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Talk:John Varley (author)

message: Dang--I forgot to sign the edit and provide a summary. Here it is, if someone can add it:
Added discussion of the Heinleiner's in two of Varley's novels, and the convict society in one of them. adamsj--not a user http://www.jzip.org/
Mr Varley... From a devout fan in Burlington Ct... 1st story of yours I read was ¤ press enter... I was in my 50s, ex military & dabblre in Electronics , music stuff,experi
mental..Well, I read p/e & had to change my pants.(oh, lord !)...  
   Ihave read your Story 5..6..8 times & dis cover a new (to me) twist.. Subletly.or "Vision !"
   Persisstance of Vision was just so.. Damed Beautiful & " Where we are Are Going & @ 77 I probally will miss it"... Just a short note... So glad I found You
           John H. Dickson
           P.o. box 163 
           Burlington, Ct. 
                        06013 
E-mail.  finnlapp@ att.net
        Thank You, John.Fervent Fan.. John h. dickson (talk) 06:39, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: What's the deal with this item in the short story collections section?:
"Overdrawn At The Memory Bank (Short Story) (1976)"
Even if it's some separate chapbook it wouldn't seem to be a collection and should be removed if that's the case. It's collected in The Peristence of Vision, anyway.
Also, I disambiguated a bum link as mentioned in the article's changelog but I probably did it wrong - if someone could do it the Wiki Way, that'd be great.
-- Oh yeah - and if the Gaea trilogy is separated out in the book list, so probably should the Red Rolling Thunder Lightning books. `Course, arguably the future history novels should be, too, but those are looser.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.221.125.141 (talk) 03:55, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Story != Collection 

message: I removed a query re original research from the assertion that Varley is "noteworthy for the frequent prominence of female characters", and rewrote the sentence to make the point clearer. Clute's _Dictionary Of Science Fiction_ makes the point at some length, and I'm sure a search of reviews and zines in the 80s literature will find plenty of similar assertions. MarkBernstein (talk) 22:06, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original Research query 

message: I have commenced a tidy-up of the Bibliography section:
* Cite templates will be used where possible.
* Tables may be used to organise short stories, poems and/or book reviews. 
* While I would prefer capitalization and punctuation to follow the standard cataloguing rules in AACR2 and RDA, the Wikipedia Manual of Style at WP:MOS requires "title case".
* ISBNs and other persistent identifiers, where available, are commented out, but still available for reference.
* Links to potentially unreliable digitised copies may be removed. 
This is a work in progress; feel free to continue. Sunwin1960 (talk) 12:31, 9 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bibliography
Talk:Jean-Luc Nancy

message: The article contains the phrase "immanent power", with each word linking to articles. In particular, the word "power" links to the article Power, which is actually a disambiguation page. I am in the process of finding articles that point to this disambiguation page, and trying to find an article that explains the kind of power that is meant in the referring article.
It is not clear to me which, if any, power-related article explains the word "power" as it is used in this article; clearly many of the power-related articles do not apply, such as Electric power.
Perhaps someone more familiar with this subject can identify which power-related artlce is the most appropriate target for this link.
: I'm going with political power, though power (sociology) is also relevant (and those two pages might be viable merge candidates). -- Rbellin|Talk 00:40, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Meaning of Power?
Talk:Deltron 3030 (album)

message: I removed one of the reviews from the list (the negative one). I didn't remove it because it was negative, but it sucked - the review was all of ONE line in length and it came from a relative nobody. 24.255.80.107 01:48, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stupid review 

message: Deltron 3030 is an album by Del the Funky Homosapien. It is produced by Dan(the Automator)Nakamura and Candian DJ/Producer Kid Koala. It was released on the record label Hyroglyphics.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 214.13.167.254 (talk) 20:59, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  about that album
Talk:L. Sprague de Camp

message: That is NOT a photo of a man 81 years old ...  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.68.94.86 (talk) 22:26, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Photo

message: This page was flagged for lack of citations/references. Since the flag notice(s) were posted, other editors have added references. I added some new ones as well, along with new content. Any further suggestions/updates welcome.--SojoQ (talk) 00:01, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flags Removed 
Talk:Forest dynamics

message: The lead correctly says that the two basic elements of forest dynamics are disturbance and succession. Then, apparently, it treats only disturbance, but in fact succession is treated under "disturbance" heading. So I propose to segregate the content relative to succession, under a new heading: "succession".--Auró (talk) 13:12, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: As the content of the article is quite limited I have opted for a rearrangement, suppressing separate headings that did not make sense. I hope will be able of working in this article to expand it.--Auró (talk) 17:45, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disturbance and succession
Talk:Aquamarine (color)

message: I reverted the spelling change of colour The original version of article uses the American spelling. See point 4 of WP:MOS#National_varieties_of_English. PaleAqua 13:00, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Colour vs Color 

message: An entry in List of colors: A–F contained a link to this page.
The entry is :
* Deep aquamarine
I don't see any evidence that this color is discussed in this article and plan to delete it from the list per this discussion: Talk:List_of_colors#New_approach_to_review_of_entries
If someone decides that this color should have a section in this article and it is added, I would appreciate a ping.--S Philbrick(Talk) 20:52, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible removal from list
Talk:Rabbinic literature

message: In the List?
* Tanya
* Tanya Rabbati
: --Sheynhertzגעשׁ״ך 14:57, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]

message: I suggest that this article be limited to "Rabbinic literature" in the classic sense: ספרות חז"ל. As in the template.
Other periods and genres would find their places in articles on the Geonim, Rishonim, Aharonim, Mefarshim, etc. Dovi 04:36, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I concur. חנינא (talk) 04:31, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redefining the scope of the article 

message: Bible + exegesis, together. See red link at Tsvia Walden for instance. Here ia a good source to start from. Arminden (talk) 21:56, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: There's List of religious texts#Judaism. Largoplazo (talk) 22:57, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "(Classical) Jewish Texts" article is needed
Talk:Peter Canisius

message: I took out the following because I found it irrelevant, especially since the list is by no means complete. 
* " In Nijmegen schools, a hospital and a street are named after him. "
* " In Vienna, a street (Canisiusgasse) is named after him. "
* " In the Buffalo, New York, United States, there is a Jesuit college and prep school named after him. "
--Zirk 16:50, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: His biography needs to be completed with a reference to his death and burial. Caeruleancentaur (talk) 13:42, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Did he die?no he is still alive
Talk:Mike Penning

message: Someone (an anon) added to the Tony McWalter page that the campaign between Penning and McWalter was bitter and controversial.  I can't find anything about this online, but if someone can add some details (in a nice NPOV way, of course) that would help. Thanks. -- John Fader (talk | contribs) 16:52, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Controversial campaign?

message: I've removed a few items which I can't find references for. I can't see a reference to a dog bowl, It may have been a joke or anecdote. 
The reference to him being the only former soldier in the Commons who wasn't an officer isn't in his bio and anyway his bio isn't an adequate source for this. JRPG (talk) 10:06, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Accuracy

message: The legalisation of cannabis is a contentious issue and speeches in parliament are not noted for their wp:npov!  If anyone can find anything from  wp:Suggested sources saying Penning hadn't looked at evidence then it should be included.  JRPG (talk) 10:54, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Legalisation of cannabis 
Talk:Saul Bellow

message: The birth act of Saul Bellow from The register of births, marriages and deaths for the year 1915 of Lachine, Quebec found on BAnQ shows he was born July 10, 1915 in Lachine and the given name was Saul -> 
--Danielvis08 (talk) 18:11, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Saul Bellow birthdate 

message: I propose merging Yetta Barsh Shachtman into Saul Bellow. I think the content in the former can easily be explained in the context of Bellow, whose acquaintance appears to be the sole claim to notability for YBS. A merger would not cause any article-size or weighting problems in Bellow. MurrayGreshler (talk) 20:35, 11 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal
Talk:V. S. Naipaul

message: I can see nothing in MOS:OVERLINK that would rule out linking VS Naipaul's Knight Bachelor prefix, and it is indeed the common standard across the vast majority of articles to do so. I would understand if it was the sort of prefix with both prefix and suffix, i.e. KBE/DBE, or a knighthood of a particular order (KCB/KCMG etc.) but as it's a Knight Bachelor, I believe it should stand - in fact, linking helps to clarify what order of knighthood, if any, the honour was in. Happy to be pointed to a section of the Overlink style-guide that clearly states opposite. OGBC1992 (talk) 19:49, 4 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: There's no reason to link it behind "Sir", which would fall under MOS:EASTEREGG. The Knight Bachelor award is already linked further below in the infobox. ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 20:17, 4 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure I can see too much logic behind some of the claims in MOS:EASTEREGG, particularly the argument that "If a physical copy of the article were printed, the reference to [in this case, Naipaul being a Knight Bachelor] would be lost" as it seems to leave the door open to some incredibly clunky and poorly-written articles when piping would allow for much more smoothness. But perhaps that's a debate for a different time and a different place. Take care. OGBC1992 (talk) 07:27, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

text: And @Fowler&fowler, apology accepted, although it was not only needlessly unkind but also irrelevant to the matter in hand. Letting bygones be bygones now though - cheerio and take care. OGBC1992 (talk) 07:30, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Knight Bachelor prefix 

message: In "The Strange Luck of VS Naipaul" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn_gpiE3cWA 14:43 Naipaul's literary agent Gillon Aitken is interviewed, and Naipaul's voiceover "before Gillon I had been involved with Fred for an agent [...] my earnings quadrupled or quintupled." So this seems somehow a somewhat important aspect. I am seeking alignment in Talk whether to add some on this in this page "Agents"... Erik.Ykema (talk) 20:54, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Agent Gillon Aitken?
Talk:Vsevolod Meyerhold

message: A significant number of people write "Vsevolov Meyerhold" (121 Google hits) instead of "Vsevolod Meyerhold" (28000 Google hits). (This detail might help a researcher find a little more information otherwise unreachable.)
(Note: IF "Vsevolov" is a REAL (recognized or national) alternative spelling for "Vsevolod", then it should probably be added to the article.) --Whiner01 (talk) 01:23, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Alternative spelling(s)?

message: Many articles mention his Jewish origins, yet the Wikipedia article makes no mention of it. I'm sure there are more authoritative sources than this, but here's one for starters: http://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/torture-is-not-an-abstraction/ --90.156.104.160 (talk) 17:43, 8 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jewish origins
Talk:Wallace Breem

message: I was wondering what proof there is that the film Gladiator drew on Breem´s novel? The two plots are very different, not least because the two emperors are ca 200 years apart, Commodus and Honorius.
:If you read the battle scenes in the novel, you'll see that one of them almost exactly matches the opening battle of the film.  Several of the characters have the same names, too, notably Maximus and Quintus (who have the same relationship in both the novel and the film).  Much of the reflective and honorable character of Maximus in the film seems to be based on the character of Maximus in the book, too (his thoughts of home, etc.).  For proof, why not try contacting the screenplay-writer(s) of the film? mfc
The battle scenes are similar only in that they are wintertime battles between Roman forces and barbarians.  David Franzoni received the sole attribution of story credit for the film, and there is no indication that Maximus or Quintus were in any way based on the characters from Wallace Breem's novel (both Maximus and Quintus being non-unique cognomens used at the time).
(Please sign your comments.)  It's amusing that you imply that only people who are credited in the film deserve recognition.  If films credited everyone whose ideas were used, the credits of any film would be last for days.  Please read Breem's novel -- the relationship between Maximus and Quintus is an exact match (and there is little or no other purpose for the character of Quintus in the film). mfc 21:33, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Werner Sombart

message: This section does not speak of the 1934 Sombart work, Deutscher Sozialismus, but should. Intangible2.0 23:18, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Late career and National Socialism 

message: This unreferenced sentence was removed from Weber article: "In contrast Sombart located the rise of capitalism successively in the Enlightenment ideal of reason and control of nature, Judaism and urbanization." Maybe somebody will find it useful. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk  15:18, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sentence from Weber article 

message: "Sombart, at that time, was an important Marxian, someone who used and interpreted Karl Marx — to the point that Friedrich Engels said he was the only German professor who understood Das Kapital."  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.95.67.107 (talk) 23:26, 22 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  missing reference/citation 

message: However, his 1938 anthropology book, Vom Menschen, is clearly anti-Nazi - What's the evidence for this statement?! 105.0.2.81 (talk) 00:45, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Not the evidence, but German article says: "In seinem 1938 geschriebenen Werk Vom Menschen distanziert er sich eindeutig von nationalsozialistischen Rassentheorien." Xx236 (talk) 08:39, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Of Men 

message: I would add a phrase about his death at the end. Xx236 (talk) 08:37, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Late career and Nazism
Talk:Sonny Liston

message: Jersey Joe Walcott: A Boxing Biography,  James Curl, 2012. Page 194 "Liston stood just slightly over six feet, ... an incredibly long reach of 84” Sonny also had massive fists that measured over 15” around". The  6'1 height currently given is a rounded up figure (It rounds up Ali to 6'3).  The article's long established height for Liston was 6 ft and half an inch, that is what the main boxing sites have him at too, and soI am going to put it back to that.Overagainst (talk) 21:25, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I edited the wrong page; wanted to add to this one here instead. His height is listed as 185cm. Muhamad Ali was 191cm. Now we can all see Ali was taller if you watch the video footage of them fighting, but there were also press conferences, and the difference did not seem to be as much as +6 cm between these two - for example see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzKywkq-E0I. I have no way to verify anything on my own, but to me it seems as if Liston might have been taller than 185cm? Not as tall as Ali, but 6cm smaller seems a bit big of a difference if you look at the videos. 2A02:8388:1602:6D80:3AD5:47FF:FE18:CC7F (talk) 13:57, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Height, reach 

message: Sonny Liston's nickname was "The Big Bear2 and yes it was widely used as stated in the source i linked. TheManTheyCallAdam (talk) 09:02, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: You will need a much stronger source than a blog to keep that. Blogs are considered weak as sources. I am removing it for now but once you find a good reliable source, like from a newspaper, feel free to add back. Stefen Towers among the rest! Gab • Gruntwerk 09:23, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

text: If its so widely used you shouldnt have a problem finding another source that isnt a blog --FMSky (talk) 12:01, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Big Bear 

message: Also, on the topic of the nickname, I believe the wiki guideline WP:THE suggests that 'The' is not to be capitalized in the middle of the lead sentence including this nickname. I'm not going to engage in an edit conflict over this, but I have to register my disagreement with the guideline being broken. Stefen Towers among the rest! Gab • Gruntwerk 23:47, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I asked for guideline assistance on this, and was pointed to MOS:THENAME, which makes very clear that 'the' is not to be capitalized in this case. Stefen Towers among the rest! Gab • Gruntwerk 23:28, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, MOS:THENICKNAME more precisely fits, but the guideline is practically the same. Stefen Towers among the rest! Gab • Gruntwerk 08:22, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Capitalizing 'The' in nickname in the midst of a sentence 

message: This can be found in the banners at the top of the talk page. Stefen Towers among the rest! Gab • Gruntwerk 08:14, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  FAQ created to direct editors to previous discussions on Liston's birthdate
Talk:Vested interest (communication theory)

message: :The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 
The result of the debate was move. —Nightstallion (?) 12:35, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Comments on this proposal to more permanently deal with the ongoing confusion between these two different concepts? Vested interest would move to "Vested interest (one of sociology/psychology/politics)", and Vesting would move to Vested interest (law). Declare 11:05, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Coming here via RFC, I would say that the political meaning of "vested interest" should be here as the primary meaning. The legal concept should be at Vesting or Vested interest (law) - I don't mind which. Rd232 talk 11:45, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

text: I think readers not clear on the distinction are very likely to be looking for the political meaning. Rd232 talk 09:34, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  new articles: Vested interest (?) and Vested interest (law) 

message: The Guilty have a vested interest in concepts such as "mercy" and "forgiveness", the section on relevant research should be expanded to include that, if anyone has access to such.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.211.73.246 (talk) 11:04, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Forgiveness 

message: It seems clear that the term "vested interest" was not coined in 1995. There are plenty of older articles using the term in the sense explained in the article. For example:
*http://www.scribd.com/doc/34273776/Dialogo-Nixon-Bludhorn-junio-16-1971, page 3 (1971)
*http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908643,00.html (1974)
*http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/1975/may/29/do-we-need-prisons-an-exchange/ (1975)
*http://www.loyno.edu/~history/journal/1983-4/delehaye.htm (1983 or 1984)
Am I right? Does the intro need changing? Does the whole article need revision to eliminate the point of view that the term specifically connotes what Crano used it for? —Largo Plazo (talk) 13:37, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Doubt about coinage 

message: has zero inline citations. This very much needs to be fixed.--Solomonfromfinland (talk) 19:15, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article
Talk:Mother of vinegar

message: What is/are the species in mother of vinegar?  Badagnani 01:29, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Species? 

message: Is there any evidence to suggest that kombucha has Mother of Vinegar origins?
http://www.happyherbalist.com/pictures.htm  claims that adding raw vinegar to kombucha will turn it into Mother of Vinegar.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by SoManyWhales (talk • contribs) 16:19, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kombucha and MoV 

message: — Assignment last updated by Zastrowml (talk) 23:19, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Prokaryotic Processes
Talk:Christopher Norris (critic)

message: This entry lists "Quantum Mechanics and the Flight from Realism" among Norris' books, but I haven't been able to find a listing for the book on Amazon, in the Univ. of Calif. library system, nor as a journal article listed at Jstor.org.  I'll remove the entry for now, but if anyone can find a copy of that book or prove its existence, please post here and amend the entry.  Also, if it's possible to privately email me or send me a message about the book's existence, I'd appreciate it (apologies, this is my first edit and I'm unfamiliar with the Wiki system).
-- fellowpeon 9/16/06
: The book definitely exists, and it is listed in the Library of Congress catalog.  Published by Routledge, 2000,  and . -- Rbellin|Talk 19:10, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I have removed the Roger Scruton comments about Norris. Scruton is a highly oppositional and fighty 'popular'-academic who works in a completely different tradition to Norris and repeatedly picks fights with Continental Philosophers with zero attention to what they are saying and based on his own dogmatic approaches and traditionalist politics. It's just not worth including his comment here, as it says nothing about Norris and is only Scruton self-publicising.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.46.116.114 (talk) 17:47, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Roger Scruton
Talk:Private sphere

message: "During this period, the telephone helped create a physical separation of women's private sphere and men's public sphere as it helped the isolation of the home and individual women within them. Having the telephone created a sense of connection which allowed them to keep in touch with others, making them cope with the separation of private sphere easier. Having the telephone also served as a distraction that allowed them to forget about the fact that they're only allowed to leave the house twice within three months, which also helped increase the isolation of these housewives from the public"
This ^ in "Gender Politics" is utter nonsense. What is it doing here? To claim that before the telephone women were "only allowed to leave the house twice within three months" is such obvious laughable BS that I'm surprised that nobody else has raised this matter. LeapUK (talk) 10:22, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: That is odd... removing.  EvergreenFir (talk) 23:40, 9 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bizarre drivel