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Talk:Criminal Investigations Department

message: Rather than merging this page with the entry on the British CID, with which it seems to be unconnected, perhaps it would be better to rename this entry. e.g. "Departments of Criminal Investigation" or "Criminal Investigation Agencies", or even just "CID around the world" just to avoid any confusion. Any thoughts?
- JamieB, 29 Aug 2005
:Basically, this article is a mess. "The Criminal Investigations Department, or CID is a section of police around the world who deal with the examination and detection of crimes. While in some areas they go under the name of CID, in other areas they are given different names." So why is this article entitled "Criminal Investigations Department", when most police agencies do not use the term? "The CID in the United States is the Federal Bureau of Investigation." No it's not, since the term CID is not generally used in the USA. The common use of CID is for the Criminal Investigation Department (singular) of British police forces and those derived from them. The term "CID" is completely inappropriate when referring to agencies which do not use the term. There needs to some definition of what this article is actually about, since at the moment it seems to be using a specific term to refer to detective branches/agencies in general, and then deals only with India and the USA. -- Necrothesp 13:43, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree fully with Necrothesp above, this page is wrongly titled and should be renamed, not merged with the article on British CID. UkPaolo 21:43, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Looking more closely, it seems that the contents of this page was basically to link to the FBI and the CBI. I've therefore merged this info with the article at Criminal Investigation Department, and have set this page as a redirect. I'm "being bold" here, if anyone disagrees with my decision, please leave a msg on the talk page! UkPaolo 21:57, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It's correct that this should redirect to Criminal Investigation Department, since many people put in the incorrect extra 's' (even among the British police themselves). However, I've deleted the sections on the FBI and CBI from the CID page, as they're in no way equivalent to the British CID. -- Necrothesp 22:47, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
Talk:Mirimanoff's congruence

message: Just thought I'd let you know, if anyone wants to extend this topic, most of the sites I went to had a harsh loading time, or never loaded at all. Also, Mirmanoff appears to be several people as well as a mathematical expression. Xhin 02:34, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Allison Krause

message: I don't ever edit Wikipedia, but a user named Kieronoldham is going absolutely hog wild on this article and is adding justifications for the actions that led to the Kent State tragedy.  For example, "This anarchistic behavior forced Mayor Leroy Statrum to impose..."   
This is not at all neutral language.  I think this entire article needs to be re-checked by someone less interested in writing apologia for the massacre.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.162.101.52 (talk) 19:24, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Page may need to be protected in wake of Gaza solidarity protests

message: This could use a few source citations. --Jacqui M Schedler 02:37, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: *Allison Krause page from May 4 Archive
This link appears not to be of use as it is now just a referral page. --DRoll 16:39, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  External link removed 

message: Her family did not move to Churchill before she went toKent State, they moved to a small Township next to that called Wilkins Township, and that was also in the Churchill School District...This needs to be corrected.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:9001:5305:FB00:C13E:B3C9:846B:C3AB (talk) 20:21, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect location mentioned...
Talk:Il Khan of Persia

message: If there's anything that's important enough to be an article, it would be II Khans of Mongolia, not of Persia. Xhin 02:39, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I made a redirect to Ilkhanate, which was the Mongol state in Persia. Adam Bishop 03:21, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
Talk:George Bramwell Evens

message: Locations mostly come from the Romany Society website. Almost certainly "King's Cross" is a typo for "King Cross", a Methodist chapel in Halifax, as a handful of Google hits support .
Talk about reflexive typing: I nearly saved the location of his first ministry as Google. Tearlach 02:48, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Locations

message: By my reckoning, copyright in Evens work expires at the end of 2013. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 23:37, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Is anyone planning to scan and upload (to Wikisource) any of his work? I'd like to do something over Christmas, but there's no point in us duplicating effort. Of course, any illustrations not by him may still be in copyright - Reg Gammon only died in 1997, for instance. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:35, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Public domain from 2014
Talk:List of rulers of Damascus

message: This needs a possible merging with Ayyubid dynasty. That is, if there ever is an article. Xhin 02:50, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: But the Burid Dynasty and the Zengid dynasty also ruled Damascus. And there were rulers before the Burids, of course; a "Rulers of Damascus" article might work better than the more specific "Sultans". Adam Bishop 03:18, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, I made it "Rulers of Damascus", mostly incorporating the lists from hostkingdom.net, plus other lists on Wikipedia. Adam Bishop 20:51, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

message: Questions and notes: 
:1) Should the Turkish or Arabic transliterations be used to spell the names of the Ottoman-era governors? I have found the Arabic to be the most common spelling for most of the Damascene governors I've read about in English-language sources.
:2) Should the section be split into subsections for the time periods in which Damascus was an eyalet (1517-1865) and a vilayet (also called Syria Vilayet, 1865-1918)? It should also be noted the term wali or vali was not the official title of the governor until the mid-19th century. Prior to that, the title beylerbey was used. --Al Ameer (talk) 19:30, 30 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Ottoman governors 

message: There is a problem with this article and many related articles and succession boxes. In Ayyubid times the title of sultan was only attached to the rulership of Egypt, the other Ayyubid rulers, such as those of Damascus were emirs. The sultan had some level of authority over the lesser Ayyubid princes and could be regarded as being the 'Sultan of Egypt and Syria', but there wasn't a separate sultanate of Syria, neither were the rulers of parts of Syria and the Jazira, e.g. Damascus, Mosul and Aleppo, sultans. Urselius (talk) 08:04, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problem
Talk:Bat Lash

message: His full name is Bartholomew Aloysius Lash. Also, I believe his name was inspired by Bat Masterson and Lash Larue. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.247.22.119 (talk) 05:41, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: however, an early issue of his comic gave is name as "Batton Lash".  I don't think his full name was ever given in those early issues.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.188.33.26 (talk) 21:11, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  moniker 

message: This article needs the B-Class checklist filled in to remain a B-Class article for the Comics WikiProject.  If the checklist is not filled in by 7th August this article will be re-assessed as C-Class.  The checklist should be filled out referencing the guidance given at Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment/B-Class criteria. For further details please contact the Comics WikiProject.  Comics-awb (talk) 15:30, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: WikiProject Comics B-Class Assesment required

message: As this B-Class article has yet to receive a review, it has been rated as C-Class. If you disagree and would like to request an assesment, please visit Wikipedia:WikiProject_Comics/Assessment#Requesting_an_assessment and list the article. Hiding T  14:49, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: C-Class rated for Comics Project

message: Is it accurate to refer to Bat Lash as a superhero? Although he was later revived in a superhero setting, his primary creation was as a western character. It would be like describing Ben Cartwright of Bonanza as a superhero. 23skidoo (talk) 15:44, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Superhero?
Talk:Tales from the Perilous Realm

message: Er...actually, no. I'm just trying to figure out what to do with this.
Tales from the Perilous Realm is a compilation of "Leaf by Niggle", "Farmer Giles of Ham", The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (a collection of poetry), and "Smith of Wootton Major". Only one of which relates directly to Middle-earth. As far as I can tell it does not include "On Fairy-Stories", which is somewhat odd, as that essay is typically published with "Leaf by Niggle" as Tree and Leaf. It relates to The Tolkien Reader, a similar (but slightly different) compilation. I think it may be the UK version (although containng slightly different texts)—at least, I've only ever seen it at a bookstore in Canada.
I suppose "what I should do with this" consists mostly of saying that. -Aranel ("Sarah") 03:09, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Does anyone (perhaps someone who owns the book) know the actual publication status of Tales from the Perilous Realm and The Tolkien Reader? (The latter, according to my copy, was published in 1966 but has recently been reprinted in the U.S. I've never seen Perilous Realm—which seems to have been published more recently—except in Canada.) I suppose the fact that someone requested the article means that this is useful information to have. Also, I don't have "Smith of Wootton Major" (it isn't in Reader) so if someone else wants to offer a short phrase describing it... -Aranel ("Sarah") 03:34, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I have not seen the hardback edition of 1997, but I do have a paperback edition from 1998 (published by HarperCollins), and it differs significantly from the description of the "first edition" given in the article.  It does not include Roverandom (which was not published until 1998), and has no illustrations at all -- not by Baynes, not by Lee.  The cover illustration is by Sarah Gibb, not by Lee and certainly not the one shown here as the cover of the first edition.  The bibliographic information on the back of the title page does not say in so many words that the content is the same as the hardback edition of the previous year, but that is clearly implied.  Can anyone verify whether the information we currently give in the article for the first hardback edition is in fact correct?  -- Elphion (talk) 21:43, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks to User:Solicitr, whose additions have largely cleared this up. -- Elphion (talk) 19:44, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  1st versus 2nd edition
Talk:Afterhours club

message: I would consider rewriting the reference to meth use in a more neutral light, as it seems too inflammatory right now.
Maybe I'm naive, but what exactly IS third-party slave trade? Why is it in the first paragraph and not in others?
:It was a change made some time ago from "illegal drug trade". Since "third-party slave trade" gets no Google hits at all (this article excepted) there's no reason not to change it back, so I have. Loganberry (Talk) 22:42, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Trade

message: Why is the title of this page "Afterhour club" if the opening sentence of the page declares this patently incorrect? 76.104.197.14 (talk) 02:30, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hour/hours 

message: To me an afterhours club is a locale that is permitted to serve alcohol to its members after the regular opening hours for bars and pubs. In some cases temporary membership may be even available at the door. 
There are other places that may be allowed to serve alcohol after hours, such as restaurants, specially licensed bars, hotels etc., but these are surely not clubs.
Nightclubs are rarely clubs (that require membership), and often primarily for dancing. You can usually drink there, but it's often expensive and an adjunct rather than the primary point. A nightclub is a discotheque under a modern, perhaps more sophisticated sounding name. 
Also, what's with "historic"? Does it mean that the nightclub was founded over a decade ago?    regards Guffydrawers (talk) 15:22, 14 July 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: "Also, what's with "historic"?" This distinction makes no sense here anyway. Fabric and Egg London are not afterhour clubs, but "normal" clubs (technically: discotheques) that open at 23:59 and run 24 hours on weekends, like many electronic dance music venues and especially techno clubs in Europe. --Rio65trio (talk) 18:14, 14 July 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for confirming and for tidying up. It seems that the term "after-hours club" means different things to different people, e.g. 1950s-1980s illegal drug dens in US cities, sedate late-night bars, small live music venues, huge dance halls, you name it. Whichever way you look at it the article has a long way to go. Guffydrawers (talk) 12:24, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clubs?
Talk:Marmite

message: I have never seen or heard Marmite described as a savoury spread as defined here: "characteristic of broths and cooked meats" or even by Merriam-Webster definition. I'm not sure this is the correct adjective. Maineartists (talk) 19:03, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Have you ever tried it? Genuine question. In my first year at secondary school I had a jar confiscated by the teacher because I was eating it by dipping my finger into the jar during his English lesson. I stole it back at the end of term. I cannot resist the savoury flavour to this day, about 55 years later. -Roxy  the grumpy dog. wooF 19:42, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

text: Well, that's how its manufacturer describes it for example. GliderMaven (talk) 19:47, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Savoury? 

message: The nutritional information section gives the serving size as 8 g.  However, it's hard to know from that just how big such a serving is.  It would be very helpful if somebody who knew could add a comment to the section telling us how much that is in terms of volume.  Is it a teaspoon full, a tablespoon, or what?  JDZeff (talk) 22:58, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I now have some Marmite, bought by mail-order as nobody local carries it.  On the lable, it says that an 8 g serving is also one teaspoon, so I'll add that to the article. JDZeff (talk) 20:11, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry JDZ, I just removed it as unsourced. read my edsum and see what you think. - Roxy  the grumpy dog. wooF 20:19, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Serving size?
Talk:Pied bush chat

message: There are about 16 subspecies which are visually very difficult to differentiate - the males, females and young have different plumage and as show in the text, there are aspects of their perching, habitat, feeding and nesting to cover. Most of the photographs come from India and we have quite a large selection in :commons:Category:Saxicola_caprata - yet, there are editors intent on inserting a specific image into the article when it really does not add value to the encylopaedia entry. Perhaps a discussion based on what the encyclopaedia should convey is needed. In my opinion, as one of the editors who researched the content, we need
# a picture of a male that shows general shape, pattern of white distribution and possibly open habitat
# a picture of a female
# a picture of an immature
# subspecies  - illustrations of variation in plumage - preferably in life - we really have a number of scientifically valuable images :commons:Category:Saxicola_caprata_(museum_specimens) but these are aesthetically not pleasing.
# nest? 
# behaviour video
# calls
Close ups that do not have anything specific to say - are generally not useful - unless there is some taxonomic feature being depicted. Pictures from unknown localities are also difficult to use. The main taxobox entry is usually better when the bird is facing left.
Based on these guidelines which have been in use via WP:BIRD discussions, I have picked a few from the available Commons category/gallery. Inviting comments here from new editors like User:Atulgargate who has insisted on adding specific images. Shyamal (talk) 04:59, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sensible photograph/media usage 

message: Hello! This is to let editors know that the featured picture :File:Pied bushchat (Saxicola caprata bicolor) female.jpg, which is used in this article, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for May 22, 2021. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2021-05-22. For the greater benefit of readers, any potential improvements or maintenance that could benefit the quality of this article should be done before its scheduled appearance on the Main Page.  If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:48, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  File:Pied bushchat (Saxicola caprata bicolor) female.jpg scheduled for POTD
Talk:1966 NFL Championship Game

message: Since 1966 is the first Super Bowl, shouldn't the page be renamed to Super Bowl I?  That would make sense.  Mr. C.C.Hey yo!I didn't do it! 21:13, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: No, that would absolutely not make sense because this game was NOT Super Bowl I. This game was played before the AFL-NFL merger was official in 1970. The National Football League and the American Football League were still separate entities in 1966. Each still had their own league championship game. Super Bowl I was considered the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game, where both the winner of the National Football League Championship Game and the winner of the American Football League Championship Game would play to determine who would be "World Champion" of pro football. Zzyzx11 (talk) 21:18, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rename Article 
Talk:Pharmaceutical industry

message: Central to the Spanish Flu epidemic(s) Ing.walter.hartmann (talk) 09:27, 22 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Research and development section edit: Not a word about Aspirin? 

message: The „Controversies“ section only talks about the situation in the US given that all numbers, sources,… are from the United States. Some of the information might be misleading for people from other countries with different regulations. I propose to add a disclaimer at the beginning of the section to say that this chapter shows the US side of things and might not represent the situation in other countries Akdns (talk) 07:58, 16 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Controversies 

message: I've added a brief section to the article that relates to this topic with only a single citation.  I believe that this is a VERY under-appreciated aspect of the Pharma Industry and should be addressed in more depth and detail.  Many (if not most) of the History sections of major pharma are replete with M&A activities, implicitly noting that these are significant events for the involved companies.  I'm not a historian, so I'm not sure how to best address this, but I am SURE that this is not a 20th-21st Century phenomenon and it would be useful to see whether the impact in the "digital era" is greater than in the "industrial era", and specifically what that impact was. Thanks for considering this. --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 04:01, 24 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions
Talk:Axa

message: V imenu vaše banke gospa Chantal Galot zahteva 270€ za kredit na moje ime in sicer kot zavarovanje transakcije v višini 3000€ Zanima me ali je ta podatek točen ali gre za goljufijo?Hvala za odgovor 84.41.51.73 (talk) 09:42, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Posojila
Talk:Carmel Valley AVA

message: Take a look at Carmel Valley, California. It is a larger stub for the same town. This article should either be merged into Carmel Valley, California or deleted. Carmel Valley, if it exists as an article at all, should just be about the Carmel River valley, not the town. Mike Dillon 04:10, August 29, 2005 (UTC)
I disagree I was interested in the housing prices ect. ect. I think there should be popculture connotations discussed in the article
::i'd suggest seeing the talk page for Carmel Valley Village, CA --67.124.151.243 05:19, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  This should be a pure geography article 
Talk:Darling

message: The link for the French film was the EXACT SAME LINK as for the Swedish film.  I removed the link BECAUSE IT IS WRONG.
I could not find a Wikipedia entry for the French film.  I did find an IMDB entry for it:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0881233/.
I did not try to create a page for this film because the last time I tried to create a simple page it  was rejected by some Wikipedia "editor" who said I needed more than one reference (IMDB), and I don't have a library of reference books here.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by N0w8st8s (talk • contribs) 12:16, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bad Link Removed
Talk:NASCAR Nation

message: This article survived a Vote for Deletion. The discussion can be found here. -Splash 01:49, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Vote for Deletion
Talk:Adamo Ruggiero

message: This section seems to have been written by a 13 year old girl. There are no verifiable sources for many of the 'interests' and especially not for the last cute-sy gay remark. Let's clean this up, shall we? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.76.84.15 (talk • contribs).
: At any rate, I've just added a  tag to the section. TS1 01:42, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've cleaned it up by deleting the entire section - it was all gossip.  Please add personal information if it is attributable to a reliable source. —Quarl (talk) 2007-02-26 09:22Z
hi i have to say tht wikipedia IS THE BEST WEBSITE FOR INFORMATION!!!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.95.142.183 (talk) 01:21, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Personal Life 