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Talk:Double check

message: it's not clear the triple check example...anyway it doesn't exists  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.19.89.23 (talk) 11:23, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I added a diagram, but I used dots for moas.  The moas move one square diagonally and then one square orthogonally, and can't jump over.  Once the bishop moves, both moas (and the rook) check the black king.  Bubba73 (talk), 18:19, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Triple check example
Talk:Outpost (chess)

message: Suggest this article is merged to List of chess terms. SunCreator (talk) 19:02, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Why? I cant see why we should do it. Lab-oratory (talk) 06:29, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I tend to think that the info provided at List of chess terms is too limited to provide an account of what is (IMHO) an important concept in chess strategy.  --Dje123 (talk) 06:23, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I think it is too large now to merge, so I'm removing the tag.  71.203.138.231 (talk) 01:50, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge 

message: Outposts don't have to be on open files. A good outpost would typically be in front of an isolated pawn, which is not exactly an open file. Or, in some of the variations of the Dutch Defence for Black, on e4, which is not on an open file at all...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.141.253.84 (talk) 19:14, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, generally an outpost is a square that can't be attacked by opposing pawns.  That needs to be fixed in the article. Bubba73 (talk), 21:05, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  In an open file? 

message: The article said that an outpost was on the fifth, sixth, or seventh rank.  That was changed to "fourth, fifth, or sixth".  The source is The Oxford Companion to Chess which says "a square on the fifth, sixth, or seventh rank that is guarded by a pawn but cannot be attacked by an enemy pawn, especially such a square on an open file".  Granted, a pawn can never attack a square on the opponent's seventh rank, but a piece on that rank can be supported by one of its own pawns.  Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess says "a piece on an open or half-open file on the opponent's side of the board, and protected by a pawn." An Illustrated Dictionary of Chess by Brace says the same as Golombek.  Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 02:21, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: And Chess: Tactics and Strategy by Burgess pretty much agrees with those books too.  Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 04:42, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text:  I've looked in about 20 books and I can't find an example position.  Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 04:42, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

text: I agree with your findings here. I don't think the definition is undermined by the fact that a black pawn can't attack the seventh rank (or a white pawn the second). This merely means that the second condition in "that is guarded by a pawn but cannot be attacked by an enemy pawn" will always be met. Proxyma (talk) 04:36, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Definition 

message: "... one of our own pieces, (usually a knight), which is placed, being protected (by a pawn of course) on an open file within enemy territory."  Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 02:17, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nimzo's definition
Talk:Opposition (chess)

message: Hi, I think the link to distant opposition is broken - I would like to see it filled in as I am learning about distant opposition at the moment. 210.84.30.107 (talk) 05:19, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you mean the link to "distant opposition" in the introduction?  It takes you to the "distant opposition" section of the article.  Bubba73 (talk), 05:22, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: distant opposition

message: What about 2.Kd5! when all black moves allow white to gain the opposition  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.155.146.2 (talk) 23:05, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: In the Gligoric-Fischer game?  Then 2...Kb7 and black gets the diagonal opposition. But that keeps the white king from getting to a key square, so it draws.  Remember that opposition is a means to an end - talking the opposition isn't always the right thing to do.  Bubba73 (talk), 23:15, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Kd5
Talk:Overloading (chess)

message: The example is more an example of deflection.Jasper Deng (talk) 03:41, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Example is not an overload 

message: Or maybe the position is fine but the article needs to be rewritten. I was saving this position onto my iPad to use as an example for some kids I'm teaching, and the iPad immediately suggested Bxf7 following the … Re1 move. The text says "Black won immediately with 1...Re1!," but I'm not even sure that the exclamation is warranted. The iPad played it out and white won instead. 
Mind you, my own ELO rating is about 12, but I'll be interested to see if anyone else has a comment.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnpdevoy (talk • contribs) 00:46, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: 1...Re1! definitely works, but I checked it with a chess engine just in case. 2.Bxf7+ only delays the inevitable after 2...Qxf7 3.Rd8+ Kh7 etc. Possibly this is the horizon effect at work with your ipad. MaxBrowne (talk) 06:07, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is this really a good example?
Talk:George Formby Sr

message: Why shouldn't this article have an infobox?  I have been reverted twice now with no reason what so ever.  Please, do explain!195.89.48.217 (talk) 12:03, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox 

message: :Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *Support or *Oppose, then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's policy on article titles.
*Weak support. British sources using "Sr." include Ross McKibbin and Steve Chibnall, plus others of indeterminate nationality such as Peter Davison and Iain Ellis and many North American sources: e.g. Paul Matthew St Pierre, Rob Wilson and Wimal Dissanayake, and Amnon Kabatchik. British sources using "Sr" include Jeffrey Richards, Jonathan Glancey and ALRA. Those using "Snr" include Baz Kershaw and Suffolk New College. Manchester School of Art uses "Snr.". There is a range of styles employed and so there is no particular reason to select one that is different from the wikipedia house style, or to make a big fuss over doing so. DrKiernan (talk) 09:00, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: *Your !vote here also includes US punctuation, which is a step too far. There should not be a full stop included. That was part of the rationale for Snr, as it negates the question of the unwanted, otiose full stop. – SchroCat (talk) 09:27, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: *I am forced to admit that Fowler's Modern Usage, Hart's Rules, OUP house style and the Guardian style guide do recommend against the period. DrKiernan (talk) 09:53, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: *Ive opened a second request below. Schonken didn't see fit to answer the question as to either why this couldn't be changed, or why he'd included it in the first place, so we've had to go down the rather silly course of having two requests... – SchroCat (talk) 10:12, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey
Talk:List of chancellors of the University of Oxford

message: The list as it currently stands was collated from various webpages across the internet, each with a specific claim for a named individual to have held the post of Chancellor. I was unable to locate a full list of Chancellors, as there is for, say, the Vice-Chancellors. There is some overlap between this list and the List of Vice-Chancellors - this may be explained by natural promotion or there may be some confusion between full Chancellors and Vice Chancellors in the records. Ian Cairns 08:19, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources
Talk:Simultaneous exhibition

message: Just curious - does anyone know what time controls are usually used for clock simuls? I tried looking for the time control used in the Kasparov vs. Czech national team event from a few years back but couldn't find anything. youngvalter 01:17, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clock simuls 

message: Has anyone ever written of the distances covered by the Simul-giver?  Walking might be the most difficult part of a Simultaneous for most chess masters.  Depending on the layout of the boards, a master might cover miles in a few hours.Abenr (talk) 15:35, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I just went to a simul (30 players vs the GM) and I don't think each lap required walking more than 25 meters. Sixty moves would make it 1500 m, which is not even one mile. I don't think walking a mile slowly would be strenuous to most people. But like you say, it depends on the layout. One could imagine a bigger event in an open space where the boards are more separated... --Itub (talk) 13:43, 18 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Distance 

message: The lede mentions Go and other games, but the rest of the article is exclusively about chess.
It would be nice to get some info on other kinds of simultaneous exhibition.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2620:0:1045:FD00:90B5:9D95:CB18:22E1 (talk) 14:39, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Go and other non-chess games
Talk:Garachi

message: The Domari left India at a completely different time period to that of the later leaving Romani. The two different groups speak different languages to one another from different regions and time periods. Domari speak a much earlier language that lacks the major Rajasthani and Panjabi influences.
They are therefore not Romani people but are Domari.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.34.227.166 (talk) 19:53, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  If they are Dom they are not Romani 
Talk:Decoy (chess)

message: Is it really a zwischenzug in the part "Finally, a zwischenzug decoys the king to b2: 4... Bxb2+"? Sure Bxb2+ needs to be played to get the K back on b2, but it's not an inbetween move in the sense of an unexpected departure from an expected recapture etc.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rugops (talk • contribs) 19:55, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: 5.Kxb2 isn't forced, White c/ play 5.Kd1, where 4...Bxb2+ is then pure zwischenzug. --IHTS (talk) 05:49, 25 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Zwischenzug
Talk:AMS-LaTeX

message: Is AMS-LaTeX good for something else than generating its own logo? --Abdull 08:47, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've listed 3 types of features of \mathcal{A}\!_{\displaystyle \mathcal{M}} \!\mathcal{S} \!\!\;\textrm{-} \mathrm{L\!\!^{{}_{\scriptstyle A}} \!\!\!\!\!\;\; T\!_{\displaystyle E} \! X}. –Pomte 21:37, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  I don't deny its usefulness, but it seems to me that the amsmath package neither defines a {theorem} nor a {proof} environment. — MFH:Talk 22:31, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  Quite right. The {proof} environment is provided by the amsthm package, and a {theorem} environment has to be defined by the user with the \newtheorem command (which is revised by the amsthm package).  The packages amsthm and amssymb are not automatically included by amsmath, but I think they are considered part of AMS-LaTeX so they should be in the article. McKay (talk) 04:40, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Neil Conn

message: The citation for Conn's GCStJ was recently removed. I realize that I did not add a Gazette citation as has been used for his KStJ, but I would hardly say that the Priory of Scotland is a third party source. It seems to me that an official Priory of the Order would be an authoritative source for someone's standing within the Order. Unless someone can provide a compelling reason why it should not be used, I'll revert to the source I added earlier. Thanks!--dave-- 19:19, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I was the one that removed the reference. There is no evidence of Conn being advanced to a Bailiff Grand Cross in either the London Gazette, Edinburgh Gazette or the Australian Gazette. I have no doubt that Conn is a Bailiff Grand Cross, but there is no official gazette article to prove it that I can find. The reason I called the Priory of Scotland's article a third party reference, is because Conn was a member of the Australian Priory, not Scotland's. In Conn's own first official address, he said The organisation is not one body, but an alliance of different organisations, the single body is actually a small group of people operating out of London. Nford24 (PE121 Personnel Request Form) 06:37, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Fair enough. Do you think that an authoritative source would only be one that comes from London? Would something like the NSW Annual Report of the SJA be acceptable? The 2012 report is available here: http://www.stjohnnsw.com.au/publications/ and lists Conn being promoted. Thanks.--dave-- 16:49, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

text: Fantastic! Thanks for the discussion.--dave-- 15:15, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  GCStJ 
Talk:Paritta

message: Here is the version of the article with my edit (that was reverted by Spasemunki)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paritta&oldid=155387838
My point was that even the Buddha Himself needed to have the paritta recited to him when he was gravely ill. The purpose of the paritta suttas is to focus the mind on the Dhamma.
As for the sun-god and moon-god, space exploration has investigated these phenomena. Even if the sun and moon are deities, they were appealing for the Buddha’s help during His lifetime and not after his parinibbana.
Antony272b2 05:29, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have no problem with you adding the section concerning using paritta to focus the mind regarding illness, etc.  But the text of the suttas regarding Canda and Suriya are what they are; there are a number of paritta scriptures that continue to be included in popular paritta collections that include this sort of invocation.  It's a type of text that continues to be included among paritta, so it should be recorded.  The wording regarding paritta in general should probably be changed though- I'll take a look at it.  --Clay Collier 05:50, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: OK I’ve added the asseveration of truth material (one paragraph), retaining the Canda and Suriya parittas which are, as you say, scriptural. I started writing an argument based on space exploration that the Sun and Moon aren’t going to be taken away by Rahu, but who knows: there is a need to practice as if the world could end at any moment! Antony272b2 03:03, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Paritta Suttas are not praying for Buddha to intervene

message: I found this article, with difficulty, while searching for "pirith", which is
how it appeared in this tweet
from Sri Lanka Cricket.  I suggest that someone who knows how should make that and
other commonly used spellings redirect to this page. 209.179.100.1 (talk) 01:37, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirects needed for alternate spellings 
Talk:Krispy Kreme UK

message: should our articles realy be listing, in detail, every location where kk has a store? seems like thats a bit more info then we aught to get into. Law/Disorder 20:53, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I was just coming onto the talk to make the same point. Any objection to removing the lists of both stores and flavours? This is an encyclopedia after all. RaseaC (talk) 20:10, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  probems... 
Talk:Master Emerald

message: The size dispute is rather unfounded.  In Sonic 3, the chaos emeralds are small enough to fit in sonic's hand as you collect them, but when you go to hidden palace zone from mushroom hill zone, the emeralds all become about the same size as the master emerald.Ziiv 09:08, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Size

message: Has anyone elsed noticed that half the content is missing from this page with no explanation? I really don't think that this is normal. User:Denjo 18:13, 9 September 2007
* It appears to have been fixed now, but I fixed a similar problem on the Chaos Emeralds page - it was caused by a missing slash in the ref tags.Avnas Ishtaroth (talk) 06:26, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Something Screwy
Talk:Sacred Heart College, Auckland

message: I believe that the school motto is "Take courage, act manfully".
Yes that is trie , the motto on the page is incorrect, i will fix it.
This motto is belong to St Pauls College "take courage, be strong".  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.86.39.110 (talk) 18:56, August 27, 2007 (UTC) 
Is it true that Brendan Schollum hit a little old lady with his car and killed her?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.238.20.91 (talk) 08:54, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Should the wings of the school be mentioned?
The are named after various brothers and old boys.
As follows:
Borgia Wing (Admin Block),
Fergus Wing (Tech Block),
Kalaugher Wing,
Reid Wing,
Pompallier Block,
Delargey Assembly Hall,
Maurice Auditorium,
Cole Library,
Blacksmith talk 07:11, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wings
Talk:Dragon shaman (Dungeons & Dragons)

message: The class abilities section is far too detailed. This class was not released under the D20 SRD, and the page goes into far too much detail on how the class works; meaning someone could potentially create and use this class purely from this page. I have flagged the article, and would appreciate some help editing, as I am not personally familiar with this class. Jono793 09:25, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh...didn't know I couldn't go into that much detail over it. I'll fix it tomorrow if I get a chance. It's my screw-up, so I'll handle it if you give me permission. -- Flession 02:09, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok...I keep looking at it and I don't know where to begin. What can and can't I say to make it less of a copyright infringement? -- Flession 15:01, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Potential Copyright Infringement
Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-04-23/WikiWorld

message: I think it was in the Feedback section of New Scientist that I first saw this phenomenon discussed.  I recall them posting someone's correspondance the following week, where he described this action of a spinning cat as purrpetual motion StephenBuxton 09:28, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Re: Buttered Cat experiment
Talk:MS Baltic Star

message: Too many ships are still missing on wikipedia. Please help me setting them up! --Tradof 09:29, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: This article is currently subordinated to M because of the forward slash in the title. The page will be moved to "MT Birger Jarl" to avoid this technical problem, however, the text in the article should still retain the forward slash, per WP:Ships naming conventions. Thanks. Parsecboy (talk) 13:01, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Page name
Talk:Papanui

message: I live in Papanui and haven't heard of the Westgrove OGs in any of the local papers or even on the streets, I'll leave the bit in for a couple of days with  before deleting in case someone can provide a source. Papanui had some [gang trouble in 2001] though I wouldn't consider it notable and the name of the gang wasn't mentioned in the media. Lossenelin 09:41, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gang trouble? 

message: Closing down an old website I ran and thought some of this information might be useful for this entry. If I get time I'll see if I can add it in myself.
Literal meaning: 
Another meaning,  equally applicable to the district, in the early days, is a stage set in the  branches of a tree to accommodate a bird-spearer; but there are many other  possible meanings. 
From Place names of New Zealand, A.W. Reed (1975).
Brief History:
While most of the Canterbury plains in the South  Island of New Zealand were deforested by either the Maori or the so call Moa  Hunters in the mid 1300's, Papanui Bush was one of the few stands of pine  and totara left in the Canterbury region at the time of European colonization.  As such it was a site of early settlement in the area, as milling of the timber  for construction and fire wood occurred. By the early 1850's the area boasted a  hotel, store, blacksmiths, clothing shop, butchers, chemist, dispensers and  market gardening on the cleared land. A school room appeared in 1853. 
As  clearing occurred settlement sprung up along what would become the main road out  of Christchurch to North Canterbury. This route was to became known as Papanui  Road. By 1857 the last of the trees were felled in the area and market gardening  and orchards flourish. As settlement of Christchurch continued new settlers  arrived to transform the area into a suburb, and it became part of Christchurch  city in 1923.  MopyNZ (talk) 15:01, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other Meaning of name?
Talk:Delicious Monster

message: How is the company "based in San Francisco" if the headquarters has a Seattle address?  Here's the edit in question, made without comment.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.185.161.246 (talk) 19:56, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I corrected it to Seattle, Washington. Peaceray (talk) 03:55, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Where?
Template talk:Germanic tribes (750 BC – 1 AD)

message: this map appears to be in blatant contradiction to :Image:Pre Migration Age Germanic.png which shows similar a expansion pattern, but dated to about 400 years later. dab (𒁳) 09:50, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I know, and I have already thought of it. Unfortunately, I don't know what to do about it.--Berig 10:25, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: well, what are our sources for the 8th century BC exodus? Rokus has a point that there is a hole here that needs mending (not that his approach was helpful, but the observation stands). "early/common/proto- Germanic" for me means Pre-Roman Iron Age, from the 5th c. BC at the earliest. How do we account for the three centuries 750 to 450 BC? Does the Penguin Atlas give any sources? dab (𒁳) 09:09, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

text: wait, on closer inspection, it isn't all that bad. "before 750" is just the NBA, that's alright. The "up to 500 BC" more or less corresponds to Putzger's "before 100 BC", which is alright too: Penguin just makes an additional claim of a 750-100 BC expansion. The "until 1 AD" more or less corresponds to the "until 100 AD" of Putzger's, so that we have a discrepancy of one century. The only thing that really is significantly different is the expansion to the Rhine "before 500 BC" (Penguin) vs. "after 100 BC" (Putzger): this corresponds precisely to the question "who were the Nordwestblock people": Penguin thinks they were Germanic, Putzger thinks they weren't until the 1st century BC. dab (𒁳) 09:21, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: another problem is the Alsace and Black Forest, here Germanic "before 1 AD". Compare :Image:Alemanni expansion.png: I don't think it is possible to claim Germanic settlers for the region before the 3rd century. Seeing this, I have my doubts about this map, the "Penguin chronology" seems to be one or two centuries too early throughout. dab (𒁳) 09:35, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, no. The Penguin atlas does not cite any sources, which is natural since most historical maps in any Western historical atlas are quite uncontroversial and verifiable in most comparable sources. Personally, I am happy to have found a map at all about this time period.--Berig 12:05, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: yes of course -- the problem being that we have found not one but two, contradictory, maps. We'll have to go beyond maps at this point and look for some academic source discussing the question. dab (𒁳) 12:32, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I just discovered a scan of the map I used as source for :Image:Germanic tribes (750BC-1AD).png.--Berig 12:01, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Archived copy. — LlywelynII 17:01, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Seems to disagree

message: This edit established the usage of this template as AD/BC. It's fine to nix the "to the birth of Our Lord" bit, but maintain the era formatting pending a new consensus to the contrary. — LlywelynII 16:59, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: WP:ERA