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Talk:List of United States Presidents by length of time as former president

message: Maybe could add how long the presidents each have to live to get the next step up?  Morwen - Talk 09:47, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: When I get a chance I will add footnotes that say "Ford will tie Hoover on Xxxx XX, 20XX" and so on. NoSeptember talk 12:48, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

text: Except if one dies.
Or when a living one moves up. Ralphmerridew 16:32, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: After the recent deletion discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of United States Presidents by longevity in which a similar list to this barely survived I thought maybe it'd be good to take some preemptive steps to save these lists.  One of the things raised in the discussion was that there were just too many lists and that users supported certain lists, but not others.  I just spent some time learning how to use sortable lists and I came up with this: User:JayHenry/president.  It's not completely finished yet, but I'm ready to see what people think -- it combines all of the information from List of United States Presidents by longevity, List of United States presidents by age at ascension to office, List of United States Presidents by time as former president, it also includes dates of birth and death, although it would not be a good replacement for those lists, as they contain other information (place, cause, etc.).  The list is fully sortable!  So what do people think?  If we implement this list I'm pretty sure we can prevent president lists from showing up at WP:AFD.  With some help, this could possibly even be a featured list! --JayHenry 21:39, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposal for saving these lists
Talk:Metasystem transition

message: Didn't this also usd to be known as the Hypercycle ? (Eigen M. and P. Schuster. The Hypercycle: A principle of natural self-organization, Springer, Berlin, 1979) I see that link has disappeared from wiki ?
:There is currently an article but with no content related to the thesis which is apparently something like cellular automata or other more or less conventional mathematical formulations that can underpin evolutionary processes and unrelated in any interesting way to this article's topic. Lycurgus (talk) 07:38, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Looked a little closer and no they are unrelated, except in the most trivial sense, the material on the first page above and a look at the quasispecies concept show that there is no relation, in fact it's sort of an analytic/synthetic dichotomy between the topic of this article and that approach. Lycurgus (talk) 07:43, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Although the article (Metsystem transitions) may or may not relate to the Springer article, it does state, for instance, that: "A metasystem is formed by the integration of a number of initially independent components, such as molecules" and that "Prime examples are the origin of life".  The article on Hypercycles states, for instance, that hypercycles are: "abstract model(s) of organization of self-replicating molecules", formulated to "explain(ed) how life on Earth could have begun".  These two wiki articles, whatever the relevance of the particular Springer article, clearly have significant relevance to each other so I've added back an internal link. I am unable to access the Springet article so can't comment on it, however it would seem relevant to me if only because of its authorship.  LookingGlass (talk) 12:09, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hypercycle 

message: As my last talk archive indicates, I didn't intend for a seventh stage to appear in the section I created, so no problem with its removal if I put it there. Lycurgus (talk) 05:39, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Make title of thread I created link to pragmatics of Ω point. 72.228.177.92 (talk) 01:30, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: To be clear, the seventh (and final) stage is control of culture. 108.183.102.223 (talk) 20:22, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  [http://meansofproduction.biz/eg/index.php/Beyond_Freedom_And_Dignity 7th Stage] 

message: This article seems to be revisionist.  I have corrected the chronology so that the 2016 theory comes after an outline of the constructs of the theory's orginator( rather than before it).  LookingGlass (talk) 14:40, 6 September 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  oops, seems I meant revisionist: "attempting to reevaluate and restate the past based on newly acquired standards", although this also means "of or relating to revisionists or revisionism".  But then revisionism (if not solely related to marxism) seems to mean merely the updating of something... LookingGlass (talk) 12:16, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Revisionism
Talk:Automotive lighting

message: Currently in Iceland all dealerships must sell European spec cars, as in following the ECE headlight pattern and having amber rear indicators(turn signals). But on the other hand, any individual may import North American spec cars that follow the DOT headlight pattern and have red rear indicators(turn signals) and use them in Iceland without modification. Also, you can modify any existing ECE spec car and for example replace the white park lights on the front with amber lights. Presumably I imagine Iceland is the only country in Europe that allows cars to follow either ECE or DOT spec interchangably. 
I'm not very familiar with the way Wikipedia works so I'm just wondering how would be the best way to add this to the article? 
Nammi-namm (talk) 15:46, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Back in the days when there were a lot more USAF personnel in the UK than there are now it was quite common to see imported Yank Tanks in East Anglia with red rear blinkenlights, which we natives found rather confusing. Mr Larrington (talk) 15:20, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rear indicator/turn-signal colour and DOT spec in Iceland 

message: In Automotive_lighting#Headlamps it refers to ECE regulations. What is ECE? -- SGBailey (talk) 10:25, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems likely that this is a reference to World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations. -- SGBailey (talk) 14:47, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  ECE 

message: I like the way interior lights now can soft fade up & down and I came here hoping to learn how it is achieved. On 12V DC can this only be done by resistively 'soft' switching incandescent bulbs or do some cars have LED lights faded up & down with more sophisticated tech? I've searched other pages on lighting but haven't found the explanations I'm looking for. Ta 86.150.252.241 (talk) 18:08, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Interior lighting faders. 

message: What would be really useful is a table, listing by country, whether red rear indicators are legal or not (and whether there are any exceptions based on vehicle age, or whether the vehicle is just visiting the country).  For example, red rear indicators are allowed in Ukraine, but not Poland, even if just visiting.  How about Slovakia and Romania? FreeFlow99 (talk) 17:10, 15 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rear indicator light colours
Talk:Labasa

message: THANKS to the anonymous user who expanded the article.  Hey, why don't you register and contribute on a regular basis?  We are VERY short-staffed in the Fijian department (only one regular contributor, plus a Fijian editor who corrects that contributor's errors, and a few occasional visitors), so I desperately hope you'll stay with us and lighten our workload! David Cannon 10:24, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
Talk:NT Greens

message: :Does this mean the nominated for deletion message can be removed now?    Djapa Owen 06:28, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Yep, once it's closed, the notice should be removed. I've gone ahead and done it. Orderinchaos 13:55, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: If Niblock is the party's leader, then what is the status of Ilana Eldridge? She was widely referred to during the NT election campaign as being the leader of the Greens. Ambi 10:27, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: But as far as I know, she's always been this since the creation of the party. If convenor is equivalent to party president, wouldn't then Eldridge be leader for the purposes of the template? Ambi 08:13, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

text: It depends on what the party thinks, really. Eldridge may appear to be the leader through being the perennial candidate, but she would have to enter into a preselection process each time - unlike, say, the ALP, whose leader always holds office first. For most of the time, she's not in any formal position at all. I think it would be worth noting this on the page, in line with other states' Greens pages. I've added it now. --Zzymurgy 00:11, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah, thanks; that is much clearer. Would it be possible to do the same for the other states? Ambi 05:54, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

text: Good idea, although this will require a bit of local savvy in each state. Some state simply don't have a regular candidate as the face of the party. --Zzymurgy 03:18, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: discussion of the article
Talk:Upper half-space

message: I wonder if it is a good idea to just merge this into half-space. One would just need to add there a sentence or two saying what upper and lower half-spaces are. I doubt that this article by itself would go much further than just being a definition. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 10:36, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. --MarSch 12:21, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Merging?
Talk:Zaniskari

message: I found only a few sites in a websearch for this pony, and the original article seemed to be a cut and paste of information found in them.  I  know there is only so many ways you can say 'grey, black, and copper' etc...but the wording was exact.  So I tried to prune the article down to specific stuff about the breed and changed the information enough to remove copywrite violation.
I tried searching for a picture of the pony, but google was of no help. --Syrthiss 15:54, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rewrite explanation 

message: (Moved from my talk:  Montanabw(talk) 17:13, 2 November 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I kept the source and some of the information, but you needed to spell check, to not redo the whole infobox, and we don't use charts where narrative works as well.  I found the site unusual also, I've never seen hooves (which grow constantly) be used as a measurement or breed standard, nor length of head.  Quite odd.  Montanabw(talk) 17:13, 2 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit on [[Zaniskari pony]] 

message: Would be cool if there were some photos of a "brown" Zaniskari, would help a lot... sigh...  Montanabw(talk) 03:11, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  bay/brown 

message: Hello! This is to let editors know that :File:Zaniskari Horse in Ladakh.jpg, a featured picture used in this article, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for October 14, 2023. A preview of the POTD can be edited at Template:POTD/2023-10-14. For the greater benefit of readers, any potential improvements or maintenance that could benefit the quality of this article should be done before its scheduled appearance on the Main Page.  If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Aviafanboi (talk) 14:39, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Featured Picture scheduled for POTD
Talk:Chepstow School

message: I realize my use of British is being overly obvious.  But, I think this is a good approach, which is used in typical bios, that can be used with schools.  Almost everybody knows "Wales" is British.  But South Wales sounds like New South Wales, and I don't think it's as obvious to everybody that there's no other place called "South Wales" in the world.  As well, I don't like the idea some countries are considered so famous, we needn't even say which country we're in, but for others, we must always.  Finally, I think it's a good idea, and relevant, to link the nation state, and saying "British" is a nice excuse for that. --rob 10:44, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Added:  I have done this American and Canadian schools, and think it's consistent (I'm not being unfair, as suggested).  What I dislike greatly is how *huge* states or provinces within some countries are considered so unimportant the nation state must be mentioned; but for some special places, it's assumed everybody knows the nation-state.  Wales has 3 million people.  I think it should not be assumed more important than places with many more people.  --rob 11:17, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Stating the obvious

message: This article was nominated for deletion on October 19, 2005. The consensus at the time was to keep. Rob Church Talk | FAHD 23:12, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Previous AfD Nomination

message: It seems incredibly difficult to source reliable and up-to-date exam result figures for the school - so I've removed those that were there, which were unsourced anyway.  The school's own website doesn't help - it's seemingly endlessly awaiting updates.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 14:38, 19 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Exam results 
Talk:The Neptunes

message: "They have also helped re-launch the careers of Snoop Dogg, ODB, Robin Thicke and Mystikal."
It's wrong to say they helped re-launch the careers of these artists, particularly snoop dogg. When has Snoop's career ever needed re-launching?
I felt the same thing when i read that. Portillo 05:57, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re-launching 

message: I don't understand how you can cite the first paragraph. And the Solo Production paragraph is already cited, so why is the tag for citation needed still there? 68.8.104.62 (talk) 04:56, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citations? 

message: Are they still alive? They have no airplay anymore. --141.51.23.234 (talk) 15:11, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neptunes? 
Talk:Tobacco Dock

message: opened in 1989 (...) was forced to close two years later. The shops closed one after another and i believe some were never occupied at all, but the shopping centre remained open for many years. It was similar to other developments at the time like Canary Wharf, where they kept the escalators running although all the shops stood empty. --92.201.160.120 (talk) 13:22, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Did not close in 1991
Talk:Ramat Begin

message: Please avoid personal and business promotions or mockery.
Specifically, "Rich-Rach" related text should not appear.
Guybas 11:05, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

message: this not encyclopedia, Brief value and no sources, pls move to draft. Bxd738 (talk) 07:13, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move
Talk:Snecma Moteurs

message: Company was first part of Snecma, which became SAFRAN. Snecma Moteurs changed its name to Snecma on May 12, 2005, see link: . - DocendoDiscimus 11:06, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I know. I will clean all this up in the next few days. Joseph/N328KF (Talk) 11:17, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Name change to Snecma
Talk:Charlie Dimmock

message: I thought the bra reference was somewhat disrespectful, and inconsistent with material on bras elsewhere. I toned it down. Dimmock has a reputation as a gardener, she just happens to prefer not to wear bras. Not the other way round. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mgoodyear (talk • contribs) 19:25, 6 November 2006
:I've removed this line - I don't think it needs to be mentioned in the article at all. Robofish (talk) 18:34, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  She is known in the UK almost entirely for not wearing a bra. The gardening series became the vehicle for Dimmock's notorious, jiggley bralessness. Yes, she's a gardener, too, but word spread and across the nation millions of people with little former interest in gardening turned on to see Dimmock jiggling around braless. Dimmock was fully aware of this and frequently played to the cameras in a good-humoured way.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.185.71.163 (talk) 05:17, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Bra
Talk:Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005 video game)

message: Yes, well I thought I would start this article since it had not already been done. 
I am a big fan of the movie, and even though this game didn't get very favourable reviews, I thought it would be neat if i started an article on it, seeeing as someone proposed for it to be written. 
if you have anything to add about the game feel free to do so. i hope to add information little by little, also. :) thanks. --Rachel Cakes 11:23, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

message: when you fount the last golden ticket were you very very very happy.why did you turn off the T.V. when that girl came on T.V. who chews gum all the time she gets on my nurvs.well i hope you had a great time in the movie bye bye.xoxoxo hugs & kisses.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.11.129.56 (talk) 03:39, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  charlie
Talk:John Walker (programmer)

message: Walker's Hacker's Diet contains an excellent essay on the relationship between engineering and management  which I'd like to incorporate somewhere in Wikipedia. It relates to W. Edwards Deming's ideas about quality. Uncle Ed 11:29, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Scouring the internet, I can't for the life of me figure out how to email the guy. His chapelle-like ghostliness means that I can't let him know about mistakes he's made in his writing - specifically at http://www.fourmilab.ch/random/ . Fresheneesz (talk) 09:00, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Each page at Fourmilab now has a button that opens a contact form; you need JavaScript enabled for the button to work.  However, John Walker's long-standing advice is to just guess; see the 8th question on the FAQ:  http://www.fourmilab.ch/nav/topics/faq.html Clark42 (talk) 12:00, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks Clark! Fresheneesz (talk) 21:08, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Damnit John, where's your contact info 

message: His authorship of the Hacker's Diet could be included in his bio if there are secondary sources about it. -Reagle (talk) 16:59, 29 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hackers' Diet 

message: John Walker apparently died today, 2024-02-02.
Expect better sources shortly. John Nagle (talk) 01:14, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: https://ricochet.com/1539727/john-walker-rip/ is a possible source. RussNelson (talk) 01:44, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

text: Family has an announcement at Scanalyst: https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/john-walker-1949-2024/4305 Jdougan (talk) 02:56, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

text: Better source in The Register:  John Nagle (talk) 07:26, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death
Talk:Ceraphite

message: This article was subject to an AfD discussion on 8 October 2005; it is archived here. Pilatus 11:33, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: AfD discussion

message: As there are serious doubts about the existence of that phase (the only references are in conference abstracts) I have redirected this to Chaoite, which is at least attested. Ceraphite may or may not exist; if it exists it may or may not look like the carbyne phase chaoite. But for chaoite we have references.
Would anyone who decides to keep ceraphite please provide credible sources (note that the internet references cited in the AfD discussion are not really great). Pilatus 11:33, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources
Talk:Ghe with upturn

message: The Times New Roman have a wrong italic form of small letter. The right form is ґ.--Юе Артеміс (talk) 06:53, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I added font Palatino Linotype ahead of font Times New Roman for display of italic character.  —Coroboy (talk) 12:14, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  The italic form
Talk:South Elmsall

message: If anyone vandalises it again, I'll just copy and paste everything back.  Some of the vandalism is amusing, but this is an encyclopedia.
Also, South Elmsall is a [large] village - not a town.
[Categories: Villages in West Yorkshire]
:81.77.101.48 you can't even write without contradicting yourself.  First, you say that the locals don't believe in freedom of speech and then you say that anyone who had spent any amount of time there would know about its problems.  The article says quite clearly that South Elmsall has its problems, but this is an encyclopedia and they are quite minor compared with what happens in Ethiopia.  Could you imagine if the article for Ethiopia had snobby comments like what you put down?  I don't understand why some people think that places like South Elmsall, etc. are somehow in a worse state than Africa.
Actually, it is a town.  It has a market and a town council.  Epa101 10:03, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The introduction of this article should contain basic facts and maybe summarise what is in the rest of the article. Unsourced material about gangs terrorising others looks way out of place in the intro and a citation is needed for it. Can anyone provide one? Rikstar409 18:46, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  This needs some work 
Talk:Upstream (software development)

message: IIRC, the terms upstream/downstream are also used for something i'd call the responsibility path in an open and separated software development process (i.e. the core developer group of a software project is in upstream direction from a distributer of the software).
I'm not absolutely sure if this convention is common enough to go into wp.
--85.72.38.226, 12:02, 20 Oct 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: this was the definition i was looking for when i came to the page. 130.88.253.39 15:58, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: me too 142.59.153.99 04:45, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems to me that this the term is used often enough to be relevant for inclusion which is why I took the liberty to add it. --Abraxa 13:35, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The Jargon file has a useful entry - http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/U/upstream.html I am rewriting the software development section to also include this adjective as pertaining to bugs, which follow the same "responsibility path" (this term being too unfamiliar to mention, but "responsibility" generally filling a deficiency in the original entry. JeR (talk) 03:55, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

text:  Likewise - this definition is exactly what I needed. Glacialfury (talk) 15:39, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
Template talk:User fr-0

message: This template should really just say "This user understands french with considerable difficulties." There's no point having a babel box for each langage you don't understand at all. --JiFish(Talk/Contrib) 12:04, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: No because that would mean the editor knows French and a French-speaking person may make the mistake of trying to communicate with them. -PatPeter 02:37, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not useful? 

message: # How dare anyone suspect my edits of an April Fool's Joke.
# Level -0 language user templates are for people who dont know the language or dont want to learn it, just as similarily level -1 langauge user templates are for beginers and those who want to learn the language. 
# Why? Why was this userbox in French!?! Only the level -3 users would be able to read it! This is an English Wikipedia, so this userbox should be in English. It makes sense. -PatPeter 21:07, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The point is that editors to France-related articles who do not speak French be able to tell French speakers that they do not speak French, in French. Therefore, it has to be in French. --tjstrf talk 07:28, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Alright then good show making it French. -PatPeter 02:34, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  April fool's joke 

message: I changed the colors because they should reflect the base template . -PatPeter 02:34, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Colors