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Talk:Michael Paul Fleischer

message: I removed all this, as none of it was very appropriate:
While Fleischer may have owed his job to his brother, he had appropriate credentials. Early in his career, Fleischer served as a Foreign Service Officer in developing countries. He then left the State Department, obtained an MBA from Harvard, and went to work as a management consultant. From there, he became a buy-out fund manager, serving as CEO for the companies his fund purchased and turned around. It is ironic that his political affiliations masked his solid resume for the job of rebuilding the private sector in ruined Iraq.  However, even critics saw Fleischer as honest, well-meaning and working vigorously to rebuild Iraq implementing free market principles.The Washington Monthly
The above statements would make Orwell cringe. Mr. Fleischer is a professional at obfuscation and war criminal to boot. 
Check out his antics---"Shock Doctrine" page 349
Addressing a gathering of Iraqi businessmen, Michael Fleischer, ... said of small Russian businesses going under as a result of shock therapy, "Will you be overwhelmed by foreign business? Only the best of youw ill survive.
This is after the US gave away the Iraqi store at gunpoint—giving out tens of billions in no bid contracts who then IMPORTED foreign workers rather then hiring Iraqis.
Page 449 is also enlightening.
Both arguments should probably be added to the article, but in an appropriate and NPOV tone.—Chowbok ☠ 18:19, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed statements 

message: Michael, I believe I worked for you back in the day when you were in Franklin Square.  I also remember your dad who had an office in Corona Queens and was a very very colorful man along with your Mom the most pleasant people to know. LD 134.56.167.122 (talk) 17:12, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  1970’s
Talk:Typhoon Kent (1995)

message: In the HKO report, Kent caused $3.2 billion 1995 RMB in damage whicn equates to $418.9 million 1995 USD. However, the JTWC report has the damage at only $89 million 1995 USD. Make sure the damage figure in the article is correct if not change it. Storm05 14:41, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Damage figure

message: Any more info for such a damaging storm? Fix the typos, and be sure the article follows the WPTC standard for WPAC articles - the article should be metric units first, then imperial in parenthesis. Thus, I assessed it as Start-class, though it is a high start. Hurricanehink (talk) 21:34, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Todo/Assessment
Talk:Michael Valpy

message: Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The discussion is about the topic WP:ANI#New Canadian education project.   Thank you.  Chzz  ►  12:36, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Canada Education Program 

message: This has had a ref improve tag since June. I put a notability tag on the article to draw attention to it, but it has just been removed without any improvement to the article. No big deal, but can we establish that this article is sound? --Kleinzach 22:43, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notability 

message: Mr Valpy often referred to Sen Smith as "The Grinch Who Stole Dominion Day". A quotation from one of his Globe and Mail columns would be a worthwhile addition to this article.Rdmoore6 (talk) 18:48, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Senator David Smith
Talk:Ford M. Fraker

message: Here are some sources that could be used to expand the article, I'm dumping them here for the moment since I have no time to work on the article right now:
* http://www.senate.gov/~foreign/archives/2007/archive032207.ram (audio) JACOPLANE • 2007-05-7 16:45
he lives in cohasset Massachusetts. i've been to his house.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.66.98.246 (talk) 19:37, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources for expansion
Talk:Subantarctic

message: List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands uses a different definition. Goustien (talk) 22:19, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Islands 
Talk:Michael Brescia

message: In nearly 17 years, has it ever been considered whether this article violates WP:BLP?  The Infobox says he is known for "Alleged involvement in the Oklahoma City bombing", but he was never criminally charged for that.  The same concerns would apply to Andreas Strassmeir, but that article is a much more recent creation. DefThree (talk) 02:14, 2 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  BLP
Talk:Gandalf (mythology)

message: There is no reference and the way it is written is quite poor.139.230.245.21 07:34, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It refers to the original text, which can be found in its entirety here. A simple text search there will show you all the mentions of king Gandalf. - 82.209.145.193 (talk) 20:42, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The Gandalf is the saga is a quite separate figure, neither Elf nor dwarf, but a Norse chieftain/king (see eg, T. D. Kendrick A History of the Vikings (2012) p. 109). Am amending page accordingly Jacobisq (talk) 07:48, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

message: — Assignment last updated by Rockethound (talk) 22:05, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: HUM 202 - Introduction to Mythology
Talk:Hreiðmarr

message: Main image shows the flag of Israel which has nothing to do with the article Fones4jenke (talk) 10:54, 15 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a result of vandalism. It has been reverted, and will be fixed once the cache expires. Nardog (talk) 18:56, 15 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect main image
Talk:Sons of Ivaldi

message: I propose to merge this article into the one on Alvaldi. They both seem to be talking about the same mythic character(s), and this one is so short it's nearly a stub.
Bgoldnyxnet (talk) 18:46, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Bgoldnyxnet Do you have sources that say Olvaldi and Ivaldi are one and the same? I found none.. —-— .:nimbosa:. (talk • contribs) 07:22, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

text: Investigations into Germanic Mythology seems to be a 2-volume work in its original format. Might 2001:8003:241F:5001:F847:F886:805F:BCCE or someone else have a clearer reference? Unless this confirmed I think that we should just link the pages until the evidence is stronger. Klbrain (talk) 10:50, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

message: Why is there a picture of Brokkr and Sindri in an article about their competitors?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.77.131.222 (talk) 13:14, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brokkr and Sindri picture 

message: Most of the paragraphs are entirely copy pasted from this site https://ivaldisonsforge.com/blog/169-sons-of-ivaldi.html gotta be something wrong with that ethically or for Wikipedia. Chacabangaso (talk) 12:02, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Most of the article entirely plagiarised
Talk:United States Antarctic Program

message: Can we get a discussion of the effects of the funding cuts and funding uncertainty on Antarctic research at McMurdo, South Pole, and Palmer?
The topic has received a fair bit of news coverage already, such as "Shutdown puts the entire US Antarctic research program on ice" and "Shutdown Forces Antarctic Research Into 'Caretaker Status'"
Some of permanent and otherwise serious repercussions on international science efforts are mentioned in the comments to the petition "Congress: Shutdown Exemption for the United States Antarctic Program". The facts that are useful for the Wikipedia article could be sourced from more official sources.
99.118.9.187 (talk) 04:28, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Effects of 2013 US government sequestration and shutdown
Talk:Pro-oxidant

message: With regards to the homocysteine section, it should either be noted that reducing agents can only cause oxidative stress after redox cycling.  Reducing agents on their own are the exact opposite of oxidizing agents and will in fact serve to neutralize the oxidative capabilities of reactive oxygen species.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.65.87.238 (talk) 05:27, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Good point, thank you. Tim Vickers (talk) 17:20, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Uh,  technically, redox cycling involves the repeated working of this mechanism,  taking advantage of spin-orbit coupling thru a heavy atom to get around the spin-forbidden nature of transferring an electorn directly to oxygen.  But whatever.   
The point is that most,  if not all strong reducing agents can also act as pro-oxidants.   Sometimes this can cause gross confusion as to whether a particular reducing agent is causative of a disease or an antioxidant protective reaction.  The classic example is uric acid.  There is a big fight right now in the stroke literature about whether the hyperuricemia commonly found in stroke patients causes the stroke or is a protective reaction.  In a forthcoming letter in the journal Stroke, after nearly four decades,  I have finally come down off the fence and voted "protective".  For more,  go to pubmed and search "uric acid" and "stroke" for the references.  I'll post them here when I get the time.Pproctor (talk) 21:15, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Reducing agents
Talk:Michèle Flournoy

message: What about giving the IPA for the pronounciation - at least for her surname? - Is it flauənoi or flɔ:noi? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:16b8:c172:2100:208b:33c8:ae52:fd2 (talk) 17:03, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Listening to this C-SPAN interview, it seems to be more like . I'll add it to the page. Sdrqaz (talk) 17:13, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know the phonetic symbols you use, but it's floor-noy. NPguy (talk) 02:11, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  name pronounciation 

message: I notice that in the "Early Life" section, neither of these are mentioned.72.181.112.54 (talk) 15:46, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Religion and/or Ethnicity?
Talk:List of supporting FoxTrot characters

message: We really don't need to list Hawkins, Dr. Ting or all of those other characters -- they're not significant. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. Ten Pound Hammer • (((Actions • Words))) 16:51, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

message: Why is there no reference to Andy's mother on either this page or the family members page?216.15.61.107 00:32, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I added her back. I went on a deletion spree recently, removing non-notable characters such as Hawkins, Dr. Ting, etc., but on second thought, I think Grandma is notable enough. Ten Pound Hammer • (((Broken clamshells • Otter chirps))) 02:30, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Grandma?

message: All three of these characters have appeared in the strip qiute often, so wouldn't they be considered to be main characters?  Just wondering.  Regards, Spottedstripe 01:17, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Marcus, Eileen and Steve
Talk:Miguel Kast

message: I've removed an old neutrality tag from this page that appears to have no active discussion per the instructions at Template:POV:
::This template is not meant to be a permanent resident on any article. Remove this template whenever:
::#There is consensus on the talkpage or the NPOV Noticeboard that the issue has been resolved
::#It is not clear what the neutrality issue is, and no satisfactory explanation has been given
::#In the absence of any discussion, or if the discussion has become dormant.
Since there's no evidence of ongoing discussion, I'm removing the tag for now. If discussion is continuing and I've failed to see it, however, please feel free to restore the template and continue to address the issues. Thanks to everybody working on this one! -- Khazar2 (talk) 01:08, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  removing POV tag with no active discussion per [[Template:POV]]
Talk:Gram (mythology)

message: What is up with these sections on every mythological article?  YEAH WE KNOW, ANIME REFERENCES MYTHOLOGY.  Do we really need to have every mythological article taken over by this crap?  In this one it is literally 5 times as long as the actual meat of the article.  AND EVERY SINGLE REFERENCE is either an anime or a video game.  EVERY LAST ONE.  
Something really ought to be done about this.Andy Christ 19:49, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: They also tend to attract false entries; I removed one blatantly made-up one right now.  I've fact-tagged the rest; if reputable citations aren't provided for each, we can go ahead and remove them. --Aquillion (talk) 15:24, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Appearances in popular culture 

message: Could the sword's name refer to anger, as the Norse adjective "gramir" means angry? 惑乱 分からん * \)/ (\ (< \) (2 /) /)/ * 12:29, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: "Gram" anger?

message: It is called Gramr. Look it up. Here! --213.213.135.228 (talk) 20:31, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gramr not Gram 

message: According to York University, Gramr=King, not wrath. Source: http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/language/English-Old_Norse.pdf
Should this be changed?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.152.87.100 (talk) 02:12, 29 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gramr =/= Wrath in Old Norse
Talk:Mike Smith (music executive)

message: We have two Mike Smiths as key executives of Columbia (formerly CBS) Records UK.  The older Mike Smith joined CBS Records UK in the mid 1960s as mentioned at .  Does anyone know if they are related? Steelbeard1 (talk) 00:05, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another Mike Smith was a CBS Records UK head in the mid-1960s.
Talk:Mike Smithson (British journalist)

message: Should we encourage such a website which encourages betting on politics. Such ideas increase corruption. This is an immoral website for crooks who want to fix politcis Wikipedia is above this and creeps like Morus.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Boxynuphor (talk • contribs) 14:27, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Megingjörð

message: I really question this translation, as meginn is spiritual strength, and Jörð is the Earth. Thus it would more mean "Strength of the Earth".--2001:48F8:9004:11:ECC3:50EB:55A0:EEE6 (talk) 21:40, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Megingjörð - "Power Belt"?
Talk:Mike Vernon (record producer)

message: Greetings to contributors and watchers of this page. I coordinate for WikiProject Record Production and am working to tag in scope articles. This article has been assessed as highly important to the project. I wanted to introduce myself, and announce some project goals. This article will be listed as a project pick and resources will be applied to improving it. It simply has a great potential. It would be great if interested editors would join the project, but I look forward to collaborating on this, regardless. Best - 76Strat String da Broke da (talk) 03:29, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Greetings

message: Prior content in this article duplicated one or more previously published sources. The material was copied from: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mike-vernon-mn0000416441/biography. Copied or closely paraphrased material has been rewritten or removed and must not be restored, unless it is duly released under a compatible license. (For more information, please see "using copyrighted works from others" if you are not the copyright holder of this material, or "donating copyrighted materials" if you are.) For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or published material; such additions will be deleted. Contributors may use copyrighted publications as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences or phrases. Accordingly, the material may be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with these policies. Thank you.  Diannaa (talk) 04:21, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright problem removed
Talk:History of Southampton F.C.

message: I've created this page as the History Section on Southampton F.C. was getting a bit too big. When I get a chance, I hope to write a more concise history for the main article, and hopefully have this one for the detailed stuff. Dan Kerins 17:05, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Creation

message: You seem to have missed the early FA Cup matches feturing Southampton in 1901 and 1902, can you include this in your history?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.195.38.188 (talk) 05:27, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: They are mentioned (briefly) in the "Formation" section.   --Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 05:40, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  FA Cups 

message: Hope you don't mind but you can find the History of the Saints at:    It is quite extensive, and may be of help to anyone.Betty Butt (talk) 15:03, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems to me that the wapedia article is a straight mirror of the Wikipedia article.   Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 15:07, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: When I read it it was far more extensive, sorry if it's changed. Betty Butt (talk) 15:10, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggested reference point
Talk:Analog ear

message: I prodded this article with the note: "No references; it's very unclear what this article is supposed to be about." My biggest confusion is that the phrase "analog ear," the ostensible subject of the article, isn't used until halfway through the article, after four incredibly dense paragraphs about ears, and models of ears, in general. (I now see that the "explanation" of what an analog ear is comes in the fourth paragraph, but it's only described there as the "analog model.") Oddly, the original version of this article was much clearer, beginning with "The analog ear is a multi-section electric circuit that represents outer, middle, and inner parts of the human ear." The lengthy "introduction" was added a month later, along with a lot of other information, by an anonymous IP, with the edit summary: "Major re-write by original contributor."
My prod was removed with the comment (in the edit summary) that "I don't understand it" isn't a valid reason for deletion. I concede that, but it seems like "Unreadably dense" is a valid reason to deem an article unsatisfactory, regardless of its length. My impulse is to try to hack most of the article out to make it clearer, before possibly bringing it to AFD. But I also wanted to open the Talk page to see if anyone else has thoughts about this article, in its past, current or potential format. Propaniac 17:06, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm the one who deprodded it; I agree it needs a complete rewrite (tagged as such). A lot of the content could probably be split between Microphone and Speech recognition as well. (From the tone of the article, it has a whiff of a copyvio as well, but in the absence of any evidence I'm WP:AGFing on that one) —  iridescent (talk to me!) 12:39, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: General discussion of article

message: I just noticed that article.  Since I'm a big fan of John L. Stewart's early ear modeling work, and since I've done some work in this field myself, I might try to edit it.  My own work might be regarded in the light of a WP:COI, so if anyone cares, let me know and I'll back off and let others decide what to do about it.  Here are some likely sources that should clearly establish notability of the topic at least; and here are more using the term "analog cochlea" as an alternative; and some about my version. Dicklyon 00:34, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Not a good start, but something
Talk:Miles D. White

message: * Please accept the edits to Miles D. White's bio page (April 29, 2011).  My name is Scott Stoffel, and I work at Abbott in Corporate Public Affairs, and the edits I am providing are all factual.  If you have questions, please do not hesitate to access my contact information, found here:  http://abbott.com/global/url/content/en_US/60.40:40/general_content/General_Content_00081.htm — Preceding unsigned comment added by ScottStoffel (talk  (talk • contribs) 21:57, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Disclosures
Talk:Holocaust trains

message: Preserving here by providing this link; my rationale was: "rm off-topic content as unrelated to the Holocaust transports". --K.e.coffman (talk) 04:00, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: June 2020 edit

message: I'm curious about whether 40-and-8s or rolling stock based on them were used in Holocaust trains. The classic 40-and-8s of World War 1 were perhaps 29 feet long, not that much shorter than the "design boxcar" used in Nazi calculations - suggesting that the boxcars of WWII weren't that much bigger than those of the First World War. Rickyrab (2nd account)! |  yada yada yada (old page: User:Rickyrab) (talk) 23:44, 3 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  40 and 8s 

message: Could you please add a "See also" paragraph with the article Wagon Monument (Netanya)? Amikamraz (talk) 22:04, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: -Lemonaka‎ 23:59, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 24 February 2023 

message: It's packed full of original research, unreliable sources, and sources that don't say what they're cited for. It needs a complete rewrite. Eldomtom2 (talk) 17:36, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: As a note to anyone who can speak German, by all accounts Alfred Gottwaldt is the best writer on this topic.--Eldomtom2 (talk) 13:03, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article is a mess
Talk:Milovan Glišić

message: This article has been revised as part of a large-scale clean-up project of multiple article copyright infringement. (See the investigation subpage) Earlier text must not be restored, unless it can be verified to be free of infringement. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions must be deleted. Contributors may use sources as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences or phrases. Accordingly, the material may be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously. MER-C 16:17, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible copyright problem
Talk:Ming Chin

message: The cases are properly cited.  What more citation than that is requires?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.246.160.164 (talk) 01:14, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I think whomever added the cite needed tags is referring to the fact the citations are obviously incomplete.  (Years and one volume number are missing.)  Plus there's no cites to any sources showing those cases are particularly notable.  --Coolcaesar (talk) 06:05, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: What further citations are needed?
Talk:Diamond Geezer

message: The term "Diamond Geezer" is primarily a London/Essex slang term meaning "Great fellow", "Gentleman", "Top lad". (Presumably the name of the TV series is a play on this). Nick Hill (talk) 08:19, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Disambiguation required
Talk:Myroslav Stupar

message: In fact, Stupar disallowed the goal on orders from Kuwaiti National Olympic Committee chairman who had entered the pitch in protest. And it was the reason FIFA banned him from whistling in future FIFA turnaments. A referee should not be affected by protest from a national Olympic Committee chairman. Aminabzz (talk) 14:34, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kuwait