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Talk:Donnington Wood Canal

message: On 4 Nov 2007, I expanded this article, and added the sentence : The water for the canal was supplied by Steven's Water Engine Pit, which pumped water from the mines until its demise in 1928. I am normally very careful to quote all my sources, but for some reason did not do so in this instance. I did not make it up, but have no idea where it came from. Most of the rest of the info came from the Oakengates website, and although it was archived on the wayback machine in 2007, the saved page does not show most of the information.
I recently tried to track down the source for this. There were only two hits. One was the Shropshire Canals site, which states that Wikipedia claims that water for the canal was supplied by Steven's Water Engine Pit, which pumped water from the mines until its demise in 1928, but it is not known where this is. The other was a book called "Abandoned & Vanished Canals of England" which says: It is said that water was also supplied by  Steven's Water Engine Pit, which pumped water... but I cannot see the full quote. I suspect this refers back to Wikipedia. So although two sources mention it, both can be traced back to this article, so cannot be used as sources. Bob1960evens (talk) 22:49, 3 June 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: It does not mention Steven's Water Engine Pit, but the book "Shropshire Canals" mentions pumping engines and other details of water supply. Bob1960evens (talk) 08:39, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Shropshire Caving and Mining Club's journal from Autumn 2010 (here) p.6 includes a picture, grid ref, and details. Bob1960evens (talk) 08:53, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Unsourced material
Talk:Keane

message: Apologies if it was there legitimately, but I don't believe talk pages are meant to redirect to other talk pages if the articlespace does not. U-Mos (talk) 18:30, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yep, good move. If an article is not a redirect, the talk page should generally not be, either. In this case, the article is a disambiguation page, so this should certainly not redirect to one of the articles listed here's talk pages. Dreaded Walrus  t c 22:22, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Redirect to [[Talk:Keane (band)]] removed

message: It is a disambiguation page. It says nothing about the actual surname. I'd suggest now renaming to Keane (disambiguation) and move the main Keane band article to Keane, or adding information about the surname. Wouldn't be fair otherwise.--Fluence (talk) 19:42, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Article says nothing
Talk:Whitman-Walker Health

message: Yes, it is necessary to have both a References and Notes section.  This article uses inline citations.  In WP:Citing Sources, whether using embedded links, Harvard referencing or footnotes, "A full citation is also required in a References section at the end of the article."  Only in rare cases (such as when there are very few citations used, or when very few citations are used repeatedly), would a complete citation be used in a "Notes" section and a "References" section omitted. Some examples of this rare case are My Lucky Star (novel).
WP:Citing Sources asks that contributors put additional print references in a "For Further Reading" section.  Not all contributors do so, however.  Some lump them in with the "References" section (especially if they are few in number).
But the answer is:  Yes, a References and Notes section are both needed, because one provides a short citation and the other a complete citation. - Tim1965 21:27, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: BOTH a References AND Notes section?
Category talk:Irish ice hockey players

message: Gareth Roberts was nominated for deletion on 19 July 2017. The result of the discussion was delete. AaronWikia (talk) 20:06, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lack of players in the [[:Category:Irish ice hockey players|category]] 

message: There used to be more players in this category. I wonder if someone removed them all. I will do a scan of players. -DJSasso (talk) 14:46, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Yep I have only looked through a few articles so far and already found one. -DJSasso (talk) 15:10, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contested deletion
Talk:KPBS-FM

message: This radio station distinguished itself and achieved national noteriety covering the California wildfires of October 2007 using Google Maps (see KPBS Google Map).  The station's coverage became a national story (see Google News Search).  When KPBS's tranmitter lost power (fire damage) station KBZT carried KPBS's coverage (see San Diego Union-Tribune: KPBS-FM stays on air, with help). – Sorry I don't have time to write the article. – Conrad T. Pino 17:39, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  California wildfires of October 2007
Wikipedia talk:You can't squeeze blood from a turnip

message: I like the start of this.  I don't know if it should or could be expanded.  --Rocksanddirt 17:46, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Short and sweet is fine with me. DurovaCharge! 18:14, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Beautiful.Wikidemo 16:34, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

text: Well, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/COFS might have been avoided if I'd just applied a straightforward one month block instead of trying to negotiate a short term topic ban with mentorship. DurovaCharge! 17:56, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  a thought 

message: This reminds me of Bunnicula.  Great book.  :-)  --Iamunknown 04:29, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Can you please explain the relationship between this entry and the book Bunnicula? Does this idiom appear in the book? Rodney.k.b.parker (talk) 13:01, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bunnicula 

message: Not clear at all what "standard remedies" are, so I added an EGG link to template warnings. Really, though, the actual standard remedies are WP:SANCTIONS. (I think I'll add a See also link on the essay page.)  – S. Rich (talk) 17:12, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Standard remedies 

message: I have often heard futile or difficult endeavors being described as "like trying to juice a turnip." "Squeezing blood from a turnip" in my experience is used interchangeably with "squeezing blood from a stone," which is used in more limited cases, specifically when trying to extract money or sympathy from an individual who is reluctant to offer up such things. Rodney.k.b.parker (talk) 13:06, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alternative forms of this idiom
Talk:Amsprop

message: If Wikipedia has an article on Sir Alan Sugar then it should also have one on Amsprop since this is now the largest organisation under Sugar's control, since the sale of Amstrad.
TomRobinson 17:47, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmm, I don't accept the argument that Person X = Notable therefore Company X = Notable as valid, but I'm not comfortable with a speedy deletion here.  I'd recommend WP:AFD where this can be discussed..--Isotope23 talk 19:30, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Doesn't appear to be appearing on the AFD pages that I can see anywhere.  I would just add that a dead link to a previously non-existing Amsprop article was found on the Simon Ambrose article, so there are two people who potentially make this article notable. TomRobinson 10:04, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:2007–08 Conference League Cup

message: Does anyone know where the setanta shield final will be held?
:Not sure myself, but I would assume that it would be Wembley, since all the other League Cup and FA-run finals (FA Cup, FA Trophy etc) are there. Falastur2 18:33, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well if anyone does here for certain the place, please do say so that one of us can add it to the article (or just add it yourself). I'll be on the look-out for information, but I've not got the best of sources. Falastur2 21:57, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The article has since been updated to say that the final was played at Aldershot's ground? Is this correct? It would seem unusual for one team to be drawn at home in a one-legged final, unless the venue was determined well in advance like in the Champions League. --Jameboy (talk) 23:46, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: OK I've found out, kind of. "The final was played at Aldershot's Recreation Ground home after a toss of a coin. Strange. --Jameboy (talk) 23:49, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Final location
Talk:Combining Cyrillic Millions

message: I believe this page is relevant, given the 300,000+ Google pages containing the symbol. Because Wikipedia has a policy against original research I have refrained from documenting the source of the symbol on the article itself. It originally started as a small practical joke, and then somewhere it slipped out into the World of Warcraft messageboards, after which it exploded, so to speak. Although I can't really even claim 100% credit for it, because I actually stole the idea of attaching Unicode to a symbol from another website. I just think the truth surrounding the symbol and its supposed "properties" should be out there, because there's a lot of misinformation regarding the symbol. StarburstCreator 17:53, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: The way the wikisource looks now is not really acceptable.  There should be an example but the whole page after that shouldn't be backwards in the wikisource.  I don't understand Unicode bidirectionality enough to fix it myself. Superm401 - Talk 07:37, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Example 

message: Could someone please rename this monstrocity, as it utterly fails WP:NC (let alone screws up your screen like nothing else). I don't know what to name it as, so I won't myself: my guess is Combining Cyrillic Millions. The Evil Spartan (talk) 19:59, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rename 

message: The block quoted text beginning "%E2" is not Unicode.  It is an URL-encoded representation of the UTF-8 encoding of a Unicode string.  --Russ (talk) 10:12, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unicode 

message: the article seems to have at least two different characters that are supposed to be the symbol, one that looks like an upside-down N with some extra bits (I dunno what they are called)and the other looks like  a cartoon drawing of the sun, with the rays only, but not the sun itself ( I'm talking about that style of drawign the sun where one makes a circle and adds the rays of light comming from it), which one is the right one? (I'm using Firefox, in WinXP, not sure if this has anything to do with the two characters not looking the same for me) --TiagoTiago (talk) 14:15, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  is it ҋ or ҉ ?
Talk:Doc (G.I. Joe)

message: Ummm... why does Doc have a PhD if he is a medical doctor?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.113.7.99 (talk) 20:40, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Why not, would be the better question.  Of course, I'd like to see a source for that info. 204.153.84.10 20:46, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: PHD

message: I know Lifeline is an avowed pacifist but I did not know Doc was one. I'm a big fan of the character, I'm surprised it never came up. Heck, Doc came up with the idea of hyper-bombing Cobra. Granted, it was to -avert- the Gulf being nuked, but he still came up with the idea of bombing. Lots42 (talk) 00:06, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Not sure - it might have come off the file card.  :) BOZ (talk) 00:28, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Doc is a Pacifist?
Talk:Southampton–Fareham line

message: Is the Southampton-Fareham a distinct line or part of the West Coastway line (and so does this article need to exist)? The through "Coastway" trains from Southampton to Brighton use this route. Crookesmoor (talk) 15:15, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text:  The West Coastway line article is about the modern train service, with only a very brief reference to history. The marketing brand name West Coastway was introduced in 1990 with the electrification; prior to that there was a sharp difference between the former LBSCR lines and the former LSWR lines. The LBSCR used the term West Coast (not Coastway) for services from Brighton to Portsmouth. Afterbrunel (talk) 08:56, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is this part of [[West Coastway line]]?
Talk:Lal-lo

message: :Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this subsection with *Support or *Oppose, then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's policy on article titles.
*Support per WP:PLACEDAB no ambiguity. Crouch, Swale (talk)  10:37, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey
Talk:Doctor N. Gin

message: what happened to the photo that use to be here? put it back, please? or at leat put in a new one? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 63.3.72.10 (talk) 13:38, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  photo, please? 

message: You may've noticed that N.Gin is on the fictional australians category. I say he should be removed from it, due to the
fact there's no proof whatsoever that he's Australian. ADBandicoot (talk) 17:03, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fictional Australians category 

message: Does anyone think that it's worth noting that the promotional video for Crash of the Titans from IGN.com entitled "Monster Truck" features an N. Gin that is not only modeled and voiced differently from the in-game character, but also has a completely different personality (all the other characters in the promo videos are exactly the same as in the game except for him)? For example, N. Gin refers to Doctor Neo Cortex as "Queen" instead of "Master", and has a more meek and docile personality that conflicts with his seemingly masochistic in-game personality (he acts frightened when Doctor Cortex is shown smashing the remote with his fist in the promo video, as compared to the in-game part where he enjoys having hot tea spit in his face). Xlittlecloudx (talk) 09:48, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I do think that's pretty interesting. Now if only there was a source for N. Gin's voice actor in that trailer. Cat's Tuxedo (talk) 11:20, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Oh, really. I don't remember any voices Jess Harnell has previously done that is similar to that one. I always thought it was Corey Burton. Cat's Tuxedo (talk) 18:57, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Monster Truck

message: There's this floating IP guy who keeps messing up this page and saying that N. Gin's gay. I've put up with this guy for a really long time now, so can someone protect this page so I don't have to deal with him anymore? Thanks. Cat's Tuxedo (talk) 20:55, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That's all well and good, but I still think it would be easier for all of us if we just asked someone to semi-block this page rather than continue edit-warring over here. Cat's Tuxedo (talk) 18:20, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds like a good idea. I don't know who to ask, though. Can you do it? Xlittlecloudx (talk) 15:17, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, I'm not sure who to ask either. Cat's Tuxedo (talk) 18:46, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Protect this page, please
Talk:Coal power in the United States

message: Should be addressed by im lazy.  Here is a source summarizing recent decisions to NOT build new coal.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.140.188.143 (talk) 23:45, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That has a lot of good information.  Thanks. -Theanphibian (talk • contribs) 00:11, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reversal Trends 

message: My concern is that the Coal Power... page is already too long.  It is true that most of the coal in the US is used for power generation, but then we would have to add coal mining, transporation, import and export to this page, and that sounds like a topic of it's own. So, I would vote against the move. Xenonice (talk) 00:06, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Requested move

message: Which are the top coal producers (mining companies) in the United States ?. I suggest an article about coal mining in the United States --Nukeless 14:06, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Top coal producers in the U.S. 

message: The Cross-State Air Pollution Rule announced by the EPA on July 7, 2011 is expected, when fully implemented, to save about 34,000 lives annually, primarily by averting serious cardiac, pulmonary, and carcinogenic consequences of fine particle pollution (P.M. 2.5) including nanoparticles / ultra-fine particles.
The rule  requires 27 states to significantly reduce power plant emissions that contribute to ozone and/or fine particle pollution. By 2014, combined with other final state and EPA actions, the new rule will reduce power plant sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions by 73 percent and nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions by 54 percent from 2005 levels.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.190.133.143 (talk) 14:30, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  The most toxic environmental impact is probably fine particle pollution, and it should be added.  

message: This page redirects from Clean Air Watch?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.96.144.121 (talk) 16:40, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confused 

message: I came to the article looking for an explanation of the policy changes that President Obama announced for coal-generating plants on 25 June 2013, and have found nothing.  The article should be updated?
In the meantime, does anyone know where in Wikipedia this might be covered at present?  Cheers.  N2e (talk) 11:17, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article needs an update
Talk:Falkland Islanders

message: There's a July proposal to merge Kelpers to here; sounds reasonable, as I don't think that it justifies a separate article. A suitable place might be within the Identity section. Klbrain (talk) 14:56, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree doesnt need a stand-alone article. MilborneOne (talk) 16:54, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree, the nickname is not notable in itself, doubt a couple of paragraphs is devoted to it in any RS. Could be part of a "names" section. Boynamedsue (talk) 09:29, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kelpers merge
Talk:Russian Alsos

message: The citations on this article could be slightly more concise.  Instead of stating a "Bibliography" and also citing, you could put the articles cited in the  tags, and then merely reuse them, by naming your references.  This would make it much easier to view the sources.  Thank you. --lifebaka (Talk - Contribs) 19:05, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: References

message: Calling this "Russian Alsos" is very odd, no? Alsos was an American operation name; this is being called a Russian equivalent. If we expanded it, what we are really saying is "The Russian equivalent to the U.S. Alsos mission," which is a horrible title. Perhaps it ought to be given a more sensible name—"Soviet efforts at recovering German atomic expertise", or something like that. In any case, there should be some kind of explanation that points out that this was not what the Soviets called it. --Mr.98 (talk) 15:06, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name? 
Talk:David McLean (footballer, born 1890)

message: I don't think this David McLean managed Hearts. The date of death given here is 1967, but the Hearts website says that their manager died in 1951. Jmorrison230582 (talk) 20:23, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hearts manager??? 
Talk:Odfjell Drilling

message: I propose to merge Deepsea into this article.  The company was just a holding company for one single drilling rig. This is not enough for notability as creation a holding companies to manage ships is quite usual practice in the shipping and offshore drilling business. Beagel (talk) 18:50, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The "problem" is that Deepsea was listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, making it both (at least for a while) independent of Odfjell Drilling, and making Deepsea itself inherently notable. Arsenikk (talk) 19:33, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: According to WP:LISTED publicly traded corporations are not inherently notable. Their notability should be established by reliable third party sources. Also, even taking account that a minority stake of Deepsea was publicly traded, it was still majority-owned by Odfjell Drilling and was its subsidiary. There are also some factual errors on the Deepsea article I would try to fix. Beagel (talk) 11:32, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Deepsea article was merged. Beagel (talk) 10:48, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

text: Odfjell Invest was merged. Beagel (talk) 08:59, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge proposal
Talk:Manchester Liverpool Road railway station

message: I have added a description and history of the site. I will add some more, tofether with references, later.--Train guard 18:14, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Additions 

message: The present photograph shows the 1831 carriage shed. Can someone add a photo of the actual station building frontage on Liverpool Road?--Train guard (talk) 17:00, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photographs 

message: I've moved this from  to Manchester Liverpool Road railway station for two main reasons: (i) because that's the name given by Butt, p.153; (ii) the L&M are more likely to have included the name of the city in the name of the station, ie "Manchester (Liverpool Road)", with or without parenthesis. Plain "Liverpool Road" is highly unlikely. To be fair, they're most likely to have referred to the station as plain "Manchester", but that's too ambiguous for Wikipedia purposes. --Redrose64 (talk) 21:39, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article name 

message: Revised wording; however all relevant citations (8 - 11) are contained in the last paragraph of the 'Proposal' section of the Wikilinked 'Ordsall Chord' page, to which the original "It would appear that.." was pointing Paul Gaskell (talk) 18:54, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Mainline Link Severance (Ordsall Chord)
Talk:Well stimulation

message: The text below was cut out of Stimulation:
In the petroleum industry, stimulation (sometimes called "well stimulation", or "formation stimulation") is any action on the hydrocarbon producing formation or wellbore that increases the production rate. Typicall the simplest form is pumping inhibited hydrochloric acid which will dissolve carbonates without damaging the steel tubulars and items in the wellbore.  Additional additives such as soaps are often added to assist placement or return of spent acid.  In sandstone formations the addition of hydrofluoric acid will assist in the removal of clays which often impede the flow of hydrocarbons.  Hydraulic fracturing is an extreme form of stimulation, where the rock is broken open by the application of high pressure and a crack forms.  In highly soluble formations, acid is used to etch the walls of the crack to form extra conductive flowpaths when the pressure is released. In other formations, sand or other materials are added to the fluid injected which full the crack (fracture) with a highly porous and permeable material that alters the complete flow mechanism of the reservoir and often dramatically increases production.
I just paste it here in case it contains some parts that somebody would like to use in the article. Lova Falk talk 07:22, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cut and pasted from Stimulation
Talk:Park Lane railway goods station

message: A user keeps undoing valid and referenced addictions. This user KnitcheKnife should be delt with by admin. 88.109.9.182 (talk) 23:30, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism 

message: As this station was the terminus of the Liverpool and Manchester I think it should be above low importance. It's importance can be guaged by the effort of building the Wapping Tunnel which I think at the time was longest man made tunnel in the world.--Kitchen Knife (talk) 00:04, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Importance