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Wikipedia talk:Requests for comment/Pastorrussell

message: Can you provide a definition or link?
See:
Internet troll and Wikipedia:Troll Stirling Newberry 19:57, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: So it's a troll whose activity is directed at pushing a POV? Tearlach 20:06, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: What is a "Pove troll"

message: A distinterested observer, completely. I'm basically ignorant about the article's subject, JW, and other aspects of this dispute. That said, I'm becoming a dedicated Wikipedian, and what I see here troubles me. Here are some comments.
* No one who is a partisan should edit an article from an advocacy point of view.
* Wikipedians take a dim view of statements that mainstream encyclopedias or other factual sources are unqualified to be cited because the persons who prepared them are known advocates for a hostile POV. 
* NPOV tags should NEVER be removed without broad consensus.
::  I agree.  This has happened often enough that I think it should become a policy. Robert McClenon 11:12, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  A difficult issue 

message: User:Pastorrussell seems to be using User:PastorRussell to make edits, where previously he only used it for discussion. I suppose this should be mentioned in the RfC. --K. AKA Konrad West TALK 06:21, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Only in the signature. There's currently no edit history for . He has made some edits as . Tearlach 12:41, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dual user names
Talk:ICQ

message: re: "On December 28, 2018, ICQ stopped working on unofficial clients." Can anyone verify this? ICQ continues to work for me on Pidgin Denovoid (talk) 12:21, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: They dropped old auth scheme, so some clients (unofficial and official like 2003b) are stopped work. Pidgin uses new scheme. But if ICQ owner (Mail.ru corp) in the future disable the old protocol (OSCAR) entirely, pidgin will die (and will need to implement a new protocol - WIM). 109.172.108.69 (talk) 17:48, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

message: The section about features reads as an advertisement. For example: 
"When logging into an account, the chat can be accessed from any device thanks to cloud synchronization"
Thanks to? 
There seem to be a lot of these redundant words in the text that aren't that objective. 82.168.248.250 (talk) 08:13, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reads as an ad?
Talk:Marvin Bower

message: Adding the  tag to the article, 130.82.165.210 wrote:This is a very one-sided view providing a hymn-like praise for a rather doubtful man. It was presumably written by a McKinsey consultant. A more balanced view and focus on biographical details should be put in this place.I (MementoVivere) have moved this to the talk page, where it belongs, so that it can be discussed. I neither endorse nor oppose this view.
:I've never seen an NPOV tag that's been up for eight months before. In any case, I agree that the last paragraph needs to go. The sentence: "He protested being named one by BusinessWeek as one of the top businesspeople of the 20th century on the grounds that he was a professional, not a businessman, could probably stay if it was sourced, but I'm not leaving it as is. Since nobody's made a comment here since the tag's been added, I'm going to delete the offending paragraph and remove the tag without further discussion. --djrobgordon 23:57, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Nothing offensive about the paragraph, so I reinserted it. I also included a number of online references to substantiate it. I haven't run across anyone who said that Marvin (yes, I knew him) was "doubtful." Even people who are critical of McKinsey are respectful of him. --Leifern 23:21, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: NPOV

message: Stumbled across this. Bower's important role in the development of the field of management consulting has been documented in a variety of sources -- a quick Google shows up commentary at Consulting Magazine, the BBC, and various other presumably independent business sites, as well as through McKinsey. So I don't quite understand what NPOV issues prompted a gutting of anything beyond pure biographic details. Can someone point me to some controversy to indicate that the view originally presented prior to Djrobgordon's edits was truly one-sided? Otherwise I propose to (in a few months, to give a chance for someone to respond) bring back the deleted content and merely tone down some of the laudatory adjectives. Martinp 18:34, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Going too far 

message: Currently only Wikiquotes leads to a result. Lacking the expertise to add only one sisterlink, I used the complete template as is done in the Al Core article. Despite the large gap in publicly qvailable material, I think we are going to hear more about Marvin Bower, the professional. His occupation as a leader of consultants to top businesspersons depended on confidentiality. Bernd in Japan 02:35, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added the sisterlinks template
Talk:TeraGrid

message: This could be NPOV improved, but I'm not convinced it deserves speedy. It looks noteworthy. I will re-examine at first opportunity if someone else doesn't first. Manning 02:29, July 21, 2005 (UTC)
*Since they're not selling anything, this isn't advertising. The article needs some work, but it is certainly legit. Removing speedy tag. Denni☯ 03:09, 2005 July 21 (UTC)
Trying to be neutral...definitely not 'selling' anything.  The TeraGrid is funded by public funds, and so the more the public knows about it the better they can 'see their tax dollars at work.'  I added some detail about technical architecture and a statement about who can access TeraGrid and how.  Cec 16:11, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Sure, but we also deserve a neutral article with cited sources. There seem to be a fair number of published papers etc. W Nowicki (talk) 22:24, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

message: According to the TeraGrid website "After 10 years of service to the national science and engineering community, the TeraGrid project has come to an end. It is succeeded by a new National Science Foundation program called XSEDE -- the Extreme Science and Engineering Digital Environment. See www.xsede.org for information." See also The Dawn of XSEDE... The article should summarize the recent transition to the new program. --mikeu talk 13:32, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: At first I thought it was just a new project name for the same thing (perhaps "grid" is no longer trendy?). But it seems to have moved from Chicago to U of Illinois. So probably anotehr article for the new one? Following the guideline to avoid abbreviations, I vote the new one should be Extreme Science and Engineering Digital Environment. Too bad it reduces to an unpronouncible acronym; TeraGrid was much better sounding at any rate. W Nowicki (talk) 22:24, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  TeraGrid -> XSEDE
Talk:Direct sum of groups

message: I believe what is described here is more accurately called the internal direct product of groups. The direct sum of groups occurs when you take the direct product and restrict so that all but finitely many coordinates are zero (identity). I personally dislike this terminology because it implies that the direct sum construction is a coproduct in the category of groups. This is not even true for the category of finite groups. In any case this article should redirect to Direct product of groups. Revolver 02:43, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Problems

message: Right now, the lead is much too long. Many details need to be moved from the lead into the body of the article. Bender2k14 (talk) 18:45, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  The lead is too long 

message: I am not an expert in this field, but to me the article is confusing.
 * in other words, G is generated by the subgroups {Hi}.
Following the link one doesn't learn what it means that a group is "generated" by a set of groups. Probably what is meant is what is explained in the section "Generalization to sums over infinite sets" so that the definition there of the "external" direct sum should be taken as the actual definition of what the article is about.
 * Loosely speaking, a direct sum is isomorphic to a weak direct product of subgroups.
Qualifying the well understood concept of a direct product with the word "weak" does not bring any deeper insight to me. Nowhere else on Wikipedia one will find a hint as to how to understand "weak" in this context. Drop this sentence.
 * Thus, in a sense, the direct sum is an "internal" external direct sum.
In which sense? One can find on Wikipedia this definition of an "internal" direct sum, but it doesn't match the present use of the word.
Any expert, please have a look.
Kai Neergård (talk) 11:18, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  An expert should have a look 

message: This article is sort of confused with three distinctions. One is just terminology. "Sum" seems more common for the abelian case versus "Product" for non-abelian. The second is internal versus external direct product/sum. The third is the infinite index set business, where the categorical sum (coproduct) and categorical product diverge.
I think these are all already covered more clearly on the direct product of groups page. I don't see what this article adds. I'd say just redirect it. --206.214.242.230 (talk) 16:17, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  terminology
Talk:Piper PA-38 Tomahawk

message: I've just reverted for the second time the implied claim that the NACA—dissolved in 1958—was conducting airfoil research in the early 1970s.  I've also added a reference—to a NASA source on the matter—and so I hope this will end the NACA business.  But, just for later reference, in case this comes back again, two other sources:
http://pdf.aiaa.org/preview/1977/PV1977_312.pdf
http://pdf.aiaa.org/preview/1976/PV1976_217.pdfSkipperPilot 15:43, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: NASA vs. NACA

message: I have heard this epithet applied to the PA-38 by three different owners as well as a number of former PA-38 renter pilots. It seems to be a point of pride.  Ahunt 18:18, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: "Terrorhawk" is also not uncommon!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.125.45.246 (talk) 17:08, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: At one time we had a whole list of these names in the article, but the rest were removed as unsourced. If you can provide a reliable reference we can include this. - Ahunt (talk) 18:46, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Traumahawk

message: Regarding , you were absolutely right, I assumed some 2nd hand info I had gotten was right and didn't check source.  It IS rated for spins, I'll be darned. - Chairboy 03:25, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Spins
Talk:Dephasing

message: Should this be split into two separate articles? Discuss. -- œ™ 05:09, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: This is not two topics, it is one topic described by two different people. I find the second description by-and-large clearer. --Steve (talk) 14:04, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Two topics?
Talk:Speaking in Tongues (Talking Heads album)

message: Technically this was original research - I went and looked at mine (yeah, I'm so cool).  It's not a picture disc, so I sort of described it in the article. Huw Powell (talk) 00:19, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rauschenberg 

message: The article mentions that "Burning Down the House" was a substantial hit single, and that "This Must be the Place" was also released as a single. The Chart Performance section only includes an entry for "This Must be the Place". Is there a reason for this? Did "Burning" predate the album, or could no-one find a reference for the song's US chart position? I would fix it myself, but the omission seems too obvious to be an accident. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 12:40, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Speaking in Tongues was released on June 1, 1983. "Burning Down the House"  was released in July 1983. I have added its chart place with a source. Thanks. 86.187.227.246 (talk) 18:35, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Singles
Talk:Gotthard Base Tunnel

message: As seen at the end of this SBB article there are pictures of the incident. Does anyone know if these are ok to post on the page. There is no information about if you can use them but news agencies have in their articles. It isn't like we can go and get pictures ourselves as the incident is in the tunnel and not accesible to the public. Thanks. PHOTOSBYOK (talk) 18:57, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pictures of incident from SBB 

message: So someone decided to add a derailment section under history when this topic was already covered under "incidents" many days prior. Do people not read? PHOTOSBYOK (talk) 19:37, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Two derailment sections 

message: maybe an error on "Route overview" scheme
i think the "Route overview" scheme show errors about the way direction of the trains; for what i know usually on the left (west) tunnel the trains run from south to north, and on the right (east) tunnel in the opposite way (north to south), matching the way of runs from the english drive system (Left-hand traffic "LHT") 
the scheme show instead some "arrows" that let think the trains runs in the opposite way.
some verify is required.
151.68.120.204 (talk) 10:42, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  maybe an error on "Route overview" scheme
Talk:Huayna Potosí

message: Like most articles about mountains, this one is written from a mountain climber's point of view. I'd like to see some cultural issues discussed. What does the mountain's name mean? Does it have any geographical significance? Do its glaciers feed any rivers or reservoirs? —MiguelMunoz (talk) 09:38, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eponym 

message: I removed the following statement.
:The actual height of the mountain is subject of discussion. The official height is 6088m but almost all who summit report a height around 6110m.
There are several problems with it. First, no mention is given of who reported these different heights or how they measured it. Even measurements with GPS can be off by more than 20 meters. Second, there's no supporting citation for the claim. In other words, it's hearsay. Despite my concerns, I would have let it be, if there was a citation supporting the claim. -- KarlHallowell (talk) 21:15, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  No factual basis or citation for height quibble
Template talk:Same-sex marriage in Canada

message: I reorganized this to put the articles on top and have it be an all-encompassing template for Gay rights vs solely SSM. Ardenn 20:31, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Reorganized

message: On April 11, 2006, NTK removed the provincial/territorial flags from the top left corner of each article entitled "Same-sex marriage in ..." I tend to favour keeping the flags, but don't have a strong opinion. However, I think that it would be best to have a consensus first.
Wuzzy 03:35, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the provincial/territorial flags should be put back. Ardenn 03:54, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: As to the third and completely separate issue of why I removed the provincial flags from all these articles.  I feel more strongly that this should be an uncontroversial move.  First of all, left-aligned wraparound inline images should be avoided in general if possible.  There's already a template taking up the top-right-hand corner which is why it was left-aligned.  But the end result is that we have all these articles on "Same sex marriage in "X": province" and the first thing you see is a big picture of the provincial flag in the top left corner of the article.  It has nothing to do with same sex marriage—the main theme of these articles, it adds no content to the article, it could as easily be about "The cheeses of New Brunswick" or "Green Party activism in the Yukon Territory" as same-sex marriage.  If the flags could be worked in somewhere in a more relevant and aesthetic manner, it would make sense. NTK 04:51, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

text: I agree that the flags didn't really work well in the top left corner.  If they were replaced, I would suggest the right side under the template, but I don't think they add much to the article.--Trystan 22:24, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I am against including the flags; they add nothing to the article, and make the formatting slightly uglier. —Nightstallion (?) Seen this already? 14:32, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Note that this is now an official guideline in the manual of style at WP:FLAG.  This may affect the template as it exists now also, I don't know. NTK (talk) 06:20, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Should provincial/territorial flags be included in provincial/territorial articles?

message: I'm not sure if this should be categorized in the subcategory :Category:Canadian politics and government navigational boxes. --Usgnus 22:38, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Categorization
Talk:Bianca Beauchamp

message: The article states that the movie "is slated for a wide release in North America on January 29, 2008". Shouldn't that be updated? Unfortunately I don't know anything about it. 84.182.82.66 (talk) 00:03, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  All Access 

message: I've removed the image as not fair use.  The magazine appearance isn't covered in the article in a non-trivial way.brenneman {L}  06:33, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fair use 

message: I've removed some links per the guideline. - brenneman {L}  06:33, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links 

message: I don't think that the current picture is appropriate for an encyclopedia. It is far too sexual and obviously intended to arouse. As a concerned mother of three, I feel that this far too sexual picture should be removed. Thank you. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.240.77.169 (talk • contribs) 16:56, 17 October 2006  (UTC)
Wikipedia is not censored.--64.121.58.43 03:53, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I would like to remind you that Wikipedia is not censored for minors. --Eastlaw (talk) 04:22, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Sexual Photograph

message: The article needs more images and more info. However it is very good, though why did the picture change? Why do people make changes without a good reason. Wiki is now being censored?--Margrave1206 17:28, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  You are right it is there, I remeber the older version on the page and it had more links, I looked into the history and it was gone. I am not sure why people keep taking links out.--Margrave1206 16:51, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  More images? 

message: Ms. Beauchamp has a number of piercings that I believe are of note.
I believe there should be a list of her piercings cause they seem to have an effect on what type of posing she does.
She may exploit her nipple piercings in one photo set and her vaginal piercong in the next.
Anyway I think we should include the list. AD Double J 01:10, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Piercings? 

message: Who can remove the info box from requesting more primary sources? Is there an official process for it?Per SELFPUB for an established article, under further conditions, selfpublished sources are acceptable.Rikapt (talk) 01:35, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Primary sources box
Talk:List of North Carolinians

message: There only needs to be one page about famous people from NC. Acidskater 02:50, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have now proposed this page for speedy deletion. I would have merged it but the other page had all of the names on this page plus more, so this only needs to be deleted. Acidskater 22:29, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge with [[List of people from North Carolina]]
Talk:Illimani

message: For the song "Illimani" that is referred to in the article - does anyone know whom it is from? That would be useful to know... Fangchen 06:43, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I really don't believe the claim that Illimani is an extinct volcano. That's contradicted by the Yossi Brain reference I just added, for one thing. The article includes Simkin and Siebert, which is pretty authoritative, as a source, but I have a hunch that the source has been misinterpreted. So I'll try to get my hands on a copy of S&S myself and see what it really says. -- Spireguy 20:45, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Volcano? 

message: The meaning of Illimani is given as "Golden Eagle," but this conflicts with the story given in Cantua buxifolia (the national flower of Bolivia). While Bolivia certainly has gold and probably has eagles, it doesn't have Golden Eagles, the range of which doesn't reach South America. Does anyone have a reference? —MiguelMunoz (talk) 08:49, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't see the conflict. "Golden eagle" is just the current name given to Aquila chrysaetos in english, and that fact has nothing to do with this story. The king in the Aymara legend is named "Eagle Made of Gold", thus "Golden Eagle" is a proper translation. That is without reference to an actual kind of eagles, just as Crazy Horse was named without reference to an actual kind of horses.Comu_nacho (spanish speaker) (talk) 01:38, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eponym 

message: Why is the elevation not given in the lede?  --D Anthony Patriarche (talk) 19:06, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Height
Talk:Avobenzone

message: I'm sure Wikipedia has a formal method of presenting chemicals, with formulas, etc. but I don't know it right now.  Page needs some cleaning up.  Carax 05:15, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: "  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.247.199.50 (talk) 13:52, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Is it really safer than oxybenzone???

message: Unfortunately, Paula Begoun is not a good source when it comes to avobenzone as she refuses to aknowledge the photo(in)stability issues. Will add sources and do a writeup as soon as I finish the Tinosorb article. -- Emp² 19:40, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that avobenzone and titaium dioxide are ued in combination.  i will remove this from the article.
should mention of helioplex be made here? EBMdoc (talk) 01:02, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stability issues 

message: In the Safety section, it is claimed that avobenzone "is still the only FDA approved UVA filter (up to 3% concentration.[8]" However, the reference denoted by [8] is this article, which contradicts the claim when going over a list of the FDA's currently approved sunscreens: "The UV-A filters are avobenzone and zinc oxide, which is also a good UV-B filter."
Also, in the History section, there are several uncited patent and approval dates: "Avobenzone was patented in 1973 and was approved in the EU in 1978. It was approved by the FDA in 1988." Thus, I believe this page needs to be edited to fix the false claim that avobenzone is the only FDA approved UVA filter and add sources to the patent and approval dates. I'm new to Wikipedia, so I'm hesitant to make these changes independently, but I'd be happy to learn how or at least prompt someone else to do so. YunoAlexia2001 (talk) 22:18, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Patent & approval issues
Talk:1,8-Bis(dimethylamino)naphthalene

message: I suggest we move this page to 1,8-bis(dimethylamino)naphthalene, since I don't like the idea of having the main name of a page being a trademark name of a company.  All the major organic lab suppliers sell it under its chemical name.  Proton-sponge can remain as a redirect.  Any objections? Walkerma 05:23, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with your suggestion. If no one else objects, please go ahead and make that change. Tomgally 21:49, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The link is for the ethanol msds (the external links section refers to ethanol).
Link needs to be corrected. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.52.172.167 (talk) 17:32, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  bad link for msds 

message: Under "Reactions" - what the heck is "trimethylated Proton-sponge"?  Is this a reference to the penta-methyl species?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:2000:7100:BA00:5B1:1D13:6547:AD86 (talk) 02:16, 26 June 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed the statement.--Smokefoot (talk) 11:59, 26 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  nonsensical statement