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Talk:Abraham Verghese

message: Created article on noted doctor and author, Dr. Abraham Varghese--Kathanar 17:01, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Created Article

message: There are several points in the article that mention how Varghese "came to America". I am not reading this article in America and a web-based encyclopedia should have no tie to geographical space. Better, then, the neutral terms "moved to America" or "arrived in America".  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.111.162.254 (talk) 04:57, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Point of protocol

message: An updated photo has been supplied. I have taken the liberty of replacing the old one with the new one. Of course, editors determine which photo is best. Let's start a discussion if there is disagreement about which one is best.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 20:00, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  New photo 
Category talk:Wikipedians in Shropshire

message: Hello, I'm a Newbie here.
*Does anyone know how the namespace Alpha sort/grouping works ?
on Wikipedians_in_Shropshire
*What is the process/procedure of handling the f.obvious hitgenerator
  on Shropshire_Revolution ? 
User_talk:Spl1970 seems more interested in adding 
external advertising links eg  Multimap.com 
Promoting shropshirerevolution.com/ c/o scream.co.uk ... 
Do I add something like "looks like an advertisment" ?
Webbric 17:09, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Drift

message: Please expand my article, and don't forget to buy this game in order to expand this article. Professional Gamer 13:51, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Just a quick point, it's not "your" article. Thank you for starting it, but technically it's not your article. People should expand it though. TJ Spyke 06:25, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I just added a bunch of cars that are available in my game. However, I'm pretty sure that there are some unlockable cars such as the FD RX-7. If anyone with 100% completion of this game could update the list with every single car, it would be great. Mkid1 (talk) 21:46, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Car list
Talk:Kevin Butler (American football)

message: He still had the Retired Player box wich is not used anymore, so I changed to the new one. Lucasfritas (talk) 18:22, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Player Box
Talk:List of stars in Phoenix

message: :Stars with proper names:
:* (α Phe) 2.40 Ankaa or Nair al Zaurak or Cymbae [Lucida Cymbae]
:*: < العنقاء al-canqā’ The phoenix [a fabulous bird in Arabian myth]
:*: < النائر الزورق an-na’ir az-zawraq  The bright one of the boat
:*: < lūcida cumbæ The brightness of the skiff
;Merged. kwami (talk) 22:02, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Etymologies
Talk:Dichloroisocyanuric acid

message: This chemical is functionally equivalent to Sodium dichloroisocyanurate, just has a different cation, and I think one article can cover both.  Any objections?  If not, I don't know how to merge articles, so any volunteers?  --Karuna8 04:20, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge with Sodium dichloroisocyanurate
Talk:Thomas Jefferson Building

message: I heard it stated that the 1875 built Palais Garnier was modeled closely after the Great Hall in the Library of Congress' Thomas Jefferson building.  If true, this probably bears mentioning in one of the two articles.  WilliamKF 16:47, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Copied from Paris' Palais Garnier?

message: Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that :File:LOC Main Reading Room Highsmith.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on January 5, 2013. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2013-01-05. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! —howcheng  {chat} 18:12, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[:File:LOC Main Reading Room Highsmith.jpg]] to appear as POTD soon 

message: Hello! This is to let editors know that :File:Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. - c. 1902.jpg, a featured picture used in this article, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for November 1, 2022. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2022-11-01. 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! --Ahecht (TALKPAGE) 00:12, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Featured picture scheduled for POTD
Talk:Look-in

message: Wasn't there a weekly Bros comic strip in Look-In featuring Matt, Luke and the unknown one (Craig)...? Mr.bonus 17:34, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Bros

message: I've attempted to put in a list of the Picture Strips based on info I can find. However, this is now proving to be perhaps a bit too long. 
The list is far from finished, feel free to add to it, but as I say, perhaps it will end up too long.--Tuzapicabit (talk) 14:03, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture Strips 

message: I was just looking for information on a similar magazine I used to get in the early 1980s that I'm sure was called something like "Tops", which was for younger readers. I was just wondering if anyone knew anything about it. --Crgn (talk) 23:05, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tops (?) magazine 
Talk:Beyond the Law (1993 film)

message: Shouldn't there be a note at the beginning that states this is not a biography? Capsicum Sulfide (talk) 14:59, 3 December 2010 
:LAME.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.5.215.62 (talk) 08:37, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text:  I couldn't work out if this was a comedy, and should be listed as one, or not.
--Dennis Bratland (talk) 16:37, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  Anyone know for sure? --Salty Batter (talk) 12:04, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: The movie is not a comedy. It's a drama.--Bark (talk) 18:00, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: This is about a fictional gang, who require members to commit crimes to "maintain their trust". It isn't controversial to say that the fictional group in this movie is a criminal gang. That's what the movie is saying. It's uncontroversial. IMDB calls them a "murderous, arms-dealing biker gang". There is no controversy; it's like debating whether the Death Star is really in innocent scientific research station. It's like saying Voldemort is just a misunderstood herpetologist. No sources writing about this movie say there is any doubt as to what is being depicted.<P>The controversy is over real outlaw motorcycle clubs: whether they are criminal organizations or are the victims of over-generalization and bad press. This movie could be cited as an example of unfair media depictions of real outlaw motorcycle clubs. But that doesn't change the fact that what is depicted in the movie is a criminal gang. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 16:37, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: It isn't controversial to use the term gang, IMO, but it also isn't relevant here either. I'm inclined to avoid this issue completely by just using agreed terms that communicate the point in neutral terms. In this case, "outlaw bikers," is an accurate description that avoids the "club" vs. "gang" terminology because the characters in question are bikers who break the law. Where applicable, being specific with the gang/club in question by properly naming them or quotes by the characters in reference to themselves are also fair, as the name and general attitude are fairly notable and relevant within the context of the film. I don't see this as an issue anymore going with my latest edits for either side.--Bark (talk) 16:53, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

text:  I wish it was that simple. Outlaw can mean non American Motorcyclist Association affiliated, not necessarily criminal. Gang implies you have to commit crimes to be a member, as in the plot of the movie here. If we don't say gang, we should say "criminal outlaw motorcycle club". Awkward but accurate. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 17:16, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Charlie Sheen is Beyond the Law
Talk:13 Dead End Drive

message: EWWWWWW. Can someone who knows something about this game please rewrite that in a way that doesn't imply necrophilia? --Khajidha (talk) 00:39, 22 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Beauregard III: Agatha's flirtatious lover, who has made a trade of swindling recently deceased women, Aunt Agatha being his greatest conquest." 

message: I think most of the information here is already covered in 13 Dead End Drive and two pages are really not needed.Slimy asparagus (talk) 11:54, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger Proposal
Talk:List of stars in Pisces

message: :* (113/α Psc) (double) 3.82, 4.33 Alrescha [Al Rescha, Alrischa, Alrisha, Rescha, El Rischa, Al Richa] or Kaitain or Okda
:*: Alrescha < ? ar-riša' The ropes
:*: Okda < عقدة  cuqda[h] Knot
:* (4/β Psc) 4.48 Fum al Samakah
:*: < فم السمكة  fum/fam al-samakah  Mouth of the fish
:* (6/γ Psc) 3.70 Simmah
:*: < A Babylonian fish goddess, together with Anunitum
:* (86/ζ Psc) – double 5.21, 6.44 Revati
:*: < Vedic-Hindu for "the Abundant" 
:* (99/η Psc) 3.62 Alpherg or Kullat-Nunu
:*: [Alpherg = a error for Alpherd?] Alpherg The Spout or the Pouring Point of Water
:*: < Babylonian name meaning "Cord of the Fishes" or "Dwelling Place of the Fishes"
:* (110/ο Psc) 4.26 Torcularis Septentrionalis
:*: < torculāris septentriōnālis Of the Northern Wine/Oil Press
:* (83/τ Psc) 4.51 Anunitum
:*: < A Babylonian fish goddess, together with Simmah
:* (28/ω Psc) 4.03 Vernalis
:*: < Latin for "Of the Spring" (referring to the vernal equinox; ω Psc rests on the vernal equinox) 
:* van Maanen's star (HIP 3829) 12.38 – closest single white dwarf
;merged the Arabic (ones I've confirmed). kwami (talk) 23:51, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Etymologies

message: Some sources give an alternative name of 96 Piscium or 96 G. Piscium for this star. --<SPAN STYLE="font-family:monospace; color:#008800; background-color:#ffffcc; border:1px solid #ff4444;"> B.D.Mills </SPAN> (T, C) 23:14, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  HIP 3765  
Talk:Protestfestival

message: Statement from Kris Kristofferson about the Protestfestival:
"WE SHOULD PRAY in the names of Mohatma Gandhi,
Martin Luther King Jr., John and Robert
Kennedy, Malcolm X, Anwar Sadat and Yitzhak
Rabin, that we may have the vision and the courage
to rise above the growing cycle of violence that threatens
to consume us. Terrorism, by guerillas or governments, can never be justified--ethically or pragmatically. We will either have unconditional
global commitment to peace or the chaos of endless retaliation"<BR>
God Bless you in Norway for having the Protestfestival;
keep up the good work<BR>
Peace, Kris Kristofferson" 10.07.06, 22:11  --- --Profero 17:49, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: It looks better, but please review the notability guidelines and add references to reliable sources independent of the festival.  Basically, you want to demonstrate this festival has received some press coverage - sources in Norweigian are fine. - Aagtbdfoua 19:04, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I see your point of giving a notability whip; it is too easy to start on something and then forget about the 'normal' world's demands of hurrying on towards whatever it is. (In my world I sometimes hope to tickle curiosity and that someone will see the possibilities and come to aid.) --Profero 20:32, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

text: * The new reference helps.  Can you put this article in a category.  I can't figure out which is most appropriate, as I don't see an 'anti-indifference movement' category.  It's also a sign that the aims of the festival could be clarified.  Probably anti-globalization? - Aagtbdfoua 22:37, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Notability
Talk:List of internet beggars

message: Karen here. We do get traffic even though we just started. And we also list other people that need help. And we link to WikiPedia. Also our index page is in Google and it will be about another week before Google and Live and Yahoo list our other pages. As for TV coverage and notable websites, we are "The Queens and Kings of Online Internet Funny Beggars Panhandling", you just watch us grow bigger than you can imagine. We are about to upload some of the funniest Flash ever, on this subject. And to be featured in NewGrounds. Have a great day! Lisa Karen 05:37, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

message: I removed many of these links as they are to non-notable websites which have almost no traffic and few if any hits in a google search.  See Wikipedia:External_links#Links_normally_to_be_avoided, wikipedia articles don't contain links to every webpage in the world.  This article should only contain links to well known websites which have had media coverage.  --Xyzzyplugh 17:50, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia does not require tv coverage for information to be listed, but it does require that subjects covered be notable, that they have reliable sources to back information up.  One of our policies you might want to look at is Wikipedia:External links.  The purpose of wikipedia is not to help websites get traffic or to help people advertise their website, you need to do that on your own elsewhere.  Once a website has become well known, then perhaps it can be linked to here.  The websites already linked to in this article are heavily trafficked and have been mentioned in magazine articles and so on (hopefully, it's possible that even some of the current ones listed should be removed, I haven't thoroughly checked them all).  And no, I don't personally own a cyber begging website.  --Xyzzyplugh 21:27, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Non-notable links will be removed
Talk:Louise Abbéma

message: This article doesn't state that she is a lesbian, but she is categorized as one. If she is, it should be noted, if not, she shouldn't be in the category, right? ~ JohnnyMrNinja 06:11, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lesbian? 

message: There has been longtime speculation about her sexuality, that she was lesbian or bisexual, but this remains unproven. She might actually have been but there is no conclusive evidence about this. I added a paragraph concerning her sexuality: Mistico Dois (talk) 19:56, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Sexuality

message: Please would an interested editor assess the material and citations added in 2018 at User:Gomenski432/sandbox, incorporate what is helpful into the live article, then blank that user page as WP:COPYARTICLE, and leave a note here when done? – Fayenatic London 10:11, 6 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Abandoned user draft
Talk:List of stars in Piscis Austrinus

message: You must add every known datas such as right ascension, declination, absolute magnitude and star catalogue to the blanks as in the bottom of the table. Why didn't you add these known datas? Chris Dybala 23:48, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Must I? Don't worry, I'll add them eventually...--JyriL talk 11:53, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Adding known data

message: :* (24/α PsA) 1.17m Fomalhaut [Fom al-Haut] or Os Piscis Meridiani [Os Piscis Meridionalis] or Os Piscis notii or Difda al Auwel – nearby; has a circumstellar disk
:*: < (Scientific Arabic) فم الحوت  Fam al-Hūt (al-Janūbī) the Mouth of the (Southern) Fish/whale
:*: < (Latin) ōs Piscis merīdiāni (or merīdionālis, notii) the mouth of the Southern Fish
:*: < (Indigeneous Arabic) الضفدع الأول  al-Difdi` al-Awwal  the First Frog (second for Beta Ceti)
(added to star article)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kwamikagami (talk • contribs) 11:35, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Etymologies

message: The redirect 11 Piscis Austrini has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached.   Jay 💬 13:21, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "[[:11 Piscis Austrini]]" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]]
Talk:Joseph Gurney Cannon

message: Joe Cannon's "autobiography" by William Busbey, specifically asserts that Dr. Horance Cannon died in 1851 and also asserts, at a different location, that Joe was 14 years old at the time. I have written several biographical sketches of Cannon over the years and never have had reason to change that date. Indeed, I believe I found reference to his father's drowning in a contemporary newspaper report but I do not want to represent that as supporting evidence since I do not have the story in front of me. Accordingly, I have changed the text which read that Joe was ten years old when his father died in 1846. If anyone has contrary authority, please advise.
Brismile (talk) 03:00, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Bomberman 64 (2001 video game)

message: Why was the link to last video games broken? Chris Weimer (talk) 07:08, 22 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: link

message: Released right when gaming news sites started to focus on online content, so there's a bunch of news articles about it. Very likely several print reviews in European and English language magazines, but hard to track down due to having similar name as the 97 game. N64 dedicated magazines likely covered it. Harizotoh9 (talk) 15:33, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources
Talk:Jean Acker

message: I was wondering why Ancestry.com is considered an unreliable source each time it is referenced. In the case of a census, Ancestry accesses the actual official censuses. Now, in the case of findagrave I understand since that site is user contributed. But in the case of censuses or marriage records Ancestry is using official records, usually with images. History Lunatic (talk) 22:21, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unreliable Source?
Talk:List of stars in Puppis

message: :Stars with proper names:
:* (ζ Pup) 2.25 Naos or Suhail Hadar (or Muliphein, see γ CMa)
:*: < ναύσ  The ship
:*: < ? Suhail Hadar The suhail (bright star) of the ground ? 
:* κ1 Pup (or Markab [Markeb], see α Peg, k Vel) 3.80
:* (7/ξ Pup) 3.34 Asmidiske [Azmidiske]
:*: [a misplacement and mistransliteration of ι Car Aspidiske]
;merged. kwami (talk) 18:26, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Etymologies

message: Which star is RS Puppis, which was recently in the news?  (Apparently it isn't on the list, see http://crocus.physics.mcmaster.ca/Cepheid/Info/MW/RS_Pup.html) --agr (talk) 12:08, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: RS
Talk:Americans in Hong Kong

message: 1st para: What source says “most Americans in Hong Kong are not permanent residents” and why is this for some reason followed by “and continue to hold single citizenship.” ?  Residency rights and citizenship are unrelated, in this context.
2nd para: One sentence about pre-1949 Hong Kong? “Inadequate” doesn’t seem, . . . adequate, somehow, especially given the extensive references listed below.
3rd para: What evidence is that there are more Americans than Brits living in HK? Please don’t cite government data, since it does not count permanent residents as foreign nationals (which is why there was such a “decline” post-1997: the law changed to allow non-Chinese to become permanent residents). Oh, and Eden Woon hasn’t been head of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce (actually, he was CEO, not “head”) for two years.
Why are the Notable Americans in Hong Kong all ethnic Chinese? Doesn't Jim Thompson, count?
DOR (HK) (talk) 02:30, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: This needs a lot of work

message: The list of further reading is all by the same author, which looks like advertising. I've removed it, and placed it here, in case I'm wrong. DOR (HK) (talk) 06:41, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Further Reading

message: Shall we list all possible languages that some random American living in Hong Kong might speak, or shall we just drop the category of languages all together? DOR (ex-HK) (talk) 20:27, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Languages
Talk:Crewe and Nantwich

message: #Much more expansion required. Although not a county, take inspiration from Wikipedia:WikiProject UK geography/How to write about counties in order to do this.
#In particular, use more standard sections.
#Add a few more photos.
#References and Citations are crucial for even reasonable wikipedia articles. They need to be added (see WP:CITE and WP:V for guidance about this.)
 DDStretch  (talk) 17:43, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Assessment Report 

message: I hope I haven't trodden on any toes by doing this, but I took as a precedent the project about Cornwall. I've listed a proposed project concerning Cheshire on Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals. I think it can easily co-exist with Wikipedia:WikiProject UK geography. I would not want to diminish or withdraw from this other project. If you are interested in contributing to this proposed project, please add your name to list at the appropriate place. If you think it might be better placed as a sub-project of the existing UK Geography Project, please say so on that project's talk page, here, and let us discuss it. Many thanks.  DDS  talk 18:12, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: A Possible project (or sub-project) for Cheshire
Talk:List of stars in Pyxis

message: :Stars with Proper names:
:* (α Pyx) 3.68 Al Sumut
:*: < السموت al-sumut The Ways, or The Compass Bearings
(added to article)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kwamikagami (talk • contribs) 11:39, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Etymologies
Talk:Ellesmere Port and Neston

message: I hope I haven't trodden on any toes by doing this, but I took as a precedent the project about Cornwall. I've listed a proposed project concerning Cheshire on Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals. I think it can easily co-exist with Wikipedia:WikiProject UK geography. I would not want to diminish or withdraw from this other project. If you are interested in contributing to this proposed project, please add your name to list at the appropriate place. If you think it might be better placed as a sub-project of the existing UK Geography Project, please say so on that project's talk page, here, and let us discuss it. Many thanks.  DDS  talk 18:18, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: A Possible project (or sub-project) for Cheshire
Talk:Gary L. Littrell

message: This uses both spellings of advisor: advisOr and advisEr. Both are okay per a dictionary, but you should be consistent.Sumoeagle179 20:52, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Two spellings
Talk:Chris Pile (programmer)

message: Is there any external source for the description of the SMEG engine? (Or was that information contributed by Mr. Pile himself?) Zetetic Apparatchik 18:20, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Was this what you were looking for? --Frodet 19:06, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed.Zetetic Apparatchik 19:15, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: This is a pity. Can't it be cited?  86.153.8.180 (talk) 16:34, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Which publication do you think we should cite? (WP:Verifiability) Marasmusine (talk) 16:52, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  The Independent (national UK newspaper) ran this story on Pile at the time of his computer virus antics:  As far as the other stuff goes (which software he wrote), you can find it at WorldOfSpectrum.org if that's acceptable. 86.153.8.180 (talk) 23:12, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: All the good stuff is gone!
Talk:USS Boxer

message: Why were they called Boxer? --AW 18:25, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The British name HMS Boxer was named after the competitor in a boxing match. For USS Boxer, the name may have the same origin. Just my guess. LanceBarber 07:18, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: * The fourth Boxer sponsored by "Mrs. J. H. Tomb" was not cited and  was replaced with Mrs. Drury, with citation. LanceBarber 08:28, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  4th Boxer