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Talk:Pistol grip

message: People.
The M39 is about the only Mosin-Nagant I know WITH a pistol-grip stock and NOT a straight stock. This you can plainly see by looking at the pistol grip. Compare the pictures. --Dingo (talk) 19:10, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image [[Mosin-Nagant]] 

message: It's fascinating to a non-American that the Mosin has been selected in this article about an ergonomic feature (as opposed to an article about what defines an 'assault weapon'), with what must surely be one of the most muddying descriptive captions it's possible to imagine.
So, this article is about the modern 'pistol grip', a feature which is particularly associated in its earliest 'modern' form with semi-automatic pistols. This feature is very distinctly identified by being nearer-vertical than older wooden grips integrated with the stocks of weapons and specifically being placed beneath the receiver of the weapon. This, in the case of rifles, allows very prominently for a totally separate stock to be mounted on the rear of the weapon's receiver - two very separate items of furniture.
We all know all of this.
Notwithstanding that 'old' black powder muzzle-loading pistols of the pre-revolver era most certainly had elegantly curved extensions of the wooden furniture projecting backwards at a distinctly slanted aspect, this is not what a 21st-century (or even late 20th-C) individual understands as a 'pistol grip'. To imply this is beyond disingenuous, but still.
We get to the Mosin, with its backward-projecting wooden stock and integrated 'semi-aligned' grip. This is clearly a "semi pistol grip" in the way that an 18th century Cuirassier would understand it; agreed. But it extends behind the weapon's mechanical elements, at a very distinctly not-near-vertical aspect, where a 'pistol grip' as we are discussing in this article is very specifically nearer-vertical and is underneath the firing mechanisms.
Do we all agree on why this Mosin is a deliberate distraction from the clarity of the article, meant to confuse the matter? 2A00:23C7:3119:AD01:A50A:E0D:C9AB:5D30 (talk) 10:46, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  That Mosin-Nagant
Talk:List of Hillsong songs

message: Here is a list of albums whose songs have not been added to the list. Please strikeout when it has been added:
* Supernatural
* In a Valley by the Sea
* Extravagant Worship: The Songs of Miriam Webster
* This Is Our God
* Faith + Hope + Love
* Tear Down The Walls
* A Beautiful Exchange
* Follow You —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.211.98.171 (talk) 11:50, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Albums not yet added 

message: Is it really necessary to have four separate pages, it's more useful to have this information on one page. Pbhj (talk) 01:05, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This was originally one page, but it became extremely large, and so was split. Marky1981 (talk) 21:01, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Was there a discussion about it? Did I miss something. It was large, OK, but why was it split. Pbhj (talk) 02:12, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  There was no discussion, as I was the only person contributing to the page at the time, besides minor edits. There is (or was) a guideline to split articles which were getting long. Marky1981 (talk) 23:22, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: * Splitting pages are only necessary for for pages over 80kb. This list is 64kb total so a split was not needed. I don't see how anyone could argue that it is too cumbersome to edit or view either as you can access any letter from the top page and even edit each letter as well. That said, I boldly merged them back. Tavix (talk) 19:04, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge? 

message: I know why Brooke's recent songs are referred to "Ligertwood" but within this article should be consistency. So which one do we choose?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.217.132.38 (talk) 15:41, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brooke Fraser/Ligertwood 

message: The article is hopeless out of date and it's formatted incorrectly: the songs should be in quotes while albums should be italicized. Perhaps we should take to deletion? Walter Görlitz (talk) 06:55, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problems
Talk:Fan (surname)

message: Hi, I have noticed that Ciryanroth has been changing Fan to Fàn on a number of articles including Fan (surname) - however the sources on Fan (surname) all aper to use Fan. Also the sources on some of the individual bio articles use Fan. I did find references to Fàn as a translation so thought I would just flag here for input from editors with knowledge/interest in the subject to judge if this is a reasonable change. Cheers KylieTastic (talk) 12:09, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: * Note: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject China‎ and  Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anthroponymy‎ notified
While the accent is not essential, it communicates useful information about how the name should be properly pronounced and read. For the sake of differentiating between multiple transliterations (e.g., 范 vs. 樊), the pinyin accent is essential (范 = Fàn, 樊 = Fán) and somewhat analogous to diacritics in French orthography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_orthography. To some extent, given the tonal nature of the Chinese language, accent provision is essential to assisting readers with filtering character possibilities and to avoid misunderstandings. Please see the General Rules of Hanyu Pinyin (section 2.3 onwards is particularly relevant): http://www.pinyin.info/readings/zyg/rules.html#x4.1. KylieTastic brings up a reasonable point, however, and this is a topic of continued debate amongst Chinese linguists and the Chinese community more broadly.  The lack of accents commonly leads to both Chinese and non-Chinese speakers making pronunciation mistakes, but the work required to identify and type the correct accent oftentimes leads many to neglect accent provision in many cases. Happy to answer any additional questions and to engage with other opinions, Ciryanroth
* Hi Ciryanroth, thanks for the response. I had forgotten to note that I had left notices on the two projects noted above to let them know this had been raised (now added). My only comment would be although I understand than many sources would just use a simplified Fan with no accent, that the article should have at least one source that shows that the particular accent for Fàn is the correct one - maybe it is covered in one of the non internet sources, but an on-line one would be more helpful. Cheers KylieTastic (talk) 11:48, 2 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fan vs Fàn (Chinese family name)
Talk:Féng

message: Is the literal meaning of this surname "gallop"? Badagnani 08:16, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No it doesn't mean "gallop" literally, although Zhongwen.com does suggest that the name is meant to show a speeding horse, since Feng consists of the character "Ma" 马，with an "ice" radical of two lines indicating speed or movement.Tryptofeng 12:20, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Literal meaning
Talk:Gao (surname)

message: Hi, is this true? RcAlex36 (talk) 07:13, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: No, it's not true. I'd say it's usually romanized as Ko. Kwok is a different surname, which would be 郭. The dog2 (talk) 07:17, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Singapore romanization
Talk:Chex Muddy Buddies

message: This article has been renamed from Puppy chow to Chex Muddy Buddies with no explanation. I realize that the snack is referred to by different names in different places, but I believe that the article should be named according to its most common name. Puppy chow seems to be the most popular name for this snack food.
Puppy chow:
Google: 247,000 results
Yahoo!: 168,000 results
Muddy buddies:
Google: 61,200 results
Yahoo!: 35,200 results
Also, including Chex in the name seems unnecessarily commercial, as Chex brand cereal is not required to make the snack. I have also seen no evidence that Chex invented the recipe. Puppy chow seems to be a a generic, homemade snack food.
I am also concerned that muddy buddies could be wrongly associated with Muddy buddy or confused with recipes such as this
Unless sufficient reason is shown to retain the title Chex Muddy Buddies, I would like to see this article moved back to Puppy chow.
Zophar 00:02, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Puppy Chow/Muddy Buddies
Talk:Ji (Zhou dynasty ancestral surname)

message: 您是誰?什麼是您的資訊?Ting 金粵69.67.116.77 (talk) 16:42, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Ji family brief history:http://baike.baidu.com/view/51924.htm, online encyclopedia
English translation: 
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&u=http://baike.baidu.com/view/51924.htm&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dbaike.baidu.com/view/51924.htm%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG
http://www.chinaknowledge.de/History/Zhou/rulers-jin.html
http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index.php?showtopic=14945&st=15
金粵192.102.230.61 (talk) 02:00, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  References/Sources 

message: Actually if you search for 積丹尼 you'll find there is a person by that name ~ me!
How did I get that surname? I chose it!  Jidanni (talk) 05:35, 9 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  積
Talk:Lei (surname)

message: * 样式雷
Was in the "See also" section. Not much use here at the English wiki without an explanation of what it is and how it ties into the topic. — LlywelynII 11:17, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: I'll leave this here
Talk:Mary Madeleine

message: I've checked the sources and the key point of notability is the report that 4,000 people turned out to protest the murders.  Otherwise, it's just another murder.  We don't have an article on every family that is murdered in the U.S. or even every family that is the victim of sectarian violence or death squads.
Would someone insert this point into the article and make it more clear why this is a notable event?
--Richard 15:36, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure if this is a notable event or not, I just don't think it's so obviously non-notable as to be a CSD candidate. So I guess if you still think the notability is shaky, an AfD would be the best route. Natalie 16:18, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That would be the besat way, previouly we had this and the community decided to keep. Thanks Taprobanus 16:37, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Also can you give me few days to see what I can do about it ? The creator of this article is offline for few days :( Thanks Taprobanus 16:39, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

text: Good work Richard, how about forwarding the article to Vankalai massacre Taprobanus 01:51, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notability of this event 

message: The picture at the top of the article is very graphic.  Would it be better to have the URL as an external link, rather than show it without warning to the viewer?  --Magmagirl 16:31, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah why not Taprobanus 16:33, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia generally frowns on removing images simply because they are graphic. It is an encyclopedia after all, and a lot of the photos at Holocaust or similar are pretty graphic. But perhaps moving the photo down on the page would be better. Natalie 19:39, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pictures -- external link? 

message: I have redirected this article to 2006 Mannar massacre per the suggestion of User:Taprobanus.  2006 Mannar massacre  is where Vankalai massacre redirects to.
I have also created :Category:Human rights abuses in Sri Lanka as I proposed earlier.
--Richard 06:10, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Excellent solution Taprobanus 12:04, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirect of this article to [[2006 Mannar massacre]]
Talk:Lin (surname)

message: I am not sure if the "history" surrounding the origin of the Lin surname can be attributed to "fact" as many other Chinese surname origins have very similar stories e.g. "Khoo" and "Wang."  —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pepperlim (talk • contribs). 
--Pepper Lim 02:23, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  History or myth 

message: I have corrected (grammar) and re-written some sections in this wiki and hope other contributors will keep the standard of English grammar for it.  —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pepperlim (talk • contribs). --Pepper Lim 02:24, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Good English! 

message: (Updated 27 Mar 2008)
Let us keep the list of Notable Lin's filled with only Lin's that are really notable i.e. contributed something important to society, is actually famous / well-known, won an important award, etc.
Who is "Jean Lin"? Lin YiFeng? Allen Lim?
I feel Nora Lam's name should be removed as she is only known in some Christian circles.   --Pepper Lim 02:46, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If a person has an article on English Wikipedia, they are notable enough to be on a list of people with the same surname. Wiki editor 6 (talk) 03:04, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable Lin's
Talk:Jimmy Scalia

message: This biography needs to have the redlinked articles done.  The lack of those articles diminishes the notability of the subject of this one.  If any further help is needed in copyediting, contact me on my talk page.--Levalley (talk) 02:26, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Copyediting and other
Talk:Lí (surname 黎)

message: I am removing the following unsourced paragraph from the article:
This sounds like a lot of folk etymology given to a lot of other Chinese characters that are simply untrue.  According to both zhongwen.com and chineseetymology.org, the character is a phono-semantic compound, with 利 as the phonetic (lì) and an abbreviated 黍 as the semantic element. —Umofomia (talk) 06:45, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Folk Etymology 

message: See Talk:Li (surname) where a second discussion has been opened on this topic of names, articles, how many to have, how to organize them. The older discussion is still going on at  Talk:Li (surname meaning "profit")  -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 00:07, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Merger and naming discussions
Talk:RAF Detling

message: The current station badge on display on the RAF Detling article looks like it has been photoshopped. Please view the badge as drawn from the original parchments on the RAF Heraldry Trust website here. Thanks. The joy of all things (talk) 22:05, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: any thoughts about the badge. I think it should be removed, as someone has just drawn it from scratch. Thanks. The joy of all things (talk) 14:55, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: RAF Detling station badge
Talk:Tyrothricin

message: The structure is wrong, two of the peptide bonds in the ring are not correct.193.104.35.79 (talk) 11:16, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Structure

message: This article states that Tyrothricin is too toxic for internal use, however, it appears to be used extensively in throat lozenges?? https://www.vinmec.com/en/pharmaceutical-information/use-medicines-safely/uses-of-tyrothricin/ 2003:D8:270D:6899:8444:90B4:BE4A:A61F (talk) 09:49, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Toxicity
Talk:No. 500 Squadron RAF

message: G'day, Nigel. Thanks for your work on this article. Regarding the "verification needed" tagged information, I have found a source that verifies some (but not all) of the tagged information. As such, I'd suggest potentially rewording it to something like this: "In September 1943, one of the squadron's aircraft landed at Ghisonaccia, on Corsica, shortly after it was abandoned by the German garrison.". Thoughts? AustralianRupert (talk) 03:28, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: That's probably not a reliable source - the Rawlings Coastal Squadrons book does mention a detachment at Ghisonaccia which probably says enough.Nigel Ish (talk) 10:39, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: G'day, Nigel, your changes look good. Not really an issue any more, I guess, but am keen to clarify what your concerns are about Rickard as a source, though. I have seen the site referenced in A-class and FA-rated articles before (e.g. Rhine Campaign of 1796). The author appears to have military history credentials and the site's co-author is published: . Is there something I'm missing about it's reliability? Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 08:40, 24 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Ghisonaccia
Talk:Agaro

message: The following coordinate fixes are needed for
—196.189.127.191 (talk) 23:52, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: You haven't said what you think is wrong with the coordinates in the article. I've made them a bit more precise, but they appear to have been basically correct. If you still think that there is an error, you'll need to supply a clear explanation of what it is. Deor (talk) 02:14, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coordinates
Talk:No. 322 (Dutch) Squadron RAF

message: "No. 322 Squadron of the Royal Air Force served at RAF West Malling and other stations during the Battle of Britain in 1940"
This cannot be true according to "The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force" by James J. Halley, as 322 (Dutch)Squadron was formed on 12 June 1943.Dirk P Broer 23:48, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
Talk:No. 141 Squadron RAF

message: Prior content in this article duplicated one or more previously published sources. The material was copied from: http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/141squadron.cfm. Copied or closely paraphrased material has been rewritten or removed and must not be restored, unless it is duly released under a compatible license. (For more information, please see "using copyrighted works from others" if you are not the copyright holder of this material, or "donating copyrighted materials" if you are.) For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or published material; such additions will be deleted. Contributors may use copyrighted publications as a source of information, and according to fair use may copy sentences and phrases, provided they are included in quotation marks and referenced properly. The material may also be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Therefore such paraphrased portions must provide their source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with these policies. Thank you.  16:16, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright problem removed 
Talk:Shao

message: I read a short entry on a real life historical man named Shao Kahn in a Funk & Wagnells set when I was a kid in the 90's. I've tried looking for info on him, but I keep getting entries on the fictional Emperor of Outworld from Mortal Kombat. Is there info on this person anywhere?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.112.55.242 (talk) 05:46, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Real historical person named Shao Kahn, not the Mortal Kombat character
Talk:What the Bleep Do We Know!?/Bleep sandbox

message: The old discussion was archived so this clean page can be used to discuss new sources for the material identified and removed as OR.  The discussion can be here or on the main article's talk page, it's up to the editors who want to add that material to the article.  Dreadstar  †  20:59, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Archiving
Talk:Song (Chinese surname)

message: Why is the following included in this article?
:Song Jia (嵩佳) clan, one kind of Manchu people
嵩 and 宋 are unrelated homonym, both pronounced "song".
But that is not good enough reason to include a 嵩 in a 宋 article.
Kowloonese (talk) 21:30, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  An unrelated song
Talk:Teng (surname)

message: I've just added Teresa Teng to the list here, despite the prior deliberate omission. I appreciate the subtleties of distinct Chinese words being Romanized in the same way, but frankly if the preferred romanization of someone's surname is 'Teng,' it should be found on this list, period. The current state of affairs is ridiculous. 
If someone has an argument for these articles being distinct please make it, otherwise I am inclined to propose a merge of these two pages. Walkersam (talk) 00:15, 14 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge with Deng (surname)
Talk:Xiao (surname)

message: This article is an absolute mess, and I have no idea of where to begin cleanup; some of the text is difficult to understand, I don't know what to replace it with. -- 李博杰  | —Talk contribs email 12:06, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Replace all Chinese characters with a link to the article if there is one (place names, famous people).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.152.252.221 (talk) 02:36, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup, bad time 
Talk:Prebilovci massacre

message: Firstly, Srpska Mreza is basically a Serb-nationalist hate site, as is clear to even the most naive reader, and it does Wikipedia an extreme disservice to have it linked as one of our sources. 
Defense & Foreign Affairs Strategic Policy is the journal of the International Strategic Studies Association (ISSA). This, despite its fancy sounding title, is not a scholarly institution, but an American right-wing think-tank consisting, to be blunt, essentially of extreme-right-wing Islamophobic crackpots. The value of Gregory Copley (who is also president of the ISSA) as a source on the former Yugoslavia may be gleaned from the fact that he has no published work or acedemic expertise on the subject, and is a virulent denier of the Srebrenica massacre. The article in question is not a study of World War 2 Ustaša massacres, but an extremely crude propoganda piece in service of the Serb side during the Balkan wars of the 1990s.86.12.241.204 (talk) 02:00, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reliability of sources (Srpska Mreza and Gregory Copley)
Talk:Danube Seven

message: There seems to be a series of edits to this page which have replaced the usage of 'Catholic Church' with 'Roman Catholic Church.'  In order to avoid confussion there must be a consistant use of terms which reflects common and historical usage of the terms.  The term 'Catholic Church' is an umbrella term which embraces several different rites which share a common theologial position and are united as a body in the papacy.  'Roman Catholic Church' refers to the largest and most influential of these rites.  Roman Catholicism comprises only a part of the Catholic Church as a whole.  This article must respect the usage of these terms and use the term 'Catholic Church' when speaking about the theological positions which are shared by the various rites contained in Catholicism.  Wikipedia is not a theological battle ground.  Respecting historical and common usage is important in presenting a NPOV article.  The issue of women's ordination is not an issue which is contrained to Roman Catholicism but is a theological position of general Catholicism.  It is for this reason that I will edit the terms used in this article so that it may be accesible to a general reader without causing an identity crises for the Catholic Church.
Paulsnotcool 17:05, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Usage of Roman Catholic Church vs. Catholic Church 

message: I added this article to the WikiProject Catholicism because it needs some work and looks to fit into this project.  I'm not a frequent editor, so if I did this incorrectly, please forgive me.Triznitch (talk) 22:12, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject Catholicism 
Talk:Zhao (surname)

message: Wow, this page has some real POV issues, especially that intro! --71.61.140.48 (talk) 03:55, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, I don't know what happened there. Fixed it for now. _dk (talk) 06:30, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled