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Wikipedia talk:Requests for comment/Mr Tan

message: :Allow me to interject regarding a "/temp" page. I have used the /temp page to create a few of my Featured Articles. My current (its paused) work is on the Maharashtra page. I put up a notice requesting it not to be edited. Most editors accede to my request and any issues on the topic are commented on on the temp's talk page. Once finished, I copy the same to the main article, deleting the temp page. I use the temp page to compare the changes to the original [and often admire my work ;)]. Its perfectly legal to do this. Allow Tan to do what he wants with the temp page. Once he finishes editing, sufficient copyediting can be done to the article to improve its English.  == 18:12, May 12, 2005 (UTC)
::I'm afraid that I think that it's no more acceptable when you do it.  When a temp page is a good idea (and I don't think that that's often), it shouldn't be a personal project; that's very much against the Wikipedia ethos (especially when a page is being actively edited by a number of people).  It should certainly not be labelled "keep off".  Of course, in Mr Tan's case the problem is made worse by the fact that most of his editing is concerned with "improving" the English and style of articles which are perfectly OK, and into which he introduces numerous errors and infelicities (while attacking others for their low standards) — but that's actually a secondary worry.  I'll raise this at the Village Pump, though, and see what other editors think of your approach; perhaps I'm out of step. Mel Etitis  (Μελ Ετητης) 20:11, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
Talk:Tai O

message: Because :Image:Tai O San Ki Bridge.jpg is not included under a free license, if someone could go to the bridge and take a different picture that's public domain or licensed under the GFDL or a Creative Commons License, that would be greatly appreciated. howcheng  {chat} 18:33, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I could just re-license the picture as GFDL.  Why? SchmuckyTheCat 19:17, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes you could, and that would also be great. howcheng  {chat} 00:01, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: But why do that? SchmuckyTheCat 00:10, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Because it is the goal of Wikipedia to use free-use images only so that its entire content can be freely redistributable, so original images licensed under the GFDL or in the public domain are greatly preferred to copyrighted media files used under fair use. Per Wikipedia:Fair use criteria, "Always use a more free alternative if one is available." howcheng  {chat} 18:55, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Is there any alternative available in this moment? — Instantnood 20:11, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

text: Fair use allows the image to be used in clones of Wikipedia.  GFDL allows the image to be re-used by anyone for any reason.  That is what I wanted to avoid, as I don't want commercial reproduction of images I have put on Wikipedia (not like this one would matter).  But I have changed the licensed to gfdl. SchmuckyTheCat 20:32, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bridge photo
Talk:Madhur Jaffrey

message: I think it's a travesty to be throwing up (and throwing up is the operative phrase here) stubs about subjects one apparently knows nothing about and for which one is not willing to do the most minimal of research.  All stubs deserve better, but this Madhur Jaffrey one MADDENS ME.  --Mothperson 20:50, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: The Worth of Stubs

message: Her cookbooks were translated into other languages, e. g. German. And her books are really popular in Germany among people, who are enthusiastic about Asian, especially Indian kitchen.
Books:
Vegetarisch. Das Standardwerk mit Warenkunde und über 600 Rezepten aus 45 Ländern.
Currys, Currys, Curry. Indisch, kreolisch, asiatisch
Greetings from Koschka (talk) 14:29, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Translation of cookbooks
Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Log/2005 May 7

message: Sorry, it seems like I messed up the database.  For the sake of explanation, let A be the location "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/Druids_of_Paranor&action=edit§ion=2" and B be the location "Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Fanji" and C the text "".
Clicking on the edit link for the Fanji section takes you to  location A, whether or not text C is inserted in the article. When text C is insterted, the Fanji section shows the contents of page B but not A. When text C is not inserted, the Fanji section shows the contents of page A but not B. --69.214.226.102 20:55, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: messed up the database
Category talk:Regiments of Canada

message: location
address
city, province
postal code<Br>
(area code) phone number
An explanation on my additions...
I changed "facings" to "uniforms". In the CF Dress Instructions there is a chapter on ceremonial uniforms; it gives the appropriate type of uniform (light infantry, rifle, etc) and other accoutremental info. Not all regiments have facings. I know most if not all other commonwealth regt's have them, but Canada turfed a lot of its traditions with integration, and they are only slowly making a reappearance. I also added "Miscellaneous traditions", such as the R Nfld R's aversion to polishing their cap badge, or the litle yellow lanyard that the RCR used to wear with their combats. I also added the Colonel-in-Chief, which all regts (and branches, for that matter) have.
One question, tho': isn't "order of precedence" going to be dicey, if you use it numerically? It always changes, depending on just who's on parade, unless you are talking parading the whole CF. Even then, should the CF shut down or amalgamate a branch or formation -- like say amalgamate the C&E and Int branches -- and every regiment will move up a notch, necessitating changing this entry for every regimental article. I sugest that if you want to keep it in, instead of saying "33rd in Infantry, 99th overall" or such, put "Preceded by: The Medicine Hat Irregulars. Succeeded by: The Fort Pepperell Muskets." The only ones who would get a numeric reference would be, e.g. in the Infantry:
The Royal Canadian Regiment. First in precedence (Infantry). Succeeded by: Princess Patricia's...
The Royal Newfoundland Regiment. Preceded by: The Toronto Scottish Regt. Last in precedence (Infantry).
Or how about even:
Comments, mes amis? SigPig 03:04, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Contact information

message: This looks good.  Maybe add a section for current and recent deployments? (more for the reg force regiments i guess...).  I'd really like to see a push to try to get all these articles up to a minimum standard. It seems a lot of the regiment's entries are limited to "_____ is an infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces." and the order of precedence.  Mike McGregor (Can) 05:28, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: comments

message: Don't know if anybody noticed, but I created subcats for Infanty Regiments, Cavalry Regiments, Engineer Regiments, Artillery Regiments and Armoured Regiments, as his category was getting too 'busy'. Any comments?Michael Dorosh 14:49, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: run with it! Mike McGregor (Can) 16:59, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Subcats
Talk:Free look

message: Free-look is not confined to first-person games. Third-person shooters are only a single example of other games that include free-look. The move was made without consensus and I have restored the page. Some guy (talk) 02:03, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: While I understand the initial rationale for the merge, I think this is a good point. If someone else can come up with a suitable merge target, I might support it. But in the meantime, it probably doesn't belong at the article on first person perspective. Randomran (talk) 02:07, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Reverted Merge

message: Quake (1996), however, is widely considered to have been the turning point in making free look the standard, in part due to its Internet multiplayer feature, which allowed large numbers of mouse and keyboard players to face each other head-to-head.
Duke Nukem 3D was released before Quake, was simular successful and also had an online multiplayer feature. --MrBurns (talk) 03:40, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Duke Nukem 3D 

message: The mention of Bram Stoker's Dracula in this article is incorrect in it's claim that it "featured a system similar to the one in CyClones...".  Cyclone's controls allowed the player's view point to be moved via the mouse, which is why it is cited as an early form of mouse-look, whereas Dracula's view point is entirely controlled via the keyboard.  The cross-hair in Dracula is controlled via the mouse, but this merely aims the weapon and does not control the view, and was not an original feature of this game. Cunningmunki (talk) 10:06, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bram Stoker's Dracula 

message: Is there any place in the article where there's logical room to fit in a mention that touch screens can also be used for looking around in a video game? In particular, I'm thinking of Metroid Prime Hunters on the Nintendo DS. You move and strafe with the D-pad, shoot with the L button, and look by moving the stylus on the touch (lower) screen. Dogman15 (talk) 08:25, 26 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Using a touch screen to free look
Talk:Astrada

message: I do not see why this entry should be deleted! It clearly speaks in generic terms about a surname.
Yeah, I dont think it's vanity at all. Robinoke 22:02, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

message: On May 12, 2005, this article was nominated for deletion.  The result was redirect, for lack of anything better to do with it.  See Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Astrada for a record of the discussion. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 05:55, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: VfD
Talk:David Foster Wallace

message: Bo Burnham has publicly stated (on twitter in 2018) that his screenplay for "Eighth Grade" wouldnt have been written were it not for DFW influence 2A01:C23:9109:E200:8C88:89A:2F1D:7843 (talk) 10:15, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  influence on other writers
Talk:Hans Geiger

message: I have re-instated the line about Geiger's Naziism, as it is confirmed in Bill Bryson's "A Short History of Nearly Everything" in the footnote on page 183, which is a very thoroughly-researched book  with 17 pages of bibliography. Does anyone know another(online or tree-based) reference on that, the nearest i can find is , which doesn't explicitly say he was a Nazi, but does tell of how his feelings towards his jewish colleagues changed when the Nazis came to power.
boffy_b 21:25, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Naziism

message: The article states in the first paragraph that Geiger invented the Geiger Counter with Walther Müller, but later it states that Ernest Rutherford was the other inventor - which is it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zvernon (talk • contribs) 21:28, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've fixed it.  The original version was created with Rutherford, and an improved version was created with Müller. Tim314 01:29, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Contradiction

message: I've heard Geiger pronounced several different ways,  (gee-gehr, guy-sher, etc.) and I'm a bit embarrassed to say I don't know how to say it correctly either. Could someone more familiar with the IPA do an edit adding it? ~SkyWulf 17:17, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: i confirm that, i m german--92.203.100.141 (talk) 10:11, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Pronunciation?

message: Was his death related to radiation?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.245.114.202 (talk) 12:13, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Death

message: Someone said that they couldn't find the following reference, which I cited in the article on Geiger: 
H. Geiger (1913) "Über eine einfache Methode zur Zählung von α- und β-Strahlen" (On a simple method for counting α- and β-rays), Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft, vol. 15, pages 534-539.  However, you can see the citation here:  http://books.google.com/books?id=cpktAQAAMAAJ&q=534 .
P.S.  Please do not muck about with my citations.  I devote a lot of time and effort to finding them.  
Cwkmail (talk) 20:29, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Questioned reference

message: It is unclear to me what process the article is referring to.  Only the Geiger-Marsden experiemnt is mentioned.Chris2crawford (talk) 16:50, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "This process allowed them to count alpha particles"
Talk:Amanatsu

message: What does late in maturing mean in the article? I remember being in Hagi (Yamaguchi-ken) this spring, in March, and all the trees were ripe with Natsumikan. -- Mkill 20:40, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed that sentence. --163.139.215.193 15:06, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: ...And quite a lot of others, it seems, including the taxobox and name in Kanji (which one needs when searching the web, for example). Any particular reason for this? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.243.162.180 (talk • contribs).
Amanatsu is not the name of the species Citrus natsudaidai. Amanatsu is just the name of a group of cultivars of the species. The taxobox should be moved to natsumikan, which is the name of the species Citrus natsudaidai. And yes, I agree that the Kanji name should be restored. Thank you. --163.139.215.193 17:15, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

text: Ah yes, if you know more about natsudaidai in general, how about creating the page and moving the taxobox there? --213.243.162.180 10:33, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  

message: ”Japanese women are known to be crazy for this fruit" - eh?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.61.160.58 (talk) 04:48, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  

message: According to the box at the top, "The contents of the Natsumikan page were merged into Amanatsu." Since Amanatsu is a mutation of Natsumikan, the merger should have gone the other way. This article starts out to discuss Amanatsu but says almost nothing about it. After the Names section it is all about Natsumikan. Also, according to what it does say, Amanatsu is only a colloquial term. 120.51.194.210 (talk) 09:47, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mistaken merger
Talk:Death marches during the Holocaust

message: In the article on Belsen, Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, it says "As eastern concentration camps were evacuated before the advance of the Red Army, at least 85,000 people were transported in cattle cars or marched to Bergen-Belsen," and yet in this article, there is no mention of Belsen. Johnalexwood (talk) 22:12, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why no mention of Bergen-Belsen?
Talk:Alfred Loisy

message: the page: http://www.bautz.de/bbkl/l/loisy.shtml says he was born on 28th Feb. 1857 in Ambrières (Marne), and he died on 1st June 1940 in Ceffonds (Haute-Marne) - may it helps :-)
and is it possible maybe that someone can copy and translate this article into the german wikipedia? - this would be very nice - Thank you
Fr Alfred Loisy did NOT come into conflict with the so-called Church conservatives, but rather, was found in decent of the Church's orthodox beliefs and teachings.  In addition, according to Loisy own personal writings, he suffered from no faith in the Christian religion and the divinity of Christ.
:My Encyclopedia  has an extensive article on Loisy. I think it gives a better sense of his thought than this and I'll paraphrase parts of it.--T. Anthony 05:30, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Anyway you're right. From what I'd always read it wasn't some intense reactionary group that went against him. His ideas would be unacceptable to today's Church as well. I might check other sources on this in case that one is seen as biased.--T. Anthony 06:09, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I've refined the translation of "Jésus annonçait le Royaume et c'est l'Église qui est venue’". My rationale:
* 'annoncer' is translated better in this context by 'preach'; Harrap gives 'preach the Gospel' for 'annoncer l'Evangile'.
* 'et c'est l'Église qui est venue’ is translated by 'what arrived was the Church' to express the force of 'et c'est', which is not captured by 'and it was'.
- Jmc 20:33, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Translation of Loisy's "most famous observation"
Talk:GeoTools

message: For an April 2005 deletion debate over this page see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/GeoTools
----
Anyone who thinks this paragraph is descriptive is probably featured in Dilbert:
"GeoTools is a free software (LGPL) GIS toolkit for developing standards compliant solutions. It provides an implementation of Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) specifications as they are developed. GeoTools is a contributor to the GeoAPI project - a vendor-neutral set of Java interfaces derived from OGC specifications - and implements a subset of those."  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.153.25.116 (talk) 04:10, 12 October 2013 (UTC)
Talk:Dichromacy

message: I've removed a claim that cats, and crepuscular carnivores in general, tend to be trichromatic.  I can find no evidence to support this, and a good deal that suggests that it's wrong, unless the trichromacy results from rod action.  If anyone wants to reinsert the claim, I think that it should be supported with a clear reference.  seglea 22:16, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

message: Both the dichromacyarticle and the general color blindness article are lacking when it comes to the genetics behind it. Is the gene recessive or dominant? Is it autosomal or X-linked? How is it inherited, and what is the prognosis for passing color blindness on to the next generation.  All this information should be mandatory in all genetically linked diseases.
madskile Madskile 06:12, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Genetics 

message: I looked up this article after learning that bulls can't see red because cattle are dichromatic. (I think that was the word.) Basically, I want to know what a dichromatic animal can see. I understand they can see hundreds of variations of color, but how is their sight different from normal sight? Could someone explain that and simplify this article? Much obliged. DBlomgren (talk) 22:50, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  I don't understand this article. Can someone simplify? 

message: In the case of non-primate mammals, a plot of their spectral sensitivity curves is needed (such as the Tetrachromacy page has).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:CD54:C180:20C:6EFF:FECE:F7B4 (talk) 23:40, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: It appears that most papers on dichromats present data in the form of the flicker photometric relative sensitivities.  Getting to actual spectral sensitivity curves is harder.  But they tend to be roughly one short-wavelength cone and one medium- or long-wavelength cone, in most species.  Dicklyon (talk) 05:09, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spectral sensitivity needed 

message: The "Other Animals" section suggests that dichromats lack the ability to "see long wavelengths" of light. But, if that was true, then cats and dogs would be unable to see the red dot of a laser pointer. In fact, the sensitivity of our "green" cones and our "red" cones to different wavelengths of light almost-but-not-quite-completely overlap. When we see a laser dot as pure "red," it's not because it doesn't stimulate our green cones. It _does_ stimulate them, but it causes a greater response in the "red" cones.  It's the _ratio_ of the different responses that determines how we perceive the color.  173.75.33.51 (talk) 12:10, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Long wavelengths
Talk:Ululation

message: A description of how one ululates would be nice. Is it a tongue thing? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.90.99.252  (talk • contribs) 06:37, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: * I assume you mean, "are women the only ones allowed to ululate?" I believe it varies from place to place. Among Ethiopians, I've only known women to do it. -- Gyrofrog  (talk) 05:28, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: *In the Arab world, men ululate only jocularly. It is exclusively a feminine mode of expression. Hakeem.gadi (talk) 02:07, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: *In which case, can we remove the part where it says its only done by women?194.80.32.10 (talk) 20:34, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Old stuff

message: The article says in the Arab world it is use to express grief. I've never come across this usage. It is only an expression of joy. Can anyone affirm that? Maybe in some parts of the Arab world it used for grief.Hakeem.gadi (talk) 04:11, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: *According to , women ululate at the funeral of a martyr, in reference to the fact she won't be able to at the wedding of the deceased.  (That is kind of like some cultures who bury unmarried girls in wedding dresses -- I've forgotten which ones do that...) LachlanA (talk) 11:22, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: *I am familiar with this fact, except that it is supposed to be an expression of celebration, because the martyr is going to Heaven (or so they believe). I will remove the reference to 'grief'. Hakeem.gadi (talk) 12:29, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Expression of grief?

message: The articles says Bengalis use ululation during weeding and festivals.  Its partially true. Because only Bengali Hindus use ululation.  Bengali Muslim community never doing such thing. It should mention in the article.  Thank you. ferdous   15:00, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Correction 

message: A discussion is taking place to address the redirect :La la la la la la. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 March 27#La la la la la la until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.  Seventyfiveyears (talk) 14:19, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  "La la la la la la" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] 

message: In the movie "Dances with Wolves" members of the Sioux tribe ululate when they leave camp to hunt bison (mid movie). Is this a correct depiction of the Sioux, and possibly also other tribes of Native Americans? 95.195.156.80 (talk) 22:36, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ululation among the Sioux?