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Talk:Edessa (disambiguation)

message: A "disambiguation page" made by someone who never heard of Edessa and didn't glance at "What links here." Edessa is the city of Edessa. A brief note at the head about Edessa, Greece is sufficient. Please fix this. 20:51, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I dunno. Speaking as someone who has contributed a fair amount of content to the original Edessa article, I have to admit Edessa, Greece does have a measure of significance in its own right. On the other hand, I consider it condescending to call it a "small" town -- I believe it has a fair bit of history -- & if we are disambiguating the Asian Edessa (which I believe was named for the Grecian one), shouldn't we then consolidate the material under its modern name of Sanli Urfa? -- llywrch 03:48, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: The info at Sanli Urfa was originally at the end of the Edessa article, I moved it to a separate article over a year ago, for reasons I now forget...probably because the ancient city is more well known than Sanli Urfa, I guess. There are examples like Ashkelon, which has recently had two separate articles merged, that suggest Sanli Urfa and Edessa should be re-merged too. As to which one is more famous, I don't know, I actually saw someone on TV at an Olympic event holding a sign that said something about Edessa, if that counts for anything :) Adam Bishop 03:54, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)

text: Perhaps you are the one who has never heard of Edessa, Greece. That Edessa has its own importance too, as it has its own history, social life, economy, culture etc. Saying that Edessa is a small town, is that a lucky guess or is "small" a depiction of the amount of your interest on the subject? Consider that other people may wanna know. And I also think it is a matter of time for the links to Edessa to be corrected. Etz Haim 07:17, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)

text: Well, it seems that to you the Greeks are only interested in the Greek town, while the rest of the world only needs to know about Edessa, Mesopotamia, is that so? Wrong! At least the Greeks are equally interested in both Edessas. In particular, the Mesopotamian Edessa is a subject tought at high scools in Greece, in both Religion and History (there are separate classes). So do not jump to the conclusion that everyone shares your ignorance or your unwillingness to know. Rome NY hasn't got as much to tell as Edessa, Greece. Etz Haim 08:12, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)

text: Yeah that's odd, I don't understand the vandalism here. But I don't think it happens often enough to warrant protection...if it was every couple of minutes, then sure, but I don't think it's severe so far. Adam Bishop 04:25, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)

message: A move request concerning this page have been initiated at Talk:Edessa, Mesopotamia#Rename to Edessa.--Rafy talk 22:36, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Renaming Mesopotamian Edessa
Talk:Robert S. Shankland

message: As User:Lethe pointed out, Shankland's analysis of Miller's experiment is widely accepted by mainstream physicists.  The very few who question it are a tiny fringe minority; such arguments have not even been published in prestigious peer-reviewed journals, as far as I can tell.  I've rewritten the article to reflect this, and also to add a bit of biographical information that I gleaned from an AIP web page.  (I also moved the partial list of publications to the end as an appendix, since it otherwise interrupts the flow.) —Steven G. Johnson 20:59, Aug 24, 2004 (UTC)
There is no debate on if analysis of Miller's experiment preformed by Shankland is accepted by mainstream physicists. Very few who question it? YMMV on that. A tiny fringe minority? No ... there is a minority (but enough to be notable) ... your "Very few" POV is showiing here. As to the so-called "prestigious peer-reviewed journals", they didn't publish Alfven's work either. I've readded information that you deleted. Thanks on adding a bit of biographical information that you gleaned from an AIP web page. (BTW, The mv of the list of publications to the end as an appendix was a fair choice; a stylistic thing I guess) JDR
To what does the following sentence, found in the intrductory paragraph, relate?
:The interferometry apparatus work continued from 1886 until July 1887 (including the buildings on the Case and Western Reserve campuses).
The dates given match nothing in either this article or at Dayton Miller. Lupo 07:49, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: What was this Santa Ana trip? For the first-time reader there is no way to know... Also, check the link, because Santa Ana is a disambiguation page. Is it Santa Ana, California? --Pablo D. Flores (Talk) 11:33, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Santa Ana 

message: Details in this article: http://www.orgonelab.org/miller.htm, chapter "Shankland Team's 1955 Critique of Miller".  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.27.28.86 (talk) 16:01, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shankland's critique of Miller's research is wrong and biased
Talk:Houshin Engi

message: Moved the page because the previous title, "Review-Anime", was nonsense. I've been out of the anime/manga fan scene for a while—is this series notable? Is this article even salvageable?  — Gwalla | Talk 21:47, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Moved

message: Per discussion, this article has been merged with Soul Hunter (anime). - mako 08:52, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Merged
Talk:Orchard Park High School

message: I changed the date at which the bonfire tradition ended to the 1990's.  I am a 2001 grad and remember there having been a bonfire for, at least, my freshman year.  Maybe this particular fire was an anomoly (one isolated experiment after the tradition had lain dormant).  If anyone has more info on this, please feel free to share...  --Cjs56 14:01, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Bonfires
Talk:LGBT rights by country or territory

message: I noticed that Cuba is highlighted as grey on this map, which means "No national or local level constitutional discrimination laws covering sexual orientation and/or gender identity." 
However, the 2019 Cuban constitution bans "discrimination based on gender, race, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Cuba#2019_Constitution) 
Article 42 of the constitution: (https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Cuba_2019)
> "All people are equal before the law, receive the same protection and treatment from the authorities, and enjoy the same rights, liberties, and opportunities, without any discrimination for reasons of sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, ethnic origin, skin color, religious belief, disability, national or territorial origin, or any other personal condition or circumstance that implies a distinction injurious to human dignity."
Can we have the map changed to reflect this? According to the legend, Cuba should be purple, as they cover both sexual orientation and gender identity. Himisuda (talk) 04:19, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re: Map of Constitutional discrimination laws by sexual orientation and/or gender identity by country or territory 

message: — Assignment last updated by Sneha. .0529 (talk) 19:35, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Introduction to Community Economic and Social Development II

message: Some countries are not put in the correct geoscheme for certain continents. For example, the UK is erroneously stated to be in West Europe when it is in Northern Europe. OMGShay 92 (talk) 11:03, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: The UK is in the northwest of Europe and can be classified as either Western European or Northern European depending on the context. 130.88.208.72 (talk) 18:11, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  “Western European” countries and other countries put into the wrong geoscheme 

message: Dominica has abolished its sodomy law, so the timeline and "laws by county" table should be changed to reflect this.
https://76crimes.com/2024/04/22/anti-sodomy-law-dominica/
https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/news/breaking-news-dominica-high-court-rules-punishment-of-homosexual-acts-as-unconstitutional/ 2A00:23C5:FC94:4801:689D:C075:9823:6003 (talk) 20:43, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dominica
Talk:University of Southern California

message: I looked this up and genuinely thought it was the wrong university. Literally no one ever in history has ever needed the non-modern logo of something, and if they did, that could be listed in the “History” section. I understand copyright issues, but could we just email them or something? Janlopi (talk) 19:05, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can we use a more modern picture for the logo? 

message: I'm on mobile currently and won't be able to add this with proper references for a few days, but I think there is a solid argument for including the scandal surrounding the 2024 Commencement Speakers backed up by extensive coverage from multiple outlets, most notably the Los Angeles Times Equirax (talk) 00:04, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure it belongs here just yet. It's not clear if there will be anything that results from this incident except for a bunch of op eds and tweets. If there is something substantive - successful lawsuit, large-scale protests, etc. - then it would almost certainly be something we should mention. But until then there's just not much we can say and it's awfully close to WP:NOTNEWS. ElKevbo (talk) 01:38, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: alright, looks like the protests have begun. KTLA posting live coverage right now. I'm +1 for information being added to this article but given how the situation is ongoing it might be worth seeing how it plays out. Need to check editing guidelines before I change anything, thanks for the link Equirax (talk) 01:16, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  2024 Commencement 

message: The redirect Center for Transpacific Studies has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached.  Rusalkii (talk) 03:38, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  "[[:Center for Transpacific Studies]]" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]]
Talk:Realia

message: I thought I did a good job of writing this definition and artical on "realia" according to the rules of Wikipedia.  As for need; "realia" appears underlined in at least one Wikipedia artical "Universal Decimal Classification" and it's one of those dumb words that I keep running into otherwise that recently seems to have caught fire on account of the Net/Web, yet I can't find it in any of my dictionaries at home, and I still don't have a clue how to say it because I've never heard it spoken in actual speech. 63.229.116.111 23:10, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: but even the Latin is bogus Wetman 23:19, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)

text: Okay. ("ree-AL-ya") But the Latin is still bogus. What is this novelty word a synonym of? Wetman 03:47, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)

text: Wikipedia should be inclusive, but skeptical reserve should be expressed too. Now, auction houses sell memorabilia, because these items are memorabile, "memorable."  They sell Americana, because "Americanus" is a Latin possibility. But they don't (yet) sell baseballia. I have a well-tuned ear, and "Realia" expresses to me just the same innocently comic ignorance as "Baseballia." A really accurate definition of "realia" will inevitably unearth the genuine word that's being overlooked, I predict. Exempla? Or just "examples." "Bye-gones" the British used to call "stuff" that was not in a "memorabilia" category: a mint, untouched tube of Ipana in its orginal box, ca. 1964. That kind of thing. Is that a "realium" really? Wetman 04:16, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)

message: Anyhow, the  tag was added by Node ue because at the time, this article resembled a dictionary definition.  Now that it looks more like a proper encyclopedia entry, everyone (well, almost everyone) should be happy with it; at any rate, the has been expanded and the delete tag removed.  I have cleaned up the first couple of paragraphs and wikified the ending quote and bibliography.  Admin: -山道子 (Sewing) - talk 19:10, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Status update

message: I think the first part of the article is fine but I do not understand why the direction of the piece changes suddenly from a discussion of the kinds of things libraries are given and reasons why archivists have problems cataloging and retaining non-book stuff to preservation tips for curators. The article should be split. Parsnip13 15:06, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is this stuff here? 

message: This article even has 3 different subjects, because the term "realia" is used with regards to translating as well. There already exists a separate article in Dutch about realia in translating. Solejheyen (talk) 09:13, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  3 subjects
Talk:Ink wash painting

message: You might want to take a look through your external links section-- I found one that wasn't related to painting at all, and another that was in japanese and therefore unintelligible to almost any wikipedia user; I didn't look at all of them, but I'm sure that some better refrences can be found. Ahudson 17:35, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  links 

message: I believe this form of art (and depiction of the Four Gentlemen) is also practiced in Vietnam. Badagnani (talk) 02:14, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Vietnam

message: "Asian aesthetic writing is generally consistent in stating the goal of ink and wash painting is not simply to reproduce the appearance of the subject, but to capture its spirit."
I have never heard of "aesthetic writing". I googled it and still found no other use of that expression. "Asian aesthetic writing" is broad and vague. Is there a specific resource stating that the goal of ink and wash painting is to capture the spirit of the subject?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.87.239.70 (talk) 15:19, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reference and awkward sentence 

message: "Most prestigious" is subjective. My understanding is that calligraphy is considered the most prestigious art form, at least in China. LuKesi (talk) 21:24, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Most Prestigious 

message: "Ink wash painting is usually done on xuan paper (Chinese) or washi (Japanese paper) both of which are highly absorbent and unsized." Xuan paper can be unsized, sized, half-sized, or double-sized and all are used for painting depending on the desired effect. LuKesi (talk) 21:41, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sizing
Talk:Nelson A. Rockefeller Center

message: I don't quite understand. Is this a university department? A building? A course of study? A major? A Student Union building? Or what? Do some professors have a department affiliation with the Nelson A. Rockefeller center? Do they have offices there? Dpbsmith (talk) 23:22, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Purpose

message: On 24 Aug 2004, this article was nominated for deletion.  After discussion, it was merged with and redirected to Dartmouth College#Nelson A. Rockefeller Center.  See Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for a record of the debate.  Rossami 00:12, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: from VfD
Talk:Haliacmon

message: The english language has not letter "á" !The article is Aliakmon
Vergina 23:31, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: We would call it "a with an acute accent". It's usually used in English words borrowed from other languages (e.g. sauté, roué, café, touché, fiancé) and, of course, in foreign placenames. -- ChrisO 19:57, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

text: According to this talk page, it's katharevousa. Septentrionalis 20:42, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  English letter á 

message: *I support on the grounds that it is the name most sidely recognized in English. Septentrionalis 21:37, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Move to Haliacmon?

message: Can anyone give the reference for the Herodotus account?--Bogande 20:16, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed it because the Haliacmon flows entirely within Greece, and through most of its lower course through areas that had relatively few Slavic-speaking inhabitants.  --Athenean (talk) 10:22, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Herodotus Reference
Talk:Vohu Mana

message: From VfD:
Foreign language dictdef?  Maybe move to the Persian month?  RickK 23:35, Aug 24, 2004 (UTC)
*Vohu Mana is the personification of the concept of Good Mind in Zoroastrian thought... sort of like a deity, though not in the purely literal sense (more like the Gnostic Sophia). Definitely should have an article- keep as substub and Cleanup? -FZ 23:47, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Talk:Gregor Mendel

message: There is an mistake in the article.  Mendel was not Austrian, he was Moravian.  More precisely, a German-speaking Moravian, at least that's what he himself claimed to be, a "German-speaking Moravian." So please correct it and instead of "Austrian" write his true nationality as "Moravian." Thank you Ondřej Mazáč (talk) 22:55, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nationality 

message: All about gregor mendel 180.194.113.204 (talk) 00:23, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Science  

message: и электромобили неисчерпаемые ветродуями .. 
Это потомушто плетень такая. Вот с крыши камыш и уносят ветра ..
Был бы я сокол - все бы собрал обратно !! 85.140.22.254 (talk) 13:46, 2 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Dolly" and "Covid" .. 

message: The paper cited at the end of this paragraph determines that the tetrad-pollen model is insufficient to explain the bias Fisher observed in Mendel's data. The final two sentences when taken together, though, seem to indicate that it came to the opposite conclusion due to a "however" followed by ambiguous language in the second sentence, "real bias towards Mendel's data". Is it saying that Mendel's data was gathered in an unbiased manner (what I consider the more natural reading)? Or that real-world conditions did not present a 'biased'-situation under which Mendel's data could be accurate (which is what the paper says)? I think it could be cleaner. 
I instead propose the following:
"In his 2004 article, J.W. Porteous concluded that Mendel's observations were indeed implausible. The most popular theory of natural conditions which could account for the observed statistical irregularities of Mendel's data was tested in 2007, but did not produce evidence explaining the bias of Mendel's data."
Additionally, it might be worth talking about how Daniel Fairbanks contributed to both that paper, and the papers/books about how "they concluded that there were no reasons to assert Mendel fabricated his results, nor that Fisher deliberately tried to diminish Mendel's legacy". I feel like I'd need to read that book in order to figure out how all of these positions and ideas connect. Fiveeyesonetoe (talk) 20:09, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Misleading representation of cited source 

message: . 108.31.27.235 (talk) 22:43, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  mrbust is on top
Talk:Mountain railway

message: I've removed the spurious claim that the Rimutaka Incline is the only commercially operated Fell railway that survived into the 20th century. The Snaefell Mountain Railway also uses the Fell system, and last time I looked it was still operating. -- Chris j wood 00:09, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: It is clear that this article is trying to do two orthogonal things. It is trying to cover steep railways (mostly in intro) and railways in mountains (most of list). Whilst the two are linked, steep does not necessarily imply mountain, nor does mountain imply steep. So I'm going to try splitting the two into two different articles. -- chris_j_wood (talk) 14:37, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Split between [[mountain railway]] and [[steep grade railway]] 

message: Mountain railway#Romania The links to cities are useless and meaningless. Can someone supply the actual names of the lines? Peter Horn User talk 14:40, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mountain railway, Romania 

message: I think, that Slovak narrow gauge railway, called Tatra Electric Railway should be included. Please visit Wikipedia page for more info.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.100.156.124 (talk) 12:00, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tatra Electric Railways suggestion
Talk:Barcelona Process

message: From VfD:
A blatantly admitted complete dupe of Barcelona Conference (at least the prior revision of it). The only difference between this and Barcelona Conference is the result of minor rewordings in the first paragraph. Completely redundant. KeithTyler 00:58, Aug 25, 2004 (UTC)
*so turn it into a redirect. For duplicated material, that doesn't require the Vfd process. -- Jmabel 02:47, Aug 25, 2004 (UTC)
*Redirect.  — Gwalla | Talk 03:10, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Talk:Millennium Items

message: We need pictures of all the items.
I have newer images of all seven that I added.--Dil 19:24, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images 

message: Kinda feels like it should at least be mentioned... it's flavor text says it's like a Millennium Item...
:But this article deals with the actual Millennium Items of the series, not the cards that mention them or "like".  "Like" a Millennium Item is not the same. - The One and Only 20:27, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There are only seven Millennium Items. And this is also the translated card, which may or may not be true to the original Japanese text of the card. 65.32.108.38 (talk) 22:55, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Millennium Shield? 

message: Didn't Solomon Moto's past life own it?
:No, read the article. Kaiba Seto's past life, Priest Seto, owned the rod. Look up pictures, too. 65.32.108.38 (talk) 22:56, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Millennium Rod

message: For excess vandalism.  Thank you. 68.143.88.2 18:58, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page protection requested 

message: I noticed that the Millenium Key, Necklace, and Rod all say that they are one of two items in the possession of the guardians of the Pharoh's Tomb.  Which ones actually are?  This needs to be referenced by a credible source.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rucha58 (talk • contribs) 18:13, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  One of Two Millenium Items 

message: What do we do with this page.  there are no sources cited.  I don't know anything about the manga/anime/game so I wouldn't know the first place to merge it (and it appears from discussion that there is no one place to merge it.  this isn't a BLP or anything so we can wait while sources get found but are there any?  Do we, at this point, delete all unverified claims?  I won't do that unilaterally because I would basically be blanking the page.  How do we proceed from here? Protonk (talk) 23:19, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The article itself isn't very notable. It should probably be merged into each item's owner's articles, or stuck in the List of Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters with the character. Just one or two sentences that explains that that person owns it and what the item does. I doubt this article will ever get the reception and concept/creation notes it needs to be C-class, let alone GA. WhiteArcticWolf (talk) 00:02, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Is there someone who knows enough about the subject matter to do that?  I certainly don't. Protonk (talk) 00:10, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  What to do? 

message: this article still doesn't cite any sources.  I'm not an expert on the subject and I don't own any of the material so I won't try to merge this puppy but we at least need to find primary sources to cite facts in this article, let alone secondary sources to establish notability.  If we can't do that I'm happy with taking this article back to AfD. Protonk (talk) 16:01, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Still no sources