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Talk:Chauncey Depew

message: I rewrote the section on Depew's business career to make it read less like a list.  I deleted many references to "Since [year] ..." because they lacked terminal dates.  Obviously, Depew is no longer a director of any railroad.  A lot of this paragraph read as if it was taken from a newspaper article from the 1900s as it had a sort of present-tense voice to it.  
If we know the answer to the following questions, we can link to the relevant WP articles:
:*Was the Niagara River Bridge that Depew served for the International Railway Bridge?
:*Was the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad a subsidiary or predecessor to the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad?
:*Can we find out when Depew retired from railroading?  I doubt that he served as Chairman of NYC until 1928 (but it's possible)?
:--RedJ 17 (talk) 16:28, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Rewrite of Business Section

message: A partisan political attack in Puck, August 2nd 1905. Has a great caricature of Depew as Pecksniff:
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Research/Digital-Library/Record?libID=o278124
“Since the 1896 he continually employed the tear-jerking Republican appeal for public trust in the economy -- that "funds for widows and orphans not be molested." A confluence of scandals in 1905 brought those words back to haunt Depew, as in this cartoon.
Depew was officially connected with the Equitable Life Insurance Company, which in 1905 sustained black eyes from manipulation of its funds and manufactured losses; and a sordid social scandal involved the company's heir James Hazen Hyde. Depew also created an "Improvement Company" and a town bearing his name that were also involved in financial scandals, claiming losses greater than their values. He was being widely condemned -- more than two other United States senators then under investigation and indictment for lesser offenses.”
Little of this in the article. What are the facts? 213.205.240.185 (talk) 10:47, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Scandal
Talk:Epigonation

message: I have made some corrections to the most recent edit. I have never heard the epigonation was called a "gonker" by anyone. I can find no confirmation in any source available to me that this vestment is used by Armenians whether in communion with Rome or not. (Armenian priests do carry a small towel tucked into their zone or kodee, but it's not the same thing. See  for pictures of a full Armenian priestly vestment set.) There is no difference in how it's used between Byzantine-rite Catholics and Eastern Orthodox, so there's no reason for separate sections. It's sometimes worn below the knee, but other times not -- Russian priests in particular like it at thigh-height. That it's reinforced with cardboard is a tailoring practice, not a definitive rubric; other materials are and have been used. TCC (talk) (contribs) 08:34, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I note that the CE article on maniple claims the epigonation is only for bishops. This is demonstrably wrong even for Byzantine Catholic churches. The illustrations in the standard English-language prayerbook "Byzantine Daily Worship" clearly show the priest wearing it. TCC (talk) (contribs) 21:21, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

text: Here is a page on the Armenian liturgy with a detailed account of the vesting of the priest. The cuffs are called "maniples" here which is a mistaken correspondence since they are intended to ornament and gather the sleeves of the alb/sticharion/shabeeg and were never handkerchiefs. The handkerchief that is used is called a tashgeenag and may not correspond to the maniple either since it has a practical use and is not worn on the arm in any event. No sign of an epigonation. I can't find any description of Armenian episcopal vestments, except a statement that they are "almost identical" to those of the West -- which would also seem to exclude an epigonation. TCC (talk) (contribs) 22:29, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
Talk:This Town's Disaster

message: Evidence of notability of The Blackpool Lights was provided. An album released by a notable band is notable. The proper venue to contest this now is AfD, not speedy deletion. — Kaustuv Chaudhuri 08:41, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contesting speedy deletion 
Talk:BE (Pain of Salvation album)

message: Hi there, just a heads up that the [4]th citation, "Revelationz magazine" website, is currently closed, so their review cannot be verified. I suppose it should be removed from the wiki? See you. Xkuei (talk) 13:25, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reviewer site closed. 

message: The should be at Be (Pain of Salvation album) In ictu oculi (talk) 10:47, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Not an acronym
Talk:Asher

message: Why would the "Osher" page redirect me here?  I was looking for an article about the American mathematician Stan Osher.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Daniel Verity O Connor (talk • contribs) 08:45, 2006 June 23 (UTC)
:Not sure about the redirect, I've added a redirect for Stan Osher and asked the user who created Osher about it. Richard001 02:00, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Osher redirect

message: Straightforward duplicate merge of Asher (Bible) into Asher needed. JJB 21:18, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Support uncontroversial merge. I'll try to do it soon. StAnselm (talk) 23:30, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge proposal 

message: no citation on the fact that asher is very funny, could someone cite a source on that?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:50E0:4540:6DCD:D32E:8EC8:4691 (talk) 01:18, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Issue with citations
Talk:Nanobiotechnology

message: Its a bit strange how short this article is.  It concerns the research avenue for the achievement of lifespans numbering centuries, maybe even immortality.  However, it is mostly theoretical now as nanotechnology isn't even developed yet, but should theoretical things be mentioned (rejuvination, cellular repair, immune defense, etc)?--Exander 08:51, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

message: Some of these sections appear to be direct copies from a research paper or other scientific publication, and that's lame.--Anonymous 08:51, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, the section on antibody-nanoparticle computational modeling looks like a direct copy of this blog post which gives no indication that it's under a free-content license...  sigh...  Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 07:10, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Copyvio

message: I think that the article on Bionanotechnology should be merged into this one. Although the terms do have slightly connotations and usages, the distinctions are by no means commonly recognized. Also, there is so much overlap that most relevant technologies are better discussed in a holistic context rather than trying to split them up. It would be much more effective if the distinctions between the terms were discussed on one page, allowing for a better elucidation of the differences. Vramasub (talk) 04:03, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The article resulting from the merge of Nanobiotechnology, Bionanotechnology, and Bionanoscience was originally posted at Bionanotechnology and Nanobiotechnology, but I have moved it back here due to WP:AND.  Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 17:47, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger Proposal 

message: Nanobiotechnology#Nanobiotechnology
The last paragraph makes very little sense.
"Nanobiology may play a role in a radical level of change. Various aspects of applied and theoretical nanotechnology could help to function as virtual assets on the Internet; which may become a newly formed socio-economic substrate system making up the "virtual landscape." Expanding technologies and a changing socio-economic system might reshape every aspect of life that is currently understood. A matrix of mass media may come out of all these technological advances related to nanobiology. This could create an interactive bi-directional experiential knowledge conveyance system experience. Biological metaphors in computing are being used to create the biological and physical materials that are needed in order to guide the next step in human evolution."  — Preceding unsigned comment added by HeavyQuark (talk • contribs) 16:10, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, that is gibberish.  I've removed the paragraph. Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 18:20, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Last paragraph of Bionanotechnology
Talk:Beatallica (EP)

message: Are you sure "And I'm Evil" doesn't have any inspiration/referance/whatever to Danzig - Am I Demon? GoogleMe 20:58, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  And I'm Evil-references? 
Talk:Gayhurst

message: The Digby's own a Manor also called Gayhurst this has been converted into apartments in the early 1990's Gnangarra 08:56, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: There is a mine of information at the VCH link I have just added (at External links).  Would someone local care to pull out the main points please? --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 15:41, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Victoria History 

message: Does anyone local have a photo of the house they could add to Commons?  It would improve the article and I'd also like one for the List of buildings by William Burges.  Many thanks.  KJP1 (talk) 22:38, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Gayhurst House]]

message: The citation needed bit about the Bombe is mentioned http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/99/a5804499.shtml. Not sure how to edit it in myself. It's also in the episode 6 of the BBC Secret War series, but that's hardly linkable. VonBlade (talk) 01:46, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation
Talk:Beautiful Midnight

message: They all seem to be way off... I've only got pirated MP3s, however, a quick scan of Gnutella contradicts the length of most of the tracks. - Nö†$®åM 02:41, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: They're right by my CD. chowski 03:45, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

text: The tracks lengths are wrong according to my CD. 142.157.197.100 03:55, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Track Length 
Talk:Forever and for Always

message: To whom it may concern,
I am currently updating the page, by making it look better, adding links, getting more reliable sources, and removing stuff that is unsourced. Please do not undo my edits. Thank you. CheetaWolf (talk) 17:45, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Improving the Article
Talk:History of the Middle East/Archive 1

message: I found some POV problems in this article - Its not good to group the entire middle east under one umbrella - Some Arab countries have healthy economies while others don't. WhisperToMe 05:49, 7 Mar 2004 (UTC)

message: I'd like to unprotect this article, but first I have to know - has a compromise on this article been reached? →Raul654 11:38, Mar 24, 2004 (UTC)
That is entirely up to WhisperToMe. If he has given up trying to impose his personal definition of the Middle East on the rest of the world, the article can be unprotected. If not, not. Adam 22:49, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Unprotection

message: The article claims: "By the 1990s, many western commentators (and some Middle Eastern ones) saw the Middle East as not just a zone of conflict, but also a zone of backwardness. The rapid spread of political democracy and the development of market economies in Eastern Europe, Latin America, East Asia and parts of Africa passed the Middle East by. " 
And latter: "By the end of the 1990s, the Middle East as a whole was falling behind not only Europe, but also behind India, Mainland China and other rapidly developing market economies, in terms of production, trade, education, communications and virtually every other criterion of economic and social progress. The assertion that, if oil was subtracted, the total exports of the whole Arab world were less than those of Finland was frequently quoted in the West."
This is pure nonsense. The  GDP (per capita) of Qatar and UAE is higher than Israel; Kuwait and Saudi Arabia's is higher than Russia; Iran's is higher than China. Syria, Jordan and Egypt's (notice these countries don't have oil) is higher than India. The whole article has a negative tone, and as this example shows that in some cases pure nonsense is used to maintain that tone. OneGuy 14:07, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Economy

message: "The area now known as the Middle East has a history of human civilisation extending back 5,000 years." Well, I know for a fact that there was a settlement complete with stone walls and a stone tower as far back as 8350 BC... I'd say that qualifies as civilization, ne?--Deridolus 03:25, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Good catch. ←Humus sapiens←ну? 04:20, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

text: Fine, I'm convinced. Why don't we do the same in History of Palestine? ←Humus sapiens←ну? 06:20, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Early History

message: Read the article, there are more than enough "rag heads" and other racist terms. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.168.115.106 (talk • contribs) 
:Thanks much for noticing! This is all today's vsandalism. The article has been restored to previous good version, and the vandal has been blocked for 24 hours. ←Humus sapiens ну? 07:10, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Multiple problems
Talk:Edmond L. Browning

message: Still more to add under PB, but it's getting there.--Wine Guy 09:17, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: PB

message: All three Consecrators should be referenced, as is the norm for Bishops, to this subject's information. JustTryintobeJust (talk) 13:47, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  All Three Consecrators
Talk:Tunku Puan Zanariah

message: Does that mean she was crowned in 1990? --Haniff 09:23, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Bodies (song)

message: Please do not continue to readd the note about how the lead singer's death is "ironic" because of the nature of the song.  For one thing, the use of the word "ironic" is incorrect because it implies that the opposite of what was expected has occured; if anything, this would be a coincidence.  And even then, this isn't noteworthy; everybody dies, even people who write songs (or books, or whatever) about dying.  Maybe if the lead singer had died in a manner that was described in the song it would be notable, but he didn't. Jeff Silvers 09:34, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead singer's death
Talk:Xylophagia

message: I added this:
"Also, some schoolchildren tend chew their own pencils. This is likely caused by the desire to find some stimulation when they are bored."
Is this ok to add? I don't mean it to be humourous or anything... It just is that way.
I wouldn't think it to be relevant (and it looks to have been deleted anyway). Eating large amounts of wood != chewing a pencil.24.116.11.11 02:29, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the whole pencil-chewing thing is not so much to do with the fact that the pencil is made of wood but that the pencil is something that can easily be sucked on as part of an oral psychological fixation, so to speak. It's supposed to be the leftovers of the teat-suckling intstinct.--HisSpaceResearch 20:39, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The article 

message: "Paul can be so self-pitying, and his humorless earnestness can be suffocating, but I know that a lot of that came from being single for a long time, so I do my best to empathize," Ridenour said. "And I know he can get annoyed by my tendency to obsess over old boyfriends and my xylophagia. I forgive his little quirks, and he's willing to forgive mine. It's a perfect balance."  -  Couple Brought Together Through Mutual Desperation —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kalmia (talk • contribs) 06:58, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Couple Brought Together Through Mutual Desperation
Talk:Galactosemia

message: - possible to expand on the diagnosis?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.243.0.140 (talk) 10:56, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: note

message: What does "Eric" mean in the second paragraph under "Cause"? Is this a typo? Rew1087 (talk) 18:49, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cause (Galactosemia) 
Talk:African Development Bank

message: Who put this section in here? Not only is it full of typos and is 100% unsourced (the subject of this section, a Mr. "Laston M," doesn't even have his full name included), as far as I can tell it's completely fabricated or included in the wrong article.  I tried editing it out once (because it is 100% fake information) but I guess Wikipedia's bots rejected the edit.
As you can see from the Organizational Structure of the AfDB, "CEO" or "head leader" is not a real position in the organization. Furthermore, according to this page on the AfDB's website, the AfDB has never had a president named "Laston M." In addition, simply reading through this wikipedia article will reveal that the information in this section contradicts other parts of the article (such as the well-sourced "Management and control" section).
I propose that this section either:
1) be deleted by anybody who is able to do so (as I said, my edits were rejected); or
2) cleaned up with spellchecking and citations, if indeed the information in this section is accurate.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:151:C300:6EA9:C934:150D:9697:EA4F (talk) 17:41, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problems with "CEO,Founder,Owner and head leader" section 

message: Currently, the article uses the abbreviation "ADB" when referring to the bank. However, even the bank's website uses the abbreviation AfDB, most likely to distinguish itself from the Asian Development Bank.
Are there any objections to changing ADB to AfDB within this article?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Baeksu (talk • contribs) 04:24, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  ADB or AfDB 

message: I just finished a major rewrite of the whole article. Most of the sections were way too long and prosaic, and also copied directly from the bank's website.
I tried to preserve all actual information, and reorganize the sections in a more sensible order.
I also cleaned up and added several wikilinks.
The bank consistently refers to itself by the abbreviation "AfDB" on its own web site and materials. "ADB" is usually used for the Asian Development Bank. So I changed each occurrence of "ADB" to "AfDB".
Baeksu (talk) 01:01, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major rewrite 

message: Why is Libya not listed as a member? See here: . Alinor (talk) 16:08, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Libya 

message: Why can the bank issue it's own coded passports(Code BAD)? 
And why in Tanzania? (ref. https://www.afdb.org/en/annual-meetings-2012/practical-information/visa-and-passports/)
62.219.123.172 (talk) 10:37, 10 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Passports 

message: Its membership was approved yesterday by the Bank's President. https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2020/0505/1136588-ireland-joins-the-african-development-bank/ Culloty82 (talk) 14:48, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ireland becomes 27th non-African member
Talk:Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe

message: What is the relationship between the American Convocation and the Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe. I vaguely remember that there were some historical problems between them over jurisdiction. However, it seems that both entities get along well enough now, possibly because of the incredibly dispersed nature of their parishes. Can anyone enlighten us on the history here? — Gareth Hughes 10:09, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know anything about historical problems, but you're right that there's peaceful coexistence and even cooperation between the two entities nowadays. In Belgium and Germany they don't overlap, but Paris, Geneva, Florence, and Rome have parishes from both jurisdictions. Here in Germany we also have the Council of Anglican/Episcopal Churches in Germany, a group made up of members from both jurisdictions to foster cooperation. However, the Anglican Church in Leipzig, which is very much at the conservative end of the political spectrum and the Evangelical end of the churchmanship spectrum, has left the CAECG while remaining part of the Diocese in Europe. —Angr 09:52, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

text: "Refuse"? Has anyone ever asked them to? +Angr 17:24, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Gibraltar
Talk:Metopes of the Parthenon

message: I think this is a nice article (albeit in need of a tidy up), but really should be merged into the Elgin Marbles article, which would benefit from this level of description of the work.  
Ladybirdintheuk 09:50, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The Elgin marbles are not the same as the metopes. Please see my comment at Talk:Elgin Marbles. --Akhilleus (talk) 17:52, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge suggestion

message: The metopes extended around the entire Parthenon, which means that this article is at best half-done. Actually, things are worse, because the article has put the metopes of the south side on the north side.
So, anyway, here are the subjects of the metopes of each side of the Parthenon.
# West: Amazonomachy. Athenians fight Amazons who are invading Athens
# North: Trojan War scenes
# East: Gigantomachy
# South: Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs
--Akhilleus (talk) 00:46, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Missing metopes

message: Where is this methope now, in what museum or in situ ? From what side is it from?--Io Herodotus (talk) 03:22, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: To me, it looks like this one in earlier days (or a cast) with two heads stuck on. another shot, and another, and sideways. The BM caption ends "The heads of both figures are in ?Athens".  So perhaps this is a cast of the bodies with the original heads from there.  Or all cast. Johnbod (talk) 14:21, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Identification

message: I've arranged for the "Boardman 1985" references to link to the first work in the bibliography for this author and date, "Greek Sculpture: The Classical Period a handbook". However, some of them probably refer to the second work, "Greek Art". Does anyone have copies of the two works? -- John of Reading (talk) 18:10, 16 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Boardman 1985
Talk:X-ray of a Lie

message: *If the Internet Movie Database website has an entry for this film, it must be that it's notable enough.
*If the Wikipedia in German language has an entry for it, it must be that it's notable enough.
*It's curious enough that no one has affixed a 'Notoriety' tag to the adversary film, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, a fiction documentary sponsored by the Venezuelan government.
:I've removed the tag. A film that was expressly made to tell the truth and set the facts straight, clearly is notable enough abd deserves its own article.
:--AVM (talk) 23:02, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: IMDB means nothing. This has been discussed repeatedly at various notability-related forums, and it means nothing. A German Wikipedia entry means nothing (especially when it's a Spanish topic and it was created by a user with a German name, who quite probably saw it there). And Revolution is far more widely known and shown, and X-ray is a non-notable response to it, so a merge is appropriate, as the AFD concluded (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/X-ray of a Lie). If you have evidence this was wrong, go to WP:DRV - don't overturn an AFD outcome unilaterally. Disembrangler (talk) 00:03, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notability?