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Talk:Hierodule

message: RE the dispute -- The obvious etymology of the word, and dictionaries like American Heritage, say that "hierodule" means nothing more than "temple slave."
Yep... I was about to raise the problem myself. technically a hieros doulos or "sacred slave" is no more than a slave that is the property of a temple. 
To boot, The Mesopotamian priestesses of Inanna, and later Ishtar were definitely Not of servile status. especially not the High Priestess who performed the annual rite of hieros gamos with the king. Of course, there might have been female temple slaves raising revenue by working as temple prostitutes... but all of this is purely conjectural, as no reliable sources on the matter exist ... --Svartalf 02:08, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I agree that it may stay as it is, separate article. to merge hierodule with religous prostitution does not seem to be of value as this office only included sexual rites in Asia, while in Greece did not, and Venus of Sicily required them to be celibate (based on the Russian version of the article that in turn bases on Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary that is most often consistent when pronouncing facts related to Classical Antiquity Tar-ba-gan (talk) 16:20, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

message: Based on the above discussion, and that the article contradicts information in the article Nadītu, I think there is no good reason why the current article deserves survival. Rursus dixit. (mbork3!) 18:00, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Unreliable: delete!

message: The article as it stands is next to useless. However, there COULD be a well-researched article on this page which may not need to be merged into Sacred prostitution. Look at the Dutch article, for example... Moogsi (talk) 00:01, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Redirection
Talk:Paul Bogle

message: Towards the end of the paragraph, there's confused information about Bogle's hanging. On the one hand it says he was hanged immediately, on the other, later on 24 October.  Somebody please clarify.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.38.64.117 (talk) 05:12, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Morant Bay Rebellion

message: Someone did a copy & paste in this article, from the site listed in External links. Maybe the text is under copyright protection. Should I delete the text? Marcelo R. 04:25, 15 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: There was a dancer and gangster in Jamaica who went by the name of Bogle.  Maybe his name was Bogle, maybe he named himself after Paul Bogle, I don't know.  I do know that he is the originator of the Bogle dance and that Buju Banton sang the song based on him, not on Paul Bogle.  
There is reference to Paul Bogle in the song, however: the line "A mus' be Nanny dat! After a no so Bogle stay!" is a humourous reference to someone trying and not succeeding to do the Bogle dance. Buju Banton was inferring that they got the wrong National Hero. Respectfully, SamBlob 23:38, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bogle dance NOT about Paul Bogle 

message: One source says "probably between 1815 and 1820" and the other says "around 1822". I'm going to split the difference and say "around 1820". Kaldari (talk) 00:36, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Year of birth 

message: Paul bogle 67.230.79.101 (talk) 00:17, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Social studies 

message: Your late for school come on you big fool😂😂😂 72.252.32.115 (talk) 18:18, 29 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wake up dummy
Talk:Antonin Scalia

message: Add to "scholarly resources": Rosen, James: Scalia: Rise to Greatness, 1936 to 1986, Washington D.C. (Regnery) 2023. 213.164.76.110 (talk) 13:13, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: The § Scholarly sources section is to list sources that were cited within the article using  templates. Scalia: Rise to Greatness, 1936 to 1986 was not used in the article. 〜 Askarion ✉ 16:11, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 3 April 2024
Talk:Sayville, New York

message: After having a back and forth about "Salem" and "theories" and other disproven stories, I looked up the story of how Sayville got its name in "A History of the Sayville Community" and fixed the paragraph in this entry according to that source.  The meeting date was two years off, and I paraprhased most of what the book says about the meeting and the spelling error and how the Postmaster General more or less decided that "Sayville" would be the town's name.  Nowhere in any of the accounts does the name "Salem" appear (though "Saville" is briefly mentioned, which was kind of funny and I tacked on at the end there, as it is tacked on in the book), so this should be the final word on the topic. Tpanarese 03:10, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The "Salem Village" was a fabrication and the postmaster story is the true story.  The history stays. Tpanarese 18:14, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Final word on how Sayville got its name 

message: The newsday link left goes to a very data-intensive page. (The Brando link that was there goes to a 'not found at all' page).
Also, Sayville gets some 'love' in the comic book 'New Warriors #4, October 1990. Fiction-wise, it is the site of a genetic research company run by idiots who control superhumans. Just thought fans of the town would like to know. Lots42 05:35, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Newsday and New Warriors 

message: ShortListLI.com contains a Map of Sayville's restaurants, shops and other sights. Its a visual aid that shows people interested in the town where to park and where to go. The page is not advertising focused, as it allows local businesses to place free listings.  Do you think this would be worthy as an addition? 
Nking79 (talk) 18:57, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  New External Link Suggestion 

message: Hi, folks.  I noticed the header was missing on the notable residents section.  Because my BLP appears on that list, I have a COI.  Please review as appropriate.— James Cantor (talk) 01:00, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Acknowledging COI. 

message: Someone should add that Sayville high school is a blue ribbon school. 24.190.26.78 (talk) 21:11, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Done! 68.194.249.1 (talk) 20:31, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sayville schools
Talk:Crispin Glover

message: In this Wikipedia article and in "Back to the Future Part II" article is reference to Crispin Glover lawsuit and a resulting prohibition of such practice.  I just saw that this would involve replacement of a living actor; permission can be granted for exception, to finish a film after an actor dies. Carlm0404 (talk) 02:23, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: See Fake Shemp article.  • Sbmeirow • Talk • 12:56, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of an actor to look like another actor 

message: The whole section on Glover's Late Night Appearance lacks any sources to establish that Glover did his schtick on the show as part of a movie promo. The YouTube video of an interview with Glover does not establish this alternate narrative as Glover talks in circles and refuses to say anything definite. If this section was included on any other Wikipedia page it would be deleted for lack of a verifiable source.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:6000:E48B:B600:610F:800A:7597:7CF7 (talk) 11:39, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Late Night appearance
Talk:Jay Garner

message: I always understood that Garner was a military guy, who was going to work with military leaders and continue the heavy fighting and peace-keeping mission. Paul Bremer was the statesman who was going to work with the civilians, write a constitution, and transition to democracy. In other words, they moved Garner in to rule with an iron fist and get the job done, no matter what. Bremer shows up when there is enough stability to begin the transition. I understood that the transition was a signal that things went better than planned. Remember, right after the "Mission Accomplished" banner, things were relatively quiet over there, except for the looting. I think it's a bit unfair that there is so much cricism about Garner's replacement. Shouldn't we just say, "Garner was replaced"? We can mention the scandals, but let's focus on the good things he's done as well. Jgardner 07:53, 2004 Oct 15 (UTC)
The criticism of the choice of Garner needs to be explained and the critics identified for this section to be considered verifiable. patsw 17:17, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jay Garner getting replaced by Paul Bremer 
Talk:Baseball Ground

message: Here's a thought: how could Derby County have bought the ground from Sir Francis Lay in 1924 when he died in 1916? - Green Tentacle (talk) 23:41, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that they bought the ground from Lay's estate. Velociraptor888 11:26, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Ownership
Talk:Nippon and Nihon

message: Regarding "Nihon-shiki", I don't think I've ever heard that.  Isn't it "wa-shiki" or "wa-fuu"?  Then again, I'm not the expert, so I'll let someone more authoritative pass judgement.  madoka 09:19, Oct 15, 2004 (UTC)
I havn't heard of "Nihon-shiki" either but definitely a question for a native speaker.
--Sekizaru 18:59, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Talk:Conceptual Semantics/to do

message: # Expand the article :)
# Add the Mentalist Postulate
# Sketch development of theory (Jackendoff 1983, 1990, 1992, Goddard 1998 pp. 64-68)
# Add & update references
# Expand to do list (I love self reference)
Last update: Strangeloop (talk) 09:27, 15 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Talk:Martha Mitchell effect

message: I seem to vaguely recall another famous case: a U.S. naval officer who insisted that he was being followed everywhere by Israeli secret service agents was committed to a military psychiatric hospital, where he committed suicide. Later, his claims were found to have been real. Timeframe: 1960s or 70s? Can anyone pin this one down? -- The Anome 10:07, 15 Oct 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: An article by Mayerhoff et al (link to PubMed entry) is a similar case, but I've not yet tracked down the original so don't know the details yet. - Vaughan 10:50, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)
replies: text:  Is it worthwhile to point out similarities between this and the Cassandra Syndrome? -R. fiend 20:28, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another case 

message: Any patient, they explain, can be misdiagnosed by clinicians, even one with a history of paranoid delusions.
It appears this should read "especially one with a history of paranoid delusions". Why am I wrong? 
--Gtg207u (talk) 21:42, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  I'll change if not dissuaded 

message: I've removed the OR tag from the page as it's just a description of what's already written in the published, referenced sources. Full disclosure: I am the co-author on one of the papers, but I wasn't the editor who added it as a reference to this page. - Vaughan (talk) 15:20, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed original research tag 

message: Is this article giving undue weight to the claims of folks who otherwise shouldn't be given such consideration? 24.240.67.157 (talk) 03:58, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  even a stopped clock gives the right time twice a day
Talk:Prepared piano

message: *Oppose merge.  These are two distinct ways of altering the sound of a piano.  Prepared piano is used primarily for avant-garde effect, and tack piano is used to create a honky-tonk or barroom sound (and sometimes by composers such as Lou Harrison for clarity of tone/timbre).  The tack piano elements, except for the mention of it, should be moved out of prepared piano and into tack piano.  Badagnani 03:50, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This expansion can be accomplished by moving tack piano elements out of prepared piano.  Tack piano is not considered a form of piano preparation, as the term was construed by John Cage.  Badagnani 15:45, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't see how any sensible definition of piano preparation could exclude putting tacks on the hammers. —Keenan Pepper 15:53, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

text: Please provide John Cage's original construal of the term. The wikipedia article currently disagrees with you: "A prepared piano is a piano that has had its sound altered by placing objects (preparations) between or on the strings or on the hammers or dampers." Hyacinth 10:30, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll have to look that up.  I should have said that tack piano is not a form of preparation used by Cage, who was the first to use the term "prepared piano."  Badagnani 16:16, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

text: My comment above states that tack piano should be mentioned in prepared piano.  That is why I wrote "except for the mention of it."  After the mention would be a wikilink to tack piano.  Badagnani 16:19, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've made a topic about the luthéal, but I don't know very much about it yet.Houtlijm 16:16, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge from [[Tack piano]] 

message: I question calling harpsichord and piano registrations  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.100.240.105 (talk) 06:34, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Precedent?

message: At one point this article mentioned Le piège de Méduse, whose article asserts Satie played the piano version with a piece of paper on the strings. Anyone able to find a reference? Sparafucil (talk) 05:38, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Satie

message: Alfred Schnittke used prepared piano in the first and sixth sections of his Concerto Grosso No. 1 but I don't have an adequate reference for this outside of the article for the concerto itself and my own ears.
50.47.115.222 (talk) 23:10, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alfred Schnittke 

message: It seems that Friedrich Wilhelm Rust prepared a piano in 1792. 2A01:CB11:6CF:BE00:1D10:D49:5133:D193 (talk) 19:02, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Friedrich Wilhelm Rust
Template talk:US culture

message: The template is called "US" culture, but the box is labelled "American". I think this may be ressented a bit overwhelming by the non-US American citizens ! I relabelled it "US". 
I also put the real link for comics. That way the template mecanisme works better. Now on the the page American comic book, the "Comics" word in the template is bolded without link as it sould be.Lvr 10:42, 15 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  "American" culture
Wikipedia talk:Collaboration of the week/Archive 3

message: Completely forgot about the votes which ended on 18 August.
===Issue 1: Renaming===
====Results====
*"Collaboration of the week" has won with 15 votes. 
*"Project of the week" obtained 10 votes, with the others much further behind.
====Comments====
*The consensus is not entirely clear, particularly as multiple voting was permitted.  Before making the move, would anyone who strongly objects to moving to changing the name of "Article of the week" to "Collaboration of the week" comment below.  Absent a signifiant number of strong adverse views, I would suggest that the move takes place when the next candiate is chosen at 18:00 UTC on Sunday 22 August. -- ALoan (Talk) 13:41, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Results of vote

message: ====Results====
*"Collaboration of the week" has won with 15 votes. 
*"Project of the week" obtained 10 votes, with the others much further behind.
====Comments====
*The consensus is not entirely clear, particularly as multiple voting was permitted.  Before making the move, would anyone who strongly objects to moving to changing the name of "Article of the week" to "Collaboration of the week" comment below.  Absent a signifiant number of strong adverse views, I would suggest that the move takes place when the next candiate is chosen at 18:00 UTC on Sunday 22 August. -- ALoan (Talk) 13:41, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Issue 1: Renaming

message: *The consensus is not entirely clear, particularly as multiple voting was permitted.  Before making the move, would anyone who strongly objects to moving to changing the name of "Article of the week" to "Collaboration of the week" comment below.  Absent a signifiant number of strong adverse views, I would suggest that the move takes place when the next candiate is chosen at 18:00 UTC on Sunday 22 August. -- ALoan (Talk) 13:41, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: ====Results====
*"Seniority" (the status quo) has won with 13 votes.
*"Extension" (mostly for 1 extra day / 24 hours) received 11 votes.  
====Comments====
*Again, the consensus is hard to determine.  In order to respect everyone's views, I would suggest that the official policy ought to be to extend the deadline for 24 hours, and then to decide by seniority.  If anyone strongly objects, please comment below.  Absent a signifiant number of strong adverse views, I would suggest that the policy change becomes effective when the AotW (soon to be CotW) is chosen at 18:00 UTC on Sunday 22 August. -- ALoan (Talk) 13:41, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Issue 2: Tie-breaking

message: *Again, the consensus is hard to determine.  In order to respect everyone's views, I would suggest that the official policy ought to be to extend the deadline for 24 hours, and then to decide by seniority.  If anyone strongly objects, please comment below.  Absent a signifiant number of strong adverse views, I would suggest that the policy change becomes effective when the AotW (soon to be CotW) is chosen at 18:00 UTC on Sunday 22 August. -- ALoan (Talk) 13:41, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments
Talk:Iman (model)

message: Your name does not make you muslim.you do not pursue modelling,sleep with non muslim men and then claim to be muslim.please delete her status as muslim 84.67.77.247 (talk) 18:49, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Clearly Iman considers herself a Muslim and had spoken of her belief in god. The apparent case that you are a more obviously devout Muslim in no way negates Iman's faith, any more than a Unitarian, an Episcopalian, a Puritan negate the beliefs of a Roman catholic - they are all Christians. 70.49.18.153 (talk) 19:05, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Iman is not muslim
Talk:Prav-Yav-Nav

message: There's a general misunderstanding in this article.
Prav, Yav and Nav are three parallel worlds - one of gods (the good-natured), one of living creatures and one of spirits and evil gods. In this context, Prav and Nav are accepted as two opposites and Yav is the ballance, the transition between them.
But the Divine law was set by the ancestor god Rod when he created the Universe. And this divine law, a "corpus" of universal principles is called Pravda. Which in Old Slavic and in most modern Slavic languages means just, justice, right.
So, Prav and Pravda are two very different things. 
I think it might be good if we fix that. 217.10.246.155 11:39, 15 Oct 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll answer this in more detail at Talk:Slavic mythology. Nikola 11:32, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)

message: I believe jav is also the name of an herb used in North India, which looks like unhulled wheat and is used in puja ceremonies.  I've just seen a package of it in an Indian grocery store today.  Can someone add more about this?  Badagnani 03:34, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Indian herb 

message: Is this really notable? 98.101.227.58 (talk) 17:59, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notability?
Talk:Lithium, Missouri

message: How is it possible for this "place" to have 0 people and 0 km2 area???
*I've heard this can happen when a location becomes strictly a commercial site where no one lives. It can also happen because of a Census mistake. Perhaps the Census Bureau has discretion if it anticipates a place may repopulate. The zero area leads me to believe it may be a mistake. Catbar (Brian Rock) 23:43, 15 Oct 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I visited this village 12 March 2024 and there was a town park with playground equipment and a recently dated shelter.  This was surrounded by occupied houses and a group of 8 house trailers.  Farmed fields with occupied farm houses were seen up to the edges of the former village center.  I could not accurately assess the population. Juhlemann (talk) 19:41, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Kamo, Niigata

message: The following information was previously in the Kamo, Niigata article:
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Kamo (Maori word) is a small town just north of (or some would argue a suburb of) Whangarei, a city of about 50,000 in Northland, New Zealand. It is also famous for having the northern-most located traffic lights in New Zealand.
----
Since it deals with New Zealand, I removed it from the Japan article and archived it. Perhaps this information will be useful for someone who knows about Kamo in New Zealand when originating a separate article. Fg2 12:28, Oct 15, 2004 (UTC)
:Very useful indeed. I was surprised to find several New Zealand pages linking to a city in Japan. You will note that the former redirect page is now a disambiguation page! [[User:Grutness|Grutness talk ] 07:49, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Maori word
Talk:Closed ecological system

message: I renamed this article to remove the plural. Astudent 14:21, 2004 Oct 15 (UTC)
Why does the article state in the introduction that it isn't a closed system because it can exchange energy with its surroundings, when the article for closed system states a closed system can exchange energy with its surroundings? I will remove the offending sentence. 203.211.99.87 00:03, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: "Although the Earth itself fits this definition, the term is most often used to describe much smaller manmade ecosystems." [24 May 2009]  This is false.  The Earth is not a closed ecological system.  The ecology of the Earth relies on the sun, the moon (tides), stars (animal navigation) and more. - Trevor Blake
:Today, at least, the definition of "Closed ecological system" in the lede refers to "matter" being exchanged, not energy; but I am going to fact-tag the above sentence anyway; it needs a reference.  Comet Tuttle (talk) 18:18, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Closed ecological system 

message: :While both chemotrophic and phototrophic organisms are plausible, almost all closed ecological systems to date are based on a phototroph such as green algae.
There are some close systems, like Movile Cave, where the ecosystem uses chemosynthesis as a source of energy. bogdan (talk) 00:39, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Phototrophs and closed systems. 

message: • Rendezvous with Rama, (book), Arthur C Clark 1973
• Silent Running, (film), 1972
Admittedly old, but ...
GeeBee60 (talk) 07:14, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Popular culture (2)
Talk:Real Programmer

message: OK, this article is stupid. But it's also funny. Depending on how funny WP wants to be, keep it or delete it.
But I must take exception to the following quote from the Book of Mel:
  Real Programmers wrote in machine code.
  Not FORTRAN.  Not RATFOR.  Not, even, assembly language.
  Machine Code.
  Raw, unadorned, inscrutable hexadecimal numbers.
  Directly.
Bah. Mollycoddled newbies programmed in hex. We real programmers used octal. - Rlw (Talk) 21:49, August 2, 2005 (UTC)
Wikipedia was so much better like 2 years ago without NPOV and deletion policies.
:Seriously.  If I wanted "facts" I'd go buy a real encyclopedia.  WP was much better when it was an assemblage of semi-random edits made by highly knowledgeable people.  Nowadays, highly knowledgeable people won't bother to make any edits because they're too busy to get into edit wars and snark-fests.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.87.1.32 (talk) 00:58, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stupid but funny 

message: The article is riddled with ageism, it seems to imply that modern languages are not used by older programmers, which is of course totally untrue, since most programmers are required to learn new languages as they go along.  I notice that no serious study or reference has been given for the 'opinions' voiced in the article.
So what? Old programmers are scum, everyone knows it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.184.224.43 (talk) 20:02, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ageism in Article 

message: We use vi, son.  They use emacs. - MichaelCrawford  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.131.200.103 (talk) 04:02, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why Are We Hiding From The Police, Daddy?