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Talk:Abul-Abbas

message: This entry has a lot of errors.  Starting with the ones I know: Isaac was a Jewish merchant, not a mahout, and was part of Charlemagne's embassy to Baghdad.  Is there any evidence he was North African?  
I have not been able to find any sources that suggest that Abul-Abbas joined Charlemagne in any battle against Godefrid.  As I recall, Charlemagne had to turn back from an expedition against Godefrid because of bad weather or ill-health, and Godefrid was then assassinated by his son.
In addition, the accounts of Claudius' triumphal games at Colchester clearly state that an elephant was sent from Rome. So Abul-Abbas was probably the second elephant in northern Europe.
Someone should review all this and make the nec. changes. Hornplease 20:48, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I have heard, unsourced, that a set of chess pieces was made after the elephant's death, and that some, not the complete set, remain. If true, this should be sourced and noted. If not, the legend should be mentioned as such. NB, if they exist, DNA would settle the question of African or Asian elephant. Cyranorox (talk) 18:37, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Legends and Chess Pieces

message: I tracked down Scholz's  English translation of the annales regni francorum (ARF) previewable on Google, and tried to see if the article's content squared with it. I found two factual errors, which used to be correct in earlier versions but were errorized by: 
*Edit as of 13:08, 12 April 2009‎ by  that changed landing spot from Porto Venere -> Genoa.
*Edit as of 08:03, 25 April 2009‎ by  that changed the arrival date from 20 July -> 1 July.
Lockridge625 was a one time account that edited this article and went inactive, and this user introduced Sypeck's book which charts a course through that I think is speculative and which I've tagged and added a dotted line over. I can't seem to find other writings corroborating it except perhaps novel () which seems to refer to the elephant "Abdul Aziz" (not so sure, since only viewable snippet). --Kiyoweap (talk) 08:34, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: There is a piece by Grewe and Pohle, "Der Weg des Abul Abaz von Bagdad zu Aachen" of which it has been remarked "Based on accounts in the Annales regni Francorum, the A.[article?] reconstructs the route of Isaac the Jew and the white elephant, Abul Abbas, the gift from caliph Harun al-Rashid to Charlemagne, from Bagdhad to Aachen. The motives for Issac's particular route from Baghdad to Carthage, via ship from Carthage to Protovenere (near Genoa, and north via Vercelli and St. Bernard's pass to Aachen, are illuminated (I. D.) |2683" according to Medioevo latino XXV (2004), p.336. So I am going to assume Sypeck is also giving no more than a reconstructed/speculated route. The wiki article formerly said "Isaac set sail with Abul-Abbas from the city of Kairouan" but Kairouan which was the Ifriqiyan capital does not appear to be a port, being far from the sea. So I rewrote this bit to say "set sailed from a port, possibly Carthage." --Kiyoweap (talk) 07:05, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sourcing and unreliable information
Talk:Cap'n O. G. Readmore

message: I'm wondering if the "legendary" in "All these specials were directed and produced by legendary animator Rick Reinert" should be removed. Certainly it's a peacock term; but I'm not sure if it's that big of a problem. However, if it were to be removed, should it be replaced with something that indicates him as popular in a neutral tone? Any input is appreciated. Thanks, DesertPipeline (talk) 13:12, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  "legendary animator Rick Reinert"
Template talk:Utc

message: Try this: :  TimBentley 04:49, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I just updated it, but I can't check it now (I checked some, which work), so feel free to revert if it messed stuff up. TimBentley 18:01, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It screwed up when the minutes were zero, I'll fix it later. TimBentley 18:03, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

text: I changed Template:mod 60; this should work now. TimBentley 21:43, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Fractional time zones

message: Why does this template use a 12-hour clock instead of the standard 24-hour clock of UTC, ISO 8601 and ? That would be easier and more consistent. Kusma (討論) 01:40, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Probably because an American made it. I'll look into changing it. TimBentley (talk) 14:58, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why 12 hour clock? 

message: We need to find a way to make EXPR return a two-digit minute. Times like 10:8 just confuse me. It should be 10:08 right?
I created  to fix this. Please wait till 15:00 (UTC) and then test it. --Uncle Ed 14:17, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks awesome Ed. Pcb21 Pete 10:45, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Two-digit minute

message: One reason why it is awkward to use this template on many pages is that you have to change every page individually when there is a daylight savings change. I have devised a template that calls this one, but minimizes the number of pages that need to be changed when there is a daylight savings change (e.g. Western Europe all change their clocks on the same day, so we only need to change one page to keep western European pages up-to-date. Please check out  (or  for a template that takes care of positioning too) and give me feedback. Pcb21 Pete 10:56, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Using this template on "many pages"

message: I removed the blink formatting, it affected:
"" → ""; should say "time is  in ny".
Patrick 12:25, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Blink

message: Why must I see "UTC-5" where it should say "UTC − 5" (with a minus sign instead of a hyphen, preceded and followed by proper spaces, per Wikipedia:Manual of Style (mathematics))? Michael Hardy (talk) 06:02, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Minus
Talk:Lone Scouts of America

message: Sigh.  Someone is confusing the Lone Scouts of America, a separate organization from the BSA, with the Lone Scout program of the BSA.  Will re-work.  Hopefully others can fill in. --Emb021 19:08, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: BSA vs. LSA

message: *Need images. --Gadget850 ( Ed) 14:34, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Improvements

message: Is this related or precursor for the Lone Scout Plan currently listed on the scouting website https://www.scouting.org/commissioners/lone-scout/? But then we have wiki page for that already at Lone_Scouts. These appear to overlap somewhat. I see that article links to this one but not the other way?  Andrew Powell (talk) 14:34, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Lone Scout Plan
Talk:The Gypsy Moths

message: I moved this block of text from the article page.  I will attempt to reformat it. Schmiteye 23:56, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  From original article. 

message: Just following the opening credits, when the skydiving trio hits town and stops at that root beer stand, the proprietor character played by Ford Rainey is napping with what appears to be an open magazine on his chest, but his magazine is blurred out (at least in the print TCM showed on Saturday night, January 20, 2024).  I suspect--but don't know--that Frankenheimer's people for some reason couldn't get the rights to show it clearly.  Anyone know (1) what magazine it was and (2) the actual reason for the visual obfuscation?  Thanks!  [signed] FLORIDA BRYAN 2600:1700:B9B0:4500:8107:7585:45C2:4102 (talk) 03:52, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why was that magazine blurred?
Talk:Washoe Theater

message: I organized the reference links into what I think is a better order and titles, plus I put links in the article to the references. In addition I found a new web page that I used as a reference. I hope this improves the Washoe Theater article up to Wikipedia standards.
Wesomniman (talk) 00:14, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fixing Article
Talk:Loyola School, Jamshedpur

message: Loyola School's current father Victor, suspended class XTH batch for one day,i.e., for 30th of December on the Christmas play day. He also used some abusive languages in Std. X-B on 19/12/2007.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.63.239.69 (talk) 04:59, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: with Jharkhand workgroup parameters was added to this article talk page because the article  falls under :Category:Jharkhand or one of its subcategories. Should you feel this addition is inappropriate , please undo my changes and update/remove the relavent categories to the article --  TinuCherian     (Wanna Talk?)   - 10:37, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: [[WP:INDIA]] Banner/Jharkhand workgroup Addition 

message: I think there is some confusion regarding the colours of the 4 houses. While I was in school [ Batch of 75 ]; the last batch in Loyola for Sr. Cambridge Exam, Leopard House Colour was ' Blue ', while the Jaguar House Colour was ' Red '....However, the statistics column in Wikipedia [ right most column on their page ] says Leopards is red & Jaguars is blue. I myself was in the Leopard House & I used to sport the colour Blue. Of course that was more than 35 years ago & there could have been a change. Thank you, With Regards & Great Affection for my school. 115.250.93.86 (talk) 07:06, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  House Colors 
Talk:Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar

message: For the naming issue, see Talk:Muhammad Shah Qajar Cuñado  - Talk 19:24, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Muhammad or Mohammad
Talk:Glen Eyrie

message: I have an interest in Glen Eyrie, having worked there a few years ago, and see that this article is devoid of all information regarding the flood mitigation that has taken place after the Waldo Canyon Fire. I added some information regarding these events, and hope to find more information to flesh out this article. Any advice or contributions would be helpful. EvelynHope22 (talk) 06:15, 11 November 2016 (UTC)
Talk:Jedi mind trick

message: Someone need to start working on this. I know it comes up quite often.--BohicaTwentyTwo 19:26, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: AFAIK, there was a similar scene in South Park episode. Not sure which one exactly, but it was Terrance and Phillip thingy. 79.185.102.231 (talk) 22:18, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  References in Popular Culture 

message: Heh, I found the other day a passage in the Bible that looked very much like the mind trick in Star Wars. Read it for yourselves: 2 Kings 6:18-19 Is that were the idea comes from, you think? —Bromskloss 15:34, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Interesting! This is pretty close, but I don't really think that's where it comes from. 79.185.102.231 (talk) 22:18, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inspiration from the Bible 

message: when did this word start being used, because it was never used in any of the star wars movies. did it originate from the hip hop group?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.105.7.183 (talk) 02:50, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  origin of word 

message: Doesn't Obi-Wan use a mind trick to control one of the animals in the colliseum? 69.3.159.116 (talk) 05:32, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  AotC
Talk:Pikes Peak Cog Railway

message: Seperate manitou Incline, from Pikes Peak Railway... not the same, PPR is a business not a free public attraction — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bloody trauma (talk • contribs) 10:48, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  Length update in infobox... 8.9 miles. LanceBarber (talk) 09:57, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: It seems obvious to me, so why is there no mention of how long the line is? Trekphiler 12:30, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Length update in infobox... 8.9 miles. LanceBarber (talk) 09:57, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Matt Murdock]], editor in chief?

message: Pikes Peak has no apostrophe within its name - and neither does the railway that climbs it. (In fact, the logo shown on this page makes that clear.) Duncan1800 (talk) 05:39, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: They're either inconsistent or mainly use the apostrophe: :File:M&PP 5 at Manitou Springs.jpg, :File:PikesPeakTrain.jpg, and the logo on  actually uses an apostrophe. In addition, the Interstate Commerce Commission's valuation report uses the apostrophe, which is why I moved it. --NE2 07:03, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title of this page is incorrect 

message: Jane's World Railways, 69/70, lists Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway as being  gauge. Peter Horn User talk 21:59, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: So does the ICC valuation report from the 1910s ("The railroad is single track standard gauge and is operated by steam."). --NE2 23:15, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rail gauge 

message: : The railway is now back in operation for 2021. The downtime pretty much resulted in major rebuilding with some "upgrades". The ABT system was replaced with a new Strub single rail cog system, new engines, and new railcars. The article can be expanded with new information and more sources, Inspecting the Manitou & Pikes Peak Cog Railway, An engineering feat: Rebuilding the Pikes Peak Cog Railway, and others.  --  Otr500 (talk) 15:21, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updates
Talk:Aaron Himelstein

message: Besides the obvious, is there a good source that he's Jewish, or did someone just assume? I couldn't find anything, so I'll remove the category for now, until someone sources it. JackO'Lantern 19:30, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: His father is Jewish. His mother isn't of Jewish ancestry. She could have converted to Judaism, I suppose. All Hallow's Wraith (talk) 03:47, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Jewish?
Talk:Trill

message: hi nohat-  
you removed "trill, adj.: Southern hip-hop attitude; real or authentic "from the streets", saying "wiki is not a dictionary"...  can you elaborate?  i often come to wiki for explanations of current vernacular.  is it because the definition didn't have a link?
thanks-
cgs
Please - if you really want to learn the "current vernacular" try urbandictionary.com - What an untrill request.
:Try wikitionary.  -- stillnotelf has a talk page 04:46, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Courtenay Quarter

message: reduced to a simpler statement of what it ismoza 19:31, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Courtenay Quarter]] Article work done

message: ok now we have a real article, lets beat it into shape, no more trivial pursuits. This article links to many nz categories pages, some of which I had to create to fulfil the intent of wiki for NZ. So now I learn about categories and how they work. There has been a category for streets and squares all along!!!  as far as i can tell this article has more research and cross referencing than most, and is in need of cosmetic adjustments. Auckland was a bit ahead of us in this guys, lets pull together now. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wellington There is plenty of room for buildings and areas of significance for all to work on. The Embassy Theatre is worthy of it's own page. One of the things I notice when i research topics such as this, is the lack of NZ pages about notable New Zealanders. 
Imagine if the CourtenayPlace.com  street scroll worked like this one in Auckland: Street Scroll Thats the best functionality I've seen for such a purpose. moza 19:31, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Courtenay Place]] Article Major work done
Talk:Mohammad-Ali Khan Zand

message: The issue of how to transliterate (not translate) his name has nothing to do with Arabic vs. Persian issue for which Khashayar Karimi has reverted me, calling it vandalism. 
The issue is how best to transliterate the short vowel as either [u] or [o]. Regardless, it is the same for Arabic and Persian languages, and the standard for Arabic transliteration equally applies to Persian, especially for the word "Muhammad" which is an Arabic term anyway. The standard used across Wikipedia is to transliterate it as [u], which is what I did.
I really don't care, and if someone wants to make a big deal about it, I'll just chalk it up to your ignorance and move on to the many other articles that need attention. Cuñado  - Talk 01:14, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The wikipedia naming standard says that a standard transliteration should be used unless at least 75% of references show otherwise, making it effectively English. A quick google search of <"Mohammad Ali Khan" shah> brings 711 google hits, and <"Muhammad Ali Khan" shah> brings 745. So the correct name for this page is the standard version of "Muhammad Ali Khan". Cuñado  - Talk 01:21, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

text: Sorry that google search with like 2% change doesn't mean anything. He was a king of Persia and Mohammad in Persian is pronounced Mohammad not Muhammed like in Arabic. --Kash 01:31, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: For God's sake man, it has nothing to do with pronunciation. They are pronounced exactly the same in both languages. Educate yourself. I'm talking about how best to render that pronunciation into English, and there is a standard used on wikipedia which renders it as [u]. Cuñado  - Talk 01:52, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Transliteration
Talk:Mid Down (UK Parliament constituency)

message: Following objections to having seperate articles for the UK Parliament and Dáil Éireann versions of this constituency, I have now combined the two. If no one objects to this format I will apply it to other areas.
--Gary J 19:36, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Objections to my constituency scheme

message: Gary, 
I have a problem with the way you have chosen to name the articles. Take Galway County (UK Parliament constituency) for example. MPs from this constituency were always referred to as the MP for County Galway, not Galway County. The latter sounds like an Americanism to be honest. In addition, the constituency was not created in 1801. It was in existence long before that and the MP for the entity in 1800 for example was the same person in 1805. While the Act of Union did change the parliament in which the constituency representative sat, the constituency and its voters remained the same. 
Therefore, I would suggest that Galway County (UK Parliament constituency) be renamed to  County Galway (constituency) and the same proceedure be repeated for all other Irish constituencies. 
It would be best to avoid including terms such as UK parliament of Dáil Éireann in brackets in the names of articles on constituencies. Each article could specify where the elected member chose to sit. --Damac 13:33, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Some points

message: I have now completed List of Irish constituencies and also prepared a draft article Dublin University (constituency). This constituency has existed for almost 300 years so it is a good example of the more complex articles the proposed policy would require.
--Gary J 14:11, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Examples and links
Talk:Surveyor 2

message: There's something wrong with this article, it does not read correctly.  It starts by discussing Surveyor 2 and the timings of its mission and crash.  Then it talks about an apparent successor also called Surveyor 2 with its timings.  I don't know the facts, could someone correct this please?  Colin99 19:51, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've deleted the second paragraph. It was largely a duplicate, and the extra detail it contained seemed to me excessive. Lancevortex (talk) 22:33, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Surveyor 2 repeated

message: Is likely to be higher than lunar escape velocity (5300 mph), and indeed I found a reference that said "nearly 6000 mph," which is similar to the Ranger impact velocities. The previous reference in the article ("1500 mph") was to a news article, and the reporter doesn't give his source or reasoning. The only possibility for a slower impact than escape velocity that the retrorocket, which was ignited, had slowed the craft. However, since it was tumbling, this rocket was as likely to speed it up as to slow it down. In any case, all contact was lost once the retro was ignited, so I don't think anybody knows exactly how fast the craft was going when it did hit. I've changed it to the more believable figure until somebody can get me a better reference. SBHarris 03:40, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  The impact velocity 

message: The Surveyor 2 flight performance final report link is dead.
    69.72.27.231 (talk) 18:33, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  bad link 
Talk:Gerald Nye

message: I removed comments about alger Hiss being a "soviet spy", since firstly he was never convicted of espionage, and second, his perjury conviction was at the height of anti communist hysteria in the US. Lastly, the FBI was proven (by a FOIA request) to have been guily of massive prosecutorial misconduct, including perjury. --Kelt65 19:55, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: RM

message: CTRL+F "Nye": "Meanwhile, some Congressional leaders like Sen. Gerald Nye (R-N.D.), an avid America Firster, charged “the Jews in Hollywood” with being hell-bent on dragging America into the war by making films like Sergeant York." How does that support your change, Suite1408? zzz (talk) 04:17, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I was very sure that it was connected to the conspiracy that the article, Gerald Nye, was talking about. Suite1408 (talk) 20:42, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

text: I found this source and I think it will help assist my change.  Suite1408 (talk) 21:49, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Your latest edit makes no sense in the context of the article, but may have something to do with a source that is not cited in the article. Removed. Your apparent WP:Crusade to purge the word "isolationist"/"-ism" is equally unhelpful. See Special:Contributions/Suite1408. zzz (talk) 19:30, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: "The America First movement has been described as isolationist, anti-interventionist, anti-Semitic, xenophobic, and a bunch of know-nothings." Nye was part of America First and was one of the founders of the organization, so technically he's in the mix.
Also, instead of completely reverting my edits, how about instead we come up with a compromise to avoid an edit war.Suite1408 (talk) 04:10, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: So it doesn't verify it then. How about you just give up your little crusade? zzz (talk) 04:14, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  BRD
Talk:Mill a h-Uile Rud

message: I dont understand why this page has been flagged as unverified.  Seonaidh did a good job of listing published sources at the end.  Perhaps because some of those sources are (necessarily) in Gaelic, it is throwing folks off.  Seonaidh speaks Gaelic and can be trusted to post accurate info.  Also, I am the singer in this band, and I just read the article and it is all on the up.
Tim
: A charaid, tha mi air artaigil a sgrìobhadh air ur son fhèin, aig Timothy C. Armstrong. (Bha artaigilean aig "Tim Armstrong" agus "Timothy Armstrong" mu thràth.) Ma tha ùidh agaibh, 's urrainn innis dhomh fiosrachadh a cheartachadh no cur ris. Le dùrachdan, Catrìona (talk) 22:24, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Can we insert some kind of pronunciation guidance? Is it (MEEL-ahood-a-ROOT), roughly? I have this from listening to their eponymous track, here. I don't know what the WP guidelines are around phonetics. AdRock (talk) 13:58, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Meel ah HOOla Root  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.74.84.11 (talk) 12:40, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation? 
Talk:Tanya Turner

message: I think this must be made to read more formally like an article from an encyclopaedia.  Somehow, being smothered by someone's "pet pooch" and "clocking on" to someone's plans do not really meet this standard.  Sorry to sound pedantic.  CO. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 194.81.33.39 (talk) 11:43, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clear up