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Talk:Single-issue politics

message: Should this be renamed single issued parties that only care for one useless mindless waste of our time issue (with hyphen) in the manner of Single-issue party? A quick Google search didn't reveal whether the hyphen is preferred in this particular case, but according to the entry for hyphen, "[W]hen a compound modifier appears before a term, the compound modifier is generally hyphenated in order to prevent any possible misunderstanding, such as light-blue paint..." - 216.61.33.185 16:40, 15 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Should the Referendum Party be mentioned in the section on single-issue parties?Vorbee (talk) 19:38, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Referendum Party
Talk:Mimicry

message: The terms "mimesis" and "masquerade" are currently used inconsistently. Moreover, contemporary sources like Ruxton et al. 2004 and subsequent empirical work by Rowland, Skelhorn, and Stevens place the phenomenon under camouflage, rather than mimicry. Dwkikuchi (talk) 17:21, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  mimesis vs masquerade 

message: I've split out the Emsleyan / Mertensian discussion as a separate "Main" article, and have cut down the section here to an outline of the main points; it was indeed getting lost in a complex sub-discussion of exception or doubtful cases and alternative mechanisms, hardly ideal in an introductory overview. I hope the short summary here will be seen to be suitable as an overview of the theory. 
Editors are invited to contribute to the new Emsleyan mimicry article. Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:57, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Subsidiary article

message: An editor has sought repeatedly to delete the cuckoo/sparrowhawk image without consensus. I've restored it for now so that the discussion takes place under the status quo ante. The edit comment for the deletion was "‎brood parasitism is a form of mimicry, but the image shown does not represent it. the image shown is showing the cuckoo mimicking a falcon for a defensive purpose, which should be in the section Batesian mimicry and not parasites." Now, it may well be that this image could be placed somewhere else in this article, but the argument provided does not hold water. The purpose certainly is not defensive: the female cuckoo is in Europe for just a few weeks to lay her eggs, and she uses her resemblance to the European sparrowhawk to panic the small host birds into taking cover, to avoid being eaten as it might seem to them; only, she's not a predator but a brood parasite, and she uses the few seconds' grace obtained by the deception to lay her eggs unobserved by the host. That is not "defensive mimicry" - it's rather more like aggressive mimicry, actually (the paper cited has the fine and accurate description "parasite in wolf's clothing", recalling the aggressive mimic's "wolf in sheep's clothing"). What it is, of course, is an adaptation to parasitism, which is exactly the subject of the section in question. So, I'd say that the image is well-suited to its current location. There is however a second reason why it belongs here: the section also discusses and illustrates egg mimicry, again using the cuckoo. It is certainly of interest both scientifically and to the ordinary reader that the species is adapted in these two ways, two kinds of mimicry, to its parasitic lifestyle. The image is thus well-placed and should stay where it is. All the best, Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:26, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Cuckoo images
Talk:Bhaisajyaguru

message: Dear reader,
Is it possible to link to the Medicine Buddha World Wide Healing Circle website www.worldwidehealingcircle.net from the website http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhaisajyaguru ?
I have already placed a link to this website on : http://www.worldwidehealingcircle.net/data_wwhc/links.htm at the chapter ´Medicine Buddha ´.
The url is . http://www.worldwidehealingcircle.net/
Title : Medicine Buddha World Wide Healing Circle
Text :Join in at any time in this World Wide Healing Circle by chanting the Medicine Buddha Mantra for those who need a blessing for physical, mental and/or emotional well-being. Submit the names of the people or person that you want to receive a Medicine Buddha healing blessing. 
Kind regards,
Mudita
82.171.84.237 (talk) 15:23, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link request to website Medicine Buddha World Wide Healing Circle 

message: it's not correct:
oṃ bhaiṣajye bhaiṣajye mahābhaiṣajya
it's correct:
"oṃ bhaiṣajye bhaiṣajye mahābhaiṣajye bhaiṣajye" or "oṃ bhaiṣajye bhaiṣajye bhaiṣajya" or "oṃ bhaiṣajye bhaiṣajye mahābhaiṣajye bhaiṣajye rājāya".  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.12.249.207 (talk) 02:29, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dharani and Mantra 

message: Apparently his Cyrillic name is  Оточ Манла according to the article, but what language is this? It's certainly not a transliteration of the Sanskrit. 
My guess is Mongolian but can someone confirm? Immanuelle ❤️💚💙 (talk to the cutest Wikipedian) 18:48, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cyrillic isn't a language
Talk:Lake Washington Ship Canal

message: I'm not an expert in this area - but I believe the 1902 map is inaccurate. Prior to the opening of the canal, the level of Lake Washington was somewhat higher causing (among other things) what is now the Seward Peninsula to be an island.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.231.189.11 (talk) 02:45, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I also believe this to be correct & will make notes on the original page. Foundation for these changes - a map from 1892 at the Seattle Public Library (SEAMAP G4284.S$ P53 1892 .S6, Proposed Plan of Improvement for Salmon Bay Harbor), which clearly shows an early / basic ship canal connecting Lake Washington and Lake Union, as well as a basic ship canal (beyond a stream, but earlier than the full steel canal). Jeffme (talk) 19:15, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Also - I've found no evidence that the Seward Peninsula (before that, Bailey's Peninsula) was ever an island, but am still looking for confirmation thereof. Jeffme (talk) 19:54, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: According to Coll-Peter Thrush in his book Native Seattle, Bailey Peninsula was "almost an island": . Pfly (talk) 23:42, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: In my expert opinion the 1902 map is in accurate to showing the lake level change. There is a map in the Eastside Historical Society collection that better represents the lake level pre1916. Good representation on Open Historical Map Here is a link to the time and place. Us the time slider bottom right to see lake change. 22:53, 12 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Would be nice to have a section discussing how the ship canal was actually used through the decades.  Shipping airplane parts to the Boeing plant at the south end of the lake?  Pleasure boats only in the last decade or so?  How much tonnage goes through the canal?  Was it a mistake?  That sort of thing.  Tempshill (talk) 02:51, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Its effect 

message: I uploaded a couple new aerial photos including the Lake Washington Ship Canal, below. Feel free to use if useful. Dcoetzee 04:00, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  New aerial photos 

message: I reworked a sentence which referred to a "Series" of locks, and which implied there was more than one change of water level, requiring passage through more than one lock.  The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks are a complex of two side-by-side locks at the same location.  It is preferred to use the much smaller of the two locks during summer to reduce the amount of water released from Lake Washington during locking operation.  (Inflows to the lake are much reduced during summer.)  Even though there are two locks, boats only pass through one in order to navigate between the higher lake level and the Sound. Petershank (talk) 18:45, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Series of Locks a la Panama Canal?
Talk:Hudson River

message: The articles has yet to document much of the effect of the Ice Ages on the Hudson. I now longer have the paper I wrote on this 5 decades ago.  Addition of this geologic history would be a great improvement to this article. — Lentower (talk) 00:53, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ice Ages & Geology 

message: The Hudson Canyon & much of the Geology of the Hudson Valley was carved by catastrophic draining of ice age pro-glacial lakes.
One of these events is mentioned in Mohawk River#Geology. — Lentower (talk) 01:07, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Carving by catastrophic draining of ice age pro-glacial lakes

message: The article mention that the Hudson got a new outlet to the Atlantic, when it broke through the combined Staten & Long Islands.
That "super" Island was formed as terminal moraines(s) of the last few Ice Ages.  This might be mentioned in the source given.John Waldman; Heartbeats in the Muck;  The Lyons Press; (2000) — Lentower (talk) 01:07, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Staten Island / Long Island 

message: According to the article, John Carwitham's 1740 plan of NYC was the first to use the name "Hudson('s) River". This is patently untrue. The name appears in a 1664 charter granting what had been New Netherland to the Duke of York, and also in a map produced in the same year. Zacwill (talk) 01:53, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Here is a still earlier attestation, from Purchas his Pilgrimes (1625). Zacwill (talk) 22:26, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: The wording is wonky, but the article says it's the first to use the term on a map, and neither of those are maps. The [NYT article] linked to also says that it was "customarily called" Hudson's at the time. Harryhenry1 (talk) 03:10, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Even with that caveat, the claim isn't true. See the map linked in my first post. Zacwill (talk) 16:38, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origins of the name "Hudson River" 

message: Is it a good idea to add a blurb at the top that says "Not to be confused with Hudson Bay."? 216.73.73.162 (talk) 19:02, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambiguation between Hudson River and Hudson Bay
Talk:Cameo-Parkway Records

message: Hello, what if anything was Cameo-Parkway's connection to the Cameo Records of the 1920s, which was aquired by the American Record Corporation, so I assume in the 1950s and 1960s rights to that label name were owned by CBS?  Was it a subsidiary, of CBS, or did they lease rights to the name, or did CBS somehow forfit the name, and there was no connection whatsoever? We seem to have somewhat unclear or contradicatary information we need to clear up.  Wondering simply, -- Infrogmation 17:37, 15 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Connections

message: Why are their multiple articles online stating that this label was shut down for stock manipulation but nothing here?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.93.100.59 (talk) 16:58, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: There is an apparently relevant source here, but I wouldn't like to summarise the legal arguments - perhaps someone else could?    Ghmyrtle (talk) 22:48, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Closure of label
Talk:Mikael Agricola

message: This is another Finland-Swede whom the Finnish nationalists at English Wikipedia try to make into a Finn. And his name was Mikael Olofsson, not Mikael Olavinpoika (which is simply a direct translation to Finnish of his name Mikael Olofsson, Mikael Son of Olof). Den fjättrade ankan 18:08, 15 Jul 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Hahahahhahaaa, there WERE no Finland-Swedes before the end of the 19th century, read this: http://enestam.svenskariksdagsgruppen.fi/extra/square/?id=101&language=2&instance=1 "Allt hade sin begynnelse i slutet av 1800-talet. Då var begreppet finlandssvensk obekant. I Finland talade man svenska eller finska. Det var ingenting märkvärdigt med det." (the writer is the former leader of the Swedish People's Party) So Agricola was no "Finland-Swede", but a Finn. Why do you think he was so interested in the Finnish language then??? So please, stay away from things you have absolutely no knowledge about. Don't ruin Wikipedia with you're Swedish nationalist propaganda. --Jaakko Sivonen 14:39, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Of course there were no Finland-Swedes before the end of the 19th century, there were only Swedes: Swedes (such as Mikael Agricola) living in what is today Finland but was until 1809 Sweden, and Swedes living in what is today Sweden, and also was at that time Sweden. Why he was interested in the Finnish language? Because he wanted the Finns to be able to read the Bible in their mother tongue, so he learned Finnish and so he could translate the Bible to Finnish. As simple as that. Den fjättrade ankan 16:47, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

text: I agree with the conclusions of the IP-number above. I remove that category for now. // Habj 02:09, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I don't see the relevancy of what language Mikael Agricola spoke in his home. He spoke both Swedish and Finnish. I recently read in an article in Kyrkpressen that he was actually somewhat of a genious on languages. In the same article they concluded that he was probably from a home where they spoke swedish. His home village was Torstila/Torsby in Pernaja/Pernå. His father was a fisherman and his name was Olof Simonsson. His mother might have spoken finnish, but there are theories that she could have been estonian. But I don't see why his mother toungue is such an issue for so many. This competition on who spoke what in Finland is a bit sad really. (BTW, Agricolas finnish was not without errors. I don't know where people get this idea that he had "full command" of the language.)  Ostrobothnian 22:57, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Finn / Swede
Talk:Anointed One (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

message: Seeing as Annointed One isn't being used for anything else, wouldn't it be better to move this article there? —Matthew0028 01:14, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No, because that's a misspelling.  Anointed One redirects to The Anointed One, a disambiguation page.  —Tamfang 05:46, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move? 
Talk:Christopher Rice

message: homosexual is the proper term
Why is this palce only allowing the term "gay" while homosexual is the proper term? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.90.59.226 (talk) 18:38, 15 July 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: 'Homosexual' is considered offensive by many people, myself included.  The Wikipedia:Manual of style says to prefer 'gay'.  Morwen - Talk 18:42, 15 Jul 2004 (UTC)

text: I do.  However, you might want to read, say, our article on homosexuality, which includes the note:
"In particular the description of individuals as homosexual may be offensive, partially because of the negative clinical association of the word stemming from its use in describing same-sex attraction as a pathological state before homosexuality was removed from the American Psychiatric Association's list of mental disorders in 1973. " Morwen - Talk 18:46, 15 Jul 2004 (UTC)

text: I know this an old and probably defunct argument here, but I did want to note that GLAAD does note "homosexual" as the term not preferred in their Offensive Terminology to Avoid. While I am personally not offended by either and GLAAD is just one organization, it is the most notable/successful gay media "watchdog" group, and their accomplishments and experience suggest that they know what they're talking about. TAnthony 03:50, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Beating an old and very dead horse: some consider 'homosexual' offensive because the word seems to imply an identity based soley on the 'sexual' act while the term 'gay' does not place that limit and implies a complete way of being in the world. I have never met any male who preferred being called 'homosexual' to 'gay' and the only ones I have met who were offended by being called 'gay' were those who identified as 'queer' or 'bisexual'. Women, on the other hand are often offended by being called 'gay' - many (but not all) prefer to be called 'lesbian'.207.69.137.26 03:39, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: While copyediting this article, it is mentioned that Christopher lives in Houston, TX and also in Hollywood.  Which is it, or is it both?  Please clarify.  Galena11 21:15, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where does he live? 

message: I have a great picture of Christopher that I took tonight at a book signing - How do I upload it for the wikiusers? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.52.148.74 (talk) 05:16, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  I have a picture of Christopher 

message: I cannot find any evidence to support this article's claim that Stan Rice is friends with fellow author Clive Barker. Does anyone have confirmation of this? It is not, as far as I can tell, a statement followed or otherwise supported by any citation.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Juliow1 (talk • contribs) 14:54, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Friendship with Clive Barker?
Talk:Maurice Yaméogo

message: Source in French :
http://www.primature.gov.bf/burkina/histoire/fpostcoloniale.htm
Governement site but not to biased about Yaméogo IMO.
Ericd 18:56, 15 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: What ethnic group was he? Badagnani (talk) 06:12, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ethnic group 

message: Why are there 3 separate dates in this article for Maurice Yaméogo's presidency? He was officially president from 1960 to 1966 in the Infobox, and yet the opening sentence of the article says he was "president" from 1959 when the Republic of Upper Volta did not yet have a presidency, and continues with a section title that proclaims him president from 1958 to 1966 - President of Upper Volta (1958–1966. Obviously, something needs to be rewritten to fix these contradictions of statement. Stevenmitchell (talk) 18:56, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why 3 Different Dates for Maurice Yaméogo's Presidency? 
Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/archive4

message: I am also an inclusionist, but not to the point of losing sight of good P.R. Sam [Spade] 07:05, 30 Jun 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I would like to urge MOST STRONGLY against making actual policy on this point. Because policy rapidly ossifies. We will select high quality articles on this page, and trust whoever is selecting Main Page articles to have good sense. I wouldn't expect Fuck to show up as a featured article (unless it was just about the BEST ARTICLE EVER), but I fervently do not want a policy saying it should or shouldn;t - David Gerard 19:31, 30 Jun 2004 (UTC)

text: No, then there's no recognition for a truly superb article on clitoris. There must be a distinction between "main-page articles" and "honored articles"/"Brilliant prose"/whatever we want to call it. Best wishes, Meelar (talk) 20:06, 30 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Censorship]]

message: I've put up a few articles here that have been knocked back. One, The Eye Of Argon, only had the lack of a picture as the remaining objection. I'm still trying to track down a scan of the original (I'm hot on the trail!) - so would that be enough to relist it, or is there a time requirement or convention? - David Gerard 12:43, 3 Jul 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Resolving the only objection should techincally allow you to relist is at once, I think. However, a quick glance at the article and the discussion show that the discussion was not very long or thorough, and I can myself think of objections. I think the article should be fleshed out and peer reviewed further before relisting. For example, a short snippet of the text itself would be interesting to include ❝Sverdrup❞ 16:58, 3 Jul 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: See below. - David Gerard 20:54, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: How long before relisting?

message: Rename the Featured article candidates and Featured articles pages to avoid confusion
# Exploding Boy 03:48, Jul 6, 2004 (UTC)
# Nathan 13:20, Jul 6, 2004 (UTC)
# — Matt 16:39, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Poll Option 1: 

message: Keep all the existing names Wikipedia:Featured article candidates Featured articles, Today's featured article, and Template:Feature/Archive as they are
# Eloquence* 05:08, Jul 6, 2004 (UTC)
# Ambivalenthysteria 05:18, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Poll Option 2: 

message: # I won't vote, this poll is badly worded. You all know what I thought was best. Sam [Spade] 14:34, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Other
Talk:John Kennedy (disambiguation)

message: True or false: this article belongs at John Kennedy (disambiguation) with John Kennedy being a re-direct to John F. Kennedy. 66.245.106.170 19:54, 15 Jul 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: True: It's done. Matt Yeager 00:16, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  (Primary topic?) 

message: Perhaps this list should be split into categories, given the number of entries. Possible Politics, Sportsmen, Other? Timb0h 13:34, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Categorisation 

message: It helps greatly to include more information with each entry, especially the YOB, the YOD (if any), and the middle name.  The entries will be automatically kept separated by the inclusion of more simple and pertinent information. Superslum 14:26, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Birth years and death years

message: ::(Added section head Hult041956 (talk) 01:49, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: John Kennedy (MOH)
Talk:Chandler Bing

message: Introduction section contains in first paragraph:
: His parents announced their divorce to him over Thanksgiving dinner when Chandler was nine years old, an event which causes him to refuse to celebrate the holiday in his adulthood and develop his notorious sense of humour as a defense mechanism.
and in second it contains:
: Chandler has a very good sense of humor, and is notoriously sarcastic. He attributes his sarcasm as a defense mechanism he developed due to his parents' divorcing when he was a child.
Could somebody make a pretty fusion of these two sentences? Thank you! --Adam Hauner (talk) 22:54, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Duplicate information about humour and sarcasm in the introduction section 

message: Though throughout the show we never hear exactly what his current job titles are, we know from a couple episodes about what he does. A scene in S8E21https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86kPVkZUeTg&t=8s is one source. S9E11https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4gjQ8_Gvu4&t=62s is another source. Not sure if these suffice for the "citation needed" for the career section. I'm also a complete Wiki novice, so sorry if I am totally not doing things correctly. Jimtran93 (talk) 21:01, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chandler's Career 

message: The creator of the series confirmed that Chandler's mother is a transgender woman, and the page should be changed to reflect that. 
https://www.out.com/television/2022/7/06/friends-creator-regrets-treatment-chandlers-transgender-mom MickRide808 (talk) 18:54, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chandler's mother 

message: Matthew Perry, known for playing Chandler Bing on the hit NBC sitcom “Friends,” has died, LA Times reports. He was 54. Vishwas.bhadange31 (talk) 02:07, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done for now: Already discussed extensively at :Matthew Perry.  This article is about the character, not the actor. General Ization Talk   02:11, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 29 October 2023
Talk:Honda Civic

message: Was the name inspired by the CVCC? Wolf O'Donnel (talk) 03:00, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Honda CVCC 

message: Honda Civic FD
FD means? 2.50.131.233 (talk) 09:30, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: It means nothing, it's a model code/codename for that generation/region assigned by Honda that is part of the vehicle's VIN. It can be useful to find parts. Andra Febrian (talk) 09:52, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Honda Civic 8th gen