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Talk:Sino-Japanese vocabulary

message: Have added some large sections providing information I believe belongs in this article. Most importantly, the regular correspondences between Middle Chinese rimes and their on'yomi counterparts. As there are very many MC rimes, this results in some pretty big tables. Hope they are organized so as to be understandable. These tables are derived from info in wiktionary, using https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Character_List_for_Karlgren's_GSR as an index. Assuming these are considered helpful, in the future I can highlight the modern on'yomi in each example with colors indicating either "joyo", "in use, but not joyo" and "not used in existing SJ words". I would like to link each example to wiktionary, but don't think I can do it without the unsightly "wikt:" appearing before each character.
The previous section "types of on'yomi" summarizes info in other articles, along with some info from Frellesvig. The section "Shapes of borrowed Sino-Japanese roots" is mainly a (collapsed) table showing the number of joyo kanji with each on'yomi, to give a sense of both: a) what "syllables" are allowed in SJ vocabulary, and b) which "syllables" are particularly common or rare.
I have combined the final three pre-existing sections as sub-sections under "Phonetic correspondences between Modern Chinese and on'yomi". I personally do not find that much of this info is what I'm looking for in this article, as it deals mainly with changes from Middle Chinese to Mandarin, which is best sought out in other articles. Regardless, some of the info is now redundant with preceding sections, and could be cleaned up. J11merrill (talk) 02:01, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: figured out the linking to wiktionary, added highlighting for joyo readings. To change the format on joyo readings, edit Template:Joyoex J11merrill (talk) 15:15, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added sections on correspondences between Middle Chinese and on'yomi 

message: please add Correspondence to Sino Korean Alfrzky (talk) 16:38, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Alfrzky, is the information on Sino-Xenic pronunciations what you're looking for? Remsense聊 20:10, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: @Remsense I know but that's not clear. please explain in more detail Alfrzky (talk) 02:21, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sino-Japanese vocabulary
Talk:William Fox (politician)

message: If Fox's son was called Wirimu this implies he was Maori or at least part Maori.His wife was pakeha so was the son adopted ? Anyone got more informtion on this?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.58.186.217 (talk) 23:06, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The article has his DNZB bio referenced - I suggest you have a read there. Schwede66 01:55, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, adopted son Wiremu Fox (Ngatau Omahuru), captured by scouting party ahead of Parihaka invasion, taken to Wellington over parents' objections and installed in govt Maori Hostel (where he met senior chiefs in Wgtn to plead their tribes' land rights), adopted by Wm Fox, trained as legal clerk (for firm dispossessing Maori land, amongst other things) and became first Maori lawyer, met elder brother who then affected a change of outlook and he became a supporter of Maori land rights. See "The Fox Boy", by Peter Walker.Potted history from memory ... someone nicked my copy of the book. Fan | talk 03:49, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  William Fox's son was Maori? 

message: The Encyclopedia Britannica gives a date of birth for Fox of Jan 20, 1812. The Dictionary of New Zealand biography gives the year of birth as 1812 with a question mark, and a baptism date of 2 September 1812. It is my understanding that baptisms in the Church of England are performed well after the date of birth, and it is not likely that a baby would be baptised on the day of its birth. An anonymous editor with a varying IP address keeps adding 2 September 1812 as the day of birth, but has not added any new reference, but has removed the Britannica one. I am not sure whether the anon is aware that they must provide a source, since they may not be seeing edit summaries or messages on the talk page of their previous IP address. If the anon sees this, please explain here why you are changing the date of birth.-gadfium 07:33, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: As the anon has attempted to remove this section rather than contributing to it, I can no longer assume good faith.-gadfium 17:43, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: His headstone also gives date of birth as 20 January 1812 - see here. Paora (talk) 10:34, 5 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Date of birth
Talk:HMS M33

message: An interesting naming conundrum - "M33", "M.33", "M 33" all have authorities, and there seems not be consensus on the ship prefix. Just to make things super-confusing, there is a Miles M.33 Monitor aircraft too! Stan 13:54, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: A different question for style control.  As she is not now a commissioned RN vessel, yet her name is "HMS M33", should the current name be rendered HMS M33 rather than HMS M33?  That does not affect the article name as she is most notable for her WW1 action. Davidships (talk) 07:20, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment
Talk:Automatic

message: A discussion is taking place to address the redirect :Automagic. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 March 10#Automagic until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.  𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 14:21, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Automagic" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]]
Talk:Monte Carlo method

message: I'm a little confused. Looking at the example of Monte Carlo distribution of a quadrant in a unit square. Isn't the ratio of total red to blue (randomly placed dots inside vs. outside the entire circle pi:(4-pi)? That is, the total blue area (of the four quadrants) would occupy only 4-pi of the total, and the red area would occupy pi of the total area. So, I wonder why the article seems to say the ratio of the red to blue in the quadrant is pi/4. That's not right: the ratio of the red to the blue should be pi/4 : (4-pi)/4. The blue does not equal 4 to pi's 3.14. I'm pretty sure this needs to be either clarified or fixed, because I'm lost. Zelchenko (talk) 08:09, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: What you're saying is correct, but the text is also correct. It doesn't say that the ratio of red to blue is :4, but that "the ratio of the inside-count (red) and the total-sample-count (red + blue)" is :4, which is indeed, as the article says, the fraction filled by "a quadrant (circular sector) inscribed in a unit square." -Bryanrutherford0 (talk) 13:36, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pi/4 question 

message: "The question was what are the chances that a Canfield solitaire laid out with 52 cards will come out successfully?"
Do we know whether Ulam was talking specifically about Canfield (solitaire) or Klondike (solitaire)? Both games are known as "Canfield", but play somewhat differently. --Lord Belbury (talk) 20:21, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Canfield 

message: A section in Pseudorandomness that doesn't belong there is being given a new lease on life: here, as a subsection named 'Mersenne_twister (MT19937) in Python (a Monte Carlo method simulation)' within the 'Monte Carlo and random numbers' section. Pi314m (talk) 10:07, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Monte Carlo method simulations (from Pseudorandomness)

message: The redirect Monte carlo Simulation has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached.  –Novem Linguae (talk) 23:28, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "[[:Monte carlo Simulation]]" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] 

message: "Being secret, the work of von Neumann and Ulam required a code name."
The calculations performed using the Monte Carlo code on the ENIAC (1948) for the H bomb were secret but the method was not. Ulam promoted the method on a tour of universities in the following year. Metropolis coined the name as a buzz word not as a secret code word. Owensumm (talk) 21:12, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Citation for that? —DIYeditor (talk) 21:14, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  History
Talk:McFly (disambiguation)

message: If an article has been deleted once for obscurity, please don't list it here and invite re-creation, okay? --Jiang 10:49, 2 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know the history and haven't figured it out.  Was McFly (website) ever specifically tapped for deletion?  I found it as a link off the list of wikis using MediaWiki.  It seems like a real (albeit pathetic) Wiki project, and as I understand it we cover such things.  Someone above said something about how the site was down for a bit, which created confusion as to whether it actually existed, now resolved. -- VV 04:25, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)

text: The issues Texture raises about temporary inaccessibility you feel are a non-issue? -- VV 22:28, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inclusion 

message: === Disambig Page ===
I have yet to find one article that links here looking for Marty McFly of almost 200 disambig links.  I recommend pointing all Mcfly links to McFly (band). --Knulclunk 13:26, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I (still) recommend reversing the move of McFly to McFly (band). — AnemoneProjectors (zomg!) 20:24, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I second that. -Trampikey(talk)(contribs) 21:01, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

text: I'm for redirecting McFly to McFly (band) and having a  at the top of McFly. --Indolences 04:57, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I very much agree.  Nobody who's searching for "McFly" is looking for Marty; they'd search "Back to the Future" or "Michael J. Fox" sooner. Thor Rudebeck 13:25, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  McFly Redirect Discussion from March 2007 

message: I have yet to find one article that links here looking for Marty McFly of almost 200 disambig links.  I recommend pointing all Mcfly links to McFly (band). --Knulclunk 13:26, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I (still) recommend reversing the move of McFly to McFly (band). — AnemoneProjectors (zomg!) 20:24, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I second that. -Trampikey(talk)(contribs) 21:01, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

text: I'm for redirecting McFly to McFly (band) and having a  at the top of McFly. --Indolences 04:57, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I very much agree.  Nobody who's searching for "McFly" is looking for Marty; they'd search "Back to the Future" or "Michael J. Fox" sooner. Thor Rudebeck 13:25, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambig Page
Talk:Lists of places

message: umm... list of placenames over 20 letters long doesn't fit into the etymology section as etymology deals with the "origin of words".
Also the link is already present in the "Other lists of places" section. Jay 16:10, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I have removed the link for you. In future, you can make changes like that yourself. The rule is to be bold. :-) — Timwi 16:27, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Not my style :)  Boldness is not a rule either. "One person's improvement is another's desecration, and nobody likes to see their work just flushed without warning." (Wikipedia:Editing_policy) Jay 18:40, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)

text: You can create a List of places in Canada and include that in the list. Aman Kumar Goel (Talk) 17:53, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: One example is Canada
Sorry let me reword that I meant Canada was not included yet — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.101.160.189 (talk • contribs) 
:You can create a List of places in Canada and include that in the list. Aman Kumar Goel (Talk) 17:53, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: incomplete list

message: Please see: Wikipedia:Locations in fiction, fictional locations, and settings.—Lady Aleena talk/contribs 20:38, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Policy proposal
Talk:Open-water diving

message: Suggest this be merged with penetration diving or Scuba diving. --Uncle Ed 17:39, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: As it is used with distinct meanings (as the opposite of penetration diving and as a stage in diving training), it may be better to leave as a stub to catalogue the uses. It's not a dab page, since it is not a list of internal links to other articles. It does have the possibility for some expansion or a merger into Scuba diving, but that article is already oversized and in need of cleanup, so I'd recommend leaving this article in place. --RexxS (talk) 18:57, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge
Talk:Solvable group

message: Polya's dictum : "if there's a problem you can't figure out, there's a simpler problem you can't (?) figure out" seems wrong.
Moreover, the opposite sentence "if there's a problem you can't figure out, there's a simpler problem you can figure out" is obviously a reformulation from the works of René Descartes.
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"as every simple, abelian group must be cyclic of prime order" seems to be wrong; actually as every simple, abelian group must be products of cyclic groups (may not be of prime order).
:Every simple abelian group is cyclic of prime order. For an abelian group to be simple it must not have any proper non-trivial subgroups, because all its subgroups are normal. --Zundark 07:49, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Simple abelian groups 

message: Every commutater is of course even. So the commutator subgroup is A3. Am I missing something?Rich 10:06, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The commutator subgroup of S_3 is indeed A_3. The next term of the lower central series of S_3 is also A_3. So S_3 is not nilpotent. --Zundark 11:30, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I see, thankyou.Rich 16:41, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: I think S3 Is nilpotent.

message: For finite groups, do the notions solvable and supersolvable coincide?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.70.14.134 (talk) 22:24, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No. The alternating group A4 is solvable, but not supersolvable. --Zundark 07:57, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Finite groups 

message: I'm pretty sure that solvable groups are not a variety.  Just take a 1-solvable group, a 2-solvable group, a 3-solvable group, etc... and take their direct product.  It's pretty easy to show that the result isn't k-solvable for any k.  Maybe "pseudovariety" was meant? 128.208.1.222 (talk) 21:35, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree.  I added the fact that metabelian groups form a variety, as well as the N-solvables for any N, but that the direct product of a sequence of solvable groups of unbounded derived length is not solvable.  I think this is in Neumann's book, probably page 1, but I don't have it at hand.  The unbounded derived length direct product fact is stated and used in Holt's Perfect Groups if someone desperately wants a reference.  The gist is merely that the derived subgroup of a direct product is the direct product of the derived subgroup, and iterate.  If you only need to do it finitely many times, then all is good, and if not, then all is bad. JackSchmidt (talk) 21:55, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Subvariety? 

message: To provide useful info for beginners of subject matter it is desirable to provide a rather obvious and quite "simple" example among more complex examples. Introduction to math sub/structures also include some trivial examples, which are basically useless, but show  a mathematical principle on the most elementary sub/structure (e.g. zero vector space). It would be great to improve this by adding those changes suggesteted. Mathnovice (talk) 15:51, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Example"
Talk:Indoor ski slope

message: What does this mean? Is it a circle or something with a lift partway along? A treadmill? There is a * symbol next to this, but no explanation129.67.86.189 (talk) 16:24, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Endless 

message: The biggest indoor slope in the UK is Snow Factor, Braehead, Glasgow, Scotland [1] featuring a 200m long main slope, with a 50m x 50m dedicated teaching slope.
According to the Snow Factor website, this is incorrect. It is 168m long:
http://www.snowfactor.com/welcome/we-are-snowfactor.php
The longest appears to currently be Chil Factore in Manchester at 180m long: 
http://www2.chillfactore.com/
However, this would be eclipsed by the Leisure Dome in Weston-super-Mare when it is built, which is planned to be 210m
http://www.leisuredome.co.uk/Home.aspx/Introduction
Rbirkby (talk) 13:17, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Longest UK indoor slope 

message: The summary table should list the dates of operation (end date, if closed; otherwise, with no end date)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.91.45.231 (talk) 17:05, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dates of operation
Talk:Spin (propaganda)

message: Spin has a huge history in political rhetoric, especially where a monarch is propped up by a religion or the willingness of their subjects to believe the enemy is evil and they are infallible. Consider expansion?
Plus spin is still hugely prevalent, especially in Internet Activism. Trump frequently offers a different set of events than is the dominant narrative. 
The use of Alastair Campbell as a example may be too partisan and is frequently returned to despite being an Anglocentric example. 
Aquataris (talk) 15:45, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, this is the most politically biased wikipedia article I ever read, at least in english. Doesn't give any information (where does the term "spin doctor" come from?) but gives instead always the same family of politically biased examples. IMO it should be totally redone or removed; I can't imagine how it could be corrected to the usual wikipedia standards. Nachoseli (talk) 12:42, 3 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spin is older than the 90s 

message: Want to remove - any objections? 92.11.194.9 (talk) 23:10, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  'cherry picking' does not need an image of a cherry
Talk:Robert Smith

message: For the requested move 14 November 2022, see Talk:Robert Smith (Canadian judge). P.I. Ellsworth , ed. put'r there 09:24, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 14 November 2022
Talk:Bowl and doily spider

message: Hello! I added a picture of North America, Wikispiders suggests including photos of where the spider lives. I would suggest adding more inline references, not just the end of paragraphs to better help the reader understand where the information comes from. Also, the taxonomy and web sections need references. I removed an ambiguous link marked by wiki for “immobilize”. Lastly, I would suggest combining sections like Pre-Copulation and Copulation only because these sections are so short. Akwan826 (talk) 18:07, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Student Suggestion

message: Shouldn't this link into some bigger spider project? I have a feeling there is even a template for it. Mark Richards 20:34, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: No. one is about spider family, another is about a species. Mikkalai 20:43, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Pentagonal number

message: I don't know what is the point of generalized pentagonal numbers, as opposed to regular pentagonal numbers, so if someone knows, it would be appreciated if they added it to the article. PrimeFan 21:17, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: There's a point to the regular ones? The generalized ones are the scrunty little 'pentagons' inside the patterns for the 'regular' ones. Personally, I can't see why a ten-dot pentagon with two dots in the middle is any more regular than the two dots on their own. Grant 18:37, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

text: 7719539042 2409:4051:387:3722:0:0:20A6:90A1 (talk) 03:12, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Generalized

message: Currently the lede states that unlike triangular numbers, "the patterns involved in the construction of pentagonal numbers are not rotationally symmetrical". Well, if you construct the triangular numbers as right-angled triangles, they are not rotationally symmetrical either. Wouldn't it be more correct to express the difference by stating that the constructed points cannot all be a subset of a regular grid?  References of expert attention would be good. --Cedderstk 09:19, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comparison to triangular numbers dubious 

message: Generalized pentagonal numbers * n + 1 can be primes, for all positive integers n, except 24 and 25, since generalized pentagonal numbers * 24 + 1 are squares, and generalized pentagonal numbers * 25 + 1 are also generalized pentagonal numbers, this is like that triangular numbers * n + 1 (centered n-gonal numbers) can be primes, for all positive integers n, except 8 and 9, since triangular numbers * 8 + 1 are squares, and triangular numbers * 9 + 1 are also triangular numbers.
In base 25, all repunits are generalized pentagonal numbers, and in base 9, all repunits are triangular numbers, and since no generalized pentagonal numbers > 7 are primes, and no triangular numbers > 3 are primes, in these two bases there are no generalized repunit primes, also, there is a formula of the sum of reciprocals for the centered n-gonal numbers, i.e. the sum of reciprocals for (triangular numbers * n + 1) for positive integers n, but is there a formula of the sum of reciprocals for (generalized pentagonal numbers * n + 1) for positive integers n? ——220.132.54.182 (talk) 09:00, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is generalized pentagonal numbers * n + 1 can be primes for all positive integers n other than 24 and 25? Also, if there a formula of the sum of reciprocals for (generalized pentagonal numbers * n + 1) for positive integers n?
Talk:Timeline of the telephone

message: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/ideas-innovations/Theres-a-1200-year-old-Phone-in-the-Smithsonian-Collections-231152081.html#.UqeBp_EoRXg.twitter98.90.77.113 (talk) 16:56, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Earliest phone is actually over 1200 years old
Talk:Queen Mary University of London

message: Change:
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Notable current and former staff of Queen Mary include:
NB. Many of the men and women listed here were dead long before the date of foundation of Queen Mary University.  
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To:
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Notable current and former staff of Queen Mary and the institutions historically merged to from the current university include:
--------------- 24.141.240.103 (talk) 12:54, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. --Mvqr (talk) 15:40, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 25 August 2022
Talk:Military of Saint Helena

message: Can this ever be anything more?  Shouldn't it redirect to Saint Helena, and just put this sentence in that article? Jwrosenzweig 00:31, 5 Mar 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Sure, if there are military bases on Saint Helena, if it served in an important military capacity in history, etc. Danny 00:34, 5 Mar 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Um, do you have any evidence of this, Danny? If such history exists, I'll happily write it up, but google results just return a bunch of copies of this article. Ambi 12:02, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)