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Talk:Deflexion (linguistics)

message: On the grand scale, the phenomenon was already observed in the 19th century and is part of what has been referred to as the "decay" of the Indo European languages. Some mention of that, both history and perhaps more detail on the nature of the simplification and how it relates to non IE groups like Sino-Tibetan which lack the decaying structures completely. Lycurgus (talk) 03:02, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Deflextion is limited to inflectional languages. It is much more than just a simple decay, since also the syntax is affected. The ultimate result could be an analytic language, maybe even languages of the Sino-Tibetan kind, although it is not sure the process is one-directional by definition. More than some kind of innate linguistic law, the deflexion process is linked to cultural change and language contact. Rokus01 (talk) 21:08, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Decay" / History 

message: Article could do with some examples, in modern or old versions of the languages named.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.159.74.100 (talk) 13:35, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Examples 

message: According to the unidirectionality hypothesis, deflexion should be subject to a semantically driven one-way cline of grammaticality. However, exceptions to the gradual diachronic process have been observed where the deflexion process diminished or came to a halt, or where inflexional case marking was occasionally reinforced.
The unidirectionality hypothesis describes the development of inflections by the adherence of pronouns or prepositions -- a process called grammaticalization. On the other hand, deflexion is a loss of inflection, so it is more or less the opposite process. 
So the above-quoted paragraph seems to be complete nonsense -- two unidirectional processes that are literally opposites are being treated as going in the same direction. 
What is more likely is that sometimes one operates, and sometimes the other -- as we see in the cyclic example given in the article, namely the replacement of the Latin future by periphrasis and then by the French future. 
This needs more research. Perhaps there are explanations in the book by Hopper-Traugott (see above).
Also, the Wiki-link to cline was completely misleading, because the "cline of grammaticality" in Hopper-Traugott and the "cline of instantiation" of Halliday are quite different -- all they have in common is that they are clines (a fancy word for continua) and that they are linguistic. So I removed it.
2001:171B:2274:7C21:90DB:71F3:AA4D:E9DC (talk) 08:49, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusing 

message: Would dropping the singluar/informal Thou be considered a form of deflexion? Would dialectical attempts to complement the pronoun with a new second-person plural pronoun ("ye" "y'all" "youse") constitute reversed directionality? 46.235.94.203 (talk) 11:22, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thou&You => You => You&Y'all,Ye,Youse =
Talk:Asylum of the Human Predator

message: Subject meets notability criteria: 1. Has been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent from the musician/ensemble itself and reliable (Multiple independent reviews, cited.) 2. Has had a charted hit on any national music chart. (Single from album #1 on Comcast Music Choice, cited.) 4. Artist has gone on a national concert tour in at least one sovereign country, reported in reliable sources. 5. Has released two or more albums on an important indie label (Lifeforce Records, linked.) Amphibienne (talk) 03:09, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Periorbital puffiness

message: Removing childish remedy line suggesting "sex with the opposite gender" NiftySwifty (talk) 03:11, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remedies 

message: Hi,
I always thought that eye puffiness was "bags under the eyes," but according to the page on dark circles, "bags" are another name for dark circles under the eyes. What gives? Isn't it more logical that something puffed out would be referred to as a bag?
Rkaufman13 (talk) 20:58, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Puffiness versus circles 

message: I've had a condition for 29 years for which doctors have never been able to find an effective treatment.  The condition involves the swelling of the underlying tissues surrounding the eye, but the swelling is much more pronounced, and the onset much more rapid, that the general "puffiness" of which people often complain.  My eye (or eyes) begin swelling at the inside corner, creating a fairly hard lump under the skin; this swelling progresses rapidly, and over the next hour or two, the swelling spreads upward and downward from the inside corner of the eye, giving me a deformed appearance which is significantly different from puffiness.  I believe the condition is due to the release of histamines, probably because of something that has entered the eye due to rubbing with the hands.  However, antihystamines such as Benadryl, Zyrtec, and Claratin don't seem to have much effect in terms of arresting the progress of the swelling.  Cold compresses do nothing at all.  Warm or hot compresses may be mildly effective, but it is hard to say.  I have tried combining sublingual Claritin with 50mg Benadryl p.o., vasoconstricting eye drops and nose sprays, and topical antihistamines, but the swelling generally seems to progress at about the same rate regardless of what is done.  What I have is not a stye, nor is it conjunctivitis at least as I have seen that described.  I have never seen any pictures of any eyes swollen in this way, although I have been to see several allergists and an opthalmologist over the years.  I've gotten a lot of advice and theories, but no one, not even MDs, really appear familiar with the condition or what to do about it.  I'm fairly certain it is an allergic response caused by the release of histamines, since I have bad allergies to pollen and cat dander; it is probably because of something that has been inadvertently introduced to the eye.  What surprises me, though, are the lack of remedies and information online about it.  I'm curious to know if anyone else has something like this and what they have done to treat it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.16.84.3 (talk) 10:13, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Swelling due to allergies 

message: I am including a  link <redacted>.
This page is about Eyelid Surgery and it talks about why people with puffy eyes should choose eyelid surgery.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Puffy Eyes (talk • contribs) 10:42, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not a very good link for Wikipedia, so I've removed it. ⇦REDVƎRS⇨ 10:48, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Common Reasons For Puffy Eyes
Talk:Shadows of Vanity

message: Subject meets notability criteria: 1. Has been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent from the musician/ensemble itself and reliable (Multiple independent reviews, cited.) 4. Artist has gone on a national concert tour in at least one sovereign country, reported in reliable sources. 5. Has released two or more albums on an important indie label (Lifeforce Records, linked.) Amphibienne (talk) 03:13, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Defensive fighting position

message: Surely "In the United States Marine Corps, foxholes are often referred to as fighting holes" should say "In the United States Marine Corps, DFPs are often referred to as fighting holes".  Also, the difference between fighting and hiding is not small or philosophical.  Open4D (talk) 03:19, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I removed this text:
:The word foxhole is a homophone of fo'c'sle, which is a syncope of the word forecastle, which likely referred to defensive fighting positions on the battlefield forward of castle walls.
First, they are not homophones (at least not the way I speak English). Second, in the absence of a citation this seems like an implausible folk etymology. Surely a foxhole is a hole similar to the one a fox lives in? Cyclopaedic (talk) 10:49, 27 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Derivation 

message: "Defensive fighting position" sounds very much like a technical military term used only by military people. As far as I know, this would be known to most people as a foxhole, so describing that term as "slang" and basically equating it with real army slang like "ranger grave" and "fighting hole" doesn't seem accurate at all. According to dictionary.com, the term has been around since WW I and is used in the literature all the time, and certainly not as some kind of colloquialism.
Also, compare hits for "DFP" and "foxhole". The former gets you 1,160 hits while the latter scores 406,000. The foxhole-search includes a lot that isn't military, but adding terms like "soldier", "war" or "battle" still gets you around 100k hist.
If you try searching on Google Books, "DFP" scores 80 hits while "foxhole +"world war II" alone scores 9,790 hits
A minor rewrite seems appropriate.
Peter Isotalo 18:57, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. Anyone support or object to such a change?Morgan Riley (talk) 06:09, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I think DFP has been chosen because its neutral, whereas "foxhole" is an American term; most other English-speaking nations use "[fire] trench" etc. In any case this article covers defensive positions that are not foxholes or trenches e.g. sangars and shell scrapes. Bermicourt (talk) 08:03, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Foxhole? 

message: This article was brought to my attention by a discussion at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2018 February 21#Machine gun nest.  It is surprising that this article does not mention this term, especially given the importance of these in the WWI fighting on the Western Front. SpinningSpark 19:17, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Machine gun nest
Template talk:Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies DVD and Blu-Ray releases

message: Should "Private Snafu Golden Classics" be included here? DonaldDouglas (talk) 02:52, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: No because I believe the Private Snafu cartoons are a separate series altogether.yonnie (talk) 21:12, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Private Snafu DVD
Talk:Galvanic series

message: I came here curious as to how noble Mercury is, but found it missing from the list.  I've googled a bit, but I have found no good answer.
One site, http://irc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/pubs/ctus/8_e.html, has it between Silver and Gold in the series, but can it be trusted?  And is this in conditions of seawater or fresh water?  It does not state, though from context it may seem fresh water would be most relevant ...
Other sites listing Mercury seem to base their lists on the electrochemical series instead.  Most sites don't list Mercury at all.  Hmph.
I'm still curious, so if anyone could add Mercury to this table, I'd be grateful.  :)
the Sidhekin (talk) 03:29, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it's two different, but related series. See below. 178.38.100.65 (talk) 13:45, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mercury 

message: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elektrochemische_Spannungsreihe#Elektrochemische_Spannungsreihe Nithin🚀 talk 00:11, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can someone plz translate the table from the german wiki
Talk:Barry J. Farber

message: I know this article is severely lacking, but I don't want to donate the time to make it better right now. I only submitted it to clarify between Barry Farber and Barry J. Farber, since I think the former is probably more well-known outside the motivational speaking circuit even though the latter comes up first in a Google search.
--DavidJField (talk) 03:29, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Dong Xi

message: Dong Xi's biography stated that he was killed at the Battle of Ruxu but there were not enough details (e.g. other Wu generals also involved in the battle) to accurately determine whether it was the Battle of Ruxukou (213) or the Battle of Ruxukou (217). I searched Sun Quan's biography and found mentions of both battles: [213: 十八年正月，曹公攻濡須，權與相拒月餘。 ...] and [217: 二十一年冬，曹公次于居巢，遂攻濡須。]. However, there was nothing on Dong Xi. The battles were also described in volumes 66 and 68 of the Zizhi Tongjian: [213: 孝獻皇帝辛建安十八年（癸巳，公元二一三年） 春，正月，曹操進軍濡須口，號步騎四十萬，攻破孫權江西營，獲其都督公孫陽。權率眾七萬御之，相守月餘。 ...] and [217: 孝獻皇帝癸建安二十二年（丁酉，公元二一七年） 春，正月，魏王操軍居巢，孫權保濡須，二月，操進攻之。]. But again, there was nothing mentioned about Dong Xi. As such, I'm leaving Dong Xi's death year as (unknown) until someone manages to produce a year of death taken from a reliable source. It could be in one of de Crespigny's works or maybe there are clues in someone's biography in Records of the Three Kingdoms, just that I haven't found them.   LDS  contact me 16:34, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Dong Xi's year of death
Talk:Henry Honychurch Gorringe

message: Hi, my personal researchs on Google seem to show that his middle name was actually Honeychurch and not Honychurch. Probably someone else could provide more information, I didn't dare change it since I am not totally sure about it. Have a nice day! Claudi/Capsot (talk) 08:45, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  About his middle name 
Talk:Hobbys Yards, New South Wales

message: Technically, Hobbys Yards is not a village but a hamlet, as we have no business.
The "village" consists of a church, a community hall, and nine private dwellings, several of them on large acreages adjacent to the hamlet, and is all within the Bathurst postcode area (our deliveries come via the post office at Perthville). 
The census locality includes many surrounding farms, and those West of the "village" receive their mail via the post office at Blayney, and so have its postcode. Andrewa (talk) 21:51, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Village or hamlet 

message: * http://www.centralnswmuseums.orangemuseum.com.au/hobbys-yards/ seems to be a non-compliant fork of Wikipedia and contains some new (but perhaps inaccurate) information
* http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMM5KG_St_Peters_Uniting_Church_Hobbys_Yards_NSW looks good, I might add it
* http://hobbysyards.pbworks.com/w/page/121913784/Hobbys%20Yards is my own creation but might be borderline at least, it's not an open blog and my fellow members of the Hobbys Yards Community Association (who take care of the Community Hall and are a formal subcommittee of Blayney Shire Council) do vet it for me, I'm not sure whether it should be listed as an external link but I'm sure I should not do it
and more to follow I'm sure. Andrewa (talk) 20:02, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some more external links
Talk:Edward L. Ayers

message: Is there someone who would like to help me? EducatorExplorer (talk) 15:37, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  I have worked on an update for this page via a google doc but don’t have experience editing in Wikipedia.
Talk:Aghasi Khanjian

message: Aivazovsky, I created the Khanjian article just and never think someone else can create it under the name of Khanchian while the right transcription from Armenian is Khanjian or Khandjian. And we need a merging, why to delete all the info represented here. I suggest a redirect from Khanchian and move the text here. Andranikpasha (talk) 00:26, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No problem, man.  Done. :) -- Aivazovsky (talk) 00:40, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Would "Khanjian" or "Khanjyan" be more correct? -- Aivazovsky (talk) 01:04, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you! The more popular is Khanjian ( per Google). And the Khanjian is the direct transcription from Խանջյան. Andranikpasha (talk) 06:19, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Khanjian and Khanchian
Talk:Liu Yan

message: Removed from Dab page: 
: * Liu Yan (scientist), 刘严 American life scientist in drug discovery research, best known for his work with osteoporosis and other metabolic bone diseases.
Not even a mention in the linked articles; the Dab entry should look more like 
: * Liu Yan (scientist), American biologist
when this bio is written. --Jerzy•t 07:53, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Life scientist
Talk:Da Mouth

message: This Wikipedia entry gives useful information about a new Chinese hip-hop band. This information can be confirmed and validated by the availability of the band's debut album on Yesasia.com, the existence of an official band site hosted by their label Universal Music Taiwan, and multiple reviews of the album on several music blogs locatable via any major search engine, i.e. Google. Studio17 (talk) 04:21, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Norfolk County Public Library

message: Don't know much about the library, but I think it might be better suited with a move to Simcoe, Ontario and a redirect.  Just a thought.  DMighton (talk) 04:22, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That is also a possibility.  I just cleared out all the mess a certain editor put into Simcoe's article, so its now a stub and certainly could use some real content :) AnmaFinotera (talk) 04:51, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: After doing some research, it looks like this is just one of five branches of the Norfolk County Library, the largest claim is likely false (could find no support), and the original creators "history" was completely false.  I cleaned it up and expanded, but after seeing it is a branch, I went ahead and Afded as not sure where it could be merged too since there is no article for the main library. AnmaFinotera (talk) 07:46, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Speedy tag
Talk:North Halifax Grammar School

message: I have deleted the line: 
- The Grammar school is rated one of the best within Yorkshire and the world due to its great ability to diversify in order to meet academic needs.
It just doesn't feel to have an encyclopedia style to it. Firstly, the claim of the school being one of the best in the world is totally unsourcable and you'd need to cite a source of that being the reason for it being so good. Also "diversifying in order to meet academic needs" doesn't seem to mean anything, really...
Mikeblackburn (talk) 04:26, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Statement removal
Wikipedia talk:Requests for arbitration/Anonimu/Evidence

message: On the evidence page, El_C notes: "why 1949, of all years, I'm unsure". He says this in reference to the question of whether Grigore Caraza has ever been a fascist; Anonimu's indefinite block is marginally rooted in this question. I would like to answer El_C's question here. The answer is that in 1949, Caraza (then 20) founded an anti-Communist resistance group, being arrested the following year and incarcerated for over two decades. So 1949 (and 1950) is the key date in question here. I don't totally exclude the notion that he was a fascist, but at the same time, no evidence has been brought forward to support the contention, so there's no reason for any of us to believe it. Quite likely, this is yet another of Anonimu's baseless insults.
Moreover, the book quoted in the dispute was written in 2004. If he was a fascist at the time of writing, then I'd say the book fails WP:RS. If he was one 55 years prior, he had a lifetime to move away from that ideology, so I really don't see the point of Anonimu's tagging, except as part of a habitual pattern of WP:POINT violations. Biruitorul (talk) 04:27, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with you. —  $PЯINGεrαgђ  05:25, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you. By the way, members of the resistance, "most of" whom, according to the head of Romania's National Archives, Dorin Dobrincu, "had no political affiliation" are awarded certificates by the Romanian government, entitling them to certain meagre benefits (considering the scale of their heroism). Yes, former Legionnaires formed one of many heterogeneous components of the Resistance; that in no way taints the nobility of the undertaking itself. Perhaps 60% of the French Resistance was made up of Communists, but that doesn't mean that entire movement should be discredited, either. Biruitorul (talk) 02:40, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

text: By the way, and while on the subject (which is moving away from Anonimu, but that's OK, what else can one say about him that hasn't been said already? it's getting dreary to go over this, with no clear end in sight), let me point out this article from the Romanian edition of the BBC.  It turns out that Grigore Caraza has been involved in a controversy with metropolitan bishop Bartolomeu Anania, regarding the alleged involvement of the latter with the Securitate, a controversy in which Caraza's position is supported by Ion Mihai Pacepa (this is also mentioned in the Controversies section of the rowiki article on Anania).  So my question is, how come we don't have an article on Bartolomeu Anania on enwiki?  He looks notable enough to me...  Turgidson (talk) 03:53, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why 1949?
Talk:The Delhi News-Record

message: This stub is of a newspaper that has fair distribution in Southwestern Ontario.  It is owned by one of the biggest newspaper companies in the world -- Sun Media.  I know that the creator of this page has added a lot of junk... but this is a legit newspaper.  I think it would be better if this was kept.  DMighton (talk) 04:31, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Speedy tag
Talk:American prison literature

message: I've just deprodded this because it is an important subject, and liberal deletion of OR and POV has reduced it to a sourced overview of major American prisoner writers of the 20th century, with bibliography on the subject. It was already referenced, but in an unformatted way that was not immediately apparent. Paularblaster (talk) 04:42, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Lüshi Chunqiu

message: In the Popular Culture section, the manga Kingdom (manga) is mentioned becuase Lü Buwei is a major character and Lüshi Chunqiu is part of the story. Two thoughts cross my mind: (1) It would be nice to link this to the Lü Buwei article, which goes into more detail about Lü Buwei as a manga character. (2) The paragraph might be rewritten as follows: In the Japanese manga Kingdom, author Yasuhisa Hara reconceives the annals as a project that morphs into a wikipedia-like cultural resource in three steps: (1) a proof-of-concept version is created by Lü himself; (2) using his own coffers, Lü hires several intellects, philosophers and other people to expand the whole; and (3) after the text is released, Lü challenges other people to add or edit them in exchange for rewards. This is significant and intriguing to anyone with an interest in Japanese culture, but such an edit should be made by someone who has read the manga (not me!).  Vagabond nanoda (talk) 20:22, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Japanese manga ''Kingdom'' 

message: I removed the reference to the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching, as there is no equivalence or reference to the hexagrams in the Lüshi Chunqiu, despite chapters 13-20 having 8 sections each. No such reference can be found in any Chinese language sources on the Lüshi Chunqiu either. Jakkeven (talk) 22:00, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unfounded reference to I Ching (Yi Jing)  

message: Lu Buwei's page states he died in 235 BC. The Qin state united China in 221 bc. Li Si was it's chancellor. If you don't mind, I will redirect this sentence to Qin state.FourLights (talk) 18:18, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lu Buwei Qin dynasty?
Talk:1995 Saskatchewan general election

message: The section summarizing votes cast in Cypress Hills is wrong. Jack Goohsen won that election, as is noted further down in the list of Elected Members. The spreadsheet shows him tied for second place behind the Liberal. This is not correct. Requires attention.
Poupartca (talk) 15:20, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Error in recorded election results