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Talk:Sitting on Top of the World

message: If somebody could explain the musical structure of "Sitting on Top of the World" it would enhance this article.  Apparently the chordal structure is I-I7-IV-iv(or bVI)-I-V7-I-I(or V7).  However, this would need to be explained in layman's terms if possible.  I got the chordal structure details from Song Genealogy from "Sittin' On Top Of The World" Ikeshut 01:05, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Musical structure

message: In this video shot by Alan Lomax, Sam claims he has written the song? He was a part of the Mississippi Sheiks too. How come he is not mentioned in the article?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuFEzckDQBs
:There don't seem to be any "Sitting on Top of the World" released on records prior to the 1930 Mississippi Sheiks version. Additionally, several reliable sources list the writers as Walter Vinson and Lonnie Chatmon. Herzhaft writes "Shortly before his [Vinson's] death, thanks to the journalists of Living Blues magazine, he got the royalties he deserved for his help in composing  'Sitting on Top of the World'." [Encyclopedia of the Blues, pp. 250–251] Komara only mentions Sam Chatmon in the 1960s "revived" Sheiks in his essay for the Libray of Congress. There needs to be be some corroboration to Sam's claim before he can be added to the article. —Ojorojo (talk) 22:38, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sam Chatmon writer? 

message: I have searched for a cover version by Big Bill Broonzy mentioned in the third paragraph, but could not find anything and strongly suspect this was an error. Preservationist957 (talk) 23:31, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Big Bill Broozy? 
Talk:Burma Campaign UK

message: produces
 
Chris Chris 19:04, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Related template
Talk:Dice pool

message: Didn't Shadowrun have die pools when it first came out (1989), with D6s? If so, that preceeds White Wolf in the list. Worldnamer 01:13, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

message: The article fails, in my opinion, to adequately explain why dice pool games have come about.
The only advantage listed is "allow a greater number of variables to affect a roll". Not only is it the only advantage listed, it is also plainly wrong. You can have a hundred variables modifying a roll even if that roll is a single D6 roll.
What I think the editor meant was that you can modify the roll in various ways, but I'm not sure that's an actual advantage.
I would love for somebody knowledgeable about the subject to add reasons game designers developed dice pool mechanics in the first place; despite the listed disadvantages... 
Regards, 78.82.28.195 (talk) 08:18, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  why dicepools?
Talk:Point Mckay, Calgary

message: Imagine my suprise when I search for McKay.. the Clan, when I find a pitifully small village of the same name taking pride of place.
What is more internationall relevant? An ancient Scottish power and modern family name spread across the English spealing world due to the clearances, or a small American settlement?
I respectfully request this article see it's relevance diminished.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.152.237.88 (talk • contribs) 
:Mckay redirects here. McKay does redirect to Clan MacKay, as does MacKay (that's three different spellings already). It would probably be fair to convert both Mckay and McKay to disambiguation pages. Mackey is already a dab page. --Qyd 04:13, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Redirect
Talk:Tommy Leonetti

message: He also hit in the US with the only charted version of the spiritual "Kum Ba Yah" in early 1969.
No reason to doubt this, but which chart? It didn't make Billboard Top 40. (If it was outside the Top 40, not sure that would count as a hit.) Was it on Cash Box? There are some chart placings listed at ARSA but these are regional radio station charts. 
And is there a source for saying it was the "only" charting version? Does that mean in the USA, or..? 
Today I've added  a couple of references for chart placings. It'd be good to do the same for this one.
Meantime, I've added  template to this statement.
::Lyn50 (talk) 01:54, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Kum Ba Yah?
Talk:Tote board

message: "The first totalisator was an entirely mechanical system invented by the Australian George Julius of Julius Poole & Gibson Pty Ltd. It was installed at Ellerslie Racecourse in New Zealand in 1913."
This article is at odds (no pun intended) with the American Totalisator article which gives credit to American Henry L. Straus:
"The first tote boards were manufactured for the horse racing industry by the American Totalizator Company, and "tote board" is probably a colloquialism for totalizator." Drcwright 01:42, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opening comment 

message: Why do they call it 'totalizator'? why not just 'totalizer'? I'd love to hear the excuse for that name...
71.139.161.224 (talk) 03:02, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  TotalizATOR? Really? 

message: The picture shown is not "inside the totalizator".  It's just the clerk side of the betting windows.  The actual insides of a totalizator can be seen here.. The mechanical compute hardware was huge, and big enough to walk inside.   John Nagle (talk) 21:07, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Inside the totalizator"
Talk:Cash management

message: Would it be useful to have a separate page for the business activity of cash management (Baumol's model, optimizing float, Miller & Orr, etc.)?  Or is it better to just lump everything into this one article?  Anyone have an opinion?  --Sciprogrammer 01:47, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd say separate articles. BTW, this article has skimpy information about how the role of float in cash management (I'm also thinking that Check 21 has promulgated some changes on float in cash management). Anyway, this article needs to represent more of a world view, rather than from the view of U.S. operations, since I was wondering as I read the article whether the content reflected primarily lockbox operations in the U.S. So, I don't know whether this information is consistent with how lockbox operations operate in other countries. If mention of Baumol's model, float optimization et al. are included in the article, they yes...these topics would require separate pages, since the inclusion of this information might not be entirely clear to a reader in the context of how the Cash Management article is written currently.  →Lwalt ♦ talk 03:17, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Separate articles?

message: Swapped "Lock box Retail" and "Lock box Wholesale", since they were pointing to each other's definitions. 202.65.148.102 (talk) 07:07, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Lockbox
Template talk:Alberta rivers and lakes

message: I noticed that the Clearwater River was added and then removed again. Being my favorite alberta river, I am just curious what the criteria for being on the template is for the rivers? The Clearwater River seems a much more major and important river that a lot of the ones that are listed there. Qyd, this question is directed at you since you seem to be contributing the most when it comes to this region. Anomity 01:58, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Fact is, there's two rivers: Clearwater River, Alberta and Clearwater River (Saskatchewan). Both flow through Alberta (one through the Rockies, the other in the nort-east), and the one that comes from Saskatchewan is about twice as long (and has much larger discharge). Not having either in the template eliminates the confusion. You're right, some rivers are not as important, and could be removed from the template as well. --Qyd 02:48, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Clearwater River

message: Maybe it would be a good ideea to break down Alberta's hydrography in Lakes/Rivers/Glaciers rather than minor/major lakes/rivers. I'll give that a try. --Qyd 19:48, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I do prefer the new layout. Are you sure glacier lakes warrant a seperate category though? Anomity 20:39, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Probably not. While they are spectacular, thay're not that large or important. I'll hide those for now. --Qyd 23:17, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Categories

message: I've been working on Ghost Lake (Alberta), a reservoir that was originally named "Ghost Reservoir" but which is now almost universally called "Ghost Lake". I see in the "Hydrography of Alberta" box generated by this template categories for both "Lakes" and "Reservoirs", and yet there are a number of man-made lakes listed under "Lakes" when logically they'd be listed with the reservoirs.
Is there a policy that's been hashed out on this? If there is no clear differentiation in the categories, it might make sense to simply use "Lakes" as the catch-all, with the implication of "bodies of water". Anyone?--starfarmer*comm 19:23, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Is any of Athabasca · Beaverhill · Bistcho · Claire · Cold · La Biche · Lesser Slave · Pigeon · Sylvan · Utikuma · Wabamun actually a reservoir? I inserted the extra reservoir group because those often have some importance to recreation, tourism, etc, while the lakes group only shows the largest lakes. --Qyd (talk) 23:33, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Lakes versus Reservoirs

message: adding North Wabasca Lake to the list of lakes as its size and significance are similar to that of other lakes on the list. Shogged (talk) 23:05, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Shellwood (talk) 10:02, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 19 April 2021
Talk:Electoral district of Lee

message: Just a heads up that i've created my first locality article - New Port, South Australia. It was the only redlink in the SA electoral articles and was starting to bug me so i've created a stub... it's something. Please expand it as it's extremely basic at the moment. Timeshift (talk) 03:47, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suburb of New Port
Talk:Dartmouth Broadcasting

message: Doesn't FRD stand for FM Radio at Dartmouth? Amber388 02:23, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Electoral district of West Torrens

message: The information on this page seems to conflict with the information from the ABC: http://www.abc.net.au/elections/sa/2010/guide/west.htm
This page seems to suggest there was a swing TO Labor, when the ABC says the swing went away from FROM Labor.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.136.109.60 (talk) 00:22, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: That's because the results on this electorate page (and all of the other 46 electorates) have 2006 results. Once 2010 results are finalised, they will be added. Timeshift (talk) 04:09, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Electoral district of Morphett

message: According to the words on the electoral boundary map on the SA electoral commission website, Morphett includes only part of Glenelg North. However, the boundaries shown on the map clearly reflect the suburb boundaries as shown in the Adelaide 2009 UBD street directory. In other words, is Glenelg North entirely within this electoral district or isn't it? Which source can be considered the more reliable?--~ ~ :  Lincoln Cooper : ~  ~ (talk) 01:26, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Glenelg North

message: Why would a redistribution be so detailed (and wrong formatting) for a single seat? All seats have redistributions. Just amend the suburbs listed as required. Imagine if we included every seat's redistribution detail after every election... Timeshift (talk) 16:43, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed detailed 2012 redistribution info
Talk:Mount Pluto, California

message: On 17 May 2008, IP editor 64.148.147.54 removed the categories, deleted the sentence "Mt. Pluto last erupted in the Miocene approximately 25 million years ago when it ejected the lava that dammed Lake Tahoe." and the reference to the Forest Service FAQ.  IP editor 64.148.147.54 did not provide any citation for the added statement "In the past it has erroneously been reported that Mount Pluto is an extinct volcano.  While Mount Pluto has volcanic material on it, it is not an extint volcano."  Perhaps IP editor 64.148.147.54 is unaware of the various ways that volcanoes can form.  Maybe the lack of a crater is bothersome.  --Bejnar (talk) 23:01, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Volcano ?
Talk:Graph cuts in computer vision

message: One of my gripes about the article is that it stops right before it gets to one of the best parts of graph cuts: that through constructions like expansion moves (see Boykov, Veskler, Zabih as referenced in the article), you can minimize the energy of a k>2-class problem. Iknowyourider (t c) 02:48, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Can someone give an example of the algorithm working on a small image? 
a) show how the source, sink and pixels are connected as a graph.
b) show how the energy values are computed for one edge.
c) show how the system arrives at one cut. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hmulling (talk • contribs) 07:20, 25 Jul 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Here's some lecture slides that briefly introduce Network flow and Max flow min cut, and then show the reduction of the binary labeling problem to an instance of finding a min cut.  The next set of slides have some further details, and a lot of cool example images where the stuff is applied to solve all sorts of problems.  The lectures after that   introduce k>2-class problems.  I will try to add a small worked example to this article.  Feel free to bug me if I haven't done anything in a few days.  Cheers, Iknowyourider (t c) 08:11, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  can someone add a small example? 

message: As someone who is fairly technical, with a moderate background in various levels of multimedia and signal processing, this article does little to further my understanding.  Definitely a concrete example would be useful.  Also, links to things like Energy Minimization seem misdirected (it is an article on Computation Chemistry).  Digging in, I'm thinking maybe the intended target article might be topological optimization, but this is largely a guess.
72.29.167.236 (talk) 19:21, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs major rewrites
Talk:Fritz Duquesne

message: His picture appeared on a US war bond? Which one?? 174.194.202.205 (talk) 05:27, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: War Bonds

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: moved as requested per the discussion below.  Dekimasuよ! 04:39, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Fritz Joubert Duquesne →  – per WP:COMMONNAME; according to ngrams, "Fritz Duquesne" is far more common than "Fritz Joubert Duquesne", both historically and in the present. See here. XTheBedrockX (talk) 20:31, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

text: Support per nom Dantus21 (talk) 19:29, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 31 December 2023
Talk:Aracati

message: In practice, what happens is determined by the decisions at AfD, and they have so far always held that any inhabited place, even the smallest village, is notable, and articles just like this are always kept. I didn't set the practice--I don't even think it is necessarily the best policy, but that's what the consensus there seems to do. If you think the consensus can be convinced otherwise, by all means take it there. DGG 02:56, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment
Talk:Baubau

message: Okay, I'm laodeabdul.. i will suggest that Bau-bau article merge with Bau-Bau and use Bau-Bau instead because Bau-Bau is the correct name. Thank you. Laodeabdul 03:02, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge?
Talk:Capital punishment in Vatican City

message: "AMBROSE EPISTLE 26"  SAYS THE OPPOSITE OF THIS WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE WHEN THE ARTICLE CLAIMS SAINT AMBROSE ENCOURAGED PRIESTS TO EXECUTE PEOPLE!
And still more heated has the discussion become, since the time that bishops have begun to accuse those guilty of the most heinous crimes before the public tribunals, and some even to urge them to the use of the sword and of capital punishment, while others again approve of such kind of accusations and of blood-stained triumphs of the priesthood.
For those men say just the same as did the Jews, that the guilty ought to be punished by the public laws, and therefore that they ought also to be accused by the priests before the public tribunals, who, they assert, ought to be punished according to the laws.
The case is the same, though the number is less, that is to say, the question as to judgment is similar, the odium of the punishment is dissimilar. the Christ would not permit even one woman to be punished according to the Law; they assert that too small a number has been punished.
....But now let us come to the absolution of the woman taken in adultery.
(Ambrose Next Discusses Jesus' Rejection of Executing an Adulterer) 
What is the meaning then of, "Go, and sin no more"? It is this; Since Christ hath redeemed thee, suffer thyself to be corrected by Grace; punishment would not reform but only afflict thee. Farewell, my son, and love me as a son, for I on my part love you as a parent. Rakovsky (talk) 08:23, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Please cite reliable sources for your proposed changes. Wikipedia does not accept original research, which it seems very likely that your contributions qualify as because the Epistle does not mention capital punishment specifically. Savidan 15:12, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  [Untitled]
Talk:Intent (law)

message: This is a stunningly incoherent piece of gibberish! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.88.35.189 (talk • contribs) 03:08, 22 June 2007
Intent in civil cases is significantly different from intent in criminal cases, so Intent and Intent(Criminal) should not be merged.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Knotfil (talk • contribs) 21:54, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

message: Is he advancing menacingly on a sheet of linoleum? While amusing, I'm really not sure that this image adds any context or information to the article. -kotra (talk) 04:51, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo of man holding linoleum knife intently
Talk:List of protected areas of Kerala

message: *This article is under construction. Please feel free to add to it-Marcus 03:09, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: sure why note 117.219.146.126 (talk) 13:36, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

text: Erm that template doesn't actually exist.... KTC 16:33, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Masafumi Gotoh

message: His name redirects to the band on the Japanese Wikipedia. I suppose that he is probably a notable person, but unless there is something to say about him that doesn't apply to his band, I think this information could simply go in the band's article on the English Wikipedia as well. Dekimasuよ! 03:11, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Canonarch

message: The definition here cites only a non-scholarly source, with no substantiation.  The position of canonarch had fallen into disuse, and too much is imputed from recent practice.  The problem also occurs on the Greek Wikipedia, which provides the following (in total):
Κανονάρχης ονομάζεται το εκκλησιαστικό αξίωμα και ο τίτλος που δίδεται σε κατώτερο κληρικό (Ιεροψάλτη) ο οποίος κρατεί το Ισσοκράτημα δηλαδή δίνει τη μουσική βάση πάνω στην οποία θα ψάλει ο ψάλτης η ο Πρωτοψάλτης.
Translation:  Canonarch is the name of the church rank and the title given to minor clergy (Hiero-psalmist) who holds the Isocratema, that is, he gives the musical tonic note upon which the psalmist or Proto-psalmist will chant.
This essentially equates the canonarch with an isocrator.
Several sources should be consulted, including a careful reading of Johann von Gardner "Russian Church Singing" (vol. i and ii).
Also, a source worth noting is Vladimir Morosan's "Choral Performance in Pre-Revolutionary Russia", which reads that a canonarch is one who ensures that "the readings and hymns 
were performed in the proper order and determining the melody and style of performance (soloistic, antiphonal, responsorial, etc.) in which a given hymn would be sung.”
Earlier references to the canonarch and its development is in needed.  There is this by the Oliver Strunk in "Intonations and Signatures of the Byzantine Modes", reprinted in "Essays in Byzantine Music in the New World", p. 35: "the singing by a choir of a Byzantine Sticheron, Heirmos, or Troparion is usually preceded by the choral recitation of a verse (στίχος) taken from a Psalm or from a Canticle. In such cases, the formula of intonation, sung by a solo singer, the Canonarch or Protopsaltes, serves as a link connecting the verse with the chant that follows."  
Alex Lingas' article, "From Earth to Heaven: The Changing Musical Soundscape of Byzantine Liturgy", in Experiencing Byzantium: Papers from the 44th Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, New Castle and Duram, April 2011,  indicates that "choirs were assisted in their renditions of hymns by a canonarch, an official whose role was to prompt them audibly from a scroll or book with their next line of text, a practice similar to 'lining out' in some Protestant traditions of hymnody"(p. 342.)
A good summary can be found here: http://www.synaxis.info/psalom/research/simmons/canonarch.html; although it is overly reliant on Russian sources and the early connection with the intonation formulae is passed over.
A good treatment of the origin of the office would be important for placing it historical context for its revival today.
Tachypaidia (talk) 04:24, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Definition of a Canonarch
Talk:Wael Hallaq

message: https://books.google.com/books?id=SnVLghE8OYoC&pg=PA137&dq=wael+hallaq+christian&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjU5Iyi7eXbAhWPt1kKHf5aAn4Q6AEIPDAE#v=onepage&q=wael%20hallaq%20christian&f=false  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2606:A000:1210:8673:4C83:1036:2718:1EB4 (talk) 22:58, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: That may be true, but we need to cite a reliable source to put this in the article. The book you linked to above doesn't meet the criteria. Eperoton (talk) 02:52, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hallaq is a Christian, not a Muslim 

message: Wael is christian indeed. And it seems that no matter how many authors mention it in their books, these books will never be accepted as "reliable sources". Perhaps Wael should just come out and state it himself in his next book so this case will be settled once and for all. He is a an Orthodox Christian Palestinian.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Whck2018 (talk • contribs) 18:00, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: WP has general policies and guidelines that describe what counts as a reliable source. The bar isn't terribly high, but it exists, and it needs to be crossed for the information to appear in the article. Eperoton (talk) 03:22, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wael is christian not muslim 

message: Hello , could you please explain why you considered this edit constructive and an improvement to the encyclopedia? إيان (talk) 23:53, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsubstantiated content removal