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Talk:Malik Meraj Khalid

message: Malik Meraj Khalid was Awan by caste.
: Please, feel welcome to provide the verifiable sources (i.e. According to an acadeimic journal: International, Lance (1994). Indian Defence Review, Volume 9. Lancer International, Original from the University of Michigan. p. 111. "...Malik Meraj Khalid, a Kakkezai leader with land in and around the border village of Burki. Khalid was a founder-member of the Pakistan People's Party in 1967, won election to the National Assembly on the PPP ticket in 1970, and later served as Chief Minister of Punjab.") in order to adhere with the Wikipedia guidelines as I am afraid it is not enough that you know (or have known) the person or his relatives work with you - under the Wikipedia guidelines. Thank you. McKhan (talk) 21:03, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
Talk:History of Torquay

message: Please can someone create a lead for this article. See History of Plymouth as an example. bsrboy (talk) 13:01, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead 
Talk:Gleeson, Arizona

message: I thought that one mine near Gleeson was the Silver Bill, not the Silver Belle. Does anyone know for sure which is correct?
According to the records, it's the Silver Bill.  http://www.mindat.org/loc-3316.html  GSnowCarm (talk) 12:26, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: 2009 comments
Talk:Paignton railway station

message: I added an image of what the station looks like today as this is suitable for the infobox.  The 1970 image is still in the history section. --Ianmacm 12:30, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: New image

message: A gallery was created because some of the images were whitespacing out the text excessively. Some of the gallery images are not very high quality and might be best left on Commons.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 18:07, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gallery 

message: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic there are no printed rail timetables at the moment, and people are advised to check online before travelling. There is little point in going back and forth with edits that are basically original research. Please don't do this.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 06:46, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent edits about the timetable 

message: The article describes the north and south boxes at Paignton but I've discovered a photo from 1973 that appears to show a third box, then closed. Does anyone have any information about this one? Murgatroyd49 (talk) 14:21, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm old enough to remember the North (Woolworths) and South (Sands Road) boxes, but can't remember a third, or see it in a web search. Please could you upload/point to where the 1973 box is, thanks.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 17:16, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text:   Here it is, by some carriage sidings. Murgatroyd49 (talk) 18:56, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text:  Update, I think this might be Goodrington Sands box, which closed the previous year. Murgatroyd49 (talk) 21:32, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, it's just outside Goodrington Sands railway station to the north of the bridge at Tanners Road. There is another photo here. While it is in Paignton, it isn't part of Paignton Railway Station.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 22:19, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text:  Many thanks, couldn't find it on any map or on aerial photos so assumed it had been demolished. Murgatroyd49 (talk) 08:28, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: It is no longer there. The Google Street View from 2009 shows that it was gone by then but it probably went well before that. It was still there in 1985 , looking better than it did in the 1973 photo.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 09:11, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks Murgatroyd49 (talk) 10:47, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text:  Here's the site today. The steam railway are relaying their track. Looking at an old OS map of the area, there used to be a level crossing here before the bridge was built. I assume the box used to control the LC, too. --Cavrdg (talk) 13:04, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Signal boxes
Talk:Frank W. Gunsaulus

message: Need refs on this article, I'm concerned about copyvio and that most of it came from a WP:SPA (merged from Frank Wakely Gunsaulus). It seems accurate, where did it come from? Is it a copyvio? --Dual Freq 16:45, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: References

message: : While looking through the Chicago Tribune for information on the Iroquois Theatre fire, I found Gunsaulus mentioned. The story is http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1903/11/25/page/3/article/shoots-his-brother-twice under Central Church May Move to the Iroquois Theater. I don't know anything about Gunsaulus and this article doesn't discuss the time around 1903 much. But it's evident he had a large congregation and was looking for an even larger venue. The Iroquois had about 1,600 seats plus standing room. It burned down December 30, 1904, with a loss of 600 lives. Roches (talk) 15:16, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Connection with Iroquois Theatre
Talk:The Image Bank

message: The Image Bank is notable because it established the modern stock photography business model which eventually led to the creation of huge agencies like Getty and Corbis. I am looking for citations on the web (although the Wikipedia article on Stock Photography is one). Haddocky 11:54, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've redirected the page to Getty Images for now. If you want to develop, imporve and source the article, the last version of it can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Image_Bank&action=history
--Robdurbar 16:53, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

text: As I've said above, the links are there for you to develop the article into something that proves this assertion, with sources etc. --Robdurbar 23:31, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Torbay (UK Parliament constituency)

message: The statement in the political history section "The majority in 1997 was the most marginal of that election" seems to imply that this was the closest result in the UK at the 1997 election, but this is not strictly the case. In Winchester the majority was 2 (although disputes over ballots eventually led to that result being voided). I wonder if this should be clarified somehow Dunarc (talk) 23:49, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Debatable statement
Talk:Alt.sex

message: [Alt.sex.cancel] probably should be merged with alt.sex.  A-giau 16:30, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Although that was a while ago, I tend to agree with that user. Just making sure that no-one disagrees with this proposal - I'll be back in a week or so, and if no-one has objected, I'll merge and redirect the content per the templates. I'll watchlist this, so if anyone feels the need to discuss it, here's as good a place as any. Cheers, Daniel.Bryant [ T · C ] 12:02, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: And merged. Daniel.Bryant [ T · C ] 10:40, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: New section

message: The sex wizards list is now defunct. 68.45.106.216 18:03, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Dead link in external links list

message: I see that alt.sex.bondage links to alt.sex, is there a specific reason for that? X10 (talk) 15:34, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: alt.sex.bondage
Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Eth Bombo

message: Just found this: 
"it is i cusser, keep Eth Bombo up or else i won't stop! Even if you do block me i will just create a new account! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cusser (talk • contribs)."
on user:Feydey's talk page. This needs action.Totnesmartin 12:22, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Off on a Comet

message: Seems like it might be worth mentioning a recent novel based on this called Splinter by Robert Adams, but I wouldn't know how to put something like that in the way the article is now. --74.75.145.125 (talk) 04:59, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Why? Anyone can claim their writings are a sequel to Verne. Unless there's evidence that this author is in the same league as Verne, his book isn't worth a mention here. And he's not off to a great start—the evidence below is that he's a mile off. --Zaqrfv (talk) 07:46, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mention "Splinter"? 

message: The Adam Roberts (2007) version is incorrectly claimed (based on Roberts' own claims) to be a slightly edited version of the Frewer translation. In fact, it's edited from the truncated Parke edition; the key evidence being that Part II, Chapter III (Chapter XXVII in Roberts) was included in Frewer (contrary to Roberts' claims) but deleted by Parke. Roberts' new translation of this chapter oor—inparticular, he changes the size of the solar system by repeatedly mistranslating ‘lieues’ as ‘miles’, rather than ‘leagues’. This reeks of translate.google.com, and is an inexcusable mistake for someone claiming to be inspired by Verne's work.
Am updating the text accordingly. Will also add a link to the scanned copy of Frewer's translation (Scribner edition) on archive.org.  --Zaqrfv (talk) 07:41, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adam Roberts/Solaris Books edition 

message: The book relies on the knowledge of astronomy of the day and while diameters, distances from the sun and such are generally accurate (though annoyingly distances are given in leagues, as in lengths of 3 miles), ages of the planets and such are wildly inaccurate. The coldest possible temperature of space is given as -70C whereas reality is -273C, which no one would have survived.(84.236.152.71 (talk) 23:15, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Accuracy
Talk:Voyages extraordinaires

message: By definition, a novel is fictional. There is no such thing as a non-fiction novel. There are non-fiction narratives of several kinds, however.
-Dromioofephesus (talk) 13:43, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: so why didnt you just change the word "novels" to "works" as i just did?(mercurywoodrose)75.61.139.47 (talk) 05:05, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Novels 

message: "The first of Verne's novels to carry the title Voyages Extraordinaires was The Adventures of Captain Hatteras, which was the third of all his novels."
Did it carry the title in its first edition of 1866 (we say)? 
Anyway, does the image show the first edition that carried the title?
third novel? This list gives earlier first publication dates for V.E. numbers 1,3,4 (what principle orders the list?) and our book articles call all three of them novels.
--P64 (talk) 22:53, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Captain Hatteras
Talk:Mooro

message: * http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16145/16145.txt
* sources missing - Green (1984 - Broken Spears) for last bit and for census
This article was a byproduct of research efforts on another article, hence its present deficiencies. Please feel free to improve on it, or alternatively I'll come back to it when I've got a moment. Orderinchaos78 12:34, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Some notes
Talk:With U

message: To whoever keeps changing it, there is no Album Edit (5:03).  The same version on the promo CD can be found on the album.
:The version on the promo doesn't include Janet's spoken outro. --Thankyoubaby 17:21, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I am challenging the supposed 'official' remix by 'Chad Jack'. There is no promo CD with such remixes, and is unsourced info.Reqluce (talk) 18:48, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Offiicial Remixes 
Talk:The Mutineers of the Bounty

message: The article presently states: Unlike many authors covering the topic, Verne concentrates on the deposed captain of the Bounty, William Bligh. I would question that statement. I have a translation to Swedish (published with Le phare au bout du monde), where the text is 3 chapters à 7 pages. Chapter 1 tells of the mutiny. Chapter 2 tells of Bligh. Chapter 3 tells of the mutineers. The linked French original text (at the Jules Verne Collection has the same relationship between the chapters.  Fomalhaut76 (talk) 10:08, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does Verne and Marcel really "concentrate on Bligh"?
Talk:In Praise of Shadows

message: and made start class and mid importance on Oct 31. Hope I've made changes properly.  Julia Rossi (talk) 05:38, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Expanded

message: Reverted. There are  no "after the essay" list of cultural notes -- it is all within his essay, please be sure before you invent something like this.  Julia Rossi (talk) 04:45, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Cultural notes

message: "in praise of shadows" does not directly link to this page.  I'll become more responsible in the future, but could someone fix this in the meantime? 74.250.162.67 (talk) 01:06, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  in praise of shadows 

message: I've read this essay in English. It is almost inexpressibly beautiful. Therefore, I am wondering how the Harper-Seidensticker translation was received by literary Japanese speakers or even an appraisal by Tanizaki himself. Is there any praise or criticism for the men's efforts? The success or failure of the translation is not mentioned at all in this article. Thank you for your time, Wordreader (talk) 01:11, 26 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Translation appraisal? Comment
Talk:Batak Christian Protestant Church

message: The new Ephorus, Robinson Butarbutar, has been inaugurated today. There are other new leaders too. I know Robinson personally, but don't know enough about the church to be confident about updating the article. Mdrb55 (talk) 16:02, 13 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  New leaders today 13/12/20 - update needed
Talk:Eddie Hazel

message: Eddie Hazel also played on Funkadelic's  "Standing on the verge of getting it on" and co-authored all the songs (one time creditteed as E. Hazel, the rest as G. Cook.). Of that album , on"Good thoughts, bad thoughts" he playes another long epic guitar solo.
Question arises wther the credits G. Cook occured because of the money going to his mother and not to drugs?
By Robin Timmers, 16 februari 2007, 3.11 GMT + 1 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.101.11.248 (talk) 02:11, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Good Thoughts, Bad Thoughts 

message: OK, so I read it with more attention this time. I missed a detail, but it still doesn't disprove what I've been trying to say. The sentence states "Clinton reportedly told Hazel during the recording session to imagine he had been told his mother was dead, but then learned that it was not true.". Hazel was told to IMAGINE that someone told him that his mother had died, key word IMAGINE. If he was told to imagine, then that means it was obviously not true, and thus, adding the fragment "but then learned that it was not true" makes absolutely no sense. I just don't see why it is needed to add "but then learned that it was not true" unless my definition of imagine is different than everyone else. Heroman26 (talk) 05:11, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: If Clinton had asked Hazel simply to imagine that he had been told his mother was dead, he would have been invoking an incredibly sad emotion. Instead, he asked Hazel to imagine that he had been told his mother was dead but then learned it was not true. That would be an incredibly happy emotion, wouldn't it? A triumphant emotion. He had heard the saddest possible news -- Hazel was particularly close to his mother, Grace Cook, and he used her name for some of his song-writing credits -- but then he learned it wasn't true. The fact that Clinton asked him to imagine learning that the news wasn't true is the most significant part of the sentence, not a nonsensical fragment. — MShabazz Talk/Stalk 10:58, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

text: Thanks for replying. Your interpretation makes sense and I can see it now. The original problem that I had was the person that wrote the original sentence used a "to + infinitive" verb in the first fragment, while in the second fragment he only used past tense, which confused me. I think something like ""Clinton reportedly told Hazel during the recording session to imagine he had been told his mother was dead, but then to learn that it was not true." could clear up some confusion. Either way, it's fine with me now, since it's not the nonsensical fragment that I once thought it was. Heroman26 (talk) 17:55, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Sentence problem in career section
Talk:Gilbert Plass

message: I have deleted information about Sunny Nash as producer of Collector's Choice because it is really not relevant to understanding Plass's life or career, particularly the highly self(?)-promotional details about Nash's pioneering career, published books, etc. Those details belong either on the KAMU-FM page or on a page dedicated to Sunny Nash, not here. Eichhoernchen (talk) 20:08, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Gábor Talmácsi

message: I always find it funny thinking how old he is. I always thought of 125cc for 'younger' generation of riders, to tune themselves for 250 and then MotoGP. But having a 27 year old competing with 14, 15 year olds, it doesn't seem very fair.
He probably will never make it out of 250 in the future...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.180.7.63 (talk) 23:27, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Sheffield Winter Garden

message: As doubt has been expressed regarding links to WIKIMAPIA satellite photos and as I doubt many users will pay attention to the top right hand corner links generated by the coord dms option, I've included an external link (in addition to coord dms). Any comments?
Do you think this is a good option to implement for the Sheffield sub items in general?
This is the code I used:-
_________________________
Winter Gardens
*[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/geo/geohack.php?params=53.379849_N_1.467997_W_scale:1000 Satellite photo/map options for this 
location (tools.wikipedia.de)]

__________________________
Town Hall, Peace Gardens
*[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/geo/geohack.php?params=53.379994_N_1.469446_W_scale:1000 Satellite photo/map options
(tools.wikipedia.de)]
 

cheers, Wikityke 15:38, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Satellite photos etc.
Talk:Major third

message: Just wondering... in the stats box at the top right, would it not make sense to give the intervals (in the form of a decimal number) to the equal tempered and Pythagorean major third too? So 1.25992 and 1.265625.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.110.15.142 (talk) 07:07, 4 January 2007
I've added that the M3rd is harmonically significant because it is the quarter-point of the octave (E.g., 2^4/12 = appr. 1.25).  See Normalizing the Musical Scale for info to back up that claim. (GaulArmstrong)
:I'm confused by this, in the sentence "A major third in just intonation most often corresponds to a pitch ratio of 5:4 (which, as a ratio of small numbers, is harmonically significant) or 1.25:1, or various other ratios" -- as I understand it, ratios in just intonation are typically kept as whole numbers, so 1.25:1 looked odd and I instinctively converted it to a whole number ratio equivalent, which turned out to be 5:4.  The sentence seems to be saying that 1.25:1 is not the same as 5:4.  I looked at the Normalizing the Musical Scale page and was rather overwhelmed with math.  I've long thought the 5:4 major third was significant for being the (octave-reduced) fifth harmonic -- the simplest of the ratios based on the prime number 5. Pfly 03:10, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Interval ratio

message: In the Perfect fourth article, someone has provided a very nice way to remember what that interval sounds like:
:A helpful way to recognize a perfect fourth is to hum the starting of the "Bridal Chorus" from Wagner's Lohengrin ("Treulich geführt", the colloquially-titled "Here Comes the Bride"). Other examples are the first two notes of the Christmas carol "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", and, for a descending perfect fourth, the second and third notes of "O Come All Ye Faithful".
Can someone provide some similar comparisons for the major-third interval?  Thank you!CountMacula (talk) 18:27, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: CountMacula, the article Ear training lists such examples for every interval size.CountMacula (talk) 17:43, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sounds like ... 

message: I have often heard Swing Low begun with the dominant, and falling by a MINOR third (as per the second line of the printed example in the article) - the confusion makes the use of this example unhelpful - can we find another? - I'm struggling myself.
Similarly "When the Saints" is often started by singing "When the Saints, Oh When the Saints" (ie without "Oh" as the first word), and it is of course only the interval between "Oh and "When" that gives the major third. I suggest we either be explicit and point to the "Oh When" interval, or perhaps we could reference the song as "Oh When The Saints" so that the first two syllables are clearly "Oh When"
  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kenny.devon (talk • contribs) 10:22, 28 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Examples may be confusing 

message: I removed one short paragraph because it read like an instruction. --Myrtonos (talk) 01:01, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, good call. Ceoil (talk) 01:46, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  One paragraph removed
Talk:Guy Hollingworth

message: Regarding notability.
Going through the notability guidelines, this is what I have found that possible supports the article being here.
"received significant coverage in multiple published[4] secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other,[5] and independent of the subject.[6]" - He was on the cover of Genii Magazine in September 1999 and also on the cover of MAGIC Magazine in December 2010. I'm not sure if those publications themselves count as notable, being fairly niche. The LA Times Blog, Variety and the Scotsman have reviews of his stage show, which might have more credibility.
The BBC also had an article mostly focused on copyright and magic, I don't know if that would be considered relevant as its more concerned with his work as an IP lawyer.
The person has received a well-known and significant award or honor, or has been nominated for one several times. - The only one I could find is the 2009 Magician of the Year from the Academy of Magical Arts. Again I suppose it's how you define "well-known" - until I Googled it I couldn't tell you it was real or made up.
The person has made a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in his or her specific field.[8] - A biography says he has contributed tricks to lots of publications, I could only find 2 I could source - one on a DVD boxset and one in a periodical magazine. The box set is much talked about, the magazine doesn't seem to be mentioned many places that aren't selling it. He seems to have been a big influence in reviving the "torn and restored card" effect, although I can't find an actual source that isn't a forum post. 
Personally I'm a fan of Guy Hollingworth and definitely think he is notable within the magic community, however even with the successful show he is far from a household name (his Twitter page has him listed primarily as a barrister). I'm new to Wikipedia editing so I'm all for being corrected, but I'd say keep. SporkOfDespair (talk) 15:44, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: If he's had featured articles written on him in both Genii and MAGIC I'd suggest that alone implies his notability. PriceDL (talk) 09:02, 27 December 2017 (UTC)