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Talk:Margaret Rutherford

message: There is a duplicate article at Dame Margaret Rutherford, which contains one sentence which is most certainly not true: that Agatha Christie had Rutherford (of all people) in mind when she wrote her Miss Marple mysteries. <KF> 00:50, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Two articles

message: I have just deleted the comment that Margaret Rutherford's husband was gay.  While this may well be true, in all my reading about M.R.'s life and career, and in discussion with her close friends, I have never come across this claim before.  Will the original poster (or indeed anyone else) please provide a quote from a published source.  83.217.190.69 20:36, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe the anonymous editor had this  in mind: "he was hopelessly infatuated with Sir John Gielgud. Apparently the infatuation was unrequited". However, this is hardly adequately summarised by the word "gay". Thincat 11:15, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed!  I am infatuated with Kate Bush, but that doesn't make me straight! :-)  The quote given by Thincat is, I believe, a fan submission from IMDB - not really a reliable source.  I vote we leave this speculation out of the article unless someone can come up with some proof from a reliable biography.  Chris  Csm1701 10:50, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. Even if a reputable source does exist, the information would be more relevant to the Stringer Davis article than here. Thincat 09:31, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

text:  Deleted the comment about sexuality. Again, it is not properly reffed and appears in none of the published biographies.  Not not re-add without a verifiable source.86.159.26.107 (talk) 07:28, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stringer Davis - Sexuality 

message: I think the following needs to be addressed in this article:
#What her father really did... 
#What really happened to her mother... 
#The familial connection to Tony Benn... 
#Her marrying openly gay Stringer Davis...(regardless of those above who are in denial, Davis was a very happy gay man who was adored by many in the theatre/acting profession. It's testament to his taste and discretion that there are those who still deny this!) 
#The adoption of a 25 year old writer as her son and supporting him through his sex change and subsequent inter-gender, inter-racial marriage... 
#Winning an Oscar... 
#Being absolutely loathed by Agatha Christie herself for her role as Miss Marple (apparently these films could not be mentioned in Christie's presence as they sent her into apoplexy!).
# Why you can only find photos of her where she's at least 44 years old.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stefaan2021 (talk • contribs) 12:35, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  We work only with verifiable and reliable sources and are interested in building a reputable encyclopaedia. This is not a tabloid interested in gossip and titilation. If you have neutral, referenced, missing information to add, then please do. Span (talk) 11:25, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Questions that need to be answered if this is to be a good article
Talk:Germanenorden

message: "Some say that the Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei (later the Nazi Party) when under the leadership of Adolf Hitler was a political front..." Would that be Dr. Alberich Some or Dr. Ernst Some? Wetman 02:30, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Gulf of Morbihan

message: The article used to have a paragraph that said 'The best reference guide for hunting down the many sites in the Carnac region is "Guide De La Bretagne Mysterieuse"; (in French).' I took it out because it didn't sound neutral and did sound like a promotion, but maybe someone else will think of a more neutral way to mention it. Triskaideka 03:15, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Talk:TN

message: Tamil Nadu is a large state in the Union of India... it's on the eastern coast, and stretches from the southern tip of the country upwards for about 25% of the coast's length. The native language is Tamil, and 'Tamil Nadu' means 'Tamil Country'...
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(separate posting)
another TN use is for Telephone Number. US telephone companies also use BTN for BILLING TELEPHONE NUMBER.
24.151.8.3 (talk) 22:42, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
Talk:Bitter Moon

message: This is one of the first movies where is it shown that a computer is used for sex. It may even be the first, but there's isn't enough evidence for it. This piece of information relates both to the Digital Revolution and the Sexual Revolution.--Fabrizioberloco (talk) 13:25, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Computer for sex 

message: THhis movie is not popular enough to merit a seperate entry. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jimj (talk • contribs) .
(Whatever). This is the best copy I could find of *this* version of the poster :-)
Dlloyd 06:20, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: yes, a very good movie. special. --85.250.71.129 23:54, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Separate
Talk:List of Arecaceae genera

message: Unless the genera can be arranged alphabetically within each tribe, this listing has limited value - Marshman 03:35, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Since theres a hemithrinax genus page I didnt delete it from the list but this is a probable syn. of thrinax and may need to be removed, as well as the genus article.Mmcknight4 07:44, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Hemithrinax

message: I've nixed a subfamily and moved a couple tribes around per several studies which I couldn't access completely but which seem to corroborate one another.  Excerpts:
*"The phylogeny supported a new circumscription for the subfamily Coryphoideae, including all taxa previously recognized in Coryphoideae with the addition of the tribe Caryoteae, formerly of the subfamily Arecoideae."
* "The Ceroxyloideae is a small but heterogeneous subfamily of palms (Arecaceae, Palmae). It includes a Caribbean lineage (tribe Cyclospathae), a southern hemisphere disjunction (tribe Ceroxyleae), and an amphi-Andean element (tribe Phytelepheae), until recently considered a distinct subfamily (Phytelephantoideae) due to its highly derived morphology."
* "Finally, the subfamily Arecoideae was modified to exclude the tribe Caryoteae and to include the tribe Hyophorbeae."
Mmcknight4 (talk) 21:39, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Changes

message: A quite comprehensive classification is present in: Uhl NW & Dransfield J (1987) Genera Palmarum: A Classification of Palms Based on the Work of Harold E. Moore, Jr., Allen Press, Lawrence, Kansas,  available online in Virtual Palm Encyclopedia, Palm & Cycad Societies of Florida. --Esculapio (talk) 09:18, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh yes , update needed ! What a strange classification without any subtribe !? The link is gone.... do you have a new one? RuB (talk) 08:34, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: 1987 is much, much too old for a classification, since it's well before the "molecular phylogenetics" era. The use of molecular methods has radically changed many classifications. Peter coxhead (talk) 11:42, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Better to see A New Phylogenetic Classification of the Palm Family (2006) . And especially the last one Beyond Genera Palmarum: progress and prospects in palm systematics  (2016)  RuB (talk) 14:46, 23 November 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: However, we need to see this classification used by at least one secondary source, e.g. a taxonomic database, before we can use it. Peter coxhead (talk) 20:20, 23 November 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I have just updated the list according to Beyond Genera Palmarum (2016). Spindlefolia (talk) 00:55, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update needed
Talk:Polish army order of battle in 1939

message: Some links for those who wish to add to this list (mostly in Polish):
* Plan Zachód
* encyklopedia Kampanii Wrześniowej
* Plan Zachód
-- Halibutt 03:39, Jul 21, 2004 (UTC)
----
Maybe I missed it here, but I don't see a cav outfit that allegedly attacked Guderian's panzers in '39, the Pomorska Bde. (The attack may be a fiction; I just wonder if the bde is.)  Trekphiler 05:26, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: See Battle of Krojanty.  It is neither a fictional unit nor encounter, although it didn't play out the way that fascist or communist propaganda later implied. W. B. Wilson 12:53, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: This article is currently at start/C class, but could be improved to B-class if it had more (inline) citations.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 01:45, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: B-class review
Talk:John Wayne Bobbitt

message: A side effect of all this was all the Bobbitt jokes that came out after Lorena severed his penis.  I remember Leno having a field day with this, and I remember some of the other jokes I heard concerning Bobbitt.
JesseG 04:06, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I removed the recent thumbnail of the penis in question as it was a bit "in your face" for the casual reader. It certainly put me off my breakfast. It is of course entirely relevant, so I kept a link in "See also". While having no wish to nanny visitors to the page, we have no cause to be flagrant and prurient. Dizzley (Peter H) 11:30, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  remove penis...
Talk:Phalaris

message: The German article of Phalaris mentions, that he died after Pythagoras spoke and the people started to throw stones at him... Which one is correct?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.152.204.129 (talk) 07:44, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Presumably a popular theory among some scholars - my 1970 OCD carefully says the brazen bull practice "need not be ascribed to a Phoenician origin". It would be nice if there were a recent paper to cite; I'd be loath to contradict the giants of the 1911 Britannica without a modern authority in my corner. Stan 05:43, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: -) The similarities are so striking that it's hard to ignore. I don't have many relevant refs, but I notice Fraser mentions the possibility of a Phoenician connection. Stan 18:11, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)

text: Turns out our very own article on The Golden Bough conveniently links to an online copy; search for "Phalaris" at . (Too bad the unabridged is not online.) Interestingly, Googling around turned up a debate at phoenicia.org about whether child sacrifices were a part of the culture in the first place. Stan 22:19, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: I've added this new section to include mention of Phalaris' literary persona, which was missing, even in spite of a mention in Bentley's article. I checked some other languages, and I could only see a mention in the Spanish WP.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Desde la Torre (talk • contribs) 11:48, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Epistles and philosophy
Talk:Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain

message: I took some photos but when I was there, July 19, there was a work crew with two huge pumps and brooms and hoses everywhere.  I was trying to get a nice photo that showed the tranquil Serpentine in the background and/or showed the oval as a whole, all without the work crews or hoses, but that proved challenging.  I used this photo that's currently at the top of the article but maybe  this photo showing the whole oval more or less would be better... or maybe someone can get there on a day when they're not cleaning it and the water is running and get a better photo.  Elf | Talk 19:47, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I didn't see any watchers when I visited the fountain today, unless of course they were disguised as members of the public. Nobody was actually wading in the water (too cold!) but lots of people were walking on the concrete perimeter, even though this is hazardously steep in places. Lee M 01:24, 15 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Photos

message: Some are coming to 404s... anyone care to dig up caches? microchip08 (talk) 16:02, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Refs / Ex. Links 
Category talk:Lists of counties of the United States

message: I changed the lead to read, "These are lists of counties, boroughs, and parishes in the United States of America." I've know people in Louisiana to call organizations when they only include the word "county" on, say, an application. People can get mighty testy, at least in my experience. At any rate, it's not worth an edit war, so if people think it should go, so be it. Just be prepared for old ladies to write their congressmen about you. ;) Amcaja 20:10, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Boroughs and parishes
Talk:Amaranthaceae

message: This page is so utterly wrong from a taxonomic point of view. The taxobox stinks and it does not make up its mind what taxonomy is correct. GerardM 06:23, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Taxonomy 

message: Chenopodiaceae is paraphyletic and has been included in Amaranthaceae for a while now, including in the APG IV system. The "Chenopodiaceae" article should redirect to this page; the history of the name "Chenopodiaceae" can be discussed here (it already is partially). Tylototriton (talk) 12:26, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. "Chenopodiaceae" is now a redirect. I didn't spot any information on that page that wasn't already included here. Did some cleanup but don't hesitate to improve. Tylototriton (talk) 09:34, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge discussion

message: This obsession with using incomprqehensible Latin/Greek words is deliberately and actively harmful.
Whenever possible, the list should contain the normal English names first and foremost, and only then the Latin/Greek/Klingon/Inkhorn/Moonspeak names or whatever.
Because the whole point of Wikipedia is to offer information to non-experts!
— 89.1.58.254 (talk) 21:33, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Speak English!
Talk:Caryophyllales

message: What system is followed? If Crohnquist is not followed, why all this messing about with him ?? GerardM 06:25, 21 July 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: As for the flowering plants in general, the angiosperm phylogeny group is followed.  Differences with Cronquist are noted because it's still commonly used, and a number of people were against switching away from it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Josh Grosse (talk • contribs) 06:44, 21 July 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  System 

message: Is a short description (just a few words) for this order available? Ealex292 23:28, 9 April 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes.  The opening sentence does that. --EncycloPetey (talk) 22:22, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: In short

message: And what's the meaning of Caryophyllales? This is an encyclopedia, isn't it? I don't find any explanation about the origin, meaning and history of this term: Caryophyllales... same in german --katpatuka 14:00, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've read that it means either clove-scented, pink-colored, or comes from "karya" (Greek for walnut) and "phyllon" (leaf), referring to the scent.  Greek origins of plant names are often obscure.  It might be difficult to state a definition or origin.  This might be why the meaning is not included in the article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.165.212.97 (talk) 17:20, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Caryophyllales is the name of a group of plants.  You might just as well ask "What does Germany mean?"  If you want etymological information for words (root forms and historical origin of the word), then a dictionary is the appropriate place to look. Encyclopedias cover topics, not words. --EncycloPetey (talk) 22:21, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Meaning
Talk:Cissoid of Diocles

message: Proof the cissoid is the described roulette, in case someone's interested.
:f(t)=-t^2+ibt   f'(t)=-2t+ib
:r(t)=t^2+ibt   r'(t)=2t+ib
:f(t)-r(t){f'(t)\over r'(t)}=2bt^2(b+2it)/(b^2+4t^2)
thus
:y=4bt^3/(b^2+4t^2)
:x=2b^2t^2/(b^2+4t^2)
:y^2=16b^2t^6/(b^2+4t^2)^2
:x^3/(2a-x)={8b^6t^6\over(2a(b^2+4t^2)-2b^2t^2)(b^2+4t^2)^2}
if b^2=4a then
:y^2={4at^6\over(a+t^2)^2}={x^3\over2a-x}
142.177.124.178 06:26, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, it's nice to know that some anonymous user read an article which I started.  I'll take your word that your proof is correct.  Maybe I will get around to adding something similar to it in the article. --AugPi 14:27, 27 Jul 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Holy...I thought I was putting too much math in articles like roulette and evolute. I knew it was so from Mathworld but rather than just copy (esp since Mathworld is occasionally wrong) I like to have done a proof first. 142.177.126.230 22:34, 2 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: The roulette property can be shown to a special case of a similar property of pedal curves.--RDBury (talk) 02:37, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Proof of roulette form

message: "On the other hand, if one accepts that cissoids of Diocles do exist, then there must exist at least one example of such a cissoid."
This does not follow at all. We are talking about different types of existence here. Circles exist as a mathematical object, but there is no 'example of a circle - all the examples are out of round, and have edges that do not have zero width. 
"This cissoid could then be translated, rotated, and expanded or contracted in size (without changing its proportional shape) at will to fit into any position."
Well, no. This ``example`` of a cissoid wouldn't actually be a perfect cissoid, and if it were it wouldn't be possible to transform it into another perfect cissoid.
"Then one would readily admit that such a cissoid can be used to correctly solve the Delian problem."
I am not at all persuaded that "one" would "readily admit" such a thing at all. This person is either terribly confused about mathematical objects, about what solving a mathematical problem is, or is making jokes about existentialism - which really has no place in an encyclopedia.
203.13.3.93 (talk) 00:18, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I came to this talk page on reading that section. Going to remove it, it's WP:OR/entirely unsourced. 31.187.2.210 (talk) 21:23, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Existence
Talk:Sacco and Vanzetti

message: The introduction of this article states the general consensus that Sacco and Vanzetti were unfairly tried and convicted, but states that later analyses have both 'clouded the case' suggesting they may in fact have been guilty, and 'added doubt to their culpability' suggesting later evidence continues to exonerate them. This is a little confusing, but I have no particular problem with it.
However, the body of the article is full of either excessively detailed or ambiguous (often without citation) sentences that look like attempts to cast doubt on Sacco and Vanzetti's innocence, and the article reads in general like it has been written by an amateur cold warrior attempting to re-litigate the case (perhaps out of a personal vendetta against anarchism as an ideology--the phrase 'admitted anarchist' in the background section, as if anarchism is a kind of crime or fault, reveals this bias). It does not read as a summary of secondary sources but as an original synthesis of primary and secondary sources attempting to overturn the consensus (stated accurately in the introduction) that the two were unfairly tried, convicted, and executed.
It might help organizationally to create a separate "Alternative Viewpoints" or "Evidence of Guilt" section where the editor or editors who are intent on arguing Sacco and Vanzetti's guilt can gather whatever details and evidence they would like, and the general population can read through that evidence with transparency as to the intentions of those editors.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.75.1.141 (talk) 05:19, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: lots of words above signifying nothing - synopsis - they were guilty but didnt get a fair trial - boo hoo  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.38.155.134 (talk) 09:49, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problems with Organization and General Tone of this article 

message: In the introductory section, the end of the 2nd paragraph states that major demonstrations were held in "Tokyo, Sydney, Melbourne, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Dubai, Montevideo, Johannesburg, and Auckland." The citation is not from a Portuguese source, and, additionally, how did Dubai stage a protest? The entirety of the UAE before unification was under 1 million people, and this puts the entire source in doubt. SureStrike1943 (talk) 17:43, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Small problem in the Introduction 

message: The article doesn't really mention the way that Italian-American organizations reacted to the trial. Unico National isn't mentioned at all, even though it's a major Italian-American organization that was founded in the wake of the trial in order to demonstrate Italian-American patriotism. Did UNICO support or oppose the execution? There's no mention in either article. I think incorporating more info into the article about the Italian-American communal response would be appropriate. Bohemian Baltimore (talk) 03:44, 14 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Reaction of Italian-American establishment
Talk:Tufts University

message: The article identifies Alonzo Ames Miner as the second president, beginning in 1862. The first president, Hosea Ballou II, is written in his article as having served from 1853 to 1861, the year he died. Ballou's 1911 Encyclopeia Britannica entry includes that he held the position "until shortly before his death", without detailing how 'shortly'. However, published actions by the Tufts Board of Trustees in 1860 show that Oliver Dean was elected president that year, with Miner elected secretary. I intend to update this article accordingly. Any concerns before I do? —ADavidB 16:34, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems Dean served as an acting president between Ballou and Miner, so I added him accordingly to List of presidents of Tufts University and List of Tufts University people without mentioning him in this article. —ADavidB 02:37, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oliver Dean second president 

message: You are welcome to open a discussion here in Talk about your concerns that this article is promotional. You are not welcome to continue adding maintenance templates to this article without any attempt at explanation, actions to which multiple editors have objected. ElKevbo (talk) 13:52, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Repeated unexplained addition of maintenance templates 

message: Olive Byrne is notable enough to have her own wikipedia page, in which it states she went to Tufts, class of give or take 1925. She went on to be an author and the presumptive inspiration for Wonder Woman. Not sure what the threshold for notability for graduates is on this page, but I think she should clear it. 2601:47:4B02:840:A1C6:1654:346C:CC66 (talk) 03:18, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Olive Byrne Notable?
Talk:Ernst Gräfenberg

message: http://www.aerzteblatt.de/v4/archiv/artikel.asp?src=heft&id=49112 says "Ernst Gräfenberg war für kurze Zeit mit der Schriftstellerin Rosie Waldeck verheiratet." I am wondering whether "Rosie Waldeck" is R.G. Waldeck, author of Athene Palace, a memoir of Bucharest in the months leading up to Romania's entry into World War II.
If anyone has any insight into this, could you please write it here, but also ping my user talk page so that I know to come look? Thanks. - Jmabel | Talk 19:27, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've now pretty much confirmed this myself. According to this library catalog listing, R.G. Waldeck was Rosie Goldschmidt Waldeck, 1898-1982. Probably something about her belongs in the article, and assuredly she deserves an article of her own. - Jmabel | Talk 00:58, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

text: And here, online, is Time magazine's review of Athene Palace when it came out. - Jmabel | Talk 01:01, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Marriage 