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Talk:Mojave Desert

message: What does a photo of a hospital in a town in the Mojave Desert do to help the reader visualize the Mojave Desert? MojaveNC 06:47, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I suppose the anonymous reader became a WP editor and improved the article herein. -- AstroU (talk) 13:10, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photos 

message: I've removed the area from the infobox - it was recently added as 48,000 sq mi from this source, but the infobox formatting messed it up. Seems it expects km2 and won't accept anything else or a ref tag. Vsmith (talk) 12:22, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Area in infobox 

message: In the flora section, I am going to add a very general narrative description of the flora from the main article Flora of the Mojave Desert. I will then move the list (as it now appears in this article) to List of flora of the Mojave Desert. I will temporarily use the lead of that article for this section, then come back and work it up to give the user a general understanding of the flora. If there is a reason for having the flora section of this article appear as a list rather than a general narrative, please let me know and I will change it back. FloraWilde (talk) 00:10, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flora of the Mojave Desert 

message: There is inconsistency with respect to the size of the Mojave Desert in Wikipedia articles. The main article (Mojave Desert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojave_Desert )has the size at 47,877 square miles. However, the List of North American Deserts article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_North_American_deserts )list the size of the Mojave as 22,000 square miles. A link in the latter article, to geology.com has yet another size, 54,000 square miles. Brooklyn Maloney (talk) 22:26, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  discrepancy re: size of the Mojave Desert 

message: J Yooitzleo (talk) 05:44, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Highways 

message: — Assignment last updated by Ricky.jones91 (talk) 03:24, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for your contributions. Please read WP:PUFFERY for some tips about how to write in a neutral factual tone for Wikipedia. — hike395 (talk) 14:35, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: California Natural History
Talk:Elite (disambiguation)

message: The computer game should be an exception, the Elite (sociology) article should be moved here, and this article moved to Elite (computer game). I will do it if noone raise serious resons as to why I shouldn't soon enough. Nixdorf 22:21 8 Jun 2003 (UTC)
:Now I've done it. All related links are changed too. Nixdorf
:: The link I found in Elite appeared to point to something totally irrelevant; I took the liberty of removing it and leaving a stub. mattabat 15:54 5 Feb 2006 AEDST
=== Removed false reference ===
In this diff https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elite_%28disambiguation%29&diff=626376437&oldid=626308317 I removed the promotion of a forthcoming computer game false attached to "Elite (computer game)". That forthcoming game is not accurately referred to under this name.
:Okay... so why was this removed as a "false reference"? If "Elite: Dangerous" should be removed then certainly "Call of Duty: Elite" should also. In the first case the proper title for the game is "Elite" while the subtitle is "Dangerous". In the case of the COD title "Elite" is a mere subtitle. Therefore there is more weight to keep "Elite: Dangerous" in this disambiguation then there is for keeping "Call of Duty: Elite". I move to add the reference back and undo the change made by the unsigned contributor above. If I don't hear anything in opposition I'll revert the change myself on October 25, 2014. --Jaiotu (talk) 07:24, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay. Plenty of time to weigh in. I'm reverting the edit. --Jaiotu (talk) 11:41, 26 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Computer game

message: In this diff https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elite_%28disambiguation%29&diff=626376437&oldid=626308317 I removed the promotion of a forthcoming computer game false attached to "Elite (computer game)". That forthcoming game is not accurately referred to under this name.
:Okay... so why was this removed as a "false reference"? If "Elite: Dangerous" should be removed then certainly "Call of Duty: Elite" should also. In the first case the proper title for the game is "Elite" while the subtitle is "Dangerous". In the case of the COD title "Elite" is a mere subtitle. Therefore there is more weight to keep "Elite: Dangerous" in this disambiguation then there is for keeping "Call of Duty: Elite". I move to add the reference back and undo the change made by the unsigned contributor above. If I don't hear anything in opposition I'll revert the change myself on October 25, 2014. --Jaiotu (talk) 07:24, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay. Plenty of time to weigh in. I'm reverting the edit. --Jaiotu (talk) 11:41, 26 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed false reference 

message: The talk page content after "Computer game" above has been moved to the Talk:Elite page. There had been a redirect from the Elite talk page here and content obviously refered to the Elite article, not the Elite (disambiguation) article. --Reswik 15:28, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Talk page content moved to [[Elite]]
Talk:Thyatira

message: The text states that Lydia was a "Deaconess" but there is no evidence provided for this declaration. Neither the biblical text (Acts 16:11-40) nor greek grammar (Romans 16:1) supports the existence of female deacons. This should be removed.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by MC1171611 (talk • contribs) 18:32, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lydia of Thyatira 

message: Thyatira may have been a "center of the purple cloth trade" but Acts 16:14 is not valid evidence.  Acts 16:14 merely says that Lydia sold purple cloth and she was from Thyatira.  And I suspect no one knows who was Paul’s "first convert in Europe."  I have edited accordingly.  伟思礼 (talk) 16:26, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Center of the purple cloth trade?  First convert?
Talk:George Sand

message: There is probably a rule for this that I am unaware of but George Sand: A writer more renowned in her time than Honoré de Balzac and Victor Hugo. Yet in this wiki her attachments to men, gender expression, personal life, political views and death are covered before her writing. 
This just seems out of order  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stevemid (talk • contribs) 06:19, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Order of sections 

message: Although Sand has indeed been bisexually rumored due to her romantic friendship with Dorval, I am confused as stated in the article. The only mention leads to a clearly entertaining book, which, with very big doubts, can be considered scientific and historical. Even sources on Dorval's own sexuality describe their potential relationship as "short-lived if there was one", referring to the subsequent straight relationship of both women. I am not at all opposed to creating a section on her sexuality and even support it, but at this stage it looks like just adding to the article rumors about a woman who was known mainly for affairs with famous men like Chopin (for example, article on Dorval hints that the novel about Mademoiselle de Orbigny could have been written as a satire on rumors about her relationship with Sand, but at the moment the article about Sange does not even have any queer categories). Based on the discussion, the earlier article contained speculation about her being transgender due to her love of menswear, so I want this issue finally resolved without any speculation about her gender or sexuality. Solaire the knight (talk) 20:54, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Sange? Martinevans123 (talk) 21:06, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  Sand, the auto-translator has very strange habits sometimes. Is this the only question that my text caused you? Solaire the knight (talk) 22:04, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I thought it might be a good place to start. But your text seems to be more of a proclamation/demand than a proposal. I think the issues of bisexuality and "transgender due to her love of menswear" might be usefully separated. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:16, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  It would be easier for me to rewrite it myself than to demand, but I do not have time, so for a start I just pay attention. My main goal is to describe the issue without speculation or silence. That is, both without trying to make her look more queer than she really was, and without erasing any mention of such matters. Solaire the knight (talk) 22:35, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: You could list all of your intended sources here? Martinevans123 (talk) 22:47, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sexuality 

message: What on earth is a platonic affair? Whoever wrote that should re-write it.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.154.107.131 (talk) 03:07, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled
Talk:Great Baddow

message: Saying that the local council is responsible for "ruining the traditional character of the place" is not NPOV. Can anyone quote published comments from both sides of the argument? Can anyone provide a reference for this vote, too...? -- Oliver P. 01:23 9 Jun 2003 (UTC)
The entry was untrue. The new development took place on the site of the Vinyards, which was once a country house (I don't think it was ever stately, and then a hotel. There is sward at the bottom of the development which no doubt I would be accused of terrible exaggeration if I described it as a village green. From the row of trees which lined it, I believe that it was part of the grounds of the Vinyards. The Council did try and turn this into a car park, in the early seventies, but public pressure put a stop to this. Also please note that Great Baddow has never been a town.Harry Potter 00:47, 20 Aug 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Was the River Chelmer ever known as the Baddow? I can't find any references confirming this, other than those citing this article. 85.210.205.157 (talk) 15:45, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: River Baddow
Talk:Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona

message: This says Ramon married first Aimeris de Narbonne.  I have never heard of him having any other wife than Matilda/Mafalda.  However, Mafalda married again after his death to Aimery de Narbonne.  Is this a confusion between her second husband and his (purported) first wife?
Toddj (talk) 03:53, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ramon's 1st wife
Talk:David Watkins (rugby)

message: Contrary to what is says on many Web sites, David Watkins did not captain Great Britain at rugby league. In his six appearances for GB (four of which were from the bench), the captains were as follows:
GB v France 	17/3/71	 	Doug Laughton
GB v NZ	16/10/71	Roger Millward
GB v Australia	1/12/73		Clive Sullivan
GB v France	20/1/74		Doug Laughton
GB v France	17/2/74		Doug Laughton
GB v Australia	15/6/74		Chris Hesketh
Ref. http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Noah Fect (talk • contribs) 11:51, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: GB Captaincy
Talk:Asterales

message: An automated Wikipedia link suggester has some possible wiki link suggestions for the Asterales article, and they have been placed on this page for your convenience.Tip: Some people find it helpful if these suggestions are shown on this talk page, rather than on another page. To do this, just add  to this page. — LinkBot 10:25, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[User:LinkBot/suggestions/Asterales|Link suggestions]] 

message: How is Asterales pronounced?? Reg C Handford (talk) 02:53, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: [æstərˈeɪliːz], but you'll probably want a reference.--Curtis Clark (talk) 02:22, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Pronunciation
Talk:Plectrum

message: Should guitar pick be integrated into this article, or is there enough of a distinction for it to warrant its own? -- Lypheklub 08:07, Aug 30, 2003 (UTC)
: Perhaps. The idiosyncracies of the various kinds of guitar plectra suggest to me it should stay where it is... Dysprosia 08:09, 30 Aug 2003 (UTC)

message: Am I the only one who calls them "plectrums"? 66.92.237.111 03:49, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: (update: There are 225,000 Google hits for "plectrums", and only 76,000 for "plectra", so I guess not. Perhaps the article ought to mention it as an alternative plural?) 66.92.237.111 03:50, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I gave this a try, taking the (hopefully non-POV) line that speakers should tune their choice to the context.   Opus33 18:47, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plectrums 

message: Hello, the new jack image is sharper and better colored, but it's also less accurate. The damper on a harpsichord jack is generally a bit of felt folded in half and slipped into a slot at the top of the jack; it's not some kind of box glued to the side. The old image was closer to correct.  And I think accuracy is more important than prettiness in a technical diagram.
Here are links to realistic jack images, showing how the dampers work: , , 
If someone who likes to do these pictures ever wanted to redo the jack image, there's a problem shared by both images we've had here so far:  it's rather unusual for harpsichords to use wound strings; this should be fixed, too.  Opus33 (talk) 16:58, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image of harpsichord jack 

message: Does anyone actually use the word "plectrum"? I've played guitar since 1968 and I've never heard a guitarist use the term. To me it sounds archaic. John Link (talk) 01:58, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes. Yes, we do. I've played since early '70s in the UK and oh, yeah, indeed we do. Never heard the word 'pick' until YouTube... Seriously! Blitterbug 13:36, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of the word
Talk:New product development

message: This page has many issues. Its overall content message is mostly correct, but it lacks citations, feels disorganized, and even repeats whole sentences in some places. I don't have an issue with the fuzzy front end, this proceeds product definition. It's been documented and discussed since the 1980's. See paper: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304698952_The_%27Fuzzy_Front_End%27_of_Innovation JayBristol (talk) 02:33, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: To me it seems like this page has been created mainly to get a backlink for airfocus.com Ryzovnik (talk) 12:11, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Issues with this page.
Talk:Music of Japan

message: This article titled the "Music of Japan" devotes app. 1/4 of its content to those 3000 years of japanese music since the first mythological emperor reigned and 3/4rd part to the electronic whatnots from the last circa 30 years. That division sounds just right... 94.21.121.96 (talk) 19:55, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: How has traditional Japanese music influenced modern genres in Japan 27.110.243.18 (talk) 05:18, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes 27.110.243.18 (talk) 05:18, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  3000 vs 30 years?
Talk:Truncation

message: "like when someone uses only the first few terms of an infinite series, or when one calculates an integral by approximating the area by finite trapezoids, or when the derivative of a function is found by using a finite deltax"
I dislike the use of "like", as well as this drawn on sentence. Could someone with more insight into the expected standards for English on Wikipedia please correct this? Thanks.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.230.94.119 (talk) 05:08, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quality Of English 

message: Hi, i just added the TeX and Rounding/floor function info. I made it easy myself by only allowing to use positive real numbers to be truncated. If you are shure it can be done for any real number, go ahead. --Abdull 16:57, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  TeX 

message: In mathematics, truncation is the term used for reducing the number of digits right of the decimal point [...]
Generally speaking, you can also truncate a value before the decimal point. Truncating 817.23 two digits before the decimal point will make 800. --Abdull 17:06, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  More general 

message: Would it be appropriate for this article to be expanded by including a mention and definition/discussion of chopping? Cah says doom (talk) 09:25, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expanding Article 

message: I must point out that right or wrong the concept of truncation extends well beyond mathematics in it's common use in the English language.
Indeed, I don't believe it is a math derivative word, but rather a word used in mathematics.
The archaic definition of the word truncate simply means 'to lop' or to 'chop off'.  Even the dictionary.com entry shows it's first definition to be the more general use of the word and the second to be it's use in mathematics or in programming, and then finally, it's biological connotation.
See here: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/truncate
As such, this article should begin with the general and then perhaps expound on the mathematic specifics leaving the option for others to add the other common usages, or it should be a disambiguation page referencing separate pages on these topics.
Cheers.--Thistledowne (talk) 06:30, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thisledowne, please keep in mind that Wikipedia is not a dictionary.  The many meanings of the word 'truncation' are not the topic of this article.  If there are other encyclopedic meanings of truncation (I can't think of any), then they should have their own articles.  The dictionary entry you reference suggests the adjective "truncate" means something specific in biology -- I don't know if there's anything encyclopedic there, but if there is, perhaps it deserves its own article. --macrakis (talk) 07:53, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Meanings beyond mathematics. 

message: Okay, truncation is removing digits to the right of the decimal, but what is it called when you remove to the left? I thought that'd be mentioned here. 161.184.230.55 (talk) 09:12, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opposite
Talk:June 9

message: Why are "Events" in terms of numbered centuries, but all other headings are in terms of numbered years? Elizium23 (talk) 13:46, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I think Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Days_of_the_year/Template#Subsections is relevant. Toddst1 (talk) 13:51, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inconsistency
Talk:University of North Texas

message: See Wikipedia:Avoid academic boosterism. The lead should be shortened, and focus on UNT as a campus (i.e. its branches as part of the UNT system, its history, and being a minority-serving institution), not recent developments such as its funding in 2023 or its athletic performance apart from its team name & slogan. JohnAdams1800 (talk) 04:00, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for your suggestion. When you believe an article needs improvement, please feel free to change it.  We encourage you to be bold in updating pages, because wikis like ours develop faster when everybody edits. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes—they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. You can always preview your edits before you publish them or test them out in the sandbox. If you need additional help, check out our getting started page or ask the friendly folks at the Teahouse.   ElKevbo (talk) 13:43, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  The lead reads like an advertisement.
Talk:USS Barbero

message: The article is unclear about where the first missile mail was delivered to.  Did Barbero take the mail aboard in Florida and fire the missile to a Naval station somewhere else, or did it launch the mail from somewhere else to a station in Florida?
:Does this rewrite answer your question? --the Epopt 05:39 10 Jun 2003 (UTC)
::It is such a strange concept, delivering mail by missle.  I think if you rewrote the paragraphs that deal with "Missle Mail" to make the concept a little clearer.  In the first paragraph you simply state that the warheads had been replaced by mail containers.  But you don't state *why* (to deliver mail of course!, but are we to assume this?)  In the second paragraph you state what is in the containers.  This is a bit unclear at times.  what are these "covers".  why are all the letters addressed to the president (to the president or from?)  why would the president be sending letters (or receiving them) by missle.  In the third paragraphy you finally clear up the issue and finally state that, yes, they were delivering mail by missle.  Was this a symbolic gesture, or did they expect this to be a practical way to deliver mail?  Were any of the letters carried by the missle letters by private citizens?  The whole concept is quite mind boggling and I think the paragraphs could use a rewrite.  Also consider introducing the topic of 'missle mail' at the very begining of the article. -- smp
:::Missile mail was purely symbolic; however, according to "Mysteries at the Museum" the Postmaster General at the time thought otherwise. It was a one-off demonstration about the many benefits the Atomic Age was providing the average American. RobDuch (talk) 06:12, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Justin Timberlake

message: please give me permission for editing. thank you! Zaigh (talk) 03:34, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: You can post here on this talkpage any specific text you would like to add or change. DMacks (talk) 14:53, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  wanna do editing 

message: Remove china daily a crdible spruce is required. 64.189.18.32 (talk) 08:15, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Charliehdb (talk) 09:35, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 15 May 2024 

message: Justin Timberlake's Wikipedia page states that he "has sold over 88 million records," which is now outdated. According to RCA, his record label, he has sold 117 million records worldwide. I can't update this number, but it would be great if someone who can would update it for me. 
The source for the number is RCA's own website: https://www.rca-records.co.uk/artists/justin-timberlake TechnicolorVision (talk) 00:06, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update to number of total records sold worldwide
Talk:Brandon Teena

message: The article note of the Brandon Teena name stated it was "unclear" how often he used this name, though this is uncited.
Two other articles characterize "Brandon Teena" as a name he "never" used:
* 
* 
If other books/magazines/media contradict these statements, the article should cite them IMO. WhisperToMe (talk) 07:26, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of the name "Brandon Teena" 

message: Note 1, right at the very beginning, says, "Other names may include his legal name, as well as 'Billy Brenson' and 'Teena Ray'", but under "other names" the infobox has "Billy Brinson".  Presumably Brinson and Brenson are referring to the same name, but which spelling is correct?  Alternatively, if both are, perhaps at least "Brinson" could be added to the note? Happy days, ~ LindsayHello 19:41, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name query