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Talk:Charles Boycott

message: I've been enjoying Michael Davitt's book The Fall of Feudalism in Ireland, published 1904. It gives a good deal of detail about the Captain Boycott story and the origin of the word. Bernfarr 02:54, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: POV rv. What kind of nonsense is "people in church would not sit next to him"? As Boycott was a Protestant I doubt his co-religionists would have refused to sit next to him unless out of fear, so enough with the POV bull. If Boycott were a Catholic that would be understandable and logical, but otherwise... And there was nothing in Nazi Germany commensurate with boycotting, especially against the ascendant power of the Nazis. Who boycotted the Nazis??Gandhi, maybe, but given the basic meretricious balderdash above I take nothing for granted. 216.194.57.67 (talk) 00:55, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There was no boycotting of Nazis in Germany but the Nazi regime did cause, in the words of a book I read, Jewish professionals and businesses to be "boycotted" by non-Jews (the book was published in 1940s) after Hitler came to power en route to Kristallnacht and the denial of legal protection to the Jewish community. The reading of this, when 10 years old, was my first acquaintance with the 'boycott' verb.Cloptonson (talk) 18:15, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: POV

message: I'd like to jump in and try to expand this article, and if possible, have it qualify for DYK (which means a 5x expansion within the space of 5 days). I've gathered a few sources, and will try to bring them together soon. Does anyone else want to join me in this? Quasihuman (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 16:29, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi, I have now started the expansion, and hopefully will add more in the next few days. Just to note that I've noticed a few inaccuracies (based on sources listed) in what is now the lead (formerly the substance of the article), I do not plan to change this until I finish the rest of the expansion. If anyone wants to help, you are more than welcome. Quasihuman (talk) 15:21, 4 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I have changed the "stub" assessment as one of the requirements for DYK. Nice work! --Pgallert (talk) 12:41, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expansion 

message: What happened to Charles Boycott after the first boycott? Where did he live, what did he do for a living (if anything), and did he make any recorded comments about British/Irish politics? The article is a fascinating read, but somewhat anticlimactic because it omits these important details. Graham87 03:36, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I was recently looking over the article again, and I thought the exact same thing, I don't know why I omitted that when I was expanding the article. I will be getting the two books I used out of the library again soon, and I hope to add a section about that within a week, hopefully. I know he moved back to England, but I don't remember much about his life after the boycott. Thanks, Quasihuman | Talk 10:37, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Life after first boycott
Talk:Disney Store

message: I USE TO WORK FOR THE DISNEY STORE BEFOR IT WAS TAKEN OVER BY HOOP REATIL.
I LOVED MY JOB AND THE CO. THAT I WORKED FOR. 
NOW I GO HOME AND CRY BECAUSE I HATE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT, HOOP RETAIL (AKA) DISNEY STORE HAVE ONLY ONE GOAL MONEY.. THAT DON'T KNOW HOW TO TREAT THE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR THEM NOW. THE WAY THAT DISNEY WAS TOO US WE HAD FUN AT OUR STORE, WE USE TO BE A DISNEY TEAM AND LOVED IT.
NOW WE ARE OWEND BY HOOP RETAIL AND THERE IS NO TEAM... WHY???
Typing in all caps is bad manners. --24.93.147.82 03:35, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
Talk:Asad Ullah (detainee)

message: This article is not written in neutral langauge, but more importantly, is this a non-notable subject?  Joaquin Murietta 04:01, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed the POV notice. It is within policy to state a point of view, as long as the context of the article balances that point of view. Criticism of U.S. military is not POV in itself, as long as that criticism takes place within a balanced article. The subject of this article may be notable enough by the fact that there are newspaper articles about him. If we find we have a lot of stub articles about Guantanamo-Bay detainees, we should merge them into a decent single article. I've rewritten the article, so that all claims are sourced (even saying "s.o. said..." is sufficient not to make it the opinion of the article. The stories surrounding Asadullah are confusing, and I've based my information mainly on the Guardian's reports. There are different things said about Asadullah's age, and so I've gone for the conservative estimates. One measure of a sources ability to understand the facts is their not giving him the surname Rahman! --Gareth Hughes 16:36, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: AfD? Clean up? 

message: I edited the article, removing the warlord's alleged affiliation/unaffiliation with Al-Queda because I didn't see anything in the articles cited about that, and changed the sexual slavery to before he was arrested (as it says in an article).
Epsoul 16:28, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edits 

message: What is the source for the name that is used now? After carefully evaluating the sources in the article and multiple secondary sources from search results. I plan to move the article to Asad Ullah. Any objection? IQinn (talk) 11:04, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: No objection after month. Renamed to Asad Ullah (detainee) as Asad Ullah has been occupied. IQinn (talk) 05:52, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  move 

message: Why is the category "Children kept in captivity" listed on this page?  He is either 20/21 or 25/26 depending upon which sources are correct.  Someone over the age of 20 is not considered a child.
Furthermore, I'm wondering why the subject's infobox declares he was born in 1989 (and that he's 20/21) years old when this, as stated in the first paragraph of the article, has not been definitively settled?
BWH76 (talk) 11:59, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Age questions
Talk:Pure Imagination

message: Not sure if it's the actual melody or something largely based upon it, but the piano melody in You Are The Moon on The Hush Sound's 2006 album Like Vines should be mentioned in the Adaptations section of this page. Third (talk) 21:16, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: You Are The Moon by The Hush Sound

message: This thing where you never post the lyrics of a song is atrocious.  Or is there some ridiculous legal reason for it?66.102.65.42 (talk) 22:49, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, the Powers That Be at Wikipedia are paranoid about copyright violations, to the point where they won't allow lyrics to be posted, despite the fact that no one ever actually SELLS lyrics to songs, so it can't possibly hurt the financial interests of the copyright owners.  I can understand not posting an actual song, but just the lyrics?  By themselves, they have no commercial value, so what's the problem?  If I were an owner of the rights to a song, I naturally wouldn't want people file-sharing it and giving my product away.  But the lyrics?  Publicize them all you want -- that's not where the money is.  Hell, it might even generate some interest and boost my recording sales!  But what do I know?  I'm just an ordinary person using common sense. Captain Quirk (talk) 22:32, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  "portion of lyrics" 

message: Go to YouTube and search for the title The Most Beautiful Song EVER Written For Film ( Charles Cornell ).  2600:1011:B048:906C:0:C:5965:E501 (talk) 01:19, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  A very interesting critical review by Charles Cornell
Talk:Physical comedy

message: "...is very rarely subtle, but a clownesk exploitation of the most primordial medium..."''
What is "clownesk" ? Googling this word seems to only turn up some Scandinavian hits, and not much else. Did the author instead intend to use "clownesque" here? Dxco 04:17, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the write meant 'clownesque', which is still not a word.  I've fixed it. Proto::► 15:42, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: "Clownesk"

message: Rob Petrie, Chuck Parker, Ace Ventura, Cosmo Kramer, Screech Powers and Steve Urkel aren't comedians; they're characters played by comedians. And why do some of the names on the list need to have specific characters listed at all? It's not as though Rob Petrie is the only character Dick Van Dyke ever played using physical comedy (and likewise for most of the others).   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.63.104.94 (talk) 03:16, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Example list

message: I propose this article to be merged with the Slapstick article. There are a lot of information on this article that is much the same in the slapstic artible, and hence rebundant. In my opinion, the two articles will be more informative and detailed when merged.
Please tell me what you people think.222.103.153.211 (talk) 10:35, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge proposal 

message: How can an entry on pratfalls (among other topics) omit Chevy Chase?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.193.171.216 (talk) 20:55, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pratfalls 

message: Rowan Atkinson? Alexia Kenneth12 (talk) 15:09, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: You don't think he should be listed? --McGeddon (talk) 15:26, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comedians  

message: Funny faces are not necessarily considered physical comedy. It's more specific for mime or clowning.
I'm impressed 41.116.92.237 (talk) 16:07, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: hello you blocked me YOU!!!!!! 41.116.92.237 (talk) 16:08, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Funny Faces
Talk:LÉ Ciara

message: Article reassessed and graded as start class. --dashiellx (talk) 18:46, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008 
Talk:Abdul Salam Al-Shehri

message: Replaced transcluded image with inline image -  tag as per dispute on Template talk:Combatant Status Review Tribunal trailer image and caption.  Geo Swan 14:52, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Replaced transcluded image with inline image - {{tl|npov}} tag as per dispute on [[Template talk:Combatant Status Review Tribunal trailer image and caption]]

message: I am responding to a comment made in the section above, and various threads elsewhere, that OARDEC documents are "questionable", and can't be considered WP:RS.
As for whether the OARDEC documents are "questionable".  If you mean that the documents contain allegations that may turn out to be  based on forged documents, unreliable paid informants, simple cases of mistaken identity, I will agree, they may.  The Department of Energy may make estimates of oil reserves that turn out to be unreliable.  Similarly the Environmental Protection Agency, HUD, HEW, DOC might all publish information that turns out to be unreliable.  There might even be corrupt officials who would knowingly publish false information because they were bribed.  How do we deal with the possibility that officials may publish incorrect information?  If there are other references, other WP:RS, which challenge those official documents, we can cite those other WP:RS as well.  Sometimes it could be the official sources who have the true scoop, and the challengers, even charming and intelligent challengers who are mistaken.  I know you are bored with me reminding you of WP:NPOV and WP:VER.  But if it is really not our job to pass judgment on the credibility of WP:RS, then is it useful to keep calling the OARDEC documents "questionable"?  

What are the choices open to a wikipedia contributor who is confident that all the WP:RS open to us on a particular topic, are wrong?  I think our choices are (1) try to keep our reservations to ourself, and neutrally cover what the WP:RS say; or (2) sit out working on those topics until new WP:RS are published that agree with our personal opinion.  I try to neutrally cover what the WP:RS say, even when I personally disagree with them.  Geo Swan (talk) 03:42, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Are OARDEC documents "questionable"?
Talk:Michael Jackson's Thriller (music video)

message: Is there any consensus for this edit? I disagree with mentioning all visual references to Thriller.-- Dewritech (talk)  12:47, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: It should be avoided per WP:POPCULTURE. Popcornfud (talk) 14:38, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

text: Um, Visual? Have you actually watched the video? Don't just pull random stuff from thin air. Apart from the visual, the storyline and the music is very similar to the original song.123.103.210.114 (talk) 09:58, 12 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Consensus? 

message: What does "Sales: 900,000" in the gross field of the infobox represent? There is text in the Michael Jackson's Thriller (music video)#Development that reads "Landis and Jackson conceived a short film shot on 35mm film with the production values of a feature film, with a budget of $900,000, much larger than any previous music video." and a tagged reference to Griffin.
Is the 900k "Sales" referencing this budget? AldezD (talk) 02:35, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox, gross/sales fields 

message: This category needs removing likely, because a werewolf is a different creature to a werecat. Maybe a category for werecats instead.2A00:23C7:ED18:A301:15ED:C2A8:55CE:5636 (talk) 23:11, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Werewolf films
Talk:SM90 Phantom

message: I cannot, after several days worth of research, find any information, other than quotes that are cited from this stub, that there is such a thing as an eagle arms SM90 9mm SMG. Period.
You'll have to tell that to the Smithsonian Collection, as they are the holders of one. 47.202.100.162 (talk) 02:34, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
Talk:Golden angle

message: I have rewritten the article significantly in order to explain why phi^2 golden angles fit in a circle.  In the process, I added a algebraic derivation of the golden angle(without knowing phi) as well as a tidbit about the golden angle showing up in nature. Superm401 | Talk 04:46, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Good idea.  I also changed the lead explanation to be hopefully more clear. Dicklyon 03:16, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

message: This article might perhaps mention the fact that many analog clocks that are on display to be sold are set to around 2:50 or 10:10 so that the minute and hour hands form the golden angle. 132.162.218.82 (talk) 21:12, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clocks for sale
Talk:Knut Selberg

message: Edits Edits Edits - I sumbled upon this article as nominated for cleanup and indeed it does.  I did about 20 minutes work on it adding links and removing some of the bad grammar but there is a lot more to do on this and I will get back to it.  It needs additions like
* Make it less like a CV and more like a Bio
* Links to the architecture with photographs (some Norwegians may help here)
* The overall layout is a bit loose and I am new to WP so would need to study this a bit more.
* some more background information on Knut -
Is "Dip Arch" an abbreviation for "Diploma in Architecture"?  I expanded it that way but I'm not sure I have the title correct. RJFJR 22:51, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Category talk:Knowledge

message: The French interwiki link was removed because it was wrong (supposedly) (). Brian Jason Drake 04:50, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  French interwiki link 

message: Ethology is behaviourism; more or less the antithesis of cognitive science and cognition. Perhaps it belongs here because it is the opposite side of the argument? I tend to think not, though. Anarchangel (talk) 21:02, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  ethology 

message: "Knowledge" is inside "Learning" which is INSIDE "Education". It seems totally nonsensical to then have "Education" inside "knowledge" as this creates an infinite loop. Any thoughts on this?Nozzleberry (talk) 11:46, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remove "Education" from this category
Talk:Nocardia

message: Bold text1. N. transvelencesis
2. N. farcinica
3. N. nova
4. N. brasiliensis
5. N. asteroids
6. N. pseudobrasiliensis
7. N. africana
8. N. veterana
9. N. brevicatena
10. N. paucivorans
11. N. otitidiscavarium
12. N. vaccinii
13. N.cerradoensis
14. N. elegans
15 N. nigiitansis  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.94.97.161 (talk) 08:24, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: In the first paragraph the article says Nocardia has 85 species and below that it has 30 species. And what is the meanig of " two conserved signature indels consisting of a 1 amino acid deletion in the alpha subunit of acetyl coenzyme A"? I think it could be an enzyme but acetyl CoA is not an enzyme and it is not made of amino acids.--Miguelferig (talk) 20:17, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I've understood now with the last edition. It was acetyl CoA carboxylase but the name was incomplete. Thanks.Miguelferig (talk) 17:41, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  ==Total Name of species==
Talk:Disappearance of Iraena Asher

message: I propose that the deletion of this article be again considered.  There are many far more important things to be covered in Wikipedia than the disappearance of one unknown girl.203.184.41.226 (talk) 05:07, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Well it has been trough the AfD fairly recently and no major changes to claim it isnt notable has happened. If anything recent events provide for further notability with an inquest surrounding her disappearance.--BabbaQ (talk) 12:04, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deletion
Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Holden Dapenor

message: This is pretty much true, I have heard of the story of holden dapenor before, it is a local kind of thing ;). 
It is mainly verbal, not documented.
-l231d. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.5.197.185 (talk • contribs) 05:30, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
Talk:Cash balance plan

message: Whoever added the NPOV tag, please explain. --Woohookitty 05:30, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: * User:BlankVerse added it, you might want to ask them. — Wackymacs 09:15, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: NPOV tag

message: The section about Age Discrimination Cases contains "...as I discussed above..." (emphasis mine). Surely this is so blatant a sign of an NPOV or NOR problem that it burns right through your eyelids? JIP | Talk 11:55, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Age Discrimination Cases 

message: Sorry, help a silly person like me — what's a current event about this? MJSkia1 20:20, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The Seventh Circuit has just reversed the District Court in the IBM case. Erisa Goss 20:21, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Current event? 

message: Disclaimer: Despite being a pension actuary, I'm not coming at this article with a bias or an axe to grind. Here are a few of my problems with this article:
* From its second sentence, this article assumes that the reader is already familiar with, or an expert in, US pension systems. It breezily throws out phrases (such as "Although it works much like a defined contribution plan, it is actually a defined benefit plan for legal purposes.") that might be cocktail chatter at an actuarial meeting but aren't helpful in an encyclopedia. Name "it", explain how "it" works, with pay credits and interest credits (which aren't mentioned until the middle of the article), and then describe its similarities to a DC plan but legal status as a DB plan -- perhaps defining what those animals are for the non-expert reader.
::In fact the context is a problem altogether because it supposes that Wikipedia is written specifically for a US audience. It's like having an article on "Government" that describes details of the US government as though that was all there was to government, and without even mentioning the United States in the article. —Largo Plazo 21:00, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've address the issues raised, and removed the NPOV template, please use  for sections or  for sentences, then detail issues here. This will help address them in a timely manner. - RoyBoy 02:06, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV, Cleanup, and Sources 
File talk:Male Emperor Gum Moth.jpg

message: Someone wrote that this picture is of an Helena Gum Moth, rather than of an Emperor Gum Moth.  After looking at these two sites:  http://www.usyd.edu.au/macleay/larvae/satu/eucaly.html and http://www.usyd.edu.au/macleay/larvae/satu/helen.html I decided the picture is probably of an Emperor Gum Moth.  However, I have no expertise in this area.
The wing shape of O. eucalypti is much more pronouncedly falcate than O. helena, which is the pictured species. Also the eyespots in this picture are the size of O. helena, and nowhere near as big as those present in O. eucalypti. You may also notice that the rear wing size is too large to be O. eucalypti, but corresponds to O. helena.
I think it ought to be moved to a page of its own or removed from here. Unfortunately I don't have any non-copyright images of O. eucalypti.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.217.6.9 (talk) 03:49, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Limpkin

message: I removed listed site, there are dozens, if not hundreds, of places this bird can be seen. jimfbleak 17:12, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Fair 'nuff -- just trying to find appropriate places to link this new article.  — Catherine\talk 20:22, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge]]

message: According to the article They walk slowly with a gait described as "slightly undulating" and "giving the impression of lameness or limping",[11] "high-stepping",[8] or "strolling" but according to Birds of North America, “Limp,” from which name is popularly claimed to have originated, certainly not typical behavior and never seen by some long-term observers (Ingalls 1972, DCB).. I'll check HBW tomorrow, but this is a somewhat puzzling discrepancy. Sabine's Sunbird  talk 05:09, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Putting the limp in Limpkin 

message: Are there any good sources that link the Argentine myth to the limpkin beyond just the name? Sabine's Sunbird  talk 18:17, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Carau]] 

message: Today I found an injured limpkin bird in front of target store in Lake Worth, Texas he had a broken leg and wing. Looked like his tail was broken too. I think he may have been waiting to die, because he didn't seem to care when it got extremely close to him. I really felt bad for him. I dont know how I could help him..
Anyway,now you know they're in texas too 47.4.61.130 (talk) 04:45, 12 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pumpkin also live in Texas
Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/List of theme songs

message: Dude's Speedy was discounted as a Speedy since he didn't give a reason under WP:CSD, but it was counted as a Delete. For the sake of simplicity, the Delete/Create New Categories were also counted as a Delete, bringing the total to 7.
There were a total 11 valid votes (66.151.126.81 was a good will sockpuppet, i'll contact her after this)
7/11=63.6%
My bare minimum for consensus is 66%. Consensus was not reached, even with the combination of the delete and recategorize camps.Karmafist 06:04, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Tally Explanation
Talk:As is

message: Doesn't "as is" refer also to items that are offered in other ways than by being sold? I mean, don't you say "this software is provided 'as is' without fee, with no warranties express or implied [etc]"? If this is indeed the case, please modify the contents of this article to properly reflect that 'as is' is not restricted to sold items, but can also be applied to free items, items offered under a certain license that restricts their usage, etc.
Gyll (talk) 23:26, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. The first few paragraphs of the article, without expressly saying so, appears to explicate the use of "as is" in transactions in goods under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code. See UCC 2-316(3)(a) (2005 official text). So the text should be sectioned into the various types of transactions i.e. goods, nontanngible property, real estate. I'll take a crack at it shortly. Ellsworth (talk) 03:06, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Question