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Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (bold)

message: Merging bold and italics and emphasis and ALL CAPS would serve no purpose. How would I know to look there for info on how to use bold by looking in "emphasis". Distinct guides on individual topics are easy to find in the categories. See above for a person who had a question and left it here. Bold is not reserved for emphasis, nor is italics. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 20:43, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge

message: The use of bold as emphasis often lends to POV.  Especially in bibliographies for a book title where italics is solely recommended (Chicago Manual of style), but a user has decided that certain works are more important than others, therefore should be bold.  Current policy on the use of bold is sadly lacking and for the sake of consistency decisions need to be made in regard to its use as policy.  Amerindianarts 16:41, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Incorporation

message: See Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style#Bolding of titles, and titles of redirects  Andy Dingley (talk) 23:55, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bolding titles of redirects to sections in articles?
Talk:Nanyang University

message: 1964 Jun 27th – The Malaysian government was brought into the plan to control Nantah when the Malaysian government announced that it had to take police action against the students in order “to break the communist control of Nanyang University and revive the powers of the University Council and academic staff”.  With the participation of the Singapore government, more than a thousand police and military personnel in 70 vehicles, including anti-riot trucks, broke into the campus in the middle of the night, immediately following the end of examinations. As soon as they entered the main gate, the police proceeded in groups to the dormitories. Altogether, 54 students were arrested, including student union executive committee members. 49.245.51.205 (talk) 06:32, 2 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  More than a thousand police raided Nantah
Talk:Virginia State Route 42

message: Additions and deletions:
;Washington
16.23 (1936)
*1928 14.25 SR 106 at/near Holston towards Mendota
*1929 0.80 towards Mendota
*1933 0.95 to Scott County
*1948 -17.00 Scott County to US 19
Roughly adds up
;Smyth
17.88 or 18.20
*1932 8.10 east from Broad Ford
*1934 1.70 to SR 88
*1935 5.50 east
Only 15.30 - something is missing - but becomes 17.01 when the extra from Bland is added - is that enough?
;Bland
14.97+15.63
*1928 13.41 SR 26 near Bland towards Giles County
*1930-31 3.84 to Giles County
*1930-31 2.37 towards Ceres
*1932 6.70 towards Ceres
*1935 5.99 west
;Giles
8.50+12.65+4.20 (1936)
*1928 8.30 Bland County towards Poplar Hill
*1928 5.44 Craig County towards Eggleston
*1930-31 6.87 southwest
*1932 3.99 southwest
*1948 -12.45 US 460 at Maybrook to SR 100 at Staffordsville
This adds up.
;Craig
25.42+1.80 (1936)
*1928 10.42 SR 22 near New Castle towards Sinking Creek
*1929 3.00 towards Newport
*1930-31 6.21 towards Giles County
*1931 1.51 Newcastle northeast
*1932 6.21 towards Giles County
*1932 0.65? west
*05-1959-01 17 -0.38, -2.01 SR 311 in New Castle to SR 615
This more than adds up, except for part of it northeast of New Castle (apparently post-1936?)
;Botetourt
*1945 -4.40 SR 43, US 220 near Eagle Rock northwest to end of maintenance
;Alleghany
5.50 (1936)
*1925 2.63 north from Longdale
*1927 2.97 towards Longdale
This adds up.
;Bath
12.62+5.88 (1936)
*1925 5.76 Millboro Springs south towards Longdale
*1926 3.0 towards Longdale
*1927 4.54 to Allegheny County
This adds up (south of Millboro Springs).
;Rockbridge
;Augusta
;Rockingham
18.65
*1928 2.00 SR 332 towards Timberville
*1930-31 3.40 Timberville to Shenandoah County
*1932 11.12 Harrisonburg towards Broadway
This adds up, assuming about 2 miles in Harrisonburg or some in the other towns.
;Shenandoah
19.10 (1936)
*1930-31 2.87 SR 820 towards SR 824 near Columbia Furnace
*1931 2.00 Forestville northwest towards SR 820
*1932 7.48 towards SR 824
Some is missing.
--NE2 07:34, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Sassy (magazine)

message: Christina Kelly was not editor in chief of <I>Sassy</I>. She held several titles at the magazine, the last of which was "editor," and while she is generally believed to have held a more critical role in the magazine's production than editor-in-chief Jane Pratt, Pratt hung on to the EIC title until the magazine was sold to Petersen. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.93.39.200 (talk • contribs) 19:44, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Role of Christina Kelly
Talk:Émile Desportes

message: Any objections to the removal of the unsourced statement "On his third expedition, he disappeared, and his fate is still unknown."? 208.76.82.4 (talk) 06:04, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Now removed and  tag added  - 58.8.16.213 (talk) 17:04, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Disappearance - no source?

message: There is good evidence to show that Émile existed. There is none whatsoever to support the idea that he was an inventor or an Amazonian explorer in the 1950s; which would have been remarkable feats for someone who died in 1944. I have boldly removed the obvious nonsense and irrelevant so-called references, and flagged doubtful-looking sources which IMO need to be checked for veracity. I'm not convinced he satisfies WP:GNG; but the time to address that is after the WP:Vandalism has been dealt with, when the WP:RS content can be looked at objectively. Narky Blert (talk) 22:51, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[WP:HOAX|Hoax]] content
Talk:Runic calendar

message: Want to help write or improve articles about Time? Join WikiProject Time or visit the Time Portal for a list of articles that need improving.
—Yamara ✉ 18:22, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Time/Assessment|WikiProject Time assessment rating]] comment 

message: I have an image that could be used but I don't know how to add them or if it is fair use. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.17.49.67 (talk • contribs) 
* http://www.thebookofdays.com/misc/images/log_a.jpg
* http://www.nb.no/baser/schoyen/5/5.7/ms2913.jpg
:What about the image used for Perpetual calendar? SiGarb | Talk 22:04, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Image suggestions

message: Removed this text, but does anyone have clarification or a source?
Even though the  synodic month has about 29 days, according to the calendar, the full moon would ever only fall on 19 of them. The situation changed after the Aun cycle of about 300 years, when the calendar had to be adjusted by one day.
Bencoland 01:09, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Aun Cycle and number of days in a month on which golden numbers fall

message: This article claims that the oldest artifacts that have to do with the Metonic cycle in northern Europe, are from 13th century. This seems to contradict the article on Berlin Gold Hat, which dates back to late bronze age.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sasha.cohn (talk • contribs) 14:55, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  An older artifact?
Talk:Hal Chase

message: This is almost word-for-word copied from a book titled Field of Screams. There are, I believe, three articles on Hal Chase in there, and with very minor alterations they are presented here in the same order, with much the same sentence structure, and with entirely the same content. 137.14.10.22 12:20, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I couldn't find this book at my local library. Is there any chance you could come up with a screen capture? It would help greatly. Otherwise there's not a lot we can do. The Evil Spartan 18:31, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

text: You could create a wikipedia account and mail me through Special:Emailuser/Garion96. Garion96 (talk) 17:25, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Mark Anthony Graham

message: I realize that an encyclopedia article for every casualty of the war in Afghanistan, let alone every war ever fought is a foolish notion, so I can understand if anybody would question the reason for creating an article for a Canadian Private. I figured that the nature of his death, and his previous career as an Olympic athlete, warranted the creation.  GregMitch 01:29, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Given the result of the WP:AfD debates on  recent articles I nominated for deletion on other military figures, I suspect this one would also survive a nomination. Hopefully other information will be brought to light to round out the article. Thanks for posting your thoughts here.Michael DoroshTalk 20:23, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Justification Of Article
Talk:Tony Little (headmaster)

message: I believe "headmaster" is significantly more common in general usage than "head master". But to the specifics: Oakham, I'm pretty sure, uses it in the one-word form. If the two-word form is used by Eton (quick research gives me conflicting results) then we need to get it right for each school. In both cases it is a job title and should therefore follow the practice of the employer concerned. Barnabypage (talk) 01:34, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: This comment is from a while back, but—though newspapers follow their own style guidelines—"Head Master" is the form used by Eton itself, Arthur Clutton-Brock's important 1900 book Eton and in Tony Little's 2015 book An Intelligent Person's Guide to Education. I've gone through and edited most of the relevant articles to bring them in line with this usage (including capitalisation). —Nizolan (talk) 20:04, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Great, thanks for putting in the effort! Barnabypage (talk) 19:07, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Headmaster vs. head master
Talk:Pretexting

message: The HP situation has given light to pretexting as a distinct phenomenon from either identity theft or using a pretext. That being the case, the merge with pretext is less clearly the correct option. Hackwrench 06:30, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  HP 

message: This should not be merged as the term is coming into common usage and is distinct from the term pretext.
Bob 18:59, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pretexting is becoming common usage - Merge with pretext? 

message: Is there a cite for this statement, and could it be clarified?
It is presently legal to sell phone records, but illegal to obtain them.
Does it mean an agent may sell records on behalf of another who has obtained them without the agent "obtaining"? -Wikianon 04:33, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  how can one sell without obtaining? 

message: What's the difference between pretexting and plain old social engineering?  I hadn't heard of this term before the HP stuff, but from all the definitions I can find it just sounds like social engineering.  Can someone give a better explanation of the difference? -- N2f 18:50, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Difference between pretexting and social engineering? Merge with Social Engineering? 

message: It now seems likely that, in the H-P case at least, the use of the word "pretexting" -- which surfaced first in this instance in the SEC documents filed by H-P, may have been part of a deliberate public relations strategy designed to confuse the public about the commission of what were in fact more garden variety crimes of fraud and theft. Thus, I wonder if the entry for this item should appropriately include a discussion or reference to the use of euphemisms to conceal or disguise conduct? Here is a related blog post on this aspect of the topic. This may be important because of the current rush to pass new laws to "ban pretexting" -- when fraud and theft are already illegal, leading to the possibilities that these new laws may have unintended consequences. Excerpt from my post:
       "Quick, let's rush to the legislature to enact a new law against "stuff-lifting" before someone lifts our stuff!
        It's legal, you know, because there is no law specifically against "stuff-lifting."
        "Yeah," as the old Jon Lovitz character on Saturday Night Live might say, "That's the ticket."
75.35.2.125 20:19, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of the Word Pretexting as a PR Strategy to Conceal Plain Old Theft
Template talk:Abortion

message: In the "Movements" section, there's a general pro & anti section. And there is links to the US pro & anti articles. Should the USA based movements get a "pride of place" section right at the top? There already is a link to Abortion in the United States in the 'Country' section. Is that not sufficient? ____Ebelular (talk) 15:13, 23 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I have removed the American section just now. This is as per the WP:WORLDVIEW guideline. ____Ebelular (talk) 10:53, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

text: I don't know how many other "$COUNTRY pro-choice/life" articles there are. There is still links to the US versions if you drill down into the 'Movements' section, or the 'United States' section. ____Ebelular (talk) 09:40, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  US based abortion articles in "pride of place" 

message: The Abortion portal was recently deleted. I've removed the red link from the template. BlackcurrantTea (talk) 07:15, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Link to deleted portal removed
Talk:Jon Hall (actor)

message: Are we sure that Jon Hall has both Hollywood Walk of Fame stars? According to the website, the one at 1724 Vine Street is for a "John Hall" in motion pictures. The one at 6933 Hollywood Boulevard is for a "Jon Hall", but for television, and the Jon Hall in this article seems to have no TV activity. Any Jon/John Hall experts who can clarify this? Simon12
Well, a look at IMDB says he has both stars, and that he did do some TV work. Looks like the Walk of Fame website has the name spelled wrong for the start at 1724 Vine Street. Simon12 02:06, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Can we have a picture please?Zigzig20s 02:01, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture? 

message: Bio on Imdb says that his mother was a Tahitian princess. is this true?--98.226.9.223 (talk) 16:37, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mother Was Tahitian Princess? 

message: Raquel Torres's page and Jon's give question marks for dates of their divorces and remarriage. These are apparently taken from imdb, which is not referenced but bears the same lack of information. Snezzy (talk) 11:41, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Torres marriages, divorces
Talk:Stella Ella Ola

message: This article seems to continually degenerate into nothing but a list of (unsourced) regional variations of the song.  I see someone removed all the various versions last year, but they've gradually been added back in.  Perhaps it would be better to add references rather than listing every slight variation.  2001:420:2840:1250:71C9:2EA0:C734:2CD3 (talk) 20:04, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I grew up in Florida and learned the song that is listed as the Minneapolis Version(this was in the early 80's). I may be missing something, but, the lyrics are entirely different than the other songs on this page. It seems to be an entirely different song and, IMO, merits its own page.
I found some other sources referencing that version of the song (or something very similar).
http://www.odps.org/glossword/index.php?a=term&d=2&t=138
http://askville.amazon.com/history-meaning-childhood-rhyming-clapping-game/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=68429145
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q5phv2HQC4
http://vimeo.com/8588747
http://kaytmay.blogspot.com/2008/08/childhood-rhymes.html
http://talk.blackhairmedia.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=128043
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=2207269460&topic=1679
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTBBwN0BxLQ&feature=related
http://www.theredneckdiva.com/2005/06/memory.html
Vegetara (talk) 07:37, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Version from Minneapolis MN 

message: Please follow the guidelines and ensure your writing is eligible and correct and that you specify where your version originates as much as possible. Also ensure that you keep spellings consistent. It appears that many are unsure as to how to spell certain words in the song and just end up guessing. Do not do that. Cool879 (talk) 06:20, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Many of the Lyrics are Illegible 

message: At what point does something become a different song all together? Yes, the general gameplay may be the same, but the lyrics are completely different. If your song doesn’t start with “Stella Ella Ola” then I argue that it doesn’t belong here. I think there should be a new page for this version if people want to share it. Cool879 (talk) 06:24, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quack Diddly Oso 

message: I don't think this game would classify as a clapping game because 
- The clapping game is "generally played by two players" while this game is played by more than two players (at least three). 
- The clapping game is a non-competitive game while this game could be competitive. In every round, for two players involved in the last clap, let's call them player A (who gives the clap) and player B (who receives the clap), there are two possible outcomes: (1) Player A successfully claps player B. Outcome: Player B is out (2) Player A tries to clap but miss it because player B quickly removed his/her hand. Outcome: Player A is out. This would continue until the last round (until there are only two players). The last two players then can play anything to decide the winner (such as rock/paper/scissor). Wisnuops (talk) 02:04, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clapping Game?
Talk:John Ratcliffe (governor)

message: Any information regarding John Ratcliffe needs to be verifiable; i.e. it needs to be available in published documents for others to check.  Especially when stating that Ratcliffe was an illegitimate son of King James, and with all the colorful information that follows, the material needs to be cited or it will continue to be removed.  Based on the editor's name (User:Ashleymratcliffe), I wonder if we are being told a family tradition here? --Ken Gallager (talk) 16:51, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Colorful history 

message: This article really needs to be written better. As it is, it sounds like a 7th grade history report. Worldruler20 (talk) 18:15, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs improvement 

message: no picture no me!!!!!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.58.39.3 (talk) 19:29, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  no picture 

message: Is he the one that was the fat guy in Pochahontas?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by JenniferBui0518 (talk • contribs) 01:24, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pochahontas Movie 

message: Why is it hard to know when he was born? BlazeTheMovieFan (talk) 15:13, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Records may simply not have survived. We don't know Shakespeare's birthday for that matter. Not a failing of wikipedia, but a failing of archival standards some 400 years ago. Benea (talk) 15:34, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  I need to know when he was born, and this article doesn't say it, that's not good at all. 

message: Popular in what way? A lot of people naming their kids John Ratcliffe? Mentioned a lot in letters? Well liked around town? Define 'popular'. 50.45.242.183 (talk) 00:50, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Although 'John Ratcliffe' was a very popular name during Jamestown's first years, there were only two that arrived." 
Talk:Idlewild, Michigan

message: A lot of this article appears to be copied nearly verbatim from http://www.iaacc.com/letters/idlewild.htm -- and the hosting site, http://www.iaacc.com/, has a copyright notice for the site. Unless there is some clarification forthcoming, the copied material should be drastically trimmed back. older ≠ wiser 01:59, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Simply mentioning Idlewild is insufficient reason to list a book in this article.  If anyone is familiar with the books in the list, please trim it to just those in which Idlewild features prominently. -Jason A. Quest (talk) 23:37, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Book list 

message: This section appears to be utterly irrelevant. Unless somebody can point out why it should be there, it should be removed.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Poihths (talk • contribs) 13:30, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  The "Climate" section 

message: I can find no source that Idlewild was incorporated as a village. Without such a source, and with sources that say otherwise, it's an unincorporated community. NB: "village" is a legal status in Michigan. Imzadi 1979 →  23:29, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Village or unincorporated community?
Category talk:Alberta politician stubs

message: Using the Alberta flag for this template is boring.  I propose using a picture of a famous alberta politician (Alexander Rutherford, Joe Clark, Ralph Klein, Stephen Harper, RB Bennet, Ernest Manning, etc.).  Or perhaps more neutraly, a picture of the Alberta legislature.  I think that the generic "Canadian politician stub" uses a picture of Wilfred Laurier, for comparison.  Kevlar67 01:59, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Picture
Talk:Mississippi State University

message: Campus located in Remote Town? Is this vandalism or a joke? 148.87.23.13 (talk) 23:41, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Neither - it's what the US government says about the university's location. ElKevbo (talk) 03:32, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remote Town?
Talk:Extreme careerism

message: Has anyone read social essays on careerism as a form of oppression?  I am especially interested in an analysis from structural point of view instead of liberal (http://activism.ca/wiki/Structural_world_view -- see also http://activism.ca/wiki/Anne_Bishop:_Becoming_an_Ally:_Breaking_the_Cycle_of_Oppression_in_People)
jlam 02:03, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Careerism as a form of oppression

message: I think the best way to expand this article would be to find examples of careerism in our society or in other societies (e.g. ancient China with their exams). Best would be to include some data that illustrates the presence of this "careerism"; otherwise, we're just documenting an epithet. PWnsivander the Great 04:49, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Careerism in various societies

message: I really don't think it's necessary that this page cite its sources. If anything, it can adopt a more neutral point of view.
:I for one do think some references would be nice, or at least one. As it is now, there is no way for non-sociologist readers (e.g. me) to find out whether this is a common, professional term or just something that someone on the internet made up. Fyrius (talk) 14:40, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Neutral point of view

message: June 10, 2009, as a non-sociologist reader, I also wanted to find out if this was a common term as I saw it quoted today by Maureen Dowd in the New York Times, see http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/10/opinion/10dowd.html  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.121.222.248 (talk) 01:58, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: New York Times

message: Certain Archbishops and Cardinals have complained about the phenomenon of careerism in the Catholic Church. This could maybe be mentioned in the article, along with appropriate sources of course.  ADM (talk) 02:39, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Careerism in the Catholic Church