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Talk:Tucker Telephone

message: “There are scattered reports from American Vietnam war veterans that field phones were occasionally converted into Tucker telephones which were used by platoon commanders to torture Viet Cong prisoners.”
Allegations like this ignore that these same tactics were used by the VC against captured Americans, South Viet Names that refused to collaborate, the North Viet Namese against America POW’s up north, and other groups. The line is purified political propaganda, nothing more.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.102.43.164 (talk) 19:32, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  A Parity Issue 

message: This is not a suggestion for editing this article, I just want to say how appalling and disturbing that this torture device was a) invented by a doctor and b) in use for so long. It's just horrifying to read. Newjerseyliz (talk) 22:24, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disturbing 

message: Were they trying to make the person do or say something? What was it for? Equinox ◑ 07:39, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why was it used? 

message: is this the same device as the one referenced in this article? It was used on Black suspects by the Chicago PD from 1972 to 1991 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/04/15/closing-the-book-on-jon-burge-chicago-cop-accused-of-brutally-torturing-african-american-suspects/ 49.176.147.31 (talk) 05:13, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Related to John Burge Case? 

message: This article is rubbish. The quality is about as bad as it gets.
Besides being a mashup of unsupported "facts", there is a practical issue regarding the supposed device:
Many people are psychologically predisposed to believe that any perceptible electric shock is painful, but the shocks received from the device described would be little more than mildly irritating, and would soon become ineffective as "torture". 2600:1700:6AE5:2510:0:0:0:46 (talk) 06:42, 20 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Garbage article
Talk:Disability robot

message: Ehhmm... this page redirects to Disability, while Disability links to this page. 80.161.158.30 12:36, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: redirect problem

message: could not find any web hits on these terms that werent wiki mirrors. ive tagged it as possible neologism, unrefed, and needing expert verification. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 06:41, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Neologism?
Talk:East Coast of the United States

message: Actually with the Trewartha map link it works very well into four zones for all but a fraction of a percent by area. Humid continental exists in Appalachian highland areas of Virginia and NC. The oceanic climate (Cfb/Do) exists in some southern Appalachian highlands as well as Block Island. Heff01 (talk) 02:30, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Climate 

message: Vermont is listed as one of the states in the east coast, but it doesn't show up on the map. I'm not sure how to change the map but this should be fixed. Tommahler (talk) 17:47, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree, PA should also be highlighted on the map. Razmaster7 (talk) 17:12, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problem with the map - Vermont isn't showing 

message: The area defined as the East Coast on the infobox map is more limited than the states referenced in the introduction as being part of the region. I am not sure without researching it which is correct, but clearly they should be consistent--and they are not currently.  Keystone18 (talk) 18:44, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Definition of region
Talk:Mountain States

message: I have made a proposal to change the colour of the map box, please see the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject U.S. regions --Qirex 05:36, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Colours and appearance

message: AFAIK, with the exception of WY and AZ (arguably part of MT states), all the states have passed bans on same-sex marriage.  I don't believe the statement is legit. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.191.19.42 (talk) 22:46, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Less opposition to same-sex marriage? 
Talk:Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack

message: [ Smellyfoo 13:36, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It seemed relevant, as it's included on the disk as well as the maps. Similarly, why was the detailed information on the downloadable content (release dates, prices, and bundles) put back into the article? The map pack disk doesn't really have much to do with downloadable content other than being another delivery vector. Sockatume 16:46, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

text: Or, to put it another way, surely information on the DLC belongs in the main Halo article, as users purchasing the Map Pack will not be downloading the content? Sockatume 16:51, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Assuming you don't have any objections within a week or two I'll go ahead and make the changes. Sockatume 18:34, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Talk:Glucuronolactone

message: This edit []  removed text which needed citation, however forgot to put it here for discussion as per their edit summary.  So here it is...
Glucuronolactone has been shown to improve memory retention and concentration as well as acting as an antidepressant and stimulant. It is present in many energy drinks....
My personal experience would agree with some of the claims, but obviously that's not a citable reference ;o)--91.108.121.1 19:05, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: improve memory retention / concentration / antidepressant

message: * http://www.google.cn/search?hl=zh-CN&newwindow=1&q=%E8%91%A1%E8%90%84%E7%B3%96%E9%86%9B%E9%85%B8%E5%85%A7%E9%85%AF+gov.cn&btnG=Google+%E6%90%9C%E7%B4%A2&aq=f&oq=
--222.64.215.26 (talk) 10:19, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Chinese translation of the chemical are based on the following..... 

message: * http://www.commonchemistry.org/NoResults.aspx?reg=32449-92-6
--222.64.215.26 (talk) 10:26, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is it not listed there.....???....the importance of the PRINTED version
Talk:Thomas P. M. Barnett

message: Barnett's line of thinking is very much an economically focused intellectual extension of Francis Fukuyama's The End of History? thesis, published in the international affairs journal The National Interest in 1989, and later being expanded into a book in 1992.
:: Really now.  He doesn't sound that way to me at all?
Roadrunner 22:22, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  End of History 

message: His ideas don't work. Since globalization has increased, conflicts certainly must have decreased if they would work. Instead, conflicts have increased as they always did since 1945. See Conflict Barometer. He may or may not know this. In any case, this leaves him clearly on the financial side of the coin, or even on the financial war side, if you prefer. --Rwst 18:01, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does Not Work 

message: There is no mention of Barnett's political affiliations (not Dem or GOP). The article should be amended to include the details of his membership in the Council on Foreign Relations. His relationships with known Bilderberg attendees and promotion of globalization make it all very noteworthy, even if his own personal noteworthiness has declined somewhat since the release of his two popular books. [Anonymous]  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.236.183.121 (talk) 06:20, 5 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Affiliations 

message: i see various unflattering graphics posted online about this guy, claiming he's jewish.
would be good to clarify the situation.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.208.163.150 (talk) 18:20, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  no Early Life section?
Talk:Joel Moses

message: I filled out Template:Infobox scientist with the parameters copied from the master template.
However, parameter "birth_date" keeps generating the error message:
Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{".
Any assistance, and an explanation, will be appreciated.
Thank you. Jerryobject (talk) 11:31, 3 October 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you editor KylieTastic. I will need to remember that for future use. Jerryobject (talk) 05:46, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Strange persistent error message
Talk:I. L. Peretz

message: There is a request for expansion on this, and it could certainly be far more thorough, but that is supposed to be accompanied by an indication on the talk page of what exactly someone wants to see covered; there is none. - Jmabel | Talk 17:24, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Found you an image. I don't have any book-jackets, and unless they are pre-1923 we'd need a specific fair use justification to reproduce them. Does anyone here know about his family? - Jmabel | Talk 21:24, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Expansion

message: any proof that this famous YIDDISH writter from POLAND is Sephardic? i mean his name yitzchok not yitzchak—Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.72.241.66 (talk) 09:58, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sephardic???? 
Talk:Tour skating

message: Tour skating is still very rare here in North America,
even in areas with a similar climate to central Sweden.
Hopefully, that will change soon. The main skating
expert in North America is Jamie Hess in Vermont.
He has skating links at:
  http://www.nordicskating.org
Ddermott 17:24, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: North America

message: There are now many broken links (in What links here) caused by the deletion
of material (deleted on Jan 12 2009) from this article. In addition, there are many links to this
article from external sites. Perhaps the deleted material should be
re-inserted in Tour_skating, and a section added about Netherlands
style tour skating(nl toerschaatsen) with proper references such as:
and
 and this image
from Wikimedia Commons:
Two Tour skating styles: Netherlands(left) and Nordic (right)
Ddermott (talk) 14:31, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Broken links 

message: As discussed on Talk:Nordic-skating, I've returned the deleted sections
and added a section describing the difference between the Swedish style
and the Netherlands (Toerschaatsen)
:there is no "swedish style" nor "dutch style" Tour skating! 
Nordic skating is totally different skating sport, don´t You understand. Read my other notes. I will put this case to the Wikipedia Staff with strict notes by the Skating Unions--MOddeBonniot (talk) 17:15, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merged deleted sections 

message: Tour skating (Toerschaatsen) is dutch skating on natural ice and has nothing to do with later born Nordic skating, which is practised in the Nordic countries!!!/Maarten Odde de Bonniot; Project Chief of Finnish Skating Union SLL-SLU/Speed Skating Association of Finland, contact person of KNSB state Skating Union of Netherlands--MOddeBonniot (talk) 17:10, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Totally false information/article

message: Came here looking for info on best speed over distance (Black Crab!) but found nothing. Not difficult to find highest speeds in defined-length sporting competitions in other places, but haven't found practical data for touring campers, for example. 66.165.13.130 (talk) 04:13, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Practical data
Talk:Explosive rat

message: Template: has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. — DropDeadGorgias (talk) 20:06, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  TfD nomination of Template:{{ucfirst:Exploding organisms}} 

message: I have added this to the list of unusual articles under Weapons and military equipment. Chris857 (talk) 17:06, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikipedia:Unusual articles 

message: I wonder if this image is PD? Most likely, from a SOE manual? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 22:05, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image 

message: There are references to explosive rats in the 1880s after the American Civil War, discussed as means of destroying ships similar to a coal torpedo.  I've never been clear on whether this meant an explosive-filled animal, or an explosive device given a nickname.  I'll try and check my sources. Thatcher 21:50, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Explosive rats in 1880s
Template talk:U+

message: the link is supposed to be there to describe what the U+ means so extending the link beyond that is rather misleading imo Plugwash 17:20, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  linking more than just the U+?! 

message: Why does the template require that one write ?  It would be simpler to use and to implement if the usage were simply 1234.
—Dominus (talk) 03:48, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template usage seems excessively complicated
Talk:Playtex

message: Information provided for consideration by another editor: An early name of the company was "International Latex" according to a May 2006 news article:   See ILC Dover for the relationship in the 1940's between Playtex and that company. User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 01:54, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Early name 

message: Information to consider including (User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 01:48, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incentive to do business in Delaware
Talk:List of psychedelic literature

message: Er... The Vampire chronicles are good to read, but I'd say they were influenced by Gothic stuff rather than Psychedelia?  I really dont think they should be here so I've removed them, but if you can give a good reason why then please add them again.  I've added books by Aldous Huxley, Island and Brave New World amongst others. Mostly Zen 17:02, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I added it in reference to an Anne Rice interview in which she stated that the enhanced senses of the vampire, particularly the scene where he first becomes a vampire, and everything seems to be moving and alive (as also in the movie) were inspired by her (and/or her husband's) experiences with LSD and cannabis.  --Thoric 18:16, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Interesting.  I read those books when I was 16, way before I ever took any psychedelics.  I'll give it another read. Mostly Zen 16:22, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

text: It's a stub article that failed to get a proper definition as of yet. --Thoric 15:15, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Vampire Chronicles

message: This list appears to have accumulated over the years plenty of listings that are non-notable and/or have been added for the purposes of promotion.  It really needs to be curated and trimmed to the most relevant and notable titles.  -- Ed (Edgar181) 18:23, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  This list needs curation 

message: Should this article be renamed to "list of psychedelic literature"? RJFJR (talk) 13:39, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rename as list? 

message: I should like to propose converting the tables back to a standard bibliography list. The problem is that the tables omit relevant publication details, such as the publisher and the ISBN, which make them much less useful. If no one objects, I will start this conversion soon. Skyerise (talk) 14:32, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tables
Talk:Osteospermum

message: Is this article for the genus or for this one species? It needs to be made clear. --DanielCD 16:05, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Genus or species? 

message: "the impression of an optical illusion" means nothing.  Someone who knows what they're talking about and what they're saying should convert this into a meaningful sentence. 
--Adamrush 20:59, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Optical illusion 

message: The photo on this page claims to be an Osteospermum ecklonis.  It's also shown on the page for Dimorphotheca_ecklonis as a Dimorphotheca.  It can't be both.  Which is it?  The distinction is supposed to be whether the plant is perennial or annual.  I have plants like this, and at least in my climate (Dereel, Australia) they're perennial.  Can somebody please confirm or deny?  Groogle (talk) 00:22, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Osteospermum or Dimorphotheca?

message: The interesting part is not the meaning of the name but the reason why it's called that.
Osteospermum ecklonis
ecklonis:Named for Dr. Christian Friedrich Ecklon, 19th century German botanist
osteo is from bones, spermum from seed but why, WHY?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.80.2.66 (talk) 22:09, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name
Talk:List of state routes in Illinois

message: FWIW, the knowledge I have regarding downstate routes is limited to start points, stop points, and distances -- not weighty enough to be Wikipedia articles. ---Rob 16:23, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Notes

message: I'm going to start a table of routes that contains more useful information on the lists page... starting with 1-10 and seeing how it looks. Comment here about its usefulness. —Rob (talk) 02:43, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Table of Illinois Routes 

message: These are guidelines, not rules!
* North: North of Interstate 80
* South: South of Interstate 64
* West: Western 1/3rd of state... roughly W of a N-S line through Peoria
* East: Eastern 1/3rd of state... roughly E of Illinois 47
* Central: Anything within Interstate 72, 74 and 155
* North central, etc: Use your own discretion, in accordance with above guidelines.
—Rob (talk) 15:41, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  General guidelines for regions 

message: I have split content from this list out to form Illinois State Highway System, so that this page can focus on being a list of the state-level routes in Illinois. We now have List of Interstate Highways in Illinois and List of U.S. Highways in Illinois to accompany this list as well. Imzadi 1979 →  08:54, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Going forward, the list should be converted into a table per WP:USRD/STDS/L using the newer templates for that task, which is how the other lists were done when they were created. Imzadi 1979 →  08:58, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Refocusing 

message: The routes listed as "Temporary" and "Special" Routes are nothing of the same. IL-113N and IL-113S were permanent route numbers that got changed later, as were the appended routes like IL-1A etc. The "Special" routes should list the various bannered routes like "Business" "Truck" "Spur" etc.
These should be integrated into the Route List as they were as "Former Routes" and thus highlighted in grey.
At the time they were posted they were not intended as temp or special routes, IDOT just changed their mind down the road.
I would make the changes myself but I am not versed in Wiki tables. If there is no volunteer to repair this I will tackle it later.
N9jig (talk) 21:27, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Done.  Were there ever any "temporary" numbers that weren't bannered?  Maybe some of the above-200 ones assigned in the Chicago suburbs because someone was sure an Interstate designation was coming? --Closeapple (talk) 02:25, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

text: There were some "Temporary" route placements here and there but they were short lived and not well documented. Most of the route numbers were not intended as placeholder numberings in that sense.N9jig (talk) 04:33, 22 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Temporary and Special Routes

message: Should the article List of intercity bus stops in Illinois be listed under the See also section? Buses regularly travel on these state routes, and I don't see any issue with adding a third link under the section. Thoughts? Znns (talk) 03:53, 20 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  See also
Talk:Dalai Lama (song)

message: As much as I like it, is this song notable enough to have its own article? --81.129.40.187 00:05, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Notability

message: There's also a song called "Dalai Lama" by Alex Chilton, from his album High Priest.--Theodore Kloba 02:00, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alex Chilton? 

message: I removed the prod for this as it does not seem undisputable, Rammstein is a relatively major band. That being said, this is not one of their more popular songs to my knowledge, but if to be deleted a full discussion should take place on a regular AfD request. Of course, the article could use a lot of work if it's to stay. Seraphimblade 06:42, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Prod removal
Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/archive8

message: Please nominate great work you've seen over the course of March for the int'l writing contest.  The only requirements: that it is a great piece of work, and had no more than 2000 characters before March 1.  Does not have to have met the FA standard; judging will be on the basis of excellence of writing.  +sj + 00:14, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Sj, I've seen some great new articles recently, but they all had more than 2000 characters on 1 March. In fact some subjects, such as biographies of reasonably well-known 18th-century and earlier figures, will never be eligible under the 2000 characters rule, however recent the articles are, because the title will always have had a prolix  >2000 characters 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica text dump already in place.  There are more areas with the same problem, I'm sure, though biography is the one that strikes me right now. So the <2000 characters rule is unfortunately in conflict with the rule that "All themes are allowed. There are no restrictions about the topic of the article." Which rule should have pre-eminence? Bischånen|Tåk 02:11, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Great question.  The intended criterion is: no more than 2000 characters of the nominated article, as it stands at the end of the month, should have existed before March 1.  If you do a complete rewrite from scratch, the article is probably eligible.  If you just move lots of paragraphs and sentences around, rewording everything and updating a few details, a diff may suggest the new article is "completely rewritten", but the article will probably not be eligible.   Raw data in templates and tables, and references/see also/external links sections do not count in these 2000 characters.  I have updated the rules to reflect this.  Cheers!  +sj + 00:19, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: International writing contest
Talk:Pitaya

message: A discussion is taking place to address the redirect :Kamalam. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 January 24#Kamalam until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.  MB 19:35, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Kamalam" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] 

message: The importance of "pitaya" has recently been edited to Top Importance for 4 projects; was this on purpose? Nicholaswei (talk) 06:28, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I also question the new importance ratings. Even the previous "High" ranking for Project Plants seems too high. I'll notify the projects for input. Donald Albury 14:34, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I set it to High because it gets 2,980 pageviews a day, higher than wheat and maple.  Abductive (reasoning) 20:43, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Importance ranking