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Talk:Cult of personality

message: I suspect that List of cults of personality has become a fork from this page. I.am.a.qwerty (talk) 11:40, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of cults of personality & WP:Fork 

message: Under Mass Media, this article states "Today, governments are capable of isolating citizens from the outside world and creating a monopoly of what citizens have access to, making it much easier to foster a cult of personality." I have twice requested a citation and twice had that request reverted by user:Beyond My Ken on the basis that the truth of the statement is obvious, a "sky is blue fact." I don't want to engage in an editing war, but my understanding of how Wikipedia works is that facts presented should be supported by impartial evidence.
It is not obvious to me that it is easier today for governments to isolate their citizens from the outside world than it was in the past. On the contrary, it seems to me that communications technology developed in and since the 20th century has made isolation much more difficult than in previous centuries. Fairly simple software makes evading blocks to satellite communications possible for anyone with a cellphone.
So if it is factual that isolating a country's population from the outside world is indeed easier today, I would like to read the evidence that supports that. If it is more than just an opinion, please cite your sources instead of continuing to revert my request for citation. Saying that "it's obvious" or "sky is blue" or that a citation isn't needed is not evidence; it's just more opinion. Whaledancer (talk) 19:38, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Again, as I look up -- and if the snowy clouds disperse -- the sky is still blue.  Blockage of information may be evaded by "simple software", but first people have to know that there's something out there to be unblocked.  Isolating people from facts is still widely and efficiently effected by governments with much more powerful software and bureaucracies and great willingness (and need, in terms of their survival) to block undesired information from their populations.  Just check out the state of the public's knowledge in Russia and China, for instance, the two most obvious cases. Beyond My Ken (talk) 06:15, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is it easier to isolate a population today? 
Talk:Bootstrapping

message: Bootstrapping, and the phrase it originated from, "pull oneself up by one's bootstraps", has been notably criticized and that criticism is deserving of including in this article to balance out (NPOV) the current overwhelming positive framing / perspective in the article.
Some sources:
* https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps-nonsense_us_5b1ed024e4b0bbb7a0e037d4
* https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/child-development-central/201701/the-myth-bootstraps
* http://ideas.time.com/2012/09/07/the-myth-of-bootstrapping/
* https://www.teenvogue.com/story/the-pulling-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps-myth-explained
* https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/pulling-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps-is-actually-impossible 
* https://everydayfeminism.com/2015/05/debunking-bootstraps-myth/
* http://the-toast.net/2013/12/04/pulling-yourself-up-too-high-by-your-own-bootstraps/
Tantek (talk) 21:53, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs Criticism section for better NPOV 

message: The use of boot, boot up and reboot in Computing is unrelated to the metaphorical use of (pulling oneself up by the) bootstrap/s.
The term boot up relates to the physical necessity of giving old-fashioned mainframes a kick to get them started. You had to give them a boot up the arse.
Nuttyskin (talk) 19:37, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  ''Boot'' unrelated to ''Bootstrap'' 

message: Many relevant statements in this article, e.g., the ones referring to the origin of the bootstrapping term, are based on quite unknown sources. It is nice to invent explanations such as the "pull oneself over a fence by one's bootstraps" one but Wikipedia is not the place for that. Either such statements should be removed, or notable sources should be added.
M. B., Jr. (talk) 22:16, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: No notable sources are being provided. In a few days,the referred statements will be removed. M. B., Jr. (talk) 16:07, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: "A more practical and common interpretation is that the phrase infers that when a person wants to succeed, the first thing they need to do before hard work, is to put on their boots. In this sense, the phrase makes perfect sense, as most working people put their shoes or boots on as the last item of clothing before they start for work.[1][2][3]"  These sources don't say this at all (and I wonder if one can find any that do). 73.149.22.193 (talk) 03:19, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Removed the paragraph without bothering to check what the sources said, since the sources were weak anyway. Rolf H Nelson (talk) 05:36, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  References trustability
Talk:Richard Rorty

message: The article says Rorty's first child, James (Jay) was born in 1954. The OAC, Online Archive of California,
states under the collection title Rorty (Richard) Papers that James/Jay was born in 1961. It's hard to believe
that a male would bother to lie about his age, but this is something that should probably be checked out and, if necessary,
corrected. After all, Richard Rorty has said that he suffered from OCD. He would want every detail of his article to be correct.
Younggoldchip (talk) 16:55, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discrepancy in Son Jay's Birthdate 

message: Seriously, what's with this redirect? It's just one person, a non sequitur. 83.255.116.83 (talk) 22:35, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why does this redirect from "reformist left"
Talk:Black Death

message: "percent" (as in %) is spelled wrong - 
per cent
with a space. 2 words. 2A06:C701:4C72:7900:FD67:C7BA:223B:6A56 (talk) 12:39, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: Percent seems to be consistent with the MOS of the article. See WP:MOS. Seawolf35 (talk) 15:44, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry,  Seawolf35 (talk) 15:45, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 20 September 2023 

message: Change "An estimate of the case fatality rate for the modern bubonic plague, after the introduction of antibiotics, is 11%, although it may be higher in underdeveloped regions." to "An estimate of the case fatality rate for the modern  plague, after the introduction of antibiotics, is 11%, although it may be higher in underdeveloped regions." (removing the word "bubonic"). The case fatality ratio linked appears to refer to plague in general, rather than just the bubonic form. Wizzeh (talk) 06:02, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Tollens (talk) 03:39, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 14 February 2024
Talk:Tax, tariff and trade

message: surely there must be some NPOV parts to this.  
how popular is the term?
: http://www.google.ca/search?q=%22tax+tariff%22+trade+references
and there are repeated paragraphs, throughout the article.  has no one even proofed this yet?
This article was originally written on 20 January 2003 by an unregistered user who appeared on that day only.  The succeeding post was to delete the article as being from a banned ex-user.  Subsequent versions have re-added the original text, expanding on it.
Query:  why is this overly broad group of topics given a high priority status?  It would be a good title for a multi-volume economics treatise involving dozens of renowned professors, but hasn't been done yet.  The article would be better suited to the Economics project than the Taxation project.
I recommend that the status be lowered until there is more discussion as to relevance and feasibility.TaxPOVcop (talk) 04:58, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
Talk:Apostrophe

message: "Droughts and floods will be 2020's lasting memory" refers only to the one year 2020?
"Droughts and floods will be 2020s' lasting memory" refers to the whole decade?
2001:8A0:5E59:9801:DC2F:AD61:7A73:67AF (talk) 16:14, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Put the word "the" before the decade to indicate a decade. "2020's floods" are the floods during the year 2020. "The 2020's floods" are the floods during the decade 2020-2029. Spitzak (talk) 16:21, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possesive decades 

message: The explanation of Breton  has recently been changed from  to , and again to  with an edit summary "Properly pronounced that way in English, too". Indeed it is, but how many non-Scots are aware of that? In my experience, the majority of English speakers outside Scotland pronounce Loch as if it were Lock. I propose changing back to just mentioning Scots... Thoughts? Rosbif73 (talk) 06:47, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Lots and lots of non-Scots are aware of that, just perhaps not that many of them in America. I oppose to changing back to just mentioning Scots, since obviously far, far fewer English speakers have any idea at all of how anything in Scots is pronounced, and finding out is harder than finding out from any English-language dictionary how to pronounce (the preferred, first-listed way) loch in English. We could perhaps also mention the ch in German , but you're right back where you started: most Americans are apt to say "aktung".  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  08:48, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The current version that uses the term Scottish English seems to me to be the best compromise. Most English people at least recognise that they are gutterally challenged and are aware that "loch" and "lock", as the Scots say it, are not the same. The fact that few can reproduce it (any more than they can a French R) is neither here nor there. For Americans, again the fact that we have taken the time and space to make a distinction is enough. After all, we all just speak British anyway. --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 10:00, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not convinced of the level of awareness of the Scottish pronunciation of ch in the general population of England (and have no idea of the level of awareness in other non-Scots), but I agree that using the term Scottish English is a good compromise. Rosbif73 (talk) 10:15, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

text: Works for me.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  15:02, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation of ''Loch''
Talk:Sonic Adventure

message: https://dreamcastify.unreliable.network/
I understand this is a blog, but the rules on using blogs can be slightly vague. I would suggest a readthough of some pages, and the edit I made to this page before it got removed because I didn’t add a citation (this is my first edit) Radicalkongsyom57 (talk) 05:48, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Usually fansites like this aren't considered usable on Wikipedia. Doubly so for these vague allusions to fanbases liking/not liking stuff too. Sergecross73 msg me 11:54, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Alright, thanks. I’m glad I didn’t try to use it as a source. Radicalkongsyom57 (talk) 11:56, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is Dreamcastify a valid source?
Talk:Discrete Hartley transform

message: FYI - Additional section on Fourier-Hartley Correspondence posted on behalf of Dr. Bracewell, as I'm the one in the family that speaks wiki. -- Mark C. Bracewell
:Thanks Mark.  However, I'm forced to remove it for the time being.  Much of what you posted is more suited for Hartley transform and/or is redundant.
:Note that the article already says how to get the DFT from the DHT, and how the convolution theorem works for the DHT.  The article already deals with the operation counts as compared to the DFT, and frankly I found the text you posted to be a bit misleading in claiming that the DHT halves the operation count. (As far as is currently known, the DHT has no inherent advantage in arithmetic over an FFT specialized for real inputs, at least for composite sizes, and the latter is at least theoretically slightly more efficient.)
:The information about optical Hartley transforms is interesting, but belongs in Hartley transform not here.  (Note that optical Fourier transforms that preserve phase information also exist. I would be interested to learn whether anyone uses the optical Hartley transform any more in practice, as I can't find any citations of the 1987/88 Villasenor & Bracewell papers in the last 10 years.)
:If you do add information to Hartley transform, please make an effort to use the same notation as in that article, and to avoid adding redundant information—integrate your additions with the article! —Steven G. Johnson 07:53, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: —Steven G. Johnson 07:47, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Fourier-Hartley correspondence
Talk:Oomoto

message: So if "Oomoto does not encourage people from outside Japan to join the religion", then why do they learn Esperanto and form missions around the world? Something doesn't match up here. Kortoso (talk) 22:02, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: This is due to the radical shift between prewar and postwar Oomoto. Hopefully I will be able to clean up this article when I get some free time. Shii (tock) 15:01, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conflict? 

message: Greetings! I made a few changes to the article. I try to explain them in brief below, just in case if I've left some editors wondering about those:
*  Changed Ayabe in Kyoto Prefecture to Ayabe, Kyoto Prefecture, we should link to the more specific one, that is "Ayabe". (WP:LINKSTYLE; WP:SEAOFBLUE)
* Changed  to  as the name seems to be just "Naval War College"
* Removed the orphan paragraph For several years an Oomoto office and temple has been open in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil. The local Esperanto speakers have assisted considerably. that is completely unsourced, and is extremely ambiguous. For example, "Esperanto speakers have assisted considerably"?
It seems I removed linking to "Japanese New Year" a couple of times without a valid reason. I first changed "lunar New Year" to "Japanese New Year" in August 2014, but apparently forgot to wikilink the new term. I guess I was a bit like a broken record when removing the new wikiling for a couple of times, sorry for the inconvenience! :-E Cheers! Jayaguru-Shishya (talk) 11:02, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  A few changes 

message: In a substantial article about a religious belief the section about doctrine must come first, not "history". And there shouldn't be all sorts of not essential details. Why have a longish quotation about the "kami" who created esperanto while not even the name "Great Source, or Great Origin" is explained... So, thanks for the effort, but please explain the essentials of the belief, its distinguishing features and what fascinated people about it! --HilmarHansWerner (talk) 07:49, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: very week description of doktrine...

message: It would be nice to have either at least some rought estimate of the present number of adherents of this religion (should they be counted in tens, thousands, or millions?), if it is available from some neutral source; or, if this is impossible, explain briefly why it is impossible. JoergenB (talk) 20:07, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  How many are they?
Talk:George Biddell Airy

message: Airy wave theory should be given at least a paragraph here. The whole of linear wave theory can be attributed to Airy.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.42.222.239 (talk) 10:50, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Airy Wave Theory 

message: The section on Ether Drag seems to imply that Airy's experiment does not contradict the theory that the Ether exists.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.194.24.44 (talk) 11:27, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ether Drag 

message: In this mode of treating the question the order of the terms is numerical, and though the amount of labour is such as might well have deterred a younger man, yet the details were easy, and a great part of it might be entrusted to a mere computer.
In 1911, computer of course had a different meaning! How shall we edit this passage? - Sebastjan - 217.168.172.214 08:44, 5 April 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Computer" 

message: Lest too many laurels be laid on Airy: he had seriously underadvised Bouch on the Tay's winds; he had believed the Crystal Palace would blow away; and that transatlantic cables would not work even if could lay one. Kwantus 05:05, 2005 Jan 13 (UTC)
:And talked the government into cutting off funding for Charles Babbage's computer experiments, right? DanielCristofani 08:05, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: On that last, I'd recommend reading Doron Swade's historiography on Babbage's story and the sources used to write about it (Computer Resurrection 32 (2004), 18-27) . Joseph Myers 09:29, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Airy's advice 

message: Airy's hypothesis for isostasy
perhaps someone would add something about this too. i think it is quite significant. - Gwissi 22:29, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed, this was a fundamental contribution to Earth science, and what I was looking for here. While I'm here, there is an inappropriate finishing line about child molestation on this page at the moment that needs to go. - 137.111.85.212 02:18, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Isostasy
Talk:Sadomasochism

message: The standalone article for “masochism” redirects here for some reason, which leads me to wonder: is it possible for masochism to exist on its own without being attached to sadism (i.e. can one enjoy receiving pain while disapproving of pain being inflicted upon others?) On a related note, is there a non-sexual form of sadism and/or masochism, where individuals enjoy inflicting and/or receiving pain but do not receive that pleasure in the form of sexual gratitude? The article lacks in that regard. 2001:4453:534:9600:4413:2D6B:D61:BBDC (talk) 12:54, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Masochism unconnected with sadism?
Talk:Père Lachaise Cemetery/Archive 1

message: from Wikipedia:Village pump
"Oscar Wilde's Tomb" Link
On the page "Père Lachaise", there's a peculiar link: Oscar Wilde's Tomb (Oscar Wilde's Tomb). The link says "Oscar Wilde's Tomb", but it directs the user to the page "Oscar Wilde". This is misleading. Shouldn't the link be like: Oscar Wilde's Tomb (Oscar Wilde's Tomb)? Is there some reason behind such a confusing format of linking? --Menchi 02:36 Mar 23, 2003 (UTC)
:Yes. --mav
::I think mav means, yes it should be Oscar Wilde's Tomb and no, there is no reason to have Oscar Wilde's Tomb (unless I misunderstood which you were saying "yes" to mav).  Hephaestos has already removed the link anyway, it's not needed because there is already a link to Oscar Wilde in the main text. -- sannse 07:15 Mar 24, 2003 (UTC)
"Bill Richardson wrote a book called Waiting for Gertrude which is set in the cemetery. The characters in the book are cats, reincarnated from those buried within."
I'm pretty sure many books mention the Père Lachaise. Is that Bill Richardson especially notable? David.Monniaux 07:01, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Talk:Dependency (project management)

message: need to mention or link to other types of dependency (ie addiction, psychological etc) [why? these have nothing to do with project management]
Added disambiguation link.  67.160.84.83 (talk) 01:21, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

message: I am not quite sure, what Build dependency section is doing in this article. Can somebody make an assessment?Ev2geny (talk) 00:46, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Build dependency 
Talk:April 4

message: An automated Wikipedia link suggester has some possible wiki link suggestions for the April_4 article, and they have been placed on this page for your convenience.Tip: Some people find it helpful if these suggestions are shown on this talk page, rather than on another page. To do this, just add  to this page. — LinkBot 00:53, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[User:LinkBot/suggestions/April_4|Link suggestions]] 

message: Should this not list as "The First Battle of the Somme (1918)", considering the timeline states that it ended on April 4 1918? The Second phase (or battle) happened from August 21, 1918 to the (essentially) end of WWI.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tommy6860 (talk • contribs) 04:12, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Second battle of the Somme in 1918 listed incorrectly? 

message: umm... I'm not sure if I should put this here but in Kana De Manga it said that April 4 is National Yo-Yo Day in Japan. 98.217.132.179 (talk) 00:54, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That is far too trivial to include. Jim Michael (talk) 03:37, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yo-yo 

message: Included on the births page, is this serious?! This is a tricky precedent, are we going to include the several hundred (if not thousands) of articled racehorses or prizewinning dogs. I suggest the cat is removed and if needed a separate birthday list for animals is created. Richard Avery (talk) 07:14, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: If they are notable enough to have a wikipedia page, they are notable enough to be listed here in my opinion.  That's the rule used on the Deaths in 2014 and related pages. EvergreenFir (talk) 15:32, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

text: I agree with Richard...  I don't think that the cat should even have a wikipedia page as well...  What has "it" done notable? posty (talk) 16:53, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: You are welcome to suggest it for deletion.  Doubt it will go anywhere as it's quite a famous cat.  Like any non-human page, it must be notable enough to have it's own article. EvergreenFir (talk) 16:54, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Not going to bother because I know it won't get deleted...  Just the sad state of today's world that we live in in what is considered "notable"...  posty (talk) 17:12, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Grumpy Cat]] 

message: I don't know the guidelines for inclusion, but a reader contacted Wikimedia :ticket:2016070410018315 noting that Southern Airways Flight 242 occurred on April 4.--S Philbrick(Talk) 13:37, 5 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible addition?
Talk:UNIVAC 1105

message: General info from "BRL REPORT N0. 1115 March 1961 by Martin H. Weik" - is this copyrighted material?  Do you have the rights to reproduce this here? -- Zoe
That was the source I took the majority of the information from. The only part I copied directly was the pricing information, which are facts. The full report is posted on the net at http://www.ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/BRL61.html#TOC.  BTW, BRL refers to 
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MARYLAND, BALLISTIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, a government facility, so this is a non-copyright government report! Stupid Wikipedia logged me off while I was editing the article too! :-( ! -- RTC 22:29 Apr 6, 2003 (UTC)
Splendid :) Thanks for the clarification :) Martin
: Added a picture of one of the UNIVAC 1105 machines at the Census Bureau. --John Nagle (talk) 17:58, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

message: The Stevens Institute of Technology had an 1105. JHobson3 (talk) 15:38, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  As late as 1967