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Talk:Dan Brown

message: Dear fellow Wikipedians,
In the first paragraph of the article, the closing sentence:
:"Four of [his books], Angels & Demons (2000), The Da Vinci Code (2003) and Inferno (2013) have been adapted into films."
There is an error here -- probably "Four" should be replaced by "Three". Could somebody with the rights to edit this please make the change? — Preceding unsigned comment added by CRau080 (talk • contribs) 22:39, 9 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Number of books adapted into films 

message: Would appreciate any information in the slightest that leads to proof a new novel is near to being completed thank you 2A02:C7F:4CEA:6900:D02F:9924:77DC:D67A (talk) 20:47, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  New works 

message: There should be a replacement for the opinion based opening statement on this page 2603:8080:BA07:B400:D0DF:20F9:6E2A:CEDF (talk) 03:55, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: What specifically do you think should be changed? Greyjoy talk 03:57, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bad opener
Talk:British Rail Class 307

message: The table layout hasn't worked properly, and some of the information is out of date - all the PCVs are now out of traffic after EWS lost the mail contract. (Our Phellap 21:17, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Can someone explain what the term "brute"  means in this sentence found under the second form top picture in the article? "British Railways class 307 train in plain blue livery and a brute at London Liverpool Street station". I have looked the word up in various places yet can't find an appropriate definition.Oxyman42 18:33, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's an acronym for British Rail Universal Trolley Equipment, and should be written in capitals.  I have edited to reflect this.  Hassocks5489 (talk) 18:44, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: BRUTE

message: The current article on the proposed Class 300 conversions of the Class 307 is an unsourced stub which could easily be added as a section of this page. No examples of the Class 300 were ever built and not much information exists about the proposal to justify a separate article. Eilidhmax (talk) 14:58, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Tagging in @Thryduulf and @Mattdaviesfsic for views after their involvement in the proposed deletion of the Class 300 article recently. Eilidhmax (talk) 15:04, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

text: *Support per nomination. XAM2175 (T) 15:27, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

text: * Support per nom. Mattdaviesfsic (talk) 16:23, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

text: * Support per my comments when deprodding. Thryduulf (talk) 18:17, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal: [[British Rail Class 300]]
Talk:Rutgers Preparatory School

message: Do not revert the modified infobox. The school infobox has been replaced with an improved version that presents information in a much more readable and understandable manner. Until the school infobox layout is improved universally, I request that these changes not be reverted. Bonked116 (talk) 01:02, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: While the modified infobox is certainly more visually appealing, its main defect is that it is completely and totally nonstandard. Any changes to this version of the infobox requires knowledge of HTML formatting and any modifications made to the formatting of the generic template will not take effect here. As such, I will restore the prior version of the infobox to conform to Wikipedia standards and conventions. Alansohn (talk) 01:20, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Infobox

message: I moved this from Rutgers preparatory school formed on 21FEB05 to Rutgers Preparatory School in light of the name being a proper noun pursuant to the Wikipedia:Naming conventions policy regarding capitalization in article titles. —ExplorerCDT 22:00, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Renaming

message: Michael Gottlieb (identified AIDS as new disease) should be added.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.165.131.49 (talk) 10:18, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Notables

message: When were African-American students officially permitted to attend Rutgers Prep? They still barely allow Black students to attend the school. This is important to understanding the history of Rutgers Prep, particularly, in a heavily segregated Northern state with a long history of slavery. Stevenmitchell (talk) 01:56, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  When Were People of Color Admitted
Talk:Black 47

message: Is Chris Byrne an "Irish expatriate", as this article seems to imply, or a person from New York City, as his own article is categorised?  Alai 18:46, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expatriates? 

message: I have added an "unreliable sources" tag to the article as there is too much heavy reliance placed upon local media (particularly print media), controversial news sources (such as Irish Central) and blogs ( and ). Some of these are fine if they are in the minority, but they are not. There are a few really good sources here, but there's also a lot of "reviews" and the like which are not very reliable as they are based off of opinion as opposed to fact. UaMaol (talk) 19:12, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unreliable sources
Talk:Cotswolds

message: I grew up in the Cotswolds (Painswick, Glos), and no, they are not described by people who live there as "south central England"; there is a strong identity with the South-West. That said, the northern end of the Cotswolds is more clearly "south midlands"; a Proper Printed Book to hand lists Gloucestershire and Worcestershire in something called "Lower Middle England", which sounds like an attempt at "southern midlands". The problem with "south central England" is that as shown on the outline map, to a person who thought that Wales was part of England, it does look right in the middle, but to a person who knows about Wales, the cotswolds are plainly to the west. To me, "south central" sounds more like the Isle of Wight or Hampshire, though the same PPB lists those under just "southern England", which seems reasonable. "Let's discuss!" Imaginatorium (talk) 11:36, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm from Stroud and would agree with the above. I do at the moment currently reside in Northamptonshire and especially in the Southwest of the county particularly in places like Brackley, Aynho and Croughton, it looks and feels very much like the northern Cotswolds in particular places like Stow and Moreton-in-Marsh. Be interested in hearing more thoughts on this to be honest. I supplied a link on an edit I did of a 'Natural England' National Character Area Profile which seems to suggest that the Cotswolds do extend from Somerset all the way to South-west Northamptonshire. I don't think it came through quite well when I added it, but was an interesting document nevertheless. http://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/file/4868690241650688 Stroudie91 (talk) 22:53, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds a bit like conversations around the Brecon Beacons (National Park) with some saying they're in mid Wales and some saying (at least largely) in South Wales - rather depends where you draw those boundaries and in truth they're best drawn in different places, if you're talking geology or dialect or economic ties or farming patterns and so forth. I'd suggest both landscapes, the one in England and the one in Wales are both places which help to separate what I shall loosely call regions and the description of their location might best take account of that. cheers Geopersona (talk) 16:31, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Geographical location of the Cotswolds 
Talk:Gothic script

message: Nearly 20 years to late to comment but in case someone sees this discussion and is misled. In type design, Gothic type (or computer font) means sans-serif, not blackletter. See for example Bell Gothic, Century Gothic, Franklin Gothic, Letter Gothic, News Gothic and so on. As the Sans-serif article explains:
The confusion is not unusual and continues with  goth culture. --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 13:32, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Not blackletter
Talk:Autism Awareness Campaign UK

message: I have reinstated the POV as the original changes were made to remove inappropriate biographical references to the Coreas (as they have their own entry). This article has strayed back towards POV territory and is in danger of soapboxing! Ed 08/09/05
:Is it satisfactory now? Computerjoe's talk 16:23, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks better to me - I've given it a copyedit as well. Thanks! Just another star in the night T | @ | C 16:59, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  WTF? 

message: *FAVOR--FRS 20:38, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge with [[Autism rights movement]]? 

message: :The following uncited info was removed:  SandyGeorgia (Talk) 13:59, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uncited removed  
Template talk:Infobox Railroad

message: Why was the template moved from Railroad to Infobox Railroad?  I can understand consistency with Infobox Biography, but who's going to update all of the train articles that use the template over the old name?  slambo 00:03, Mar 2, 2005 (UTC)
They don't have to be changed; the old name can still be used. --SPUI (talk) 13:45, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Why the move?

message: I don't think rail gauge is the correct term for the infobox.  When I see "rail gauge" I think of the weight of the rail itself (i.e. 70 pound per foot) while "track gauge" refers to the distance between the rails. slambo 20:49, Apr 8, 2005 (UTC)
Okay, the article is titled "rail gauge", but it still doesn't sound quite right. slambo 20:50, Apr 8, 2005 (UTC)
:Thanks for adding the above comment, I almost missed that due to the misleading edit summary and the edit being marked as minor.  I think we should either use "track gauge" or maybe just "gauge" (although the latter might be ambiguous).  JYolkowski 21:01, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Since no-one's disagreed, I'm reverting.  JYolkowski 23:32, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Rail gauge vs. track gauge
Talk:Technical Machine

message: I've removed this content from the article because, well, I don't think we really need it here at the Wikipedia. I think it's a bit too game guide-y for an encyclopedia... on the other hand, Wikibooks might be a pretty good home for it. Here's the data removed form the article, minus the header markup.
"List of TM's in Red/Blue/Yellow
TM 01 (Mega Punch)
Type: Normal<BR>
Base Damage: 80<BR>
Pokémon who can learn it: Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard, Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise, Pikachu, Raichu, Nidoqueen, Nidoking, Clefairy, Clefable, Jigglypuff, Wigglytuff, Psyduck, Golduck, Mankey, Primeape, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Abra, Kadabra, Alakazam, Machop, Machoke, Machamp, Geodude, Graveler, Golem, Slowbro, Gengar, Drowzee, Hypno, Cubone, Marowak, Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Lickitung, Rhydon, Chansey, Kangaskhan, Mr. Mime, Jynx, Electabuzz, Magmar, Snorlax, Mewtwo, Mew
TM 02 (Razor Wind)
Type: Normal<BR>
Base Damage: 80<BR>
Comments: Attacks in second turn<BR>
Pokémon who can learn it: Butterfree, Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot, Spearow, Fearow, Zubat, Golbat, Venonat (in Yellow), Venomoth, Farfetch'd, Kubuto (Yellow), Kabutops (Yellow), Aerodactyl, Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Dragonite, Mew
TM 03 (Sword Dance)
Type: Normal<BR>
Effect: Increases own Pokémon's Attack by 2<BR>
Pokémon who can learn it: Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard, Beedrill, Sandshrew, Sandslash, Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Paras, Parasect, Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel, Tentacool, Tentacruel, Farfetch'd, Krabby, Kingler, Lickitung, Tangela, Scyther, Magmar, Kabuto (in Yellow), Kabutops (in Yellow), Mew
TM 04 (Whirlwind)
Type: Normal<BR>
Effect: Ends battles with wild Pokémon immediately.<BR>
Pokémon who can learn it: Butterfree, Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot, Spearow, Fearow, Zubat, Golbat, Venonat (in Yellow),Venomoth, Farfetch'd, Doduo, Dodrio, Aerodactyl, Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Mew"
And that's what I have to say about that. --Sparky the Seventh Chaos 00:15, Mar 2, 2005 (UTC)
 
In my point of view Pokemon is rubbish  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.125.33.189 (talk) 17:34, 9 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Do we reall need a list of the TMs/HMs?
Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Internet background noise

message: I'm afraid the talk pages of VfDs don't get used.  If you want your comments to be read you'd better use the actual VfD page.  As for what to say there, if you want my advice, it's best to consult the deletion policy and then phrase your argument for keeping in terms of the policy. -- Antaeus Feldspar 01:36, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Talk:Probability-generating function

message: Some Wikipedia articles about discrete random variables such as "Geometric distribution" use the term "moment generating function" instead of "probability generating function".  So it would be useful to state that these are equivalent ideas in such cases.
edit; I don't mean "equivalent ideas".  I should say "related ideas".  My thought is that it would be useful to tell a reader if he can get the formula for the probability generating function by looking at the formula for the moment generating function since the articles favor giving the moment generating function.
:Can't this be merged into moment generating function? I can't see why this needs a separate article. —3mta3 (talk) 13:48, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: The relation to "moment generating function"

message: We need to take a close look at the didactical merits of the examples, deleting some if necessary. -Zahlentheorie (talk) 13:32, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Examples 

message: *What is "to make available the well-developed theory of power series with non-negative coefficients" in the lead referring to? ... the article seems to have nothing relevant (and a link to another article would be good if there is something relevant). The content at Series (mathematics)##Non-negative terms does not indicate anything particularly useful. And there seems nothing in Abel's theorem that makes specific use of "positive coefficients".
*The paragraph including "the probability-generating function of the difference of two independent random variables" must be extending the types of random variables concerned to include ones which can take negative values, but these are excluded from the present definition.
*The treatment of the G(1-) stuff needs to be rethought, particularly for the derivatives. Can a general reader be expected to interpret the content here as meaning that the mean does not exist if the the limit for the derivative does not exist?
Melcombe (talk) 12:08, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Clarifications needed
Talk:Reconstruction filter

message: Its not to avoid aliasing, its to remove atrifacts of the digital signal--Light current 11:52, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. In addition I think an important point that is not generally appreciated is that images from cameras and video, as commonly viewed, never leave the digital domain - we view the samples, not the signal they represent, which results in loss of sharpness as well as 'twittering' on moving detail and Moire fringing, which is not strictly aliasing but is often taken to be. Attempts to test cameras for aliasing by looking for these effects without upconverting are invalid on patterns below the Nyquist frequency for this reason. In photography this is easily overcome when printing images (essentially analog domain) by upconverting, for example in Photoshop to a higher resolution before printing. With video we need to view on a higher resolution screen, as no optical reconstruction method has yet been devised for screens. -Lindosland (talk) 09:27, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not anti aliasing 

message: I think this text is misleading for the case of a DAC output with zero-order hold (i.e. stair stepping). In fact, a zero order hold has a frequency response equal to a sinc function with its first zero at the update rate of the DAC. At the Nyquist rate (update rate of the DAC / 2), the frequency response of the system as described is 2/pi or ~0.636.  In order to correct, the ideal frequency response of the reconstruction filter should be 1/sinc with a brick wall at Nyquist. So, in fact, peaking is needed with a zero-order hold system in order to assure a flat passband performace.
:I agree, this is an important point. We should also note that when we view photographs or video we usually view the samples directly as square pixels, not points of light, which imposes this 0.63 loss again (though confused by 'twittering' and Moire fringing) unless some sharpening is applied in an attempt to compensate. -Lindosland (talk) 09:27, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ideal Reconstruction Filter
Talk:The Concretes (album)

message: *All song titles serve as redirects to this album, have their own pages, or have been placed at the appropriate disambiguation pages.--Hraefen Talk 15:38, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: '''<^>v!!This album is connected!!v<^>'''
Talk:Byr

message: The word "billion" has ambiguity in its meaning; it can mean either 10^9 or 10^12 depending on the region of earth. Any proposed alternative to this abbreviation?? Georgia guy 01:28, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ambiguity 

message: I thought year wasn't even compatible for use with SI as no one can decide which type of year to use so surely it shouldn't be used with SI prefixes in any form (including Ga). —Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesley talk contrib 01:46, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  SI? 

message: For ongoing discussion of this and related articles please see Talk:mya (unit). LeadSongDog 17:01, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion of similar articles

message: Why is there no Gyr page, and why is there a Byr page instead, that goes on to explain in the very short Byr article that the term Byr is deprecated, but the term Gyr is still sometimes used?
To me that screams 'rename the page to Gyr'! (not at my usual IP) --82.157.248.141 (talk) 10:36, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gyr vs Byr
Talk:List of United Kingdom rail accidents by death toll

message: I've paired this list with the chronological order list at List of British rail accidents. It would be good if someone could add entries from that list that aren't on here and vice versa. Thryduulf 01:31, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Two lists

message: :Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *Support or *Oppose, then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.
*Support as nominator. Tevildo (talk) 13:37, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: The primary sort order is by death toll. What are the secondary sort criteria? Where two accidents have the same death toll, are they then arranged by injuries; date; or alphabetically? --Redrose64 (talk) 19:31, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I have always assumed it is by date with the most recent coming first, but checking reveals this is not always the case! GrahamHardy (talk) 18:26, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Sort order

message: I have reworked the List of rail accidents in the United Kingdom to use sortable tables allowing it to be used to identify the worst accidents by deaths, injuries or date. I have also created a section for 'worst accidents' in that article and taken a copy of the 'Disasters on railway premises' section from this article. I have  ensured that all incidents mentioned in this article occur in the other one.  As such can I suggest we turn this page into a redirect and focus our efforts on the single article going forward? PeterEastern (talk) 09:58, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Completed conversion to redirect and removed banner from this page. PeterEastern (talk) 04:10, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible merge into 'List of rail accidents in the United Kingdom'
File talk:Bison skull pile-restored.jpg

message: I recognize this photo has being from the national archives and Library of Canada, so even though it is PD, you should try and dig up the accession number Fawcett5 01:47, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: "Head" is a unit of counting livestock as in, "50 head of cattle."  The caption could have read, "a few hundred individual bison." A2Z 20:19, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

message: it's very small for a featured picture. --Ysangkok 20:46, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Sometimes that's all we have got with historic pictures. But content beats size every time. If you are lucky and dig around a bit with the clues given in the source link, you can sometimes find a archive with a larger version that you could upload (often the link to the big archived raw Tiff, isn't as obvious as the jpeg that was originally uploaded). -- Solipsist 23:32, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  size 

message: See Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Bison skull pile. Makeemlighter (talk) 03:15, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kept as FP 

message: The photograph seems to not be scanned very well, at least compared to another scan I found here and I've upload to the commons here:  Buffalo_skulls.jpg. Hartmanga (talk) 14:40, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Better scan, smaller resolution 

message: There is a much better version of this file also on Wikimedia .  Does this one still need to exist? B.Rossow · talk 18:24, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Much better copy also on Wikimedia
Talk:Mitsubishi Astron engine

message: The "first balance shaft thing is kind of amusing.  I got the "first" from a contemporary Road & Track where they were getting all technical on the new balance shaft idea.  I guess they (and I) were wrong!  --SFoskett 01:50, Mar 2, 2005 (UTC)
:No, you weren't really, you just weren't specific enough. I just came across this Wiki article, and wondered why Mitsubishi's pioneering work wasn't mentioned. As indicated in this article, Mitsubishi's Astron was a first ~ it was the first use of twin balance shafts (a single shaft is insufficient for an inline four). Given how many V4s are in production today (sic), Ford's work hasn't exactly had a lasting impact, compared with MMC's development on what is the staple engine configuration virtually everywhere in the world outside the US.
:And giving credit where it's due, it was polymathic British engineer and obsessive perfectionist Frederick Lanchester who originally invented the balance shaft, along with other rather interesting contraptions like disc brakes. Mitsubishi obtained the patents, and companies like Porsche and Saab who subsequently followed the Japanese lead have licenced the technology from them (at a cost of $6 - $8 on the 944, for example).
:I'm going to restore this info shortly, if no-one has any objections.
:DeLarge 16:17, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Now sorted. Also, I removed the line The 2.6 was praised for its smoothness and strong low-end torque, but later in its life, its power and (never great) economy was eclipsed by newer (many of them DOHC) engines. Since all engines are eclipsed on power and economy as newer engines are developed, it seems redundant to include this. -- DeLarge 10:23, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

message: Might be worth mentioning that Chrysler marketed the 2.6L as a "Hemi" in 1970s and 80s. 71.134.233.233 (talk) 12:07, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hemi 

message: bore pitch is 101 mm. --Wolle1303 (talk) 21:37, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  bore pitch