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Talk:Amentum

message: I would like to see pictures of what they look like and how they are used.  The spear-thrower(atlatl etc)  fits on to the rear end, but according to this article the Amentum fits on at the centre of gravity, which is where one would hold a javelin anyway, so I cannot see how it improves distance or power.  Video of the comparison between with and without amentum would be good and the twisted rifling too.
Thanks,
IceDragon64 (talk) 21:40, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pictures and diagrams, please! 

message: I heard of a term throwing string. Would that be amentum? 95.178.215.9 (talk) 13:39, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  throwing string ? 

message: It was also used for throwing war darts. It seems it was extensively used by the Irish (for throwing war darts, 15/16th century, Gallowglass, captain thomas lee) but in a slightly modified way. They tied the strap to the dart so  when thrown the strap would fly off with the dart. The strap also had (prepared in advance) loop for index finger . That was more appropriate for the battle because  attaching the strap to the javelin the old way (strap being reused; similar to swiss arrow, but it is not necessary to make additional loops after the first loop secures the knot that is inserted in a notch) was fiddly and could be time consuming. There is "evidence" (a viking saga) that vikings used it on occasions. It seems Alexander's troops used it. 95.178.215.9 (talk) 14:18, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: It was widely used in Europe - Greece, Rome, Vikings, Irish - probably others in between.  A dart, incidentally, in the Irish case means what we would call a javelin.  Javelin didn't gain its modern meaning till later.Monstrelet (talk) 18:22, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ressurection 

message: In the first paragraph, the name of the device is given as either amentum or ankyle. However, the two Greek translations or transliteration are the same Greek word except for the breath mark. An expert needs to supply a Greek equivalent for amentum or revise the first sentence. 2600:8806:6200:4200:150C:F71E:6C80:B6F3 (talk) 15:56, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  First paragraph needs correction
Talk:Jan Maas (cyclist, born 1900)

message: Google results for:
*"Johannes Maas" -wiki +cyclist - about 99
*"Johannes Maas" -wiki +olympic - about 163
*"Johannes Leonardus Maas" -wiki +cyclist - 7
*"johannes Leonardus maas" -wiki +olympic - 9
Clearly, the middle name is not as common, and thus should not be included in the title. Maher-shalal-hashbaz (talk) 00:49, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: CLEARLY? The Olympic Committee uses the name Jan Maas, which is his nickname. I am not sure if you read my comments about the move. The only clear reference for Johannes Maas in Google is the WP article. The bulk of the references on Google are about the Johannes Maas who heads an organization in Asia. That article was deleted either by you or someone else without a page on Wikipedia. รัก-ไทย (talk) 04:00, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:   In the 1928 report of the Olympics he is clearly identified many times as Jan Maas. The 1924 report calls him Johannes only one time. The editor above did not do his research.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.230.103.211 (talk) 16:18, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: You need to take this a WP:RM due to the comments above. At any rate, the article would be at Jan Maas not "Jan" Maas as per WP:COMMONNAME. Severo (talk) 21:44, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: It has been demonstrated above that he is primarily referred to as Jan Maas. I added the quotation marks because there is another Jan Maas, but he is listed as Jan Maas (sailor). So I have removed the quotation marks and added cyclist. Thank you for your advice. รัก-ไทย (talk) 06:24, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  the correct page title is Johannes Maas 
Talk:Study of Exceptional Talent

message: Here are some random facts that might be used (and cited) if someone wants to expand this:
Created by Dr. Julian Stanley, I know that much.
When you get in, you get a detailed questionnaire, which they use for their various studies. They then proceed to give you free access to Cogito.org, which is a very science-y website for SET-level youth.
You don't technically have to be under thirteen. There is a small loophole that says you add ten points to the 700 mark for each month and fraction of a month after your thirteenth birthday. I know this for a fact, because when I took the SAT I happened to be 13yr, 2.something months. Therefore, I needed 700+(10 * 2 months) + an extra 10 for the portion of the month between my birth day and test day = 730, and I got 740 and they let me in. So that might make an interesting little tidbit. They word it better in the explanation on the SET website.
And loads more happy details. All this can presumably be cited under the SET website.
67.84.66.81 (talk) 11:04, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
Talk:3D Topicscape

message: UnitedStatesian pointed out that citations were needed to make sources clear.  I've now cited some sources in the text as footnotes.  I originally got the info from topicscape's help file, but I found them in the on-line pages and cited those, as they are public.  Also I removed the external references section or there are too many links.  I'm new to this so perhaps UnitedStatesian can let me know if it fits Wikipedia guidelines.  Thanks.   Mapbabe (talk) 11:05, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled 

message: Added flags, as this article is overly detailed on nuances which aren't relevant, and lacks significant sourcing.--Naadobea1776 (talk) 19:17, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notability and citations
Talk:List of local governments in the United Kingdom

message: Recently there has been some consolidation of these articles. Are there any more that we feel should be combined or amended in some way? MRSC • Talk 11:48, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I was wondering about such a merge myself (and for Local government in England with Subdivisions of England) but what I did in the end for England was to amend the "local government in..." article to deal with functions, structure etc. and use the "subdivisions of" for a list of the actual subdivisions. Perhaps the same could work for Scotland? MRSC • Talk 19:13, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Consolidation
Talk:Thanjavur Maratha kingdom

message: Hello. I am rather confused. A recent blanket reversion to this page also removed an a copyedit I made. Could you please explain to me which parts of my edit relate to "We need sources, not more unsourced claims?"? Thank you. JabberJaw (talk)  11:19, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: None but since the stuff is unsourced caste puffery anyway, no harm done. This article will be stubbed in a few days unless sources turn up. - Sitush (talk) 11:45, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent revert (13 March 2018) 

message: Sorry if I am misunderstanding something here. But the above seems to be a value judgment based on ethnicity that is either unsupported or at at best whose sources are unlikely to support making such strong blanket statements. Can go back in in any version that someone is willing to vouch for. Elinruby (talk) 03:16, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  moving questioned text here
Talk:Tommy Hall (cyclist)

message: On the gravestone, is written died at 72 yo the April 26th 1949 (so birth in 1877 instead of 1887). cy.wp and fr.wp claim 1877 or 1876. First edition  claims 1877, and 1876 in infobox. --Sisyph (talk) 10:39, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: That is right, I was wondering, too. --Six days fan (talk) 14:59, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birth date 
Talk:The Daily Courant

message: Is there really any dispute as to which was the first published newspaper, as mentioned in the article? The one sentance used in the article links a non exisiting article for the Norwich post. If the Norwich post was notable with it's distinction of being the first published newspaper surely it would have an article?--DrMotley (talk) 08:57, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dispute
Talk:Dickebusch New Military Cemetery and Extension

message: The section about Corporal Fox has been removed as WP:UNDUE. The article is about the topic of the cemetery and an entire section (or even a sentence) about one poor soldier buried there as a non-notable person is not on-topic. There are >1,000 other soldiers buried there. What should be said about them?  – S. Rich (talk) 03:32, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Removal of section about deserter
Talk:Lango (app)

message: This table seems unnecessary - does anyone object to having it removed? 109.224.131.181 (talk) 21:37, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Large table at the end of the article 

message: The article states that the app shut down in 2014. There's no citation, and I can't find a news article about that, but I also can't find a current website or app info. I'm not entirely sure what to do with the article with this lack of information. Thoughts? Benny White (talk) 02:55, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Defunct? 

message: Why did they shutting down? The article should states it. Bought by another firm?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:E35:8A8D:FE80:985:15E:323A:8B58 (talk) 11:46, 11 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why closed?
Talk:Repton, New South Wales

message: That Dick Smith is a notable resident appears to be a dubious claim. The source states a house was built for him in Repton, but there a many other sources that say Dick resides between Terrey Hills in Sydney and his rural property in Gundaroo near Canberra- such as this one  Dfadden (talk) 12:10, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Dick Smith
Talk:Barry Sherman

message: This is one of those cases where the number of suspects with a possible motive to kill Sherman keeps growing. Just added two more: he owed a billion dollars to someones and was refusing to pay; and, he may have been funding an organization that was engaged in combating Islamic fundamentalists.  -- GreenC 07:14, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: There was already a large list of potential suspects ... does the article say that somewhere? Daniel Case (talk) 17:56, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: There's a whole section for it. Maybe it's not complete? GreenC 18:53, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Who shot J.R.]] 

message: Barry entered in fall 1960 at age 18,  not 16 as claimed, and graduated in 1964 as correctly written. Not youngest ever at that time. 2607:FEA8:3A27:5300:29E8:8951:7FDC:F11E (talk) 21:10, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed. No idea how the youngest claim got there as none of the sources support it. -- GreenC 21:23, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

text: The University of Toronto says age 16. That's sufficient, unless there is a better source to back up the age 18 claim. -- GreenC 23:24, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  age entering B.A.Sc. program.
Talk:Koldo Mitxelena

message: I translated the Basque Wiki article on Mitxelena. It could stand a little cleaning up. Yoroshiku!  Я Madler  גם זה יעבור R  12:16, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The problem with this article is that it is almost completely unsourced: no footnotes. --Dorpater (talk) 14:53, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsourced 
Talk:Jordans

message: We only ever use the county when there are 2 places of the same name. Stop editing to try and prove a point. Thanks, SqueakBox 03:10, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: As already pointed out by another editor, Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_%28disambiguation_pages%29#Piping MickMacNee (talk) 03:22, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: edit conflict Please see MOS:DAB#Piping, MOS:DAB#Places, & WP:DAB, which point to not piping the disambiguation links, even for places, since the point of the dab page is to remove ambiguity. My view is that Jordans should be the name of the article on the village with a couple of dablinks at the top of the article. This dab page seems rather pointless. --SSBohio 03:24, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This issue was addressed with a requested move posted by Simply south on 29 Dec, actioned by admin User:Neil on 3 Jan  MickMacNee (talk) 03:35, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's clear that at least the cereal bar and the athletic shoes are also known as Jordans.  Would harm come from including each of the others as a disambiguation link at the head of the page for Jordans, Bucks?  I'm not saying that that's necessarily the most common use of the word Jordans, but, to my mind, it's what I'd expect to find in a dictionary when I looked up Jordans. --SSBohio 03:59, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I can't find 'Jordans' plural in any dictionary. Jordans does not appear in the online version of Brittanica either. And I've just realised the Bristol company is correctly titled Jordans Ltd. as well, I shall rename it now. MickMacNee (talk) 05:21, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: The village
Template talk:Monarchs of the Netherlands

message: The house of Bonaparte???
I think this is strange. Either we include all monarchs ruling over the Netherlands; including Charles V the Holy Roman emperors, Charlemagne etc etc; or we only list the monarch of the current Kingdom of the Netherlands. It seem highly arbitrary to list the dynasties of the different states Kingdom of Holland and the Kingdom of the Netherlands while leaving out the Habsburg monarchs.Arnoutf (talk) 12:22, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: They weren't monarchs of the Netherlands since there were no united Netherlands back then. They were Duke of Brabant, Count of Holland etc. Känsterle (talk) 15:16, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Euhm Philips II was King over the United Netherlands; so (it could be argued) where all Holy Roman Emperors until 1648; Charlemagne was King over the Netherlands. So were several Roman Emperors. Saying that they were not the Netherlands is just a linguistic difference. Either list the monarch of the current Netherlands (ie Willem I and later) or name all the kings who ever ruled the combined lands now called Netherlands. Naming only one previous state that did so seems arbitrary (the moe so as that state was a French subsidiary, much more then the 17 provinces ever were a subsidiary of Charles V empire. Arnoutf (talk) 14:18, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
Talk:Caledon Bay

message: -12.833918, 134.737103	appears to be about 50 km inland, nowhere near any bay.
-12.85, 136.55, which I got from the Readers' Digest Atlas of Australia (2nd ed. 1994 ISBN 0864386958), looks OK. Doug butler (talk) 05:36, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coordinates
Talk:Wangi Falls

message: “Just uploaded images of Wangi Falls to commons (). In case you want to use more/others when expanding this article. Mutante23 (talk) 22:43, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  more images available 
Talk:John A. Gilruth

message: The whole of this article was a straight copy of an article in the Australian Dictionary of Biography by Alan Powell. I have deleted the history and started again. The original creator of this article is happy about this and about to fly overseas. It will take me a bit of time to get Gilruth covered so any help would be welcome. Alan Powell's biography is a great source, but of course, we can not copy it. --Bduke (talk) 05:13, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Copyvio
Talk:Institute of Knowledge Transfer

message: Hi
I have amended the article by attempting to stress:
1) the bona fides of the organisation as a genuine professional body (many others of which are also noted on wikipedia)
2) significance as the a body established to develop an increasingly important field of public policy -       
'knowledge transfer' 
3) the level of support that the new institute has received from a broad range of bodies in the field of knowledge transfer and by respective UK Government depts and existing bodies.
I have attempted to source much of this where practical (such as reference to Uk statutory register etc).
This new institute represents a very broad alliance of many existing organisations and is unusual in its board support, so I think that is it therefore noteworthy.  Because of this I hope that the page will be retained and expect that others will contribute to developing this entry.
regards
Thewheelbarrow (talk) 12:48, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Belyuen Shire

message: It would be nice if someone could find out how "Belyuen" is said and add the information. Languagehat (talk) 21:00, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation? 
Talk:Lajamanu, Northern Territory

message: Residents stunned as hundreds of fish fall out of the sky over remote Australian desert town --194.144.23.124 (talk) 09:53, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Raining fish 
Talk:Musical collective

message: This is full of original research. No sources cited. In my opinion, 'musical collective' is little more than a pretentious name for 'band'.--h i s   s p a c e   r e s e a r c h 13:07, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed.  Five years later.--Epeefleche (talk) 17:05, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Two more years later, I have to say that, though there may be such a thing as a Music Collective (The Postmodern Jukebox comes to mind), this article is not very helpful in distinguishing it from a "band". I'd like to see a reasonable article (at a bare minimum a *sourced* article) about it, but until I or someone else puts in the time to write one, I'd rather see no article on it than keep this one.Originalname37 (Talk?) 15:45, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

text: For now, I'm going to cut the text *way* down (as it seems to mainly be a set of unsourced notions of what a Musical Collective might be), but keep the list.Originalname37 (Talk?) 16:01, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment
Talk:Ukrainian embroidery

message: *I have included four images.  I know the article is probably considered to short to normally have four images, but I consider this is a subject that needs to be illustrated more than others.  Ostap 23:33, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I forget now, what's the term for the wall covering (sort of like a tapestry) that is put on the north wall to provide better insulation? Kevlar67 (talk) 23:03, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wall hangings 

message: The first external link goes to a site that doesn't exist any more. If there's a copy on the Wayback Machine or something, please give the link.
100.15.127.199 (talk) 22:08, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  link rot
Talk:Capo di Ponte

message: I've had a go at copyediting this article, but am not really up to it. It would be good if someone with a knowledge of Italian took this in hand to resolve the quaint language which seems to have been roughly brought over from Italian Wikipedia. There are similar problems with many of the pages which are linked to the article. Maybe most of the article (for which no verification is provided) should be pruned right down anyway, being of doubtful relevance to English Wikipedia.  Cheers, Bjenks (talk) 06:44, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Language problems 
Talk:Cosijopii I

message: Once Cosiiopii I is the grandfather of Cosiiopii II and this article talks about Cosiiopii II. 
Cosiiopii I died in 1454, while Cosiiopii II died in the year 1562.
*Added archive https://mroudyk.weebly.com/uploads/5/1/1/2/5112023/nueva_historia.pdf
Thanks for your help ;-)
Kosiyopii (talk) 12:49, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  How can I change the name of this article from Cosiiopii I to Cosiiopii II?
Talk:Cevo

message: Content added by  has been removed from this article for copyright reasons. In spite of warning, the individual using this IP has persisted in copying content from copyrighted sources without compatible licensing to Wikipedia. Please do not restore any removed text without first ensuring that the text does not duplicate, closely paraphrase or plagiarize from a previously published source, whether the one cited or another (issues have been detected from other sources than those named). Based on the editing pattern of this person, we cannot make the assumption that the content is usable. You are welcome to use sourced facts that may have been removed to create new content in your own words or to incorporate brief quotations of copyrighted material in accordance with the non-free content policy and guideline. See Wikipedia:Copy-paste and Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/67.184.212.160. Thank you. --💵Money💵emoji💵💸 15:52, 17 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Copyright cleanup
Talk:Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper

message: Judging by most of the external links, and e.g. this, the article should really be called "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper", with a line to the effect that the name was later shortened to "Leslie's Weekly" (at least by 1906,  assuming that they are not two different newspapers). But I'm not an expert on this matter - any thoughts on the move? -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 13:49, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Support the proposal; making move. Morgan Riley (talk) 13:53, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper 

message: Does anyone know if Frank Leslie's is available to read online for free?  I found some issues on archive.org and google, but not the entire collection. • Sbmeirow • Talk • 03:53, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is Frank Leslie's available to read online for free? 

message: To add to the first paragraph of this article: in which city/country was this newspaper published? 173.88.241.33 (talk) 22:58, 29 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: To add to lead of article

message: Two things are missing.  1) There is no mention of the paper's use as political tool as alleged at https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/11/worst-presidential-transition-1892-harrison-cleveland.html. 2) Why did the paper fold in 1922? Kdammers (talk) 07:34, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Political tool; end