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Talk:Languages by speakers

message: I suggest that this either be a disambiguation page, or that it be deleted, so that it will not show up as a result when typing into the search box (it might not be eligible for deletion, if it has important history). It is my belief that people who type this are not looking for the Lists of languages article, which this previously redirected to. If that is going to be the redirect target, the article needs to be adjusted so that people can easily find what they are looking for, near the top of the article, which I believe to be these articles:
*List of languages by number of native speakers
*List of languages by total number of speakers
If you believe that I am mistaken, please change or revert my edit. I can be as stupid as the next guy, and I will prove it if I must. However, it would be nice if you explain why you make the change that you do. A good edit summary might work, depending on the change. Thanks, --Kjkolb (talk) 08:37, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Disambiguation

message: That's interesting that Encarta 2006 is listed as a source... but what's Encarta's source? Last I checked encyclopedia's themselves are not primary sources. RobertM525 20:13, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Encarta as a source?

message: Faroese is missing. --Stefán Örvarr Sigmundsson 05:41, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Faroese is spoken by only 50 or 60 thousand speakers; none of the languages listed in these tables is spoken by less than 100,000 speakers. Mcswell (talk) 16:42, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Faroese 

message: Luxemburgish is missing too. It has 390000 speakers. --83.222.39.164 (talk) 00:18, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Luxemburgish 

message: The table columns differ among the various tables; the first one lists Encarta, then the Ethnologue, while the next one lists the Ethnologue, then the SIL estimate (which is doubly odd, since the Ethnologue comes from SIL).  The first table ranks by Encarta's estimate, the second one by the Ethnologue, and the third one's ranking is unattributed.  
Also, the numbered footnote from the so-called SIL estimates in the second and third tables links to a footnote which is actually about Encarta.
The third and following tables list the official status of each language, while the first and second do not.  Possibly this is because the largest languages are official in certain countries, but (a) that's not true for all of them (Punjabi, for example), nor is it all the story (many of these languages are spoken by large populations in more than one country--Bengali and Portuguese, for instance, not to mention Spanish).
I have no idea which columns are which, nor (unfortunately) time to straighten this out. Mcswell (talk) 16:42, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Table columns
Talk:Edwardsville, Pennsylvania

message: A lot of pictures in the gallery are still in the Plymouth, Pennsylvania commons category. ---------User:DanTD (talk)  12:22, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edwardsville vs. Plymouth
Talk:Exeter, Pennsylvania

message: Quite a lot of the Wikipedia articles about communities in the Wyoming Valley contain information about the Battle of Wyoming (Wyoming Massacre) that is inaccurate, misleading or outdated. I have revised the paragraph about Exeter's Revolutionary War history, and also deleted the highly inaccurate "Historical Sketch of the Battlefield in Exeter." The sketch shows British Regulars and Johnson's Royal Greens, neither of which were in the battle. The sketch also shows Little Beard and the fictional Blue Throat leading the "Indians" instead of Cornplanter and Sayenqueraghta. Glenn Williams's Year of the Hangman, published in 2005, and Max Mintz's Seeds of Empire, published in 1999, are excellent sources of information about the Revolutionary War history of the Wyoming Valley. Griffin's Sword (talk) 20:17, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Revolutionary War History
Talk:Forty Fort, Pennsylvania

message: This section has been revised and expanded as the second paragraph was more about Fort Wintermoot in Exeter, than Forty Foot. Griffin's Sword (talk) 16:58, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Revolutionary War History
Talk:Handmade jewelry

message: * Note: This page is also linked to from list of hobbies. I hope to add more information on handmade homemade jewelry or jewelry making as a hobby. Userafw (talk) 15:38, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

message: If jewellery making is merged with this article, I would recommend that it not be merged with Jewellery. Knowledge of the term lapidary is assumed in the main article, whereas a definition is explicitly laid out in this article. Also, I believe handmade jewelry is a completely different category from jewelry manufacture, which may also be covered eventually under jewellery making. Unfortunately, I do not myself currently know enough about jewelry manufacture to supply that information. 24.22.219.38 (talk) 21:37, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: To Merge or Not to Merge

message: I noticed that jewelry industry redirects here. But the jewelry industry is much larger than handmade jewelry. A big jewelry company is not the same thing as handmade jewelry. I suggest it should not redirect.  - Kzirkel (talk) 20:28, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Jewelry industry redirect

message: Handmade jewellery definition 223.236.231.80 (talk) 07:56, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Handmade jewellery
Talk:Asoristan

message: The Article states: "After 640 AD the area was taken over by the Islamic conquest and the majority of the population was forcefully converted to Islam"... But, does not offer any citation for this claim?. Without proper citation, this statement is a POV. --Theotherguy1 (talk) 15:50, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I think some citations are definitely needed. From my reading conversion was often discouraged because of tax policies: non-Muslims were taxed much more heavily than Muslims. So large-scale conversion would have resulted in a huge tax revenue loss.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.254.31.36 (talk) 22:14, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Conversion to Islam

message: Are you sure about this?  These cities are fairly close together, and both far, far upriver of Ctesiphon.  Twin Bird (talk) 03:22, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Mosul to Adiabene?

message: The article makes this claim and there is no quote or page whatsoever. I will tag it momentarily. This is a pretty extraordinary claim-- I'll probably remove in a month or so if a proper citation doesn't come in.--Calthinus (talk) 08:32, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Paganism in the 10th century?
Talk:Calypso (Pirates of the Caribbean)

message: This is incorrect.
Tia Dalma and Jack Sparrow were once romantically involved; when she was Calypso, Jack Sparrow loved the sea, and thus, loved Calypso. He also mentions that she tried to kill him. She retorts 'but you enjoyed it, didn't you' - referring to the danger of being at sea, storms etc., or possibly, more physically, Calypso's wrath after being bound. [3]
In the film Barbossa states that Calypso had been bound by the first Brethren Court and that there hadnt been a gathering of the court in their lifetime.
Right, but I wonder if that was a discontinuity thing, rather than a reference to some random affair they had. JRNorbergé 11:57, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

message: Filming the Maelstorm seems radically insignifigant to the article, considering it is more about the technical aspects and relation to cinema as a whole.  I think it should be moved to the movie's main page and expanded or put in an wikipage regarding the book that the section cites, but it doesn't seem to fit in Calypso's article itself.TriggerOfHel 10:19, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Maelstorm Section

message: The page needs a citation regarding Monkey Island, which I am knowledgable in... however, I'm not sure if it's asking for a citation of how the Voodoo Lady and Calypso being similar, or if it's asking for a citation of the Voodoo Lady of Monkey Island herself, or a citation of what makes the Voodoo Lady similar to Calypso.TriggerOfHel 10:15, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I added the citation request. I don't see why they are similar, just because the voodoo lady lived in a swamp (for only one of the games I think) what else is the resemblance. The pictures in the game look nothing like Calypso. And the citations of the comparison between the two (on the voodoo lady page) are referenced to a blog which isn't a reliable source. Now I guess the article says that "fans" note the similarities which might allow a blog to be a reference, but I don't think fan speculation should be in the article. (p.s. You should add new talk topics at the bottom of the page). Phydend 16:44, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Regarding Monkey Island

message: Shouldn't this page be combined with Tia Dalma's as they are technically the same being?  Emperor001 22:38, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The dude does raise a good point... I'm quite busy with many other articles at the moment, but I think that the aritcle should direct to Tia's... if someone would fix it (or at least hold a vote or something) then that'd be great. ≈ The Haunted Angel 17:39, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Tia Dalma should have her own page, and that should discuss her role in the first two movies; Calypso should have a page, and that should discuss the third movie; then, at the end of each, there should be a section marked off by spoiler tags saying that they're the same being. After all, she was pretty significant before the third movie 75.183.52.145 19:28, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Combining
Talk:SkillsUSA

message: There is no source here other than the organization itself. I've tagged it unsourced, and will nominate it for proposed deleteion if they are not forthcoming. DGG 20:28, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Bernard Lander

message: I've sent an e-mail to Barbara Franklin, press contact listed on a press release page at Touro. I'm not sure if she is still there, but it hasn't bounced back yet. I've asked for more information, and an image. Avruch  T   17:21, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: E-mail to press contact

message: I work for Rubenstein and Touro is a client of ours. To mitigate any conflict of interest, I only corrected content that was factually inaccurate. If there are any questions/concerns to my actions, please discuss on my talk page. //Brycetom (talk) 23:33, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Position and Enrollment Figures 

message: People keep posting that he earned a salary of $4m in 2008, this is factually incorrect. In 2008, the board of trustees realized that he has been grossly underpaid for almost 20 years. They contacted a consulting firm who, after a series of calculations concluded that he should be compensated around $4m.
http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/new_york/touro_says_lander_pay_was_deferred_comp  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.232.139.233 (talk) 06:04, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dr. Lander Salary 
Talk:Orthodox Union

message: The description of the start of the kosher certification division is way late. Per http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Soc/soc.culture.canada/2006-03/msg00112.html the kosher division started in 1923. This needs cleanup Dovid (talk) 07:40, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Description

message: The Peanut Corporation of America was a peanut-processing business that went bankrupt in 2009 after being implicated in a salmonella poisoning incident. The OU has come in for criticism because it had had certified the company.
Dean Armond (talk) 22:44, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Peanut Corporation of America (PCA)

message: This appears to be a minor day-to-day news item. It wasn't a major news story. Doesn't appear appropriate to the introduction to a 100+ year old organization. Not every item of criticism is relevant. We don't put individual successful demands for refunds on the articles of major companies, for example. --71.235.88.43 (talk) 15:29, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  On Either Side of the Border 

message: In early November 2007 there wasn't even a REFERENCES section. From a few edits later until May 2018, over a decade, the date was unchanged, and there were 16 references added, including NYTimes, JTA, Washington Post, The Forward. At this point, although more references are needed,
there is no basis for the 2018 date. Pi314m (talk) 23:48, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Refs needed
Talk:Alexis & Fido

message: This article needs serious cleanup. The article makes claims of notability by saying "talented" and other weasel words without providing sources. It also looks like a copyvio. I'll be checking if it's a copyvio. --Eddie 18:18, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Definitely looks like a C&P (even if it isn't, Alexis y Fido have two albums out and the text talks about their "upcoming" début album), but here's a link that proves notability, maybe:  http://www.vnuemedia.com/bb/charts/airplay/latintracks.jsp Casey J. Morris 11:53, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Neutrality

message: This article previously survived a nomination for deletion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alexis Y Fido. --Pasajero 22:36, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Deletion
Talk:Hacktool.rootkit

message: This article is about a Windows trojan and I request it not a Candidate for speedy deletion and the stupid Template that was placed on it was listed for deletion  No one Shall delete  any other page created by User:Tub City Adventures. By --209.78.21.82 20:53, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Eh? There has to be an actual reason for you to contest its deletion. And you don't get to dictate what articles by what editors do or do not get deleted. Sorry and all that, but the up/downside of licencing your edits under the GFDL is that other people get to choose how valuable they are. Angus Lepper(T, C, D) 20:57, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Niflhel

message: So after all this time of bickering over whether or not the Hel (realm) and Niflheim pages should be combined, and even when Niflhel and Niflheim are interchangeable depending on the source of the "original" texts of the same stories, we still have yet another article for basically the same thing? --Trakon 06:01, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Wasn't it Hel (realm) and Hel (being) that the discussion was about? If Niflheim and Niflhel are interchangeable, please merge them.--Berig 06:15, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another article? 

message: If hel is the underground then Niflhel would be under Niflheim. 
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norse_cosmology.png
Just granpa (talk) 02:20, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Underground
Talk:Patt Junction bus bombing

message: I have tagged this article as POV, as it gives undue weight to the victims. Night of the Big Wind talk 11:39, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV 
Talk:Marysville High School (California)

message: Please verify this section before putting it back in article. Please include source as well. Thanks.
"Marysville High School claims to be the oldest U.S. high school west of the Mississippi River [this claim may be in error], it opened its doors in 1871. It was the first feeder school to UC Berkeley [which the same source claims is the oldest college west of the Mississippi, established in 1868--this is an error, as a number of colleges west of the Mississippi pre-date Berkeley]."
Stephenchou0722 21:05, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Verify=

message: Why does MHS have an article, but MCAA (Marysville Charter Academy for the Arts), a California Distinguished school does not? MCAA is one of the best schools in the state. MHS is just full of fututre hobos.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.166.0.75 (talk) 19:43, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Marysville Charter Academy for the Arts
Talk:Bay of Kiel

message: I have moved the following from the article to this talk page since it is unsourced, has many unreferenced assertions, is not written in a particularly encyclopedic fashion, and seems more relevant for other articles than this particular one. Olessi 21:07, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

message: I think this should be moved to "Kieler Bucht", as "Bay of Kiel" is not known in English. Must everything be translated? TinyMark 18:34, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Not true. "Bay of Kiel" appears 673 times on Google Books, but interestingly "Kiel Bay" is even more common with 3,740 hits. Maybe we should move it to that. --Bermicourt (talk) 15:35, 5 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article title
Talk:Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

message: Where did the borough get its name? Ost (talk) 18:44, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The answer is here in the borough's website. Dincher (talk) 19:42, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Name
Talk:Crime scene cleanup

message: It looked fishy to me so I went looking for what Crystal Velvet is, and about all I can find is some Amazon references to nail glitter.  So I removed the reference.  If I am wrong please revert and leave a note telling me this.  Thank you.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.103.35.72 (talk) 15:35, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Crystal Velvet

message: I created the Crime Scene Cleanup page after waiting a number of years for someone else to do it. I created with an objective frame of reference, in spite of the hotlink to my personal website, [removed]. I believe that it belongs because it referenecs the intent of the paragraph on small businesses. Obviously, Kent Burg's book belongs on this page.
I would add more if I had them available at this writing. Later I will add books dealing with bloodborne pathogens.
There must be tons of information that can be added in good faith. I hope someone else begins this process. Time is always at my heels, better than wolves, I suppose.
Eddie Evans ----
Just saw the trailer for Sunshine Cleaning and it occurred to me that since the general public awareness of the subject is so low it would benefit from a short "In Popular Culture and the Media" section ... I mean especially since that would only be about six or so items long. 
Alan Lester ----
I updated a number of references, added facts/citations for applicable regulatory codes, broadened the applicable situations list to include decomp and a few other common areas. Fixed some grammatical issues. Added global citations for regulatory bodies and country govt. bodies that affect biosafety.
Dana Todd ----  — Preceding unsigned comment added by DanaTodd (talk • contribs) 00:47, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: unsigned comments

message: Please don't add lists of companies that do this work to the talk page (or the article). Such lists will get removed as spam.----Fabrictramp | talk to me 01:05, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Company listings
Talk:Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania

message: I am disputing the data entered as to the reason Yorktowne cabinetry left Mifflinburg.
Jjdiascro (talk) 21:33, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The Highway section includes the following material:
"The most direct route to the nearest interstate highway exit involves going over Sand Mountain on an unpaved road to reach Interstate 80 exit 192."
Is this serious and useful?  How many Wikipedia readers want to use an unpaved road to reach an interstate?  Which unpaved road?  Mecanoge (talk) 05:58, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Few users would want to use an unpaved road, and that is why this information is useful.  Armed with this information, they will choose an exit other than 192, if they don't want to use an unpaved road.  I don't think it's necessary to add the name of the unpaved road.  Anybody who wants that information can easily find it.  2601:281:D880:7880:997B:D1B:DAB4:37D7 (talk) 14:29, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is the unpaved-road information useful? 

message: It includes two misspelled words: "nemonclature" and "nemoncloture."  "Nemoncloture" is so grossly misspelled, the only place it appears on the entire internet is in this article! 2601:281:D880:7880:997B:D1B:DAB4:37D7 (talk) 14:32, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  First paragraph needs improvement
Talk:I Loves You, Porgy

message: An infobox was requested for the Nina Simone recording of "I Loves You Porgy" at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Missing_encyclopedic_articles/List_of_notable_songs/7. — Preceding unsigned comment added by InnocuousPseudonym (talk • contribs) 09:54, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled 

message: In line with the bolded introduction, which uses a comma, shouldn't this article be titled I Loves You, Porgy (currently a REDIRECT)? -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 13:24, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title spelling 

message: I'm sorry - please see Talk:Pirate Jenny, I put the question and answer there. -- 217.224.220.157 (talk) 14:57, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  credits (Maupray?) 

message: I think a string of edits by User:Allenthetalon added too much material that is not directly related to this duet but to the opera generally. I suggest to omit those passages. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 12:08, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: If that's the case, see if those parts can be included in Porgy and Bess – it would be better than discarding them. EddieHugh (talk) 18:58, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: That would indeed be better, but it's not a straightforward thing to do because that article already contains a fair bit of analysis. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 01:22, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

text: I marked the passages I think are not directly relevant for this duet in the article. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 07:22, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Too much opera
Talk:Gibsland, Louisiana

message: The furthest-back event described in this article is the 1889 railroad. Do we know the year the town was founded? Who named it Gibsland and why? Was it possible related to the archaic spelling of jib (crane) or the surname Gibb? ScratchMarshall (talk) 07:58, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Etymology and history
Talk:The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

message: i was told this was a black comedy, but this article doesn't make it seem like that, was i lied to?
I don't think that it's possible to tell in this story that Tillie is "tomboyish". She very rarely says anything and you can't tell.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Involutaryhaxor (talk • contribs) 16:04, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Note

message: I was under the impression that I had seen a TV production of the play early on.  Is it just my memory playing its usual trick on me?  Or was there a TV version, one not mentioned here? Abenr (talk) 04:39, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  TV Production 

message: I'm not at all sure one can say as a simple statement of fact that Tillie is "the protagonist" and Beatrice "the antagonist" as the article presently does.  Why and in what ways are the two characters presumed to fit these rather outdated terms?  Zindel's work doesn't really fit the strictures once applied to all "Realist" drama in my view; it seems rather Procrustean to bend and shape the work to fit the critical terms.  At the least, one should expect some explanation as to why these terms are appropriate for these characters.  I would suggest eliminating the terms altogether; they really serve little purpose in a discussion of the separate characters.Doc5467 (talk) 04:53, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Theatre Terminology