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Talk:Kif Kroker

message: Is there a reason this page should be merged with Futurama, but not some of the other character pages? (e.g. Philip J. Fry. I think it has enough valuable content to stand on its own. Andrewferrier 21:41, 2004 Nov 14 (UTC)
:I concur. Przepla 22:07, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: The editor who added the merge notice here also added merge tags to all the other Futurama character pages, including Philip J. Fry. I removed them from the main cast's articles. -- Cyrius|✎ 22:41, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: It is the males of Kif's species that carry their young, as Kif did in "Kif Gets Knocked Up A Notch."
Wouldn't carrying young make Kif by definition female?
Maybe on this planet. 67.142.130.38 01:27, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Not just carrying.  Males of several animals (such as seahorses) carry their young until birth.  As I understand it, though, the males of Kip's species are the ones who reproduce the young from the female's DNA. PrometheusX303 01:42, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

text: I guess Kif will be forever trapped between the already ill-defined amphibioid sexes BryanEkers 04:44, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  male? 

message: He can't be only 20, it takes 20 years for his species to sprout legs and walk on the land and grow from there felinoel 15:34, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  age 20? 

message: Which episode was the middle initial in? - Quolnok 03:12, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kif '''L'''. Kroker 

message: In the newest episode as of this writing (Proposition Infinity), Amy states that she and Kif were Fonfon Rus, but never officially married. So she's not his wife. Though they also break up in this episode, and for some reason I can't remember if they get back together at the end. 98.216.249.209 (talk) 04:12, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Relation to Amy
Talk:Charge-transfer complex

message: Meh.  Charge transfer is a more general term than I realized...I need to think more, but I think I'll end up writing an article called charge transfer and redirecting this article.  Just thought I'd leave up this stub for anyone else to contribute, as it is an important term.
TCNQ's structure is wrong - are those carbons pentavalent? ;)
well spotted, the image will have to be modified V8rik 17:51, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: just came here to note the same observation Xcomradex 04:26, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Historic

message: [[File:Iodine-triphenylphosphine charge-transfer complex in dichloromethane.jpg|thumb|400px|right| I2•PPh3 charge-transfer complexes in CH2Cl2.
From left to right: (1) I2 dissolved in dichloromethane - no CT complex. (2) A few seconds after excess PPh3 was added - CT complex is forming. (3) One minute later after excess PPh3 was added, the CT complex [Ph3PI]+I− has been formed. (4) Immediately after excess I2 was added, which contains [Ph3PI]+[I3]−.]]
This figure has almost nothing to do with CT.  The PPh3 is oxidized to give [IPPhh3+]I-, which is not a CT salt.  Its just a salt.--Smokefoot (talk) 15:11, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Figure removed

message: In charger transfer complex the distance between the donor and accpetor molecule is 2409:4042:2802:90F5:3E8F:CFF7:D908:6A30 (talk) 12:44, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chemistry 

message: A supramolecular assembly contains two or more molecules by definition so to describe it as a supramolecular assembly of two or more molecules is redundant. It would be best to avoid the term to minimise confusing a non expert reader with chemical jargon and just describe it as an assembly of two or more molecules. 217.45.110.113 (talk) 19:19, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tautology
Talk:ISO 31

message: ISO 31 isn't always followed strictly. There are many deviations from the various parts of ISO 31 in the scientific and other literature, some of them regional.
Example: It recommends "lb" as abbreviation for binary logarithm (log2), and "lg" for 10-logarithm (log10). The author of an American book instead used "lg" for log2. I wrote to him and suggested he followed the standard instead. He replied that he never heard of this standard and thought his notation was better.
--Hawklord 21:51, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)

message: Besides "surface" as an existing term for "areic", there is also the existing word "areal".
—DIV (138.194.12.32 (talk) 09:25, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coined words 

message: I propose merging all the parts of ISO 31 back into this main article. The articles for those sub-parts are all stubs, as far as I saw, and I think it is very difficult to add much content or sources to improve them beyond that category. Alan Islas (talk) 13:48, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge proposal
Talk:Goths/Archive 1

message: The explanation for Jordanes' (and modern researchers') association between Goths and Scandinavia may be due to two reasons. Modern authors have also consulted old English texts to associate them with Scandianvia. It is possible that Jordanes derives the Goths from Ptolemy's (ca 100 AD) Go(u)tais, most likely identical to the Cwens (or Quæns, "the Kings") somewhere in Scandinavia; presumably a hunter-gathering group. Unfortunately, althought intresting, the essential sources on this group is Norse sagas. Besides being good magicians, they spend all their time on the battle-field fighting christianity. Unfortunately, this is not very much of scientific value and the Goths were actually one of the first groups adopting christianity. Scandinavia, in particular Sweden where you claim being the Gothic resident, was one of the last regions in Europe adopting Christianity!  Secondly but also intrestingly; names in Jordanes' Getica does also occure in the english poem Beowulf; but it is not clear whether they refers to Scandinavian Goths, or whether the poem actually refers to Goths in Central Europe. Note that the Slavic tribes' historical existence are very similar to the Gothic realm. Thus, I don't think it is a good idea to state that the Goths were actually Swedes. Just my cents. (83.226.130.159 10:09, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I suggest that you don't take Heather's hypotheses for facts as he has his own ideas. Read some other authors to get a more balanced view.--Wiglaf 21:26, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, he presents an idea due to the (most likely) misassociation, because the Goths after 6th century introduced the christianity and Scandinavia or Sweden has nothing to do with this. (83.226.130.159 21:45, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: The article does not claim so either. The article points out Sweden as the traditional original homeland of the Goths which was long before the 6th century.--Wiglaf 21:52, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text:  Maybee not, maybee, but it states that W/W culture have "strong influences" with Southern Scandinavia, when actually the article it refers to state there is only vague resamblence. Secondly, note that high-mounds were before something considered to be possible "Gothic" related. (83.226.130.159 00:45, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: You apparently have not read the second link which states that the similarities may be due to long-term contacts. Archaelogists consider the WW culture to be similar to the Scandinavian culture. Moreover, I have a few questions for you:
#why do you claim that the article only states a vague resamblence, when it plainly does not? It states that it is difficult to equate archaeological culture with ethnicity, and I hope you're familiar with this problem
#from where do you pick up the high mound argument? Burial customs varied, even in Scandinavia, and the mound tradition is thousands of years older.--Wiglaf 07:36, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Goths and Scandinavia
Talk:History of Trinidad and Tobago

message: I am moving this to talk rather than deleting it entirely. It seems far too specific for this article. Guettarda (talk) 05:00, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: There's "Law in..." articles for pretty many countries - The above paragraph should go in that article once someone creates it. Kind regards, Grueslayer 10:20, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, that makes sense. Guettarda (talk) 19:55, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sexual Offenses Act
Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Archive (foreign languages)

message: I want to comment on the formatting of lists of inline translations of words. Compare this, from the preceding topic:
:Three French words with related meanings are maison 'house', domaine 'estate, property', and château 'castle'.
with this from the following topic on this page:
:...englisch transcription for Bulgarian (Bulgarisch), Macedonian (Mazedonisch), Russian (Russisch), Serbian  (Serbisch), and Ukrainian (Ukrainisch).
The latter--parens instead of quotes without dividing punctuation--is much easier to scan, read, comprehend than the former, and that's the form I've been changing things to as I have found them.  For example, History of the Scots language was almost unreadable until parens were used.  Elf | Talk 15:52, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a good idea – should be policy, although I'm not sure how often it pops up. Derrick Coetzee 02:49, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think such a policy is needed. For one thing, I doubt it's a common problem. Maurreen 04:38, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Inline lists of translated words

message: I'm sure I saw a comment a while ago that several users who can just about read Cyrillic find the italicised forms difficult (as some of the italicised forms aren't immediately obviously the same character as their non-italicised forms). Naturally, now I want to re-read it, I can't find it, nor can I find anything in the Manual of Style.
I'd like to propose that we create a policy thus:
: When transliterating Cyrillic words, the Cyrillic should not be italicised, but the Roman alphabet transliteration should be. Ideally, a translation into English should follow.
A possible addition might include a guide on how to iotised and palatised characters, such as Ч (Che), Ш (Sha), Щ (Shcha), Я (Ya) and Ё (Yo). (Personally I'd suggest a háček on the core consonant(s) — so č, š, šč — and a letter Y before a vowel — ya, yo).
Opinions? :o) — OwenBlacker 21:46, Sep 20, 2004 (UTC)
:There are pretty complete tables on de.wikipedia at :de:Kyrillisches Alphabet, I assume you can make sense out of the tables even when not speaking German. They give a) scientific transliteration (with ISO variants where applicable) and b) german and c) englisch transcription for Bulgarian (Bulgarisch), Macedonian (Mazedonisch), Russian (Russisch), Serbian  (Serbisch), and Ukrainian (Ukrainisch). Pjacobi 23:06, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: See also http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_ru.pdf -- Pjacobi 15:15, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Transliteration]] of [[Cyrillic]]
Talk:Historic liberalism in New Zealand

message: While I certainly don't object to the presence of the Liberal Party in this list, I'm still a bit hesitant about including the Democratic Party. My interpretation of "liberal party" would probably require that the party actually have some dedication to liberalism as one of its main policies, but the Democrats have no such commitment — their focus is on social credit, not liberalism, even if they have liberalism included as an afterthought. Moreover, they're not really any more liberal than the Labour Party, the Alliance, or the Greens. There are even strands of the National Party (such as one led by Katherine Rich) which are at least as liberal as the Democrats, and have more direct commitment to the concept. -- Vardion 22:46, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Hero of Time

message: This title refers only to one specific Link, the Link appearing in Ocarina of Time and a few other later titles. There is more than one Link, as any number of sources validate, and it has not been used to refer to any of them in any context except this one. To say it refers to Link, unqualified, is incorrect. I also don't see any compelling reason why information would be removed explaining why he was given that title. Finally, this whole article should probably be merged with the one on Link or some other one — there really isn't enough information on this concept for a whole article. Deco 22:50, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Talk:Fakhr al-Mulk Ridwan

message: Isn't he more commonly called "Ridwan"?  Every English account that I've seen that mentions him uses that transliteration. john k 23:26, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: *Me too, although sometimes it is also "Rudwan". Adam Bishop 23:00, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: page moved.  Andrewa (talk) 19:49, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan →  – Though some source use Radwan, a lot of WP:RS, like Lewis, Runciman, and Cahen prefer Ridvan, while Bosworth uses Ridwan. --► Sincerely: Solavirum 17:42, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

text: Are you sure that the majority of sources use the 'Ridvan' spelling? My main gripe is that this would be contrasting with the common Arabic spelling (which uses 'w' and not 'v') used throughout sources (and also in Wikipedia for that matter) regarding this period. It would a bit inconsistent. --HistoryofIran (talk) 13:34, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: , I'm really not sure. Throughout A History of the Crusades: The First Hundred Years, which has authors like Lewis, Runciman, and Cahen in its team, "Ridvan" is used. Others, Maalouf, Hodgson, and Bosworth, use "Ridwan". Gibb uses "Rudwan". --► Sincerely: Solavirum 18:07, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: So that's just one source which uses Ridvan spelling then? That doesn't seem very convincing. Peacock uses Ridwan as well. --HistoryofIran (talk) 19:36, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: So, Ridwan seems to be more of a WP:COMMONNAME than its other variants. --► Sincerely: Solavirum 21:23, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 30 March 2021 

message: Is the use of melikdom correct here? Melik seems to be an Armenian title, used, as far as I can tell, exclusively in a different geographic region (Eastern Armenia). I can't find any search results on Google for "Seljuk melikdom" or "Syrian melikdom". Perhaps amir/emir (emirate) should be stuck to instead? See, for example, Shams al-Muluk Duqaq: this article describes him as founding a "melikdom" in Damascusus while that article simply refers to him as "Emir of Damascus". Jr8825 • Talk 20:01, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: "Meliklik" is solely used in Turkish sources. I haven't seen the usage of "emirate" in English sources. Also, Melikdom is an Arabic term, not the other one. --► Sincerely: Solavirum 20:34, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: , it is referred to as Malikdom here. --► Sincerely: Solavirum 20:36, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the clarification! Jr8825 • Talk 20:41, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Melikdom?
Talk:Margaret Leighton

message: Deleted.  Entry was plagiarized.Quill 23:42, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: "Her Broadway debut was as the Queen in Henry IV" - was that Pirandello's play or one of the two by Shakespeare? Pretty sure no queens feature in Parts 1 or 2. Per$1$tenceofv1$1on (talk) 00:20, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Henry IV
Talk:North Ryde, New South Wales

message: According to Parramatta Rail Link, the Epping to Parramatta section has been delayed indefinitely. Has this changed? - Borofkin 23:44, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Fair enough. <sigh> Still doesn't help me get from Parramatta to Macquarie Park. - Borofkin 04:05, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I think the image is inappropriate for an encyclopaedia. If no one opposes I will remove in 3 days. Michellecrisp 02:25, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I really like the picture, and it compliments the article well. Pure motion 10:19, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Image

message: "The Ryde name comes from the town of Ryde on the Isle of Wight, UK. It was adopted by G.M. Pope, who came from Ryde on the Isle of Wight, who settled in the area and opened the 'Ryde Store'. This was in Top Ryde, not in North Ryde. This fact about Top Ryde would be more suitable under "Ryde", not "North Ryde".
:The History section is divided into three sections. The introduction relates to the origin of the name of the suburb. This is followed by the subheadings Aboriginal Culture and European Settlement.
:For the origin of the name, North Ryde is derived from Ryde, so the introduction explains the origin of the Ryde name. Just like Bexley North comes from Bexley and Middle Dural comes from Dural.J Bar 22:49, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: History

message: I while ago I took the time to add a list of all the parks and nature reserves in North Ryde, some of them are quite beautiful, whilst all of them are essential and priceless for our fresh air and open space, but they were quickly deleted by the wiki-hostillian michellecrisp as not being "noteable" enough. It annoys me to go to others suburbs pages on Wikipedia and see nice listings of all the parks and reserves in their localities, why cant the parks of North Ryde be listed like theirs? They were, but not tolerated for a minute by michellecrisp.
: Wikipedia is an encyclopedia rather than a collection of lists. If you are able to write a section on parks in encyclopedic format, then there would be no objections by other editors. J Bar (talk) 22:06, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Parks
Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Pronunciation

message: There is a discussion that may be of your interest at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Lead section#Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section#Pronunciation. Regards,--Thinker78 (talk) 19:46, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I took the liberty of editing your link so that it should go to where you intended it to go. --Trovatore (talk) 21:06, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: What gives you the right to edit what I am looking for or what I say? 2603:9001:72F0:83A0:5910:510C:6D8C:8E1A (talk) 23:24, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Pronunciation discussion

message: I would like to submit a petition regarding the usage of the International Phonetic Alphabet, abbreviated as the “IPA”.
I have observed that the Manual of Style prefers a plain text format of the IPA pronunciation of the subject’s title, which is beneficial for clarity and accessibility, however, those who may not be familiar or knowledgeable about the IPA may find the plain text format be cluttering the page. 
Although there is a Footnote section on the IPA subpage that addresses highly technical and multiple IPA pronunciations, it does not extend to suggesting that main pronunciations also be footnoted.
I suggest that all pronunciations—whether they are common, uncommon, or multiple variants—be moved to footnotes. This approach maintains an uncluttered lead section with the detailed IPA information accessible via a footnote for those who seek further clarity.
This change balances the need for a clean, readable article while also  providing detailed phonetic information for those interested. I welcome feedback on this proposal and am particularly interested in hearing about potential drawbacks or alternative solutions that might preserve both accessibility and readability. WorldClassChampion (talk) 10:25, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposal to Footnote IPA 

message: Please join the work on the content of Wikipedia:Stress marks in East Slavic words. - Altenmann >talk 12:59, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stress marks in East Slavic words
Talk:Persuasion and attitude change

message: This article sounds suspiciously like an excerpt from another medium or at least like one part of some "system" of psychology or sociology.  For instance the "ABC model" mentioned in the article must come from somewhere.  However, being neither psychologist nor sociologist, I don't know what system it might be.  There needs to either be some linkage or more thorough background here. Gwimpey 00:44, Nov 15, 2004 (UTC)
As far as I can tell its standard introductory material that someone would type up. --Johnkarp 04:15, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Talk:Rutan Defiant

message: The original version of this article is believed to have been a copyright violation:
*Rutan Defiant seems almost certainly an OCR from a presumably copyrighted printed source (perhaps a sales brochure?) - note "conventjonal" for "conventional", "prQvide" for "provide", "stalt" for "stall", "ful1" for "full, "I.is" for "his" and many other similar errors. --Rlandmann 00:24, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)

message: I've added model 40 and 74 info, reorganized the text slightly for chronological order, and removed the info on the 2nd one built in Australia, as non-notable vanity info (the first on that continent would have been notable). Akradecki 18:23, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Recent edit

message: It might be interesting to note that the name "Defiant" was a result of the RAF's only public naming contest. The winning entry, Defiant, was submitted by someone who claimed the name came off of a woodburning stove. I don't remember exactly which website I learned that from, but it was a direct quotation from a Rutan interview. LostCause 06:58, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin of Name
Talk:United States men's national basketball team

message: Is it possible to make a more realistic jersey? It seems that basketball uniforms aren't even remotely close to the quality of football/soccer ones.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Uiscfd (talk • contribs) 18:32, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Uniform

message: Answer:
Article uses a total of 73 sources, with over half being from various sport groups. Also included are the New York Times, CIA, and various blogs. In terms of diversity, sources do appear to come from a large number of authors and publications and platforms. Only flag would be the articles and blogs with bias, and fact-checking may be needed. Various basketball governing bodies referenced for more information in regards to rules and history.
Sjbernstein (talk) 21:57, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Do the sources come from a diverse array of authors and publications? 

message: Today (June 23, 2021), the USA Basketball roster for the 2020 Summer Olympics was finalized. Could someone please edit the "current roster" section to reflect the changes? As a refresher, the "current roster" for that section reflects the 2019 FIBA World Cup Roster in China. Thanks again. Losipov (talk) 20:46, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: You can find the new roster here: LeBron James, Steph Curry skipping Olympics as Team USA roster is reportedly finalized, FOX News, June 24, 2021.--  --2601:2C6:C080:4070:29AF:F737:FC5F:BE25 (talk) 13:37, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: The players are Bam Adebayo, Bradley Beal, Devin Booker, Kevin Durant, Jerami Grant, Draymond Green, Jrue Holiday, Zach LaVine, Damian Lillard, Kevin Love, Khris Middleton, and Jayson Tatum. -- --2601:2C6:C080:4070:29AF:F737:FC5F:BE25 (talk) 13:39, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

text: Done.—Bagumba (talk) 18:53, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please update the roster for the 2020 Summer Olympics 

message: Has a USA national team existed before 1936? Or did a team representing the USA played another country? Howard the Duck (talk) 21:53, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pre-1936 

message: One question.. Does the participation of Team USA count for the register of their FIBA Americas perfomances? I see the 2001 poor record does not count as they didn't send NBA players, so I want to know if this is the same way. 2803:9800:9020:806C:9570:623F:FF61:6284 (talk) 13:40, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  2022 =
Talk:Miguel Delibes

message: I wasn't sure about "novela de tesis". I translated it as "opinion novel" but I suspect that's not quite right. — Trilobite (Talk) 01:34, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Translation