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Talk:Leg theory

message: This page tells us:
:(Fast Leg Theory) turned out to be extremely dangerous, and most Australian players sustained injuries from being hit by the ball. Wicket-keeper Bert Oldfield's skull was fractured by a ball hitting his head, almost precipitating a riot by the Australian crowd.
The Bodyline page, however, asserts that:
:at the time (of Oldfield's injury) England was not using the Bodyline tactics
which seems to contradict this page.  Is anyone able to clarify? TSP 09:36, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: When Oldfield was hit, England were not using a Bodyline field (concentrated fielders behind square leg), but clearly the ball was pitched short and fast enough to collect Oldfield on the head. It was in the greater context of the entire series that Oldfield's injury is significant to the history of Bodyline. -dmmaus 23:13, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It was not really Larwood's fault that Oldfield got hit. It was an ordinary bouncer. Oldfield was slow on the hook and got a top edge onto his head. Oldfield himself later admitted that 'it was all my fault'. - Tintin1107 01:47, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

text: Agree with this complaint. The fast leg theory section reads as a polemic, with no citations to suggest a consensus of expert opinion to support the view given here; it stands in stark opposition to the main bodyline article.Ché (talk) 16:57, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

text: I'm sure there are probably better examples over the last ~90 years since the Bodyline series than a game that finished a month ago now (or had just finished at the time of the original insertion) with a lot of complaining on both sides about short bowling, and a better source to cite about it than the final scorecard which makes no mention of it. Mrpsb (talk) 18:04, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:The White Goddess

message: Why has no one cited any of the articles from the book, Graves and the Goddess: Essays on Robert Graves The White Goddess, ed. by Ian Firla and Grevel Lindop?  This article seems rather slanted and biased without their academic contributions.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.39.20.64 (talk) 23:12, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Graves and the Goddess
Talk:List of trees of Canada

message: Theoretically, all trees that grow in temperate climates should be listed here since they could all be introduced. I think this list would be more valuable if only native trees are listed. Introduced trees should be listed in their native habitats. If there are no objections, I will remove the species listed as introduced. Atrian 15:59, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe leave in the introduced species that are formally listed as invasive species by the Canadian govt.? - MPF 12:07, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The introduced plant species in North America have become an integral part of the NA ecosystems (for better or for worse…), and it may be prudent to keep the introduced species listed.  For List of the conifers of Canada, the only introduced species listed are those that have been given a designation from the Natural Heritage Information Centres (NHICs) across Canada (usually given as SNA-exotic).  These plants would have to be found in the wild (i.e., horticultural or agricultural escapees) and have collections in herbaria to be given these designations.  You're right, I don't think that we should include all the temperate-climate trees (maybe form a separate listing, something like List of horticultural trees or something).  The tulips I have growing in my front yard would not be included, until they escaped my horticulture and started growing and propagating themselves in the wild. FUNgus guy 18:40, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remove introduced species
Talk:The Barker

message: "The Barker is a silent film with some spoken dialogue."  Eh? Ortolan88
:Yes, this film is a 'cusp' film, one of the few that shows the transition from silent to talkies quite well.  It's basically a silent film, however there are a few places where there is some dialogue.  SkierRMH 05:37, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Silent film with spoken dialogue
Talk:Deutsche Bahn/Archive 1

message: There should be information here about the trains they use. --Joy [shallot] 13:46, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  trains 

message: This includes the non-English "catched". I'd rewrite it if I knew what it meant. I don't think it means "caught". I thought "Bahn" meant the railway rather than trains.
- "Bahn" means path(way), channel, alley, lane, or even orbit. (see http://dict.leo.org) I've correct the 1st paragraph with "the course" or "the path". JNAllen 23:29, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: First paragraph

message: I can't see how DB can be both fully owned by the government yet autonomous.
: I've got no clue when this was written. But in Germany many companys are fully owned by the goverment and still operate autonomous. This usually ends in going to the stock exchange. This is beeing discussed quite frequently at the moment. Especally the question of putting the whole Company to the stock exchange or leaving the tracks (DB Netz) in the hands of the german govermant. Well, back to the question. It can't really operate autonomous. Ofcourse politicians start to argue with the Deutsche Bahn but by now the big boss ;) Hartmut Mehdorn does not get interferred that much any more. But still some strange routes are built by the Deutsche Bahn, just because some politican wants it so! --Chep87 16:04, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: To sum the whole matter up, the Deutsche Bundesbahn used to be a :de:Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts. When it was merged with the DR and subsequently privatised in the early 1990s, the DBAG was newly founded as a plain old Aktiengesellschaft where the Federal Republic just happens to own 100% of the shares. The assets of the KöR were then transferred to the AG, and so DBAG happens to be a private limited company whose shares are all owned by the government, with an impending IPO as written above. --Doco 17:43, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Corporate structure

message: What about their track gauge?  If you take a look at a railway article I worked on, maybe an infobox for european railways is in order?
Kether83 23:21, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Track Gauge & other info

message: The United States Postal Service and Deutsche Post are both larger, and arguably what they do is transport things. --  mawa 14:50, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Largest transportation company"
Talk:Falklands War

message: The infobox has only the UK and Argentina as belligerents. I suggest that the Falkland Islands are added under the UK, with Rex Hunt added as a leader under the Falkland Islands flag. Mjroots (talk) 13:08, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Infobox

message: Members of Argentina's Federal Penitentiary Service were mobilized when the war started. They were organized into an infantry company and attached to the XI Infantry Brigade, and nicknamed "black necks" due to their unique prison guard uniforms which the rest of the army didn't have. During the war they guarded strategic locations in and around Rio Gallegos against potential British commando raids. Would it be OK to mention this in the article, provided I find an acceptable source? I think its an interesting detail.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_Federal_Penitentiary_Service Bob meade (talk) 22:08, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mobilization of the Federal Penitentiary Service during the war 

message: I have nominated the article Proposed nuclear bombing of Córdoba, which is related to this topic, for deletion.  Please feel free to comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Proposed nuclear bombing of Córdoba. Kahastok talk 16:38, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nomination of [[Proposed nuclear bombing of Córdoba]] for deletion
Talk:Civil and social disobedience

message: There is already a page on civil disobedience. Should this page be at  Disobbedienti or possible added to the article on WOMBLES?
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I think that the concept of social disobedience is somewhat different from the concept of civil disobedience.  This article doesn't quite describe it; it's certainly more than just body padding, squatting, and border-crossing.  I would't mind moving it, if somebody could replace this with a better article that explains the concept of social disobedience.  Perhaps one of our Italian wikipedia authors, like Gianfranco, could help.
My view is this page be merged with Disobbedienti under that title.
And the the civil disobediance page has a section on social disobediance.
Are their any other groups other than the Disobbedienti who advocate
social disobediance? --Pfafrich 00:00, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
Talk:New Yorker

message: This page should be a redirect to The New Yorker.  All but one page that links here should be going to The New Yorker.  I fixed a few, but there will be more in the future.  The only thing that links here that shouldn't be to the magazine is the article New York City which delivers us to the wonderful definition that a New Yorker is someone from New York.  Ortolan88 17:16 Jan 21, 2003 (UTC)
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I'm checking on the "what links here" and further fixing ones that link to here rather than THE New Yorker.  Does Wikipedia have a consensus on the status of orphaned pages?  
--zandperl 00:31, 13 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Talk:Lists of television channels

message: OMG. Seems the current state of the various "television channels" / "television stations" pages is pretty dismal. Someone needs to create a WikiProject to whip these pages into shape. Needed work includes the following.
* Standardize page titles:
** "Station" or "channel" (or both, depending)? (called <whatever> below)
** Pick one naming convention (adjective and noun refer to place names):
*** "List of African television <whatever>s"
*** "List of Africa television <whatever>s"
*** "List of television <whatever>s in Africa" (I recommend this one)
** Name pages that only point to other list pages, "Lists of..." (i.e., plural, not singular).
** Move pages and #REDIRECT, as appropriate.
* Use bulleted lists when possible; use pipe syntax for tables.
* Decide what kind of "see also" links should be on each type of page (country, state, city...) and standardize that.
* Place appropriate Category designations on each page. (In fact, categories should be used as much as possible to reduce the need for direct linking in "See also" sections.)
I really have no desire to take a leading role in this project myself; I just got sucked into trying to improve some of the pages and then discovered the true dimensions of the problem. I'm getting out now, while I still can...
- dcljr 02:34, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Massive problems 

message: there is a piece at the bottom of the page about a kashmiri chnnel,,,about azad kashmir(pakistani side of kasmir) which looks like more of a propaganda or advertisement than genuine info...
can anybody plz look into it and take care of it..
join us in 
http://zello.com/channels/k/dvn7I  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:4C28:4000:721:185:26:182:38 (talk) 11:07, 23 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  i am not sure the page follows wikipedia standards 

message: I reverted additions by an anon of Bangladeshi tv.  I did not label it vandalism, I reverted mainly because of poor format.  I will NOT added with good format because I know nothing about Bangladeshi tv, so if the info is false, I do not want to be part of it.  I will inform the editor so that she can add properly.  Brusegadi 18:57, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Bangladesh

message: Yeah, the Lists of television channels by language section contains a link to List of Israeli television channels, which contains stations in Hebrew, English, Russian, Georgian, and probably Arabic, as well as mixtures of the above. Gzuckier (talk) 19:27, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  YetAnotherFoulUp 

message: give me answer 149.54.25.180 (talk) 14:43, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: answer 149.54.25.180 (talk) 14:44, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  My tv have problem  i now just watch just green screen what did i do
Talk:Ants of medical importance

message: Aren't these harmless ants that you can eat the enlarged portion of?
--MSTCrow July 2, 2005 00:58 (UTC)
: I'm going to try and fix this. This is nonsense. 66.146.62.30 04:35, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Honeypot Ants 

message: It seems to me that the article is in heavy need of clean up, and confirmation that many of these species are, in fact, "killer ants".  The Jade Knight 02:07, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Death can come from anaphalactic shock via the toxins, and if you have a allergy to stings, these ants can kill you. Martial Law 00:26, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clean up? 

message: Add the Saifu Ant to the list. It was featured on the Discovery Channel's show Killer Ants. It will kill and eat people as if they are other prey. Martial Law 00:21, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: And the Jack jumper ant.  The Siafu incidentally (not Saifu, which is just a little bit different ), is already included...it is the Driver ant.  Tomertalk 21:43, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Add to the list....

message: I'm intrigued by the bizarre conclusions drawn about the famous 'honeypot' ants - the two species I have here in my yard, Myrmecocystus mimicus and <I>Myrmecocystus mexicanus</I>, are respectively dark- and light-coloured and, contradicting the article, are diurnal and nocturnal. I'm going to delete Honeypot ants from the table until somebody can cite something in support of their inclusion. 66.146.62.30 04:35, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Myrmecocystus genus

message: This article seems to deal with "ants of medical importance" and would suggest that the title should be more appropriate than "killer ant" (killing what, many ants do kill their prey)? There seems to be no recognized usage of the phrase "killer ant" in the style of say killer bee. Shyamal (talk) 17:15, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Requested move
Talk:Scottsdale

message: This paragraph seems pointless.  Are we going to list every town with Nieman Marcus and Starbucks?  Also, Snotsdale is kind of nasty.  
:Nicknamed Snotsdale by many, this area hosts a variety of businesses, such as Soccer Express, Neiman Marcus, Starbucks Coffee amd the John Casablancas Modeling and Acting School.
Ortolan88
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Is there only one Scottsdale, Arizona? A few days after this Scottsdale article was created, the Rambot created another one at Scottsdale, Arizona. If both refer to the same place, they should be merged. -- Oliver PEREIRA 14:04 Jan 24, 2003 (UTC)
:It's the same place, I'll merge to the rambot version, dropping the Starbucks,etc., and the Snotsdale comment, but keeping the "sociology".  Ortolan88
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The links to countries are against wiki guidelines for disambiguation pages. I've fixed it. CGameProgrammer 23:35, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: < http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=scottsdale&oldid=31181653 >.
Hopiakuta 01:56, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Despite the regs., I do prefer: 

message: Scottsdale is a young adult novel by Stephen Holmes.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gforce1037 (talk • contribs) 00:54, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Scottsdale (Novel)
Talk:Big Dig

message: "Although the project was estimated in 1985 at $2.8 billion (in 1982 dollars, US$6.0 billion adjusted for inflation as of 2006[update]),[3] over $14.6 billion ($8.08 billion in 1982 dollars)[3] had been spent in federal and state tax dollars as of 2006[update].[4]"
Why is a 1985 emstimate using 1982 dollars instead of 1985 dollars? Also the ratio between 2.8 to 6 billion is not the same ratio as 8.08 to 14.6 billion yet they are both meant to be 1982 to 2006 inflation conversions.Is Mise (talk) 20:56, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: This calculation has further problems.  The conversion of $14.6 billion from 2006 dollars to 1982 dollars by the cited website gives the figure $7.07 billion.  This is irrelevant, however, since those $14.6 billion were not all raised and/or spent in 2006.  Thus any conversion that does not take into account the spending time-line is going to be problematic.  For this reason, I believe that the conversions are inherently misleading, and should probably be removed. Ihearthonduras (talk) 17:36, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Typo?

message: Scheme Z — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jerem43 (talk • contribs) 18:47, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link 

message: While I appreciate the technological wizardry behind this diagram (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Boston_Highway_System_Pre_Post_Big_Dig.gif), I have to say, I'd rather it wasn't in the article, especially in the lede.  Because it switches back and forth between the Pre-dig and Post-dig so rapidly, I can't compare them.  Of course, I can understand why having them switch more slowly would annoy others, but look, I had to watch this thing switch a dozen times before I was able to figure out which was the before and which was the after (and my original guess was wrong).  Furthermore, it's hard to study the differences between them with them switching.  Can we please just have two diagrams, side-by-side?  This thing is giving me a headache, and I'm just not going to be able to learn what I had hoped to learn from this. Unschool 19:57, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, it is pretty hard to compare with how fast the images switch, but the gif still has utility. I provided a static side-by-side image based off the gif and fit it in below. Hopefully this satisfies everyone. Hwamplero (talk) 04:35, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Diagram is much more annoying than helpful 

message: Beginning of second paragraph reads "By 1970, building demolition and land clearances for had been completed along the I-95 right of way..."  Missing something after "for".  Probably should be "the Inner Belt" but I've never edited Wikipedia before so I'll let someone else verify & finalize.
I would also like to second the above post "Diagram is much more annoying than helpful".  I also found it difficult to look at this quickly changing picture and make sense out of it.  Side-by-side static comparison would be better, or at least slow it down, or even provide both options.
Moominpippi (talk) 14:58, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing word in 1.1 second paragraph
Talk:Lance Loud

message: What's wrong with posting links to performances on YouTube by Lance (with the Mumps)???  My posting was reverted.  66.65.26.214 (talk) 02:53, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: No, see 'What Wikipedia is not' and the external links guideline.  We are not here to funnel people to video's, that is Google's task.  Moreover, the burden of necessity of youtube links (or any external links) is on the person who want to add it, not the one removing it.  Make your case here before inclusion.  --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:27, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Lance's performance style was an essential part of his personality.  You don't really know what Lance was like as a person until you've seen him tear up the stage!  2604:2000:C6A1:B900:9812:7775:D6AB:881A (talk) 23:21, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: YouTube links
Talk:Phil Collins

message: In the Mark Lawson interview mentioned, Collins says that he did not have a home in Norfolk, and that he didn't particularly like Norfolk. The Telegraph article cited also mentions him divorcing his second wife by fax which is something he has repeatedly denied, so it may be that the passing comments in that article were not fully researched. -- Beardo (talk) 10:57, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Home in Norfolk ?
Talk:Drusilla (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

message: I don't think this should be there - there wasn't a fungus demon, was there?  Harmony was just screwing up chaos demon - right?  Maybe I missed something. . .  I would think that we should note that Harmony later referred to him as a fungus demon, if we mention it at all.  Ideas? Riverbend 22:07, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  fungus demon 

message: I think it's definitely worth mentioning that Drusilla is the only known Buffyverse vampire who has a snake-like appearance while "vamped out" instead of a bat-like appearance. Candall 16:06, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Snake Vs. Bat 

message: Interview about writing for her character~ZytheTalk to me! 22:05, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Useful link 

message: Just a note to say I'll be working on rewriting this article in a sandbox here. --Moni3 (talk) 01:53, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article rewrite
Talk:Madeline Amy Sweeney

message: At http://www.911familiesforamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/sweeney.jpg it says that Amy might be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Lucas Duke (talk) 22:01, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Aha! Then the case for deletion on the basis of WP:BIO1E can at last be laid to rest.1812ahill (talk) 20:50, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Presidential Medal of Freedom 
Talk:Sarah, Duchess of York

message: : Deleting the Ancestors section  does not seem a constructive edit, particularly as by default her ancestry tree was hidden. : I think her ancestry tree would be more useful if it went further back to illustrate the ancestry claimed in the second paragraph of the Early life section. I find the visual representation easier to follow than the text.
213.18.173.87 (talk) 23:00, 22 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: All the relevant relatives can be mentioned in prose. Names such as Muriel Fletcher do not belong here because Wikipedia is not a genealogy website. Surtsicna (talk) 06:12, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ancestors section 

message: I've restored the longstanding lead image, which appears to have been the lead image since November 2017. Please stop edit-warring and get consensus here on the talk page for whatever replacement image you want. Aoi (青い) (talk) 22:17, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image changes 

message: Article says
:At a young age, she developed an interest in skiing and later briefly worked as a chalet girl.
Article needs to provide some explanation as to what a "chalet girl" is. 
(To User Celia Homeford:  No, I have not seen "the film", nor would it make any difference if I had. Wikipedia articles are supposed to be comprehensible to a general audience, not just to people who have seen certain films.)
- 189.122.243.241 (talk) 22:32, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Common terms understood by most readers in context do not need to be defined within the article, including subjects with which most readers will be at least somewhat familiar. The words 'chalet' and 'girl' are common terms, and the term is used in context within a sentence about skiing. We don't write, "She briefly worked as a chef, which is a person who prepares food in a kitchen." If readers come across a word that is unfamiliar to them, they can look it up. The article text shouldn't contain digressions that are unnecessary for the bulk of readers. Celia Homeford (talk) 08:54, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is a "chalet girl"? 

message: Has there been an RFC regarding the her title Duchess of York?, as she is divorced surely she no longer holds that title as it usually belongs to the current wife of that royal. ChefBear01 (talk) 08:15, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Diana remained Princess of Wales after her divorce from Charles. -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 08:22, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

text: This is explained and cited in the article. Celia Homeford (talk) 09:51, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

text: She is no longer "THE Duchess of York", she is "Sarah, Duchess of York. Similar to "Diana, Princess of Wales". Keivan.fTalk 14:51, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title  

message: A discussion is going on at the Commons concerning the copyright status of several coats of arms that are in use on pages related to British royalty. Please feel free to share your comments and input at :commons:Commons:Deletion requests/Coat of arms of Queen Camilla.svg. Thanks. Keivan.fTalk 18:35, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coats of arms and copyright