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Talk:Fences (play)

message: Does Fences really "examine race relations"? There's not even a single white person in the play. Maxson is poor; that's about as much as you can say "race relations" are touched upon in this play. Fences is a good play, but let's not pretend it's a critique of racism just because it's centered around African-Americans and written by an African-American author. That's pretty stereotypical, is it not?
:In answer to this comment. Yes Fences does really portray the effects of racism in that era. And it is not necessary to write in a white part to give validity to the racism being apparent. Apparently, the arrogance of this statement shows the overt superior state of mind to address an African American playwright as not qualified to speak on the behalf of African Americans. Thank God there are whites that appreciate being able to get a look into the window of the African American life, without dissention and animosity about not being included.
:Also, fuck being poor does not have anything to do with race relations. And yes the effect of a racist society does.
the humanity!the humanaty
Ok, give ONE example as to how it portrays the effects of racism in that era.  I agree with post #1, just because the characters are African-American doesnt mean its actually about race.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.108.157.77 (talk) 16:55, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment

message: How was this significant part of the play (and movie) not included in this article? I have added it.  Peter K Burian (talk) 14:54, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  What about Troy's affair with Alberta and his daughter that Rose agrees to raise? 
Talk:Knickerbocker Holiday

message: On YouTube there's a video from (presumably the film of) this featuring the flamenco stars Sabicas and Carmen Amaya.
Does anyone know anything about this?  Paul Magnussen (talk) 18:40, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flamenco in the film? 
Talk:Donnybrook!

message: I am wondering lately what the word donnybrook is used for.
"On the one hand, it’s a classic English literary donnybrook, full of punchy insults like Eagleton’s claim that Amis was taking after his curmudgeonly father, Kingsley Amis, whom he characterized as a “racist, anti-Semitic boor, a drink-sodden, self-hating reviler of women, gays and liberals.”  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.0.108.63 (talk) 12:18, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Usage
Talk:Earl of Halsbury

message: I can't find any proof for this "The heir presumptive to the earldom is the earl's third cousin twice removed, a resident of Canada."Alci12 17:53, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's impossible in any event - third cousins share a great-great-grandparent (and so third cousins twice removed share an ancestor who is one's great-great-grandparent and the other's great-great-great-great-grandparent), and the 1st Earl was only the 4th Earl's great-grandfather, so any male-line third cousins the late 4th Earl did have would be descendants of the 1st Earl's father and so not in line to the titles. Proteus (Talk) 18:14, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
Talk:Sue Savage-Rumbaugh

message: I copied this from the main page; it was under the research section:
"This article needs to include information about Savage-Rumbaugh's work with Lucy the chimpanzee.  See the Wikipedia article about Lucy and the book by the psychologist who ran an unscientific and ethically questionable experiment with Lucy.  Savage-Rumbaugh was involved as a graduate student.  The accounting of this "experiment" is in the following book:  Temerlin, Maurice. (1976) Lucy: Growing Up Human: A Chimpanzee Daughter in a Psychotherapist's Family."
This seems to be a better place for it Truefantastic (talk) 00:15, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  stray suggestion 

message: This article is one of at least 16 articles on Wikipedia primarily about the fascinating but controversial subject of Great ape language. These articles have been created independently and contain much interesting but uncoordinated information, varying levels of NPOV, and differences in categorization, stubbing, and references. Those of us working on them should explore better coordinating our efforts so as to share the best we have created and avoid unnecessary duplication. I have somewhat arbitrarily put the list of 16 articles on Talk:Great ape language and would encourage us to informally coordinate efforts there. Martinp 17:54, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Multiple articles on great ape language 

message: There is no proof n source for the folowing info:For example, the cognitive scientist Steven Pinker strongly criticized the position of Savage-Rumbaugh and others in his award-winning The Language Instinct, arguing that Kanzi and other non-human primates failed to grasp the fundamentals of language. If there is no reputable source, i will delite that soon. --93.184.26.78 (talk) 11:15, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: At least it needs some clear facts n explanations for that just general n not scientifical statement. --93.184.26.78 (talk) 11:18, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proof n source of data 
Talk:Interconnector (North Sea)

message: Almost all of the content on this page appears to have been lifted from:
* www.interconnector.com/company/Background.htm and
* www.interconnector.com/PhysicalOps/IUKSystem.htm.
The last paragraph was added later, however.
I've moved it to a new temporary article at Interconnector/Temp. --David Edgar 17:55, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Copyright violation?
Talk:XFM Manchester

message: Bearing in mind that Xfm is available in FM across London, Manchester, and much of Scotland, and as DAB across much of the UK; is Xfm just a minor station? Y control 14:39, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd say this depends on listener numbers more than anything else. Matthew 18:36, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: However it's not the same XFM available everywhere. XFM Manchester is only available in Manchester on FM and the surrounding area on DAB. In comparison XFM London is available across a much larger area (eg. XFM Midlands, XFM West etc). XFM is a network, XFM Manchester is a minor station. --Tdg1986 15:14, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  A Major Station/Network? 
Talk:Constitution of Haiti

message: This page should be formatted better, the blue boxes aren't good for legibility. 4.237.208.238 17:58, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: format

message: Can anyone corroborate the part of this section that says "It also included plans to import black slaves and free them like indentured slaves."  I am wondering if this relates to article 17 of the constitution on the introduction of cultivators. It seems pretty clear that the cultivators in question are plantation owners and managers, many of whom had fled.  I can't find anything anywhere about importing indentured laborers, black or otherwise. Pen Lewins (talk) 19:55, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Constitution of 1801 
Talk:Natalie Merchant

message: This article states: "Merchant says she did not have a television set between 1988 and 1989" This sounds nutty. Is it a typo? Vandalism?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:801:380:63E0:3988:E1F6:798A:32BC (talk) 18:10, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: No TV for year - how deprived...
Talk:Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture

message: That was quick, I only created :Category:Mathematics fiction books half an hour ago, and its already being populated, good stuff. Quite a fun book BTW. --Salix alba (talk) 18:07, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Who is this novel's publisher?
How many editions were printed?
Has the novel been dramatized in film form yet?    Dexter Nextnumber (talk) 21:45, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The publishers, both US and UK, are listed in the article. The lack of a film reference would lead to the assumption that there's no movie version, although if we're wrong we've love to know. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 23:00, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Book review needs more citations
Talk:Loulis

message: During this five-year period, Loulis learned over 50 signs entirely by observing and interacting with other chimpanzees  . He uses these signs to regulary engage in and initiate conversation with both chimpanzees and humans . 
I'm not convinced that there are studies that show this Chimp engaged in conversation. - FrancisTyers 18:07, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Removed pending citation

message: This article is one of at least 16 articles on Wikipedia primarily about the fascinating but controversial subject of Great ape language. These articles have been created independently and contain much interesting but uncoordinated information, varying levels of NPOV, and differences in categorization, stubbing, and references. Those of us working on them should explore better coordinating our efforts so as to share the best we have created and avoid unnecessary duplication. I have somewhat arbitrarily put the list of 16 articles on Talk:Great ape language and would encourage us to informally coordinate efforts there. Martinp 18:02, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Multiple articles on great ape language
Talk:Stambovsky v. Ackley

message: Great article. Is there any information on what has happened to the house since the court case? —Cuiviénen,  Wednesday, 15 March 2006 @ 19:42 (UTC)
*Thanks.  The only information I could find about the house after the lawsuit is here. - Jersyko·talk 19:46, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Earlier comments

message: I just reverted an edit by User:DeWitt.  It appears in this edit he reverted the article back his version of 2007 with a slight change.  There have been several anonymous edits in between of questionable value but there have been referenced edits (mine included) as well as maintenance edits that go knocked out so I'm reverted all of DeWitt's edit. 17:12, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Comparing 2007 and 2009 versions

message: : It is sometimes called the "Ghostbusters case", a reference to the author rhetorically asking "who you gonna call" to resolve a haunting.
Before looking at the article, I thought, sure, there's a (purported) haunting so naturally jokes were made about Ghostbusters; no explanation necessary.  After reading the above sentence, I understand less than I did before!  If "the author" means the judge (Israel Rubin) who wrote the decision, the article ought to say something about the context of the quotation.  If "the author" means the scriptwriter (Aykroyd+Ramis), the article ought to say something about how that specific phrase is relevant; I don't see anything in the story about any attempt to remove the ghosts. —Tamfang (talk) 03:22, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: what's the opposite of clarification?

message: Can someone take a photo and upload a photo of the Ackley house to Wikimedia be used in the article? Sfar13 (talk) 09:17, 25 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo of Ackley house.
Talk:Right to keep and bear arms

message: The text of 2016-01-18T07:44:01 seems to offer the best overall summary. The text introduced in 2020-03-10T20:54:28 is not really about the United States specifically and in fact was cut-and-pasted from the general "Background" section.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jsnx (talk • contribs) 23:55, 29 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Text of USA Section 

message: The background part made sense years ago when the whole article was UK/US specific. In the current form it however doesn't make much sense (especially as Czech Wenceslaus Agreement of 1517 precedes the Bill of Rights of 1689 by more than a century and half). How about moving the background information to UK/US section? Or rewriting the background into "history" that would cover more than just UK/US? Cimmerian praetor (talk) 10:44, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move backgroun to UK/US section 

message: I find the sourcing to be very weak, including from the NRA and the GOA in the lead, among other glaring problems, such as the dubious interpretation/extrapolation of British common law, and Czech rules. the article was created 21 years ago and appears to be in a state of neglect. even the title kinda suggests a POV agenda.
in coming days, I plan to tag weak sources in the hope they can be improved to ensure this controversial topic is adequately supported by solid sources. I think the article should be formally designated as WP:CTOP.
if significant improvement is not made, the article might reasonably be considered as a candidate for deletion. that might ignite a firestorm of protest, so I hope some better sourcing might preclude such a development. soibangla (talk) 02:07, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  weak sources
Talk:British Rail flying saucer

message: The article says that the flying saucer design "started as a proposal for a raiseable station platform". I can't find any evidence for this in the cited newspaper stories or patent. The patent uses the word "platform" and the newspaper stories use the phrase "lifting platform", but I think the word "platform" here is a synonym for "vehicle" - as in Hiller Flying Platform - and nothing to do with station platforms. Unless someone digs up evidence for the "raiseable station platform" theory in the next few days, I will amend the article. Gandalf61 12:19, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The expression "lifting platform" can be found in a Times article: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2083429,00.html The text and drawing in the patent refer to a platform (No. 10). This platform is a frame to which the rest of the vehicle is mounted. No station platform! Please correct the article. --Siffler 16:17, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Station Platform ??

message: According to the newspaper articles the concept was worked out by Charles Osmond Frederick, who was an engineer with the research centres of British Rail. Does any reader has any idea how to get at least some basic information on his life? --Siffler 16:17, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Biography of Charles Osmond Frederick 

message: It would have never been on time anyway.Mahakala 04:06, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: British Rail

message: Is this a nihilartikel? Wareq
:I don't know why you would say that when a set of references is provided in the article. 79.76.232.227 (talk) 18:16, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: They could have been fake references - but they aren't.  Amazingly, this is true.  Bonus points for using the word nihilartikel in an actual conversation though! SteveBaker (talk) 16:32, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Truth

message: This is good for a laugh, but I think the real reason this patent got filed in BR's name was because it was a standard condition in the BR Contract of Employment at the time that the intellectual property rights in anything you invented - even on your own time - belonged to BR. Unfortunately I no longer have my 1979 CoE with BR to check this up, but I vaguely remember being slightly scandalised by that condition, even though it was never likely to affect me! -- Arwel Parry (talk) 18:48, 27 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Good laugh

message: This article is listed in the category "manned spacecraft" which really elevates it to a status it hardly deserves. It was obviously some one's idea of a joke or fantasy and its inclusion in that category just clutters it up. Batvette (talk) 19:49, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Yup - nonsense, I've removed it, along with :Category:Interstellar travel. AndyTheGrump (talk) 19:53, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Category Error
Talk:Congress Working Committee

message: An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Cwc19. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so.  signed, Rosguill talk 18:17, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cwc19 listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]]
Talk:Doctrine of lapse

message: I think Jhansi was annexed in 1853...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.212.25.78 (talk) 08:24, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jhansi in 1853. 

message: Kittur Chennamma lost her kingdom under this doctrine in 1824. 
So how do we say that it was "articulated as early as 1834"?  NarasMG (talk) 17:22, 20 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kittur in 1824. 

message: I suspect that the model for this doctrine of lapse lies in the medieval feudal pattern, which saw subsidiary rulers as holding their land whilst their line persisted, but when the line failed, the land returned to the control of the higher level ruler, which might be the king, to be reallocated to whoever he now chose, or to be kept indefinitely. The exercise of this in India thus arises from the British East India's company's assertion of being 'suzerain'. Ender's Shadow Snr (talk) 23:26, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure. The Mughal Empire had a theory of lapse already, which however hardly ever was applied. From Shah Jahan onwards, all Mughal officers were the emperor's ‘slaves’ (banda). This did not mean bonded labour or poverty. Many of them were very rich. But it did mean that all their possessions legally were the emperor's property, and when they died, the emperor graciously permitted their heirs to inherit. Before that, the dead officer's wealth was estimated, and a great part of it returned to the state treasury, sometimes 50 %. The officers debts against the state had to be paid too. If there were no heirs, the officer's property went back to the state. Otherwise, only gross abuse of office could prevent the inheritance permit. Cf. M. Athar Ali: The Mughal Nobility Under Aurangzeb, Delhi: Oxford India Paperbacks, 1997, p. 63-68. Incompetence, however, was not a Mughal category. An officer agains whom proven complains of massive suppression of subject or misappropriation of taxes were widely heard would be fined and transferred, and only in the gravest cases degraded, but not expelled. --Curryfranke (talk) 17:30, 13 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  European feudal pattern? 

message: What was the doctrine of lapse 2409:4053:211F:27A1:E384:7561:E70E:A13E (talk) 11:33, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sst 

message: The Indian peasants became poor and debtors during the rule of the east india company because... 2405:205:C927:AD3F:0:0:818:38AD (talk) 07:54, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Social science 

message: What is your name  124.123.177.49 (talk) 13:30, 2 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  English  

message: 2409:40E6:25:D19C:8B1:2BFF:FE2C:9C3 (talk) 02:27, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  SSC entrepreneurship development 2 Dibrugarh University  

message: sec entrepreneurship development 2 2409:40E6:25:D19C:8B1:2BFF:FE2C:9C3 (talk) 02:33, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  sec entrepreneurship development 2 Dibrugarh University  

message: What do you mean by learning 2409:40E6:25:D19C:8B1:2BFF:FE2C:9C3 (talk) 02:35, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Education
Category talk:Federal Bureau of Investigation images

message: So...is it safe to assume this applies to images *released* by the FBI, for example the images of Atta?  Or only of works *created* by the FBI?  The template wording might need to be clarified. Sherurcij (talk) (Terrorist Wikiproject) 18:12, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Might have to work on the template. The images need to be "Orginized" under Sub-Categories because it's all mixed together. -- Shane (talk/contrib) 22:32, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Congress Radio

message: Voice 2409:4040:D90:67C5:1E6D:C72D:A2AC:7EA9 (talk) 17:40, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Underground Radio Centres in the Quit India movement in 1942 

message: In the lead section you have Nanik Motwane - but in the third para of Background it's Motwani. I know it's difficult to transliterate many names, but may I suggest you pick one and stick with it? Also, the lead mentions Babubhai Thakkar - but in the second sentence of the third para of Background he has become Babubhai Khakhar, and in the next sentence he's Khakar. Prisoner of Zenda (talk) 12:15, 11 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for highlighting. This is important to fix, and I will get to having a look later this afternoon. In our defence, the sources from where we picked the spellings for each of those instances had it that way. But, not making an excuse. Let's get this right. Ktin (talk) 13:10, 11 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Consistency of names
Portal talk:Technology/Selected article

message: Regarding
"Most recently the Deep Space Network is going to be used to send to and receive signals from the Pluto probe":
There are two problems with this.
1) "Most recently ... is going to ..." is not sensible.
Alternatives:
Currently ... is being, or Currently ... is going to;
Soon ... is going to, or Soon ... will;
Most recently ... was used for
2) "send to and receive signals from the Pluto probe" is
unnecessarily awkward and unparallel.
I like:
"send and receive signals to and from the Pluto probe"
67.21.48.122 18:38, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled
Category talk:Ghosts

message: Maybe there should be a separate cat for Haunted houses, castles, grave yards etc... User:Bronks
:I just added a subcategory for "Ghost sighting locations". Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 21:04, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: comments

message: Could somebody provide an entry about a paranormal creature called Continh (or Conthin, I'm not sure about the spelling)? There seems to be no info available anywhere on the net and I'm even not sure about the appearance of such a ghost in popular media but here's a vague description: A Continh is born when an evil young woman dies after being betrayed in love. It's sole purpose after this point is to take revenge by inflicting as much heartbreak, misery, and sorrow as possible on young men before finally killing them. --sys2074 03:55, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Continh? 

message: I'd like to move individual ghosts to a cat called, Individual ghosts. Then the other items can subcat easily. Thoughts? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 14:00, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Subcatting