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Talk:Aliagha Shikhlinski

message: The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- KGV  (Talk) 08:49, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Dear , I'am currently working on this article, as I mentioned below, I will be using Azerbaijani Wikipedia and Russian Wikipedia materials. How is it going, at least according to your opinion? --► Sincerely: Oy℧ᵰcu A¥khăn ⚔ (hail sithis!) 14:48, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography/Assessment#Class_parameter|Biography assessment rating]] comment 

message: I'm working on imrpoving this article to GA level. I will be using Azerbaijani Wikipedia and Russian Wikipedia materials. I'll be very happy if no one interrupted my work. Any issues will be solved at the end. --► Sincerely: Oy℧ᵰcu A¥khăn ⚔ (hail sithis!) 13:21, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Heavy impovement
Talk:Kouvola

message: ----
The articles of Kuusankoski, Elimäki, Anjalankoski, Valkeala and Jaala really need to be updated due to the consolidation. 77.109.214.195 (talk) 18:09, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks like it's done. 82.215.245.254 (talk) 17:16, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
Talk:Vagit Alekperov

message: I think info about Schmidt takes to much space and is not really such an important episode of Alekperov's biography. --Grandmaster 06:58, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Schmidt

message: There is an RfC on the question of using "Religion: None" vs. "Religion: None (atheist)" in the infobox on this and other similar pages. 
The RfC is at Template talk:Infobox person#RfC: Religion infobox entries for individuals that have no religion. 
Please help us determine consensus on this issue. --Guy Macon (talk) 04:12, 23 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Template talk:Infobox person#RfC: Religion infobox entries for individuals that have no religion|Request for Comments]] 

message: Jewish?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.96.46.126 (talk) 14:50, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jewish?
Talk:Tofiq Bahramov

message: No, he was always called (incorrectly) the "Russian linesman", as stated lower down in the piece. I've changed the lead. 143.252.80.100 (talk) 14:18, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Soviet linesman?

message: I heard that he was awarded with some kind of honorable mention by the English queen for making the call. Can anyone back this up?
:I have heard that we was rewarded by the English government maybe it was the queen like you said? Baku87 21:58, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Honor from the Queen?

message: It was no goal.  See here --FCN Sebi (talk) 15:16, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wembley Goal 

message: The article says his name is spelt Bəhrəmov in Azeri. The photo with the football shirts spells it Bəhramov, and this spelling also gets more Google hits. Can anyone confirm it should be changed? 143.252.80.100 (talk) 09:55, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, as many other Wikipedias use the azeri spelling, I think we ought to do it as well. We shouldn't be bound by the Soviet lingua franca of the day (which imposed the Tofik Bakhramov spelling, derived from the Russian version of his name). Tofiq Bəhramov would be perfectly ok with me (with necessary clarifications and redirects where necessary).--Paracel63 (talk) 10:41, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Azeri spelling? 

message: I've heard stories that when Tofik was on his deathbed, he was asked how he knew the English goal actually crossed the line, he had a one word reply: "Stalingrad".  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.55.32.72 (talk) 23:16, 9 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stalingrad
Talk:Priozersk

message: Is Britannica using an incorrect or outdated transcription in writing only Priozyorsk and not even mentioning Priozersk? Google produces only one hit with 
site:edu Priozyorsk 
but many with
site:edu Priozersk
--Espoo 16:00, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: According to the locals, "Priozersk" is correct, and "Priozyorsk" is not.  That, however, needs to be verified.  The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (which more often than not distinguishes between "e" and "yo") uses "Priozersk" (Приозерск) as the title of the article, but refers to the town as "Priozyorsk" (Приозёрск) from other articles.  Also, the list of GSE's article references, funnily enough, consists of one book called (drum roll, please) "Приозёрск".  I'd say "Priozyorsk" is a common misspelling/mispronunciation; one for which Britannica fell as well (Britannica isn't really very good when it comes to consistency of spelling of Russian geo-names, by the way), but it's really hard to tell for sure which variant is correct.  It's all those yo-haters' fault!  Hope this helps.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 17:11, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Priozyorsk?
Talk:Molla Panah Vagif

message: I added some details about Vagif's life basically translated from the Russian page abour Vagif, but I am not at all an expert on Azerbaijani/Caucasus history and sources are hard to obtain casually; I just thought the anecdote about the exchange of messages in particular was interesting/illuminating.  If there are any errors in this passage, perhaps someone more knowledgeable might correct them!  Best, Eliezg 08:35, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for adding that info. I wrote that article in Russian wiki, and I appreciate you adding that part to the English article. Grandmaster 08:39, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Swapping Arrows 

message: The translation of Azeri poem to English seems to be weak . Does it have sources ?As an example ,consider the translation of this section : Bayram oldu, heç bilmirəm neyləyim//Bizim evdə dolu çuval da yoxdur///Is written like this: It is a holiday, don't know what to do///All sacks are empty in household of ours///But I think Bayram is celebration of Nowruz and not simply a holiday and that part is better translated as "new year came and I don't know what to do (I can't do anything)//In our house,we even don't have the empty sack....  --Alborz Fallah (talk) 18:42, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Translation of Azerbaijani poem
Talk:Lahti

message: Edited bits, like the ridiculous claim of Lahti having a lot to offer education-wise (it's not NPOV, and the only "major" higher education institution that attracts people from outside is the Institute of Design, anyway) and removed the Matti Nykänen quote. The quote's translation completely missed the point of Nykänen's clueless tautology and had no significant relevance to the article.--Snowgrouse 04:29, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Loviisa

message: This article is undergoing construction based on the Finnish article :fi:Loviisa. Feel free to edit the article during the construction but take care not to undo the construction work. JIP | Talk 01:33, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: The construction is mainly over now. There is some duplicated information in the article, I will have to take care of this later. JIP | Talk 01:42, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Under construction
Talk:Raahe

message: According to http://www.raahe.fi/ystavyyskaupungit, the Norwegian twin city is not Bergen but Mo i Rana. That link is in Finnish, I could not find English page from their site. 82.141.95.20 (talk) 17:19, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: twin cities

message: There reads: "it is one of 10 historic wooden towns (or town centers) remaining in Finland. Examples of other Finnish historic wooden towns are Kaskinen (Kaskö), Old Rauma, Porvoo (Borgå), Jakobstad (Pietarsaari), and Vaasa (Vasa)."
So, what are the other four? I searched a bit, and some of those might be Kokkola (Karleby) and Loviisa. Then there were also suggestions like Helsinki, Turku, Tampere, Oulu and Pori. But I think those do not have wooden town centers, though some could be former town centers. 86.115.109.159 (talk) 03:36, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  wooden towns of Finland
Talk:Ampara

message: Wiki Raja 20:10, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: WikiProject Dravidian civilizations
Talk:Gampaha

message: I am updating this article. There are some other sections to come in the future. Any suggestions and photos are welcome. Erathal (talk) 15:46, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The population should be for the town itself (about 60,000). Given data is about whole district.
Marcos [Tupungato] (talk) 12:55, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong population data etc. 

message: This looks like some biased information on the school. There are some other national shcools in the city as well. And the section is in primitive english. I propose to remove this section and to include some balanced set of details on all scools in the city. Erathal (talk) 17:47, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bandaranayake college only? 

message: Bandaranayake college section is removed since no comments were noticed to my prevoius update in the discussion page. A more detailed section about the schools in the city will be included in the future.Erathal (talk) 11:31, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Removed

message: Someone has added details about Bandaranayeka College again so I removed it again. That part of the section is clearly biased and is not appropriate here as the main focus of the article is to discuss about the 'district' and not about a particular school in the district L.W.C.Nirosh  —Preceding undated comment added 11:43, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: BMV is Removed Again
Talk:Mannar District

message: Wiki Raja 20:06, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: WikiProject Dravidian civilizations
Talk:Salo, Finland

message: As everybody knows Nokia have sold the mobile phone business to Microsoft. The factory in Salo was shut down already earlier but R&D work continues (in the same premises shown in the gallery photo). The article would need some attention to reflect this. --Sivullinen (talk) 19:45, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Even Microsoft R&D center has been closed down moving to history most of the once so important electronics industry in the town. --Sivullinen (talk) 17:19, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nokia 
Template talk:Europe-law-stub

message: I guess there is no reason for such a template. There is nothing common to the different "laws in Europe", especially when you include the British islands. Velho 13:26, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It is simply a part of WP:WSS's work sorting stub articles. If a category becomes very big, it is normal to split it into tinier units, and material is very often simply devided by continent. This segmentation has no deeper meaning than this. A similar example is  which does not mean anything more than that the politician in question comes from a European country, which does not yet have a corresponding stub template. Valentinian (talk) 23:00, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Ratnapura

message: I think we should include the photos of the clock tower, Gem fort, a gem pit, Places of woship such as Buddha statue on the hill Peter-Paul church etc. I am currenlt not in the country if some body in town can take this pictures it will increase the quality of the article.
Trengarasu 05:11, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photos 

message: //The modern name is derived from the Portuguese name Rapadura for jaggery, the palm candy produced traditionally in this region.// I dont think this is correct. can some one claryfy.--Terrance 03:29, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The modern name is supposed to be derived from Ratna+Pura, Ratna a Pali word for Gems and Pura=city, hence the fanciful derivation, 'city of gems'. Although it seems quite logical in modern Sinhalese there is no historical basis for such a derivation. The name originates in Portuguese times.--Wikramadithya 05:21, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology 

message: It seems to me that attractions that are not in the city belong in the Ratnapura District article rather than here. Is there any basis to retain them here, aside from a brief "access to the waterfalls and temples of Ratnapura District"? --Bejnar (talk) 16:34, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Here some places are not actually close to the Ratnapura town but to other nearby towns. Therefore these facts should be brought to those relevant articles rather than bring to Ratnapura District article. --L Manju (talk) 12:03, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Non-city attractions
Talk:Toijala

message: So what is the Kaurismäki brothers connection to Toijala? That is not mentioned in Finnish Wikipedia article of Toijala or Mika Kaurismäki or Aki Kaurismäki. Also any reference of Kaurismäki having something to do with Toijala is not easily found using google.
--192.100.116.142 09:21, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Saag

message: I cannot edit Wikipedia for personal reasons, but I would like to make some suggestions:
* This article could link to mustard greens and greens (vegetable).
* Leaf vegetable could link to this article in the section on preparation.
* A redirect could be created from saag paneer.
Cheers; 151.196.24.40 13:32, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Good suggestions, though if you're willing to edit the talk page, I'm not sure why you wouldn't make minor fixes such as these to articles. The first two were redirects, so I bypassed them and made the links in the article. - Taxman Talk 14:56, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggestions 

message: saag, may refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serum-ascites_albumin_gradient  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.247.31.155 (talk) 00:22, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  add disambig link 

message: The photograph used in this article of "saag paneer" says that it is spinach and potato. Wouldn't that be "saag aloo?" Also, the word "saag" is used inconsistently, sometimes spelled "sag," which is a valid English word. I know almost nothing of Indian languages outside of the culinary arts, so I do not want to presume myself correct without a consensus. Input from an expert (e.g. Indian chef who speaks both languages fluently) would be preferable. —Bloodgain (talk) 00:21, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Correcting foreign words 

message: — Assignment last updated by Agbakshi (talk) 01:55, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Introduction to Community Economic and Social Development II
Talk:Yuba Goldfields

message: This needs to be rewritten.  The mining companies were after the gold in the alluvial deposits under the slickens.  There is essentially no gold in the slickens.  I know because I looked.  I spent my childhood living on the slickens (east end of Walnut Avenue), listening to the dredgers running at night. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 176.21.111.21 (talk • contribs).
:That may be true, but that's what we consider original research here. Unfortunately the published sources don't say anything about that. howcheng  {chat} 03:17, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Chris Achilléos

message: I remember reading a claim that he designed the 1980s Doctor Who logo (the neon-tubing one), without credit, but I can't track it down. Daibhid C 13:38, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Doctor Who Logo?

message: This article currently needs a major copyedit for NPOV, and for a more encyclopedic, less fanzine-like, style. -- Karada 09:10, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyediting required 

message: I assume that his name is Greek. Can someone add the spelling with Greek letters? SpectrumDT (talk) 17:42, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Greek spelling of name? 

message: His work was showcased in "Infected by Art Volume 2" (ISBN-10: 1613450745
ISBN-13: 978-1613450741) and has art department credits on the movies Willow and Heavy Metal as well as a visual consultant credit on King Arthur. I'm taking off the Notability template and will work on finding third party references for these things. LovelyLillith (talk) 11:53, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notability
Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship/Rama's Arrow

message: #Oppose.  I was on the opposing side in the debate to rename Arabic numerals to Hindu-Arabic numerals.  While some on the pro-Hindu side argued reasonably and with consideration of wikipedia policy (for example, I thought that about deeptrivia who was on the pro-Hindu side, and that's why deeptrivia got a support vote from me in his RfA), others seemed to be nationalistic POV pushers, and unfortunately that was my impression of Rama's Arrow.  this edit seems to be an understanding of consensus by simply listing the people who agree with him and ignoring the rest, and he acts on this understanding in mid-discussion.  in this edit, Rama argues that the article has a "rightful name".  In this edit, he seems to argue that the name is rightful because to choose another name discredits the Indian culture.  Arguing from the "rightness" of a name shows a lack of due consideration for policy (use english and common names), and the consensus-taking seems to be heavily stacked. -lethe talk [ +] 11:20, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  oppose argument
Talk:2003 NBA playoffs

message: Disclaimer: I have the vested interest of having put ther effort into wikifying the original version of this article.
User:Paulsen removed most of the original text, and prior to that, so had User:Highway99, which I had restored. Paulsen's explanation is Recap of Spurs' season not necessary, and not in keeping with other playoff pages. I won't put it back, but I'm surprised that "not in keeping" is a reason to completely delete the Playoffs section of commentary. All that's left is a rather dry set of statistics that could be found elsewhere. The recap of the regular season may not be needed, but still sets the context. There is commentary in 2003 NBA Finals and a small amount in 2002-03 NBA season. --Scott Davis Talk 13:49, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Removal of text description
Talk:Winchelsea

message: *Winchelsea claims to be the smallest town in Britain to have its own mayor - interesting - so what is the size of the local population then? 80.42.43.192 13:49, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Population

message: The following suggestions were generated by a semi-automatic javascript program, and might not be applicable for the article in question.
*If there is not a free use image in the top right corner of the article, please try to find and include one.[?]
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*This article is a bit too short, and therefore may not be as comprehensive as WP:WIAFA critera 1(b) is looking for. Please see if anything can be expanded upon.[?]
*Please ensure that the article has gone through a thorough copyediting so that it exemplifies some of Wikipedia's best work. See also User:Tony1/How to satisfy Criterion 1a.[?]
You may wish to browse through User:AndyZ/Suggestions for further ideas. Thanks, Regards, FM [ talk to me | show contributions ]  13:45, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Automated Peer Review 

message: Not quite correct! The survey by Uswitch was of the Winchelsea postcode TN36. This is much wider than Winchelsea town. The Winchelsea name is attached to TN36 because that used to be the name for the District Council electoral ward covered by TN36. But that is now called Eastern Rother (since 2007). 
A similar survey on online car insurance claims labelled Winchelsea as the car crime capital of England.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Winchelseatown (talk • contribs) 16:36, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does Winchelsea have slowest broadband in England? 

message: Does Winchelsea hold formal "market town" status through Royal Charter to justify inclusion in :Category:Market towns in East Sussex? There is no mention in the article nor current market I can find, although it is implied by some online references, e.g. History of Winchelsea.  Thanks.  p.r.newman (talk) 13:01, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Market town status?
Talk:Kyle Foggo

message: In case you want to verify what I wrote: the source for my career info on Foggo was at
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=32916&dcn=todaysnews
Generally, though, this guy is not too well documented!  --Calan 13:52, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Source material for Foggos career

message: "Suspicions were raised when Foggo, a mid-level career manager, was promoted to be the number three official of the CIA."  Was the promotion a sting or just a coincidence?  Why did Goss promote him?  The sources cited here and elsewhere indicate that he was neither liked nor respected within the CIA.141.156.187.235 (talk) 13:40, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why did Goss promote him?
Talk:Ras Tanura

message: In the German novel "Ausgebrannt" (burned out) by Andreas Eschbach, Saudi Aramco sets part of the Ras Tanura port on fire, blaming terrorists for it. By that, they try to hide that they run short on oil after the collapse of the Ghawar oil field. (Spoiler following) When US troups (falling for the claim of a terrorist attack) invade for protection and reach Ras Tanura, they discover that all the oil tanks at the port are actually completely empty.
German Wikipedia entry
I don't know how relevant this is, because it's a German book and has not been translated into English. However, it has been translated to French, Russian, Korean and other languages, so it's not entirely unknown.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.102.123.211 (talk) 20:39, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ras Tanura in fiction 

message: I was taught that the name Ras Tanura meant "hem of the skirt," referencing the shape of the point. This explanation was given to me by the Emir of Jubail, in 1961. The word Ras denotes a point or peninsula sticking out into the water. Example: Ras 'al Gar. Input by an Arabic linguist would be welcomed here. Michael 'Reed' Brooks 17:39, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Meaning of Name