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Talk:The History of the Saracens

message: This inforamtion::
:The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907–21).
:Volume X. The Age of Johnson.
:XII. Historians.
:§ 2. Ockley’s History of the Saracens.
:Yet this interest did not, as has already been seen, call forth, before Hume wrote, any history of England by a native historian that is worthy to be classed as literature; indeed, it was in itself adverse to the appearance of such a work, for it caused English history to be written for party purposes, and, consequently, no effort was made to write it in a philosophic spirit, or to present it in well devised form or in worthy language; it fell into the hands of hacks or partisans. Only one Englishman of that time wrote history in a style that, of itself, makes his book valuable, and he did not write English history. Simon Ockley, vicar of Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, who had early devoted himself to the study of eastern languages and customs, was appointed professor of Arabic at Cambridge in 1711. The first volume of his Conquest of Syria, Persia, and Egypt by the Saracens, generally known as The History of the Saracens, appeared in 1708, the second in 1718, with an introduction dated from Cambridge gaol, where he was then imprisoned for debt: he had in past years received help from the earl of Oxford (Harley); but that had ceased, and the poor scholar had a large family. Gibbon, who admired and used his work, speaks of his fate as “unworthy of the man and of his country.” 2  His History extends from the death of Mahomet, 632, to that of the fifth Ommiad caliph, 705; it was cut short by the author’s death in 1720, after a life of incessant and ill-requited toil. The Life of Mohammed prefixed to the third edition of his History, which was issued for the benefit of his destitute daughter in 1757, is by Roger Long, master of Pembroke hall, Cambridge. Ockley based his work on an Arabic manuscript in the Bodleian library which later scholars have pronounced less trustworthy than he imagined it to be. His English is pure, and simple, his narrative extraordinarily vivid and dramatic, and told in words exactly suited to his subject—whether he is describing how Caulah and her companions kept their Damascene captors at bay until her brother Derar and his horsemen came to deliver them, or telling the tragic story of the death of Hosein. The book was translated into French in 1748, and was long held to be authoritative. As a history, its defects are patent, its account of the conquest of Persia, for example, is so slight that even the decisive battle of Cadesia is not mentioned; nor is any attempt made to examine the causes of the rapid successes of the Saracen arms: it reads, indeed, more like a collection of sagas than a history. Such defects, however, do not impair its peculiar literary merit. 
...needs to be included in the article. --Striver 16:24, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It's in.  Needs work (which Bodleian manuscript?).  -- SEWilco (talk) 02:59, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cambridge History ...
Talk:Western Standard

message: I have WP:Boldly recreated this article. It was previously merged into Ezra Levant following this deletion discussion. That seems problematic because Levant is not the current owner. He ran it until 2007 at which time it ceased publication. Its current iteration is the result of a relaunch in 2019 by Derek Fildebrandt. Since then it has opened numerous bureaus, published thousands of articles and obtained government "Qualified Canadian Journalism Organization" status. Anyway, it seems it now should have its own article.--Darryl Kerrigan (talk) 01:09, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recreated the article 

message: I'm still not convinced this article is relevant to the Podcasting WikiProject. The New York Times, BBC, and ABC all produce podcasts, but none of them are included in the project. Simply creating a podcast doesn't make it notable or worth mentioning and currently there is no prose dedicated to the discussion of podcasts produced by Western Standard and there are no reliable secondary sources discussing their existence. TipsyElephant (talk) 14:16, 4 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Podcasting
Talk:Carl Johan Trygg

message: Kaiserb 16:57, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
Talk:Ó Rothláin

message: I've created this page as a summary of the personal research I've done.  I think this is the first and only place where all of this information is compiled and linked together.
Rowlan 16:58, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I noticed a number of references are the url to a Google Book link. I though editors might be interested in a tool which takes a link as input and creates a (usually) properly formatted ref.
Wikipedia citation tool for Google Books
I used it to improve two such references.
It really helps creates a much cleaner list of references. I hope you will try it.--S Philbrick(Talk) 22:39, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  References
Talk:Slashed zero

message: Does anyone think that there should be a bit on the use of the slashed 0 in/on the built-in font on TI calculators, such as the slashed 0 in the TI-83 family and the dotted 0 in most(?) of the Motorola 68k calculators? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cogburnd02 (talk • contribs) 21:41, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Current use? 

message: The paragraph said that the slash does not extend past them on the outside of ‘0’, but I think many handwritings do so. -✉ Hello World! 15:42, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: The slash

message: Does anybody notice that in the control number of a US visa, you can observe both non-slashed zeros and slashed zeros. What's the purpose of those slashed-zeros? Are they really character "O"s??  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.173.6.110 (talk) 19:22, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Visa Control Number?

message: A usenet thread:  has recently claimed that ham radio was using the slashed zero in the '20s and '30s. Anyone have references to back this up? - Andy Dingley (talk) 17:09, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: ham radio

message: My understanding of the origins of the slashed zero is that it arose from wartime work at BP, Enigma, Colossus, Alan Turing et al. The early telegraphy-derived printers they used, in conjunction with the project-specific coding systems for characters, could print most digits except for "0" and zero instead appeared as a "/". These printouts were then often hand-annotated for ease of reading, leading to a slashed zero that was half printed and half handwritten. Does anyone have references for this? - Andy Dingley (talk) 17:09, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Bletchley Park]] 

message: The article states that "many people slash the zeroes on checks". Is this an exclusively/largely American usage? I don't think I've ever come across a slashed zero on a cheque here in the UK. Not that I use them much any more, but even when I did I don't recall seeing a slashed zero. 86.149.133.230 (talk) 15:11, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: "checks" not "cheques", so I suspect this is indeed American. Andy Dingley (talk) 15:59, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  On cheques? 

message: Font "script", present in MS windows, uses a slashed both uppercase and lowercase O rather than 0.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.173.3.68 (talk) 13:49, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  slashed capital O 

message: The example showing how to create a slashed zero using unicode in html
0̸ giving 0̸.
does NOT use the technique rather the character was entered as a slashed zero!!
DGerman (talk) 19:38, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not a HTML example, it's a Unicode example. Andy Dingley (talk) 21:57, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cheated HTML example
Talk:Saint Madeleine (Caravaggio)

message: Attilios - In English this painting is usually called the 'Penitent Magdalene' or the 'Conversion of the Magdalene' - never Saint Madeleine, which is French. Would you agree if I create a new page called Penitent Magdalene, and write a longer article?
PiCo 07:12, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name of painting
Talk:The Baptism of Christ (Verrocchio and Leonardo)

message: I HAVE PERMISSION FROM www.wga.hu!!!!!!! User:Attilios
:Grant of permission is on file in OTRS ticket #2005111210002641. Kelly Martin (talk) 17:54, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Although OTRS permission was received from the website, it has been determined that the website has copied the information from other sources. Unfortunately, it does not own any copyright to the text. The OTRS permission tag is now revoked. — Cactus Writer (talk) 20:56, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Old comments 

message: One or more portions of this article duplicated other source(s).  Infringing material has been rewritten or removed and must not be restored, unless it is duly released under a compatible license. (For more information, please see "using copyrighted works from others" if you are not the copyright holder of this material, or "donating copyrighted materials" if you are.) For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or published material; such additions will be deleted. Contributors may use copyrighted publications as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences or phrases. Accordingly, the material may be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with these policies. Thank you.  — Cactus Writer (talk) 21:02, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright problem removed 

message: — Assignment last updated by Rmmiller364 (talk) 00:10, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Renaissance Art
Talk:Madonna with Sts John the Baptist and Donatus (Verrocchio)

message: One or more portions of this article duplicated other source(s).  Infringing material has been rewritten or removed and must not be restored, unless it is duly released under a compatible license. (For more information, please see "using copyrighted works from others" if you are not the copyright holder of this material, or "donating copyrighted materials" if you are.) For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or published material; such additions will be deleted. Contributors may use copyrighted publications as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences or phrases. Accordingly, the material may be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with these policies. Thank you.  VernoWhitney (talk) 03:49, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It appears that www.wga.hu has extensively copied text onto its site without permission, so the verified permission is most probably not from the actual copyright holder, thus the removal of text. VernoWhitney (talk) 03:49, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright problem removed
Talk:Richard Whitney (financier)

message: I appreciate the need for photos in an article, but why is Whitney's wife the main (and only) photo in the article? Just using common sense, shouldn't a photograph of Whitney himself be used instead of his wife? Just a thought.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.145.229.162 (talk) 03:42, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Photograph?

message: How can a person be sentenced to a "term of five to ten years"? Will it not always be an exact sentence that is subsequently reduced on good conduct? --ChoG (talk) 10:15, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Five- to ten-year sentence
Talk:Cross Fusion

message: Um, no offense, most of the words in the article was taken from directly from 
I'll do whatever I can to improve this article to a higher standard. -—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.250.248.235 (talk • contribs) .
::I already wikified the article, but I am wondering if I should slap on a merge template and put it with Style Change. -ZeroTalk 21:23, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not a style change though...so I don't see why it should go there. I have added more detail to this artice. Sukecchi 15:00, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I was thinking because its yet another one of Megamna EXE.'s transformation game elements it mid as well go with Style change.... But its already competant enough on its own. -ZeroTalk 16:16, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not in the games...anime only.Sukecchi 16:47, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I haven't seen the anime. Too childish for my tastes. -ZeroTalk 16:28, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikification
Talk:Sky Blue (film)

message: I've taken this out of the article because to me it makes no sense:
:It was reputedly the most expensive Korean animated film made at the time of its release, but was surpassed by Typhoon.
As far as I can tell Typhoon isn't animated, so how can it surpass Wonderful Days as "the most expensive Korean animated film"? PC78 02:04, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Most expensive Korean animated film? 

message: "Other Western countries such as France and Finland have kept its original title..." In the DVD sold in Finland, the name is "Ihania päiviä" (Finnish for Wonderful Days) with "Wonderful Days" written underneath. It might be debatable whether or not "Wonderful Days" is meant to be a part of the Finnish title, also. The movie was just broadcast in Finnish TV, and was called simply "Ihania päiviä". --130.232.131.47 16:41, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Original title" 

message: Around timecode 1:08:20 (when Shua's plane hits water) it's distinctable to hear ending of Smack My Bitch Up from The Prodigy. --Kriplozoik (talk) 01:50, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia

message: Micah Ian Wright's page on wikipedia suggests that he is the writer of the movie wonderful days and How truthful is that claim?
does anyone knows?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.101.169.25 (talk) 15:12, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Micah Ian Wright's involvement in the film
Wikipedia talk:Dispute resolution reform

message: So, if I support this idea, how can I help getting it instituted? Travb 17:38, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

message: I have one idea to add. A bit like RfC but more focussed. A lot of disputes get into problems because of essentially an argument where one user asserts that another users actions are against wiki policy, or both users mutually assert this. There is little way to address that promptly so it escalates. if that could be cut off at the root, it would get a lot easier. This is a way to do it:
# A page similar to "speedy delete" or "VfD", where any user can post some examples and diffs, and ask for an opinion "is this a breach of wikipedia policy". 
# All other users (or some class of user?) can then vote or comment, as with speedy delete or VfD.
# If a matter is deemed by a vote to be a violation of a wiki policy, then in the case of repetition, the user can post a request on the already-existing admin enforcement requested page for an administrator to apply a speedy 48 hour ban.
The advantages of this as I see it:
* It is fast: any user can raise an issue immediately.
* It is hard to manipulate: DIFFs must be cited and the only opinion available is "is this DIFF a breach of policy?"
* It is not partisan: any or all sides in a dispute can ask for an opinion on whether specific DIFFs of their choosing show a breach of policy or not
* It is relatively neutral: it's not asking if a user is wrong, but only whether specific DIFF citation/s are in clear and verified breach of policy.
* It allows for speedy deterence: a 48 hour ban for repetition is too short to hurt anyone, but will effectively deter constant policy breakers since it can be repeated.
* The deterrent ban also cannot be manipulated easily, since the user is only able to request it, the request must be executed by an admin who checks the original matter voted on and the current DIFF and agrees it's a repetition.
* It will apply to both editorial and personality policy issues
* It defuzes issues early by adding a lower level disciplinary step
* It is simple to implement and easy to understand.
* It will scale well, and can handle effectively a wide range of disputes that at present escalate to ArbCom.
* It promotes by its votes, a wider awareness of wiki policy and its application.
FT2 07:08, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: An idea for speedy policy enforcement

message: I'd like to find out the background for this reform. What leads to using this form, is it historical, which papers or articles were consulted? What are the game theoretical consequences? What are the  System analytical consequences? To what extend does this proposed reform scale?
A thorough mathematical analysis (though nice) may not be nescesary, but please provide at least some intuitive insight. :-)
Kim Bruning 18:50, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The original author was Stevertigo (talk); you may wish to contact him on the matter. anthonycfc [talk] 00:56, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  No refs
Talk:Rhiana Griffith

message: I edited the portion about this film because the original version was bizarrely inaccurate. Griffith did NOT cameo in TCOR. Neither was the character dropped. Kyra WAS Jack, the same Jack as was in Pitch Black - however, in TCOR Jack/Kyra revealed that she voluntarily changed her name as a result of her experiences. So Alexa Davalos was playing the same character (albeit older) as Griffith did in Pitch Black. Both auditioned for the role, however Davalos got the nod.
Loccy 10:56, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Griffith in Chronicles of Riddick - or, rather, NOT

message: This article is extremely outdated. It still lists a book finished in 2005 as "soon to be released." Bryteline (talk) 06:40, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: In Dire Need of Revision
Talk:Matchbook

message: In addition, the photo accompanying the article shows wooden matches.
I'd like to also see a standard pack of paper matches.
By the way, how many matches are there in a standard pack of matches?
209.239.26.3 00:18, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There should be 2 rows of 15 matches each. I might also produce a photo of a book of paper matches, when needed.  ITAL 11:18, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Matchbook 

message: this section:
"A flap on the front is lifted to access the matches, which are attached to the interior base in a comb-like pattern and must be torn away before use"
Isn't this flat-out untrue? most matchbooks allow you to bend a match over and strike it without tearing away from the book. I actually came to this article looking for some info on the prevalence of this technique 70.55.240.39 04:15, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  torn away before use? 

message: • Agree with suggestion to merge the matchcover article at the end of the matchbook article. 
:Even if there are matchcover collecting clubs, the media favors the word ""matchbook cover". — Dogears (talk) 15:12, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge 

message: Are a book of matches from palasage park from the 60,s worth anything 72.73.106.128 (talk) 13:54, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Paper match book from palasage  park
Talk:District of Maine

message: That couldn't have been the name used after the Province Charter in 1692, could it?  --Tremont30 17:57, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Province of Maine of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Talk:Jacob Hoggard

message: This article is a mess - I don't even know who this guy is (found it through the 'random article' link), but I suggest it should be re-worked.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.31.98.20 (talk • contribs)  20:25, 30 October 2006 
For one, MEI is in Abbotsford not Surrey.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.183.57.148 (talk) 05:32, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re-work 

message: Too many edits from random users who are either wrong or don’t provide references. Due to current media outbreak over this Canadian singer, it’d be good to temporarily protect page from being edited from non-extended confirmed users.  AjayTO (talk) 14:29, 2 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Admin - protect page temporarily 

message: https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/hoggard-trial-decision-1.6474833  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.212.231.250 (talk) 23:37, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  convicted rapist
Talk:The Notorious Bettie Page

message: So did the film have its première on the scheduled date? Taxwoman 18:32, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Huh? It was in limited release in 2006, I know that. I missed it. David Spalding (☎ ✉ ✍) 18:04, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update needed? 

message: I assumed it was footage of the real Bettie Page dancing during the closing credits, and thought that would be a nice tid-bit to add to the article.  However, I've found sources that state/imply it was her (At the Movies, Ogg's Movie Thoughts, Letterboxd) and others that say it wasn't (Cinema Blend, NY Magazine, Vince Keenan, Let's All Go the the Movies, Let's Not Talk About Movies).  Many of those sources are quasi-reliable anyway.  Page isn't credited in the film's cast, but I could see where this could be considered an un-credited cameo.  Would anyone have a definitive answer with a good source?  Hoof Hearted (talk) 15:40, 8 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Real Betty Page in closing credit?
Talk:Susan McKeown

message: Do I detect NPOV here? The last cumbersome sentence is not by me, tough I wrote the original aricle. It tries to suggest that Susan is somehow linked to heavily-biased news reporting. It would be more honest to say that EVERY Irish newspaper, of any persuasion, is likely to report the activities of Irish people who make a success of themselves in the USA. This is no reflection of Susan's opinions.
Ogg 18:44, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Category talk:Software companies

message: This category is too large, it would be best to move more entries to the :Category:Software companies by nationality sub cats. It would be especially useful to create a category for American software firms. - SimonP 18:53, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

message: there a lot of companies in the category that appear to be more VARs or Consulting companies than software companies.  For example, Avanade.  Now they're certainly not hardware companies, but I can't derive that they actually produce any original software, although they may implement or sell other companies software.  Is there a consensus as to whether this category refers only to companies the produce original software, or any company in the supply chain of a software purchase?Cander0000 19:33, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Software Companies vs. Consulting Companies
Talk:Princess of Thieves

message: For some reason I can't get this image to get any smaller. I don't think it needs to be too small, but it could be reduced by about 20%. If anyone wants to give it a go, feel free. 23skidoo 19:01, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Image

message: Does the film indicate the fate of Maid Marian? If not, this factoid should be added alongside the Little John trivia item. 23skidoo 21:07, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Maid Marian
Talk:Chama cha Haki na Ustawi

message: Can someone translate the name of this party into English?  It needs to be moved as per Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English). aliceinlampyland 19:08, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a proper name, so shouldn't be translated. 86.17.222.157 (talk) 20:50, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Name