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Talk:Bill Bryson Sr.

message: O.K so I see yet another of my articles has become the result of red tape. How the hell is this advertising?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chrisjackson (talk • contribs) 17:19, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Bryson's son's full name is William McGuire Bryson.  The article lists the elder Bryson's middle name as Eugene. Is it not necessary for a father and son to share a middle name as well as a first and last name in order for them to be referred to as "Sr." and "Jr."? (Bill Bryson's article does not refer to him as a "Jr.").
Would appreciate some clarity. –RedSoxFan274 (talk~contribs) 02:41, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confused about the affix of "Sr."
Talk:Let George Do It!

message: This handy page has some good resources on the film, including several reviews not least of which is a contemporaneous piece from the New York Times. Gotta be worth citing! It also has a list of the songs in the film and other data. I'm hoping somebody with more knowledge of Formby and enthusiasm for film will expand the article... --kingboyk 19:17, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Resource
Talk:Bill Downs

message: References to "We Went Back" in the section "Operation Crossroads and the Berlin Blockade" are, at best, muddled. 
"We Went Back" was a standalone radio documentary, a one-hour show on the CBS radio network that aired at 10:00 pm on Thursday, Aug. 14, 1947. Narrated by the actor Robert Montgomery, it was a groundbreaking piece of radio, arguably the first modern radio documentary. The basic idea: three of the network's wartime reporters would return to places where they reported and, two years after the end of the war, they would tell their American listeners how life has changed in Europe (Bill Downs), Japan (Bill Costello), and the Pacific (James Hurlbut). The script was by Allan Sloane; Guy della Cioppa was the director, and the entire enterprise was produced by Robert Heller, chief of the famed CBS Documentary Unit. (In 2019, after I first heard the show, I obtained a copy of the "as broadcast" script.)
It is sometimes described as the first radio tape-recorded (American) radio documentary. That's not quite correct. Downs and his engineer recorded on the established, high-quality media of the day, disc. The other reporters used wire recorders, and the quality is notably inferior. The final product, however, seems to have been produced on tape. As a career radio journalist, my ears tell me the extensive use of actualities, the editing, and the ambient sound could likely have been put together only on tape.
Acclaimed photographer David Seymour ("Chim") may have documented part of the CBS crew's work, but I haven't seen any evidence — though truthfully I haven't really looked — that suggests he was a part of the radio effort in any way. It's a terrific photo of Bill Downs in the ruins of Berlin (?), but I suspect it was staged, or so it looks to me.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by MrArtC (talk • contribs) 20:56, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
Talk:Counties of Iceland

message: As stated clearly in the respective articles in English and German about counties in English-speaking world, a 'county' is an administrative division lead by a nobleman entitled a count, hence the name.
Thus the German translation correctly reads 'Grafschaft'. There is the corresponding term 'Grevskap/Grevskab' in Norwegian/Danish, which is however by no means a county.
This article has a flawed premise. "Amt" is to be translated as "province", since shire is already another Norwegian-Danish term ("herred") and hence cannot be used. So far for the Danish-Norwegian period.
The article about "Sysselmann" clearly states that "The English version of this word is sheriff". The article "Sýsla" clearly states that a "Sýsla" is a "police district". This has to be coherent - but under no circumstances can it be "county", since neither amts nor sýslur are or were governed by counts or anything close to counts, but by magistrates.
In France, Italy, Spain, Austria-Hungary, etc., similar divisions existed, all based upon the direct translations of the nobleman who ruled the territory, the count (from Latin Comitatus, variations in Romance languages such as Comté, Contado, or the Hungarian Komitat (Gespanschaft).
THE SAME IS THE CASE IN NORWAY AND DENMARK: These articles need to be fixed.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.156.126.230 (talk) 15:28, 12 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: You make a fair point. I think the more coherent English translation of sýsla and sýslumaður would be shire and sheriff but since there is ample evidence for county being the accepted and official translation I don't think it would pass Wikipedia guidelines for original research to change this here. --Bjarki (talk) 12:57, 29 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article has a wrong premise
Talk:Constituencies of Iceland

message: The map For Reykjavík South and Reykjavík North is wrong. It shows Kjalarnes as Reykjavík North and Reykjavík proper as Reykjavík South. While the dividing line is for instance the main road Hringbraut/Miklabraut...
--Berserkur (talk) 14:27, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: This map used to be used which marks all of Reykjavík as N+S. It made more sense as Reykjavík S is hard to make out on a national map.--Bjarki (talk) 07:07, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  wrong map
Talk:Bill Hoest

message: Why did you revert my edit that was correcting an issue identified by :Category:Redundant infobox title param? Please restore my edit. TheSandDoctor Talk 03:24, 19 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: @TheSandDoctor: I restored it, thanks for showing me. That was my mistake. Qxyz123 (talk) 19:28, 19 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Revert of minor edit
Talk:William Hamilton Merritt

message: The town's article says it's named for William Hamilton Merritt, but reading through it and comparing to Thomas Rodman Merritt I wonder if it's maybe the latter that is the town's namesake.  Anyone here know?  I'd have added it to this article if I were sure the attribution were correct, but I'm not....Skookum1 (talk) 19:06, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Couldn't be this guy; please see this at the Merritt talkpage....could he have had a descendant of the same name?  Likely, I suppose....Skookum1 (talk) 19:13, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Name origin of [[Merritt, British Columbia]]

message: I have lived in St Catharines all my life and never once have I heard anyone refer to the Merrittsville Highway.  A quick Google search only shows "Merrittville Highway"--> No "s".  As to the original town, maybe it was Merrittsville, but the highway is not.  
I could change it, but I'll let the people who are contributing to this article do so.  
Otherwise, it is a nice article, although far too brief:  For one thing: Merritt's house is still standing and for many years it has been the home of CKTB radio--information like that could be added.  Also personal info, wife and children, etc.  
Cheers,
-rob
69.166.28.23 (talk) 21:03, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merrittsville Highway should be Merrittville Highway.
Talk:Bill Sammon

message: Is he related to "Patrick Sammon", a Republican activist?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jmegill (talk • contribs) 04:48, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That's a damn shame. If only there was a way to modify a Wikipedia article and render it different than the original version...lol Hayewood Jablome (talk) 17:06, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Does Mr. Sammon no longer write any columns? Abenr (talk) 15:17, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bill Sammon Writings 

message: The controversy section of this page is severely anti-FNC.  There's no context, something even a Huffington Post article on the controversy gave.
In the article on the Huffington Post, this passage follows the quote that finishes that controversy:
Sammon goes on to say that he stopped thinking the idea was far-fetched when he saw Obama taking action to prop up the ailing American car industry.
From this:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/29/fox-news-bill-sammon-obama-socialism-far-fetched_n_841829.html
PokeHomsar (talk) 01:23, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: So quit whining and change it.  Hayewood Jablome (talk) 17:04, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Done - that speech section showed no evidence of controversy whatsoever.  Toddst1 (talk) 00:55, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV? 
Talk:Rust Belt

message: Could anyone please replace the 2018 estimates with fresh 2020 census numbers? They often tend to be higher than estimates. Thanks in advance! Ain92 (talk) 11:28, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population update 

message: I would like to raise two issues about the map at the beginning of the article:
1) The source for the 1954 data is simply not specified
2) As this page makes clear, manufacturing decline went into a freefall in the 2000s, and the map stops at 2002
Could somebody please fix that? Esszet (talk) 15:26, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map 

message: shouldn't new jersey be considered rust belt the article has trenton listed there and then there's newark and jersey city which were also major factory cities so I'm confused? 142.122.125.164 (talk) 19:11, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  new jersey?
Talk:Birger Nerman

message: The article on Nerman in Svenskt biografiskt lexikon does not mentioning him teaching as a "temporary professor", or any other kind of professor, in 1917 and 1920, as this article claims. What is "temporary professor" supposed to mean? "Tillförordnad professor"? Either way I can't verify it. He did not become a docent of archaeology until 1919, and a professor only when he got the position in Dorpat in 1923. Olaus 11:27, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: In :sv:Birger Nerman it says "tillförordnat professor". In the preface to his 1925 book he writes that it is based on lectures for Uppsala students in the fall of 1920 and in spring and fall of 1921. /Pieter Kuiper 11:36, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If no good secondary source supports it, the Swedish Wikipedia is most likely incorrect. He may well have lectured (as a docent) in 1920 and 1921 without holding a professorial appointment. Olaus 14:48, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:William Henry Bartlett

message: The image here is currently labeled as a self-portrait, but it is not by Bartlett.  Other versions of this engraving (like this one: https://www.nhhistory.org/object/233128/engraving) show "H. Room" on the left as the painter and "B. Holl" on the right as the engraver.  "H. Room" is Henry Room: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Room. Bruce E Baker (talk) 21:30, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Portrait here is not a self-portrait
Talk:Blathmac mac Con Brettan

message: The title of this article can't possibly be correct. In patronymics, "mac" is always followed by a genitive, and "Cú Brettan" is nominative. It should probably be "Blathmac mac Con Brettain". I'll try and find a cite, and then move the article. --Nicknack009 (talk) 12:25, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: According to this list of scholarly articles, the correct form would be "Blathmac mac Con Brettan". I'll make the change. --Nicknack009 (talk) 12:34, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Patronymic
Talk:Prater Violet

message: The only two references in this article refer to the same pages in the same book (as of December 21, 2016). And the first reference is for biographical material in the lead—material that should be elsewhere in the article. Isherwood's experience in screenwriting isn't essential to the novel's context, although his years spent in prewar Berlin (which he mined for his stories in Goodbye to Berlin) might be. I think that WP:LEAD would have us remove the screenwriting info and maybe insert one sentence (at most) about Isherwood's experience in Germany. I am beginning the search for sources now and will include those that I find here. --Goofyjourno (talk) 07:10, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: References and Biographical Material

message: Some of the sections in the article are inessential, especially the "Characters" section and the list of "Major Themes" (which will be made redundant if/when the "Themes" section is expanded). These inessential sections do not contribute to a concise, efficient account of the novel. Specifically regarding the "Characters" section, the  Manual of Style for Novels says: "Most articles do not need this section. Instead, a finely crafted plot summary is used to introduce the characters to the reader." Moreover, for a novel of only 122 pages that deals with a very narrow historical period and with only one major historical event (the Austrian Civil War), a good plot summary with a better-referenced "Major Themes" section should suffice. --Goofyjourno (talk) 07:24, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Simplification and conformity with [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels]]

message: As I argued above, the "Characters" section is unnecessary and the article would be better off with a plot summary. The chart in the section is also misleading or wrong in several respects. More importantly, I don't think it helps a reader understand the main points. The article would be improved by replacing these elements with an effective plot summary. --Goofyjourno (talk) 07:29, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Remove "Characters" and the character chart
Talk:Bob Greene (fitness)

message: Isn't Bob's latest book "Best Life Diet" also authored by Oprah? There is some interesting stuff about how  Oprah seems to have been influenced by Yoplait in her Best Life Diet in Oprah's seven day diet
64.95.11.4 16:01, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No..."Best Life Diet" only lists Greene as an author.  Winfrey does however sign her name to the forward of the book.  --JohnDoe0007 20:05, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does he have 3 books co-authored with Oprah, not just 2? 

message: Sydny (rare) or Sydney (common)     Tabletop (talk) 09:44, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unusual Spelling
Talk:William Henry Smith (1825–1891)

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thread_title:  [[:File:Our New First Lord at Sea.png]] to appear as POTD soon 

message: Is it appropriate for categories to be listed where their relevance is completely absent from the article: Stewards of Henley Royal Regatta, People associated with the Royal National College for the Blind, and Members of the London School Board? Davidships (talk) 15:46, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article Categories 
Talk:Bob Karp

message: Is this him?  "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V9VD-525 : accessed 13 Mar 2013), Robert Karp, August 1975.  129.33.19.254 (talk) 00:46, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  SSDI
Talk:Reykjanesbær

message: I've made a few changes to the introduction, here. Previously it seemed to be saying that Asbru, and Keillir, were the most important parts of the place, which (I thought) was undue weight. 
So I've re-arranged it; I trust that's OK with everyone. Moonraker12 (talk) 12:42, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent changes 

message: I rated this high importance because of it's notability as a town in Reykjanes. The article is too much of a list and not enough of a substance yet to be classified as C, though.  -- JNC2 14:17, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Rating Rationale
Talk:The Romance of Lust

message: so where can i find a copy?--69.51.160.134 (talk) 13:19, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think you'll find W.H.Smith has it. 82.44.213.38 (talk)  —Preceding comment was added at 23:18, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Also Project Gutenberg, of course. http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30254 -- 85.183.48.160 (talk) 13:23, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]
Talk:Bob Richards (meteorologist)

message: The article states that Richards' death was presumed a suicide (which it was, by many people - I was living in St. Louis at the time), then mentions his fears that his affair was becoming public. From the line that follows:
"So, on the night of March 23, 1994, Richards took-off from Spirit of St. Louis Airport in Chesterfield, Missouri and flew his plane into the ground." 
I'm removing "So," as it links his fears of exposure and the fatal flight by causation, making it POV.PacificBoy 08:29, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Changing two letters to make it NPOV
Talk:Grindavík

message: An Irish source is now quoted for the recently added lead statement "The town was evacuated again in February 2024 when the Sundhnúkagígaröðin volcano erupted again for the third time since December." However all Icelandic sources I have seen use the word evacuated in a different sense as the civil population has not been allowed to return to occupy the town since the original evacuation last year. Can we reach a consensus that this misleading statement should be deleted or modified. ? ChaseKiwi (talk) 17:14, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the edit is just wrong - the source says that the town had previously been evacuated, not that it was evacuated again. It does say however that the Blue Lagoon was evacuated. Just a case of tweaking the text in the article to follow what the source actually says. thanks Geopersona (talk) 17:30, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

text: We could modify to state that the volcano has erupted a third time and residents have not been allowed to return to the town as of 2/8/24. Cornsimpel (talk) 20:07, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: My view on such matters is that the original author of the edit is allowed to correct to be consistent with source without waiting the usual period for further debate. I would also have no objection if this opportunity was taken to address the issue that made me visit the page. I have been trying to help clarify on other pages that in English we have a mix of correct terms for the volcano of the moment with usually Sundhnúkur crater chain being used, I suspect correctly, the most. This means I understand essentially the same as the Icelandic  compound descriptor even if it has extra shades. I would suggest that in article first use of Sundhnúkagígaröðin is substituted by wording Sundhnúkur crater chain () as many English speakers have problems with names of this length. ChaseKiwi (talk) 20:57, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text:  I changed it to Sundhnúkur which our article identifies as the location of the eruption and added the link for the article about the eruptions to the second use Cornsimpel (talk) 11:07, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semantics
Talk:Stykkishólmur

message: The Temperature image is outdated, it should be updated from the provided link (sorry I'm not on a real PC at the moment) 95.176.13.219 (talk) 20:00, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
Talk:William Houstoun (lawyer)

message: I came to the article because I wondered who was this person who had a major street in NYC named for him.   I came away knowing that he was born, lived most of his life and died in Georgia, but was buried in NYC and had a street in NYC named for him.  But it doesn't mention why he is buried there or why did the New Yorkers thought enough of him to name a street in his honor.  --rogerd (talk) 22:39, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I found out that he married into the family that owned what is now Houston street.   I added that and a reference to the article.  I found on find a grave that he spent a lot of time in NYC later in his life, but I don't consider Find-A-Grave to be a reliable source. --rogerd (talk) 23:07, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is his connection to New York? 

message: Is William related to John Houstoun?   Both are from Georgia around the time of the Revolutionary War, and both articles list a father named Sir Patrick Houstoun. 108.113.136.116 (talk) 12:43, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brother??? 

message: To add to this article: where were his plantations located, and did slaves work on them? 173.88.246.138 (talk) 01:27, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: To add to article

message: The article is inconsistent, giving his birth as 1755, circa 1755, and circa 1746. 2A06:C701:4EDF:DF00:B185:BF5F:EA1A:52F4 (talk) 20:53, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  date of birth
Talk:Bolungarvík

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thread_title:  Featured picture scheduled for POTD
Talk:William Huntington Russell

message: If I hadn't already had so much experience with Wikipedia, I would wonder why this article doesn't even mention that. It reads like a hagiography with a giant hole in the middle that would answer the question: where did this man get his money, anyway?  --BenJonson (talk) 12:01, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: There's no hagiography, nor cover-up going on – simply a lack of interest. You've indicated you know how wikipedia functions: find the (reputable) sources, add them, and then let's go from there. MarmadukePercy (talk) 00:44, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Russell Was an Opium Dealer
Talk:William Hutton (historian)

message: I propose to change the title of this article to William Hutton (historian), firstly because he was a historian of a number of things other than Birmingham, and secondly to avoid implying that he was a native Brummie, when he was actually from Derby. Jellyman (talk) 20:24, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. Was originally too specific. Oosoom Talk 09:13, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed move
Talk:Brad Barkley

message: I flagged this article for POV issues because the editor, user LBark, is Brad Barkley's son.
Seriously, that is not a neutral point of view or a reputable source.
I removed this paragraph:  "In Barkley's work, his characters are intriguingly unique, such as a father who started a Christian fat camp with the motto, "What Would Jesus Eat?" in Scrambled Eggs at Midnight, and a man named Sugar who welds sculptures and then leaves them unused, lying around the yard, in "Another Perfect Catastrophe" because, seriously, "intriguingly unique" is not a neutral.
I feel like the man's pets are sort of irrelevant too.  Could someone clean up this article, f'reals?  I appreciate his son's contributions, but this is not how a wikipedia article should be written.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.147.102.125 (talk) 20:54, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: POV

message: The article makes no mention of his being a university english professor while consisting almost wholly of text from the university web site (Brad Barkley, Department of English, Frostburg State University). -- Pemilligan (talk) 16:16, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Frostburg
Talk:Brat Pack (literary)

message: The first sentence says the Brat Pack was three young, East-coast American authors and the last paragraph has "original four Brat pack authors." Are there three or four brats? --Marc Kupper|talk 02:45, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Are there three or four? 