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Talk:Texas Germans

message: Germans who settled in Texas were strongly influenced by their Tejano hosts. The collection of Spanish immigrants to Texas preceded, accepted, and largely integrated well with the German settlers who came later. 
The Wikipedia article on Tejanos specifically talks about the integration of German settlers and how they became increasingly hispanicized while never forgetting their roots.
There's no need to be racist by pretending the Germans remained somehow an island unto themselves. Save that racism burden for another time. People who live here in Texas clearly understand how various immigrants learned to all get along and find themselves well integrated.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.31.98.123 (talk) 23:44, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Hispanicization

message: Eisenhower's photo should be deleted, as he doesn't have anything in common with most German immigrants to TX. It is absurd to include him here. His paternal ancesty went back to immigrants to PA in 1741, and he moved to KS at the age of two with his parents. --Parkwells (talk) 23:33, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Delete [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]

message: The careful omission of any discussion of the Germano-Texans in the Civil War suggests an unwillingness to admit most of them were Unionists.
This article could also benefit from a discussion of the German relationship with Tejanos.
--Al-Nofi (talk) 20:31, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed, concerning the Civil War.  The article Forty-Eighters makes it very clear that their politics were liberal, progressive, even socialist.  "In the United States, most Forty-Eighters opposed nativism and slavery, in keeping with the liberal ideals that had led them to flee Europe."  "Galveston, Texas was a port of entry to many Forty-Eighters. Some settled there and in Houston, but many settled in the Texas Hill Country in the vicinity of Fredericksburg. Due to their liberal ideals, they strongly opposed Texas's secession in 1861. In the Bellville area of Austin County, another destination for Forty-Eighters, the German precincts voted decisively against the secession ordinance."    Heavenlyblue (talk) 09:55, 29 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Civil War

message: This article talks about World War 1, but suspiciously absent is World War 2. Is there anything to say to it?
Iæfai (talk) 18:48, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  World War 2 

message: This was a highly developed article; now it's a bare stub. I restored the references; surely there's some way to get this back into shape. Djembayz (talk) 21:32, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  What happened to the rest of this article?
Talk:Cotinis nitida

message: If it's in California it's probably the figeater beetle, they look almost the same  JRR1968 (talk) 12:17, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

message: It would be very nice to have a photograph of one of these most beautiful of beetles. I will attempt to create one of my own if no one beats me to it.
NoDepositNoReturn (talk) 00:04, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Appears to have been done.--AlastairIrvine (talk) 08:44, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I noted that tribe is different for Figeater beetle, despite same Genus as Cotinis nitida.--AlastairIrvine (talk) 08:44, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Taxonomy

message: It eats leaves and smaller bugs 2602:306:CCBE:A810:1C75:3D2B:67ED:9140 (talk) 21:03, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cotinis nitida 

message: — Assignment last updated by JuniorSanchez23 (talk) 18:08, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Invertebrate Zoology
Talk:Mary Mapes Dodge

message: Just a note on organization: Readers might be very confused by the section on her time as "Editor" where it notes "before long, Dodge's reputation as editor equaled that which she had already attained as author", but by this point of the article, she has not written anything. In fact, the section on her "Early writings" comes after her time as editor. Perhaps that line is wrong? Additionally, there is a lot of information in the lede which is not in the body of the article; therefore, the lede does not follow expectations set forth in the policy on WP:LEDES. I wish I could do more than point these things out but I am not as familiar on the life and work of Mary Mapes Dodge. --Midnightdreary (talk) 13:23, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Organization
Talk:Mary Raymond Andrews

message: The article starts out as a biography, but then heads into the works she wrote, from which it veers into the subsequent histories of those works (movies, etc., made from them).  It never gets back to her life, and we're left wondering what happened.  Other than her date of death (in the intro), we know nothing about her later life.  Surely an obituary (at the very least) would have that information... --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 13:49, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Later life?
Talk:Robert Riskin

message: This entry needs to be expanded. It doesn't do justice to Riskin's career as Hollywood screenwriter, the talent who wrote so many of Frank Capra's greatest films and who scripted the moral conscience into Capra's stories. Betempte (talk) 00:50, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Inadequate bio

message: I'm working to expand entry and have added information on Riskin's family, including mention of his film producer brother, Everett, and also something about his early life pre-Broadway, and pre-Hollywood, as well as his relationship with director Frank Capra. Betempte (talk) 19:53, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: New edits
Talk:Lona Andre

message: The link to Ed Harris (born 1960) was wrong. I changed it.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.162.235.171 (talk) 10:32, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for pointing that out.  I have changed them to point to Edward Norris for now. 69.115.42.244 (talk) 21:48, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: spouse
Talk:Matija Ban

message: This article has been revised as part of a large-scale clean-up project of multiple article copyright infringement. (See the investigation subpage.) Prior content in this article duplicated one or more previously published sources.  Copied or closely paraphrased material has been rewritten or removed and must not be restored, unless it is duly released under a compatible license. (For more information, please see "using copyrighted works from others" if you are not the copyright holder of this material, or "donating copyrighted materials" if you are.)
For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or published material; such additions will be deleted. Contributors may use copyrighted publications as a source of information, and, if allowed under fair use, may copy sentences and phrases, provided they are included in quotation marks and referenced properly. The material may also be rewritten, providing it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Therefore, such paraphrased portions must provide their source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with these policies. Thank you.  Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 19:17, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright problem removed
Talk:Adolph Douai

message: Start/Low Bhaktivinode 17:41, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Texas

message: In the off chance that a relative of Adolph Douai happens to find this page, please do not hesitate to write if you happen to have additional information, family photos, etc. which can be put into the public domain. Thanks! — Tim Davenport, Early American Marxism website, Corvallis, OR  MutantPop@aol.com  Carrite (talk) 04:57, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Note to relatives

message: Per Wikipedia policy, please state specific examples of alleged POV writing so that they may be addressed. Thank you. Carrite (talk) 15:14, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It has been over a week and I've invited the flagger for specifics per standard WP practice without reply. I earnestly believe NPOV concerns have been rectified and am pulling the flag. Carrite (talk) 03:04, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: NPOV challenge
Talk:Matt Labash

message: That's not an exaggeration, it wasn't even that he compared them to rape (which would be bad enough). In his debut column at the Daily Caller, Labash came right out and said that red-light and speed cameras are rape. 24.214.230.66 (talk) 04:45, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Claimed that traffic cameras are rape 

message: This reads more like a fan page than an encyclopedia article. For example, do we really need to know the following: "Labash describes himself as "someone who fly-fishes with a fanaticism bordering on mental illness", and asserts that, "I don't believe in reincarnation, but if I did, I'd hope to come back in my next life as a spooky brown trout, so that when I came back in the life following that one, I'd have a better idea of how to catch myself." It's not witty or informative, like much of this gaga article. Chisme (talk) 01:04, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: It's bloated  and could be reduced by at least 50%. The entire views on journalism section is not encyclopedic.  Too much on WP:PRIMARY quotes.  -- GreenC 06:29, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Encyclopedia article or fan page?
Talk:Matthew Continetti

message: The redirect Anne Kristol has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached.   Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 23:34, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "[[:Anne Kristol]]" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]]
Talk:OpenTable

message: It would be interesting if the actual methodology of Open Table was documented. A lot of people are coming over to the article to learn more about it because it's being used in several places as an example of adapting new technologies to existing practices and, in the processs, commoditizing them (in this case restaurant reservations).
Things like whether OT provides its own hardware and network connection or uses the local restaurant's. How "notes" are taken and shared for customers. What systems, if any, are in place to track abuse. Etc.
Also, the discussion page is empty. If there's been a request for deletion with a "keep" resolution I'm surprised it'd be left empty. --eduo 13:26, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Technologies and Methodologies 

message: This sounds like an advertisement particularly the "Services for Diners" section. It sounds like it was copy and pasted from their website. Especially with the word "Now".
-I just modified it a bit to make it sound less like an ad. But I think that even the Title of the section sounds like an ad. Changing it to Services for Users.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aceofspades1217 (talk • contribs) 21:28, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Advertisement

message: Is the OpenTable app still available for Palm OS?
Daylen (talk) 19:06, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  OpenTable app
Talk:Roberto Orci

message: I have removed the unreferenced tag from the article after adding a couple of references. I have been unable to find a reliable source for a date of birth, although I'm fairly certain of the year of birth. -- Scjessey (talk) 15:47, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 

message: What did Roberto Orci study? Did he study anything related to filmmaking and/or screenwriting or was it something completely different?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.207.222.85 (talk) 18:28, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Education 

message: A bit odd. He's been very outspoken; going so far as calling people who do not believe that 9/11 was an inside job "coincidence theorists."
--Wikipedia Wonderful 698-D (talk) 18:37, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: If you can provide a source you are welcome to add this to the article. --Jazzman (talk) 07:51, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  No mention of his affinity for 9/11 conspiracy theories? 

message: A discussion is taking place to address the redirect :Sneaky Shark. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 July 30#Sneaky Shark until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.  1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 22:20, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Sneaky Shark" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]]
Talk:Matthew Pearl

message: I bet $1 that editor Heyheyhey7500 is Matthew Pearl. Uucp 21:24, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No bet. This non-notable vanity bio should be deleted. 72.220.174.167 (talk) 03:07, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Maude Petre

message: This section is anomalous and its source should be attributed.--Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 05:49, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: More details on Maude Petre's later life and writings
Talk:Maurice Samuel

message: Extremely weak article about a jew who hated christians and had so much influence on the jewish consciousness.SamLowenstein (talk) 12:49, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I was thinking the same thing.  But, guess who runs Wiki....  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.229.198.183 (talk) 01:48, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: As I mentioned above ^ this quote has been taken out of context, and needs to be read in the context of the whole chaptedJacker1968 (talk) 11:22, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  weak article
Talk:Max Wilk

message: Have not confirmed this conclusively, but the text of the article suggests Wilk died in February 2011.  Multiple obituaries confirm the date as Feb. 19, 2011.  Status altered accordingly.Variety, Feb. 27, 2011. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118032949 — Ebbixx (talk) 02:03, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Subject deceased, other dubious statements in article 
Talk:Maxwell Maltz

message: Some leads of interest for un-stubbing this article:
* His autobiography.
* Definitely needs more attention to his work as a plastic surgeon
** Published several books on plastic surgery 
** Consultant physician to FDR? http://www.doctorzebra.com/prez/a_doctors_by_prez.htm
* Plays, apparently some got on Broadway NYT (requires payment beyond the intro sentence)
--Mrwojo 02:58, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:May Miller

message: ​​For anyone who has contributed to this biography or is watching this page, here is an exciting update. We're project partnering with the Wikimedia Foundation for Unseen. It is a project initiative combining innovation and creativity  in hopes of addressing the lack of visual representation of Black people, Indigenous peoples, and people of colour on our projects and by extension, in the wider ecosystem of free knowledge. We are sharing the works during Black History Month to celebrate this effort. May Miller is among six biographies that were chosen for the first-ever pilot of Unseen and for whom artwork has been commissioned. Up-and-coming artists from the same region as the selected figures were commissioned for this project and their work will be released under CC0. We plan on updating their Wikipedia articles with the commissioned artwork on Wednesday 16th February and wanted to let you all know. The prospects are exciting. You can read the Diff post on the project here: https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/02/09/closing-knowledge-equity-gaps-on-wikipedia-with-wiki-unseen/. Thanks. Shanluan (talk) 11:36, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
Talk:Roland West

message: The opening line of the article is problematic.  The classic film noir era is generally considered to be 1940-1959.  So, West would not have been known for "films noir in the 1920's and 30's."  Perhaps we could say he was known for film noir-like movies.  Or, we could write that he was adept at proto- noir movies.  L. Thomas W. (talk) 15:49, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Film Noir?
Talk:Meir Blinken

message: And will never be. There is nothing to discuss. 92.244.122.2 (talk) 17:46, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. The subject is described as Ukrainian in 3 of the cited sources (1, 2, 3) and is described as Russian exactly nowhere that I can find. Per basic policy (WP:V, WP:RS) this is not an ambiguous situation. - Astrophobe (talk) 19:53, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I also agree, but the guy in question lived when it was, a plain historical fact.Axxxion (talk) 02:26, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia reflects what is written in reliable sources. The page subject is identified as Ukrainian in every source that discusses his nationality and he is identified as Russian in no source that I can find. - Astrophobe (talk) 02:56, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I am afraid we do not have any truly RS on the subject. But then we do not need it as the fact that Kiev was then in Russia is universally known. I agree to drop "Russian" in the lede as it is ambiguous when talking of writers as the main point is what language he wrote in, which was Yiddish.Axxxion (talk) 16:21, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kiev is not in Russia 

message: I am working on the writings of Yiddish authors in Wikisource and was wondering if this is the same person as Meteb Blinkin?— Ineuw talk 21:10, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is this the same person as Meteb Blinkin?
Talk:Melinda M. Snodgrass

message: The article is currently in :Category:Star Trek: The Next Generation, but I have doubts as to whether it should be. Apparent from one other example - former showrunner Maurice Hurley's article and I have started a discussion about that at Talk:Maurice Hurley - o other member of the creative team behind the series has their article included in this category including key figures like Rick Berman and Michael Piller and even Gene Roddenberry's article is not in this or any of the other Star Trek categories. It seems that geenrally Science Fiction TV franchise categories like :Category:Battlestar Galactica tend not to include production personnel (although :Category:Babylon 5 does include the article of Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski. There thus seems to be a precedent that writers articles are not included in this type of category and I do not think that this should be an exception. Dunarc (talk) 21:56, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inclusion in Category:Star Trek: The Next Generation
Talk:Melinda Metz

message: The introduction of the Melinda Metz article says she ghostwrote TWO of the "Animorphs" books, but the list of books she's written has THREE "Animorphs" titles ghostwritten by her.  Anyone know how to verify which one(s) are correct?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.17.204.65 (talk) 03:10, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Animorphs ghostwriting
Talk:Alex Campbell (singer)

message: The article is full of POV and peacock words, and generally needs a cleanup - Tiswas(t/c) 14:40, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Notability is no measure of whether a singer is good or bad - You don't have to be the best to be notable - just look at articles on various reality tv singers for examples of pitifuly bad, yet notable, artists. It's not a question of whether you consider an artist to be good or bad, but whether you can cite reliable sources that do. As far as prosaic articles go, I try and make a point, time permitting, of being bold and rewording them into more encyclopedic form. - Tiswas(t/c) 19:21, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Overall tone 

message: There is a significant aspect of Alex Campbell's career that is omitted in this article.  I would like to communicate with the person responsible for the bulk of the piece, to determine whether this omission can be covered.  Can you tell me how to go about this? Joelocker (talk) 17:55, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  alex campbell (singer) 
Talk:Melody Beattie

message: I made a crticism of the Melody Beattie page citng a book by Dr Stan J, Katz and Aimee E.
Liu.
My contribution is as follows:
===== Criticisms =====
Dr. Stan J Katz and Aime E. Liu are co-authors of the book The codependency Conspiracy In which they criticize the self help movement and Melody Beattie in particular for defining a compulsive behavior (Codepndency,drug and Alcohol addiction etc) as a disease. 
This was removed by the user "Scarpy". This person cited my comment as "original research".
The book I cited is NOT original research. It is written by an Actual Doctor. Something Melody Beattie is NOT.
The book (as well as others I will cite in the future) is still in publication
The criticism is valid AND IS NOT ORIGINAL RESEARCH. I request that it be undeleted.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Loki654 (talk • contribs) 03:18, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Dr. Stan J Katz and Aime E. Liu are co-authors of the book The codependency Conspiracy In which they criticize the self help movement and Melody Beattie in particular for defining a compulsive behavior (Codepndency,drug and Alcohol addiction etc) as a disease. 
This was removed by the user "Scarpy". This person cited my comment as "original research".
The book I cited is NOT original research. It is written by an Actual Doctor. Something Melody Beattie is NOT.
The book (as well as others I will cite in the future) is still in publication
The criticism is valid AND IS NOT ORIGINAL RESEARCH. I request that it be undeleted.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Loki654 (talk • contribs) 03:18, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criticisms 

message: Junkie is not common English. It should be wikied to determination of it, or removed. Iivarius (talk) 09:44, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  The language
Talk:Meta Orred

message: This line "Lyrics for In the Gloaming (1877), music by Annie Fortescue Harrison, was lifted from Poems." seems derogatory ("lifted from"). Is there alternate wording?  Also, if you follow the links listed in 'In The Gloaming' song, it seems disjointed to have incomplete info about the song writer / lyricist on each of the 3 pages, i.e. for Annie Fortescue Harrison, for the other person cited, and for the song.  Lifesnadir 02:36, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Michael Cobley

message: Having just finished "Seeds of Earth" I was overwhelmed by the linguistic, stylistic, plot architecture and technical detailing similarities between this book and the "Saga of the Seven Suns" by Kevin J Anderson.
Is there any background information to suggest these authors might be one and the same despite the obvious biographical differences?
I realise this might be a ridiculous notion but the similarities are so eerie I can't leave the notion alone.
--Mikek07 (talk) 15:09, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  I've known Mike for over 20 years, and yes, he really does exist. He was born in Leicester, but moved to Glasgow when young and speaks with a Scottish accent. OTOH, I suspect Kevin J Anderson is actually a computer program...Tanzeelat (talk) 10:43, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Michael Cobley / Kevin Anderson 

message: I read « Michael Cobley followed up on the success of his first space opera trilogy with a second one » and I wonder, if the first one is the shadowking trilogy, it's not a space opera, it's a fantasy trilogy, if it's not talking about shadowking, I wonder what it's talking about :-) mat (talk) 15:51, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text:  The Shadowking trilogy is fantasy and was Mike's first published work. The imprint which published it folded soon after, and Mike chose to write sf instead. He's currently working on a stand-alone novel set in the Humanity's Fire university, and I believe it will be published next year.Tanzeelat (talk) 08:42, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trilogy