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Talk:Treaty ports

message: Concerning "unequal treaties" and neutral POV: in this case the term "unequal treaties" seems to be widely used in current historical writing for just the set of treaties this article is concerned with.  Yes, I suppose it is a value judgement, but it's in the historiography and, in fact, the relevant article is called "Unequal Treaties."  'Neutralizing' this term removes rather than adds clarity, especially for people who may want to do further research on treaty ports and the associated East-West relations.  That said, I've changed it back  ; )
(First comment; gosh that's intimidating. --AG) 134.10.28.249 09:30, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]

message: A merger with European enclaves seems absurd since most treaty ports were NOT enclaves, but remained, at least theoretically, integral parts of the Chinese empire, which often retained responsibility for most Chinese inhabitants, while the colonial powers enjoyed extraterritorial rights for themselves and their trade. Fastifex 09:13, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Merger?

message: I'm not competent to do this, but IMHO it would be very useful to add maps showing the Japanese and major Chinese treaty ports, especially if there were several maps showing the progression over time.  Would someone please be so kind as to create them?—DocWatson42 (talk) 03:23, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request: Maps 

message: Why is Macau not mentioned anywhere in this article? Was it not a leased territory to Portugal? Lugevas (talk) 17:21, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: legally and in practice Macau was never a treaty port.Rjensen (talk) 08:48, 20 August 2019 (UTC)

text: Macau was a colony under the jurisdiction of Portugal as a part of their empire. The term "treaty port" refers to the cities in China which were still territoriality Chinese, but opened to trade and extraterritoriality for Imperial powers. 146.163.119.201 (talk) 06:27, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Macau 

message: Answer my question. 146.196.38.185 (talk) 17:46, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  How many ports are there in Aisa after world war II ?
Talk:Walker Art Center

message: *Just tagged it now. Though I don't suspect it of copyright infringement (via copy-and-paste), it does feel like something found in a brochure from Walker. It needs to become an encyclopedia article Hayfordoleary 09:38, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I was reading through the lead section of this article and came across this sentence:"The Walker is considered one of the nation's "big five" museums for modern art along with the Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum and the Hirshhorn.[1]" I think this would be considered as "peacock terms" ()...does anyone agree?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mctc2119 (talk • contribs) 16:26, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: please sign your comments, and add new topics to the bottom of the page. i had never heard of a 'big five' at least relating to museums, so i stuck a cn tag on the statement. shortly, someone came along with a source (click the [1] to see it. badmachine (talk) 03:51, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

text: I saw the source, but all it says is "like the Walker, one of the nation's "big five" modern-art museums." So the problem here is when they say "considered" in the lead. Who is the one considering this statement? If it were to be rewordered then I'm sure it would be fine to leave in there, but if not I think it should be taken out. mctc2119) 11:29, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Peacock?

message: I'm going to be adding in a list of what they have had featured in their galleries before.  I talked to some of the people at the walker and they said they'll be adding to the list in a month or so dating further back.
I'll also be adding in some useful information for planning visitors.Kittenangel116 (talk) 20:54, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Previous exhibitions
Talk:It's Gonna Rain

message: Is the joke in Family Guy really a reference to the piece as the article stated before redirection? If not is it notable? Hyacinth 09:50, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Family Guy
Talk:Pi (letter)

message: I recently read in a book by Ralph Ellis that the letter was a late addition to the Greek alphabet.  Can someone please elaborate on the history of this? Burns flipper 12:45, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No. It is one of the original borrowings from Phoenecian. It's as old as Greek letters get. VIWS talk 03:41, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: History of the letter

message: The usage of Π is under discussion, see Talk:Pi. 65.93.12.101 (talk) 01:28, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: &pi; (pi)

message: If there isn't a plain version, then is one of the bold/italic variants preferred?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.45.239.126 (talk) 02:59, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I know that it is an old question, but in case anybody else wonders  the "plain"  symbol is the greek letter U+03C0. — GhostInTheMachine talk to me 18:13, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

text: Math symbols are bold or italic to differentiate them from letters. The symbol "π" is the Greek letter but it's often used as a substitute for the math pi. The Old Macintosh (talk) 15:59, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why are there only the italic and bold variants of mathematical pi in Unicode (and not a plain variant)? 

message: pi is a curriculum circle of a diameter 2400:9700:113:5C25:415B:4761:E1DA:576E (talk) 08:05, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pi 

message: What do you understand about gender based violence 105.245.235.103 (talk) 16:26, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Life orientation
Talk:Artificial photosynthesis

message: Press release: https://www.iciq.org/a-european-consortium-achieves-record-efficiency-in-direct-conversion-of-co2-and-h2o-into-sustainable-fuels-using-earth-abundant-materials/
Dated March 10, 2023.  Includes a cite to the published, peer-reviewed research.
Excerpt:
"The final outcome of this artificial photosynthesis research project, one of the biggest funded by the European Commission, consists of an autonomous device able to convert CO2 and H2O to fuels using sunlight. This innovative cell provides a solar-to-fuel efficiency of over 10% reaching world-record current densities without the use of any critical raw materials. This demonstrates that sustainability, and high productivity can also be achieved with low-cost and scalable materials.
Moreover, the team introduces the novel concept of producing hydrogen (H2) and an H2-storage element (formate) simultaneously, with the latter used to produce H2 in the absence of sunlight. This solution allows continuous (24/7) hydrogen production using an artificial-leaf device for the first time. “A-Leaf was a truly enjoyable and challenging project and ending up with a highly efficient prototype was the icing on the cake”, affirms Prof. Javier Pérez-Ramírez from the ETH in Zurich." Pete Tillman (talk) 21:46, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  New claim and paper
Talk:TGIF

message: I've removed the {disambig} tag, since this page only really discusses one concept and its various spin-offs.
However, unsurprisingly, 'TGIF' is an acronym with several alternative meanings, (see ). However I'm not sure any of these are in common use. If this isn't the case, this page might become a disambig between these alternative acronyms, in which case it would be best to move most of this page to Thank God It's Friday and move the 78 movie to Thank God It's Friday (film). -- Solipsist 10:29, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

message: Is this a joke?  It sounds like an invention of one of those Latin for All Occasions books.  If there's any evidence people really did say this, it should be expanded to clearify. Pimlottc 22:08, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I also thought it was out of place. There really can't be any relevant connection between Latin and TGIF, so its probably rubbish. -- Solipsist 22:27, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Latin version

message: Why is this here? Especially when there's a disambig page. whoda (talk) 15:17, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Moved to its own article, Tactical Ground Intercept Facility. Also, it doesn't seem to have any notability and/or verifiability, so I'll go add those tags. Sabik (talk) 11:30, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tactical Ground Intercept Facility 

message: I think there's a little problem with this line: "became mainstream by 1970, mainly due to the 1978 movie."
IMDB shows a short movie from 1967, perhaps that would make more sense?
(Sorry if I'm not doing this correctly, I'm new at editing!)  Robledoux (talk) 05:00, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for spotting this, it's obviously a typo: "became mainstream by the 1970's" etc. I'll go fixit. Nahum (talk) 04:43, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  "mainstream by 1970 due to a movie from 1978"?
Talk:Passenger rail terminology

message: In the UK "Light Railway" has a specific legal meaning in that it the constraints on its construction are reduced, though limitations are applied such as a speed limit. Permission is granted to build one by a Light Railway Order from Parliament. see 1896 Light Railways Act
:Even so, the term "Light Rapid Transit" (usually abbreviated to LRT) has been borrowed into British English to refer, at least in professional usage, to "new generation" tramway systems (still called "trams" in ordinary speech). -- Picapica 11:42, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Light Railway

message: I do not like the chapter called "Rail terminology with regard to speed". It looks like someone dreaming about 500-1000 km/h rail travel has written it. I googled on some terms. "Very high-speed rail" seems generelly used about trains that go faster than 300 km/h. "Ultra high-speed rail" seems to be a little undefined, but much faster than today's trains. Maglev are spoken about in connction with this. I will rewrite. --BIL (talk) 06:59, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Just to point out that the new High Speed 2 (HS2) network in the UK is currently slated to run at 360kph, but is not being called "Very" high speed. (It would be VHS1?) Future proofing of the design for the line is being undertaken to 400kph, again with no reference I can find to this being "Very" high speed. 2A02:582:18E6:DF00:2960:E0BD:C4:B378 (talk) 16:33, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rail terminology with regard to speed 

message: The majority of the Buffalo Metro Rail's only line operates underground, with a small section of it operating above ground in a dedicated mall. This seems contrary to what the article claims. --72.88.104.207 (talk) 15:23, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Subway 

message: In Seattle the buses which use the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel do so in what is known as 'hush' mode, where the diesel engines are in a reduced power mode, but are still switched on. Spsmiler (talk) 16:23, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Seattle buses in subway clarification. 

message: :"A heavy rail system is an electric railway with the capacity to handle a heavy volume of traffic."
Why restrict it to electric railway? In the UK there are significant railways which are diesel-powered and are usually referred to as heavy rail? --unsigned comment by 93.97.194.138 (talk) 2012-09-13 03:19:51 (UTC)
: I believe the UK systems to which you are referring would be considered "commuter rail" or "intercity rail" in the article. --IJBall (talk) 00:27, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Heavy Rail

message: : "...picking up and discharging passengers at any street corner"
Somewhat of an exaggeration! Even if this was ever once true (in the US?), modern tramway systems (in Europe certainly) serve marked stopping-places only. -- Picapica (talk) 12:59, 11 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trams etc.
Talk:Wow (recording)

message: "A system developed by Plangent Processes substantially reduces wow and flutter of very high rates to extremely low levels, with a substantial improvement in quality." Some evidence is needed for this otherwise it comes across as advertising.Jezwells (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 20:04, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation needed for this claim 

message: I would assume the name is an onomatopeia, but are there any sources for that (or for alternate etymologies)? DS (talk) 14:42, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  The name 

message: Wow and flutter is also a concern when projecting film that has an optical or magnetic soundtrack. The soundhead needs to be calibrated to prevent it, and as the projector is starting up there will be wow and flutter before it gets up to speed.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.24.9.225 (talk) 18:50, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wow and flutter for film projection
Talk:Interferometric visibility

message: Fringe visibility redirects here, but the article doesn't mention it. Is it equivalent? If so, it should be listed with the other alternate names. Weisstein's encyclopedia says that fringe visibility is sometimes called Michelson fringe visibility, so it should be included too. -- Kjkolb 10:38, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Fringe visibility

message: Isn't the second equation in the article (reproduced below) missing a factor of 2 since avg = \frac{max+min}{2}?
Visibility(real)=\frac{max-min}{max+min}
Making this correction would result in the equation changing to:
Visibility(real)=2\times\frac{max-min}{max+min}
--Larkster (talk) 20:38, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect equation? 
Talk:Grand illumination

message: Anyone have any idea if this is related to the custom of placing the Hanukkah menorah so it is visible to the public (see Hanukkah rituals)?
Since many Jewish holiday customs are adaptations of older pagan holiday customs, I would not be surprised if Grand Illumination has roots in very ancient times. TheGoblin 12:48, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Relationship to Hanukkah rituals 

message: This seems totally out of place and completely irrelevant to the article. Unless what Chevy Chase's character was attempting was specifically referred to as a Grand Illumination in the film, this should be deleted. Tons of people string tons of lights on their houses, in their yards, etc.; those aren't Grand Illuminations as far as I'm concerned; a ceremony has to take place as well. Also, given the reference to the Grand Illumination on Martha's Vineyard being "one of the most significant events each summer", I've changed the lead sentence to include Grand Illuminations that have nothing to do with Christmas lights.—Chidom talk  21:40, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trivia: National Lampoon? 
Talk:Arthur Godfrey Peuchen

message: I added some detail about the Titanic rescue to this page, because Peuchen's actions onboard Titanic and Lifeboat 6 deserve more attention than the list of factories and refineries that was here. The previous page was more about Standard Chemical of Canada than it was about Peuchen, and while Standard Chemical may deserve a page this one is about Peuchen. This is my first real cleanup of a page, and I would appreciate comments. ddlamb 10:41, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the article is much improved, looks great. Though please try to include your references when you can. MechBrowman 00:04, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Putty

message: Let's face it folks, we all first learned about Putty as a childhood toy! Putty has other uses than construction. This should be included in the article. 20:05, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Other use

message: Plumber's putty is very short, has no references or context and could usefully be merged with this article for now, until someone develops a long enough section worthy of spinning out again. --Wtshymanski (talk) 20:21, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Klbrain (talk) 09:38, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Suggest merge January 2021
Talk:Romper Stomper

message: Is there any link between the Romper Room line and the film's title? Sounds like coincidence to me. Shall we remove it? Cnwb 10:49, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It's novel trivia at the most, certainly not worthy of a See Also. mordemur 13:01, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

text: I've removed it, as it didn't seem to have any bearing on the article. Cnwb 22:58, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Romper Room

message: Did Romper Stomper prove to be a breakout for the Vietnamese-Australian stars of Romper Stomper?  Or did the producers not give a stuff about them once they were captured on celluloid?
I'm not clear what you mean.  Presumably the producers of the film hired the actors to play the roles they had, then the actors were released once they'd finished their work.  It was a low budget film, they may have been paid very little, but I don't think that anyone becomes rich by playing small parts.  Good luck to them wherever they are. Gomez2002 12:06, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vietnamese-Australian stars from Romper Stomper 

message: When Romper Stomper was released in the UK, there were objections that the film could generate support for the extreme right. This does not tally with the general condemnation put forth by the page.
::The only "support" it might generate is hard-luck sympathy, as the hapless crew are shown consistently coming off much the worse in all their scrapes. Nuttyskin (talk) 02:24, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Censorship bias 

message: I've removed the excessively long plot summary and restored an earlier short version, which could of course do with a bit of fleshing out. [
. --Tony Sidaway 22:32, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Plot summary

message: The soundtrack includes work from many far-right bands like Skrewdriver and Fortress, yet doesn't credit the bands. Is there a way to include this fact? 74.64.22.193 (talk) 00:16, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The soundtrack was not written by any real racist bands - it was written by John Clifford White and performed by him and the Bastard Squad, who used the name "Master Race" for the film. FokkerTISM 08:51, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Soundtrack Doesn't Give Credit to Bands

message: Do you know how to say hello? You need to say like this:
- He-low
That is how to spell and say hello.
Another way to say hello is to say Hi.
There are many ways to say hello 2402:800:6205:EF4D:70:5358:66AA:4249 (talk) 11:31, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  How to say hello
Talk:Rajeev Janardan

message: The article seems to be a copyvio from http://india.tilos.hu/szabi/eng_guruji.html. However, the contributor of this article is User:Szabi69. Given the similarity in the user name and the website address, I assumed that the author of that webpage has contributed to this article and hence asked the user to confirm if my assumption is right, and if so, to release the text under GNU Free Documentation License. Hence, we need to wait for some time before listing it for copyvio (especially as the user does not seem to be active on wikipedia these days). --Gurubrahma 10:59, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Copyvio issues

message: One news article says Rajeev Janardan, a Malayali and the flag bearer of the Imdad Khan Gharana.  Is this a notable musical group?  Dream Focus 01:17, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: A gharana is a musical tradition/school. See the article. Hekerui (talk) 10:11, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  What does this mean?
Talk:Kamala Shankar

message: The article seems to be a copyvio from http://india.tilos.hu/szabi/eng_guruji.html. However, the contributor of this article is User:Szabi69. Given the similarity in the user name and the website address, I assumed that the author of that webpage has contributed to this article and hence asked the user to confirm if my assumption is right, and if so, to release the text under GNU Free Documentation License. Hence, we need to wait for some time before listing it for copyvio (especially as the user does not seem to be active on wikipedia these days). --Gurubrahma 11:00, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Copyvio issues
Talk:Nihil novi

message: I translated the Polish version of the act into English. Perhaps both Polish and English version should be moved to Wikisource? It would be also good to find the original, Latin version. – Kpalion (talk) 11:02, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I've found what claims to be the latin text on archive dot is (don't know why it's blocked), use 'LbILP' after domain name, and here, but I can't actually see (with my poor latin) any reference to the text that has been translated into English on this page. Can anyone see it, or perhaps is there more of the document? Thermocycler (talk) 08:26, 23 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Latin text
Talk:Instant Clarity

message: The spelling of the title is inconsistent on the page: "Instant Clairty," "Instant Clarity", and "Instant Clairity". Let's choose one. -- kanzure 04:44, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spelling 
Talk:A1 road (Great Britain)

message: I re-measured the distances covered by he A1(M) sections with an OSM-based online router and came up with some slightly differing results than mentioned here. See table on German article. --Kreuzschnabel (talk) 08:56, 11 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Distances of A1(M) sections 

message: Now complete so an update is needed Mdrb55 (talk) 08:02, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Feel free to do it yourself. You just need a news citation, presumably it was reported in a local paper. If you want it to look good, use template:cite news. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 10:25, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ellington to Fen Ditton scheme 

message: There is some discrepancy about the total length of the actual A1 road. While the article gives a total of 420 miles / 660 kms, the sections listed in the table add up to ca. 638 kms, and a routing request over the entire road based on OSM data comes up with 642.8 km (399.4 miles). So, what source do the 420 miles come from? Maybe it’s just outdated, however, 20 miles won’t easily be cut by route alterations. --Kreuzschnabel (talk) 10:22, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Total distance? 

message: Since it comes up on this and other road pages, this is a link for editor convenience to the discussion that led to a consensus that roads infoboxes should contain no more than the ten most important junctions: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Highways/Archive 9#Major junctions debate. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 09:55, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: There is a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Highways#Major junctions debate yet again that may affect the content of this article. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 10:12, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: FYI, on 05 August 2022, John Maynard Friedman reduced the amount of major junctions from 121 to 61. The edit summary was . On 11 September 2022, Dr Greg reducing the amount of major junctions from 61 to 15. The edit summary was . However, according to Imzadi1979, the amount of major junctions needs to 'under' ten.  Roads4117 (talk) 09:37, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major junctions
Wikipedia talk:News sources/Asia

message: Suggested additions: (I have a COI with AMN so won't add myself) Dfroberg (talk) 13:20, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Syria 

message: Any objection to adding Rappler to Philippines news sources? The Crab Who Played With The Sea (talk) 12:57, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Philippines
Talk:Tadamaru Sakuragawa

message: Alright found this information in Google Book Search:
From the same region cam the 'musical anarchist' Tademaru Sakuragawa, who sings in a similar style called goshu onodo. Backed by the now disbanded Spiritual Unity, Tademaru broke out of the festival circuit with his only album, released in 1991.
World Music Volumn 2 Latin and North America Caribean India Asia and: Latin and North America,...
by Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham
Still can't find the name of the album or exactly what goshu onodo is.
--70.95.101.129 12:17, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled