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Talk:Paranthropus/Archive 1

message: Wikipedia:Wikiquette Jack 06:13, 3 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: sigh The image of the reconstruction proves my point. It has a flat head. The muscle connects to the ridge of the skull, making a flat head. - UtherSRG 21:39, 3 Feb 2004 (UTC)

text: sigh The image clearly has a pointed head.  You are funny. Lizard King 21:45, 3 Feb 2004 (UTC)

text: The musles are ANCHORED to the ridge by tendons.  Just like gorillas.  Have you ever seen a gorilla head?    I will admit the accentuation of the crest might be overdone a bit on my illustration, but basically that is what Paranthropus looked like.  At this point the fossil record we have has some very complete Paranthropus boisei skulls.  Not only that but some other species of Paranthropus had a MORE accentuated crest than boisei!!!! Lizard King 22:21, 3 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Assume the best 

message: Why does this article sound demeaning to Paranthropus? It does seem too. How can anyone know enough about them to say they were too stupid to learn fire. Its possible of course, but the way its put.. We're talking 200,000 years ago with a thousand years being a trivial matter to us? Who knows what they did in such time frames? sunja 11:39, 28 May 2004 (UTC)
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message: I don't remember there being any valid reason for its removal last time, other than aggression towards Lizard king. Is there some other convincing reason, so long as a better image is not available? Sam Spade Arb Com election 21:53, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Compare it to any other image used to describe P. boisei. Compare it to any image used to describe an extinct species here on Wikipedia. It does hold up to those standards. - UtherSRG 22:00, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why the objection to the image? 

message: The article says, "specialized in an herbivorous diet that required a stronger jaw and molars". I've seen a piece in the New York Times (21 Nov 2006?) suggesting no specialization existed.  Trekphiler 05:40, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Isn't that special?
Talk:Talisman Dungeon

message: When I created this page, I was unsure about whether to use quotes or to italicize the name of the game, e.g. is it Talisman or "Talisman" or just Talisman? As a result, the markup is mixed in the article. I consulted the Manual of Style, but it doesn't cover game titles. Anyone know? —Frecklefoot 16:00, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Italics or quotes?

message: Percy Snoodle suggested that this article—as well as all the other Talisman expansions—be merged with Talisman.
*Oppose.  When I wrote this article (as well as the main Talisman article), I created this as a separate article specifically to keep the main article from becomming bloated.  If you look at the main article, you'll see it is already fairly substantial.  Adding the content to the main article would bloat it and make it difficult to navigate.  The main article has a short summary of this expansion, which is all it should have.  While this article itself is not huge, I propose to keep it separate if for no other reason than preventing the main article from becoming bloated. Add in this expansion, as well as all the others, and then the 3rd edition expansions, and we'll have a huge mess.  Keeping the articles segmented in this fashion is the best way to keep it organized and bloat-free. — Frecklefoot | Talk 17:29, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Over a decade later, I found two more reviews, and since this was not an unopposed merge, I went ahead and restored it. BOZ (talk) 18:13, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge proposal
Talk:Ammunition for infantry

message: Someone has created several of these "Ammunition for ..." and similar pages, from the 1911 Encyclopedia article on ammunition. (See the bottom of our ammunition page for links to some of them). All of them are of course quite obsolete. I think several of them could be salvaged with lots of work, but this one I'm not so sure of. Its sole use is as a historical reference, and for that the title is wrong, it needs to be surrounded by warnings, and some archaic terminology reworked. I suggest that some of this material might be paraphrased in a history section of a much improved ammunition or infantry article, and this page deleted? Securiger 16:11, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Talk:List of delegates to the Maryland Constitutional Convention (1776)

message: FYI: In creating this list I did not make links out of the names, unless there was already an article, or one is needed fron the Continental Congress list. We may never know enough about some of these men to make an article. Others can be linked as biographies are added. My reasoning was also worried about the form of the name, with or without middle names, etc. I am trying not to crete more poblems of the Danial Quinlan Redirect type with duplicate articles about the same person. Lou I 16:15, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Balarama

message: I used the wrong term; it's User:Nagannaa evading their block; see the reference to Arthur Avalon, again diff. Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 02:20, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I have to admit my attention is not great right now so perhaps I'm missing cues that indicate that more definitively. I'll take your word for it for now (you were pretty involved in dealing with Nagannaa's disruption across several articles) and if the IP editor continues inserting material, we can discuss perhaps seeking an evasion block. ~ Pbritti (talk) 02:42, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: They're using a changing IP, which makes blocking harder. But their style of editing is pretty onbvious - and clumsy, whick makes them easily recognizable. Regards, Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 05:23, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Socking/block-evasion
Talk:ISAAC (cipher)

message: This page should be combined with ISAAC as they are about the same thing. The ISAAC includes a link to Jenkins Web site on ISAAC which is the definitive reference. 
I'll undertake the combination and redirection if no one else will, as time allows. 
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:Good idea. In fact the two articles are extremely similar! (ISAAC (cryptography) also includes a link to Bob Jenkin's website, BTW). However, I would suggest merging the ISAAC one with this one, rather than the other way around; there seems to be a common practice of naming ciphers with a (crptography) qualifier when the name can be interpreted as something else, which is often the case. Securiger 08:37, 26 Feb 2004 (UTC)

message: Is the link Bob Jenkins right? Is he really that Bob Jenkins? 87.217.57.201 15:23, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bob Jenkins?
Talk:Western skink

message: This article uses text from the two public domain California Department of Fish and Game web pages given as references. Lupo 18:59, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: There adorable I want one so much. JEPeyton (talk) 22:17, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: They are a good animal for a terrarium. They do not try to climb out. They stay on the ground. Wastrel Way (talk) 21:29, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Skinks 

message: — Assignment last updated by Integbi11editor (talk) 02:20, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: California Natural History

message: — Assignment last updated by Naenae1122 (talk) 18:37, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: California Natural History
Talk:Retriever

message: I'm not entirely sure where "retriever" ends and "spaniel" or "pointer" comes in--haven't tracked down all the various divisions & tried to make sure that all appropriate dogs from the main list of dog breeds are included, and there are some here that are *not* on that page at the moment. Elf 19:19, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: How about a picture where the duck doesn't look like its been dragged through the mud for a week?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:7:880:281:AF70:8DE9:4F6F:2482 (talk) 03:04, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Sure. Chrisrus (talk) 06:07, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture 

message: I will be working on editing this article for the next few weeks! My first plan is to improve the "skills" section. While reading it I came to the realization that some of these skills, while some are great for this specific type of dog (retriever), skills such as "shake on command" are very common in the dog training world and would be best to either delete said skill or, improve on why this exact retriever version of shaking on command is crucial to their history.Pennynm (talk) 03:32, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Editing for Organization 

message: The lede says retrievers are one of three kinds of gun dog, along with spaniels and pointers. Then several of the pictures on this page are pictures of spaniels. Is a spaniel a kind of retriever, or not?
The page Spaniel doesn't mention retrievers at all. Marnanel (talk) 13:52, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spaniels
Talk:February 24

message: *2004 - Air traffic controller Peter Neilson was stabbed to death by Russian architect Vitaly Kaloyev as the revenge for the Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 crash allegedly caused by the incompetence of Swiss air traffic controller company Skyguide.
:This entry does not seem to me to be globally notable enough for inclusion.  It is an interesting news item, but not notable.  I can't imagine that this event can be considered a social milestone, major crime or impetus for widespread change.  -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 02:05, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Air traffic controller murder

message: Does anyone have any objection to my removing this event?
I cannot fathom that one thermite "device" could come anywhere close to doing the job. A chemist tried to dislodge an ice jam in the Allegheny River Gorge in Oil City, PA, back in 1926. After 38 attempts over several days using 8 pound shells, he couldn't come close. The Sun eventually did the job. That section of river is only 500 feet wide. The narrowest section of the St. Lawrence River near Waddington, NY, is at least 1500 feet wide (give or take).
This event is listed on many hundreds of "This Day in History" sites, but doesn't appear to be listed anywhere else. I suspect it's hogwash. Kentholke (talk) 14:42, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  1925 Thermite Bomb 

message: * 08:55, 25 April 2008 Steel protected February 24 ‎ (Problem anon [edit=autoconfirmed:move=autoconfirmed])
* 16:01, 15 June 2008 Wizardman changed protection level for "February 24" ‎ (No need to move. using TW [move=sysop])
* 22:12, 15 June 2008 Wizardman changed protection level for "February 24" ‎ (Re-semiprotecting after finding out why it was originally semi'd. [edit=autoconfirmed:move=sysop])
The reason seems to have been edits like this.  Similar problematic edits led to the semiprotection of February 29 at about the same time.
After nearly 18 months, I'd like to review this to see if it's still necessary. As well as welcoming comments from regular editors I've contacted Steel, the protecting admin. --TS 07:01, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The discussion here gives a little insight into the protection.  Protection can be removed and the situation monitored.  -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 12:17, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Semiprotection review

message: See brief mention of the battle of Los Angeles (A UFO? Caused anti aircraft guns to fire . Real or imgained 3 people died from the excite,emnt of this!) Late father an Air Raid Warden Glassell Park area of Los Angeles even obtained from a police freind neighbor a piece of whatever was shot down1 Wellmaybe!??? Also the Battle of Los Angeles went into early morning of Feb 25th 1942 as well! Teslaedsonfan (talk) 02:16, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  See brief mention of Battle of Los Angeles Feb 24th 1942 

message: how is this not on there? PreserveOurHistory (talk) 14:32, 9 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  24 FEBRUARY 1979 SOVIET INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN
Talk:Eurocard (printed circuit board)

message: "1 U is 44.45mm, and cards come in various multiples of this size. A 3U Eurocard is 100mm x 160mm ... A double or 6U Eurocard is 216mm x 160mm ". I read this as: 1U = 44.45mm, 3U = 100mm, 6U = 216mm?  Maybe these multiples are correct, but the math is not intuitive. Perhaps someone in-the-know can clarify the rationale behind those measurements.  Ds13 20:05, 2004 Feb 25 (UTC)
I changed this so the maths worked, then did more searching and found that the cards are smaller than the maths suggests.  Someone else needs to fix this! --Ian 28 June 2005 14:51 (UTC)
A recent edit has left us with strange math again:  1 U is 44.45mm ... 3U Eurocard is 100mm x 160mm ... 6U Eurocard is 233.5mm x 160mm   Remember, citing sources is considered good style.  --Ds13 June 28, 2005 22:11 (UTC)
The edit was just me reverting my previous edit as I'm pretty sure it was wrong. Further reading suggests that even though the multiple (U) is 44.45mm, the cards themselves ar less than this, and in fact appear to be the sizes quoted in the article.  I was kind of hoping that a real expert would wander along. I'll try an encourage a chap here at work to review the article and add his expert views (and maybe the odd suitable source!)  --Ian 1 July 2005 13:24 (UTC)
The two defining sources for the Eurocard architecture are IEC 60297-3 and IEEE 1101.1 (extended in IEEE 1101.10 and IEEE 1101.11)There is a nice illustration of a Eurocard subrack in an article of mine http://www.erni.com/DB/News/pdf/cpciH110.pdf The Eurocard rack and card dimensions are reiterated in the FAQ of PICMG http://www.picmgeu.org/whats_new/faq.htm --68.101.40.60 04:02, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments
Talk:Winfield Scott Schley

message: Just so happens the UNLV library has Schley's Forty-Five Years, will check it out at some point. Stan 21:05, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: *The article notes that he was in the United States Navy, not the Confederate States Navy. I'm not sure how much clearer it should be. But if you would like to change it, be bold. Jinian 03:15, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled 

message: Just curious. A2Kafir (and...?) 22:05, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Any relation to [[Winfield Scott]] the general?
Talk:Twins' Love

message: I know that this article title is not good.  However it is better than the original which was not only meaningless to English speakers, it was not even readable.  This is unacceptable for the English wikipedia.  The title should have been translated into English (or at the least into the Roman alphabet) and I hope that it still will be. -- Derek Ross 21:11, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. Indeed, the direct link was a chinese title and was readable but I do not know why it changed to unreadable after I make this page. Anyways, thanks for your help.50precilachan 02:44, 26 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Intermolecular

message: #...process or characteristic in chemistry that... Well, I think this would rather limit the applicability of the definition. There are intermolecular interactions that are also considered in Physics as an example... The definition should apply regardless of the science that uses it. I am tentatively removing the "in chemistry" phrase. On the other hand, is there a rule to have such short definitions redirected to the Wiktionary??? how do we link to the Wiktionary? test: Wiktionary:intermolecular... yeah it works. Unconcerned 22:14, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Talk:Laconia incident

message: Someone added the POV dispute tag to this page, but neglected to comply with the linked policy, which states 
:"If you add the above code to an article which seems to you to be biased, but there is no prior discussion of the bias, you need to at least leave a note on the article's talk page describing what you consider unacceptable about the article."
If a description of what is considered acceptable is not added by 1 February 2005, I will remove the tag. ➥the Epopt 14:13, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV Dispute 

message: This article in de: claims that the plane piloted by Harden was a PB4Y. Is there a source for the aircraft's type? --2003:EA:E714:4E12:30DE:E0C9:8EA4:33DA (talk) 04:45, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  PB4Y or Liberator?
Talk:Philosopher's stone

message: I'd say that it's worth mentioning the modern scientific approach to the issue of "turning base metals (such as lead) into gold". It seems to be quite informative that we have, in a way, created the philosopher's stone. It's called particle accelerator.
And as a reference, just in Jan 2014, Scientific American published an article about it link  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.91.23.78 (talk) 17:14, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  In Modern Physics 

message: The title of the article should be "Philosophers' Stone," rather than "Philosopher's Stone."  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.90.152.98 (talk) 04:56, 31 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Title

message: The Philosopher's Stone is capable of turning base metals into gold, and is possibly an elixir of life. This is not at all the equivalent of a "wish fulfilling jewel".Royalcourtier (talk) 03:07, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citamani not equivalent of Philosopher's Stone
Talk:Armillaria

message: The first sentence implies that honey fungus is fatal to gilipollaa, but the article implies it is fatal only to plants.  Which is it? silsor 00:18, Feb 26, 2004 (UTC)
:Maybe I'm in an absurd mood, but this made me want to start leafy humanoids.  I am resisting, however. :-) Jwrosenzweig 00:20, 26 Feb 2004 (UTC)

message: I'd like to rename this page to Armillaria, and have Honey fungus redirect to that, rather than the other way around. Objections? Sasata (talk) 19:48, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that would be wise, considering for example the issue I note below re physical description.  Common names are valuable for individual species, but I think the balance tips with categorical names, where scientific structure offers more consistent if still imperfect organization. ENeville (talk) 04:31, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reorganization 

message: It seems likely that the physical description given ("3–15 cm in diameter...  yellow-brown color") is based specifically on Armillaria mellea and is left over from changing this article from one on that species to one on the genus.  Can anyone qualified verify that this description applies to all Armillarias?  Perhaps the description should be removed peremptorily, absent supporting information. ENeville (talk) 04:25, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expert review of description 

message: Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that :File:Armillaria sp Marriott edit.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on October 19, 2010. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2010-10-19. 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} 20:19, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[:File:Armillaria sp Marriott edit.jpg]] to appear as POTD soon 

message: The name of this article, Honey fungus, is rather awkward and I have never heard anyone call them that.   In my opinion a better name would be Honey mushrooms.  Alan Rockefeller (Talk - contribs) 04:54, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  The name of this article 

message: Someone should add to the article the reason for the word "honey" in the name.  Is it color, smell, taste, something it exudes?
I'm personally curious, but I mention it on the talk page (rather than, say, the science refdesk) because I think almost any visitor to this page will be curious, so it should be added, assuming there's a sourceable answer. --Trovatore (talk) 10:12, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Honey 

message: There is no citation for this and should be removed or a peer-reviewed citation or expert analysis added. It's spreading unconfirmed Information. 89.12.39.234 (talk) 13:07, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alcohol toxicity claim
Talk:Fantasy Beastiary

message: Why does Fantasy Bestiary redirect here, and not the other way around?  Have I been spelling "bestiary" wrong my whole life? Jwrosenzweig 00:22, 26 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, I agree that "bestiary" seems to be more common. "Beastiary" doesn't exist at dictionary.com, and Google shows that "bestiary" is far more common (searching for "beastiary" gives nearly as many results that spell it without the 'a'). But there's another problem with this article... --Mrwojo 21:31, 15 Mar 2004 (UTC)

message: This article has been re-created from what used to be at fantasy bestiary (note the lowercase 'b'). There was role-playing bestiary, which then after discussion was moved to fantasy bestiary, which was moved to list of species in fantasy fiction. The discussion got a little scattershot since there were/are many articles covering a similar topic to this one, such as List of species in fantasy fiction, Race (fantasy), Monster, Legendary creature, Cryptozoology, List of species in folklore and mythology, List of aliens in fiction, and List of fictional species.
I'd recommend either merging the contents of this article into its near-duplicate list of species in fantasy fiction or, since it's RPG-centric again, remove what little non-RPG-specific stuff there is and put the interesting bits at role-playing bestiary. Regardless, this article shouldn't stay as it as at "Fantasy Beastiary". --Mrwojo 21:31, 15 Mar 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re-creation / duplicate article
Talk:War communism

message: Rm nonsense. 
:This led to food shortages and, along with the bad weather and the effects of the war, to famine. Several million people died, and there were even reports of cannibalism.
The war communism was introduced exactly because of severe food shortages, which, btw started in Russia due to WWI and was one of the major triggers of the Russian Revolution in the first place. mikka (t) 18:25, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Food shortages 

message: I have just added several pieces of information which I really should cite sources for. Unfortunately, I have two problems! The first is that I am unsure how to put citations in the article - that can be solved by placing them here for someone knowledgeable to do. The second is that some of the points (notably the point about Petrograd and Moscow losing their populations) are in my history notes - but I am not sure what book I got them from! I will endaevour to find the citations for those facts.
Collapse of the Ruble, Use of Bourgeoise, Production in heavy industry - see Lenin and the Russian Revolution, Steve Phillips, Heinemann Advanced History, isbn: 978 0 435327 19 4
Many Thanks
TDE 20:59, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citations 

message: Hi, sorry for my english + being a rookie in wiki issues.
"It has long been debated whether "war communism" represented an actual economic policy in the proper sense of the word or merely a set of desperate measures intended to win the civil war at any cost. [1]"
long debate, actual policy, proper sense, a mere set, desperate measure, any cost... I cant see any precision here. Which party of any civil war in the history can be seen as not intended to win the civil war "at any cost" ?  best regards  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.170.138.209 (talk) 14:54, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  informative value or suggestive orientation?
Talk:The Church Brew Works

message: If prices are typical, why quote a price? That sentence reads like a travel brochure. Kingturtle 03:09, 26 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Price

message: Page listed on vfd Feb 23 to Mar 2 2004, consensus to keep.  Discussion:
Start pasted discussion
*The Church Brew Works - I share the "Wikipedia is not paper" position, yet I don't think Wikipedia should comprise the yellow pages.DrZ 02:22, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Votes for Deletion

message: What exactly is the purpose of listing the prices of items if the prices are not unusual? Kingturtle 07:04, 28 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, we should. I just did. Jwrosenzweig 18:50, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  price of a pint