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Talk:Joe L. Evins

message: My change to the number of years he chaired the House Select Committee on Small Business and the House Committee on Small Business (which may be one & the same, the committee perhaps having been elevated to full standing status with Evins continuing as chair - that part is speculation on my part for lack of evidence) - but the number of years he chaired each committee is on the strength of Congress' information on Evins located here:
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000273
Longshot14 03:13, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Mandelstam variables

message: Call me stupid but isn't the u channel a twist of the s channel, not the t channel
I'm just learning I'll leave it to the true scholars (ie those get paid rather than pay) amongst us to make the edit
* No, the u-channel is just like the t-channel with the final-state particles' roles exchanged. You may be referring to the fact that on the graphic in this article the u-channel looks like the s-channel, but the relevant bit is whether the two initial-state particles annihilate or not, which they don't in the u-channel. The graphic should be changed to better reflect this, though; in particular, the intermediate particle in the s-channel has a timelike momentum, whereas it is spacelike in the t- and u-channels, and it is pedagogically useful for the direction of the lines in the diagrams to reflect this. 142.3.164.195 23:51, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

message: I think the conservation of 4-momentum should be p_1 + p_2 = p_3 + p_4 instead of p_1 + p_2 = -p_3 - p_4 ... -- Cheesus 14:47, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  wrong sign 

message: This statement needs a citation or needs to be removed:
the s-channel is the only way that resonances and new unstable particles may be discovered provided their lifetimes are long enough that they are directly detectable.
It is a statement depending on what kind of collider is used, it is for example a possibility that a process does not proceed through the s-channel. See for example Møller scattering with a heavy photon or a Z' like particle.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.174.241.156 (talk) 20:16, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  s-channel discovery 

message: The equation claiming equality of the inner products p1.p2 = p3.p4 is not correct. If m3^2+m4^2 is not equal to m1^2+m2^2, the inner products must also differ for the square of the sum to be equal (p1+p2)^2 = (p3+p4)^2.Matti Heikinheimo (talk) 14:00, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Feynman diagrams
Talk:United States House Committee on Small Business

message: In the course of researching whether Joe L. Evins was chair of this committee or (as had been originally cited on its own in that entry) the House Select Committee on Small Business, I found this link from Congress' site:
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000273
It cites Evins as chair of the House Select Committee on Small Business for the 88th-93rd sessions, and chair of this here committee for the 94th session. That, to me, implies that the two committees are one and the same, with the Select committee elevated to full standing committee status with Evins continuing as chair the year of the change. That, however, is speculation on my part as I have not found any hard citation for that transformation of the committee. I include this speculation here on the talk page in the hopes of providing fodder for anyone who knows for certain (or knows where to learn for certain) to submit that information either here (if a pointer to the correct information) or on the entry itself (if in possession of the correct information). Longshot14 03:17, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:All Summer in a Day

message: Whether he died while the transit itself was still visible in Europe depends on the actual time of his death, which I don't know. all I've seen so far is that he died in Los Angeles on the evening of 5 June 2012. The transit ended (in Europe) at about 9:50 PM local time in Los Angeles (June 5, 21:49:35 PDT). The transit arguably ended in Los Angeles when the sun set there (8:02 PDT). Whether a transit (which is a visual phenomenon) can be considered to be still going on after the sun has set and it can no longer be seen, is a matter of definition and/or debate. -- Embram (talk) 15:08, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Did Bradbury die during the transit of Venus? 

message: I changed inaccurate plot details - the children did not say the sun was like a fire, Margot did. The sun lasted two hours, not one.
I know that in truth, Venus' clouds are not made of water vapor and therefore cannot rain. The question is, was that known when this was written? --Jnelson09 02:50, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No, it was not. At that time, all that was known was that Venus seemed to be shrouded by "perpetual clouds." - Embram (talk) 13:01, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inaccurate 

message: Passages like "She has become frail and miserable there by the constant bullying, due to jealousy of the sunshine theme, of course she has a nervous breakdown due to the fact that she's being bullied, and because she has not seen the sun for 5 years." seem subjective and unprofessional.  Perhaps tone down the emotional commentary in this article and improve the grammar?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.63.83.1 (talk) 02:35, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  The current article tone is proper for the subject 

message: I presume she didn't also play "the most kids on Venus." Also, the languages given for the short story are English and Arabic. Really? MartinSFSA (talk) 08:15, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edith Fields as Mr. Callaghan and the most kids on Venus.
Talk:Conduction

message: I am quite hesitant to create a page for Conduction (music) or Conduction (practice), to avoid confusion, and perhaps it is best to merge Soundpainting along with any new write up on Conduction (as a term to describe a particular method on conducting improvised music) into the main Conduction article, which lacks 20th century development. I'm quite unhappy that the term "Conduction" may refer to the general practice of conducting an orchestra, yet it may also refer to Butch Morris' developed conducting language for improvisational performance. If any big-wig Wiki representatives have words of advice, my gratitude would consist of "taking care of this." Cheers ahead of time! TheEXIT 21:12, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conduction as a defined Practice 

message: What a conductor does is surely conducting?
HTH HAND —Phil | Talk 11:44, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conduct''ing'' surely…
Talk:Limping bimetallism

message: In "Money and Banking, Banking II," published by the American Banking Institute in 1931, I read:
"Contrary to the statements of many authors, the act of 1900 did not place our country on the single gold standard. Our monetary system is on a gold basis having the gold dollar as our standard of value, but the limping standard still remains. If we were to remove the legal tender powers of the silver dolar, our country would then have the single gold standard."
So, any objections to me adding this to page here?
Fishfingerextraordinaire (talk) 15:08, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

message: America has many rich resources.this'd congeries other countries. Ayandampanza333 (talk) 21:06, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  America
Template talk:Infobox school/Archive high school

message: ----
:There was an "_" in "image _size" it was not "imagesize", if you failed to include the "_" it would not work, though being that it was widespread, I simply fixed the template to use "imagesize" without the "_". It now works. --MJHankel 19:34, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, my fault! Thanks for catching that! Вasil | talk 19:38, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Mary Gillick

message: Yes, the Gillick head (silhouette would be a better term) began to appear in 1966.  But a few years later, a similar, but different silhoutte began appearing, and I believe it is the one used to this day.  My understanding is that this second head is based on a design by Arnold Machin, although not the one used on the definitives.
I think the wording "since 1966" should be replaced by "between 1966 and 1968" or whenever the last usage occured. Monomoit (talk) 01:01, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Since 1966? 

message: The external link ("1953 minting error) appears to be defunct Stratopastor (talk) 10:00, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  broken external link
Talk:Choo Choo Bar

message: I think there is enough for a closer look at this before it gets deleted, eg:
* https://trove.nla.gov.au/result?q-field0=&q-type0=phrase&q-term0=Choo+Choo+Bar&q-field1=title%3A&q-type1=all&q-term1=&q-field2=creator%3A&q-type2=all&q-term2=&q-field3=subject%3A&q-type3=all&q-term3=&q-year1-date=&q-year2-date=&l-advformat=&l-advformat=&l-advformat=&l-advformat=&l-advformat=&l-availability=&l-discipline=&l-language=
* https://australianfoodtimeline.com.au/choo-choo-bar/
There seem to be potential historical and cultural references.  Aoziwe (talk) 14:25, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Declining PROD
Talk:Lisianski Island

message: This picture of Lisianski Island is the second inaccurate picture I have deleted from its source site. It does claim to be of Lisianski, but it is really of Necker Island. I hope this clears up any possible confusion. I will try to add this picture to Necker's page, though I'll have to find out how. SeanMD80 03:44, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Deleted picture

message: Ref available ResMar 17:58, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ref available 

message: An article from the Washington Post, Health & Science section, by Jason Bittel, April 1, 2017, "This tree lures birds with a free lunch and then kills them", says that the bird catching/killing tree Pisonia has established a dense thicket about 100 feet wide on Lisianski Island, but I can find no other references to this tree on this island, nor can I see any such thicket in pictures of the island. The WP article does indicate that birds love the tree, with boobies & terns nesting in it. The tree apparently kills birds by having such sticky, hooked seeds that a bird can become weighted down by them & unable to fly. Those which survive then transport the seeds to other islands.  On the other hand, the article says that habitat managers with the Pacific Remote Islands ­Marine National Monument actually work to encourage Pisonia groves, which create prime nesting habitats for red-footed boobies, frigate birds and black noddies.  UnderEducatedGeezer (talk) 05:49, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  bird killing tree (Pisonia) on island?
Talk:Paul Ellison

message: Paul Ellison hasn't taught at the Aspen Music Festival for a number of years. 24.227.139.50 03:57, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Paisley Grammar School

message: This sentence is totally biased, but I don't know enough about the subject to change it.:
Paisley Grammar's previously high standards of uniform, upheld by then Rector John Pears, have changed for the better by Mrs Amos with children allowed to express themselves more.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.173.216.101 (talk) 17:44, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV statement about uniform 

message: A while back  added the statement "the school was fee paying until the mid 1960's" (diff). Is there a source for that? I'd have thought the school was grant-aided in some way. - Pointillist (talk) 13:13, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: http://www.paisleydailyexpress.co.uk/renfrewshire-news/school-reports/2009/08/12/x00a3-1-5m-plans-for-school-87085-24374427/. I believe the fees were relatively small and applied in most grammar schools in Scotland at the time. --Breadandcheese (talk) 19:35, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fee paying?
Talk:David Wong Louie

message: I found the reference to the NFA award here, but I can't tell if this is the NFA, the NFAA (Advancement of the Arts), or the NFAH (Arts and Humanities). Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! Aristophanes68 (talk) 23:27, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  National Foundation for the Arts 
Talk:Jonathan Klein (businessman)

message: This is not a bio. It is slanted. We need a more balanced discussion about him and his leadership of Getty and its business practices and pending law suits.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.111.29.2 (talk) 16:16, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  shameless propaganda 

message: this write-up, while plausible, is a bit too smooth to be something other than marketing copy, no? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.196.139.181 (talk) 08:38, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  a bit pat 
Talk:Treaty of Roskilde

message: This article could use substantial rework. Williamborg 04:15, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Reed St. Mark

message: It seems like this page can be kept even when it lacks much info simply because it serves as an informal disambiguation page.  I like for people in bands whose articles are like this to be redirects, but it's not clear which one it should redirect to.  So I think maybe we should have this page as a semi-redirect to the bands, just in case someone searches for him.
Thoughts? NickelShoe 04:30, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Global Buddhist Network

message: The name of the satellite television channel discussed here, is actually 'DMC', not 'DMC.tv'. The latter is the URL of the website that is connected to the satellite channel, not the name of the actual channel. But since DMC can refer to many things, i propose to use the full name of the satellite channel as the page title, e.i. "Dhammakaya Media Channel".S Khemadhammo (talk) 00:10, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: No objections have been raised to the name change, so I am continuing with it.S Khemadhammo (talk) 16:13, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed name change

message: This dicussion shows that Telly awards are not considered to be notable in this encyclopedia. 
Wikipedia notability cannot be purchased and no, wikipedia is not a platform for promotion (WP:NOT).  JimRenge (talk) 20:15, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, thanks for the catch. I wasn't aware it was a purchasable service. S Khemadhammo (talk) 00:13, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Telly awards are not notable in [[wikipedia]]
Talk:Numismatic Guaranty Company

message: The controversy section here (as well as the one at PCGS) is pure crap. Obviously there's going to be rivalries within the coin collecting niche, but putting together every little negative detail about a company (such as a Coin World article comparing the grading agencies from 2003) seems a bit much to me.  Hanxu9 (talk) 14:11, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Controversies Section 

message: I've removed an old neutrality tag from this page that appears to have no active discussion per the instructions at Template:POV:
::This template is not meant to be a permanent resident on any article. Remove this template whenever:
::#There is consensus on the talkpage or the NPOV Noticeboard that the issue has been resolved
::#It is not clear what the neutrality issue is, and no satisfactory explanation has been given
::#In the absence of any discussion, or if the discussion has become dormant.
Since there's no evidence of ongoing discussion, I'm removing the tag for now. If discussion is continuing and I've failed to see it, however, please feel free to restore the template and continue to address the issues. Thanks to everybody working on this one! -- Khazar2 (talk) 18:53, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  removing POV tag with no active discussion per [[Template:POV]] 

message: Many recent edits to the NGC article have blatantly violated Wikipedia's rules. Kindly note that Wiki is not a free advertising site WP:PROMOTION; a place to list trivial and non-notable facts, such as NGC holder improvements or info about any of thousands of major collections it has certified WP:ORG; nor a site to include other non-encyclopedic info, such as when it certified its 10 millionth coin or what any of millions of NGC coins have sold for at auction WP:NOT. Also, all entries must be properly linked to verifiable sources and not include opinions. For instance, the blanket claim that "certification does not determine value" is absurdly false and directly debunked by the linked sources. In addition, all info must be written in a short, concise, encyclopedic manner WP:WBA, such as using a formal tone WP:COLLOQUIAL.--R&BpopROCK (talk) 12:57, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Please adhere to Wiki policies
Talk:Venice High School (Florida)

message: I question whether Blake Roberts or Conor Murphy are really "notable alumni."  The link as to Blake Roberts doesn't identify him by name and the link to Conor Murphy, while identifying him by name and containing some striking photos, does not cite to any mention of him other than his own website.  In fact, his "about" page basically conatins Emerson quotes, but no actual biographical information.  I welcome discussion, but will delete these names in a week if nobody objects.Tony 01:45, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Notable Alumni?
Talk:Turkish kuruş

message: It appears that this page covers the same ground as Kuruş.  If so, they should be merged.Ecphora (talk) 11:56, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Since there has been no opposition -- in fact, no discussion at all -- I'll start the merge.  Ecphora (talk) 23:44, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal
Talk:Postal orders of Canada

message: I deleted
In Canada, postal orders were known by the name 'postal notes', which means the same thing. As Canada is a federation (originally a confederation), postal notes are usually collected by the province of issue. Canada's postal notes were first issued during the reign of King Edward VII and were discontinued during the reign of King George VI. Postal notes were issued in most, if not all, Canadian provinces.
for a number of reasons, as there were many erroneous passages:
1) Postal orders and postal notes are separate things.
2) Postal orders and notes both originated in the reign of Queen Victoria.
3) Federation and confederation are not different forms of union - Canada is a federation that joined in a process called Confederation. It was not "originally" a confederation.
4) Postal orders were issued by a federal agency, and so all postal orders and notes were identical, regardless of the province of issue.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chignecto (talk • contribs) 00:20, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Canadian postal notes were issued from 1905 until around 1952. Including references to Canadian postal money orders and Canada Post is totally irrelevant.
Canadian postal notes are numismatic items, whereas, Canadian postal money orders are totally outside the accepted definition of what are numismatic items (banknotes, coins, postal orders, postal notes, and traders' currency tokens). - (203.211.72.57 (talk) 05:07, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Canadian Postal Notes are not the same thing as Canadian Postal Money Orders
Talk:Eric Simms (rugby league)

message: I am not sure that Simmsie was the only cause of the reduction in the value of the field goal from two to one points. Barry Glasgow (Tullibigeal and Western Suburbs DRLFC) was a pretty prolific potter of points from the playing field around that period too. Albatross2147 04:49, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Definitely agreed. The way the sentence was constructed needs cleaning-up too. Duly changed.--Alexio 07:47, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Rules Changed??

message: I question whether Simms' Aboriginality needs to be mentioned in his biographical details. There is no doubting his heritage and the pride he carries with it, but just like there is no reasons to highlight Andrew Johns as an "Anglo rugby league player", references to Simms' Aboriginality is largely redundant.--Alexio 07:49, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Are you a sock puppet for Ketih Windschuttle? Albatross2147 11:13, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Aboriginality
Talk:Drag (physics)

message: The image showing relative amounts of form drag and skin friction needs a caption. How do I add one? Thanks. Pieter1963 (talk) 22:10, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I have made it this far. Perhaps you can fine-tune it further. Dolphin (t) 14:00, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I couldn't make it work so added separate text. Cheers. Pieter1963 (talk) 22:38, 24 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Caption required

message: The article stated "base drag, (aerodynamics) a pressure drag due to flow separation at the base of a projectile[15] or termination of an aircraft fuselage with a flat area, such as is noticeable on the BAE Systems Hawk.".
However, according to Doug McLean in "Understanding Aerodynamics: Arguing from the Real Physics" pp 210-211, base drag is not distinct from form drag. "The problem with the term 'base drag,' however, is that it has no defensible definition. Here are three logically possible candidates I know of, along with the reasons why they don't work... So it seems that defining base drag in a rigorous quantitative way is hopeless. And without a workable definition, 'base drag' seems questionable, even just as a concept."
I have removed the offending sentence. cagliost (talk) 10:28, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Base drag 

message: I calculate the unit to be kg/s; please confirm and add to the article.
Michael Hodgson (talk) 05:26, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Coefficients of all kinds are, in my experience, dimensionless. The drag coefficient is sometimes described as “dimensionless drag”. Can you explain how you have calculated the drag coefficient to be in units of kg/s? Dolphin (t) 10:33, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stokes flow drag coefficient unit. 

message: — Assignment last updated by Eaturvegeez (talk) 19:07, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Technical and Professional Writing