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Talk:Postern

message: Online references at Google scholar provided details of some castles with postern gates.
*Bodiam Castle. Paul Everson, "Bodiam Castle, East Sussex: a fourteenth-century designed landscape", in David Morgan Evans and others (eds), The remains of distant times: archaeology and the National Trust, Boydell & Brewer for the National Trust (Great Britain), 1996. 
*Paul Everson, "Bodiam Castle, East Sussex: castle and its designed landscape", in Peter Ettel and others (eds), Château-Gaillard, Etudes de Castellogie Médiévale 21, Actes Du Coloque International de Maynooth (2002), Centre de Recherches Archéologiques et Historiques Médiévales (CRAHM), 2004. 
*HW Fairman, "Preliminary Report on the Excavations at Amarah West, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, 1947-8", The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 34 (1948): 3–11.
This stub could do with expansion, of course. Things I'd love someone to research, or share their knowledge of sourced info regarding, are:
*earliest known posterns excavated,
*earliest documentary references to them,
*historical seiges where use of posterns made a significant contribution,
*technological development ancient to medieval, and
*best preserved examples currently open to public viewing.
Good luck generous contributors! :) Alastair Haines (talk) 22:38, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Most readers nowadays would probably recognize the term postern from Aragorn and Gimli's sortie on the bridge at Helm's Deep -but I can't find a suitable source.Manannan67 (talk) 04:59, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Helm's Deep
Talk:Rome-Old and Juli-Eh

message: During the part where Nelson comes to Lisa's aid, shouldn't he had an army behind him like in the The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (film)? This was quite a good episode. Temari of Wind13 03:50, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I wasn't changing that, I was reverting your removal of the reference to Helm's Deep. -- Scorpion 19:05, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: relation to LOTR

message: Please see WP:OR and WP:TRIVIA and while your at it, look at Cape Feare, Homer's Enemy, Homer's Phobia and  You Only Move Twice, all four of which are Featured articles, and see if you can notice the difference. -- Scorpion0422 18:11, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia

message: Is the fort battle scene a parody of the movie 300, because there must have been about 100 fed ex guys and only 3 of the kids? Y2J RKO 16:59, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think its more likely a reference to the Battle of Helm's Deep in The Two Towers. Gran2 17:03, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It uses the soundtrack to ROTK too. Thought it was pretty obvious with the fell beast and all. Alientraveller 08:27, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  300
Talk:Prefabricated home

message: Needs to be broken out a little bit better.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.198.34.86 (talk) 17:59, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  The U.S. section includes discussion about prefab homes in post-war UK and Germany 

message: The "English prefabricated house" currently pictured is interesting and should certainly be kept, but is nothing like the small, one-storey houses most Britons think of when they hear the word "prefab". Loganberry (Talk) 12:05, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  A pic of a British WW2-era prefab would be nice 

message: This is an unsupported assertion which contradicts the article Prefabricated building.Chemical Engineer (talk) 16:08, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The History section was added in  (15 August 2010) by  who has not been active since 16 August 2010. I have no idea about the truth of the claim, but it is typical of many claims that people add to a variety of articles. If there is no source very soon, I support removing the section. Johnuniq (talk) 00:09, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  History 

message: The article Prefabricated building has a lot of overlap with this article in its 'Prefabricated Housing' section. Should we merge it all into here? Twopenneth (talk) 13:04, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge discussion 

message: “In today's usage the term ‘prefab’ is more closely related to the style of home, usually modernist, rather than to a particular method of home construction.” This assertion has no citation, nor supporting information about where or amongst whom it maybe the case; anecdotally, it certainly doesn’t seem to be the case in my own experience, but it my be a regional or age-related distinction. I think it would be best deleted, or expanded with support. Jock123 (talk) 07:43, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prefab as style or method of construction?
Talk:Dwarf cichlid

message: This article was previously merged with the cichlid article. I revived it for several reasons.
* Most of the original content of this article got lost when merged with the cichlid article.
* "Dwarf cichlid" is a popular category used by aquarists and this article should be useful for readers who is interested in fishkeeping 
* Other groups of cichilds like the mbuna or shell dwellers have their own articles too.
* This article exist in wikipedia of other languages (at least the Polish wiki).
--Melanochromis 22:22, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dwarf cichlid article revived
Talk:Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times

message: So, does this mean that Homer did shoot Mr. Burns? 71.75.161.147 01:22, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Is the segment Bartman Begins really based on Batman Begins? I think it is based on many different Batman works in different mediums. The setting looks like that of Batman, the Animated Series, some scenes are from comics or the Tim Burton movie. 81.182.237.221 (talk) 20:12, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Based on Batman Begins? 

message: In the couch gag section it now reads "(save Maggie, who is already a baby)".
I assume that "save" means "except" here. I see no good reason to write it in such an IMO difficult way, so I will rewrite it to read: "(except for Maggie, who is already a baby)." if I hear no objections.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Driber (talk • contribs) 17:31, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plain English 

message: Should be moved to lowercase "is" -> Revenge is a Dish Best Served Three Times  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.6.208.49 (talk) 22:57, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect capitalization
Talk:Punch list

message: Propose a merge with Snagging to bring what is essentially the same process on both side of the pond together, no point in having separate articles for faucet and tap - their may be slightly different legal and procedural aspects so we should maintain the geographic separation in the article under US and UK headings. Tom-ay-toe To-maar-toe --Mcginnly | Natter 02:55, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge proposals

message: Snagging is a major source of conflict between developers and homebuyers in the UK - see snagging.org.  This is not clear from the definition which should reflect this.   Snagging is often covered in the British and Irish media. I don't think the same can be said of punch list. 
Additionally, Snagging is a term that is starting to be used outside the construction industry to mean defect identification and resolution e.g. software development.  This may be due to the profile in the media.  
If there is to be a merge, punch list should be merged with snagging. Snagging.org 11:31, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Disagree

message: Is a punch list the same as a snag list? If 'not quite synonymous', this should be outlined in the first sentence.	--86.12.160.194 (talk) 14:23, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clarity needed in the intro 

message: I have always considered that Deficiency Lists/Reports are prepared by the Architect/Project Manager/Owners' Representative and submitted to the General Contractor for remediation. Whereas Punch Lists are generated by the General Contractor and submitted to the Sub Contractors/Trades for remediation. ChrisHAu (talk) 18:05, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Punch list vs deficiency list 

message: As I understand it, Punch Lists started way way back before the advent of current communications technology. Lists of deficiencies were written on pieces of paper [or perhaps maybe even parchment]; an original and multiple copies, as required, by hand or carbon paper, or photocopy in later years. The General Contractor would keep the original and issue copies to the corresponding subs/trades. As each item on the list was completed, the GC would take the sub's copy of the list, align it under his original, and punch a hole, presumably with a nail, next to the item. If in subsequent review the holes did not align, then it was an indication of fraud. ChrisHAu (talk) 18:19, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Punch List derivation
Talk:Purlin

message: When was that? As can be seen in :image:Truss_Dachstuhl.jpg, trusses have existed for a long time. The sentence makes it sound as if trusses were a recent American invention. — Sebastian 18:53, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prior to the introduction of trusses? 

message: My house, circa 1860, has a traditional hipped cut roof (not made from pre-manufactured trusses). There are no purlins supporting the rafters.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Atom0007 (talk • contribs) 21:44, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Purlins were not always used 

message: I'm confused. In most of the pictures, the purlins are on top of rafters and support the roofing material; but in picture one, and in other pictures of traditional  trusses I've seen, the purlins are underneath the rafters and support them. These uses should be differentiated  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Marquetry28 (talk • contribs) 07:01, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of purlins 

message: I do not believe the term "under purlin" is used historically. Their are many names for types of purlins in traditional carpentry.
I believe "purlin" comes from words meaning prolong in that they allow longer rafters thus wider buildings. Another type of purlin in traditional timber framing is a common purlin which are supported by rafters and carry vertical roof boards, rather than supporting rafters which carry horizontal sheathing boards. I will work on a complete definition for the main entry for this word...eventually!
Jim Derby, student of historic carpentry, Waldoboro, Maine, USA  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jim Derby (talk • contribs) 21:34, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  under purlin 

message: British English Pamour (talk) 12:26, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  European English
Talk:Ernest Hilgard

message: It looks to me like the first portion of the Hypnosis section uses non-Wikipedia style citations. Could someone look into that? 68.20.33.33 (talk) 05:09, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Incorrect citations
Talk:Railroad apartment

message: "an apartment with a series of rooms connecting to each other in a line" - this seems to contradict the 2nd sentence, or at least the meaning is unclear. Nurg (talk) 07:48, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Do rooms connect to each other or a hallway? 

message: What does this have to do with anything?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.99.163.26 (talk) 18:16, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  This picture 

message: The article discusses a hallway running the length of the building, but the plan image doesn't show any such hallway. Also, what's that vault for? Makes me wonder if this was the plan for a bank, not a house/apartment. 63.87.189.17 (talk) 16:48, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plan 

message: I wonder where the author lives that 20 feet is considered narrow? My house isn't 20 feet wide! From what I can tell, many, many New York apartments are less than 20 feet wide. The apartments illustrated by the floor plan appears to be 10 feet wide or less. Pburka (talk) 13:46, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  (some only 20 feet wide) 

message: dunno about san francisco, but in nyc the lack of an interior hallway is the defining characteristic of a railroad apartment.  the the rooms are connected end to end like the cars of a train, not like compartments in one car of a train.  the lack of privacy tends to make them relatively (but only relatively) cheap for a given amount of space.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.38.196.235 (talk) 00:48, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  apartment hallways?
Talk:Alexander Roberts Dunn

message: I was one of the engineers from 4ESR who fixed up his grave site.  It was a fantastic project, the grave yard was very run down.  When we left Africa it was still in great shape, I hope it is still to this day.  I have some good pictures of the site!
Sgt Sean Connors 
4 Engineer Support Regiment
CFB Gagetown
::Nice work! If you would be willing to upload them to Wikipedia it would greatly enhance the article? I can help if you like. Contact me either by email or my talk page Kernel Saunters (talk) 09:07, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Topics 

message: Hi folks, I am not a Wikipedia editor, just providing important info on the entry for Lt. (later Col.) Alexander Dunn, Canada's first Victoria Cross winner: THE PHOTO WITH THE WIKIPEDIA ENTRY IS NOT THAT OF ALEXANDER DUNN. The photo used is actually of Col. John Douglas, commander of the 11th Hussars at the Charge of the Light Brigade and Dunn's superior. If you check for photos of Col. Douglas, you find the photo used to illustrate the Dunn entry. There are a few photos of Dunn available (although nothing nearly so grandiose as the Douglas photo). I hope someone reads this, confirms what I am saying and makes the change. A brave, fascinating man deserves to have the proper photo with his Wikipedia entry. Thank you. (signed) Alan Parker (alanparker33@gmail.com). 135.23.84.162 (talk) 17:47, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Query re photo
Talk:Rayonnant

message: The lead section needs editing to.meet Wikipedia standards.  It should use clear English, and explain  or avoid technical terms which are not commonly understood.  Wikipedia is not an academic textbook and shouldn't read like one. Cordially, SiefkinDR (talk) 15:15, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead section needs major editing
Talk:Red River Frame

message: The Red River Frame article seems to be a stub. It should redirect to Poteaux-sur-sol. Much of the topics and history listed here would in fact apply to the other article. Busway (talk) 11:18, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Redirect to Poteaux-sur-sol with text into new section. Busway (talk) 17:52, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Reflecting pool

message: Are there reflecting pools outside the US?  69.253.193.234 01:29, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Outside the US 

message: The following gives the impression of mental reflection (meditation, ...):
 It is designed to inspire solemnity and, as its name implies,  reflection.
The Taj Mahal image gives the impression of reflection of something or other on the water surface.
88.77.189.243 (talk) 11:31, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradiction in meaning of reflectxxx 

message: It feels like there should be more information added to this article. Do reflecting pools have a cooling effect on the environment? How are they kept clean and free of mosquitoes, considering that they don't seem to have flowing water?
Just a couple of suggestions for the experts out there. 71.210.169.1 (talk) 03:27, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  More information
Talk:Reredos

message: Hallo, I've been asked for advice on an article title but it's not an area I know anything about so I thought I'd ask the members of this project. Please have a look at , previously Altarpiece of Veit Stoss, earlier Ołtarz Wita Stwosza. I tried Googling but by the time I'd found the church it's in referred to as "Church of the Virgin Mary in Krakow", "Krakow's basilica of the Virgin Mary", "The basilica of the Virgin Mary's (or Kosciol Mariacki) at Krakow’s central Grand Square", and "St. Mary's church in Krakow", all on one webpage, I gave up. There are only three individual altarpieces in :Category:Altarpieces, which seems to suggest it's possibly not the right category or terminology - or that other altarpieces are wrongly categorised. Over to you. PamD 17:19, 29 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: There seem to be more problems: Two of the entries in this category are "Altarpiece" and "Reredos"...
* Reredos says it is an altarpiece, and is sometimes called a "retable".
* Altarpiece says it can be divided into "Reredos" and "Retable".
It seems to me it would probably be best to end the confusion by merging these articles, with some pointers to which terms are most commonly used in different traditions. Unfortunately this is a field in which I have no specialised knowledge at all. Imaginatorium (talk) 18:07, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

text: I am not in favor of a merge. Reredos and retable are distinct terms. The Art and Architecture thesaurus gives the correct uses of each term. Mduvekot (talk) 11:43, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

text: Oppose merge. We have dozens, if not hundreds, of articles on altarpieces (most now detached from their setting and in museums), but clearly no-one has bothered to categorize them correctly since the category was set up 9 months ago. Veit Stoss altarpiece in Kraków is not ideal, but if there is no dominant alternative will do. The usage of these words is complex, and much confused by different usages in the European languages, leading to bad translations in guidebooks etc, not to mention (I think) different preferences within Anglicanism, depending on the wing, and between English-speaking Catholics and Protestants. I have reinstated retable, which some idiot had redirected to to reredos recently, quoting a foreign source. Getty is a start, but does not I think get to the bottom of matters - try the entry on "reredos" here. In practice, there is a great deal of overlap and imprecision in the usage of all of them.  Johnbod (talk) 12:57, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

text: I've done some work here, and on dossal, and will copy this to Talk:Reredos for the record. Johnbod (talk) 15:41, 4 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article title help needed (copied from VA project talk)
Talk:Audrey Hanson

message: I don't understand why this needs its own page. Merge? |||||| E. Sn0 =31337= Talk 22:31, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No prob.  Now, to the business at hand.  The Audrey Hanson description in List of characters in Heroes has been getting rather long, so I expected someone to eventually create an article for her.  Now, whether she deserves to have so much information written about her begs a larger question: how detailed should TV characters' descriptions be? Some of the main character articles are pretty lengthy for a show that's only about a dozen episodes old.  Unfortunately, I haven't decided yet where I stand on this. Primogen 23:05, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know where I stand on this either. BTW that Heroes list is a redlink. |||||| E. Sn0 =31337= Talk 23:39, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Argh, fixed the Wikilink above. Primogen 01:17, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

text: First, as a random complaint, using excessive font tagging is quite unnecessary. Now on to business. Unless this can be expanded to a significant degree, it should probably be merged back for the meantime. – Someguy0830 (T | C) 00:52, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed on merge. Sorry about the excessive font tagging; I'll modify my sig to remove it. |||||| E. Sn0 =31337= Talk 00:53, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Grargh? It didn't remove!  E. Sn0 =31337= Talk 00:57, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge
Talk:Hanns Heinz Ewers

message: The link in the paragraph that talks about Ewers' first book 'Der Zauberlehrling (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)', actually takes you to the page about Goethe's poem. I don't know how to fix this. Can someone please remove / fix the link? thanks. Jayjase  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.26.130.38 (talk) 15:51, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  wrong link 

message: The article needs reviewing by someone with more knowledge as it appears to contain some opinions. E.g.
  "Ewers remains out of favor in bourgeois literary circles "
The term bourgeois is most often used to express Marxist opinions of people belonging to a materialistic social class, often with significant wealth and influence. I doubt that Ewers remains out of favour only by people with excessive materialism or wealth and influence.
Lkingscott (talk) 18:30, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some parts appear opinionated
Talk:Mozart Fellowship

message: Larry Pruden stayed at Knox College during his year of the fellowship. He was a very down to earth and personable man. I was an undergraduate at the time and some of my friends were very musical and used to enjoy lively discussions with him in the dining hall. They were quite in awe of his musical ability, noting his huge capacity to know what his music was going to sound like whilst it was still in his head. His down to earth attitude to music was very appealing, he used to comment on how proud he was of his band music as it was music that ordinary New Zealand musicians could appreciate and enjoy. I was very sad to hear that he died a few years later still at a young age. I understand that recently a collected edition of his scores has come out and hopefully that will promote a re-evaluation of this man's contribution to New Zealand music. --62.31.135.46 22:35, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Roof pitch

message: do the words pitch, slope, angle, incline etc. have subtle distinctions when used in roofing, or are they used interchangably?  In math slope is usually a ratio, and an angle is measured in degrees or radians; does this apply to roofing as well?
'CATSLIDE ROOF. A roof with one side longer than the other, continuing at the same pitch over an extension to a building.'
The illustration of roof pitches is helpful but the labeling on each little house is in opposite format than the descriptions used in the rest of the article. In other words the 5/12 pitch roof is labeled 12/5.----
Tabby 22:13, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: What are the functions of a pitched roof? Rtdrury (talk) 04:12, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Added language from roof.--Knulclunk (talk) 05:26, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  function? 

message: A photograph of someone using a framing square to measure a 4/12 pitch would be a great addition to this article...... --Knulclunk (talk) 05:43, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Framing Square 

message: Merge.  There is nothing material there (that belongs there) that isn't covered (or contradicted) at the Roof pitch article.  It should be a subhead there. Wikiuser100 (talk) 13:53, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that there should be a single 'pitched roof' article. 'Roof pitch' is simply the angle or slope of a pitched roof. This (roof pitch) article also appears to be US-centric. In the UK construction industry and Building Regulations, roof pitch is quoted in degrees. 80.176.88.21 (talk) 12:08, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

text: Also agree with merge. Regarding US measurement standards (which are unique to the US, all other countries officially using the metric system), it seems clear that Wikipedia, being a worldwide effort, should always refer to US measurment standards as an exception. (Inalou (talk) 09:01, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Merger proposal

message: Hi, for the English version of :File:Roof pitch.svg the correct terminologie is needed.
The names used at the moment are not yet verified.
Please give me a note at :Commons:User talk:Sarang. Thank you  sarang♥사랑 11:04, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Roofing terminology