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Talk:Freedom deficit

message: I removed the following from the article:
:Natan Sharansky, in a speech on Palestinian politics, noted that "The greatest barrier to Israeli-Palestinian peace is the lack of freedom and democracy on the Palestinian side, and any peace plan that overlooks that deficit is doomed."[ref][freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/966512/posts Sharansky: Freedom Deficit is the Real MidEast Problem]", Power Line, Free Republic, 08-19-2003.[/ref] 
My concern is that the site, Free Republic, has just reposted a blog post, found at Powerlineblog.com. We all should know that for the most part, blog posts are not reliable sources. Searching the internet for the quote doesn't yield any more reliable sources. If someone has a better source, feel free to restore the content and replace the source. But until then, I think it's best to leave the quote out of the article because it is not verifiable in terms of a reliable source.-Andrew c [talk] 16:20, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Natan Sharansky quote
Talk:Memnon of Rhodes

message: Given what we know about Memnon, would it be more appropriate to refer to him, such as it in the lede, as an "(Achaemenid) Persian general of Greek origin" or a "Greek in the service of the Achaemenid Empire"? Curious about your opinion. - LouisAragon (talk) 17:51, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, he was born in Rhodes, outside of the Achaemenid Empire, and he or his family chose to live under Persian dominion and he worked in their service for most of his life. Whether or not that makes him an Achaemenid person is up for debate, regardless of his Greek ethnicity. There were obviously Ionian Greeks who lived in the Persian Empire and fought on their side against the mainland Greeks and other Greeks of the Aegean region. I think the wording is fine, simply because he was not born in Achaemenid territory. People viewed citizenship in a Greek polis very different from being subjects of a Persian king of kings, who delegated authority to feudal satraps. I think our modern connotations about his nationality are a bit anachronistic. It's like arguing if he should be considered a Greek or Turkish citizen, of either the Hellenic Republic or the Republic of Turkey, respectively. Pericles of AthensTalk 19:11, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  My thoughts exactly. Thank you for your thorough response. - LouisAragon (talk) 22:58, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wording
Talk:Saryupareen Brahmins

message: The page has been completely distorted. Lot of information about habitation, classification, profession, etc. has been deleted. The side info block is also removed. 
Unwanted and irrelevant references to Kanyakubja community are being repeatedly posted. There are vandalism attacks also on a low importance article!
The List of Notable personalities has gone way too long. There is no verifiable source that they are indeed Saryupareen! 
:( sad. Can anyone help and re-post only relevant information on the page from edit history?
122.175.151.50 (talk) 14:53, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page distorted 

message: Information related to Sarupareen Brahmin is incomplete.
I copy-edited the whole article for English grammar and spelling.  I know nothing of the subject so someone more knowledgeable than I will have to make certain that the article is factual.  I deleted this list because I did not know what is was referring to:
"Parasar,s avarnya, kashyap, bharadwaj, kaushik, bhargav, vatsa, katyayan, sankrit, atri, galav, angira, and jamdagni."
I think it was supposed to be a list of other gotras, but I wasn't certain so I cut it.  Hdstubbs 19:32, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arbitrary heading 

message: The title of the article is incorrect. It is सरयुपारिन or सरयूपारिन (of course with a halant ending) so the title should be "Sarayuparin". Can someone change it please. Maquahuitl 02:47, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong Title 

message: The comment concerning Bhumihar Brahmins in the lead section is at present sourced to  and should not be removed wthout an explanation. I'm unsure about the reliability of that source and raised the matter at here at WT:INB recently. The issue affects several articles and it seems that one person is periodically remvoing the same statement from them but always without providing a reason. Please explain. - Sitush (talk) 09:25, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bhumihar Brahmins
Talk:Oppdal

message: Actually, questionable. Among people in Oppdal ("oppdalinger") there is a tendency, though not universal I think, to refer to the center of Oppdal by the farm that used to be there, Auna, sometimes spelled Aune. By tradition, Oppdal is a bygd (viz. Bøgda Vår, the historical society's journal), which can contain several villages - in this case, also Lønset for example. --Leifern 19:32, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Village
Talk:Xanthippus (Spartan commander)

message: The name of the article is strange as Xanthippus was not from Carthage, but from Sparta. He commanded a Carthaginian army as a mercenary, but that's his only link with Carthage. A better title would be Xanthippus (Spartan mercenary). T8612 (talk) 15:02, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Xanthippus of Carthage
Talk:Brogue (accent)

message: A more likely explanation is found in Dineen's "Irish-English Dictionary" (page 82):
BARRÓG: defective accentuation, hence the Anglo-Irish brogue. Compare BARRÓG TEANGAN, a lisp; a difficulty. The shoe 
explanation sounds like an folk etymology.
The word would have sounded like "brogue" in the
Munster dialect of Irish.  —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 156.63.68.175 (talk • contribs) .
A further quote from Eric Partridge's "A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English"
states: "Brogue, a dial. pronunciation, especially the Irish pronunciation E: Ir BARRÓG,
a hold or bond, e.g. on the tongue, hence a defective pronunciation, hence the English sense.
A brogue is a strong Irish accent in the ENGLISH language not the Irish language although
it derives from Gaelic pronunciation. I can find no instance of the Scottish accent being referred to as a brogue. It is usually called a "burr". 
I nominate this article for complete revision or deletion due to factual errors and 
unsourced assertions.
——————
Currently there's a sentence, which cites Walshe's Irish English as Represented in Film (but incorrectly lists page 4 and not page 15), and states that the well known origin of English language use of brogue is a false/folk etymology. That same page also claims that the barròg origin is outright incorrect due to research reported by Murphy 1943. I have to hunt the Murphy reference down someday. Dragonarras (talk) 20:02, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed from Article 

message: Brogue#Language mentions Mission brogue and Ottawa Valley brogue. It seems to me what makes those other accents "Brogues" is the fact that they were heavily influenced by Irish immigrants, but this article makes no mention currently of Brogues carried by Irish immigrants to other parts of the English speaking world. I added the reference to Brogue#Language at the top of the article, but maybe someone more qualified than myself would like to expand on it in the main body of the article. 95.90.235.121 (talk) 05:13, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Relationship with other Brogue accents
Talk:Murat Reis the Elder

message: A privateer in the 1600s living to 104? Obvious BS. Can someone find out what his actual age is? Feijuada 15:30, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: In Turkish sources his birth date is undetermined. Nedim Ardoğa (talk) 17:58, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Age?

message: *"Murat Reis the Elder" -Llc 2 - 1 (WIKIPEDIA derived) = 1 Takabeg (talk) 06:41, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: How about moving it to Murat Rais? There seem to be more results about rais than reis.--— ZjarriRrethues — talk 11:36, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Name
Talk:Association of Muslim Lawyers

message: I just added the NPOV, wikify, and advert templates to this article. I believe this article is in need of a complete rewrite, given that it's just a copy and paste of a mission-statement letter written by the director of the group (regardless of the fact that he himself uploaded it).
Some examples of problems...
: its membership and influence have been steadily growing.
Needs to be sourced - and growing influence is a tough thing to prove.
: have helped them to help not only the Muslim community in the United Kingdom, but also society as a whole.
Very POV, advertisement-ish.
: Act with hope - and this is what its members seek to do.
Sounds like a self-promotion.
: as a result of AML's efforts!
Needs to be better established/sourced that it was AML's efforts that were a/the large cause. And the exclamation point needs to be dropped.
: In all other spheres of life, including the provision of services, education and housing, religious discrimination is still not illegal.
This is a VERY bold statement - sounds very POV and definitely would need to be backed up with sourced examples. If this was provably true, it would warrant an article of its own.
I know nothing of UK law nor this organization, nor am I qualified to make statements about the influence of groups in the UK, so I can't rewrite this article. catParade 07:31, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've done quite a lot - basically I cut anything which seemed like vacuous speech-making or of questionable truth (denunciations of the USA, assertions that anti-hijab laws are clearly illegal, claims about the achievements of the AML, and a lot of repetition) and tried just to summarise the areas they have campaigned on.  There's still a bit of legalese which should be edited, and a lack of references, but hopefully this version is better as well as shorter. --Colapeninsula (talk) 11:20, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neutrality, wikification, etc. 

message: I think this category should be set. Ahmad Thomson is mentioned as member of the association. The article on him states him as member of the Murabitun movement. For this movement see http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Murabitun_(Sufismus)79.203.246.184 (talk) 19:55, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Category: Islamist groups 

message: One problem with this article is that it doesn't take account of separate legal systems of Scotland, Northern Ireland, and now Wales.  The only references to law are to English law, but it's not clear if the AML has any operations outside England.  Correcting this will require detailed knowledge of the AML's campaigns and actions, but people should bear in mind when editing that if they mention legislation (or lobbying regarding legislation) they should specify which part of the UK this applies to. --Colapeninsula (talk) 11:24, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Legal jurisdiction - UK vs England
Talk:Wilhelm von Knyphausen

message: His name was not, Wilhelm Reichsfreiherr von Knyphausen, since that was a style introduced after the abolishment of nobility in 1919, but Reichsfreiherr Wilhelm von Knyphausen.
Graf Kasimir von der Recke (for people died before 1919)
Kasimir Graf von der Recke (for people alive, or dead after 1919)
See: German nobility  ¨¨¨¨  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.23.155.84 (talk) 17:06, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name?
Talk:Richard Hawkins

message: AN ENGLISH MOMENT by Jack Williams has thses lines in it
"Sixteen generations since the brothers went to sea
Richard fought the Spanish fleet off Plymouth and Torquay
John set sail for America in a cold Southampton rain
And though it’s been four hundred years
their blood runs in my veins."
The only relatives I can find with those names are Richard and John Hawkins, and whilst they were not actually brothers, but father and son, I wonder if this would be worth including in a Pop Culture heading...— Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.35.219.101 (talk • contribs) 14:30, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Literary reference
Talk:Johnny Grunge

message: I was Michael Durham's next door neighbor for the first 11 years of his life. He was born July 10, 1965, not in 1966. We were in the same grade/class in elementary school.
Jenni Beeler  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.84.143.158 (talk) 05:00, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Johnny Grunge/Michael Durham's date of birth
Talk:HMS Galatea (71)

message: According to some sources, in 1939 she was rebuilt with 8 x 4in /102mm guns. Pibwl talk 19:54, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Unfortunately the image of the ship has been removed from Commons and therefore also from the article.  Yet, I am sure it was an official government photo.  There is a copyright issue over this.  Can anyone with another copy of the picture provide the necessary proof?  Or can someone go to the Imperial War Museum and get another print?  The necessary declaration is shown below:-
This artistic work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain.
This is because it is one of the following:
It is a photograph created by the United Kingdom Government and taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
It was commercially published prior to 1960; or
It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created by the United Kingdom Government prior to 1960.
HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply)
More information.
See also Copyright and Crown copyright artistic works.
Mikeo1938 (talk) 21:46, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Image removed
Talk:René Duguay-Trouin

message: This section is very misleading in several respects. He did not join the navy aged 16 - he shipped onboard a privateer - and the boat he received when he was 18 actually belonged to his mother. They didn't have sports cars in those days...
I will go right through the article one day, with chapter and verse, there are many other problems.--Boulet rouge (talk) 21:19, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Early career
Wikipedia talk:Requests for arbitration/Rajput/Proposed decision

message: As detailed in his evidence, Bachmann made many patient and well-intentioned efforts to seek to educate a recalcitrant group on the norms of civilised discourse. I was amazed in equal measure at his patience and at his naivete in imagining that his efforts would avail him anything. Racism entered the picture since Bachmann's European heritage was a red rag to the "Hindus only side": 
*here is one example. 
*"Westerners" (in general) are called "b*s" here; Bachmann, the only westerner around, was also heaped with other epithets like:
*:Whiteboy;
*:Racist bigot (and told to mind his "f*g business");
*:one who "talks out of (his) ass" here;
If accusations of racism are to be leveled against Bachmann, is there nothing to be said about the racism evident in the above? At no point does Bachmann use any word stronger than "clown" during these exchanges (and that word is used only once). He also uses his "Admin powers" only twice:
*once to block an exceedingly abusive user for all of 15 minutes
*again to block a compulsive revert-warrior for no more than 30 minutes
Was it humanly possible for him to display greater restraint and mildness than this? And yet Bachmann held his peace. Only after he was hectored out of the rajput page, stalked and reverted at every other page that he edited, and harassed with an RfC did he make the one single comment that is earning him such opprobium. A reading of the entirety of his message to Zora which contained that offensive half-sentence does much to mitigate our consternation at those words, and I join User:Sundar (who, like me, is both Indian and Hindu) in declaring myself "not offended" by the same, given the extreme provocation. I strongly feel that Bachmann deserves every commendation for his thankless intervention in the page. I urge the committee not only to withdraw every adverse comment against him but also to do whatever is possible to strengthen his hands, enhance his powers and equip him better to deal with trolls in future. Regards, ImpuMozhi 06:08, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Bachmann's single objectionable comment
Talk:Robert Surcouf

message: Hmmm. I believe this particular individual has been given quite a bit of sensationalism. No small wonder when you consider the dominance Britain exercised over her opponents on the seas and oceans during this period. The article suggests that the Kent had over 300 able bodied soldiers and seamen on board when infact that is a gross over-exaggeration. Furthermore, the article seems to insinuate that Surcouf is dealing with a man-of-war. A much needed figure I think to reinvigorate a public that was far too used to seeing their navy bested time and again.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.144.157.93 (talk) 22:07, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Robert Surcouf

message: As a native to St. Malo I do believe one of his ships was called Le Renard could be mistake or omitted info. Will correct.
: It is mentioned in the article . Rama 07:36, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There's no verb here: "In 1812, Surcouf his last ship, the Renard ("Fox"), a 14-gun cutter." I'd fix it but I don't know if thats the date he scuttled or took command of his last vessel. 173.26.188.104 (talk) 13:30, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible Inaccuracy as to name of Surcouf's ships 

message: Can we please have a source for the assertion that Surcouf was educated by the Jesuits ? My sources state he was educated at what is now Collège Roger Vercel, in Dinan. This was never a Jesuit establishment. 
Boulet rouge (talk) 21:06, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Surcouf at school 

message: The article states Surcoouf was captured by a British vessel. The very next sentence, however, seems to assume he's free. Thus the clarify tag.
How was he captured? How did he get free? What happened here? CapnZapp (talk) 18:18, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Capture and then what? 

message: According to the article on Triton, he was called Burnyeat, not Burnycat. Which is correct? 2001:9E8:6B48:F400:DC54:8CB6:C2E1:3F9A (talk) 13:34, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name of Triton's Captain
Talk:Andrew Barton (privateer)

message: Hey the ISBN number for the Claire Jowitt book is actually for a different book by her called The Culture of Piracy, 1580-1630 : English Literature and Seaborne Crime, I just scanned through it and it doesn't actually have any information about Barton.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.239.192.162 (talk) 04:02, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Source?
Talk:Osman Pazvantoğlu

message: I recently saw a New York Times article from 1853 that names Osman as Kasdan, can anyone explain why Osman's name would be interpreted as Kasdan?  They refer to him a Pasha Kasdan Oglu of Widdin (Vidin).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.35.84.36 (talk) 03:58, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Kasdan Pasha of Vidin

message: *A portrait in Croatian State Archives.
--Zoupan 04:37, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Images
Talk:Simon Mann

message: Maybe we should move the information about the alleged coup plot to its own article? Kevin143 05:03, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: SplitCoup attempt?

message: I removed the transcript from the article as a probably copyvio, it should be quoted selectively or moved to WikiQuote altogether. Dance With The Devil (talk) 02:46, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Note  

message: John La Carre's book The Mission Song tells a story VERY MUCH like this event. 76.121.143.28 (talk) 00:31, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Equatorial Guinea coup attempt 

message: I cited the Daily Telegraph review about a year ago, but it was deleted, and my very muted suggestion that the book got 'mixed reviews' received a 'citation needed' tag.
I realize that we are talking about a living author, but a glance at reviews from reputable media will confirm that the long-awaited memoir, not published by one of the major houses, did turn out a little differently from what was anticipated. Valetude (talk) 11:44, 27 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Memoirs 'Cry Havoc' 
Talk:Horsa

message: Agreed; the articles do need to be merged. All sources handling Hengest also handle Horsa. I've been gathering and reading the primary sources for these figures and am far along into a total rewrite of an article handling both figures. :bloodofox: (talk) 15:28, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yup, a merge looks like a no-brainer to me. Haukur (talk) 19:09, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, after spending a lot of time on the subject (and continuing my rewrite), it seems to me that 'Hengist' is a lot more common than 'Hengest'. Therefore I vote that we move it over to Hengist and Horsa rather than Hengest and Horsa. :bloodofox: (talk) 03:11, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge to 'Hengest and Horsa'
Talk:Florian Geyer

message: The portrait does not show Florian Geyer, but Kunz von der Rosen. Just look at this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Störtebeker. -- 188.193.95.137 (talk) 20:18, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong Portrait 

message: This article places him in "Rothingen", but I can't find any record of a town by that name. Presumably the writer was referring to Röttingen. But to further complicate things the German article refers to the nearby town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber rather than Rothingen/Röttingen. Zacwill (talk) 16:59, 24 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Which town was Geyer at after the Battle of Frankenhausen?  

message: Florian Geyer's sword is reputed to have had "Truth and Love will prevail" etched on the blade. This is the oral tradition which survived the noble's purges. 203.129.22.32 (talk) 01:38, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Florian Geyer's sword phrase disputed by oral tradition in Franconian areas.
Talk:Tony Harrison

message: In what way is Fram controversial, as stated in the opening? The controversy around the broadcast of V is well known but I remember absolutely nothing about Fram stirring up any controversy at all  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.157.239.6 (talk) 21:44, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Controversy 

message: Have added "A character from cult TV series The Mighty Boosh is named Tony Harrison" including internal links.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by RaphaelBriand (talk • contribs) 00:48, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Mcewan (talk) 12:57, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Boosh 
Talk:Eustace the Monk

message: While copyediting, I removed the following sentence: "Eustace the Monk is not to be confused with Saint Eustace, the monk (died 625 CE), a favorite disciple and monk of Saint Columbanus, whom he succeeded as second abbot of Luxeuil in 611." My reason for doing so was that said person doesn't have an article, nor could I find him in the article on Saint Columbanus. More pertinently, I couldn't find a place in the article for this sentence to fit. If you can resolve those issues (i.e. if you can find a place for it, and think people might be searching for him), please do. --Keitei (talk) 04:58, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Page started for him at Eustace of Luxeuil. Neddyseagoon - talk 09:27, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed sentence
Talk:K. C. Boutiette

message: It is arguable that K.C. cost the US team a shot at the medal in the pursuit. Fingers are being pointed in other directions. I'm modifying the info slightly.
KC will return in the Dutch marathonskatingpeleton next season  Beelen haalt KC Boutiette terug in de marathon (Dutch link)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.117.110.67 (talk) 16:50, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled