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Talk:Decimal representation

message: the article claims that "every real number except zero has two representations".  Is this true?  What are two decimal representations for 1/3?  I am under the impression that this only holds for numbers that admit representations with finitely many nonzero terms.  -lethe talk [ +] 20:00, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This comment is in response to an edit by mfc, which was subsequently fixed by Dmharvey.  So, nevermind. -lethe talk [ +] 20:02, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  infinite decimal representations 

message: : (discussion started at my talk page. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 17:28, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. The sections Multiple decimal representations and Infinite decimal representations need some kind of mergin. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 17:28, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: (In haste) "normalized representation" handled above can be finite. This section is about infinite expansions. LambiamTalk 22:19, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I thought the expansion .999… is chosen for mere technical reasons. It certainly seems artificial to say that .999… is an infinite expansion while 1.000… is not. Hylas 09:23, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Merging two sections

message: I have two issues with the definition given here.  The are, in my opinion, not that important.  First, why are do we never point out that every real number has a decimal representation?  Sure it is a bit easier to define for non-negative real numbers, and everything that is interesting to talk about happens in this case, but some comment should be made.  Also the way we handle a0 isn't perfect.  When we make the correspondence with the r=a0.a1a2a3… we are sort of implicitly implying everything should be written base 10.  I think the definition would be better served if we summed over some finite number of negative indices.    And later made a comment that for negative numbers it is typical to represent them by -a0.a1a2a3 where |r|=a0.a1a2a3… by our previous definition. Thenub314 (talk) 09:14, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Annoying comment 

message: Isn't 1024 = 1*10^3+0*10^2+2*10^1+4*10^0 also the decimal representation of a real which is an integer? Why is a0 allowed to be >9 in contrast to the other digits? Shouldn't the integer part also be split up in decimal digits? — MFH:Talk 15:52, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  negative indices / integer part 
Talk:Lance Hamilton

message: It's a hemidemisemistub, but he's a notable enough NZ ODI player. Adding some stats from cricinfo... Tonywalton  | Talk 19:20, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Added infobox. He didn't seem to set the world on fire, but it's early days yet! And playing for your national team in a competitive international is notable, IMO. Tonywalton  | Talk 19:43, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Armagh GAA

message: Armagh have become one of the dominant teams in Gaelic football over the last decade <- Debatable , last  10 years seems a bit much
However, Armagh were not always considered footballing superpowers < Superpowers also debatable
Their rivalry with their nearest neighbours Tyrone over the last few seasons has produced some of the best games of the Championship. < Or worst ,many of the game i've seen where terrible 
Their dominance at the ALl-Ireland stage has copperfastened their membership of the "Big Three" of football, alongside Kerry and Tyrone. <= Dominance , 1 sam?
(Gnevin 19:26, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: POV

message: Since 1999 Armagh have won 5 Ulster titles thereby confirming their position as the dominant team in Ulster along with Tyrone.
I think this line is pretty fair to both teams considering tyrone are current champions and have won it twice in the last 3 years 
(Gnevin 21:42, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Armagh and Tyrone

message: Armagh's Ulster title was won in 1903 not 1902? the 1901-02 Ulster Title was played over two years and was won bye Antrim 3-05 to Armagh 2-05 the 1901-02 season was only 1 title won by Antrim  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gazzas46zs (talk • contribs) 19:47, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Armagh's Ulster title was won in 1903 not 1902?
Talk:South Park Is Gay!

message: does anybody remember when they were showing advertisements for this episode when it was coming out and the original plot was that Garrison and Slave vow to become even gayer than the other South Park folk were?  I wish I knew what became of that plot. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.107.186.159 (talk • contribs) 19:27, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know how to start a new section, but under "References to Pop culture," a bullet point mentions "The Jeffersons," and then claims, "This is a reference to the popularity of African Americans while that show was on the air." What the hell does that mean? At best, it strikes me as a stupid comment, and at worst, it could be offensive. I'm going to delete it. If someone knows what the hell this means and wants to return it to the article, please rewrite it so the meaning is clear.  BJ Nemeth 09:59, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: There was a scene from this episode, in which the guys are sitting in the living room watching TV, and then we view them from the kitchen's angle. At that time, Mr. Mackey's head appears momentarily on screen, although he wasn't there before. Is this a goof?--Orthologist 17:00, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, definitely a mistake there. Ned Gerblansky's head also appears in the frame from the kitchen angle when he wasn't in the room previously, it's really low down the screen, like he would need to be lying on the ground for it to be that low... Must just be a sketch that they intended to make into a final draft but forgot. Don't think there is any need to place it in the article, it's a very minor point. Rudy 00:39, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible Goof? 

message: A lot of other south park episode articles have trivia sections...why shouldn't this one be allowed it? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.51.216.221 (talk) 18:23, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Trivia sections are frowned upon throughout the entirety of Wikipedia. Lots42 05:22, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trivia tag.... 

message: Can someone please add some information on who this "David White" mentioned in the first section is?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.192.25.176 (talk) 07:56, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: David White??
Talk:Chamundi Hills

message: It's great!
Can someone post the mailing address of Chamundi Hills, Mysore, pl.
[prev entry is unsigned]
Chamundi Hills is a relatively large place, with various mailing addresses.
I removed the section describing the history of the name "Mysore" as it's not relevant to Chamundi hills, per-se, and is redundant with the information in the Mysore entry (which is linked.)
Charles haynes (talk) 13:01, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
Talk:Tatanka (wrestler)

message: It is not called the Australian Championship.  It's the i-Generation International Championship.  Mr. C.C. (talk) 22:01, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  i-Generation International Championship 

message: On 24 April, 2010 in Berkeley Springs, WV, Chavis lost a number-one contender match for the Covey Pro Heavyweight Championship to Shane Douglas.  Tammy Sytch was the special guest referee.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cparks9717 (talk • contribs) 02:06, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent Developments: 

message: The article says:
At WrestleMania IX, Tatanka received his first televised title shot in the WWF, against Shawn Michaels for the WWF Intercontinental Championship. Tatanka won the match by countout. Since a title could not change hands on a countout, Michaels retained the title.[9]
I believe this is wrong and Michaels lost via DQ and not countout. Can someone please update that? I do not know how.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.97.197.183 (talk) 11:01, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed Edit
Talk:Radio jockey

message: User:Caseydeez seems to have edited a few times to add more famous radio jockeys to the third paragraph of the article, with a constant addition being Hardeep Chandpuri. I question this, because Chandpuri is already mentioned as respected in the Training section. I simply feel that it is redundant to list him there, and am posting here and Caseydeez's talk to prevent any reverting silliness from happening. What do you think about including Chandpuri twice or thrice?
Caveat: I have no background on the subject, but found this article through a related one that needed a copyedit. Arcendet (talk) 18:01, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inclusion of Hardeep Chandpuri in list of famous RJs
Talk:Jason Miller (playwright)

message: Does anyone have a source that actually described him as being Catholic? (i.e. not "Catholic upbringing" or "Catholic school") Mad Jack 08:03, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Catholic?

message: Jason Miller was Catholic. How adamant a Catholic he was and how he paracticed his religous beliefs are not part of the public record.
trezjr 12:52, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Reply

message: Be prepared to backup your statements of "fact" with verification or they will be removed.
This page is being watched for vandalism and unsubstantiated remarks.
trezjr 12:44, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Facts 

message: Should we mention Jason Miller as a Tony Award-winning playwright? TMProofreader (talk) 18:08, 14 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tony Award
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject The KLF

message: I stumbled on this gem while checking whether Drummond's bibliography is up to date:
This just goes to show how easy it can be to introduce a "circular reference", that is a citation to an article or book for a 'fact' they lifted from Wikipedia in the first place :)
[Alas, the book was a limited print run and all copies have sold out so I won't be getting one.] --kingboyk (talk) 21:24, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bill Drummond on the subject of Wikipedia (highlighting the dangers of the 'circular reference') 

message: I have nominated The Orb for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. RetiredDuke (talk) 12:03, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Orb featured article review
Talk:Alfonso III of Aragon

message: There are no sources for this article, I would like to know in which Canto of Purgatory does Alfons appear...?
--Francisco Valverde 19:52, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: He's in the Valley of the Princes (Cantos VII & VIII), awaiting admission to purgatory (for a period of time equal to the time they lived on earth, which can be reduced by intercessroy praryer of the living) with the other negligent Christian rulers (including Rudolph I von Hapsburg, Ottocar II of Bohemia, Philip III of France, Henry I of Navarre, Peter III of Aragon, Charles I of Anjou & Provence, Henry III of England, Guglielmo VII of Monferrat, Ugolino Visconti, Conrad II Malaspina.). The specific citation for Alfonso would be Purgatorio, Canto VII, l. 115ff.  - Nunh-huh 20:00, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources, please
Talk:Catauxi

message: I removed this from the article because the 1911 Britannica does not make an up to date source for this type of information: "Around their wrists and ankles they wear rings of twisted hair. They cultivate mandioc, and make pottery and bark canoes." Previously had been removed "They are a fine warlike race, with remarkably clear complexions and handsome features" and references to cannibalism. The only other thing I could find on the web was this, but it is in Portuguese and only mentions the Catauxi once. At best it could be used for more info on generalizations of the peoples in the area, but at least it verifies their existence. The source I did add was basically a circular reference which is subpar, but I felt it was better than nothing until better sources might be able to be found. - Taxman Talk 19:55, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Verification
Talk:Lousewies van der Laan

message: Hi there, came in through an RFC.
Kind of a relief, cause most of the other RFCs are discussing whether to use the term "terrorist" or "Islamofascist", so consider yourselves relatively lucky :-)
Anyways, about references. I've always learned that, when in doubt, it is usually better to add things to an article rather than remove them. The same applies here. The Wikipedia:Citing sources guidelines clearly state that you should use sources whenever possible, especially when you think such information might be contested. Now I know it will hardly be contested (perhaps that the kids name is Helix - I always thought that name was silly), but again, why remove information when it could be useful even 2% of the time. Thats a good enough score IMHO.
Then about the relevance. Family members of famous people have always also attracted some attention. Although I agree with you that we shouldnt want to dig too deep into their life, soe degree of primary information certainly seems warranted; age, studies, job, that kind of thing. In fact you'd have a hard time stamping these things out of the wiki, for example, the artivle of (Random article) Sacha Baron Cohen mentions his father has a shop in Piccadilly. Should that be removed? If you ask me, no. 
Only remove stuff when it clearly violates policy (NPOV). Otherwise, just leave it in.
Cheers, The Minister of War (Peace) 07:54, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  RFC 

message: To maintain transparency, Lousewies van der Laan is Andries cousin, by his own admission   SSS108 talk-email 14:48, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Andries Editing Of Relative's Article

message: The article mentions that Ms van der Laan and her husband "got" a son.  Did the son come about in the usual way?  Was the kid adopted (or possibly kidnapped)?  "Got a son" is an awkward and confusing construction in English, and I'd like to fix it. (disclaimer: this is not to disparage the language skills of any Dutch person who can write in English). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dukeofomnium (talk • contribs) 16:39, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: "Got" a son?
Template talk:Country-album-stub

message: Are there any other stub templates with links to Wikiprojects? I've removed the link from this one, but I see there's been some back-and-forthing about that. Why? It seems like a clearly over-the-top bit of metadata that the typical reader should not run into in an article page. —Bunchofgrapes  (talk) 19:58, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Simón Bolívar University (Venezuela)

message: No sure about those myths. In all my years attending the university, never heard of the first two. --Anagnorisis 20:00, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: An unregistered user keeps erasing the myth about the Ampere. I consider it is part of the folklore of the USB and should stay. Notice that none of the myths are supported by sources. Since they are myths, it is hard to find factual information about them. Nevertheless, they represent an important part of the culture in the university. Also, someone added a fact about the Ampere which has nothing that supports it. I think this article needs a lot of work. There is a huge lack of sources and citations that are essential to back up the facts. Please, someone help. Finally, please discuss important changes before erasing big parts of the article. Regards, Daguerio. Daguerio 22:40, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  About the myths 

message: :The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
No consensus to move. After much-extended time for discussion (and counting wbm1058's input as in opposition to the move), there is a clear absence of consensus in favor of the move, with opinions leaning closer to a consensus against moving. The proposed target title can be disambiguated. BD2412 T 19:24, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Simón Bolívar University (Venezuela) →  – On 14 March 2019,  moved the page about the university in Venezuala from Simón Bolívar University to Simón Bolívar University (Venezuela) but without changing any of the thousands of incoming links. Simón Bolívar University now redirects to Simón Bolívar University (Venezuela), and there are 2 other pages: Simón Bolívar University (Colombia) and Simon Bolivar University (Mexico). This requested move reverses that move because the university in Venezuela is the primary topic. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 17:34, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

text: Oppose other than there being only 133 incoming links to the non-specific name (not thousands), I agree with the other commenter that WP:PRIMARYTOPIC isn't clear here. I'd prefer that Simón Bolívar University was turned into a disambiguation page instead of being reverted to the Venezuelan article. Turnagra (talk) 01:23, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

text: The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move.  Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
Pageviews do lean to the Venezuelan university as higher than the others in terms of students, rank, seniority, prestige, etc. Might follow up on this later. No harm in creating more specific links though. – wbm1058 (talk) 16:35, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 30 August 2020
Talk:Turkic mythology

message: I removed the "prod" template since this is certainly a perfectly legitimate encyclopedic topic. However I removed the text, which is from http://web.mst.edu/~gdoty/poems/altaic/creation.html as an apparent violation of copyright. I also added a bit of text, another ref, a cat and stubbed.
But I wonder whether this article should be named instead Turkic mythology?
Paul August ☎ 20:06, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent edits

message: I expanded this artice some. I used materials from Murad Adji's book "The Kipchaks".
And I also deleted "Turkey related article" stuff, 'cause it is about ALL turkic mythology, not only of Anatolian turks.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.82.23.131 (talk • contribs) 
:Good job.  I've cleaned up the English and links a bit.  Coyoty 16:48, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expand 

message: The section seems to be written in a non-encyclopedic tone, with personal observations. It also lacks references to reliable and current sources. KHR FolkMyth (talk) 20:40, 4 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Section "Traces of Turkic mythology in Europe" 
Talk:Bill Gates' flower fly

message: Isn't this just an expanded april's fool ?
* www.sel.barc.usda.gov seems to be the common source for all accounts about this fly on the Web;
* they give extended information on the other rare flys they list in , but only minimal information on BG's or PA's flys (*), and end with: a full published account may be found in the April 1997 issue of the Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington.
** (*) though this may be because most of the interest of these flys lies in their name...
Someone confirm or infirm that suspiscion ? Could someone look up these proceedings ? --FvdP 20:08, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If it was an april fool's joke, I'd expect them to refer to Gates' contributions to Hemipterology, not Dipterology. The article describing the new flies is referred to in this article by the same author (link does not work; but it is in Google's cache; ). I think it is legitimate. Eugene van der Pijll 20:59, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you. The article you reference looks indeed serious. I wonder what Gates & Allen contributed to dipterology, though (and both of them at that). The choice of their names may be a bit of a joke. --FvdP 19:29, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  My assumption is that the name is based on a play on the word "bug".  Spikebrennan 17:40, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Abydos (Hellespont)

message: I originally had this article on my list of ancient Greek city articles to be seriously improved from a stub or near-stub condition. I made some format changes, worked on the commonscat and started on the content. At this point I was bulldozed by mugsalot. We finally got into the contentious discussion you see above. I didn't agree with most of his reasons. He kept removing my material and I took it for unwarranted reversion. He had a bad reputation on his talk page from removing material from other articles and was threatened with blocking. His style is not my style or his methods mine. Just now I've been looking at this article carefully to see where I could improve it. I noticed a few thing I had not noticed before. 1) He actually kept a lot of my suggestions - the box, some of the content if not the wording, a reorganization of the history section. 2)The article was a lot larger. 3) The article now had a consistent style and a consistent referencing system. 4) mugsalot has done a lot of work on this article and has not failed to address my concerns even though what he says is often pompous and ridiculous.
So, I can now see that I was wrong in the direction of my assessment. This is NOT a reversion to an inferior article and it is NOT vandalism. I do apologize for that, mugsalot. Can you forgive me? Furthermore, perhaps his other excisions ought to be reassessed, but I'm not here to do that. I'm here to make this article better, as it is on my list. Here is what I believe happened. mugsalot is a very determined editor and he has a fixed style. He actually swooped in and took over this article. Before I knew it I was out. His excuses don't hold any water. However, I notice now that the article is a unit with a consistent style. The history section, which I wanted to expand, has been expanded and reorganized. I think its quality had definitely come up a long way. If he didn't work on it originally, he certainly put plenty of work on it now. I do not feel comfortable working on it. He has his style, I have mine. What has happened is similar to what sometimes happens in technical writing, when two writers work on the same manual. After careful self-examination I conclude the following. My original goal has been accomplished. Whether this article is a good one now or not I do not know, but it is not a bad one. I wouldn't have done it this way, and neither would cplakidis, but it is done now. The commoncat section is somewhat deficient in pictures but they are just not on Commons. I suppose the Turkish government might have something to do with that. You don't get to photograph American bases either. Too bad the site is on a base. In any case I can't work with mugsalot and there is not much more I can do. It is a matter of diminishing returns. mugsalot seems to have the energy. Good luck mugslaot, Just remember every gunslinger sooner or later meets his match. I'm relinquishing this article, quitclaim fashion. Stay away from me mugsalot.Botteville (talk) 08:36, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: mugsalot and me -final