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Talk:District of Columbia

message: I have reverted a bold edit to replace this redirect by a disambiguation page.  There is certainly a case for the change, but with over 3,000 incoming links it might be better to discuss it first.  If we do go ahead, we need to plan in advance how to fixing the resulting mis-directed links. Certes (talk) 10:45, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I had bot thought about misdirected links resulting. That was remiss of me. I’m sorry. deisenbe (talk) 11:01, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text:  Conversely to Certes, I think there is not a case for the change.  The proposed disambiguation page would not assist users in any meaningful way. The history of the District, including the former City of Washington, is already covered in the Washington, D.C. article.  And the District of Columbia (until 1871) article is in considerble need of improvement and probably should be merged into Washington, D.C., since it is not really an independent topic.  Yes, it was technically a different legal entity than the city, but both entities are part of the history of the current capital city. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 12:32, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambiguation 

message: 1. That while searching for info on DoC, I was redirected to Washington which - a) is not what I wanted, b) does not include an indexed section on DoC
2. Only by visiting this Talk page did I discover the existing DoC (up to....) page - which gave me the info I was looking for - so this is a terrible way for people to accidentally stumble across the the information they seek.
As a result of these complaints, I've changed the page to offer the researcher the links to both pages as this is the most logical way to deal with at the moment.
If at some point in the future, a section on the Washington D.C. page is added entitled District of Columbia then it would be reasonable to reinstate a redirect direct to that section, not to the page itself.
Please remember information needs to be presented accurately for people who do not know the detail of the situation - and therefore redirecting to apparently completely wrong pages is totally unacceptable. Please don't do it again.
Thanks, Mike, pmailkeey. 2020:3:13 23:31 GMT  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.225.1.136 (talk) 23:31, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  COMPLAINTS
Talk:Anne Carson

message: Is the spelling and capitalization in those quotes direct from the source, or mistypings?
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I actually copied and pasted them from my online diary, where I had typed them directly from the book. In the Anne Carson article I tried to re-capitalize where necessary (I don't usually write with caps in my diary, so I might have neglected some of them.) If you see a misspelling, it's probably my fault. Sometimes she uses strange punctuation, like omiting commas, and I'm pretty sure I typed that accurately.
WayneRay 01:54, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Hard disk drive platter

message: Regarding the examples of terminology misuse in the article:
* they seem out of place in this article, as they talk mostly about disks not disk platters
* they are technically nit-picky: common usage encompasses all of the definitions
* they only admonish certain usages without specifying the correct usages
* they read much like a word usage handbook and are out of place in wikipedia (?)
I think they should be removed - mimirzero 02:36 Sep 13, 2002 (UTC)
Does this even need its own entry? Hard disk seems an adequate place to discuss the makeup of platters. --Fubar Obfusco
I think this article does deserve a seperate existance from hard disk as it could be made about the technology of the platters themsevels ( materials, coatings, etc...) that would be too detailed to belong in the main hard disk article, but I don't have the knoweldge to write it yet.  Astaroth5 12:51, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Terminology 

message: I am a craftsman looking to find information as to what the composition of a hard disk platter is.
I have accumulated a small pile of platters as my computers have been replaced and wanted to know if there were toxic ingredients in the platters if I were to use them to manufacture some new item from my inventory.  I imagine there are plenty of others wondering what can be used again.
peter.cohen@yale.edu  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.132.112.157 (talk) 15:29, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  reuse of hard disk platters 

message: The article says that "Platters are typically made using an aluminium or glass and ceramic substrate."
I have seen several hard drives disposed of in the same way John McLane and Zeus Carver had to Die Hard, i.e. With A Vengeance.  All the desktop hard drive platters I have seen will stop .38 Special and some 9mm.  I doubt they were ceramic or even aluminum.  I smashed a laptop drive with a hammer and it was made of glass, however I don't think the use of "typically" is correct, or at least it needs a citation.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.255.170.233 (talk) 02:31, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Substrate seems wrong
Talk:Blood cell

message: Added image...because it wasn't there! 10/20/11 18:15 - rthmn3021  —Preceding undated comment added 01:15, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment

message: There are only two: carbon dioxide, and oxygen. Both are transported by hemoglobin. The article said, "oxygen and other respiratory gasses", plural, and there is only one, so I named it.  Nick Beeson (talk) 13:19, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: No, as far as I know there's legitimately more NikkeKatski [Elite] (talk) 14:42, 25 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: other respiratory gasses

message: Amen tk proigon 103.139.196.217 (talk) 00:32, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  100k
Wikipedia talk:Filmographies and Discographies

message: Is this the place to discuss lists of films?  If so, I have two suggestions.
I started the List of French language films and decided to create two lists, one with the English title and one with the French title.  I'd like to suggest this format for all foreign film lists.
Some lists would benefit by being both alphabetical and chronological, After some discussion on the talk page of List of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films, I created a chronological list to go with the alphabetical one.
::--Samuel Wantman 04:21, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lists of films 

message: Horror film and Pulp fiction are currently listed on WP:IDRIVE. To be improved, the articles need your support.--Fenice 08:32, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Improvement Drive
Talk:Fruit tree forms

message: Whoever put this table up here, can we have a metric equivalent please? -- SJK — Comment added by 137.111.13.33 (talk • contribs) on 07:03, 13 September 2002‎ (UTC)
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You're welcome to undertake the task- I wouldn't know where to start... :-)quercus robur — Comment added by Quercusrobur (talk • contribs) on 17:02, 13 September 2002 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments
Talk:Alessandro Algardi

message: Editing without improving the language, clarifying points or adding new material is the equivalent of fingerpainting. Familiarity with a subject makes the standard, midstream assessments of the community more familiar. Not knowing makes us timid, as is right.
* "major rival" of Bernini: What other sculptor in Rome was being thought of when "major" was deleted? François Duquesnoy?
*"and an outstanding draughtsman" deleted. Was this deleted because an editor, having assessed Algardi's drawings, found them lacking?
*"which gave the young sculptor a chance to immerse himself in one of the great collections..." is just better than the unidiomatic "and exposed the young sculptor a chance to see his large collections" This is just what "fingerpainting" means. The importance of the Mantuan collection is beyond challenge surely, though an editor has substituted merely "large" for "great". Not enough outstanding Antiquities in Duke Ferdinando's collection, is that the issue? Or is it their showy presentation in the famous gallery that is at fault?
*"Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi" is actually the better form. Changing it to "Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi" amounts to fingerpainting: think of Francis Cardinal Spellman" etc etc. Some other cardinals were known from the title of their see. Familiarity with some literature always helps in these questions.
*"Gian Lorenzo Bernini, in the first flush of his fame, had the pick of the best available commissions..." Senselessly deleted, doubtless as a "POV" assertion to the untutored: read a book and gain some feel for 17th century patronage in Rome, please. This is simply history.
*Algardi's scultures: "displaying great technical skill" has been deleted by some demanding connoisseur. Isn't Algardi's finesse the point? 
*"Anthology of sculpture" is the least bit inflated: I have returned to "Some major sculpture".
--Wetman 21:48, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Restoring some strength
Talk:Chemical synthesis

message: Er, this page is about Louis Pasteur, not chemical synthesis. Anyone with chemistry knowledge want to have a go at this?  -- April
* Done. Dwmyers 20:14 Feb 18, 2003 (UTC)
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Uhm. I can't agree that all chemical syntheses are a consequence of direct chemical combination. Otherwise, you put yourself in trouble when you synthesize caramel from sugar. All it requires is a carefully controlled heat source. Dwmyers 21:36, 15 Sep 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I was thinking maybe this is worth a mention? - http://www.scripps.edu/news/press/2013/20130801baran.html 
I'm no scientist, but it sounds fairly significant.
Wjfox2005 (talk) 18:33, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: First chemical synthesis of Ingenol

message: The following section appears to be scratching of someone in training, who is versed neither in standard academic expectations of essay writing (where one cites one sources) or in WP encyclopedic writing (whose policies demand the same). Here is the section.
Please put the part of it that is useful content back in, even if it is only a sentence, after (i) you understand what the original editor was trying to convey, (ii) you determine what part of that originally intended content fits with the scope of this article, (iii) you identify sources that support the usable content, (iv) you re-write that part in good English sentences, and (v) you format and place the good citations with the text. Thanks in advance.  Le Prof Leprof 7272 (talk) 04:15, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Moving unsourced, sophomoric section out of article

message: Q 24.224.6.124 (talk) 00:11, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Three examples of a chemical change
Talk:Executive arrangements

message: I have added a range of citations and brought other elements of this up to date but it does need more work.Edhammond2 (talk) 01:35, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changes, removal of improvement template 

message: I know the article speaks to the implementation and repeal of "Elected mayor and council manager." But can it be made clear if councils can have managers in the other arrangements? In the U.S., council-manager is quite common in municipalities, whether they have an elected executive "strong" mayor or an appointed first-among-equal "weak" mayor. Criticalthinker (talk) 11:26, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Elected mayor and council manager
Talk:Antimony

message: Answer it in simple words 103.217.123.214 (talk) 14:17, 17 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Antimony is a chemical element. It has the chemical symbol Sb. The symbol Sb is from the Latin name of 'stibium' for the element. It has the atomic number 51. Its atomic mass is 121.8. It is a blue-gray element that is somewhat toxic. John (talk) 14:53, 17 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is antimony
Talk:Cyndi Lauper

message: Cyndi Shows in Late Fall of 1989 were on Packed Football Stadiums up to 30,000 people in Mexico, Brazil & Chile, were the people practically stayed on line for days to get a ticket to see her. I was on attendance at one of Mexico Shows and her performance was unforgettable, though Cyndi never came back to Mexico to Perform. (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.169.72.43 (talk) 17:30, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: A night To Remember Latin America Tour should be Mentioned 

message: — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scope creep (talk • contribs) 22:16, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Unsourced section for later

message: I read an article today which mentioned Cyndi Lauper's son. What son? I came to Wikipedia and there is a single sentence mentioning a Dex Lauper which I only found by searching the page for "son ", but nothing further. Inquiring minds want to know. This is the only BLP of a super-famous person that seems to have omitted a personal life section. What gives? There is no way there are zero reliable sources to fill in just the basics.    ▶ I am Grorp ◀  22:30, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: There is a very detailed "Activism" section. I guess you'd have to settle with that as "stand in" for personal section for the time being. —Loginnigol 00:10, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text:  Not even close.    ▶ I am Grorp ◀  01:20, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  No personal section?
Talk:Heysel Plateau

message: The image "Belgium_-_Brussels_-_Bruparck_-_Mini_Europe.jpg", which showed the Atomium, was deleted from Wikimedia Commons. Can a new image of the Atomium to be inserted inside the article Heysel? --88.77.239.7 09:04, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Atomium 

message: What is the difference between Heysel-Park and Bruparck? They seem somehow overlapping to me.--84.137.23.14 09:05, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bruparck 
Talk:Louis-Ferdinand Céline

message: Hello all
The article had numerous subheadings for references, notes, bibliography, further reading etc. These sections often repeated the same references or had references which had very little relevance to the article. I have consolidated the references to books, articles and links to external sites and will go through them progressively to put them in standard format. Happy to discuss. --Aemilius Adolphin (talk) 01:01, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  References, notes, etc 

message: Hello all
I have changed the major heading from "Bibliography" to "Selected works" because the list of Céline's works isn't complete. I have added some works based on the list provided in Vitoux's biography but a complete Bibliography would require a lot of work and perhaps a separate article. The current list includes all the major works that have been translated into English and some notable works that have not. Happy to discuss. Aemilius Adolphin (talk) 06:00, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bibliography 

message: Hello all
I have added a British English template as this is the predominant form of English used in the article as it stands.
Happy to discuss. Aemilius Adolphin (talk) 05:14, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  British English 

message: @Elmidae, could you explain your objection in depth here? The article covers his antisemitism extensively and it is a large part of his legacy. With that in mind, I don't see why you reverted it.  Carlp941 (talk) 17:26, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: It appears to me that putting "antisemite" as a defining characteristic into the first lede sentence is something we practically never do. Not even the various Third Reich leaders get that epithet. Similarly, raging racists like Asa Earl Carter don't get labeled "racist" in that prominent position, albeit this facet is covered extensively in the text body. I suppose the intention is to identify a person by their roles, not their labels. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 19:22, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: @Carlp941I agree with @Elmidae Céline's notability is as a novelist. If he had been a plumber who happened to be an antisemite there wouldn't even be an article about him. His antisemitism is adequately covered in the lead and the article. Aemilius Adolphin (talk) 21:45, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Both of these are very fair objections!! Thank you both for taking the time to reply. Happy to leave it as is. Carlp941 (talk) 09:16, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  In Re: recent reversion
Talk:Maurice Duverger

message: This article needs some facts to be confirmed, and perhaps some copyediting. I'm certain that it can be expanded a bit more. —User:Dalobuca  (Talk) 23:52, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Expansion

message: http://fr.encyclopedia.yahoo.com/articles/d/d0005914_p0.html
the link to Yahoo! France biography  (in French)
is broken (2004/09/09) remove if it's still broken later.
AugustinMa 04:04, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  links 

message: Name pronunciation help would be nice.  --Lance W. Haverkamp (talk) 17:00, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation help
Talk:Fidel Castro

message: What was his family like 2A02:C7C:A86D:F600:D5F5:428F:D34F:BBE3 (talk) 17:28, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Family  

message: "Around his waist, he often carried a 9mm Browning pistol in a brown leather holster with three additional clips"
The the browning uses Magazines, not clips.
Change Clip to Magazine
These are clips https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clip_(firearms)
These are Magazines https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magazine_(firearms) 92.17.20.94 (talk) 02:21, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: RudolfRed (talk) 03:08, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 15 November 2023 

message: What is this sentence,
"The publication "Forbes" valued the inheritance left by the former Cuban leader, Fidel Castro, at approximately 900 million dollars."
doing at the end of the youth section? It doesn't relate at all with the sentence before and feels extremely disconnected. Cheesesprite (talk) 06:35, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The 900 million dollar estimate is mentioned three times in the article. Someone must think it is important. Burrobert (talk) 11:05, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Random Sentence 

message: I ask  to discuss their desired changes to the opening sentence here rather than edit warring. Per policy,  Generalrelative (talk) 03:55, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "dictator, marxist" in opening sentence?
Talk:Polonium

message: An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Radio-tellurium. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so.  ComplexRational (talk) 15:00, 11 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Radio-tellurium" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] 

message: In February 202.142.183.148 added to article this discussion of some peculiarities of Polonium's atomic radius. Today it was partially removed by 116.71.4.85. I decided to remove the remainder of the text, as I could not find a source which confirms that Polonium is breaking radius trend in its period. Additionally I can't find the exact radiuses cited for lead and bismuth (154pm) and polonium (167pm) on elements' pages nor on Atomic radii of the elements (data page). On the other hand, this text really looks as if someone knew what they were writing, so maybe it could be verified and salvaged... – attomir (talk | contribs) 22:27, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Pb 6p is not half-filled, as the text claims. Actually the ordering here has a p-orbital split, so Tl and Pb fill one p1/2 orbital first, then electrons go in p3/2 for Bi through Rn. 6s16p3 for Pb as claimed is kind of unlikely, inert pair effect stabilises the 6s2 lone pair (Pb prefers the +2 state to the +4 state, even in organometallics like PbEt4 6s is mostly nonbonding MO). The covalent radius of Po does not look terribly trend-breaking (Tl 144 pm, Pb 144 pm, Bi 151 pm, Po 145 pm, At 147 pm, Rn 142 pm). Double sharp (talk) 04:39, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Atomic radius 

message: symbol Dalton 42.111.124.42 (talk) 16:19, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Symbol Dalton 

message: "More than one hypothesis exists for how polonium does this; one suggestion is that small clusters of polonium atoms are spalled off by the alpha decay.[citation needed]"
The CN has existed since 2019. Perhaps it's time for deletion.
Rockethead293 (talk) 23:46, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Citation added. Not the highest quality source (workshop paper), but both the lead author and the venue seem respectable, and it's clearly labelled as a hypothesis. Hqb (talk) 07:03, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation Needed since 2019
Talk:Pierre Schaeffer

message: Is there any particular reason why (a) it is organized in a table, unlike the rest of the section, and (b) all the titles are translated into English? New Grove lists all works under their original French titles, which is what I would like to see here, without the table (but keeping English translations intact). Any objections? --Jashiin (talk) 11:41, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of works 
Talk:Displacement

message: The way this page is currently written it seems not really to be a disambiguation page, as nearly all the links are completely unambiguous - they just share the word displacement as part of the title.  For it to remain a disambig page, really all of those should be removed; otherwise it should become a "list of displacement-related concepts" page. I think WP:SETINDEX covers this to some extent. David Hollman (Talk) 21:22, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambig or set index? 

message: The linguistic definition of displacement needs expansion into an article of its own. The current definition is vague and does not deal with displacement as a device of grammatical deviation within literary and poetic texts
Drpol (talk) 13:13, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Linguistic 'Displacement' needs expansion
Talk:Badb

message: This section is a probable copyvio. A quick search on Google books reveals it comes from The Fairy-faith in Celtic Countries by Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz, which was published in 1911, but is only available in snippet view on Google Books, so is probably still in copyright. I will attempt to rewrite it to avoid copyright violation. --Nicknack009 12:23, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Wow! This article was created on 15 September 2002 - must be one of the earliest on Wiki? Sarah777 (talk) 08:41, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  "What the Badb embodies" section 

message: With Kellnhauser/Ó Tuathail's Modern Irish/English version removed, I've replaced it with the original Irish from the CMT ms. I can't recall the first version of the English translation I have here, but I think it's fairly straightforward. If any of you with more OI can improve it, go for it. Slàn, - Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 20:19, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Old Irish in Prophecy 
Talk:Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy

message: In a previous version, this page said that Bonne of Bourbon was the sister-in-law of Bonne of Berry. I removed it because it seemed improbable; also, since the husband of Bonne of Berry was Amadeus VII, the son of Amadeus VI, IF it is true, there is some other relationship between the members of this family that is much more interesting (it seems that to make it true Amadeus VII must have married his aunt). Andre Engels
:question solved. Check the article. 69.196.4.226 20:04, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled