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Talk:Katas Raj Temples

message: Found this image  --Ekabhishek (talk) 13:35, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Image

message: The history of the Katas Raj Temple makes no sense in this article. Mahabharata is a Central Indian (Gangetic plain) text. Why would they be talking about a region they had zero control over? Brahminism had ZERO foothold in the Indus Valley. 
After the collapse of the Indus Valley (Harappan) Civilization in ~2000 BCE, the Vedic Civilization grew when Aryans merged with Harappans in around ~1500 BCE and until the Persian Achaemenid takeover in ~550 BCE. During this period, Vedic Hinduism flourished with gods like Indra, Mitra and Soma being worshiped...gods like Shiva or Ganesh were more or less worshiped in the Ganges plain and Deccan, not in the Indus Valley. From 550 BCE to 330 BCE, Zoroastrianism also took a foothold in the region, alongside Vedic Hinduism and Shamanism. During the rule of Alexander and the subsequent Greek rule from 330 BCE all the way to the 1st millennium CE, Hellenic Paganism and later on Buddhism would take a foothold in the region. The only period where Puranic Hinduism/Brahminism infiltrated into the region was during the early years of the Mauryan Empire...however, under Ashoka they became a Buddhist empire and forged relations with the Greaco-Bactrians giving rise to Hellenic Buddhism. During the Shunga Brahmin revolt in the Ganges plain, Buddhists were persecuted as the Mauryan Empire collapsed and were forced to flee central Ganges plain (Bihar etc) to places like Nepal, Bhutan, Kashmir and Punjab. The Indo-Greeks quickly took over the retreating Mauryans to prevent the Shungas from taking the Indus Valley, and hence formed the Indo-Greek Kingdom with Hellenic Buddhism growing even further under them. Brahminism was once again halted. And as we keep going on, the Indo-Scythians or Indo-Parthians also kept Brahminism at bay. At no time during the entire history of the Indus Valley did Brahminism ever take a stronghold. Not once.
Vedic Hinduism is very different from Puranic/Brahmin Hinduism. Even today, the Hindus in Pakistan worship Vedic gods like Jhuelal (a reincarnation of Indra). Same with Kashmiri Pandits (Kheer Bhawani) or the Kalash Pagans who also worship an Indra like figure.
Vedic gods are nowhere to be found in the Republic of India (Ganges plain/Deccan).
It's a probable possibility that this site was built much earlier for another reason and then changed at some point. --PAKHIGHWAY (talk) 18:27, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dubious claims about the temple site
Talk:Diploblasty

message: Please read: Wikipedia is not a dictionary. This 'article' is lifted from the Oxford Dictionary of Biology. I suggest someone with a good, working knowledge of the subject takes a look at this page. riana 03:44, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Hold on a second, is it an exact copy? --Rory096 03:45, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

message: Try to differentiate ovoviparity from oviparity using table  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 197.243.42.202 (talk) 16:28, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Biology
Talk:List of high schools in Nevada

message: Lists are a good source of information. However they may be dated and can sometimes be replaced by categories.
Victuallers 09:19, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Schools List

message: I wasn't sure whether a couple of schools counted as WCSD or not, so I guessed as best I could.  Feel free to change if I am wrong.  Bjackrian 03:46, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Washoe County
Talk:Boris Berezovsky (pianist)

message: Too much of this article seems to be copied from the Warner official bio, which I have added as a source. Rewrites pls?
Coughinink 07:11, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe I have removed the copyright violation from that site.  Toddst1 (talk) 17:11, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  too much copying 

message: Some people seem to think that the section named "Controversy" ought to be removed, perhaps because it is "irrelevant". What is the argument for that?
(Some of us will visit this and similar Wikipedia pages precisely because we wonder if there have been any controversies of that kind. Information of this kind is thus anything but irrelevant from our point of view.)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.129.200.159 (talk) 15:44, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Regardless of whether this content should be included, the section title "Controversy" is not informative and would typically be replaced by something that points to the content of the section. SPECIFICO talk 17:57, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Controversy" section
Talk:Hemingway (disambiguation)

message: Having read "Hunting with Hemingway" by author and screenwriter Hilary Hemingway, who is Ernest's niece, I was thinking there ought to be a connection, especially since the book details her father, Leicester's stories about his experiences with brother Ernest. http://www.highbridgeaudio.com/hunwithem.html
Leicester also wrote a biography of his brother. http://www.floridaplants.com/PI/mybrother.htm
Perhaps these don't make enough importance for a Wiki entry, but then again, "Mini Kiss" got its own entry. 66.57.225.195 03:47, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other Hemingways
Talk:Norbert Rillieux

message: I stumbled across this article, and I think it fascinating.  I am a bit concerned about the it-was-probably-racism thing at the end of the piece.  I don't doubt it, but I think some evidence might be helpful?  Something of the same sort may be appropriate in the remark about Rillieux's yellow-fever solution for New Orleans; the villain of the piece is described as a former employee of Rillieux, and some idea of how they parted company and how that engendered ill-feeling and so on, would be useful? --djenner03:49, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: When i did the research on Rilleux some sites say it was because of racism, but none of them said anything else that would imply its not racism. --hengsheng120 05:34, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

text: I don't really see the problem. Had Rillieux (careful with the spelling) not experienced increased racism after 1803, when Americans took over New Orleans, he would have been truly bucking the trend. As a French and Spanish colony, New Orleans did not have the kind of black-and-white racism that we think of today, but rather a more complex system of quadroons, octoroons, free blacks, etc. And by the time New Orleans came out on the losing side of the Civil War, everyone who wasn't basically 100% white was simply deemed black, just as Americans think of race today. But don't take my word for it, visit http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/cabildo/cab9.htm: 
"Like many free blacks, Rillieux experienced increasing racial discrimination prior to the Civil War, and he left Louisiana to spend the rest of his life in Paris."
 I did research for this Rillieux man for a project for my teacher she said Rillieux was a tidy man and was well mannered he said he was in her words "Muy Grande Peqeuno" I don't know what that means. So this man was a very great man for inventing a better way to get sugar.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.189.187.252 (talk) 23:00, 11 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Template talk:User Infobox pref

message: The class="infobox bordered" text in line 2 seems to be offsetting this userbox to the right and up from normal ones like Template:user Stallman. Scepia 20:02, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Spacing error

message: It seems a little weird for the image of the userbox to be the text "info box", would something like File:Feather-core-box.svg  or File:Font Awesome 5 solid cubes.svg  be better? I wanted to ask the talk page before boldly changing it. ~BappleBusiness[talk] 23:08, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image?
Talk:Wantage Township, New Jersey

message: Can someone add any information about Hanford?  It ties in with my expansion of the NYS&W Railroad article.  Thanks!
Kether83 04:02, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Rise (Origa vocal)

message: Since there is no actual kanji in this song, only Roman, and Cyrillic, i thing it may be inappropriate to use the term 'Kanji' in the title of the first section
just a suggestion, thanks
And because it is not in Japaneese, the romanized lyrics are not Romaji.
Posting the full lyrics of the song here does not seem appropriate. Wikipedia isn't a lyrics repository, not to mention the issues with copyrights. I'm going to go ahead and remove them. 165.236.245.130 18:39, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
Talk:The Master Mind of Mars

message: There was objection to the phrase "transplanting human brains" and "Martian" was substituted for "human". Since in Burroughs' concept, natives of Earth and Mars could produce offspring together, they are obviously both human, the whole egg-laying bit notwithstanding. But the whole issue can be rendered moot by omiting both "human" and "Martian" and saying "transplanting brains" -- so that's what I've changed it to. BPK 04:08, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: FWIW, Burroughs repeatedly refers to the inhabitants of Barsoom as both "Red Martians" and as "humans" numerous times.  Sometimes it is through the first person voice of John Carter, who IIRC mostly uses "humans", and other times it is through third person narration which uses both.  The white apes are described as "simians" a few times as well.  I can't remember exactly if he calls the Green Martians humans or not, but it wouldn't surprise me as the term seems to apply to any vaguely intelligent hominoid.Lime in the Coconut 15:37, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Brains

message: "Paxton's story is purportedly relayed back to earth via the Gridley Wave, a sort of super radio frequency previously introduced in Tanar of Pellucidar, the third of Burrough's Pellucidar novels, which thus provides a link between the two series."  There is no mention of the Gridley Wave in this book, and the presumption is that John Carter transported Ulysses Paxton's manuscript to Burroughs.  The Gridley Wave was not invented until Tanar of Pellucidar, written several years after this novel.  I tried deleting the passage, but someone reverted it. -- M-K, 14 Sept 2006
:Whoops, that was me, and now that you've jogged my memory, you're quite right. It was the story of A Fighting Man of Mars that was relayed (by Paxton) via Gridley Wave. Too many years since I've read those books... I'll go fix things again, assuming you haven't already. BPK 05:29, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Gridley Wave Glitch

message: I added an external link to my blog page that is only intended to make available a better formated version of the book. Since no other reasonably formated version of the book is linked here and therefore easily available to the reader of the article, I believe that this link actually is complying with the scope of wikipedia - making information available to everyone. Please let me know your opinion and accept my apologies if I am wrong and let me know what better way is to make the epub version of the book easily available to everyone. I am new to wikipedia. RC87 (talk) 21:00, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Link to erb2ebook.blogspot.com

message: This work will be definitively public domain in the United States on January 1, 2024. To that end it needs the cover updated with a public domain version, so I found this image to use. SDudley (talk) 02:25, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  cover in 2024
Talk:Terence the Tractor

message: It has been suggested that this article should be merged with Railway engines (Thomas and Friends).
* strongly oppose -- Terence the Tractor is a recurring character within the Railway Series books (and the TV Series) and hence merging him to a TV Series -only character page is wholly inappropriate. This suggestion also goes against the article structure devised through consensus between participants of WP:THOMAS, and successfully in place for two years now.<BR>See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Thomas#Character Merges for further discussion.<BR>- EdJogg (talk) 12:46, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge 
Talk:Toby the Tram Engine

message: This page should be redirected to 	
#REDIRECT List of characters in The Railway Series#Toby(Number 7) because the other articles on Edward, Henry, Gordon, and Percy are redirects. 
2607:FB91:1425:CEEA:AC39:6AF1:9B6B:3C81 (talk) 14:13, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS / WP:OTHERSTUFFDOESNTEXIST is not a policy. Andy Dingley (talk) 15:09, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirect
Talk:Tapdog

message: Could the author of this article explain why this horse is notable enough to warrant an encyclopedia article. Does the article fit the definition of a vanity page, and therefore, should it be deleted? - Cuddy Wifter 04:23, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Notability

message: Tap Dog most definitely should NOT appear on the same list as Northerly, Saintly, Octagonal, Phar Lap and other greats of Australian racing. The horse is simply not in the same league. Perhaps a category can be created for Australian race horses and one for Great Australian race horses. This is most definitely a vanity page simply by placement of this horse among true champions. Dexter181 06:48, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Categorisation
Talk:Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto

message: I'm not sure if this is noteworthy or related enough to be included in the article somewhere, but this location, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, is the location of the song (and possibly the location the music video was shot at - not sure) for the song "I Was Buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery." 
Here are some lyrics from the song that make me believe the song is referring to this cemetery:
:First I paid my respects to Glenn Gould
:And then I visited the grave of Alexander Muir
:Next to Eaton's tomb, I hung my head and cried
:Looking for Joseph Mulgrew, I gave up and died
Glenn Gould, Alexander Muir, and Timothy Eaton are all buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, and Joseph Mulgrew is a fictional character supposedly buried in the cemetery in its work.
Snax28 (talk) 19:16, 3 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inclusion of Woods of Ypres 
Talk:Russian Circles

message: They have signed to a new label and have changed their line up.
http:// www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnBpdGNoZm9ya21lZGlhLmNvbS9wYWdlL25ld3MvNDY2NzMtcnVzc2lhbi1jaXJjbGVzLXNpZ24tdG8tc3VpY2lkZS1zcXVlZXpl  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.242.25.74 (talk) 02:53, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: New Record Label

message: How would I go about adding live images that I photographed? If this is something you would want.
:If you can provide a photo of the band that could be used freely on this site, then that would be fantastic. The article could certainly use one, and the easier it is to get the photographer's (in this case, you) permission, then the less of a hassle Wikipolicies become. C. M. Reed 20:35, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Adding Live Photos?

message: Where is the source for the entry "Unnounced full-length (2009)"? Neither their Myspace or Official Site make any mention of this.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 153.90.88.30 (talk) 02:18, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: New Album in 2009?

message: What happened? Are they back on the road?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.96.219.42 (talk) 17:31, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: VAN ACCIDENT?

message: Any info on band name choice? 
Why not Jewish Circles or Ukrainian Circles? --184.161.144.204 (talk) 21:54, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Band name 

message: "When performing live, the band is noted for being able to replicate and even expand upon their recorded material through Sullivan and Cook's use of sampling, extensive array of effects pedals and loop pedals to build layers of sound.[8]"
Someone should expand on it; that is more or less an expectation and requirement for concerts. If they weren't able to reproduce their songs, we'd have a serious issue. It'd be like Johnny Cochran's page saying "When assigned to a case, Cochran is notable for calling witnesses, conducting cross-interviews, and making opening and closing arguments."  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.98.96.167 (talk) 18:04, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sound (?) 
Talk:Edward the Blue Engine

message: There really is no need to keep pointing out that Edward did not appear in this film - it's an unnecessary piece of information. If he was in the film, that might be worth mentioning. HonestTom 16:41, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Thomas and the Magic Railroad

message: I looks like Edward's original Perspex model that was used in the first nine or so seasons/series of Thomas & Friends was bought for preservation just recently and is now owned by Twitter user ThomasTankMerch. He also has four of Edward's faces in preservation (surprised, tired, angry and happy), though the guys running the account had Edward's surprised face for quite a few years beforehand.
Although the main Edward body is the original Perspex, the tender is brass.
Here's the Twitter post talking about it: https://twitter.com/ThomasTankMerch/status/1342184555978121217
--JCC the Alternate Historian (talk) 21:20, 27 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Edward's Original Perspex Model Now in Preservation
Talk:Thomas & Friends series 3

message: If a character is "introduced", they must also be "featured". This is now a "rule" across articles for all seasons. For WP:THOMAS, Gonzerelli 06:58, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Featuring / Introducing 

message: In the episodes Thomas gets bumped, No Joke for James and Trust Thomas, someone has put Oliver as cameos in these three episodes I've watched these episodes and I don't see him.C.bonnick 15:08, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thomas gets bumped, No Joke for James and Trust Thomas  

message: Is it true the rest of the episode (from James Goes Buzz Buzz to Thomas and Percy's Mountain Adventure) aired in 1992? TobytheTramEngine 20:02, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  1992? 

message: Sorry, but Season 3 was not the first Season to use songs. Season 4 was the first. I removed the trivia since Skarloey said it's the first Season 4 song. Correct me if I'm wrong. TobytheTramEngine 17:29, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thomas' Anthem 

message: I didn't realize I was tricked into believing that Percy making a very tiny cameo in Trust Thomas, but I was wrong. He was only mentioned by James. TobytheTramEngine (talk) 07:32, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sorry 

message: I'd want you to make, Thomas & Friends: The Complete 3rd Series in the US? Narrated by George Carlin, he narrates in the US? The episodes will be in order are; 1. A Scarf for Percy, 2. Percy's Promise, 3. Time for Trouble, 4. Gordon & the Famous Visitor, 5. Donald's Duck, 6. Thomas Gets Bumped, 7. Thomas, Percy & the Dragon, 8. Diesel Does It Again, 9. Henry's Forest, 10. The Trouble with Mud, 11. No Joke for James, 12. Thomas, Percy & the Mail Train, 13. Trust Thomas, 14. Mavis, 15. Toby's Tightrope, 16. Edward, Trevor & the Really Useful Party, 17. James Goes Buzz Buzz, 18. All at Sea, 19. One Good Turn, 20. Tender Engines, 21. Escape, 22. Oliver Owns Up, 23. Bulgy, 24. Heroes, 25. Percy, James & the Fruitful Day, and 26. Thomas & Percy's Mountain Adventure?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daniel B. Choromanski (talk • contribs) 17:19, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thomas & Friends: The Complete 3rd Series in the US
Talk:Annie and Clarabel

message: The following section was added today. I am assuming good faith but I am also conscious that Wikipedia's text gets mirrored worldwide and accusations like these can spread quickly. If appropriate references can be found, then of course the text can be re-instated.
:::Critisisms have also been made of 'Thomas and Friends Annual', part of a range of books accompanying The Railway Series. In the annual's 2008 edition Annie is described from Thomas' point of view as "one of my coaches. She works on my branch line with Clarabel." The use of possesives in this passage could be seen as subjugating female characters.  Additionaly, critics point to the other 'male' characters presented along side Annie, who aren't described using possesives as evidence for sexism.
I am well aware that the other text in the section is also unreferenced, and this should be addressed too.
EdJogg (talk) 22:15, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: You can use  for the Annual text, that isn't a problem, but the above commentary around that text appears to be original research. -- EdJogg (talk) 12:09, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

text: Quite agree with your edit. I should have had the courage to do this myself! -- EdJogg (talk) 09:28, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Accusations of sexism
Talk:Minor characters from Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends

message: This section was added some time ago, as a merge from a page created by an anon editor.  It strikes me that they do not belong on this page, any more than the other non-descript wagons would.
Delete?
EdJogg 15:43, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Quite right. Would have belonged on "Rolling Stock", but that page has even since been culled. I completely forgot about this one tho... Consider it deleted. Gonzerelli 01:49, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mr. Jolly's Chocolate Vans 

message: There are currently several characters without a picture. When need to add them.
If you add a picture use this FUR.
==Summary==
This image is of the Thomas & Friends character: Name of Character (inclued link).
It is believed that its use in Railway engines (Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends) counts as 'Fair Use' for the reasons stated below.
*Copyright owner: HIT Entertainment plc
*Source: Thomas & Friends, season , Episode *: "Name of Episode"
*Screen capture by: <name>or<URL>
===Fair use rationale===
#The image is of low resolution
#The image does not limit the copyright owners' rights to distribute the source product in any way. 
#For an article about an animated television series, images are very important for identifying individual characters and add significantly to the article. 
#The image is only being used for informational purposes.
Diesel 10 04:23, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pictures 

message: I've just had a look at the 'What links here' for this page, and there are LOADS of redirects still pointing to this page rather than where the characters now reside. Could those responsible for the moves please complete the job by updating the redirects. Thanks. EdJogg 00:15, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Character reorganisation - work still required
Talk:List of Thomas & Friends songs

message: Curiously, is putting lyrics of a song a breach of copyright? TobytheTramEngine 05:51, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh. Then I guess it's copyright violation. The reason I'm asking this is because of Thomas and Friends Song Lyrics, which is now deleted due to copyright violation. TobytheTramEngine 19:54, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

text: What? Thomas' Anthem is a Season 4 song? I thought it was a Season 3 song. Oh well. Does that mean I have to move the trivia in the Season 3 article to the Season 4 article (but remove although there's only one in this Season (Thomas' Anthem)? TobytheTramEngine 19:10, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

text: Oh, sorry. Well, I've seen two versions. TobytheTramEngine 21:53, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Ott Jud

message: This is a nearly month old AfD that was never closed, I thumbed the log of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2005 April 15 around the timestamp of 1:40, and never found an entry. Perhaps it is not closed because it was never listed properly. DVD+ R/W 04:50, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Closure