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Talk:Minor (linear algebra)

message: :A k×k minor of A is the determinant of a k×k matrix obtained from A by deleting m-k rows and n-k columns.
I'm a little confused now; I'm guessing doing this makes sure that when you take a minor you always get a square matrix so taking the determinant makes sense, but how can this be related to the Mij notation I have seen everywhere? (And where in the matrix are we deleting these rows and columns from?) Dysprosia 00:57, 1 Nov 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Confused

message: I really don't think starting with an example is the best way to write this article. The general definition of a cofactor should be written first, and examples later. After looking harder, this page seems to be mostly two examples, rather than explanation of general treatment. This needs to be fixed, but I don't know enough to fix it. Fresheneesz 23:16, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not really appropriate to put "use a f****** header" above comments when headers were not convention on Talk. It's not really appropriate to use that sort of language on Talk in any case. It is probably possible to write a symbolic definition in the general case, but this would not be very illustrative, and the current explanation does enough to explain what a minor or cofactor is generally. Dysprosia 23:49, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  intro to cofactors

message: Since the minor and cofactor only differ by a sign, there's really no reason to have two articles. I think having a cofactor section in the minor article (as is currently the case) is the best way to go, and redirect cofactor there. I might even be in favour of merging both into the determinant article.  Mark M (talk) 09:22, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge
Talk:Toccata

message: Before I rewrote it a bit, the article contained the following:
:In its baroque form, it is characterised by its lack of regular tempo, pedal solos, scales and arpeggios, and often "improvised" feel (eg, the toccatas of Johann Sebastian Bach). The French toccata is different in that the melody is usually played on the pedals, with the manuals acting as an accompaniment. French toccatas usually have a steady tempo. The most famous of these toccatas is easily the toccata form Widor's 5 symphony, often played at weddings.
I'm a bit confused by this, because the context makes it sounds as if this stuff about "The French toccata" refers to Baroque works, but then a) Widor wasn't a baroque composer and b) I can't think of any French baroque composers known for their toccatas (I could just be being thick on this second point, of course). So is this "French toccata" something characteristic of the baroque, or something that came about from the French organ composers of the 19th century? If we can clarify this, the info can go back in, I think, but as it was before, it was just confusing. --Camembert
::Not to mention that this presents toccatas as works for organs only, while they're not.John Holly 12:09, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: I wanted to mention that there are more modern toccatas, for example, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer covered one on their album "Brain Salad Surgery."  The author was still alive at the time.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.208.41.131 (talk) 22:58, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I tried to clarify it -- "toccata" is from the verb "toccare", which means "to touch".  Thanks, Antandrus  (talk) 18:53, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

text: No, I'm not certain, as my Italian is not strong, but I am quoting from the Harvard Dictionary of Music:  "Toccata [from Italian toccare, to touch; to hit or to tap,  e.g. a drum or bell; German Tokkata] -- a virtuoso composition for keyboard or plucked string instrument..." and so forth.  I've never seen another music dictionary or encyclopedia referencing a meaning of the original Italian "to play".  Antandrus  (talk) 17:18, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Modern toccatas
Talk:Glycogenolysis

message: what causes the brain to die when it doesn't get enough glucose. 174.76.189.200 (talk) 22:49, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  insulin shock
Talk:Cantor space

message: What about 2S where S is uncountable?  Should that be included among what are called Cantor spaces?  (It can be shown that every Boolean space, i.e., every totally disconnected compact Hausdorff space, is a compact subspace of one of these.) Michael Hardy 03:29, 1 Nov 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: If someone has a reference for referring to an uncountable product of 2, as a Cantor space, fine, though I've never heard that usage. But it's certainly not "Cantor space"; Cantor space is separable. --Trovatore 06:41, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Willard's General Topology (p. 121) defines a Cantor space as any product (possibly uncountable) of a finite discrete space. The Cantor set is homeomorphic to 2N and therefore a Cantor space. -- Fropuff 07:01, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, sounds like something should be said about this usage, then. Whoever incorporates it, please make sure to distinguish a Cantor space from Cantor space. (The problem with the edit I reverted is that, to me and I think to most set theorists, "Cantor space" with no article means the unique topological space homeomorphic to 2ω. Could be either "Cantor space" or "the Cantor space"; means the same thing. "A Cantor space" sounds different.) --Trovatore 07:11, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

text: We could remove the ambiguity by always calling 2ω the Cantor set, and use Cantor space for the general case; with a remark to the effect that the Cantor space always refers to the Cantor set. (Err, maybe that's too confusing.) -- Fropuff 07:29, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No, I don't agree with that. Descriptive set theorists call 2ω "Cantor space", not "the Cantor set". The latter sounds like the middle-thirds set to me. I think we should keep 2ω as the primary meaning of "Cantor space" with no article, and mention that some general topologists call 2 to any discrete space "a Cantor space". (I suspect the latter usage is not all that widespread; if I'm wrong about that we might have to do something like Baire space vs Baire space (set theory), except this time 2ω should get primary billing.)  --Trovatore 16:35, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm with Fropuff on this, everything I've seen refers to 2ω as the Cantor set; and Willard (opcit) seems to provide a definition of a Cantor space as something more general than what is described in this article. linas (talk) 16:43, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

text:  I guess you mean it has a countable base because actually 2R is separable and not Cantor space. Dskloet (talk) 07:49, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Uhhh, well, I suppose that depends on what topology you put on 2R.  I had in mind just the product topology; that's obviously not separable, but of course it also makes no use of the topology of R.  What topology do you have in mind? --Trovatore (talk) 10:09, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yes, I was thinking about the product topology as well. The collection of finite unions of rational intervals is both countable and dense, isn't it? (seeing a subset of R as an element of 2R) Dskloet (talk) 21:41, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Space or Set?
Talk:British Columbia Resources Investment Corporation

message: This article desperately needs at least one year in it ... right now, it's impossible to tell if it's an historical event from the 19th century, or something that still exists. - DavidWBrooks 21:39, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dates? 

message: I am currently looking at a couple of BRIC "5 Share" Certificates, the original distributed to citizens of British Columbia. To ground this discussion in time, it may be helpful to note that the effective date of August 7, 1979.
96.50.98.180 (talk) 21:36, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Relevant Date 

message: This wasn't exactly a scandal, depending on who you're talking to anyway.  Scandalous yes, but not a political scandal in the usual sense; still I'm wondering if :Category:Canadian political scandals or an eventual (currently non-extant) :Category:British Columbia political scandals) cat shouldn't be added.  I'll add Politics of British Columbia, as the BCRIC story is certainly part of historical politics in BC.....(I think it was the sucker-line for the '79 election but I'll check...the shares were largely worthless by '80/'81 - I remember that as I lost mine at the Luv Affair with the rest of my wallet on New Years....).Skookum1 00:03, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: scandal cat?

message: I can't remember; otherwise I'd put :Category:Crown corporations of Canada (noting that there should eventually be :Category:Crown corporations of British Columbia; Skookum1 00:05, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Was BCRIC a Crown Corporation or not?

message: I have one of the BCRIC bearer share certificates that were sent to all British Columbians in the 70's.  I was thinking of uploading the image for this article.  They are worthless so it should be less of a concern than uploading something like a scanned $20 bill.  But even so, I have no idea whether that is ok.  Does anyone know?  --KenWalker | Talk 05:18, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Share Certificate

message: I wonder how much this is worth today. 5 shares from 1979? 96.55.12.124 (talk) 23:47, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bearer share certificate 

message: I changed the quality rating of this article from 'start' to 'stub' today, owing to the absence of any references/citations......PKT(alk) 13:11, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment
Talk:Simon Phillips (drummer)

message: Phillips has joined with Saisse and Palladino as "Phillips Saisse Palladino", a jazz fusion trio, mainly, which began a tour of Europe in late 2009. Often the references are shortened to PhiSaiPal or something like that. Here is one reference: Link from Drummer's World 
I think this might be a good place to keep references for the article.  Thanks. --Leahtwosaints (talk) 01:34, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Phillips Saisse Palladino 

message: In 2022 Philiips joins Kings of Mercia and released an album.
Jim MATHEOS – Guitars
Steve OVERLAND – Vocals
Simon PHILLIPS – Drums
Joey VERA – Bass
This information could be added. I already added this to the Discography. This band isn't anywhere to be found on Wikipedia. 45.139.161.45 (talk) 07:36, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kings Of Mercia
Talk:Eric Stanton

message: It seems to me that the character "Blunder Broad" may not be notable enough for her own article, but certainly the article contains information that could be included here. What do others think? Charlie-talk to me-what I've done 04:22, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It might be good to merge if there is a section with other ongoing Stanton characters. I'm not sure we should merge it if it's just the one, which tends to give it disproportionate weight. That would be like a Jack Kirby article having a section on Captain America, and nothing on The New Gods, The Fantastic Four, the Boy Commandos, etc. --Tenebrae 18:38, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Hmm, well I'm not that familiar with Stanton's characters, but if there are others of note, I'm sure we could make a section called "notable characters", or something similar. Charlie-talk to me-what I've done 08:26, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Exactly so. Having a section called "Notable character", singular, isn't quite the same thing! :-) —Tenebrae 00:21, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

text: Merged quickly & crudely to Eric Stanton#Later_career. If someone wants to reorganize that page and add characters, that would be helpful. / edg ☺ ★ 16:16, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merger
Talk:Paul Gerhardt

message: After completing his studies in Berlin as tutor in the family of an advocate named Berthold, whose daughter he subsequently married, on receiving his first ecclesiastical appointment at Mittelwald (a small town in the neighbourhood of Berlin) in 1651. 
The above makes little sense. First, the syntax has gone wrong. Secondly, it is far from clear how he could complete his (theological?) studies as tutor in the family of an advocate.
Sebastjan
: Wikipedia:Be bold - if you can fix it, why not edit it? :) Dysprosia 15:26, 1 Nov 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: The original sentence in 1911 Britannica is:  After completing his studies for the church he is known to have lived for some years at Berlin as tutor in the family of an advocate named Berthold, whose daughter he subsequently married, on receiving his first ecclesiastical appointment at Mittelwald (a small town in the neighbourhood of Berlin) in 1651. It seems to be the victim of some trimming, and in the current article the offending sentence seems to have completely disappeared, supplanted by information from an unknown source.  I will look into restoring.  Bob Burkhardt (talk) 20:30, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Unintelligible sentence

message: While I am grateful for the significance contributions of our American sisters and brothers for the Lutheranism topic on wikipedia, I would like to point out that for many Lutherans outside North America, this kind of calendar of saints is totally unknown. References to US/North American traditions and customs should be represented in an appropriate context e.g.  "...in the United States Paul Gerhardt is commemorated in the Lutheran calendar of saints..." Could someone fluent in English adjust the article? Thanks! --Isidorus Finn (talk) 15:06, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Bob Burkhardt (talk) 20:30, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Gerhardt in Lutheran Calendar of saints
Talk:Menkaure

message: That guy really lived for 140 years? AxelBoldt 16:37, 1 Nov 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that's supposed to mean that they can't place his rule any more specific than that. --84.216.41.127 13:05, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

text: There is no difference.  You're dealing with transliteration here.  There will always be minor discrepencies when you convert something like ancient Egyptian into a modern Romance language.  Someone made an article called "Mankaure" for the Pyramid of Menkaure which I later started.  The truth is, the pyramid doesn't have a separate name, and if it did, it wouldn't differ so minutely as to an "a" and an "e" for the reasons of transliteration I mentioned above. --Palpatine 05:27, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: First, R' was probably pronounced Rea, according to the amarna letters. Second, the name of menkaure's pyramid is "Menkaure is Divine." In my experience, menkaure is the more common rendering, but my experience has been shown to be rather wrong of late. Ian Shaw uses "ra", grimal goes back to the greek mycernius, gardner is "re", as does Redford... Menkaure is over four times more common on Google, as well. Thanatosimii 00:44, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Henry Wilson

message: wanted to contact anyone of relation to henry wilson(jeremiah jones colbath) He is my fathers great great uncle.My fathers great grandmother was kate curtis colbath, who was henry's cousin. We have many letters from family and a genealogy book and coat of arms made by Daniel Webster Colbath(1876)Ther seems to be a lot of misinformation about him and his life. Anyone interested can contact me at ironwrkrb@aol.com
I added the reason as to why he changed his name. THat's pretty much iot, though right now I'm going to research it more because im his 5 times great nephew so I know why he changed his nephew (my mothers grandmother's maiden name was Colbath).-Chile 19:05, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reason for changing his name 

message: Then-Senator Wilson was also involved, implicated, and investigated in connection with the Crédit Mobilier scandal of 1872, which please see, prior to his being elected Vice President in 1880.<BR><B>☺</B> Dick Kimball (talk) 15:31, 28 November 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  The section on Wilson the Crédit Mobilier has been added. Thanks.  Cmguy777 (talk) 23:38, 31 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Crédit Mobilier scandal 

message: I think the Crédit Mobilier section is looking good for now. I suppose there is no way to substantiate Wilson's claims concerning his wife...The whole issue sounded complicated...There apparently is no date when Wilson gave Ames the 2,000...Right now I can't think of anything to improve the section. Cmguy777 (talk) 23:06, 31 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Crédit Mobilier section 

message: Why has a colorized photo been added to the top of the page? YeetusDeletusYT (talk) 21:26, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Colorized photo
Talk:WAPA-TV

message: WAPA-TV and WAPA-Radio are not currently owned by the same company. Hemisphere Media Group owns WAPA-TV, and WAPA Radio is locally owned. 66.50.146.70 (talk) 20:44, 1 November 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: WAPA Television and WAPA Radio are not currently owned by the same company. InterMedia Partners owns WAPA Television, and WAPA Radio is locally owned by Wilfredo G. Blanco Pi & his son Jorge Blanco. 142.255.225.199 (talk) 17:13, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: WAPA-TV.and WAPA Radio

message: I'm for it. Kimmykun 05:27, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move to WAPA-TV 

message: Moved. WhiteNight T | @ | C 22:54, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Result

message: Apparently, Wapa has somehow acquired the World's Most Amazing Videos without the use of Spike TV's permission. Their voice dubbings are bland and terrible and therefore they could get sued because of illegal acquisitions. Believe me, its true. 70.45.182.188 (talk) 20:12, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Illegal acquirements to [[World's Most Amazing Videos]] from [[Spike TV]] (News) 

message: WNJX-TV is just a satellite station. There's no reason why it should have its own page. WORA-TV and WOLE-TV are different since they're TV station sin their own right, but WNJX isn't. Kimmykun (talk) 21:27, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  WNJX-TV merger 
Talk:List of the most popular names in the 1910s in the United States

message: Most popular names for what country?
:It says USA in the article Nezzadar 23:20, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: These all sound probably about right, but where does it come from? This could just as easily be arbitrarily made up. Is there a citation for this? --Dmcdevit 01:17, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed, I'll cite this. Nezzadar 23:20, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Huh? 

message: Please go to the discussion at Talk:List of the most popular names in the 1880s in the United States#Please extend the lists to the top 50 given names regarding the extension of the lists of most popular names. Ar Colorado (talk) 20:37, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please extend the lists to the top 50 given names
Talk:WEFG-LD

message: Is this original work? RickK 05:08, 2 Nov 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments
Talk:Zofia Kossak-Szczucka

message: This section could be clearer. It's hard to tell what is a quote, or a quote with in quote, and what might be something else.  Could someone with access to the original fix it up?  Thanks. Peter Grey 17:50, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Debate on Zofia Kossak-Szczucka 

message: Quick failed for WP:POLAND due to insufficient inline citations. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 08:10, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: B-class review
Talk:Silky shark

message: First cut, stole layout from Oceanic_white_tipped_shark.
Need to verify
* young fed in utero by a placental sac ( not sure what this means ... just assumes silky is same as oceanic? :-) )
* Temperature, I have 2 books one say above 23 , the other say it likes 23 best.
Improvements:
* Better distribution, all I have is worldwide, but not how far north/south.
* Picture, I have one will try to upload at some time.
* More text, more headers!!
Stefan 07:02, 2 Nov 2003 (UTC)
replies: text:  Placental doesn't make sense to me either.  I'm fairly certain that only mammals have placenta (and then only the placental mammals, not marsupials or egg layers).  From the little I know about shark reproduction, viviparous sharks don't actually have a good way to feed their young.  In some species, the young will actually eat each other for nutrition.  That some sharks would have an advanced system like a placenta and others wouldn't have anything at all doesn't make sense to me. Athaler 18:21, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notes 

message: I wanted to leave a note about Lévy flights, but I didn't see a behavior section. Perhaps this should be assembled? ᛭ LokiClock (talk) 08:41, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Having senses - including vision - does not preclude an animal from using Levy flight as a strategy to find prey. Rlendog (talk) 13:49, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

text: Yeah, definitely upside down, the uploader could probably change it.--NYMFan69-86 (talk) 02:48, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It's been changed.--NYMFan69-86 (talk) 19:44, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Behavior - Lévy flights 
Talk:League of Communists of Croatia

message: The ideological aspects listed are relevant, Stalinism and Titoism were significantly different, yet both still forms of Communism. Informbiro vs Yugoslavism? Saying that a communist organisation has a communist ideology may well be redundant, but describing its position on the spectrum of the left (as described in reliable sources) is entirely relevant. Regards, Peacemaker67  (crack... thump) 09:48, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ideology in infobox
Talk:Manny Shinwell

message: I've stuck a warning on the top of the page.
This article is very biased.
Alun Ephraim 11:31, 2 Nov 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Is there a page on the above? Jackiespeel 16:08, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Famous Centenarians]]

message: This revert by a self-proclaimed new editor lacked any edit summary. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manny_Shinwell&diff=884380945&oldid=884178254
It requires one. Else, it is subject to reversion. --2604:2000:E010:1100:98A6:2F37:8B68:92E9 (talk) 02:11, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Revert without edit summary
Talk:Transcend Information

message: Seems like the History and Product Lines sections were pulled of (or maybe even written by an employee of) the Transcend website. It's talking in the "we" form, so that's why I suspected this. How can I report this?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jason Boon (talk • contribs) 02:06, 23 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not neutral?