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Talk:Björn Phau

message: This article was totally POV when I saw it... I replaced the funny bit about his serve with something more rational, but the paragraph about his awesome sportsmanship is also blatantly POV. It should probably go into a "Miscellaneous" section, but since I don't know how to do that, I'm leaving this note here for some more clever person to come across.
Thanks.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hazuki (talk • contribs) 21:44, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV 

message: I've removed this inherently POV section.  It's here if anyone's bothered...
* def. #9 Andre Agassi 7-5 7-5 (Dubai 2006)
* def. #17 Andrei Pavel 6-2 6-1 (Tokyo 2004)
* def. #21 Robby Ginepri 6-4 6-3 (Tokyo 2005)
* def. #23 Thomas Enqvist 6-3 4-6 6-3 6-4 (US Open 2001)
The Rambling Man (talk) 10:29, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Best wins section 
Talk:Kryten

message: "Once the personal servant of three attractive female crew members of the Nova 5," - Isn't that an opinion...? --172.143.184.183 12:36, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opinion? 

message: The first entry in trivia says, "This character has a niche in science-fiction history: It is believed that this was the first robot/android ever to give a human the finger."  If I recall correctly, one of the Skutters did this in an episode Before Kryten appears.  Tiberius47 08:25, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Correct, that was in Balance of Power from Series 1, when the skutter flicks the V at Rimmer. Andymarczak 10:34, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: So does that come under the category of giving Rimmer the Finger?  if so, I think the trivia note shoulda be moved to that episode. Tiberius47 02:38, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No no, giving a V sign and giving "the finger" are two different gestures which mean two different things.  In any case it's a fairly spurious claim - why not say "the first robot/android to wear a toupee"?  Pointless.  86.140.81.159 (talk) 17:46, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

text: There is a previous example of a robot (not an android, and not autonomous) making this gesture towards a human.  Near the begining of the movie Short Circuit, 1986, a robot arm is playing the piano.  Steve Guttenberg's character commands it to give the finger to the character played by Austin Pendleton. This scene is usually edited from the TV versions, but is present in the DVD. Jtree178 (talk) 23:58, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia

message: They tried a Swedish and American accent? What exactly is an American accent? That's like saying they tried a Eurasian accent; it doesn't really tell you anything. --77.99.30.226 14:36, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm sure the same could be said for "the Swedish accent" if you wanted to be pedantic...  86.140.81.159 (talk) 17:50, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Accent

message: For some reason, the picture we have in the infobox looks very different from the Kryten we know. He just looks a little different somehow. Machine758 (talk) 21:25, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hmm... 

message: There's a robot in Buck Rogers called Kryten. I've always wondered if this was a nod by the Red Dwarf writers. Beanhead McGinty (talk) 16:10, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Buck Rogers 

message: This is discussed in Carpool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njugoYqKL6o , though I'm not sure how it should be cited.
Episode description (from youtube):
Co-creator and writer on Red Dwarf, known to the cast as Dr Love, the fantastic Rob Grant gets a lift to the take away.
About show (from youtube):
Carpool is an online show hosted by Robert Llewellyn (Red Dwarf, Scrapheap Challenge, Fully Charged), who gives a wide variety of passengers a lift in a hybrid or electric car and they talk. It's as simple as that. [...]
kgoetz (talk) 09:14, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  No robots and convincing Grant
Talk:Peter Arundell

message: Anyone have a reliable source for cause of death? All I've seen are forums. The German article gives London Borough of Redbridge as death location; can anyone confirm that? Information yes (talk) 06:39, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
Talk:Gerry Ashmore

message: I can't find a reliable reference for his father. Some sources state that it was Fred Ashmore, others that Fred was his uncle and that his father was Joe Ashmore. I am also having trouble finding a reference that states his full name was Gerald Ashmore, this is not neccessarily derivable from his being referred to as Gerry. The only full name listing I have is for a Joseph Frederick Harold Ashmore. Anyone got anything better? Pyrope 08:35, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Both grandprix.com and oldracingcars.com say that Fred was his uncle and Joe was his father (but you probably already knew that). oldracingcars.com gives his full name as "Joseph Frederick Harold Gerald Ashmore" (but you probably already knew that too). I'll check my other sources and see if I can find anything further. P.S. I've only just seen your question; I didn't deliberately wait 15 and a half years to answer it :-) DH85868993 (talk) 04:29, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

text: P.P.S. His signature at FORIX (subscription site) reads "Gerald Ashmore". DH85868993 (talk) 04:31, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Meh, what's 15 years between friends, eh ? That ORC entry is a lot more comprehensive than it used to be! Part of the reason I was reluctant about being definitive before was that while I am inclined to believe Joe Saward (who put together the grandprix.com encyclopedia, before he fell out with his co-founders) his did seem to be one of only a few sources that gave Joe A. as his father. Thanks for following up! :-D Pyrope 21:29, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

text: p.s. His death notice from the BRDC seems like a great source for future use also. Pyrope 21:38, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name and paternity
Talk:Archie Alexander

message: Could someone complete the reference from Washington, DC?  It may be from the Washington Post newspaper.  Constructive 05:15, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Archie Alexander was not the first black graduate of the University of Iowa.  See, for example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_C._Jones  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gregor197 (talk • contribs) 00:21, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  African American Graduates of the University of Iowa 

message: The article included a reference to Alexander receiving the Spingarn Medal in 1928.  However, the Wikipedia article on Spingarn doesn't list him as a recipient in 1928 or any other year.  Pending some resolution, I'm going to remove the claim. Kestenbaum 06:52, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spingarn Medal? 

message: Not sure this page should fall under the college football project.  Sure, he was a player, but the bulk of the article is not about football.--Paul McDonald (talk) 19:06, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  College Football project? 

message: Why are we using old figures as the conversion rate. 2009 dollars are 13 years old. Should we not cite a current conversion and find a way to keep it updating?John Pack Lambert (talk) 22:47, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Old figures
Talk:Blair Brown

message: I did remove the sentence that talked about her role in "The Heidi Chronicles" as being her best known stage role.....might it not be "Copenhagen", where she won a Tony? In any case, I realized 'best known' is subjective, and changed that wording in the rest of that paragraph. NickBurns 02:02, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Last change 
Talk:John Barber (racing driver)

message: I've added some more information, but it's still sketchy. I've been unable to find out for sure what he has done in later life, and the bit about retiring to the Med may or may not be accurate.
Can anyone elaborate?
 Philsy 20:07, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed. -- DH85868993 02:19, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Blair Longley

message: I see this has an uref'd tag....I knew the guy long ago, so know a few things; I think if asked he might provide any available online citations, including any of his own writing (I used to own Megasynthesis but never really read it....sorry Blair).  Blair's bio is very interesting but I don't know how much of it is public; certain personal history I know of Blair himself published as his presence at the Green Party convention; wish I still ahd a copy...but if the same information is availble from neutral sources, or if his letter/statement was published in a citable publication, I don't know.  Blair, you must monitor this page; I won't speak out of turn here, just would like to see this article contain everythin it could contain.....'nuff said for now Skookum1 (talk) 01:43, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The SFU student paper, even the SFU official publication, may well ahve seomthing on Blair form his time there back in teh late' 70s-early'80s, including his domicile in a hollowed-out tree stump in the woods near B Lot; three-storey stump, raindeck on top, wood-heated, very Tolkienesque and rather a nice little pad....Blair had over 1000 credits and refused to graduate (with a near 4.0 GPA too); all of those items, and Megasynthesis and his brother's lottery win I think should be in the SFU Peak or the SFU News.Skookum1 (talk) 01:47, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: All in all, a remarkable life and interesting individual; hopefully cites will turn up to prevent this article from being deleted, or enough will turn up to keep it from being too boring....Skookum1 (talk) 01:51, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: re refs
Talk:Independence-class aircraft carrier

message: *The whole first chapter seems to be a copy from the Naval Historical Center and/or the globalsecurity site. I wonder if this is a violation of someone's copyright...? --Lord Flashheart from german wikipedia  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.177.180.135 (talk) 22:53, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  copy & paste?
Talk:Bolesław Zajączkowski

message: pl:Bolesław Zajączkowski
anyone know why? -- œ™ 16:52, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Remove copyright infringement and posted renewal. Topory (talk) 09:25, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Ahh I see.. Thanks! -- œ™ 10:51, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deleted from Polish Wikipedia
Talk:Derek Bell (racing driver)

message: I remember reading in the mid. 80's that he didn't pass his Road car driving license Test first time.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.154.158.137 (talk) 13:51, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Road car driving license  

message: This claim has been discredited already. The official speed trap figure for the 917 was 362 km/h or 225 mph.
http://www.mulsannescorner.com/maxspeed.html
It doesn't stop Bell from telling the story but it isn't verifiable and is not a very important part of the article. It should be removed. I'll give it the customary two weeks. Flanker235 (talk) 12:39, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  246 mph... not that old chestnut again!
Talk:Tony Brooks (racing driver)

message: Why is Tony Brooks' place of death shown as Dukinfield, his birthplace? For the last sixty years or so he lived in the south of England. What is the source for him returning to Dukinfield? 90.246.33.178 (talk) 19:51, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: * No good reason.  I have checked the various news sources and none of them give details of the death beyond saying that it was announced by his daughter.  The addition was made recently by  without any supporting evidence.  I have reverted. Andrew🐉(talk) 21:40, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Place of death
Talk:Blake Clark

message: In the extras to Little Nicky he can be seen wearing a jacket with a 75th Ranger Regiment unit patch on it.  Was he a Ranger?
Blake was always funny as hell. He was the one who happened to walk into 12th grade Physics class late and tell us that Kennedy had been shot and we were so used to him being a jokester everybody started giggling cause we thought he was setting us up for another joke. So Blake kept having to say "seriously, I'm not kidding" which just made us laugh all the more. Not many people can remember getting a chuckle when first finding out about that tragedy; thanks, Blake.
This note appeared on the article page, by an unregistered user:
"Sorry about this invasive/inappropriate comment but I don't know how to flag pages, but if somebody out there does...they need to flag this page for incomplete or something. If you want to know why, search for him at IMDB. He's literally had over 70 roles since the 80's. There should be a listing for it. Somebody should do it. Please only erase this note if you are going to flag the page."
Garfield226 (talk) 05:30, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Didn't he play in the first movie? The guy with the mic in the police op-center? 2A02:A03F:D6AD:EB00:3910:99B9:9E37:7003 (talk) 18:51, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blues Brothers
Talk:Blake Foster

message: Why is there a link to "Jewish actors" at the base of this article? Google says that this is the only site which names Foster as jewish - so is it true, or false?
Steamtostay 06:37, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jewish? 

message: I think that this article needs to have a few lines written about Blake's Martial Arts background.  A great article written about his younger days can be found here.  Also, I came across a few more recentblurbs showing that he's still active in the sport.
Polar33 (talk) 01:23, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blake and Martial Arts 

message: Why is this person described as a "Martian lover" and "Activist for anal glands"??  — Preceding unsigned comment added by LoneDragon27 (talk • contribs) 06:07, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is someone trolling this article?
Talk:Blake Morrison

message: I am not yet familiar with wiki formats, could one of the wiki moderators please, insert Blake Morrison's official web site url properly on the article page. Thanks 82.1.234.13 19:55, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Charles H. Allen

message: Have added cites for many facts, and am continuing to look for new sources.Parkwells (talk) 00:24, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Citations

message: On August 27, 2014, two sections of this article were blanked by an anonymous editor. These two sections were entirely sourced and cited. The anonymous editor blanked these two sections with no discussion on this talk page, no consensus, and nearly four months later (as of Dec. 12, 2014) this anonymous editor's editing history shows no further contributions to Wikipedia.
The sections were restored along with their sources and citations. If further bad-faith editing develops on this page, it shall be treated as such.
Sarason (talk) 09:52, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Section blanking
Talk:Inbred strain

message: I recently moved linear animal to inbred strain since I think the latter is the much more widely know and used term. Check out these numbers:
Google hits:
*949    "linear animal"
*163000 "inbred strain"
*28    site:.edu "linear animal"
*11500 site:.edu "inbred strain"
*1     site:.ac.uk "linear animal"
*150   site:.ac.uk "inbred strain"
Hope you agree. Best, Jasu 12:46, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't see the relevance to the 98% identical inbred strain after 20 generations. Siblings can be anywhere from 0 to 100% identical to one another. Nadiatalent (talk) 13:53, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

text: Sorry to bring up such an old mistake, but statistically all full siblings should be on average 50% related and parents and offspring are 50% related, that being said, it is an average, it is possible for 100% shared and 0% sharedJaltenb (talk) 18:22, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Why inbred strain should be the entry heading
Talk:Blake Stepp

message: There should be something in this page about how he is better than Michael Jordan.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.232.73.40 (talk) 08:01, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Tony Crook (racing driver)

message: The magazine article referenced for date of death does not in fact give the date.
By coincidence it was this article that first informed me of the subject's passing & only after I posted it on a motorsport forum did someone thereon point out that the Wiki page had subsequently shown the date as 21st Jan 2014. (But posted with errors in "code" & at that point un-referenced altogether). I will research further & update as necessary Eagleash (talk) 19:32, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of Death
Talk:Geoffrey Crossley

message: I'm wondering whether this article should be renamed to Geoffrey Crossley. FORIX (subscription site), grandprix.com and oldracingcars.com all call him "Geoffrey", although ChicaneF1 calls him "Geoff". DH85868993 (talk) 03:59, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I've been thinking the same thing. Most of the prose references I've found use Geoffrey. I'll be bold... Pyrope 14:33, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article name
Talk:Blanche McCrary Boyd

message: I don't think it quite needs to be deleted. But the personal stuff is written in an indulgent way that is simply not encyc. Valetude (talk) 17:45, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Normally I would agree that the focus on negative personal details is out of place. But here, it has a direct connection with the inspiration for her novels. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:44, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Keep, but abbreviate
Talk:Joe Fry

message: That's not Joe Fry in the photo, that's Brian Shawe-Taylor. Please can you remove accordingly.
:You are correct, anonymous person. Photo removed. Bretonbanquet (talk) 20:49, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo is wrong
Talk:Blaster Bates

message: I have removed text added by User:62.189.131.65 which appeared to be a copy-paste of the subject's obituary in the telegraph . -- Narge (talk|contribs) 14:09, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: As it contained the pasted text, "Article continuesadvertisement", I guess that has to count as a "blatant" copyvio! Andy Dingley (talk) 14:37, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible copyright violation
Talk:Daniel Hamburg

message: Seeking input from other editors about whether the lead is too lengthy for this person? One term in Congress and stints on the county board are covered in the article, but the lead is supposed to be a brief summary overview. Should this one be trimmed? Go4thProsper (talk) 20:19, 5 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead too long?
Talk:Isles-class trawler

message: Should the abbreviation 'HMS' not read 'HMT' throughout the table?   pablohablo. 09:45, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Probably yes.. but also probably a minor issue.. so long as the fact gets presented that many many people served on all sides in small units that got very little publicity. Rcbutcher (talk) 12:42, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Table
Talk:John Graham (Irish republican)

message: This needs a lot of cleaning up. Who is this guy? Why is he notable? At which point was he a member of the IRA, the Irish Republican Army (1922-1969)? The Official IRA? or the Provisional IRA? What does it mean, he fought for the liberation of Northern Ireland? Does this mean he particiapated in the Border Campaign (IRA) in the 1950s? What role did he play in these organisations? Also, where are the sources?
Jdorney 12:54, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I am going to rename this article to John Graham (Irish republican) in line with the naming of other IRA Volunteers and in order to stop confusion with other types of republicans. Would anyone object? Vintagekits 18:25, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I will give it another week before I change it. Vintagekits 16:56, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Renaming 
Talk:Cuth Harrison

message: Some sources list Harrison's ERA as a B-type and others list it as a C-type.
The reason probably is because the car was originally a B-type (Chassis R8B) and later updated to C specifications. From then on the chassis is listed as R8C
* The official ERA website says the car was updated to C specifications somewhere in 1938.
* Kolumbus says the car was upgraded to a C-type in 1937.
* MotorSportMagazine says Harrison bought Earl Howe’s R8B in 1947 and later they state: "It was updated to "C" specification and fitted with a Rootes supercharger when Harrison entered three world championship GPs during 1950."
:Naturally sources differ on the type of this ERA:
:
B-type	ChicaneF1, StatsF1, Silhouet, ManipeF1
C-type	OldRacingCars, MotorSportMagazine, leonardasf1.narod.ru
Should we list the car as a B or as a C-type? Jahn1234567890 (talk) 23:27, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: The FORIX subscription site also lists the car as a B-Type. I'll keep looking for other sources. DH85868993 (talk) 23:39, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  To make matters even more complicated, the ERAclub claims Harrison used a D-Type frame on this chassis. This website also has a convenient timeline list of all owners. Jahn1234567890 (talk) 11:30, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  ERA B or C type?
Talk:Duncan Hamilton (racing driver)

message: "On one occasion in 1947, he was transporting his MG R-type to the Brighton Speed Trials, when going down a hill near Guildford, he "saw the splendid honeycomb radiator of a Bugatti in the outside rear-view mirror", so he moved over and waved it past, but the car hung back. Further down the hill, the Bugatti accelerated and drew level with Hamilton, at which point he saw there was no one in it: "The awful truth dawned on me – it was my own car, gathering speed fast." Hamilton had forgotten he was towing the Bugatti, and the story ends with a lamppost snapped in two."
This doesn't make any sense unless he was towing his Bugatti behind his MG, in which case he was driving the MG and transporting the Bugatti. As written it sounds like he sets out towing an MG which transforms into a Bugatti.
64.222.87.62 (talk) 04:27, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  MG or Bugatti?
Talk:Leslie Johnson (racing driver)

message: Motor Sport gives Leslie Johnson competing in a Darracq 3,996 c.c. throughout the 1946 hill climb season - at Shelsley Walsh, Prescott, Bo'ness and Bouley Bay. See Motor Sport, July 1946, Page 154: described as the "ex-Lace, ex-Connell Darracq." Rupertlt (talk) 15:45, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Jackie Lewis

message: It's not clear why this page is at 'Jackie Lewis'. Not yet found a source which uses that name. 
*Small, GP Who's Who, 1994, p. 229 has him as Jack as does the 2000 edition p. 346. 
*Motor Sport magazine article
*Motor Sport mag database
*Results of a Google search
Even the sole link in the article (at time of posting) refers to him as Jack not Jackie.
Propose move to :Jack Lewis (racing driver) as 'commonname': Eagleash (talk) 18:58, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: FORIX (subscription site, so I can't post a direct link), also refers to him as "Jack". However, formula1.com, Racing Reference and Driver Database call him "Jackie"... DH85868993 (talk) 00:15, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Since Motor Sport, Small, FORIX and Mike Lang's Grand Prix! all refer to him as "Jack", I would not object to the article being moved to :Jack Lewis (racing driver), per the original proposal. But if we decide to go with the redirect option, I think just "(racing driver)" would be a sufficient disambiguator until the American driver gets an article. DH85868993 (talk) 09:46, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move proposal