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Talk:Grater

message: Does Lysistrata (mentioned in "See also") has something to do with graters?--193.124.238.46 19:30, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lysistrata 

message: What's "Eastern America" mentioned in the article  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.217.156.9 (talk) 03:11, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eastern America 

message: "It was invented by François Boullier in the 1540s."
"The cheese grater was invented by Issac Hunt in the 1540s "
Well?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.195.142.1 (talk) 13:13, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It now says "Isaac Cox" in the second reference to its invention. Looks like someone is messing with this page. I've changed it to François Boullier because "Isaac Cox" is clearly a joke but for all I know the joke could have been inspired by the name "Isaac Hunt" which might not have been inaccurate. Unfortunately this will probably see much more vandalism due to the lack of a citation. I've browsed the internet to try and clarify the issue but to no avail. Every website (which is clearly copying straight out of this wiki page anyway) states the inventor as François Boullier save for one, which claims it is disputed between François Boullier and Isaac Hunt. They might have just fallen for it. ZomgPancakes (talk) 16:37, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inventor 

message: "The focus on the marketing was that it improved food and made it greater. This is where the name cheese "grater" came from."
I'm pretty sure "grater" comes from the verb "to grate", meaning to rub against or scrape, from the French "gratter" which literally means "to scrape". 69.46.164.109 (talk) 20:52, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: That looks like some old vandalism with a spurious source. I have removed it wholesale. Just plain Bill (talk) 00:01, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Word Origin 

message: I randomly read this page and the History section must be a joke - this Francois Bullier did not invent the cheese grater in the 1500's, the very idea is absurd. Cheese graters are ancient, I know they were used by the Etruscans in the Iron Age, and I wouldn't be surprised if they're even older. I don't have any sources - I don't normally edit pages or submit stuff on talk pages, but when I read that claim I just had to say something.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.169.138.146 (talk) 16:27, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: There's a "cheese-grater" (τυρόκνηστις) mentioned in Aristophanes's Wasps, which dates from the 400s BCE. 148.85.246.225 (talk) 15:25, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Surely Graters were around before Francois Bullier?
Talk:Mark McGhee

message: The article has a lot of headings and sub-headings with minimal content - perhaps this could be condensed into smaller sections?
A heading for speculation is not something seen elsewhere, for example. Fedgin | Talk 13:08, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed... so I've merged "speculation" with "Motherwell". robwingfield «T•C» 20:45, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Sections
Talk:Mark McKinney

message: I think that Mark McKinney had the most expert comedic expressions on his face that could make any one fall down laughing, few people have the blessed talent to command the power over people of laughing so hard, it would make one's ribs hurt   Berniethomas68 20:36, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Cybernetics (disambiguation)

message: Okay, my edit  was reverted so perhaps I'd better explain my intent.  WP:WINAD says "Wikipedia is not in the business of saying how words, idioms, etc., should be used", and 'improperly' and 'erroneously' made my POV meter twitch.  Using the word cybernetics to describe mechanical implants may be 'improper' according to the original definition, but that's how people use it.  Wikipedia should describe, not prescribe.  Unless anyone can think of a compelling reason to keep the current wording, I'm going to redo the edit.  —164.55.254.106 16:59, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments
Talk:Mark McNulty

message: The 1992 Zimbabwe Open was part of the Safari circuit not the Sunshine Tour. See Spoornet Classic article which was played the same week and http://www.sunshinetour.info/tic/tmtic.cgi?ticformat=4~archives=y~season=192S~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ which doesn't mention the event. Also https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results/1992-01-01/1992-12-31?basicsearch=%22zimbabwe%20open%22%20safari&exactsearch=false&retrievecountrycounts=false says "... the Zimbabwe Open golf championship at the weekend but remains behind Ballater’s Lee Vannet in the overall African Safari money-winners’ list." Nigej (talk) 10:57, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  1992 Zimbabwe Open
Talk:NITEL (Nigerian company)

message: You got work to do here. NITEL's monopoly ended a long time ago. There more than 15 telecom operators in Nigeria at present. And the country's telephone lines which were 400000 when NITEL was the only operator is now in excess of 20 million. (from an unknown user, comments left on article page)
* I'll be working on updating this page later this week to reflect this, as well as NITEL's sale. Rjhatl 17:00, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Need for page updates
Talk:Baronetage of England

message: The Order here is now date. List of baronetcies in the Baronetage of England includes extinct baronetcies and is alphabetical. - Kittybrewster 19:56, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Now sorted by the number in the first column.  Please double-check the ones with a year only.  Laura1822 01:44, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Order
Talk:List of Floral Magician Mary Bell episodes

message: # The lead needs more information about the original broadcast of the show, including on what stations. Ratings information would also be good. 
# In what sense is the division into two seasons accurate, given there's no break between them? -- it's the regular weekly schedule all the way through. It's not at all uncommon for anime to change EP (and OP) music/titles partway through a season.
Anyway, I've filled in the rest of the episodes and formatted it using the standard wikitable templates for anime. —Quasirandom (talk) 00:37, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I note that the Japanese wikipedia page for the series does not divide the episodes into two seasons. I'm combining them. —Quasirandom (talk) 05:41, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  TBD
Talk:Mark Morriss

message: The intro still needs some work. It's "He is" central at the moment. - Dudesleeper /  Talk 14:40, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Introduction 

message: The Guardian is running a story describing violent behaviour towards Mr Moriss’s ex wife resulting in police caution for “throttling” her. Should this be included in the main article? Ashley Payne (talk) 10:01, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: The allegations were widely reported in the national news and Mr Moriss responded to them in the national news. Usually something like that would feature on someone's Wikipedia page. 92.233.43.244 (talk) 09:28, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Domestic abuse? 

message: {{edit semi-protected|Mark Morriss|answered=yes}
I request that the information regarding allegations of domestic abuse on the Personal Life section of this page be deleted. This is an ongoing legal matter and could prove influential to any future court judgements. 92.16.6.184 (talk) 13:22, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia simply reports on other reliable sources. It is not an originator of content and therefore is not influential in legal matters in the way you suggest. QuiteUnusual (talk) 13:29, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 24 November 2021
Talk:Perfect Circle (novel)

message: "It also may have influenced the name of a popular band called A Perfect Circle"
I'd like to know how that's possible, seeing as how the book was published in '04 and the band formed around '99... removed.
It's possible, if Stewart were already writing the book in 99, and was acquainted with any band members.  But unless sourced it is appropriate to have removed it.  Felisse 17:19, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Mark Murphy (American football executive)

message: What's with this statement?
And he has an amazing daughter who is an amazing person.
That may be true, but how does it assist this article?
WAVY 10 17:04, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Violation?

message: The Infobox was listing Mr. Murphy's birthplace as Fulton, New York, while the body of the article states it's Williamsville, New York.  Googling turns up results for both.  I changed the Infobox to read Williamsville.  If anyone has definite information to the contrary, please change both links to either Fulton, Oswego County, New York or Fulton, Schoharie County, New York as appropriate. Nick Number (talk) 13:56, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: A further note: Mark Murphy (singer) was born in Fulton, Oswego County, New York.  Perhaps this is what caused the confusion. Nick Number (talk) 14:06, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birthplace
Talk:Mark Murphy (singer)

message: In the section "Early Life" Murphy is only referred to as "Lad", however this name comes out of the blue -- at no previous (or later) point in the article is he referred to by this name, except in the section "Quotes about Mark Murphy"
I think it would be appropriate to cite a source or at least mention that he goes by this nickname of "Lad" before using it to refer to him.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by D.a.gutierrez (talk • contribs) 23:30, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who is "Lad"?
Talk:Mark Nicholas

message: Is it just me, or does the Playing Career section sound rather flowery with rather less than one would expect from a "playing career" synopsis? Cyril Washbrook 05:46, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Swashbuckling, suave and urbane are here being used as code words. They mean that he was a slogger with a propensity for amour propre. In short, flash. Sounds about right to me. --OhNoPeedyPeebles (talk) 18:08, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Swashbuckling", "suave", "urbane" 

message: "He served as anchor during the Ashes of 2005 for Channel 4, producing several memorable commentary lines, demonstrating genuine excitement and elation at the events he was describing. The most famous was:
"Oh! Stephen Harmison, with a slower ball; one of the great balls! Given the moment, given the batsman and given the match, that is a staggering gamble that's paid off for Harmison. He bowled it perfectly" after Harmison's slower ball dismissed Michael Clarke at the end of Saturday's play in the 2nd Test at Edgbaston.
Others include, "Crikey O'Reilly!" after a Kevin Pietersen six, "Beauty, yes! Magnificent cricket from this man" after Andrew Flintoff had Ricky Ponting caught behind, and "Oh, yes! That's that, Andrew Flintoff is very special!" after Flintoff wrapped up Australia's innings, also at the 2nd Test at Edgbaston.
During the 3rd Test at Old Trafford, his particularly insightful "That is very good" after Simon Jones's dismissal of Michael Clarke after the ball, which looked to be a safe leave, cut back and knocked over the batsman's off stump. He also gave a memorable description of Ricky Ponting being out on the final day at Old Trafford. When umpire Billy Bowden put up the finger, Nicholas shouted "He's given it out! Out! Ricky Ponting is out!"
It must be noted however that Nicholas now expresses similar elation at home wickets with his new Australian employers, for example he "couldn't see" in his words, that Australian batsman Brett Lee was lbw to English spinner Monty Panesar in the 2006/07 Ashes, even though replays showed it to be "plumb". His signature cry is "By Heaven!" whenever something remarkable happens during play (usually a six-hit), although this has been scarcely used in the 2006/07 Ashes series. He is also notable for the saying, "That's maximum" when a six has been hit."
What the hell is this? No citations, sweeping statements, and frankly doubtful value. It almost sounds like parody.
Actually, this entire page is not cited. Aren't there rules about that?
:Blast, forgot to sign this. Anyway, it's been a while and nobody has said anything, so I've gone ahead and removed it. 121.45.31.233 (talk) 01:58, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dreadful
Talk:Mark Noll

message: This article seems rather lopsided in how much it deals with Noll's views on Creationism.  It's like someone popped in and added some info about their favorite hobby horse.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.44.130.8 (talk) 20:59, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Mark O'Shea (herpetologist)

message: It would seem the information in the last Paragraph about his career is not correct. The Cobra did not actually bite him but got his shoe and the venom passed through and entered existing abrasions on his foot. The person whom this is about contacted me about this but I do not write Bios so wanted to bring this to the attention of the Bio Portal. I have a copy (pdf) of an article from Guiness Book of Records (2018) where the subject of this page discusses the incident, I have made a pdf of it here. Will link this on the Portal also. Cheers Scott Thomson (Faendalimas) talk 13:36, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect Information
Talk:Helen Hughes (economist)

message: The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Edofedinburgh 02:40, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography/Assessment#Class_parameter|Biography assessment rating]] comment 
Talk:Mark Palmer (diplomat)

message: The description is vague and needs source Tastychomps (talk) 13:28, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  What organization?
Talk:Mark Parnell

message: Not sure if you've noticed, but compared with the Family First pollies (Robert Brokenshire and Dennis Hood), the pages for Mark Parnell and Tammy Franks are tiny. This is surprising given the Greens tend to get around 13% of the vote, whereas FFP only get around 5%. There needs to be increased referencing, academic rigor, and content. Twigfan (talk) 10:31, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you have a good reference in mind or were you just thinking of linking to policy statements? Donama (talk) 23:25, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: What the contributor should understand is that we don't have twice as much article content for the Greens as the FFP, and five times as much for major party MPs. It just doesn't work like that. Those that are the most controversial or noteable will get the largest articles. I'd say it all speaks for itself really. Timeshift (talk) 05:41, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: But it still doesn't make sense the Robert Brokenshire and Dennis Hood articles can be sourced like crazy, whereas Mark Parnell and Tammy Franks has essentially nothing. I'd concur with User:Donama and say, we just link to their policy statements? Twigfan (talk) 07:32, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Greens pages really need to be rallied
Talk:Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II

message: I think some of the flags showing the nationality of the constructors companies are wrong?
I also deleted a spam comment on here.Greg hill 03:33, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Wrong Flags

message: If you won a race in this game it used to have speech which to me is unrecognizable. I never had any idea what it said...
Maggoty (talk) 04:24, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Regarding the Master System version of this game
Talk:Mark Pellington

message: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4LBvhBQWr8 --Ifrit 11:00, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  A video by him 
Talk:Transnational Corporation of Nigeria

message: It looks like the page was nominated for speedy deletion in June, it looks like the company (or its chair) might have paid people to edit it? Is there more detail on what happened? It seems odd that a page would end up in the deletion process without any discussion here on the talk page about what happened. Saying that Transcorp isn't notable and the article should be deleted is a great example of systemic bias in Wikipedia - just because people outside of Nigeria haven't heard about them doesn't mean that they're not notable in Nigeria. Rjhatl (talk) 04:27, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Speedy deletion? 

message: I just created this as a stub to remind me to come back later this week and add more information. This is a new company that's in the news a lot in Nigeria. Rjhatl 17:08, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  More information needed
Talk:Mark Pesce

message: Just curious, is a tweet by the subject a good source (http://twitter.com/mpesce/status/5028143980)?? Is it even relevant? In this case the tweet is simply a greeting?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Willbennett2007 (talk • contribs) 14:57, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Not sure if Pesce has an official Twitter account . Wikipedia's policy is not to cite blogs, facebook, myspace or twitter - unless you can cite this account with a secondary source. (Obvious reasons being that anybody could just make this account 'posing' as him) Thanks for sharing. Jason (talk) 16:00, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Twitter

message: Guess it's worthy of registering here in Talk as additional context: INTRODUCTION. Please note: from a country, not a continent.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.10.28.73 (talk) 21:23, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  What month [https://groups.google.com/group/comp.infosystems.announce/msg/b4716b74bdc9569f?dmode=source&output=gplain&noredirect it] was called VRML?
Talk:List of The Rose of Versailles episodes

message: I have just finished adding in summaries of every single ROV episode. Just a notice. Nights1stStar 22:37, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notice 
Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Terrorists of Pakistani origin

message: *One user one vote - User 12.40.163.4 has tried to vote thrice on this page.  here  and here .Bakaman Bakatalk 23:19, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Sockpuppets

message: Just a prediction, but if I understand the dynamics of AfD right this will be closd as a no-consensus as enough people have "voted" keep. In recent days I have become greatly disillusioned with AfD. Although it isn't a vote, people continue to view and treat it as one. To a casual observe this seems to be split exactly down the middle, and the sockpuppetry certainly isn't adding to the clarity. — Kaustuv Chaudhuri 20:31, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks like my pessimism was misplaced. — Kaustuv Chaudhuri 16:28, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed, I disagree with half of the closing statement but AfD isn't a vote so the incorrect counting by the admin to determine consensus doesn't matter (I made it 18-17 keep not inc blatant socks).  The weight of argument does matter, and that's the half of the closing statement I can accept even if I disagree with the argument itself. MLA 08:44, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Not to worry; verified information will eventually be categorized in the appropriate manner, so there will be no loss of data. —Viriditas | Talk 09:03, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  AfD dynamics
Talk:Politics of Abkhazia

message: "de jure" or "de facto" ? I say to have only the official one which is in this case only "de jure" version.  Georgianis  |  (t) 17:10, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Both. —Khoikhoi 17:14, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  There is significant de facto side, with separatist wing. Its part of politics of Abkhazia, just like Armenian in Karabakh, Russians in Transmestiya, Chechens in Chechnya and so on. Ldingley 17:18, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: "Partially Recognised" has to be used, as it is used for Taiwan, Karabagh is not the same. And Ldingley word "seperatist" is wrong and fascist.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.236.50.123 (talk) 16:19, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: ''de jure''

message: "Executive branch of the de facto separatist government" is incorrect. It's not that the government is "de facto separatist"that it's to be considered "separatist" is objective. It's the independence that's de facto. Actually, it's now beyond that, because they are now already recognized by two countries. PasswordUsername (talk) 11:30, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Branch
Talk:Mark Richards (surfer)

message: this page could really use some sources, and some considerable help with the language. It clearly means well, but the language is more befitting a beach shack in Cairns than an encyclopedia. Started to edit it, but since none of it is sourced, and it's clearly mostly original research on a figure who I feel deserves this page (and better) I'm leaving it alone. Please someone work on it.Tao2911 (talk) 01:45, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Mark Ridley (zoologist)

message: A citation is needed on the quote that he is honored to be mistaken for Matt Ridley.  I am worried that the editor mixed this up - in the acknowledgments of The Red Queen Matt Ridley says that he is honored to be frequently mistaken for Mark Ridley.  Could this be the source of the quote?  Or does Mark Ridley say nearly the same thing?  
Also, Mendel's Demon and The Cooperative Gene are the same book.  I have edited the page to reflect that.  --Jdvelasc (talk) 18:02, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That would be funny if someone had mixed up a quote about them being mixed up! Richard001 (talk) 04:43, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Citations/mix up

message: I think, from clues in the content, that most of this page is unattributed content from elsewhere. My guess is, mostly from publishers' advertising material. I'm afraid it will all have to come out, except for the basic verifiable facts about his life and works. Before doing this, a pause for others to respond. Macdonald-ross (talk) 09:13, 9 June 2011 
(UTC)
:I am in agreement.  Is this something that you were planning on taking on as an expert in the field?  I have no expertise (stumbled across this article while doing some research), but I am happy to help clean it up.  Please let me know your thoughts.  --Jackson Peebles (talk) 04:39, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm happy to let you deal with it. Ridley is a noteworthy person, but the extraneous content can't be allowed to stand. Macdonald-ross (talk) 19:54, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unattributed content 

message: I note the following which seem to be mutually incompatible:
* Doctoral advisor stated to be Rchard Dawkins, but degree and awarding institution stated to be Cambridge University. Dawkins has been on the staff of the Oxford Zoology department since early 1970s.
* The link to the dissertation (dated 1987) is shown to be a D. Phil. (not Ph.D.) awarded by Oxford in 1982. A 1982 date is also more consonant with the subjects age.
* No evidence evinced for his education at Cambridge. I suspect this may have been his undergraduate degree, but can't find a citation.
In summary, Ridley clearly obtained a D.Phil from Oxford in 1982. This suggests a BA in 1979, and an MA in 1982/3 but it's not clear which university awarded the degree. Semudobia (talk) 13:10, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inconsistencies in education 

message: I deleted the last section of this page that was title "Conclusion". There is no "conclusion" to have in this type of page. I'm also very concerned about the level of writing that appears in this article. There are a lot of basic grammatical errors, personal/subjective judgments, incoherent sentences, etc. on this page. The "contributions" section is just a mess. I think it would be best if someone were to take it upon themselves to re-write this page from scratch. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bonusball (talk • contribs) 04:31, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I have trimmed vast swathes of puffery; it's still not great but it's a step at least. Jonathan A Jones (talk) 09:29, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Total re-write