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Talk:Swiftboating

message: It is my understanding that the purpose of the "quote" parameter within citation templates is to facilitate locating the citation source should a link fail, not to cherry-pick text one might deem relevant to the text cited or that might support a particular POV. Comments? JakeInJoisey (talk) 00:44, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: You are mistaken in your understanding. Here is the text from the template documentation page: "quote: Relevant text quoted from the source." FurrySings (talk) 02:05, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for the reference...and education.  My recollection was from quite some time ago involving resolution of a dispute (I do not recall being a party to) as to appropriate text and length of text to be incorporated into a citation. Since that experience, I've generally employed a methodology of citing a minimal amount of the first sentence in constructing NPOV citations.  I'm not sure that my erroneous understanding of the rationale isn't a more prudent approach, but I'll now approach this from a new perspective. JakeInJoisey (talk) 03:14, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

text: The quote parameter can help in a number of ways. One of them is to supply relevant text. I think that it is misused if made to hold a quote that does not meet Wikipedia standards for neutral tone. Binksternet (talk) 02:53, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation "quote" parameter 
Talk:Los Speakers

message: Wow! This was hard. There is almost no information on the web about this band. Hopefully someone will verify this and maybe add some more. Maybe any 'colombianos' out there would like to help? Gadster 16:58, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm amused/enchanted by the Spanish version calling them "The Speakers" while we go for the more Spanish name.--T. Anthony (talk) 07:52, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Entry 
Talk:Marek Svatoš

message: This article has been reassessed as a B-class article according to Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Assessment. Capitalistroadster (talk) 19:08, 6 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Downgraded to class=C today, due to several paragraphs that lack references. PKT(alk) 22:52, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: B-class article
Category talk:Musical group stubs

message: What about doing a sub division by country? Like they have for the UK and US? (ie Argentina rock band ). Is it already implemented? Gadster 17:08, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Five new country sub-stubs are in the pipeline: Australia, Canada, Finland, Germany and Sweden and should be active early next week. Are there at least 60 stub articles on bands from Argentina? That is one of the requirements that should be met before a new stub can be created. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals. --Bruce1ee 07:21, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I was just giving an example for Argentina but I could be any country. It sounds good about the other countries in the works. Gadster 19:02, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Divide by country 

message: Why is country the primary means of sorting band stubs, when it is so clearly not the way music is generally categorized in other contexts? I was just putting a stub on the new Mynah Birds article, and I wanted to clarify that they were an R&B band, so I added the US-R&B-band-stub tag. But then I quickly had to recant, remembering that they were based out of Toronto. I realize that sub-categories are on the way for Canada, but it seems like the wrong way to go about things. In this case, many of the performers were Americans, and the band was signed to an American label. So it's a Canadian band, sort of, but also an American one. But really, the question is totally uninteresting. The only salient point is what genre of music they performed... So why are the stubs done this way? - Ncsaint 12:41, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  why countries? 

message: Is it sufficient to tag an article on a classical ensemble as , or would it be useful to have a sub-division of ? Steve James 13:42, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've now realised that there is a , so my original question is no longer relevant. Steve James 09:53, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  classical ensembles
Talk:Ángel Castro y Argiz

message: I have put a POV tag in response to the editorialism and sensationalism in the article, e.g. "murderously elite" and "this prosperity was due in part to ruthless exploitation of his workers, and various illegal or even murderous exploits", which raise questions about the POV of the author. See Wikipedia:Neutral point of view for background. - BanyanTree 19:28, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV tag 

message: Is he the father of Raúl Castro?
*Yes. Zatoichi26 (talk) 00:35, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Raúl 

message: The article does mention Juanita Castro's claim about her father's reason for coming to Cuba, but according to her recent book it is also untrue that Lina Ruz was a servant in Ángel Castro's house, and she says that Ángel Castro had been estranged from his wife for some time before meeting Lina Ruz.  I don't have any reason to believe that this account is more factual than others, but it should at least be mentioned, I think.  The Fidel Castro page also mentions that Lina Ruz was a servant, so it should probably be noted there as well.  
There may also be other discrepancies between Juanita's account and conventionally-accepted history - someone who is a better wikipedian than me should probably look into it more closely. 216.47.133.120 (talk) 20:30, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Juanita Castro
Talk:Shahnawaz Tanai

message: Reviewed as requested on User_talk:Kelly Martin. I can't check neutrality of material, but english and phrasing, yes:
* Removed "was a dubious character" from introduction, until you find a citation (a source that called him "dubious" and why)
* "Joining hands with" ... better english is---> "working with", "joining forces with", "collaborating with"
* "Fundamentalists such as..." Can you find a different term, such as "Members of the left/right/religious party X such as" ..... describe not label?
* Added wiki-links for major names. The articles may be written some day.
It looks a very good article. Hope the review helps! FT2 17:25, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I have multiple and I want to change it 94.173.80.164 (talk) 14:46, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Better picture of Tanai
Talk:Moorgate tube crash

message: Can find no independent mention of him - link does not take user to source.
He is quoted as authorative source that two failures to stop at platform is definite evidence of suicidal intent yet given number of SPADS on underground as quoted by TfL one could extrapolate a stream of Driver Suicides.
Questionable Source for knowledge on subject. Birmingham1965 (talk) 00:01, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: He's a forensic psychologist and an author with multiple publications on homicide, suicide, etc. If you search for Bruce Danto, not Dento, you should find information about him. - SchroCat (talk) 10:47, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bruce Dento - credentials
Talk:The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government

message: if you want to save this article you should re-direct it to jefferson davis.
:didnt davis write the book after the civil war? --Joe dude 22:56, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

message: Please see Wikipedia:Neutral point of view (NPOV) at []. It is one of the ["Pillars,"] by which Wikipedia operates. This book review is not encyclopedic, far from verifiable (in fact, you list no sources but the OCLC number for the book!), and certainly seems to be "original research," seeing that it is an essay that somebody wrote, essentially a hodge podge of opinions on Jefferson Davis' writing style and editing skills along with some nice appeals to [Authority.]. For example, in what articles reviewing literature does a section describing Critics' Response to the work come before a synopsis of the work itself? I've nothing much to add toward improving the article (which is to say I wouldn't know where to start), but what this article accomplishes certainly seems outside the scope of the Wiki project.Good Ship Venus (talk) 07:43, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Can't see the problem  -  except that the Content and the Critical Reception should logically be transposed. The article seems to cover the topic fully and professionally. Valetude (talk) 18:27, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article is not NPOV at all!
Talk:Richmond and Alleghany Railroad

message: To the author - looking good.  I saw your comment for Slambo.  I added an info box and some categories.  A few extra ideas - a References section listing your bibliography books or web source of info.  Also, if you have the HQ location and a RR logo, add it to the Info box.  I'll see if I can find a logo somewhere.
Rhallanger 17:40, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Ideas for RR page
Talk:List of administrative divisions of Inner Mongolia

message: Is there only one or two ethnic sumu in China? In China article it is said that there is one ethnic sumu in China. One or two...
As far as I know, Inner Mongolia is in China...
Lebouc 17:51, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Ethnic sumu

message: The prefectures have been changed several times, article needs serious update.
Shenhemu (talk) 06:10, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update needed
Talk:Sami Michael

message: He's not merely "from Israel". Stephen Holden of the New York Times: "Sami Michael is a best-selling Israeli author..."  Sami Michael: "It is as if, sometimes, I feel I am two persons. One is an Arab Iraqi, the other an Israeli Jew."  --Hoziron 17:58, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Israeli" 

message: I'm adding the "clean up" tag to this article because the sections are too long. They should be broken up into more sections or subsections. DaffyBridge (talk) 01:02, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Sections need work

message: I have deleted several sections of long quotes from the article, due to concerns of wp:SOAPBOXing the opinions. I re-tagged the article for "personal essay" because it still rambles. I apologize, in advance, if others think I have cut too much text, but Wikipedia should not be used to promote many direct quotes from authors, for fear of using articles as propaganda tools, with clever, persuasive language quoted from various authors. For that reason, long quotes (or rants) should be removed from articles, as unfair to other people who might hold other views but not be allowed such long eloquent quotes to advance their viewpoints. -Wikid77 (talk) 18:52, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Deleted quotes for wp:SOAPBOX and retag essay
Talk:Dr. Chandra

message: Arthur C. Clarke named a mission Leonov to honour Aleksei Leonov. Similarly did he name the character Dr. Chandra to honour Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, who did work on black holes? Or is it possible that the character is named after Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman? --Gurubrahma 18:11, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Character name

message: Clark's book, 2001: A Space Odyssey, wasn't a novelization, it was written in conjunction with the film. (Link is to further details)  Kovar 13:10, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Novel
Talk:Chest tube

message: Technically the insertion of a chest tube is creating a pneumothorax, but the suction will relieve that. Pneumothorax is not really a complication of chest tubes, and chest tubes are the treatment for pneumothorax. DocJohnny 18:18, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Complications

message: In the contra-indications for this procedure, 'lack of patient cooperation' is listed, which I find peculiar. Whilst obviously the patient must consent, except in extremis where competence to give or refuse consent is not present, this applies to all medical and surgical procedures, and is not itself a contraindication, but a pre-requisite of any examination, investigation or procedure. To refer to lack of consent as a contraindication is entirely peculiar for medical literature and, as far as I'm aware, this doesn't appear to follow the style of Wikipedia medical articles. 
--94.173.159.77 (talk) 03:49, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  'Lack of patient co-operation' 
Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/November 28, 2005

message: IMO, it's not that good an idea to feature pages on active politicians such as Tom Brinkman as TFAs on the MainPage. This may give the wrong impression of Wikipedia endorsing them and/or their policies. -- PFHLai 18:22, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Nonsense. We've had several active politicians as featured articles on the main page before and no one objected that it could have been construed as an endorsement. Raul654 19:04, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Mark Latham was not put on the main page because he was running in the Australian federal election... - Ta bu shi da yu 04:33, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, but then again that was like 3 days before the Australian election (which, not being Australian, I was unaware of). Raul654 04:34, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I've never understood why you think this would have affected the vote. Surely a neutral article would not have swayed anyone's opinion? - Ta bu shi da yu 06:23, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: No, but it had the appearance of inpropriety. Raul654 06:25, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

text:  There is also the issue of being too "current". But, never mind, Raul, you seem quite comfortable with this TFA selection. I hope I am wrong. I hope there won't be too much unnecessary complaining on Talk: Main Page. Don't get me wrong. I am not telling you what to do. It's just a friendly caution. Cheers. -- PFHLai 19:49, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
Talk:Eugene Genovese

message: Beyond being a historian, Genovese was a controversial figure in New Jersey politics of the 1960s.  Many called for his firing because of his comments supporting the Viet Cong.  I added the information about that incident.--Alan J. Jacobs
Isn't there any more information on EG?Bacongirl 18:11, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Kandesh

message: Both the article and the map shown for Khandesh are wrong, very wrong. 
It shows only the former districts of Dhule (Dhulia) and Jalgaon, but does not include the district of Nashik, the former West Khandesh. 
(Dhule was recently bifurcated into Dhule and Nandurbar districts).  
The article wrongly states that Jalgaon is the former West Khandesh; as a matter of fact, Jalgaon and Dhule were created by bifurcating East Khandesh! 
Khandesh is coterminus with the Nashik Division of Maharashtra "state", and yet, the District of Nashik is excluded from this article (and map)! 
This map and this article both needs to be corrected. 
Lastly, it must be mentioned that the once quite famous former princely states of Baglan and Surgana are a part of, or located within, Khandesh, and that it borders the District of the Dangs to its west (See ). 
WikiSceptic 18:29, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: How may I correct this page? I can change text, but I do not know how to alter the illustration. If someone will do that, I will attend to the text part. WikiSceptic 09:50, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Erroneous Information
Talk:Frank Church–River of No Return Wilderness

message: Currently, the article subject's name is spelled using both hyphens and em dashes interchangeably. Isn't either version typographically wrong (or at least against Wikipedia's MoS conventions)? Shouldn't there be an en dash used instead? (not sure if spaced or unspaced, though) – ὁ οἶστρος (talk) 13:38, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: spelling of article subject's name
Talk:Nakajima A6M2-N

message: Have done the usual google search for copyright violation before beginning wikification but the fragmentary nature of the english in the original makes it hard to be absolutely certain. Could do with a thorough check by someone.
: In my experience, once you copyedit and wikify a messy article, there is usually enough of a difference to qualify as an original work and not a copyvio. Emt147 20:25, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Obviously a bit short, but you've included technical specs, and thanks for the great pictures! LordAmeth 10:10, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: WPMILHIST Assessment

message: According to Imperial Japanese Navy Aces, 1937-45 by Henry Sakaida (Osprey, 1998, pag. 42, 110.) Japan produced two navy floatplane aces during WW2: Kiyomi Katsuki and Eitoku Matsunaga.Dirk P Broer (talk) 00:49, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rufe "Aces" Master Sergeant Kawai and Master Sergeant Maruyama 

message: This article is cleaned up for correcting grammar. This is done to comply with Criteria 4 of the Assessment Class B of Assessment Quality Scale.
Along the way effort is made to correctly link to other internal pages as necessary. A lot of citations & references are necessary before fulfilling Criteria 1 of Class B.perseus71 (talk) 18:32, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup of Grammer 

message: In the armaments section, where it says "Type 97 machine guns", it's attempting to link to the wrong page. The same thing is true on the A6M Zero page. There is a page on Wikipedia for "Type 97 machine gun", but it's the wrong gun. That page describes the Japanese ARMY Type 97, which is a small, man portable, magazine-fed LMG. The Zero is armed with the Japanese NAVY Type 97, which is a copy of the Vickers machine gun, and is far heavier and belt-fed. They are both called "Type 97" because they were adopted the same year, there is no other similarity. They don't even fire the same cartridge. I don't see why it should link to the wrong page; if there isn't a page for the Navy Type 97, then they should just not link to anything. People read that page and think that it's the right gun, even though the Japanese Navy and Army never shared any weapons.
Can I get rid of the link without altering any of the text, or must I have proper references and inline citations to do even that?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by .45Colt (talk • contribs) 06:11, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, no, I don't think anyone will challenge you if you change the link to point to the right page. Which, as you say, does not now exist. I can stub out a page tonight; I plan to call it "Type 97 aircraft machine gun" unless someone thinks there is a better name for it. --Yaush (talk) 15:09, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Type 97 machine guns
Talk:M9 armored combat earthmover

message: One or more portions of this article duplicated other source(s).  Infringing material has been rewritten or removed and must not be restored, unless it is duly released under a license compatible with GFDL. (For more information, please see "using copyrighted works from others" if you are not the copyright holder of this material, or "donating copyrighted materials" if you are.) For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. Contributors may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences or phrases. Accordingly, the material may be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.  --Moonriddengirl (talk) 02:34, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright problem removed 

message: This article has a number of issues:
1. No sources/citations (tagged since 2007)
2. Original research (speculations on hypothetical combat performance)
3. Out of date (references to upgrades due to be completed in 1996, etc.)
4. Style issues (breathless prose, un-encyclopedic tone)
5. Copyright issues (large sections of this article appear to be lifted verbatim from company literature)
6. Overly technical (extreme detail given to maintenance issues, with little information of interest to a general audience)
In light of the wide-ranging and serious faults with this article, I am requesting expert attention for the subject.  I am certainly no expert on the subject, or I would gladly rewrite this article.  As a layperson, I have learned virtually nothing from this article, except that a combat engineer vehicle designated M9 exists.  As written, this is either a company brochure or a repair manual.
Dpenn89 (talk) 01:36, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Multiple Issues
Talk:Chinese Islamic cuisine

message: Xinjiang food, and this page on Chinese Islamic Cuisine are not talking about the same kinds of food. All the pictures might be from other parts of China--but certainly don't reflect Uyghur or Hui cuisine of Xinjiang. Should we start a new page on Xinjiang Cuisine, or change this page? Some things have similar names. . .--Erkin2008 21:07, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: When I wrote the first draft of this article back in 2001, I was writing about the 清真菜館 based on those I tried in the USA.  I had no knowledge of what Xinjiang cuisine was all about.  This article has evolved over the past 6 years and like most wikipedia articles, it has become a bastardized collection of multiple related topics because each author has a different interpretation of what the title means.  Remember the story about 4 blind men describing an elephant?  That is what most wikipedian articles are like, most parts are correct, but when put together, the full picture is nothing like the truth.  I'd suggest you either spin off a different article or split the article into multiple sections, one for each variation from different part of the world.  Kowloonese 23:01, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: * .
This is a fascinating account of how Eid al-Adha rituals led to Muslims/Hui becoming the usual butchers in western China not only for the imperial elite but also for mandatory state sacrifices to the Chinese gods (considered to be meat-eaters if not carnivores) and suspect Commies during the paranoid Nationalist era (since killing cattle could only be a plot to reduce agricultural output and undermine the state). It should probably be introduced here, as well as at religion in China, Chinese cuisine, and similar pages. — LlywelynII 00:19, 26 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources for future article expansion

message: — Assignment last updated by Shuang Wen (talk) 05:59, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: China Encounters the World
Talk:Evenstad

message: Should this page have an Infobox Kommune such as Elverum? Or is that not necessary for small towns? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wolfstad (talk • contribs) 18:38, November 24, 2005 (UTC)
:It should have , see for instance Ellingsrud. __meco (talk) 20:38, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Infobox
Talk:List of Chinese philosophers

message: Here is a small start have fun with it
After creating it, I am wondering if this page is redundant with chinese philosophers which is where I got most of the material.
I created it because I found it on a wiki wish list... maybe it doesn't need to exist
:I think it's useful. Gathering the philosophers under the headings of the philosophies will be helpful for those trying to get a grip on the topic. For my purposes it would have been useful to have a little additional information, like the dates (or at least approximate dates) in which each of these lived.
 
:It's a pity that WP doesn't have a few common 'mechanisms' for authors to use, such as the ability to resort a table by clicking on column headings, or to show a (horizontal) scrollable timeline. 
:And apologies: I'm full of suggestions but don't have the skills to implement most of these.
--174.7.56.10 (talk) 19:01, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Please feel free to add them. /ƒETCHCOMMS/ 00:02, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled