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Talk:15 (number)

message: Please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Numbers#List of British bingo nicknames for a centralized discusion as to whether Bingo names should be included in thiese articles.  Arthur Rubin (alternate) (talk) 23:33, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bingo names -

message: * : The notable brown color of the pool ball 15 is relevant because pool is a popular sport. A conjunct of 15 pool balls contains eight colors, who are yellow (1 and 9), blue (2 and 10), red (3 and 11), purple (4 and 12), orange or pink* (5 and 13), green (6 and 14), brown (7 and 15) and black (8).
Observation: The pink color of the pool balls 5 and 13 is used in the Brazilian pool.
191.255.194.29 (talk) 12:14, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: @191.255.194.29 I'm sure the 15th pool ball being the last ball is relevant. The colour, on the other hand, serves no purpose. The reader is reading about the number 15, not colours of pool balls. —Panamitsu (talk) 12:16, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

text: Thank you for starting the discussion.  I don't think we should add a description of its pool ball to each number article.  I would also remove the correspondence to letters in base 36 recently added by the same IP, and similar formulaic text of the form "this number means something in a system where other numbers have an equally unremarkable meaning". Certes (talk) 12:41, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: We certainly shouldn't be introducing such trivia into these articles. The IP has edited a large number of articles, it's going to be time-consuming removing all... Polyamorph (talk) 14:44, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Other IPs have also contributed, such as the    kindly provided by 179.98.235.119. Certes (talk) 14:54, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: WP:WikiProject_Numbers#Template_for_integers needs an overhaul, to set a standard to start aiming towards quality improvement, they'll never pass GA for example with such unsourced lists of trivia. Polyamorph (talk) 15:01, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Please see my comments on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Numbers. Perhaps what I am trying to say is just "Let's overhaul the template..." Imaginatorium (talk) 15:05, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. I'll take a look and contribute to the discussion when I have some time later. Polyamorph (talk) 15:11, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

text: The problem is, a lot of these number articles contain sections which are nothing more than lists of trivia. Much of the information provided is unsourced and unremarkable. Polyamorph (talk) 14:47, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

text: The problem is your edits are entirely unsourced and extraneous in these articles. Polyamorph (talk) 15:05, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

text: No one is disputing that the 2-ball is blue.  We're discussing whether that factoid has any place in the 2 article, which is about a number rather than a sport, and there seems to be growing consensus that it doesn't. Certes (talk) 15:56, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: The pool ball 15
Talk:Tabular Data Stream

message: There are two items in the article I found rather confusing:
# The first paragraph concludes with "It confuses many but entrances a few. Given the context, it is not immediately clear what the Subject ('It') and the objects ('many', 'few') are referring to. Is the subject referring to the difficulty associated with grasping the concept of the protocol? Or is the protocol is being personified (i.e. it is so confused, that "bits on the wire" are inadvertently lost before the data arrives at the destination?)
# Are the references in the article to netlib referring to the scientific, Fortran-based, computer libraries? Given the context, I wonder if the article was referring to another set of libraries under that name.
If you are conversant with the subject, please feel free to correct any content that is in error. Alternatively, you may choose to post your responses to this matter either on this page or my talk page, if you so wish.
Cheers. Folajimi 03:11, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Confusing content
Talk:Sphinx (iconic image)

message: We need administrator help to make this move. There was an error made while making a disambiguation page. Stbalbach 23:59, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Are you thinking of the lion-dog guardians with one paw on the pearl, or the young dragons?  the idea of a human head on an animal's body seems very barbarian in Chinese culture, I think. Wetman 00:03, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)

text: I think that sphinx in Greek connotes "the strangler" (cf. "asphyxiate"), and that the Greeks applied their archaic monster's name to the (unrelated?) Egyptian sphinx. What did Egyptians call a sphinx? The revived sphinx in the 16th century comes out of Roman arabesque/grotesque decorative painting, not directly from Egypt or Greece. Wetman 04:17, 26 Apr 2004 (UTC)

message: Someone a comment in parenthesis into this crap about the Sphinx being of alien origin...we need to be more vigilant about this fanatical nonsense.  The internet seems to bring out all the new age crazies.
: I believe that in context the phrase you removed "(for the Greeks remembered the Sphinx's alien origins)" refered to the Sphinx originiating from somewhere other than Greece. As many now seem to assume that "alien" must mean extraterrestrial, that may not have been the best wording. -- Infrogmation 17:15, 20 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ouch 

message: For people with a short attention span and no genuine interest in the history of images or ideas, it might seem like a good idea to split Sphinx into numerous brief articles, so that any possible interconnections will be untraceable. I hope this won't be done as thoughtlessly as it was suggested. Leave the splitting for the individual Pokemon characters, please! They offer a fine example of how minute splitting can render Wikipedia subjects incomprehensible. Wetman 04:51, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree in principal, there are too many fragmented articles that disturbs comprehension, although once enough material accumulates it makes sense to have separate articles, with an umbrella article (like this one) that ties common themes and subjects together, similar to what was done with First Crusade or Middle Ages. But not until there is enough material to justify a split should one be made, and only when the top level article can contain a summary of the main points which are expanded in detail the offshoot article. Stbalbach 21:56, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Splitting up the article '''Sphinx'''

message: "On the vernal equinox, the Great Sphinx points directly toward the rising sun." Any particulars would be welcome. --Wetman 19:39, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Orientation of the Great Sphinx
Talk:Range

message: In the computer programming example I am using a 16 bit integer.  I don't think this needs explaining in the text as it is outside the scope of this article, but if it causes confusion an explanation could be added. HappyDog 23:47, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)

message: Range is an interval, a range... 84.16.123.194 (talk) 22:00, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Circular definition! 

message: When trying to disambiguate the link to Range from Scotney Castle, I found it was using a definition that was neither in this disambiguation page nor in the appropriate wiktionary page. Due to visiting many old houses, I was already aware that Range could refer to a section of a building, but I don't know what it means in that case and it doesn't appear that the internet does either. I'm a new editor, so I don't know what should be done in this instance. Escapepea (talk) 15:53, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Range (architecture) 

message: I am listening to a webcast of the impending launch of a ULA rocket. The launch is in an indefinite hold due to "range" being red. I'm unclear was to what "range" means in this sense, and whether it can/should be added to this disambig page. YellowAries2010 (talk) 07:56, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spaceflight/launching, etc?
Talk:Mother Teresa/Archive 5

message: Summarized: I suggest "pro-abortion" is simpler for "pro-choice" (and of course the mirror "anti-abortion" for pro-life. But below answers this suggestion:
  [Followup note: Feel free to delete this whole "choice"->"abortion" suggestion if it is too off-topic]
:Pro-abortion folks call themselves pro-choice; anti-abortion folks call themselves pro-life.  These terms are generally used according to the policy of calling people by their preferred name. silsor 02:03, Dec 11, 2003 (UTC)
Both pro-abortion and anti-abortion fail the POV test because using both involves casting value judgments on both sides. Many of those in the former camp strongly refuse claims that they are pro-abortion, merely that they believe that the pregnant woman should have a choice in the matter of the continuation or termination of a pregnancy. Many of those in the latter camp believe their campaign is not one issue-based but entails a larger philosophical belief in a right to life, and that abortion involves two living entities not one. Using pro-abortion risks saying 'I know what you claim, but we are saying you are pro-abortion'. Similarly using anti-abortion risks saying 'I know you claim a larger philiosophical vision, but we are saying you are simply anti-abortion.' Wikipedia rightly decided not to imply judgments on the campaigners on both sides, but simply to use the terms each side uses to describe themselves, allowing the reader, not the writer, to reach opinions on what the words mean. FearÉIREANN 22:11, 11 Dec 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggest "pro-choice" -> "pro-abortion"
Talk:Ecclesiastes

message: The article states that Ecclesiastes is part of the Wisdom literature of the Christian Old Testament. Isn't that a contradiction? The "old" testament is the Torah and existed prior to Christianity. The word christian should be removed. 2A02:8070:2482:2CC0:CC6E:FEF:F6F:FBE1 (talk) 14:11, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: As opposed to the Jewish Tanakh, where it is in a different section. StAnselm (talk) 15:11, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

text: This is not a contradiction. The article is correct stating Ecclesiastes is part of the Christian Old Testament, which was the previous covenant before Christ. The article also states that the book is part of the Ketuvim, which is also correct.   Allos Genos (talk) 00:33, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Christian" Old Testament?
Talk:.coop

message: Coop is one of the biggest retailers in Switzerland. I expect a lawsuit.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.253.186.62 (talk) 11:16, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Swiss retailer Coop

message: The formatting suggests that this text is not original. Anyone know from where it originates?  — Sverdrup (talk) 01:12, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: The primary sources themselves seem to conflict:
nic.coop says that the registry is operated by Poptel.
However, the MCD home page says that they operate it (as does this site )
MCD (part of Midcounties Co-operative) seems to be a successor of part of the former Poptel business, so I am going with that as the most recent. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 15:56, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: A whois lookup of nic.coop on whois.nic.coop lists it as registered by Midcounties Co-operative. So it looks as though they just forgot to update the about page. --Zundark 23:02, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Operator of the registry

message: If .coop is a sponsored top-level domain then why is not listed in the article Sponsored top-level domain? Mike R (talk) 19:24, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Good point.  Done. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 16:33, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sponsored top level domain? 
Talk:Epaphus

message: "Epaphus is regarded in the myths as the founder of Memphis, Egypt. With his wife, Memphis (or according to others, Cassiopeia)". I read the article on Libya (mythology) and it says that for the Roman mythology, Cassiopeia was the wife of Epaphus. Is this the case only in Roman mythology or these "others" mentioned above are Greek mythology sources?
ICE77 (talk) 02:35, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Memphis and Cassiopeia
Talk:John of Ibelin

message: Changed the surname Arsuf back to Arsur; this is how it's given in my source: Jonathan Riley-Smith. (1973). The Feudal Nobility and the Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1174-1277. MacMillan Press. -- Zannah 04:39, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Surname

message: right|thumb|Sempad's letterThis letter was written from Sempad to Jean d'Ibelin.  Anyone have any idea which of the "Johns of Ibelin" this may have been? --Elonka 05:21, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: John of Ibelin (jurist), the count of Jaffa, and Sempad's brother-in-law (the address is to John the "count of Jaffa" and his "brother", alongside his sister Maria, John's wife). Adam Bishop (talk) 05:29, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  You rock.  :)  Thanks Adam, I've updated the Commons page accordingly. --Elonka 05:43, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You're welcome - I was trying to transcribe and translate it on my sandbox page, but that image isn't the whole letter. What should I do with that anyway? Wikisource? Adam Bishop (talk) 06:40, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yes, I think Wikisource would be perfect. :) Also, a question about Maria.  You said that Maria was Sempad's sister, but I didn't see her mentioned as a sibling on the page of Sempad's father Constantine of Baberon.  Is that an omission, or was she a half-sister from a different source? --Elonka 15:15, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know...she was a sister of Hethum I, King of Armenia, so it would follow that she is also Sempad's sister, but I don't know the specifics. (Sempad calls her "sister" in the letter, at least.) Adam Bishop (talk) 18:54, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Sempad's letter
Talk:Athenian democracy

message: Hello! I am going to hopefully be adding some more information and tweeking/improving this article for a class project.
I wanted to keep a running list of the edits I make here, so the community can see them.
Edit 1: added a reference to a britannica article as a source to the sentence about Cleisthenes' contribution to developing Athenian democracy. :D
Updates 5/4: Added Women in Athen's section as well as paragraphs to the Citizenship section and clarified information on the Constitution of Athenians and Solon's reforms.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vixwint (talk • contribs) 14:17, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Class Project 

message: Athenian democracy 106.205.48.164 (talk) 05:01, 7 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Civics
Talk:Cullinan Diamond

message: The colour portrait of Queen Mary used in the Cullinan Diamond article to illustrate the Cullinan 1 & II is incorrect. If you blow the image up, she is wearing a slightly larger brooch made up of similar shapes but many diamonds. The Cullinan I & II as a brooch is a brooch made up of the third and fourth largest single stone, natural diamonds, in the world. I have never seen the brooch the Queen is wearing in this portrait here. I think you will find that the Cullinan III is actually hanging as a pendant on her necklace, and is not being worn here as "Grannies' chips", the Royal Family's nickname for the Cullinan III and IV as a brooch which our Queen still wears.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.149.119.164 (talk) 01:53, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Cullinans I and II can be made into a brooch, and as the article says Queen Mary 'often wore it like this'. The brooch in the picture looks like that brooch. Yes, she is wearing Cullinan III as a pendant, and also IV on her crown. This is again explained in the article text and in the caption. Celia Homeford (talk) 11:22, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

text: Hmm. No, as we see from this picture it's definitely Cullinans I and II. Firebrace (talk) 12:32, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  re: Portrait of Queen Mary (colour) used in the article has an incorrect caption.
Talk:Cat boat

message: Catamarans are often called "cat". The stub here does not explain whther a "cat boat" is a "cat", so could somebody explain this some more, please? Kosebamse 07:00, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: The term "Cat boat" was in common use when I learned to sail ca. 1954. It refers to a style of one-person boat similar to those seen in Winslow Homer paintings, etc. I had forgotten about the use of "cat" as an abbreviation for catamaran. Catamarans were quite rare at that time in the New England area. Wake 22:09, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)

text: I added a "See also" to cover them. I hope somebody has a better description of a cat boat than I had. Wake 22:09, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Talk:Fourth Estate

message: I realize that this article (which I just created) comes perilously close to being a "familiar quotations" article. Nonetheless, I think it belongs in wikipedia.
# For obvious reasons, we need articles on First Estate, Second Estate, and Third Estate. Someone who had heard the term "Fourth Estate" but did not know what it meant would be bewildered by the lack of this article.
# I think that the article could profitably be expanded from a mere origin-of-the-term to discuss the emergence of the political power of the press with the dawn of the modern era (i.e., from the time of Gutenberg onward). However, I personally don't have the inclination to write that article in the near future.
Jmabel 07:02, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Dec 2003

message: ജനാധിപത്യ സമ്പ്രദായത്തിൽ ഫോർത്ത് എസ്റ്റേറ്റ് എന്നാൽ എന്ത് 42.107.192.246 (talk) 15:39, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  ജനാധിപത്യസമൃതയിൽ ഫോർത്ത് സ്റ്റേറ്റ് എന്നാൽ എന്ത് 

message: ജനാധിപത്യ സമ്പ്രദായത്തിൽ ഫോർത്ത് എസ്റ്റേറ്റ് എന്നാൽ എന്ത് 42.107.192.246 (talk) 15:39, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  ജനാധിപത്യസമൃതയിൽ ഫോർത്ത് സ്റ്റേറ്റ് എന്നാൽ എന്ത്
Talk:Central processing unit

message: it's possible, becomes ever more relevant. (different than vCPU) It would be good to cover. 89.201.184.8 (talk) 09:09, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: It's called multiprogramming. Guy Harris (talk) 09:15, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  running multiple virtual machines off of one CPU 

message: An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect :Computer processor and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 January 13#Computer processor until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.  - CHAMPION (talk) (contributions) (logs)  05:29, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Computer processor" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] 

message: I'd like to hear others' opinions before I remove one.  Digital27 (talk) 08:02, 14 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Two pictures of Intel CPUs seem unnecessary to me
Talk:Eiji Yoshikawa

message: I have adapted this from a write-up I posted on E2. See my e2 home node. - Dunhamrc 07:11, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: adapted from

message: Did he die in 1962 or 1972? The DOD at the top of the page is given as 1972, but at the bottom of the page it says he died of cancer in 1962. ???
1972 is a mistake. Thanks for pointing that out. Dunhamrc 18:42, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: DOD

message: 険 is "danger", and 剣 is "sword". Which is true?―219.173.119.42 07:33, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: characters

message: In the article on Vagabond, it's claimed that the manga is "by Takehiko Inoue and adapted from the fictionalized accounts by Eiji Yoshikawa of the samurai, Miyamoto Musashi", and the citation for the Kodansha Manga Award for 2000 cites Eiji Yoshikawa as writer for the series. But neither identify which works are the source. Can anyone clarify? —Quasirandom 22:51, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vagabond source 

message: Should The best scenes from Musashi be included in the English language works? It's one of the Kodansha English Library books meaning while it is in English it was sold in Japan has Japanese and English on opposite pages.
*   (Amazon USA and Japan)
* Worldcat OCLC 22591760 and 46566174
While amazon.co.jp reports an April 1997 publication date it was first published in February 1984 per CiNii which also reports the translator as Charles S. Terry. February 1984 makes sense as this was the first book in the Kodansha English Library series. April 1997 may be a reprint date. --Marc Kupper|talk 08:48, 1 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  The best scenes from Musashi 

message: — Assignment last updated by Dslaym (talk) 13:57, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: JPN 351 The Japanese Experience of the Twentieth Century
Talk:Foreign relations of Hong Kong

message: Removed the following sentence -
:In recent years the PRC government has sentenced several narco-traffikers to death, but human rights activists suspect that anti-drugs policy is sometimes being used as an excuse to imprison those opposed to the government (this is not unique to Hong Kong - similar reports of drugs legislation abuse have come from many Asian countries). 
for the reasons that
* Hong Kong has abolished death penalty long time ago
* Mainland could not trial / imprison traffikers who are in Hong Kong
* So even if the alleged but unidentified abuses are indeed true, they do not happen in Hong Kong. 
* In any case this does not seem to relate to "foreign relations".
Hlaw 08:54, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Talk:History of antisemitism

message: No mention of enslavement by ancient Egypt— big miss 2600:1700:4640:9DC0:BC4B:C90A:BFDB:CB9B (talk) 04:24, 5 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Egyptians  

message: Please do not delete reliable sources because of a false misunderstanding of the bias rule. The rule applies to editors not to sources. The bias rule states: "reliable sources are not required to be neutral, unbiased, or objective."   see WP:BIASED  Rjensen (talk) 19:21, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  bias rule states: "reliable sources are not required to be neutral, unbiased, or objective"
Talk:N. Senada

message: Paraphrase of http://www.geocities.com/myquesttt/pollexchristi.htm.
Charles Matthews 09:56, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: "Another rumor speculates that N. Senada may have been Captain Beefheart because Trout Mask Replica and Safe as Milk were recorded on Ensenada Drive"
I believe rehearsal and development of Trout Mask Replica took place at the Ensenada Drive house but I think most of the recording was done in a regular studio. As to Safe As Milk being recorded there, I've never seen this suggested anywhere else. BTLizard 11:08, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Beefheart 

message: Come on, fellas! - "Death in Barstow" isn't about N.Senada. It was on Babyfingers, first released in 1979 (recorded between 1976 and 1977). You give N. Senada's death date as 1993 don't you? Well I never heard about that. I presumed he was made up - his name is a pun. I'd like to agree with the above enthusiasts. Be its author real or not, the Theory of Obscurity is worth full documentation. Tally ho boys. Elias Nebula (talk) 17:31, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death of N. Senada 

message: Article read: "N. Senada is said to have appeared in The Residents' largely unreleased film project, Vileness Fats, as the lead singer of the nightclub band in the "Eloise" musical interlude (released as a music video in the 1970s, and featured in the Whatever Happened To Vileness Fats? home video and the condensed, remastered version featured on the Icky Flix DVD). This puts the Captain Beefheart rumors to rest as the N. Senada featured in Vileness Fats is clearly not Beefheart."
I took all that out because the singer in the Eloise video is clearly not sixty years old. Funkeboy (talk) 11:02, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm pretty sure that singer is Homer Flynn.—Chowbok ☠ 20:41, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eloise