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Talk:Kalevipoeg

message: "Son of Kalev" or "Pharaoh, son of the Day", (it is not allowed to mention his name!) is the epic national poem of Estonia. 
An ancient hero of the people of the Ironforest (Landpeople, most terrifying nationality; ancient Vikings; Germans named them Estonians in the 13th century).
This text has been moved from the article since it expresses a highly idiosyncratic view and partly since it is irrelevant to the topic. Andres 11:57, 22 Aug 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled 1

message: "The first version of Kalevipoeg (1853; 13,817 verses) could not be printed due to censorship." -- For those of us not familar with Estonian literary history, could we please add some clarification on just why the poem was censored? Thanks. -- 201.19.77.39 13:50, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know the details, off the top of my head, but the censor would have been Russian Empire's one, as Estonian territories were then part of Russian Empire.  Main possible causes are that they might have been concerned about nationalism in it, or they might have considered certain passages of it too sexual. ΔιγυρενΕμπροσ! 14:17, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Censored? Why?

message: I think Klevipoeg must be Kalevipoeg and this name Kalevide is wrong! Why Kalevide?--85.253.60.8 (talk) 08:58, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Kalevipoeg or Kalevide
Talk:Chern–Simons form

message: The definition of F is missing. Bartosz 13:03, 22 Aug 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Why the word "secondary"? I've seen similar terminology in other (related) contexts. - Gauge 06:49, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know the precise definition. Perhaps it implies derived from further structure (connection, flat bundle, foliation ...), rather than a plain bundle. Alarmingly I have just seen a reference to tertiary classes. Charles Matthews 08:37, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

text: Tr[A]=0 for SU(N), but you could also have a U(N) gauge theory where the U(1) part gives a non-vanishing trace. In particular for a U(1) gauge theory, Tr[A]=A. But you're right that there are no dynamical degrees of freedom in one dimension (you can just pick a gauge where A=0). You could still have a topological theory, however, where the topological index is the U(1) winding number. 142.3.164.195 21:45, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Older comments

message: Just wanted to let you guys know that this article was linked to by Seed, here! Good work. -- Gwern  (contribs) 20:26, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mention in ''Seed''
Talk:Minimum message length

message: "Therefore the posterior is always a probability, not a probability density."
What is a posterior? In this case, I know it isn't the common sense of a buttock. --Damian Yerrick 03:10, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Posterior? 

message: I was under the impression that MDL and MML are significantly different (at least to people within the field), with the same order of significance as say the difference between best-first search and A*.  I shall ask people who know these things to comment. njh 06:36, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, Rissanen was very blunt on separating MDL from Bayesianism (Personal communication, 1991 :-) I'll see if I can find my hardcopies of his papers. User:Ejrrjs  says What? 21:43, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge MDL and MML? 

message: I do not agree with the statement:
Shannon's A Mathematical Theory of Communication (1948) states that in an optimal code, the message length (in binary) of an event E, \operatorname{length}(E), where E has probability P(E), is given by \operatorname{length}(E) = -\log_2(P(E)).
When a code is designed such that \operatorname{length}(E) = -\log_2(P(E)), we get what is called "Shannon Code", which is generally not optimal. Also, I did not find this statement in Shannon's paper. Corrado Mencar (talk) 10:29, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  On definitions
Talk:Widerstand

message: This page title is inappropriate. In German, "Widerstand" means just "resistance" without much political connotation. The page belongs to German resistance movement or perhaps to political resistance agains Nazism, but "Widerstand" should be a dictionary entry at best. Kosebamse 13:17, 22 Aug 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Political resistance against Nazism is better investigated under Appeasement as within Germany   political resistance was impossible after the Enabling Act of 1933 (see 1932 references to Zentrum party and the Concordat 1933 in page  for Pope Pius XII ). Widerstand seems to be the short-hand used in the German academic world  that releases studies of the  military and society (aristocratic and religious)  plots during the Nazi era 1933- 1945 . Since visible dissent was not tolerated  , only under-ground printing could have actually 'hit the street'. The  German Underground Movements should be the term to cover student and workers' level plots and struggle . In religious terms  the acceptance of Nazism  can  be seen in an even-handed manner - both  the Catholic and the Protestant Churches seem to be culpable , though the latter 's increasing subjugation of individual will pre-dates this period and is considered a factor . Papal  attitudes are still being defended  and are complicated to read because of the change of Popes and the heavy hand of Cardinal Pacelli (as Secretary of State) before he ascended to the Papacy in 1939. The Papal Concordat  with  the Nazis was designed to castrate the influence of Priests , who were disbarred thereafter from holding civil office  and thereby exercising  serious  street-level resistance. .The military-plot histories    are turgid  but their conclusions are important  as revealing factors of ideology which  ,like the religious , throw light on the period , but again the mentalities of the players are rooted in  earlier periods and ideologies . A general militarism in the field of Education  since the previous century coupled with the terms of the Versailles agreement  after the loss of the First War , are the principal factors  within the civil and the military society .  Appeasement  as a field of study and awareness has always defined the British and French Governments actions in  Munich in 1938  ,  however the subject should not be limited to that . American political attitudes  should be as much a part of the  field as the  purely religious and come more under what should be termed Industrial Appeasement which could usefully include  all nations  having business with German Industry . It should be noted that at no point were such industrial  interests in any  country brought to account .  The control  of the media  and the poisoning  of minds  thereby are the principal  lesson from the period according to Speer , Hitler's architect and minister for Armaments , though the results of the industrial appeasement could  be seen as providing  real imbalance in world society today .   Flamekeeper 19:32, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Talk:Hong Kong Country Parks and Special Areas

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Text copied on this discussion page by olivier 14:56, 22 Aug 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright / Notice
Talk:Parliament of Australia

message: Younger generations of Australians also refer to Parliament as "Congress" occasionally, similar to the US terminology. Should we add a reference to this colloquialism? 203.46.132.214 (talk) 02:53, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think that's true. ITBF (talk) 03:32, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Nor do I. I work in a high school, amd have never heard that usage. If it's used at all, it would be rare. It would need good sourcing for us to mention it. HiLo48 (talk) 04:01, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

text: This could be a good idea, however Wikipedia only includes information that is verifiable in published sources. If this terminology starts cropping up in reliable sources, then feel free to add it though. Safes007 (talk) 07:57, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reference to nickname "Australian Congress"
Talk:Elcaset

message: I thought it was called Elcaset rather than Elcassette. Can anyone confirm? Lee M 18:49, 22 Aug 2003 (UTC)

message: Really? I seem to remember reading an article in HiFi World magazine (circa 1995) which stated that the unsold Elcaset recorders were dumped en masse into the North Sea. 217.155.20.163 23:05, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Who knows what really happened to all of those units (might be true both ways) but see the above link (found now in the article references, too). It definitely documents that at least a sizable portion (about 2000) of them were auctioned off and the winner was a Finnish consumer electronic retailer which sold the units at an unprecedented bargain. --jibun≈παντα ρει≈ (keskustele!) 07:05, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Finland? 

message: This article definitely doesn't sound neutral. "...it was a very well-designed, innovative format -- unfortunately, one that nobody wanted to buy" alone shows that the author has put his opinions into the article.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Xonybubba (talk • contribs) 04:52, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neutrality 

message: Sony's "cheapest" machine EL-5 had two heads only - "erase" and "record/playback". It had only one motor for the entire tape transport.
The portable Sony EL-D8 had also only two heads. Nominally, it was a two motor mechanism. Practically, it was also a one motor transport. The second motor's solely purpose was to rewind or fast forward the tape (a very peculiar design).
The stationary decks (except probably the EL-4 with its mechanical keys for tape transport control) were prepared for remote control - but on the cheaper machines, it was optional.  
See here: http://home.iae.nl/users/pb0aia/cm/elcaset/index.html  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.65.10.201 (talk) 15:43, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not all Elcaset machines were "heavy duty"!
Talk:Star of David

message: Oops. I removed the bit on the alleged relation to Satanism since I thought someone had mistaken this for a 5-sided pentagram. I see from Google that a six-sided star is occasionally connected with Satanism, but the inclusion of that tidbit here is clearly a bit of inflammatory anti-semitism, and I stand by its removal... Evercat 18:57, 22 Aug 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps not, but your first edit here included the line "This is three lots of 6, that is 666. In Christian revelations it mentions that you will know Satan by the number of the Beast-: 666." which doesn't make me trust your intentions here... Evercat 19:55, 22 Aug 2003 (UTC)

text: Heh. OK, I guess. Though I'd be wary of making a direct tie between other groups' use of the symbol and the Christian 666... Evercat 20:06, 22 Aug 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: The Star and the Occult / Satanism

message: I was wondering, is the bit about human sexuality relevant to the Star of David? I've removed it for now (and it is now at hexagram) but it can be restated if I've misjudged its relevance. Evercat 19:36, 22 Aug 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: The Star and Human Sexuality

message: "A yellow-colored Star of David was used by the Nazis, during the Holocaust, as a method of identifying Jews"
:Am I right that in the Warsaw ghetto, Jews were ordered to wear a white arm-band with a blue Star of David, or was this dramatic license in The Pianist? Were there any other variations? Mintguy 20:29, 22 Aug 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: The Star As Used by Nazis

message: "Christ is a Greek word for king." Wikipedia had better remove the last outside link on the 'Star of David' page. That claim is nonsense. Christos is the Greek translation of the Hebrew 'Messias' - the Anointed One. HE IS THE KING, but that is not what the word 'Christos' means. What's the point of including such deceptive links in a serious encyclopedia?
:Sorry, which link are you referring to? Jayjg 16:22, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Christ is a Greek word for king

message: It says here that according to Scholem, the Jews took the term Chotem Shlomo from the Muslims. But in the article on the Seal of Solomon, Scholem is quoted as saying just the opposite:
The tradition of Solomon's Seal later made its way into Islamic Arab sources, as Gershom Scholem (the founder of the modern, academic study of Kabbalah) attests "It is difficult to say for how long certain definite names have been used for several of the most common seals. The Arabs made many such terms especially popular, but just the names Seal of Solomon and Shield of David, which are often used interchangeably for the two emblems, go back to pre-Islamic Jewish magic. They did not originate among the Arabs who, incidentally, know only the designation Seal of Solomon."
The two articles quote two different sources but they can't both be right Shaked13 (talk) 18:59, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  What does Scholem say came first?
Talk:Hannah Callowhill Penn

message: Just checking -- did William Penn really name a street in Philadelphia in the 1680s? Hannah would have been an early teenager at the time, and his first wife, Gulielma Springett Penn only died in 1694!FrenchieAlexandre (talk) 01:17, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Philadelphia Street Name
Talk:Tank

message: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/04/27/europe/russia-tanks-blown-turrets-intl-hnk-ml/index.html Xx236 (talk) 10:39, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Russia's tanks in Ukraine have a 'jack-in-the-box' design flaw. And the West has known about it since the Gulf war 

message: I'm not sure how to remove an item from the foreign language selection, but it is needlessly confusing that the German article for "Panzer" is listed. This is a false translation. "Panzer" is the German word for "armour" and so refers to armoured fighting vehicles more generally. The German word for tank is "Kampfpanzer".
A recent example of this confusion has been a number of news sites referring to the Gepard as a tank, likely because it has the word "Panzer" in its designation. It's important that we clarify this confusion. Dantai Amakiir (talk) 08:32, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Different language versions are connected through Wikdata. I agree that :de:Panzer is about armoured vehicles in general, and the German article that should be linked here is :de:Kampfpanzer. I'll see what I can do about it. Sjö (talk) 10:17, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

text: Fixed it. Sjö (talk) 10:27, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Panzer" doesn't mean tank 

message: Added reference to Macmillans work and his comment suggesting NBL in Glasgow had a role in the construction and development of tanks Sulzer55 (talk) 06:12, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  NBL Reference
Talk:ALF (TV series)

message: A discussion is taking place to address the redirect :Sitcom, A.L.F.. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 July 8#Sitcom, A.L.F. until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.  ‡ El cid, el campeador talk  13:39, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Sitcom, A.L.F." listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] 

message: The characters page has been experiencing multiple issues. The article has been poorly made for decade since it still fails notability and has been unsourced. I will try to put the characters in the main article as soon as I clean up the page and trim the descriptions of the characters. LifeWithDerek05 (talk) 02:05, 11 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggested merger of [[List of ALF characters]] into [[ALF (TV series)]] 

message: The redirect ALF (comics) has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached.  FMecha (to talk|to see log) 11:04, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "[[:ALF (comics)]]" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] 

message: I'm rewatching the show, and I accidentally discovered a script/edit error.
In S01E16-17, the characters recall events from previous episodes. Among them, however, there is is a scene (37:10-20) from future episode S01E22 (1:05). The one where Alf makes an annoying noise and asks Willie how many seconds it can be tolerated.
I think this should be added to the article as a notable fact. I also think that since the source of this information is the show itself and it's easily verifiable, it doesn't require any additional references.
Any thoughts? Better Nuncio (talk) 00:08, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  TV edit mistake
Talk:Frostating

message: Er...I know nothing of Norwegian history (well, practically nothing), and so don't want to do anything to this page if I can help it, but can't we organize the article so that the bolded word that the entry is about can be found in the first sentence?  Not a criticism per se: I just think it'd be easier for people to read and understand. Jwrosenzweig 22:03, 22 Aug 2003 (UTC)
Talk:The Day the Music Died

message: I made an edit here which removed the names of the owners of the two farms where the airplane crash landed, because their names are not included in the NTSB report used as a source. I realized later that there's another offline source cited there, Everitt 2004, which I don't have access to. If someone has a copy (or wants to track one down) and can verify that the info is supported, it could be restored to the article. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:32, 16 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Farm owners 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: not moved. WP:SNOW closed as not moved, to put this ill-fated nomination out of its misery. BD2412 T 00:53, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: The Day the Music Died →  – It would be easier and simpler to name it “Death of Buddy Holly” as opposed to “The Day the Music Died” because it would be a more recognizable and comprehensive name, and also the current name could be confused with the song American Pie. The current name also does not seem very appropriate for Wikipedia, you don’t see, for example, the page for the Attack on Pearl Harbor being named “A Date Which Will Live In Infamy” (I am not comparing Buddy Holly’s death to Pearl Harbor, I was just using it as an example of not naming the article of an event a name that the event has been given). In case of an argument that could validly be made that other notable people died other than Holly in the crash, a precedent would be made by the article for The death of Princess Diana because Dodi Fayed died along with Diana, and however the article is titled “Death of Diana, Princess of Wales” and not “Death of Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed”. MountainDew20 (talk) 06:47, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

text: Note: WikiProject Aviation has been notified of this discussion. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 15:46, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

text: Note: WikiProject Death has been notified of this discussion. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 15:47, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

text: Note: WikiProject Rock music has been notified of this discussion. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 15:47, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

text: Oppose per all above. I don't think I have much to add to here since what I was thinking of had already been said above. WP:SNOW? S5A-0043Talk 04:06, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

text: Oppose due to previous points made by opposition. Buddy Holly was not the only person to die in that aircraft crash. QU3ST4F1RE (talk) 21:06, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 9 January 2024
Talk:Conscription

message: Ireland has never had conscription, so including it in the map under "Conscription abolished, no longer enforced" is misleading.  [IP address deleted at user request] 06:54, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ireland never had conscription 

message: Shouldnt we remove Ukraine from the list of countries who plan to abolish conscription, the Russian invasion changed everything, they even forbade males 18-60 from leaving the country 45.239.136.237 (talk) 23:38, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ukraine plans to abolish conscription 

message: Latvia has reintroduced conscription, so should be purple.
Estonia has a full draft system as has Russia due to the mobilisation so should both be red. 81.153.13.171 (talk) 17:54, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree, also wanted to point out that Estonia's alternative service is only available for those who are unfit for military training (health or religious reasons). 193.138.189.182 (talk) 22:32, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Latvia, Estonia and Russia. 

message: The map obviously shows Crimea as belonging to the terrorist state, which is not recognised by any civilzed country, UN or any other international institution. It should be remade and replaced. RMN120501 (talk) 18:01, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  The map is incorrect
Talk:Mad scientist

message: Why isn't this included? It would seem to be one of the first prototypes.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.210.190.252 (talk) 19:30, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Are there literary critics who describe this as a case of mad scientist? Wikipedia requires all information to come from reliable sources: See WP:CITE. Staszek Lem (talk) 20:44, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde]] 

message: Mad scientists that spring to mind include: Dr. Octopus, Dr. No, Egon in Ghostbusters: there need to be secondary sources for these which should be quite easy. Generally the article is about 50 years out-of-date and eneds some love. The article also needs to look at comics, film and video games rather than just film. 08:55, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article needs brings massively up-to-date 

message: wouldn't Fraust who was described as being mad as could be due to his fears for his sole and his desire to learn everything of every topic be considered an early prototype? seems odd as science fiction credit Fraust as a origin of genre for this reason so seeing him not on list about what he is supposed claim for in other articles is odd.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.167.226.87 (talk) 06:53, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fraust