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Talk:Empress Xiaozheyi

message: The Empress Xiaozheyi page suggests that the Tongzhi Emperor died of syphilis and his mother ordered a coverup. This is a popular rumour, supported by anecdotal and circumstantial evidence. However, the evidence supporting the official cause of death (i.e. smallpox) is far more substantial. Medical experts in modern times generally agree that the Tongzhi emperor died of smallpox or of complications arising from smallpox. I'm a writer with a background in academic research; I am thoroughly conversant with the facts of the Tongzhi Emperor's illness, as documented in both Chinese and English-language sources; I too concur that he died of smallpox. My opinion doesn't matter, though; what *does* matter is the reporting of rumour as fact. It's fine to mention the syphilis thing as long as you're clear that it is a rumour, albeit one widely believed. The fact that it *is* such a popular rumour is precisely why it's important to clarify the facts and clearly distinguish truth from rumour. While it makes for a good story, there's been more than enough innuendo and falsehood muddying the waters on this particular issue without adding to it. One reason the syphilis rumour has gained so much momentum at various times over the last 150 years is because it serves the agenda of those seeking to demonise Cixi. Enough is enough. The Tongzhi Emperor died of smallpox. Any rumours to the contrary should be discussed *as* rumours, not as fact. 118.102.94.159 (talk) 11:20, 8 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Section on Tongzhi Emperor's cause of death needs editing
Talk:Empress Xiaoquancheng

message: I have heard, that this empress was exposed with an attempt to poison one of her husband's sons by the empress dowager, and that she was ordered to comitt suicide, though this was not made official. If there is any truth in this, then it should be mentioned in the article. --85.226.47.188 (talk) 18:29, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That has been inserted today: According to the legend of her death, the empress was discovered in an attempt to poison one of the princes in order to get her own son closer to the throne. One day, she offered Prince Yi Xin to dine with her. She served him fish, but told her own son not to eat of it. When Yi Xin heard this, he refused to eat aswell. Yi Xin trew the fish on the floor, were it was eaten by a cat. The cat died. Yi Xin informed the emperors mother, the empress dowager. The empress dowager told the emperor. To avoid a trial, the empress comitted suicide.--85.226.44.74 (talk) 15:08, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Executed? 
Talk:Enoch Zundel ben Joseph

message: The date of death is listed here as 1867 with no source. On the hebrew Wikipedia entry his date of death is December 2, 1859. The source is the community records in Bialistock. S. Kossin (talk) 01:34, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  The date of death; 1867??
Talk:Ephraim Hanks

message: Is Ephraim Hanks an ancestor of Marion D. Hanks, emeritus member of the first quorum of the seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ellisond (talk • contribs) 14:05, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Where is the info in this article about his involvement with the Danites? -- 208.81.184.4 (talk) 18:25, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Danite 

message: In 1850, Hanks was selected to attack a Timpanogos house.  He continued to fight with the army where the Mormons won, taking several Timpanogos slaves.  This is well documented, and Mormons had a history of taking Native Americans as slaves (see Mormonism and slavery).  However, it keeps getting removed with the explanation that Mormons did not believe in slavery.  I think that the editor is unaware of the history of slavery in Utah, and feels it couldn't have happened because he or she is unaware of Mormon teachings on slavery.  I think reading the provided links will clarify the issue. FreePeoples (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 17:28, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Role in [[Battle at Fort Utah]]

message: There is plenty of evidence in journals that on two separate occasions, Ephraim raised someone from the dead.  As did his brother.
If the intent is to show the full history of a person, including their involvement with the Dainties and/or taking Native American slaves, then their full story of Mr. Hanks deeds should be told, including his raising people from the dead.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.7.245.217 (talk) 03:38, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is there no mention of the two times he raised someone from the dead?
Talk:Duttaphrynus melanostictus

message: Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that :File:Bufo melanosticus 01.JPG will be appearing as picture of the day on January 3, 2012. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2012-01-03. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! howcheng  {chat} 22:38, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[:File:Bufo melanosticus 01.JPG]] to appear as POTD soon 

message: This article states, "It is probably a complex of more than one toad species that is widely distributed in South Asia." However, the rest of the article AND the article's title seem to indicate that it is a single species. In fact, the article uses "the species" to describe the Common Indian Toad quite frequently. Something needs to change, no? StoryMakerEchidna (talk) 21:22, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The article on the Species problem might be useful. It is currently treated as a single species but it is possible that they are made up of long separated lineages but will have to wait for further research. Shyamal (talk) 02:38, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  A species or not a species? 

message: The Page, Kirkpatrick and Massam reference doesn't compare Duttaphrynus melanostictus and Rhinella marina (cane toad) in terms of likely damaging effects. Although the phrase "potentially more damaging than the cane toad" is smattered around various news items and press releases I can't find a reliable source. Itisonly4me (talk) 00:39, 5 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  "potentially more damaging than the cane toad"
Talk:Ercole III d'Este

message: Please change these into refs. Thanks. El_C 07:39, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Inline external links
Talk:Erik Tulindberg

message: Violinist Eric Ferling was also a composer and he was 28 years older than Tulindberg.
http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Ferling  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.112.23.109 (talk) 21:13, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not the first 
Talk:Ernestine Rose

message: Big difference. Which one is it? Wareq 02:57, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  1810 or 1820? 

message: — Assignment last updated by SGB.His370 (talk) 03:35, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Global Interconnections
Talk:Sânpetru

message: 89.123.53.232 16:20, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

message: "On 10 May 1803, aged 16" - from the date of birth given, 1884, he'd be 19. Someone's changed one of the numbers. 79.78.171.130 (talk) 22:36, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Probable vandalism 

message: Hi User:Celia Homeford and anyone else reading this. I have brought this discussion here to avoid an edit war. The edits I made were carried out because information in the current infobox is not factually correct. The infobox cites Frederick IV as the predecessor of Ernest I as Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. This is just not correct. The Saxon duchies were reorganised, which was pointed out to me and I fixed it, but my edit was still undone. In addition, when an infobox simply does not include a successor, as is the case here with Ernest as the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, it makes for confusion. The successor parameter should be added, with text reading "Monarchy abolished" or, more historically accurate, "Monarchy reorganised". This has been done with all other deposed monarchs' articles, like Constantine II of Greece, Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and Wilhelm II, to name a few. Please let me know what you think. Thanks. - Therealscorp1an (talk) 03:43, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: He's not a deposed monarch. Celia Homeford (talk) 08:48, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text:  I think you have misunderstood. I never said he was deposed... - Therealscorp1an (talk) 11:59, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: "This has been done with all other deposed monarchs' articles". Celia Homeford (talk) 12:10, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text:  Okay, "abolished" would have been a better word. But please don't tip-toe around the wording to avoid the actual matter here. - Therealscorp1an (talk) 12:17, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: There is no predecessor or successor. The parameters can be left blank. I don't object to the removal of Frederick IV. Infoboxes should be short and simple. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Infoboxes: "The less information it contains, the more effectively it serves that purpose ... wherever possible, present information in short form, and exclude any unnecessary content." Celia Homeford (talk) 14:12, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Sure, I would agree with you. I just think that leaving those parameters blank confuses the reader. - Therealscorp1an (talk) 21:36, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox
Talk:Ernst Philipp Karl Lange

message: I notice that the German article is more substantive and perhaps could be translated. Some other suggestions for improvement as the article is expanded:
*Appropriate infobox should be added 
*Photograph or portrait should be added from a source with a free license 
*Article needs expanding and should emphasise reasons for notability of subject 
*Article should be divided into appropriate subheadings
*Information on works should be expanded, including more details on style and critical reception
*A complete works list would be interesting
*References should be expanded and preferably converted to the inline format  
*External links to useful online resources should be added if available
Espresso Addict 18:01, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Review comments
Talk:Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow

message: While Fleischl's morphine and cocaine addictions are well known and abundantly sourced (see especially "Brautbriefe"), where does the claim regarding heroin addiction comes from? Are there any sources? If NOT, WHY is it claimed then, at all? Thanks  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:908:2810:8780:3C2F:52B9:C2C8:8B45 (talk) 14:48, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources for claimed heroin addiction
Talk:Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke

message: I have added a lot to the Brücke page, including elaborating in the biography page, as well as new sections about Research and Ideology with subsets in his Ideas, a Feud, and a Debate he took part in. I did extensive research before adding to this article, all of my sources are under the External Links section, but does anyone have any advice regarding what else I can add to make the article more well-rounded? In addition, is there anything I added that anyone thinks is inaccurate or not worth bringing to the article? 
128.239.198.214 (talk) 19:07, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edits
Talk:Father Fintan Stack

message: With only a paragraph of text, I think this article would be better merged with New Jack City (Father Ted), the article about the episode he appears in. --McGeddon 16:26, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah no, give it time and it will surely expand like everything else. Individual characters from Father Ted are notable enough to have their own article. Ah go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on... --Candlewicke Consortiums Limited 18:15, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Surely it should be moved here as he is a minor character? The aforementioned article doesnt include him so i'm copying this text into it.  20:17, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

text:  I don't see how articles about characters from a single episode can be expanded. If the series was ongoing, or if books were being published, or if they were real people, then new information would become available, but there's only so much you can write about a character who appeared once in a TV series that's sadly finished. --McGeddon 10:19, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge
Talk:Ninjak

message: This article needs the B-Class checklist filled in to remain a B-Class article for the Comics WikiProject.  If the checklist is not filled in by 7th August this article will be re-assessed as C-Class.  The checklist should be filled out referencing the guidance given at Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment/B-Class criteria. For further details please contact the Comics WikiProject.  Comics-awb (talk) 17:11, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: WikiProject Comics B-Class Assesment required

message: The last line of the first paragraph says "Ninjak comics have been translated into a number of languages including German, Italian, Spanish, Norwegian, Filipino and Chinese[2] among others."  Filipino is not a language and this word should be changed to Tagalog.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.222.74.187 (talk) 14:41, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Filipino is not a language.
Talk:Jewish Publication Society of America Version

message: Wasn't this kind of a revision of KJV?   The main title was "The Holy Scriptures" (as seen in the image)... AnonMoos (talk) 10:34, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Not so much the King James as the Revised Version, a 19th century update of the King James, and the American Standard Version, a US revision of the RV. As far as I know, it hews pretty closely to the RV, except that Christological interpretations have been replaced with Jewish interpretations, and some Jewish exegesis is brought to bear. See the preface to the JPS version for an explanation of how the JPS prepared the translation ("The method employed by the Board", about the middle of the page). — Malik Shabazz (talk · contribs) 22:26, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

message: This is published by the Jewish Conservative movement. --Mooveitorhloseit (talk) 23:21, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: No, it was published by the Jewish Publication Society, which is not affiliated with Conservative Judaism (nor any other religious movement). — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 02:26, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Conservative movement
Talk:Eugène Rambert

message: Born 1830. Tutor in 1845. Professor in 1845. Although the online source from which this article comes verbatim(+/-) has those years, fr.WP has not the second 1845 but 1860 --SilasW (talk) 17:31, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: 1855 is correct, see Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. -Vaudois133 (talk) 16:55, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Are dates correct?
Talk:Barron River (Ontario)

message: Does anybody have a ref to which Mr/Mrs Barron this river and canyon were named after?
Judge Nutmeg (talk) 14:29, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Ezekiel Polk

message: WikiProject Biography Assessment
The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Yamara 05:00, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography/Assessment#Class_parameter|Biography assessment rating]] comment 

message: Might someone find a link to an authoritative list of his children as referenced in the section below?  
"His first wife, Mary Wilson Polk, bore him eight children, including Samuel, the father of James K. Polk, 11th President of the United States. No children of his second wife, Bessie Davis, survived infancy. By his third wife, Sofia Neely Lennard Polk, he had four children.[10] He died near Bolivar, Tennessee, August 31, 1824, and was buried in the Polk Cemetery at Bolivar."
Dcsutherland (talk) 03:54, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  External Source Info on Children?
Talk:Ezra T. Benson

message: Sherri Dew speaks of Ezra T. in her biography of his great-grandson, Ezra Taft Benson.  John Henry Evans and Minnie Egan Anderson wrote a biography of Ezra T. Benson that was published by Deseret Book in 1947.  BYU has 5 copies that can be checked out, plus one in special collections, so if anyone is at BYU or nearby, they can easily find the book.  Another resource that could be consulted in Andrew Jenson's LDS biographical encyclopedia.  This was included in Bookcraft's InfoBase Library.Johnpacklambert (talk) 17:52, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Resources
Talk:F. O. C. Darley

message: There seems to be competing sources for the year of Felix Darley's birth - 1821 or 1822. His grave marks 1821, though various sources I've found say 1822. Any suggestions on how to settle this? --Midnightdreary (talk) 17:33, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for this. The Findagrave page reflects his grave marker, as I noted above, so it could just be repeating a typo. The Wiki is not a reliable source, nor is that homemade page that looks circa 1996. Google Book search produces borh 1822 references and 1821. I don't see this problem solved yet. --Midnightdreary (talk) 14:03, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: You might start with assuming 1822 is the typo and make his tombstone leading evidence instead of clinging to 1822 without evidence.--Dirk P Broer (talk) 13:28, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry you feel that I'm "clinging to 1822 without evidence" (especially as it seems that I'm the one who initiated the discussion). I've seen enough incorrect dates on tombstones to know that the assumption they are "leading evidence" is not a good one. Here's my lack of evidence, however: Book 1, Book 2, Book 3, Book 4, Book 5, and this biography of Darley, and his page at the Smithsonian. I don't see this problem solved yet. --Midnightdreary (talk) 14:03, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birth year? 
Talk:Fabrizio Ruffo

message: WikiProject Biography Assessment
The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Yamara 05:12, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography/Assessment#Class_parameter|Biography assessment rating]] comment 

message: The article was integrated with some sources of the Italian version, but most of them are not freely available on the web. Additional sources were provided. Possibly, the textual form and the contents can be further improved. I would kindly appreciate any user who may want to help in doing so. Regards, Theologian81sp (talk) 14:18, 10 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent edits
Talk:Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828–1885)

message: Why was the article moved? It seems odd that other royal Prussians (Frederick William III of Prussia etc) continue to have Anglisized names, while this article has been changed. Ruby2010 (talk) 22:58, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Move

message: Arthur Conan Doyle refers to him so in the short story “ A Regimental Scandal”. Is this so? If the fact can be properly sourced, it could improve the article. 98.182.139.2 (talk) 16:30, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: The Red Prince

message: There seems to have been some sort of misunderstanding concerning the exact birthplace. Someone edited it as a "Schloss Klein" in Berlin but being from Berlin myself I never heard of such a palace and checking sources available on the internet the actual place of birth obviously was the Berlin Palace (currently being rebuilt in the city centre) so I corrected this passage. Still I wonder where the idea of a "Schloss Klein" came from. His place of death was Jagdschloss Glienicke (not far from Potsdam) and sometimes you find the place given as Klein Glienicke (which is the settlement next to it), maybe that is where the "Klein" came from. --Proofreader (talk) 20:09, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birthplace
Talk:White Ninja

message: The only reason for the disambig page was to link to a webcomic entry that violates WP:WEB. That article has been deleted by admins 3 times, and is clearly just an attempt to advertize. The continued existance of a disambig page to a red-link only encourages re-creation of materials in violation of WP:WEB. --63.167.255.202 16:47, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

message: *Links to non-existent articles ("redlinks") may be included only when an editor is confident that an encyclopedia article could be written on the subject.
Seems pretty obvious to me -Rebent 01:29, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_%28disambiguation_pages%29#Redlinks]]
Talk:Sudan Red G

message: Why is "Sudan" part of the name? Badagnani 22:12, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Why is it called that?
Talk:Worcester Art Museum

message: Is the John Chandler Bancroft mentioned in this article the same as Bancroft Davis? I couldn't find definite proof, but if they're the same, a wikilink to Bancroft Davis should be added. Leschnei (talk) 00:48, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm pretty sure they are two different people. [] - Xenxax (talk) 17:22, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, thanks. Leschnei (talk) 17:17, 9 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is this the right Bancroft?
Talk:Felix Otto Dessoff

message: Apart from the 1st Symphony, which other works of Brahms did Dessoff premiere?  There's a non-specific claim, which we have in the article.  But I can't find any other evidence of these other works he supposedly premiered.  --  Jack of Oz [your turn] 02:02, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Which other Brahms works?
Talk:Cessna 411

message: Something should be said about the Cessna 411's bad single engine performance, and the excessive amount of rudder force required to lift the wing of the dead engine.  Aviation Consumer often wrote about this aircraft's defects.TimothyMN (talk) 23:18, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You can add it yourself if you can find a reliable source. I would expect the info to come from a some sort of technical assessment rather than just an opinion site. MilborneOne (talk) 09:44, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: One reliable source is FAA part 23.149, which says that rudder force for controllable flight must not exceed 150 pounds of force.  I read somewhere that this airplane on a single engine requires more like 260 pounds of force to keep it flighing straight. I think the reference was in magazine Aviation Consumer. TimothyMN (talk) 03:52, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

message: I've not been able to find my old copies of the Aviation Consumer which contains the Cessna 411 articles, but perhaps somebody may be able to track one down, possibly in an aeronautical university (Embry-Riddle, eg?) library.  As I recall, Cessna was sued after a 411 crashed when an engine failed on take-off.  A Cessna test-pilot then took a 411 off and shut down one engine, in order to demonstrate that the aircraft could perform such a maneuver.  He crashed.   The Aviation Consumer urged the FAA to ground the 411, although later on the addition of vortex generators seemed to ameliorate the poor single-engine handling enough to make the airplane flyable.98.170.201.140 (talk) 00:01, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bad Handling
Talk:Ferdinand David (musician)

message: According to , David served as music director of that orchestra for two relatively brief spans separated by a ten-year gap, the second span occurring during Julius Rietz's 12-year tenure. Yet this article doesn't even mention that position, and the other doesn't discuss the gap beyond the mention in this list: 
: ...
*1841–1842, 1852–1854: Ferdinand David
*1843–1844: Ferdinand Hiller
*1844–1848: Niels Gade
*1848–1860: Julius Rietz
: ...
--Thnidu (talk) 14:41, 19 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Music director