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Talk:Diplomatic history of Australia

message: It would be interesting to introduce some of the historical debate about just how much Australia turned away from the United Kingdom towards the United States during the Second World War; in particular during the ascent of the Curtin government. Historiography is far from unanimous in arguing that the rise of a special relationship between Australia and the United States was at the detriment of the Commonwealth relationship. In particular some notice should be paid to previous advances made towards America by Lyons, Menzies and R.G Casey, as well as the debate over how much Australian-American relations actually improved during the war.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.245.29.176 (talk) 20:00, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

message: :Category:History of Australia topical overviews has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. You are encouraged to join the discussion on the Categories for discussion page. --Sm8900 (talk) 21:47, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  CfD nomination of [[:Category:History of Australia topical overviews]]
Talk:Dictionary of Australian Biography

message: At Complete to-do/Australian Dictionary of Biography there is a listing of entries from the Dictionary of Australian Biography.--Commander Keane 07:59, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Correction: See Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/To-do/Dictionary of Australian Biography. Moondyne (talk) 06:34, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  To do list 

message: The article currently contains the asertion This date practically closes the first one hundred and fifty years of Australia's history, for although the first fleet arrived in January 1788, the first emigrant ship, the Bellona, did not come until January 1793. Until then Australia had been merely a dumping ground for convicts, but the arrival of free emigrants foreshadowed the founding of a nation. - I find this really POV (dumping ground for convicts?) and out of left-field.  Was this from Searle's introduction in which case it would have more meaning as how Searle saw the scope of the 150 years.  Unless that is the reason for this assertion and the tone, I don't think it should stay.--Golden Wattle  talk 23:45, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  150 years?

message: Unless I'm very much mistaken, the ADB at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/ surpasses the Gutenberg online edition, but builds on it. It would be nice to see, over time, external links in many articles such as David Scott Mitchell point there and not to the Gutenberg.Alpheus (talk) 09:52, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: ANU Dictionary of Biography
Talk:Swagman

message: Perhaps 'Swaggies' and 'Sundowners' should be automatically redirected to the 'Swagman' page?124.178.240.197 09:16, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Swaggies 

message: I dispute that this is a New Zealand term. It's Australian only - There are nothing cited on the article that backs up the idea that this word was ever common in New Zealand. 202.78.240.7 (talk) 03:30, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: A bit less disputing and a bit more Google searching might be more productive. I've now added citations to sources for both Australian and New Zealand usage. --Avenue (talk) 00:02, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Is it appropriate to call it a New Zealand term? It is of Australian origin and seems to be a far greater part of Australian folklore and related vocab than in NZ. A google search of 'new zealand dictionary swagman' brings up hits mostly relating to the term's usage in Australia. I guess a rough equivalent would be hobo: recognized as an American term, but it's also used in Canada. - HappyWaldo (talk) 04:51, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, the term originated in Australia, and it's appropriate to note that in the article. That doesn't mean it's not a New Zealand term. If terms of Australian, British, Maori, etc origin were ruled out, NZ English would have an extremely limited vocabulary. Looking at dictionaries, I believe Oxford Dictionaries are generally considered reliable, and they have it listed as both Australian and New Zealand. If you like analogies, I think bludger, cocky, tucker, and so on are closer. --Avenue (talk) 07:40, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Australia only 

message: "The numbers of swagmen have declined over the 20th century but still rising in times of economic depression. Although some say they were still common in some areas up to the late 1970s, however today, it is rare to find the type of character that will take on the challenges of the lifestyle. There is little doubt that the humble swagman will remain a romantic icon of Australian history and folklore."
I'm not from Australia, so I don't know if there's still a signficant population of migrant workers roaming around in spiffy hats, but I do have a bit of an issue with this paragraph. 
"It's rare to find the type of character" is not very exact or clear about swagmen today, and doesn't really add anything to the page.
Actually, with phrases like "Some say" (Who says?), and "There is little doubt" (Why?), this whole paragraph is basically filler, although it could be edited to be more constructive.
Of course, that could just be me, which is why I didn't just make the edit. Any thoughts?
74.10.242.204 (talk) 19:03, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Phrase in last paragraph of history
Talk:Western District, Ontario

message: I can't see the necessity for two articles, I have no views on which name would be better.  However, I note that significantly more articles link here than to the Upper Canada article.  Hence I suggest this is the destination article.--A Y Arktos\talk 21:00, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've completed the merge to Western District, Upper Canada, and have cleaned up information relating to the original four districts from 1788, and their renaming in 1792. I haven't done anything about districts created after 1792 yet. Mindmatrix 19:01, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger
Talk:German settlement in Australia

message: The paragraph about the people who arrived with August Kavel in November 1838 describes them as "the first immigrants to settle from what is today known as Germany".  However the previous paragraph mentioned another group who had arrived from Hesse seven months earlier in April 1838.   Hesse is right in the heart of "what is today known as Germany".  I think some clarification is needed. Peter Bell (talk) 08:27, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: A good point. Assertion removed and paragraph streamlined somewhat. Doug butler (talk) 12:20, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  "first" problem 

message: We seem to be missing a few groups, unless there was really a continuous migration and we shouldn't divide the migrants into waves.
* Forty-Eighters#In Australia has two short paragraphs about New South Wales and Victoria, and a longer paragraph about South Australia which seems to fit between the Hermann von Beckerath Group and the San Francisco Group
* A number of my ancestors arrived in 1845-1846, and don't seem to be covered by either The Skjold Group (earlier) or the Hermann von Beckerath group (later). I don't have a reference for their motivation.
Does anyone know if there was a mid-1840s "wave", or was there actually just constant migration from both the United Kingdom and Germany/Prussia throughout the middle of the 19th century, and the entire waves part of the article needs to be reconstructed? --Scott Davis Talk 05:35, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing "waves"
Talk:Timor Gap Treaty

message: Whitlam supported the annexation.  At least read the Wikipedia page on East Timor!
130.126.185.138 00:54, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  totallydisputed:  Need a little research on East Timor & Australia 

message: support - with the timor gap article SatuSuro 08:55, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: merge

message: Due to crown copyright restrictions, we are unable to publish the full text of the treaty in Wikipedia.  It is downloadable/viewable at http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/treaties/1991/9.html.  The associated block of text has been removed from the article.  Moondyne 07:32, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Text of Treaty
Talk:The Entrance Bridge

message: The bus crashed circa 1955? Nobody knows? No police reports, no newspaper articles? We're not exactly talking the Dark Ages here. How can they know the number of the bus and the cause of the accident, but not the year? Seems like a better source could be found. I know this isn't a GA or FA or anything, but still... Kafziel 00:33, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Dineutron

message: The article states:
:A system made up of only two neutrons is not bound, though the attraction between them is very nearly enough to make them so.
That is hard to accept, if two other facts are combined.
#Diprotons are unstable because the electrostatic repulsion of the two protons' positive charges overcomes the strong nuclear force holding them together. If the strength of the strong force had been only 2% greater, all protons would bind together into stable diprotons.
#The nuclear force is nearly independent of whether the nucleons are neutrons or protons.
Thus the (attractive) nuclear force between the neutrons in a dineutron should be about a large as the (repulsive) electrostatic force between protons in a diproton. The dineutron should be strongly bound (albeit unstable). Clearly there is a crucial piece of information missing here.
—Herbee 21:11, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Seconded Rod57 03:31, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: puzzle
Talk:Chris Jansing

message: Chris, can’t the judge tell Trump’s attorneys that they must file their papers for security clearance by a certain date? This is another delaying tactic by their team. 108.44.36.4 (talk) 04:20, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trumps attorney 

message: I fill like she's a He because there's a Adamsapple sticking out of her throat. I believe that some of the other players realize it too,that's the real reason that the other players don't really like (her/Him),they're afraid to speak out! You have a MAN playing against WOMEN and that's not FAIR. I HAVE A picture showing the Adamsapple and only men have this! "Justice For The Real WOMEN ". 2600:1700:A6C1:A010:3065:3F67:EFDC:9DA8 (talk) 18:14, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Caitlin Clark (WNBA)
Talk:Hayabusa (disambiguation)

message: Should the armor from Halo 3 be added to this page?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.196.165.39 (talk) 19:36, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, it should, and since it is an American game, be spelled Armor, as it is also spelled in the game.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.74.117.9 (talk) 18:56, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I have removed the entry, since the Halo 3 article makes no mention of "Hayabusa" anywhere. --DAJF (talk) 23:55, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Halo 3
Talk:Shallow focus

message: "The deep focus photographic technique more closely approximates what is seen by the human eye."
I read the opposite recently but I couldn't find a good source either way. Anyone have a good source. From my subjective experience as someone with human eyes, I think we have shallow focus.
Huey.freeman (talk) 13:44, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm going to remove the citation needed tag.  In the context of this article (photographic lenses), human eyes have "deep focus".  "Shallow focus" in a photographic context means a much shallower focus than the typical human eye. 76.10.155.19 (talk) 03:53, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I took the unsourced sentence out, as this explanation doesn't ring true.  The human eye's DOF is about the same as any other imaging system with similar entrance pupil diameter on a roughly normal lens; it can be fairly shallow, which is why Ben invented bifocals.  Dicklyon (talk) 06:20, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Depth of field of the human eye
Talk:Punk

message: There is probably a Latin or Greek word for it, but what wiktionary and wikipedia have both failed to capture is the use by the  punk movement of a formerly derogatory, derisive minor insult as a term of respect and self-esteem. I am sure there are better examples of this linguistic shift, but the first that I can think of and this is not a good parallel is the use of the word nigger, by black people as a term of respect or approval. It draws its power from its previous use as a term of contempt.--Steve H 17:16, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds like potential original research. We should include a sense of what you're talking about only if we can find a reliable source that supports it. tomasz. 16:24, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Punk Usage and language shifts 

message: In historic times, I've read that people often had to carry fire with them because creating it afresh was difficult. Apparently they sometimes used "punk" to carry it, but there's no entry in here to explain what that is. If someone knows and can explain it, that'd be good.
125.236.178.109 (talk) 02:21, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: What does carry fire mean?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.249.82.251 (talk) 20:49, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Punk used to carry fire 

message: I'm researching the slang term "jail punk" which means submissive homosexual sex slave in prison.  I came here to see if it was just an urban legend; Wikipedia is usually pretty reliable. AThousandYoung (talk) 19:03, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Jail Punk

message: I came to this page to see about the word 'punk', as it had meaning to myself in my personal history. I do not see what I thought was the most common meaning, although I am not certain I can define it here. The word punk was used in my day (1975-1985 NYC) to describe a certain type of individual. It was a derogatory. It did have a certain law enforcement/incarceration relevance. I can recall a certain episode of Kojak where he refers to a suspect as 'nothing but a punk'. I also believe the term was used in 'NYPD blue' quite a bit. I also remember a reference to John Gotti being placed in Protective Custody wing of the correction center (prison), and as it was referred to as P.C. (for protective custody) it was also known as Punk City. The 'punks' in that reference were squealers, or other co-operators with law enforcement. So to be a 'punk' was to be akin to an informant. (at the time, Mr. Gotti was upset to be placed in the same surroundings with such people)
As the article on the word 'punk' stand now, I do not see enough information to express what I thought was a common (at least locally) understood meaning of the word.
100.12.146.200 (talk) 21:13, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  any other common meanings ?
Talk:Somerset Freeway

message: There is currently only one mention of "North Jersey Expressway" in the article, and that states that the road was killed.  No mention before that, which I found confusing, since the term "Somerset Freeway" is the only term used before that point.  I would fix this, but I don't know enough about the topic.  Could this please be clarified?  SchuminWeb (Talk) 06:12, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  "North Jersey Expressway"
Talk:Adnyamathanha language

message: Hey everyone! The start of the article mentions that there are about 140 Adnyamathanha speakers, using data from the 2016 census. However, the sidebar has the latest 2021 data (262 speakers). I'm not sure if the main part just hasn't been updated, or if we're leaving it with the 2016 data to show how few speakers there are. 14.203.55.60 (talk) 08:57, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Number of speakers
Talk:FictionBook

message: Sorry for my bad english, I'm from Belarus. Please translate my words to readable english.
--Sclex 21:34, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

message: The other similar products in the list of e-book readers do not have articles of their own, and it is not clear  why this should be an exception. I therefore propose to  incorporate the additional important & useful contents into the part on the ebook page, and retain this page as a redirect crossreference to that section. This will actually get it more visible among the others of its category.  If you think this would be inappropriate, let me know, for there is then a formal process for the deletion of the article by group consensus where you will be able to contest the proposed change. DGG 05:28, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: change to a redirect

message: How does this differ from ePub, another XML-based Ebook standard?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Abdelazer (talk • contribs) 01:06, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: In contrary to ePub FictionBook eBook contains just 1 xml-like file. Images (and possibly other binary data) are converted to BASE64 and reside inside the <binary> tag.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.216.219.61 (talk) 05:15, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  ePub 

message: As far as it seems, this page only covers 2nd version of this format. It need to include discriptions of FictionBook3  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.75.90.8 (talk) 10:58, 21 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  fb3 

message: I took the liberty to correct the page in a few minor details and add the existance of FB3.
— 95.119.184.132 (talk) 01:37, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  updated the main page
Talk:Australian Aboriginal English

message: What about LOL, laughing out loud, nope for no, bullshit, fuck, cobber, dickhead, cunt, asshole, faggot, shithead, pussy, bludger, cyborg, geek, the reality is that most white people in australia speak like this as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.217.221.244 (talk) 03:21, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article is ridiculous 

message: I wonder if there could be an Irish influence on the usage of the word "fellah/feller as this is common in Irish English Seamusalba (talk) 16:04, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible Irish influence?
Talk:Yugambeh–Bundjalung languages

message: Have found John Frasers' 1892 fabrication of Paikal-Yung in "The Aborigines of New South Wales" which researcher Norman Tindale twisted into Badjalang which then became Bundjalung.
Fraser states "The names Paikalyung (etc) I have made". This link is Frasers' 1892 book.
http://books.google.com.au/books?id=K9Ix39XVANAC&pg=PA91&lpg=PA91&dq=fraser+minyung&source=bl&ots=ADtH2GXbCo&sig=wh8tpCgV7rqcISVobP7uPyZjaRo&hl=en&ei=l8l4S6m9NInEsQOwt628Cw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Tindale stated (paidjal = badjal = man) but did not include the crucial facts about Frasers fabrication.
There was no Bundjalung Tribe, People, Nation, Language or Dialect Chain.
This link is Tindales book.http://www.samuseum.australia.sa.com/tindaletribes/badjalang.htm
Will include this incredible information that totally refutes Bundjalung.
Wollumbinmountain (talk) 11:38, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  False Bundjalung Nation is Frasers Fabrication 
Template talk:New Jersey in the American Revolutionary War

message: We can make this quite a smaller template by replacing the largely redundant "Battle of..." simply with the name of the place, e.g., "Battle of Springfield (1780)" simply with "Springfield." I'll await responses before I go ahead and do this. --Leifern 21:43, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for asking. Anything to make it easier would be great.  My initial design was just to get the pages in place.  If there is anything I missed feel free to add.   Americasroof 21:48, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, I tried it - I think it looks good. Now we need to finish the articles. :-)--Leifern 22:04, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reduce size of template
Talk:Boggabilla

message: Recently was news from the region. Link is ; citation is:

To be integrated into the article if deemed relevant. Donama (talk) 06:13, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Children molesting children refs
Talk:Korg (character)

message: Changed 'homosexual' into 'same-gender' to soften the sexual connotations. Also added that Korg's people have no gender - although they reproduce in pairs, the method they use does not involve one party becoming pregnant.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.163.78.104 (talk) 14:44, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Relationship with Hiroim 
Talk:Dyka Enerhija

message: Wild Energy release:
recently it was a release of new Ruslana's project: Wild Energy.Lana
who has read the book or seen videoclip, or just heard her song, what could you say? Any comments?..
thank you,
Shalymar{{subst:image source|Image:22730.jpg)) Betacommand (talk • contribs • Bot) 22:44, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Cyttorak

message: It seems to me the first half of Cyttorak's fight during the 'Infinity War' incident has somehow been deleted. 
Lots42 01:28, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Something went weird with this page.  

message: This article needs the B-Class checklist filled in to remain a B-Class article for the Comics WikiProject.  If the checklist is not filled in by 7th August this article will be re-assessed as C-Class.  The checklist should be filled out referencing the guidance given at Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment/B-Class criteria. For further details please contact the Comics WikiProject.  Comics-awb (talk) 16:14, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: WikiProject Comics B-Class Assesment required

message: As this B-Class article has yet to receive a review, it has been rated as C-Class. If you disagree and would like to request an assesment, please visit Wikipedia:WikiProject_Comics/Assessment#Requesting_an_assessment and list the article. Hiding T  13:52, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: C-Class rated for Comics Project
Talk:Burdekin River

message: *Expert support for Queensland pipe link 13/03/2009
*
gioto (talk) 03:16, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: mentions diverting water from this river to victoria

message: The following coordinate fixes are needed for Burdekin River
Coordinates are listed as North of the equator. Should be south. 
—101.172.255.234 (talk) 09:26, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Already  by User:Shiftchange. Deor (talk) 17:50, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coordinate error 
Talk:San Lorenzo de El Escorial

message: It has no sense to merge the two articles, because they're two diferent municipalities with diferent mayor, although they limit each other and their names have the word el escorial--Madalino 21:52, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

message: I detected a mistake: in the Mount abantos ther is no American Beech, but European Beech (Fagus sylvatica), trees planted from seeds coming from Tierra de Cameros beech forests (mountains of La Rioja). I have been several years in charge of the gardening at the Arboretum Luis Ceballos, half a mile from the old beech trees. Among the alloctonous trees planted there during the late 19th. Century are Northamerican pines as Pinus jeffreyi, Pinus coulteri and Pinus sabiniana88.27.128.126 (talk) 18:17, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Translation 

message: Appears to either be vandalized (slightly) or to have been poorly, poorly translated from the same section of the Spanish article.  Needs serious cleaning.96.239.94.159 (talk) 06:59, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed.  Edited to proper English grammar based on the Spanish article.63.118.154.72 (talk) 18:47, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

text: Agreed. The grammar is appalling.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Acasson (talk • contribs) 09:56, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Festivals and traditions Needs Serious Work 