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Talk:Ned Grossberg

message: The following information is wrong:
"A few episodes later, in Grossberg's Return Grossberg reappears as a board member of Network 66. Again, he invents a dubious advertising medium and convinces the chairman of the network to adopt it. When the advertising method is shown to be a complete fraud, the resulting public reaction against the network leads to the chairman being removed, and Grossberg manages to resume the chairmanship."
The dubious advertising scheme is from the episode "whackets" - and it wasn't invented by Grossberg, he was just looking to buy it. 
"Grossberg's Return" deals with Network 66 backing a female political candidate, who becomes involved in a sex scandal which appears to be faked by Network 23, and Edison Carter. This ruins Network 23's ratings, and causes Network 66's chairman to make a public statement of support for the candidate. The sex scandal story then is revealed to be true, Network 23 is vindicated, and Network 66's chairman is forced out in favor of Grossberg, who has manipulated all the events.
151.197.114.152 15:24, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Silent piano

message: While the article lists piano manufacturers which offer "silent piano" options, what I would really want to know are the different types and manufacturers of the silent piano systems. These are just retrofitted by piano manufacturers.
Anyone have a good overview?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.112.135.26 (talk) 01:22, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

message: Surely, a silent piano is a noisy piano used to provide an accompinament to a silent film? But I have never seen that in an RS. Si Trew (talk) 23:27, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  At the flicks 

message: The only source is this article, which doesn't seem like an appropriate source (it appears to be a small—maybe personal—blog).
There was also some text that read like it was promoting one particular manufacturer, which I removed.
158.247.69.236 (talk) 12:48, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup and sourcing
Template talk:Infobox Tibetan-Chinese

message: Is there anyway that this box can have a tick box to make it go away, like the contents table.  Cerntainly on my laptop with a small screen it produces a very crowded start to the article often conflicting with the first image. Billlion 15:24, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd like to see it go away too. Chris Fynn (talk) 16:49, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

message: I would like to draw people's attention to discussion on Template talk:Infobox Buddhist biography.
This information box is being used on various lama article, except those of Dalai lamas, and it's usage is variable and three boxes now exist which could be used. I've made a suggestion there which I think will fix this and expand that template's usage. Thanks.--Alf melmac 21:47, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thoughts required 

message: Do we really need Chinese names in English Wikipedia articles on things like Tibetan Buddhism? Suggest removing it from many pages where it has been thoughtlessly applied. Presumably those who are interested in the Chinese can find them in Chinese Wikipedia. This infobox might make some sense on articles about contemporary Tibet or places in Tibet you might want to find on a Chinese map - but otherwise there is really no need. Next someone will make a Tibetan-Hindi Infobox - it would make just as much sense here.  Chris Fynn (talk) 16:46, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Purpose of this Template?
Talk:Pedal piano

message: I don't know this movie, but I just watched some very popular material on YouTube that appears to be an excerpt from it. The actor in the scenes on YouTube is not playing a pedal piano at all, just an ordinary piano.
All pianos have pedals, but on an ordinary piano these are very few, and only for applying certain effects to the sound (usually either sustaining notes or quieter tone). A pedal piano generally has more than five pedals, and the pedals are used directly for playing some bass notes, not just for effects.
I think the section that mentions Andhadhun should probably be deleted, because it seems to be based on an accidental misunderstanding of what the "pedal piano" is. It's quite a rare kind of instrument, so much that I will make a very silly prediction: that the pedal piano will probably not appear in a mainstream Indian movie until fifty different Indian leading men have already been bluegrass banjo players. :) TooManyFingers (talk) 03:12, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Andhadhun movie
Talk:Iguape

message: The entry is a copy and paste of an inexperienced translation posted on a Brazilian website,
http://www.brazadv.com/brazil_tours/iguape.asp. 
Most of the cognates--such as commercialize for sell, and sweet water for fresh water--and odd grammar can be easily corrected once it is clear the content is a keeper. There is little ideological or value-laden content to tempt vandals into wholesale tampering. translator 15:27, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
Talk:List of elm species

message: I suggest merging List of Elm species, varieties, cultivars and hybrids here, as it covers almost the exact same thing as this article, just including cultivars etc (many of which should be redirects to the species pages)--Kevmin § 13:50, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge 
Talk:Junípero Serra High School (Gardena, California)

message: This is a start on this school article. Further advice is available at the school project page.
1. Add some topics (like history, more notable alumni, etc)
2. Keep adding references
3. Add pictures
4. Ask for an assessment at the schools project.EagleFan 15:34, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Assess

message: Current practice (see UCLA Bruins e.g.) is to have 2 subsections: one for boys & one for girls. Also, championships are listed by sport, not by year. I think this would improve the article.Lionel (talk) 19:41, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Championships section 

message: Under Notable Alumni, William Melville is listed as a the CEO of a plastic company, but the link goes to a British spy who died before the school was founded. I don't know if a plastic company CEO named William Melville went to the school, but the spy likely didn't.
MaryGoldenrod (talk) 00:57, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: You can make the fix yourself. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 05:02, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Faulty Alumni Link? William Melville
Talk:John Boozer

message: I don't have time right now to incorporate this into the article, but I'll leave the newspaper accounts. Quick summary: bottom 7th following rain delay, JB licked his fingers/spit on his hand during the 8 warmup pitches and 3 balls were awarded to the next batter who was still in the ondeck circle. The 3rd time he was ejected along with Gene Mauch. (The batter, coming up to bat with a 3-0 count, eventually grounds out to the pitcher-1st.) Apparently, there was a rule change about going to the mouth which took effect this season; he was the 1st to be ejected under the terms of the new rule.
If someone else wants to take this on in the meantime, go right ahead!
*Baseball Reference, May 2, 1968
*Retrosheet, May 2, 1968
*Montreal Gazette, May 3, 1968
*Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 3, 1968
*Milwaukee Sentinel, May 3, 1968
*Milwaukee Journal, May 3, 1968
Bob305 (talk) 20:13, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ejected for spitball on [[1968 Philadelphia Phillies season|May 2, 1968]]  at New York Mets
Talk:John Gilchrist (linguist)

message: I have information about Gilchrist that does not seem to be published elsewhere. For instance, although he had no children with Mary Ann Coventry, he was previously married to (or at least had a relationship with) a woman in India, "a daughter of a wealthy Hindoo merchant and planter", with whom he had 8 children. I would be happy to publish this information, but I don't want to violate WP:NOR. Can anyone give me guidance on this? Portnadler (talk) 11:01, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes. I have transcribed a copy of this document which I found in my late father's papers. Portnadler (talk) 15:45, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gilchrist's children 

message: I've done a major rewrite to clean up the article, include new information, cite sources and remove unsourced material. I have discovered several contemporaneous references to Gilchrist's Indian-born children, so I have included as much as I can without resorting to unreliable original material and anything that violates WP:NOR. I've also added a brief account of the long drawn-out legal battle over his will. Portnadler (talk) 18:15, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major Rewrite
Talk:Lithobolia

message: I tagged this as not citing references. References are vital to Wikipedia's success. When I have more time I'll go through my anthologies of Restoration and Early American literature and see if I can find some mention of this pamphlet, but if someone else knows of a reliable source please improve this article. (I don't recall off the top of my head ever hearing of this pamphlet in any of my early lit classes, but it could just be deemed as too trivial for serious critical study.)Arekusu (talk) 03:17, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: No References
Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship/MatthewUND3

message: Instead of spamming the talk pages of everyone who participated in my recent RfA, I think it would be better to simply post my thanks here. I'm very happy to finally be an administrator. Over the last couple of years, Wikipedia has truly become an important part of my life. I feel so lucky to be able to work on something like this. Now, I feel humbled that I have been granted the "mop and the bucket" so I can hopefully be a bigger help to the community. I assure you that I do not take my new role lightly. I truly want to thank each and every person who participated. It was an interesting process and I feel that I, in a way, was able to meet many other users that I otherwise wouldn't have encountered. I hope to see you guys around in the future. If anyone out there ever needs an admin for whatever reason, don't hesitate to drop me a message. Thanks again! --MatthewUND(talk) 21:59, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Thanks!
Talk:Telecommunications Hall of Fame

message: Hello! Thanks very much for starting a Wikipedia page for Canada's Telecommunications Hall of Fame.  As this not-for-profit corporation's Director of Corporate Outreach, I couldn't be more pleased that the Wikipedia community is helping to spread the good word about our initiatives.  
Would it be possible to change the page's title in order to reflect our trademarked name (Canada's Telecommunications Hall of Fame, as opposed to Telecommunications Hall of Fame) ... or would a redirect be the only option?
Many thanks
MichelleSullivan 15:39, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]
Talk:John Bowie (American football)

message: NICE ONE RAIDERS ,YOU TRADED THIS GUY FOR MOSS!!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.146.97.24 (talk) 19:23, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:John Branca

message: Cleaned up this article and added a lot of citations to properly source material Patelgybed688 (talk) 23:38, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  cleaned up and added citations
Talk:Saint-Laurent Nuclear Power Plant

message: This article lists two separate incidents as "the worst nuclear accident in France" This is a logical inconsistancy. Ottawakismet (talk) 22:11, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Two worst accidents ? 

message: I suggest that this be changed to
"The army was then called in to destroy with explosives the ice that was blocking the water intakes" 
The original suggests ice that is carrying explosives.
DaveyHume (talk) 15:40, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  The army was then called in in order to destroy the ice that was blocking the water intakes with explosives
Talk:Philadelphia Badlands

message: -First, the area described in the article is much much larger than what is considered "the badlands". & they described it as Northeast Philly, whih is incorrect. It is north Philly & doesnt contain fishtown & northern liberties.  Second, the reasons for the decline listed, while may be contributory, are mostly opinion based and obviously slanted politically far to the left and ignore the primary catalyst of the decline of N. Philly which were the race riots in the 70s.  Also the claim that a casino being built will make the area "all the worse" is an opinion which is the subject of controversy and is not share by most people.
Basically, this article has nothing to do with the historical context of "the badlands" in Philadelphia or the true causes of economic decline.  The auther used this to spread their political opinions, not historical facts. 15:53, 24 May 2007 User:209.204.118.18
This author is way off.  Fishtown and Northern Liberties are almost completely gentrified and show almost no evidence of the slum states that they used to be in.  Both sections of town are owned by the middle class and North Broad street is turning into the avenue of the arts north. 08:04, 5 June 2007 User:165.89.84.88
REPLY: Yes yu are correct. Fishtown & Northern liberties Are NOT part of badlands. They have been gentrified but badlands has Not. Wiki needs to re write this article correctly.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.194.87.22 (talk) 15:43, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Disputed

message: I am not convinced this article should exist on its own. First of all, this is commonly acknowledged to be an offensive name. The Philadelphia Inquirer, the largest Philadelphia-based newspaper, used the term in the past, but its style guide now says: "Although the word has become media shorthand for the Fairhill and West Kensington neighborhoods of North Philadelphia, it is seen as pejorative and condemnatory by many people who live in those areas and work toward their rebirth. It may be used in quotations but is to be avoided otherwise." 
This article perhaps shows why that name is offensive: other articles on Philadelphia neighborhoods include sections like "History", "Government", and "Education" (see, for example: Kensington, Philadelphia). This article is essentially only on the drug market, and the information it provides (including information on the Irish gang association) overlaps with information already stated in Fairhill, Philadelphia, which is how Al Jazeera referred to the area in which the largest East Coast open-air drug market existed when they ran an article on the subject in 2016. When major news sources run articles on that drug market, they only refer to it as "the badlands" in passing. Why is it that a few references to an ill-defined area warrants an entire article, particularly in light of the recognized offensiveness of the term?--2603:7000:3E40:83D7:B42C:6215:99A3:508C (talk) 06:43, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Klbrain (talk) 11:02, 16 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger
Talk:John Brillhart

message: Brillhart seems to have been born in about 1931.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.197.26.75 (talk) 09:16, 31 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: This website says Nov 13, 1930.  Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 21:20, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of birth 

message: In the article under Career it says "He advised two Ph.D. students". Well, I knew John fairly well, as I was a UofA Math graduate student in 1969-72, and CS grad student in 1972-74. John took me out to an Italian dinner (excellent veal parm) where we discussed, duhhhh, integer factorization. When I joined the CS department for my Ph.D. it was common to have a sort of "minor" topic and of course I chose Math. John was one of the two Math professors on my Ph.D. committee. So in some sense he "advised" me, though of course he wasn't my principal advisor. Does that count, making it three, not two, students? JohnH~enwiki (talk) 22:39, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Here,  means "was the doctoral advisor for two Ph.D. students". A list can be found on the Mathematics Genealogy Project (John Brillhart's entry). In this case, that sentence is referenced to the Notices of the American Mathematical Society letter which specifically mentions that he had two Ph.D. students. — MarkH21talk 07:48, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  What means "advise:?
Talk:John Brooks Wheelwright

message: Died in a car accident. See news article in Boston Globe:
J. B. Wheelwright Killed by Auto in Back Bay
Daily Boston Globe (1928-1960) - Boston, Mass.
Date: Sep 16, 1940
Start Page: 1
Pages: 2
Text Word Count: 299
John Brooks Wheelwright, 43, of 415 Beacon st., writer and architect, was killed early yesterday by an automobile as he was crossing the intersection of Beacon st. and Massachusetts av. He was pronounced dead on arrival at City Hospital  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dkmontreal (talk • contribs) 21:18, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Anemone caroliniana

message: The authority given is 'Walt.'. This abbreviation isn't listed in List of botanists by author abbreviation. Is it wrong, or does an entry for Walt. need to be added to that list? Colonies Chris 15:54, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed. It was authored by Thomas Walter, but no article exists for him yet (Thomas Walter is someone else) so I unlinked it as well. For a great resource, check out http://www.ipni.org --Rkitko (talk) 15:28, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Binomial authority
Talk:Initial mass function

message: The IMF exponent seemingly varies, according to galaxy type, from about 1.5 in lower mass galaxies, to nearly 3.0 in massive ellipticals.  Popular references, referring to the original journal article:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120501211411.htm
http://beforeitsnews.com/space/2012/04/under-dark-halo-old-galaxies-have-many-more-stars-2076436.html
66.235.38.214 (talk) 04:38, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Some plots of the mass functions described would help here. Fig (talk) 12:20, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: So it's 2015 and there's still no graphs here! That's a real shame... Fig (talk) 00:13, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  There. Feel free to make it pretty. --JohannesBuchner (talk) 19:24, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  Note that the current plot is actually showing xi(m), not xi(m)*Delta m. Can this be changed?2607:F140:400:A004:9C74:F00E:9779:BFFE (talk) 17:09, 9 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add graphs 

message: Is it o'k the article's so compact?What about - maybe - contriving another section — something about the usage?NB. Is it ok the 'main' section staying the first while focusing on a rather mathematicised approach if I make ms clear? Josh, linguist (talk) 09:16, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: If you have something to add, feel free to do it. Remember to include sources, now that you probably look at them anyway. I don't get what you say about the order of sections, but that can always be changed, so just go ahead. — HHHIPPO 09:52, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expand? 

message: The following "reference" is moved from a section title in the article to here:
  It was added by an anonymous editor together with some slightly WP:FRINGE commentary that I'm going to look into in more detail.  Lithopsian (talk) 14:21, 14 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Variation
Talk:Network of Spiritual Progressives

message: Your edits appears to largely be copy-and-pasted from the Network of Spiritual Progressives website Please rewrite it immediately. Sondra.kinsey (talk) 19:19, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello Sondra.kinsey. Your link above combines 33 edits made by 12 editors over a span of more than 6 years. Why are you attributing that to me, when I wasn't even one of the 12 editors involved? Please read WP:AGF and WP:NPA. Thank you. — MShabazz Talk/Stalk 22:06, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  I'm sorry, MShabazz. I must have clicked cur instead of prev when flipping through the history. It appears the actual author was 67.123.248.90. I'll try to remedy the problem myself. Sondra.kinsey (talk) 23:04, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plagiarism
Talk:Mohinder (band)

message: Thanks to who did this! I made a page for them three years ago and it got deleted early this year I think.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.16.193.253 (talk) 04:15, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Obsession (Spiritism)

message: Excuse my ignorance here but, in a topic bereft of citations and references, what is the difference between 'obsession' versus 'possession' which I believe it is commonly known. Thanks. 
Are these two topics suitable for being merged? --Lucyintheskywithdada (talk) 05:24, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, spiritists use the term obsession because they don't belive a spirit can actually possess someone else or another spirit for that matter, in the same sense that you cannot possess a friend. What spiritists claim is that a spirit can influence another spirit or a living person. That influence, when negative and against the free-will of the person influenced, is called obsession. Among the reasons for using this term instead of possession, spiritists say that possession has acquired a sense that the possessor spirit enters the body of the possessed person, which is not what they believe to happen, just as you don't enter a pen when you use it to write. I hope my explanation is clear enough, since I am no longer a spiritist. jggouvea (talk) 23:12, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have added refs to the article, cleaned up the organization, and linked it in to other topics that are related to it in various ways. The idea of a merge is not a good one, as this article is not about what is commonly called possession or trance possession, but about a situation in which spirit mediums become subjugated to the will of spirits. Catherineyronwode (talk) 23:27, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  Obsession is the outward torment of a demon or spirit while possession is the inward torment of the same. This Wiki only discusses (Spiritism) but should also include demonic or angelic obsession as well. For example, if a person experiences spontaneous emission it was believed to be from an incubus or succubus and was considered obsession. On the other hand, if a person randomly convulses, moves uncontrollably or speaks in tongues, this would be possession User:Mysticalresearch (talk) 09:42, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Obsession versus possession 

message: This sounds like a piece of bullshit from occult magazines. If author claims that obsessions are real, he should provide some references. Or else it should be clearly indicated, that only a handfull of people claim these to be happening, and scientific community regard it as a fiction. --213.164.108.136 (talk) 17:52, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It is your remark that can be classified as bullshit here. Wikipedia is not discussing whether this is real or not, it merely presents the beliefs people have. You are not forced to believe them, though, but if someone ever wants to know what "Obsession" is this article is here to say. According to your point-of-view encyclopedias should not also have entries on God, soul, Zeus, Atlantis, etc. jggouvea (talk) 00:04, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not scientific