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Talk:Christian Mortensen

message: In the article there aren't actually any photographs of the man, even though they exist, and instead it's just someone's sketch? It doesn't even say who's it is. Why is this? 79.97.237.39 (talk) 22:30, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is there a drawing/caricature and not a photo? 

message: It is unlikely that Christian Mortensen was a vegetarian. I am not disputing the fact there have been vegetarian centenarians (there are many) but the sourcing for Christian Mortensen does not support a vegetarian diet.
The original source on the web that claims he was a vegetarian is an old article by  
John Wilmoth  which says "he always preferred a vegetarian diet". No source was given for this statement. This was written before Mortensen's death. The same author later published a piece after Mortensen's death which never mentions vegetarianism . Vegans have since compiled lists of centenarians and put Mortensen on it ,  but there is no evidence he was a vegetarian.
The World's Oldest People Wiki says "Mortensen ate poultry and fish, but avoided red meat" , this source is not WP:RS but he does give us a source "The world's oldest folk. What do they know that we don't?. Observer. 10 August 1997."
On his 115th birthday, Mortensen stated "Friends, a good cigar, drinking lots of good water, no alcohol, staying positive, and lots of singing will keep you alive for a long time." He did not mention vegetarianism . This source claims "He smokes at least one cigar a week, drinks plenty of water and doesn't eat much meat" .  This source said he preferred to eat potatoes and vegetables  but doesn't mention him being vegetarian.
Mortensen was likely a non-red meat eater, not a vegetarian. This source claims "Mortensen sleeps a lot, more than 12 hours a day. For another, he eschews red meat. And he's in good health, his doctor says, despite a lifelong love of cigars" . Eschewing just red meat is not vegetarianism.
No newspaper obituaries claim he was vegetarian.
The 2010 book Supercentenarians by Heiner Maier, ‎Jutta Gampe, ‎Bernard Jeune cites Mortensen but does not mention him being vegetarian. It's quite obvious from the sourcing that he was never a vegetarian. Psychologist Guy (talk) 15:19, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Not a vegetarian
Talk:Christine Ladd-Franklin

message: The references have been hand-entered rather than using inline citations with Reflist to sort and order them for listing in the reference section.  They will need to be reorganized... It seems many of the Psychology articles - at least articles on the people of psychology have been created in this way.  Is it the same person who has contributed to each of these articles? Stevenmitchell (talk) 17:43, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  References Need to be Redone
Talk:Christine McIntyre

message: By this time, her mentors Hugh McCollum and Edward Bernds had left Columbia, leaving Jules White in charge of short subjects. White favored strenuous, extremely physical humor, and forced the ladylike McIntyre to submit to low comedy; in a single film, her character was tackled, hit with messy projectiles, covered with cake batter, and knocked into a cross-eyed stupor.
Anyone know specifically which short this is referring to? -- Ernie and Bert fan (talk) 21:52, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Short? 
Talk:Christmas Humphreys

message: I feel sorry for Ruth Ellis's family but the secret recording part is pointless. By all means keep the allegations about him supposedly tampering with evidence but the secret recording part is merely describing how a prosecution barrister can present evidence before a jury. He's not claiming she pleaded guilty.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by RichardBachUK (talk • contribs) 11:31, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Allegations "secret recording" part needs to be removed 

message: In 1968 I read a book by Christmas Humphreys titled just "Buddhism" (with no subtitle).
This title is not currently listed in his bibliography. Here is a picture I found of the same paperback edition that I read: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1169180088/buddhism-by-christmas-humphreys.
Is this a separate book, or is it included in the bibliography, under perhaps a slightly different title? 2601:200:C000:1A0:7584:DC01:D5F:CA1C (talk) 01:17, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unlisted book
Talk:Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000 TV series)

message: I don't know how to start a formal process, but I think this article needs renaming. I cannot imagine what went through the mind of someone to distinguish articles by the titles "Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)" vs "Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)". Since this is the newer and less well-known programme, I suggest that this be the one with a bracketed phrase, like "Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (1993)", with a redirect from the "&" title to the "and" one (and a redirect from "Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1993)" to the "&" version of that). Both could then have hatnotes. 128.86.174.32 (talk) 12:20, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I see it has been renamed but from the titlecard, it is Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) and not Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) so it is now wrong. REVUpminster (talk) 15:51, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

text: It used to be Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) as it was when the article  was first started. It would agree with the titlecard and how the makers intended to distinguish the series from the original. Hatnotes used to distinguish the two series. When it was altered to it's present name; the links were via redirects most of which have since been sorted. They would have to be sorted again.REVUpminster (talk) 15:49, 1 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) vs. Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) is not sufficient disambiguation.  By all means move this to Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000 TV series) to match the title card, but the original series could equally be referred to with the ampersand.  Have a look at this DVD set for example, or Google "Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)" for other examples of usage of the ampersand for the original series.  --Rob Sinden (talk) 08:30, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

text: Because other companies do not follow the tilecard in their advertising it does not mean Wikipedia should do the same. We should stick to the original.REVUpminster (talk) 09:01, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Like I said, no problem to move to Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000 TV series) per the title card, in fact I'll do it now.  The point being that "&" vs. "and" is not sufficient for disambiguation, as the ampersand is just as likely to be used for the primary topic as demonstrated.  --Rob Sinden (talk) 10:13, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggest renaming
Talk:Christopher Bird

message: Could anybody telle me how a scientist dead in 1996 published a paper in 2009? I think there is another Christopher Bird who seems to be PhD student (as of summer 2009) in Cambridge. See this press release for instance.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.208.224.17 (talk) 21:47, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I found a ref (added) which confirms his birth and death dates were right so removed that ref. Qwfp (talk) 08:53, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I propose that this article be merged into The Secret Life of Plants since he does not seem to be notable beyond this book. IRWolfie- (talk) 16:32, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Probably a good decision, unless that Dowsing book has had any sustained effect on discourse. 86.** IP (talk) 19:00, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge Christopher Bird
Talk:The Munnery (Robot Chicken episode)

message: Apologies for not yet filling out the skits, but I'm trying to maintain the images during the "great wiki image purge of 2007".  Will be back soon to complete the skits. SkierRMH 19:12, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Horrible stub

message: There's a song on the Kraken part of this episode sung by a female (don't know who she is), but I want to know three things.
1. The name of the song 
2. The person who sang the song
3. Whether this is an actual commercial single or if it's just made for the episode only.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.54.154.151 (talk) 23:41, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: I Wanna Know the Name of This Song!

message: Do we really need a section for such short clips? Lots42 (talk) 19:04, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Section
Talk:Christopher Dawson

message: I personally only know the following quote by Christopher Dawson:
"As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy."
(https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/c/christophe402604.html)
It so appears to me at present that this quote is the most famous one by Dawson since I have heard and read it in different especially when it came to criticizing torture of potential terrorists committed by CIA agents in order to obtain information on future terrorist attacks.
Does anyone know more about this citation? Maybe in which of his works he mentioned it? Do you find it worthy to be mentioned in the article?
--Abzo (talk) 10:02, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Famous citation 

message: I believe this article needs some attention. The main issue is that many of the citations do not actually seem to contain information corresponding to the statement that was cited. A lot of the writing is too formal and stilted, plus it does not seem an entirely neutral perspective towards Catholicism. I have made some initial line edits but will need to read through sources first before making more detailed edits. Rental87 (talk) 12:11, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed, I’ll compensate for my bombastic writing style by redoing it in due course. Mea culpa. Raulois (talk) 16:55, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citations don't match, and needs attention to tone
Talk:Christopher Trace

message: The name of the Norwegian mistress made me chuckle a bit. The Mirror has it as "Tone Keri Fjalstad" while the Independent went with "Tuna". Neither one could conceivably be a Norwegian name (or English, unless you're a fish). What they've tried to write is probably "Tone Kari Fjeldstad". In any case, this has nothing to do in the article. The woman is probably alive, in which case it violates WP:BLP, especially regarding people known for only one event. In any case, the name of a woman with which a British children's TV presenter had a fling several decades ago has nothing to do with an encyclopaedic article (regardless of what the British press finds to be of public interest). I'm removing it. Lampman (talk) 03:31, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Norwegian mistress
Talk:Pallas's sandgrouse

message: Why paradoxus? It would be interesting to have information about the name. HenryMP02 (talk) 02:31, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I inferred from what it says that it's just because whoever named it thought it was strange-looking...? Laterthanyouthink (talk) 06:37, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Latin name
Talk:Tibetan sandgrouse

message: Please check the History page for the article. I think it has been a victim of Vandalism
Hariya1234 (talk) 19:41, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, seems like a faulty edit rather than wilful vandalism. I have restored an older version. Shyamal (talk) 05:00, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism
Talk:The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

message: Am I the only one who thinks that sounds a bit promotional? 86.143.50.243 (talk) 15:58, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  No, you are not the only one. It should be "a record-breaking years" BTW otherwise the implication is that the years were record-breaking for quite unrelated reasons. This was a major disappointment, I should say, since instead of doing 2-minute versions of each and every one, which would be a tour de force, the show actually quickly descends into unfunny chaos.89.168.190.36 (talk) 16:10, 5 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  "...where it ran for nine record-breaking years"
Talk:Chuck Mitchell

message: I presume that if this was the same Chuck Mitchell that was a folk singer and, for a short time in the 1960s, was married to Joni Mitchell, or it would say so. Wouldn't it be appropriate to have a disambiguation pointer at the top of the page saying "For the folk singer, see the article on Joni Mitchell"?
71.254.253.114 (talk) 10:07, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: We need to know whether or not the two Chucks were the same man before we make any changes of that nature. Nietzsche 2 (talk) 01:52, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Joni Mitchell]]'s first husband?
Talk:Alpha Chi

message: Alpha Chi's WikiProject status should be reclassified: It is neither a fraternity nor a sorority but rather an honor society. Youshouldask (talk) 05:35, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Done, long ago. Jax MN (talk) 16:51, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page naming note
Talk:Chung Keng Quee

message: This article seems preposterously long in proportion to the topic's overall significance, and it is very poorly edited! AdRock (talk) 14:31, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  General comment 
Talk:Bagrian

message: :wikt:Bagrian
    * (cur) (last)  23:49, 13 November 2006 Enginear (Talk | contribs | block) m (bagrian moved to Bagrian: Bagrian is a placename; bagrian is uncited.) [rollback]
    * (cur) (last) 23:47, 13 November 2006 Enginear (Talk | contribs | block) (Tidied and cited)
    * (cur) (last) 21:30, 13 November 2006 Medellia (Talk | contribs | block) (recommended for deletion: encyclopedic in nature, poor English, formatting)
    * (cur) (last) 21:28, 13 November 2006 130.76.32.23 (Talk | block)
 bagrian is build by bhai sahib guder singh  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.205.69.110 (talk) 07:30, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wiktionary edit history
Talk:Claire Adams

message: Sources, for future use: 
https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/collections/mooramong-claire-adams-mackinnon/
Quote: "Claire Adams’ love of animals, particularly horses and dogs, is evident from her film career, which include two adaptations of the novel Black Beauty. Her oft-cited claim that Rin Tin Tin was “her favourite leading man” was perhaps not a joke."
http://www.screeningthepast.com/2015/06/in-the-best-film-star-tradition-claire-adams-and-mooramong/ great source of info
Tribe of Tiger Let's Purrfect! 04:59, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Additional sources
Talk:Claire Weekes

message: 5 times (    ) you have tried to add WP:UNSOURCED bits about Weeks disliked labels and would have avoided using the term "cognitive therapy". I put warnings on your talk page and you were flippant about it. I requested you be blocked and got a reply that you have been a contributing member since 2008 and the incident should be brought up at WP:ANI. That seems fair to me, but I thought I would give you a chance to say why you think this bit you keep adding belongs in the article and how you think it is true. Did you know Weeks or something? Richard-of-Earth (talk) 10:47, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[WP:UNSOURCED]] additions by [[User:Gerixau]]
Talk:Clancy Hayes

message: "Hayes's banjo playing was essentially rhythmic rather than melodic and is generally unobtrusive and very tasteful, two qualities often lacking in jazz banjoists."
The pejoritive nature of this comment is uncalled for.
If the author doesn't like banjo music, he shouldn't be writting about Hayse.   Altho I have played banjo for over fifty years, I can't think of anyone who obviously lacks taste or is unusually "obtrussive."   Most leaders in the first part of the century put the banjo in the front line (e.g. Paul Whitemen, Spike Jones) because it is very visual;  i.e. the music goes up when the banjoist goes up the neck.
Rick Jolley
Colorado Nighthawks  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.24.30.159 (talk) 16:08, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Banjo Players
Talk:Clara Smith

message: Prior content in this article duplicated one or more previously published sources. The material was copied from: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/clara-smith-mn0000108444/biography. 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, but not as a source of sentences or phrases. Accordingly, the material may be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that 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.  Diannaa (talk) 00:06, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright problem removed 

message: The Career section is lacking on some important information regarding her connections to other artists.
Upon research of Clara Smith, it is evident that her most popular connection is to Josephine Baker, a then-popular musician. Their relationship is an important one to cover when discussing Clara Smith, so perhaps we should mention that further here?  When I first saw this article, it had no mention of it. ZBTfui (talk) 18:42, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Career
Talk:High Frequency Gravitational Waves

message: This page (High Frequency Gravitational Waves) has been redirected to Gravitational Waves and I would like that to be undone.  It was argued that the research was O.R., but a list of contacts can be provided to assure that it is NOT O.R. Also there was a concern about weight since the page only discusses High-frequency.  However the page on Gravitational Waves only discusses Low-frequency gravitational waves, therefore the High-Freq. page should balance that out. Csblack 19:26, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Clara Thompson

message: Prior content in this article duplicated one or more previously published sources. The material was copied from: http://books.google.com/books?id=4ODr9mxI53oC&pg=PA78&lpg=PA78&dq=She+found+a+close+compatibility+between+Ferenczi's+emphasis+on+the+importance+of+actual+relationships+and+Sullivan's+interpersonal+theory&source=bl&ots=C7Y-g8zYeS&sig=-yH59Hk2PXL8qtjUL72duGeDv9g&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iw6tUMLFEoGiiQLxqIGICA&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=She%20found%20a%20close%20compatibility%20between%20Ferenczi's%20emphasis%20on%20the%20importance%20of%20actual%20relationships%20and%20Sullivan's%20interpersonal%20theory&f=false. 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, but not as a source of sentences or phrases. Accordingly, the material may be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that 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.  RockMagnetist (talk) 17:42, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright problem removed
Talk:Clara Ward, Princesse de Caraman-Chimay

message: All evidence that I have seen indicates that Clara Ward's theatrical career did not begin until after her marriage to Rigó Jancsi. For that reason, a photo date of "about 1905" seems more appropriate than "late 1890's". Also, although the costume may well have been "flesh-colored", the now sepia toned picture can only show us that it was light or dark. I have changed the photo caption to reflect this. Tim Ross (talk) 09:32, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  ''Pose plastique'' photo caption 

message: a) His name is not generally translated into English. b) Most Hungarian names *can* be translated but they aren't. János Kádár doesn't mention that his name is John Cooper. c) If there is a connection between "blackbird" and "chocolate" state it and cite it. - TheMightyQuill (talk) 16:09, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Johnny Blackbird" 

message: I am just writing the article for the German WP, and I've come across this 
obituary. The dates given here seem to me quite plausible (e.g. 1904 for Clara's third marriage) but I hesitate to change the article. Some sources also affirm that Clara shot herself. 
Is that true? And why is she categorized as a prostitute if the article does not say so?
Robert Schediwy --91.129.8.14 (talk) 09:36, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  N.Y. Times Obituary of December 19, 1916 
Talk:Clare Bice

message: please see  for info.Coolabahapple (talk) 10:43, 18 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  this article is about mr albert clare bice 
Talk:Prospect Park Zoo/2006

message: These are discussions dating from 2006 and are not active. Please start new discussions on the top level talk page. Thanks Gosgood 19:27, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Archive 2006 

message: * The early history is based on various articles from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and (a little) archival material at the Prospect Park Alliance Park Archives web site. 
* Berenson and deMause furnish detail that I used in "The Zoo Today," along with recast material from 
Gosgood 01:45, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Summary of Changes 

message: The introduction makes it sound like the zoo is strictly a petting zoo, but later down it mentions that it contains "Red Pandas, Meerkats, Emerald Tree Boas, Capybaras, Cottontop Tamarins" and so forth.  I'm guessing these animals are not part of the petting zoo?  24.192.17.34 05:57, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Just a petting zoo?
Talk:Clarence Chant

message: Some suggestions for improvement as the article is expanded:
*Template:Infobox Scientist should be added 
*Photograph should be added from a source with a free license, if available 
*Needs some internal wikilinks adding
*Some basic biographical information required, including dates for education
*Lead needs expanding and should emphasise reasons for notability of subject
*After expansion, article should be divided into appropriate subheadings, in particular, separating biographical details from research work
*Information on research should be expanded
*A list of key papers/books would be interesting
*References should be expanded and preferably converted to inline format; in particular, the 'father of Canadian astronomy' claim needs explicit citation
*External links present which could be used to expand article
Espresso Addict 00:32, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Review comments
Talk:Clarence Chamberlin

message: The Curtiss Condor flown by chamberlain flying service was a Condor CO, NOT a Condor II T-32. The Condor CO was crashed on October 21, 1935 in Troy, NY while being flown by Henry Hublitz and Ruth Nichols. The accident report may be found at http://specialcollection.dotlibrary.dot.gov/
Mark Lincoln (talk) 21:39, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong airplane cited 