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Talk:Occupied Palestinian territories

message: Uri, thanks for the REDIRECT to occupied Palestinian territories. --Ed Poor
:Wikipedia and the English language must always be used for Israel's benefit. "Israel must also vigorously reject the political nomenclature advanced by the Palestinians, who call the West Bank and Gaza Strip "occupied Palestinian territories." In order to advance the idea that there are Israeli territorial claims in these territories, which are officially recognized in Israel as Judea and Samaria, after their biblical names, Israel would be advised to adhere to the term "disputed territories," that at least puts Israel and the Palestinians on equal footing with regard to respective rights and claims. Even if the UN or other bodies do not accept Israel's terminology, the very effort by Israeli spokesmen would sensitize the international community to Israel's claims and historic rights."  --Alberuni 01:36, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: In April 1950, Jordan annexed eastern Jerusalem (dividing the city for the first time in its history) and the "West Bank" areas in historical Judea and Samaria that Trans-Jordan had occupied by military force in 1948 (Jordan changed its name to Trans-Jordan in April 1949). On April 24, 1950, the Jordan House of Deputies and House of Notables, in a joint session, adopted a Resolution making the West Bank and Jerusalem part of Jordan. This act had no basis in international law; it was only the de facto act of Trans-Jordan as a conquerer. The other Arab countries denied formal recognition of the Jordanian move and only two governments - Great Britain and Pakistan - formally recognized the Jordanian takeover. The rest of the world, including the United States, never did. 
It seems Jordan simply conquered some ownerless land, and then unilaterally annexed it. 
Later, Jordan attacked Israel to punish it for its pre-emptive strike on Egypt. Israel regards Jordan's attack as "aggressive" and its counterattack as "defensive".
Israel regards its conquering of the West Bank as justified in a "defensive war" against Jordan and thus regards its occupation justified. I'm still not sure why they object to the term "occupied" - for its connotations, I guess. 
I've also seen some arguments - which I need to re-google - claiming that Israel was "given" the West Bank (then consisting of Judea and Samaria and not called WB) by Great Britain, but I don't understand why they appeal to the British Mandate when it favors them but disregard British authority when it favors Jordan. --Uncle Ed 00:19, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Snake

message: Most of the first paragraph in the "Molting" section would fit better in the parent "Skin" section, as it describes how the scales work and not reasons for/the mechanics of molting. I suggest that it should be in between the second and third paragraph of the "Skin" section. 
The first sentence also needs some help, and I suggest this change:
"For a snake, the skin has been modified to its specialized form of locomotion"
The first and last two sentences should be kept in the "Molting" section, and the beginning of the "Molting" section would now read like this:
"Molting (or "ecdysis") allows for old, worn skin to be replaced by newer skin with revitalized colors and patterns. Molting occurs periodically throughout the life of a snake. Before each molt, the snake regulates it's diet and seeks defensible shelter. Just before shedding, the skin becomes grey and the snake's eyes turn silvery. The inner surface of the old skin liquefies, causing it to separate from the new skin beneath it. After a few days, the eyes clear and the snake reaches out of its old skin, which splits. The snake rubs its body against rough surfaces to aid in the shedding of its old skin. In many cases, the castaway skin peels backward over the body from head to tail in one piece, like taking the dust jacket off a book, revealing a new, larger, brighter layer of skin which has formed underneath.[58][62] Renewal of the skin by molting supposedly increases the mass of some animals such as insects, but in the case of snakes this has been disputed.[58][60] The process also releases pheromones that increases the attraction of mates.[61]"
I hope this suggestion helps make the section more understandable. BitUniverse (talk) 20:09, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: . Note that the first sentence is different from what you suggested, but the meaning is the same. Ships & Space(Edits) 20:04, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request for the molting section on 1 May 2024
Talk:Laertes (father of Odysseus)

message: In the Samuel Butler translation, Laertes expresses his regret at NOT helping Odysseus kill the suitors:
:Laertes answered, "Would, by Father Jove, Minerva, and Apollo, that I were the man I was when I ruled among the Cephallenians, and took Nericum, that strong fortress on the foreland. If I were still what I then was and had been in our house yesterday with my armour on, I should have been able to stand by you and help you against the suitors. I should have killed a great many of them, and you would have rejoiced to see it." 
So, my question is: did he or did he not participate in Odysseus's battle with the suitors? --Ed Poor—Preceding undated comment added at 18:24, 25 September 2002 (UTC)
replies: text: Possibly he didn't in Homer, but did in Ovid or someone else.  That's my best guess, I'll try and find some more information about it. TokerBoy—Preceding unsigned comment added by John Price (talk • contribs) 18:28, 25 September 2002 (UTC)
replies: text:  According to Homer he doesn't kill the suitors butis involved in the battle with the suitors angry relatives.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Furius (talk • contribs) 11:32, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: "In Robert Fitzgerald's transliteration of the Odyssey"  Why would anybody want a transliterated Greek text?  Anybody who can read Greek must certainly be familiar with the Greek alphabet.  Reading a Greek text rendered in Roman letters makes no sense. D021317c 10:18, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Transliteration 

message: King Allwoes is not Laertes.  "... deem(ing) it best to be crafty with him,"(Samuel Butler) Odysseus hides his true identity from Laertes. Odysseus, in this lie, calls himself Eperitus, son of King Apheidas(Allwoes in Fitzgerald).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.173.0.16 (talk) 02:24, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  King Allwoes 

message: One of two possible fathers of Odysseus is mentioned as Laertes and Laërtes. Is there a reason for this inconsistency? What is the proper spelling?
ICE77 (talk) 05:14, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spelling inconsistency 

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 to Laertes (father of Odysseus). Per consensus, with absence of a primary topic.  – robertsky (talk) 08:28, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 31 January 2024 

message: There is a character named Laertes in the play Hamlet, and he does have his own article. I think someone should put the "not to be confused with X" text at the top of the article. I would do it but I don't know how
Unrefined Gasoline (talk) 01:06, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  confusion with Shakespeare character
Talk:Franklin County, Tennessee

message: Wondering how to edit this U.S. County Entry?
The WikiProject U.S. Counties standards might help.
where and how are you getting this information and how will it be updated? I'm very impressed with your work here! DennisDaniels
:All the demographics and geographic data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau.  I downloaded the raw data, compiled and processed it, and auto-generated the information.  I suppose in 10 years when they do another census we will be able to update all the data, but it should be sufficient for now. -- Ram-Man
Is it appropriate to say that Tullahoma is the largest city?  Almost all of Tullahoma is in Coffee County.  RivGuySC 03:56, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Debt bondage

message: The history section should be in chronological order.  It should go back to at least ancient Babylon where it was common.  Also ancient Greece and Rome are technically part of "classical antiquity" (though that term is itself a bit antiquated).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.243.37.238 (talk) 01:51, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: History

message: Why no mention of Student Loans in this article? They appear to conform to the definitions given of debt bondage here, given that the debt cannot be discharged and can be passed on to one's children, who may also be enslave by the loan.Kingshowman (talk) 16:09, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: This has continued to go up and down, for many years, without a single source or citation.  It does NOT fit the body of work here and is a ridiculous addition that continues to be removed and added without sourcing, citation or even rationality.  Comments such as the debt being passed to children are false entirely.  Until someone comes with a real WP standard source for this, it should not be added and continuing to do so constitutes vandalism. Seola (talk) 02:21, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: No mention of Student Loans?

message: This fits the definition, apart from debts being inherited. Many other systems of peonage don’t include that feature either. Fustbariclation (talk) 15:00, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: No mention of debt peonage to credit card companies?

message: Help 2604:3D08:A378:F000:4DD8:68A4:70CB:6E5A (talk) 22:41, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Help
Talk:Pluto (Disney)

message: Pluto dog Mickey 185.163.27.155 (talk) 17:30, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pluto dog 

message: Pluto dog Mickey's 185.163.27.155 (talk) 17:31, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pluto dog 
Talk:Bofors

message: To the best of my knowledge the Bofors 37mm AT gun wasn't manufactured in the UK, althought Britain did use it in the North African desert during WW2. -- Cabalamat 17:11, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: In this game, there is a gun (a skin upgrade)that says BOFORS on the side. Should it be added to this article in new section that this is so?--69.120.63.248 23:54, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Battlefield 2142 

message: A new source added to the article apparently states that USA used and licensed the Bofors 37 mm anti tank gun L/45. As someone who has seen actual export documentation for the Bofors 37 mm atg L/45 i have never come across a mention of the US licensing the gun. As the source is a book about "Naval Weapons of World War Two" i think the book refers to an older Bofors 37 mm naval gun, and not the classic anti tank gun. , can u supply the relevant pages of the book as u added the source?--Blockhaj (talk) 03:34, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I rather referred to the 40 mm /56 gun. Matrek (talk) 04:06, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  American use of the Bofors 37 mm Anti-Tank Gun L/45
Talk:Van Wert County, Ohio

message: Isaac Van Wart --- one of the 3 men who captured John Andre
Van Wert --- name of this county
These are 1 vowel off.  How did they get that way?
In the Isaac Van Wart article here on Wikipedia, I found "Van Wert County, bearing a common alternate spelling of the name". Carlm0404 (talk) 02:03, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  name spelling
Talk:Warren County, Ohio

message: Post was removed on the basis that the source was unreliable, but the source is reliable.  This is the post in question: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Warren_County,_Ohio&diff=prev&oldid=1041503109
sources appear reliable150.104.209.84 (talk) 12:06, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: post erronenously removed
Talk:Adair County, Oklahoma

message: This article meets the requirements for class C. Bruin2 (talk) 22:59, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Article reclassification
Talk:Alfalfa County, Oklahoma

message: This article meets the requirements for C class. Bruin2 (talk) 01:01, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Article class

message: The article has be reassessed to B-class rating.
* Add a link to Oklahoma Constitutional Convention.
* Add link to Governor of Oklahoma.
* Murray was Oklahoma's Ninth governor that should be added.
Other the listed items above, it looks good. Keep up the good work. If needed feel free to leave a line on my talk page if you have any questions.--Dcheagle • talk • contribs 19:09, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: The above issues all appear to have been addressed at this point, including adding citation(s) for demographics paragraphs.  Thanks for your help! Jsniessen (talk) 16:41, 12 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Reassessment

message: Check into the following link for further info on Alfalfa county. http://genealogytrails.com/oka/alfalfa/history.html Jsniessen (talk) 20:17, 27 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  For followup 
Talk:Atoka County, Oklahoma

message: Myself and another user believe that The Atoka County Times Doesn't warrant its own page and as such should be merged here.--Steam Iron 19:54, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree with the merger proposal. The Atoka County Times is a privately-owned business, and I think merging with this article might falsely imply government affiliation or endorsement. --TommyBoy (talk) 20:58, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  I also disagree. For the reason the County and a Newspaper are two totally different things.- William 15:07, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: The Atoka County Times Merger proposal

message: This article meets the requirements for class C. Bruin2 (talk) 22:57, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Article classification
Talk:Bryan County, Oklahoma

message: This article meets the requirements for Class C. I have made the change for WP:Oklahoma. Bruin2 (talk) 00:27, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Also made the same change for WikiProject United States. Bruin2 (talk) 23:04, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Article classification
Talk:Caddo County, Oklahoma

message: This article meets the requirements for Class C. Bruin2 (talk) 04:57, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Article classification
Talk:Carter County, Oklahoma

message: This article meets the requirements for Class C. Bruin2 (talk) 15:13, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Article classification
Talk:Cherokee County, Oklahoma

message: This article meets the requirements for Class C. Bruin2 (talk) 22:55, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Article Reclassification
Talk:Venn diagram

message: asserts that Venn diagrams were banned under the 1976-83 military dictatorship in Argentina. This would be an interesting fact to include here if true: however, all the English-language references I can find refer back to Amalia Pica's 2011 artwork. There could be Spanish-language references I'm missing. Apocheir (talk) 02:21, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Argentina
Talk:Antiochus IV of Commagene

message: this stub is an incomplete duplicate of Antiochus IV Epiphanes and is really bad. I suggest deletion. --maqs 22:08, Jan 8, 2005 (UTC)
:No, they're different rulers, different time periods. Everyking 10:46, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: and this is not the stub of a member of a "European" royal house, other than if Europe has now been expanded to Mesopotamian! Khodadad--164.67.226.230 20:42, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Henry James

message: The mention of The Bostonians (in Works/Major Novels) needs a link to the article on that novel. 
I’ve forgotten how to do that  Apologies   TarHeelScholar87 (talk) 18:08, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing link for The Bostonians 

message: Surely, that is false.   Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a ghost story and has been analyzed more than almost any other story.
Mdnahas (talk) 23:18, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  “the most analysed ghost story”
Talk:Gallium

message: There's various YouTube demonstrations (e.g.) of liquid Ga soaking into other metals and weakening them till they fall apart - particularly aluminium, but others also. Is there anything we could use to source and mention this? I was surprised not to see it in the article - David Gerard (talk) 15:02, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I have seen those videos, too. Maybe if we could find and article or something online that would work. 𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 (𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚔) 01:37, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: It's discussed in the second paragraph of Gallium#Physical_properties and has some references. I just added a link to liquid metal embrittlement as well. Hope that answers your suggestion. –MadeOfAtoms (talk) 04:31, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  They are looking for a freely licensed image or video of this reaction, or else a YouTube video that can be added as an external link. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 11:05, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gallium rotting other metals
Talk:Manchester

message: As this is a featured article and I received a warning before attempting an edit, thought it best to raise this here. My concern is over the distances from Manchester to Sheffield and Liverpool, both given as 35.0 miles in the Geography section. I thought we normally use "as the crow flies" straight line distances. If so, these are nearer to 31 miles for Liverpool and 33 miles for Sheffield, city centre to city centre as measured using Bing maps distance calculator tool. Perhaps someone would check/confirm? Rupples (talk) 21:59, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Distances
Talk:Jocasta

message: : She was the wife of Laius and, by him, mother (and wife) of Oedipus, Antigone, Eteocles, Polynices and Ismene. 
The articles on Antigone & Eteocles etc say that they are the children of Oedipus. The text on this article seems to say that they are the children of Laius. -- Tarquin
: the above is now fixed -- thank you Brion! -- Tarquin
This entire article is poorly written and has no sources. Not to mention that most of it is about Oedipus and not Jocasta. Can someone fix this?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.32.181.76 (talk) 18:17, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: Why is it there?  It's irrelevant and inappropriate.  
Edit:  I see the link is now gone.
Chriskelvie 03:29, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Webcomic Link? 

message: Is this pronounced with [j] or [dʒ]?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Craig Pemberton (talk • contribs) 01:57, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: With [j] according to the translators available through Wikisource. see footnote 1 --EncycloPetey (talk) 01:17, 7 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation 

message: In some versions of the myth Oedipus is left by the servant on the moutaintop to die of exposure but the sheperd finds him by chance instead of the version where the servant finds the sheperd and gives him the baby. Perhaps it would be smart to put that version of the story in parentheses in this article. You could be like- "Oedipus was given to some sheperds (although some versions of the story say he was discovered by some sheperds after being left to die of exposure). Do I have a point or I'm just being an annoying Wikipedia critic? Please comment.-James Pandora Adams  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.126.18.254 (talk) 18:13, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oedipus is given to some sheperds
Talk:The 77s

message: Calling all Sevens fans!  We need to really flesh out the band's history, and I'm willing to slap all you've got into a coherent piece of prose.  If you're not that good of a writer, just start adding your bits of history and trivia to this discussion page and I'll forge an outstanding piece of PR for Mike, Mark, and Bruce.  Of course, if you fancy yourself as a darn good Wiki-editor, feel free to start making your additions/edits on the main article page.  --Mike Beidler 04:51, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I wonder if the main body of the article would be improved if there were fewer "sections"? In some cases it is only a sentence or two making up a whole section. I get using what is currently here as demarcation points, but it breaks up the flow when reading the article. I would propose a simplified structure of early (Scratch Band/Island), mid (Transistion) and current (Power Trio on). Or, perhaps divided by personnel changes. Thoughts?THX1136 (talk) 18:52, 27 October 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that there are too many. Adding sections of no fewer than five paragraphs (with each paragraph containing at least three sentences) is preferable. Walter Görlitz (talk) 04:01, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too Many Sections?? 

message: The title for the album is misspelled as is the title of the article on the album. I changed what I could with in the article itself, but am unsure of how to change the title. I am going to leave my addition in the body of this article spelled correctly. Will look into the "how to" on the changing the album articles spelling. THX1136 (talk) 02:51, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Echoes o' Faith misspelled 

message: The 77s’ second record was also released on A&M which is not in the label section 2600:1700:4F01:10D0:25A9:5AA:AE53:9925 (talk) 21:00, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Labels
Talk:William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong

message: Should we conform to wikipedia:Manual of Style's suggestions articles that 
already have the information of birth and dead in other places?AN
Is it worth mentioning Jesmond Dene / Armstrong Park? They're quite a visible
"legacy" ? --Amortize 10:47, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled 

message: The famously tall tower at Grimsby isn't an accumulator. It's a simple gravity-powered "cistern on a stick". Armstrong's invention was a way of avoiding the need for such tall towers.
Andy Dingley 17:53, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grimsby not an accumulator 

message: Lord arm strong 81.98.82.161 (talk) 14:04, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Science
Talk:Oktoberfest

message: I just noticed there are some photos showing the Oktorberfest on this article now. However, I think it would be a good idea to tell people exactly where those fests were held, since there's no info about that in the captions or in the images' pages. I know it's logical to assume they were all taken in Bavaria, but since there are several Oktoberfests celebrated in many different places across the globe, I think it would be a good idea to specify location. In the captions, between parentheses, perhaps. What do you think?
I would do it myself, but since there's no info, I can't really know where they've been taken. – Kaonashi 00:56, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photos
Talk:WordPerfect

message: The "Key characteristics" section has this sentence, which is confusing:
WordPerfect users were never forced to upgrade for compatibility reasons for more than two decades. 
Why does it refer to both "never" and "for more than two decades"? And which two decades is it referring to?
Jkshapiro (talk) 17:14, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Just put rewrite as "For more than twenty years, WordPerfect users were never forced to upgrade for compatibility reasons." 166.70.61.76 (talk) 20:24, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Two decades? 

message: This section has the following quote relying on a 23-year old citation:  "Among the remaining avid users of WordPerfect are many law firms and government offices,[3] . . ."  
I suggest we delete this whole section, or rewrite it with more up-to-date information.  
Lenehey (talk) 20:33, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I've changed the tenses within the section and have added a cite from 2022.  Wasted Time R (talk) 10:24, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Faithful customers"