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Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion/Proposal/Non-existent Internet entities

message: I think that MMOFPSMUD should be speedied and this discussion closed.  Minutely detailed policy is no substitute for common sense. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 20:42, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I thought speedying was something never, ever to do for something that doesn't fit the speedy criteria. ~~ N (t/c) 21:03, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

text: As i understand it, this is intended when an article about an entity claims notability on the grounds of its internet presence, and a google or similer search falis to suppor tthe claim. The proposal is that that ehould be sufficeint evidence to speedy deelte such articles. DES (talk) 19:40, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Exactly, and I've renamed it to reflect that. This does only cover entities with zero Internet presence; while those with a small but insufficient presence (like 10 Googles) are probably far more common, I think that setting any Google limit other than zero for speedy deletion is a really bad idea. ~~ N (t/c) 19:00, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
Talk:Indicial calculus

message: Would it be possible to include a reference to some book or article explaining indicial calculus? Thanks, Jitse Niesen (talk) 20:46, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not familiar with this topic, so can only do detective work. The few other edits by the original creator of this article (an IP) seem helpful (like reverting obvious vandalism). A Google Scholar search for "index calculus" (quoted) turns up apparently relevant material. Algorithms based on index calculus are frequently mentioned in cryptography, an example being this PARI/GP code. Wikipedia itself already redirects index calculus to Cyclic group#Subgroups, which has a brief but similar discussion, and there is a stub article with a reference link at Index calculus algorithm. The chosen title "Indicial Calculus" seems poor, for three reasons: (1) improper capitalization, (2) should be "Index calculus" to agree with literature, (3) confusion with tensor calculus using indices and Einstein summation and so on. Or, perhaps this should be merged with one of the two other articles. --KSmrqT 02:06, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
Talk:Nicomedes II of Bithynia

message: The point is that historians are in conflict over deciding if Nicomedes II died in 128 or in 94 and if between 149 BC and 94 BC under the same name Nicomedes do we have one king or two. The reason resides mainly in the paucity and ambiguity of the sources. Aldux 21:12, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Lefty-righty switch

message: This article was nominated for deletion. The result was no consensus. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lefty/righty switch · Katefan0(scribble) 20:57, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps merge it with "Platoon System" under a general topic like "Platoon Advantage" (since "Baseball Handedness" is too esoteric)?  That article could have a lot of material. WHPratt (talk) 15:20, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: There's no need to merge this article, it simply needs to be cleaned up to meet current standards (for example, the addition of references). Further, other articles should link to this one, as appropriate; there are currently no articles linking here. Mindmatrix 15:48, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: AFD

message: I would suggest adding something like the following as a paragraph following the one that begins "The two maneuvers sometimes occur in sequence."
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It is legal for a pinch hitter to be removed for another pinch-hitter, and this might be in response to a pitcher change. For example, in a critical situation, the home team sends up a left-handed pinch batter to face the visiting team’s right-hander. If the visiting manager calls in a lefty to pitch, the home manager might substitute another pinch hitter, this time a right-handed batter. The box score would state that Baker was “announced” to bat for Abel, but that Charles batted for Baker. In this case, Baker is out of the game, and is credited with a gamed played, but no plate appearance. This maneuver was more common when rosters featured more bench players.
[Footnote:] The team at bat is permitted to substitute for a batter whenever time out is granted between pitches. This could result in three different hitters taking one strike apiece. In this case, under Rule 9.15(b), the middle batter would be charged with striking out, the logic being that he inherited a manageable 0-1 count from the first substitute, but passed on a crippling 0-2 count to the third substitute. WHPratt (talk) 16:16, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pinch to the Second Power
Talk:My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult

message: DAMN IT! I keep forgetting Wikipedia is "CASE SENSATIVE". I entered their name with a captiliazed "The" in the search and it came up with no such article so I spent all this time adding it. I dunno, think my version is better, looks like the other is a mess and slips off topic quite a bit. Cyberia23 21:07, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
Talk:John Brown (bridge)

message: John Brown is an unknown bridge expert. At least, The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge didn't heard of he.
:He can't be unknown if he's had books published: his readers know of him. And so did all of the  Lincolnshire Contract Bridge Association, apparently. Perhaps the Official Encyclopedia of Bridge has something to learn from this encyclopedia.  :-)   —msh210 04:28, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: doesn't mean that he is necessarily notable.Tetron76 (talk) 16:28, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (OEB) did hear "of he" (sic).  See OEB Edition 1 (1964), page 53; also OEB Edition 2 (1971), page 571; also OEB Edition 3 (1976), page 597; and also OEB Edition 4 (1984), page 576. His bio is not included in the 5th and 6th Editions  of the OEB.  Also, Brown is included in The Bridge Players' Encyclopedia (1967) on page 49.  Newwhist (talk) 22:49, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: While I am not sure what impact killing defence had in the 50's there is a much better known book by Kelsey with the same title. This is at best unreferenced as to notability even referenced it may not be sufficient.Tetron76 (talk) 16:28, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems you misread the title of Brown's books; non is titled like "a much better known book by Kelsey with the same title"; I presume you meant "Killing Defence at Bridge".  For greater clarity and potential consideration as to Brown's notability, I have added the reference to the evaluation rating given by the 5th and 6th editions of the ACBL Official Encyclopedia of Bridge to Brown's book, "Winning Defence".  Newwhist (talk) 23:42, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes I had read the book title as "killing defence" The references have cleared the page up enough for me to remove the notability tag.Tetron76 (talk) 16:27, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: notability

message: Worth linking this page to his son's here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._Spencer-Brown
Son changed surname in adulthood.
Parentage can be verified from GSB's autobiography:
http://www.magick-pur.de/cms/index.php?isbn=3890943551
--5.80.65.151 (talk) 15:38, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Father of George Spencer-Brown
Talk:Blastolene Special

message: Did a big cleanup. 
Removed the stuff about the RPMs of the vehicle, it's quite low revving really (motorbikes can do 16 grand) : Gran turismo doesn't appear to have a high RPM from my searches on google: 
http://formula-1.updatesport.com/community/viewtopic.php?p=201984&sid=905023bb834e51fc6c5085377864cb7d  says it redlines at 3,500 RPM. Not 35,000 RPM.
Tracked down some other articles, improved the accuracy of the information and the layout..
NathanLee 00:11, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major tidy up 

message: I e-mailed one of the contacts at the Blastolene website and got the quick story on the cars. There are two cars. The Blastolene special (said to be styled after a Duesenberg) is the one owned by Jay Leno. The second car is the Blastolene Indy Special and is now on sale at Symbolic Motors. The wood shaping buck was removed after the aluminum was formed so the car is not partly made of wood. Rsduhamel (talk) 05:11, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  The lowdown on the cars 

message: There needs to be an article about the Blastolene company itself. They've created about eight different one-off unusual cars at this point. They've been featured on the Oregon Public Television show "Oregon ArtBeat" at least one time, too. --98.232.236.134 (talk) 01:42, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Is there enough to create one? I thought it was one guy (artist) who created the vehicles.--Scalhotrod - Just your average banjo playing, drag racing, cowboy... (talk) 19:39, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Time for a Blastonlene article!
Talk:BFM

message: ----
Rob is real, he's not a Young National, Just a Newswriter, it's just the in-joke after he told havoc he might vote for national. (preceding unsigned comment by  21:53, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: To what are you referring? I don't see any Rob mentioned on the disambiguation page. Rob Church Talk | Desk 21:56, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
Talk:Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

message: This applies to the rewritten version of the article.
This article survived an Articles for Deletion debate. The discussion can be found here. -Splashtalk 22:32, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Articles for Deletion debate

message: A number of IP editors have made great contributions to the article, some of whom have edited only this article, which might suggest a possible conflict of interest. GuardianH (talk) 03:08, 26 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  IP Editors
Talk:Pylos

message: User:Pwqn made some large edits a few months back that seem to be taken unattributed from other sources.  It would be nice if someone could properly attribute these. Gwimpey 22:46, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources 

message: The edits pushed the TOC to the end of the article. Most of that info looks good but seems somewhat disorganized, jumping back and forth between ancient and modern. Great pictures. There are a few opinionated statements, such as the miserable Greek town, which I've seen before but can't remember where. And there are a few errors, such as Nestor being from the modern Pylos. He would have been from the ancient. While we are waiting for the sources and the corrections I thought I would add some organization to what is actually there. This is only tentative, of course, and tries to follow what is there.Dave 02:34, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Organization

message: There should be an article on the ancient Pylos also, which controled much of Messenia and is the locus of the sources. It shouldn't be this article, as there is much to be said. What is said here ought to stay but another article is needed, covering archaeology, society, stories, etc.Dave 02:34, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Especially considering this: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/golden-warrior-greek-tomb-exposes-roots-western-civilization-180961441/5.34.16.116 (talk) 13:37, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Ancient Pylos

message: The paragraphs "The Historical Town" and "The Environs of Pylos" seem to have been copy/pasted from "THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE,AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION, VOL. 10, ISSUE 284, NOVEMBER 24, 1827" from project Gutenberg...
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/11407/11407.txt
Shouldn't this at least be indicated in the article? merryXIV 00:10, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources 

message: The GIS coordinates on the Pylos article are off - puts you out to sea off the port - should the coordinates be corrected to "center of town" (at  36.911338°  21.697333°) or is there a more regimented method of establishing the coordinates for a general area?
Heather  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hseneff (talk • contribs) 17:32, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  GIS location off 

message: I noticed that under the geography section, there weren't any sources detailing the settlement and the "natural irregularities of the soil. I'll see what I can find and see if there are any sources that do a good job of reviewing specific details on the geography. 
Also, on the Mycenaean/ancient Pylos section, perhaps getting some more open sourced material, especially on the population size, could be useful for future references. Jack.helms (talk) 00:48, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Geography and Mycenaean Pylos 

message: The touristic book
E. Karpodini-Dimitriadi, Il Peloponneso, EKDOTIKE ATHEMON, 1988
states that the ottomans partially sanded this pass after Lepanto. It is clear that this source is not what one desires, thus if someone is able to confirm with a good source ... 151.29.149.29 (talk) 20:14, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  sykia pass
Category talk:Sicilian saints

message: By creating a Category "Sicilian saints" and removing some from "Saints", the usefulness of the Category "Saints" is impaired, as it no longer contains all the saints. The knowledgable Wikipedia reader then falls back on "List of Saints" and the category system is by-passed. This is mere list-making without concern for the reader.--Wetman 22:48, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: 2006 comment
Talk:Dick James

message: OK, I'd like to know who cut-and-pasted the Northern Songs entry virtually word-for-word into this one?! (Radsay 22:51, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Northern Songs entry

message: Check The Beatles' miscellanea to see if there is anything in it you can use. A lot of 'miscellanea' needs to be trimmed, as connecting articles get larger, so please feel free to use anything before certain sections get zapped into the ether... ThE bEaTLeS aka andreasegde 16:30, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: The Beatles' miscellanea
Talk:Failure (band)

message: The text of this section reads like it was the most current section, prior to the reunion of Failure.   As a result, the text contains language in the present tense instead of the past tense.   It's entirely possible that some of this information is still relevant presently;  I wouldn't know those details.   Perhaps someone more familiar with the details can review this text and switch "is" to "was" where appropriate.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.196.40.17 (talk) 15:29, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Section titled "1997-2013: Post-breakup work" 

message: Ken Andrews and Greg Edwards released a compilation & rarities album called "Essentials", available only (I think) on CDBaby. I haven't seen an article about it; is there a reason for it (ie. its availabity?), or can I make it? --189.169.135.29 00:11, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  New compilation album? 
Talk:Malise Ruthven

message: Does anyone know the correct pronounciation of his name? Bastie 23:18, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Interesting, Irish apparently. Bastie 17:13, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Mainly a TODO list for memory or anyone interested:
* Article contains unsourced WP:BLP information
* Some redundancy, much of the Writer section is redundant with the Books one
—PaleoNeonate – 20:01, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article needs work
Talk:Denbigh

message: Removing statement that Denbigh is the county town of Denbighshire - it's been Ruthin since at least the old County Offices were built around 1900, not to mention the brand-spanking new county offices built a couple of years ago. -- Arwel 23:19, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

message: I don’t know what the correct date is, but the cinema was certainly not rebranded as the “Wedgwood” in the late 1970s - it was trading under that name when I went to see Old Yeller in the late 1960s (the first movie I ever saw in the cinema other than on a school trip, and I never forgave Disney after I was traumatised when they shot the dog!). — Arwel Parry (talk) 23:35, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Futura cinema
Talk:The Man Who Traveled in Elephants

message: I edited the article to remove the statement that the short story is written in first person.  I have read it many times, and it is told in third person.  I also trimmed the quote from Alexei Panshin, because it largely rehashed the plot summary given in the preceding paragraph, and also because it seemed to me that it overbalanced the positive comment associated with Spider Robinson.Brandon39 23:24, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Template talk:Article-cv

message: -Splashtalk 23:27, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Documentation

message: In case anybody is watching this template, I've proposed a change to it at Wikipedia talk:Copyright problems#Template:Article-cv. VernoWhitney (talk) 00:13, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed change
File talk:Granite for temple.jpg

message: I'm going to revert this (and its caption in Granite) to Cottonwood Canyon, not Little Cottonwood Canyon. This is consistent with the US National Archives description (see photo #127), which is linked as the source of this photo. I'm not trying to be difficult - if there's a source saying this is in Little Cottonwood that is more credible, I'd be happy to change. CDC (talk) 23:48, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Location
Talk:Operation Crossroads

message: In the section “Warren persuades Blandy”, it is stated that plutonium isn’t / wasn’t detectable by Geiger counters.  If that is / was true, then the reason why should be given, and included in the article about plutonium.  ZFT (talk) 20:29, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, alpha particles have too much charge and weight to be very penetrating, failing to penetrate the glass tubes on the counters and the plastic on the dosimeters.  Alphas are how plutonium radiates, so no plutonium detection.  Fixed an explanation, removed a dubious tag.  Better detectors in use today allow for alpha detection, if you get really close (alpha penetration through air is about 50% per centimeter.) SkoreKeep (talk) 23:05, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plutonium not detectable by Geiger counters? 

message: Which material has been used - uranium 235, Plutonium?
--Werfur (talk) 09:19, 25 July 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Plutonium. Read the article. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 11:45, 25 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Material used? 

message: Might be worth taking a look at adding the film to the pop culture section. 2603:6080:A500:4DF1:FD40:FF56:924F:7156 (talk) 06:54, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Godzilla: Minus One, uses Operation Crossroads
Talk:Lane departure warning system

message: The new rage is lane centering tech.  Autopilot, Propilot, toyota has lane tracing assist, 2019 ford suv is going to have it.  Should we create a new article for this or add to existing article? Daniel.Cardenas (talk) 05:28, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Since 2020, name of UN (UN-ECE) regulation is "Automated Lane Keeping System".  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.199.97.84 (talk) 18:29, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Lane centering

message: Added text: "Allows unassisted driving under limited conditions" in https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lane_departure_warning_system&diff=prev&oldid=600817583
This might be ambiguous as long as you did not define unassisted driving. By unassisted driving, did you mean:
* a mean (such as in reg 130) to manually deactivate the assisted feature?
* a kind of autonomous driving system such as Level 3?
 
Also, note that some people oppose unassisted driving to using driver assistance. https://lindseyresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/NHTSA-2019-0037-0015-IIHS_Study_on_Driver_Disengagement_-_Reagan_et_al_2020.pdf 77.193.104.36 (talk) 14:30, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Allows '''unassisted driving''' under limited conditions
Talk:USS Connecticut (SSN-22)

message: Connecticut is inedible.  Now that's funny. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.143.58.6 (talk) 00:34, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The motto for the USS Connecticut is "The Arsenal of the Nation." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.183.204.33 (talk) 04:34, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: "Connecticut was able to complete her mission and return to base under her own power." Bwahahahah! That's great. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.235.34.129 (talk) 00:20, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Lol. LOVE the bear pics, and pic labels! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.218.145.112 (talk) 04:34, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, i must say that the captions and explanation of the polar bear attack where the most hilarious thing ive ever seen on wikipedia  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.94.161.144 (talk) 15:38, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The polar bear pictures and captions are really funny. Mad props to whoever wrote it. Delta-2030 (talk) 01:26, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Inedible

message: Should infobox entry status be updated to "out of service"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Geo8rge (talk • contribs) 17:47, 6 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: No, that refers to the ship's commissioning status. - wolf 22:04, 6 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should infobox entry status be updated to "out of service"?
Talk:1820s Atlantic hurricane seasons

message: I have a track map for the 1821 hurricane, located at http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/research/roth/sp1821.gif
Could someone possibly put it on the article? Hurricanehink 00:39, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Since we have a track map, shouldn't it be broken out into its own article again?  (It was located at 1821 Norfolk and Long Island Hurricane but was merged suddenly by new wikipedian User:Snailwalker.  --Quasipalm 23:51, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Good idea. Done. Hurricanehink 22:18, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Track
Talk:List of dystopian literature

message: What's the deal with the second half of the 1990s section? Was adding books from the 1930s through 2000s intentional?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.124.135.125 (talk) 04:09, 25 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  1990s 

message: I would delete Woman on the Edge of Time, as it's a utopia, not a dystopia. Pengliujian (talk) 08:43, 1 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Delete ''Woman on the Edge of Time''?

message: Is An Enemy of the People a dystopian play? This play deals with the corruption of the 19th-century society, and it is a little bit different from typical dystopian literature. With no proper reference to discuss this play as a dystopian play, we may as well delete it from the list. --saebou (talk) 13:05, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Please discuss at Talk:An Enemy of the People. The page is in , so it's not up to consensus here. – Jonesey95 (talk) 00:42, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: An Enemy of the People

message: I read this list , and a lot of references  are non-neutral or totally wrong .
For instance , Jules Vernes books are classified generally in the utopian books and not the dystopian books
"ennemy of the people"  was already noticed in 2018 as incorrect classification  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Miranda2016 (talk • contribs) 15:39, 20 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Big mess between Sci-Fi utopian books and dystopian  books
Talk:The Beast in the Jungle

message: The style of the article is not NPOV. Ze miguel 11:53, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, after further thought, I reluctantly toned down the praise for the story and removed the NPOV tag. The critical consensus remains overwhelmingly positive on this story, but the article is now phrased in a more neutral fashion. Casey Abell 18:35, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Style