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File talk:War-elephant-illustrated-london-news.jpg

message: Nice picture, but is this in fact a war elephant? The howdah looks like an ordinary travelling one, and the passenger is unarmed. This appears to me to be a picture of brigands attacking a traveller. Unfortunately I cannot quite make out the caption. It seems to say (something) "OF THE" or "BY THE"  xxTExRS OF LANxxx - (xxx SECT xxxx. Securiger 00:59, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Wikipedia talk:Articles with slashes in title

message: I just removed "IMF/World Bank annual meetings" from the "Can't be renamed" section because it could be renamed: to Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group, after their official title. - dcljr 20:30, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)

message: Everything in this section except for /. actually can be linked to by specifying an explicit empty namespace: :/ ://Gana language etc. The /dev/null entry in the next section uses this and seems to work perfectly. Have I missed something? Bo Lindbergh 00:26, 2004 Nov 8 (UTC)
:No, so I have edited the article to reflect this...it will probably need cleaning up. --Phil | Talk 09:49, Nov 9, 2004 (UTC)
::Looks like I did miss something after all: the various Unix device articles link to each other by doubling the leading slash: [] etc. Is this documented somewhere? Bo Lindbergh 14:25, 2004 Nov 9 (UTC)
:::Someone else (I forget who) has pointed out that using &_#_4_7_; (without the underscores) can be used to produce //Gana language, so that is an alternative to ://Gana language.  Edit this to see better. --Henrygb 01:18, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Note that using . to produce the dot fares no better: there's obviously an extra level of decoding which can't be gotten around yet. --Phil | Talk 13:23, Dec 13, 2004 (UTC)
The problem with /. is the period rather than the slash (it's interpreted by web browsers). I'd better list all the cases:
* contains /./
* contains /../
* ends with /.
* ends with /..
But the following are not problematical since you aren't allowed to create articles with such names:
* .
* ..
* starts with ./
* starts with ../
Note that the four possible cases all include slashes, so this seems to be the right page for them. Bo Lindbergh 13:47, 2004 Nov 9 (UTC)
===Obsolete===
In recent MediaWiki versions, all eight cases are disallowed:
* .
* ..
* starts with ./
* starts with ../
* contains /./
* contains /../
* ends with /.
* ends with /..
This means that the Slashdot redirect is obsolete, so I deleted its section. Bo Lindbergh (talk) 09:07, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can't be linked to 

message: In recent MediaWiki versions, all eight cases are disallowed:
* .
* ..
* starts with ./
* starts with ../
* contains /./
* contains /../
* ends with /.
* ends with /..
This means that the Slashdot redirect is obsolete, so I deleted its section. Bo Lindbergh (talk) 09:07, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Obsolete

message: Is this page being updated? Is it useful for anything?--Kotniski (talk) 13:00, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: In use?
Talk:Michael Cretu

message: I am sorry, but why Cretu's single "Your Favorite Toy" is not included in the list? 217.132.186.72 (talk) 15:23, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: ""Ruth-Ann Boyle "" performed Snow of the sahara, yet it was Angunn. Is there a method to do it,without clicking any lower pages buttons?romania be welcom`Math cat`ing (talk) 12:44, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Your Favorite Toy 

message: I see that he is in the category Romanian pop singers. Does he sing too?--Mycomp (talk) 09:51, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: He sang a while ago and knowadays he works by keybord and guitar, not only solo but with Jens Gad and other stilish artists. Feel free to promote him to an english-language-artists singers or composers, if you consider it. Please contribute to this page with any means you can, especially that wikipedia allows updates by users. One thing to keep in mind is that he isn't just a romanian and german singer only, but because of Sandra Lauren -his wife, I'm sure she had loved him and supported him all the way, once stated. I don't think it is possible for them to get along anymore though :( on the same tracks 188.25.53.182 (talk) 16:47, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Category 

message: Why does it say he is Romanian-German. Is there such an ethnic group? Does he hold German citizenship? His mother was Austria so surely he is Romanian-Austrian living in Germany. Can some citations be given to indicate what he is.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.249.23.158 (talk) 09:56, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  German? 
Talk:Alan Moore

message: Is this serious?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:3D08:1480:1701:E94D:4194:82E4:E2D1 (talk) 08:17, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Since his teenage years Moore has had long hair, and since early adulthood has also had a beard." 
Talk:Conchoid (mathematics)

message: No, this definition does not agree with Mathworld. Notice the pains taken to exclude Dürer's as a conchoid — because the sweeping lines don't share a point. But no pains are taken to exclude de Sluze's, and I see no "nice" curve that will give de Sluze under the other def'n. (Perhaps the origina has to be moved?) If you can pull it off, do it. 142.177.15.55 22:04, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Doneded. 142.177.127.106 23:15, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Monaco

message: I do not have anything to do with the Principality except watch the Grand Prix.
One thing came to mind during the 2023 GP is "Where do these people get their power?". Open the page here, searched for Energy; IAEA... useless. Searched for Power; Prince Albert... really? Searched for Electricity; SFA. I mean we are in the 21st century and one of the thing that is quite important in our societies... Energy... not a peep.
Punched Google... Wait a Minute! It sends me back to WP, to a page named "Energy in Monaco". But! There are no link to it.
Energy_in_Monaco
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_Monaco
Puny war or something?
Thank you. Netweezurd (talk) 20:33, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  21st Century 

message: This article reads like an ad from the monégasque tourism ministry. Adding the colaboration of the Grimmaldi familly during the war or the limited freedom of speech in the country might help with that. Ophelia (talk) 09:58, 27 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know enough about the claims you present, but I don't particularly see this article as being tourism brochure-y at all. Criticism about the country is present in the lede and in the article, I don't see how this is something that can be POV-tagged like this. If you think something is missing, do add it with reliable sources, but I will be removing the POV-tag as of now. Uness232 (talk) 10:57, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bias 

message: Monaco is a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Italian region of Liguria, 
but then
The principality is about 15 km (9.3 mi) from the border with Italy.
15 km is not a few kms.
GeneThomas2 (talk) 07:17, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contraction 

message: The article mentions how Alberto Ascari was lucky to escape from his harbour plunge on 22nd May, 1955, but fails to mention that 4 days later, he'd be dead anyway from a completely unrelated accident in Monza. 194.207.183.182 (talk) 01:11, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ascari's "lucky escape" 

message: 2.08 sq km is equal to 1.29 sq mi 
(0.80 sq mi) is incorrect in two places on this page 98.206.13.248 (talk) 22:12, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: 2.08 sq km is 0.80 sq miles, not 1.29 sq miles.   One sq mile is 2.59 sq km RudolfRed (talk) 01:54, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 28 May 2024
Talk:Cyaxares

message: From stub "Cyaxeres": Cyaxeres is the name of an ancient king of the kingdom of medea, which existed in the western parts of modern day Iran. Cyaxeres was the third emperor of the medean nation. He was monarch during the medean war with the kingdom of Lydia which is mentioned by Herodutus in his Histories. He was also sovereign during the 25 year occupation of medea by the Scythians. 
Incorporate into this entry as you see fit. Wetman 00:02, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Is this the ancient source for these names : "Caesar" ,"Khosrow","Gheysar" ,"castle","ghasr" and "kasra" ?????178.173.141.8 (talk) 22:45, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Names 

message: This was brought to my attention - there was no discussion and a search on Google books showed only a handful of hits on "Cyaxares the Great" - and a couple of those were 'great' as in 'great-grandfather'. Google scholar only showed 2 hits and they were both "Cyaxares, the great-grandfather of...". Dougweller (talk) 19:58, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page move 

message: The article says that sometime in 625 BC is when Cyaxares I invited the Scythians to the banquet. Knowing that Astyages went up against Cyrus in 550, and with Herodotus giving 35 and 40 years to Astyages and Cyaxares I respectively, 625 would have been the year that the Scythians defeated the Medes according to Herodotus.
All I'm saying is that I don't think it very likely that an author would have said that the Scythians we're slain in 625 BC, so I am guessing that there is a discrepancy between the source cited and what is writen in the article. All we can know is that Cyaxares ended their rule sometime between 625 and 614. The references should be checked and other references should be consulted because I am quite sure the article is in error. 2600:1004:B065:F1BD:BC36:CCAB:15E9:4B4A (talk) 20:47, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Impossible timeline should check references
Talk:ESPACE

message: The entry for EXPSPACE says ESPACE is usually defined as O(2^{p(n)}) where p(n) is restricted to a linear function.  If this is the case, then ESPACE is O(2^{an}) or equivalently O(b^{n})), not O(2^{n}). CyborgTosser 00:23, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Dia (software)

message: I arrived at this page by clicking a link on the Greek Isles page to the Island named Dia. Since this page is about a word with the same spelling, but not about the island, some sort of a correction must be necessary. I don't know how this is done.
:Make it something like "Dia (island)" or "Dia (place)" and put it under Dia (disambiguation). --minghong 08:45, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Dia should really link directly to the disambiguation page. The software program isn't universally important enough to trump entire islands. --54x 11:55, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

text: This is an English wikipedia so it isn't a problem. --minghong 08:44, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

text: Indeed the page is gone, but a little digging with the Internet Archive turned up a direct link to the shapes. Being new to Wikipedia, I'm not sure how best to update the article. Should I simply update the link target, or leave a note that the original page is gone and give the direct link underneath? If no one replies with guidance my instinct is to update the link target, since the download contains the contents of the previously linked webpage. --Dweingart 15:49, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have gone ahead and update the url Dweingart 17:26, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

text: The link that you changed to is now dead but the original one works.  I am changing it back. --Vaccano (talk) 18:49, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: If we don't consider the flowchart as part of the UML-side of Dia, there is only one single UML diagram and that's the class diagram. This is the only representative of the structural diagrams. Activity and interaction diagrams are non-existent. My point: the article says "Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagramS, when there is only a single type of diagram in Dia. Correct me if I'm wrong please. Rbaleksandar (talk) 19:50, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I have made both activity and interaction diagram using the dia UML set  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:67C:2564:518:7C08:DDE3:D547:397D (talk) 15:09, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  UML diagramS or diagram? 

message: Shouldn't be Linux at large instead of a particular distribution?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.45.7.230 (talk) 14:48, 22 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ubuntu and openSUSE as OS? 
Talk:Karabiner 98k

message: Why did it cock on opening? What's the advantage?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.101.38.242 (talk) 05:45, 14 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Stronger primary extraction--Grasyl (talk) 22:00, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Feedback 

message: This is a poorly sourced and cited section, containing a measly 3 sources that only loosely correlate to the topic at hand. Between this fact, and with consideration to the fact that not a single other article for any small arm on the English Wikipedia contains a section dedicated not to the firearm itself, but instead to a supposed doctrinal usage for one country in a small period of time that the weapon saw use, I advocate for the deletion of this section. 68.116.213.239 (talk) 13:30, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Deleted. Loafiewa (talk) 14:06, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  German Infantry Doctrine 

message: I would expand this section with ZF39 Scope
https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/world-war-ii-german-sniper-systems-rifles-optics-ammo/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdxVqFX9Iwo WWIIEnjoyer (talk) 20:58, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  ZF39 scope
Talk:John Kerry/Archive 14

message: The childhood years section is pretty lame.  But surely the way to make it better is not to insert silly parentheticals to insinuate that Kerry didn't see the rubble of Hitler's bunker.  john k 06:26, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: As I just pointed out on the talk page, there is no discussion of apocryphal soviet tanks in the streets of Graz followed by mockery of the subject of the article, in the article on the Governor of California.  As I said there, it seems to me that if we know for a fact that he couldn't have seen the rubble of Hitler's bunker, we should just excise the entire story.  Otherwise it's just silly point-scoring.  And that's the biggest problem with all of these articles - they're not designed to write a good encyclopedia article.  They're designed to score political points.  I think that's a bad thing, whether or not my guy (Kerry, for the record) is the one having points scored on his behalf or not.  So, all I'm saying is, let's avoid cheap shots.  If you want to remove the whole story, I wouldn't object. john k 07:28, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: That looks fine.  Sorry to have jumped down your throat. john k 08:05, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Childhood years section 

message: seems highly unlikely that was a relevant (or constructive) edit, unless someone can tell me otherwise and put my foot in my mouth.  --kizzle 23:11, Sep 30, 2004 (UTC)
:The book was authored by Kerry's ex-wife, Julia Thorne, several years after their divorce.  It's not about their marriage, though.  In the history of this article, it's been added and deleted more than once.  I personally think it's a close call but I lean toward deletion. JamesMLane 23:30, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: If it's not about Kerry, it doesn't belong in his article. It belongs where it is, in the Thorne article. Wolfman 01:22, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  removed book link 

message: Do we really want to advertise a supposed-to-be-NPOV article with a claim from a highly POV source?: "A fair and well-documented biography of John F. Kerry" [1] (http://www.bushcountry.org/news/aug_news_pages/n_080204_kerry_facts.htm) — BushCountry.org (August 2, 2004). (See above). I know it says fair, but bushcountry.org is extremely POV. Chewyman 23:41, 3 Oct 2004 (NZT)
:It's a favorable comment from a non-Wikipedia source about a Wikipedia article.  What the BushCountry article does is take some of the facts that we report, such as that Kerry's paternal grandparents were Jews who converted to Catholicism, and put a pro-Bush spin on them: "Kerry has a family history of flip-flopping ...."  Our article is accurate.  The religious conversion is a historical fact.  The note here quoting their praise shows only that they found it useful as a source of such facts.  I think the note should stay.  It's nothing for us to be ashamed of.  Whether the absurd BushCountry article is something for Republicans to be ashamed of isn't our concern. JamesMLane 14:39, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV claim from POV source
Talk:Oregon Territory

message: The Seal of Oregon on the left was recently replaced by  with the seal on the right. The new one is clearly much higher quality; but they are different seals. Anybody know why there were two, what distinguished them, etc.? (discussion might make more sense at Talk:Seal of Oregon -- I'm putting this question there as well.) -Pete (talk) 00:21, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Seal
Talk:Hollandaise sauce

message: The reference to preparation method from Joy of Cooking is not fully accurate.  The referenced volume contains several preparations for Hollandaise Sauce, and not all of them call for using whole eggs.  The method I have used for years, taken from this same book calls for 3 egg YOLKS, not whole eggs.  Further clarification of this section may be needed to correct the statement regarding Joy of Cooking.
Mgg4 (talk) 21:17, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: You haven't shown that there is a contradiction.  The section does not say that the 'whole egg method' is the only method JoC describes.  In fact, note the JoC citation under the first description where she uses water contra Escoffier in a yolk method. But JoC is the only reference I'm aware of that describes the whole egg method.  (If anyone has another, please add it.) Dmforcier (talk) 23:43, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  No Joy 

message: The history section included much inconsistent information. Though it is well-documented (with WP:RS) that the name Hollandaise was used in the 17th century, we have kept a claim (Jack 2011) that it refers to the Huguenots, who were expelled in the 17th century, and didn't return until the late 18th century. Similarly, there is the claim (Alléno and Brenot, Carey) that it was originally called Isigny, and only renamed hollandaise after WWI, though there is no evidence for that the name Isigny before the 19th century, while hollandaise is documented in the 17th century.
I have rewritten the section to eliminate the inconsistent information, or at least to contextualize it ("Thus the popular theory that the name comes from a recipe that the Huguenots brought back from their exile in Holland[6] is chronologically untenable.")
I plan to remove these claims in my next round of edits, and to remove Alléno and Brenot, Carey, and Jack entirely from the reference list. As is often the case, cookbooks and anthologies are poor sources for history. See the Source list for food and drink. Comments welcome. --Macrakis (talk) 21:22, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: History and sources
Wikipedia talk:Collaboration of the week/Removed/Summary

message: Please don't feel obliged to update this list every time you prune a nomination. I created this article more for my own reference than anything else; I will update it every once and a while. This list is more or less redundant with Wikipedia:Requested articles, anyway. • Benc • 03:26, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Why this page exists
Talk:Bislama

message: If you are a native speaker of Bislama then you can add this template onto your userpage:
 
--Amazonien (talk) 04:27, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: @Amazonien senggampang baelah...yangnfak pake pulsa... 114.10.150.3 (talk) 17:32, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

text: @Amazonien sengwingi  kurang cenile maning...? 114.10.150.3 (talk) 17:36, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

text: @Amazonien oh kenaren 2009 114.10.150.3 (talk) 17:39, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Bislama language template

message: ada tv planet bulek..... 114.10.150.3 (talk) 17:21, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  bislam
Talk:Groupe Union Défense

message: "removed ludicrous and previously unheard of allegation that UNI collaborated with them."
Unheard-of accusations? Googling for GUD, UNI and militants gives you dozens of such allegations. Of course, you may dismiss them as they largely come from left-wing groups and thus may exhibit bias, but you cannot validly claim the accusations were "previously unheard of". David.Monniaux 03:39, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Houses from A Song of Ice and Fire

message: I'm not certain that this page is necessary.  The introductory paragraph is general enough that some form of it could go on the main A Song of Ice and Fire page (or we could probably do without it entirely), and the lists of lesser houses could easily be added to the individual great house pages.  I'm honestly not sure what content would ever be best suited to a page with this name.  Thoughts? Brendan Moody 09:50, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Since there's been no response for a week, I've merged the lists of minor houses into the great house pages, and proposed this article for deletion.  If you disagree, please remove the prod tag. Brendan Moody 14:22, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

text: I agree that the best way to present this information is as a listing on the main House Pages. Since you have yet to get ananswer from anyone else I'll make the move and then vote for deletion unless you have an objection. NeoFreak 00:32, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that rather than listing it for deletion, we could just change the article into a redirect to A Song of Ice and Fire; it's a much simpler process with the same end result.  As mentioned above, I've already moved the lists of minor houses into the Great House articles, so you can just move whatever parts of the first paragraph you think are worth keeping into A Song of Ice and Fire and then one of us can do the redirect. Brendan Moody 00:47, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I see that after you prodded this page a few months back, User:Kappa came in without any regard for the discussion amongst the dedicated ASOIAF editors on wikipedia and removed the tag.  The subject of deletion has not come up since.  Is the consensus still that this page is not really necessary?  I personally feel it is unecyclopedic and does not belong.  The houses of any importance already have their own pages, leaving this as just a list of trivia of questionable validity under WP:NOT.  I think a merge or a VfD is in order, but want to hear other opinions first. Indrian 17:39, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I still feel the page isn't particularly necessary, for the reasons you mention.  I assume the editors who continue to add information feel differently, and I'd like to see their comments. Brendan Moody 20:59, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, it has been a week with only the one response, so I am going to go to VfD with this now to obtain a larger consensus. Indrian 15:04, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

text: In A Feast of Crows Emmon claimed being overlord / lord paramount of the Riverlands but he isn´t. Lord Pettyr Baelish was appointed lord paramount. So the sentence ´Now sworn the House Frey´ is not correct--Scafloc 09:21, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Need for this page?
Talk:Worcestershire sauce

message: i have rarely seen the paper-wrapped version; is this info still current?
"UK" version depicted looks pretty much like what we get here in our (US) supermarkets.  2601:19C:527F:7890:C88E:3250:E49:8B7E (talk) 11:37, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I've only ever seen the paper-wrapped bottle in the US.  57.135.233.22 (talk) 09:28, 15 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  US version 

message: ketchup or catsup originally referred to some watery BLACK sauce, the details of which i am unsure about.  i figure either soy or worcestershire.
i thought this was all lost to the ages, but then i SAW a bottle so labeled in an asian market!  i regret that i did not purchase it on the spot, b/c i've never seen one again.
any experts have insight as to which sauce "original ketchup" equates to?  2601:19C:527F:7890:C88E:3250:E49:8B7E (talk) 20:33, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  ketchup?