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Talk:Automatic squeeze

message: This definition is incorrect.  An 'automatic' squeeze, in contrast to a 'positional' squeeze, is one where either defender can be squeezed (see, for example, http://www.bridgeworld.com/default.asp?d=bridge_glossary&f=glossa.html).  So both simple and criss cross squeezes can be automatic or positional.  Also both might require guesswork or be free of guesswork.
For example:
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If *either* defender has SKQ and HA then they are squeezed on the CA.  The squeeze works "automatically."
Contrast with:
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Now only West can be squeezed by the CA.
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You're very welcome to fix it – this is a free encyclopedia. I'm fairly acknowledged with squeezes, but I didn't dig into terminology. Some Wikipedia articles also refer to it as "positional squeeze", which seems to describe the same thing as non-automatic squeeze, so it might be the terminology confusion overall. If you're able to untangle it, I'll appreciate.Duja 18:42, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia talk:Distill fact from opinion

message: This is open content encyclopaedia.  There is no way of knowing who contributes and what this persons expertise is.  "Cite your sources" is a Policy here but it is not being done at all or being enforced.  Fact or opinion would stop if everyone cited sources which is not being currently done.WHEELER 14:02, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)

message: At present there are many articles in the Wikipedia namespace that seek to give guidance on how to write better articles. I propose consolidating these into a much smaller number. On User:Jongarrettuk/Better writing guide I propose how these could be consolidated. The proposal is not to change advice, just to consolidate it. If I have inadvertently moved what you consider to be good advice that is currently in the Wikipedia namespace, please re-add it. I'm hope that the proposal to merge all these articles, in principle, will be welcomed. Of course, it may be preferred to have 2, 3 or 4 inter-connected articles than just one and would welcome advice on how this could be done. (In particular, perhaps all the guidance on layout should be spun off into one consolidated article on layout.) I'm also aware that putting lots of different bits of advice together may throw up anomalies or bits that people now disagree with (including bits that I myself disagree with:) ). I ask for support for the consolidation. Once the consolidation has happened, the advice can be changed in the normal way. Please feel free to improve on the current draft consolidation, but don't remove or add advice that is not currently on the Wikipedia namespace. If all goes well, I'll add a new Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles page on the 19th, though maybe some bits of the new article will need to be phased in over a longer period. I'll also take care to preserve all the archived discussion in one place. jguk 19:42, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposal to consolidate advice on writing better articles
Talk:Powerslave

message: Took this sentence: "The title song, Powerslave, opens with a dark, powerful riff (regarded highly by many fans) and is an epic heavy metal tale about the demise of an Egyptian pharaoh.  It also inspired a tribute song, Pepperslave, by the Gibbons of the Pink Pepper." and put it on the Powerslave (song) page I created.  Dan 16:45, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: There are links that appear like they'd go to an article about the song Rime of the Ancient Mariner, but they actually go to the article about the poem.  Perhaps the song article was deleted (it redirects now)? 75.69.94.226 (talk) 17:42, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Rime of the Ancient Mariner (song) redirects back to Powerslave, so having these links will be misleading either way. I recommend de-linking. Kansan (talk) 17:44, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I delinked all but one (I think); I left one in the lead in because it refers to the poem, not to the song. C628 (talk) 18:06, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Rime of the Ancient Mariner Links

message: This edit added two refs based on photographs of gold records being auctioned off. I suspect this is not a reliable way to establish sales certifications. Thoughts? Binksternet (talk) 19:20, 27 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Auction photos as refs
Talk:Slaughter of the Soul

message: I think we need some kind of citation or reference on this: "with some bands going so far as to copy riffs directly from the album." That's a pretty strong claim with nothing to back it up...--195.112.50.152 11:10, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Monetary union

message: I have proposed merging two overlapping articles, American currency union and North American monetary union. As of now, there is no opposition to the merger. However, I do not know enough about the subject to do justice to merging them together, and would like to request help from other editors more familiar with the subject. Feel free to weigh in on the subject of the merger till it closes, whatever your view may be. Thanks. - BillCJ 18:04, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Help with merger

message: There are some web references that SAARC countries will setup a monetary union and a common currency in 2020 - for example: http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990913/ibu13015.html. Can this be included in the article or is it way too far in the future and hence considered speculation?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.246.148.205 (talk) 06:37, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: South-Asian Monetary Union
Talk:Córdoba, Spain

message: Córdoba (also Córdova) was from Arabic قرطبة (Qurtuba) and from Latin Corduba Bompanigcc (talk) 12:45, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Córdoba 

message: Hospital de referência em Córdoba 179.222.133.253 (talk) 19:56, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Salir 

message: Hospital general de referencia 179.222.133.253 (talk) 19:58, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Salud
Talk:Giovanni da Pian del Carpine

message: Pian del Carpini is wrong. Latin name Joannes de Plano Carpini means John from Plain of the Hornbeam: Carpini is genitive singular of carpinus, carpini. Correct Italian translation is Pian(o) del Carpine, where carpine is singular, opposed to carpini which is plural. If there are no objections, I'm going to move the page soon. GhePeU 10:21, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move to Giovanni da Pian del Carpine 

message: : The date of his death may be fixed, with the help of the Franciscan Martyrology and other authorities, as 1 August 1252; hence it is clear that Joannes did not long survive the hardships of his journey.
He died 72-years-old, an advanced age for a man of his time.
I do not find clear that his death five full years after the travel was caused by the travel.
On the contrary, he seems quite enduring and has a long life after the toil of the travel.
: The text is taken from the 1911 Britannica and may be outdated. Please be bold and edit it out if you feel the assertions is naive. --Ghirla -трёп- 09:42, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cause of death 

message: The last section is rife with weasel words and heaps heavy amount of praise on the Historia Monglorum.  It's not that I don't think such a document is important, it's just that it is quite far from being NPOV.  VincentValentine29 (talk) 15:39, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Last Section

message: The article Ystoria Mongalorum ought to be merged with the article on its author. What we know about John of Plano Carpini comes largely from his work. The standard English language title of Tartar Relation already redirects here. Aramgar (talk) 04:02, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I once made a similar proposal, even better founded, re: Aesop and Aesop's Fables ...and was cried down by the townies. --Wetman (talk) 04:24, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Well, "Aesop's Fables" is a pretty well-known work on its own.  In this case, with Ystoria Mongalorum, it looks like a reasonable merge. --Elonka 04:55, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Since it is actually this article that gives a summary of the books contents, it makes sense to also merge the minimal extra information from the book article over here. --Latebird (talk) 05:34, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The link to on-line Latin text of Ystoria Tartarorum) has recently been deleted; does this move the encyclopedia forward? --Wetman (talk) 21:17, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Merger proposal
Talk:Thiazolidinedione

message: approved for use in Type II diabetes
is use for PCOS approved? JWSchmidt 19:26, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Not to my knowledge, but in several studies it proved very beneficial (like metformin, confirming again that insulin resistance is very central in PCOS; e.g. MedScape.  JFW | T@lk 19:29, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)

text: Uhh—I'm reluctant to admit that I don't know what the main source for "Wikipedia policy" is. IMHO, this shouldn't be an issue, as "approval" differs between one country and the next. In the UK, it is at the discretion of the prescribing doctor to prescibe off-licence drugs (many do it, few admit it). As stated, I have not seriously looked into registration of thiazolidinediones for NASH and PCOS. If you feel this is important, please let me know.  JFW | T@lk 19:23, 22 Apr 2004 (UTC)

message: NIH funded a drug trial to test rosiglitazone in a controlled
study with sugar pill one group and drug in another, etc.
18-month.  MRI will be done to start off and at end of study.
Point is insulin may affect protein levels that make up the
sticky plaques in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease.
I am not a participant in the pilot Seattle VA study..
Improving how the body uses insulin is a long term goal; maybe
will help slow progress of memory loss. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.231.64.240 (talk) 01:41, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rosiglitazone for Alzheimer's 

message: "Two drugs commonly prescribed to treat type 2 diabetes double the risk of heart failure, a study of data on more than 78,000 patients suggests."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6914434.stm
"More than 1.5 million prescriptions for rosiglitazone and pioglitazone were issued in England alone last year.
"The researchers, led by the University of East Anglia, suggest fluid retention caused by the drugs may be to blame.
"Writing in the journal Diabetes Care, they call for a rethink on the drugs by the regulatory authorities."
drh 14:14, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:   Diabetes drugs 'pose heart risk' 

message: Ouch. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 10:59, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fracture risk 

message: Studies have found that taking Tiazolidinedione worsens COVID19
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213260020301168  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.91.71.241 (talk) 20:48, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tiazolidinediona - Covid19
Talk:Isopropyl alcohol

message: Is there a reason this page is named Isopropyl alcohol instead of isopropanol like the Ethanol and Methanol pages? Magicalr2d2 (talk) 06:53, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Naming discrepancy 

message: Isoproal alcohol FingersDWS (talk) 19:28, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is alcohol the best choice for cleaning inside a freeze dryer that is made of stainless steel? And does it kill all bacteria, germs, and viruses
Talk:Ruth Rendell

message: Could someone please check the newly added "External Resource"? As with P. D. James, there is nothing relevant behind that link. Or am I just too stupid to find it? <KF> 21:36, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I have commented out rather strong and unsupported claims.  See 1, 2.  they should eventually be deleted if they can't be reffed. μηδείς (talk) 00:07, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsupported material 

message: Grasemann is not an English name.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C0:7C80:8401:D116:4474:73DA:9160 (talk) 17:51, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: So what? Lots of English people have non-English surnames. He was born in Plymouth and his father was born in London, so whatever German ancestry there may have been would be a while back.--Batmacumba (talk) 00:36, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Sure. Anyone want to go after J.R.R. Tolkien? 2A00:23C7:E287:1900:9966:AC02:C721:A8DD (talk) 00:44, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  English
Talk:Chervonohrad

message: The current name of the city is Chervonohrad (Ukrainian: Червоноград). Andres 22:23, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Talk

message: From the subsection Chervonohrad Jews I removed the following non-notable content with a red link: 
 From Chervonohrad stem the Jewish descendants of Shlomo Turteltaub, who was born in Chervonohrad (then Krystynopol), circa 1900. This Jewish family branch is composed of two sub-branches: the Canadian and the Israeli. 
This entire subsection is lacking citations. -- Deborahjay (talk) 07:30, 4 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Non-notable content moved here; no references cited 
Talk:Varieties of Arabic

message: Should we keep the new map on this article? A455bcd9 (talk) 11:20, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: @M.Bitton: Hi, sorry for that, I've only done a few RfCs in the past. I fixed the problem, thanks for the feedback. Cheers, A455bcd9 (talk) 16:19, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: It's still not quite right.  If you're going to do a survey + discussion format, the survey section should just say "agree" and your arguments should go in the discussion section, so people can extend or rebut them in context.  Bryan Henderson (giraffedata) (talk) 17:35, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: @Giraffedata: sorry again... M.Bitton adopted this format. I moved my comment below, is that fine? A455bcd9 (talk) 18:13, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  RfC on map of varieties 

message: *  A455bcd9 (talk) 18:13, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: RfC statements are supposed to be brief and neutral. Can you please move everything that you added before the question to the discussion section or your own !vote? Thanks. M.Bitton (talk) 16:12, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: @M.Bitton: Hi, sorry for that, I've only done a few RfCs in the past. I fixed the problem, thanks for the feedback. Cheers, A455bcd9 (talk) 16:19, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: It's still not quite right.  If you're going to do a survey + discussion format, the survey section should just say "agree" and your arguments should go in the discussion section, so people can extend or rebut them in context.  Bryan Henderson (giraffedata) (talk) 17:35, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: @Giraffedata: sorry again... M.Bitton adopted this format. I moved my comment below, is that fine? A455bcd9 (talk) 18:13, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Threaded discussion

message: * The community reached a consensus in August and September 2022 and decided to to remove the previous map because it was WP:OR, unsourced, inaccurate, and erroneous. The new map, requested in the Map workshop, follows Ethnologue's maps. Ethnologue is considered a reliable source in linguistics per Ethnologue#Reception,_reliability,_and_use and Wikipedia:WikiProject Languages#Interpreting online sources of data. This map also follows the guidelines of Wikipedia:Using maps and similar sources in Wikipedia articles. A455bcd9 (talk) 16:24, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  a455bcd9's opinion 

message: Between data from a reliable source (and Ethnologue does appear to be accepted as that in Wikipedia) and data from original research / no source, I'll go with the former.
When the reliable source is wrong, that's a sticky situation, but there's nothing we can do about that; an encyclopedia isn't an authority on the facts; it just summarizes other sources.  If there is no reliable source contradicting Ethnologue, we have to report the Ethnologue facts.  To me, it's like when a judge has to assume Congress meant what is written in the law even though the judge knows lawmakers intended something else.  Bryan Henderson (giraffedata) (talk) 20:02, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Imperfect map is better than no map
Talk:Telephone company

message: This character originated on Laugh-In.  The particular mentioned skit may have originated there, too. algocu 15:44, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I remember her well! I'd added the ref to Laugh-In, then saw your comment. Not sure if that specific skit was first on Laugh-In, but certainly many similar digs at Ma Bell.  -- Bricaniwi (talk) 04:19, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Ernestine" 

message: I believe that there are a few phone companies that should be added to the list. For example MetroPCS, a phone company based in central and south Florida, northern and south California, Georgia, Michigan, and Texas. Also I believe that AT&T should also be added, a company at which Cingular and Bellsouth combined. I don't want to, and can't do it because I may screw everything up so someone with experience please reply! 
R3445v (talk) 02:28, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Please remember WP is a global encyclopedia, not an American one. There are hundreds of phone companies around the world. Also little point in having a list that would soon be out of date as companies regularly merge, get split up by anti-competition laws, get privatized or nationalised, and/or voluntarily re-brand themselves!  -- Bricaniwi (talk) 04:29, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add To The List 

message: Per the "mergefrom" tag dated December 2013, "It has been suggested that Telecommunications service provider be merged into this article."
 The FCC ruling of February 26, 2015, reclassified Internet service as telecommunications. This means that a TSP is no longer just the telephone company, since other entities like Cable companies also provide Internet access. The merge proposal has been overcome by events and should be withdrawn. —Molly-in-md (talk) 11:38, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge with Telecommunications Company article 

message: Does anyone think this should be shared in article? 
http://www.kellysears.com/Video/VoiceOnTheLine Level C (talk) 13:52, 25 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  video relevant to popular culture
Talk:George Hart (physicist)

message: Does anyone know why this guy is so little known? There appears to be nothing on him apart from the MERLIN project. DJ Clayworth 00:09, 22 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Norteño

message: Is there any reason or use for articles on street gangs?  What more could possibly be written about them?  A list of members and their crimes? Falcon 00:17, Apr 22, 2004 (UTC)
If you could find a reputable source, the history and origins of the specific gang and thier reasons for the inevitable dispute with thier rival. However, as there is no official recorded history and most of what you can find out is rumor, hearsay, and legend, it's very difficult. But I think they are enough of a social phenomenon to warrant mention on the 'pedia. DryGrain 03:40, 22 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Talk:Ijaw people

message: I'd really like to take out the linguistic material and put it on a page dedicated to the Ijoid languages (note that I refer to languages in the plural, as there is no single Ijaw language), as the complex linguistic situation with the Ijaw really deserves dedicated treatment. I'm currently unsure as to whether or not to create very brief dedicated entries for Kalabari, Izon and the other languages, or whether it would be better to simply redirect all queries for the separate languages to the proposed "Ijaw languages" entry. 
Abiola Lapite 00:24, 22 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Fully agree, it's a pity that you're not here anymore. It will surely be fixed. — mark ✎ 08:26, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

text: It's a good idea to update the info here, but please take note that there is a dedicated article on the Ijoid languages which is already somewhat more up to date. See Defaka on one of the closely related languages in the periphery of the Niger-Delta. — mark ✎ 08:05, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Linguistic material

message: Please can you amend the population of the Ijo speakers. It is just not possible that there are 100 million Ijo speakers — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bermuda1 (talk • contribs) 15:51, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you very much for taking the time to point this out. It has been corrected. — mark ✎ 17:30, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  population 

message: the reference to dowery size for out of village marriage is illogical, i.e., "Marriages are completed by the payment of a bridal dowry, which increases in size if the bride is from another village (so as to make up for that village's loss of her children)" As you see, nonsensical.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sammisam1 (talk • contribs) 21:19, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Dowry size

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just added three more foods I saw that were surprisingly omitted; Opuru-fulou, Kiri-igina, and ignabeni. I also added citations (one happens to be my article). Please review my changes, when you can. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amadi Peter (talk • contribs) 17:22, 4 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Addition of other foods of Ijaw people
Talk:Diorama

message: Nowhere is Carl Akeley or the Milwaukee Public Museum mentioned in this article.  Carl Akeley completed the first habitat diorama in the world in 1890 (the Muskrat Colony), which is still on display at the Milwaukee Public Museum. Primvspilvs 13:28, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

message: I am going to update this page a bit to bring it up to speed with respect to modern hobbyist diorama-making. Regards, DMorpheus (talk) 16:01, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updating 

message: SeeReal's Holographic displays have been compared to interactive Dioramas.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.57.117.159 (talk) 12:59, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  What about having a section on the future of Dioramas via Holographic TV? 

message: This should be included. It was filled with dioramas, one could argue that it was the biggest diorama ever. See
"Wyld's Great Globe."  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vynbos (talk • contribs) 11:44, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Wyld's Great Globe

message: 1830: Clarkson Stanfield: http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/stanfield-s-diorama-a-double-playbill-for-the-th-705-c-44b4e99b14?campaign=rr
1828 David Roberts: http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/roberts-moving-panorama-a-playbill-for-the-thea-704-c-c4d405e87d?campaign=rr
--74albia (talk) 15:39, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  old playbills advertizing (moving) dioramas 

message: Aren't tatebanko and similar cut paper figure scenes also paper dioramas? --Error (talk) 00:51, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tatebanko 

message: This article is very unbalanced. A few artists are mentioned in details, almost like promotion, while there is a lack of a list of artists nor any systematic discussion of trends or styles.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 51.148.179.21 (talk) 10:55, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unbalanced representation of artists