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Talk:Adam Clayton Powell Sr.

message: Every picture I can find of this man looks about as black as an albino polar bear.  Did someone list him as African American as a joke, or is it an example of someone making a big deal out of their 1/32 non-European heritage?  107.3.44.127 (talk) 23:45, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  African American?
Talk:Clan Nicolson

message: I'm not sure about this but im adding it anyway, I believe the difference in the 2 spellings comes from when the original MacNeacails/MacNicols was anglicanized, 2 different spellings emerged. However, how McNichol came to be created I am unsure of.
:I assume the reason the clan name is Nicolson is because that was the name of the man the current chief claimed to descend from ("Nicolson of that Ilk" of the 1600s). Like all surnames, there can be many variations, names bounced from one spelling to another right into the 1900s. I've got great-grandparents who are buried in the same cemetery as a brother who used a slightly different spelling. Its easy to look too deeply in the spelling of surnames - Nicolson and Nicholson are the same.--Celtus (talk) 10:33, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nicolson vs. Nicholson 

message: Just wondering why the part about the chiefship being vacant was reverted and it's reference (The Highlander) removed.--Celtus (talk) 09:22, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Current chiefship and ''The Highlander'' 
Talk:Torkamanchay

message: Hi, I see a lot of references to [ http://www.google.com.au/search?q=%22Treaty+of+Turkmenchai%22 "Treaty of Turkmenchai"]; is that another acceptable spelling of Turkmanchai? John Vandenberg 12:42, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Treaty of Turkmenchai 

message: Moving page per the most common name in English language. Google test:
*"Turkmenchay" gets 2,790 hits, 
*"Turkmanchay" gets 1,380 hits, 
*"Turkmanchai" gets 826 hits, 
*"Turkmenchai" gets 440 hits, 
Hence the move. Cheers, Aivazovsky 00:15, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Moving page
Talk:Aksel Schiøtz

message: This article says nothing about Schiotz's quick and complete vocal undoing, due to cancer.  It's as if it never happened. Vide http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Schiotz-Aksel.htm BonGens (talk) 04:29, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It says that he suffered a stroke and that this paralysed him, but my understanding is that he had an acoustic neuroma and that he suffered partial facial paralysis as a result of the surgery on the tumour. I'll try to research this some more. Ondewelle (talk) 08:32, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Missing

message: Other sources give 1946 as the date of his surgery.  This makes more sense than 1945, given that he apparently sang at Glyndebourne that year and alternated with Pears in a tenor part.  Anyone have a source for a definitive date?
Cdixon (talk) 18:15, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Date of Neuroma?
Talk:Agenda (liturgy)

message: Might I suggest an article move, to Agenda (Lutheran liturgy)?  Divine service is a predomenently used in the LCMS tradition, and not in others - however we all use the term agenda.  -- Pastordavid 20:09, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  I agree for accuracy sake. Divine Service is a direct reference to the liturgy of Word and Sacrament. It is used by liturgical scholars from all traditions that value the liturgical traditions of the Church. Most of the rites in an agenda are not, eucharistic rites. Some of them are freee-standing, non-communion services. Most are intended to be included in the Divine Service, but have often been used in services where the sacrament is not offered. If no one objects, I'll move the article.--CTSWyneken(talk) 10:18, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Sorry, this is my fault. How about just Agenda (liturgy)? (Terot 10:50, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  No need to apologize. Yes, I think that Agenda (liturgy) works nicely. --CTSWyneken(talk) 12:45, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  More NPOV name
Talk:Alan Cobham

message: Cobham's founding of FRL in 1935 is implied in the article, with the mention that the company that he founded is now Cobham limited, but there's no mention of him actually founding FRL. His work founding and leading FRL is very important and must be expounded upon, as the company developed an effective replacement for the dangerous "dangle and grab" system of inflight refueling that was later purchased by the US Air Force.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zsshamalama (talk • contribs) 03:05, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  About Flight Refueling Limited (FRL)?
Talk:Albert Pollard

message: This article makes the statement "Pollard is identified with the Whiggish school of history". (Note that this statement has no citation.) This is inaccurate, as Pollard's The Evolution of Parliament was the first work to challenge the Whiggish school of Stubbs and his followers. Please refer to the 1921 review of Pollard's book written by C. H. McIlwain of Harvard University as a starting point. (here) There should be something said about Pollard's contribution to modern historiography. There is good information (& citations) in the Introduction of Bradford's 2007 thesis on Parliament in 14th century  here
In sections Life and career & Controversy, it is disheartening that almost all of the statements made regarding Pollard's works are marked as "citation needed". There are no references to any scholarly works, either pro or con, to support any of the statements made. Please refer to JSTOR and other reputable sources. I regret that I don't have any suggestions as yet. I am still researching the 14th- & 15th-century history of the English Parliament. I'll update this post as I find some.
Regards, --AnalyticalHistoricalHobbyist (talk) 17:38, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disputed Article: Factual inaccuracy & overall lack of citations
Talk:Albert Spicer

message: This needs editing - Albert Spicer's wife died on the 21st of that year, there is no indication of who Stewart Dykes was (and why the baronetcy passed to him) - and it should be made clear that Lancelot Dykes Spicer was Albert's son. Jackiespeel (talk) 17:46, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Last paragraph
Wikipedia talk:Requests for checkuser/Case/Matthead

message: Rex, have you forgotten that you have already alleged that I am the sockpuppet of user Ulritz and Paul111? If I would be the sockpuppet of all the wikipedians you have trouble with, I was probably the sockpuppet of more than 10% of all users. I guess something like this is called paranonia. However, please refrain from this nonesence - thx! (194.9.5.12 08:25, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes I know, but that time your IP was said to be from America and you claimed to be an american. Now it's from a server in Frankfurt and you're a German. Something's wrong here.Rex 15:26, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Vorticity equation

message: If anyone is interested in creating a wiki page for the derivation of the vorticity equation, I followed the notes given on this page and derived the equation here:
http://earthcubed.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/64/
If you contact me I will supply my Latex code for my wordpress page.
S243a (talk) 03:38, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia is meant to be an encyclopedia-like reference, not a textbook; and as such it should not include derivations, exercises, or excessive pedagogical explanations. That sort of material should be most useful and welcome at Wikiversity and Wikibooks. --Jorge Stolfi (talk) 01:16, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Derivation 

message: Any objections?  M∧Ŝc2ħεИτlk 08:45, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  {{tl|vec}} 

message: The equation has now been moved back to the head section.  The head is supposed to be succint and maximally accessible, but it must contain a definition of the term, not just some general statements about it.  Usually mathematical equations should be relegated to the body of the article, but when the article is specifically about an equation, that equation must be given in the head, in order to fulfill that section's only purpose. --Jorge Stolfi (talk) 01:23, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Equation in the head section 

message: B in the last term should be divided by \rho. Otherwise this term has a dimension of mass (in addition to length and time), while other terms doesn't.--140.180.241.34 (talk) 23:42, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: The equation seems to be unsupported by a reference in either case.  We should try to find a reference for it.  SławomirBiały 11:22, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dimension mismatch in the equation in the lead.
Talk:Alessandro Longo

message: There also seem to be some more substantial (than suite?...) pieces, e.g. a piano quintet (mentioned in this library catalog  - Longo's opus 5 and published by Rahter in 1897. According to the Wurlitzer Collection catalog he either wrote two piano quintets, or the same quintet was printed as opus 3 (or one of them is a misprint; the Quartetto Gagliano's cached page gives 'Quintetto con Pianoforte in MI magg. OP.3' - again, either two quintets or one quintet that may be more likely to be opus 3, and E major?) There is also a piano sonata, op. 32  in C minor. Schissel | Sound the Note! 06:57, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Compositions
Talk:Alexander Gibson (industrialist)

message: Another good reference would be helpful. --Stormbay (talk) 02:18, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I'm related to Alexander Gibson by blood. According to my grandmother, her cousin's mother was one of Gibson's daughters.
142.167.229.155 (talk) 14:04, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Relative
Talk:Alexander Harkavy

message: The transliteration of the the Yiddish name for Harkavy's birthplace as given in the text is incorrect. The Yiddish name נאַוואַרעדאָק is best rendered by Navaredok, not Nowogrudok. Now, I don't know which is intended by the original editor. The Wikipedia article on the town is Navahrudak, which also gives the names Naugardukas (Lithuanian) and Nowogródek (Polish).
So, off to the reference book, Where Once We Walked: A Guide to the Jewish Communities Destroyed in The Holocaust by Gary Mokotoff and Sallyann Amdur Sack (Teaneck: Avotaynu 1991). On page 234 we find:
:Novogrudok, Byel. (Navahredek, Navaredok, Novaredok, Novogrudek, Novohorodek, Novohorodok, Novradok, Nowogrodek, Nowogrudok); pop. 3.405; 120 km WSW of Minsk; 55°36′/25°50′; [I omit 17 acronymic references].
(The population figure gives the number of Jewish inhabitants at some time between 1920 and 1939, from sources compiled by Yad Vashem. It is quite different from the figure in Navahrudak.)
We have here 9 names from Jewish sources, none of which appear in the lead to the article Navahrudak. The last one is a German respelling of the Polish name. It is not clear which are Yiddish names.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eall Ân Ûle (talk • contribs) 17:33, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Transliteration
Talk:Singapore Day

message: According to the website's "about" page, "The Real Singapore (TRS) is a free online platform and a user-generated content site for all Singaporeans to express themselves freely and without any form of censorship." Hardly the best proclamation of reliability, as per WP:RS, since there seems to be no fact-checking or editorial control. Zhanzhao (talk) 10:49, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removing The Real Singapore write-up
Talk:Alexander Thom

message: I note that there is little content relating to Thom's work in Fluid Mechanics at Glasgow, or later at Oxford. His wartime service at the Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough, where he worked in the high speed wind tunnel is also missing. There was a relatively recent lecture given to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers on his life and works. This might serve as a useful basis for extending the stub.--Stephen McParlin 16:07, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: This appears to be one person's crackpot theory, with little or no support from reputable scientists, and could adequately or perhaps better be covered in our page on that person. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 18:16, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge of [[Megalithic yard]] into [[Alexander Thom]]
Talk:Alexis Nihon

message: I am not sure how this individual "invented the tubeless tire" then in 1903, the Goodyear Tire Company patented the tubeless tire. This idea was presented to the public when Alexis Nihon would have been just one year old! There are also no pertinent references under the "advanced" Google "Books" or "Scholar" searches for "Alexis Nihon and tire". A search of the Canadian Patents Database for "Alexis Nihon" results in seven documents, none pertaining to tires. This "invention" is a bogus claim. CZmarlin (talk) 17:45, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inventor of the tubeless tire? 
Talk:Alf Ross

message: This article claims that there was an important debate between Kelsen and Ross -- a legal positivist versus a (Scandanavian) legal realist. But it doesn't tell us what they debated ABOUT. Instead it turns to the issue of natural law. BOTH positivism and realism would agree in setting aside natural law theory. But what was the DIFFERENCE between the two approaches that was debated? 72.79.209.221 (talk) 03:35, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kelsen versus Ross?
Talk:Heart strings

message: Err...... Shouldn't this be merged with this article chordae tendineae? It sounds more like a non-scientific term for chordae tendineae, with functions and everything similar to it. Sides, this article needs to be wikified, referenced and cleaned up. — Yurei-eggtart 15:56, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I agree that this should be a redirect to chordae tendineae. Cmcnicoll 22:28, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Kay, I'm merging it into chordae tendineae (yup, making this a redirect to it), excluding all the contents in this article at the same time cuz they're basically the same. — Yurei-eggtart 16:50, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge
Talk:Alfred Mulock Bentley

message: Please disambiguate or remove the link to "Trinity College".
Also is this particular Mulock Bentley any more notable than the (related?) 
Air Vice-Marshal "Raf" Mulock-Bentley, Commanding Officer of Royal Rhodesian Air Force (1961 - 1965) whose given name also appears to have been Alfred
The previous unsigned comment was left by me on 4 January--Lang rabbie 23:28, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
Talk:Alfred von Kropatschek

message: His rifles feature a tubular magazine under the barrel similar to a Winchester rifle??
Austro-Hungarian Früwirth Model 1872   http://www.hungariae.com/Fruwirth.htm  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.252.118.231 (talk) 07:22, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled
Talk:Alfredo Yabrán

message: Please guys, Revista Barcelona is not a reliable source at all. The rumor that Yabran is Pinon Fijo is a just a joke. Martinizing10 (talk) 21:04, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Joel Williams (linebacker)

message: The article is incorrect. There were two joel williams who played for the falcons.  joel williams, born on Dec 13, 1956, currently resides in Atlanta and works in real estate; i.e. he is not a teacher, college professor, etc.
66.32.214.21 (talk) 23:06, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Joel Williams
Talk:Bibra family

message: After the complaint about references I added numerous sources.  I can many more if anyone wants more.  The first two references and the last were recent doctoral dissertations which were also published as books.  The first two are exclusively on the topic and the last is on one member of the family.--CSvBibra 15:58, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I am going to reorganize order.  The three recent doctoral dissertations on the Bibra family modified and published as books are by WERNER WAGENHÖFER, MARTIN STINGL and MICHAEL MÜLLER.--CSvBibra 17:17, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

text: I'm more concerned by the links to your own website and the apparent use of primary sources in the article. RJASE1  Talk  16:34, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The two links are 1) my own web site on the topic which is the best on-line reference (although books by non-family members are better overall, they are not on-line) 2) a link page I put together which shows many relevent sites.  I was curious which parts of the article appear to use primary sources?--CSvBibra 17:00, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I would like feedback to my last question as there is doubt when enough corrective action has been taken to remove the "warning labels".--CSvBibra 19:05, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I will remove tags now that references have been added, and added strongly, in a couple days if no one objects.  If there are still any concerns, I will address them. --CSvBibra 17:32, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I just removed the second tag as it is now well referenced.--CSvBibra 14:20, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

text: Interestingly, an article on the subject just showed up on the German Wikipendia by persons unknown to me.--CSvBibra 17:16, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

message: Hello, I do not see any argument, that the author CSvBibra is not writing in a neutrale and non-profit stile. All facts are correct as far as I can see. Congratulations for the reseach of localities in Germany, I added them on the German page. For a further discussion watch out for my account in Wikipedia Germany or the Commons: PeterBraun74. Greetings from Franconia!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.245.226.186 (talk) 09:36, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you.  I felt it was it was inappropriate for me to remove the tag myself.  If there are any graphics you need put into commons for the German Wikipedia articles relating to the Bibra family, let me know.	--CSvBibra 17:15, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conflict of interest deleted 

message: why does this interesting family outline stop in the year 1934 (Bibrawiki.jpg)?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.173.142.176 (talk) 12:39, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  no living members?
Talk:Chartered Environmentalist

message: Only Chartered Institutes can award Chartered status? So why does the list include non-Chartered institutes?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.67.170.255 (talk) 17:24, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Awarding Bodies
Talk:Alois Hába

message: The current version of this article contains the phrase "a sixth-tone opera (which was never produced)." However, the opera being described was indeed eventually produced, in 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMl6aHnjD4E 173.88.246.138 (talk) 01:52, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "a sixth-tone opera (which was never produced)"
Talk:Alois Kayser

message: This guy was German by birth. As a German he went to Nauru in 1902 and came back after the outbreak of WWI. As a result of the war, his town came under French rule in 1918/19. He got a French passport and went back to Nauru in 1921. Please see the German and the French Wikis on this question. Neither was he just German nor just French. I think German-French is a nice compromise. Any comments? Henning Blatt (talk) 17:49, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nationality
Talk:Alvah Curtis Roebuck

message: When I was in elementary school, I was taught that Mr. Roebuck was black.  Further research indicates that his racial heritage may be somewhat complex, but I am still surprised that there is no mention of it here.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.8.91.47 (talk) 03:52, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Racial Heritage 

message: Hello my name is Vanessa. I've lived in Greensboro, N. C. all my life. When I was a young girl my father bought my mother one of your full length fur coats. It had to have been bought at the Sears and Roebuck that is still on Friendly Avenue before it partnered with K-Mart.  To this day I have it secured and stored away for safe keeping. It is still in immaculate condition. It still has the Sears label attached and the original buttons too. It is dark brown in color. I'm trying to figure out the vintage price it would be worth today. Can anyone help me with this? 2600:1700:1020:A100:ECD3:D1B6:534E:B2E7 (talk) 20:08, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vintage floor length fur coat with the  original Sears label still attached.
Talk:Alwin Karl Haagner

message: Does anyone know something about the relation between this Alwin Karl Haagner and a "Alwin C. Haagner", that signed for instance this 'Ornithological Notes from the Transvaal' (Ibis, 1901) or this note on 'Some Habits of South African Hares' (Zoologist, 1902) It looks like this is the same person. Am I right?  
Thanks, --Dick Bos (talk) 08:27, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Certainly does match the time of activity, location, and topic of interest. Unlikely to be any other namesake. Shyamal (talk) 09:32, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alwin C. Haagner
Talk:Amanda Jones (inventor)

message: Umm... this article flows on and doesn't haven't any sources? Clean up?Tehhairbuns (talk) 22:32, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: There is an article on her in Notable American women in the Credo reference system, for those with access. I aim to write an article about her on svwp with that source, but I'm not fluent enough in English or comfortable enough with enwp to write one here. /Grillo (talk) 04:50, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Credo 

message: I've added a number of things to this page and there is more to add in the way of information and references to clean it up more. She is my first cousin three times removed and I've been researching and studying her off and on for twenty years since she is a major source of information of my common ancestor with her, her grandfather John Mott. MillerBeachSteve (talk) 22:19, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Additions and cleanup
Talk:Amanda von Brandt

message: Is there any support for von Brandt (other than the von in her surname) being a noblewoman? I will be in Sweden next month and am more than casually curious. Robert Greer (talk) 23:27, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No, according to a book I'm reading at the moment she was of humble origin and her name was just Amanda Brandt. She added the "von" herself when she, after having studied at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, started touring Europe in the 1850s. I'll give this article an overworking in the near future (as well write an entry in the Swedish Wikipedia on her). /FredrikT (talk) 20:45, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  von Brandt
Talk:André Hossein

message: Good afternoon, I speak Russian. Robert Hossein, speaking of his origin is not a reliable source? Robert Hossein: "Родители, отец мой, они были Азери" youtu.be/1YCgKX1POxs?t=49 (″Parents, father my, they were Azeri″).
Робер О­ссейн: «Нашу с Мариной Влади семью погубил русский быт»Мой отец Андре Оссейн родился в Самарканде, хотя по национальности он азербайджанец, был очень талантливым человеком. Shigareva, Yulia (2013-08-28). Argumenty i Fakty.
V.N.Ali (talk) 10:14, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  his son Robert Hossein said in Russian language: "Родители, отец мой, они были Азери" 

message: In all the interviews with Robert Ossein that I saw (youtu.be/1YCgKX1POxs?t=49 — interview with Leyla Aliyeva; Interview avec Robert Hossein (Интервью с Робером Оссейном) — TV Centre (Russia), interview with presenter Alexandra Glotova), he says that his father is Azeri and not a word about Persian origin. Third-party sources also do not write "Persian and Azerbaijan origin", but only about one origin, based on this I think it is more correct to write "or" instead of "and". I believe that "Persian and Azerbaijani origin" is WP:NOR.
I think Andre Hossein is of Azerbaijani origin, but assimilated into Persian culture. No source where Robert or Andre talked about the fact that the Persian origin or nationality I have not seen. If anyone has it, please show it here. V.N.Ali (talk) 03:05, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  about the origin