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Talk:Račak massacre

message: sadly moslty nationalist and hating people write down these wiki articles that reffer to war times on ex-yugoslavia lands. The račak "massacre" article... totally un-neutral. That incident has been solved years ago already, as an KLA setup. Even the investigators from those times revealed those people were actually Albanian guerilla fighters killed in action, after which their bodies were planted on the field (as they were massacred), but the bullet hit marks reveal the true secret... only that secret wasnt to be used in the war time it had to wait until USA would get their base on Kosovo, then they would admit anything eventough their whole excuse for bombing was that same set-up massacre (prepared together with KLA members). (Правичност (talk) 02:49, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Račak "massacre" ?

message: I've added 'Yugoslav' to a number of segments which formerly stated 'Serb'. Obviously not everywhere, not where people have quoted things nor where it is certainly the case that it had been a Serbian measure rather than national. The word 'Serb' was over-presented on the article including where authorities denied access to William Walker. That much is plausible until you look at the source which not only adequately mentions 'Yugoslav' within article (not headline), it states "border guards" which was a national entity. It is very hard to sift through every "perpetrator" listing to know whether it was Yugoslav or Serb because among those tried for the incident include Serb authority figures such as Sreten Lukić and Yugoslav national figures such as Defence Minister Ojdanić, needless to say Milošević. Janjušević (talk) 19:21, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  State representation 

message: Hello. The link you post leads to an article about a country created in 2008, which definitely did not exist in 1999. Also, no province is ever added, only a state within a country. — Ruach Chayim (talk) 18:43, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija is almost always referred to simply as 'Kosovo' in English -  just as Republic of Serbia is called Serbia and 100s of other names are shortened. It would be wholly misleading to imply that Račak was geographically within 'core' Serbia, even if Kosovo has 'disputed' status. I believe that there is a WP policy about how to refer to Kosovo - whether as a region or an independent state, but couldn't find it immediately. Pincrete (talk) 18:55, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Serbia
Talk:William I, German Emperor

message: His name was "Wilhelm". Why is Wilhelm the First called "William I" and Wilhelm the Second called "Wilhelm II"? Inconsistent in choosing what to change the name of historical characters to... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.183.84.89 (talk) 17:13, 8 July 2013‎
During the Victorian Era, Prussia was (sort of) allied with the UK, through the Crown Prince's marriage to the Princess Royal - but after Wilhelm II's reign and WW1, "William" was changed back to "Wilhelm", to alienise and Germanize the Prussians. Franz Josef was previously known as "Francis Joseph".  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.99.126.230 (talk) 06:12, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why can't people figure out if his name was "Wilhelm" or "William" ? 

message: There doesn't appear to be any significant differences between the current and previous portrait used in the infobox, aside from one taken as German Emperor and the other as only King of Prussia. Anyone else prefer reverting to the last image? Yourlocallordandsavior (talk) 19:56, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why was the photo changed? 

message: Can it be proven that immediately when Wilhelm I ascended the Prussian (not German Empire) throne in 1861 he was referred to as Wilhelm I and not Friedrich Wilhelm V or Wilhelm V ?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.249.44.172 (talk) 08:44, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Numbering 

message: Under his titles, it says he was awarded the Brazil's Southern Cross Medal (Medalha do Cruzeiro Sul). I tried to find a source that explained what he did and how he received such a medal, but couldn't find one. On the award's page, it says one was given to his grandson, Wilhelm II, on 1878, not Wilhelm I. There is no mention of Wilhelm I on there. Was this a mistake? Did both Wilhelms receive the Southern Cross? Did his grandson receive one, and this title got added here by confusion? I'm willing to translate sources in portuguese, if anyone can find them.
Also, another discrepancy: on Wilhelm's II page, it says he was awarded one in 1878, and in the Order of The Southern Cross page, it says it was given on July of 1877. 2804:18:683F:E419:1:0:B5B5:7EDB (talk) 03:03, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brazil's Southern Cross award 

message: he is the o;der one 20012 204.101.49.85 (talk) 18:41, 19 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  art
Talk:Isobel Gowdie

message: I just heard an Interview with James Macmillan (see article) on BBC Radio 3 on 28 Feb 2010 in which he said she was tortured and that the torture may have driven her mad - hence the confessions.  He then said she was strangled and burnt as described below.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.163.12.63 (talk) 17:15, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It had been my understanding that she volunteered to give a confession to begin with, that she had not been accused, at least formally, at the time she gave it.  If this is a misconception, that belongs in the article.  Please, get yourself a username and a login so that you can have a talk page here, and welcome to the Wikipedia.  -- Smerdis of Tlön 02:00, 13 Nov 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: It is my understanding that witches in Scotland were not actually 'burned to death' as is the common perception.  The usual sentence recorded in the trial documents is for the witch to be tied to a stake, strangled, and her body burnt until it was ashes.  This would seem to conflict with this story.  Although of course I welcome the 1st posters input, and it is certainly interesting to hear the story as passed down through the generations of the family. --172.141.72.242 (talk) 23:01, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The nice image by robert ingpen was removed, and will most likely be removed from wikimedia commons, as its still under copyright.75.61.135.200 (talk) 01:23, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Image
Talk:Triwizard Tournament

message: if dumbledore is over 100 years old,he would have been the previous triwizard champ.Batzarro 10:34, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  dumbledore 

message: The article says the tournament was inspired by the olympic games. Nice idea, but where is the proof of this?  Although Hogwarts represents one country (more or less, Ireland  seems to be included), it is not clear that the other two schools represent single countries. The article also says the three schools were chosen because they were the most pre-eminent wizarding schools. This sounds more like the oxford-cambridge boat race, an exclusive competition between private schools, or the sort of competition that local schools arrange between each other. Sandpiper 01:05, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  inspiration 

message: I am NOT a Harry Potter master, but I do know bad wiki formatting when I see it.  There are major formatting problems and the text isn't written in an encycopedia format.
 
Please, someone with more knowledge fix.
I apologize, I forgot to sign! --Mystalic 11:11, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Triwizard Tournament

message: There have been a few reverts over US vs. UK spelling. I'm fine with either, leaning towards UK after reading the Manual of Style for Spelling. Any other opinions or should we just stick with UK? --Iriseyes 15:13, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: In articles regarding British English subject matter, British English is used. Michaelsanders 15:17, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: US or UK spelling?

message: The book is not consistent with the date. In the book with Nearly Headless Nick's 500th deathday party, the year is clearly 1992 since he died in 1492. However, another book says that Dudley has a PlayStation 2 (which didn't come out until 2001) and in the movies, Harry and Hermoine clearly wear post-2000 Muggle clothing. SteveSims 20:21, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: 1994/1995?

message: If Dumbledore is over a 100 years and the last tournament was held a century ago,it is possible that he would ve either participated in it or at least seen it.
61.95.13.82 17:51, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dumbledore could ve been a champion.
Talk:Encephalitis lethargica

message: Section Encephalitis_lethargica#Pandemic_of_1915–1926 describes exactly same event,  but as I see there is a confusion as to the name (epidemic/pandemic) and the time range. There are some other lesser discrepancies as well. Loew Galitz (talk) 17:21, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Klbrain (talk) 10:45, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge from [[Encephalitis lethargica epidemic of 1918-1930]] 

message: Since this disease no longer happens that means that it was probably caused by a chemeical that was in consumable products like drugs or food. 50.45.60.167 (talk) 16:14, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Caused by recreational drugs?
Talk:Glossary of names for the British

message: Where does this word come from? One is from Britain and often called a Brit but where does the 'ish' come from. Your either from Britain or not....you can't be sort of!!! Someone please explain. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.185.147.80 (talk) 08:22, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Same family as Irish, Danish, Hamish, Jewish, Polish, Cornish, English, Finnish, Flemish, Kentish, Lettish, Spanish, Turkish, Scottish, . . .  Doug butler (talk) 21:13, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  The term comes from the first known name for the inhabitants of the British Isles (not the inhabitants of the island of Great Britain). The isles were referred to as the Prettanik Isles, and the people as the Pretani. This was changed by the influence of the Romans, who seem to have changed it from the Greek 'Pret' to the Latin 'Brit'. --82.2.5.153 (talk) 18:55, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  British 

message: the OED and the New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English both state that lime-juicer were first used in Australia, in the sense English immigrant (attested 1888) and who has lately made the voyage from England (1859), respectively, without any nautical connotation, and later in NZ and SA. The nautical meaning craft sailing under the Union Jack or seaman of the Royal Navy seems to have originated much later in the US Navy, around 1918. --89.12.65.211 (talk) 21:08, 23 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Limey 

message: That we only have one about Britons is an embarassingly clear-cut instance of our usual Anglocentric systemic bias. RadioactiveBoulevardier (talk) 11:38, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Similar articles needed for other nationalities
Talk:Bartolomeu Dias

message: –  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.54.2.85 (talk) 03:28, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  astrolabe 

message: Why  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.79.86.46 (talk) 20:29, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why , was vartolomeo sentence when he arrived in the guinea golf 

message: What am I missing? This page is about Bartolomeu Dias, the map is about Cabral's voyage and there are pages on Cabral and his voyages, which mention that Dias was part of that expedition. So, there is no justification for including the map here, not to mention possibility of users scanning the page without reading in detail and getting the wrong idea of what the map is about. Regards, Rui Gabriel Correia (talk) 12:28, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Using the map of Cabral's Voyage on this page 

message: He was not just the first European to round the Cape of Good Hope, but the first navigator, period. The notion that the Phoenicians might have done it before is completely unsubstantiated and there is no hard evidence for it. Not only didn't they possess the capable ships for such long voyages, it would have been impossible to do so in a single voyage without proper knowledge of the winds and currents. It took the Portuguese more than 50 years with the best naval technology available up to that point in history to be able to do so, so it is highly unlikely that someone would have succeeded in a single try 2000 years before, it is nonsensical. 81.84.171.239 (talk) 09:45, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  First navigator in HISTORY to round the Cape of good hope 

message: It says "This flotilla was the first to reach Brazil" which can't be right? 188.154.5.233 (talk) 20:22, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: The matter appears to be a subject of dispute, partially laid out in Discovery of Brazil. -- Pemilligan (talk) 20:26, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brazil? 

message: What country did Dias and his crew sail to 41.122.69.148 (talk) 19:05, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: The articles states,  which is in South Africa. Is that what you're asking? -- Pemilligan (talk) 20:29, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  What country did Dias and his crew sail to
Talk:U of M

message: This page has become just a list of universities that start with the letter M. Most of these universities are never refered to as the U of M. Would anyone to removing all articles that do not bold "U of M" in the lead? ~ Eóin (talk) 06:42, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm with you on the Universidad de Monterrey.  The article indicates the school is abbreviated as "UDEM".  In order to become "U of M" you would need to show that it was common to translate the name into English and then abbreviate it. That seems unlikely.  (I'm giving the benefit of the doubt to the French Canadian schools on the list since they're officially bilingual.)  Please note, that my point is not related to the University of Michigan in any way; please keep that in mind when responding. RevelationDirect (talk) 09:22, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I completely agree.  I think there should only be 3 universities listed here (Michigan, Minnesota, and Miami) because those are the only three who refer to themselves as the U of M with any frequency.  Wikipediarules2221 22:54, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup
Talk:Syphilis

message: Redirects here but not mentioned. Equinox ◑ 17:13, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is a [[Hinton test]]? 

message: The history section is confusing. It starts off by saying that it started in America:
> Paleopathologists have known for decades that syphilis was present in the Americas before European contact.
But then says that it was present in Europe before the voyages to America:
> In 2020, a group of leading paleopathologists concluded that enough evidence had been collected to prove that treponemal disease, almost certainly including syphilis, had existed in Europe prior to the voyages of Columbus.
So which one is it? If it's uncertain it should start of by saying that. 46.33.152.203 (talk) 01:10, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin in Europe or America? 

message: change "This is believed to be partly due to increased sexual activity, increased prostitution, and decreased use of condoms."
 to : "This is believed to be partly due to increased prostitution, and decreased use of condoms." as increased sexual activity is false. Sexual activity seems to have lessen compared to previous years/decades Psixtras (talk) 20:52, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Lewcm Talk to me! 20:45, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 19 November 2023 

message: The lead says that pinta is caused by Treponema carateum, which, indeed, pinta also says.  In the body, however, the first paragraph under "Cause", talking of the bacterial cause, Treponema pallidum says that carateum is a subspecies.  I am thus unclear, is T. carateum a separate species within the genus Treponema or is it a subspecies of T. pallidum?  One paragraph or the other needs changing/clarifying, but i can't tell which is wrong. Happy days, ~ LindsayHello 12:39, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unclear bacteriology
Talk:Lukla, Nepal

message: Why was a redirect added from the name with country to the short? Shouldn't it be the other way around? RedWolf 03:47, Nov 13, 2003 (UTC)
:No, the country is not normally added to cities, only when there are several cities with the same name. --Wik 03:49, Nov 13, 2003 (UTC)
::The city,country form is used primarily for US and some other countries where it's customary. Dunno which way Nepal should swing though. Stan 05:02, 13 Nov 2003 (UTC)
Talk:Anton Chekhov

message: I found a very awkward & unworkable mix of explanatory footnotes treated as ref tags & what is essentially parenthetical referencing without the parentheses mixed in. The latter should really be shortened footnotes, but you cannot put  wishing ref tags. However, you can put  with the explanatory footnote template, . 
I am going to convert the ref tags that are really explanatory footnotes to  &  as per WP:CITEVAR:
* 
* 
Peaceray (talk) 05:09, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Just saw  which should handle quotes. Peaceray (talk) 20:07, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mix of explanatory footnotes & ref footnotes is very messy; I plan to fix as per [[WP:CITEVAR]]<span class="anchor" id="Fixing citations"></span> 

message: This edit :
#is not a proper summary of the body of the page (see section Anton_Chekhov#Legacy);
#is supported by a single ref to an opinion by Daniel Burt (author), but it is included without an explicit attribution and as a statement of fact in WP voice
#is an unnecessary duplication of content in next phrases of the lead explaining why he was a great writer.
:I have reverted your recent edit per WP:BRD. Please self-revert and get WP:CONSENSUS for including this new claim to the lead. Thanks. My very best wishes (talk) 17:17, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: A revert
Talk:Gul Agha Sherzai

message: Isn't "Gul" a title or honorific?  It's Wikipedia policy not to include titles in article names.  RickK 06:03, 13 Nov 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled 
Talk:Serbs

message: Population of Republic of Serbia needs to be updated. According to the 2022 Census of Population it was 6,690,887 in 2022.https://datacommons.org/place/country/SRB?utm_medium=explore&mprop=count&popt=Person&hl=en
: Note: datacommons.org claims that the population estimate is from ec.europa.eu. However, their estimate (6,690,887) doesn't match the europa's (6,770,000). M.Bitton (talk) 20:22, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done for now: Let's clear up the sourcing situation first. Actualcpscm (talk) 23:55, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: March 2023

message: So a user keeps reverting Bosnia and Herzegovina to Bosnia...I've checked and every other page has BiH.
Pinging User:Liliannnaa Vamsi20 (talk) 16:36, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Note I'm not reverting the edit again because I don't want to be blocked for edit warring. Vamsi20 (talk) 16:39, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bosnia 

message: The data should be updated in according to the 2022 Census in Serbia. According to it, there are 5'360'239 Serbs in Serbia. https://n1info.rs/vesti/popis-2022-rezultati-nacionalna-pripadnost/  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.140.148.87 (talk) 15:19, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  2022 census data
Talk:Looe Island

message: The island is normally accessible only by boat but at the neap tides it is just about possible for the journey to be made by foot across the rocky sea floor.
: Is it possible to swim?  ( 09:54, 13 Nov 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]

message: The page currently shows "citation needed" against the Legend of Christ statement (2nd paragraph). This is stated on the Channel 4 Time Team page that's currently reference [4]. 188.221.46.100 (talk) 09:40, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation for Christ Legend 
Talk:Vostok

message: Me thinks this page should be made into a disambiguation page. Right now it mixes the rocket Vostok with the spacecraft (capsule) Vostok, and the Vostok space program. All three are of course closely related, but e.g. the explosion of the Vostok rocket in 1980 has no real connection with the manned spaceflight program of the 1960s anymore. It's not much of an urgent matter yet as the article has not enough meat to split into three parts, most is about the Vostok space program. andy 11:00, 13 Nov 2003 (UTC)
Talk:ISO 3166-3

message: I was syncing our government list with the Wiki one and noticed BYAA was missing. I double checked this with martinez_AT_iso_DOT_org (a member of ISO 3166/MA) and he responded that it should be included. Following is his response:
The ISO 3166-3:1999 code for Byelorussian SSR is "BYAA". SSR is not an ISO 3166-3 code, it is an accronym for "Soviet Socialist Republic". The former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 and alpha-3 codes for Byelorussian SSR were; BY, BYS. These were valid from 1974 to 1992
--Reow 01:50, 18 Jun 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Shouldn't UAAA also be included then as well.  The SUHH entry on this page mentions that BY and UA already had their own codes, but only BYAA is mentioned above.  One might think, with Ukrainian SSR changing its name to Ukraine, but keeping the codes, would be almost exactly the same situation with Belarus/Byelorussian SSR?  --Canuckguy (talk) 01:30, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think there's an entry for Ukrainian SSR in ISO 3166-3. Perhaps because while the change in Belarus's name involved a code change (the alpha-3 code was changed from BYS to BLR), the change in Ukraine's name did not involve any code change. Chanheigeorge (talk) 09:05, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  <tt>BYAA</tt> 

message: This page says deleted codes are reserved for fifty years, while the 3166-2 pages says it's five years.  Which is right? 68.156.95.34 (talk) 05:26, 29 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 and ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 both say the codes can only be used during a transitional period of five years. However, further in the table, the codes seem to be reserved for a period of fifty years before they can be reassigned. Codes like ISO_3166-2:CS were already reassigned after a shorter period, but according to the page for CS, it did not appear for Czechoslovakia in the first publication of the ISO standard. --Aethy (talk) 11:05, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Five or fifty years?
Talk:Byōdō-in

message: In my opinion, no. They're about two temples that are geographically separate, were built at different times, have individual cultural and historical significances. They share the same name, but that's about it. Fg2 06:29, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)
:I agree and I have removed the merge tag. Icd 09:59, Mar 23, 2005 (UTC)
::Good point, I didn't notice that. Should we maybe make the titles clearer, to make sure other readers aren't confused? - Nat Krause(Talk!) 05:38, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Worth considering. Still, each has a link to the other. Not sure. Fg2 11:40, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge? 

message: This is a quote from Wiki policy on Verifiability
"Where editors use non-English sources, they should ensure that readers can verify for themselves the content of the original material and the reliability of its author/publisher.
Where editors use a non-English source to support material that others might challenge, or translate any direct quote, they need to quote the relevant portion of the original text in a footnote or in the article, so readers can check that it agrees with the article content."
67.180.48.33 (talk) 04:56, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: English sources for the English language Wiki

message: --93.220.34.173 (talk) 14:09, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Byōdō-in" translates to what? 