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Talk:Government contractor

message: While the article is presently a stub, it clearly has a lot of expansion potential beyond a dicdef. Captain Zyrain 18:15, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You can say that again! No mention of the Shipley process, business development, capture management, gate reviews, "full and open", set-asides. This is practically shameful that this is the best Wikipedi could do after decades. - I am dis big (talk) 01:51, 16 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Objection to CSD

message: I took out the sentences on "cost-plus" contracts and legal requirements for governments to choose lowest bidders.  Before I get into my technical reasoning, I think that both sentences would work better as sections under the "government acquisitions" article than in the "government contractor" article, but that's not why I edited.  The original sentence regarding "cost-plus" contracts simply stated, without any context, "Often the terms of the contract specify cost plus – i.e., the contractor gets paid for its costs, plus a specified profit margin."  While this does happen and would be appropriate to leave in with expanded context, by itself it does not accurately describe anything.  "Cost-plus" is just one contracting structure used by the government, and it's not really a common one or one that a majority of dollars are spent in.  For the majority of contracting firms out there, especially those working in non-construction industries or non-warzone areas, "cost-plus" is a unicorn that will never be witnessed.  
  
Secondly, the bit about low bids ("Laws often require governments to award contracts to the low bidder.") without context is more harmful than it is helpful.  You're not going to win any bids just for coming in with the lowest price.  Inability to demonstrate understanding of a solicitation and capability to meet the requirements of the solicitation,(along with a number of other factors,) will get your bid disqualified regardless of how low the price is.  The ideal scenario is that with all else equal and adequate given a set of requirements, the lowest bidder will (reasonably) be charged.  There's some exceptions and nuances there, but that's really about it.  
  
Now, both of these sentences would be helpful if they were expanded, but they are arguably harmful to understanding of the topic if they are left in their context-free states.  I would suggest leaving these out until they can be expanded to include context and supporting information.Cmactaggart (talk) 17:17, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cost-plus contracts and requirements for low bids
Talk:List of airlines of Russia

message: Is there any way we could get added to the table a number of planes or a number of passengers carried or anything else that could serve as an NPOV proxy for importance of the airline? This doesn't do much good if you don't already know a lot about the airlines of Russia.--Prosfilaes (talk) 19:50, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:2011 Rugby World Cup qualifying

message: Is it certain that there will be just 16 places available? I know that there has been talk of reducing the number from 20 to 16 but I wa snot aware that anything official has been established. GringoInChile 17:30, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Places available? 
Talk:Texas Fear Fest

message: This is a dispute regarding the possible commerical intents of this article. 18:32, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Keep. Am I happy that this article was created by the almost-certainly interest conflicted User:FearFest2 instead of one of the half dozen of us creating articles for Texas sfnal conventions and events?  No.  Should it be deleted?  Again, no.  I've already started rephrasing text to make it more encyclopedic and far less promotional in nature. In a few weeks, especially if somebody has photos to share, this could be a nice B class article that describes a large cultural event in North Texas. That said, this article certainly deserves a Notable Wikipedian tag to alert readers to the ties between User:FearFest2 and this event. - Dravecky 19:48, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Request For Comment: Possible Conflict of Interest/Spam

message: Given that it received widespread media coverage, a paragraph or two about the controversy spakred by Corey Feldman's public statements and blog post after FF3 is almost certainly warranted. - Dravecky (talk) 21:43, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Corey Feldman controversy

message: Many of the guests advertised are not apperaring, fans are upset, John Gray is refusing refunds and threatening lawsuits to anyone who questions him, fans checking into it found out nothing is scheduled at the hotel for that date, many of the guests say they never signed on for the show or even heard of it but are advertised as attending. As many remember, the show WAS scheduled last Aug but was moved from a hotel to a sports bar, then "postponed" 2 weeks before the show, costing many fans money on non-refundable airfare and hotel reservations. Gray is being investigated.
EDIT The Website has now been removed, all that pops up is John Gray's email, Gray has also been removed from Guts and Gory and the Camp Blood forum removed.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.39.140.163 (talk) 22:20, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Camp Blood needs to be edited.  
Talk:Avalanche transceiver

message: I read that the original barryvox transciever from 1968 already used 457khz
was it only the standartisation that came in 1986?
http://www.mammut.ch/en/avalanchesafety_barryvox_history.html
Barryvox VS68  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.98.6.198 (talk) 11:19, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  1986 or 1968 
Talk:Asahiyama Zoo

message: Due to the language barrier, I'll appreciate if some help this article modifying grammers and typos. Thanks--Daigaku2051 18:40, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  

message: Perhaps some mention should be made of the film Asahiyama doubutsuen monogatari: penguin ga soru wo tobu (English title: Penguins in the Sky) released in 2009. — IslandGyrl (talk) 21:53, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  2009 film ''Penguins in the Sky''
Talk:Twodot, Montana

message: An interesting note:  Two Dot's claim to fame is that most people in Montana, me for one, considered it a fictional town.  In 1967 at Boeing Aircraft men would graffiti states and under that towns from where they originated.  Boeing was mass hiring from Montana employment services.  Two Dot was one of the most popular from Montana. It was similar to "Kilroy was Here."  It was not until mapping software that I discovered my error. Since I consider myself a Virtual resident of Two Dot, I prefer "Fictional" to the above description of "unincorporated village".  That sounds like grass huts.  I expect the local rednecks to buy me a Moose Drool when I show up in town.  Robert J. Lanier ROBERT J. LANIER 17:47, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, that was entertaining.  Grass huts, lanai?  I grew up a couple hours east, along the Musselshell River, and my dad told me Two Dot was named because the ranch owner was illiterate, and had two fingers cut off in an accident, so his "mark" when a signature was needed was putting the two finger stubs in ink and signing with two dots, and that became his ranch brand. I don't know if that's true or not, I can't find anything to corroborate that. Nerfer (talk) 20:03, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
Wikipedia talk:Meetup/Philadelphia 6

message: Please see Wikipedia_talk:Meetup/NYC#IRC_meeting_tomorrow.  This is for an online meeting with the :meta:Chapters committee tomorrow for those interested in forming US chapters.  Thanks.--Pharos (talk) 00:40, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The log of the whole conversation is at :meta:Wikimedia New York City/Chapters Committee.--Pharos (talk) 21:39, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  IRC meeting tomorrow 

message: Please let me know when this event is rescheduled or when potential new dates are being discussed.  Thanks. Newyorkbrad (talk) 23:09, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rescheduling 

message: I'd be interested to hear more of the details of the discussion at the meetup, if anyone could fill that in.  Thanks.--Pharos (talk) 03:38, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Post meeting summary
Talk:Ford D3 platform

message: While D3 is based on P2 they are vastly different platforms with D3 having been heavily revised, moreso than this article indicates, in an effort to make it less expensive to produce. Because of this the articles need to be separated for the sake of clarity.Syr74 (talk) 15:28, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Is this still valid?  The proposal was made in 2008, but the tag was put up nearly six years later.  However, the clarification of the differences between the Volvo and Ford usages of the platforms is information that dates to August 2004.  I'm not saying let sleeping dogs lie, but it would be better to expand on this (perhaps by sourcing some of this information and better explaining it...) than by building a whole new article.  --SteveCof00 (talk)  09:46, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: P2 and D3 Need To be Separated

message: I've come to the conclusion that you were correct sir. Since the E platform is now long dead the likelihood that inclusion of the same on this page will simply serve to confuse is too great to ignore. And since this platform never made it past the vague rumor stage anyway it's very existence as a genuine program is questionable. If there are no objections I am going to kill the reference in the thread.Syr74 (talk) 15:01, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: You were right

message: Everything I've heard indicates the Panther replacement is going to be the RWD global Huntsman platform, which will also underpin FoA RWD cars, the next Mustang and likely a RWD Lincoln flagship.   The Huntsman is not a D3 derivative.  I'm tempted to delete the E platform section.  TheBalance 18:58, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: E platform
Talk:Nihilistic

message: GiantRobot 18:58, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

message: I just splashed onto this dab page from a basically unrelated article, but it strikes me that "nihilistic" should redirect to nihilism and needs no disambiguation. "Blizzard" is not by default a disambig between the snowstorm and the game developer, and neither should this be. I understand there is a difference because "nihilistic" is just an adjective derived from "nihilism" (whereas blizzard is blizzard), but practically speaking won't the linking editor intend to refer to nihilism the vast majority of the time? Just my two cents. - Draeco (talk) 00:38, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Is a disambig needed?
Talk:Fist and Rose Tendency

message: Melvin Little and Walt Brown are no longer members of the SPUSA (the two resigned), and thus cannot be members of FaRT. Michael Marino is currently suspended, and I think Gabe Ross also resigned, but I can't recall for sure. 65.173.199.254 19:02, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The history section was rather misleading. Marino was suspended in June 2007, not in 2006. He was only suspended until the convention and was not reinstated by the convention. His membership wasn't dealt with at all at the convention. I also fixed some grammar and spelling errors. Finally, there are not hard feelings between all four of the tendencies, only between First and Rose and the other tendencies. The Direct Action Tendency is on life-support and takes no political stances on internal SP politics, while the Grass Roots Tendency and the Debs Tendency do not have hard feelings for each other and actually get along quite well.Chegitz guevara (talk) 12:06, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  History 

message: I removed the "press release" tag, but it still needs some external sources, because otherwise it fails Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies).  Some indication that it has a membership might help too.  Otherwise I'm nominating for deletion next week.T L Miles (talk) 21:30, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Any and all groups have a legal Right to keep its membership from the public except where required by law. A prime example is Freemasonry. Comraderedoctober 14:23, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Verify, removal of huge press release.  Asking for SOME external sources 

message: I would propose redirecting this page, as well as Grass Roots Tendency and Debs Tendency, to Socialist Party USA.  I just don't think these groupings are notable by themselves.  The Direct Action Tendency is already a redirect.  In part that's because it disbanded a couple of years ago, but none of the others have been especially active that I can tell. -David Schaich Talk/Cont 08:42, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Hearing no objections, it's done.  -David Schaich Talk/Cont 04:15, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Redirect?
Talk:Bill Rapson

message: I have additional information that I would like to add to this page. I will copy the original to my sandbox. Please let me know if there is anything else I should add. Wyatt Tyrone Smith (talk) 16:47, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: updated page Wyatt Tyrone Smith (talk) 20:55, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Intention to expand
Talk:Carpathian Germans

message: Czehoslovakia or Slovakia never is not it before the 20th century !!!
" Bratislava " name was Pozsony from the 9th century to the earlier 20th century and it was part of the Kingdom of Hungary !!! Pozsony was the capital city of Hungary approximately to 300 years.Nmate
Indeed, to use Bratislava for the era before 1919 is anachronistic. Also, there were no "Slovak" mining settlements at all--and many German settlements were on "wilder Wurzel"--cut from the forest, esp. in the Zips, notwithstanding what some modern nationalistic Slovak historians dream.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.70.144.72 (talk) 02:03, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]

message: There are certain unsourced statements for about 25 days. Can  anyone provide sources?--Svetovid (talk) 12:05, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I deleted the unsourced info and also inserted more fact tags. The Hungarian source has to be translated and reliability needs to be proved.--Svetovid (talk) 20:40, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Unsourced statements

message: It was stated that there was voluntary Magyarization among the Carpathian Germans however I was wondering if anyone would like to post the statistics shown here?  They are quite striking, as despite population growth, the number of Germans decreased from 318,794 in 1880 to 198,405 in 1910.
http://www.hungarian-history.hu/lib/hmcb/Tab07.htm
Prussia1231 (talk) 04:20, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Census data for Magyarization? 
Talk:South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases

message: I revised the page to be independent of the website and should be fine from a copyright perspective.  I didn't realize it would cause the copyright error.  I'll try to add some additional references when I get a chance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Eaclegg (talk • contribs) 13:31, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:/usr/bin/god

message: WP:CSD#a7 states that "An article about a real person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content that does not state why its subject is important or significant" is subject to speedy deletion. "Novel by a major author" doesn't appear to be on that list. --DocumentN 19:41, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: So this comment does not apply as this relates to a fictional work. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 12:45, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Please clarify your pronouns. --DocumentN (talk) 04:49, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Just not clear how you first point make any type of reference to a work of fiction. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 09:06, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

text: Surely notability is advanced by "Novel by a major author". One WP:CSD statement that doesn't include says what exactly. I'm not saying this article is about a notable subject which is still an open issue by the way. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 09:09, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It says nothing, which was my point.  was a complete non sequitur, which is why someone else reverted it. --DocumentN (talk) 19:07, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Response to speedy deletion request 

message: Despite not being published yet, part of usr/bin/god is referenced on pages 271-272 of the book The Singularity Is Near as an example of how a genetic algorithm for creating a Turing-capable chat bot might work. The pages can be found using books.google.com, but I'm not sure if they should be mentioned in the article or not.
Also: the fact that Doctorow has promised to change the title before it's published, on the grounds that 'nobody knows how to alphabetize "slash," everyone will spell it u-s-e-r, and technically it should be usr/sbin/god'.
Also, someone should probably ask him if he still plans to publish it (the last update being more than two years ago); but I probably won't as I don't really care. --DocumentN (talk) 00:24, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Singularity Is Near
Talk:1994–95 New Jersey Devils season

message: Regarding the "Opponents" section, I have started a discussion on the appropriateness of including this breakdown in season articles. Everyone's input is welcome in the discussion on the WikiProject Ice Hockey discussion page. isaacl (talk) 18:05, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opponents section 

message: Regarding this edit: I have started a discussion at the WikiProject Ice Hockey discussion page. Input is welcome. isaacl (talk) 23:12, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Media section 

message: How come none of the team rosters on any article (though listed as stats) have the players' numbers? That is pertinent information. 84.250.167.255 (talk) 16:45, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Player numbers?
Talk:Ein Gedi (kibbutz)

message: In 1971 I worked on a Kibbutz. I believe it was Ein Gedi, but am not sure. We grew Cotton & Peaches, @ the time. We would ride the bus to Ber Shiva for Soft-serve, so it couldn't have been too far away.
Can ANYONE help me? I was just there for the summer. It's where I got my character. MarcyBeth (talk) 17:02, 15 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peaches grown
Talk:Savalou

message: Also little known about Savalou and its infamous Victoria Allen is her latest Victoria Allen Action Figure (monkey sold separately).
I don't get the relevance.  Perhaps it's a language issue? 141.202.248.11 20:12, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm pretty sure it's just a bit of nonsense. - Dravecky (talk) 02:48, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hruh?
Talk:Rama, Saskatchewan

message: Aside from Wikifying this article, what can be done to improve it? (Cocopie (talk) 02:19, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Virginia University of Lynchburg

message: I'm searching Google for the booklet: 'The Five and Ten Cent Church' but cannot find it listed anywhere.  Can anyone tell me (1) who wrote it and (2) where a copy might be procured.
I know that an alum of our university authored it. My entire library was lost & it was one of my cherished reads.
Any assistance will be greatly appreciated !!
THANK YOU
Dr. R. Lee Harvey
Alumnus 1986 - 1993  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.205.38.145 (talk) 17:05, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who wrote this book? 

message: Please add doctor of healthcare! It’s beyond me why you would edit it that out! 69.207.53.166 (talk) 23:26, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Doctor of healthcare
Talk:Elwood Middle School

message: I would like to propose the creation of a Wikipedia page for Elwood Middle School, located in Huntington, NY. This school is an integral part of the Elwood Union Free School District and serves students in grades 6-8. It has been recognized for its academic excellence, including receiving the Schools to Watch National Designation in 2022[^1^][1].
The school is also actively involved in the community, participating in events and initiatives that contribute to the local area[^1^][1]. I believe that the school's notable achievements and contributions to education make it a worthy subject for a Wikipedia page.
I have gathered reliable sources and am prepared to write a neutral, well-referenced article that adheres to Wikipedia's standards. I invite comments, suggestions, and any assistance from the community to ensure the page meets the quality expected of Wikipedia articles.
Thank you for considering this proposal. 69.116.203.31 (talk) 16:57, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request for Creation of Elwood Middle School Page
Talk:Staatsburgh State Historic Site

message: I added this article to Wikiproject on National Register of Historic Places, but then i go to look up its NRHP REFNUM, etc., to add to the article.  I can't find it.  Is it on NRHP or not? doncram 20:40, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Three and half years have not answered this question. There is a difference between "Historic" and nrhp. Name, refnum, and date please.  KudzuVine (talk) 23:44, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Is this on NRHP or not?
Talk:Rancho Los Encinos

message: I believe this article and Los Encinos State Historic Park should be merged, as there is a great deal of duplication between the two articles.  I don't have a strong opinion as to which title should be primary; it appears they were created independently. Thoughts? - PKM (talk) 21:05, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Disagree reluctantly. The idea is appealing but (a) there is more to be said about the rancho than about the park, and (b) the park as an entity in itself needs its own entry in List of California state parks. 67.130.129.135 (talk) 01:01, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

text: Okay, there's no support in six months.  I've removed the merge tags and main a "main" link to Los Encinos State Historic Park. - PKM (talk) 03:18, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge