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Talk:Islet cell transplantation

message: PLoS Medicine has a nice article about ict which is in the public domain, so could be used as a base for expanding this article. I was wondering if that means the image in the article is also in the public domain and could be used here?? --WS 00:07, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Public domain source

message: I have added the reference to the diabetes article, but though someone might want to do the same for the study in this week's NEJM InvictaHOG 12:19, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: NEJM article 9/28

message: NICE has offered guidance for this procedure: http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/index.jsp?action=byId&o=11963 JFW | T@lk 07:21, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  NICE 

message: I am not sure where this should go, or if it should go anywhere.  In this article, I don't want to contaminate the medical nature of the article.  I thought it might fit in Diabetes mellitus type 1#Research, but I think that an overhaul of that section would be needed to include ongoing research on islet cell transplantation rather than simply adding this one observation.  The citation in question → . --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 01:54, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Encapsulated cells - size of enclosure found to influence immune response 

message: Early 2019, fully functional adult beta cells were grown in a lab for the first time. These cells have a normal insulin response. Previous attempts produced only immature beta cells with erratic insulin responses. This is an essential step forward for the islet cell transplantation based on lab-grown beta cells, because it solves the beta cell supply problem (beta cells no longer need to be harvested from dead people), and because it is the person's own tissue, so once the faulty immune response can be fixed, these cells would not be rejected, and immunosuppressants would not be needed. It would be a true cure. https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2019/02/413186/functional-insulin-producing-cells-grown-lab Thax10010 (talk) 16:51, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fully functional adult beta cells successfully grown in lab
Talk:Gigolo (The Damned song)

message: Not sure if it's important to the entry or not … but the song takes a few digs at Robyn Hitchcock , specifically his song "My Wife And My Dead Wife". ( Perhaps stemming from his association with ,  the then ex-Damned member , Captain Sensible. ) 75.104.174.177 (talk) 16:22, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  TRIVIA?
Talk:Gloria (Leon René song)

message: I'd like to change the gloria myths section title, not for lack of creativity, awesome title heading, just not very encyclopedic sounding.--Briaboru (talk) 14:52, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi, I'm the person who expanded the stub and added that detail (it's a pet peeve of mine that so often music isn't fully and accurately credited, especially in the digital age), as well as the section head.  Thanks for the courtesy of announcing your intention here, and for the compliment!  I find subheads the least inspired writing on the planet, and on occasion perhaps my sense of humor gets the best of me in the interest of creating a hook without rendering the subsequent fleshing-out redundant.  But you're right, beyond a certain point (as here) it's more appropriate for an article in a magazine than for one in an encyclopedia, and I don't object to a change.  Thanks again for the heads-up! Abrazame (talk) 23:43, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Section heading
Talk:Go Down Moses

message: Isn't it Exodus 7:26? --Ph. Immel 19:07, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bible Text 

message: The reason for this isn't that Egypt is preceived as being "below" other countries as the article claims, but rather its location south of the Land of Israel (or Canaan) and south of Midian, where Moses was staying before returning to Egypt. See also Genesis 12:10 and Deuteronomy 26:5, both mentioning going down to Egypt, as in traveling south of Canaan. 77.126.145.131 (talk) 18:12, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: In the context of American history, could this be a coded song about the underground railroad? "Down" is often used in connection with "south," and Moses was a codename used by Harriet Tubman when she was a spy during the Civil War. 68.41.83.40 (talk) 22:36, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Down" to Egypt 

message: The music section references a jazz singer 'Tony Vittia', whose name when typed into google only yields this exact article... is Tony Vitti intended instead, and if so, does this album exist?--Droopop (talk) 00:05, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who is Tony Vittia?
Talk:Yarmouth, Maine

message: The writing style of much of the text is a bit odd... somewhat colloquial, quaint, and definitely from the pre-political-correctness era.  Was it "lifted" from some dusty old book on the history of Yarmouth?  If so, it should probably be cited... and probably rephrased further to make it more modern and encyclopedic sounding.  I've tried to do a little of that.... JamesofMaine 21:26, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  History section 

message: Missing many evolving town, county, and province/district names and dates. Those are needed for genealogy files and reports.
2602:304:CDA6:51B0:975:2A63:C45E:D06A (talk) 00:38, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unclear or missing history of hamlet/town, county, province/district names and dates 

message: It would be helpful to have page numbers added to the multiple citations from the book by W.H. Rowe. Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 21:04, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rowe source
Talk:Literae humaniores

message: The article mentions "the removal of Latin and Greek from the British National Curriculum". Have Latin & Greek ever been part of the national curriculum in Britain? I don't think so. Bluewave 21:34, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: well, I suppose that is technically true given that we never had a National Curriculum before the current government.  Perhaps it should say that they were not included in the National Curriculum, and so there is no time available to teach them in most schools. Can you come up with a more elegant way of putting it?  Thruston 10:26, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: We certainly did have a National Curriculum "before the present government": it was introduced by the Education Reform Act in 1988, during Margaret Thatcher's third term for the Conservatives. 81.158.2.229 (talk) 02:39, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: National curriculum

message: When I read LitHum in the mid-1960s, I liked to think that it meant "rather humane letters" Pamour (talk) 12:58, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  lit. hum. meaning 

message: Hi,
I'm not quite sure how to parse the final 2 lines of the introduction.  The paragraph currently reads:
The Latin name means literally "more humane literature", and was in contrast to the other main field of study when the university was first started, ie. "literae divitiores", aka theology. Lit Hum is concerned with human learning, and Lit. Div. with learning that came from God. In its early days, it encompassed mathematics and natural sciences as well. It is now an archetypal Humanities course. 
It is unclear to me what "It" refers to in the final 2 lines.  Were mathematics and natural sciences encompassed by Lit. Div. or by Lit. Hum.?  What subject is now "archetypal"?
If I knew the answer, I would edit the copy myself.  Obviously, I am ignorant about the topic!
Thank you,
DDugan (talk) 19:10, 13 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ambiguous line in introduction 

message: Is it a list of people who are notable, and also happen to be graduates?
Or is it more restricted - people whose notability is somehow related to them being a graduate?
If it's the first, then I expect there are many more candidates for inclusion. If it's the second, then perhaps Boris Johnson shouldn't be there - he left with a BA 2.1. MrDemeanour (talk) 17:34, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable Graduates
Template talk:Redirect-synonym

message: I've noticed this template being used for abbreviations which are not acronyms.  An acronym is something which spells out a pronouncable word (e.g. NATO); for instance, RCMP is not an acronym (it is read as R-C-M-P).  I also fail to see how CTZ, MVM, TNR or MA-1 are acronyms.  Perhaps a more suitable template could be created?  --RFBailey 21:38, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This interpretation is just plain wrong.--Herpdaderp (talk) 19:49, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: No, it isn't. ABC, TNT etc. are not acronyms, they're initialisms. Acronyms are similar to initialisms but can be said as a word, e.g. NATO, laser etc. McLerristarr | Mclay1 09:01, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Acronyms vs Abbreviations

message: If X acronym redirects and could stand for Y page, wouldn't we want Y to be wikilinked?  You can manually get around it by adding wikilinks yourself (i.e. here), but if the page itself exists wouldn't we want it linked within the template?  WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules:simple/complex 15:22, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, it should absolutely be linked. I don't get why it wouldn't be. All other -like dablinks work this way, and the documentation relies on such uniformity. Are there any pages where the entire text of the second argument isn't linked? And if so, why can't they just use , or if it's common enough, create a  that doesn't link, as seems to be convention? This looks like a job for someone with AWB and some free time. —/Mendaliv/2¢/Δ's/ 00:01, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shouldn't we be linking second parameter?
Talk:Flesh for Lulu

message: I believe Del Strangefish of Peter and the Test Tube Babies was a member (guitar) in the late 80s. Wwwhatsup 19:58, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: He was - I've added him to the list of former members.--Michig (talk) 13:37, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I vaguely remember reading they came up with the name after seeing Lulu eating some meat in an outdoor restaurant and being vegetarians found it utterly disgusting. ---------User:DanTD (talk)  21:45, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  An American cult movie? 
Talk:Master electrician

message: The stuff on here is very US-centric.  I'll have a think about it and then come back to see if I can add some more international detail. Bryson430 21:43, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: A Production Electrician != a Master Electrician.  A Production Electrician will spearhead the operation and then a Head Electrician will take over the show.  The PE then will only deal with things pertaining to that show on an as needed basis, if the ME has any questions, or if a crisis happens. --Lekogm 14:19, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
Category talk:Podcasting

message: It is likely that the name of the category should be changed to :Category:Podcasting so that it includes not just podcasts (those that are considered encyclopedic) but also matters related to the technology. Courtland 02:58, 2005 Jun 12 (UTC)
:Good idea. I think we need 3 categories (so far):
:*Podcasting (for articles relating to the concept)
:*Video podcasts (for individual podcasts in the video realm)
:*Audio podcasts (same for audio)
:What do you think? Peter S. 08:23, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, after about 150 manual laborious edits, this whole move is done. Enjoy :-) Peter S. 21:47, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The name of the category ...
Talk:Greenwood station (Toronto)

message: Greenwood Station is on Linsmore, not Danforth. There are no entrances or doors whatsoever on Danforth and an entire building sits between it and the north side of  Danforth Ave. – joeclark 21:45, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  It’s on Linsmore, not Danforth 

message: Someone has hit several articles indicating that the majority of the stations of the Danforth Ave. Stations were in both East York and Toronto (Former City). Please consult a map of the old city boundries before editing such content. the dividing line as indicated on several maps (such as this one: ) is clearly North of Danforth. This therefore means the station was ONLY located in the former city of Toronto. 
Eja2k (talk) 06:20, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Station location within former municipality
Talk:Chiriaco Summit, California

message: I'm surprised no one has written an article about U.S. 60/70. The US Route 60/70 designation appears on a 1958 state highways map and is also designated as "Legislative Route 64". The variant name, "Shaver's Summit" is confirmed by the 1958 map. It's not in the possessive form in the USGS data set. I think the U.S. Board on Geographic Names avoids that form. David Jordan 21:51, August 20, 2006‎ (UTC)
:If you carefully watch the "California's Gold" episode linked in the "External links" section, at time index 26:32 it shows an old black-and-white photograph of Joe Chiriaco's original filling station, atop which a sign reads "Shaver Summit".  From the vehicles in the scene, I'd guess it was taken in the late 1930s.  Also note the pumps are the old Visi-Bowl Gravity Gas Pump type, with calibrated glass reservoirs on top, before electric pumps with digital meters were introduced.  These were commonly used into the 1930s, and in remote locations without electric grid power, even into the 1960s. — QuicksilverT @ 16:04, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Note

message: In the California's Gold episode linked in the "External links" section, Margit Chiriaco, Bob Chiriaco and Huell Howser pronounce "Chiriaco" as if it were spelled "Chiraico", instead of the original Italian pronunciation. — QuicksilverT @ 15:40, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Pronunciation
Talk:Swift & Changeable

message: *What is this image? If it is the official cover it should be added to the article.
*"Angels" or "Angeles"? I've seen both used.
Cheers, Powelldinho 16:08, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd like to know too. Though, that image link no longer works. --220.236.125.34 03:14, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Couple of points

message: Anyone care to source the validity of this upcoming album? Wuthai 05:01, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: in what sense? W guice 18:25, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources
Talk:Snipe

message: Should a reference to the cultural use of 'snipe hunt' as an impossible task be included? I don't trust myself to explain it thoroughly, but wikipedia has a very lengthy article about snipe hunting. -- 165.123.228.226 (talk) 23:04, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Snipe hunting 

message: EVCM (talk) 07:00, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Also they sit tight, and flush at the last moment with a fast zigzag flight. The combination of surprise appearance and tricky flight makes them hard to shoot Jimfbleak -  talk to me? 14:24, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  What makes them hard to shoot? 

message: The abbreviation for United States should be capitalized to U.S. instead of "us." I would do it myself, but editing is closed.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.97.161.60 (talk) 17:13, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The whole line was vandalism, deal with. Sabine's Sunbird  talk 19:15, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggestion 

message: dis bird in da up movie! Finnigami (talk) 03:12, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  up movie 

message: Is 'snipe'
JF42 (talk) 22:51, 4 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  The plural of snipe
Talk:Lex Records

message: * Lex have put out Non-Prophets, Dangerdoom, Boom Bip, Subtle, etc. and the label website says something to the effect that it's not a restrictive label but it does put out hh of all kinds from abstract/backpack to grimy hype stuff. i reckon it merits the wp:hh tag W guice 22:00, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: WP:HH
Talk:Stomach oil

message: The page crop milk covers a similar subject, but on a wider variety of birds. Stomach oil might be termed a particularly oily form of crop milk, and both pages are of limited length, so perhaps merging the two pages would be advantageous to both readers and prospective editors, as both article's scopes are very similar; relating to strategies of lithophilic birds in provisioning their altricial young. Anthropophoca (talk) 03:31, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure merging would be a good idea. Article length is not really a good argument. The deWP article is longer and well referenced and could therefore be used to expand the English article. --Leyo 21:03, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Are the two articles too distinct to be merged? Anthropophoca (talk) 05:31, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text:  There is a certain overlap in function, but other functions are quite different in my view. --Leyo 22:04, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge
Talk:Edwards's pheasant

message: I've tagged this as dubious as if it was named after the quoted person, the species name would surely be "Edward's" not "Edwards's"; also the name doesn't sound terribly French, so I'm led to believe it's suspicious. SP-KP (talk) 16:44, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: According to "Who's Bird?" it was named after Alphonse Milne-Edwards, who seems to have been French. Sabine's Sunbird  talk 19:56, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who is this species named after?
Talk:Galapagos crake

message: There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Galapagos Hawk which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you.  —RM bot 16:30, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Move discussion in progress

message: I red the article and it says the Galapagos Rail is a nearly flightless species, but can you describe that or give more information about it? I mean if it actually "flies" how does it (if it glides, flutter, or flies poorly). Thanks  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.170.239.192 (talk) 20:01, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Can't tell; the IUCN page talks about "weak flying ability", which I would interpret as capable of escape flights but only for short distances. Not sure if our article should really state "nearly flightless" on that basis. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 17:09, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

text: Well! , the Oiseaux page actually contained a link to an excellent source: Ecology and Behavior of the Galapagos Rail by Franklin et al., found here. There's a lot of information in there including a paragraph about flight observations. Apparently they can do a few meters and then land again very smartly. A bird tossed up actually bonked right down without trying to fly. So yeah - "almost flightless" about covers it :) Updated the article a little. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 14:15, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flightless?
Talk:Fledge

message: the pictures that are here already are very cute. more would benefit the community. 78.55.22.7 (talk) 19:35, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: There may be more pictures at https://commons.wikimedia.org/. We've got about as many pictures as we can fit into a stub encyclopedia article. It isn't normal to load up our encyclopedia articles with more pictures than text. Hope this helps. –Novem Linguae (talk) 14:21, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  why aren't there more pictures?
Talk:Grey-headed albatross

message: The taxonomy section of this article is just about the genus, and not the species, and should be contained there but not here surely.  I'm going to re-write it to be species specific only. --Owheelj (talk) 00:40, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Taxonomy

message: Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that :File:Thalassarche chrysostoma - SE Tasmania.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on October 17, 2014. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2014-10-17. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. Thanks! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:00, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[:File:Thalassarche chrysostoma - SE Tasmania.jpg]] to appear as POTD
Talk:Blue petrel

message: This article seems to focus more on petrels in general than in the species concerned. Sabine's Sunbird  talk 19:43, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  article focus 

message: Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that :File:Halobaena caerulea in flight - SE Tasmania.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on . You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2019-01-02. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. Thanks  — Amakuru (talk) 16:53, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image from this article to appear as POTD soon
Talk:Palm cockatoo

message: The Cockatoo page has a different take on the relative position of Probosiger within Cacatuidae, with
a number of newer studies to support it.  I've also faulted that page, for failing to cite the older but still valid study cited here.Sbalfour (talk) 22:34, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Taxonomics 

message: I was wondering why it is that the distribution map only covers the Australian Palm cockatoo and not the species as a whole. I think this is very misleading and if I had not known the actual distribution of the palm cockatoo, I would have thought that the species is an Australian endemic. Since the article isn't about the one subspecies, I think the map should be changed to reflect the genuine distribution (which includes most of New Guinea)as can be seen on the IUCN redlist page: http://maps.iucnredlist.org/map.html?id=22684723 Jubblubs (talk) 17:58, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Distribution Map 

message: The see also section currently contains references to the Australian Raven - "Australian raven, an unrelated passerine bird, that is also large and black" and the lesser vasa parrot "Black parrot or lesser Vasa parrot, an unrelated species of large black parrot from Madagascar". The only apparent common factor here is the fact that these birds are also black. I fail to see how these references add any value whatsoever to the article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.240.108.71 (talk) 10:18, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  See Also
Talk:Campbell teal

message: details captivity programme
http://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/campbell-island-teal
The captive-breeding programme took many years to produce any young, and in the end only one of the three wild females brought into captivity produced offspring. The entire captive-bred population is descended from this one female, and the Campbell Island teals has among the lowest level of genetic variation measured in any wild bird population.194.39.1.132 (talk) 09:17, 13 October 2016 (UTC)
Talk:Golden-shouldered parrot

message: Why should the Golden-shouldered Parrot, which is highly endangered and living in an extremely restricted habitat, be classified as being of only "low importance" within an encyclopedia?  Surely an effort should be made to bring people's attention to the plight of these very beautiful birds which are being illegally smuggled outside Australia, and to which man is to blame for the limitation of their habitat. Figaro 01:21, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This is just a default tag for all species-level bird articles; species articles get tagged as "Low" importance initially as a SOP and reviewed later. I agree with your point; you might change it or discuss the matter first on the Project page. Thae aim of the tagging SOP is IIRC to get the taxonomic structure done from top-down; that in some cases species articles are more important than "Low" is a given. Dysmorodrepanis 19:21, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Importance scale 