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Talk:Lovefool

message: Surely in the case of the Cardigans, "international success" means "outside Sweden" not "outside the United States?"  Discussing its US success and then going on to discuss its "international" success is bizarre. john k (talk) 19:01, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: International success means success in more than one country, regardless of country of origin. --JHP (talk) 03:23, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  International success? 

message: it was a strategy in the US at that time not to release singles with potential in order to push album sales
a single CD at that time cost 3,99 USD  and that album 18,99 USD 
and it was good for the albums sales. The album sold more than 1 million copies  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.203.233.85 (talk) 19:02, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  NOT RELEASED IN THE USA AS SINGLE to force album sales
Talk:Cave and Basin National Historic Site

message: I have removed text and link to Upper Hot Springs, as these two facilities are not the same. Ian mckenzie 07:05, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: After rewriting much of it, I have taken the liberty of reassessing this article from Stub to C, because I don't think it should (or can) be expanded as much as other topics. I look forward to feedback, because there are many other short articles that are currently Stub-class that I think should be elevated. Ian mckenzie (talk) 21:10, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
Talk:WREK

message: I think there are several ways this article could be expanded.  Perhaps someone currently at WREK with access to the History binder (does that still exist?) could help:
* Mention of the Live@WREK CD release
* Notable interviews and live performances
* Community activities, notable WREK sponsored shows, etc
* WREKology?
* Mentions in the press, such as Jon Kincaid's Best DJ in creative loafing whatever year that was
* The WREK logo, photos of the studio (especially the coliseum studio; the 360 view from the Live@WREK liner notes would be great)
Pokerriot 19:44, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Additional Content Ideas 

message: I was personally on the group of people meeting for this, but can someone please cite the source for where they found such information.
Also, 
"Harris Corporation has graciously donated it's prospective profits on the sale by offering to provide the transmitter "at cost"."
Seems to be violating the NPOV stance. Centrisian (talk) 09:53, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: NEW TRANSMITTER
Talk:Sand table

message: Pardon the mess, I am learning as I go. if you have nay suggestions please feel free to mention them Piratetm 07:06, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment

message: I am unsure of the appropriateness of including Ghubar in this article.  I have found no references to "ghubar table" (other than Wikipedia) and quite clearly the Arabic word transliterated to "ghubar" means "sand".  Surely there is an Arabic word for "sand table" and a section with the transliteration of that word (or words) with references would be appropriate in this article.
The reference cited for this section is only marginally reliable and does not support the assertion that "ghubar" means "sand table" but refers to "ghubar" numberals as the origin of Arabic numerals.
::The The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive is "only marginally reliable"?  What an odd statement. mfc
I am inclined to delete this section unless there is substantive argument otherwise.
::Similar references appear in mosts of the text on numarals, e.g., Ifrah (Universal History of numbers).  I think the relevance to sand table is very high -- the numerals are well-designed for writing in sand (rather than carving in stone, for example). mfc 15:54, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ghubar Table? 

message: I noticed that "sand table" and "terrain model" are used interchangeably in this article, however, its my understanding as a Marine that sand tables are specifically tables full of sand used in a classroom  or command setting while terrain models are made of the earth and used in the field for combat exercises and operations. I'm not sure if this a Marine thing or not so I'll leave the page unedited. But if I'm right, I think the page should be clarified to distinguish between the two. Zammitj1 (talk) 18:13, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sand Table vs Terrain Model
Talk:South Haven, Michigan

message: I edited the flywheelers section. Please do not advertise on wikipedia. If you want to create a page devoted to your organization, please do so. The cultural section NEEDS to be expanded further. Local events wouldbe a good addition to this section.Blueboxbandit 07:06, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Flywheelers

message: I took out the bit about the skate park seeing it is no longer there.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.218.54.38 (talk) 21:46, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Skate Park
Talk:José Méndez

message: There seems to be a discrepancy re: Mendez's date of birth. Seamheads/B-R/HOF list it at 1885 while the SABR Bio lists it at 1887. I imagine new info was uncovered but SABR may be slow to update. Rgrds. --Bison X (talk) 16:55, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birth date
Talk:Musk lorikeet

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Talk:Magpie goose

message: Um, I'm not sure if I'm missing something, but I dont't think this page actually every explains why this variety of goose is so unique.--Screenmaster16 21:00, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Mel Bosser

message: It's my understanding of WP:BIO that professional athletes are generally notable, regardless of how long ago the player lived. Thus, I've deprodded this article; if you disagree take it to WP:AfD. BryanG(talk) 07:12, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deprod 

message: MLB.com, baseball-reference.com, retrosheet, and fangraphs all list 1914 as his year of birth. The Baseball Cube lists 1920. I have retained 1914 in the article.
Bob305 (talk) 14:52, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Year of birth
Talk:Noisy friarbird

message: According to xeno-canto, there are two sub-species of the noisy friarbird, but this page doesn't discuss them. https://www.xeno-canto.org/species/Philemon-corniculatus
Jamesray1 (talk) 05:00, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Subspecies 

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Talk:Pacific reef heron

message: "The species displays an unusual, non-sexual dimorphism, with some members having entirely white plumage and others (the larger portion) being charcoal-grey."
Unusual?  It's also true of Dimorphic Heron, Reddish Egret, Western Reef Heron, even Great Blue Heron in part.  Should be rephrased or put in context.
Also the quip about camouflage should be sourced.Mare Nostrum 14:55, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dimorphism "unusual" and camouflage rationale 

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Talk:Formal ontology

message: Ontology is defined in Wikipedia as the "study of existence". Yet here, Formal Ontology is defined as an ontology modeled by algorithms. This is a completely different use of the word ontology. The former is a verb, the act (ie. process) of studying something. The later is a noun, which is undefined either here or in wikipedia. What is an ontology as used in the sentence "Formal Ontology is defined as an ontology modeled by algorithms"?
Ontology could be better defined in wikipedia as a discipline that studies approaches to represent items (concepts) of reality (for realists) ( or existence in a broader view) and the relations that might exist between them. An often used definition (from which you will become no wiser) is 'an explicit specification of thge conceptualisation of a domain'.
But on your comment, the former is not a verb, one cannot 'ontology', (I ontology, you ontology), just as philosophy or anatomy are not verbs, they are nouns.
A formal ontology is just a type of ontology which uses some very explicit (realist) guidelines to categorise & relate concepts in order to ensure/keep an independent view on reality. To elaborate a little more: ontology can both refer to the discipline that studies models of reality, as well as to the model itself. It might be that you associate the first with 'verbs' and the second with a 'noun'. Daviddecraene 17:53, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Definition
Talk:Australasian grebe

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Talk:Nankeen kestrel

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message: just wondering, maybe 4 large pictures is too much for such a short article? 
maybe one or two can be removed or they can be made a gallery
Ice Truck Killer (talk) 16:06, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  too many pictures?
Talk:Antenor (mythology)

message: I didn't think Antenor criticizes Helen's opinion of Odysseus. In my version of the text (a Fagles translation), Antenor seems to agree with her, saying that Odysseus is intimidating, with words like a "driving winter blizzard." So, I think that should be changed. 129.2.129.102 (talk) 15:40, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: Antenor was a diplomat who tried to defuse tensions which led to abduction of Helen. Lamedon (father of Priam and Esione) mistreated the Argonauts. Their revenge was to kidnap Esione and sack Troy. King Priam sent Antenor to Greece in an attempt to get his sister back. He was repulsed which severely increased tension between Greece and Troy.Confessio Amantis V.7225-7323Rdmoore6 (talk) 18:54, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Antenor as diplomat

message: I am restoring the old version as this version
uses to many loaded words such as:
 -seducer Paris
 -gorgeous Helen
opinionated writing:
 -Some believe and feel that whereas war arouses enthusiasm, giving opportunity for courage and glory to come forth, peace tends to cause boredom, its demands being less challenging. Yet, war brings death and destruction, and that is why the desire of a peaceful settlement, makes its way even into the hearts of those who are more eager to fight
 -So, while the Trojan youths mainly spent their time attending love and war, as youth often does
the article also has a severe lack of sources.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dondoolee (talk • contribs) 21:00, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Restoring

message: Right now the article cribs these "sources" listed by the EB11:
*Homer, Iliad, Book III, lines 148, 203, 262; Book VII, l. 347.
*Horace, Epp. I. 2. 9.
*Pindar, Pythia, V. 83.
These should be reformatted into inline citations at the appropriate places in the article. — LlywelynII 16:11, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources for article expansion
Talk:Black-faced woodswallow

message: Just wonder about the veracity of the statement "It is the most widespread species in the family Artamidae", could Ashy or White-breasted Woodswallow not have larger ranges? Aviceda  talk 10:25, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Most Widespread Species? 

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Talk:Brown quail

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Talk:List of birds of the Torres Strait Islands

message: I'd like to suggest that this page be moved to List of birds of Torres Strait Islands. All of Wikipedia's other lists of birds for geographical areas start "List of birds of...". Is there really any reason that this one should be different? MeegsC (talk) 16:25, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: None I can think of. Support proposed move. —  Jts1882 | talk  17:00, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

text: Do it. Craigthebirder (talk) 18:00, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

text: I boldly did it. I've done similar moves before without objections and I felt bold. Feel free to revert if I was over bold. SchreiberBike | ⌨  19:29, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rename?
Talk:Abbott's booby

message: There are a lot of dodgy statements in this article.   A stand-out example:  It says these birds live up to 40 years,   and then says that 120 years spans three generations.   This is nonsensical.   Humans can live up to 100 years, and even longer,  but we don't say that 300 years spans three human generations.  In human populations,  looking at the typical age difference of an individual and its grand-parent,   thats about 40 to 60 years,  not 300 years.Eregli bob (talk) 14:21, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dodgy claims 

message: *this to read and add later Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:19, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bookmark
Talk:Buff-banded rail

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message: New Guinea is the northern portion of mainland Papua New Guinea. Does the banded rail occur only in that region of PNG? If not then perhaps a correction could be made. Apault (talk) 06:13, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Guinea 

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Talk:Powerful owl

message: Can someone explain what it means by "and is known to frequent Tong's pad."? Is that vandalism? Throb 06:34, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the Tong's pad thing was vandalism and I've just removed it. If you own the copyright on that photo and you're happy to release it under a free license, then it would be a welcome addition to this article. It's best to upload it at commons.wikimedia.org so that it can be used by all Wikimedia projects. Angela.  —Preceding comment was added at 16:02, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Vandalism

message: I have a problem with adopting the name "Boobook" for the three large Ninox owls (Powerful, Rufous and Barking OWL). I am not aware of any field guide or reference work that uses "Boobook" for these species. I have never seen these names used in the scientific literature and I have just finished a masters research thesis on Barking Owl, so I have looked. Nor are they adopted by the Australian list (RAOU/Birds Australia/Birdlife Australia). The major taxonomic work by Christidis and Boles (2008) does  not use the name. Even other locations on Wikipedia have not adopted Boobook for these species (e.g. List of birds of Australia). The three species are unlike Boobooks in size (all more than double the weight of the largest boobooks) and they are the only three owl species to show non-reversed sexual dimorphism (the males are about 10% larger than the females). In short, the IOC list seems to have created the boobook names out of nothing more than a common genus. Even then they have not been consistent, with some seven species still being called "Hawk-Owl". I appreciate the value of having an internationally recognised name list but why should they be inventing new names?
Given the IOC inclusion of these species as "Boobook" the names need to appear on the page but only once and in that context. I would like to revert the three pages in question (and associated lists) but would like feedback from other contributors first. Ninox8 (talk) 12:56, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Large Ninox Owls as "Boobook"

message: And the author for  Ninox strenua is (Gould) 1838 and not at all Latham, 1802. latham is first author of Ninox connivens.--212.204.81.5 (talk) 15:32, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Author
Talk:Pied imperial pigeon

message: The distribution section in this article contradicts both the IOC (who's taxonomy we use) and the Handbook of the Birds of the World, neither have the migratory population of Cape York Peninsula and the Top End in Australia in this species. Sabine's Sunbird  talk 19:59, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Distribution
Talk:Brown thornbill

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Talk:Glossy black cockatoo

message: I've just uploaded some images and media here but have noted that the disappearing Kangaroo Island race (near Adelaide) does not appear on the range-map. Definitely worth a mention. Aviceda  talk 05:37, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kangaroo Island Subspecies 
Talk:Pied heron

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Talk:Bar-shouldered dove

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Talk:Freckled duck

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message: I am puzzled by the statement that these ducks are most easily identified by their large head and peaked crown.  Surely they are most easily identified by their distinctive pattern of freckles?  The statement can  only be true if there are other ducks of similar colour, size and habit with which they might be confused.  If this is the case, then it ought to be stated within the article e.g.  "The Freckled Duck is similar in colouration to the Speckled Duck, the Spotted Duck and the Spangled Duck.  It is most easily identified by its large head and peaked crown." 
Amandajm (talk) 04:44, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Question