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Talk:Flatland BMX

message: "Despite the conceptions of Flatland practitioners, the sport has little in common with Zen meditation." pretty hilarious but  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.174.188.50 (talk) 16:20, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Taking shots at annoying BMX riders?

message: Hands down the worst Wikipedia article ever. The whole thing is not based on fact, has no references and every dude with a flatland website has dropped their link at the bottom.
Wikipedia should delete this page. I can tell you now you'll never find references for this trite crap because most BMX/ flatland lore is just made up but little boys with big egos.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.18.203.178 (talk) 09:03, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Hands up, you need to read WP:UGLY. ZappaOMati 00:47, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Worst Wikipedia article ever
Talk:Flying Pigeon

message: Keithontheearth has the right idea (below), but this article seems too far gone for simple edits.  It reads like the company's PR department wrote it.  Needs a complete rewrite to not be an advertisement.
:Go for it! --Keithonearth (talk) 04:25, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: NPOV

message: The classic iconic bicycle should have its own article. 70.55.85.122 (talk) 10:21, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: split

message: This article is beautifully written, but it could be more encyclopedic.  I'm going to try to make it less lyrical without taking away from it's quality.  Help/input is welcome.--Keithonearth (talk) 07:12, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, I've had a try at making it more encyclopedic.  I'll look at it again in a bit with fresh eyes.--Keithonearth (talk) 07:41, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: article tone

message: I've corrected some of the technical information. It is mostly small stuff, but it is important to get it right. I don't know who the original author is, but some of the material looks like it was copied directly from the company's website.
hartleymartin  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.109.51.179 (talk) 04:55, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: technical information

message: www.flying-pigeon.eu 
After more than 75 million bicycles manufactured, Flying Pigeon is at the forefront of the whole bicycle phenomenon in the People’s Republic of China.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.162.49.127 (talk) 18:13, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: That's obviously a typo -- they probably meant 750 million as of 2013. 75 million is nothing -- that's barely more than the number of Honda Super Cubs made, and the same flying-pigeon.eu site affirms the bicycle is the most common vehicle on Earth. Two ohter sources that verify the 500 million estimate: . Also, I'll fix the .eu website-- the main site should be the English .cn site. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 20:33, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Their own website claims only 75 million built, not 500 million 
Talk:Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye

message: Is there 'a known date of writing or circulation'? Jackiespeel (talk) 09:15, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps it could be made clear that Caxton was providing the English market with 'a currently circulating European text'? Jackiespeel (talk) 20:53, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
Talk:Red Earth, White Lies

message: Why is the overview / summary written in past tense? Book summaries are usually written in present tense and Wikipedia style guide also implies it should be in present. 
--Caffelatteo (talk) 02:22, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Overview section 

message: I posted a topic about Deloria at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America#Red Earth, White Lies; please add your input. Thanks, Aristophanes68 (talk) 07:43, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Red Earth, White Lies discussion
Talk:Reefer Madness (Schlosser book)

message: A discussion is taking place to address the redirect :978-0-61-844670-4. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 July 8#978-0-61-844670-4 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.  ~~~~User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 18:44, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  "978-0-61-844670-4" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]]
Talk:Gauche the Cellist

message: theres no reference and thats a rather bizzare 'category'? is this some lingering vandalism or is it justified? --78.3.17.226 14:28, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: juvenile?
Talk:1989 Australian Capital Territory general election

message: The bulk of this article seems to concern the ongoing battle for the Chief Minister's office between Follett and Kaine. While this is fine in itself, more information is required about the election campaign and results themselves. Joestella 09:22, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You're right - half of this article is about the first parliament, not the election itself. I wonder if it's time we started thinking about creating topical articles on individual parliaments. I believe there's a precedent in Canada somewhere, but I'm not sure of it. Rebecca 09:39, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed much of the information that relates to the battle for Chief Minister and focused on what I know of the election itself. I hope that it's a little clearer. Given that it was the first election for the Assembly, I felt it appropriate to give some background to self-government in the ACT; as well as info on those that sought to 'transfer' from the abolished ACT House of Assembly to the ACT Legislative Assembly. The ABC Stateline transcript of 20 years of self-government puts the first election into some context - although there is detail missing on the length of time that I recall it took to get a clear result. Oh - and BTW, there is some discrepency on when the 1977/1978 advisory referendum (aka plebiscite) took place. Crispin Hull is quite particular about the results and the date here. But it is less clear at this Commonwealth Government website here (p2) and this ACT Government website here - see Histroy (sic). I'd prefer to believe Crispin, but the AEC says 1978 - so we better believe them; given that they conducted the referendum. :-) Jherschel (talk) 07:57, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Off-topic 
Category talk:Islands of Europe

message: In order for this category to fufill its purpose, the categories of islands by individual European countries should be included as subcategories.  - Gilliam 09:22, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sure but creator of this cat is inconsistent. :( - Darwinek 11:13, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

text: I have not been inconsistent here. See my reply to Darwinek in my talk page User talk:Bardsandwarriors. I had no intention of populating :Category:Islands by continent with individual countries. Darwinkey, you seem to have assumed this is the right way to proceed. There is already a classification by country in :Category:Islands by country. Putting countries into the continental cats is ok by me. However, my intention was to return to the continental categories later, and re-sort them according to features of physical geography, eg - mountain ranges (where a range extends into the sea, creating islands and fjords); coastal plains (where they break up as the land sinks, creating coastal islands), volcanic island arcs (already a subcategory, which could be incorporated), and other such things. I have not yet thought this through indepth, and would welcome discussion on how to proceed, as my plans are not set in stone. Bards 12:01, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Subcategories
Talk:Reinventing Comics

message: I was intrigued by the comment that there's a revised edition of Reinventing Comics that addresses web comics. But I can't find a copy of this revised edition anywhere. Do we know that this edition was in fact published? Or is there a mistake in what's written here? 98.125.179.236 (talk) 03:08, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Adding the ISBN of the revised edition would also help. — Lentower (talk) 17:53, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Revised edition of Reinventing Comics?
Talk:Relix

message: There should be something in this article about the records that were released!  I only know about the Hot Tuna ones, so if anyone knows more, please add it.  JoeD80 (talk) 21:59, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Relix Records
Talk:Tea Horse Road

message: yes I believe there was trade for tea, horses and silk that went all the way to 
Constantinople now called Istanbul.
I have found towns along the way there bearing the name Mangan, India and Mangan, Afghanistan
as well I found a town in Pakistan bearing the name Maigan along the same route. (little misspell)
Mangan as a German name that means horse groomer/trainer/breeder.
it all leads to the days before and after the Hippodrome in Constantinople. passed down in family there
was a Mangan Palace there and a Mangan academy too. all this before sea vessels came along and
the Ottoman Empire
 Eaamon (talk) 22:59, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  answer question and add new meaning to the horses 

message: This article contained a reference to the so-called "Silk Road Foundation", also known as "Silk Road". It's an online publisher. The website can be found here:
https://www.silkroadfoundation.org
This publication sometimes refers to itself as "Silk Road Journal", but should NOT be confused with Silk Road Journal Online, which has absolutely nothing to do with this discussion.
The Silk Road Journal in question is based primarily around  Asian archaeology and history. It typically publishes theoretical articles written by researchers who appear to mostly hail from Russia and China. The sole editor of the publication, an American man named Daniel Waugh, has candidly stated that it has no formal peer review:
http://www.silkroadfoundation.org/newsletter/vol15/srjournal_v15.pdf
So, the Silk Road Foundation is a speedy publishing mill for primary research that is not formally peer reviewed. The editor describes himself as someone who often sees "'gold in material that would never find its way in to a standard academic publication'". A lot of researchers don't want to be published by Silk Road Foundation, and those that do are disproportionately from non-English speaking countries, who struggle to get their theories published in standard English-language journals. 
To my mind, this is very near to the definition of predatory publishing, with the exception that the Silk Road Foundation does not even provide the benefits of high-end predatory puboishers, like DOI. It's really more like an internet blog. 
The Silk Road Foundation is cited on various ethnical and archaeological articles on Wikipedia, often advancing pet theories, which is out of touch with WP:RS, which says that Wikipedia should prioritize high-quality, peer reviewed secondary research over this kind of stuff. 
Although I'm not aware of any controversial material in this particular Wiki article related to its Silk Road Foundation reference, and I have no enmity for the Silk Road Foundation or its publisher, or its authors, this source does not meet Wikipedia's standards for reliable sources, and should not be cited. Hunan201p (talk) 07:39, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reliable sources - Silk Road Foundation
Talk:Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

message: The internet archive copy is no longer available (copyright trolled?), but it is available elsewhere on the internet, a fast search turns up e.g. http://reminiscencesofstockoperator.blogspot.com  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.236.217.133 (talk) 14:17, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: quote: "I made up my mind to be wise and play carefully, conservatively. Everybody knew that the way to do that was to take profits and buy back your stocks on reactions. And that is precisely what I did, or rather what I tried to do.....They say you never grow broke taking profits. No, you don't. But neither do you grow rich taking a four point profit in a bull market."
let's say one buys 100 stocks at $50, and sells them at $52. how many points he takes, 2 points or 4 points?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Athos.jingle (talk • contribs) 15:33, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  what does "Point" mean?
Talk:Claranet

message: Ideally the references in the article should not be press releases from the company itself, but a third party commentary. MRSC • Talk 09:26, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Added some external references. Tripper (talk) 13:25, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: References

message: the wwe is a good hing!!!!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.140.209.215 (talk) 11:41, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  wwe 

message: This Claranet article uses a lot of 1st party (same company) sources related to things they're doing, and uses language like "revolutionising the IT market in Portugal" without explaining it.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Webash (talk • contribs) 17:35, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Point of View
Talk:Freddy Maertens

message: 193.190.253.147 (talk) 20:46, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
Talk:Requiem (short story)

message: See Talk:Space_Cowboys#Heinlein_Allusion?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by FlashSheridan (talk • contribs) 08:39, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Allusion in ''[[Space Cowboys]]''? 

message: There is at least one other short story called Requiem, by Edmond Hamilton. What if someone would want to add a page about it?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Omeganian (talk • contribs) 06:05, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another story.
Talk:Book of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, by Bartholomew the Apostle

message: The article currently has no data on the text's discovery.According to Bible Hunters, "Search for Truth" (S1E1, 13 February 2014), a Coptic gospel attributed to Bartholomew was discovered in Egypt by someone named Amelineau.  Was this the text so mentioned?  Further, can anyone verify that Amelineau was the discoverer?If so, the data should be added to the article.allixpeeke (talk) 11:28, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discovery
Talk:Freewheel

message: This edit was marked as vandalism, but it may have been an attempted interwiki link: 飛輪 means "flywheel" (literally, "air gear") in Chinese, according to one online translator. --Old Moonraker (talk) 07:32, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirect to 飛輪 

message: Aren't the labels on the illustration wrong? from my understanding of the schematic the labels "Free" and "Engaged" should be switched if they refer to the rotation of the outer unit.
Furthermore the illustration clarity would benefit from showing the inner axle recesses along the lines of the illustration here: http://www.saabenthusiasts.co.uk/articles/V4-Page1.htOm  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Landofthesamp (talk • contribs) 14:50, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Regarding the illustration: Proposal for possible error correction + clarification 

message: In the context of engine overrun, for some reason http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overrun directs to 'freewheel'
 Overrun, the condition of a vehicle travelling without throttle, see freewheel
But really it should redirecting elsewhere since 'engine overrun' is nothing to do with freewheel gears (since it is describing a vehicle which is NOT freewheeling, but is in gear without the throttle being depressed).
80.176.229.143 (talk) 14:39, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Engine braking

message: The Freewheel mechanism diagram is not very clear. I don't understand at all what parts are fixed to what parts. That is pretty much all you need to know to understand how the mechanism works.
Option 1 :It would help a lot to put numbers in the parts and in the description below the image assign names to the numbers, so as to not clutter the image with words. Then in the description tell wich parts are fixed to what.
Option 2 (hard): do a gif showing how it works, that would be inmediate understandment of how that mechanism works, it would be awesome.
Santropedro (talk) 18:28, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Diagram not clear
Talk:Shakti Gawain

message: Shakti Gawain is a well-respected and well-known spiritual/self-help author.  I was actually surprised that she didn't have a Wiki article.  She may not be know like, say Dr. Phil, but she is know in the self-help circles.  Please tell me what can be done to keep this article here. - SVRTVDude 09:29, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Adding some external links apart from an official website that establish notability would probably help --Lodlongs 09:32, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: External links don't establish notability.  Multiple instances of non-trivial coverage in independent, third-party sources establish notability. External links are usually just spam unless they meet WP's external links guidelines. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont]  ‹(-¿-)› 05:36, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Added some references and removed prod.  She's definitely a notable new-age self-help author. (total crapola, in my not-so-humble opinion, but still notable) Klausness (talk) 13:57, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Establishing notability

message: What is this person's real name? "Shakti Gawain" is about the most incredibly obvious pseudonym ever chosen, unless "Shiva Lancelot" has been taken already. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont]  ‹(-¿-)› 05:36, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Real name
Talk:Revolt Against the Modern World

message: As important as Evolas work was in the development of Fascism, does the article need to be so breathlessly glowing. This is a book, ultimately,  about the glories of Fascism, for God's sake. The glowing reviews section is absolutely unnecessary 58.7.0.146 (talk) 11:55, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, the book has absolutely nothing to do with fascism. Have an axe to grind?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.73.69.210 (talk) 14:53, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  This is a really poor article. 

message: * This book is discussed in Furlong (The Social and Political Thought of Julius Evola). Editors are welcome to consult this text - I will cite it in the summer.Gggtt (talk) 16:51, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  add Furlong
Talk:Revolt in 2100

message: --- influence on HandMaid's Tale? ---
It seems to me that Atwood's "Handmaid's Tale" borrows a lot from this novel -- the future American theocracy, the sexual harassment disguised as a religious ritual, and the device of using a disillusioned ex-servant of the regime as the first person narrator.  Has anybody else discussed this?
CharlesTheBold (talk) 14:59, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
Talk:Revolting Rhymes

message: Should there be mention of the BBC adaptations this Christmas? http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0876ds6 Visokor (talk) 12:26, 11 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Christmas 2016
Talk:The Richest Man in Babylon

message: The infobox has a picture of a book by an author who wrote about the original book (but it is not the book itself).  Also, I don't have the book knowledge to source the ISBN / OCLC etc. of the actual original copy of this book as there are lots of re-prints/alternative editions of this book.  Would be nice to have someone with expertise do the infobox properly? Britishfinance (talk) 18:25, 23 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox on Correct Version 

message: For various (Wikisource-related) reasons I've been trying to verify the date of publishing of the book. According to one of the sources cited on the page (The richest man in Babylon for today) the pamphlets that make up the book were first published in 1926, nine of them were compiled into Gold Ahead in 1937, and The Richest Man in Babylon was published as such in 1955. This is very different from what's written right now, and quite a few changes will need to be made to the article if this is verified. Is there anyone willing to help with this? Arcorann (talk) 11:02, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Correction: I was referring to the book "The Richest Man in Babylon for Today", the page seems to cite some sort of review article? Assistance would be appreciated. Arcorann (talk) 12:06, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of the book wrong
Talk:Gazelle (bicycle company)

message: It apears that this is a fairly common make with significant history, so finding sources and expanding this stub should not be impossible. DES (talk) 00:18, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Geneviève Jeanson

message: Hope I didn't step on any toes, but I've moved the footnote to point at the CBC (English) version of the story, on the assumption that would be a more useful reference for the en.wiki.
--rcousine 05:41, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tweaking and fussing the Sept. 20 cite 

message: In her most recent interview with VeloNews, Jeanson continued to deny EPO use.  There is no supports online with any major media written in English.  I strongly suggest Wikipedians adhere to the guidelines regarding acceptable content for living persons and wait until this claim is substantiated, which if true will no longer post in major media today.
As always, Wikipedia does not break news and strives for accuracy and a lack of libel over timeliness.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.175.45.192 (talk) 13:02, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That is incorrect. Please see  . Tomj 23:25, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: And this from [Velonews] today, following up on the Radio-Canada report (hed: "Jeanson admits to doping.") --rcousine 19:49, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Allegations of EPO Admission 
Talk:Roald Dahl's Guide to Railway Safety

message: I have a copy of this "book" and I've edited to the infobox to say it has 25 pages BUT the 25th page (which is a regular page with text and illustration on it) is the inside back cover. Does this book have 25 pages or is it 24? If it's 24 please update the infobox. Thanks!
31.185.170.190 (talk) 13:18, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  What's in a page?
Talk:Robbie (short story)

message: I think more work is needed on this section by someone who has the original Super Science Stories, which I’ve bee unable to obtain.  (Archive.org lacks this issue, and mod-moon doesn’t have Super Science Stories on DVD.)  In particular, the I, Robot text contains a ret-con reference to the First Law of Robotics.
— FlashSheridan 2019-01-01
: I’ve now obtained a copy, and will be trying to make it available, perhaps via the Internet Archive (other issues of  Super Science Stories seem to be out of copyright.)  Some of the “1940 version” plot summary seems either an interpretation rather than an account and/or based too much on the ret-con version; I’ll start adjusting.
: — FlashSheridan (talk) 17:07, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  1940 version? 

message: Roberts have replaced man 2404:3100:182B:C52E:CDCC:37CB:E364:86C4 (talk) 15:58, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Roberts have replaced man
Talk:Robot Dreams

message: Oprah endorsed a completely different childrens' book by this title... I don't know enough about it to make a page, but assuming an Oprah endorsement is notability this is going to have to become a disambig. 24.62.137.201 (talk) 02:36, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The book by Sara Varon is mentioned in First_Second_Books, but no page was created for that book. Angelus1753 (talk) 07:39, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Oprah endorsed book