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Talk:Empirical evidence/Archive 1

message: circular definition, not straight forward.(This unsigned post was added on 14th March 2007 by 188.155.122)
:re:  definition of "empirical" in scientific AND general terms: Currently posted definition inadequate & unclear.  "Empirical" evidence is usually 'on the basis of observation up to present', or 'un-correlated evidence' i.e. on the basis of first results,  anecdotal or axiomatic data.   "Empirical" results are unchecked by further statistically  significant experimental data, and usually have not been subjected to peer-review. [User:84.251.214.241|84.251.214.241]] 16:30, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This last statement is flatly incorrect.  I'm removing the cleanup tag. ... Kenosis 17:06, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: (Comment as posted was unclear; is this what you meant?)Swanny18 08:25, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Too many "that is" in the first few sentences. 204.145.129.189 19:16, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Duly noted. ... Kenosis 17:06, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Too many "quotation marks". 89.241.159.20 (talk) 14:06, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  circular 

message: If the first sentence, "The word emperical denotes information gained by means of observation, experience, or experiment", is sourced, does the sentence "Empirical data are data that are produced by experiment or observation" need to be?  I'm not a philosopher but it seems to me that all it's doing is putting the already-sourced defininion of "empirical" with the word "data". QED.  Scolaire (talk) 06:46, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No reply after six days, so I'm removing the tag.  Scolaire (talk) 07:13, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation needed 

message: Empiricism is fundamental to the rise of western culture and technology, and deserves far more than just the stub of a article. It is about gaining knowledge from experiement and controlled observations, rather than by the previously used methods of armchair philosophy, appeals to authority, navel-gazing, conjecture, speculation, sentiment and so on (all of which are still alive and well in the arts - see semiology, post-modern or Freudian for examples). Edit: this article ought to mention empiricism near the start of the article, not just in See Also at the end.  89.241.159.20 (talk) 14:03, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Empiricism]] 

message: * dependent on evidence or consequences that are observable by the senses
What about someone who has spiritual senses, or ESP? Suppose we find someone who's a mind reader or can tell things about someone he's never met?
Does the scientific study of religion investigate Spiritualism or communication with departed saints? --Uncle Ed (talk) 19:28, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Empiricism and the supernatural
Talk:Roman Catholic Diocese of Bathurst (Canada)

message: Merge Same diocese, just renamed. MH au 06:18, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merger

message: Parts (such as the third paragraph) of the “history” section of this article are written in a style that is more typical of print sources or official websites than of Wikipedia, and so I wonder if it might have been copied and pasted from somewhere else?  If so then, unless we have permission, it may be a copyright violation. Bwrs (talk) 15:34, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I've rewritten the section. — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 08:20, 16 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Copied/pasted?
Talk:Mijiu

message: ...here in central China and consuming 米酒.  This is stuff I can get all over the place in (quite literally) every grocery store, supermarket and even open-air market.  And as I consume it, I can't help but notice that ... what I'm consuming—quite clearly labelled 米酒 with no other qualifying characters—doesn't even slightly resemble what this article describes.  Indeed what this article describes I've never seen in almost a decade of living here in central China.
Are you sure some weeaboo didn't accidentally confuse 米酒 with sake because he thinks Japan is the rest of east and southeast Asia?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 111.173.97.187 (talk) 05:57, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: So here I am...
Talk:White-chested white-eye

message: This bird cannot be extinct since 2000 when surveys in 2003 and 2005 had shown that this bird is still alive. So the classification as extinct is erroneous --Melly42 06:25, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You really shouldn't be putting original, unpublished information in wikipedia articles. --Peta 11:21, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Extinct

message: From the EFBC-Website:
This database is not intended to be a complete source of information on the matters it deals with. Individuals and organisations should consider all the available information, including that available from other sources, in deciding whether there is a need to make a referral or apply for a permit or exemption under the EPBC Act.
Sorry, but i cannot use data from a website when they state that their material is incomplete and it even seems that this material is outdated in the case of the White-chested White-eye. So i think it would be the best to see this material as irrelevant, when you have other material which is in contrast to the EFBC-Material --Melly42
The species is listed as extinct under the Act. It is entirely relevant, and important, to mention that in the article, since Australia governs Norfolk Island. Much like the ivory-billed woodpecker; despite claimed recent sitings (although I can't find any reference online to sitings in 2005 as is claimed in our article) no one knows for sure; and no official surveys for over 20 years prior to the 2000 listing as extinct found any birds  thus the article should mention both the IUCN and Aus classification. --Peta 04:15, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Also the EPBC is not some backyard operation, it is a Act of the federal government of Australia, and for a species to be listed at any level takes a good deal of research. --Peta 04:24, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: EFBC-Material
Talk:Gouqi jiu

message: Are there separate names for the three types of gouqi jiu? MrZaiustalk 20:56, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: From Chinese alcohol terminology, they're probably all called gouqi jiu, though the hard liquor might be called gouqi baijiu.  Badagnani 21:53, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Three Kinds

message: The romanization(s) need to be unhidden in the box. It is not stated that the characters are simplified and traditional, and should be. Also, the yellow bar clashes horribly with the light blue. Badagnani 22:31, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Box
Talk:Preston Love

message: Please avoid using terms like "legend" and "legendary" to refer to anyone, unless they are a figure who may not have existed, but we know of through folklore (such as Paul Bunyan).  Such hyperbolic terms to refer to 20th century musicians are best reserved for public relations and promotional writing, and are inappropriate to use on Wikipedia.  Thank you. Bricology (talk) 00:31, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Legend" / "Legendary" 

message: Preston Love Jr. of Omaha is active in public speaking and politics. His name is not on the page about his father. 
He is "the founder of Black Votes Matter Institute for Community Engagement, which is the fiscal agent of North Omaha Information Support Everyone (NOISE) in 2019 and 2020. He is a longtime community activist in North Omaha and an adjunct instructor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha."
* "This article was previously published in the Omaha Star and Omaha World-Herald." -- https://www.noiseomaha.com/news-now/2020/4/1/for-black-omahans-coronavirus-spurs-resolve-unity-renewal?fbclid=IwAR2mL83UF0A8_UbC-rcYkg82epywWh2AhoXXnRcMn1pZqmN3IMzsUXrWg3s
Hope his helps. 75.101.104.17 (talk) 00:06, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Preston Love Jr
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Talk:Christiaan de Wet

message: Here is another one titled: De strijd tusschen Boer en Brit - https://archive.org/details/destrijdtussche00wetgoog --197.228.30.71 (talk) 16:09, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other publications 

message: I have the book Three Years War, published by Archibald Constable. There is a German translation, published in New York and then translated into English by Gutenberg. Page numbers differ and text may well differ as well. I will, provisionally, quote from my book as follows: De Wet (Archibald). Regards, Vaaljapie. Vaaljapie (talk) 06:07, 5 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Different versions of De Wet's English book 

message: 77.96.98.220 (talk) 08:03, 18 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  SEEKING DR NICHOLAS J DE WET... CULLINAN... PRETORIA... desdarcy@yahoo.com  1951 dublin...
Talk:Aerial Board of Control

message: We don't have an article about Kipling's science fiction stories, both of which are in the "Aerial Board of Control" universe.  They get a brief mention in the Kipling article, though. --John Nagle 07:15, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: Someone put a "notability" tag on this article.  That's a bit much.  This is about Rudyard Kipling's science fiction works. Kipling is generally considered one of the more significant English writers of all time.  He wrote two stories in what we'd call today his "Aerial Board of Control" universe. --John Nagle 06:50, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notability issue? 

message: The new "Social structure" section looks like original research.  There are no cites.  
Also, "As Easy as A.B.C." is not set in Canada. It's set in Illinois.  
"De Forest, whose business it is to know the out districts, told us that it lay at the foot of Lake Michigan, on a road to nowhere in particular, was about half an hour’s run from end to end, and, except in one corner, as flat as the sea." --John Nagle (talk) 04:26, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's been a month, and there are still no cites for the "Social structure" section. Removing the whole section as original research.  (Bad original research; Illinois is not in Canada.). --John Nagle (talk) 18:05, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Social structure section
Talk:Donald Bailey (civil engineer)

message: I recall reading recently that the First Bailey Bridge was demonstrated/ test erected at the REME barracks on Glossop rd Sheffield,. but cannot remember were I read this. Any body know any info ? - BulldozerD11 (talk) 16:36, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: First Bridge

message: Are there any such bridges still in use in the UK? KJP1 (talk) 20:47, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remaining bridges
Talk:Phyllis (TV series)

message: I see caption "Phyllis with mother-in-law Audrey Dexter, 1975."  I am guessing that is Phyllis on the right, but am not completely sure; otherwise, I'd edit in "(right)" myself.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.82 (talk) 17:16, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  on the right, right?
Talk:Greek food products

message: I have redirected all but one pages pages linked to Greek products back to Greek food products, in order to free the former for future development (e.g. for a possible overview article of products from Greece). The only page I could not do was Greece because it's locked. I would appreciate if someone could do that for me (i.e. change the wikilink of Greek products to Greek food products in the said article. Thanks! -Sonathos 07:27, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Greek food products, Greek products

message: This page was merged with Greek cuisine a while ago, because it wasn't clear what it added to the Greek cuisine article and its definition was unclear.  Is it about exports of foods?  In that case, it presumably should include the very large export business in grapes, oranges, raisins, and fresh and canned tomatoes and peaches, as well as capers, olive oil, honey, and canned dolmathakia (which are more 'typical'). Is it about specific Greek specialties, like Greek cheese, and Greek wines? How about Greek brands of pasta (Misko), which I can actually find here in Boston....  What's more, the links to this page are all over the place, including various dishes as well as food products, including: tzatziki, spanakopita, souvlaki, gyros, meze, saganaki, tsoureki, kothropita, and skordalia.
I would like to see a rationale for keeping this as a separate page.  --Macrakis 13:37, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Rationale
Talk:Hearts Afire

message: Moved info here from article for being unsourced long-term. Please feel free to source and reincorporate into article! Freshh (talk) 14:44, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsourced Material 
Talk:Political cinema

message: This page needs lots of references and clear definition.  While I am by no means an expert on this it seems a little odd that films like The Battle of Algiers, Z, etc. aren't on this list.  It needs to be sourced and probably a better distinction between documentary, documentary-like, and complete fiction should be made.  Do any editors know about this subject well? gren グレン 07:40, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]

message: Thought people interested in this article might like to know that :Category:Women screenwriters is being considered for deletion. — scribblingwoman 02:28, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Category "women screenwriters" up for discussion
Talk:John Coakley Lettsom

message: The name should be changed to Lettsom (without the "e").  That is the way the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography spells it and also the way it is spelled in the most important biography of Lettsom by J. Johnson Abraham (London: Heinemann: 1933).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.189.72.163 (talk) 23:47, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Longnewton

message: Is Longnewton, or Long Newton the correct name for the village? Maps, Roads and Road Signs seem to contridict each other on the name. -Andrew Duffell 08:59, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Spelling

message: This seems a bit odd.
# Mbarnes92 edited this article, and no other, between 29/02/12 and 02/04/12.
# Most of their contributions appear to be useful. (Looking at them, I feel that this is clearly not a new user.)
# This edit appears to be at least wrong, and perhaps silly or disruptive.
# Difficult to tell whether they are being deliberately silly (ahem, biting social commentary) or just have a wacky theory about the weather but can't spell "Pennines".
# It's a bit embarrassing that this nonsense has been here since 07/03/12 and lots of us have edited it but never noticed this. Ahem. :( Mea culpa etc.
# It got noticed and corrected today, thank you, by 86.19.237.161. Assuming good faith and innocent, helpful bystander. :)
Where does this leave us?
# If it was just a typo then fine. I think the Pennines weather theory would be no good anyway, but at least a typo is just a typo.
# If it was deliberate, either malicious disruption or just a little experiment for their Master's dissertation on "internet sociology and the user-led market", where does it leave us with the credibility of their other edits? This is the one that worries me a little - Mbarnes92 did a lot of work here and I'm not sure how much of it can be checked.
What do you think? I'm tb-ing the involved editors and a couple of other regulars and would be very interested to read your views.
Best wishes to all, DBaK (talk) 10:17, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I got a message about this. I don't recall how I got to the article in the first place, but when I first saw it (after the first five edits by ), it looked  - notice the world map and two red links in the infobox. My first edit . I didn't notice that there were two sets of coordinates upper right, overlapping and different; I didn't fix that until  - this must have been picked up by looking at my watchlist, because  had not been created (or populated) at that point. My  was to correct some spellings and link some railway stations, and was definitely noticed through my watchlist. My  eliminated some entirely unnecessary newlines before each of . I made , some time after which I unwatched the page. --Redrose64 (talk) 11:35, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unusual editing
Talk:WGSF (AM)

message: The external link contains no reference at all to WGSF, the topic of this article.
The information about the founder is not supported by a citation or source, and I can find no information on the internet confirming that or any person with that name in the Memphis area.  It could just be the name of someone the original author knows.  Add this if you can state a source and/or provide some evidence of a connection between that person and this radio station.    
The station is owned by Flinn Broadcasting according to the FCC license database. The current call sign goes back to 2000 and the station back to 1984.  
Most mentions in the media and web sites refer to the station as "Radio Ambiente" rather than "Radio Ambiente Caliente". (or Calente)  
StreamingRadioGuide 09:00, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Reetika Vazirani

message: does anyone why she did this? Madhava 1947 (talk) 05:17, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  why? 
Talk:We the Best

message: * Where does this tracklisting come from?
* How can you believe the production credits? what's the point in releasing on album if you don't sing/rap or produce/play instruments on it?--NeptunianDroid 19:57, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tracklisting 

message: who produced it for real
It samples Lil Wayne's featured appearance on Birdman's "Get Your Shine On" off Fast Money. How should this be added to the real article?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rockingbeat (talk • contribs) 19:12, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  S ON MY CHEST 

message: he doesnt rap and he doesnt produce the songs. who is this guy and why does he get to take the credit?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.198.130.84 (talk) 02:33, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: what does he do?
Talk:Welcome to Haiti: Creole 101

message: Was there really a separate tracklisting for the UK edition? Seems a bit dubious to me.
:The edition I have has a different track listing to both the ones listed here, with President straight after the intro. So which version is that?--217.206.93.190 (talk) 09:36, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  UK edition
Talk:What's the Time Mr Wolf? (album)

message: User User:Sugarcubez had a point regarding my renaming of the page.
I might have gotten a bit carried away and done something before checking, but as I saw it, the renaming of What's the Time Mr. Wolf? to What's the Time Mr. Wolf? (album) is completely in line with WP naming standards, as the childrens game is a much more well known use of the phrase. I also updated all links in WP to point to the new page, as well as updated What's the time, Mr Wolf? to include a reference to the album.
In any case, the revert made is not quite the way to go about undoing a move, as the page history follows in the movement, see Help:Moving a page#Undoing_a_move for details. I have reverted the edit to be a redirect to What's the Time Mr. Wolf? (album) to avoid risking a divergence between the pages.
/probell (Talk)  —Preceding comment was added at 21:24, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Moving from "What's the Time Mr. Wolf?" to "What's the Time Mr. Wolf? (album)" 
Talk:What God Wants, Part I

message: there are thousands of anti-dogma songs, why single out this bowie song in the 'see also' section?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.86.74.27 (talk) 21:50, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: 'see also'

message: I know Roger Waters has said that the bass line of this song is the same as "Another Brick in the Wall, Part Two". But he's just wrong. It isn't. 
Roger Waters has also said that the main riff of "Echoes" is in 12/8 time, and that "Money" is in 7/8 time. He never studied music theory. He's a creative genius, but he's often wrong about the details.
--Ben Culture (talk) 15:10, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  The bass line. 
Talk:When the Sun Goes Down (Kenny Chesney album)

message: The article says that the title track was originally performed by Jimmy Buffett.  However, there is no evidence that Jimmy originally performed it.  If no one can find evidence in a week, I will remove that. RugratsFan2003 (talk) 04:16, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Performed and recorded are not the same thing.Tunedprice (talk) 10:36, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I know that, but there is no evidence that Jimmy originally performed it.  Also, sorry that it took 3 days for me to reply back. RugratsFan2003 (talk) 04:15, 17 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Title Track Originally Performed by Jimmy Buffett?
Talk:The Whitest Kids U' Know (album)

message: The name of the album in CD format on the WAR site is given as The Whitest Kids U' Know - but the MP3 digital download format name is given as The Whitest Kids U' Know: The Skits. The tracklisting on both is exactly the same. Which name would be correct for this article? Farslayer (talk) 00:13, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: My bad. The WAR site offers two digital download options: with songs and without. For accuracy's sake I'm going to rename the page so it reflects the album as a whole (with songs), and put a footnote somewhere. Farslayer (talk) 06:35, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name clarification
Talk:The Whitest Kids U'Know (album)

message: This album on its own is not notable - perhaps it should be merged to the section on the sketch comedy troupe's page?  Addionne (talk) 00:38, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed.  --Leodmacleod (talk) 01:31, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge to sketch comedy troupe page?
Talk:Who Ride wit Us: Tha Compalation, Vol. 1

message: cf Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gangsta Crunk In ictu oculi (talk) 11:04, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Non-charting album