the October temp came from. While it may be factual, that's a random month to choose (and no citation). 
99.129.153.254 (talk) 03:41, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I just moved the page and related pages. A simple Google search reveals "Taiz" is far more WP:COMMON than "Ta'izz": 1.44 million hits to 343,000. Only a small handful of English-language news outlets prefer "Ta'izz", with the rest using the "Taiz" spelling. -Kudzu1 (talk) 20:28, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

message: The user  has been adding this paragraph in history section The Taiz shooting took place on March 25 and 26 1994. A Yemeni killed eleven women and seven men, among them his wife and his mother, before he was arrested by police. When he was led away he managed to wrest the gun from a police officer and kill another four people, three of them police officers, before he himself was shot dead. A total of 23 people were killed, including the suspect.Amoklaufer in Jemen tötet 22 Personen Neue Zürcher Zeitung (March 29, 1994)  
Now this incidence didn't actually take much attention because it happens everywhere in the world also I am from Taiz and I have never heard of it. If this paragraph was allowed to be in such place shouldn't we add the deadly school shootings that happens in Florida in the history section of Florida? This meant to be an example of how Mr. is treating this article.    SharabSalam (talk) 02:21, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent addition of a crime that happens in many places and almost in daily basis in the world
Talk:Hala'ib

message: Beyond My Ken reverted all my edits, which included moving the page, spelling consistency and pronunciation, without even given a reason! The name حلايب is written in the most official Arabic texts without any glottal stops ħ-l-ā-y-b. Where do you get that ħ-l-ā-ʔ-b pronunciation or spelling? Additionally, it's much cleaner to spell words in English without apostrophes since they don't even refer to any omitted sounds. --Mahmudmasri (talk) 12:24, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: The name as given is the name as it is known in English.  It is irrelvant what it is known as in other languages.  This in English Wikipedia, and we use the WP:COMMONNAME as it is known in English.  You are free to list the area under whatever name is appropriate on other language Wikipediaa, but this is where is stays on this Wikipedia.  Beyond My Ken (talk) 12:56, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why reverting the redirection? 

message: Again, Beyond My Ken made another revert, removing the pronunciation in IPA which I added, without any reason, acting as if he owns the article! --Mahmudmasri (talk) 21:04, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Unfortunately, you did more than simply add the IPA pronuciation, you removed information with no explanation, in a way that seemed to indicate ethnic or nationalist bias. I suggest you outline here exactly what changes you propose to make, and why they are necessary. Beyond My Ken (talk) 21:27, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: PS, it's not a good idea to use "" in your sig, since it makes it hard to read, but if you do, make sure to close it with "". Beyond My Ken (talk) 21:30, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  What was wrong with adding an IPA notation for the native pronunciation?
Talk:Kafr El Dawwar

message: The following coordinate fixes are needed for
Kafr el-Dawwar 
Latitude 31,131
Longitude 30.126
—65.207.70.254 (talk) 12:59, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: . Deor (talk) 11:15, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coordinate error
Talk:El Mahalla El Kubra

message: I'm not familliar with the region, but the article needs a major clean-up perhaps even a full re-write in its entirety. I may also suspect that some of the sections were copy-and-paste from a site.--JForget  23:39, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've reverted back to User:Alexbot for advertisement, messy paragraphs and bad translation, etc. Anyone wishing to request a translation of the arabic version of this page can go at :Category:Translators ar-en Thanks!--JForget  00:48, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Big clean-up

message: I've just added many more refs, new content, and removed a statement here or there that wasn't sourced.-Darouet (talk) 13:26, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clean-up commenced