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Talk:Tuomas Vohlonen

message: I have found this claim concerning Vohlonen in several places. I cannot understand the claims being made about his inventing the liquid compass. Edward S. Ritchie holds several U.S. patents pertaining to the liquid compass he invented and shortly after sold in quantity to the U.S.Navy. Many of these compasses were "portable" as they were often gimbaled in a wooden box. Oh, by the way, Ritchie's patents preceed those of Vohlonen by almost 70 years! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.245.44.199 (talk) 01:35, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I corrected it.  It was most likely an oversimplification in wording.  Ritchie did not invent the first working liquid-filled compass; Sir Edmund Halley did, in 1690, though it was only a rudimentary demonstration model.  Francis Crow received a patent for a working liquid mariner's compass in 1813, and Capt. F.O. Creagh-Osborne received a 1915 patent for a pocket-size liquid compass suitable for land navigation & routefinding by individuals afoot or on horseback - for which the bulky Ritchie marine compass was entirely unsuitable.  Vohlonen's patent was nevertheless a real breakthrough.  In the early 1930s, more than one person/company was attempting to perfect a compact, inexpensive, lightweight sealed-capsule liquid compass (which did not require yearly servicing), but only Vohlonen's included key innovations on the method of sealing the compass housing inside a unitary material (celluloid), which proved necessary to successful mass production.  This led directly to the modern compact liquid-damped compass of today.Special:Contributions/Don01 (talk) 16:04, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Ture Rangström

message: I removed some translations of songs set by Rangström because I don't think they're relevant in an encyclopedia article. The encyclopedia article should only give a quick account of his life and an overview of his works; translations of his songs, if conceivably relevant as "for further reading," ought to be put at Wikisource (assuming copyright does not apply) and linked from here. Anton Mravcek (talk) 21:36, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Mean high water springs

message: --CopyToWiktionaryBot 05:38, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
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Talk:John C. Cort

message: It is curious that an editor changed the stub to Massachusetts politician.
Cort did not run for elected office.  Dogru144 05:40, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Politician question
Talk:Mean low water spring

message: --CopyToWiktionaryBot 05:41, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  2007-04-13 Automated pywikipediabot message 
Talk:Gros Ventre landslide

message: As part of an assignment, I added information to the Gros Ventre landslide article regarding the causes of the landslide. I also deleted a few superfluous phrases from the article that weren't pertinent to the topic. For example, I deleted a phrase calling the lake made after the landslide "an ideal place for fishing." Third, I changed a few words to make the article more grammatically correct and precise, including "huge" and "opposing. Finally, I changed the caption of the photo included in the article to make it more precise. It is now captioned with "Gros Ventre, 2006," since the photo was taken and uploaded in 2006 according to its source page. 
Kchampagne21 (talk) 02:54, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I made a few minor tweaks. Thanks for your contributions.--MONGO 03:26, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Yellowstone Falls

message: There are two separate waterfalls in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River. Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River and Upper Falls of the Yellowstone River. No one in the park service or otherwise refers to them as Yellowstone Falls. The correct title for this article should be "Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River waterfalls". Fearlessfair41 (talk) 14:43, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yellowstone Falls does not exist
Talk:International Drivers License

message: This page needs major improvement.  It reads like an opinion and lacks adequate factual content, clarity, and documentation. Zaslav 05:47, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I made some improvement; perhaps it is now adequate.  I should say that the original article, which I criticized, was a valuable first step. Zaslav 05:58, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well done. Even though it could be classified as a stub, it does a good job of providing information. Thanks for the edit. SaulPerdomo 19:50, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Great Divide Basin

message: Hey aren't basins typically synclines rather than anticlines?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.154.134.167 (talk) 21:34, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It's quite possible for a hydrological basin to exist as a result of erosion occurring subsequent to, and perhaps aided by, the deformation that created the anticline.--taterpeel
William D. Thornbury, Regional Geopmorphology of the United States, states that the Red Desert Basin is a subbasin of the Great Divide Basin, not vice versa.  He states: "The Great Divide Basin (Keefer and Love, 1963) lies to the east of the Rock Springs uplift.  The name has a certain hydrographic implication, in that it is an area of internal drainage largely becasue of its low rainfall, numerous alkali lakes and playas occur within the basin.  Because part of the basin is developed on red Tertiary strata, it is sometimes called the Red Desert.  Something like 26,000 feet of structural relief exists between the Precambrian rocks beneath this basin and the same rocks in the mountains to the north of it." Thornbury is older than the green movement so I would say his definition stands.  Ecologically speaking, the geology affects ecosystems greatly so I still say his definition stands and the green movement has misused it.Geologist 1976 (talk) 00:06, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

text: Thanks for you comment...not sure what you mean by the green movement...feel free to adjust the article and reference your changes.--MONGO 01:18, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

text: The Red Desert is nominally considered to be larger then just the area of the basin so regardless of what the basin was originally called, I'm not sure how it can be argued that the basin isn't a subset of the larger region.  I'm also confused as to why it matters either way.  You are right that the geology affects ecosystems but the geology and the ecosystem of the Red Desert isn't just limited to the basin.  If you want to discuss the wider ecosystem then Red Desert is the place to do that. CosmicPenguin (talk• WP:WYOHelp!) 05:27, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Do your research.  Bairoil is the other incorporated town in the basin.  It has been incorporated since 1980 104.151.178.25 (talk) 00:41, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorporated towns
Talk:Vasily Radlov

message: Primary sources on Radloff's expeditions.
http://books.google.com/books?id=0MMVAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA383#v=onepage&q&f=false
http://books.google.com/books?id=uGAaAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA383&dq=M+radloff&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6IoMUabrN6i30QG-v4GoDQ&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=M%20radloff&f=false
http://books.google.com/books?id=qKMrAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA495&dq=M+radloff&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9YoMUbrnCK-50AG074DADw&ved=0CC8Q6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=M%20radloff&f=false
http://books.google.com/books?id=8S4VAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA155&dq=M+radloff&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9YoMUbrnCK-50AG074DADw&ved=0CFwQ6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q=M%20radloff&f=false
http://books.google.com/books?id=7CP7fYghBFQC&pg=PA1128&dq=M+radloff&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HIsMUdmeMpOC0QHCtYGoDQ&ved=0CC8Q6AEwADge#v=onepage&q=M%20radloff&f=false
http://books.google.com/books?id=1emXJemW-jgC&pg=PT669&dq=M+radloff&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HIsMUdmeMpOC0QHCtYGoDQ&ved=0CDQQ6AEwATge
Rajmaan (talk) 03:44, 2 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Primary sources on Radloff (Radlov)
Talk:Vazha-Pshavela

message: He is known to English-speaking society as Vaja-Pshavela. This is right name and do not move again.--Vaxxxo (talk) 08:07, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Spelling aside, what just happened was a cut and paste move... should be undone so that article history stays with the text. Wikipedia:How to fix cut-and-paste moves Сол-раз (talk) 14:41, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Vaja-Pshavela

message: Why was my edit cancelled? A similar Colorize photo is also used in the article by Ilia Chavchavadze. 149.3.83.160 (talk) 11:28, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: @Emperor of Emperors 149.3.83.160 (talk) 19:54, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo
Talk:Cal Ripken's Real Baseball

message: This article has some typos and opinions without any references. Nobody has any notes to prove any of the facts stated here are true and it seems to be written by customers and disgruntled employees rather than having any factual information. Under Official websites it just had some member fansites that were seeking advertisment.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.228.47.61 (talk) 01:29, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup 

message: As of 28 Feb 2008, Ultimate Baseball Online is known as Cal Ripken's Real Baseball.
http://www.playrealbaseball.com/Media/pressrelease.asp
woonie (talk) 14:55, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Renaming of UBO
Talk:Cook–Folsom–Peterson Expedition

message: In many contemporary works, especially websites, the name of this expedition has been shortened to Folsom Expedition.  However that does not reflect the more inclusive names used in original accounts and probably the most comprehensive modern account published in 1965.  In Aubrey L. Haines, The Valley of the Upper Yellowstone--An Exploration of the Headwaters of the Yellowstone River in the Year 1869 (1965), the opening paragraph reads: The Story of the Cook-Folsom-Peterson Exploration ....--Mike Cline (talk) 15:49, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Renaming article to reflect on the historic naming of this expedition
Talk:Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition

message: As the first survey of Yellowstone, shouldn't that be in the title?  This article doesn't come up when you search for Yellowstone and expedition - the members come up first and some made multiple surveys.  76.21.107.221 (talk) 17:01, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Title is... Less that informative 

message: Wikipedia ascribes the commissary to a Benjamin C. Stickney Jr.  Langford's "The Discovery of Yellowstone Park" journal ascribes the commissary to Benjamin F. Stickney (My Great Grand Uncle}.  The portrait of "Benj" Stickney between pages 68 and 69 does not appear to be the likeness of Benjamin F Stickney.  For Comparison a portrait of Benjamin F Stickney is located on Page 298 of "Dearborn Country - A History  OFTHE DEARBORN,WOLF CREEK AND CRAIG AREAS". This account also ascribes the commissary to Benjamin F Stickney.   My genealogical information indicates that Benjamin F Stickney would be have been 32 years old at the time of the expedition.Rstickney7697 (talk) 23:37, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disparity in who provided the commissary for the expedition.
Talk:Wyoming toad

message: ... was believed the toad was lost to science by 1980.
What the hell is that supposed to mean? --1sneakers6 (talk) 10:21, 31 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: =Lost to Science?

message: Do we really need a blank range map for a creature that's extinct in the wild?
216.27.77.136 (talk) 11:40, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map? 

message: This article could use some careful reorganization to eliminate its repetitive nature. For example, the fungus threatening the toad is discussed in at least three sections. There also appear to be contradictory estimates of the number of extant toads. Gcjnst (talk) 17:26, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Duplication 

message: They are cool. Dont let them extinct. 182.1.5.144 (talk) 10:30, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wyoming toad
Talk:Viktor Patsayev

message: The translated (transliteration) of the quoted Russian (Cyrillic alphabet) for his name should be Pachayev, not Patsayev. Either the Russian is wrong, or the transliteration is wrong. The letter in question is the third in the Russian spelling.
Jtbagwelljr (talk) 00:17, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I know this is somewhat late but just to be clear, no it is (and was back in 2008) perfectly fine.  The letter is a "ts", not a "ch".  Compare with the actual "ch" in Иванович (Ivanovich). ChiZeroOne (talk) 03:55, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name Spelling 

message: I have corrected his date of death from 29 July to 30 July - the accident was at around 22:47 GMT, which is the following day in Soviet time. John Womble (talk) 07:08, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of death
Talk:Vilmos Böhm

message: There's a faulty link given, but I think someone meant this to be the one:
http://raoulwallenberg.org.dnnmax.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=wLO2Y3%2fJMqk%3d&tabid=65  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.69.137.29 (talk) 23:28, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Faulty link 
Talk:Vincent Papa

message: Biased comments about Rudi Guiliani in this section need to be fixed.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rogermx (talk • contribs) 02:04, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: *Yes, I tried to make a change to that affect. Timsteeleworks 20:01, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

text: *Done -- Esemono (talk) 08:58, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Biased content under Prison and Death section
Talk:Philip of France (1116–1131)

message: :The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 
Philip (II) of France → Philip of France (1116-1131) — The current name is not used in the scholarly literature.  It has been made up by a Wikipedia editor. There is a king of France called Philip II, but he is a totally different person.  The man who lived from 1116 to 1131 has never been called "Philip II of France" (with or without parentheses). Noel S McFerran 20:41, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Add any additional comments:
This is 4-1, and the four wrote the relevant guideline: WP:NCGN. Michael, please acknowledge that there is consensus against you, and stop moving the page.
The versions of this talk page should be merged, I trust that will be uncontroversial. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 14:56, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

text: The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal.  Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
This article has been renamed  as the result of a move request. --Stemonitis 06:01, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 

message: * Support as nominator. Noel S McFerran 20:44, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: :Add any additional comments:
This is 4-1, and the four wrote the relevant guideline: WP:NCGN. Michael, please acknowledge that there is consensus against you, and stop moving the page.
The versions of this talk page should be merged, I trust that will be uncontroversial. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 14:56, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal.  Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.</div>
This article has been renamed  as the result of a move request. --Stemonitis 06:01, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion

message: Having the subject's grandfather be his predecessor is useless and misleading. He was preceeded as King of France by his father; if we want to be au pied de la lettre, as "co-King under Louis VI", he had none. Either will do, but Philip I suggests strongly that he came co-King at the beginning of his father's reign, which is false.Septentrionalis PMAnderson 14:56, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: But the last person to have been a King ruling jointly with another King was Philip I. Louis VI was not crowned in his father's lifetime, and consequently only became King on his coronation at Orleans after his father's death. Michael  Sanders 16:08, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I do not see how any reader would expect that to be the meaning of the previous: box. It totally confused me the first time I saw it, which is why I have altered it twice. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 19:50, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Preceded by
Talk:Vladimír Clementis

message: Page 40/54 indicates that he didn't sign the UN charger for CZ, only Jan Masaryk did.
https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/CTC/uncharter.pdf  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anon user (talk • contribs) 08:02, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: UN Charter
Talk:Kendall Mountain Ski Area

message: Why it is "notable": 1. It is a Colorado Ski area, which means it is involved in Colorado's huge tourism industry. 2. It is of interest to those who are into Ski history, and it is featured in the Colorado Ski history website (this is incidently one of the sources for the article). 3. There are 2 independent sources cited, and the sources are not set up to sell the area so it is not like the article is only an advertisment. Gtgrant 06:09, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Vladimir Demikhov

message: Hey guys, I read this article and I wanted to make some edits to it if I could, as this guy is one of my personal heroes. 
So firstly, 
The first head transplant was actually done by Professor A. G. Konevskiy[2] of the Operative Surgery and Topographical Anatomy Department of Volgograd State Medical University. The head transplant was not planned. Konevskiy had planned an experimental heart transplant but the puppy was involved in an automobile accident. Not wanting to "waste the sterilized operating table", the surgeon proceeded with the head transplant.
That part has nothing to do with Demikhov and should be no more then a sidenote. 
Also I'd like to add some more general info, and I got sources ofc. --Synethos (talk) 16:29, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: According to an interview with Konevskiy (in Russian), this accidental surgery was done in 1964, i.e. after the transplants by Demikhov. Konevskiy just says in this interview that they showed that it was possible to make such complicated operations in provincial institutions of higher education, and not only in the leading research institutes in Moscow. So this paragraph should be removed. Instead, the first head transplant was actually performed by Charles Claude Guthrie in 1908, as described in Head transplant. --Off-shell (talk) 22:38, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edits? 
Talk:Uniroyal

message: Uniroyal is an existing, current corporation and should not be redirected to a company that hasn't been in existence for 40 years... The United States Rubber Company should refer to the current Uniroyal company and be reiterated in Uniroyal's business history... In that case we should rename Citigroup, City Bank of New York (which it was named in 1812) and Chase Manhattan Bank should be renamed the Manhattan Bank... Stevenmitchell 06:13, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
Talk:W. E. W. Petter

message: Penrose suggests that he 'threw his hand in" (i.e. resigned) in June  1944 (i.e early summer after the Normandy landings, see Adventure With Fate page 227-228). And that on page 229 He states " On 23 October 1944, a month after Teddy had left", suggesting that he formally left in September 1944. But in Davies' Biography it is stated that " He formally joined English Electric in July 1944" (page 68). Anyone any other information?
KreyszigB (talk) 21:25, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  When did Petter leave Westland?
Talk:Bighorn Basin

message: Someone with image skills should point out exactly where the Bighorn Basin is on the NASA image.  The image as it is now shows about a 3rd of the continental US. Jim Stuby (talk) 05:41, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added a new image from NASA WorldWind with the bounding ranges labelled. Mikenorton (talk) 13:52, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: NASA image
Talk:Waldo de los Ríos

message: not surprised. His murder of the 3rd movement of Brahms's 3rd symphony was his masterpiece.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C4:5602:2301:E8F7:7597:9B03:FE12 (talk) 19:23, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: That would be Brahms's third racket! :-) G7mzh (talk) 17:36, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  suicide
Talk:Wally Hope

message: I am not very well up on all the notation for providing references, and am not sure why an external link I added now shows as [ 1 ] (no spaces) in the list of references
Sorry!
anyway, I have left it in as it is, because I don't understand how to make it come out right, or how to paraphrase material from it so it can be cross-referenced to in the list
g88keeper (talk) 14:30, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I don't have a source to confirm this, but I am confident (having attended both festivals) that the adoption of the cry "Wally" originated at the Weeley festival, not the Isle of Wight
Rodparkes (talk) 14:49, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Interesting, see Weeley Festival, perhaps some editing of that and this article, perhaps linking this article there etc♫ SqueakBox talk contribs 16:08, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Origin of Name "Wally"
Talk:Little Tokyo (wrestler)

message: On Google Translate, this is how you write "Shigeri Akabane" 茂赤羽 Varghoo (talk) 00:59, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: How to write name in Japanese

message: Just three phrase; all of witch i remember with affection, from a time blessed with Tokes presance.
1. Hey you; Get wood in.
2. Hey you; Carry Beer!
3. Me you; Same - Same.
All of witch may only be varified through the friends and family of Tokyo.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scott Logston (talk • contribs) 16:38, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Memories from Happy times 

message: Although this article was originally written with the spelling "Shigeri Akabane", Friends and family members have written to Wikimedia requesting a correction of the spelling of the name. (For OTRS agents: :ticket:2016090710016201 ).
The complication is that two of the sources use a misspelled version of the name. Several sources use only his nickname.
Normally we want to see a preponderance of sources supporting the spelling, but the discussion with the family members persuaded me that the two sources with the original spelling are in error. They pointed me to an obituary with the correct spelling which I have added as a reference to the "retirement and death" section.
Another very useful observation is googling Shigeru brings up many hits, while googling Shigeri Brings up far fewer including an earlier version of this article, strongly suggesting that Shigeru is the preferred spelling.--S Philbrick(Talk) 12:31, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spelling of name
Talk:Walter Terence Stace

message: Hi. I am a relative of Walter terrance stace. He married my grandmothers sister Blanche. I would like to add some personal details to his wiki page. Underneath the section which discussed his 2 wives. I realise that as a family member I may have a conflict of interest but I can show you independent sources. I would like to add the following 
'Walter had two children to his second wife Blanche. Noel John Stace (who died flying for the US Airforce) and Jennifer Stace a well known Avante Garde entertainer in the Hollywood scene of the 70's and 80's. He had one grandson Michael (son of Jennifer)'.
This can be verified in Jennifer Staces autobiography 'A philosophers Daughter'. In the book she details intimate details regarding her families life in Ceylon and also growing up at Princeton. She also details the death of her brother and the life of her son Michael. 
https://www.amazon.com.au/Philosophers-Daughter-Memoir-Jennifer-Stace/dp/1494761726 138.130.9.227 (talk) 03:43, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding personal details