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Talk:University of Kent

message: The "Articles for Deletion" discussion about Turing College may be of interest to those watching this page. Cheers, XOR'easter (talk) 20:16, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Turing College, Kent|AfD for Turing College]] 

message: What does this mean? This could do with some clarification. Either it is collegiate or not. --Aloneinthewild (talk) 18:40, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-collegiate
Talk:Cheng Weishi Lun

message: Shouldn't this be titled Buddhist theory of consciousness or something similar? - as Cheng weishi lun is neither an English term nor a foreign term widely recognised in English. Securiger 11:49, 31 May 2004 (UTC)
Category talk:British monarchs

message: At time of writing, this page is categorized within Monarchs, United Kingdom and British people. As British people is a subcategory of United Kingdom, is the United Kingdom redundant here? I think so, but the intent may be to imply some governmental or other more strongly binding link to the country, since we're talking about monarchs. Or maybe it's here by mistake, who knows... --Avaragado 11:55, 31 May 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I think I put it under United Kingdom (or left it there...) my thinking was indeed that they serve an institutional purpose so they have significance to the country as well as being significant individuals. So I think it makes sense to keep this tripartate categorisation. Lupin 11:58, 31 May 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps there needs to be some more explicit supercategory, such as British government or something. That could be a subcategory of United Kingdom and also whatever category gets created for government. (Most categories right now seem to be about physical rather than abstract concepts!) --Avaragado 12:07, 31 May 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds good to me. Lupin 12:40, 31 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Redundant category?
Category talk:Essayists

message: Hi,
I believe this page should be a sum total for all essayists, of all languages, nationalities, etc.  There are specific pages for different essayists, but the level of searching required is quite deep, and may turn off some people (Also, the inter-relational nature of essayists over time isn't shown well that way).  I propose that we go about looking for essayists and adding them all to this category, as well as any other they fit under (Eg French essayists, etc).
Damian.kelleher 09:50, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Why not also subcategorize by, let's say, style, by period, or by theme of the essays (if you believe any of those is relevant)? Why must we have instead a huge and meaningless category of names with no context? Can you picture how big and absurd a cat:essayist would get? Wouldn't it be more relevant to have a writer included in both a "19th century essayists" and a, say, "Bulgarian essayists" instead of the "very meaningful" but totally useless on its own "Essayists"?Dahn 07:09, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Sum total of all Essayists
Category talk:Science fiction

message: If sci-fi novels are being subcategorized, might the same not be done for sci-fi tv shows, of which several occur as direct children of this category? -- कुक्कुरोवाच|Talk‽ 13:49, 31 May 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: There's fewer of them than the books, so it's hard to say.  IMHO, if it has both a movie and a tv show it definately belongs on this page.  But the specific show or specific movie would go on those respective pages and/or under the universe subcategory.  Really, it's a judgement call that should change when things start looking cluttered.  Seems OK now, but... --ssd 21:01, 31 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sci-fi TV shows? 

message: I dont know where to note this but here, but Template:Science fiction may be placed at any sf related article, if i understand the purpose of navbox templates on WP. I think the goal is for every article to be templated, even if the article is not IN the template itself. this provides for an additional means to navigate for every article.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 07:28, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Template:Science fiction
Talk:Music of Switzerland

message: There is no information about this author at all other than a very limited set of archived pages and small articles. A google search yields very few results.
Most of their music is no longer downloadable, and if it is, it's in archives. The group TJ Toddler is also not based out of Zürich, according to an old biography about them on last.fm , they had members based out of Colorado as well as Geneva, though according to another mention in a later version of that biography, the group itself is based in Colorado. The band was apparently declared as "The Most Hated Band in Colorado" by Denver based news-site Westword. This is because TJ Toddler allegedly tricked a venue into booking them by claiming they were a pop band. They did this twice, even after getting banned. The last time they played there, they were kicked out immediately but when the next band played that night at that venue, TJ Toddler threw merchandise from another band on the floor, and after being told to leave by a worker at the venue and having an argument with them, TJ Toddler assaulted the worker. The article also mentions TJ Toddler cyberbullied, harrased, and impersonated other musicians. [all of this information is on the linked article by Westword, it's worth a read].
Knowing all of this information about them, are they worthy or even relevant at all to "Music of Switzerland"? To me, they seem childish and criminal, and the mention of them in this wiki article seems like a troll aswell, referring to them as a "one of the most visible groups", calling their music "pop music" and that their music is "deeply rooted in Swiss folk music culture". SvenyTF (talk) 02:27, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree.  Feel free to delete the paragraph, I doubt anyone here will object. --Viennese Waltz 08:56, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  who is Tj Toðdler? Are they really relevant to music in Switzerland? 

message: The song was composed by accordion player Werner Thomas from Davos, Switzerland, in 1957. There are at least 370 covers 42 countries, which together sold more than 40 million copies worldwide. This is arguably one of the best known Swiss compositions worldwide. As such, I think it should be mentioned in the context of folk music.
Thoughts?
AcrophobicEagle (talk) 12:42, 26 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Chip Chip aka "Der Ententanz" aka "Chicken Dance" by Werner Thomas
Talk:Lijiang

message: I think the article reads fairly well now. Can the cleanup requests be removed? 
Senolatzo (talk) 01:54, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleaned up adequately?

message: Is Lijang the same place that was the subject of a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) TV series a few years ago?
I am trying to establish how to get hold of film of that series.
I would be truly grateful for any reply to johnnycohen@blueyonder.co.uk
:Yes, it was called "China beyond the Clouds", and was voted one of the 50 greatest documentaries. I've added a link. Moonraker12 (talk) 15:28, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Documentary

message: Is the name "Lijiang City" for this page appropriate ? I think it's more of a town than a city ... How about Lijiang (town), Lijiang (Yunnan town) or Lijiang (Yunnan) ? Flammifer 07:30, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Name

message: "The old town of Lijiang differs from other ancient Chinese cities in architecture, history and the culture of its traditional residents the Naxi people, therefore people there are called 胖金哥 and 胖金妹 (male and female respectively)."  What do "胖金哥" and "胖金妹" mean? --Bkkbrad 14:08, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Translation? 
Category talk:Novelists

message: ...people are not books. Why is this category about  categorized as ? Though someone may come up with some artsy-fartsy explanation to the contrary, novelists are not the books they write. Why is Novelists a subcategory of Novels?  Zeke, the Mad Horrorist (Speak quickly) (Follow my trail) 22:55, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Last time I checked...
Talk:R. S. Thomas

message: The internet gives three seperate dates for Thomas' Nobel prize nomination. Anyone know for sure? maybe he was nominated more than once. Also should the little category|writer/poets tags be added to articles? cant find any info on this. Is it done automatically? someone who knows could add a link here to where the instructions on that are, can't seem to find them. cheers.Monk Bretton 16:37, 31 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The link to Byron G. Rogers as author of "The Man who Went into the West" is incorrect. That is a different Byron Rogers. The actual author does not appear to have a wikipedia page (though I thought he did at some point in the past). I'm not sure how to edit the reference so I'll leave it to someone else rather than mess it up. Also this page's visual edit option is not working for me at the moment so I hope I haven't messed this up either. Hundovir (talk) 20:48, 23 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: . Yes, it's Byron Rogers (author). Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:03, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Wrong link in references

message: This blog site says he was born at 5, Newfoundland Road, Gabalfa, in Cardiff. But I am unable to find any better source to verify. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:57, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Exact place of birth
Talk:Lepidopteran diversity

message: These figures are hearsay at present, trawled from:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/taxome/lepnos.html
and
http://www.ndsu.edu/ndsu/ndmoths/family/
Would anyone with access to the Kristensen work care to fill in the gaps?
--Keith Edkins 16:40, 31 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Bfpage |leave a message  22:08, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Aren't blanks better than question marks?
Talk:Spit (card game)

message: Just wondering, am I the only person who thinks that this article sounds a bit too much like an instruction guide? Overuse of the 2nd person and complete focus on gameplay just make the article sound... weird. Does anybody agree with me? I want to know before I start to change it.--Montaced (talk) 22:59, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I definitely agree about the 2nd person usage. And the article is quite heavy on the gameplay to the point of sounding more like a how-to guide; I think if the article included more information about the history or development of Spit or its cultural relevance or something of the sorts, it would balance things out, but since I know nothing about the topic, I'm afraid I'm pretty useless here.  Waverly (talk) 21:15, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Format 

message: I think this article is ok overall. The nature of a description of a card game with many variants is that much explanation is needed. I do NOT think it should be moved to Wikiversity. And it should not be removed.  I first learned to play split in 4th grade, and this is folk knowledge -- it is Subject-specific common knowledge. This article is NOT a quotation, an exceptional claim, it is not contentious. (See policy Wikipedia:When_to_cite and Wikipedia:You don't need to cite that the sky is blue
I appreciate the Wikipedia authors who have taken the time to put this information about Spit. While I would welcome the addition of secondary sources, I do NOT think this article should be removed because of a lack. Rather, we need people to spend the time (as they have) to carefully write out the rules. Hence there are no citations... unless you want to interview some elementary school kids. We do not need to cite some books or magazine articles for the rules of spit. It's like looking up citations for making smores.  Wxidea (talk) 05:30, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Ok

message: should this be merged with Speed (card game) ? I think they are different names for the same game....
174.16.200.131 (talk) 03:15, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  merge? 

message: I rewrote the section of Speed relating to Spit. Might copy it here. Alanf777 (talk) 21:51, 24 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Speed comparison 

message: I've removed the bulk of this article as most of it is a copyvio from http://www.pagat.com/patience/spit.html.  There was a concern raised that they might have copied us but waybackmachine proves they had it before Wikipedia was even started.  I've not revdel'd the versions as there might be salvageable material there but editors should note that they will be responsible (not the original uploader) for any material they restore. Dpmuk (talk) 21:11, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyvio
Talk:Alfred Adler

message: I think you mean he was born in Penzing.... not Penzig.
According to german sources (biography and internet) Alfred Adler was born in Rudolfsheim which belongs today to the 15th borough of Vienna. Later the family moved from Rudolfsheim to Penzing. 81.62.54.186 19:24, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birthplace
Category talk:Norwegian politicians

message: Am I right? Is a Swede taking the Norway-Sweden joke-war into Wikipedia? One Norwegian politician: Vidkun Quisling. Hmmm... Arnejohs 17:47, 31 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Is this a joke?

message: Can someone please add the Soft category-tag (while I try to find out what categories we still need)?--Ranti2 (talk) 09:52, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Soft category-tag
Talk:National Park, New Jersey

message: Currently, there is a redir from National Park to this article, see Talk:National Park. IMO this should be a disambiguation as it once was, but this has been subject to some debate evidently, and I'm still trying to find out exactly what went wrong. Meantime, the rather strange top message is to achieve the principle of least surprise to people who go to National Park wanting information on national parks. Andrewa 18:01, 31 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Redirect?
Talk:Spickard, Missouri

message: My grandmother's maiden name was Spickard.  Her father's name was Thomas Eden Applegate and her mother Melissa May Spickard.  I am writing a novel about a personal tragedy in her early life in Spickard and would appreciate communicating with anyone at this site to share pictures or description of Spickard at the turn of the century.  My grandmother was born in 1899 but moved to California in 1920.  Her mother, Melissa, after whom I named my own daughter, died when rather young, possibly by a lightning stirke (?), I'm not sure.  Anyway, a Melissa in her namesake survives in Modesto, Ca.  My name is Elise.  I look forward to anyone's help.  Thank you.
Hello Elise.  I grew up in Spickard and lived there until 1993.  My parents moved there after the end of WWII.  My mother was a high school English teacher and writer.  My father ran the local general store.  I relocated to Memphis, TN.  I have discovered several people here with Spickard connections.  You can reach me at vincehathaway@hotmail.com.  Please use Spickard as your subject line.  Posted 5-25-2008.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.146.181.180 (talk) 18:25, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:William Rufus Shafter

message: Medal of Honor citation states that Shafter was engaged in the first Battle of Fair Oaks, not the second.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.150.218.12 (talk) 10:55, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Citation is for first battle of fair oaks

message: Shafter is a major historical figure, US Army major General and winner of the Medal of Honor.  A 'Bacon number of 8' seems to trivialize his accomplishments, especially since a number of 8 is not notable.
::Are we to list 'Bacon numbers' of all people who ever appeared in a film?  
:::This information could appear in an article about Bacon numbers, but seems out of place here, IMO.
Econrad 21:14, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Notability

message: I decided to be bold and removed the list of movies constituting a 'Bacon Number' of 10.  The list is now incorrect, and trivial in nature (IMO).  I left a short explanation on why 
If the info on the 'Rufus Shafter number' is important, I feel it should be put in it's own article, Rufus Shafter number, and not here.
I'm also going to add information on Shafter's army exploits during the Civil War, Indian Wars, and Spanish-American wars.
Feeback on this is welcome.
Econrad 23:02, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Film notes
Talk:European professional qualification directives

message: I updated the term "fifteen countries of the EU" to twenty-five, on the basis that European directives automatically apply to the 10 new EU members also.
I may be wrong.
Zoney 20:43, 31 May 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: You're not wrong. However, there are a few exceptions, but these exceptions apply not to these directives. 86.56.0.159 11:07, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Number of countries 

message: I don't have a specific reference, but as I understant it, the directive does not apply to mobility within a country, for example a lawyer moving from England to Scotland. Psnae 03:01, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  May not apply within countries 

message: A new European Directive, sweeping up 89/48 and 92/51 came into effect in the second half of 2006 - the entry needs updating (;-))...— Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.6.110.56 (talk) 18:53, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  New directive 

message: Wants to knew the features of 2018 what are the curriculum pattern follow-ups for freshers in this field of expertise members association, willing to stay and share views by proper follow-up pattern. KAN121786 (talk) 17:08, 29 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Caste Metal
Talk:Damar (Star Trek)

message: This page was recently nominated for deletion, and the consensus decision was to keep it. The deletion debate is archived here. ugen64 22:00, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Votes for deletion

message: The name used for the page is non-canon. Shouldn't it be changed to simply Damar? --Eyrian 12:54, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's definitely NOT cannon and the only instance I know of it being used is in the Novel "A Stitch in Time". It needs to be changed to just plain "Damar". --Sloan47 05:12, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Done. --Eyrian 21:09, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Name

message: --Cackle jr 17:51, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dukat Inaccuracy 

message: I have added a quality assessment rating and importance rating to this article. Feel free to change them as the article improves! Also, feel free to add more issues to the list below, and strike them out (strike) when they're completed. — OranL (talk) 18:53, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment
Talk:Printable version

message: the "printable version" link is missing- should render links as plain text (undecorated) if re-integrated. the print preview looks nice, but another use is to save an article as plain html with images. now you must save the entire wikipedia page with side navigation and header. Another big advantage of the printable page is that it eases importing in OpenOffice (and I guess in MS Office too) a lot. So please re-enable that link.
:Copied from m:MediaWiki 1.3 comments and bug reports, (but only partial answer):
:Print formatting is now handled by CSS, so if you use your browser's "print" command it will automatically remove the background, use nice printing fonts, use full URLs etc. 131.111.195.202 20:05, 31 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  For MediaWiki Monobook 

message: Printable version should take advantage of the higher resolution version of images presented as thumbnails.
Dave Yost 19:27, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thumbnailed images should print at higher resolution
Talk:Transport in Sudan

message: The article is outdated!!! 
'the map of transportation in Sudan' is from 1961 which is really to old.
In the last 50 years rail transport is losing ground to road transport. In the end of 2009 the regular service on the railway line Wadi Halfa - Atbara  was closed down.
In the same time the new tarmac road Dongola - Wadi half was opened, which was the last leg of Khartoum - Abu Dom - Dongola - Wafi Halfa road.
Earlier  Dongola - Karima (Merowe) and Karima - Atbara roads were completed.
The other thing:
'In 1990, Sudan's road system totaled between 20,000 and 25,000 kilometers, comprising an extremely sparse network for the size of the country. Asphalted, all-weather roads, excluding paved streets in cities and towns, amounted to roughly 3,000 to 3,500 kilometers'
And in summary we can read:
'Total: 11,900 km
Paved: 4,320 km
Unpaved: 7,580 km (2000)'
Titus Atomicus (talk) 07:30, 24 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  the article is inaccurate and outdated
Talk:Cardiganshire

message: Note that Ceredigion is not technically a Welsh translation of Cardiganshire. 
Prior to 1974 it was know as Sir Aberteifi in Welsh. Abertfi being the correct name for the town as used by it's Welsh speaking inhabitants. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.153.1.220 (talk • contribs) 21:33, 31 May 2004
:Although Cardigan is an anglicization of Ceredigion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cap (talk • contribs) 14:50, 2 September 2004
::This is not strictly true.  By the late 1960s, Cardiganshire County Council was using the forms Sir Geredigion and Cyngor Sir Geredigion, which they continued to use until they were abolished in 1974.  This was also the form that the county boundary signs displayed.  The town of Cardigan continued to be known, in Welsh, as Aberteifi.  Skinsmoke (talk) 03:22, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The editors above you are, strictly speaking, both exactly true. Your confusion seems to arise in the translations back into Welsh from the English forms based on English legal divisions long postdating the medieval fiefs around Ceredigion. — LlywelynII 14:41, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: translation
Talk:Jeremy Sumpter

message: Really?  I thought that went to Robin Williams in Hook.
Robin Williams played Peter Pan as an adult. That's different. For the role of the book, he was the first one to play it.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.231.207.120 (talk) 17:15, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: First male actor to portray the character live?

message: what does this mean: "...playing the part of Sloane Pursell in stage..."? is it a vanity edit? how could he be playing SP while playing Peter Pan? Am i just being stupid? Amo 22:32, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Sloane Pursell?

message: HE ALSO PLAYED NUMBER 3 IN I AM NUMBER 4  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.137.208.35 (talk) 13:53, 5 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: No, Number 3 is played by Greg Townley. - Kollision (talk) 05:25, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  filmography 
Talk:Sanford Wallace

message: I feel that listing a person as dead should require a source to be cited. The only thing I've come across is here. The timing matches the edit,  but it's not clear that it's the same person. Incidentally, I stumbled upon this because a review for a pizzeria said that its owner passed. Until there's a source, I think the death date needs to be reverted. Acjohnson55 (talk) 20:26, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death source?
Category talk:Finnish language

message: Perhaps :Category:Finno-Ugric languages and :Category:Indo-European languages should have been made first? What else is going in here?--HamYoyo (Talk) 21:58, May 31, 2004 (UTC)
:Yeah, those probably should be made categories too.  It's easy enough to change :Category:Finnish language to be a subcategory of :Category:Finno-Ugric languages, once that's created.
:There's a bunch of stuff in :Category:Finnish language now.    --Eequor 22:16, 31 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled