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Talk:Walford Davies

message: A goodgle search on 
: "Walford Davies" OR "Henry Davies"
seems to indicate his surname is "Walford Davies" , tho the article calls him Davies.  In the absence of evidence for Davies as surname, the references to him as "Davies" should be changed to "Walford Davies". --Jerzy•t 23:51, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Grove lists him under D for Davies.   It's clear from the article that Walford was never part of his surname, as it was his grandmother's maiden name.  His full legal name was Henry Walford Davies, but he preferred to be known as plain Walford Davies.   JackofOz 02:58, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Surname 

message: I have corrected year he was appointed first Director of Music RAF from "In that year [1917]" to "In 1918", the Royal Air Force having been formed from amalgamation of Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service on 1 April 1918.Cloptonson (talk) 19:13, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Career

message: Are Professor Damian Walford Davies of Cardiff University or Professor Jason Walford Davies of Bangor University related to H. Walford Davies, possibly great-grandsons? This seems credible as Walford is an unusual name. Verbcatcher (talk) 18:05, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other Walford Davieses 

message: In 1918 he was appointed director of music of the Royal Air Force, with the rank of major.
:Are you sure that the RAF ever used the rank of major? Valetude (talk) 00:51, 29 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Initially until some time after the 1918 Armistice when the rank system changed to what is used today, the Royal Air Force rank system mirrored that of the British Army, from which the Royal Flying Corps element came when the service was formed by amalgamation with the Royal Naval Air Service in April of 1918.Cloptonson (talk) 20:07, 14 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  RAF rank
Talk:Oyakodon

message: Maybe someone could add cookbook entry in Wikibooks for this dish. -- 69.214.226.102 20:49, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cookbook entry 

message: The whole shiru thing was pointless and removed from the article anyway, but here was the talk about it. (Extends to the bottom of the talk page.) -- 69.214.226.102 20:49, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: "Shiru"

message: It's been 10 years since the last activity on this page but I happened to come across this page lacking inline citations so I added some, though they are Japanese. I hope they are all right. Mahouhoho (talk) 14:44, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citations
Talk:Åmål Municipality

message: I removed interlanguage links from the article to articles that cover the town of Åmål, not the municipality. They were later put back, with a notion that the article covers both the town and the municipality. Looking closer at the article, most of it is about the town and the municipality so I can understand the notion. The town is a part of the municipality, and for most people probably the most interesting part.
However, there is a problem with interlanguage links between non-synonymous concepts. When one wikipedia has an article on "Dogs" covering several dog breeds and another have ten articles on different dog breeds, you don't usually put interlanguage links between the article on the different breeds and the "dogs" article. IMO this is the same. An interlanguage link should be bidirectional - if it is present in one wikipedia and lacking in another, it is quite likely someone will put it in the other direction too. When the robots come in, I would'n be surprised if the dog example in then end created interwiki links between yorkshire terrier and poodle. I have myself created a nice mess in the interwikilinks for the two types of strawberries (wild & domestic) which in Swedish language are two different concepts rather than one. 
If the interwiki bots saw  in the interwiki section, a solution would be to put double interwiki links in the article with the additional comment - but they don't. Maybe it would be better to separate the articles on the municipalities and the towns. Indeed, there is usually fairly little to write on the municipalities - dull administrative things as they are - but it would solve the interwiki problems. / Habj 16:04, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Interlanguage links
Talk:Refractive index

message: In an example of water used to demonstrate the formula used to calculate the refractive index n=c/v, it says: water has refractive index 1.33, which indicates speed of light in vacuum is 1.33 times 'more than' that in glass. This is a linguistic error since '1.33 times more than' implies 1+1.33 times in the common case. 戴谨承 (talk) 02:01, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  A possible error in language used when explaining the basic concept 

message: The article says, "the refractive index of water is 1.333, meaning that light travels 1.333 times slower in water than in a vacuum.
This language may be a bit ambiguous, as there are two interpretations: the speed of light in water may be (c÷1.333) or (c - 1.333×c). 
Maybe, it could say, "the speed of light in a vacuum is 1.333 times that in water"? Ethan Lestat (talk) 15:14, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another possible error in language when explaining the basic concept 

message: In the introduction, I noticed the refractive index is explained to be "how fast light travels" through a material. And yet, as the refractive index of a material increases, the speed of light in the corresponding material decreases.
Is it then clearer to explain that refractive index is "how slowly light travels" through a material?  Put another way, the more refractive index a material has, the slower light passes through it - so can it be interpreted that refractive index measures slowness?
2601:80:C97F:EFD0:C901:84BE:3D6A:D71D (talk) 06:54, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes I would say so. But it doesn't really matter if we say "it measures slowness" or "it measures fastness", because if we look at it this way, "how fast light travels" is nothing but the quality or state of light being fast or slow. It would consider both the slowness and fastness of the speed of light. It has probably become a convention of saying that Refractive index is "how fast light travels". Arnav Raj Singh91 (talk) 02:57, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "how fast light travels" vs "how slowly light travels"
Talk:Joe Williams

message: muito  bom  dia meu senhor joe William  ?? Aqui fala O jovem de nome Guilherme Antônio  ca na Beira.  Venho a este meio solicitando o apoio na verdade eu sofro na parte financeira e queria dizer que eu sou mesmo Pobre . É queria dizer ao senhor que eu fiz escriçao  no grupo da illu...... para ser membro so que o mestre supremo  pediu me para pagar  a taxas de 399 dólar ,então,  eu este valor não tenho  por favor aceite o pedido...... 197.218.91.84 (talk) 04:46, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ajuda
Talk:Pope Paul IV

message: No references in this article and mostly uncritical. Viriditas (talk) 03:06, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: No sources, hagiography

message: This article has his becoming cardinal, but only cardinal priest.   He was cardinal bishop and dean when elected pope, the last dean to be elected pope before Joseph Ratzinger became Benedict XVI in 2005. Carlm0404 (talk) 05:55, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  He became cardinal bishop and dean
Talk:Tauno Palo

message: What is that quote from Kulkurin valssi? I can say that it is not "the most famous words in the history of Finnish film"! I cannot even recall those word being said in the film. I would say that most famous line from the film is: "Kai sallitaan kuokkavieraan tanssia morsiamen kanssa" - "Propably the gatecrasher is allowed to dance with the bride." JuurakonHulda 14:20, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Æ

message: Why did you add the character æ̀ in ? It isn't in Unicode. Is it used in some language? — Eru·tuon 01:02, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I added it because it's one of Unicode's official named sequences ().  I'm not sure which languages use it but it seems to be from the Japanese standard JIS X 0213.  Thank you so much for asking the question instead of automatically reverting my edit. DRMcCreedy (talk) 03:52, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Æ with grave 

message: What about Ae, joined, in "title case"? So it begins a titled word like Aeschylus?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:9DE1:1260:F887:AE5A:B1B:1E29 (talk) 03:41, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Late reply: This ligature only exists in uppercase or lowercase; where it begins a proper noun, or most words in title case, it's all uppercase: Æschylus, Æneas, Æthelwulf.  Typographically it's treated as a single letter, even though one can choose to transliterate it as two separate letters, in which case only the 'A' would be in uppercase.  P Aculeius (talk) 13:03, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Was there any difference in early modern books in the use of ash when writing titles in upper or lower case? 82.37.67.151 (talk) 13:24, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: No, most early 18th–20th century books write it as "Æschylus". ― Ö S M A N  (talk · contribs) 12:14, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ae in title case 

message: A discussion is taking place to address the redirect :Aelig. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 August 3#Aelig until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.  Soumya-8974 talk contribs subpages 09:08, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Aelig" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] 

message: An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect :Ææ and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 August 10#Ææ until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.  Steel1943 (talk) 14:37, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Ææ" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] 

message: The article claims that Æ was called æsc in Old English, but the supporting source actually just says that the rune transliterated as æ was named æsc. This is not the same thing as the Latin character being called æsc. It's true that Þ and Ƿ inherited runic names, but unlike Þ and Ƿ, Æ wasn't originally a rune, so it might not be safe to assume it inherited a runic name. A real source for the claim should be found, or the claim should be taken out of the article. Hurlebatte (talk) 15:58, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Old English name?
Talk:Mispronunciation

message: Despite the most recent talk page apart from this one, the material reverted to being present in June 1 of 2019 appears to largely be in the form of a (Mediocre) personal essay, often presenting unclear or even erroneous claims, and with personally oriented and non-encyclopedic language.  As has already been tagged on the article itself, substantial revision of this material, or a second deletion of it, would be best. Zusty001 (talk) 13:07, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Restored material;  Revision or deletion recommended 

message: There's no obvious page or redirect for mispronunciations based on reading a word (eg reading Lao Tzu as though it rhymed with Sue). Needs to be added to the list of classes. — LlywelynII 06:22, 24 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Incomplete
Talk:March 10

message: Since March 10 can occur on any day of the week, why is Girl Scout Sunday listed here?  What if it isn't Sunday?  Does Girl Scout Sunday only occur if March 10 is a Sunday? -- Zoe
:Perhaps it occurs on the nearest Sunday to March 10? Like Remembrance Sunday in the UK.  Just conjecture... -- Graham  :) 08:21, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Girl Scouts 

message: I made use of these ‘About this Day’ pages for many years: and appreciate the External Links to the BBC, New York Post and Today In Canada pages.
But, I have to ask … 
Is there an Australian, or New Zealand, equivalent?
After all, Britain, Canada and the USA, aren’t the only English speaking countries on the planet: I’m sure Aussie and Kiwi readers would appreciate the links.
Cuddy2977 (talk) 17:10, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  External Links 

message: On March 10, 2017, the impeached president of South Korea was permanently removed from office by a unanimous decision of the country's highest court.  This was the culmination of a massive scandal that has dominated the country's politics and society for months.  It is also the first time ever that a democratically elected president of South Korea has been removed by constitutional means--a significant milestone in the evolution of the country's democracy.  The scandal and the impeachment have separate articles on the English language Wikipedia, as does the main non-political figure at the heart of the scandal, Choi Soon-sil.  How exactly is this not a notable event that doesn't deserve to be included in the list of March 10 events? -- BlueResistance (talk) 16:47, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  End of Park Geun-hye presidency 

message: If this is a thing, it's a commercial thing.  Anyone in favor of keeping it?
:I say no, it's not appropriate for this page. Go ahead --142.163.195.41 (talk) 14:05, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  National Mario Day 

message: Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank was the 2nd largest bank collapse in U.S history, which occurred on March 10, 2023. Do I need to say more? InjectableBacon (talk) 11:06, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank
Talk:Waimea Bay

message: 30-50 foot waves is nonsense or written by someone from california, on hawaiian scale big waves are 15-25 feet, a 50 footer would probably wash all the way up to kam highway at the back... 208.100.142.145 16:53, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: We get 60 footers at Jaws on Maui. —Viriditas | Talk 20:00, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Wave height
Talk:Timeline for the day of the September 11 attacks

message: I don't have a source for this yet -- if it's considered relevant, I'll try to find one -- but American Airlines' System Operations Center (I think that's the name) ordered all AA flights to land as soon as possible, at the closest airport.  I think they called it a "full ground stop".   This happened a few minutes before the FAA similarly ordered the grounding of all planes in US airspace. I think it's interesting that AA did this on their own, shortly before the FAA did. David10244 (talk) 09:25, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  American Airlines ground stop  

message: This article incorrectly claims it was Maj Fox that spoke out the scramble order for Panta flight, when it was in fact Sgt Powell. 49.182.191.75 (talk) 05:38, 25 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect attribution of Panta scramble order  

message: This article claims a few times that Flight 93’s target was the Capitol building. Every other source I have seen just says that it was aimed at DC, is it actually known what specific building it targeted? ImperialSaponification (talk) 04:11, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: They don't really know all they say is that either it was for The White House Or Capitol Nothing Else LiamTera (talk) 15:30, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flight 93 Target 

message: Why are the exact timestamps listed even when there is disagreement among the sources cited (e.g., 8:46:40 versus 8:46:30)? Shouldn't we just round to the minute? Hmm1994 (talk) 07:41, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Timestamps
Talk:Screwdriver

message: When discussing the global (N. America and Europe at least are mentioned) history of screwdrivers, it's not really appropriate to indicate when something happened by referring to a period in specifically USA history (the Gilded Age). I propose to replace that with "the late 19th century". 203.23.239.198 (talk) 08:15, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Diversification of driver types
Talk:Line

message: In drawing, a line is a mark drawn with a pointed, moving tool.
Also, is there a reason why there are random IP signatures in the article? --Dromioofephesus (talk) 17:07, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  IP Signatures 

message: tools of measurnment  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.191.107.197 (talk) 17:46, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  math
Talk:List of bicycle parts

message: I changed the Cassette and Lug links to (nonexistent) pages that reference bicycle parts.  I don't know exactly what cassettes or lugs are, but surely in this context they have nothing to do with home audio recording or Irish mythology. Skoosh 02:20, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link changes 

message: I changed the list into a definition list. Some of the articles--jockey wheel in particular--should be merged into the article of which they're a part of, or maybe made into redirects. Other than that, I filled in a few definitions. Leave the articles with major things (derailleur gears, bottom bracket, headset, etc.) with links as well as a short definition. As to whether the definitions should be complete sentences, just keep it consistent. --Christopherlin 03:06, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changed to definition list 

message: Wow, this page sure has a lot of parts covered. But it would be more useful if there was a labelled diagram. --Louiechefei28848888 00:34, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  A labelled Diagram would be useful 

message: A lot of these parts are defined in terms of other parts, creating a cyclic dependency. If you don't know any parts at all, you will be lost. :-( --Rewguy 02:29, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Parts are defined in terms of other parts 

message: Also known as "sealed bearings."  Traditionally have longer life and lower maintenance than other bearings. 
#Since whether a bearing is sealed or not is a separate issue from whether it may be disassembled, do we want to promote this mislabelling, or is there an authoritative source that confirms this? Sheldon Brown does not.
#Doesn't "non-user-serviceable" already imply "lower maintenance".
#Can anyone confirm "longer life"?
-AndrewDressel (talk) 15:31, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cartridge bearings 

message: Is there a name for that sort of circular plastic shield that prevents the chain from jumping beyond the first-gear sprocket & getting caught between the sprocket & the wheel hub?  Maybe that shield should be included in this bike-part article.  The shield seems to typically be around the size of a saucer.  Bo99 (talk) 23:58, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  guard between cogset & wheel? 

message: 105.8.5.40 (talk) 16:38, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  The details please
Talk:March 12

message: I'm adding "World Day Against Cyber Censorship" to the Holidays & Observances section based on this article and this letter written by Reporters Without Borders and Amnesty International. This is also an important day for Wikipedia considering that numerous countries restrict access to the wealth of information available here. Aslaveofaudio (talk) 20:24, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Censorship 

message: Please note that I have deleted the mention of Anne Frank name from the Deaths. There is no evidence fore the 12 of March being her last day on Earth. Havelock 18:52, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Anne Frank]] 

message: There is nothing in the linked article that says that he is celebrated on March 12.  It is his day of death, but he might be celebrated only in the collective Chinese Martyrs, which is not on March 12.  In the absence of something positive in the article, I suggest he be removed from March 12. --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 14:22, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Zhang Dapeng 

message: "Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO."
Czechia aka the Czech Republic was never in the Warsaw Pact. Czechoslovakia was in the Warsaw Pact.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.59.94.118 (talk) 18:47, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: 1999

message: Malina Weissman should be added to the births list. 2600:4040:AA96:DF00:41F0:46E0:CDDA:E269 (talk) 07:10, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: If you have a reliable source, then you can do it yourself. Please follow the Edit Notice at the top of the page, and also WP:DOYCITE. Kiwipete (talk) 07:31, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Malina Weissman 

message: Does anyone actually say dates like "March 12"? The traditional rendition I am familiar with Americans saying & writing would be March the 12th, although in most of the rest of the world, people follow the date/month/year format, so in Britain for example, we would say & write the 12th of March. March 12 doesn't seem like grammatically correct English in any dialect that I'm aware of. Aran na Beatha (talk) 09:50, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  March 12
Talk:Ethyl carbamate

message: Isn't a polymer with urethane linkages called polyurethane ?  This article implies just "urethane" is ok for the polymer name.  H Padleckas 18:32, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Polyurethane = polymer with urethane linkage 

message: I have added a large amount of material & references to this record on 5/14/2006.
I recommend that the title be changed back to "Urethane" because this is used more generally by regulatory agencies (EPA, NIEHS, NLM,etc.)
Oldsci 19:23, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I would recommend against this. Wikipedia policy is to have the most common usage as the page title. Ethyl carbamate isn't so frequently encountered as a chemical. More often the word "urethane" is used colloquially for polyurethane or to refer to the carbamate functionality. If you feel strongly that the page should be moved back the procedure is to list it at Wikipedia:Requested moves, following the directions there. Dr Zak 15:00, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changes & Recommendation to Ethyl Carbamate 

message: Ok, just a little tiny peeve, it looks real weird to have i.e. separated by a auto line break like i.
e. it just looks dumb. I don't know how to fix it or I would've.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.2.252.54 (talk) 21:27, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  i.                  e. 

message: I believe that urethane is often misreported for the Toxic Release Inventory, since many of the submitters of the reports confuse it with polyurethane.  A few years ago I contacted each company that sent in such reports, nearly all of them responded that they misunderstood "urethane", they were reporting polyurethane, which is not to be reported.
Oldsci  —Preceding undated comment was added at 04:08, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  TRI misreporting
Talk:Mass media in the United States

message: MSNBC is a mouthpiece of the United States Government, just as CNN, Fox News, New York Times, Washington Post, etc. MSNBC is just worse at it then the other two. The link between private and public institutions is used as plausible deniability.  Scientifically, the United States of America is an oligarchy, according to Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992B "The preferences of rich people had a much bigger impact on subsequent policy decisions than the views of middle-income and poor Americans. Indeed, the opinions of lower-income groups, and the interest groups that represent them, appear to have little or no independent impact on policy."  https://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/is-america-an-oligarchy  When the average member of the collective west thinks "oligarchy" they think "Russia", which, scientifically is true because the United States created Russia in the 1991 using Disaster Capitalism first brandished on the first September 11, 1973, with the 1973 Chilean coup d'état.
May1787 (talk) 06:17, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Do look at the DRN, it’s pretty nutty. Doug Weller talk 07:36, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oligarchy and MSNBC