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Talk:Sampling design

message: What is the difference between this article (sample design) and Sampling (statistics)?... I am about to do a major revision of the latter soon (I'm studying advanced survey design and sampling). Strongly suggest merging this article with the main article. Sda030 (talk) 05:23, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  What's the difference 

message: 1994-11-12  — Preceding unsigned comment added by P chandrababu (talk • contribs) 10:16, 15 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Our life
Category talk:Temporal templates

message: DO we need all these templates? Would 
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do? Rich Farmbrough, 13:47 18 January 2008 (GMT).
*In my opinion, no, the extra 100+ templates associated with the category are not needed. This is a great example of template proliferation. Everything that one of these templates could say can be stated in a contingent manner in the text of the article, with an indication and citation as to the date of the information relied upon.  The original  was created merely for an event with many many editors attempting to edit at the same time, as a warning to editors, not particularly for the benefit of readers, and should be used rarely, for those occasions when an article has say 500 and more edits a day, with something like 50-plus editors involved, describing some present crisis that is about to be over in the next day or two.  I find the original  on all manner of insignficant article topics where an item in the newspaper has caused some editor to believe this deserves a "current" tag-- and not a contribution to the substance of the article in question. -- Yellowdesk (talk) 19:25, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Variety
Talk:Montenotte, Cork

message: Ronan O'Gara grew up in Bishopstown, lived in Douglas while playing for Munster and now lives in Paris. I can't find any source associating him with Montenotte  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 54.240.197.233 (talk) 15:56, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Ronan O'Gara?
Talk:Equalization pool

message: regarding this:
As a result, this system, which was first authorised in 1990 to help improve quality, brought private health insurers to the market for the first time since 1941
Living in the Netherlands, I don't think that is quite correct, but I'm not sure (I was 8 in 1990). Could you give a quote or a page number from the WHO report where that is stated? Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 13:58, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Sure. Box 6.6 on page 138 of 215 (using the PDF page numbers).  Reading on a bit more elsewhere today (in fact in the other referenced document) it states that the Netherlands is planning more privatization of health in 2006. That document was written in 2004 so I have no idea if that was implemented. Maybe you can help us and find out :=)   Like all these things, theory and practice may get mixed up and what looks like a good idea in theory may not be so in practice. I'd be interested to know more about the health system in Holland and if you know a good web site in English that you could tell me about that would be great.--Tom (talk) 15:15, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, that looks fine. I'll see if I can dig up something about dutch healthcare. I'll give you a description of how it works now from my own knowledge: Since januari 2006, (according to dutch wikipedia) we have a healthcare system where everyone has a compulsitory minimal health insurance. All insurance companies are obliged to provide a package with a defined set of insured treatments. There is an income dependent allowance to make sure everyone can pay for their healthcare insurance. On top of the standard package, most (all?) insurers offer additional packages to cover aditional treatments, like dental insurance, physiotherapy, etc. These packages are optional. Before that system (and aparently since 1990) there were two seperate systems: private insurance and public ensurance. The public ensurance was paid for by a specific income tax. Everyone earning less than a certain treshold income could make use of the public insurance system. Anyone over that treshold was obliged to have private insurance. I can only assume that there was no private insurance before 1990, odd as it may sound. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 15:31, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: The Netherlands
Talk:Richard Wynne

message: I have again removed the link
http://melbournecitycouncil.blogspot.com/2006/11/bracks-new-team-announce-ex-melbourne.html | Melbourne City Council commentator Anthony van der Craats' blog article on the new minister.
In my opinion it clearly violates WP:BLP because it is an individual person's blog, it is not verifiable and it appears to contain original research.
WP:BLP states "External links in biographies of living persons must be of high quality and in full compliance with Wikipedia official policies and external links guidelines"
WP:BLP also says "Be very firm about the use of high quality references. Unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material — whether negative, positive, or just questionable — about living persons should be removed immediately and without discussion from Wikipedia articles".
WP:BPL goes on to re-iterate this point: "Material about living persons must be sourced very carefully. Without reliable third-party sources, it will violate the No original research and Verifiability policies, and could lead to libel claims.... Material about living persons available solely in questionable sources or sources of dubious value should be handled with caution..."
In removing this link I am complying with this imperative.  The source simply isn't up to scratch.  Looking at other articles in the blog it's evident that the author has an axe to grind and some very questionable motives.
I have no problem with the statement "Following the successful re-election of the Bracks Labor Government in Victoria in November 2006, Richard Wynne was appointed by the Premier Steve Bracks to the twin roles of Minister for Housing (following in the footsteps of his mentor Barry Pullen) and Minister for Local Government" and, if true, I'm sure you can find many references to support it in reputable journals or local government publications.
Timberframe (talk) 14:11, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link to melbournecitycouncil.blogspot.com inserted and re-inserted by 193.243.156.214
Talk:Tech N9ne discography

message: MLK 60k copies? My ass, that site is not crediable. Wiggl3sLimited (talk) 19:24, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: (Initial comments)
Talk:Grayson High School

message: Does anyone actually have any sort of facts behind the Lancaster case? It cites nothing and as it stands, it is nothing but gossip and hearsay. If no one can provide some empirical evidence about actual facts of the case with complete citations, it should be deleted.
Montrevux (talk) 14:21, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Controversy 

message: we need to find some  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.56.91.218 (talk) 22:58, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  notable alumini
Talk:Coffea liberica

message: I'm really curious as to the Caffeine content of Liberica as compared to the other species, Arabica in particular.  Anyone care to add this? Alternativity (talk) 16:25, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Caffeine Content 

message: I think the comment about it cupping like robusta may be an over-generalization from one or more particular varietal. I've tasted a liberica (India Anokhi) and it cupped nothing like robusta. It had a pretty strong wild blueberry note to it.--Ericjs (talk) 06:20, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  cupping
Talk:Colonial Club

message: I removed the tag for proposed deletion with note Appears to be one of a set of articles created by a college fraternity. Insufficient third-party (non-Princeton) sources to affirm notability. Deletion is the wrong course of action here, if anything there should be a merger to Eating clubs. Also, I discussed on Talk:Eating clubs, I not see that The Daily Princetonian does not count as an independent source for the purpose of WP:N - it's not obvious either way. Side note: eating clubs are not the products of fraternities. sirmob (talk) 14:25, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remove of proposed deletion tag 
Talk:1989 Vuelta a España

message: So, the captions and the description on the photos used here say that the photos were taken on the time trial to Medina del Campo (Stage 19). Well, actually, the Delgado caption says "penultimate" time trial. Which is far more likely. Because on stage 19, according to Procyclingstats, Delgado was wearing the yellow jersey, but he can be seen clearly in the picture background in his normal Reynolds colours. I therefore consider it far more likely that the photo was taken on the stage 14 ITT, when Josè Martin Farfán was wearing the leader's jersey and lost it to Delgado. Zwerg Nase (talk) 11:20, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo from which ITT?
Talk:Karaiskakis Stadium disaster

message: 15 febr/ http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%85_%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0
JukoFF (talk) 19:58, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Tenor violin

message: Anyway, the picture on the top right "A man playing a tenor violin on the chin" is misleading.
The picture is from this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahNNHAW5GjI
The video description and the comments indicate that the gentleman, Alexis Krames, Orléans, professor of music education and choral singing at Ministry of National Education and Youth, merely strung a completely normal, standard violin with special strings to achieve the sound effect of a tenor violin.
Here in the article, special construction forms are described, which differ from the a completely normal, standard violin in terms of construction, not by the choice of stringing. 147.142.185.67 (talk) 09:09, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The bottom picutre is also misleading. I'm pretty sure that is a tenor violin of the "violin octet" family, which is entire different instrument. It is the size of a 1/2 size cello far larger than the tenor violin. Ericjs (talk) 06:31, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Misleading picture
Talk:Japan Railways locomotive numbering and classification

message: The part about the Shinkansen system (at the bottom) appears to be wrong - or at least very unprecise. All Shinkansen Type vehicles are Eletric Multiple Units (EMUs) - none is diesel.
The "9" being reserved for prototypes or other non-passenger services (e.g. "Doctor Yellow" trains) appears to be correct - but the second digit "1" meaning diesel is highly unlikely. Since a) there are no diesel Shinkansen vehicles, and b) there are cars within the regular service Shinkansen trains (e.g. 300, 500, 700 series, etc.) that do have a "1" as their second digit - and there it usually refers to the Green Class cars (both trailer and motored!). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.139.13.175 (talk • contribs) 14:38, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No, the article is correct as it stands. It is referring to diesel locomotives used on the shinkansen system, not regular shinkansen cars. As the article says, there have been two classes: 911 and 912. Class 912 locomotives are still in use. --DAJF (talk) 14:48, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I was about to ask about the Shinkansen/diesel passage for the same reason stated above.  Maybe some clarification about the use of diesel on Shinkansen right of way is in order (eg MOW?)  Also, I assume that the classification bucket 90-49 is really a typo: shouldn't it be 90-99?  Thanks! (void*) (talk) 02:10, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Shinkansen locomotives

message: It says midway through the article that "Unlike electric and diesel locomotives, steam locomotive classifications do not include an indication of the type of power source (steam) in their class names." I'm not an expert on locomotives, but isn't the power SOURCE the fuel burned, while the machinery used to translate that power is the power transmission and/or prime mover (not sure what it would be called on a steam locomotive). I.e. power source is coal, which is burned and the energy is absorbed by the water (steam) which is turned into mechanical energy by the cylinders, and transmitted to the track via rods and wheels. Not sure if that's right or not, just curious. I suppose by that logic, an electrical trains' power source would be a power plant and a diesel would be fuel oil (as would an oil fired steam locomotive). So maybe not. .45Colt 05:42, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Power source"?
Talk:2008 Vuelta a España

message: Why are there separate pages for stages recaps? They should be combined into the main article, similar to the 2008 Giro dItalia page.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.213.245.177 (talk) 05:07, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Per the Tour de France coverage we do each year. The "stage recaps" on 2008 Giro d'Italia are nothing but tables. There's actual prose on the stage recap pages. If you think they're such a problem, do an AFD. Don't fall asleep zzzzzz 03:17, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

message: Yes, Astana is the capital city of Kazakhstan, and the team's heritage is of that nation. That doesn't change the fact that their license is held in Luxembourg (before the management switch, it was held in Switzerland), and that's what we go by for the teams list and the Team Classification standings table. Consider that Tinkoff Credit Systems has their license in Italy, but their heritage in Russia, and Barloworld has their license in England, but their heritage in South Africa. It's not uncommon. Please don't change Astana's nation on this page. Thanks. Don't fall asleep zzzzzz 03:17, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Astana 

message: It's awfully hard to read the name with that color. It was much more visible with the old color, and it was only changed because an edit summary called it the "true" KOM color. Well, based on what? The jersey is pink, and bgcolor=hotpink is a lot more visible than the current color. Unless there's an awfully good reason to change it from that color, I'm going to change it back in a short while.
Also, Van Avermaet's points classification lead after stage 20 is not insurmountable, so he should not have been penned in as the winner already. He probably will still win it, and thus I'm not going to change it, but it was irresponsible to do that when he only had a 5 point lead (and only 13 on Valverde, who could easily go for it in a mass sprint). Don't fall asleep zzzzzz 14:30, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mountains color 

message: we put contador's on the combination name variable but even with that the name does not appear on the box... anyone solve this, please. 62.57.9.66 (talk) 16:53, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: There was an error in the template design which I've now fixed. Thanks, SeveroTC 17:55, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you :D. 81.184.39.77 (talk) 14:57, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Combination winner box space 
Talk:The Shakespeare Stealer

message: The plot section definitely needs a complete rewriting.  There are spelling grammar mistakes, it's not very clear, and doesn't even have a section of its own.  I'm sure many would appreciate it if someone could take care of this.Amazeedayzee (talk) 23:03, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plot Rewrite 

message: I don't think the Amazon link in "External Links" is needed or brings any additional value to the article. There's already a link to sources to obtain the book by way of the ISBN link in the infobox, and "advertising" Amazon on Wikipedia seems inappropriate. Opinions? --Xover (talk) 21:13, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. Robot 0123456789 (talk) 18:30, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Amazon link? 

message: Can someone make the plot section a bit more formal? Also, do we really need the SPOILER ALERT notice under characters? Robot 0123456789 (talk) 18:33, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unprofessional?
Talk:Equinox Group

message: Is there a reason the 24 Hour Fitness logo is being used instead of the Equinox logo?  If we can't justify Fair Use for an Equinox logo, then we should remove the logo altogether.  69.74.94.35 (talk) 14:46, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I've removed the following text because testimonials do not belong in an encyclopaedic article.  The article basically almost reads like PR or an advertisement and this clearly puts it well on the wrong side of the line.
"At Equinox we liked the soothing environment -- ambient lighting, silence, the buff crowd. The gym wasn't crowded on our Sunday afternoon visit, and we liked that towels were free and we could get services ranging from a massage to a healthy lunch on-site. The class mix was broad, but we were especially impressed with the variety of yoga and Pilates offerings."
User:Geenfietsen 18:36, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Testimonials do not belong in this article

message: I don't buy that Equinox has 18,000 employees. That seems implausible. They have 60 clubs, not 300. ask123 (talk) 00:14, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Employee count 
Talk:T. K. Seung

message: I think that the article should mention the term "postulational necessity." Maybe someone who has access to the following articles could do it: : ...this necessity of a priori concepts or judgments Swing calls "postulational necessity."; : ...that is what Swing calls Kant's "postulational program"... Note that T. K. Swing was his name's original romanization. --Omnipaedista (talk) 08:09, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Postulational necessity

message: I am removing a boatload on text on this page per WP:NOTESSAY and WP:NOR. The article is basically an analysis of Seung's works. Please do not add any information that is not verifiable in reliable sources.  Bait30  Talk? 05:45, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trim it down
Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/The Adventures of Food Boy

message: This is an upcoming film that is listed on several actor's Wikipedia pages (see Lucas Grabeel and Brittany Curran for examples).  All information about this upcoming film can be verified on IMDB at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1059773/Mem59 (talk) 15:30, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It is not, however a notable film. Mayalld (talk) 14:56, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

message: I'm not sure why you're deleting this entry so quickly.  It is a legitimate movie that has been mentioned in Variety, USA Today, the Boston Herald and Entertainment Weekly among other magazines.  It also has an entry on IMDB among many other movie databases.  So it's not something that I just made up.  Although it hasn't been released yet, it does star one of the stars from Disney's High School Musical movies (Lucas Grabeel) in his first lead role.  In addition, there are at least five actors who have entries on wikipedia that are in this movie.  If five of the actors in the movie are notable enough to have their own entries, doesn't that make this movie "notable"?  There are movies that have yet to be released that are in wikipedia that are much less notable than this one.Mem59 (talk) 17:32, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Keep this page
Talk:British Airways Flight 38/Metar

message: The METAR in force at the time of the accident was:- EGLL 171220Z 21014KT 180V240 9999 SCT008 BKN010 09/08 Q0997 TEMPO 21018G28KT 4000 RADZ BKN008Wunderground.com
*EGLL = London Heathrow Airport
*171220Z = Issued on the 17th day of the month at 1220 UTC/GMT
*21014kt = Wind from 210deg at 14 knots
*180V240 = wind direction variable from 180 to 240 degrees
*9999 = visibility in excess of 10km
*SCT008 = scattered clouds (3/8 to 4/8 of sky covered) at 800 feet
*BKN010 = broken clouds (5/8 to 7/8 of sky covered) at 1000 feet
*09/08 = temperature 9C, dew point 8C
*Q0997 = QNH 997mb
*TEMPO = Temporary changes
*21018G28KT = wind from 210 degrees at 18kts, gusting to 28kts
*4000 = visibility reducing to 4000 metres
*RADZ = rain and drizzle
*BKN008 = broken clouds at 800 feet
The above would read:-
"METAR - London Heathrow on 17th January at 1220 zulu (UTC/GMT), wind 210 degrees at 14 knots, variable 180 to 240 degrees. Visibility greater than 10 kilometres. Cloud, scattered 800 feet and broken at 1000 feet. Temperature 9 degrees celsius, Dewpoint 8 degrees celsius. Temporarily - wind 210 degress at 18 knots, gusting 28 knots with visibility reducing to 4000 metres in rain, drizzle and broken cloud at 800 feet." Kiwi Kousin (talk) 19:08, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: [[METAR]]
Talk:Jessica Lee Goldyn

message: Created new article. Will work on expanding it and finding a photo of her that has no copyrights. Have seen the show and she was great in it. C. Williams (talk) 15:04, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Snowball's Chance

message: The citation for Hitchens does not mention anything about his opposition to this book. I have no doubt he did oppose it and mentioned it somewhere, but this link doesn't do it--and I can't find one that does (though I saw some hint that it probably showed up on BBC Radio, so perhaps that's why).
FangsFirst (talk) 06:40, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Christopher Hitchens?
Talk:Alexander Abramov

message: Jewish?  I assume so since his last name is Abramov ("Abram")  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.13.89.135 (talk) 13:08, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Why do you make such an assumption? Wikipedia has twelve articles about people named Abramov; none of the others is identified as Jewish. You cannot use a person's surname to determine their ethnicity; this is considered impermissible original research. RolandR (talk) 17:15, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jewish?
File talk:Token Passing with Globals Function ID.png

message: This example show code where FunctionA will call DoSomething even if gFunctionId != 'A'
Seems to me that there at least should be an else-statment before DoSomething()...
if(gFunctionId != 'A') Print("Invalid IP");
else DoSomething();
BTW: Print is a non-standard function in C, printf or puts are more common...
--Algotr (talk) 15:18, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
Talk:Naked Ambition: An R Rated Look at an X Rated Industry

message: I came looking for information on the documentary. I found the KotH episode first and it has a link to this page, but this is about the book or something? Basically, should there be a disambiguation page or what? 70.162.82.140 (talk) 17:10, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Disambiguate?

message: The external links section is not meant to hold reviews, they should be integrated as sources in the body. I've also removed an IMDB link which appears to be for a related documentary.  This is the page about the book, not the movie.  Also, a lot of them were dead.  These were the only two I could find that could be kept. WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules:simple/complex 14:01, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reviews and articles 

message: Does that really say "1007?" That must be a typo. --123.2.142.50 (talk) 10:02, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  1007?