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Talk:Euric

message: Euric's dominions in Iberia did not extend to the west (Luitania), which was under the control of Suevi kings. If I were more sure that this is so, I would have added it. Any Lusitanian thoughts? Wetman 14:12, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Euric's Iberian dominions

message: "Attempted invasion of Gaul by Riothamus"?  What is the source for this claim?  Both the eminent Roman jurist Sidonius Apollinaris and the historian Jordanes (himself a Goth) stated that Riothamus was answering the call of the Roman Emperor Anthemius, but Arvandus the Praetorian Prefect of Gaul (possibly seeking to emulate some predecessors and become Emperor himself) betrayed both by advising Euric of Riothamus's route.  In central Gaul, Euric ambushed Riothamus, whose army, after hours of combat, eventually cut their way out and made their way east to the Roman post of Avallon in Burgundy, where they made their report.  Arvandus was brought to trial for high treason, and Sidonius was appointed to judge the case, but being a friend of both Arvandus and Riothamus, he recused himself, became Arvandus's defence lawyer, and persuaded the replacement judge to commute the death sentence to life in exile. Zoetropo (talk) 03:48, 31 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Riothamus

message: What is the document supporting that claim? By document I mean the text of the treaty and provisions it contains. Does it exist?
What was the exact wording of the recognition of this independence as per that document? How do we know Euric was de jure a fully independent in the sense of breaking every subjugation to Rome, not honouring the suzerainty of Rome.
I see only a couple of links to external sources including Edward Gibbon but those either aren't related to the subject of this article such as Merovingian kings or (in the case of Gibbon) not based on actual documents. Scrutinizer798 (talk) 19:11, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Euric "formally declared" independence from Roman Empire - the proof
Talk:TWINKLE

message: ::Arvindn, Thanks for the reply. It's finger gremlins that think it's digits, not me. I knew it was bits, all along! So then, it's not a special structure of a number, it's any number at all, with capacity limitations depending on size. I wish Shamir would quit changing everything under our feet all the time. The quicksand feeling is most disturbing! ww 15:16, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: finger gremlins
Talk:Dave Gorman

message: There should probably be more about this show. I'll get around to it eventually if nobody else does, but consider this a request in the meantime. --Walnuts go kapow (talk) 09:43, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Modern Life is Goodish 

message: in January 2014 someone added a claim that he did a hitchike around the pacific rim. This was later repeated in a newspaper, but has no basis other than the unsourced wikipedia claim and is denied by Dave https://twitter.com/DaveGorman/status/730351115368271873  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alanbelllibertus (talk • contribs) 11:24, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. I have added this to Wikipedia:List of citogenesis incidents.--Shantavira|feed me 10:04, 23 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  Does anyone have the newspaper? Does anyone have evidence the newspaper got it from wikipedia? Otherwise it's not citogenesis. What it is is an unsourced claim in a BLP. I've removed it, mostly for the crocodile thing that seems entirely unsourced. SPACKlick (talk) 12:53, 23 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: The hitch-hiking claim was introduced on 1 January 2014 by . The citation of the 9 September 2014 edition of The Northern Echo that reported the claim was added by . It is of course possible that the Northern Echo's source was unconnected to Wikipedia. Verbcatcher (talk) 00:16, 25 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  citogenesis of pacific rim hitchhike 

message: Dave originally grew his beard to raise money for Red Pandas but liked it so much he decided to keep it. 95.147.5.199 (talk) 22:14, 4 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: No source provided. - X201 (talk) 10:31, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 4 December 2016 

message: I've deleted "On an episode of Taskmaster, Gorman revealed that he is distantly related to Hollywood actor Cary Grant." How is this encyclopedic? It was just a throwaway comment. Everyone is distantly related to millions of people.--Shantavira|feed me 17:19, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Distant relations 

message: He married 8th of Oct. 2010. See his show "Modern Life Is Goodish" S2E5 at about 6:35 min.
youtu .be/m5vtoADa3jU?t=395 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2a02:810c:c240:c4:a581:e81a:e0d0:b4b0 (talk) 19:27, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks; I've added that to the article. Graham87 05:14, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of marriage confirmed
Talk:Tubal-Cain

message: It is made a blunder here. This is discussed under "Tubalcain." The two articles should be merged.
*Done. IZAK 06:51, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)

message: I'm not deleting this line yet, but what substantiation is there for the statement in the article that the posited form Barzillah "can possibly be linked to the country of Brazil"?  The "references" listed by the editor who added this line (User:68.187.223.195, who has edited nothing else on WP) have the odor of crank about them. -EDM 20:08, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brazil?
Talk:Evolute

message: I've added an animated gif showing how the evolute is constructed as the locus of the centers of curvature. The tangent to the astroid is also shown, illustrating simultaneously that the evolute is the envelope of the normals to the curve.Juliusllb 23:32, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added animated gif 

message: I deleted some of the material on natural parameterization, specifically the paragraph on dealing with the equations when s is not a closed form expression. First, the material was about simplifying the expression for derivatives in this case and not about evolutes. Second, the expression obtained should, when all the dust has settled, be the same as the expression in the general parameterization case (else there is an error somewhere). Third, I could not find similar material in references. --RDBury (talk) 14:32, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Intrinsic equation of the evolute of a curve defined by an intrinsic equation r=f(s) is R[y]=\frac{rr'}{(r^{-1})'}.
I could not find a reference or a clear definition so I could verify it myself. If someone can clarify or site a source it could probably be re-added.--RDBury (talk) 20:09, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deleted natural parameterization material
Talk:IDS Center

message: I remember reading a few years back in the Star Tribune that the IDS was actually a joint venture between IDS (Investors Diversified Services, now Ameriprise) and Dayton-Hudson (Now Target).  Both companies had their headquarters in the building, and were the primary two tenants until a few years back when both Ameriprise (which was still AmEx Financial) and Target both built new headquarters buildings.  This should probably be mentioned in the article, but I don't have a cite, other than my memory of the Strib article...  --Rehcsif 15:57, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Role of Target/Dayton-Hudson Corp
Talk:Western Independence Party

message: Dennis: thank you for your contribution. One of the first things you will learn here is that Wikipedia is not meant as a forum for presenting personal views. Wikipedia is intended to take a neutral tone. I have revised your contribution accordingly before someone else removes it completely.  I think that this revision reach a happy compromise between Wikipedia's policy of neutrality and representing your party's platform. Can you tell us anything about your party'urrent activity? do you have riding associations? Are you planning to nominate candidates in the next provincial election? Kevintoronto 14:46, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Cut (cards)

message: Moved from Cut (playing cards) to Cut (cards) because many card games do not use standard playing cards, but do require cutting. The term cut also applies to non-game card activities such as tarot-reading. --Netoholic 14:48, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article move 

message: Who is supposed to cut? I've heard left of dealer and right of dealer. I'm thinking right should make more sense if you are the dealer and you are dealing clockwise starting from your left. 70.111.224.85 19:57, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who cuts? 

message: There are different ways to cut cards and have seen them cut "heavy" by cutting more than half of the deck and "light" by cutting a few cards off the top. I have seen people simply knock on the deck as if to say "I'll have you deal as is". I believe there is a symbolism to such actions and such meaning can only be inferred...such as a "wimpy" cut or a "macho" cut or a "cocky" cut... all these as attempts to psychologically affect the games outcome and appear in control. When each move counts and the stakes are high enough, what would each move symbolize.. I wonder. Comments welcome  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.65.195.68 (talk) 02:40, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Some advocate that a cut must take at least 10 cards off the top and leave at least 10 cards on the table, i.e. when doing a table cut. Newwhist (talk) 16:02, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Number of cards
Talk:Oedipus

message: I’m not sure what this sentence means; it seems ungrammatical and factually suspect:  “Continuing his journey to Thebes he had violent sex with his mother, daughter, father, and dog, Oedipus encountered a Sphinx....”  It’s in the paragraph right after he kills his father, so at the very least that part isn’t right. I don’t have detailed knowledge about the original Oedipus story, but this looks like it might be vandalism.
Jdrum00 (talk) 02:53, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mother, daughter, father, dog? 

message: The section has become a ridiculously trivial list. I propose that the items are limited to those where Oedipus is the central theme rather than a tangential mention. For example, mentioning Flashforward on the basis of one brief mention is too trivial, if this had been one of the central plots or at least had an episode named Oedipus then there may be a case for inclusion. At the moment any Google site match could be a candidate. Any rationale for not having clear list selection criteria? Fæ (talk) 22:03, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Popular culture 

message: Laius' brother, Creon, takes the throne.
that's wrong
Creon is Jocasta's brother
76.170.27.98 (talk) 05:49, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Done Favonian (talk) 10:39, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from 76.170.27.98, 4 November 2010 

message: Is there a reason (i.e., differences in the Greek originals) for the difference in spelling between the first Polynice of Aeschylus and the second Polyneice, especially in light of Pindar's name for him, given as Polyneikes?  If there is no objection, I will change Polyneice to Polynice, as it strikes me as the one likely to be a typo.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Richaraj (talk • contribs) 12:12, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Polynice or Polyneice?
Talk:MESFET

message: splitup of article Field effect transistor in progress, please see Talk:Field effect transistor Pjacobi 15:30, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: FET split

message: This sentence is confusing. -‎ 65.96.171.132   17 February 2011
: if you mean "From a digital circuit design perspective, it is increasingly difficult to use MESFETs as the basis for digital integrated circuits as the scale of integration goes up, compared to CMOS silicon based fabrication" - I'd agree. Needs explanation and source. - Rod57 (talk) 13:43, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Introductory paragraph, last sentence
Talk:High-electron-mobility transistor

message: We need a diagram of a standard HEMT device and not just a PHEMT.  Would someone be able to produce this?  Mike 09:07, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Diagram 

message: The first sentence of MODFET says that it is a synonym of HEMT ... the first sentence of this HEMT article says that it is a synonym of MODFET ... so it seems to me that the two articles ought to be merged. Do other people agree?
I'm not an expert in this area so I would have a hard time merging myself ... I'm hoping someone else volunteers ... :-) --Steve (talk) 20:30, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge with [[MODFET]]
Talk:Artscroll transliteration

message: Your Artscroll transliteration of Shabbos contradicts the main article. Jayjg 15:35, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I think they make some exceptions. --Ezra Wax 17:32, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Absolutely, for "Shabbos". There may be others. I am not sure. They're not upfront about it, but they do have an internally consistent method of rendering these phonetics. I have redone the article. - CrazyRussian talk/email 00:35, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

message: Does this really deserve its own page? I have proposed that it be merged back into ArtScroll. --Makaristos 20:02, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Separate article
Talk:Bermuda Agreement

message: Bermuda Agreement
Although of great signficance and a model for many ASAs that have followed, I seriously question whether Bermuda One was "the first bilateral Air Transport Agreement ..." I have seen reference to such a bilateral agreement concluded as early as August 1913 between France and Germany. I also understand that Spain and the USA concluded such a bilateral in 1944 very soon after the Chicago Conference.
Also the text on the Thai site that is linked to does not have a key part of the arrangements reached as part of Bermuda One, namely the capacity principles.
John Macilree 10:01, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
Talk:1983 United Kingdom general election

message: I think the following statement is questionable. "For a while the Alliance topped the opinion polls and looked capable of achieving their goal of forming a coalition government at the next general election, but the success of the Falklands campaign in 1982 saw the political tide turn in favour of the Conservative government" I would agree that this is a view many general works make when referring to political trends in this era. However it is not totally true. The Falklands War did not start until April 1982, but by that point the opinion polls were already starting to move towards the Conservatives and away from the Alliance. Although the polls in earl 1982 varied a bit, 3 of the 5 in February and March showed a Conservative lead, the first polls to do so since February 1981 (which was the only poll with a Conservative lead since the 1979 election until February 1982). Support for the Alliance in the polls was also already receding compared with the levels of support in late 1981. The political picture undoubtedly becoming very much better for the Conservatives after Falklands War, but the tide was already moving in their direction prior to it. Dunarc (talk) 19:36, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Questionable statement 
Wikipedia talk:Collaboration of the week/History

message: This may be a stupid question, but is there an easy way to find out the statistics (how many edits and unique editors, and file sizes)? -- ALoan (Talk) 18:10, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Nope- there isn't. I have used manual counting of edits, but in the case of Siege, I used command line tools like uniq and sort to do it for me. File size counting is done by pasting the source into a text editor of choice and using a character count. ❝Sverdrup❞ 23:09, 6 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Easy way to find out statistics?

message: Would it be possible for someone with the appropriate know-how to update the size increases for the last month or so? Ambi 06:48, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: --bing ❝Sverdrup❞ 09:19, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks! Ambi 09:23, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Updating

message: The recent numbers do not seem to be correct.  Congo Civil War is far smaller than 40,000 bytes and NAACP is not nearly 33,725. - SimonP 17:22, Oct 16, 2004 (UTC)
:It seems User:PlasmaDragon is miscounting characters -- he added very large sizes for Space Race, which I corrected. ✏ Sverdrup 00:22, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry about the inaccurate numbers; I had used the file->properties option in my browser instead of copying the source into a text editor and doing the counting there; in retrospect, I see how my method caused an inaccurate count.  I have added the numbers for ancient warfare with the right method, so they should be accurate.-PlasmaDragon 16:15, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Incorrect numbers

message: I've bin sniffin around, and wondered if theres a page around here which gives the reason for the nominations for the pages that got COTW status? the COTW/Removed has it for the not-so-lucky ones, and i'm curious to know who is the most prolific COTW nominator (i.e. who has nominated the most articles that have got to COTW status?) --Thewayforward 09:15, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  reasons
Talk:Short form cricket

message: Why is Mahendra Singh Dhoni specifically mentioned as winning captain of India for 20/20 2007?
No other captains appear for any of the other matches and it just seems a bit too... fan like. ClamsonJ (talk) 12:42, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  India & Dhoni 

message: I'm very surprised not to see Super 8s mentioned here.
Super 8s was a format devised by Greg Chappell in 1996.  That year saw two midyear tournaments: an international tournament in Malaysia (held in one weekend), and a state competition held in Cairns, Townsville and Brisbane.  Three international tournaments were held: Australia A won in 1996 and 1997, and New Zealand won in 1998.
Changes to the rules: 8 players per team.  14 overs per innings.  2 players bowl 3 overs, 3 players bowl 2, 2 players bowl 1, wicket keeper doesn't bowl.  Batsmen were required to retire upon reaching 50, but were permitted to resume if wickets were in hand (as per Hong Kong Sixes).  The last man batted on as per Sixes too.  Fielding restrictions were in place for the first 6 overs, and bowlers were limited to 15m runups maximum.  And balls hit over the boundary were worth 8 runs instead of 6.
I guess the trouble is finding source material to verify this... surely I'm not the only person to remember the format. Bricks J. Winzer (talk) 00:22, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I have added the super 8s section now that more information about it exists on the web. NJM2010 (talk) 04:55, 30 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Super 8s 

message: This section is far too specific. Evening cricket has been played for many decades in England, at least 50 years, probably more. It is generally a variation of T20, but there are many different varieties. Some are 15 8 balls over, some twenty overs. Some have fielding restrictions, some don't. Some oblige a batsman to retire after 25 runs, some don't. The article implies there is a universally agreed and implemented code, that is not the case. I suspect, whoever wrote this, only knows one league.
John Price (talk) 10:24, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Evening cricket
Talk:Muramasa

message: I've heard of another legend involving a Muramasa being thrust into the river to test it's sharpness. While it was probably not uncommon for other blades to be tested by cutting leaves (considering two diffrent time periods, Muramasa and Masamune are compared), it was said that when the leaves were sliced normally by a sword they would continue in whichever path they were going, where as when a leaf was cut in half by the blade of a Muramasa, it was said to begin circling the blade, almost like a surrounding aura, as though the blade itself was posessed. This led to many diffrent works and stories of cursed blades and the such. Has anyone else heard this legend?
::Yeah, I heard that legend.  In Samurai Deeper Kyo.  Unless you can find some source showing that the legend didn't come from there, I'd suggest that the section about the Muramasa being thrust into a stream but deleted from the article.
:::Although I don't know about leaves circling the blade, don't delete anything about his sword being tested by being thrust into a river. The full version of the legend is on the Masamune page. JDub90 16:19, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Doing a search on this samurai, I find very few references aside from this Wikipedia article.  I'm going to delete this unreferenced piece of information (that this man is the only samurai to wield a Muramasa blade without being cursed, according to legend). -Atamasama 19:10, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tachibana Ryukisai 

message: Almost a year ago I tagged the "References to" section as being trivia.  At the time all that was in there was a mention of a Sharp Electronics product with the name. Since then the section only grew, with irrelevant mentions of video game items and comic book appearances of the name. That is not what Wikipedia is for, see WP:HTRIVIA. Not to mention that there was not a single reference for any of the trivia added. Please restrict your contributions to expanding information about the historical figure, and feel free to include notable examples of his legacy that are backed up with a reliable source. Not a mention that you can get a sword called "Muramasa" in a Final Fantasy video game. -- Atamachat 19:56, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, Wiki's policy for "popular culture / trivia" information is to not just list any appearances, but to state notable mentions and also how the appearance / subject impacted popular culture.24.190.34.219 (talk) 00:03, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed the trivia section 

message: I found a reference to one of the instances in which Tokugawa Ieyasu ran afoul of a Muramasa blade: a book of mine states he accidentally cut himself on one of his soldier's blades while inspecting it.  This was at the battle of Sekigahara. The book doesn't say he forbade their use, but rather "he believed them unlucky for use within his family." Warner, Gordon and Donn Draeger (1991). Japanese Swordsmanship: Technique and Practice. Weatherhill Inc. p. 18. .  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.60.47.106 (talk) 04:25, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Legend involving Tokugawa Ieyasu
Talk:Darwin–Wedgwood family

message: This page has the intention pulling together the disparate pages on the members of the family.  I've centred it on Darwin, though Galton perhaps could have his children too.  I think however, I need another perspective on this, so anyone watching! Dunc_Harris|☺ 18:48, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  precis 

message: Currently described as "distant cousins".  I note that  describes them as third cousins. Erp (talk) 23:33, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Josiah and Sarah Wedgwood cousinage