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Talk:Cheltenham Girls High School

message: I deleted the part about grey stockings "supplementing" the school uniform on presentation day. They are actually part of the summer uniform, but aren't worn normally as it's too hot in summer.
I also deleted the first line in the organisations section about "invaluable" etc as I don't believe this is really a neutral statement and in line with wikipedia's standards. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.244.26.62 (talk) 23:57, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Small changes 

message: I have removed: 
Cheltenham Girls High School has continued to become the most comprehensive, highest performing single sex school for 14 years.
It was listed as unverified in February 2007; it is, in my opinion, a highly unlikely claim.  Please find a trusted source before putting back into article.  DanielBC [talkcontribstats] 07:12, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed unverified claim 
Category talk:British racing drivers

message: Why is NI a sub category here? NI is not part of Britain, it is part of the UK. MrMarmite 10:13, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: See Britain: the second of the three uses given includes NI. See also the Guardian style guide, which says: "Britain is the official short form of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Used as adjectives, therefore, British and UK mean the same." Loganberry (Talk) 20:21, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Northern Ireland 

message: I know it's to keep things consistent with the parent category "Racecar drivers by nationality", and on that basis I suppose I reluctantly accept it, but the phrase "British racecar drivers" looks horrible. A quick Google test shows 666 hits for that phrase (mostly from Wikipedia or its mirrors) but no fewer than 37,100 hits for "British racing drivers". The difference is so wide that I think it needs to be remarked upon. Loganberry (Talk) 20:19, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Racecar" - ugh
Talk:Mark Twain Village

message: Original author: Please cite source for closure of MTV and PHV in 2016. Most sources i've seen reference 2010, but even that is regarded "tentative Pentagon planning", and the city government has no notice of closure at all. Kato2k6 10:13, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: To be exact, me living in this concern and all, there is no percise date of closure for the Heidelberg posts, everything as of now is rumors. Tazz 07:35, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Mark Twain Village and the Campbell Barracks were closed in December 2013 and given back to the Federal Republic of Germany. Just look at google. This article is about history, not the present. --13Peewit (talk) 11:07, 19 February 2014 (UTC)

message: I've just added the 'references' tag to the article, because it gives none. 
I was tempted to do something about the paragraph beginning 'Part of MTV's housing', but I don't know where to find the right answers. Among the things that concern me are:
* 'back to the German economy' seems a very odd way of saying it: was a lease terminated, or was it sold or what?
* 'saved $1800000' - per year? over the life of the base? in total? (and what does 'in the long term' mean here?)
* 'it made sense to shut that area down' - that is original research and doesn't belong in WP. I could edit it, but it doesn't seem worth fixing just one thing. --ColinFine 20:56, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well the way it was written was probly from someone else that live in the area as many in the community call the main country "the economy". Which, yes, sounds very strange to someone who is external. I do think "returned to the host nation" would maybe be a better. But then again, none, to my knowledge of any part of this base has been shut down, everything is rumors about shutting down of the Heidelberg Garrison, the only thing that is confirmed is that it will sometime shut down as part of downsizing in Germany and of European Command. Please research and edit accordingly. Tazz 23:15, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  References, and handback 

message: My two children, aged 6 and 8, were pupils at MTES in 1974/75.  At that time I was the British Intelligence Sergeant at HQ AMF (L) at Hammond Barracks in Mannheim-Seckenheim.  I was one of just a handful of British army personnel stationed in the Heidelberg area.  My childrens' teachers were Ted Fruechting and Laura Dupont.  I wonder if there is anyone out there who remembers the school at that time.  MJS Burgess78.148.174.110 (talk) 11:31, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mark Twain Elementary School
Talk:Harry Crerar

message: On the article page, the caption under the General's picture is "General The Honourable Henry Duncan Graham (Harry) Crerar". Is that correct? Shouldn't it be "The Honourable General Henry Duncan Graham (Harry) Crerar"? Sliver7 18:28, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The General is listed as a Knight of the Venerable Order of St. John, which is described in its article as an order of chivalry. Should, or should not it then be 'General Sir Henry Duncan Graham Crerar'? Should not this at least entitle him to another postnomial?Toyokuni3 (talk) 21:54, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  The General's Title 
Talk:Mater Dei

message: Looking to expand this article a little. I would appreciate it if anyone has any information as the Latin roots of the words mater and dei. I would also like to get a better list going of other schools/institutions or prayers/hymns/etc. with references to Mater Dei. Let me know if you can help! Yarub 10:26, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article expansion
Talk:Joelma Building

message: Since this now has a page, a few questions:
*is the building still standing? - Yes, it is.
*what is it address? - Av. Nove de Julho, 225, São Paulo, SP, postcode 01313-000, Brazil
*could we have something on the refurbishment after the fire? - This one is tricky. I can't really answer.
*any recent (or old) pics? - https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5512/12666165235_f522520f90_b.jpg (This is the picture available on Google Maps).
Asa01 10:28, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Questions

message: Questionable notability for a standalone article. giso6150 (talk) 00:01, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed and  Klbrain (talk) 19:07, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge with Joelma fire 

message: Is there are a floor plan of the builing (in its original state) available somewhere on the internet? --178.8.167.225 (talk) 16:33, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Floor Plan
Talk:Yaddo

message: it is foolish to rate an article about Yaddo, a premier artist colony, as of low importance; it is only so if you think the arts are unimportant.
Just read the list of names randomly included here as among the "6,000." i have removed Miranda J. as an outlier in this particular list.Heck, Hannah Arendt wasn't even included.
Actio (talk) 16:12, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It's of low importance in Wiki project architecture, and probably also in particle physics.--Quisqualis (talk) 04:42, 10 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Rating

message: Considering Yaddo was the mecca for 20th century American literature I think the attention to vandalism in this article is grossly over-represented. It's really not that important. Since Yaddo is such a secretive institution not seeking publicity, I think the only reason Vandalism was mentioned in this article is because it is the only publicity in the media that this wikipedia user was able to find. Besides there were greater vandalism attacks in the past that would deserve more attention.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Yaddolover (talk • contribs) 
:I agree. The sentence does seem odd. GabrielF (talk) 17:05, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Vandalism

message: I know a residency at Yaddo is a big deal. Is it sufficient to confer notability on an artist? See:
*Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David V. Politzer
Thanks for your advice. --A. B. (talk • contribs  •  global count) 02:37, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does a residency at Yaddo confer notability on an artist?
Category talk:Czechoslovak Legion

message: The "Legions" is capitalized and in plural to fit with the main article. Pavel Vozenilek 10:36, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Unfortunately, the main article is "Legion" singular. The plural is now a redirect. We should rename this. Capitalismojo (talk) 03:23, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Category talk:Royal residences in Russia

message: The name of this category is bad. Many of the Royal residences of Imperial Russia were not located in Russia and are not in the Russian Federation. -- Petri Krohn 10:40, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Point proven; some Finnish ethnic POV pusher removed Langinkoski from this category (now restored). -- Petri Krohn 04:25, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

text: Should be ***Imperial residences of Russia***. 24.212.185.188 (talk) 15:03, 20 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move to Royal residences of Russia
Talk:Darren

message: My mother spent most of her childhood in Abertillery, South Wales and gave me the name Darren because she found it in a book and liked it.  However, there are some geographical features around Abertillery named as darren on the OS map.  I therefore think it likely the name has a Welsh origin rather than Gaelic which to me means Irish/Scottish.
Dazbo
194.73.102.252 10:41, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Abertillery OS Map  

message: I would like also people to consider a link to an old Slavic, Russian name "Daren" that means "given / given as a gift". It's not a common name there at all now. Don't forget that many centuries ago all of our predecessors might have lived closer.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.103.208.134 (talk) 23:28, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: =
Talk:Aurora (Susumu Hirasawa album)

message: This is probably a candidate for speedy deletion but I am torn between nominating for not being English (mostly) or context?
Elomis 10:42, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: .... What???? Jesus, give me a minute, i'll add the english translations of the song.... -Aknorals 10:51, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

text: On another note, how on earth would you think of nominating a sourced article for speedy deletion (less than?) one minute after it's creation???? That really just boggles the mind.... -Aknorals 10:53, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Deletion?

message: I legitimately own (non-bootleg) copies of both this album and the Forces single. Is there any way to legally go about adding comparison clips of the track 舵をとれ and Forces without it getting delete-hammered? The legalities of that are not my specialty but the resemblance is undeniable. ZaininOmega (talk) 19:02, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Comparison to ''Forces''

message: Appears to have been done using Google translate, should be stubbed or deleted. In ictu oculi (talk) 10:00, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Machine translation?
Talk:Niger Delta

message: Why is their all this detail about oil exploration on this page. The page needs to be about the Niger delta. The contents regarding oil operations should be somewhere else. The page should contain information about the delta, ecology, local species, geography, people bordering the delta, fishing for food ..., yet a good portion of the article is about oil. Should this not change. scope_creep (talk) 19:28, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Oil

message: The first paragraph under "Recent crisis" states that: "Almost 7000 oil spills occurred between 1970 and 2000, more than one each day." 
Since there are 365 days in a year +1 day every four years, there are about 30*365.25 or about about 10957.5 days in a 30-year period. That means that if there's been "almost 7000" oil spills in a period of 30 years that the number of oil spills per day is "almost" 0.64 and definitely not "more than one".  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.189.223.216 (talk) 00:51, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Math

message: It says 85% of national oil revenues end up in the hands of 1% of the population and references an NBC article which says '. To compile an inventory of the achievements of Nigerian petro-development is a salutary, if dismal, exercise: 85 percent of oil revenues accrue to 1 percent of the population. ' and doesn't reference - do referencing dead ends from comment pieces act as a proper citation? 13:11, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: 85% to 1%

message: Following up on what was alluded to 3 years ago, despite being titled the Niger Delta this article does not deal with the actual delta of the Niger River in any way.  This article is entirely about the region of Nigeria that is dependent on and geographically related to the river delta.  I feel as if this article could be relocated to a separate entity termed Niger Delta (Region) and this article be completely overhauled to contain information about the hydrological delta that has been completely overlooked.  
Caleb (talk) 08:01, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: There is an article for Niger Delta Basin (geology) though as its title suggests it is only about geology (I think - I know next to nothing about geology). That said, I don't take a position on whether this should be re-titled like you suggested and more natural sciences-oriented stuff placed here. I don't think both should be on the same page, however, unless it is a common practice, since the readership would not generally overlap. ThomasEdistar (talk) 06:51, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: What about the Delta?

message: This article seems to say that this region had no history before 1885. Surely it had thousands of years of history before white colonialists moved in and took over. I wish I had the expertise to change this, but I don't. I hope some day someone does. Dgndenver (talk) 16:08, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Truncated history
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Biography/Politics and government/United States

message: Any suggestions on making the photo section look better at Samuel_Dibble tdempsey (talk) 04:42, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

message: Hi, on February 23, 2022, I proposed a few updates to improve the quality of the Steve Linick article here that I think may be of interest to members of this project, especially since the Request Edits Queue seems to be pretty stalled. I can’t implement the requests myself since I have a conflict of interest as  a personal connection and am aware that would be a violation of Wikipedia policy. Thanks.Skijackson (talk) 18:20, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  State Department Inspector General article
Category talk:Local authorities of Scotland

message: I note the co-existence of this category with "Unitary authorities of Scotland". I guess one is supposed to relate to council areas, while the other relates to authorities (councils themselves), but this is far from clear from the way the categories are named. Laurel Bush 10:58, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Mmmm... I have been thinking about that too. Should we CfR the former to :Category:Council areas of Scotland? --Mais oui! 11:06, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Category name
Talk:HMS Battler (D18)

message: The page currently states propulsion by diesel.  However http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-05CVE-Battler.htm states "Her propulsion machinery consisted of two steam turbines driving a single shaft as compared with Diesel engines used for previous conversions".  Any authoritative sources? Jim Whitaker (talk) 15:22, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
Talk:Donatio mortis causa

message: I replaced the redirect with a full article on DMC.  I think the subject is sufficiently legally interesting to warrant its own article, as it raises separate and distinct issues from inter vivos gifts. Legis 11:02, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I noticed that the article is an almost word-for-word copy of parts of "Modern Equity" by Jill E. Martin, 17th Edition (2005). Even the footnotes are, from the ones I checked, identical to the footnotes in Ms. Martin's book. I believe her work needs to be properly cited, regardless of the footnotes citing specific cases. As it currently exists, the page creates the false impression that the Wikipedia author has written the page and researched the citations noted in the footnotes. Please provide appropriate citations. I refer you to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Plagiarism.2bad2 (talk) 10:46, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I left a note for the editor who contributed this text, but there was no response.  I've now flagged it as a copyvio for admin attention.  Unfortunately, I do not have a copy of the text in question to confirm the copyvio, but am relying on the information from 2bad2, above. TJRC (talk) 20:59, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Although it is only in snippet view, I can see some of the text duplicated precisely at this 1985 book by Martin and others. This seems plausible, and there's been nothing to defend against it. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 17:32, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Copyvio?
Talk:The Three Impostors

message: This is a very dissapointing entry... I notice that a lot of classic supernatural fiction of the ealy 20thC and late 19thC in Wikipedia is rated according to the amount that it influenced HP Lovecraft. There is a LOT more to Machen's Three Imposters than the fact that it may have had some small influence on another writer. When I have time I will have to try my hand at writing a proper entry for the novel. Or at least something better for it that what is currently there. OzoneO 11:07, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [untitled] 

message: "Publisher John Lane, wary of the atmosphere following the trial of Oscar Wilde, asked Machen to censor his manuscript. Barring the omission of one word, Machen refused to do this."
I'm surely not the only one in suspense.  Anybody with access to the source care to shed some light? Elmo iscariot (talk) 13:05, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: —Ringbang (talk) 22:05, 3 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  What word? 

message: I have read this piece and I was thinking of expanding the synopsis to be a bit more thorough.  Since what is on here doesn't really give much information. I was wondering how much information would be appropriate to include to do this however as I know that many articles have been flagged for having too much detail on them about the synopsis, and not much else.  
For reference, because this is an episodic story, I was thinking of giving a brief description of each of the stories that make up the novella, about a paragraph in length.  Is that appropriate?  Or is there another approach which would be better suited?  Any and all feedback is welcome.
2601:1C0:5501:4871:E0F5:EB2D:A732:9A2 (talk) 01:24, 28 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Synopsis Guidelines
Template talk:GWR Locomotives

message: Should the article GWR diesel shunters be included in this template? I think the page should definitely be added to Swindon Standard Gauge => Collett, and probably placed after "Diesel railcars". I don't know if the article should also be listed under Hawksworth (the later shunters mentioned were ordered in 1947, but not delivered until 1948 after nationalisation.
The article is in the category "Great Western Railway locomotives" so presumably should include this template. Robevans123 (talk) 20:39, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Diesel shunters
Talk:Franco Luambo

message: "Known for his mastery of rumba and its later incarnation of soukous"
Did Franco actually dabble in soukous? A citation for this would be appropriate: I do not recall any soukouss songs from Le Maitre!
as congolese born and breaded,of angolan origin i did not heard, listen that franco played or recorded a soukous song, he was rumba master without doubt he was unbelievable, no one to compare with. 22:23 8 december 2008 london. {makiadi evaristo francisco}  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.12.207.231 (talk) 22:24, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm pretty sure that I wrote that line, and I'm thoroughly unsure where I got the information.  I've removed it until someone can find a source.  Thanks, BanyanTree 22:17, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: soukous

message: I feel the band's line up does not belong in this article about Franco, but maybe in the one about OK Jazz? Riki (talk) 21:02, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Band line up 

message: A minor point, but the article currently says "Franco played in the USA once, in 1983".  This is definitely right.  He played DC's Lisner Auditorium in November 1983 (W Post), and NYC's Manhattan Center in December 1983 (NYT).  And TPOK Jazz played NYC in 1989, before his death, but without Franco.  (NYT)  But NPR says Franco played the US TWICE: "did only two brief tours here in the mid-80s."  (NPR)  And the NYT says he was scheduled to play Manhattan Center on April 28, 1985 (NYT and NYT) while the Washington Post says he was going to play for three nights at the Kilimanjaro in October or November 1984, and the GWU student paper notes his scheduled gig there on Sunday, November 4, 1984.  (W.Post, 10/19/84 and GW Hatchet, 11/1/84)
Sullidav (talk) 20:08, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Did he play the US only once, or more?
Talk:Battle of Barking Creek

message: Consider moving to 'Barking Creek incident'? Harland1 (t/c) 13:06, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Under which title is it better known? Drutt (talk) 20:35, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Move

message: The article mentions he was the first RAF fighter pilot casualty of WWII.  Could he also be claimed as the first British service officer casualty as well? I know the Army lost its first man in action (Private Priday, KSLI) in December 1939, I do not know how soon the Royal Navy had their 'first killed'.Cloptonson (talk) 20:33, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: P/O Hulton-Harrop - other firsts?

message: Tidied a bit and added some bibliographic detail, rm dupe links. Keith-264 (talk) 11:51, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  CE 

message: The term Radar wasn't coined until 1940, so is it correct to use its name here, when at the time of the incident, it would have been called something else? AsparagusTips (talk) 18:04, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Radar 

message: The last sentence of this graf isn't clear: 
If we are trying to say that, in addition to this incident of a Spitfire shooting down a British plane, there was another incident in which a Spitfire was shot down by British anti-aircraft fire, it should say so. As is, it's a non sequitur.
: Matuko (talk) 16:18, 21 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spitfire shot down