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Talk:Hagop Hagopian (militant)

message: I can understand perhaps why you would argue for the inclusion of Turkey's comment (although it's rather funny because it has engaged in such practices) but what is the point in arguing for the inclusion of a U.S. intelligence agent saying that the man is evil. It's a case of over-egging the omlet.--The Diamond Apex (talk) 20:51, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't understand your problem with the quote of the American official. It is of interest, and it pretty much says the same as you can read say in the book of Markar Melkonian. He says that this person was a monster, he tortured and killed Monte's friends and videotaped it. If the quote of the Turkish official is a problem, we can remove it, but the quote of the American official I think must remain. Grandmaster 04:24, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  New section 

message: Are they living in Mousul? Eakaltun (talk) 06:10, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  His parents Mgrdich and Siranoush Takoshian
Talk:Ziya Öniş

message: Why is this article titled 'Ziya Onis', when the person's name is Öniş? Is there a WP policy against using diacritics in article names? I'm guessing not, since eg. Déborah François and Kimi Räikkönen use them. -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 06:02, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Good question. I have moved the article accordingly. Dorsetonian (talk) 08:39, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name? 

message: aka : promotional edits (e.g.  ); the main picture on the article - their "own work", taken inside his university office. Dorsetonian (talk) 06:10, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  COI tag (April 2023)
Talk:L. J. Greenberg

message: I wrote the page on L.J. Greenberg and would appreciate any advice regarding links to other Wikipedia pages and extra information that I can add to make it look more professional.
I would appreciate any comments on information you don't agree with or information you consider to be redundant.
Please post here.
Alansholto (talk) 08:40, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The first and most important thing for you to do is to provide references to the sources of your information. Whether the sources are books or are web sites, list them under References, then other editors can help you format them properly.
A good second step would be to determine which words or phrases in your article could be linked to other Wikipedia articles. E.g. there are WP articles for London and Israel so just put double square brackets around those words. Sbowers3 (talk) 21:34, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  References, links 

message: I would like to add the following categories:
British Journalists, 19th Century births, Zionists, Politicians, Jews, Utopists, 20th Century deaths.
Please tell me how to add this
Alansholto (talk) 21:04, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  categories 
Talk:Subjective expected utility

message: Could we perhaps create a page for Savage Paradigm that redirects here? 66.99.13.225 (talk) 14:17, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Savage Paradigm 

message: The article claims that
“Savage proved that, if you adhere to axioms of rationality,  if you believe an uncertain event has possible outcomes \{x_i\} each with a utility to you of u(x_i) then your choices can be explained as arising from a function…”
First of all, how can something like this be “proved”? It seems to be an empirical matter. But more importantly, the article later says, with regards to the failure of the theory to predict actual choices, that
“Savage's response was not that this showed a flaw in his method, rather that applying his method allowed individuals to improve their decision making.”
The first paragraph claims a descriptive role for the theory, that it explains actual choices, but according to the second quote it is a normative theory about how people should reason. This problem is so flagrant that I have to question whether Savage ever actually made the first claim, since this one also contains the problematic claim of a proof. Could we either get a description more in line with Savage's own claim, or a reference for this flaw? Kronocide (talk) 13:22, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I don't see how it's an empirical matter. Once you have axiomatized what it means for an individual to be "rational" and to hold "beliefs", then the question becomes a matter of mathematical logic. The crucial condition in the first sentence that you quoted is "if you adhere to the axioms of rationality", this means the rest is a normative statement of logic, rather than a positive statement of empirical observation. 202.36.179.66 (talk) 13:53, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Descriptive theory, then normative. Correct?
Talk:K-edge

message: The article mentions about X-ray energies near the K-edge, and how photons with enough energy can knock an electron out of the K shell. It does not mention what happens for energies much higher.  Without knowing more, one might assume that higher energies would be even better, though we already know that light elements don't have much effect on, for example, 20keV X-rays.  It might be nice to say what happens to heavier elements at energies way past the K-edge.  Gah4 (talk) 22:12, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  far away
Talk:Tony Haygarth

message: He passed away on 11th March 2017, in his sleep. Confirmed by his daughter. 94.174.112.28 (talk) 18:16, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: He passed away yesterday evening, actually, per this. Article updated. GiantSnowman 19:50, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: For the benefit of the IP editor: His daughter's perception would be that he died "in his sleep" when he was found (morning of 11th). Whereas for death factual purposes, the date of death would be when he was last known to have gone to bed to sleep (evening of 10th). Anything between those points would be judged as dying on the 10th. Thanks. Ref (chew)(do) 07:58, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 11 March 2017
Talk:Three-pass protocol

message: The following claim appears to be original research by Contescen:
 When the encryption function satisfies the conditions just described, the three-pass protocol is secure against passive attacks in which an eavesdropper can read the messages transmitted between the parties.
Before making claims that the protocol is secure against passive attacks it would be necessary to define secure against passive attacks. E.g., is there an equivalent to semantic security for the protocol defined here? I can't find one. But even without a definition it appears that Shamir's three-pass protocol is not semantically secure, since it is always possible to distinguish messages with different Legendre symbols. 85.2.48.141 (talk) 09:42, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Security of the protocol
Talk:Jennie June (autobiographer)

message: This person used masculine pronouns in self-reference throughout his memoirs, e.g.,   . "Earl Lind" was not his birth name, but rather one of several pseudonyms he adopted in adulthood. gnu57 23:00, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name and pronouns 

message: As this article stands now, I would say it is a poor article by Wikipedia's standards: it almost reads like a self-written autobiography, with many details that are either irrelevant or on the brink of relevancy. There's a bunch of essay-like language as well. I would appreciate it if someone more experienced could go over the article to clean up the excessive details and to make sure this article becomes more encyclopaedic. Romeowth (talk) 06:03, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article needs some editing
Talk:Riding horse (horse show)

message: In response to the person asking whether Riding Horse classes were similar to what you call "English pleasure" classes - the answer is no. The riding horse seems to be a particualrly British type of class - I have updated a lot of the information - and the breeds used in English pleasure classes would certainly not be suitable. Riding horses tend to be warmbloods or thoroughbred crosses, and are shown with a much lower neck carriage than the Tennessee horses, etc. Also, "English pleasure" appears to cover a number of classes, including breed classes and show hacks, whilst in Britain "riding horse" is one specific type of show horse. Katdib (talk) 15:30, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: In the USA, "English pleasure" is basically a generic term for horses in English saddles  that go around in circles and don't jump.  The Riding horse class does sound a bit like a type of English pleasure class we call Hunter Under Saddle.  I need a good hunter under saddle photo for that article, can't find a free one.  That one of the South African show horse is in a hunter under saddle frame, but looks like Riding horse-type competition, the bridle has the flashy browband.  Anyway, I tweaked the article a wee bit.  Hope all was helpful. Montanabw(talk) 19:38, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

text: And our more dressag-y horses are show hacks!  LOL! Montanabw(talk) 19:36, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: LOL!  No one here actually calls them that, either, we just say "helmet."  But wiki already has a helmet article, so... piped link works for me.  Over here, there are so many types of headgear, no one "riding hat." Good to see you back, by the way!  Montanabw(talk) 01:30, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Talk:Child pyromaniac

message: From the introduction "Pyromaniacs only set about 14% of fires.", does this mean 14% of fires deliberately set, or of all fires?  14% sounds like an awful lot of fires.  Propose removing 'only'.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.210.216.191 (talk) 20:45, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Clarification

message: The article makes numerous references to the Galen Encyclopedia, yet it is missing the name of the article within the encyclopedia being used, which seems odd if it was actually being used as a reference.  If the article name can not be found, I think these references need to be removed as being unfounded or unsupported. AnmaFinotera (talk) 09:34, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Galen Encyclopedia Reference

message: Anyone notice how high pravalence rates are on mental disorders? I mean, they say that 2% of all adults have OCD, and I've met a lot of adults in my life, but none of them, as i know, have OCD!! And they say 11% of all people will get social anxiety disorder, but I have NEVER met a social phobic person in my life, except for myself. But the pravalence rate of 1% is just ridiculous, I almost think it's vandalism. WikiYoung27 (talk) 03:52, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  holy crap that prevalence rate is high!!! 

message: I have pyromania, and cant control it. whenever i have a chance, i love 2 burn things and watch em'..shrivel!!!!! :D yea 13 and i've been living like this for 5 yrs... my parents finally said i need to stop(because they caught me the other day) so i looked up how to stop this and what caused this. but i need some help. can u tell me some ideas how to stop my pyromania??  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.190.48.85 (talk) 01:59, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  PYROMANIA! :O 

message: Not much is known about what genetically causes pyromania...
How much more idiotic can you get than that nugget? How the hell could genes direct fire-setting? Mind-blowingly stupid line of thought. 122.151.210.84 (talk) 03:03, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  WTF?
Template talk:List of oxidation states of the elements

message: In  Zhang et al. [Zhang, W., Oganov, A., Zhu, Q. et al. Stability of numerous novel potassium chlorides at high pressure. Sci Rep 6, 26265 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/srep26265], a potassium chloride with formula KCl3 is synthesized under high pressure. Bader charge analysis shows that the trichloride ion has near zero charge in the middle atom and more substantial negative charges on the end atoms, roughly agreeing with a three-center four-electron bond model where the end atoms have oxidation state -1/2 and the middle atom 0. Is this an acceptable case of chlorine(0)? Olthe3rd1 (talk) 01:33, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Added chlorine(0) after finding a more definituve reference, see Reference 23 in the template (as of 23 July 2023). Olthe3rd1 (talk) 01:22, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible chlorine(0) 

message: Existence of this oxidation state seems to have been disproven, see . Burzuchius (talk) 18:40, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The documentaion also has a [reference](https://doi.org/10.1515/ract-2014-2146) to Pu(VIII) existing in organic solvents, so Pu(VIII)  does not appear to be entirely disputed. Olthe3rd1 (talk) 19:21, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plutonium(VIII) 

message: @Burzuchius, it is not appropriate to revert changes that are made to bring a page into conformance with WP:ACCESS for the reason of "it looks better". If you would like an explanation, I am happy to provide one. cc @Gonnym Izno (talk) 20:34, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Although I am much less educated on this subject, I think this table should be an exception. The colors of the oxidation states should be specified in the headings, or it may cause minor confusion. Also, the wideness produced by the sorting of the chart makes it hard to read and see. An alternative may be making the chart unsortable. Keres🌕Luna edits! 00:21, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[WP:ACCESS]] 

message: the transition metal elements from group 4 to group 9 (titanium group to cobalt group) should be able to display the negative oxidation states which have the same parity as their group number (e.g, ruthenium is in group 8 an even number-so are its negative oxidation states -2 and -4). most of them also show the -1 oxidation state regardless of the parity of the group number (as in the case of 41-Nb and 42-Mo). but in the row of manganese, i saw the presence of "oxidation state -2" in color, without any references (by the above argument, i have assumed that this state is not possible for manganese, or it's possible that i was missing something important). i had tried to find a reliable source for this doubtful entry on internet, but... So after all, is the presence of this entry -2 oxidation state a mistake (if not, please help me find a suitable source for it) 2402:800:63AD:9E45:28E7:623B:2A82:77AD (talk) 15:25, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed. Keres🌕Luna edits! 17:39, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  I don't understand the case of Mn(-2) oxidation state
Talk:Primate experiments at Columbia University

message: This article was created as a subpage of Animal testing because of the need to use summary style there. That means there is currently only one incident discussed here, which looks a bit odd given the title. Hopefully in time others will be added. SlimVirgin (talk)(contribs) 09:55, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: The unfinished state of this article
Talk:Complex-base system

message: I preserved the phrase "is one of periodic cases" – but what does it mean? —Tamfang (talk) 00:32, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Seeing no clarification, I'll remove the phrase but keep the footnote. —Tamfang (talk) 04:45, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  periodic? 

message: : Listed below are those of the system (as a special case shown above systems) and shows code numbers 2, -2, -1.
Whatever language this came from, it's not clear in English. Can someone improve it? —Tamfang (talk) 17:38, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  improve translation 

message: General notation:
Instead of:
:<\rho=\pm i\sqrt{2},[0,1]>
I would like to propose the notation:
:\bigg\langle \rho=\pm i\sqrt{2},\{0,1\} \bigg\rangle.
The  \{0, 1\}  because it is a set, so that one can say: set of digits  D:= \{0, 1\}  and \big\langle \rho=\pm i\sqrt{2}, D \big\rangle, and the \big\langle ... \big\rangle because of optics.
Text below:
Shouldn't one split up
* <\rho=\sqrt{2}e^{\pm i \pi / 2},B_2> , example, <\rho=[-1\pm i],[0,1]>  (see also section "Base −1±i" below).
into
* \bigg\langle \rho=\sqrt{2}e^{\pm i \pi / 2},B_2 \bigg\rangle , example, \big\langle \rho=(\pm i\sqrt{2}),\{0,1\} \big\rangle .
and
* \bigg\langle \rho=\sqrt{2}e^{\pm 3i \pi / 4},B_2 \bigg\rangle , example, \big\langle \rho=(-1\pm i),\{0,1\} \big\rangle (see also section "Base −1±i" below). -- Nomen4Omen (talk) 11:42, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  /* [[Complex_base_systems#In general]] */ 

message: The inline reference to Penney's paper was wrong - it linked to some other paper.  Unfortunately the system for inline references on Wikipedia is complicated enough that I don't have time to figure out how it works!  So I added the bibliographical information on Penney's paper to the 'References' section in a very crude way.  I hope someone can fix things up.  John Baez (talk) 16:07, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Added reference

message: There may be a place for this – with a better caption – but not filling the top of the page. —Tamfang (talk) 06:14, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  animation
Talk:Archangel (Shinn novel)

message: I just finished reading this book myself, and the plot summary here is totally inaccurate. There is NO mention of any spaceships, of AI, of geneticists, or of the religion being an "illusion" with the oracles knowing "the truth". I don't know how to edit or tag an article to label it total and utter crap, but that is what this is. It's totally misleading. It isn't even a true plot summary, because it barely glosses over the actual plot and gives views NO idea of what the book is actually about. The main protagonists are Rachel and Gabriel, yes, but that's about all this gets right.... I can't rewrite this, but is there some way to remove it or label it as nonsense? This page is a disservice to Ms. Shinn and her wonderful books.
Autumnlover3 (talk) 15:30, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  This is complete horse crap 

message: I agree with the previous comment although in fairness, the fact that Jovah is a spaceship is mentioned albeit in the worst possible way; the back cover of the trade paperback!  As noted earlier, nowhere within the book itself is this fact stated although we do see glimpses of things that are odd and out of place.  It is not until the next book that the full story is revealed.
This entry should probably be morphed into something closer to the Mystic and Rider entry but with the plot summary changed.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sgaragan (talk • contribs) 00:13, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs rework
Talk:Changes in the Land

message: I’m going to try and cleanup this article in the next several weeks. Viriditas (talk) 08:57, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Note
Talk:Landing Craft Utility

message: Each LCU is assigned an officer-in-charge (Craft Master) who is either a Chief Petty Officer or Petty Officer First Class in the... or Culinary Specialist rating.
Is this reference to a Culinary Specialist Petty Officer commanding a LCU accurate?
Sv1xv (talk) 06:25, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Craft Master ratings 

message: I noted here https://www.navsource.org/archives/10/18/18idx.htm there is reference to a further class "LCU-1646-class" Lǐshìmǎn (talk) 01:36, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  US LCU Classes
Talk:Max Trapp

message: Just a start, but a few more references added to the article; initial thoughts welcome though. Schissel | Sound the Note! 02:13, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Those are solid references. My initial concern was, as my edit summary stated, "is this person notable to anyone not interested in this music area? Had famous teachers/pupils and was a prof, but seems no more notable than your average professor otherwise". With the exception of the prize, and not being a musician I have no idea of the value of that, I can only make assumptions about "the national composition prize" - I tried looking for info on it to judge its importance but was unable to find anything - maybe it has a more succinct name that isn't being used here, I still have doubts about notability, teaching famous people does not make one famous, but maybe I'm undervaluing his music and it's more appreciated in a musicologist's eyes.--Quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi (talk) 10:31, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, the initial lack of sourcing is understandable then, at least thanks to Schissel there, it's now better sourced than the German article :D I must admit my very first thought was if it was a hoax (Sound of Music - von Trapp musicians and all that). Re the notability - it needs to be more clearly stated then for readers who are not musicians/musiciologists, as I get to the end of the introduction line and think "and...what then?, what's he famous for?" I'm not sure about the 'was a teacher of <insert famous person here>' as making one notable, much less so for being a Nazi. However, f his music was written and played at various level Third Reich events/parties/functions etc., then sure, but it needs to be stated.--Quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi (talk) 11:41, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Good points - be bold! and change the intro per your points. Meanwhile, I'll keep an eye on the German articles and when additional information is added I'm happy to translate it. Eusebeus (talk) 13:31, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Thoughts
Talk:Battle of Saumur (1940)

message: The final paragraph begins by stating that "General Der Vormach praised the resistance of the students in his report". This links here, where Der Vormach's title is given as "Commandant la 1ère Division Blindée de la Cavalerie Allemande" (his name is also spelled "Der Vornach" in the text). However, I am fairly sure that the German 1st Cavalry Division was at that time commanded by a man called Kurt Feldt, e.g. this, this. There is nothing at all on the internet about a General called Der Vormach, except for a few links sourced from Wikipedia itself. Did General Der Vormach exist? Is his name actually a misreading of "der wehrmacht"? -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 16:59, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Der Vormach 
Talk:Colombia–Nicaragua relations

message: As I understand it, supported by International Court of Justice#Contentious issues (adversarial proceedings) there are several circumstances when the ICJ has jurisdicion. These are namely 1) When both parties agree to take this specific case to the ICJ 2) When an existing international treaty mandates that disputes are taken to the ICJ (fairly rare nowadays) 3) When at least one party has previously agreed to be bound by the ICJ for these matters and the other party brings a dispute. It's unclear from the article what happened in this particular case Nil Einne (talk) 12:19, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Under what jurisdiction?
Talk:Hvidsten Group

message: Please translate the titles of the works cited in the reference section. Thanks. Cbdorsett (talk) 11:06, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. I also fixed the years of publishing and corrected/added the ISBN numbers based on the information found in the Royal Library in Copenhagen. The lesson learned here is not to rely on dawiki for accuracy regarding references! EconomicsGuy (talk) 11:42, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Translation from Danish

message: *Support - Seems like a the logical thing to do. Especially since the articles about the rest of the Danish paramilitary groups from that era have English titles. --Saddhiyama (talk) 21:59, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name should be in English 