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Talk:Crow's nest

message: The purported origin of the term (storing crows for navigational purposes at the top of the mast) is indeed mentioned in the source given. But it smells overwhelmingly of folk etymology to me, and not even a good one. I've never encountered any other mention of crows used for navigation, and storing their cages at the top of the mast is nonsensical. The phrase "when the weather prevented sighting the shore visually", as if this were a trip round the bay rather than an ocean-going vessel, further undermines the author's credibility.
On land, crows typically build big nests in the sparse tops of tall trees. Thus a nautical "crow's-nest" would look rather like ... a crow's nest. PeteVerdon 09:10, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I was about to drop in here to make the same remark, but you beat me to it, by about 4 years. I agree that the crows-in-cages story is utterly ridiculous. Unfortunately, on WP an argument like "that's obviously idiotic" doesn't cut the mustard; to kill off the cage claim I think we need a better reference than the existing. I say "unfortunately" because all the sources I have googled so far don't bother to give any etymology for the phrase (probably because it's so obvious to anyone who has ever seen the nest of a crow.) The best I have found so far is this -- 202.63.39.58 (talk) 17:12, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Is it just me, or is the picture of the "crow's nest" simply the main top of a ship?  --Woland 18:38, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture 

message: I added two contemporary sources regarding William Scoresby Sr.'s invention of the crow's nest; credit to https://wordhistories.net/2018/08/16/crows-nest-origin/.  Two other possibly sources are listed on this blog post, but I don't have access to these books:
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The author of this blog post comment mentions etchings by Theodor de Bry depicting what appear to be crow's nests or an earlier form. One of these etchings is available already on Wikipedia but I'm not sure how good an example it is (quick Google search shows a few more etchings of ships by de Bry), so I left an "example needed" on the page. JadeMatrix (talk) 20:09, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin of the term
Talk:Validation of marriage

message: This article was accurate in 1908, but much of the canon law that it contains has been completely changed.  (For example, "For the granting of sanatio in radice a special apostolic faculty is required" is no longer true.)  I'm working on another article right now, but I hope to get to fix this in turn. -- Cat Whisperer 02:00, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Accuracy

message: This article was very very confusing for me, a non-Catholic, to understand. Please clarify. I came here for answers when I read a newspaper story about the convalidation of marriage. This article gave me no answers.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.237.144.130 (talk) 11:03, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Confusing
Talk:Hōjō clan

message: Section contains insufficient information to explain how exactly the Hōjō attained power. ZFT (talk) 01:20, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rise to power 

message: Hi, but in Nobunaga's Ambition, you play as the "Later Hojo clan" that rules from Odawara don't you? Nothing to do with this particular Hojo clan Jenovacide (talk) 19:17, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with you. I have removed that part yesterday. ObladiOblada (talk) 14:47, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong Hojo Clan 

message: . Skcin7 (talk) 13:27, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  also called "mitsu uroko"
Talk:Australian Dream

message: The following listing is inaccurate:
"Home among the gum trees (Australian folk song, by John Williamson)"
The song is by Bob Brown and Wally Johnson: see National Library of Australia catalogue entry for Home among the gum trees and Williamson's website entry.
wyatte61  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wyatte61 (talk • contribs) 20:25, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed the entry. I did consider changing it to "... popularised by John Williamson" - but then I'd have to find some evidence that it was. In any case, it seems to me (at the risk of WP:OR) that the song is more about the location (in the bush, "among the gum trees"), than the ownership (which is the essense of the Australian dream) of the house. Mitch Ames (talk) 02:14, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Song: ''Home among the gum trees''
Talk:Eldorado High School (New Mexico)

message: well done ...tell us a bit more ..... refs and pics welcome Victuallers 22:54, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

message: I suggest moving this page to Eldorado High School (Albuquerque) to remove ambiguity between this and other high schools named Eldorado.  I have created a disambiguation page already, and will create a redirect to it from Eldorado High School.  This will clear up any confusion between schools, and allow a standard for new articles on other Eldorado High Schools in the future.  I will wait a little while before doing this to allow for discussion.  Notary137 02:10, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Moving this page
Talk:Command-line argument

message: I have never heard of a command line switch. I propose that this be moved - actually I think i'll just move it unless someone compalins (since i don't expect anyone will see this message for quite some time). Fresheneesz 02:11, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Upon futher inspection, i found that this article is talking about a specific *type* of command line argument - like compiler flags in unix. Those are a small subset of command line arguments.. so what i'll do is move this page, and list a switch, or option, or whatever as a subtopic. Fresheneesz 02:15, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Change name to command line argument
Wikipedia talk:Requests for arbitration/Marudubshinki/Proposed decision

message: Surely the decision of whether Maru can run any given bot should be up to the existing bot approvals process, no?  If he runs an unauthorized bot, of course, block him. —Simetrical (talk • contribs) 02:14, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If an editor's past behavior has caused a lot of problems for everybody, the Arbitration Committee possesses the power to say "no more."  It is of course appropriate to debate the wisdom of saying that, if it might be against the interests of Wikipedia. --Tony Sidaway 02:17, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that this user has been disruptive with his bots, and normally it's the ArbCom's role to stop such a user from causing further disruption.  In the very specific case of bots, however, there's a separate committee set up to prevent disruption of this very specific sort, and it would be best in general to leave decisions on this very specific issue to that committee, which is set up to handle them and can work more efficiently on them (e.g., much faster response times).  Marudubshinki has said that he didn't bother going through the approval process because he was impatient with it; he's perfectly capable of writing useful bots, I expect, and provided he's forced to go through approval for them, I expect his bots could in fact prove useful to Wikipedia. —Simetrical (talk • contribs) 20:05, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Aside from the question of whether bot issues should be dealt with by us (I don't see why not), your point that approved bots could still be useful to Wikipedia is well-taken. This is the intended purpose of my alternate proposal. It's just up to the rest of arbcom to decide now. Dmcdevit·t 02:20, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Prohibited entirely from running a bot?

message: Maru has belatedly posted to the Evidence page.  This occurred after Fred had formulated his draft of the Proposed Decision.  I am not suggesting that anything in Maru's evidence either should or should not change the decision, but I wanted to make sure the arbs didn't miss it, either. Newyorkbrad 03:17, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Note to arbitrators
Talk:2006 New York Attorney General election

message: I included the newspaper endorsements because that's a major factor in the election. If they'd endorsed Cuomo I'd have included that (as demonstrated by the fact that I just included some criticisms in Green's wiki profile).
If anyone knows of any major newspaper endorsements I missed, please include them. 
I know Maloney got the Gay City News endorsement, for example, but I'm not sure that qualifies as significant (if so, then we might have to trot out ever hack endorsement in all the campaigns, which is a lot of endorsements). But the handful of major dailies are very, very important.
Aroundthewayboy 02:16, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. Aroundthewayboy 04:27, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Forever Malcolm Young

message: Did anyone notice the two different release dates given for this album through various sources? Hell, even at one time the official Frenzal website had "October 7" and "October 14" listed on various parts of the site. Pretty sure that October 14 is the date it ended up coming out, as I visited Brisbane's Skinny's Music between October 7 and 14 and didn't notice any copies on display in a prominent place. I guess something made them postpone it by a week. Stuart mcmillen 23:57, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: From what I remember it was delayed a week for unknown reasons....I think I read this on http://www.fasterlouder.com.au last year, but the site is down at the moment and cant find the article Jpk82 04:05, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

text: Found it! Only on google cache. http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:vY_uVbDU0k4J:www.fasterlouder.com.au/p/np/view.php%3Fid%3D6146%26printstory%3D1+Frenzal+Rhomb+delay+album+release&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=au  Jpk82 04:24, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Aussie Release Date
Talk:Loch Ness Monster (roller coaster)

message: I deleted the section that stated that this coaster was the tallest and fastest in the world when it was built. The Coney Island Cyclone was built in 1927 and had the same speed. Rpachico 06:29, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Loch Ness Monster was the world's tallest roller coaster when it opened in 1978. It held this record for 5 years, until Dragon Mountain opened in 1983. Neither Gemini nor American Eagle have ever been the world's tallest roller coaster. Will this please be fixed? If not, I can try to do it myself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.187.29.71 (talk) 22:51, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  tallest roller coaster 

message: The Layout section seems completely based on original research, and is problematic because it has zero sourcing.  Of particular note are the reference to various braking mechanisms along the route, which seem to suggest some kind of insider information, but are otherwise conjectural.  These have been removed. 842U (talk) 15:01, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Orig Research 

message: , I saw the recent change you made. Thanks for doing that. After doing some digging, it appears this was added by another editor who had issues with a previous claim that was once in the article. Although they were right to have issues, they shouldn't have inserted commentary into the article. The improperly sourced claim should have just been removed. Thanks for cleaning that up! --GoneIn60 (talk) 03:34, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal of commentary
Talk:Glenside, Pennsylvania

message: I removed the section below the boxes at the bottom that dealt with Arcadia University's Grey Towers Castle and created a new article with that name,fvbf as it did not seem to belong here. — Ortin19 02:20, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grey Towers Castle 

message: The headquarters for Newgrounds.com, the largest online flash portal on the web is in glenside! This should be noted!--Finest1 12:28, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ill agree to your terms since newgrounds is big.209.250.162.49 17:45, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Newgrounds.com HQ 

message: The Springfield Township official website claims that part of Glenside is in this township. How do we resolve this apparent conflict with US Census information? My gut feeling is that the locals are probably right. ike9898 (talk) 00:21, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Could you provide a link to the specific location on the Springfield Township website?  The only reference I found to Glenside was that the post office for Glenside serves the township.  The presence of the Glenside post office in the Township is different from the CDP having territory in the Township.  VerruckteDan (talk) 17:09, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Whether part of glenside is in Springfield 

message: If you love Glenside, then put this with your WikiBoxes! Happy Editing!Peetlesnumber1 (talk) 22:12, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiBox 

message: Gtown? Never once in 43 years have I heard "Gtown"  I have hear Gside, which make way more sense but its not commonly used.  Gtown, nobody here says that. 68.81.225.143 (talk) 00:34, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gtown?!
Talk:Grey Towers Castle

message: This section came from the Glenside, Pennsylvania article. It was placed strangely below the boxes at the bottom of the article. I removed it from there and created this article, but I don't know where this information came from. It cites no sources and is written in a bit of a non-encylclopedic way. — Ortin19 02:23, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  History 

message: This photo of Grey Towers Castle won a U.S. NPS NHL photo contest, and is in the public domain, per terms of photo contest and posting of the photo at the NPS. doncram (talk) 17:39, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Photo to add
Talk:Soarin' Eagle

message: Any word on why Elitch Gardens closed this ride this year?  75.166.216.90 (talk) 03:56, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No official announcement why it closed. But I'm not sure why the article says "became one of the most popular rides in the park" because the Flying Coaster has never been too popular after everyone realized how awful and painful of a ride it is. I assume that's why they closed it down, because no one was riding it anymore because it sucked. MJB12  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.218.195.232 (talk) 21:16, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Closure
Talk:River Trail

message: I made a change to this page based on the following:
* West Virginia is no longer part of Virginia.  
* New River starts in North Carolina, flows through Virginia, and meets the Gauley River to form the Kanawha River in West Virginia.  The New River Trail runs along the New River from Fries, Virginia to Pulaski, Virginia.
WVhybrid 04:40, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Oops!  My bad.  I even looked it up elsewhere and still put W. Virginia!  Thanks.  Notary137 05:26, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  New River Trail is in Virginia, not West Virginia.
Talk:Bishop's Cleeve F.C.

message: British English should be used for articles on Britain related topics. Likewise, American English should be used on articles pertaining to American topics. For a clearer example, please visit this sub-section on the differences between their usage. I have made the necessary changes. Please feel free to comment on this. --Siva1979Talk to me 02:30, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  A note on British English
Talk:Li Guang

message: The in-line references are used to only support those lines (and further, there are reliability issues with those sources - one is a poem, the other is a master's thesis that only touches on the subject of Li Guang). As such, I've added the "one source" template to the page, although I note that another individual has noted that said source may be self-published.
BilledMammal (talk) 23:23, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sourcing
Talk:Nut graph

message: I have just
# corrected the broken URL for reference "The Nut Graf and Breaking News"
# changed "nutseller" to "nutsheller" in the sentence that now reads     Writing a nut graph is called nutshelling and the writers are called nutshellers.which is not only obvious, but matches the redirect that was already in place.
--Thnidu (talk) 05:53, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  fixes 

message: Shouldn't "lead" be spelled "lede" in this context?
https://proofed.com/writing-tips/idiom-tips-bury-the-lede-or-bury-the-lead/#:~:text=Whether%20to%20use%20%E2%80%9Clede%E2%80%9D%20or,journalism%2C%20either%20spelling%20is%20acceptable. Mark C Carlson 19:50, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead or lede?
Talk:High Plains (United States)

message: Fahrenheit is not twice that of Celsius. it is much greater. I removed the conversion,but since the number was so wrong, I think this throws the whole fact into question. Can somebody produce a citation for the tempratrue changes?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.23.251.12 (talk) 19:37, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  erroneous Celsius to Fahrenheit  

message: Temperature swings are calculated differently than absolute temperatures.  When converting an absolute temperature from F to C, the forumla is (F-32)*5/9.  Check: 212F = 100C, (212-32)*5/9 = 180*5/9 = 100.  However, a temperature swing is different.  If the temperature in F swings from 40 to 90, we have a 50 degree swing (90-40=50).  If we convert the absolute temperatures from F to C, we get a range of 4 to 32 degrees C.  The swing there is 32-4, or 28 degrees C.  If you just convert the 50 degree F swing to C, you get 10C, which is rather... off.  If you work through the math, you could see that the operation subtracting 32 from F gets canceled.  --Jomegat (talk) 03:49, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Temperature Swings
Talk:Camp (2003 film)

message: Anna Kendrick commented on the film in her book. Maybe worth adding. -- 109.78.215.215 (talk) 21:32, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kendrick
Talk:May-Stringer House

message: Is it connected to Fred I Stringer who served in the Florida House from Brooksville in 1911? Cite FloridaArmy (talk) 15:24, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Stringer
Talk:Horace Duncan House

message: Could reliable sources be provided for the new ownership of the property, please? The website does not have a matching address. Thank you. -Ebyabe (talk) 00:45, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Genrō

message: Why from Satsuma and Choshu? Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 00:57, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: location

message: I doubt that including the Illuminati in the 'See also' section will be helpful to readers. I It is hard to believe it is even related to the topic at hand since the edit comment of the person who added it stated that they "added illuminati because its genro were sort of quasi-illuminati minus all the conspiracy crap," which is absolute speculation. I will thus remove it from the list. Airiset (talk) 05:59, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Illuminati?
Talk:Privy Council of Japan

message: Perhaps a list of Meiji period privy councilors will evolve in due course.  If so, this is one element of that list.
* In December 1911, Hanabusa Yoshitada became a privy councilor .<:ref>National Diet Library (NDL), Hanabusa Yoshitada, related documents (花房義質関係文書).</ref>
Does this seem like a start in a constructive direction? --Tenmei (talk) 14:52, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: List of Privy Councillors
Talk:Colorado Territory in the American Civil War

message: Since the State of Colorado didn't exist until 1876, I assert this article name is anachronism, and should be moved. BusterD (talk) 20:23, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Requested move to Colorado Territory in the American Civil War

message: Clear should be perpetrate CComly (talk) 12:57, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  typo perpetuate 
Talk:Sugarbird

message: Should there be a disambiguation for the "bananaquit",
a/k/a, "sugar bird",
at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bananaquit ?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Skaizun (talk • contribs) 04:56, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bananaquit - St Croix "sugar bird"
Talk:Military justice

message: In the United States section...
Would it be biased to note that captured US military personnel have thus far only recieved torture, rape and summary execution from our current enemies, so any "impact" Bush's policies re: captured terrorists could have on their treatment after capture is moot?
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Finally made corrections based on accepted English-language legal terms and edited to focus on criminal justice/procedure in militaries.
Posthoc777 (talk) 12:19, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

message: assallam o alaikum sir please help me 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 I ex soldier of pak army keep rejoining me my unit@ferozali Feroz Ali1 (talk) 01:22, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Complaints
Talk:Kansas in the American Civil War

message: A vandal had erased the entire article except for a single sentence.  I thought the page was a Talk Page rather than an actual article so I only eliminated that sentence. When I realized that it was an entire article that had been removed by the vandal I restored the last un-vandalized revision. Tom 18:19, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  My Mistake 

message: — Assignment last updated by Cgoral94 (talk) 23:54, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Content Area Literacy