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Talk:James Finlayson (actor)

message: I'm converting 
:At that time the word "Damn" was considered blasphemous and was censored. Indeed, the "well-bred captain of the Pinafore" in Gilbert and Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" is acclaimed by the chorus because he "Never uses a big, big D!" referring to the word."
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:At that time the word "damn" was censored in American films.
Whether it was censored bcz considered blasphemous or just low-class manners may be verifiable, but the true context of the (false) quotation from Pinafore actually undercuts the claim of blasphemy-concern. Here's what's in the libretto (emphasis added by Jerzy):
:CAPT.
::Bad language or abuse,
::I never, never use,
::Whatever the emergency;
::Though "Bother it" I may
::Occasionally say,
::I never use a big, big D--
:ALL.
::What, never?
:CAPT.
::No, never!
:ALL.
::What, never?
:CAPT.
::Hardly ever!
:ALL.
::Hardly ever swears a big, big D-- ...
And not only 
: does the chorus challenge, twice, his use of "never" in this context, and
: does he own up to exceptions and 
: does no one utter "[n]ever uses a big, big D!", 
but in fact this whole exchange is a crucial link, with contrary force, in the plot: in the other act, we find him uttering (on a Victorian British stage), however he may have intended to spell the crucial word:
CAPT. (trying to repress his anger).
:In uttering a reprobation
:To any British tar,
:I try to speak with moderation,
:But you have gone too far.
:I'm very sorry to disparage
:A humble foremast lad,
:But to seek your captain's child in marriage,
:Why damme, it's too bad!
(And he soon repeats that final line, and then delivers it a third time in unison with the coarsest of HMS Pinafore's characters.) It may be an excited utterance, but it is neither blurted nor unintentional. 
If "Damn" was by 1878 sufficiently de-blasphemized in UK for this scene to be performed before high society, far more needs to be said before implicating blasphemy re American films a half century later. And citing Pinafore re language taboos requires much more nuance.--Jerzy•t 18:16, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Big D 

message: Shouldn't it be "James Finlayson" and not Jimmy?--Stetsonharry (talk) 04:46, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Name of this article

message: I uploaded a better photo of Finlayson; the old one didn't even look like him. — HarringtonSmith (talk) 13:04, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo upgrade 

message: Does anyone have any evidence that he attended either George Watson's College or the University of Edinburgh?
Given that his father was a Blacksmith, and that he himself is listed as a Tinsmith on the 1901 Census, these claims seem dubious.  e.g. How would the family have afforded the tuition fees?
I have emailed both institutions and the archivists can find no record of his attendance.
JustWinBaby (talk) 17:33, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Education 

message: Dan Castellaneta has said JF is where he got his inspiration for Homer Simpson's 'annoyed grunt' (3:30+ of ). 75.156.190.139 (talk) 04:40, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: d'ooooooh
Talk:Frank Colacurcio

message: This article is false.  If there is any organized crime in Seattle it is in the Seattle government.  Including corrupted police.   Forced false testimony in court coercion by city councilmen.  The major refuses to deal with the victims of the government crimes a legal system that is not enforced and in itself breaks the law.   
The state is ran by a man who became senator who achieved his recognition after knowingly let a serial killer terrorize the public, since 1980’s, and he became famous from it. 
The judicial system in Seattle favors the criminals that now the law has set a standard that a man should to kill more then 30 woman in order to receive a death sentence.  The reality Seattle is corrupted and evil.   
in Olmstead v. United States (1928): “Our Government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. . . . If the Government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.” . . .
http://seattlepi.com/opinion/232241_stripgated.asp
http://seattlepi.com/specials/ring/
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.94.166.90 (talk • contribs) 
Have reorganized the content in this article, which was previously presented in list form, to comply with Wikipedia standards.  Have nothing to say about the comment above; it speaks for itself. Rogermx 15:32, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: False information

message: FRANK COLACURCIO IS NOT DEAD!!!!!! Frank is my neighbor and he is fine. hes 83 and only has a knee problem!! do not listen to this site its all false never believe it!!!!!!!! Maybe frank did do somethings wrong.. so what!! doesn't everyone??!!!
Kkg12211221 (talk) 06:53, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: His obituary in the Seattle Times disagrees. I added a link to it from the article. DMacks (talk) 06:58, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not dead! 
Talk:Strippergate (Seattle)

message: While Strippergate gets more hits then Operation G-Sting, the FBI operation was apparently named or called Operation G-Sting.  Strippergate clearly applies to the Seattle portion.  Also the two are apparently not related in any way other then an attempt to combine them in this article.  Strippergate is also a bad title since there are other Strippergate events, notably one in Canada and I'll bet one in England.  So what to do?  I'd suggest splitting the article into Operation G-Sting for the LV and SD portions and moving the Seattle portion to Strippergate (Seattle).  Then Strippergate can be converted to a dab page. Any objections or other issues? Vegaswikian 20:03, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds good to me. --Elonka 02:12, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article name
Talk:Evolutionary study of social behaviour

message: Unless verifyable sources can be produced to show that this topic is truly distinct from Sociobiology, Evolutionary Psychology,  and/or Human behavioral ecology it should be merged into one of those articles.  However, I don't see any matierial in here that would add to any of those articles so I suggest simply redirecting this page to one of those, Evolutionary Psychology seems like the best choice. Pete.Hurd 16:13, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree but would say that this page should redirect to sociobiology, rather than Evolutionary Psychology because, to quote this argument of Buller which distinguishes EP from SB: "examples -- such as singing Wagner, consciousness of mortality, and religious belief -- are of specific behaviors, mental acts, beliefs, attitudes, and preferences. Such phenomena are the outputs of psychological mechanisms, generated in response to the inputs of current experience and experiences during development. But Evolutionary Psychologists claim that our psychological adaptations are the mechanisms, or "major faculties of the mind," that generate such outputs, not the outputs generated by those mechanisms." David J. Buller http://host.uniroma3.it/progetti/kant/field/ep.htm What do you think? (ps. i misread what you said over on the EP talk page, so my reply doesnt make much sense, but now i realise what you meant!) Orgone 01:31, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge/redirect
Talk:Alexis Brimeyer

message: *I'd break it into sections but I can't see any places where headings would naturally insert.  Any ideas?  RJFJR (talk) 13:49, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I sectioned off the page.  Titles may need to be changed, but it's a good starting point.  I also did minor copyediting of the whole of the article to help it make more sense, and to fix minor problems.  kkarma 20:23, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Improvement

message: The line of Bourbon-Condé came to an end with the death of Louis Henri II, Prince of Condé, whether it was suicide or not.  Still, it seems that the Feudal title did not end then.  His father, Louis Philippe, was the feudal-law heir to Condé.  So it seems that the last sentence in the section  Ties to the House of Condé  is misleading and off topic.  
 
This whole article is about disputed claims.  It would seem to me to be very difficult for amateur editors to ferret out the truth.  Why not delete this article as a lost cause and leave it to the professionals? --Fartherred (talk) 21:50, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  The hanging of Louis Henri II, Prince of Condé 

message: All sorts of nuts have claimed to be everything from Napoleon himself to a descendant of Abraham Lincoln.  If the major claims of this article are true, that is all we have, another nut case.  --Fartherred (talk) 22:41, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is this really notable? 

message: The link to the Algrant article is dead but there's an archived version here. Opera hat (talk) 19:01, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wayback
Talk:Robert Hamer

message: I believe Hamer was an alcoholic, which directly led to his death of pneumonia. Can anyone confirm this? --Wspencer11 (talk to me...) 16:15, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cause of death? 

message: Hay-mer? Hah-mer? (The latter was used when he was mentioned in Antiques Road Trip.) Harfarhs (talk) 15:50, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation?
Template talk:Bartcy status

message: Please would an expert on templates help fix this so that the optional fields also work?
Many thanks. - Kittybrewster 16:15, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've had a go at fixing it but I'm not sure what you're looking for. (I may have got some of the fields in completely the wrong place.) The problem is that you had muddled the syntax for creating a template with the syntax for calling one. I've tried to use a variety of techniques in my edit to show various things you can do with templates; feel free to edit or revert. --ais523 16:58, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It is brilliant. Thank you so much. I am sure it will be really useful. - Kittybrewster 21:41, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Insomnia (Faithless song)

message: i'am not sure if it's by faithless? --Maorisurfer 23:55, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

message: I don't know where to start with it, but shouldn't the Enter Shikari cover of this song be mentioned here? Tom walker (talk) 12:09, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Enter Shikari cover version 

message: The article says:
"Maxi Jazz changed the opening line from "I only smoke weed when I need to" to "Deep in the bosom of the gentle night" due to pressure from MTV."
This is properly sourced.
The problem with this explanation, though, is that not only the first line is different between the single and album versions. The lyrics are totally different, they only have a few lines in common. The single version is also spoken in a more rhythmic and repetitive (with the quasi-chorus "I can't get no sleep" at the end) manner while the album version has a more freewheeling, story-telling manner.
I don't know anything about the many other mixes, so maybe somebody who's more familiar with Faithless can clear this up in a better way than it is currently done. Also, because the article as it's currently structured, uses lines from both versions as if they appeared in the same recording, which they - to my knowledge - do not. ("I toss and I turn without cease..." is from the single and "Make my way to the refrigerator..." from the album.) Jules TH 16 (talk) 21:04, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Single vs. album version
Talk:Dickinson's Real Deal

message: Barter means to exchange goods or services with no money involved,negotiating a price as they do on this programme is to haggle not barter.94.196.19.47 (talk) 09:41, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Barter? 

message: The Runtime of this program is 46 minutes, but for some reason an unsigned editor keeps changing it in the info box to 60 minutes (which is the standard slot time on commercial stations, not the runtime). Last time I corrected the runtime, I actually included a reference from the IMDB's Technical Specifications page for the series (Link to IMBD page) to clearly establish and prove the runtime is indeed 46 minutes. The unsigned editor just reverted to 60 minutes... The reference, however, remains. This means that the runtime was listed as 60 minutes, but the reference shows not 60 minutes, but 46. I know we're supposed to show good faith, but it's not easy in the face of such obstinacy... Hence this talk section, created in the hope that users wanting to edit to the incorrect runtime, explain why... Also for others, to pitch in with their views. I intend to change it back to the correct runtime, with a summary suggesting reading this talk page section. I must point out, that Wikipedia Info Box rules CLEARLY STATE, that runtime should NOT INCLUDE time set aside for commercials etc. See: [Template:Infobox_television#Usage] to see Wiki infobox usage, in particular the runtime parameter. M R G WIKI999 (talk) 15:12, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Runtime Error - Editor Keeps Reverting.
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Armenia/Notice board

message: Would anyone object to this being removed now?  I feel that through my discussions with  he is willing to follow process and discuss his viewpoints without being disruptive. --Aguerriero (talk) 16:17, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: But he hasn't stopped being disruptive. Just today he listed a GFDL image for speedy deletion by saying "invalid fair use". See this:. This leads me to believe that he is going to continue his disruptive behaviour.--Eupator 16:37, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

text: I really don't understand why you are removing the  template.  The admin who protected the page is required to place it there to notify other editors.  Removing it is just disruption, hence proving Eupator right.  Why not try to prove him wrong? --Aguerriero (talk) 18:01, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

text: You are removing the tag from the top of the page, please don't insult me by pretending you don't know what I'm talking about.  One more disruption here and I will block you.  The "notice" will stand for now since it comments on your edits and not on you personally. --Aguerriero (talk) 18:48, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Urgent notice"
Talk:AS Excelsior

message: This article does not have proper and valid citations kindly provide proper and valid citations and try to improve article according to Wikipedia policies and expand it. Thanks.--Faizanalivarya (talk) 11:37, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proper Citations
Talk:Johann Wilhelm Hertel

message: As far as I can tell, Wikipedia is alone in stating that Johann Willhelm Hertel lived from 1721 to 1771. Far, far more sources claim that his dates were 1727 to 1789.
*http://www.synthonia.com/Opus/Hertel
*http://www.classical-composers.org/comp/hertel
Ogg 19:04, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Please see:Talk page for J.C.Bach
A recording mis-attributed his C minor Concerto to J.C.Bach. Doelrich (talk) 22:11, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mis-attribution of Harpsichord Concerto recording
Talk:Lena Valaitis

message: I have rephrased the mentioning of her birthplace to the following: (Valaitis was born in Memel (Klaipėda), in 1943 part of the Memel Territory of East Prussia, Germany, now in Lithuania.). Whether or not a place added to the territory of Nazi Germany is recognized as "legitimate" or not is controversial (see Talk:Erika Steinbach). An example of this is Valaitis' own webpage, which states "Lena Valaitis wurde am 7. September im Zeichen der Jungfrau in Memel/Litauen geboren." Because of that, I think it is important to specify that at that time (1943), the town was part of East Prussia, instead of a broad statement implying that the town had been uninterruptedly part of East Prussia for a considerable amount of time. Olessi 16:26, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birthplace
Talk:Monstermob

message: Several more potential sources can be found at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Monstermob. Uncle G 16:27, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources 
Talk:Fisher-Price record player

message: There were actually a few different Fisher Price record players, and in more colours than just orange or blue. There were mains powered players, battery operated portables, and even a stereo model. thisoldtoy.com has details of all of them.
There was also the Fisher Price "music box" which was designed to look like a record player, but could only "play" its own chunky coloured plastic discs. I expect this is the player that people are most likely to be familiar with from their childhood, as it was in continuous production for over 20 years. 217.155.20.163 16:32, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
Template talk:Criticism of Islam sidebar

message: For the reasons cited above, I am proposing to merge this sidebar into the Template:Criticism_of_religion.  Islam is the only religion that has it's own template.  The history of this template is riddled with controversy.  A move would make it more NPOV and also head off some of the WP:BLP issues raised.  That said, the Template:Criticism_of_religion template is not entirely devoid of the same problems (for example, a lack of reformers among the critics), but it would be a good start.Jemiljan (talk) 22:48, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: All editors please post on the Tfd discussion, not here. Debresser (talk) 00:56, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: But don't let that stop you from referring to and linking to the discussions here. I think that most comments so far have been based on assumptions, not a close reading.Jemiljan (talk) 02:04, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed Merge with "Criticism of Religion" 

message: Are these "critics" listed in any particular order? Varlaam (talk) 05:51, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: No, and there is no discernibly defined criteria for their inclusion in the list either.Jemiljan (talk) 09:49, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Order
Talk:List of kingdoms of Italy

message: The page is a disambiguation page and as such a non-article. The following article like content was moved from the main page. -- Domino theory 20:20, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Since the above was written, the page has been substantially revised so that it is no longer a disambiguation page, but rather a summary introduction to the "Kingdom" periods of Italian history.  I am removing the  template accordingly.  --Russ (talk) 16:22, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Disambiguation page

message: This page is currently (Jan 2013) listed as a dab page, has a dab page template but clearly has way too much content per the WP:DAB guidlines. — MrDolomite • Talk 21:30, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Disambiguation Page 2013
Talk:Jomo Cosmos F.C.

message: On 13 February 2012, the title of this article was changed from Jomo Cosmos to Jomo Cosmos F.C., with the following edit summary: "standard title for a football club". I have reversed that change and restored the article's original title.
Every football club is an independent organization that is free to use any name it chooses; therefore, there is no such thing as a "standard title" for a club. In the case of Jomo Cosmos, every indication seems to point to "Jomo Cosmos" being the most common name of the club. It is name used on the club's official website and in most English-language reliable sources (e.g. here). -- Black Falcon (talk) 23:06, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The article was, once again, moved to Jomo Cosmos F.C. by  on 9 November 2012, with the summary "see official website". The club's official website now does contain multiple instances of "Jomo Cosmos FC" and "Jomo Cosmos F.C.", so I have no objection to the move. -- Black Falcon (talk) 21:32, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Restoring original title
Talk:Polokwane City F.C.

message: If/when the club is moved to Limpopo, please do not rename the page. Rather begin a new page for the newly formed club. There is a precent for this, as can be seen with Wimbledon F.C. and Milton Keynes Dons F.C.. Crazydude22 (talk) 11:53, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I have realised my mistake and just done what  you have suggested. See Bay United F.C. reinstated werldwayd (talk) 03:19, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Renaming the page
Talk:Volk (album)

message: There is a lot to be written about this album. It says a lot. Every song should me commented, but of course, after confirming the lyrics (I couldn't find it anywhere).
There are interesting things, like: the use of palestinian anthem in Yisra'el (showing the hypocrisy of zionism), praising Russia while attacking USA and England, the Francia song seems to call French people to expulse immigrants (which is not a bad idea in the context which it is put in) – “they come right into our home and cut the throat of our mother France!!” , the Vatican song is the only one without comments from Milan Frans, Germania tells german people to face the past (I guess), they praise Spain (with some sort of irony, though) and so on. I thought the whole album would criticize the nations, but that's not the case, Laibach marked its enemies and allies. The lines in America "praise the lord, praise the holy spirit, to save us from your freedom, justice, peace...violence and confusion, your growing despair and great depression" it's a picture of the all-mighty totalitarian and war-hungry USA, whom uses the excuse of improving things to impose their will in the name of their interests and to enslave people and destroy their lives - as well as the chaotic life in north-American metropolises.
Great, great album. Musically and lyrically fantastic. Great idea, also.
: Francia may well be written in character; it seems to be an ironic contrast between the idealism of the French revolution, with liberty and justice for all, and the current treatment of immigrants in that country. But Laibach are too clever to be pinned down. -Ashley Pomeroy 18:28, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Asian Baseball Championship

message: I'm so sorry !--Mirage2000 16:51, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

message: It is rather rediculous to have references to Chinese Taipei before the term ever came into use.  ludahai 魯大海 14:30, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Chinese Taipei

message: In trying to fill in the gaps with this article - or more accurately create the missing articles for the individual tournaments - I've discovered that the reference I've been using contradicts the results that are listed in the main table here. As far as I can tell there's only the one reference for the existing info that's up here, but I have no way of reading the site it points to. I'm guessing that its in one form of Chinese or another from the ".tw" on the end of the domain. From what I can tell, its another wiki, which by itself is not generally accepted as a citable source, compounding the fact that its not in english which is the first preference for references.
In the interests of fairness, here is the link to my source on Google Books: "Diamonds Around the Globe". (I have the actual book in print with me in case you're wondering.) The specific points where what's already in the article doesn't match what's in the book are: 1962, 1963, 1983, 1985 & 1989. I've gone looking for other possible sources online to see what might be correct, or to explain why there might be some difference in interpratation - like with in the Olympics whether the first measure of the best country is the total number of medals, or the number of gold medals - but I've come up empty.
Given that there are no english sources cited at the moment, I'm going to overwrite what's there with what the book has. If someone can translate the other - there might actually be other sources cited there - or can find a source that backs up the other version, I'll happily stand aside and let it go back.  Afaber012  (talk)  03:27, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Because I'm getting rid of it, the url for that old reference is here, so that others can still take a look at it. Afaber012  (talk)  03:35, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Final standings