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Talk:PSOS (real-time operating system)

message: Note to would-be editors: if you disagree with any of this, raise some talk about it.  Otherwise expect any changes that you make to be reversed! (talk moved from article Aldie 04:20 Oct 23, 2002 (UTC))
PSOS could also refer to Project Support Open Source which is an effort to aid companies in donating to open source projects. It has so far raised over $30k (of which singapore and several other projects I am involved with have each received $50). Should this be added as a disambiguation page? Tamlyn 13:21, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That's a good idea. I've gone ahead and moved the page to your suggested title, and created a disambiguation page where it was. Disavian (talk) 20:57, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Disambiguate
Talk:Louis St. Laurent

message: The National Archives gives his last name as St. Laurent, not Saint, and so do encyclopedia.com and my Canadian Oxford Dictionary. Do we have a cite for Saint, or should we move the article? - Montréalais
:The National Archives biography says St. Laurent as well. I've actually never seen it as Saint Laurent, but then I've never seen "Saint Lawrence River" either, and that's the title of that article.  Adam Bishop 23:45, 26 Aug 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: In French it's usually St-Laurent, which means that was probably how he spelt his name, but in English it's usually spelt St., with the period.  Trontonian 21:32, 20 Oct 2003 (UTC)

text: Well, I don't mean they're related, I meant maybe there was a policy to expand words like "saint".  Adam Bishop 23:57, 26 Aug 2003 (UTC)

text: Actually, since there are a lot of city names with "St." I guess that is not a policy (St. Thomas, Ontario for example, since that city's name is officially St., not Saint). I guess I will move this. Adam Bishop 00:04, 27 Aug 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Library and Archives Canada uses St. Laurent in English. Adam Bishop 16:15, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

text: No real reason...a lot of Canadian PMs used to be at a title with their full names, and this one was never moved. I guess it should be, though. Adam Bishop 20:25, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Name of article:  Saint Laurent or St-Laurent?

message: Do we not know the name of his children? I'm sure it must be documented somewhere and that someone who is alive today knows their names. NorthernThunder (talk) 11:39, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Children 

message: There is a great deal of factual information in this article for which no citations are provided. The uncited information is distributed throughout multiple sections. As such I've added a Refimprove template to the entire article.
The tone of the uncited information certainly suggests that appropriate research has gone into the development of the article. However I'm concerned that in the absence of citations for that research the article may violate or be perceived to violate the Wikipedia principle of No Original Research.
This is the first time I have applied this template. If I have been too aggressive in doing so I welcome discussion or reversion.
--Hughstimson (talk) 09:09, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  lack of citations for factual information 

message: I wonder if this page should be re-named Louis St Laurent. GoodDay (talk) 19:06, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page name
Talk:MIMOS Berhad

message: what does corporatized mean?
:don't know.  but it's a widely used term in malaysia.  'turned into corporation' maybe.  i just derived the content from our own homepage. -- WillSmith (Malaysia)
what was it before it was a corporation? Lir 06:17 Oct 23, 2002 (UTC)
:Judging by the corporate history page, I'd guess it's the same as "privatised", ie taking a government-owned body and turning it into a private for-profit corporation. ? --Brion 06:23 Oct 23, 2002 (UTC)
Well thats what I assumed but the author kinda snapped at me for suggesting that and said that since he works for a corporation he should know what it is, but he never got around to saying what it is. Lir 10:39 Oct 23, 2002 (UTC)
:Basically "corporatized" is used to mean turning from a government department into a government owned corporate body. It is one step before being "privatised", where the government ownership in the corporated body is sold to private owners. Hence, On November 1, 1996, MIMOS was corporatized as MIMOS Berhad. -- sabre23t 13:25, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Corporatized
Talk:Ventriloquism

message: The section on "vocal technique" doesn't describe the vocal technique of ventriolquy, it simply presents one of the problems encountered.  This section needs to be fleshed-out considerably.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.95.43.253 (talk) 00:31, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vocal technique? 

message: The current text on Origins includes this passage:
Originally, ventriloquism was a religious practice. The name comes from the Latin for 'to speak from the stomach: Venter (belly) and loqui (speak). The Greeks called this gastromancy (Greek: εγγαστριμυθία).[citation needed] The noises produced by the stomach were thought to be the voices of the unliving, who took up residence in the stomach of the ventriloquist.
This sounds wild—does anyone have a citation for this? The closest thing I could find from a quick search is in C.B. Davis's "Distant Ventriloquism: Vocal Mimesis, Agency and Identity in Ancient Greek Performance," an article in Theater Journal Volume 55 No. 1 pp. 45-65, from March 2003. Skimming, it looks like the article argues (among other things) that the older Greek term, engastrimuthos, may have meant a swallowed spirit, rather than a medium who claims to speak for a spirit. It also references a humorous story from a dialog called Lexiphanes, written by Lucian, partly in support of this reading of the word. This doesn't seem to support the claim that the voices were "thought to be the voices of the unliving," or that ventriloquism was a religious practice. JoeACecil (talk) 00:10, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  "The noises produced by the stomach were thought to be the voices of the unliving"?
Talk:GNU/Hurd

message: Hi, on Talk:GNU, there seems to be consensus that GNU should be split into two articles, one about the project, one about the operating system.  I'm going to start this by making a GNU OS article and moving operating system information to there.  It seems that most of the GNU/Hurd article's content should also be moved there.  I will propose a merge, but I want to notify here first since the GNU OS article doesn't exist at time of writing :-) Gronky 15:57, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Change of plan.  It now seems that the GNU article is going to be used for the OS, and the GNU Project article is for the project.  So now I'm seeking comments on proposing a merge of GNU/Hurd into GNU.  Note that the transition of the GNU article from an OS+project article to a pure OS article is not complete, but it seems unlikely to be reversed.  Gronky 19:30, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Net GNU OS article, merge? 

message: The GNU Project content of the GNU article has been split off into GNU Project, so GNU is now only for the operating system.  It's been 27 hours since the split started and it seems to please the masses.  Tomorrow or Monday I'll stick a MERGE tag on GNU/Hurd - suggesting that it be merged into GNU (now that that article is about the GNU OS, whose official kernel is the GNU Hurd). Gronky 20:00, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The name is "GNU". ¦ Reisio 21:17, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm glad we agree. (That's what I said.  Over and over.) Gronky 21:22, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

text: This page could actually make a nice stub which explains how many silly Linux users think the GNU operating system is called "GNU/Hurd" (even though it's just plain "GNU"). ¦ Reisio 17:19, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  merge to GNU, proposal imminent
Talk:440

message: Not being over-familiar with template:onlyinclude, would somebody care to elaborate on its reason for apparent usage in the == Events == section?  
And is this the same as Help:Template#Noinclude,_includeonly,_and_onlyinclude? Trafford09 (talk) 10:29, 30 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Usage of onlyinclude
Talk:Four Cardinal Principles

message: The Four cardinal principles were stated by Deng Xiaoping in 1979 and are the four issues for which debate was not and is allowed within the People's Republic of China. 
:does this sentence sound confusing to anyone else but me?
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I think it's just missing a "not", as in "was not and is not...", but
I'm not enough of a Sinophile to know for sure.  --LDC
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Considering the four principles are constitutional basis of the political definition of PRC, so I think there is a "not" missing. However, does it really make any sense to put the sentence "...for which debate was not and is [not] allowed within the PRC"? If it's just to emphasize the importance and solidity and indubitability, I think it's better to just state that the four principles are now highlighted both in the constitution of PRC and the CPC.
128.141.254.70 (talk) 21:06, 24 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Puberty

message: There are images with kids naked with the developmental stages. The images are unnecessary and outdated, the images are over 70 years old. If you really want to have photos there just replace them with models or more up to date images. Gex273 (talk) 19:23, 14 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: You've been warned that Wikipedia is not censored. Do not change the photos again without a consensus. I'm not sure what you mean about "outdated." Has puberty been modernized? OhNoitsJamie Talk 23:29, 14 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I understand Wikipedia is not censored, but diagrams would be a better representation then something from the 50s. Puberty is different then it was 70 years ago teens are developing earlier and faster then 70 years ago so the images are outdated as they are from 1951 while it is 2023. Gex273 (talk) 02:35, 15 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text:  I suggest you find other ways to contribute to Wikipedia rather than trying to remove images you don't like. OhNoitsJamie Talk 13:14, 15 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unnecessary Photos  

message: Why is there no information about puberty in other animals? Technically every animal hit puberty at some point in their life cycle, but why is there nothing on that. I believe there should be a section on puberty in other animals. 
Here are some information I could find on puberty in animals. 
https://www.snexplores.org/article/puberty-gone-wild
https://www.livescience.com/animals/do-all-animals-go-through-adolescence
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341126669_Puberty_in_domestic_animals
https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/9780851994840.0255
I myself am not capable of trying to add an "In other animals" section as my skills are limited, but I hope that any volunteers could help me by writing down a section on animals. 
Thank you. 2001:FB1:97:D678:3524:F23B:4AF8:4072 (talk) 12:08, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Puberty in animals? 

message: As described in the voice change article, "the female voice usually deepens only by a few tones." That should be noted here. JasonMacker (talk) 07:35, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Female puberty should mention the voice change
Talk:Capacitor

message: The non-ideal behavior section is over simplified to the point of being misleading, especially since it neglects parasitic inductance (ESL). The diagram on the Capacitor types page is much better: 
Mentioning ESL is critical for understanding capacitor self-resonance. Neglecting self-resonance is a major conceptual omission that is common in discussions of capacitors, yet it dominates the high frequency behavior of capacitors and often dominates how they are used in filters. Speaking of which, capacitor self resonance is not mentioned on this page! It is discussed on the Capacitor types page, along with a much more complete discussion of non-ideal electrical behavior of capacitors. The detailed discussion of the electrical characteristics of capacitors doesn't belong on the Capacitor types page and should be merged into the main Capacitor page. Pulu (talk) 09:24, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: ESL is mentioned. Constant314 (talk) 11:43, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: However, editor Pulu correctly observed that article Capacitor types contains material too detailed and/or theoretical for its purpose. OTH, this article's section of capacitor types is way too long in relation to the article overall. It should be cut at least to a quarter of its size and defer to the article proper, instead. Both articles really need a lot of work and stream-lining. kbrose (talk) 16:19, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Non-ideal Behavior 

message: From second paragraph:
"The effect of a capacitor is known as capacitance."
Capacitance is a property of a capacitor (and other non-capacitor objects with an electric field), not its effect. 
This sentence gives the misleading impression that a capacitor is the cause for capacitance.
Perhaps this sentence can be dropped?  Or adapted to better fit with the rest of the paragraph?
I could not generate a plausible alternative, hence this query.
Sdc870 (talk) 10:23, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: You are correct.  Capacitance is the name of the property that a capacitor has that allows it to have an effect. Constant314 (talk) 12:04, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Misleading sentence
Talk:Present King of France

message: Moved from article:
If only Wikipedia had a professional philosopher as editor in chief, we could get a full explanation of these mysteries.
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Isn't the answer mu? If not, then quantum physics will definitely find a practical answer nobody will understand ("the King of France is and is not bald while not existing at all is perfectly ok, where's the problem?"). --Gutza 22:29, 3 Sep 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: (or, alternately, HM King Henri VII, if you're an Orleanist.) john 10:51, 8 Nov 2003 (UTC)
Talk:Churl

message: In recent times it has acquired a new and pejorative meaning
:Define "recent times". --Brion 05:52 Oct 24, 2002 (UTC)
::Defined.  Ortolan88 14:12 Oct 24, 2002 (UTC)
HOW COULD YOU, MY ARTICLE IS DESTROYED YOU MONSTERS WHY, WHY LEAVE ME ALONE DON'T BIGHT THE NEW COMERS, ONLY JOKING THE NEW ARTICLE IS MUCH BETTER EVEN THOUGH THE ONLY INFO YOU TOOK FROM MY PAGE WAS THE WORD kARL.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wannabe Wiki (talk • contribs) 09:31, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Why doesn't my footnote appear?217.19.182.234 (talk) 18:26, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Footnote
Talk:Philip Henry Gosse

message: For those of you who missed it the URL of this article was mentioned in the Sunday Times (London) (October 13, 2002) review of Ann Thwaite new book on Philip Henry Gosse . --Imran
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she died a painful death at their London home, and was no longer able to assist with her husband's trips
Does anyone else think that's an odd sentence? --Michael K. Smith 23:48, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: John, would you agree that if I called someone a keep-fit fanatic (for example) it would be at least as revealing about my standpoint as theirs? If so you can see where I'm coming from on NPOV. I'd be happy to give way on 'despotic' as that's more concrete. A despot might be made to accept that he's despotic, but fanaticism, being always pejorative, is in the eye of the beholder. Can we find our way to a consensus on this? Maybe 'portrayed as a despotic father of uncompromising religious views'? asnac (talk) 15:05, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for that suggestion.  I'll spring for "portrayed as a despotic father of uncompromising religious views." My point is only that Edmund Gosse intended that his father be portrayed as a despot and a fanatic.  The book is masterful because EG is able to gently communicate that notion while blunting suspicion that he is simply trashing his father and his father's religion.--John Foxe (talk) 15:29, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Appreciated. There must have been many a worse paterfamilias, but EG knew only this one. He does however allow us to empathise with PHG, e.g. in the conflict he experienced between the certainties of his faith and the scholarship of geologists, botanists etc., culminating in his messy Omphalos theorem. asnac (talk) 15:57, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Ann Thwaite's fine biography of PHG nicely outlines EG's errors of fact. To my mind, EG's "empathy" is contrived "more-in-sorrow-than-anger" stuff that simply helps advance his thesis—though I still think Father and Son is masterfully written.--John Foxe (talk) 18:09, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent reverts: 'fanatically religious' in intro paragraph 

message: According to the zoological society of London (which runs the zoo), it was originally referred to as an "aquatic vivarium"A vivarium is an enclosure "for keeping and raising animals or plants for observation or research." (and more colloquially, at least at first, the "Fish House").  Later, Gosse used a combination of the two words, and called it an "aquarium", which displeased some, because that already had a meaning in Latin as "a watering place for cattle". Mathglot (talk) 01:46, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coinage details
Talk:Abgar

message: This article needs to be combined with Abgarus of Edessa.  As a matter of NPOV, I think we should quote the letters and describe who thinks/thought it authentic and who does/did not. -- isis 16:48 Oct 24, 2002 (UTC)
I think this should be merged into the longer Abgarus of Edessa article.--Cuchullain 03:35, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
Talk:Wonder Woman

message: the messenger god of speed, granted Diana superhuman speed and the ability to fly.[185] She is capable of flying at speeds approaching half the speed of light.[183] However, she has proven herself to be faster than Shazam, Kid Flash and God Speed who can easily move trillions of times faster than light.[186] She has also blocked the shattered god which has been calculated as 52 quintillion times the speed of light. She can react quickly enough to deflect bullets, lasers, and other projectiles with her virtually impenetrable bracelets. There is no proof of that. Quintillion times. Like really? 
There is no calculation other than Dan pages which overhtpe wonder Woman. Shazam  has no good feats either. Benshoemaker10000 (talk) 06:09, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsourced 

message: An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect :Γουόντερ Γούμαν and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 August 1#Γουόντερ Γούμαν until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.  TartarTorte 20:00, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Γουόντερ Γούμαν" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] 

message: Diana 49.207.228.138 (talk) 10:13, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wonder woman 

message: 3 revisions made on 29 december are crossed out and unavailable to view. The prev of the revision right above the 3 crossed out revisions is also unviewable. What were these revisions and why were they so bad that they had to be crossed out? Trimetwes fan1003 (talk) 07:42, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Crossed out revisions
Talk:Biological phenomenon

message: This is a useless article: biology is the study of "biological phenomena," and therefore this is redundant.  If you want to know about biological phenomena, go to biology.
Let's delete this article. --Larry Sanger
But then why is there a link to this page from Phenomenon. Besides biology is not just a study of known biological phenomena, it is much more. Charlie 07:17, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Phenomenon

message: Hgzjjk 106.78.87.96 (talk) 00:59, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Physics 

message: more probably ought to direct here instead of a random British actor who once had a band by that name. It's far more common as a mistranslation of the Taoist concept of the myriad things created by the Taiji, yinyang, and bagua to create the observable/phenomenal universe. That said, there needs to be a treatment of the concept w/r/t Taoism and East Asian philosophy and religion before the redirect happens. — LlywelynII 08:13, 30 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: The 10,000 Things

message: If you like? Main discussion here: Talk:Nature#Are the Phenomena part of Nature or vice versa?
Regards, --W like wiki good to know 06:01, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Are the Phenomena part of Nature or vice versa?
Talk:Kilt

message: We have, In the World War I, the regiment would be inspected by a senior officer who would have a mirror to look under kilts. Anyone found wearing underpants would be sent back to take them off. The source is terrible -- it's ascribed to a former soldier at a museum. Can we get better than this? It smells of legend. --jpgordon𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇 02:20, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that it has a distinct whiff about it.  The idea that a senior officer would be so concerned about this, and walk about with an especially constructed mirror, seems laughably ridiculous and on-par with the scene in Carry On Up the Khyber.  I think there is a lot of childish nonsense perpetuated about wearing kilts, and this is one of them, but better sourcing would help address it. --Escape Orbit (Talk) 12:39, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: The source is The Times, which is usually regarded as reliable.  I do wonder if this would be more likely during training than in normal service.  Incidentally, and possibly ireelevant, such mirrors are standard issue for police and army to look under vehicles. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 12:48, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think car bombs were much of an issue in WW1. --Escape Orbit (Talk) 12:53, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Nope, hence "possibly irrelevantly" (complete with spelling error - oops). Martin of Sheffield (talk) 13:08, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed the sentence as dubious and disputed, and completely off-topic in the "design and construction" section in which it was placed.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  07:47, 9 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inspection? 

message: Do you think this article should be expanded to include unorthodox kilts and kilts in modern fashion? examples would include the "half-kilt" jackets with pleated tails, or jackets with "half-kilts" sewn in?
Sincerely OGWFP (talk) 22:06, 4 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: There's already a section, "Contemporary designs", in which such information could be placed.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  07:49, 9 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unorthodox kilts, and kilts in modern fashion 

message: As an English boy living in Scotland for my secondary education, I had it hammered into me that the proper reference to a kilt was always to be 'The Kilt'. 
Don't ask me why, I'm English! Damorbel (talk) 16:06, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed. However this is not a kilt. It is a Wikipedia article discussing the kilt. As such its name is a reference to a Wikipedia article, not to a kilt. And the proper form for such an article name is "Kilt". -- Derek Ross | Talk 19:57, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes; see WP:THE.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  10:09, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

text: "The kilt", rather than "a kilt", is a literal translation from Gaelic use. It's rather an affectation to use it in English if you're not a Gaelic speaker. --Escape Orbit (Talk) 11:11, 23 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  The title.