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Talk:Pownce

message: I am undeleting Pownce in the name of common sense. There was an era in Wikipedia when a web site detailed in Business Week , started by a prominent Internet entrepreneur, and widely spoken about on the Internet would be more than ample notability to be included. So I am making this stand in the spirit of Wikipedia, for its original roots, for its community values and the triumph of rational thought over mindless A7, G11 and DRV nonesense. I claim this article back in the grand tradition of the wiki. I hope you will join me. -- Fuzheado | Talk 22:30, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Seconded. - CHAIRBOY (☎) 22:33, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Third. I was hoping my redirect recreation would have led to this. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 22:36, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

text: There was a time that it was enough... verifiable, notable because of its founder and press coverage. What else does one need? The founders of Kazaa and Skype were famous after they created those sites. Joost was created by the same folks. Joost has an article, as it should. The same pattern is emerging here with Kevin Rose and Revision3, Digg.com and Pownce. -- Fuzheado | Talk 22:51, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Undeleting

message: Could someone please explain what this web site is about, what exactly you can do there? How does one share messages and links with friends?
:I see a BusinessWeek article about Kevin Rose, which also happens to mention that his next project after Digg is Pownce, but the article isn't about Pownce. I met the name of this website on a couple of mailing lists where people wrote "I don't use this, but I've got some invites if anybody wants them". I still haven't heard anybody who actually uses the site, and the current WP article doesn't tell me what the site does. Perhaps "Pownce" should be a paragraph in the Wikipedia article about Kevin Rose, just like BusinessWeek did it. --LA2 00:41, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Fortunately, that question ("What is its value?") is not relevant. All that is relevant is whether it is notable (significant) and verifiable (sourced). We have, for example, an article about Pet rock, yet we do not make value judgments about its value to society. It was a silly fad, but it had an impact, and it made a guy rich, and we still refer to it as a peculiar and odd phenomenon that people reference all the time. "What is the value" is not in any policy or guideline I'm aware of. -- Fuzheado | Talk 04:48, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  I don't think Epetrone is saying "What is its value? This article should be deleted!" I think Epetrone is saying "What is its value? Could someone expand the article so I have some idea what the heck Pownce is about?" Given the article's storied history (do all articles have storied histories, by definition?) I can understand your initial interpretation. -- JayLevitt 00:52, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Could someone please explain what this web site is about
Talk:The Left Hand of God (book)

message: Because this article about a book by Michael Lerner is a stub (my starter contribution being only 2 short paragraphs) and because the author is a prominent public figure, I think it legitimate for me to jump-start the article in spite of potential conflict-of-interest which arises since I do volunteer work for the book's author. Lerner himself and his organizations Tikkun and Network of Spiritual Progressives already have 3 Wikipedia pages that predate me by a country mile, so this isn't exactly a flimsy disguise for promotion.—Preceding unsigned comment added by WickerGuy (talk • contribs) 18:30, July 10, 2007
:Welcome to Wikipedia. Please be sure to read WP:COI, Wikipedia's conflict of interest policy. — Malik Shabazz (Talk | contribs) 22:56, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]
Talk:Minister for the Civil Service

message: When did this title come into existence? john k 22:34, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

message: Most of this article's content is not about the office of Minister for the Civil Service, but about the Civil Service in general. Should it be taken out? 83.199.67.250 (talk) 17:53, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes. Richard75 (talk) 20:50, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Relevance 

message: I thought Mrs Thatcher was the first PM to hold this office not Wilson? Penrithguy (talk) 15:31, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wilson 
Talk:Sales per unit area

message: It should be specified that $300 PSF is for regional malls, not all retail shopping centers.
Question:  How is the per square foot number calculated?  Is it based on daily, monthly, or annual sales?  If a mall is averaging more than $500.00 per square foot, is that per day??  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.104.115.90 (talk) 17:12, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
Talk:Hand Hygiene

message: Please restore the Hand Hygiene article to Wikipedia. If you look at http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/hand-hygiene-truths-myths-and-misinformation-10882.html you will notice that JSHibbard is the author. That is me. The article was written by me (JSHIbbard) as part of the information about Hand Hygiene on my web site www.germout.com. This is a very well documented, very neutral, and very informative article on Hand Hygiene. I am extremely disappointed it was deleted without looking at the author on the web site. Please restore the article. Thank you. --JSHibbard 14:42, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Hand On Article

message: I am removing the hang on designation for this article after one week.--JSHibbard 18:24, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Hang On Designation

message: What is the general consensus of what to do if someone sticks a "cleanup" tag (with no reason) on an article which you don't believe needs a cleanup? It was done by an IP poster so I can't really use a talk page to ask about it. Thanks. --Myke Cuthbert 16:37, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Disagreeing with Cleanup?

message: I agree with the comments about this article not conforming to the Wikipedia format. I will be editing this article to conform with the format as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.--JSHibbard 14:47, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Editing

message: I am reinstating the hang on designation until after I finish editing the article. Thank you for being patient.--JSHibbard 15:12, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Hang On Designation

message: I have revised the Hand Hygiene article to include an Introduction. I will remove the Hang On tag after everyone has a chance to review the article and make comments on the Talk Page. Thank you for your cooperation.--JSHibbard 21:30, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Revised Article
Talk:Besom

message: The final sentence in the lede states "In Scotland, besoms are still occasionally to be found at the edge of forests where they are stacked for use in early response to an outbreak of fire" (emphasis added). No source is provided for this claim, and it is certainly counterintuitive, given that dried brooms made of birch twigs (or other tree twigs) would be highly flammable. (Indeed, dried tree twigs are one of the most common types of fuel for kindling a fire.) Can anyone explain? Bricology (talk) 00:07, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: This is merely conjecture, but I suspect the besoms could be submerged in water to saturate the straw and then be used to "stomp out" the fire, creating a smothering effect. My family heats our home with an outdoor woodstove, and on occasion, coals may spill out of the stove and ignite tinder lying on the ground. I've found that stomping on the nascent flames with my boot or with a shovel is the best way to quickly put it out. Fhbarfield (talk) 11:53, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  For use in firefighting?! 

message: I came here looking for historical information about primitive brooms, but found myself mostly reading and looking at paintings about psychotropic vaginal ointment. I think it would make more sense to break out this article into one about Besoms and one about Broom / Besom Association with Witchcraft. Cultural associations with minority religious movements are only a small part of the historical significance of the household tool. Fhbarfield (talk) 11:46, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I could definitely see the merit of an article about "brooms and witchcraft" or something like that. 98.170.164.88 (talk) 19:41, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unbalanced focus on witchcraft
Talk:Propensity score

message: A nice extension to this article might be to include applications of the propensity score, e.g., to control for assignment bias. 20 years later, the propensity score is finally starting to take off in terms of use, but it is not a ubiquitous part of observational studies yet. --Andystats 23:07, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

message: Neither of these are defined in the article, nor are there references to where they are defined. Rick lightburn (talk) 03:59, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  'Unconfounded/unconfoundedness' 

message: For those of us who are not trained in statistics, could an expert explain the following points?
1. What are the minimum and maximum values (if there are indeed limits) on the propensity score. Reply: It's a probability, so [0,1].
2. What does a larger propensity score mean? Does it imply greater bias in assignment? Reply: the article only discusses a binary treatment, and propensity is probability of assignment to treatment 1, so higher score means more likely to be assigned to treatment 1. Both extremes of propensity would indicate bias; a value of .5 would mean no bias.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.125.124.226 (talk) 19:28, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Practical interpretation
Talk:Prosperous, County Kildare

message: Article shaping up well; need to keep away from boosterish language and presentation. (Sarah777 23:07, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Article development

message: The photo of the R403 is taken in Allenwood if I'm not mistaken. It should be removed.
: You know - you are absolutely right! (Sarah777 03:25, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Photo
Talk:Burin (lithic flake)

message: This should clearly be merged with Burin (tool), an equally short stub. Johnbod (talk) 03:01, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge

message: This article should be split. The archeological term has nothing to do with the engraving definition. This should become a disambig page that points to the two split articles, and the current disambig page should be merged with this new disambig page. Wizard191 (talk) 18:42, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree; that would be much more logical. Go ahead, unless there are any objections. Lithoderm 19:56, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Hah! They were originally two articles that were merged into this one. I have no strong opinion either way, but perhaps we should discuss it a little more before going round and round in circles. Aleta Sing 20:27, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

text: BTW, Burin (disambiguation) already exists as well, and is linked at the top of this article. Aleta Sing 20:29, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

text: I agree, since it treats two mostly separate topics. Irrespective if there were originally two articles. ... said: Rursus (mbork³) 20:16, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Split 

message: Why bother posting a photo if the labels are in a font size to small to read? --70.89.189.78 (talk) 21:56, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Bad photo

message: The article says "Burins exhibit a feature called a "burin spall", in which toolmakers strike a small flake obliquely from the edge of the burin flake in order to form the graving edge." A burin spall is not "a feature of a burin", it is the "small flake" struck from the edge. Burin spalls have themselves sometimes been formed into tools, usually various kinds of piercers. Also, the term "Burin (lithic flake)" is odd. A burin is not a "type of flake", any more than a scraper or an arrowpoint is; it is a distinct tool made FROM a flake, blade etc. by burination. Note that the definition requires the burin edge to be formed by spall removal; lithic tools with a similar form made by grinding (in Paleoeskimo cultures) are referred to as "burin-like tools". - Preceding unsigned comment added by  17:20 18 September 2017 (UTC)
:Thanks for pointing that out. Sometimes Wikipedia says the darndest things. - Hunan201p (talk) 23:21, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Burin spall
Talk:A Story of Oki Islands

message: Furthermore, this article's only source is a dead link. The etymology of Tokyo's name is elaborated upon (and sourced) in the etymology section of the Tokyo page.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.167.25.191 (talk) 07:00, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  The section on the renaming of Tokyo is nonsense 

message: I have removed the proposed deletion tag, because, in my opinion, the authenticity of the story is not essential to its notability.  It has been recorded by a reliable source. as have the doubts as to its authenticity.  Robert McClenon (talk) 22:36, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deprod
Talk:The Interior Castle

message: Original research is linking Teresa's meditative process with the epistemological strategy in Descartes' Meditations.. Whenever this research is published, and scholars reach a consensus, please someone link this? In my opinion, Teresa's philosophical influence is under-appreciated but I hesitate to insert my own POV without adequate consensus. Rmsolomon1505 (talk) 20:35, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]=
Talk:Electrostatic motor

message: Sorry for being such an illiterate.  But this article is in desperate need of some pictures.  It is easy to see how the linear and rotory electrostatic motors work – though some mention of the possible dangers of high voltages would be worthwhile (perhaps).  The article states that high voltages-low current works best for electrostatic motors, with low voltage-high current for electric motors.  But, if one were considering the possible application of superconductors to this area, surely there are advantages to be gained via the use of such materials (even thin superconductors have the ability to transfer far larger amounts of power within such devices than would large quantities of even the most refined copper wires).  
ConcernedScientist 23:30, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Pictures

message: It is perhaps worth noting that the plausible power density of nanoscale electrostatic motors is on the order of 50-100kW per cm^3, but is there any evidence that the same is not true for electromagnetic motors? Anaholic 17:41, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Power density

message: A link to electojects.com has been repeatedly added to Stepper motor, Electric motor and Brushless DC electric motor by Special:Contributions/217.53.109.235, Special:Contributions/82.201.156.201, Special:Contributions/217.53.107.168, Special:Contributions/217.53.16.164, and others.
The link in question is registered to Abdoh Ali Mohamed, Hay Swesri, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt.
I wonder if the four IP addresses listed above have any connection... Naw, couldn't be.  Egypt is a big country. Must be a coincidence.
I'm going to start patrolling wikipedia for any links to electojects.com or redirects to it and deleting them on sight. If they come back, I'll move to blacklist the address.
Mdsummermsw (talk) 18:18, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spam 

message: There have been some reports about a project at University of Wisconsin Madison and a spin-off, where they say they have found ways to use it for bigger applications: Drives & Controls: "Electrostatic motor ‘out-performs standard designs’" Probably should not be included before they publish something reliable. Galant Khan (talk) 20:17, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bigger applications? 

message: Three categories of ESM are mentioned, but only two are covered. The basic, simple type is only mentioned in passing. 12.130.180.56 (talk) 15:17, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]
Talk:Orbit Attitude and Maneuvering System

message: Not so much copy-editing needed as a proper re-write. 2/3 of the article is just one long quote from another publication ! thisisace 23:33, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Copy-edit

message: Re this edit: http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4203/appa.htm uses "orbit attitude and maneuvering system", as do most of the other instances on nasa.gov that don't have it in a title. And the Wikipedia title doesn't use caps, so there's no reason for the lede to. -- JHunterJ (talk) 20:12, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know what "other instances on nasa.gov" exactly means, but the general NASA web pages contain a lot of revisionist history written after the fact which I wouldn't consider gospel. Since the page you give from On the Shoulders of Titans is a glossary listing "OAMS" which is obviously an acronym, I would have to conclude that's a typo (or else more revisionism in the transcription of the original book.) NASA's fondness for acronyms was legend, and I'll bet if you scoured the whole document (admittedly hard to do in this format) and any others that may be available, you'd find it with the capitals. It could also be argued (just what we need, another wikiargument) that this page should be moved to the caps title, since it is an acronym. Using sentence case makes it sound like a generic term, which it decidedly is not since it was never used again on anything else. (Contrast this with reaction control system, which was originally used as an acronym, but became the popular term for use on several programs (Apollo and Shuttle), so is properly considered a generic.) JustinTime55 (talk) 19:17, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Caps or non-capped
Talk:Michel Clouscard

message: This page is a translation from French Wikipedia's article. I added one quotation and also submitted it for French version--79sylvio79 23:37, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: :: leaves the place to the interdict of the crisis, the shortage, the absolute depauperation.
: 
Is this a clumsy attempt to translate something from French into English, or is it sociologists' jargon or something like that? 128.101.152.72 (talk) 21:23, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  What? 

message: Does anyone know of any English translations of Clouscard's work? If so, they could be added on to the end of the article. 45.93.75.130 (talk) 14:05, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  English Translations of Clouscard's Work
Talk:Michael Goleniewski

message: I'm rather surprised the FBI didn't resent the CIA despicably grabbing the agent who chose the former to relate to;  and also not letting them know about the approach.
Quite like one planning to buy a couch at Store A, and Store B finding out, picking one up and selling you a couch at what they say is Store A.  A very shabby business.
Claverhouse (talk) 17:40, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Agencies
Talk:Father Michael Goetz Secondary School

message: Please change the principal's name from (David Sesek) to (S. Macaluso)according to the Dufferin Peel Catholic school board and the schools website the current principle of the school (Father Michael Goetz Secondary School) is Samuel Macaluso. (the name of David Sesek must have been submitted by a vandal) Thank you for your consideration
sources:
http://www.dpcdsb.org/CEC/Schools/School+Directory.htm
http://www.dpcdsb.org/GOETZ/General/
(Arsmir (talk) 02:12, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from Arsmir, 3 June 2010
Talk:Haystak

message: in knowing more about this guy actually but there isn't much here so I can understand the request for deletion. I do however have a question about the comment box above the article which states it uses mostly primary sources. I am new to Wikipedia and trying to understand what can and cannot or should not be used, and my interpretation of the description of a primary source does not match what I am seeing here as far as the sources go so maybe I am confused. I also found a dead link here. Tattoodwaitress (talk) 06:16, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  I am interested 

message: I am currently trying to get ahold of someone 2 see if I am actually talking to the real Jason AKA haystak i have someone who messaged me from Tik-Tok and now is messaging me on my private cell phone I'm just trying to make sure they are trying to get me to get a GreenDot card 2603:8000:4E01:41D2:6C8F:BD63:E181:966A (talk) 18:01, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  I need to speak with someone in regards to someone who is possibly is trying to scam me under HAYSTAK S NAME
Talk:Choral scholar

message: How, exactly, is this a neologism?
Choir of King's College, Cambridge#Choral Scholars
Durham Cathedral Choral Scholarships
King’s College Choir Cambridge (Choir)
Collegium Regale – The Choral Scholars of King's College, Cambridge
Oxford University Press - Bob Chilcott
Opera Anywhere (scroll to "William Coleman")
The St John's College Choir
The University of San Diego Choral Scholars
and, of course,
St. Paul’s Choral Scholars
(among other hits on Google)
--Ckatzchatspy 23:50, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've moved some of the more appropriate of the above to the article.  --Erp 00:44, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neologism? 
Talk:Mark Purdey

message: As I remember, the nerve gases were developed from the pesticides, not the other way around. It's explained on the organophosphate page. Tim Vickers 23:57, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Nerve gas

message: Mark Purdey was an idiot; he did no "research." His "papers" in the crackpot Medical Hypotheses "journal" contain no actual data, other than some specious epidemiological analysis. The remainder of the corpus seems to consist of a lot of scientific-sounding words strung together in various orders. His explanations for BSE are backed up by few, if any citations, and are clearly the work of someone with no understanding of biochemistry. This article would have given the layman the impression that Purdey was a well-respected scholar, but in fact he was a charlatan - a successful charlatan, but a charlatan nonetheless. Angio (talk) 08:29, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I am going to revert your edits, because these articles have absolutely nothing to do with Purdey's crackpot theories, other than that they contain the words "copper" and "PrP" in the same sentence. It would be like arguing that the Cold War never ended, because you can still find papers by searching for "USSR" and "United States". Purdey's papers are complete speculation and were published in a disreputable journal that accepts unsubstantiated hypotheses as research.Angio (talk) 19:56, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Article fixed