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Talk:Frequency (2000 film)

message: I'm watching the movie right now and it seems as though the second-to-last line of the plot summary has a small mistake. "It is shown that thanks to John's advice to his best friend Gordy over the radio, Gordy is now much better off."
They've been calling Gordo Hersch Sr. (Noah Emmerich) "Gordo" and Gordo Hersch Jr. (Michael Cera) "Gordy." This sentence clearly refers to Gordo Sr. So shouldn't this sentence read "Gordo" instead of "Gordy"? Verminjerky (talk) 16:33, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Gordy vs. Gordo

message: Does anyone know anything about the 2006 release?
* 2000
* 2006 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sysy (talk • contribs) 00:38, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Read the rest of the Reception section. Not all of the reviews were above average. Roger Ebert called the film's plot "contrived"; David Armstrong ... criticised the "unintentionally funny climax"; James Berardinelli gave the film two stars out of four; Gary Brown ... insisting the "ending prove[d] to be a major let-down". Ward3001 (talk) 03:14, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  2006 DVD release & Reviews 

message: I trimmed it (laborious description of dial readout and 15M band, etc) to be more encyclopedic. - LuckyLouie 01:49, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: The frequency seen in ''Frequency''

message: → From article Matthew 20:09, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trivia 

message: In the Plot section of the article, the sentence that reads 'He flees' is unclear. It is not quite clear whether it is Frank that flees or Sheppard. As odd as that may sound, as Sheppard had his head blown off, it is still rather unclear and including the name of the person that fled in this sentence would clear that up. --Credema (talk) 07:22, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Sheppard has his hand blown off, not his head. A slight difference. Ward3001 (talk) 16:38, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unclear Sentence
Talk:Frozen with Fear

message: Infobox tag has been removed as article already has one.  If you have any problems with this please post a message on my talk page. RWardy 19:56, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Infobox Tag
Talk:Fuel efficient driving

message: This article is very poorly written, style needs rework.
F15x28 12:49, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: What a pain

message: The last paragraph seems to need work.  David R. Ingham 08:16, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Drag 

message: I removed this:
" Driving slowly or reducing speed, before applying the brakes, reduces the amount of kinetic energy (from gasoline) that is dumped in the brakes at a stop.  The equation for this is E = mv^2 / 2  (the classical limit, for v \ll c, of Einstein's famous E = mc^2/\sqrt{1-(v/c)^2}).  That is, coasting down to half the peak speed means you have saved three quarters of your kinetic energy.  It may even let you catch a light, without using the brakes at all.  (These methods have the added benefits of not getting the front wheels so dirty and of prolonging the life of the brake pads.)"
because it is incorrect. Logically, it doesn't matter whether or not you use the brakes when stopping for a light. Both situations will dissipate the same energy, as long as you don't hit the gas. There's no way stopping differently for the light could possibly put more gas back in your tank. Also, the relativity bit is frivolous, as the world record for the fastest car ever wasn't even fast enough to affect the difference in its Newtonian energy and its relativistic energy within one part per trillion. Also, slowing down to half your speed only retains 25% of your initial kinetic energy, not 75%. 75% is the part that is dissipated.
Minipie8 02:54, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed Incorrect Statements 

message: I don't see the problem.  This is a fairly good and general approximation and is quite significant here.  I included a link that leads to discussion of where the "almost" comes from..  David R. Ingham 05:01, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deletion of aerodynamic drag rule of thumb 

message: My expectation is that that article will grow too long for a single article as petroleum becomes scarcer and the US comes to its senses about global warming.  69.107.62.130 03:23, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggested merge with [[Fuel economy in automobiles]]
Talk:Aldergrove, Langley

message: The marker for Aldergrove is currently located at N49 14.54, W121 45.48 .  This is near Agassiz.  I would suggest N49 3.25, W122 28.33.  --Russdirks (talk) 01:27, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong Location 
Talk:Nerul

message: the gardens like rock garden and wonders park are in nerul  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.79.137.20 (talk) 10:01, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

message: This article seems to have major issues—there are far too few citations (esp. for total population figure), it is out-of-date (there is no mention of recent events such as the FIFA U-17 World Cup, which had matches held in Nerul), and the structure of the article is unusual ('Infrastructure' and 'Geography' sections should usually be placed before 'Educational institutions' and 'Sports'. Therefore, I believe the article should be re-written, with an emphasis on only including verifiable facts.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Omniscientpanda (talk • contribs) 18:19, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposal for a major rewriting of Article
Talk:Ivan Ropet

message: Why the link to the World Fair is irrelevant? It explains what it is it about? For that matter why the link to Saint Petersburg is irrelevant, while links to Paris, Tokyo and Moscow are not? abakharev 08:31, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: World fair is already linked, please look carefully. Double-linking is better avoided. --Ghirla -трёп- 10:56, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Innatism

message: "The philosophy of innatism is sometimes divided into two areas:
Knowledge innatism - this doctrine asserts that humans have access to knowledge that is possessed innately.
Idea innatism - also known as concept innatism, this doctrine asserts that humans have access to certain inborn ideas.
Knowledge innatism seems to entail idea innatism.
Idea innatism does not necessarily entail knowledge innatism."
How does idea innatism not enail knowledge innatism? One must have knowledge of one's innate ideas -- that is presumably what the article mean by "access," which is short for "epistemic access," and epistemic access has to do with knowledge. Thus, idea innatism does entail knowledge innatism.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.64.24.64 (talk) 18:23, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Correction

message: The mind is a tabula rasa at conception. Read from the beginning at you will see corrections are needed. 180.183.229.154 (talk) 15:52, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Help this section OMG
Talk:Salado, Texas

message: This is just taken from the town's official website. That's not Wikipedia.
: Aha.  I've removed that material. Deh 20:35, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Mayor: Michael Coggin
Village Administrator: Don Ferguson 130.45.3.24 (talk) 11:46, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Government
Talk:Scots College, Wellington

message: The now deleted user 'Rebecca Burton at Scots College' deleted the Controversies section of this article. Not very clever... I'm putting the section back in and expanding it. Socrates420 (talk) 03:13, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Removal of controversies edit

message: I noticed a recent edit by an IP had been rolled back by @Daniel Quinlan - I assume a case of something being mistaken for vandalism? The edit was to add an en-dash to one of the list entries to conform with the style of the rest of the list, seems clearly correct to me. I decided to be bold and add it back myself, sorry if I'm wrong and there's a substantive objection to this - please let me know if so! GeorgmentO (talk) 00:27, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: That's fine. If I reverted an edit from an IP, it was likely a mass-reversion of edits from a problematic editor. Sometimes, some of the edits are okay. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 01:54, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, that's what it was. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 04:21, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Minor edit to notable alumni section
Talk:Smiley's People

message: the plot summary is festooned with personal interpretations  of the novel such as "but the similarity of Smiley's methods to the cold and ruthless techniques of Karla himself robs Smiley of any apparent sense of triumph in the book's closing sentences" several of which are just plain wrong like this one  or are 'original research'--— ⦿⨦⨀Tumadoireacht Talk/Stalk 20:53, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  plot summary  

message: I've just added a hyperlink to the excellent plot synopsis, to explain what this commonly-used phrase means in le Carré's novels (though probably it's clear from the context). FWIW, in the British trailer for the 2011 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Simon McBurney says "There's a mole right at the heart of the Circus" and for the US trailer he's dubbed saying "British intelligence" instead. Per$1$tenceofv1$1on (talk) 23:33, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  "the Circus"
Talk:Refining

message: Refining has also many other meanings - it's not just materials processing. One can for example refine searches, reports, concepts, mathematic formulae, graphical design patterns, etc. It can mean making things simpler by pruning or polishing them, but also complicating, intricating or enriching. Usually it means (slightly or gradually) increasing the "maturity" of a tangible or an intangible object either in a simpler or a more complex direction, or even both at the same time. Sakaal (talk) 10:17, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Certain of the Old Testament references are about separating the pure from the impure, that is silver (or gold) from lead in cupellation.  They are thus directly relevant to the subject.  I discussed this subject a few years on a specialist discussion list, and this was overwhelming view of the participants, who are specialists in the subject.  Peterkingiron (talk) 21:39, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: There may well be references in the Hebrew Bible to the concept of refinement of metal, and some of those may have some historical interest, just as references to metalworking in (say) Homer or the Rig Veda may have historical interest.  However, the section which I removed was about the metaphor, and indeed explicitly about the "spiritual/personal connotations" (not my language).  The metaphor is of course based on the notion of refining of metal.  That doesn't mean that the metaphorical uses should be discussed in his article, any more than we discuss St. Peter in the rock (geology) article, though clearly the metaphor there refers to rocks in the geological sense. --macrakis (talk) 02:38, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Other meanings

message: I'm surprised to see that there is no mention in this article of refined food. Isn't that a commonly enough occurring term? —Kri (talk) 00:18, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Refined food?
Talk:Richmond Olympic Oval

message: Is the cartoon really necessary? I'm removing it, too NPOV. --CloutierFan02 05:53, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Cartoon

message: I've removed the following content from the article:
:Recent geotechnical reports have cast doubt on the stability of the land over the lifespan of the facility, raising concerns about costs and the legacy left after the Olympics. Richmond, which is in an extremely active seismic zone, is built on a river delta which is composed of thick, unstable sediments.
This section was tagged a unreferenced for about six months. I did a search today for references to these geotechnical reports; most of the top hits were references back to this article. The City of Richmond has reported on these concerns, stating "assessments show
that there are some challenges associated with building on the site, however, these challenges are similar to those faced by any building project in Richmond and can be mitigated... there are structural and architectural measures that can be taken to remedy the situation if necessary." - EronTalk 21:22, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Geotechnical issues 
Talk:St. John's College, University of British Columbia

message: On April 1, 2007, anonymous editor 203.142.178.20 added text which appears to be copied from a UBC web page, UBC Grad Studies: Housing for the UBC Graduate Community: St. John's College. This web page is copyright UBC, so we can't use it in Wikipedia without permission. See Wikipedia:Copyrights. Also, the text is a bit more marketing-oriented than I think is appropriate for Wikipedia. Thus I reverted that contribution.  I encourage editors to improve the entry for St. John's. But please don't violate any copyright. Make your encyclopedic content attributable to a reliable source. --Jdlh  | Talk 18:31, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can't use copyright text from other web sites
Talk:Jimmy Pop

message: Is it really relevant to guess what brands of cigarette he smokes? Or even to mention the fact that he smokes? FireWire 08:54, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There should not be any guesswork on encyclopedia articles. If he (or any other biography subject) smokes, that is relevant, as it is a major part of a person's life. There are considerable restrictions on smoking now, and the large majority of smokers significantly damage their health through their habit. Nietzsche 2 (talk) 12:47, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: What brand of salt does he abuse? InedibleHulk (talk) 15:08, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Smokes?

message: Can we get a better picture? His face is hidden by his hat, making it difficult to tell what he actually looks like. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.216.234.136  (talk • contribs) 07:08, 8 July 2007
: Just replace it with an image of a turd pile. It's pretty accurate.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.76.252.85 (talk) 09:20, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Picture

message: Is he jewish?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.186.13.86 (talk) 02:37, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Is he Jewish?

message: Howard Stern Intern data comes from http://www.marksfriggin.com/news01/8-27-01.htm
Discussion on the Howard Stern Show from August 27, 2001.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.152.95.117 (talk) 15:30, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Stern

message: Why was the year of birth in the background information changed to 1971?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.186.240.85 (talk) 04:11, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Year of birth
Talk:Fusarium

message: I am removing text related and reference 5, as it apparently seems highly biased. Notice that TMI, the source, defines itself as:
"Transnational Institute (TNI) is an international network of activist-scholars committed to critical analyses of the global problems of today and tomorrow"
So a clear messianic intention can be expected in their articles. I do not see it neutral at all, and clearly inappropriate for Wikipedia. A more trustworthy source should be provided to include this paragraph (the one I am removing).
--83.43.165.162 10:38, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reference 5 (TNI) 

message: Why should Soviet Union have attacked Laos and Kampuchea?--Kopiersperre (talk) 17:24, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yellow Rain 

message: I removed a link to Arachnites. Whatever was intended, it linked, instead, to the genus Ophrys of orchids (a synonym for which is Arachnites). This was clearly unintended. If an alternative link target exists for this, I do not know what it is.
Cosmicaug (talk) 18:54, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:   Arachnites 

message: To add to this article/article for creation: Fusarium yellowstonensis. 173.88.246.138 (talk) 00:37, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: To add to article/article for creation
Talk:Semiahmoo Shopping Centre

message: None of the mall is in White Rock.
There are other malls on the White Rock side of North Bluff, but Semiahmoo is in Surrey.
Curiously, the White Rock firehall still stood on the Surrey side of 16th until the early 90s.
This is where RBC Dominion and the Japanese restaurant are now.
Wombatman 04:57, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Question: Should an anti-development residents group such as http://semiahmooagainsttowers.wordpress.com/ be mentioned or linked to the redevelopment section of this article? Canuckle (talk) 00:27, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anti-development residents group
Talk:List of University of British Columbia alumni

message: This list seems to be sorted by name but also loosely sorted by each person's notable characteristic (profession, etc.), such as "Canadian Prime Minister". Are we going with name, profession or arbitrary sorting? Andrewjuren(talk) 00:27, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sorted? 

message: Is there any reason what this list needs to cite its sources? I don't see what needs verifying. This is a list to articles about alumni from UBC and each article contains its own references. Andrewjuren(talk) 02:03, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: References are required to prove they went to UBC, not that they're notable necessarily, though not everyone on the list has an article. It's part of the policy of verifiability. Every featured list that we have, all CITES references in the list. J 02:19, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

text: I offer an apology. I didn't see your message on the talk page when I did my edit summary. J 02:21, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The purpose, to answer your question, is to encourage people to add citations for the existing list, and to add citations for new additions. Perhaps someone or a bot will go through and add citations where they already exist. J 03:03, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 

message: The discussion is: A few people affiliated with UBC doubt that this list needs to cite sources. J 22:18, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Request for Comment

message: I made the recent revert because in the subject's Wikipedia article, there was no citation for their UBC affiliation. Me-123567-Me (talk) 06:39, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Revert
Talk:The Ubyssey

message: The info box credits "Jack Hauen" as the editor of The Ubyssey where multiple sources in the article and in the article's sources refer to it functioning as a collective. I've updated the information to be more accurate as to how the paper actually run. Cheers!
150.12.80.12 (talk) 03:14, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Info box error
Talk:Old School (novel)

message: I don't understand this claim, which as far as I know, how been on this page for years:
Stylistically, the novel is marked by direct, clear language, appearing simpler than, upon inspection, it actually is:
"The crowd had gathered around the old field house at the near end of the football field. The firemen stood by their truck drinking coffee and taking turns with the hose. No flames were visible, though I could hear the water seethe as it hit the roof. The shingles had burned through here and there, exposing a sheet of charred subroofing that sent up a greasy hiss of smoke as the firemen played the hose over it."
No commentary, no references, nada. Kill please.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.225.171.79 (talk) 05:34, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't understand it either. I've deleted that paragraph, since it seemed original research. 190.17.178.56 (talk) 16:26, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stylistically
Category talk:Deaths by firearm

message: A stupid category, probably aimed to promote firearms proliferation limiting. Billions of people are killed by firearms, hundreds of thousands of them are subject to WP. Delete category. Ukrained 09:36, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: comment

message: True!A supid subject only in that it's way too general.Technically noone has ever been killed by a firearm.It takes a person to pull the trigger. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigdinodriver (talk • contribs) 03:29, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  firearms deaths
Talk:Grinder

message: hmm... and what about the cooking appliance? i mean, coffee/pepper grinder? - Blueshade 09:41, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added Burr mill Josh Parris#: 00:08, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Condiments 

message: Greetings. Isn't there a musical instrument which plays by turning it's crank? In the past the person who played, had a monkey as company and to collect money. Isn't it called a grinder? Thanks, Tortillovsky 00:26, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You might be thinking of an Organ grinder Josh Parris 06:20, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, thanks; Organ grinder --> Street organ. Tortillovsky 14:03, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Organ 

message: Greetings. How about ginding in poker or videogames? (using time and mundane repetiton to acheive one's goals)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.142.239.11 (talk) 14:19, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Games
Help talk:Cheatsheet

message: How do I create an infobox? Tj2007 (talk) 21:35, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Tj2007 - This question is best asked at the Wikipedia helpdesk rather than here, however I'll be happy to help. Have you read through Wikipedia:List of infoboxes yet? This page should provide you with all of the assistance you need. If you have any more questions, please let me know. Best regards - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs)  21:37, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I learned by studying existing templates. Study the source codes of Template:infobox and Template:infobox person, for example, and use your sandbox to experiment. I created Template:infobox skateboarder by copying from other templates. Since then I have improved its syntax so that it's easier to understand.--Jay D'Easy (talk) 12:29, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox 

message: Newcomers often don't know to ping users they want a response from. Suggest:
Ping a user called Example on a talk page, so they will see your comment:	User:Example, , , , , , or 
Comments? HLHJ (talk) 03:33, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: , I have added this row onto the cheat sheet. Ilex verticillata (talk) 00:44, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Wow, thank you, ! I'd completely forgotten I ever made this comment. I'm glad you took it up and did something. Welcome to Wikipedia, and please feel free to ping me if you need info or help for anything. HLHJ (talk) 00:56, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add info on how to ping 

message: In the citations section of the cheatsheet, there is an example given like this: "Hello again!(ref name="LoC" /)(ref)". This is an error, because the "/" should be inside the second <ref> statement to close it, rather than in the main body of the ref. The corrected text should be: "Hello again!(ref name="LoC")(/ref)" Note that i've replaced < with ( here for the formatting of this suggestion - I don't actually want there to be references here. Williamthurston2000 (talk) 16:16, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: the example is correct. M.Bitton (talk) 16:23, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 4 April 2023 

message: The page is called "Editing help," not "Wikitext help," and I came here because I was editing another page and found to my surprise that typing ⌘F (I'm on a Mac) didn't let me search the page's text, but instead seemed to insert something into it.  So I was looking for help on how to operate the actual editor, rather than on what content to put in the page.  I know this isn't the place to ask my specific question, but I'm using it as an example of a kind of help I think would be, uh, helpful.  (P.S.  Turned out I was really typing ⌘V, duh.  I'm a self-taught typist.  But I think the general point may still apply?) Briankharvey (talk) 03:05, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  help on the editor itself?  (vs. wikitext)