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Talk:Chris Merritt

message: The following paragraph has been removed quite rightly removed from the article:
:"During his career, Merritt has been given the advise and direct help of not only his wonderful and talented managers and agents...Dr. Rudolf Raab of Agentur Raab-Vienna, Elisabeth Crittenden and Andrea Anson of CAMI-New York, Michel Glotz of MusicaGlotz-Paris, Tom Graham of IMG-London and Peter Bloor-AskonasHolt, London...but also of three people who figured especially large in offering help and advise at the beginning of his career; Matthew Epstein, Beverly Sills and, above all, Marilyn Horne."
This is an encyclopedia article, not the place for the subject or his associates to make personal statements. All such additions will be removed, as will any addition which can be perceived by a neutral reader as hype or PR. See Wikipedia:Neutral point of view and Wikipedia:Avoid peacock terms for guidance. In addition, the referencing in this article is appalling. At least 80% of the content is unsupported by any independent sources.  To editors here who have any affiliation whatsoever to Merritt (either personal or professional), please read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and Wikipedia:Autobiography for guidance when editing under these circumstances and follow it scrupulously. Articles here will always have to conform to Wikipedia's policies on content, verification, style and formatting – not to the subject's desired image or marketing goals. Voceditenore (talk) 08:49, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Inappropriate edits

message: This article could use better referencing. As such, I am suggesting the following sources:
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*Here are several articles related to Chris Merritt in The New York Times
I hope this inspires some improvements. Best.4meter4 (talk) 03:57, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Better referencing 

message: Chris Merritt does not live in Pikesville, MD.  He lives in Hamburg, Germany.  www.chrismerrittgesangsunterricht.com.  How can this be corrected??  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.156.88.65 (talk) 19:25, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I have moved the above IP's comment from the Inappropriate edits section where it was a non-sequitur to this new heading. The Pikesville, Maryland statement was within a marked quote from a 1997 newspaper article. But I agree that it was potentially misleading to the reader. There was also no reason for such a lengthy and convoluted quote. I have shortened it to a paraphrase of the essential information re his high school music teacher. Voceditenore (talk) 19:49, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Residence
Talk:Mitsubishi Colt

message: The split request tags are over a year old; either the splits have been done, or there was no consensus at the time - either way, the situation is likely to have changed since the split was first proposed so I am removing the tags as stale. It is not clear to me from the above discussion if the suggested actions were all done; if not, then it would be appropriate to start a fresh discussion. If it is agreed to continue splitting, then that should either be actioned, or a new Split request tag placed in the appropriate sections in the article with a clear rationale left here on the talkpage. SilkTork ✔Tea time 11:54, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Done or new discussion? 

message: Just began reading the article and the first line contains a common mistake; "a myriad of". This is incorrect and should simply read "myriad" with the words "a" and "of" being erroneous.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Accomotors (talk • contribs) 07:15, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bad use of language 
Talk:Chris Young (actor)

message: Please see the move discussion here.--Epeefleche (talk) 16:41, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move discussion
Talk:Christian Borle

message: So sophomore year, a friend convinces him to audition for a play.  But, he was in A Christmas Carol in 1987.  
Ergo, he skipped at least two grades?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vatzjr (talk • contribs) 17:31, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Early Life

message: "On a radio interview in 2010 it was confirmed that Borle and Foster had gone their separate ways." So they are separated? Divorced? They took different cabs on their way home? Can you be less vague? 174.99.62.107 (talk) 02:10, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Marital status

message: this page is locked and unfortunately someone lied for a joke, and said that andrew rannells and christian were married as of 2016. this is a complete lie and should be taken down since i can't myself  Ayoooo1119 (talk) 16:43, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fake marriage
Talk:Christina Schmidt

message: Not my article, but how is Christina Schmidt not notable? She won a Young Artist Award for a high profile roll on one of Canada's most prominent TV franchises, which has in turn become a huge legacy in the US. Violacesario (talk) 20:20, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
Talk:Christo van Rensburg

message: ==Untitled==
this article needs souces thanksOo7565 03:33, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: What information does the flag convey that the text beside it doesn't already convey? Mo ainm~Talk 10:49, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  I have removed please see WP:BURDEN onus is on editor adding content to show what encyclopaedic content the addition of this flag adds to the article that the text doesn't already show. Mo ainm~Talk 11:38, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: What a crappy rule. just there to make people get their own way, cannot go against a project 194.66.216.40 (talk) 13:13, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  Just because you see something as a "crappy rule" doesn't mean you can ignore it. Mo ainm~Talk 13:24, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  why tag was added

message: this article needs souces thanksOo7565 03:33, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I have removed the flag from the infobox citing MOSFLAG in that flags are not to be used in infobox or to represent a persons nationality. Mo ainm~Talk 10:16, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: What information does the flag convey that the text beside it doesn't already convey? Mo ainm~Talk 10:49, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  I have removed please see WP:BURDEN onus is on editor adding content to show what encyclopaedic content the addition of this flag adds to the article that the text doesn't already show. Mo ainm~Talk 11:38, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: What a crappy rule. just there to make people get their own way, cannot go against a project 194.66.216.40 (talk) 13:13, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  Just because you see something as a "crappy rule" doesn't mean you can ignore it. Mo ainm~Talk 13:24, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article not adhering to [[WP:MOSFLAG|MOSFLAG]]
Talk:Tūheitia Paki

message: An editor has attempted to take out most of the actual facts around the king's son's court case with an abbreviated version that is quite and perhaps deliberately  misleading. Specifically it leaves out the facts that Korotangi admitted that he was GUILTY to all 4 charges. In addition it left out that reason why he was not actually convicted ie he is the son of a king. It left out the punishment he received. Further it leaves out the after shock of the revelation of the extent of Korotangi's anti social attitudes displayed on the teen's own social media. One of the newspaper articles removed by the editor emphasizes the crisis the son's actions have had on the king. Claudia
:This is an article on the father. Hugely in-depth coverage of his teenage son being a teenager is not really appropriate. Stuartyeates (talk) 08:28, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Korotangi Paki court case 2014 

message: A major contributor to the article, ArchdeaconNgira, noted in an edit summary that they are an "official of the King's office". I think the article may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies. Nurg (talk) 09:37, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conflict of interest 
Talk:Christopher C. Odom

message: Looks like the guy created his own Wikipedia page...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.229.99.67 (talk) 16:13, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Christopher Dickey

message: Might it not be worth mentioning that he's the son of James Dickey (poet and author of Deliverance)?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.137.100.31 (talk) 06:15, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

message: Stub.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dagme (talk • contribs) 00:19, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stub
Talk:Christopher Howell

message: I've tagged sections and text as needing reliable sources to support them. Awards, accomplishments, and publications should all have at least some passing mention by a reliable source to show they are significant and belong in this living person's biography. Regarding this subject's notability, third-party sources giving substantial biographical coverage of the subject are required to meet WP:BASIC guidelines, in addition to alternative criteria at WP:ANYBIO, WP:AUTHOR, or WP:ACADEMIC. Below are some links that might lead to such sources:
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Happy editing! JFHJr (㊟) 17:46, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources needed 
Talk:Mark Belanger

message: I'd like to slightly re-arrange this article to talk about Belanger's fielding first, and then get into a discussion of his weak offensive skills. That would segue into something I learned about Belanger (I think I found it somewhere online), that because of Belanger, and Earl Weaver's cleverness, a rule in baseball was created, in essence, just for Belanger.
The baseball rule is this: If a player bats, he must play one full inning (i.e. must play in the field). Because Belanger was a weak hitter, and usually batted ninth after the DH-rule was created, Weaver figured out that when on the road, he could have (in effect) a pinch-hitter lead off the game, then substitute Belanger in for defense in the bottom half of the inning. So a new rule was created just to thwart this particular bit of strategery. So in effect, it could be thought of as the Belanger/Weaver rule.
Perhaps I learned of this from my uncle, former O's reliever Dick Hall, who was a teammate of Belanger's for several years.
--Mmpartee 13:35, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Great blue turaco

message: Right, this material has been in since 2008, but I can find zero mentions online apart from material that has come from WP....weird Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:13, 14 July 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: removed it now anyway Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:29, 14 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: I am suspicious of this...

message: Hello! This is to let editors know that :File:017 Great_blue_turaco_at_Kibale_forest_National_Park_Photo_by_Giles_Laurent.jpg, a featured picture used in this article, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for May 3, 2024. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2024-05-03. For the greater benefit of readers, any potential improvements or maintenance that could benefit the quality of this article should be done before its scheduled appearance on the Main Page.  If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you!  — Amakuru (talk) 13:35, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Featured picture scheduled for POTD
Talk:Christopher Ries

message: I believe the illusions created are more due to total internal reflection because of the high index of refraction of leaded glasses. I fail to see how the transmittance has an effect. GetsEclectic (talk) 00:27, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment
Talk:Chuck Huber

message: Please help double check, but I'm fairly sure he also voices Moris Libardirt in Black clover and this is missing in his filmography here. If someone could confirm and edit the page, that would be awesome! 50.52.121.55 (talk) 22:57, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing a film credit
Talk:Gaius Popillius Laenas

message: The [Latin] plural  is Laenates which translations sometimes render as Lenate; I don't find any evidence of this - if this means translations of Polybius into Italian, it may be true - although Lenate sing., Lenati pl. would be expected; but either way, it is of very limited interest to this English Wikipedia.. All the instances of Laenate I can find are Latin ablative singulars; those of  Lenate are OCR failures for Senate. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 23:23, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Lenate?

message: This name is of Etruscan origin? Really? Not Latin Publius, not the Samnite equivalent of  Coquillius, but Etruscan? Who says so? Septentrionalis PMAnderson 11:47, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Etruscan origin?

message: Particularly in Book XLII where the Senate ordered him to undertake a 10 year vow similar to the imperial decennalias. — LlywelynII 17:25, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: More in Livy
Talk:Clancy Sigal

message: Some info is sourced to his own website, which is not a WP:Reliable source. Also, the genealogical sites can be suspect. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 19:56, 28 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Non-reliable sources 

message: I don't quite get this:
"There he describes joining the Communist Party at 15. Marc Cooper, reviewing the book for the Los Angeles Times,explained that "Nothing, he figured, could be a greater affront to Jennie, who was an ardent socialist but an even more ardent anti-Communist."
How can it be (ardently) anti-Communist to join the Communist party? --- 88.217.28.211 (talk) 21:41, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Early Life and education
Talk:Mithridates I of Parthia

message: (diff) (hist) . . mb Mithridates I of Parthia‎; 02:33:25 . . (-31) . . SpBot (talk | contribs) (robot Removing: ko:미트리다테스 1세) 
Is this a different Mitridates 1 or what? Kdammers (talk) 20:45, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why was link removed? 

message: Today we know Parthians were talking a dialect of Persian language and Mithredate is Mehrdad in Persian (means given by Mithra) 
Why nobody add the Persian name of the King to the article?--94.74.151.248 (talk) 01:02, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Persian Name 

message: The article on the Parthian Empire states that his reign was from 171–132BC.  This article states that it was from 165BC to 132BC.  We have the same problem with his predecessor Phraates I.  At least the end dates are consistent.  Is there any way we can clean this up?  JHowardGibson (talk) 02:44, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed.  And the dates also render it inconsistent with other articles (on Bactria, etc.). These dates seems over-reliant on a couple of very recent sources.  I understand scholarship changes, but if there are competing chronologies, the should at least both be listed. We should not state dates as facts if they depend entirely on one or two scholars' conjectures, whose dates seem to conflict with everyone else's. Walrasiad (talk) 17:34, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Some parts of the Parthian Empire article are outdated, and the Bactria article is in a horrible state. Respectfully, we can't just dismiss these sources as a 'couple of very recent sources'. The 165-132 BC reign is supported by leading sources about the Parthians, one of them being by arguably the most prominent scholar in Parthian studies, Marek Jan Olbrycht (who originally wrote '171–132 BC' in his works). My knowledge/memory is a bit rusty, but right off the bat I recall these sources using that reign period; Early Arsakid Parthia (ca. 250–165 b.c.), The Parthians: The Forgotten Empire, and Reign of Arrows: The Rise of the Parthian Empire in the Hellenistic Middle East. Though granted, I never properly finished this article. --HistoryofIran (talk) 17:54, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  It is still conflicting with most other sources, creating confusion in readers.  That has to be addressed.  Sure, conjectural dates are conjectural and scholars change their mind all the time.  The fact that it is narrow and recent suggests caution, meaning it is hasn't been subject to critical scrutiny by other scholars, nor achieved consensus in the field. It could be a matter of time.  Or it might remain disputed.  Walrasiad (talk) 23:36, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dates
Portal talk:Netherlands

message: I would be thankful, if the netherlands specialists could have a look here: Portal talk:Transport#Headline of the netherlands motorways are all wrong Thank you -- 84.132.101.93 09:59, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Headline of the netherlands motorways are all wrong 

message: I have created this page Portal:Netherlands/Featured content. Rubenescio (talk) 09:35, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Featured content 

message: Hey guys i just finished translation this page from the dutch wikipedia, but its still in a pretty bad state. So if you can help out, please do so! Omegastar (talk) 22:11, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[County of Holland]] 

message: I am a proud Dutch woman who lives in the United States. My maiden name is VanEngen. That is the americanized version. Through my genealogy research I have learned that the correct spelling is "vanIngen". I was told that "van" means "from" so I want to know more about the village of Ingen. I would love to share more about my family line with someone who knows what I am speaking of! I can be reached at "jodiwalder@comcast.net".
I hope to hear from someone!!
Thank You,
Jodi VanEngen-Walder  —Preceding unsigned comment added by VanEngen (talk • contribs) 16:43, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: see Ingen (Netherlands) for the wikipedia information about the village. HenkvD (talk) 17:58, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Learning about my family heritage. 

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thread_title:  Notice from the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals|Portals WikiProject]] 

message: An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Portal:Netherlands Antilles. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so.  Legacypac (talk) 00:17, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Portal:Netherlands Antilles listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]]
Talk:Cliff Jones (computer scientist)

message: I am a colleague and former PhD student of Cliff, who has asked me to add a little to the page. I have read the appropriate biography guidelines and will endeavour to follow them as much as possible! In particular, I am not adding substantive or opinionated, but removing incorrect information and adding a little extra. Please feel free to contact me if needed. Tastarte (talk) 11:32, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: You may want to take a look at WP:COI. -Kj cheetham (talk) 14:19, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

text: That post-nominal seems fine to me. -Kj cheetham (talk) 14:18, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

text: Just to comment on ISBNs, the last digit is just a Check digit and nothing to do with whether there are multiple verions or not. -Kj cheetham (talk) 14:18, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  adding this template as advised by User: Kj Cheetham. Tastarte (talk) 15:09, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Making some edits
Talk:Coby Bell

message: *Bullet points
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Gentgeen 07:45, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Structure

message: Removed "biracial" reference for the following reasons: 
1) BLP guidelines require removal of poorly sourced material.
2) Source (www.backstage.com) is not a reliable source for genealogy, nor DNA assesment, nor genetic provenance. Source (www.backstage.com) is a Hollywood Gossip Rag. 
3) Source does not say he is biracial. Source says he is Multicultural. (But again, Hollywood Gossip Rag is not a RS)
4) The deleted phrase adds nothing of value to the article.
5) Phrase was a poorly tacked-on run-on.
Joe Hepperle (talk) 08:54, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Poorly Sourced Material
Talk:Colin Franklin (engineer)

message: http://www.telecomhall.ca/index.php?page=364 this may be useful if someone has the time to implement Ottawa4ever (talk) 20:07, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  validation source

message: * I removed the following statement, on the possibility that it is a different person. Copied here, so if someone can confirm it is the same person, it can be replaced, if someone can confirm it is the wrong person, it can be deleted.
::In 1998 he was a member of the National Forum on Climate Change sponsored by the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy to raise public awareness of the climate change issue and bring citizens' viewpoint to the debate. Twenty four of the twenty five Forum members were Order of Canada recipients.
:: This source tripatlas suggests it is the same person. I'm not familiar with the source - is it reliable? It is interesting that many other bios do not mention involvement in climate issues. I now see it was scraped from WP, so isn't helpful.
* I also removed this: 
::He is a past member of the NSERC Committee on Scholarships and Fellowships and has been a science and technology consultant in space and land mine detection systems.
:: I can find the material at various places Google search, but some look like they were scraped from WP. Again, this can be restored if there is clear evidence.
* I also removed this:
::In 1999 he was a member of the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Review Board for a Synchrotron Light Source at the University of Saskatchewan.
* I did not remove this:
::From 1987–90 he was a Visiting Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department, the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
::I did find a cite, one that didn't sound like a scrape from WP. It is a red flag that I could only find this reference, on the other hand the period matches a gap in the other bios, which may have concentrated on his work in Canada.
* I also removed this:
:: In 1975 he was Chairman of the NRC University Grants Committee for Electrical Engineering.
::Might be true, but I haven't yet found a good source.
--SPhilbrickT 21:47, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  More than one Colin? and other issues
Talk:Colin Woodthorpe

message: WikiProject Biography Summer 2007 Assessment Drive
The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Yamara 12:58, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography/Assessment#Class_parameter|Biography assessment rating]] comment 
Talk:West Bridgewater, Massachusetts

message: A current look at the Service Map for Brockton Area Transit at ridebat.com suggests the BSU lines of bus service include one that stops just south of the West Bridgewater / Brockton line, and nowhere else nearby. In the past I’d concluded that BAT didn’t serve West Bridgewater, but now i am inclined to argue that it does. I need to investigate and consider further. But it may be worth including a mention of this service in a Transportation section similar to those pages of many other municipalities of Massachusetts. 68.118.207.97 (talk) 01:20, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  BAT bus service 

message: I removed shawn glidden jimmy luiz matt haris and John Cupoli. They are only seniors who graduated from wb high 2008.--Thunderpenguin (talk) 02:26, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  non sense