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Talk:Battle of Biak

message: *Did Australian troops take part in Battle of Biak? 
*Was there Tank vs. Tank action on the island? 
*Was there an airfield on the island?
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Bryson109 (talk • contribs) 
*Did Australian troops take part in Battle of Biak?
:Yes. A very small number of Army and RAAF troops were involved, including the RAAF's No. 1 Wireless Unit. The RAN ships Australia, Shropshire, Arunta, and Warramunga (as Task Force 74) provided part of the covering naval force.
*Was there Tank vs. Tank action on the island?
:Yes.
*Was there an airfield on the island?
:Yes. Mokmer Drome was the objective of the Task Force. 
I'll be rewriting the Biak article in the new year. Hawkeye7 (talk) 06:13, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Information needing verification: 

message: The Japanese entry is pretty precise about the number of tanks on the island. I have translated this and changed it in the main entry. 
戦車中隊は九五式軽戦車9両を保有していた = 1 tank company consisting of Type 95 light tanks was maintained, consisting of 9 tanks.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Canadaman1 (talk • contribs) 07:50, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Japanese Tank Company  

message: In the main article there is the bit about the Ice Skates being referenced in Bleakley's account:
One oddity Bleakley recalls is of a bamboo shack of Japanese recreational equipment in a sort of PX containing "dozens of pairs of ice skates" – "on a Godforsaken island on the equator!". He kept a pair as a souvenir for a while, and says the Japanese troops were told they were on an island off San Francisco and were soon to invade America. He was with No. 1 Wireless Unit RAAF, the only Australian forces on the island.[8]
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While one does not doubt him actually finding these skates I have found no other reference to them in ANY Japanese source. While I suggest we allow Bleakley to refer to his understanding of why he believes the skates to be there, there is no source cited that verifies that the Japanese soldiers actually thought they were off the coast of San Francisco. Such an assertion is plainly implausible and smacks of a certain kind of implied inferior ability to fool the average Japanese soldier, or in this case, a whole garrison of 10,000. 
I suggest that the entry be changed to state something to effect that "it was his (Bleakley's) understanding, unverified, that the Japanese troops were told they were on an island off San Francisco and were soon to invade America."
Can I have a ruling. Canadaman1 (talk) 08:09, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: My biggest problem with this section is that it is giving an awful lot of weight to something fairly trivial. I'd as soon remove the entire paragraph. --Yaush (talk) 15:10, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with the above. Material is removed.Gunbirddriver (talk) 00:10, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request for Rephrasing the Ice Skates Bit
Talk:Walery Sławek

message: According to this source http://www.humanitas-international.org/showcase/chronography/timebase/1939tbse.htm Walery Sławek died on August 25 1939 and had two gun wounds. Is this the same person or just a normal error? Nowowiejski (talk) 01:01, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Date of Death
Talk:William Gilbert (author)

message: It can't be a B class article.  It even has a stub tag.  But I'd call it a "start"  -- Ssilvers 17:27, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, now it's a B-class article.  -- Ssilvers 03:20, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Class
Talk:Arthur Stilwell

message: He would claim that all of his ideas were given to him while he slept by elfin-like "Brownies" from the spirit world.  I do not claim to have any knowledge of Stillwell beyond his involvement with the KCMO, but everyone should agree that a quote such as this needs a verifiable source.  I would be bold and remove it but this article has been touched by several credible editors since this text was added.--Bozokansas 06:19, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems like a dubious and vandal-like-ish claim, so rather than ing it, I've removed it.  If we find a credible reference for it, we can always put it back. Slambo (Speak) 11:32, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

text: Interesting find.  I wonder if I can get a copy at my local library... Slambo (Speak) 18:54, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Brad Steiger has a new essay on this . I'd imagine we can source the Arthur Conan Doyle quote "had greater and more important psychic experiences than any man of his generation" (pity there are no sources to help us out). (Emperor (talk) 18:01, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: I am not even sure what to say
Talk:Walter Bowie

message: The William Duckett Bowie linked in this article as Walter Bowie's father can't be the right person as that William Duckett Bowie was born in 1803.  Perhaps there's a Jr. / Sr. issue. Toddst1 (talk) 21:33, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong William Duckett Bowie
Talk:United Socialist Party (Italy)

message: My only concern is this has no mention of the "Partito Socialista dei Lavoratori Italiani" of 1892-95, the first name of the PSI, and the period prior to the expulsion of the anarchist faction.  How best should this be worked in, or should it have a separate page? T L Miles 17:28, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment
Talk:Joel Veitch

message: I removed a citation needed tag and added a reference to Cat Imagery on the Internet. --Zenexp (talk) 01:53, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cats 

message: Would this be worth mentioning in the article ? ~ IICATSII punch the keys 08:45, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coca-Cola 

message: The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article.-- Jreferee 18:49, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography/Assessment#Class_parameter|Biography assessment rating]] comment 

message: I cleaned up this article but left the spam cleanup tag since it might require some further work: For the videos and other work mentioned throughout the article, it's doubtful that they're worth mentioning, and their mentions seem more like an advertisement than anything, even without the links).
Basically I removed inline external links: these are largely inappropriate. Links should not be used to make a wikipedia article more entertaining by linking to "funny cool videos" all over the place TheBilly (talk) 22:10, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spam cleanup 
Talk:Adikavi Pampa

message: Just discovered there are two articles on this topic, Adikavi Pampa and Pampa (poet).
I am proposing the following strategy regarding merging.
# Retain Adikavi Pampa as the article on this topic.
# Move the additional information from Pampa (poet) article which is not present now in Adikavi Pampa article
# Blank out Pampa (poet) article 
# Provide redirect from Pampa (poet) TO Adikavi Pampa
# Indicate Adikavi Pampa as the article of this topic in Pampa (disambiguation) page.
Request other contributors to voice their opinions and any improvements/modifications on this approach. Thanks! - KNM  Talk -  Contribs 17:32, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Merging two articles on Adikavi Pampa

message: Kindly tell a big answer for it 2409:40F2:1046:4DB8:98D0:F0FF:FE8D:4F9A (talk) 15:42, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adikavi Pampa
Talk:Walter Lini

message: I've seen several English-language sources now where Lin̄i's name is spelled in Raga orthography, with a macron on the 'n', including one where he's the author and his name as author is presented that way. So, I moved the page to "Walter Lin̄i". — kwami (talk) 22:57, 15 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I have reverted the move. The vast majority of sources do not have the diacritic. StAnselm (talk) 08:10, 16 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Diacritic in name 

message: Shame there's no pic of him... can't find anything public domain on a cursory search :(
WisDom-UK (talk) 20:54, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I think he's in this photo on the far left. Schwede66 00:03, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pic?
Talk:Jim Fyffe

message: Wikified as part of the Wikification wikiproject! JubalHarshaw 17:40, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Ancient Rites

message: Anyone have a picture for Ancient Rites, it would make it possible to setup a band box. Atechi 20:33, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture 
Talk:Stadio Delle Alpi

message: If anybody has any pics of the stadium, please upload them onto Commons for use in this article, as the current photo isn't amazing, and the res is quite low. Thanks! -Toon05 17:13, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture 

message: Nothing is mentioned about the new developments that will take place. I would write it myself but my English is not perfect. Maybe look at the Stadium entry in the Italian Wikipedia for news on the issue.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.0.97.208 (talk) 15:18, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Updates needed

message: As Juventus has been given the go ahead for their new stadium project, shouldn't this article be corrected?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Adzke (talk • contribs) 15:19, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Development 
Talk:Raven (British band)

message: January 2014 promises to be a banner year for the band - January 2014 has passed, and I have the impression that it was was significantly shorter than a year. Would somebody care to renegotiate that sentence? (I don't know what it was intended to convey.)  --Zerolevel, 14:56, 13 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Month That Was A Year?
Talk:Lacrimas Profundere

message: If anyone knows who was the Lacrimas Profundere frontman and lyricist, prior to Christopher's departure, please write it down! 
I've read somewhere on the web that in 1993, due to Oliver Schmid's inability to find proper musicians for the band, Christopher found them, and then assumed the role of the frontman. On their (Russian - lacrimas.ru) homepage many lyrics have been credited to Christopher Schmid. Also I've found on this page 
an interview from Oliver which says that he's been writing music & lyrics all the time.
If anyone thinks this source is reliable (there's a lot of grammar and spelling errors, although) please do put the information you find probable. My opinion is that it isn't very veritable, but it's the only source I could find.
Wlad87 (talk) 21:19, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confused ;( $@#! 

message: It's been changing over the course of this page. "Lacrimas" is a noun meaning tears; "profundere" means "to pour (something) forth." Interpreted with English word order, you might come up with "tears to pour forth." But while in English, we get the meaning from order, Latin gets it from inflections. To express that interpretation in Latin, you might say, "lacrimae profusurae," indicating the use of both words with a change in inflection (note that "profusurae lacrimae" would mean the same thing -- the order is not the important part in Latin). The inflections used support the interpretation "to pour forth tears" or, closer to what an English speaker would say, "to shed tears."
I've also seen, "deep tears," which misinterprets "profundere" as an adjective. "Deep tears" in Latin would be "lacrimae profundae."
If the band means something different by their name, it's worthy of mention, but in Latin, "lacrimas profundere" is well-translated as "to shed tears."
QuiTeVexat (talk) 23:17, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  "To shed tears" is a good translation, please leave it alone
Talk:The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years

message: The line about Bill Gazarri doesn't belong in a synopsis of the film, as the event mentioned is not discussed in the film, but rather in David Lee Roth's autobiography. I'm going to change it to make reference to the dance contest that was featured in the film and was described as sexist.
:Line removed "An interview with club owner Bill Gazzarri (deceased) who, according to David Lee Roth in his book "Crazy From The Heat", lured young girls to his club office to have sex while Roth watched. "  --ThePaintedOne 14:10, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Synopsis

message: The section on influence was sourced. There was a link to the VH1 documentary where this was specifically claimed with interviews. Obviously I can't link to the actual material as it would need to copied online which would be a copyright breach. But the claim is sourced.
However, the second section of the original piece was more speculative. I never heard this claim until recent years and was a fan of Glam Metal through its death throes. No-one at the time ever mentioned this film in connection with what was going on and I do think it spurious. But, that would classify as OR on my part so I've only restored the first half of the section and left out the piece about it not being discussed at the time.--ThePaintedOne 16:53, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Someone has re-added a comment to the effect that the claim of influnce is untrue. However, as with my original it is unsourced. I agree with the statement, but I think some sort of source is required or it will count as OR.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by ThePaintedOne (talk • contribs) 20:03, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Influence Section
Talk:Dark Funeral

message: The article seems to have been written by a Dark Funeral fan, or perhaps it was copied from a fansite.  Would simply removing the hyperbole be an adequate fix? 169.252.4.21 15:01, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV 

message: I thought this band was a 5 piece band? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 58.160.134.85 (talk) 05:06, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  4 Members only? 

message: I noticed Dark Funeral is listed as a Hard Rock band. Dark Funeral is Satanic/Black Metal....way too heavy to be considered Hard Rock.
This should be changed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hard_rock_musicians_%28A%E2%80%93M%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Funeral
Lilangus (talk) 08:22, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dark Funeral listed in Hard Rock...
Talk:Tad Morose

message: update the timeline and the info with the new lineup  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.34.81.214 (talk) 10:39, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Good idea; do you have a reference for the new  lineup? Wham2001 (talk) 12:19, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  new lineup
Talk:Monk (Dungeons & Dragons)

message: i removed the text "It is worth noting that the monk represents one type of martial artist and is currently the only type of martial artist in Dnd.", as it is neither noteworthy nor true, barring an extremely narrow definition of martial arts. Lucky number 49 17:57, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Martial artist

message: Recently, an anonymous editor added the following statement to the article "The Monk was still creatable via "Faiths and Avatars", but no longer used a Ki system.". If it's worth mentioning that the Faiths and Avatars class no longer uses a ki system in the 2nd edition then it's also worth mentioning the editions in which it does use a ki system, and probably worth clarifying what is meant by "a ki system". Additionally, the statement is vague about whether Faiths and Avatars actually has a monk class or merely has custom class rules which could theoretically be used to make a custom class similar to previous editions' monk classes. Could someone with access to the appropriate rulebooks provide some clarification in the article, preferably with citations? -- Gordon Ecker (talk) 08:21, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Ki system, Faiths and Avatars
Talk:Wang Lequan

message: I don't really know anything about the position, but the lenght of the term seems quite extreme compared to the other politician's holding the same kind of office. Is there any source available for this?--Le Petit Modificateur Laborieux (talk) 06:07, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It is unusual, but now we do have a source.  The recent NY Times article suggests the Party has made a term limits exception for Wang.--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back (talk) 09:12, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: This man is essentially an extremely powerful regional lord. He has immense clout in the region (not unlike Zuo Zongtang back in the day), and has been instrumental in shaping China's ethnic policy. His title was bestowed upon him by the central authorities and only they can take it away. Colipon+(Talk) 17:22, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  CCP Secretary since 1994? 

message: I have a different question. He was only acting secretary of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee between 1994-1995. Is it more proper to say  1995 in the lead section - 'He has served in the position since 1994'?  Now wiki (talk) 01:55, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  CCP Secretary since 1994? 

message: I think the current CPC Politburo is the 17th and he is still on list of Politburo in Wikipedia. Therefore, is there a way to present 'he is a member of 17th CPC Politburo'?  Now wiki (talk) 01:55, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  ''was'' the member of the 16th and 17th CPC Politburo 

message: 'He was the member of the 16th and 17th CPC Politburo, and is now a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee'.
If my understanding is correct, isn't 'CPC Politburo' and 'Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee' the same thing? Now wiki (talk) 02:20, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  CPC Politburo vs. Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee

message: In the article, it says 'substituted Mandarin for Uyghur language'. But I heard from a CBC News program that Uyghur is only taught to Uyghur students while mandarin is taught to all students. Can anyone find a source to support / dispute it? Now wiki (talk) 15:00, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: To my knowledge that is correct. Students are only entitled to education in their own indigenous language if they belong to a certain "minority" ethnic group (on their hukou papers). Its much the same situation in Tibet. Han children do not need to learn Tibetan or Uyghur. Colipon+(Talk) 17:17, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  substituted / replaced the Uighur language with Mandarin
Talk:Wang Qishan

message: Image
I still ask why. Why is it that 50% of the main images of the Chinese politicians in wikipedia such as Wu Yi and Wang Qishan are always of them in the US. Them in the oval office, them with a US flag in the background (With a PRC somewhere as well). Why is it that nobody can find an uncopyrighted image of them, when they are in their home country, or just a simple picture of them alone. Wikipedia is supposed to be international. The English wikipedia doesn't mean that it's all American or British PoV. Even though some editors might fail in doing such. For example, in the religious pages. Still, it only means that everything is in english, nothing more. So NPOV, we are not American, British, or European, or African, or Asian, or Latino. We are none when we step in wikipedia, but this time we are all as Chinese as possible.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.156.240.61 (talk) 09:16, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  "Why is it that nobody can find an uncopyrighted image of them, when they are in their home country, or just a simple picture of them alone." Because it's generally very hard to find photos that can be uploaded to the Wikimedia Commons without violating somebody's copyright. Photos of politicians are often taken by news organization who wouldn't appreciate their content being re-posted. Photos produced by the United States government can be used for Wikipedia's purposes, however. If there were better sources, Wikipedia would be using them. PvOberstein (talk) 13:17, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: 他会阅读群众来信吗？如何给他写信？  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tianx123 (talk • contribs) 22:26, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  王岐山是个怎么样的人
Talk:Television in Lithuania

message: LTV is part of LRT (Lithuania's Radio and Television)--Lokyz 18:01, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: there are two more channels (Liuks! and Info Tv) broadcasted only in DVB-T FTA  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.222.153.165 (talk) 21:13, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: No title
Talk:Spin the Wheel (album)

message: These lyrics (added by 70.231.98.1 on 26 Sep 2006) have nothing to do with Bellefire's Spin the Wheel.  If they did, they would probably belong to a different article, i.e. the single "Spin the Wheel", rather than the album of the same name.  But in fact it appears to be a different song entirely.  I suggest that 70.231.98.1 should create an appropriate article for this song if it is considered important. --Kev 18:07, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Bogus lyrics
Talk:Weldon B. Heyburn

message: Regarding the move of this page, Weldon B. Heyburn (45%), Weldon Heyburn (35%), and W. B. Heyburn (18%) are the only iterations of Heyburn's name that constitute over 5% of references to him on newspapers.com. Star Garnet (talk) 05:35, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Common name
Talk:Wemyss Mackenzie Simpson

message: * more on his education
* more on his career in the HBC
* more on his service in the House of Commons
* more on his service as the Indian Commissioner
* more on his role in the negotiations from Treaty 1 and Treaty 2
* how did he end up in Virginia?
CJLippert 18:54, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  To do to improve
Talk:Wendy Kinnard

message: This article is sourced mainly by election manifesto, BBC Radio Jersey website news and the Jersey Evening Post, the main newspaper for Jersey. No personal information about the individuals family - even if it appears on the manifesto, and is therefore in the public domain - is mentioned here in order to preserve privacy.
--TonyinJersey 09:43, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Wesley L. Jones

message: Local to Seattle so I noticed Bonney Watson doesn’t add up.  Find a grave says he is interred at “Acacia Memorial Park and Funeral Home Lake Forest Park, King County, Washington, USA  Mausoleum MN107 (Cascade Vista), Lot 1, Niche 44”. 
I can go by and confirm if needed.  Email is a r d I t h l a n s t r a —- at — geeemail period comm 2601:602:8A00:CF00:E942:7B94:396A:79E4 (talk) 20:33, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong interment Locatom 

message: Regarding the move of this page, Wesley L. Jones (59%), Wesley Jones (21%), and W. L. Jones (20%) are the only iterations of Jones's name that constitute over 5% of references to him on newspapers.com in Washington. Star Garnet (talk) 17:03, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Common name
Talk:Beauford Delaney

message: Someone ought to go through this page and clean up the footnotes.  The citations in the mental health section are atrocious.  I'd do it but I'm not qualified enough on the subject and just don't have the time, but I think it's worth bringing the poor citation styles seen on this page.  You don't site a quote by putting the person's name and the day they said it, you need to cite a literary source where this quote can be found!  Fermentor 05:52, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clean-Up/Update This Page! 

message: Somebody please insert more of his paintings, it is his paintings that will tell the most about him! or at least give enough links to existing online archives?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.230.62.231 (talk) 20:40, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  More paintings! 
Talk:Brookfield Community School, Chesterfield

message: The year of opening is incorrect. I was at The Chesterfield School in 1991 which turned into Brookfield School in that year. Can anyone find any published information to support this? ChrisStreet73 (talk) 13:52, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Opening year