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Talk:Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission

message: The last bit of text I removed said the new riding in 1997 was originally named Dewdney—Alouette, but that comes as news to me - Dewdney-Alouette has only been the name of a regional district, and has never been a riding name; not one used by the electorate, the press or during a campaign.  �The totally unsuitabble redirects havve been re-routed to Dewdney-Alouette Regional District.  if there was a brief period where Dewdney-Alouette was applied to this riding, nobody I know of ever heard of it; is this in teh govenrment source file?  it's an interesting sidenote, but not important enough for the redirects to come here.....Skookum1 (talk) 03:00, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: As in my inline note on the undos for my rash changes, I voted in at least one of these elections but, er, never noticed the riding-name change; I'm still a bit stunned by it, but if it's in the Parliament of Canada site, which I guess is where that info came from, as per the results table, well....OK, alright; changed it back, but added a dab line to the RD, which is the more common association of the couplet and is the name-origin, in fact, of the temporary federal riding-name, as there have been no other usages of the term Dewdney-Alouette, which was coined only at the time the regional districts were come up with in the late 1960s, though it has since become a subregion-identifier in teh Fraser Valley and you'll hear weather guys use it, if not other newscasters, for the area.  The dab line is straightforward enough, but even the long-dash "Dewdney—Alouette" form of the redirect I've aimed at the regional district article, despite the long dash; seemed too confusing to use one dash for the RD, the other for a riding that now has another name anyway.Skookum1 (talk) 04:16, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Dewdney-Alouette NOT (Well, OK)

message: The article's map of the area (File:Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission.png) lacks points of reference or other details to make it useful.  I tried to add coordinates to the article today, and the current drawing was useless - it didn't help.  The coordinates I used were outside of Pitt Meadows, which hopefully is somewhere within the boundary of the riding.  If somebody can design a more informative map, the article will benefit from it.  PKT(alk) 22:39, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map of riding
Talk:Edmonton—Leduc

message: The article refers to this district in the past tense. It would be helpful if there was a note linking readers to the current electoral district(s) that replaced Edmonton-Leduc.
Garth of the Forest (talk) 16:15, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  When in doubt, be bold, and take the initiative. Edits are done. Garth of the Forest (talk) 17:19, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  What district(s) did it get merged into?
Talk:Sportsbook

message: I'm not sure that including how to select the best book is encyclopedic.  This seems more of someone's opinion and maybe original research.  Those sections probably need to be rewritten.  Vegaswikian 21:08, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Online books

message: Just wanted to leave a note that this article is currently quite US centered, both as terminology and as factology. Would be good to have it universalized in some way. Yuzz 16:01, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: See my comment on merging this article with the more international article below - totally agree with this sentiment. 84.114.214.144 (talk) 12:59, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  US centered 

message: What does "... only four states are allowed to wager legally:" mean?  It makes no sense -- a state as an entity does not bet on sports. Furthermore, even if this did make sense; there is no national legislation preventing it.  
  
Did the author intend "... only four states allow legal wagering:"  Can someone please check & fix this?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.45.200.48 (talk) 16:59, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 makes sports betting legal in only four states. Everywhere else it is illegal. I fixed the sentence though.—Michael Jester (talk · contribs) 17:28, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Non-idiomatic English & unclear meaning 

message: This article should probably be merged with the bookmaker article which takes a slightly more international perspective that this US-specific article (and add a redirect from here to there). Part of this article are already duplicated there, albeit in a much shorter form.
84.114.214.144 (talk) 12:59, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Or even split that, one for the person and into this for the venue.  Bookmaker also means the person who sets the odds and some of these are notable in their own right. Sportsbook lacks that confusion over meaning. Vegaswikian (talk) 20:53, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge with Bookmaker?
Talk:Moiraine Damodred

message: "Early in "The Great Hunt" there it is subtley suggested that she may be a Darkfriend. This occurs when she and Suian Sanche almost attack Verin Mathwin with the One Power when she discovers their guiding Rand al'thor. This along with her knowledge of Balefire heavily suggest some ties to the Shadow since the weave for Balefire should have been lost." I don't think this "heavily suggests" that Moiraine has ties to the Shadow at all and is grasping for straws. The whole of "New Spring," which is mostly told from Moiraine's point of view, pretty much indicates that she is anything but a Darkfriend. Then there is the following quote:
"I will not let you go to the Shadow. I have worked too long to allow that. Whatever it takes."
-The Shadow Rising, Into the Heart
I'll give it a few days in case the writer wants to revise the entry, but otherwise I'm going to strike it as a violation of WP:NPOV.ChipEverwood (talk) 16:19, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Darkfriend speculation 

message: I am altering the statement that Moiraine and Siuan were lovers, because I don't believe the evidence in the cited source or in the novels to be concrete. And if read more clearly the source states that the evidence of such a relationship and the term pillow-friend are both ambiguious.
--Eno-Etile 06:36, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, according to RJ himself, they were lovers, as are all White Tower pillow friends. -- nae'blis 18:28, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

text: I apologise, the source that was cited said something about the term being ambigious, also could you give me a quote stating that Moiraine and Siuan were pillow-friends? Its been awhile since I read New Spring.
I'm reading New Spring Now, I'm about 4 hours into it (audiobook) and No mention of Moiraine Or Siuane being lovers has been made.  I'll update if I find something.
Good lord, they are referred to as pillow friends more than once in New Spring, RJ has stated that pillow friends are more than just friends, that they get hot and heavy. What more do you need, a billboard?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.118.197.56 (talk) 05:46, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pillow- Friends 

message: Hey!  I wanted to link a picture of Moiraine to this page, but I couldn't figure out how to do it.  Could someone upload this picture and link it to the top of the page?  Thanks!
http://www.denversfbookclub.com/eyeoftheworld.jpg  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.237.226.64 (talk) 22:27, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture 

message: Taringail (Damodred) was Rand al’Thor's mother.
Moiraine Damodred was Taringail's half-sister, and thus must be Rand’s Aunt?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.25.253.164 (talk) 12:21, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Taringail Damodred is not related to Rand.  Rand's mother is Tigraine Mantear who was married to Tigraine.  Taringail & Tigraine are Galad's parents.Caidh (talk) 12:50, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Related to Rand
Talk:Coyote (mythology)

message: Workspace for expanding this article — Catherine\talk 21:37, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: 1

message: I'm removing the sentence "He is often called Mika".  That would only be the name in one language of many spoken by people with Coyote legends.  Also, the only the language that I can find a reference to Mika in is Ponca, in which it appears to mean raccoon.  170.130.6.10 17:23, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Mika

message: Moved the reference to "COYOTE" ("Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics") under the Popular Culture heading.  Mfryc 23:29, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Moved COYOTE

message: The image of the animal coyote is not really representative of this article. There should be some image of Coyote as the mythological/cultural figure, but I could not anything in Wikimedia Commons. Does anyone have a more appropropriate image? 207.69.137.25 00:53, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: New Coyote Image needed

message: The links provided in the 'By culture' section generally do not address the role of Coyote in those cultures at all.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.69.137.26 (talk) 14:56, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: By culture

message: I think the use of the language in the statement that "White settlers may have known, but been too timid to recirculate these stories..." is very judgemental.  You might as well say they had better taste than to retell the more risque stories.  The comment applies modern sensibilities in a judgemental manner to historical situations, (something that's bugging me more and more on Wikipedia lately, no offense...)  ```  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.178.235.180 (talk) 01:05, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Judgemental Language

message: — Assignment last updated by Rockethound (talk) 20:45, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: HUM 202 - Introduction to Mythology
Talk:Wawa (company)

message: Given the significance to Wawa between their locations with and without fuel, I've created additional footprint maps for both. On the other hand, adding either or both of them could be needlessly cumbersome to the article.
I present them both here for others to decide, or offer an opinion about that.
— BoringJim (talk) 16:34, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: This is now outdated.The new footprint map distinguishes between Fuel, Non-Fuel & Drive-Thru locations.  —  BoringJim (talk) 03:12, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Additional Footprint maps? 

message: Does anyone have a source for the part of the article that states Wawa tried opening locations in Connecticut and other parts of New England in the late 90s but left due to competition? There's no footnote for this statement and I would like to know more about Wawa's history in New England. 
thank you 2601:18D:57F:F690:F6A7:1434:D8F0:235C (talk) 02:39, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wawa opening locations in New England in the late 1990s
Talk:Iyanifa

message: The Babalawo and Iyanifa articles are word by word the same. One of them should be a redirect. Alensha 21:54, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

message: I am putting a Dispute tag on this article. This article is disputed by two contributors: one here on the talk page (see above), and by another who wrote talk-page-like (non- NPOV) comments in the article text itself. The second contributor has no user page and no talk page. I am cut/pasting his/her comments here to this section of the talk page and creating a talk page for that contributor... note that I'm doing this in good faith; tho it's a little ticklish to move something from the article to Talk. Here are the other contributor's comments:
This article is incorrect.  Women who are initiated to Ifa are "Awo Ifa".  The term "Iyanifa" is not a term used loosely in Yorubaland.  
This article or essay should not be "merged" with "Babalawo" because when you speak of women initiated to Ifa and "babalawo" one is comparing apples and oranges!
Women initiated to Ifa are humble in nature and in most cases one does not even know they belong to the cult of Ifa.  In Africa, the Source, it is inappropriate for anyone to use the title "Iyanifa" unless that woman, normally a woman who has been studying Ifa all her life, has been "entitled" as such.  Even then, there is no demand that she be called that.
There has been much discussion, most of it incorrect and encouraged in order to make money, that women initiated to Ifa can perform the same functions as Babalawos.  This is not correct and is a wholly african american concept and invention.
Please contact me if this is not the correct way to go about this process. --Ling.Nut 13:22, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dispute
Talk:Fagersta Municipality

message: Removing these notable natives. How about we focus on names that are internationally known? These names would probably be better suited on Swedish Wikipedia. 
*Anitra Steen, manager of Systembolaget, former civil servant
*Lennart Hellsing, writer 
/ Fred-Chess 22:01, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: "Internationally known" isn't a requirement. If it was, most lists of notable persons from towns in the US and the UK would be very much shorter than they are now. Sjö (talk) 12:16, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

message: Fagersta cancelled their cooperation in 2006 . Also, there is nothing about Fagersta in the international cooperation database from the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions . I'll remove the section.--Sjö (talk) 12:16, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Twin cities
Talk:The Revenge of Shinobi (1989 video game)

message: Gave the page a major overhaul today, adding info and stuff. The explanation to each ninjitsu technique I actually wrote earlier in the Shinobi 3 article, so I just copy-pasted it and used it again here. If anyone wants to rewrite it a little you're welcome. Also, the stages could use some expansion, but I'm not very enthusiastic to do it myself right now so I'd be happy if someone else wrote it out for me. --Steerpike 22:09, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Overhaul 

message: How did the game come out in 1988 if it was one of the flagship titles for the new Sega Genesis in 1989? I'll make a small edit but someone needs to clear that up. --Do Not Talk About Feitclub (contributions) 14:24, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The Sega Genesis was already released in Japan by 1988, with The Revenge of Shinobi practically alongside it. When the console came out a year later in North America, so did The Revenge of Shinobi. Simple as that. :) --Steerpike 15:11, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The official Japanese Sega website lists the date as December 2, 1989 (see ), as do various other sources. I'm changing the year until there is evidence to the contrary. --Jacquismo 02:58, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

text: Can you read Japanese? I see two dates mentioned in that article. 1988 *and* 1989. This site  also says it 1989 so it's probably right though. --Steerpike 11:13, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Huh...  The one I had growing up, I always thought that guy was Devilman...  I remember making fun of my mother for saying it was Batman, because he was flying aroudn and controlling bats. I didn't know it had actually been Batman at one point. Does anyone else see a resemblance to the Go Nagai Manga character?  71.171.96.223 04:28, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Release Date Ambiguity/Error 

message: Last time I checked, Detroit was not located in the West Coast. Chief of Naval Operations (talk) 13:24, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks like it's Seattle. 184.96.219.82 (talk) 16:36, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Detroit?
Talk:Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai

message: Is 国  a Japanese word? That is the Chinese simplified version of 國, and I think Japanese kanji only utilise the traditional Chinese forms when those are used. -- yueni 22:10, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It's hard to say whether Yamamoto has a first or last name, considering he is over 2000 years old. It's more like a lot of attributed names, with Yamamoto being equivalent to a last name. However, Genryūsai would definitely be more a part of the surname, clan, or title, than of any given name. -dono is an honourary suffix, somewhat similar to -san, it should technically be used after the last name. Sometimes -san is also used with first names (e.g. Rangiku-san). -- Ynhockey (Talk) 10:43, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think Yamamoto can be assumed to be a surname, considering that it's always spoken first when someone refers to him by his full name in the Japanese.  It also *is* a real Japanese surname.  Genryuusai I have no idea, as I've never heard anything like it before, and can't find any matches in the dictionary I use.  As for Shigekuni, that could be either or, but looking up those particular kanji, the dictionary lists it as a surname.  Granted, there's no guarentee that dictionary is 100% accurate, but it's at least some ideas to start with.  As it is, my gut impression has always been that his name is "Yamamoto Genryuusai-Shigekuni", or put in western order, "Genryuusai-Shigekuni Yamamoto", as opposed to the order suggested in the article.  I could be wrong, but unless someone can either point to an official source or speak from a perspective more familiar with the subject matter, I think it's worth looking into. --ACDragonMaster 21:45, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If it matters, the Bleach databook (page 200) uses Shigekuni Yamamoto. -- Ynhockey (Talk) 11:47, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

message: I added at the end of the first paragraph:
Despite his old age, he has a very muscular body.
I couldn't figure out how to word it properly, so if anyone knows a better way of explaining his build, please do so. I figured that stating his muscular build is something worth mentioning. MastaFighta 20:19, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Character Outline Addition
Talk:List of English words of Urdu origin

message: I don't really understand why this page exists. almost all of the words on it are ultimately from Persian, so why don't they just go on the English word of Persian origin page?
:Kızılderili 23:06, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  er.... 

message: As far as I can see, most of the words are of Persian origin (Urdu is a language heavily influenced by Persian). So whats the point of having an article with only a few words in it?Khosrow II 15:09, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Put this page up for deletion?

message: Since there is a large overlap between spoken Hindi and Urdu, should this article merge with List of English words of Hindi origin into a new article List of English words of Hindi and Urdu origin or maybe List of English words of Hindi/Urdu origin. 
Obviously the written form of the English word differs from both the Hindi and Urdu originals, so the common spoken form makes this seem like a sensible merge. -- Q Chris (talk) 10:49, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger Proposal
Talk:Fawn Hall

message: Where's the info on the cocaine charge, don't put it in until it can be backed up.  "According to Sugerman's obituaries"?  Produce them. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 138.88.136.239 (talk • contribs) 08:58, August 22, 2006  (UTC)
:Don't know about his wife, but Sugarman was a long-time recovering/relapsing addict who did heroin and cocaine – see Sugerman Interview. --Blainster 08:48, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Cocaine addiction

message: Except that her husband died in 2005, I've seen nothing about her life since the mid-90s -- but I've recently heard she's now working in a bookstore in Los Angeles. Kind of a come-down. Anyone have more recent info? I would have thought the Reagan-worshipping neo-cons in the Bush administration would have found a place for her at the table. --Michael K. Smith (talk) 19:05, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Washington Post just had a short piece, with some good links.--William Allen Simpson (talk) 16:47, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nothing in the 21st century? 

message: During her 1989 testimony she also noted: "I *can* type" (I saw it on CNN). Why is this not in the article? Strausszek (talk) 19:35, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Professional skills 

message: OK, so who is Jonathan Scott Royster? 98.229.4.47 (talk) 17:10, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  "It was also alleged that Hall and Jonathan Scott Royster had an affair." 

message: Infobox says 1959, body says 1958. Mr Larrington (talk) 10:51, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  DOB
Talk:Meagher Electronics

message: i tagged this page because it is in note-taking form, not paragraph form. WriterFromAfar755 22:40, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I hope that's better Charlie 23:06, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

message: Due to a lack of sources to establish independent notability for Jim Meagher, I propose that the entirety of the article (one sentence) be merged into an appropriate section in this article. I can find no non-trivial sources that would help expand the McIntosh article into a full, neutral biography on this individual. If there is consensus to do so, or if no one comments within a week, I will undertake the merge myself. Cheers, CP 06:00, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal
Talk:Can't Fight This Feeling

message: Songs must meet a certain standard to merit their own entries.  Also, lyrics are copyright violations. BeteNoir 22:48, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Sorry AFD

message: Looked up the song, and was a #1 US hit, so does meet notability criteria.
BeteNoir 23:53, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Withdrawing AFD

message: There actually isn't a second almost homemade video for this song. What they are talking about is just one scene clipped out of the end of a one-hour MTV documentary from 1984 that, I think, was called "Wheels Are Turnin'". It was an outstanding show, detailing the recording of the record and how they spend their downtime (evidently this was after they gave up cocaine), although not PC by today's standards; the lady who cooks for the band calls Gary Richrath "a homo". Most of this stuff is so far pre-internet that I don't know how to properly source it into an article.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.127.228.128 (talk) 23:29, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: No Second Video
Talk:Carl Stål

message: This material comes from a German-language source, right? "Schloß" and "bei" aren't Swedish.
It also smells of unproofed OCR:
*The correct name is Carl Stål, not "Curt Stål" (easily verifiable by way of Google).
*There's no such place as "Trösundavik", but Frösundavik does exist.
Bo Lindbergh 22:49, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problems
Talk:Les Catalans

message: This article should be renamed "The Catalans". It seems that the British media decided not to translate the name announced by the club. But I wrote to the club asking why they didn't call the team "Els Catalans" (since this is the masculine plural in Catalan, and "les" is feminine in Catalan), and they replied that, since the announcement was made in French, they gave the French name, but that obviously in Catalonia they will become known as "Els Catalans" and in the English-speaking world as "The Catalans". They added that it was precisely for this reason that no article appears in the club logo.
If nobody objects, I will change the name of the article and create a redirect.
: Oppose. Most of the British press I have seen says "Les Catalans". Hold back on a move until they actually start playing in SL, then we can see how they are referred to in match reports, TV listing etc. Grinner 10:56, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

message: I haven't seen "Les Catalans" used in a long time, it is always "Catalans Dragons". I plan to move this page to Catalans Dragons and replace this page with a redirect.GordyB 23:02, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Move planned
Talk:Peter Stadlen

message: I just tried to save a possible stub article. I did little research for the additions I added, I will not be offended if it is speedied. «»Who?¿?meta 23:02, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled