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Talk:Háry János

message: This opera is named using the English name, per Wikipedia:WikiProject Opera guidelines.  --DrG 00:00, 2005 Jun 12 (UTC)
:_ _ I think that's about the Hungarian diacritics, which IMO are reasonable to keep in accordance with the (probably more recent) policy that makes Zürich the title of the article rather than of the rdr. (If the guideline cited says otherwise, IMO the guideline should be changed.)
:_ _ However, "the English name" is ambiguous. János Kádár is a normal English ordering of the Hungarian name of Kádár János, and quite properly used as that article's title. Similarly, János is a given name, and Háry a surname, but most monolingual English speakers who are aware of the opera know it as Háry János or Hary Janos without realizing that it reflects the CJK-like order of the Hungarian name. If the editor above were suggesting Janos Hary (or even János Háry) as the title of the article on the opera, that would be a bad mistake.--Jerzy•t 19:16, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Naming

message: "In Hungarian tradition a sneeze by the teller of a story is an indication that the story is not true." This is exactly the opposite of what I have always understood to be the case, that a sneeze was the guarantee of veracity: a quick Google turns up the following in support:
The opposite view (i.e. that represented by the present text) is however supported by the following:
together with a somewhat ambiguous statement at
which probably supports the previously-cited
in warning that the very guarantee of veracity gives the story-teller the opportunity to work in any number of "elaborations". Vilcxjo 00:41, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sneeze 

message: Has anyone else noticed the similaries (melodically the same, only syncopated) between part five, the Intermezzo, and the klezmer piece "Lebedik Un Freylekn?"  If you'd like to look it up, the Klezmer Conservatory Band does a version of it.  You can find it on rhapsody.com or someplace like that.  When I first heard it, I couldn't shake the feeling that I'd heard something very similar before.  A quick check with my ipod revealed the similarities.  What do you guys think?  Does anyone know why?
08:38, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Intermezzo and Klezmer
Talk:Iolanta

message: I reverted some recent performance history cuts.
# Saying the first performance ever at the Metropolitan Opera after 123 years is not a significant event seems subjective, many others would say it was. It attracted significant media attention, including the invasion of the stage by political protesters. Furthermore the event was referenced in several other places on the page, so the deletion did not make much sense,
# A citation tag is not becessarily a challenge of veracity, simply a request for the source. We have no reason to doubt the veracity, and the preferred option would have been to check the Bolshoi's own schedule. Frankly it does not matter how many performances were given in 2006, unless it was unusual, but it was performed and is in the repertoire. I added some citations.--Michael Goodyear (talk) 19:52, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Whether "firsts" at the Met are particularly notable is debatable. The paragraph about recordings of Robert's aria, a filmed version, and regularly performances at the Bolshoi and in Belarus had been challenged since January 2010. I don't doubt the veracity, but such statements in Wikipedia articles need references. If they stay unsourced after 5 years, they should be removed. The reference from the Bolshoi you now added doesn't support that claim either, and the other two parts of that paragraph remain unsourced. Appropriate tags,  and , should be added. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 05:59, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent cuts - February 2015 
Talk:West Coast Main Line

message: I created a shorter but wider double-column version of the diagram in the sandbox. I felt it would be too WP:BOLD to simply change the existing, so I am instead asking for comments. AlgaeGraphix (talk) 01:14, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks like an improvement to me. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 20:32, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  New route diagram 

message: Does anyone think the whole saga of the 1999-2010? WCRM needs its own Wikipedia article? GRALISTAIR (talk) 12:59, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: If you've got more information to add than what is already recorded here then an independent article could be good. I imagine there's a lot of information that isn't particularly relevant to the WCML today but could be useful if contained in its own article. NemesisAT (talk) 14:07, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Well it would not happen overnight. There is all the lead up and all referencing and House of Commons etc questions,  to make the article truly encyclopedic. It is certainly something I would enjoy doing but do not want to do  a huge amount of work if the article then gets rejected by an over-zealous reviewer. Chicken or egg I guess GRALISTAIR (talk) 15:01, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I noticed some of your articles got rejected in the past. I thought they looked good! I tend to just create the article straight away, occasionally someone will move it to the draftspace. Unfortunately I can't commit to helping write such an article as I should be spending less time on Wikipedia. NemesisAT (talk) 16:22, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: West Coast Route Modernisation

message: At Wolverton railway station#Wolverton bend and Northampton Loop, there are two statements that need a citation or they will have to be deleted. 
* With the advent of fast trains, Wolverton gained notoriety among railwaymen for its famously tight curve.
* The Advanced Passenger Train failed its trials here in the early 1990s but the Pendolino tilting trains passed them in the early 2000s.
Can anyone oblige with a book reference as apparently the only info online is wp:CIRCULAR. Thank you if you can. (I have also put this question at  talk:Advanced Passenger Train.) 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 23:29, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wolverton bend: citation help needed 

message: Some of these units have been introduced on the south section from London Euston to Bletchley. Article should be updated to reflect this https://www.londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk/travel-information/whats-new/new-trains https://railuk.com/rolling-stock/lnr-welcomes-class-730-into-passenger-service/ Memediatek (talk) 13:54, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Class 730 "Aventra" 
Talk:Twist serve

message: I disagree a bit on the use of twist serve by pros. Other than on the second serve, some players use it regularly for set up (the loopy serves of Pat Rafter and Stefan Edberg comes to mind) and clay courters.
*Well, I agree that *some* players use it, but most of them are indeed clay-courters.  Back in the days when I followed pro tennis very closely, *none* of the great ones, Gonzales, Hoad, etc. ever used it.  Well, Laver did sometimes.... It's just too easy for the really good players to handle.  Although it's useful for doubles, when you've got your partner up at the net to cut down on the possible area for returns. By the time I was 20 I gave up using it against good players -- not only could they chip it back, they could also move in on it, take it on the rise, and be halfway to the net by the time they had finished hitting it.... Hayford Peirce 00:56, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The more I think about it, the more I think that the "topspin" serve has to be an intermediate serve between an American twist and a slice.  The ball would be thrown directly above the server's head, or possibly just slightly behind it.  He would then hit it with a less severe American twist motion that would then be snapped around the side of the ball as if he were hitting a slice serve.  In a pure American twist serve the ball would be thrown further behind him and the follow-through after hitting the ball would be more parallel with the baseline.  I think that a lot of my own serves to the ad-court are probably "topspin" rather than "slice" or "American twist," although I do consciously hit some of these.... Hayford Peirce 17:33, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

message: I propose merging this article with Serve (tennis).  That article has a section for this type of serve and would benefit from the extra information here, which, IMO, does not warrant a separate article. Prometheus-X303- 17:46, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think all the serve articles should be merged into one, no matter how long it becomes.  I've always thought was dumb to have long, separate articles.  What next: an article about "Between Your Legs Serve"? Hayford Peirce 18:41, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Are there other serves with separate articles? Prometheus-X303- 04:30, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal
Talk:Doggett's Coat and Badge

message: Doggett's article says it started in 1715 (which would make sense, since that would be the year in which George would celebrate his first anniversary on the throne); this article says 1716. Everyking 00:19, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Talk:On2

message: I need this removed before Monday. I have removed the copyright information - the copyright flag can be removed. I can find the original page to restore the article 24.57.200.52 15:19, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Removal of Copyright page

message: It appears that what existed on this article's page was lifted from the On2 website in violation of that company's copyright. I have created a new article at On2/Temp. NatusRoma 01:03, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: copyright violation
Talk:Diario (Aruba)

message: Why delete.. This is a newspaper stub --DuKot 01:19, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

message: I removed ", making it difficult to comprehend for the island's Dutch speakers" in the introduction, as it has 0 information content, and may have some implicit semi-racists connotations. Also removed "creole language", the language's classification is of no importance, and "creole" may also have a negative sound. Jalwikip (talk) 08:07, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  difficult reading
Talk:Nancy Farmer (politician)

message: The author and the senatorial candidate are two different Nancy Farmers. Can we make a disambiguation page or something?
:Since there are only two Nancy Farmers, and one (the author) is clearly the primary topic, per WP:TWODABS we don't need a dab page, but, instead, the author at Nancy Farmer with a hat note link to this article, which is what we have now.  --Born2cycle (talk) 06:51, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Jon Tester

message: I believe the lead should include the sourced info from later in the page, "As of June 2023, Tester had voted in line with Joe Biden's position 91% of the time during Biden's presidency." This is simply to balance info with the claim that he is a "moderate or centrist Democrat" in the lead, which is somewhat disingenous and missing context considering his voting record. Please engage with me, without simply removing this concern. 2600:1008:A103:D3DC:5DDB:6F1D:E6DF:6F53 (talk) 22:24, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: As a rule, it does not hurt to include more impartial, factual, sourced information in the lead (Rather than burying it lower in the page), unless it it somehow completely extraneous or unneccesary. 2600:1008:A103:D3DC:5DDB:6F1D:E6DF:6F53 (talk) 22:26, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: For me, this wouldn't be WP:DUE for the lead, though it certainly is for the greater article.  Sources call him a moderate or centrist far more often than they bring up his percentage of agreement with Biden.  To juxtapose the two in the lead would strike me as implying that they are equal narratives in the reliable sources, which, to my eye, they are not.  All that said, happy to go wherever consensus leads.  Cheers. Dumuzid (talk) 22:30, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I concur. No disingenuity, it's simply using verbiage that is very commonly used to describe Mr. Tester. His scorecard for how often he votes with the president is pretty much never raised. We've never had the "voting-with-presidents" percentage included in any politician's lead to the best of my knowledge; Tony Gonzales for example has a pretty strong record of voting against Biden but is still referred to in his lede as a moderate Republican, without this needing to be mentioned. It works either way. ser! (chat to me - see my edits) 22:52, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I see no reason why this should be in the lede. Marquardtika (talk) 15:42, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inclusion in lead
Talk:National dish

message: Norway is not listed. I googled, and got fårikål, and its wikipedia article says the same: "also considered the national dish of the country". 85.76.41.208 (talk) 22:21, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added this in. Apples&Manzanas (talk) 00:58, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Norway 

message: Is there a reason for these? It seems like pictures of the dish would be much more helpful than a flagicon, and I'm not sure they fit policy at MOS:FLAGICON. —valereee (talk) 16:29, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Alright, I've started to remove the flagicons. Anyone else, feel free to help! —valereee (talk) 17:47, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remove flagicons? 

message: Should Cornwall really be listed here? It isn't a country of its own or a nation in the current definition, rather a county within England. MeshBlair 13:59, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cornwall? 

message: I'm proposing we remove this from Canada, the sources are pretty tongue-in-cheek. No one seems to seriously be calling this a national dish, they're just saying Canadians eat so much of it that it's practically a national dish. Valereee (talk) 17:06, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. KD is just a popular brand of mac and cheese (so I wouldn't even call it a dish), and I wouldn't consider mac and cheese to be a Canadian national dish, either. 58.97.231.160 (talk) 07:17, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kraft Dinner 

message: Is there a reason why arepa is listed as Colombia's national dish but not Venezuela? This would very much be a national dish in Venezuela too and I believe the list in Spanish on Wikipedia also lists it under Venezuela. The source given for arepa being the Colombian national dish is this article https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-38698394 which also states that it is a national dish in Venezuela and a symbol of the national identity. Kepkeppy (talk) 14:01, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arepa under Colombia and Venezuela
Talk:Nancy Ling Perry

message: This article was on Votes for deletion. The result was keep. --cesarb 02:10, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: When was she married ?
When did she join the SLA ?
-- Beardo (talk) 16:45, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article 
Talk:Servant (domestic)

message: Primary merge should be with Domestic service.  The two are both primarily historic viewpoints coving the same topic whereas Domestic worker is perhaps something different.  Maybe merge all three.  (Domestic service is also a term used in BDSM but while that is a related matter, it perhaps would have the the (BDSM) appendage to the name.)
- - Interesdom 02:13, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Talk:Reu (disambiguation)

message: Go ahead and merge it.  I wrote this article, go ahead and replace it with a redirect -- I didn't know about the much better written article.  Almafeta 02:15, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for your quick response! Article now changed into disambig. Regarding its former state as you wrote it: I (Google) couldn't find any info about the "Commodore 1746" anywhere on the 'net. Do you happen to have a description of that unit? --Wernher 07:42, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Never heard of it before -- User:Waaak added that line.  I had heard 1MB and 2MB packs were in the works, I didn't think they had actually been made...  Almafeta 20:22, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge is GO; and: 1746?
Talk:Kirk Franklin

message: There's a lot of overlap in the discography section, so if nobody has any objection, I think we should combine them. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Souldier77 (talk • contribs) 03:04, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Duplicate info in the discography 

message: Does anyone know the artists and other info for this video and song: Don't Give Up  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.161.67.229 (talk) 09:52, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Video update 

message: "On January 20, 1996, Franklin married long-time friend Tammy Collins.[4] When they wed, they each had one child from previous relationships. As a couple, they have two children together. Carrington became engaged to Maxx Nakwaasah in October 2015.[36]"
Additional information is needed to explain who Carrington is in the personal section of this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:446:4400:700:4836:24E0:5FA3:4742 (talk) 02:16, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  additional information needed
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cycling

message: There is a discussion taking  place at Template_talk:Ct#Requested_move_30_October_2023 to move the page to another name. Just wondering if anyone wants to voice their opinions. Paulpat99 (talk) 21:00, 31 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Note to all that Ct has been renamed to "Template:UCI team code" Turini2 (talk) 10:26, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

text: Update:  is now a redirect to , please use  from hereon. All existing usage of  on mainspace were updated to  as well. – robertsky (talk) 07:03, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Moving of [[Template:ct]] 

message: The WikiProject Cycling page Consensus decisions displays the following decision on cycling team nationalities:
* Trade cycling teams do not represent the country in which they are registered. As such, nationality should not be implied in tables through the use of flag templates (for example ,  etc). (July 2009)
Considering a newer discussion on this talk page (September 2022) the above consensus is outdated. I suggest a change of rule:
* Trade cycling teams, like individual riders, have a country in which they are registered and which they might represent on championships. As such, a nationality may be shown in tables and infoboxes through the use of flag templates (for example ). (September 2022)
Emmarade (talk) 15:05, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Change of ''concensus decision'' on cycling team nationalities 

message: I have nominated Walden–Wallkill Rail Trail for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Z1720 (talk) 01:09, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Walden–Wallkill Rail Trail 

message: Not sure if this has been previously discussed, but it strikes me that for consecutive wins in templates, e.g. :Template:Milan–San_Remo_winners, it would be much better for several reasons (looks, sense, etc) to have these separated by a comma (Erik Zabel (2000, 2001)) than by an en-dash (Erik Zabel (2000–2001)) as at present. Anyone have any thoughts about this?. Ericoides (talk) 09:24, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I only partially agree - in the case where the number of consecutive wins is only 2. Otherwise, you will get a long list of individual years. Kiwipete (talk) 08:27, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Multiple consecutive wins in templates
Talk:Sinking fund

message: A Sinking Fund was a device used in the 18th century to reduce national debt. It was first introduced by Robert Walpole in 1716 and was used effectively in the 1720s and early 1730s.
Where was it used?  In every nation of the world? -Mysidia 04:39, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: In Western Europe at first then spread out (unless the ancient Babylonians had sinking funds. They seem to have invented everything!). --DelftUser (talk) 03:39, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where? 

message: It is still not clear to me what a sinking fund is. Is it a loan? Did people give money to the state? How does a sinking fund work? How does a mandatory sinking fund work?
A "device ... to reduce national debt" could be anything, like robbing citizens. (comment by 213.46.147.47)
:It is a saving account with the interest added each term (which gives it the name sinking fund). If the state has to pay $90 each year to service its debt but collect $100 from taxes that were enacted to service the debt, then it puts $10 in a saving account. When there is a $100 in the fund it buys back a bond (let us assume that each bond cost $100 and pays $10). Now the state pay $80 while saving $20, thus the debt is reduced.--DelftUser (talk) 03:39, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  What?
Talk:Peter Jurasik

message: His imdb page shows a movie in 2004 and an episode of "One Tree Hill" in 2005.
: It's possible that those were filmed prior to his retirement, but are only now hitting the screen.  Of course if more stuff keeps appearing over the next couple of years, I think it would be fair to say that the  Wikipedian was mistaken in that article.  --BenM 09:43, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:List of lieutenant governors of Colorado

message: Changed one word.  From "president" Lt. Governor to "present" Lt. Governor.  I'm sure this was a minor typographical error.
Hello, I'm from Colorado. Today we actually replaced Joseph Garcia with Donna Lynne as Lieutenant Governor   http://denver.cbslocal.com/2016/05/12/donna-lynne-colorado-lieutenant-governor-oath-of-office/
http://kdvr.com/2016/03/23/source-governor-to-nominate-donna-lynne-as-colorados-new-lt-governor/  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.171.210.110 (talk) 23:20, 12 May 2016 (UTC)
Talk:Shogo Ushiyama

message: The original contributor says at the bottom of the article: "Please keep in mind due to the series' extremely speculative nature, some of this information is fan speculation and/or hinted at facts."
Please, can we remove speculative content from this article?  We should stick to verifiable facts.
Unfortunately, I am unfamiliar with the content covered here and cannot pull apart the facts from speculation.  Thanks!Tobycat 05:23, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Speculative Sources?!
Talk:Misae Ikari

message: The symbolisms and analysis section appears to be original research/speculation.  I recommend removing that section and similar sections in the sister articles to this one.  I believe these should focus on the facts about the characters and plots but omit any contributor derived analysis.  If an external source has published verifiable analysis that is relevant, then I would recommend including it.
Tobycat 05:27, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: original research
Talk:42-form tai chi

message: Unfortunately the first external link is to a page describing the distinct 48 forms, rather than something similar on the 42 forms. Is there a similar source for the 42 forms? Moreover the second link may be dead ( the website is currently inaccessible). Elroch (talk) 19:46, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  42 form versus 48 form 

message: This page is already half a year old:
Presently, Wushu, and Taijiquan in particular, will not be competed in, exhibited, or demomnstrated at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. There will, however, be a IWUF/BOCOC-promoted Wushu event featuring Taijiquan in the same time frame as the Olympics. Please update your calendars. 
END PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT...
-- Shenshuai 19:36, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Announcement