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Talk:Show-Me Institute

message: This organization article, written by former Show-Me Institute editor Timothy Lee, does not offer any evidence of the topic's notability. Are any sources which establish such notability available, or is this an example of WP:COI? DickClarkMises (talk) 16:44, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Notability

message: Why is this guy sufficiently notable for mention?  I went to the organization webpage and there is an entire board of directors, which he is not on.  There is an entire page of staff members, and he is just some listing in the middle.  The inclusion in this article frankly seems promotional.  I am thus removing the reference to him, but if someone can add a referenced statement to establish notability aside from the fact that he is just a vice president, please feel free to add a new reference to him. Locke9k (talk) 15:53, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: To clarify, there should be some clear criterion for why he is listed and all of the board members and other staff members are not.Locke9k (talk) 15:54, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jason Hannasch
Talk:Freund Publishing House

message: Notable -- publisher of peer-reviewed journals. --Arcadian (talk) 16:49, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, but you are goingto need to add considerable more content to show it than just stating one of them. DGG (talk) 18:32, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Chen Shucheng

message: There is a current RFC on certain content in Singapore artistes BLP articles that editors watching/editing/passing through this article may be interested in weighing in: Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Content in Notes column of filmography tables in Singapore artistes BLPs. This article may be affected due to the inclusion of :Category:Singaporean actors‎ and/or one of its subcategories in the article. RobertskySemi (talk) 23:47, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: RfC on content in Notes column of filmography tables in Singapore artistes BLPs
Talk:Adult learner

message: As far as I can tell, the articles Adult learner and Mature student refer to the same concept, with adult learner being the preferred US term, and mature student being the preferred UK term.  As such, they should be a single article with sections on each country.  I have no real preference for which term is the main one; I chose Adult learner as the target only because the article seems a little more fully developed.  Qwyrxian (talk) 01:26, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Alright, I'm going to go ahead and do the merge now. Qwyrxian (talk) 01:56, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

text: Complete.  I didn't merge over the external links, as they were just links to the mature student requirements at a variety of institutions; such a list would grow without bound to every university with such a program, so per WP:EL I don't think they are necessary.  Qwyrxian (talk) 02:11, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger 

message: "Motivation: Adult learners require either external or internal motivation to learn"  Seems like kind of a meaningless, "well-duhhhh" statement to me.  Is there some mystical third kind of motivation (i.e. neither internal nor external) that facilitates learning in non-adult learners?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.21.209.237 (talk) 21:12, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  meaningless statement in "Special Characteristics..." section 

message: The tone of this article is completely inappropriate; it reads like an essay or op-ed piece rather than an encyclopedia article. My inclination is the simply delete the last four fifths of this thing so that someone can start from a fresh canvass. Thoughts? Matt Deres (talk) 00:52, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tone 
Talk:Form (education)

message: :A common understanding in N England...
Northern England? New England? This is not a common or standard abbreviation; I've been reading widely and heavily for most of 64 years and I don't recall ever seeing it. It might be fine in a private situation where the context is clear -- say in a personal letter, some usage like "It was great seeing you on our drive thru N England this summer" -- but not in something like an encyclopedia. --Thnidu (talk) 04:31, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  "N England" 

message: C. S. Lewis' The Abolution of Man which links here, has a usage of  upper forms that doesn't seem to be adequately covered here. It seems to refer to either advanced classes or higher levels of education Hackwrench (talk) 23:25, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  C. S. Lewis 

message: If first form is like American 7th grade, where is the link to the prior years of schooling and terminology for their terms? Thanks
100.15.117.207 (talk) 01:08, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  incomplete 

message: The paragraph
"Another common identification for form, and one of the most common in New Zealand, is the number of the year they are in, followed by the initials of the teacher who takes the form class. E.g. a Year 7 form whose teacher is John Smith would be 7JS (or 7SJ or 7SM if there is already another teacher in the school with the initials JS). Alternatively, some schools use "vertical" form classes where pupils across several year groups from the same school house are grouped together. In this case, the numeral is replaced with the first letter of the house name (e.g. RJS for a Red House form class whose teacher is John Smith)."
does not appear to be about Form, but about the use of "Year n" in New Zealand, and how different groups at the same level might be distinguished.
Does this paragraph belong in the article?
Unless someone advances a reason to retain it, I propose to delete it. HIXIH (talk) 09:38, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Form in New Zealand
Talk:Higher education in Poland

message: This page needs an introduction. I don't have time to write one right now; I may get back to it this afternoon, but if anyone wants to... Senalishia (talk) 16:45, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a volunteer-run encyclopedia: you're welcome to propose sources. The current state of the article is severely lacking in sourcing, neutral point of view, and quite likely most of it constitutes WP:OR. Without editors willing to do the editing, the quality will remain unchanged. Boud (talk) 11:01, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan

message: Ive removed a few people from the list basically as their seems to be little sourced information present that indicates how they are notable (or if they exist). Feel free to revert my edits but please add some sourcing and indication how they meet notability. thx Ottawa4ever (talk) 18:15, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Notable reciepients/fellows
Talk:Richard W. Lyman Award

message: This article states the award was given only for 5 years and only to males. this link:
https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/volunteering/lyman/
shows the Lyman award is still being given and the most recent 2018 recipient is a woman. or have I misunderstood? Ray3055 (talk) 00:41, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added a bit more to the article to make it clearer it's two separate awards. Kj cheetham (talk) 10:53, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: 5 years?
Talk:Veronika Bayer

message: * Euromaske Issues 1-3 (1990) - "Veronika Bayer steps out of a glass coffin in order to greet her rescuer , whom she herself incited to assault her . She disarms him with her unconditional love and submission . The part is played with an extreme aggressiveness by Bayer..."
* Meine liebste Rolle (1993) - can't see precisely what's here, but she appears to have her own chapter or section
* RP Online obituary
pburka (talk) 21:28, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Potential sources
Talk:Loran Scholars Foundation

message: : Deleted tabs in above comment because they make lengthy text almost unreadable. Adhe536ontario2008 (talk) 19:10, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

message: Why is the title of this page "Canada Merit Scholarship Foundation" when the first sentence of the actual text correctly identifies the awards as the Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.254.50.142 (talk) 01:46, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  This page is inaccurately titled 

message: I have made the following changes: 
1. "largest" to "large" and 
2. "most prestigious" to "prestigious" 
It should be duly noted that usage of superlatives (most[insert positive descriptor], best, largest, greatest, nicest etc.) have no place in an objective, neutral, informative encyclopaedia when describing material of a purely subjective nature. Usage of superlatives when describing titles, honours, distinctions, scholarships, awards, prizes etc. is commonplace and suitable amongst alumni in internal discourse which is understandable and quite reasonable given that each individual is proud of their accomplishment and wants everyone else to know that the particular scholarship/award/prize they won etc. is "the best" and will provide a host of reasons as to why this is so (rightfully so). Unfortunately, however, concepts like "prestige" are purely subjective and opinionated and cannot be measured by any falsifiable, neutral, objective, mathematical, statistical, or scientific standard and as such should be kept out of materials of academic and encyclopaedic nature. It is clear from the user's edits that he or she is a Loran/CMSF scholar her or himself and as such is in no position to be making judgement calls about relative prestige based on the fact that the individual is "emotionally compromised" and as any attempt to do so would exemplify the dictionary definition of bias on top of the fact that prestige itself cannot be measured or more importantly, ranked. Superlatives when describing obscure subjective concepts (like the descriptors of this scholarship) that dabble in the realms of opinion violate WP:NPOV and should never be used. When making edits, please be respectful of this and mentally pre-screen the words you choose before millions of people misinterpret your own personal opinion(s) to be factual and representative of reality. Thank you.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by AappaL-GO (talk • contribs) 19:03, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Using of Superlatives When Describing Scholarships, Awards, Prizes, etc.
Talk:Raenef V

message: Uhm....Why do we have this page exactly?  I mean, this is the absolute smallest stub I have ever seen, and there's more info about him on the Demon Diary page.  It seems kinda pointless unless we can get loads more info to put here.  A pyrate's life for me... (talk) 17:06, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Why?
Talk:Clarendon Fund

message: I prefer Clarendon "Award" Dr. Universe (talk) 02:57, 11 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clarendon Fund or Clarendon Award?
Talk:Exhibition (scholarship)

message: Is there any way to expand this? As it stands, it is basically a WP:DICDEF and it is not a good one at that. For example, see my recent comment about the differences between an Oxbridge exhibition and scholarship here. - Sitush (talk) 17:06, 2 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Detail 

message: Why is this type of award called an exhibition? At first glance the name looks as if it could indicate that something is being shown or displayed - but in that case, what would be the "something"?
Or does the word have a different meaning altogether in this case, perhaps something like "remedy for an inhibition", in the sense that it was meant to allow a good student to carry on rather than being inhibited (held back) for lack of money?
Whatever the real reason for the name, it would be nice to have it here, hopefully with a quotation from some very old source that makes it obvious how the word is being used. TooManyFingers (talk) 15:38, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reason for the name?
Talk:Index of Economic Freedom 2003–2006

message: Why is the box "list of countries with rankings" included here? The countries are already listed above it, and the box does not contain material directly related to the report. I'm inclined to remove it, but would like to hear what others think. Notmyrealname (talk) 17:07, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The "list of countries with rankings" box at the bottom is clearly relevant because Index of Economic Freedom is a list of countries ranked by Economic Freedom. It adds value to the page.Heroeswithmetaphors (talk) 03:27, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Remove "list of countries with rankings" box?

message: The focus of this article is entirely random. There is already an article about the current IEF. The choice to start with 2003 makes no sense since the Index was begun in 1995. Obviously, if we are to keep this article, it needs to be updated with the latest material.Notmyrealname (talk) 17:11, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The actual content of this page is auto-generated from . I would prefer that we include the data all the way back to 1995; that would be better.Heroeswithmetaphors (talk) 03:27, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: But then it would no longer be the "Index of Economic Freedom 2003-2006."Notmyrealname (talk) 03:52, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Why 2003-2006?

message: Also, the index numbers need some explanation, otherwise they are completely meaningless to the reader.Notmyrealname (talk) 17:13, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. Some explanation is in order.Heroeswithmetaphors (talk) 03:21, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Numbers need to be explained

message: Shouldn't this article be deleted? There really isn't anything important to merge into the article for the Index of Economic Freedom. Harpsichord246 (talk) 02:06, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deletion
Talk:Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans

message: Herman Cain (Presidential Candidate 2012) is missing from the list of Horatio Algers Award winners. He is from Class of 1996.
http://www.horatioalger.org/members_info.cfm?memberid=CAI96
Isherwoodme (talk) 21:02, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Herman Cain

message: How does one confirm that the award was given to someone? For instance, a reference asserts that Bill Lear was given the award, but a search of "Lear" in the Association website has no hits.Rgdboer (talk) 21:48, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: You need to look for the name on the website under "About Our Members". Lear did get the award; see http://www.horatioalger.com/member_info.cfm?memberid=lea54 --Orlady (talk) 21:57, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Recipients of award
Talk:AceMedia

message: Currently the Ace Media Website only offers the early prototype Windows-only software  under the
LGPL, the PCS and CCM software (as demonstrated here: ) are not available. I have asked the project coordinator about this, she replied:
We are planning to release some code under open source license in the
near future, but at the moment it does not include the annotation tools
that I think you are asking for.  I will let you know when we have
completed all the legal steps to make the software release in case you
find it useful.
Thanks again for your email.
Paola
Phil 132.146.196.238 (talk) 13:29, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Software availability 

message: Removed prod for the following reasons:
* "Non-notable web content project"
** 432,000 google web hits, but only 19 google news hits. This passes the notability meter, I think.
* "still unsourced"
** Agreed -- the article needs secondary sources added, not deletion. 
* "now expired, according to the article itself"
** That a project has completed or expired is not a valid deletion reason.
We can take this to afd if you anybody still feels this article should go. -- MisterHand (Talk to the Hand|Contribs) 15:44, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prod contested
Talk:1952–53 FA Cup

message: I have started the page but a lot of extra work needs doing to this page!
I've got a lot of information of the FA Cup from 1871 to 1994, So I will start updating all the information I have and incorporate it into yours, if that is okay? I have only updated the final so far on this. I have all the scorers for each FA Cup I have information to. Onshore  —Preceding comment was added at 11:20, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
Talk:Transom (architecture)

message: Hi, there is a paragraph in the opening section that seems very odd: "In Western Europe the pig-German word "vasistas".[4] is occasionally heard, it is a representation of the German "Was ist das?" ("What is that?") as it is said that German visitors had not seen a transom window in their home country." 
Can this be removed please?
Evanbench (talk) 10:52, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is this vandalism ?
Talk:Dungu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

message: There are lots of references to foreign-based NGOs in this article.  I would prefer to see less emphasis on them and more emphasis on the permanent residents, culture, and life of Dungu. They are equally important, if not more so. Can anyone do that?  And by the way, what do you call people from Dungu in French? Dunguais? In English - Dungulese? :) DBlomgren (talk) 03:35, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Would prefer a more local point of view
Talk:Permanent employment

message: Dr. Ono has reviewed this Wikipedia page, and provided us with the following comments to improve its quality:
We hope Wikipedians on this talk page can take advantage of these comments and improve the quality of the article accordingly.
We believe Dr. Ono has expertise on the topic of this article, since he has published relevant scholarly research:
*Reference : Ono, Hiroshi, 2006. "Lifetime Employment in Japan: Concepts and Measurements," SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance 624, Stockholm School of Economics, revised 06 Apr 2007.
ExpertIdeasBot (talk) 17:59, 26 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Out of curiosity, was any of that implimented? I clicked the link but I need access to view the contents. ₪RicknAsia₪ 07:52, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dr. Ono's comment on this article
Talk:Lomami Province

message: Unless someone can show that the former province encompassed a different territory than the current one does, I'd propose merging these two stub articles. PanchoS (talk) 16:55, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge with [[Lomami Province (former)]] 
Talk:Lualaba Province

message: Unless someone can show the former province to refer to a different territory, I'd propose merging these two stubs articles. PanchoS (talk) 16:46, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge with [[Lualaba Province (former)]] 

message: I struggle with the idea that every article about DR Congo provinces starts with something about it being new. It used to be like this. Nostalgia-ville. 
The current provinces are the current provinces and should be described as such.
 
What theused to be can go in the history section. The official reorganisation was 2015, implementation was a bit later, we're now in 2023. Francis Hannaway (talk) 12:10, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Congolese so-called "new" provinces
Talk:Maniema

message: .  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Coelhoscoelho (talk • contribs) 21:39, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
Talk:South Kivu

message: English Wikipedia usually uses English names. Please see WP:NAME. --Timeshifter (talk) 10:02, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Usually you say.  I've read the policy, and I asked you to discuss it first and apply it consistently across all.   So, discuss, starting with your qualifier.  Have you checked all of the country's provinces, or did you again, just randomly change one?  What is it about African geography that's so difficult?  --Blechnic (talk) 02:53, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi. About South Kivu. I read and speak some French. So it is not a bias against French words being used in Wikipedia. WP:NAME though says we should use the English name where it exists. Kivu is the name. "South" though, should obviously be in English and not French. --Timeshifter (talk) 09:25, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't anywhere claim you are biased against French words.  Please, go back and read what I say and respond to it, or I will revert based on your not being willing to discuss the issue fully.  Note we don't use Ivory Coast. Why don't you move that one?  --Blechnic (talk) 19:47, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article name 

message: I noticed that the article mentions that the Rwenzori Mountains are part of this subdivision, but I feel as if this is a mistake since the mountains actually form the eastern edge of North Kivu and not South Kivu. Pencil Vulture (talk) 08:15, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rwenzori Mountains
Talk:Masina, Kinshasa

message: Il pleut jusqu'à maintenant et les routes sont abîmées Roland tukebana (talk) 05:27, 23 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  La matinée
Talk:Pheme

message: I have added a reference, it is a good but non-professional website (Theoi.com) collecting translations of Greek and Roman writings. Therefore I'm not removing the Unreferenced banner thing. If any future editors decide the reference is not scholarly enough, the website cites its sources, which can be tracked down in a book or something and directly sourced. -- 71.210.188.209 (talk) 00:54, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Matadi

message: I would be interested to see a detailed diagram of the national border with Angola. Most maps show it going through areas of housing in Matadi. I'm assuming the real border is the small river which is just south of the town I haven't been able to find and reference image for this. Francis Hannaway (talk) 10:03, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Frontier with Angola 

message: It seems weird to have the past-tense population of the city in the summary section of the article where there's more recent information available. The only reason I can see it being useful is to indicate that the population of the city has grown since then, but that should be flagged in the writing: "But has since increased to [...]." 118.138.118.83 (talk) 23:34, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Finding a reliable source is the key. The population for 2015 given in the infobox is cited to a source that is no longer available. I'm leary of the sites that turn up in a Google search, not being sure of the reliability of their sources. - Donald Albury 13:49, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population?
Talk:Mania (deity)

message: In Greek mythology, Mania and the Maniae are essentially the same beast/s - the personification or personifications of insanity.  Like a number of other mythological beings (eg. Pseudologos & the Pseudologoi, Lyssa/Furor/Ira & the Furore/the Irae), they are variously identified as being either a single daimon (Mania) or a horde of daimons (the Maniae).
Lyssa is, incidentally, not one of the Maniae, but rather her/their sister, who works closely with her/them and shares a similar domain.  The Maniae are Mania.
There is no point in dedicating two separate articles to the same mythological being. The articles should be merged. -Shoemoney2night (talk) 04:24, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Mania vs. Maniae
Talk:Shorthand for orchestra instrumentation

message: Currently this article says, "If any soloists or a choir are called for, their parts are usually printed between the percussion/keyboards and the strings in the score. In shorthand however, they are usually omitted."  I think it would be more accurate to say, "If any soloists or a choir are called for, their parts are usually printed between the percussion/keyboards and the strings in the score. In shorthand, soloists are usually omitted."  Usually a choir would not be omitted, but instrumental solos played by members of the orchestra would be.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.99.141.58 (talk) 17:08, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
Talk:Altcar Rifle Range railway station

message: The article has two different dates for the renaming as Altcar Rifle Range; one July 1866, another July 1886. Surely one is a typo? RodCrosby (talk) 02:32, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: My mistake. Has now been rectified. Small-town hero (talk) 07:45, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Renamed?