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Talk:Public debt

message: Should there perhapse be some mention of "implicit" debt in this article?
For example, while Canada is set to pass the US in terms of "explicit" debt soon (if it hasn't already), its "implicit" debt (which includes the projected future costs of things like pensions and healthcare) is still much higher.
I think the reason this is sometimes overlooked is because it's hard to make 1:1 comparisons like you can with simple "paper debt" outstanding (e.g. there are signifigant structure differences been the US and Canadian healthcare systems), but I'm pretty sure it's still an important issue.
Hopefully someone with some knowledge on the issue can enlighten us. -- stewacide 19:04, 29 Nov 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: "Implicit" debt

message: I think we should have a comparison of various countries debts as percentages of the GDP, as, for example, in . It seems to be a good way of comparing things.. but it also seems governments can skew the numbers.. for example, i'm skeptical of this graph since it shows the UK having the least debt, and it's from a UK webpage.. it may be true, of course, but it would have to be verified somehow. 131.111.8.97 11:21, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: See List of public debt for a list of debt/GDP for all countries (Source CIA world fact book). Feel free to make a graph from it. Donar Reiskoffer 12:32, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: List

message: Why is the "public debt" "government bonds"? It must be public debt and public bonds, or government debt and government bonds. It can't be a combination. - Jerryseinfeld 05:19, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Public? 

message: General management of short term cash flow issues is done by mechanisms other than bonds and these require treatment in an article on government debt.  Paul Beardsell 08:15, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Short term government debt 

message: "Public debt" has a serious potential for confusion.  When one says "the public debt" then this does mean "the debt of the government, as does the term "government debt".  But "public debt" does not mean "debt of the public" - the public pays for it but the debt is not collectable from the public.  To avoid confusion I suggest this article be renamed government debt.  Paul Beardsell 08:15, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rename?
Talk:Endowment (Mormonism)

message: Many of the statements in here are made up for and very anti- Mormon for no reason, sources are false and again, made up Hudsonturn (talk) 15:18, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Liu1126 (talk) 16:07, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 1 December 2023 

message: This edit would clarify the fact that lesbian, gay, and bisexual people are eligible for temple ordinances. I.e., it's not being LBGTQ, but being in a same-sex marriage, a homosexual relationship, or transitioning sex that makes one ineligible for the temple.
Current version:
"As of 2023, all temple ordinances including the endowment continue to be denied for any lesbian, gay, or bisexual person in a same-sex marriage or homosexual sexual relationship, and transgender individuals continue to be ineligible for all temple ordinances."
Suggested version:
"As of 2023, all temple ordinances including the endowment continue to be denied for anyone in a same-sex marriage, a homosexual sexual relationship, and individuals who have underwent a sex transition."
(This also clarifies that a cis person (theoretically) in a homosexual relationship would also be denied the temple, I guess.) FluxIntegral (talk) 23:48, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Oppose: After some tweaking, I believe the current section in question is correct and clear, and that the proposed changes would not be an improvement. The text currently states: "Some members of the church were historically or are currently ineligible for the temple endowment. For about 130 years (between 1847 and 1978) all LDS endowment-related temple ordinances were denied to all Black women and men in a controversial temple racial restriction.[65] As of 2023, all temple ordinances including the endowment continue to be denied for any lesbian, gay, or bisexual person who is in a same-sex marriage or homosexual sexual relationship.[66][67] Transgender individuals who gender transition (even if just by changing their name, pronouns and gender presentation by clothing and hairstyle) are also barred from temple ordinances as of 2020.[68] These restrictions have received criticism from both outside,[69][70][71] and inside the LDS church.[72][73][74]" Pastelitodepapa (talk) 07:10, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

text: Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the  template. M.Bitton (talk) 15:10, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 13 April 2024
Wikipedia talk:Writing better articles/News style

message: At present there are many articles in the Wikipedia namespace that seek to give guidance on how to write better articles. I propose consolidating these into a much smaller number. On User:Jongarrettuk/Better writing guide I propose how these could be consolidated. The proposal is not to change advice, just to consolidate it. If I have inadvertently moved what you consider to be good advice that is currently in the Wikipedia namespace, please re-add it. I'm hope that the proposal to merge all these articles, in principle, will be welcomed. Of course, it may be preferred to have 2, 3 or 4 inter-connected articles than just one and would welcome advice on how this could be done. (In particular, perhaps all the guidance on layout should be spun off into one consolidated article on layout.) I'm also aware that putting lots of different bits of advice together may throw up anomalies or bits that people now disagree with (including bits that I myself disagree with:) ). I ask for support for the consolidation. Once the consolidation has happened, the advice can be changed in the normal way. Please feel free to improve on the current draft consolidation, but don't remove or add advice that is not currently on the Wikipedia namespace. If all goes well, I'll add a new Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles page on the 19th, though maybe some bits of the new article will need to be phased in over a longer period. I'll also take care to preserve all the archived discussion in one place. jguk 19:52, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposal to consolidate advice on writing better articles
Wikipedia talk:Harmonious editing club

message: There have been times I've suggested to editors they follow 1RR, and they've possibly taken the suggestion the wrong way - as if I was suggesting they're at fault or something. Anyway, I've written a new essay, called WP:In praise of 1RR, to attempt to explain why I think following 1RR is a good idea. Any comments most welcome. PhilKnight (talk) 23:25, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: "once a day, in a 1-on-1 edit war"?!? Isn't that kind of missing the point? The way I understand 1RR, it means "never re-revert", not "make the same revert only once every 24 hours". Paradoctor (talk) 01:33, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: In which case, I think you're following 0RR. PhilKnight (talk) 22:40, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  Not quite. I won't edit if I expect it to be reverted.Do I smell an essay? I admit I recently did a re-revert, but I guessed that the pointer to Adambro's remark would do the trick. Seems to have worked so far. Paradoctor (talk) 00:46, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: New essay

message: This help request has been answered. If you need more help, please place a new  request on this page followed by your questions, or contact the responding user(s) directly on their user talk page.
I am probably not on the right page to submit this, but maybe it can be passed on to the proper channels. Pulled up "Ruger Mini-14 rifle" ...I noticed that California Department of Correction, and the Tennessee D O C were listed as customers/users of this particular firearm. I did not see North Carolina listed here. I retired from North Carolina D O C a few years ago and I can unequivocly state the NCDOC also Uses these rifles at practicly all the various DOC facilities across the state. Hope to see this up-dated, thank you.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.4.44.45 (talk) 19:10, 28 June 2012 moved to talkpage by benzband (talk) 09:13, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I fully agree with the gentleman that NCDOC used this weapon for about 25 years. I'm having a hard time locating a reliable source to cite that however. What I have found have been primary sources and not usable for our purposes. I have been unable to find NCDOC's use of the Mini-14 mentioned in my books or through a Google Book search but someone else may be able to locate one. — Berean Hunter (talk) 14:23, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Ruger Mini-14]]

message: I'm of the opinion this is needed more than ever before. Anyone interested in reviving it? Andrewa (talk) 01:49, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Needed

message: It's good, to me. jp×g 12:34, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Me too! Me too. Harmony is good for the soul, don't you think? Penguinmlle (talk) 06:49, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  I like to edit harmoniously. 

message: All type photoediting and photography kiya jata hei Rc editing club (talk) 13:08, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photographer and Editor
Talk:VHS

message: The fifth paragraph under Original linear audio system seems to directly contradict the second. Specifically, the second paragraph starts with "Sound cannot be recorded on a VHS tape without recording a video signal, even in the audio dubbing mode", while the fifth says "High-end consumer recorders take advantage of the linear nature of the audio track, as the audio track could be erased and recorded without disturbing the video portion of the recorded signal."
Which is correct? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xjph (talk • contribs) 14:14, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradiction in audio recording section 

message: The article, "VHS era is winding down" was published December 2008 and not October. That is the reference of the sentence mentioning that company and mentioned in the "Modern Use" section. That is reference nine. Should we say it was December when the company stopped shipping VHS tapes to America? Never mind. I found the quote "On a crisp Friday morning in October, the final truckload of VHS tapes rolled out of a Palm Harbor, Fla., warehouse run by Ryan J. Kugler, the last major supplier of the tapes.". This means it was a Palm Harbor, Fla. warehouse where the last batch of VHS tapes were shipped from. 
@Evope (talk) 21:03, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Distribution Video Audio, Inc.
Talk:List of authors of erotic works

message: She would seem to qualify on the basis of both novels, and an extended autobiographical diary.  Not here because ...??  69.125.193.249 (talk) 17:56, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anais Nin 

message: Someone should note that Nancy Friday shouldn't be under autobiography. I have made no changes, but just am suggesting.
She wrote My Secret Garden, which is basically a catalogue of a bunch of women's sexual fantasies, men in love (men's sexual fantasies). They're more clinical than erotic, and if you read them, you'll be disturbed by all the fantasies except whichever ones you happen to have.   It makes sense to put her under erotica but she does not write books that are erotic.  She writes books that give permission to people to have fantasies and weird psychodrama without feeling like they are insane.  See this: http://www.shelfari.com/authors/a11906/Nancy-Friday/books.  
Freelance-writer-editor (talk) 03:57, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]

message: Wouldn't it be more useful if the authors were alphabetized by their last names rather than their first initials Amsler (talk) 22:54, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]

message: maybe add Sappho to the list? Stw 23:49, 29 Nov 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Sappho

message: A lot of the best stuff was by 'Anon' - not listed here. Colin4C 20:02, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anon
Talk:November 30

message: Removed: 
*1990 - Sega Megadrive is released in Europe. 
Trivial. --mav 00:20, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)

message: There is nothing in the article on Regina Mundi Church that indicates anything on this day. The article mentions June 16. --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 13:51, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Regina Mundi Day" 

message: 30th November 1999 also happens to be the default date in PHP's time/date related functions, is this worth mentioning? 2A00:23C6:E782:EA01:EE43:7EA9:6CE4:FBD7 (talk) 01:01, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: No, sorry, it's not a birth nor a death, and it doesn't count as an event either. Kiwipete (talk) 07:07, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  PHP
Talk:Uneven bars

message: "Gymnasts are permitted to tape their hands or use grips or hand guards on bars."
Is there any difference? If there is, then I should adjust the article hand guard, where is stated, that "hand guards" and "grips" is the same. Cmapm 15:00, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Grips

message: I came to this site trying to find out why only female gymnasts use the uneven bars, but didn't find an answer.
It is an encyclopedic topic, though, so If I find something, I might add it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Joeldipops (talk • contribs) 13:50, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Female Only 

message: I noticed that the heights for the uneven bars has changed. According to the Apparatus Norms 2011 version from F.I.G 
NEW HEIGHTS
Height of the upper edge of the bars in inner diagonal position 180cm:
upper bar (to the floor) - 250cm
lower bar (to the floor) - 170cm  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.11.5.90 (talk) 03:14, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uneven Bar Heights 

message: When Did The Belly Beating Stopped on The Uneven Bars?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.91.218.114 (talk) 16:28, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  ?
Talk:Gengshi Emperor

message: If Emperor Ruzi of Han China is the last of western Han and Emperor Guangwu of Han is the first of eastern Han, then how about Emperor Gengshi of Han China? wshun 01:02, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure what you mean.  Basically, I hope to have the time to majorly expand this page later.  Gengshi was effectively a transitional figure; his armies overthrew Wang Mang, but he was not competent enough to pacify the entire empire, and eventually died at the hand of Chimei (赤眉), paving the way for Liu Xiu (Emperor Guangwu) to take over.  --Nlu 02:47, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: He meant which dynasty did he belong to. We shouldn't just make up a new one: he was considered the restoration of the original Han Dynasty by himself and illegitimate by the Eastern Han. So, Western Han. Lists that say that Ruzi was the last of the Western Han simply aren't including the G.Imp. — LlywelynII 09:23, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Which dynasty is Emperor Gengshi? 

message: The prior version of the article had Emperor Gengshi's wife be one of Wang Mang's granddaughters, but I find no corroboration for this; neither Zizhi Tongjian nor Book of Han gave a wife/empress for him (but did mention two concubines).  I've therefore taken the assertion that Wang Mang's granddaughter was his wife off the page, but if anyone has corroboration, please put it back.  --Nlu 15:33, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wife 

message: The standard formatting for the Han rulers is "Emperor X" but that's because they were using posthumous names. Since this guy's using his era name, we should employ the same convention as the Ming and Qing emperors ("the X Emperor"). — LlywelynII 09:23, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Name
Talk:Archaeopteryx

message: Archaios in Greek means ‘original’ or ‘from the beginning’; arche being the beginning/origin. It is nothing literally to do with ancient, that’s just a deduction. It is the winged creature that was there first. The ‘original-winged’ if you will. 2A01:C22:B8C8:2F00:FDF1:55C:EE00:A394 (talk) 07:32, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Greek name 

message: It seems all of the -ise/-ize words in this article are spelt -ize, since this isn't usually normal British spelling (except oxford spelling) should all of these be changed to -ise or left as -ize? If left as -ize I think there should be a tag saying to use Oxford spelling instead of British english to be clearer. Ertoe (talk) 04:34, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Ize is consistent with UK English (Oxford is within the sphere of UK English), both versions can be used. Of course, if "ize" is the version used, it is just important that it's internally consistent, which it seems to be. But I see both "colour" and "color", "center" instead of "centre", etc. FunkMonk (talk) 10:21, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spelling Variation 

message: The article states, "Archaeopteryx had three separate digits on each fore-leg each ending with a "claw". Few birds have such features," and then mentions a few contemporary birds that have a more noticeable vestigial claw underneath their wings. Perhaps it's worth adding that this ancestral wing configuration with actual separate digits and claws (no need for quotes on claws, by the way, suggests they're not quite claws) was retained in many uncontested birds that are extinct now, perhaps all enantiornithes. ("All known enantiornithines were good fliers. The early Cretaceous enantiornithines had toothed jaws, and late Cretaceous ones did not. All enantiornithines had wing digits with claws." -- quote from the article I linked). Wikipedia's own article on the group states they're "the most abundant and diverse group known from the Mesozoic era." 45.234.133.177 (talk) 08:07, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Digits on birds' forewings are rather common on extinct birds 

message: The article mentions that some researchers have found A. to be nested within Deinonychosaurs "and therefore not a bird," but not that long ago other researchers had sort of found the "opposite," Deinonychosaurs nested as a sister group to Archaeopteryx, and therefore possibly/arguably flightless birds. Some have also posited that perhaps juvenile Deinonychosaurs could fly. So, perhaps that's suggestive of something somewhat blurrier. A more recent study (2019) mentioned in the Origin of Birds article, "secondary flightlessness section," also puts Archaeopteryx closer to birds than to Deinonychosaurs. 45.234.133.177 (talk) 08:33, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  The secondary flightlessness hypothesis may be relevant to mention here
Talk:Henriette, Minnesota

message: How can Henriette be a "city" with a population of 101? RedWolf 03:30, Nov 30, 2003 (UTC)
:Each state has its own definitions of "city".  In some states, it's by definition a city if it has an elected mayor.  I don't know if this is the cast for Minnesota or Henriette.  RickK 03:33, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)
Talk:Chinese input method

message: Based on this article, which Chinese input method should be credited to Zhi Bingyi? 173.88.246.138 (talk) 00:22, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Zhi Bingyi]]

message: I really want to freshen up this article, are there any recent sources on the new methods mentioned in the maintenance banner that would be helpful? Vis à vis OCR, speech recognition, etc. Remsense聊 03:40, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update
Talk:Forest falcon

message: There is a Cryptic Forest Falcon article, but its link says it doesn't exist. Why? Shrewpelt 19:40, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: A little problem

message: I have spend years within the range of these species and had the luck of seeing all of them. Despite this, I have never heard anyone ever referring to any of these as harrier-hawks (also pretty unlikely considering their very non-harrier behavior!). I have also been unable to find a reference supporting this claim. I have therefore removed the section claiming that they sometimes are called harrier-hawks. If you have a reference supporting it, feel free to re-add w. ref. Rabo3 (talk) 01:04, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Harrier-hawk

message: as these are polyborine rather than falconine ("true") falcons -- and as the specific entries linked to herein use the hyphen -- the hyphenated form of the name, "forest-falcon", seems to be the preferred label for this group. is there anyone who feels that the article title itself shouldn't reflect this, i.e., Forest-falcon instead of Forest falcon? - Μετανοιδ  (talk, email) 02:50, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Hyphenated form
Talk:Mercury-Atlas 5

message: This is definitely up to C class now.  The prose is a bit dense, and I'd love a few more references.  It'd take very little touch-up to make B.  I like the format.  --Neopeius (talk) 03:23, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Reassessment
Talk:Adze

message: removed as irrelevant or lacking NPOV:
tragically often the implements have been transported thousands of miles from their homeland, a legacy of colonialism and racism among other things.
Pedant17 10:57, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: I made a small change. Joefromrandb (talk) 13:34, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Of the 3 items shown, only the top appears to be an adze.  The middle item is an ax, while the bottom item would be an adze if it had a sharp blade, but it has a blunt stone, perhaps for cracking grain ?  Not sure what such a tool is called.  Can we correct the caption ? SinisterLefty (talk) 22:50, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Caption for pic "Adzes, Marshall and Yap Islands"
Talk:South Gloucestershire

message: Everything summarised in the lead should appear elsewhere in the article. So the info about joint services with other ex-Avon authorities needs to appear in the body of the article - possibly a "Shared services" section? PamD 18:49, 12 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Joint services 

message: If this article used  then it could automatically pick up the fire, police and ambulance services, but this isn't availabe with . I don't know the other pro's and cons of the two options. PamD 20:55, 12 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  infobox 

message: This statement in the article "Unfortunately, there are no railway stations within South Gloucestershire south of the M4 Motorway" is surely untrue. I can name with certainty Pilning, Severn Beach and Patchway. I am not so sure whether Filton Abbey Wood is in South Gloucestershire or Bristol, though Filton is in South Glos. With the possible exception of Filton Abbey Wood, none of these are major stations but the statement is clearly untrue. I haven't yet changed it because I wouldn't know what to say instead. SMeeds (talk) 08:47, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Railway stations 

message: Hi, there is quite a bit of out of date information on here. Below is some more up to date information for the various headings. 
Please note not everything needs changing, the intro, history, geography, major towns, other towns and places of interested are all up to date.
Also, sorry I wasn't sure how you reference to existing links on the page, there are two in the last section under democracy, numbers 11 and 12.
Thanks SouthGlosCouncil (talk) 09:12, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updating the page 

message: * Text from the proposal was found to be insufficiently paraphrased from the source material. 
* All additions to an article ought to be placed using an editor's own words and phrases, per WP:CLOSEPARAPHRASE.
* Please revise the proposed text, taking care to ensure that the proposal uses its own words and phrases, and feel free to resubmit that request below this post at your earliest convenience.
Regards,  Spintendo  14:39, 12 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Reply 12-OCT-2019