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Talk:Bhaalspawn

message: Let me clarify just in case: The reason for the peculiar nickname came from the modding community, since all references to the protagonist are assigned to <CHARNAME> (All caps) in the game's code. The engine is programmed to replace CHARNAME with whatever you named him in the beginning. Ephyon 17:09, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: CHARNAME

message: Can we get rid of references to 'Abdel Adrian'? It's just an arbitrary name the novelists gave to their main character while penning the series. This is the only Baldur's Gate article I can find that consistently calls the protagonist 'Abdel Adrian'. There are plenty of other things he or she could be called: the main character, the player, the protagonist, charname (the other articles seemed to get on just fine).
To take it a step further, there's not much point in even listing the protagonist in this article; instead of an entry, you could get away with a simple 'apart from the protagonist...' throwaway at the top.
Calling him Abdel just because he happened to be called that in the books is only a few steps removed from my renaming him Moses Carraway just because that's what he happened to be called in MY game. Oh, yeah, blue-in-the-face blah blah WotC-official-seal-of-approval blah... bollocks. I find your tendency towards flamewaring over canon disturbing, Admiral.
What does everybody think? MachiavellianMeow (talk) 10:27, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Abdel Adrian... 

message: There's also a group of a kobold, a xvart and a squirel, that still pose a minor chalange in ToB. I'm not really sure, but I think it was imlied, that they are bhaalspawn, too.
Also, a note about mellisan would fit in well.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.64.122.45 (talk) 10:54, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other Bhaalspawn? 

message: I'm pretty sure that events of D&D based computer games are as canonical as session at your kitchen table (i.e. not at all). Unless someone can get reliable sources confirming that events of Baldur's Gate saga had any influence on pen&paper editions of D&D, this entire article is rubbish and should be deleted. Anon 77.254.14.87 (talk) 15:19, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: It could be merged into one of the BG articles. 24.12.74.21 (talk) 16:06, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not canon, should be deleted 

message: I dePRODed this from a single purpose account that has no edit history earlier than yesterday. 
Suggest we merge this to Bhaal. Web Warlock (talk) 12:08, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. As there was no opposition in more than a week, I'm proceeding to the merge. Note that Bhaal itself is likely to see its notability questioned sooner or later...Folken de Fanel (talk) 19:40, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  dePRODed
Talk:Zemene Mesafint

message: I've taken the time to clean up this article & remove all of the repetitions. While it desperately needs references, at least now it what's here is usable. -- llywrch 21:16, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled 

message: @[[User:Misrak
Alehu] 196.189.113.10 (talk) 16:35, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Characteristics of zemenemesafint
Talk:CST Thor

message: I have some issues with recent edits to this article:
* There was never a "Thor-16" AFAIK, only the Thor XVI (differences between UK and Denmark-built Thor XVIs were minimal).
** Hence info added to the "Thor PC" section about "Thor-16" is redundant
*** Actually, the phrase "Thor PC" is not used historically, "CST Thor" being preferred so as to avoid any possible confusion with Marvel Comic's "The Mighty Thor".
*** "Thor 8" was a retrofitted usage; "Thor 1" originated with a misinterpreted reference to "Thor 1F" (single floppy model).
* Qdos remained on the ROMs on the QL motherboard in the Thor 1/Thor PC, AFAIK.
* The only QJUMP firmware included, IIRC, would be the flp floppy device driver.
** QJump provided command line utility commands, such as "wdir" for wild card directory listings.
** QJump also produced various software tools (e.g. debuggers) and hardware products (e.g. eprom programmer), which were sold by CST.
* Claimed production numbers lack reference
* IIRC, Thor 20/21 was launched before Thor XVI and used QL motherboard like original Thor 1/Thor PC, with daughterboard added.
* Only reference I can find to a projected post-Thor XVI model, is this article which mentions a "Thor XX", not "Thor-32"
* QL CPU ran at 7.5 MHz, not 7.4
* The hard disk Thor PC configuration was called the Thor 2WF and had a 20 MB disk, according to my references.
** "Thor W2F"
Letdorf 13:00, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Various things 
Talk:John Wansbrough

message: Is he Henry's cousin?--Oxonian2006 17:15, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Helen Andelin

message: Hello, Everyone!
I'm Cynthia Berenger (Mrs. James Berenger), and I expanded this article on Helen Andelin.  The article is no longer orphaned.  Mrs. Andelin remains a woman of note and deserving of an entry in this online encyclopedia.  I never put any "peacock terms" in the article, so none existed to remove.  I am adding connection terms, and I have cited multiple sources for my information.  Further, I am linking the article to other articles on Wikipedia.  That's why I removed all the old content and all the banners at the top.  They no longer apply.  I hope you enjoy reading!  
Cynthia Berenger 03:58, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Article is No Longer Orphaned, etc. 

message: In the last revision I edited, I found duplicate named references, i.e. references sharing the same name, but not having the same content. Please check them, as I am not able to fix them automatically :) 
* "papers" :
** Helen B. Andelin Papers
** (see above)
DumZiBoT (talk) 05:36, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bot report : Found duplicate references ! 

message: Thank you to whoever added this feature. It greatly improved the appearance of the page.Cynthia Berenger (talk) 06:04, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, Cynthia! ↜Just  M E here , now 07:03, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Added Photograph, etc.
Talk:Superdrag

message: I'd like to make a category and/or article about the Buzz Clip bands, any other people interested? They were pretty big at the time, and it would be interesting to have them together. --Awiseman 17:23, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Buzz Bin?

message: I put an original research tag on this article simply because there are no references anywhere.  It is not just minor and/or specific facts and figures that need to be wp:verified, but the whole article in it's current state has some fundamental flaws.  I plan on cleaning it up later (unless someone beats me to it), and put this tag on in the meanwhile rather than just leaving it.
The major examples:
In the wp:lead:
"Of all the bands with "Buzz Bin" videos in the second half of the '90s (the Refreshments, Wax, et al.), Superdrag is the one of the few to tour consistently until their self-imposed hiatus in 2003."  
::Unverified, and beyond that, I don't think the band's status in comparison to other "buzz bin" bands is important enough for the lead.
"It is believed by many that the intent of the band was to go purposely against Elektra's will with the overall sound of the album. Davis himself has admitted that they were taking advantage of the money Elektra provided to them in order to create the best studio album they could regardless of the label's demands for radio hits, knowing that Superdrag would probably never have that kind of funding again. Only one song, "Do the Vampire", received even minimal radio play and, as expected, Elektra Records subsequently cut most of the band's funding. Almost no touring was done in support of the album, and it remains unheard by many, though most die-hard fans consider it to be their greatest release."
::An article shouldn't throw around something as big as a band purposely going against a record label's "will" without sourcing. "Believed"/"die-hard" fans consider = wp:weasel words, which is an example of OR.    
"Davis had turned heavily to alcoholism in prior years and many of his songs were about that very topic. One night, before the release of their last album, while driving to his parents' house, Davis pulled his truck over to pray, feeling that he had finally hit rock-bottom."
::Again, something like this has to be sourced.
:::Those are just the major examples.  Thanks. --Omarcheeseboro (talk) 15:43, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, good points. I'll look into some and encourage others to also! --AW (talk) 17:32, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original Research tag 
Talk:Derek St. Holmes

message: Is there a source that says he played the solo in "Stranglehold?" That's a pretty bold claim. Nathanm mn 05:41, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Source? 

message: I straightened this article out a bit. There is still more work to be done. I think some info is still wrong, but don't have any more time tonight to correct it.
Neanderthalprimadonna (talk) 04:30, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Tried to clean this up some

message: Dunno who the idiot is who added the stupid word erection. But I fixed, stop the B.S. okay?
if you don't like Ted, that's fine. But leave the rest out of it.
Stupid liberal idiots.
K8cpa (talk) 03:48, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  vandalism 

message: That's too many to be the right number.
98.118.62.140 (talk) 05:03, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  6,000 Nugent concerts? 

message: There are asterisks (and one set of double asterisks) on some of the listed works, but no explanation. If there's a note worth adding, please add it using proper Wikipedia style. Otherwise the asterisks should be removed. 98.247.224.9 (talk) 20:16, 13 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Asterisks?
Talk:Joy Williams (singer)

message: I did some rewriting.  I thought it was missing a lot of background, and that it sounded like PR. I also didn't understand why the lead paragraph included that she was Christian. (I moved it to the top of the bio section.)  I added sources and biographical information.  I didn't put all of the television songs in but someone should add them if they think they should be in the article.   Hope you like it!  KennyFromSouthPark (talk) 04:54, 2 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  I was bold
Talk:Tomorrow (band)

message: It'll probably be quite a long time before I dig up the answer to my question, if I don't forget the matter entirely, so I figure it's best to at least stick it here on this talk page, while I'm thinking of it.  As I recall, Tomorrow was called Tomorrow's Children for awhile.  I don't remember the details, if I'm remembering right at all.  Hey, I'm just happy I can find all my old albums.  Old rock mags and catalogues?  I'm afraid they're disorganized all over my basement. IanHistor 17:32, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The article refers in passing to Twink being the drummer, Howe being the guitarist and West being the singer - presumably Wood played bass ? Did any of them play keyboards ? Can someone in the know add this information please. RGCorris (talk) 18:14, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: the members and their instruments should be identified formally in a list with its own section heading, like other band pages. J Edward Malone (talk) 12:18, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who did what ?
Talk:Saadiyat Island

message: I reverted  of the page because it contained material copied from this website. — Hex (❝?!❞) 17:36, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copied material 

message: Some time ago, I undid an (in my opinion) AI-written edit which added little value. I dismissed it wholesale due to a lack of quality, but there was mention of displaced communities on the island. Some haphazard internet searching turned nothing up at the time and I then concluded the island was uninhabited prior to development.
However, I did slightly more looking and found an article (linked below) which claims there was in fact a small group living on the island — about 20 concrete homes, a school, hospital, and police station which was referred to as Sha’biyat Al Saadiyat. I'll update the article shortly.
More info about the community to add to the WP article could be helpful, and perhaps the Saadiyat Coastal Heritage Project mentioned in the source can give some details. However, a quick Google doesn't give anything helpful about the project. It may not be especially public on the internet, or there may be a language barrier on my part when searching. Not sure.
https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/saadiyat-island-the-secret-history-1.142493 Adamthedog (talk) 09:03, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Displaced Community
Talk:Maximum modulus principle

message: What about including the Strong Form of the Maximum Modulus Principle:
D a bounded connected open set in \C, f holomorphic on D, w on the boundary of D, then if
M(w) = limsup_{z\to w, z\in D} |f(z)|, and M=sup_{w\in boundary} M(w),
THEN if f not constant, |f(z)|< M for all z in D.
(N.B. This is stronger as it lets us make the inequality strict). -unsigned
: Sure. I think it is good to have it in its own section, say after the applications section, so that it does not interfere with existing stuff. How's that? Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 22:09, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Strong Form of the Maximum Modulus Principle

message: It says only connected open subset of C, but it should be bounded, isn`t it?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.20.12.157 (talk) 16:44, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is the boundedness missing at the moment? 

message: if the maximum modulus is at z_0 =x+iy not at the boundary, then \frac{d}{dx}|f(x+iy)|^2 = 2 \overline{f(x+iy)}\frac{d}{dx}f(x+iy) = 2 f'(z_0) \overline{f(z_0)} = 0 so f(z_0) = 0 or f'(z_0) = 0. if f(z_0) = 0 we simply consider the function g(z) = f(z)+1 whose maximum is at the same point, so without loss of generality we can suppose that f'(z_0) = 0, f(z_0) \ne 0.
now if f'(z_0) = 0, f(z_0) \ne 0 and f(z) is a  non-constant holomorphic function (in a neighborhood of z_0) then there exists \alpha \ne 0,n \ge 2 such that f(z_0+z) = f(z_0)+\alpha z^n+\mathcal{O}(|z|^{n+1}) : in particular with \epsilon > 0 small enough |f(z_0 + (\epsilon \overline{\alpha} f(z_0))^{1/n})| = |f(z_0) + \epsilon |\alpha|^2 f(z_0)| + \mathcal{O}(\epsilon^{(n+1)/n})> |f(z_0)|  so that z_0 cannot be a local maximum of |f(z)|.
78.227.78.135 (talk) 07:07, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: sketch of proof
Talk:Conspiracy X

message: I have made the following observations:
1. The intro and setting sections overlap
2. The editions and awards sections overlap
and am taking a stab at improving/resolving this. 85.227.226.235 (talk) 13:27, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Changes done. 85.227.226.235 (talk) 13:40, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  clean-up
Talk:Scouting museums

message: There is now a page in:
*No other language
I have tried to generate interest in the list on these pages:
*No other language
and these pages as well:
*French
*Dutch
*German
*Japanese
*Czech
*Danish
*Greek
*Esperanto
*Spanish
*Finnish
*Hebrew
*Hungarian
*Italian
*Malay
*Polish
*Portugese
*Russian
*Slovak
*Swedish
*Chinese
*Chinese (Min Nan)
--evrik 20:34, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Other languages

message: The section on the USA needs to be put into the same format and sorted by state, region, or museum name.Rlevse 22:44, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Attention tag
Talk:Vermin Scum

message: I want to clarify a few things.  I was working on compiling a Vermin Scum Records Discography with the help of several people on vivalavinyl.org, members of these bands, etc. as I explained in the edit summary.  Apparently someone copied the discography I was compiling with the help of others on a messageboard and pasted it here.  That's totally fine with me.  I simply want to make it clear that I did not start this page on Wikipedia or write the opening description of the label's history.  Now that this page exists, I will definitely contribute corrections and/or additional information about the discography when possible.
I am holding in my hot little hand a cassette called "A Crabtowne Comp.", which also has "Vermin Scum Tape 02" on the label.  I'll let you fit that into your discography yourself.--Emoedison 16:51, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Globe GC-1 Swift

message: The link to John Kennedy in the Swift article links to JFK, the President. The Kennedy associated with the Swift was not related to the political Kennedy family. John Kennedy made his fortune selling a serum to fight 'black leg' disease in Texas cattle. Kennedy originally took his fortune and built a stable of thoroughbred horses but was enticed into the aviation industry by a fellow named Bennett in Fort Worth. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.245.100.84 (talk • contribs) 13:49, 12 July 2006  (UTC)
: Thank you for your suggestion! When you feel an article needs improvement, please feel free to make whatever changes you feel are needed.  Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the  link at the top. You don't even need to log in! (Although there are some reasons why you might like to…) The Wikipedia community encourages you to be bold. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes—they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills.  New contributors are always welcome. ericg ✈ 19:11, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
Category talk:Political repression in the United States

message: This is a useful category but don't use the cat to put in topics where it's redundant.  The racial segregation and anti-communism categories are more specific and should be used rather than putting both in.  Otherwise this topic just gets repeated.  151.205.39.227 17:52, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe there could be another category for "war on terror" related matters like wiretaps and detainees?  Is there already one?  151.205.39.227 17:57, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I found this one but maybe it's too broad.  What do others think?  151.205.39.227 18:06, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Cat duplication

message: I added :Category:United States national security policy so that more relevant topics can be found by those who peruse this subject without needless repetition.  Unsure about terrorism-specific articles, though.  I also added the Alien and Sedition Acts, a very important subject in US political repression.  Perhaps others could be drawn from the early republican period or the colonial era as well?  151.205.39.227 18:49, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I brought some others in, as well as :Category:Laws leading to the American Revolution, which is a very important topic.  151.205.39.227 19:07, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I don't think :Category:Laws leading to the American Revolution belongs in this list.  These laws were economic laws and did not restrain political activity in the colonies. BradMajors 18:46, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Additions
Talk:Osvaldo Golijov

message: Very fan-like tone ("rapturously received," etc.). Needs a POV overhaul.
No kidding. I like Golijov quite a bit, but "Music has surely not produced sounds like these since the days of Richard Strauss"? Please.
Indeed, the language is erroneously prejudiced.
To agree with the above - Golijov is one of my favorite composers, I get excited about his stuff too, but this article is very poorly written.  It reads like a bad review of someone's favorite rock band.  A full rewrite seems desirable.
I've taken out some of the more fan-like language - but I agree this needs a more academic rewrite as Golijov is  an important composer and this entry does him no justice. I'll do this later when I have time.
Rewrite begun.  Thanks, DJRafe (talk) 22:56, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: It is still very fawning.  Also a fan of his music, but the 'Music' section had glowing reviews of every piece individually, basically his own comments on the piece from his website.   Also some of that detail, e.g. about Upshaw, was redundant in 2-3 places.  I slimmed it down to a more normal 'Works' section, ordered in time.  You can see the old buzzy reviews here. --Damorzet (talk) 22:29, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Fan-like
Talk:Heeled bullet

message: I am quite technically-oriented, but a graphic representation of this material would greatly aid my understanding of these concepts. LorenzoB (talk) 06:10, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. Diagram, please. --DThomsen8 (talk) 23:30, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed x2, and it also needs references, *any* at this point would do for starters as there are none.MartinezMD (talk) 01:22, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: There's now a diagram, but still no sources, six and a half years after the tag was placed. All of this seems plausible, but without some sources it's totally unverifiable. The original author was still active for four years after the tag was placed, so apparently he either didn't care or couldn't find any. One possibility is to find a source and cut it down to what it says. A merger may be appropriate too. Felsic2 (talk) 20:09, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

text: Thanks for finding those. "Not great" may be an understatement though! Let me see what I can find.  Felsic2 (talk) 01:52, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

text: Here's a highly reliable source: Handbook of Firearms and Ballistics: Examining and Interpreting Forensic .... It contains only a short paragraph which simply describes it and says it's only used in .22 rimfire. All of the material here on lubrication seems too detailed for anyone but an expert, and without sources it's inappropriate. I suggest redirecting this page to Bullet#Design, and adding a sentence there summarizing the source. Felsic2 (talk) 17:14, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

text: I just came across .45 Colt, which links to rebated heel type bullet, which redirect here. But there's no definition of "rebated". More grist for the mill.  Felsic2 (talk) 20:24, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clarity Needed
Talk:Mary Hanafin

message: I can understand why some people might feel mentioning state payments to former office holders is "overkill" but given the issue is regularly discussed in the media it seems like a legitimate issue to note on the page.
It would be misleading* to just lump all payments into one single figure (in this case €520,000), however given the volume of payments, both in different categories and different amounts, it would be confusing to list them all in sentence format. Therefore the table provides helpful and easy to understand breakdown of payments. The details of the payments were sourced from a national broadcaster and AFAIK are not disputed. *(WHY misleading? Because some of the payments are subject to tax (pensions) whereas others are tax free (severance)) Reggiegal (Reggiegal|talk) 06:00, 01 November 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: It's definitely overkill and excessively detail. Why her and not many other current and former senior ministers? A sentence or two on her pension details would suffice. I have left in that paragraph. Also see WP:Undue. Snappy (talk) 19:22, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  State payments table 
Talk:Peräsmies

message: I just removed from the article the following uncited statement added by :
According to the makers, Peräsmies has been occasionally translated and published in Welsh and Hebrew.
I couldn't find anything on Google to support this claim.  If you have evidence that it is in fact true, please restore the comment along with a proper citation.  —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 18:02, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The translations have been mentioned on the last pages of the Peräsmies collection Peräsmies toistaa itseään. There are also pictures of panels in these languages. 130.232.120.127 02:14, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Translations? 