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Talk:Tonal memory

message: What is the common agreement among musicians?  Is tonal memory another form of absolute pitch?
Aripitch 13:44, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Not quite. Absolute pitch is the ability to identify any note or chord without a reference pitch. Tonal memory is just memorizing a pitch. Of course, you could make an extension of this and have a pseudo-absolute pitch, by using a memorized tone as a reference pitch. --Xparasite9 (talk) 02:47, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tonal Memory (Pitch Memory) vs. Absolute Pitch
Talk:Sputnik 11

message: Why does this article exist? It seems that the accepted name for Gagarin's (misspelled in the article) flight was Vostock 1, which already has an excellent article.  Should this redirect there? --217.117.91.40 13:54, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Vostok 1. Yes. Redirected. Carcharoth 03:09, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Sharon Inkelas

message: This article about Sharon Inkelas is important and should not be deleted because she is a well-known linguist in our day and age, such as Paul Kiparsky, Robin Lakoff, Mark Liberman, and Bruce Hayes.  She has contributed many important works to the field of morphophonology and is seen as one of the main proponents of cophonology theory.  This page should NOT be deleted because it is a biographical piece on an important linguist today.  If one deletes this page, than the pages of all others mentioned above should also be deleted as well.
Expectfailure 14:21, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed the speedy deletion notice, but have taken it to Articles for deletion for a deletion discussion.  -- Samir 16:39, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The list of courses is unnecessary and not of general interest, and has been removed; the list of doctoral students supervised has also been summarized--its not usual to include it here. The publications and the status seem enough for notability. DGG 04:58, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:150 (number)

message: There has been a recent battle between the proponent of the "solved"  and the "unsolved"  version of the Professor's cube. Maybe it's time to put that to a vote. Tell us why displaying a solved or unsolved cube is more appropriate. Thanks. Dhrm77 (talk) 22:49, 24 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Professor's cube
Talk:Ware Opening

message: What year did he die? 1891 or 1890. 
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2117 ChessCreator (talk) 01:13, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Preston Ware

message: If an experienced player adopts 1 a4, the game normally turns into a King's Indian Defense in reverse.  White follows up, as needed, with Nf3, d3, g3, Bg2, etc.  The pawn on a4 can prove useful in such a set-up. --Abenr (talk) 15:33, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Ware Opening Today 

message: I remarked that little children for their very first chess games use this opening, because it seems so logical.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.238.218.27 (talk) 18:53, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: How does it seem logical for a child? --2001:16B8:31D8:E900:5912:E699:FB78:D4F7 (talk) 03:19, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Usage amongst children 

message: Should we add something about the recent Viih Sou Controversy? 1. a4 e5 2. Ra3 Bxa3 played intentionally be a grandmaster who went on to get banned on chess.com for cheating, causing a viral sensation? Sitbear (talk) 03:50, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Viih Sou Gambit
Talk:Nazir (Talmud)

message: :Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *Support or *Oppose, then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's policy on article titles.
*Oppose "Talmud" is clearer than "tracate". And you just need to fix the target of the redirect to have it point here. 184.144.163.181 (talk) 03:38, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey
Talk:The Swallow's Tail

message: In the mathematical literature on catastrophe theory, the term "swallowtail catastrophe" is the preferred spelling. The article should be careful to use the correct spelling when referring to a specifically mathematical concept. — Aetheling 14:30, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

message: When René Thom said, "I can assure you that Spain pivoted precisely — not in the area of — but exactly there where the Railway Station in Perpignan stands today," he was almost certainly pulling Dalí's leg. There was no single center of rotation, and no such precision to be had about any of them .  I imagine that for his part, Dalí was almost certainly aware of the joke, and took it in the spirit in which it was offered. No one should take any of this seriously. —Aetheling 19:10, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Sense of humor
Talk:Branching factor

message: This article needs to be simplified until it can understood by the average intelligent adult Math user. "The number of children at each node, the outdegree" does not answer the novice's questions: When does it branch? How do you know it is going to branch? And surely "children" needs further definition. If I did not have the principle in Math firmly in hand, I couldn't understand it from this article. Pittsburgh Poet (talk) 17:52, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incomprehensible to the novice
Talk:OptionsXpress

message: Founded in 2000, optionsXpress is a prominent, publicly traded (OXPS) and has over 220,000 customers. optionsXpress has been the top ranked online broker in at least one personal finance outlet since 2002, and has received the top star ranking in the annual Barron's online broker review for five years in a row. Its executives are regularly quoted in top-tier outlets, such as the NYT, CNBC and Wall Street Journal.
Looks like spam to me. Also, look at the sock puppets doing the edits in the history. CompRhetoric 12:33, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I did not create OptionsXpress. If you check the article history  here, you will see that I placed the original db tag. By the time I removed the tag here, the Co.'s notability had been established. The article has since been vandalized, and the notability-establishing refs. have been removed. Perhaps you should pay more attention to what you are doing. --Evb-wiki 14:20, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Spam?

message: Regardless of who added what text and whether or not they had a conflict of interest, this is a widely written-about company. 
*http://news.google.com/news?client=safari&rls=en&q=OptionsXpress&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wn
*http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?query=OptionsXpress&srchst=nyt
*http://news.google.com/archivesearch?client=safari&rls=en&q=OptionsXpress&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&tab=wn
--A. B. (talk)  21:11, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Notability

message: I've added a sentence about last year's acquisition of Open E-Cry. Full disclosure, I am associated with OptionsXpress. I work with User:Mike oX, who also is associated with OX and helping him craft content that meets policy. Any concerns? Ronnotel (talk) 15:54, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  added link to Open ECry 

message: I think notability is established within the article.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM)  02:28, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prod 

message: Can someone please explain why links to this company's main web sites are considered "link spam". The company is certainly notable - and as such it's entirely reasonable to link to the company's website. Please don't delete these without discussion. Ronnotel (talk) 21:09, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Linking to your main company website is one thing, linking to every website you own to gain PR is another. 24.148.16.230 (talk) 13:15, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Then let's leave the main company website on the page Ronnotel (talk) 14:10, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  external links
Talk:Arbiter (chess)

message: should Salo Flohr be added to the list of notable arbiters? GBizzle (talk) 06:31, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

message: Hi there, I wrote an article corresponding to this one on fr: and when I plugged in the interwiki link, I wondered about the title of this article. A chess arbiter is not necessarily an international arbiter, the title of FIDE arbiter also exists. Moreover, national federations and chess organizations that are not linked to FIDE (e.g. the FSGT in France) also have their arbiter titles. So, I believe this article should be renamed either chess arbiter or arbiter (chess), depending on your naming conventions. Since I am not used to the procedures on en:, I am leaving this up to you. Oyp (talk) 19:44, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes there are a lot of chess arbiters that aren't International Arbiters.  We need an article as you say.  Perhaps this article can be moved/renamed, and then either have a short article about the I.A. title or make it a section of the new article.  Bubba73 (Who's attacking me now?), 23:37, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I third this notion. I will perform the move. ISaveNewspapers (talk) 04:44, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  As the mover, I'd normally also have to make changes in the lead section, but this topic falls quite outside my knowledge, so I kindly would like to ask you to make any necessary changes in the wording of the article. Thanks! ~StyyxTalk? 11:45, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Sure thing. ISaveNewspapers (talk) 23:41, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name of the article
Talk:Education in the Philippines during American rule

message: I've added one reference for this article, but obviously more were used to write it. Please add references. Also, this article needs a new title. I'm thinking "Filipino education during the American period", but that seems vague. Ideas appreciated. --SueHay 14:34, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I also believe the article needs another title, but for different reasons. 
"Philippines education during American rule" is misleading because America is not just the U.S., and strictly speaking, many aspects of the Philippines government had been ruled from America (Mexico) during the time it was dependent of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, until control was transferred to Madrid in 1821.
I think "Philippines education during U.S. (or USA) rule" is more appropriate.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by RafaelMinuesa (talk • contribs) 09:08, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Change title

message: I added "the" between the words "during" and "American". Kiddie Techie (talk) 08:51, 19 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changed title 

message: Sorry, but while I don't disagree that the American colonial administration tried to inculcate American values, they taught white superiority? After 400 years of Spanish rule? 
And where are the Thomasites in this article?210.178.61.6 (talk) 17:53, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Introduction: White culture?
Talk:Oxapampa

message: I'm wary of suggesting anything other than deleting the remnants of what was obviously a travel guide.  However, in regards to the reasonable scope of an article, it is indeed appropriate to either split the two articles.  Æµ§œš¹ [aɪm ˈfɻɛ̃ⁿdˡi] 05:22, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There is not enough material here for a split just yet, and sources do mainly deal with them together (which is probably why the article was created with them together in the first place). SilkTork *YES! 22:01, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Split

message: I tried to wikify/rewrite the history section, but it seems I can't find any sources on the founding of Oxampapa. Perhaps someone is able to locate sources (maybe Spanish language sources?) and add them. Someone familiar with Peru's geography should also check that the article links to the correct towns and regions. --Six words (talk) 16:13, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources/help with disambiguation needed 

message: wikipedia es una pagina libre y segura donde todas las personas pueden buscar mucha informacion de todo, animales,paises,libros,lugares,cosas,etc.
sobre todo tienen todo rasumido.Wikipedia  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.121.241.25 (talk) 23:27, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  wikipedia
Talk:Life Master (chess)

message: "This it is possible to have a player with a USCF rating of 2100 who is a Life Master." Yes, it's possible, but it's extremely rare, since Life Masters automatically get a 2200 floor. The only way to go below that is to request that the floor be removed, after a long period of inferior results. Perhaps the writer would like to rephrase this? (And correct the first word.) Eddore (talk) 22:23, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually it isn't all that uncommon. The 2200 floor was never implemented for players who earned the USCF Life Master title via the old norm system. I am rated below 2100 and am a USCF Life Master. Just in my area, I know at least 3 other players who are as well. CaptainChrisD (talk) 20:25, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: You mean those silly norms the USCF used for a while in the mid-1990s? Those were a short-term aberration. That's why the titles earned before (and after) by the original system of 300 games with a rating above 2200 were renamed "Original Life Master." All of those got a 2200 floor. I'm not sure whether the "norm" LMs were supposed to get a floor or not, but since the norm system is obsolete and the titles awarded on that basis are generally ignored, this really deserves no more than a footnote. Eddore (talk) 06:00, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  No...I mean the OFFICIAL norm system, that was implemented by the USCF for several years. This system has no more or less validity than the arbitrary requirement of 300 games at the arbitrary rating of 2200. Probably half the persons legitimately holding the title of Life Master from the USCF obtained their title via this mechanism, and it is fully recognized by the USCF, so it is certainly at least as worthy of discussion as the current 300-game system. Not sure ANY USCF Master titles are ignored any more than any other tho....they are all legitimate, and all mean that the holder has demonstrated exceptional skill at chess, and met the requirements set forth to be recognized as a Master. CaptainChrisD (talk) 18:44, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I think you're mistaken. I know of a few people who still use one of those "norm" titles, even though their ratings are far below that level. Most experienced USCF members realize that it's just egotistical grandstanding. The "norm" system was a brief and unsuccessful experiment. It's "recognized by the USCF" because they couldn't take away something already awarded, so they were stuck with it. The 300-game method has been in use since about 1977, and it should be treated as the "real" definition of Life Master. The "norm" should be a minor footnote. If you really think it's important, break it out into a separate article. Eddore (talk) 00:12, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

message: I was under the impression that "Life Master" was also a status title achieved in bridge play, but the article doesn't mention that. Am I mistaken? Thanks for your time, Wordreader (talk) 04:10, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes. you are right, at least in the American Contract Bridge League.  Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 04:24, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bridge title
Talk:Cēsis

message: Lstanley1979 (talk) 15:31, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Battle of Cēsis Philaweb T 16:00, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why Estonia?!?!?!? 

message: "Blue woods" (Zili meži) this is not a term from forestry. This is a poetic trope, as in
Zili meži, zaļi meži, Zelta caune ozolā!... (Blue woods, green woods, golden marten in a oak!...). It has specific poetic associations in Latvian culture, but I am not sure about English. It is funny how this expression was brainlessly duplicated over internet. Lotygolas Ozols (talk) 01:55, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  "blue woods"
Talk:Dobele

message: In 1917 there was no "Soviet Union", either (a) Imperial Russia (b) the Provisional Government under Alexander Kerensky (c) Russia as a Bolshevik-run state (RSFSR as it was originally known). The USSR was not formally constituted until the mid-1920s after Lenin had established rule after the Civil War. On the other hand Dobele might have been given city rights under Soviet rule, just not in 1917. Please will someone clarify when Dobele was given city rights so I or someone else can make the appropriate amendment to this article. Lstanley1979 (talk) 22:46, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: City's homepage says "Provisional government of Russia" ~~Xil...sist! 23:48, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The very same homepage is a great resource for expension of the article. Philaweb T 00:00, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of recognisation of Dobele as a city 
Talk:Model mate

message: I am deleting the recent addition suggesting that the checkmate appearing in the famous game played by Paul Morphy was model. In fact it wasn't model mate as f8 was not accessible to bK in the final position due to two reasons: block by bishop as well as attack by the mating wR. --Ruziklan (talk) 16:40, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: You are correct.  At the same time, the Opera game's final position DOES satisfy the definition of an economical mate, a related concept.  Therefore, I've added sourced language at the Opera game's article itself, identifying its final position as an economical mate but not as a pure mate (much less a model mate or an ideal mate), validating your remark here. MinnesotanUser (talk) 01:55, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opera game 

message: Is it necessary for the mated king to be off the edge of the board?
If not, I think model mates are actually pretty common.
In the common rook and king mate, the rook checks the king and control the two squares along the edge of the board that it is on, while the king guards the three squares that the king could escape to. That seems like a model mate to me.
Either the definition needs to state that the king cannot be on the edge of the board, or the statement that it is extremely rare in practical play needs to be revised.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:546:C300:8FF0:2C75:B4A3:820A:150B (talk) 19:31, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rook and King Mate?
Talk:Ikšķile

message: I highly doubt that the word "ükskül" would mean a place to cross a river. I do not speak Livonian but üks means always number one in Finnish, Estonian and other Finno-Ugrian languages related to Livonian. And so does the word kül means a village. Could someone check this Sutrop source, which claims that the word comes from "the ford or islet(s)". That sounds really weird. Maybe a mistake?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Reskelinen (talk • contribs) 20:33, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: The original source can be found here (archive) in Estonian. I think according to this theory the second part of the Livonian word is supposed to be connected to the Estonian word koole meaning "ford (crossing)". 98.170.164.88 (talk) 08:15, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Category talk:WikiProject Judaism articles

message: Why does the Tulkarm talk page bear the WikiProject Judaism template? The mainspace page has no reference to the Jewish religion (Judaism), though possibly relates to WikiProject Israel. Please edit the article for content or remove the template if it's indeed irrelevant. -- Deborahjay (talk) 18:32, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tulkarm
Talk:Kuldīga

message: Is the Alekšupīte  the same as the Venta?  I'm confused.  --Kbh3rdtalk 18:01, 7 October 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Answer my own question: No, they're different; on the map the Alekšupīte flows through town and joins the Venta a bit downstream of the rapids near the bridge. --Kbh3rdtalk 16:20, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alekšupīte
Talk:Saraswati Samman

message: Ismat Chughtai is listed in 1990 for Urdu Literature, but the award was not initiated until 1991. Early sources say Bachchan received the first award.  Aside from sources that appear to derive from the Wikipedia, I have found nothing that indicates that she ever received such an award.  Before the K.K. Birla Foundation website went down (January 2014), she was not listed as a recipient.  If there is no objection, I will delete that entry. --Bejnar (talk) 10:19, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ismat Chughtai 

message: The file :c:File:Shubhankar - M. Sail - 20 Feb 2018 - 1.jpg used in this article has been nominated for deletion on Commons 
 Reason: DR started to verify claimed 'own work': potentially personality right isusses, but also missing EXIF data to verify origin and claimed 'own work', hence, potentially non-free content - your opinions ?   
 Deletion request: link 
Message automatically deposited by a robot - -Harideepan (talk) 08:36, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  File nominated for deletion on commons
Talk:Cath Palug

message: In the list under "#French writings", most is non-Arthurian matierial (i.e., not classed as Matter of Britain).
Hence, as one might suspect, the section section lede "The French versions relate a battle between King Arthur himself and the Chapalu" is erroneous.
In , it is Charlemagne's son's right-hand man Guillaume d'Orange's formerly-pagan wife's brother Rainouart who is the chief character, and Rainouart is the one who battles the Cat. It says so right in Larrington, the source given.
And (this is according to Myreur des Hystors) Ogier fought the cat, so again, "The fight between king Arthur and the Chapalu" etc. is probably poorly verified.
Unfortunate the bulk was added by IP user  (this edit) so cant reliably ping his/her talk page. I'm doing other edits, and not doing major surgery on this article now.--Kiyoweap (talk) 13:06, 31 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Not Arthur

message: If you go by the actual text of the prose Merlin, Arthur fought the cat of Lausanne.
Silently replacing the "Lac de Lausanne" according to text, with the theorized "correct" location according to research "Lac du Bourget", without any explanation is not the correct way to present information.
Also linking to le Bourget (in the banlieu de Paris) was a mistake.--Kiyoweap (talk) 12:31, 2 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Location in Vulgate
Talk:List of renamed cities in Latvia

message: Someone has misunderstood something when it comes to this article. There are very few "renamed" towns and places in Latvia. Most of the names on the list reflects the previous use of German and Russian exonyms for the Latvian towns and places. The use of exonyms reflects the political situation of the time, there was and still is a parallel use of exonyms in different languages. Philaweb T-C 19:56, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Note that there allready are two articles on German exonyms - List of German exonyms for places in Latvia and List of German names for Latvian places. I see no sense to have this without proper explenation why these cities were renamed and nearly all cities in Latvia have had some different name ---- Xil...sist! 06:50, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Renamed vs. Exonyms
Talk:Līgatne

message: I do believe that this information is true, but in my mind all information on Wikipedia must have at least one good source. When an article is unreferenced, I am never 100% sure if I should trust it or not. As a "page patroller", I did tag this page as unreferenced. I am not the person who will go around tagging everything in question for deletion, but I would like to see some improvements made. Thanks. Wiki you now, Wiki you later! (talk) 00:50, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unreferenced Article 
Talk:Mazsalaca

message: The pronunciation sound clip in this article is terrible. I was going to add the IPA by listening to it, but it's so poor I can't. Can anyone who knows how to say this word recreate it?--el Aprel (facta-facienda) 21:24, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: What's the problem ? As far as I remember I made these pronunciation clips for all 77 cities in one go, so some might sound bad, but this one seems to be loud and clear ~~Xil (talk) 23:22, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation