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Talk:HMAS Otway (S 59)

message: I've come into possession of a pamphlet from the Holbrook Submarine Museum that explains how and why the outer casing of Otway ended up  inland. Because its a free, throwaway pamphlet, I'm not sure its an appropriate source for the article. Instead, I thought I'd summarise the main points that I think would end up in the article here, until such time as they can be substantiated by a more reliable source.
* Holbrook was originally named Germantown, but decided to change its name during World War I because of the German association. On the suggestion of one of the councillors, the town was renamed after British submarine commander Norman Douglas Holbrook.
* The township maintained close links to the Holbrook family, and later the RAN Submarine Service.
* In 1995, the RAN gave Otways fin to the town.
* The community thought "Bugger this... we can do better than that" and began to raise money to buy the whole boat. Funding for the project included a substantial donation from Commander Holbrook's wife.
* The town was unsuccessful in tendering for Otway, but negotiated with Sims Metal (the successful tenderer, who were to scrap the submarine) to purchase the 'above-waterline' half of the submarine's outer casing.
* The hull was cut into sections during scrapping at Garden Island, delivered via semi-trailer, then reassembled on site by a team of unemployed people undergoing a government training programme.
* The site was dedicated as a Submarine Memorial on 1 June 1997.
* The Holbrook Submarine Museum later opened nearby.
Hope we can get this information (and relevant elaborations) into the article at some point. -- saberwyn 11:29, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  How ''Otway'' ended up 400 km inland (Needs bettter sourcing)
Talk:Do It Best

message: Looks like an upcoming merger with United. Please update. https://lbmjournal.com/united-hardware-and-do-it-best-announce-intent-to-merge/  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:243:C03:2F40:55D1:812D:5AD6:CCDA (talk) 15:46, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)/Archive B2

message: Should existing guidelines, such as those presented in the Manual of Style, be treated as a community consensus until and unless consensus is established to change them? Seraphimblade 11:18, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Broadly speaking, anything that matches established community practice and is relatively uncontroversial can be assumed to enjoy a community consensus, regardless of where it happens to be written down.  I would be wary, however, of extending that to those points in the MoS that don't match actual community practice (and there are a few, usually on the more obscure MoS pages) unless there has been an explicit consensus that they be adopted. Kirill Lokshin 13:22, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: In this case, what brought the question on was a section in Wikipedia:Manual of style (dates and numbers) on binary prefixes. This section states that the use of XiB prefixes (such as :MiB) should be used rather than notation such as :megabyte where the binary representation is more accurate. This guideline was adopted by consensus some time ago, but recently was disputed after a newer editor attempted to actually make the recommended changes, and those changes were reverted (in many cases while being called "vandalism".) The dispute has not reached the level of a consensus to change the guideline. Are there any recommendations for such a situation? Seraphimblade 13:28, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, given that the MoS doesn't appear to correspond to what article editors are actually doing in practice, it's somewhat questionable whether it (still) enjoys consensus in this case.  I would suggest starting a (widely publicized—try leaving notes with the relevant WikiProjects, and on the talk pages of some prominent articles) discussion with the intent of figuring out what the MoS should say on the topic (rather than the somewhat narrower yes/no question of whether what it currently says is correct). Kirill Lokshin 13:46, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Will do. Thank you for your help. Seraphimblade 13:53, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Request for clarification regarding [[Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Naming Conventions|Naming Conventions]] consensus finding

message: I am pleased to announce that I and User:Sarenne have reached consensus on refraining from copyediting SI prefixes used in the binary sense into the IEC standard prefixes, to help things settle down a bit before the possible vote (which we still do oppose). Our voluntary moratorium is effective immediately and lasts two weeks from this announcement, plus to the end of any possible poll still continuing on that date, unless a vote is completed before the end of these two weeks or there is substantial consensus that a vote is not going to occur, in which case we consider it the end of our voluntary moratorium. --SLi 18:04, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Voluntary moratorium on copyediting IEC prefixes
Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)/Archive B3

message: Please, only discuss what you want to achieve here. (It's okay to list something that's already being achieved by the current version of MoS)
*What I want is where articles have a majority of sources that use kilobyte/KB/megabyte/MB etc then those articles should use those terms and not binary prefixes, this is especially the case for articles that discuss older computers. This is to improve the consistency of the article with the sources and allows the reader to verify the terminology used. The exact phrasing will depend on the reply from the JEDEC. Fnagaton 14:09, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion of Goals
Talk:Chris Close

message: Has Chris Close played for Hull Kingston Rovers? Best regards. DynamoDegsy (talk) 14:42, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Has [[Chris Close]] played for [[Hull Kingston Rovers]]? 
Talk:Nightlife (novel)

message: Does anyone have thoughts about condensing the entire Cal Leandros series into a single page (since the later books don't have their own pages anyway) - and then adding pages for her other series as well? Caseylf (talk) 17:50, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: *That sounds like a great idea. Most series, regardless of genre, lack individual notability for each specific novel but pass notability guidelines as a whole.Tokyogirl79  (｡◕‿◕｡)  04:37, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

text: *Good deal! So as not to overlap in editing I can start working on the pages for the other series. Caseylf (talk) 14:47, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
Talk:No Name (novel)

message: should i put a period after Mr in the character list
also is pendril spelled right Ducklan (talk) 15:01, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: "Mr." is archaic now, but was used at the time that Collins was writing. Yes, the lawyer's name is spelt "Pendril". JezGrove (talk) 19:55, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: No, it is not. 2A00:23C7:E287:E001:74E3:39E6:7C7:74E0 (talk) 12:15, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  periods
Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers/Archive 70

message: There is some mention that  is now supported by Google and other consumers of geometric coordinates here. There is also gathering momentum to convert  to  here. I therefore ask are were ready to make this change to the MoS now? -- Patleahy 11:50, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Not that it really matters, but I'd prefer waiting for a message from each of them announcing coord support, or coord marked data visible in their services. --Para 12:22, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The Anome has made a fine contribution above so if TA were to endorse the change then I would too. -- roundhouse 19:25, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

text: I have already posted a link to a message from Google saying that they're happy for us to proceed; and I have already stated that I have an e-mail from GeoNames saying that they're parsing coord. Andy Mabbett 19:42, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: What I would like is a reference which satisfies the requirements of Wikipedia:Verifiability or failing that some consensus here, or as I said above an endorsement from The Anome (who seems both knowledgeable on these matters and impartial). -- roundhouse 13:25, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You're making a WP:POINT by cut & pasting my words from . Please point out where Wikipedia:Verifiability applies to talk pages. Meanwhile, Wikipedia-World have confirmed that they will also parse . Andy Mabbett 14:23, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Can we make this change now
Talk:True Value

message: * In July 2017 True Value was offered for sale, and competitor Ace Hardware (with about 5,000 locations) expressed interest in buying.
How can a co-op be bought and sold -- what would it actually mean?-71.174.175.10 (talk) 18:20, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  2017 True Value was offered for sale 

message: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-true-value-private-equity-deal-0316-story.html
Not a co-op anymore. True Value is now a wholesaler. Please update.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:CF93:BD0:C9FB:99B:DBD4:E140 (talk) 05:52, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  2018 True Value Sale 

message: :I was looking for information on the history of the Coast to Coast store chain, but any Wikipedia search for that name redirects here, which has very little information about it.  The chain may have been subsumed by True Value financially, but not topically.  More information about the history of the Coast to Coast chain should be included here. Landroo (talk) 17:47, 14 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coast to Coast stores history
Talk:Wakefern Food Corporation

message: Wakefern seems to have offices in Keasbey and in Elizabeth, NJ
*"Wakefern New Supplier Requirements."
It is "505 Division Street Elizabeth, NJ 07207"
WhisperToMe (talk) 06:20, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Additional stuff
Talk:Culture of Belarus

message: "de-polonisation"? It was Russification.Xx236 07:45, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

message: This concerns POV tag cleanup.  Whenever an POV tag is placed, it is necessary to also post a message in the discussion section stating clearly why it is thought the article does not comply with POV guidelines, and suggestions for how to improve it.  This permits discussion and consensus among editors.  From WP tag policy: Drive-by tagging is strongly discouraged. The editor who adds the tag must address the issues on the talk page, pointing to specific issues that are actionable within the content policies, namely Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, Wikipedia:Verifiability, Wikipedia:No original research and Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons. Simply being of the opinion that a page is not neutral is not sufficient to justify the addition of the tag. Tags should be added as a last resort.  Better yet, edit the topic yourself with the improvements.  This statement is not a judgement of content, it is only a cleanup of frivolously and/or arbitrarily placed tags.  No discussion, no tag.Jjdon (talk) 20:49, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV tag 
Talk:Price Rite

message: Does anyone know if this company is the same as the price rite from hong kong? Price Rite HK ZH Pricerite wikipedia article If not I think that PriceRite HK defiantly needs it's own article, just need to confirm first.  --SnakeSeries (talk) 02:52, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  PriceRite Hong Kong 

message: The section on warehouse clubs has some POV language about competitors "invading their trade areas and stealing their business." This language depicts the entrance of new competitors as aggression ("invading... stealing"), which is a matter of opinion.  This should be rewritten. -- Bistropha (talk) 05:34, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Nine years later and I finally rewrote that section to remove that language. oknazevad (talk) 04:55, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV language
Talk:Palliser novels

message: Isn't there some dispute as to whether The Eustace Diamonds, which doesn't particularly concern politics, and in which the Pallisers play only a rather minor role, should really be considered part of this sequence?  I've certainly read criticism saying as much.  I know it is frequently considered as such, and appears in boxed sets with the others, and was adapted in the miniseries, but this seems to make things too neat.  There are, after all, considerable overlaps between the Barsetshire novels and the Pallisers (including the old duke and Plantagenet, who first appear in the former sequence).  john k (talk) 19:34, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Why on earth does this article have a more complete  cast listing than The Pallisers?  --75.207.73.95 (talk) 19:21, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Undue weight on adaptation
Talk:Pastoral (Shute novel)

message: This is an early example of the 'Bomber' story, more recently epitomised by works like Memphis Belle and Catch-22. 
A bomber crew has to complete 25 missions before they get redeployed to safer roles, they squabble and come together, the number of missions to complete ticks down and down until the final mission comes, which is absolute hell, leaving the captain to nurse his injured plane home against all the odds.
It's notable for being written and published during the war. What does it earlier? Nickpheas (talk) 17:44, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bomber Fiction
Talk:Planeswalker (novel)

message: I accidentally made the first paragraph or so into a box, and I don't know how to change it back.   Sincerely, TheEvilInThisWorld (talk) 21:26, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  I think I screwed up...
Talk:Mutual insurance

message: What is a "mutual holding company"? The article has an entire section about "mutual holding companies" without explaining what it is!--194.38.144.2 (talk) 08:55, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Reference [6] is a broken link. I agree with the friend above as well about "mutual holding companies". Thank you.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.143.131.124 (talk) 18:38, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mutual holding companies 

message: The insure.com link doesn't advocate that companies fully demutualize, it merely says that inserting a holding company doesn't retain the benefits of a mutual for the policy holder (stopping short of saying it is the worst of both worlds). Anyway, is this site's opinion notable to be mentioned here?81.159.72.169 (talk) 00:56, 10 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I will remove the problematic part per your 2 year old uncontested proprosal.--Wuerzele (talk) 10:07, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Holding company opinion 

message: Philadelphia Contributionship is mentioned up top. Is it still a mutual insurance company and should it be added under USA below?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.249.89.201 (talk) 15:37, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Philadelphia Contributionship 
Talk:St John the Baptist Church, Reid

message: This article is becoming far too long for an article on a parish church due to the addition of too much non-notable and detailed information. Other editors are encouraged to trim this article to a more appropriate size. Afterwriting (talk) 03:09, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the help with the edits. Further peer review would be appreciated Happypup398 (talk) 03:37, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article needs considerable trimming 

message: According to the St Stephen's Presbyterian Church and Manse, Queanbeyan page this clergyman/architect designed extensions to St Johns, Reid. However he is not mentioned on its' page.
• He is also mentioned, quite extensively on the Christ Church, Queanbeyan page, but under a slightly different middle name. Dies, not Dias. Different birth year too IIRC.<BR>
• There is probably enough material, and notability, for a Soares BLP.
• Currently, Alberto Dias Soares redirects (created by me) to the above Queanbeyan church & manse page.FYI, Regards 220 of ßorg 03:10, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Alberto Dias Soares]] possibly aka Alberto Diaz Soares
Talk:Robotech (novels)

message: I have corrected (to some degree) the chronological reading order.  Based on the following information: 
a) according to the posted timelines, the Sentinels arrived at Tirol in 2025, well before Dana Sterling's graduation in 2029.  
b) While there may be some debate as to the placement of "Dark Powers" and "Death Dance" in the exact timeline, an event occurs in "World Killers" which places its timeline towards the end of the 2nd Robotech War, when Aurora psychically contacts Dana; 
c) Rubicon takes place during the Third Robotech War.  There's some indication in the book that hyperspace travel has lessened the time between folds, so it's reasonable to assume that the book took place either just before or during the events leading up to the end of Symphony of Light.
If anyone has data that can accurately place Dark Powers and Death Dance, rock on. 5minutes 23:31, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Chronological Reading Order

message: According to McKinney's forward in The Master's Gambit, the correct reading order is Books 1-6, The Zentraedi Rebellion, the ENTIRE Sentinels series, The Master's Gambit, Books 7-9, Before the Invid Storm, Books 10-12, and, finally, The End of the Circle.
If the author himself recommends a particular reading order, shouldn't that be the suggested one?  Dusty duster (talk) 20:18, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: More on the Reading Order

message: A quick delete tag was placed on the reduced-size omnibus bookcover image.  The reason for getting rid of it was posted as being designated by a twinkle automation script.   In this specific case, before deleting, I think a better reason should be provided other than deletion by some automated function.   The change done was:  Undid revision 148888101 by Freedomeagle (talk) AnimeJanai 06:33, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Removed Quick Delete tag on image

message: a short summary of each book should be provided, say a paragraph 70.51.11.210 (talk) 06:53, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  book summaries 

message: This article doesn't explain the clear contradiction that exist in the novelization and the TV version.  For example, the "thinking cap" concept makes Louie Nichols' Pupil Pistol in "The Hunters" far less important and yet this along with the rest of the series was novelized without explaining why the Pupil Pistol was such a step forward.--BruceGrubb (talk) 11:38, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradictions 

message: Someone should clean up the references section as both links are dead. the infamous rmx (talk) 14:32, 16 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Never mind, did it myself. the infamous rmx (talk) 14:43, 16 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  References
Talk:Rules (novel)

message: Did some very bold editing on this today, and removed the copy&paste tag as a result, would be great if another editor could give a second opinion here...Pflat (talk) 12:13, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed copy&paste tag 

message: Why isn't there a summary of this book like in other articles? Daisy134 (talk) 20:37, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lacking things
Talk:Barbatio

message: I found this in the italian wikipedia, Barbazione but I don't know if it is the same article- some of the dates appear to be the same. It also has a picture which would be useful to use here. 68.231.151.161 03:21, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, it's the same topic. The picture, , is just a coin with Valentinian on it; it doesn't seem terribly relevant to this article. —Angr 20:07, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Seeing as Barbatio is recorded in but one or two sources and was only a general, and our articles on Romans tend to have photos of important individuals from busts or coins, I think it is very unlikely we will ever have a representation of him. I don't think the image of someone else add particular value, though, so perhaps the best we could hope for is some sort of representation of one of the battles he fought in. Rockpocket 20:11, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Italian wikipedia
Talk:Sharpe's Enemy

message: I am not sure that there is much point to this section. Currently it only contains two characters - Sharpe himself and Pot-au-Feu. The latter is not that significant a character in the book compared with some of the others (eg Harper and Teresa). If there is to be a section then it might be mentioned that two major characters in the Sharpe series are killed off - Teresa and Hakeswill (though both would reappear in later stories set prior to the events of this novel). It also might be mentioned that three significant characters were introduced in this book  - General Nairn, Captain Frederickson and Major Ducos (though Ducos would appear in a couple of stories written and published later, but set prior to this -Sharpe's Battle and Sharpe's Skirmish- though in neither does he actually meet Sharpe). Dunarc (talk) 22:56, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Characters section
Talk:Vulturo (Birdman)

message: Have restored this article to a previous state. This article was earlier blanked and redirected to Birdman and the Galaxy Trio without their being any mention of Vulturo at all, on the said article.
It must also be noted that Vulturo, as a character appears in both Birdman, and Adult Swim's Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law. Although he appears only twice in the original series, he's a regular on the newer one. Hence an independent article. 202.149.33.82 09:05, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:David Fowler (mathematician)

message: ...well his lecturing style and anecdotes. Rich Farmbrough, 09:26, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed. He was a delightful man. I spent many a happy hour working with him on correcting the page proofs of The Mathematics of Plato's Academy. Sadly missed. --Kay Dekker (talk) 20:19, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: I remember
Talk:2007 Manitoba general election

message: why dont the "regions" in the summary match up with the "regions" on the wikipage? I was going to add the results and post them, but how am I to know what region a riding is in? Pellaken 09:08, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The regions in the summary are the official regions on Manitoba. For federal results we look at provincial totals, not totals based on our made up regions, so why should this be any different? -- Earl Andrew - talk 15:40, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Reigons

message: I don't think these results are accurate, I've seen a ton of different data from CBC or other sites.--Petrovic-Njegos 22:33, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Results