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Talk:Steve Russell (computer scientist)

message: My informed understanding based on primary sources is that Spacewar! really was the first computer video game. I don't understand why this article was weakened by ending the introductory paragraph with "Spaceware!, one of the earliest video games." Can someone please settle this issue and correct the language to be less "wishy washy," if indeed my understanding is undisputed? --Tim McNerney (talk) 23:04, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: First v Earliest video game

message: what about his basic personal information such as date of birth, and the city and state that he was born in?
- —Preceding unsigned comment added by Urbanchampion (talk • contribs) 17:52, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Uploaded to the commons and linked here. Best wishes. -Susanlesch 00:22, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks! -- Joi 05:19, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

text: regardless of any degrees, money or any other stupid piece of paper, if it wasn't for the man, Lisp may have been a very different and perhaps obscure programming language (m-expressions, anyone?). And would Magnavox, Atari, Taito, Namco, Nintendo and other videogame pioneers existed? Many of the minds behind these companies have had prior exposure to the PDP-10 game... I say Mr. Russell's contributions to the influential Lisp language and videogames are much more valuable than any degree that the market currently pumps out... 189.27.10.139 18:20, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Does anyone have a reference for the statement in the article that Steve Russell implemented continuations in an early Lisp interpreter? Kleg 20:00, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reference for continuations in Lisp interpreter? 

message: Just wanted to point out:
The first external link (Visual display...) that directs to http://lcs.www.media.mit.edu/groups/el/projects/spacewar/ seems to be broken.
It gives me a 404.
Jxw13 02:18, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Broken Link 

message: The article has a photograph of a terminal playing Spacewar; I can see three men reflected in it. Is Steve Russell the man in the middle? The figure seems to have the same clothes and hair as the man in the other photograph. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 16:51, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  The terminal
Template talk:AMPM

message: The MOS says
12-hour clock times end with dotted or undotted lower-case a.m. or p.m., or am or pm, preceded by a space (e.g.  or , not  or ). Hours denoted by a single digit should not have a leading zero (e.g. , not ). A hard space (see above) is advisable (2:30 pm or ). Use  and  rather than  and ; whether midnight refers to the start or the end of a date will need to be specified unless it is clear from the context.
So there are two things to change: upper case to lower case & use "noon"/"midnight". JIMp talk·cont 06:13, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Lower case & 12 is neither am nor pm
Talk:278th Armored Cavalry Regiment

message: Is there some reason that the 278th's deployment to Iraq isn't mentioned at all? Redxiv 10:21, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Iraq
Template talk:Mag-stub

message: Given that 'mag' means a number of things (flashlights, tires, magnification), perhaps this should be renamed to Magazine-stub. I've added the template redirect for that to here, but I'd some help and other opinions. --Kickstart70 20:53, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Title

message: Please revert the 11 April 2013 edit, to the image used in March. The current image is too big, and leave a tonne of whitespace. -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 11:46, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: The current image meets the image size guidelines in WP:STUB, and in my opinion is a more appropriate image for the subject area. If you would like to see it changed back, my suggestion would be to discuss it directly with the editor who made the change to the template back in April. --ElHef (Meep?) 15:37, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Editrequest
Talk:Richard Lee (Seattle)

message: How do I get the edit links on the sections?
I created an article called "Richard Lee (journalist)" on March 5, 2006.  As far as I can tell you just created this article on March 15, ten days after I had already created the other one.  The proper thing to do would have been to edit your additional information into the earlier article.  "Richard Lee (Seattle)" doesn't make sense. thoreaubred 08:52, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Cracker (food)

message: are breadsticks a type of cracker? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.189.64.96 (talk) 20:58, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [someone who didn't label their secion] 

message: "A popular snack is salted crackers with cheese and butter as a topping."  Another user requested a citation for this statement,and rightly so.  While putting cheese on a cracker is common enough, the addition of butter as well seems unusual.  Perhaps a regional variation, or even a personal preference being espoused by an individual?  Unless a reference can be provided that this is "popular", i.e. common usage, this statement should be removed, or revised to specify a localized variation if appropriate.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.6.42.34 (talk) 16:53, 19 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I would just add butter to the intro where it lists common accompanying foods, and delete this sentence, which doesn't belong in the "Types" section. Richard K. Carson (talk) 01:37, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disputed Section 

message: Herbert Hoover wrote in his memoirs about a special cracker which was invented for the Belgian Relief during World War I and became a part of the so called "Hoover lunch". What did it look like?---92.229.116.236 (talk) 13:02, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Hoover lunch" cracker 

message: Would be nice to have a bit more background on this ubiquitous snack!
2604:3D08:497F:EEC0:D153:1162:1623:3377 (talk) 05:00, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where's the history section?
Talk:The Haters

message: Very notable, well-known, and important group in its genre.  Meets at least two notability requirements for music: "Is cited in notable and verifiable sources as being influential in style, technique, repertory or teaching in a particular music genre" (it would take some time to find the references, but they're definitely out there) and "Is frequently covered in publications devoted to a notable sub-culture."  That last one is a gimme with a quick Google test.  The band name is difficult to search without getting irrelevant hits, but a search on "gx jupitter-larsen" alone gets over 16,000 hits.  In addition, here is the allmusic.com listing.  I honestly didn't figure I would have to justify this article.  MrBook 21:03, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Reading over the article, I agree that it could use some more importance-asserting.  I'm working on it, starting with the easy part, the allmusic entry.  (Note to self:  From now on, do this step first when creating articles.) MrBook 21:19, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Contesting Speedy Delete notice

message: This article survived a nomination for deletion. The discussion can be found here. Flowerparty■ 06:05, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Deletion discussion
Talk:Alexander (son of Polyperchon)

message: Something in this article just doesn't feel right.  Although I can't find any direct Copyright infringements, I can't help suspecting that this text is lifted from somewhere.  Please don't take offense if it is your own work - I'm jsut saying that it reads slightly oddly. Happy-melon 21:04, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It IS lifted from somewhere. And I'd say it's stated quite clearly at the end of the article. It probably sounds a bit quaint; after all, it was writen in 1870. Aldux 21:18, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Batura Sar

message: I notice that user Yahoo has taken out the reference to the politically disputed status of the region. I would say that NPOV suggests leaving such a reference in; for support see Northern Areas and Pakistan. I won't revert right away since it isn't crucial to the focus of the article, but I really think it should be there. --Spireguy 20:31, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Political status of Northern Areas

message: One look here at the Himalayan Index page in question shows there is something wrong. Best I can tell, the elevations for the main peak and a subpeak (Batura I W) are swapped. Not positive but I think the other information appears to be correct other than the meters and feet are reversed. Anyway, things like this shake my confidence in a source and I am surprised, because the Himalayan Index/Alpine Club/American Alpine Journal is supposed to be such a highly repected source.
Also the two American Alpine Journal links in the "Other references" section are dead.
I am going to clean all this up. I will leave the HI inline cites and links and direct them to the climbing list of the site, but its current state is not suitable for an inline cite for the elevation, coords, etc. I will use Peakbagger and Peaklist.org for this purpose. In fact, there appears to be descrepancies in the HI's climbing log also.  The dead AAJ links are "gone", but moving the data so not lost.
The number of flags thrown up by the Himalayan Index source on this peak has me wondering if we should remove it and its sourced material from this article altogether. Anyone have some thoughts on this?--Racerx11 (talk) 14:26, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Himalayan Index in error 

message: I am planning on removing the Pakistan elevation ranking from the infobox per reasons given at Talk:K2#Pakistan rankings. Reply at the K2 talk page or here if there's an objection. --RacerX11 Talk to meStalk me  00:52, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pakistan ranking
Talk:Clifford Sadlier

message: More info at Find-A-Grave. Lincher 21:11, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Glossary of owarai terms

message: Gire is actually kire or kireru - to lose control of one's temper. Gire is the syllable change that happens when a certain sound is placed before it like gyakugire... —Preceding unsigned comment added by s7rugg1e (talk • contribs) 
:Yeah I got that, just wasn't thinking clearly at the time. >  <;;  freshgavinΓΛĿЌ  06:35, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: BTW, kireru actually means to "lose it" and explode in rage. I will leave the decision of an edit up to you. bimyo...struggle 13:30, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

text: Well, while the examples did simply just pop into my head, neta does need some explanation. If there was a better neta example, please put one in. Itsudemokokokara's "Kanashii toki" act or Choplin's black foreigner neta are some other memorable acts.struggle 13:28, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

message: --CopyToWiktionaryBot 15:57, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  2007-02-1 Automated pywikipediabot message 

message: Recently popularized in the west by shows such as Punk'd, these hidden-camera surprise pranks have been very common on Japanese television since the 1990s.
Oh, how shortsighted is the perspective of the young! Candid Camera has been a vital presence in American television culture since 1948!
Nuttyskin (talk) 07:58, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  dokkiri
Portal talk:Moldova

message: Do we need WikiProjects frame? I think, it duplicates Associated Wikimedia frame. --Zserghei 21:13, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: (Untitled)

message: WikiProject Portals is back!
The project was rebooted and completely overhauled on April 17th, 2018. Its goals are to revitalize the entire portal system, make building and maintaining portals easier, support the ongoing improvement of portals and the editors dedicated to this, and design the portals of the future.
As of May 2nd, 2018, membership is at 60 editors, and growing. You are welcome to join us.
There are design initiatives for revitalizing the portals system as a whole, and for improving each component of portals.  So far, 2 new dynamic components have been developed: Template:Transclude lead excerpt and Template:Transclude random excerpt.
Tools are provided for building and maintaining portals, including automated portals that update themselves in various ways.
And, if you are bored and would like something to occupy your mind, we have a wonderful task list.
From your friendly neighborhood Portals WikiProject. Hope to see you there. Sincerely,      — The Transhumanist    07:38, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notice from the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals|Portals WikiProject]]
Talk:Auto race workers

message: I like the subject of this, although I don't know much about it (I came across it via Random Article).  But, it should:
* Have a more specific title
* Follow the WP:MOS guidelines.  For example, it takes a while to figure out what the article is about and that should be in the first sentence.
* Wikilinks would be quite useful.
And more. . . 
I'll be back to see what I can do to help.  John (Jwy) 21:17, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have done a very rough cleanup - rough organisation into sections, proper capitalisation, very quick editing of any text that stuck out as not WP:MOS. I didn't feel up to tackling the main body of the text tonight, but I'll give it a go when I get a spare few hours. --Lucian Gregory 23:20, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

text: I've done a bit more; most obviously moving it.  I've also adjusted the lead to be concentrated on the auto stuff.  If we get a more general (not just auto) race worker article, that stuff can go there.  Also, if we get a non-American auto worker article, we would want to rename this one, but for now I think its okay.   I have yet to take on the cheer-leading tone of the article.  Feel free!  John (Jwy) 18:08, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup

message: Could someone knowledgeable in the subject take a look at the most recent changes to this article by ?  He seemed to change the meaning of the white flag - I was not confident with my knowledge about the field to revert the edits, so figured I'd see if someone here knew better.  Thanks! -- Natalya 02:40, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changes in flag content "white"
Talk:Data World

message: Compared to the dozen other episodes in this season why is this one important?  I can see that there is an effort to restrict these episodes to the notable ones only... what are the standards for notability of an episode and why does this one pass?  These questions should be self-evident from reading the article, but so far I can't tell. Maybe I'm missing something obvious? ---J.Smith 21:17, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Half Japanese

message: This seems dubious. For instance, does George Harrison's debut triple album All Things Must Pass not count?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by IAmAgentMunky (talk • contribs) 20:25, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: "There was never a debuting band before that published with an album consisting of three records."

message: Hello
I toured Half Japanese for some years.
Glorious years in Europe.
Here we were now....
I did sound and management -on tour-
Thanks to Herbert's Exquisite music.
We had fun and were serious.
Enjoyed the public.
The next song....
-Do you care-
The first song of 
-live in Europe- was mxt by me.
Eppo Krol
Do I have to smile now???
:>)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.90.149.76 (talk) 21:20, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Calling NPOV on this... it seems really opinionated. "Worst song ever recorded"?
: Hm, can we remove the NPOV octagon graphic thing now?  It seems somebody has removed the offending sentence. Iguana Scales 20:12, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: NPOV

message: I think a tighter list of like-minded artists can be developed. HJ are way more out than Patti Smith or the 13th Floor Elevators- Jonathon (sic) Richman is a little more on target, but there are many outsider 'weird punk' artists that could be chosen instead.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.99.230.236 (talk) 18:31, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "kindred spirits" 

message: This article has serious problems with tone and has several uncited statements that are POV and/or OR and/or peacocky.  It should have been more closely scrutinized before being okayed for DYK. Boston (talk) 19:22, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: OR, POV, Peacock, Tone

message: unsourced claims are being removed.
please source and cite notable facts before readding 
thanks in advance,
Augmented Seventh (talk) 01:45, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  problematic article
Talk:S. Z. Sakall

message: Different birth date as the one seen on his tumbstone at Find-A-Grave. Lincher 21:32, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I would think his grave marker would be correct. Also, the New York Times lists 1883, too . I am changing it. --rogerd 18:04, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Date of birth

message: When I was a child in the mid-1940's, I actually saw the film where S. Z. Sakall got the nickname Cuddles. I no longer remember the title, but his character said at one point, "My name is (...), but you can call me Cuddles." That line broke audiences up, and that epithet appeared in coming attractions and film creditsa ever afterwards. Can anyone help locate the name of that film? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Steve geo1 (talk • contribs) 15:37, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: "Cuddles"

message: The punctuation says he affected a pen-name when he turned to acting, which is odd.  Shall I restructure the sentence? —Tamfang (talk) 00:51, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  which affectation 

message: This probably deserves a mention.  He wrote an autobiography, "The story of Cuddles, my life under the Emperor Francis Joseph, Adolf Hitler, and the Warner Brothers", published by Cassell, 1954.  https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=aQpBAQAAIAAJ  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ralph Corderoy (talk • contribs) 23:46, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Autobiography
Talk:Abbé Faria

message: Sammohan Bhavana should be explained or the article be created. Thanks! --DLL 21:34, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Sammohan Bhavana 

message: I removed this unsourced sentence:
:"After a long stint in the Chateau, Faria was released and returned to Paris. Here he met Alexandre Dumas, the novelist, who was so impressed with the Abbe that he used him as a character - the mad monk - in his novel, The Count of Monte Cristo."
Dumas did not move to Paris until he was 20 (1826), seven years after Faria died. --Ccady 23:49, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Met Dumas?
Talk:Philip Salkeld

message: More info at Find-A-Grave. Lincher 21:35, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The Gazette citation says that he "would have been recommended" for the VC if he hadn't died.  Is there a later Gazette article which actually awards the medal, similar to that for Melvill, Coghill, et al on 15 Jan 1907? 66.232.244.253 (talk) 23:18, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Did he or didn't he? 
Talk:Project x-ray

message: Both articles clearly have the same subject.  This article is newer, and less developed.  It also carries the name of the project that was applied fairly late in its development.  Therefore, I propose that "Project x-ray" be merged into "Bat bomb", with a redirect from Project x-ray to "Bat bomb".  --Blainster 21:36, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There have been no responses within the last week to the merge tag (which was placed by another editor) other than mine.  Also, it turns out that the content of this article was copied from the linked external website, and thus a probable copyright violation.  Therefore the Project x-ray article has been made into a redirect to "Bat bomb".  --Blainster 16:27, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge to Bat bomb
Talk:Unfulfilled historical predictions by Christians/Archive 2

message: I'm not sure how it would be fixed, but the wording of items in the article is sometimes a bit ambiguous - some of the items just state what the prophecy was, and let's the reader assume it didn't happen, some state what actually happened and compare with the prophecy, and as far as I can tell some of the prophecies are listed at the time they were made, and others at the time they were expected to come to pass. Is there a simple way to fix this? Confusing Manifestation 17:06, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wording
Talk:Disabled skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics

message: Still looking for some of the first names... Hektor 21:39, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: If I remember well, athletes for demonstration sports were indeed awarded gold, silver and bronze medals, but of a smaller diameter than the ones of the Olympic events. You can see that in the picture of Alexander Spitz in the IOC results - see .pdf in the references. Hektor 21:48, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Medals vs. placement
Talk:Will Sampson

message: It differs from the one written on his tombstone at Find-A-Grave. Lincher 21:39, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Date of birth

message: After seeing his film appearances, he is obviously a large man.  I've had trouble finding any info, and would like to see it posted if anyone can find that as it seems pertinent information. Thanks    —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.155.228.25 (talk) 02:44, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: IMDB lists him as 6'-5" tall, but IMDB isn't always acceptable as a reliable source. However, it's obvious that he was very tall, when you see screencaps of him with other actors -- MinervaK (talk) 02:40, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: About

message: In the article, it is stated that another actor said Sampson was imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. If he was indeed imprisoned, when and why? Also, a citation would be needed. --Bernardoni (talk) 20:24, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Imprisonment 

message: When did the Find-A-Grave website become unreliable? There are thousands of Wikipedia pages that reference that website? Are all those links set to be removed from all those other pages as well? https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Will_Sampson&diff=1155422015&oldid=1155377630&variant=en Quebec99 (talk) 11:50, 20 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: @Quebec99, I can't answer your question, "When did the Find-A-Grave website become unreliable?", but WP:USERGENERATED clearly names it as one of a number of "unacceptable user-generated sources". Eddie Blick (talk) 00:00, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: @Teblick ok, thanks Quebec99 (talk) 00:11, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Find-A-Grave unreliable?
Talk:William Edward Sanders

message: More info at Find-A-Grave. Lincher 21:43, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Kia ora Zawed (and other interested editors), I thought I'd point out that the person's common name is William Sanders. Do you know how to determine the common name from a DNZB entry? I'm working my way through this list and have yet to find an entry where they've got the common name wrong. 
That all said, he's obviously got a gravestone in Purewa Cemetery (Block F Row 44 Plot 221). Here's a photo of it. Worth adding to the article? Schwede66 04:55, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Common name 

message: He was killed in action when Prize was sunk by a U-boat on her fourth patrol. supposedly the word her between on and fourth is his! 2404:8000:1027:D5FD:68F2:64C5:6A6C:CBE2 (talk) 08:43, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: British usage is to consider ships as female.  'her' refers to Prize, not Sanders.    John M Brear (talk) 14:22, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  kinda...
Talk:Richard Sandford

message: More info at Find-A-Grave. Lincher 21:44, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled