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Talk:Thursday Next

message: This article needs a complete rewrite. Nearly every word of it is just describing the plot and the alternate universe, there is nothing about how the books were received by the public or anything else relating to reality. Large sections of it could probably just be removed and it's appalling that an article this long that has been on-wiki for such a long time only has four sources and one of them is just Google maps. Beeblebrox (talk) 16:33, 10 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  rewrite 

message: What happened to the Fforde fair? 2603:7080:6238:F90C:6C8B:7791:32BB:C53F (talk) 13:38, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fforde Fair 

message: Is there any way of listing something in Wikipedia as "not proven but probably true"? I refer to the use of Google Maps as a source. The only thing I see wrong with it is that Swindon BC could possibly have some other reason for thus naming their streets. Possible, since coincidences happen, but not very likely. Odd also that very nearby there is a Hardy Close joining with Egdon Close.
But yes, something conclusive from Swindon BC on the matter would be better. Unless Next fans prefer living with uncertainty! Richonthegade (talk) 12:31, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Maps as source
Talk:HMS Glatton (1795)

message: This article claims: She was commanded by Henry Trollope when she fought in the Battle of Camperdown, in 1797.
However the article about the Battle of Camperdown claims that Glatton did not participate and that Henry Trollope commanded "Russell 74"
I am no historician so I don't know what version is correct but something is wrong here.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.245.92.148 (talk) 18:13, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradiction
Talk:William of Newburgh

message: The image is named Walter of Newburgh... so there seems to be a mistake. -- Korkwand (talk) 15:45, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: and the image isn't even William of Newburgh - it's Bede! John O'London (talk) 08:47, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mistake?
Talk:De La Salle High School

message: This list has been merged into Lasallian educational institutions, for the reasons given on its talk page. Before adding a new educational institution to this list, please ensure that it is not affiliated with the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools; if it is, then it belongs to the Lasallian educational institutions article. In order to avoid duplication of content, only non-Lasallian education institutions should be listed on this page. Ayla 10:37, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merged
Talk:Smokey Bear

message: Should we add a mention to this article that the CB slang term "smokey," referring to highway patrol officers, is based on Smokey Bear? 173.88.246.138 (talk) 02:54, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[List of CB slang|CB slang term]] 

message: The name was always "Smokey the Bear" and it was never, ever Smokey Bear.  Smokey the Bear was always THE bear cub that survived a forest fire. Hence, Smokey the Bear makes sense. 2601:249:187F:D35F:D9DF:9B60:15D0:4842 (talk) 16:20, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name: 60's & 70's
Talk:ToeJam and Earl

message: One page on Wikipedia is called "Toe Jam & Earl".
Another page is called "ToeJam and Earl" with the word "and" instead of the ampersand.
However, judging from the offical site the game is actually called "ToeJam & Earl", meaning neither name is exactly right.
More importantly, I think these pages should be merged.
:You're right, but from what you've said, they should be merged in the page ToeJam & Earl. -- Supermorff 20:07, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I suppose the last updated by Itai technically fixed the redirect, and on second thought I'll leave it like this, but it's still wrong. Why was the ToeJam & Earl page which is only a redirect made in the first place, as it was obvious that was the right title? :( I thought I added a request for deletion there, but it didn't stick, or I did something wrong. I just added it (again). See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/ToeJam & Earl. Retodon8 21:22, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

message: This article is very confused. The introductory paragraphs describe information pertaining specifically to the first ToeJam and Earl game, and then the article moves on to tautologically discuss the first game in its own section, then the second and third games. The infobox also only lists information about the first game, and the other games remain largely ignored in this sense. Is this article about the series or about the first game or about the two titular characters? Perhaps we should have one article per game and another article listing the characters and giving descriptions. -- Reinhart 17:50, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  ToeJam & Earl article's purpose?
Talk:Berlin–Baghdad railway

message: Yes, the Baghdad Railway, also known as the Berlin-Baghdad Railway, was indirectly related to the causes of World War I. The railway project itself was a significant geopolitical issue that contributed to the complex web of alliances, rivalries, and tensions leading up to the war.
The Baghdad Railway was a proposed railway line that would connect Berlin, Germany, to Baghdad, Iraq, passing through modern-day Turkey and reaching the Ottoman Empire's territories in the Middle East. The project was initiated by the German government in the late 19th century and was aimed at expanding German influence in the region, facilitating trade, and establishing a direct route to the Persian Gulf, thus bypassing the traditional maritime routes controlled by the British.
The railway's construction faced various challenges, including political, financial, and technical obstacles. It required the cooperation of the Ottoman Empire, which was under pressure from various European powers, particularly Germany and the United Kingdom. The railway's route also ran through areas of strategic importance to other European powers, most notably Russia and Britain.
As tensions between European powers escalated in the years leading up to World War I, the Baghdad Railway became intertwined with broader geopolitical rivalries. The British, in particular, were concerned about the potential expansion of German influence in the Middle East, which could threaten British interests in the region and the security of their maritime trade routes to India.
The railway project fueled suspicions and fears among the European powers, contributing to the overall atmosphere of distrust and rivalry. While the Baghdad Railway itself was not the sole cause of World War I, it added to the underlying tensions and complex network of alliances that eventually led to the outbreak of the war in 1914.
In summary, while the Baghdad Railway was not a direct cause of World War I, its construction and the geopolitical maneuvering surrounding it played a role in shaping the pre-war landscape of European rivalries and contributed to the overall instability in the years leading up to the conflict. BCameron54 (talk) 18:35, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: And so it begins. Wikipedia articles that serve as learning materials for AI writing Wikipedia articles that serve as learning materials for AI writing Wikipedia articles that...  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:A62:1A75:9801:A14F:F545:F87B:B3AC (talk) 20:43, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  the railway and ww1  by chatgpt
Talk:Observational astronomy

message: I'm going to get to this page this weekend but I'd like to know what people want for image subjects for this page?  Good article, needs some love and something more flashy!
Friedlad (talk) 00:51, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pictures 

message: Under Observation Tools, in the third line of the second paragraph, there is a phrase in parenthesis "(pointed east, of course!)" that may be out of style and may or may not be false information.  70.128.43.16 (talk) 14:44, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Possible Issue

message: The articles on Galileo and Thomas Harriot imply that Harriot was using a telescope before Galileo.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.152.162.31 (talk) 11:10, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Priority 

message: I've added headings, but they could certainly be improved. Is there a Wiki series on astronomy box? If not, I'd like to start working on one Antihistoriaster (talk) 05:27, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Headings
Talk:Peter Morello

message: According to the records in Saint John's Cemetery Morello's date of birth was closer to 1870 than 1880, so I changed it. JBAK 16:45, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of Birth  

message: Currently, there exists two Wikipedia articles: Giuseppe Morello and Peter Morello. Both articles are seemingly about the same individual -- a mafiosi with a one-fingered hand who died in August 1930. I suggest a merge. Flask (talk) 08:05, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I have redirected Peter Morello to Giuseppe Morello. See Mike Dash, The First Family, Simon and Schuster, 2009, pp. 330–1. "Masseria would be accompanied by [Giuseppe] Morello, whom the Castellammarese knew as Peter Morello – 'Don Petru' – an alias he adopted since leaving prison." Ericoides (talk) 12:29, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge
Talk:Scarborough Expressway

message: Those pillars in the photograph look eerily similar to the old Gardiner Expressway pillars, before it was dismembered by the city of Toronto. I think we may need to check our sources on this one.   —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.14.119.49 (talk) 03:42, August 24, 2007 (UTC) 
:That photo is relevant, as the dismantled eastern end of the Gardiner Expressway was part of the Scarborough Expressway plan. FamilyCompact (talk) 15:25, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: An expressway that wasn't built that would have linked the Gardiner with Highway 2A - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 01:06, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wait a minute... 

message: "Today, it remains the most obvious and critical "missing link" in the city's expressway system." That may be obvious to an expressway supporter, or critical to those who primarily consider road traffic; but such a statement does not balance all views, so I'm rewording it. Radagast 20:33, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV in opener
Talk:Beatus of Liébana

message: There seems to be a great deal of confusion going on in this article and at Beatus of Liébana, Commentaries on the Apocalypse.  Beatus of Liébana was a man.  He wrote, among other things, a text, the Commentary on the Apocalypse.  This text survives in several manuscripts, some of which are lavishly illuminated and are amongst the most important extant examples of Mozarabic illumination.  I firmly believe that the man, the text and each of the manuscripts (or at least the illuminated ones) should have their own articles.  As time permits, I will write articles for the manuscripts, unless someone beats me to it. Until then, I am going to convert this article into an article on the man, and redirect Beatus of Liébana, Commentaries on the Apocalypse to here. Dsmdgold 20:41, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
: Worse, although this is the page on Beatus, it is dominated by text that seems to have wandered in from Kingdom of Asturias. That may work in a term paper on the exegesis of the Commentaries, but the encyclopedia article should be about the man. I don't have the subject area knowledge to fix that; I just came across the article by accident, but I'll expand the bio with more information from Encyclopaedia Britannica. David Brooks 17:51, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Touché. The EB1911 article is primarily about the map and its derivatives, which should probably have its own article. David Brooks 18:09, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Man, text and manuscript 
Talk:Henry Trollope

message: His place of birth seems to be uncertain.  Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography  gives Norwich, but DANFS  gives Bucklebury in Berkshire. Gdr 20:46, 2005 Jun 13 (UTC)
::His biography from Oxford University Press by P.K. Crimmin lists Bucklebury in Berkshire as well.  I say we add it, there's a majority here. =) Panzer V Panther 02:22, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Place of birth
Talk:Gold (Pokémon)

message: Wikipedia you stole this picture from: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/wataruisreallyhot/Gold_Pose-6.jpg
It was NOT scanned by you!
:How would you know who scanned it or not? Everyone has access to the same manga. Ketsuban (is 1337) 22:25, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
Talk:Albert Wynn

message: There was also a jazz trombonist named Albert Wynn (Albert L. Wynn) who is article worthy (eg, listed in Chilton's "Who's Who of Jazz").  Before making an article on him, I wanted to check if there were thoughts on the best way to disambiguate. My first thought is to move the article on the Congressman to Albert Russell Wynn, have the trombonist at Albert L. Wynn, and make "Albert Wynn" into a disambiguation, but I wanted to check to see if there were other thoughts or suggestions before I did so. -- Infrogmation 20:55, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Anyone know when his official resignation date should be? It should be in the article. Simon12 (talk) 04:17, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Resignation date 

message: Being in the Congress is hard but the  trick is to be yourself of what you think is right for Congress and for the U.S.A.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.116.41.84 (talk) 22:29, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Congress 
Talk:Vejle Boldklub

message: Translating the name to Vejle Football Club is very, very problematic. I cannot imagine that members of VFC (Vejle Fodbold Club) would appreciate the idea. --Troels Nybo 21:12, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

message: Can somebody fix the numbers in this section?
It says 25.0000 people what number is that?
Robert (talk) 01:14, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: The 1950s: A golden decade

message: Following my minor changes there is scope for further change to the vocabulary - for example "best league" is not very meaningful to a native English reader. "Top divison" would be better.
The phrase "the most sovereign winner of the Danish 1. division" does not work in English. Not speaking Danish, I do not want to guess what a better translation would be.
Clogs (talk) 14:58, 5 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updating the language in the article
Talk:Fiat JTD engine

message: http://www.carpages.co.uk/alfa_romeo/alfa_romeo_diesels_in_the_uk_part_2_26_03_03.asp
--— Typ932T | C  16:55, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Copyvio?

message: The 0.8L  DDiS is not a Multijet variant, it was developed solely by Suzuki, it uses an all aluminum construction. Siddhesh2205 (talk) 05:15, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suzuki 0.8L DDiS
Talk:Theta Theta

message: This article was listed for deletion on 25 May, 2005. The discussion was closed with the result of no consensus.  This article will not be deleted.  You can view the discussion, which is no longer live: Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/Theta Theta.  --Tony Sidaway|Talk 21:13, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Closed deletion listing
Talk:Runway visual range

message: Wikipedia is not a technical manual. While this is all interesting stuff, we should make sure that someone coming to the article knowing nothing about approach procedure or aeronautics can understand. Also, while this is not copyright, is there really any point in just copying another website? Why not just give the URL? That way the information is updated by someone else. DJ Clayworth 21:14, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

message: This article is VERY AMERICAN. I don't know if it people are aware of this, but most of the world does RVR IN METRES, NOT FEET and any values given in the article are relevant to the USA only (and a few other places that deviate from the international standard).
:The globalization was best done by major surgery.  The new one is much snappier, has much less trivial technical detail and is international.  Technical and globalize tags consequently removed.BaseTurnComplete 21:52, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Flying technology is actually globalized. Idon't know about RVR, but f.i. altitude and vertical speed is globalized as feet (and thousands of feet per minutes). However I do agree with BaseTurnComplete in general. International english is the "Queens English".   Boeing720 (talk) 02:33, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Globalise! 

message: :File:US_Terminal_Procedures_Vol_1_Michigan_1998-03.jpg --Thirunavukkarasye-Raveendran (talk) 14:31, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Converting RVR to metereorological visibility
Talk:Bareback (sexual act)

message: The health risks section could be strengthened. There should be more WP: WEIGHT on STIs. Prcc27 (talk) 04:30, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Health risks 

message: The article says a couple times that the term is mostly used for men having unprotected sex with men, but I've heard it mostly used as a slang term for guys doing it with girls without a condom....
Now personally I don't have many gay friends, and I don't talk much about sex with the gay guys I do know, so it certainly could well be that the term is ALSO commonly used among gay men, and perhaps it even originated in that community.
But I can say for sure that nowadays the term is in VERY widespread use to describe a guy doing it with a girl with no condom.....And given that the straight population is much larger than the population of gay men, it's almost certainly used much more in total (if not as a percentage) for hetero sex. -2003:CA:8708:3FED:1093:CBB:52D9:8112 (talk) 10:18, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Men with men specifically?....
Talk:Banana (disambiguation)

message: I removed things like banana split    sucks ass, etc., again.  From WP:D#Lists: "Lists of articles of which the disambiguated term forms only a part of the article title don't belong here. Disambiguation pages are not search indices. Do not add links that merely contain part of the page title (where there is no significant risk of confusion)." Banana boat may be known as simply "banana", but no one calls a "banana split" a "banana". -- JHunterJ 11:30, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Lists

message: What about "going bananas" as an expression, shouldn't that b added here? --Halqh حَلَقَة הלכהሐላቃህ (talk) 11:48, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Banana in language
Talk:Hutten Gibson

message: The quotes on the Hutten Gibson article do not provide relevant context.
The AustralianAustralia's National Daily Newspapaer'http://www.adelaideinstitute.org/Conference/sacramento117.htmIn a television interview with Diane Sawyer this week, Mel Gibson accused the Times of taking advantage of his father, and he warned Sawyer against broaching the subject again."He's my father. Gotta leave it alone Diane. Gotta leave it alone," Gibson said, while offering his own perspective on the Holocaust."Do I believe that there were concentration camps where defenceless and innocent Jews died cruelly under the Nazi regime? Of course I do; absolutely," he said. "It was an atrocity of monumental proportion."During his lengthy radio interview, Hutton Gibson, 85, said Jews were out to create "one world religion and one world government" and outlined a conspiracy theory involving Jewish bankers, the US Federal Reserve and the Vatican, among others....
More content is needed to properly present Hutten.--AI 21:37, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs content, background, etc
Talk:Havant

message: The citation link for the climate box currently goes to http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/averages/regmapavge.html — which currently says "Page not found". I don't have time to fix this myself, and I don't know how to alert anyone else other than by adding this comment on the talk page.
90.187.68.145 (talk) 16:45, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I've marked it as dead-link.  That said the table is at least renders badly on wider screens.Djm-leighpark (talk) 17:04, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Climate
Talk:Stagecoach in Bedford

message: I'm thinking we should merge this and Stagecoach in Northants into an expanded Stagecoach East article. They appear to just be different trading names for what's legally the same company, and are treated as one by most reliable sources (Buses Magazine for example). In addition, sources for this one are proving tricky to find, and at present it doesn't meet the notability guidelines. Thoughts anyone? Alzarian16 (talk) 18:34, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Less than a week after I suggested this it was announced that they'd broken up Stagecoach East and moved them into new regional groupings. I still think some rationalising is possible, but this isn't it. I'll come back with a better proposal if I think of one. Alzarian16 (talk) 16:04, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge?
Template talk:Flux

message: Shouldn't this be merged with ? — mark ✎ 22:07, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: cool, a new template! 165.230.149.169 22:10, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

text: It's not really new; it's a few months old.  I think they're slightly different templates ( is for temporary use on articles receiving a very large number of edits) but share some similarities.  I might be amenable to a merge.  JYolkowski // talk 22:12, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I can see some slight differences, but I would think that's only a reason to amend  rather than maintain another template that's largely redundant. Note that the creator of the more commonly used  specifically designed it for "current event articles that will likely experience numerous edits in a short period of time" (see Template talk:Current). — mark ✎ 22:17, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I've decided to be bold and merge the two.  We'll see how that turns out...  JYolkowski // talk 22:24, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

text: Looks good! Thanks for fixing it! — mark ✎ 23:28, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

text: And possibly any current event article that does have numerous sections, yes? Zzyzx11 (Talk) 05:50, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

message: Vandalized twice in one hour by different IPs... and not likely to need updating frequently.  +sj + 20:18, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Protected 

message: Section editing doesn't solve any edit collision problems; in fact, if I recall, it actually introduced some nasty race conditions.  I don't think we should be recommending it for heavily-edited pages.  --Doradus 19:49, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Let's not recommend section editing
Talk:Pushpa Kamal Dahal

message: Pruning is needed e.g. of
 Maoist chairman Prachanda said, "That day, the first day I appeared in public in Kathmandu, I wore a light blue suit. I like light blue the most". Zezen (talk) 09:24, 4 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prune and update 

message: data need to be known by the people. 103.94.255.159 (talk) 07:48, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Total death recorded in Janandolan 

message: Change his position from politician to a Dictator because he has became one. 
This is in reference to him banning one of the protesters , namely Durga Prasai. Purely because he raised the voice against the current system thinking it was his right in democracy. Hehenischal (talk) 10:03, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Cannolis (talk) 19:09, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 24 November 2023