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Talk:Taq Kasra

message: Well, i've done some research.
According to this page: http://www.archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=9021
It was the palace of Anushirvan Khusraw, 531-79AD, which makes it at least 1400+ years old. If you read a bit further, it mentions it being attributed by an ancient Sassanid chronicle to Shapur I, circa 241-72AD.
Even if this isn't correct information, it's still bloody old, and remarkable that an arch constructed so long ago could still be standing today, especially one of this size.  
58.111.99.69 (talk) 12:00, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Is there any evidence that this really is a true catenary, or was intended to be a catenary? I have tried to fit catenaries and other simple curves (ellipse, parabola) to photographs of the arch, and the results I get are entirely inconclusive. 86.142.109.217 (talk) 02:03, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It looks much closer to a catenary than any of the other basic arch shapes. Ethan Mitchell (talk) 21:40, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shape of arch 

message: I am a stonemason.  I have read about Taq-i Kisra many times, and how it's the largest arch every built without falsework.  I want to be impressed, but I just don't see it.  There's no way that mortar would hold a cantilever of that distance (imagine the moment just before the keystone row goes in!)  And how do we _know_ they didn't use falsework? Ethan Mitchell (talk) 21:40, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Masonry Question
Talk:Michael E. Long

message: i removed the split persons tag, after deleting all refrences to the murderer and basically reverting back to what was here about the sports coach. i'll also change things that link here when they shouldn't.
if anyone can varify that the coach's name is actually Michael E. Long and not just Mike Long as the content of this article and other web pages i have seen all refer to him as Mike Long.
Snafu25 13:35, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Is this guy really notable? If you had to sum up his significance in one sentence, what would you say? Deiz talk 13:56, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Central Directorate of the Judicial Police

message: Would it be worth merging this article with Law enforcement in France? There is a brief mention of the DCPJ in the latter but this detail may be better paced there.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by HJ Mitchell (talk • contribs) 23:30, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge?

message: There is a French article for Brigades régionales de police mobile, and the translation here is good enough for a literal translation. But adding an  template would be better, because it would generate a clickable red link. Checking reliable sources leads to the most common term for this in English, which in the context of policing, is "regional mobile brigades", and without context or on first usage, is sometimes "regional brigades of mobile Police" or "regional mobile brigades of the police judiciaire". However, "regional mobile brigades of mobile Police" is not very common usage. Mathglot (talk) 04:34, 3 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggested English term for mobile police
Talk:Geumsansa

message: The South Korean government adapts a hierarchy system on important intangible treasures or national treasures in South Korea. The title, Gukbo (National Treasure) is given to superb intangible properties, and Bomu (Treasure) is the 2nd grade properties next in line in terms of historical value and artistic perspective. So that should not be confused.--Caspian blue 01:04, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  "National Treasure" and just "Treasure" are different.
Talk:Nasugbu

message: The President declared this town special tourism zone.
--Florentino floro 13:49, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Special Tourism Zone 

message: page needs editing. too much use of adjectives. page has turned into a tabloid article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ed the Alchemist of Steel (talk • contribs) 07:25, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  page needs editing. too much use of adjectives. 
Talk:Gwonbeop

message: ----
"Quan fa is a generic term used for open handed Chinese martial arts. Gwonbeop was developed based on the methods of the Shaolin Temple and the techniques of Jang Song Gye (장송계 hanja: 張松溪). The hanja for quan fa and gwonbeop are the same. The chapter in the muyedobotongji dealing with gwonbeop was inspired by Chinese writings describing quan fa-techniques. It was the Chinese general Qi Jiguang who said that empty-handed fighting methods were impractical on the battlefield."
The empty hand methods illustrated in the Muye Dobo Tongji come from Qi Jiguang's Jinxiao Xinshu. Qi never mentioned using Shaolin (external) and Zhang Songxi's (internal) methods in his empty hand routine (only Shaolin staff methods and no mention of the external vs. internal classification). Given that the Muye Dono Tongji was compiled at the time of the Qing dynasty, the author of the Korean source took the classification that Huang Zongxi and Huang Baijia used for the Shaolin vs. Wudang division after the fall of the Ming Dynasty; this appeared to have been a political statment againts the ruling manchu. See Henning's Ignorance , Leyend and Taijiquan, The Chenstyle Taijiquan Journal; Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia, External vs. Internal Martial Arts p. 119-122; Journal of Asian Martial Arts, "Chinese Boxing: The Internal Versus External Schools In the Light of History and Theory", Vol. 6, No. 3, 1997; Journal of Asian Martial Arts, The Origins of the Internal-External School Concept, S. Henning, M. Wells Vol 20, No 2, 2011.
Tianshanwarrior 21:40, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I would very much appreciate some editing guidance. The subject of this article may be well served by addressing each of the Boxing methods listed. IMHO this would mean 32 sub-chapters which may make the overall article unweildy and bordering on a tome. Alternately each of the Boxing methods could be addressed as a separate article though perhaps of insufficient material, say about a paragraph. Is there some function in WIKI editing that might offer a reasonable compromise between the two options? Thoughts? --Bruce W Sims (talk) 16:33, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
Talk:Ephraim Moses Lilien

message: Are "Ephraim Moses Lilien" and "Moshe Ephraim Lilien" the same person or two different people? Deryck C. 15:35, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  One or two people? 
Talk:Edna Foa

message: ==Untitled==
Not to be obscessive, but shouldn't the title of this article be: Edna B. Foa rkmlai (talk) 03:32, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Page name

message: Not to be obscessive, but shouldn't the title of this article be: Edna B. Foa rkmlai (talk) 03:32, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Prior content in this article duplicated one or more previously published sources. The material was copied from: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3883386,00.html. Infringing material has been rewritten or removed and must not be restored, unless it is duly released under a compatible license. (For more information, please see "using copyrighted works from others" if you are not the copyright holder of this material, or "donating copyrighted materials" if you are.) For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or published material; such additions will be deleted. Contributors may use copyrighted publications as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences or phrases. Accordingly, the material may be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with these policies. Thank you.  Mkativerata (talk) 22:30, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright problem removed
Talk:Raid on Taipei

message: This Article states that "As early as 1943, . . . . . units of the combined air force of U.S. and Nationalist China had launched several air raids against military and industrial targets in Taiwan."
I believe this is incorrect.  There were no units of any combined air force of "U.S. and Nationalist China" which launced air raids against targets in Taiwan.   
Hence, I suggest that this description be edited or deleted. Hmortar (talk) 12:39, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Background 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: not moved. No consensus to move based on English-language sources. (closed by non-admin page mover) Vpab15 (talk) 21:53, 12 October 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Raid on Taipei →  – Taipei was called Taihoku (Taihoku City, Taihoku Prefecture, Taiwan, Japan) during the raid. Konno Yumeto 11:05, 24 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 24 September 2021
Talk:Demographics of Georgia (country)

message: What year are represented in the section? 2002 in the headline, 2016 by archived link and 2020 by real-time link. And this data has no information about "100% Georgians".
CickSlowUnion (talk) 11:54, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Somehow it was a mix of different years ("estimates" until 2007), while most properties are readily available through other tables in this page from reliable sources etc. That is one of the reasons why I have issues with maintaining the section on the page. Second reason is that the old data presented cannot be verified as the reference points to the current site/data. Thirdly, even when changing the section title and updating the properties to 2021 numbers, referring to CIA world factbook when they nowadays indicate a population "estimate" for 2021 of 4.9 million people raises a major question to their overall reliability. Mentioning it would equal to validating it. I have therefore removed the section as it does not add anything new or significant that we miss on this page, apart maybe from HIV numbers (can be found through other ways anyways). --Labrang (talk) 14:09, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  CIA Factbook
Talk:Aswan International Airport

message: After looking at this and Daraw Airport I think the correct name is Aswan International Airport. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 15:08, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No comments in 4 months, so Daraw Airport now redirects here. -- Zyxw (talk) 15:16, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge
Talk:Kluster

message: Insert non-formatted text hereThis should be renamed to some-thing like Kluster (band), since there is a company called Kluster that will probably have an article very soon if the request is not blue-linked. Kdammers (talk) 10:55, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request for move 

message: Wouldn't there be a confusion with another article Cluster (band)? Aren't they the same? I've just removed all interwiki links, none was good... 81.220.37.124 (talk) 00:52, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Cluster???
Talk:Earthstar (band)

message: The use of the "Humans Only" album cover is temporary.  This page has been developed with the cooperation of Dennis Rea of Earthstar who provided me with additional information.  He has no objection to the use of the cover for now.  Dennis Rea is going to try and see if Craig Wuest has an actual photo of the band that WikiPedia can use. Caitlynmaire 18:52, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This photo has now been replaced Caitlynmaire 04:00, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Use of "Humans Only" album cover

message: Per Dennis Rea photos of Earthstar are rare or non-existent.  He is in contact with other former band members and will try and hunt one down.  Earthstar was Craig Wuest's brainchild and this photo is appropriate if a group photo cannot be found.  Caitlynmaire 04:00, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Photo of Craig Wuest
Talk:Carboxylate

message: I've added some information about the stability of carboxylate ions, but I've only studied A-level Chemistry, so my interpretation of what makes carboxylate anions stable may be too naïve. If an expert stumbles upon this page, it would be good if he or she could give my explanation a once-over. I realise there's also an explanation on the carboxylic acid page, but I went into more detail about why it's more stable than an alkoxide ion on this page. Thanks. (edit: Also, sorry I marked my edits minor on the page; I have that enabled as default, and forgot) Tim Goodwyn 15:14, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

message: Er, shouldn't the link to 'salt' (in the first line) be to /Salt_%28chemistry%29 rather than the article on NaCl?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by LiveYankee (talk • contribs) 00:44, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Definitely;  --Bblackburn (talk) 00:01, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link to 'Salt' 

message: Term not defined or used in article. 86.179.191.90 (talk) 01:17, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why does "polycarboxylate" redirect here? 

message: Would it be possible to add the nomenclature? In particular "carboxylate" versus "carboxy", if there is any difference between these two terms. 2A02:8388:1604:F600:A023:1A46:73DC:AD2 (talk) 18:25, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nomenclature
Talk:Idol 2007 (Sweden)

message: Help improving this article. New season on thusday--Zingostar 15:14, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Help
Talk:Greater Bangalore

message: This article has been revised as part of a large-scale clean-up project of multiple article copyright infringement. (See the investigation subpage) Earlier text must not be restored, unless it can be verified to be free of infringement. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions must be deleted. Contributors may use sources as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences or phrases. Accordingly, the material may be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously. Diannaa (talk) 21:48, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible copyright problem
Talk:Metro Conference

message: I agree that Metro Conference did indeed pay out fairly large settlements to the Va schools as out of court outcomes of the filed lawsuit(s), resulting in the "ultimate failure" in stopping the merger and creation of C-USA.  I wouldn't considerate it a complete nor ultimate failure, but I would assume the cost of joining another conference was greater than the pay out they received, as you may have been saying.  I also think they is some shoddy writing within this article, especially the sections we're talking about.  This particular misplaced modifier and possibly the overuse of parenthesis makes this extremely confusing...
"Virginia Tech (who were banking on an invitation to join the Big East Conference) were left out of Conference USA, and joined the Atlantic 10 Conference (they are now in the Atlantic Coast Conference)"
...I'm sure people who do not know better often think the A-10 conference has now become the ACC conference, which is extremely incorrect.
-jd (talk) 12:07, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Query Cont. 

message: Tulane was expelled from the Metro following the men's basketball point shaving scandal in 1985 and forced to play all other sports as an independent through the 1988-89 school year. Tulane was readmitted to the Metro in 1989 when the men's basketball program came back. Please update this on the membership timeline. DavidSteinle (talk) 17:22, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tulane
Talk:Edwin Dun

message: They should’ve added that he was Josh Dun’s great, great, great grandfather.  Marley Wells (talk) 19:00, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Josh Dun
Talk:Samara (fruit)

message: Ive read that maple fruits are actually schizocarps  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.10.212.52 (talk) 14:42, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I always heard samara refered to as wingnuts. Is this inaccurate? Is there a reason not to include such a reference here? Grye (talk) 06:38, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wingnuts? 

message: I am removing the citations from:
* The seed can be in the centre of the wing, as in the elms (genus Ulmus), the hoptree (Ptelea trifoliata), and the bushwillows (genus Combretum).
The first of these is certainly spurious (the book is also here). It is just a list of plant names, not remotely relevant to the statement. The second citation is not available in the Biodiversity Heritage Library, unlike later issues of the journal, but in any case, the citation is inexact and therefore provides no benefit to the reader. (How does this trash accumulate?!) Sminthopsis84 (talk) 20:58, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spurious citations removed 

message: Would mahogany qualify as a samara? See photo inset on its page for image of a seed, which has a singe-winged shape that enables it to flutter to the ground during wind dispersal. If not a samara, the mahogany page should be updated with an accurate term.Martindo (talk) 00:33, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes they are samaras--Kevmin § 00:43, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. Please correct what I added and indicate if it's accurate to make an analogy with single-rotor helicopters. Martindo (talk) 01:35, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question for Botanist: single wing?
Talk:The Pit (mixed martial arts)

message: Would like to see if the focus of the article needs to change from being informative on the training camp itself and shift more to UFC/Pride FC competition.  Also if there is something in the structure itself that must change, I am open to suggestions. Unak78 01:14, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Chin-Lung Hu

message: wouldnt he be the first player from taiwan to hit 1 homer run. nobody else did.--Adam Penale (talk) 13:29, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  first player to hit two homers 

message: Why are these two things given so much prominence?  Hu is Taiwanese, and in Taiwan they use traditional characters.  Also, the romanization is based on a more familiar (to English speakers) Wade-Giles-based system.  Why is the Pinyin here -- he doesn't spell his name like that. Heian-794 (talk) 14:27, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hu's name in simplified Chinese and Pinyin 
Talk:Carrboro High School

message: I thought that the other name being considered was South Chapel Hill High, not West. Seeing as Carrboro High is in the southern part of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro community, this would make more sense.--TuckJ 15:56, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other proposed names 

message: I don't know how. Any help here? Tiger Khan (talk) 01:33, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can anyone fix the pictures? 

message: Is propaganda and "morale-lowering" really what we want to talk about here? It sounds like a war zone. This section probably needs some tone edits. Tiger Khan (talk) 03:05, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criticism Section
Talk:European Commissioner for Justice

message: Please see Talk:List of European Commission portfolios.- J.Logan`t: 20:03, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

message: This article currently (29 January 2020) says that "The current commissioner is Vera Jourova" and (in the infobox) that the President is Jean-Claude Juncker.
Huh? According to the page European Commission, the current commission is the Von der Leyen Commission and the latter, according to the article about it, is in office since 1 December 2019. According to the article about Didier Reynders, he is the current Commissioner for Justice, but current news articlesIn French: L'Union Européenne s'inquiète d'une "campagne de diffamation" contre les juges en Pologne ("The European Union is worrying about a 'defamation campaign' against judges in Poland"), www.rtbf.be, 28 January 2020 about Mrs. Jourova's current visit to Poland name her as "the Vice-President in charge of the rule of law" (French: «La vice-présidente de la Commission européenne chargée de l'Etat de droit»). I thought the rule of law was part of Reynders's "Justice" department.
I'm puzzled. — Tonymec (talk) 03:27, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  "The current commissioner is Vera Jourova" 

message: Both of the external links are broken. Does any of you know how to update them? 130.238.112.129 (talk) 21:14, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  broken external links
Talk:Festa teatrale

message: Can Un chien andalou please explain his evidence for 'Festa teatrale' as a phrase adopted into the English language as a loanword? Thanks. --Kleinzach 22:20, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Category now removed. --Kleinzach 01:40, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Italian loan words
Talk:Gangseo District, Seoul

message: I don't agree there're a lot of low-level. obviously there're not rich people in Gangseo-gu but I don't think many them are low-level. Gangseo-gu is developing now .I think the expression :low-level is not a good one even rude. I cannot hide my bad feeling as a person who lives in Gangseo-gu.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.123.168.23 (talk) 14:17, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
Talk:Viscacha

message: The Viscacha looks like a Pikachu, I think this should be mentioned. 78.150.144.231 (talk) 15:13, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pikachu-like 

message: If anyone has more pictures, the gallery here needs them. Blue Rasberry 00:12, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: More pics needed

message: This text appears under genera...is there some reason for this?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.72.189.168 (talk) 02:41, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  I will subdivision you 

message: There are five extant species of viscacha:
 (...)
 * Wolffsohn's viscacha (Lagidium wolffsohni): Little is known about this species, as it is rarer than the other three viscachas.
(emphasis mine)
The numbers obviously don't match. I presume it should read 'the other four'. 84.237.161.184 (talk) 16:35, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Three or four?
Talk:Kidwelly and Llanelly Canal

message: Following the invitation at WT:WALES for comments on the naming issue, my thoughts are these.  This reference refere to the "Kidwelly and Llanelly Canal and Tramroad Company", so it would be correct to use the "y" form in relation to the company, and probably also the canal on the basis that the canal during its operational life would have used the "y" form. However, references to the town should be to "Llanelli", with a note that it was often/generally/always (as the case may be) called "Llanelly" in the 19th century.  BencherliteTalk 18:18, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Llanelli / Llanelly 

message: Was it known also as Kymer Canal? I see it rendered as Kymer's Canal ie the canal which (Thomas) Kymer had constructed in my reference which is The Canals of South Wales and the Border by Charles Hadfield (Cardiff: Univ of Wales Press, 1960) I had been thinking of establishing a redirect page from Kymer's Canal to the section on this page. cheers Geopersona (talk) 18:54, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The middle section was Kymer's Canal, before it became part of the larger network. Bob1960evens (talk) 12:13, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kymer's Canal