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Talk:Murder of James Bulger

message: Re this edit: It isn't clear cut to describe the murder as child sexual abuse. This never became an issue at the trial, as the list of Bulger's injuries were read out in court without further comment in order to spare the feelings of his parents. This has led to speculation that some of the injuries were sexually motivated, but it isn't ideal to add this to the infobox, as this is a place for uncontroversial statements. ♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 21:33, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: TheXuitts: I'm not happy about sexual assault and suspected rape being added to the infobox as it is not clearly supported by the sourcing. Thompson and Venables were convicted of murder, not sexual assault. A sexual element was suspected but not proved, leading to problems with verifiability. This is best left to the text of the article.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 06:22, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Fair enough. I'd still argue it meets the definition but you make valid points. TheXuitts (talk) 21:19, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sexual assault? 

message: Re this edit: Venables has a parole hearing scheduled for 14-15 November  and this is on the front page of Metro today. There is an element of WP:CRYSTAL due to the past ups and downs of parole hearings for Venables, so the article should wait until there is firmer news. ♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 08:14, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Venables and new parole hearing 

message: I propose that the section about arrests and other sections included be split into a separate page called Jon Venables, he's got enough information to make an article. СлаваУкраїні 15:01, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Oppose. Even apart from WP:BLP1E there's really not a whole lot to say about him independent of the content already in this article. It's not like we can't cover his crimes afterwards here? The only reason I could see for splitting it is if someone wanted to remove the content of his later crimes from this article for being undue, which I don't see anyone arguing. PARAKANYAA (talk) 08:41, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  splitting 

message: The article at present does not contain any information about the prior lives of Thompson and Venables. I feel this is a mistake, as to what extent their parenting was a cause of their actions was (and still is) a large part of media discussion on the case. Eldomtom2 (talk) 19:52, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: There isn't a great deal known about Thompson and Venables other than that they came from poor backgrounds and were known as troublemakers and truants long before the murder. The article could go into more detail, but there would need to be sourcing.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 10:01, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: That's stuff that should be in the article. This Guardian report is a good starting point.--Eldomtom2 (talk) 15:23, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  The lives of Thompson and Venables before the murder
Talk:Hastati

message: There is no point to the name of the Hastati. They were named after the long spear "hasta" they originaly carried as main weapon, while they stood in the second line between the principes which (as the name clearly says formed the first line) an the triarii in the third line. The flanks were normaly covered by socii.--84.129.237.207 (talk) 15:48, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No the Principes stood in the second line, the hastati in front, look up the references in the article.--Serviam (talk) 14:03, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Name

message: I don't think the Hastati were armed with the Hastae in the Camillan era, rather the gladius.  Is their a source for this?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.128.141.160 (talk) 19:44, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Camillan Era equipment 

message: I've viewed multiple sources from this article, and related articles, and not one of them clearly states that there were 20 leves attached to the 60 hastati of a maniple. Rather, the 20 leves were part of the 60 hastati.
*The Roman Army: A Social and Institutional History, page 90 (105)
**Mentions 20 leves attached to the hastati maniple, but does not mention them being attached to 60 hastati.
*Livy, book 8, chapter 8
**Mentions one-third of the hastati being armed only with a spear and javelins (matching the description of the leves).
*Dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities, page 494
**Also mentions one third of the hastati being only lightly armed.
Echo 48 (talk) 13:26, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Leves
Talk:List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1982

message: I'm sorry, but is there any hint that this is -- obviously -- about the United States? Also, what is the source? What exactly was "issued" on January 2, January 9 etc.? I just don't get it. <KF> 14:10, 1 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Eastern Ghats

message: Is there an official source describing the bounds of the Eastern Ghats? Various sources either include or exclude the BR Hills or MM Hills in/from Eastern Ghats. What's the official agencies have to say about this? 
This has major encyclopedic implications - if BR Hills are supposed to be part of the Eastern Ghats, then the highest point of the mountain range changes from Arma Konda to Kattari Betta which is over .
Rishabh Tatiraju (talk) 22:15, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Official boundaries of the Eastern Ghats
Portal talk:Current events/March 2004

message: I reverted the recent culling as it went too far, IMO. It is wrong to make a judgement that, for example, the Marc Detroux trial should be removed, but that Grand Theft Auto getting some awards should be kept. It is best to leave past months as they are, rather than an individual making retrospective judgements. Pete/Pcb21 (talk) 15:21, 1 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Note that I don't dispute that some entries were inappropiate - but think it is better to concentrate on guidelines for the future, rather than looking back. Pete/Pcb21 (talk) 15:22, 1 Apr 2004 (UTC)

message: The calendar won't go to individual dates. I am not sure how to fix this--Adam (talk) 18:05, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Calendar navigation
Talk:Karelian Isthmus

message: I edited the original article, getting the geographical references straight and making the historical part more precise.
Kolt
Here we meet again, Mr Ruhrjung. 
Regarding the reference to the "Phony War" ("Sitzkrieg") it should be noted that this term relates to the situation in continental Europe, a period of non-war between Germany, on the one hand, and the UK and France, on the other hand. The Winter War was a specific matter between the Soviet Union and Finland, to be carefully distinguished from the general course of WWII.
Regarding the term "Continuation War" it should be mentioned that it is a peculiarly Finnish term. Finns may perceive their campaign of 1941 to be a direct continuation of the Winter War which had ended a year earlier; for the Soviet Union it formed a new period of hostilities, only this time - because of the Finnish alliance with Germany - indeed in the larger context of the World War.
--Kolt 14:50, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Old talk
Talk:Coat of arms of Bolivia

message: I just wanted to correct you on your sumery of the cote of arms it has a condor on top not a eagle thank you..
:Yes, a quick Google seems to agree, it is an Andean Condor. I have changed it - but you are more than welcome to fix things like that yourself! Just click on "Edit this page" and fix it up! That's what Wikipedia is all about - anyone can contribute! --Stormie 00:05, Apr 9, 2004 (UTC)
I everybody, just to say that the coat of arms is not good, this is the good one : http://www.rree.gov.bo/bolivia/escudo.htm
Whoever linked that the link doesn't work, can we get an SVG file of the CoA right quick so we don't have to keep using a .gif file? --Spiritual Sausage (talk) 12:16, 23 June 2018 (UTC)

message: I am unable to find any version of the coat of arms that uses muskets instead of cannons, though the article implies that the musket version is the predominant one. Should this be corrected?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.26.198.246 (talk) 01:07, 13 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Muskets or cannons?
Talk:Tone Float

message: The Tone Float article and Organisation article are pretty short and contain some of the same information; I think that Tone Float could be merged into the Organisation, and the Tone Float article could redirect to the section in the Organisation article.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.66.246.43 (talk) 21:17, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: There is no proof as of now that the 2021 "re-release" is official. Being on Kraftwerk's YouTube channel is not proof, it's how YouTube Music works - someone might have just uploaded it on DistroKid or wherever. WolfmanFP (talk) 14:57, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  About the "re-release"
Talk:List of claimed first novels in English

message: Shouldn't this be called "First novel in Modern English"? Ardric47 02:38, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I know of no truly valid candidate for the status of "novel" in either the Middle English or Old English corpus, so I don't see why "English" would be invalid.  Before the printing press, satisfying the criteria associated with the general definition of "novel" was fairly inherently impossible.  --Yst 15:47, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title 

message: Don't forget about Eliza Haywood's "Love in Excess" which also proclaims itself a novel. It came before Richardson.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.189.65.226 (talk) 21:41, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Missing Novel

message: Why is Gulliver's Travels "not generally considered" a novel? Because it's an allegory? If that's the case, it's not mentioned on the article on the novel, itself. Eoghan (talk) 03:22, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gulliver's Travels 

message: The explanation for why picaresque literature is not considered a novel is unclear. Maybe I misunderstand the term, but that would exclude such works as Tom Jones, Vanity Fair, and Pickwick Papers, to name a few which are considered picaresque novels, with no apparent contradiction. Eoghan (talk) 03:22, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picaresque 

message: I don't know anything about this but I recently stumbled across a Wikipedia article about amatory fiction.  Seems like it could be relevant. 70.108.7.4 (talk) 00:42, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Amatory Fiction?
Talk:Larzac

message: Are we sure that Debré did not consult with the local population? Sounds like a NPOV problem. David.Monniaux 17:15, 1 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, he may have consulted the mayor of Millau (I am not even sure about that), but certainly not the population. Yann (talk) 23:14, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments
Talk:Welfare state

message: Please add Tawantinsuyu (the Inca Empire) to the historical examples. They had a system of public retirement pensions funded by the government, and rest stops along the roads for travellers. 2601:441:4400:1740:7CBB:F534:DB2F:42BC (talk) 03:16, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: so, you are hoping to add a historical empire with its complex and highly debated form of government\society that still isnt fully understood and probably never will be..... likely owing to an obvious lack of documentation that the Modern Welfare states have. 2603:6010:D007:9443:795A:B8A7:5278:8358 (talk) 21:54, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inca Empire not mentioned 

message: To anyone reading the article, and to the editors of this article: I was slightly surprised to read the historical account of modern welfare states. When I was in university in Norway some ten years ago, we were taught that the modern welfare state was based on a combination of two pillars, one of which was not even mentioned here as far as I can see. The first pillar was Otto Bismarck, who the article mentions. Briefly: We were taught that Bismarck introduced a number of welfare services, but this was based on previous earnings, and that the function of these services were mainly to ensure political stability. But the second pillar was the work of Anthony Beveridge of the UK, who was the lead author of the Beveridge Report, as far as I can remember, it was published around WWII. Beveridge had more of a focus on alleviating poverty and its effects, and thus introduced universalist thinking into the welfare state. All modern welfare states contain a mixture of both types of thinking: Some rights, such as unemployment, you have to earn. Other, such as universal health care (of which NHS was a pioneer) are made to be available to everyone. It would take me some time to dig up all the sources again, write them up, and introduce them to the article. It would be a great idea for a student of sociology or political science to do this :-) KaldeFakta68 (talk) 09:25, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  A different perspective: The modern welfare state as a combination of traits of Beveridge and Bismarck. 

message: — Assignment last updated by Shakaigaku Obasan (talk) 12:46, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Gender Welfare and Poverty
Talk:List of family trees

message: Is there a way to create a tree without making it an image?  --rs2 17:58, 1 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: You could write it in wikicode, but it'd be very ugly and tedious. You could draw it in Microsoft Word and save it as a Word Document, but it's look rather ugly. I know this is a very, very belated answer to your question... ugen64 02:43, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Talk:List of captains regent of San Marino

message: "Captain Regents"? Shouldn't it be "Captains Regent", like "Attorneys General" or "accounts receivable"? —Bkell 18:23, 1 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure, but I had just decided to move it. Feel free to move it back, if necessary. -- User:Docu
It seems you have two different Giovanni Lonfernini; one is a youngster born in the 70s, and another was a Captains Regent much earlier. --Jakro64 22:47, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC)

text: I have disambiguated several Captains Regent - simply by putting "(Captain Regent)" after the name - on the list that were in office early 20th century because the link took the reader to someone who was either born long after the term of office or, in one case, an Italian non-political conductor.Cloptonson (talk) 12:49, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Kabir

message: How is "most interesting personalities" NPOV? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Akubhai (talk • contribs) 19:38, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV 

message: I have noticed you (okay, better say, "we") are facing some troubles finding sources in this article, so I though of sharing the way I quickly collect and prepare references!
;For Google Books
*I start searching from this page (preview and full view only, I have this page in bookmark).
*After getting search results, I try to ignore some publication books like Gyan Publication (mirror of Wikipedia).
*When I think one one or more citation page is reliable and alright to add as reference, I do not prepare the citation manually. I use this external tool http://reftag.appspot.com/ (this one too added in bookmark) to quickly prepare the citation and then copy paste in article.
;Websites
*I always start by searching Government documents. Hope you know it, still, add inurl:gov in your search query to get Government documents. For example search query "Kabir Guru Nanak inurl:gov" gives these results
Sarabseth,
About your comment that people often change Kabir's birth year to 1398–  I can add at least 15 reliable refs there to support 1440 (but I too dislike reference flooding). I added only 1 Government documents actually I noticed there are many more good references to source. Please have a look at all the search results. What do you think– US Government document etc will be more helpful here? (be careful before adding Orissa Government refs, they sometimes copy from Wikipedia)
--Tito Dutta ✉ 
: We have a definite dob in the lead and infobox but as we know and the body of the article says these dates aren’t CD-R’s until. Doug Weller talk 09:04, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reliable source– Books– HTH! 

message: — Assignment last updated by Adirrao (talk) 22:05, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: India in Global Studies
Talk:Energy development

message: Hi,
The main graphs showing world total energy production and US energy flow are from 2012 and 2011 respectfully. It is more than a decade later. Someone should update these graphs for the 2020s. I would really appreciate it. 🙏🙏🙏 184.147.47.69 (talk) 05:15, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update graphs? 

message: — Assignment last updated by Juniper37 (talk) 18:59, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Geographies of Energy and Sustainability

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
In the next couple weeks, I will be revising and editing this article for an energy and sustainability course project. I would appreciate any feedback on my proposed edits, which I will be working on in my user sandbox. So far, my planned changes to the article include: 
* Under the Oceanic section, I have modified the first paragraph by specifying how Marine Renewable energy works from a physics perfective, which information wasn't in the article before.
* Adding a section on Marine energy technology, and its development in different countries, and analyzing its sustainability. 
 
* Reorganizing the three paragraphs in a way that is easier to read and adding more information to it, what do you think is missing?
* Updating and adding citations to all three paragraphs by adding 5 new sources which have been published no later than 2022. 
Please let me know what do you think of the changes I have made so far, do you agree, or would you change anything?
Thanks!  Irishyseni (talk) 22:08, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wiki Edu Assignment: Oceanic Section Under Review 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
In the next couple weeks, I will be revising and editing this article for an energy and sustainability course project. I would appreciate any feedback on my proposed edits, which I will be working on in my user sandbox. So far, my planned changes to the article include: 
* Updating the sources for information on renewable energy sources
* Updating the statistics regarding renewable energy consumption and production (some over 10 years old)
* Diversifying the sources in the general info part of the Renewable sources section, currently almost all from one source
* Lastly adding more information about renewable energy's role in developing countries
Thanks! Bongofish2 (talk) 00:41, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wiki Edu Assignment: Renewable sources Section Under Review
Talk:Vaginal lubrication

message: An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect :Getting wet and has thus listed it at redirects for discussion. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 December 22#Getting wet until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.  signed, Rosguill talk 15:40, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Getting wet" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] 

message: I very much enjoyed this information!  Thanks Wikipedia!! 2600:387:0:9A2:0:0:0:41 (talk) 20:57, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vagina
Talk:Infectious disease

message: It is something of a shame that the article does not mention the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases where I work. If nobody objects I'll add links for those to the "see also" if nobody else does -- assuming people agree that it's relevant. BiologistBabe (talk) 17:38, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  CDC and USAMRIID
Talk:Marquess of Ely

message: I'm curious-- why was he given an Irish peerage? Marnanel 20:08, Apr 1, 2004 (UTC)
: And almost two and a half years later, you get a response :-) The first marquess and his ancestors were from Ireland and the marquessate is believed to refer to Ely O'Carroll, County Laois rather than Ely, Cambs. Craigy (talk?) 22:51, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Here is a link to the Directory of Royal Genealogical Database entry on Scott Craig Tottenham http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal39582. You can go up the list to find the previous marquesses. This is genealogical reference only, no history. You are correct in your assessment that the 'Ely' does not refer to Ely, Cambs. Peer 17:10, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]
Talk:Leleges

message: I moved "of Apollo" out of "The oracular shrine of Apollo at Dodona" Was that me that put in that gaffe? Wetman 21:18, 1 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Apollo

message: I think that the identification between Leleges and Lukka is well documented. Why the article doesn't quote it? --IonnKorr 20:13, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Leleges and Lukka
Talk:Gdańsk/Archive 4

message: Space Cadet, it is very upsetting that you would try to change this article in a way that the discussion on this page shows is strongly opposed without any further attempt at discussion.  john 15:56, 5 Mar 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: But seriously: The English name to be used in reference to any period is Gdansk. This is the fact of the case and it is undisputed.
I don't want to get into the whole argument again, but this is absolutely and completely untrue.  Look at the archives.  I did a JSTOR search through the major English language historical journals from 1990-1999 (the time when "Gdansk" is most likely to be used) and was able to find absolutely no articles which referred to the city as "Gdansk" during the 19th century, or the 20th century up to 1945.  There were some references to it as Gdansk in the 18th century and earlier, but not very many.  Most references to Gdansk referred to the post-1945 period.  I'd add that almost every historical work, whether a monograph or a textbook, that I have ever read, refers to the place as "Danzig" before 1945.  I will admit that Britannica, and perhaps other encyclopedias, does refer to the place as "Gdansk" throughout its history, but I'm not sure why we should avoid what is both the popular and the scholarly usage of the name "Danzig" to refer to the city before 1945.  At any rate, Space Cadet, seeing as I pointed this out months ago, I can only feel you are being willfully dishonest to suggest that "Gdansk" is the only proper way to refer to the city in English at any time period.
Further, to the question of how other cities which have had name changes like this should be referred to, unless you want to start a meta page to discuss a general policy on such pages, we're going to have to start somewhere.  I'd be happy to try to work out some general policy on how to deal with such things, but I don't see why such a project not occurring means you have the right to make massive changes that a pretty clear majority is at least very skeptical of.  While there is, perhaps, an argument to be made for uniformity, that argument isn't strengthened by making dishonest claims about standard English usage, certainly.
I'd also like to apologize if my edit warring this morning caused damage to the article.  At any rate, the whole discussion here has not been at a very high level.  Why don't we try to rationally discuss the pros and cons of the different ways of doing this?  I begin below. john 05:11, 6 Mar 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: new section