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Talk:Anti-Arab racism

message: This text:
"Israeli schools have been criticized for portraying Arabs as intransigent and uncompromising, and exaggerating Palestinian antisemitism."
Is sourced to an archive of the "Jewish News Weekly of Northern California" and an archive of the "Mideast Journal" which no longer exists.  
I don't think either source is particularly reliable nor does coverage in them merit inclusion.  Any objections if I delete it?
-- Bob drobbs (talk) 04:59, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: It needs to be expanded with better sources. A start would be Daniel Bar-Tal, The Rocky Road Toward Peace: Beliefs on Conflict in Israeli Textbooks, Journal of Peace Research, vol 35, no 6, 1998, pp 723–742; Majid Al-Haj, National Ethos, Multicultural Education, and the New History Textbooks in Israel, Curriculum Inquiry, vol 35, no 1, 2005, pp47–71. There are plenty of others. Zerotalk 08:19, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  Sure, if and when someone wants to do that work completely new text can be put up.  But is there any reason to leave up this horribly sourced claim until then?  -- Bob drobbs (talk) 08:36, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Badly sourced claim about Israeli schools 

message: It should include other historical revolts with anti-arab component such as Berber Revolt and Abbasid Revolution--Acutepter (talk) 17:18, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Previous events
Talk:John Quincy Adams

message: Several of the photo captions in the article give his name as “Quincy Adams”, implying that he had a double surname, when in fact his surname was just Adams Someonefromohio (talk) 19:58, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that was a convention at the time to distinguish him from his father. Peaceray (talk) 20:35, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: But I don’t think it’s necessary now. If the article is about John Quincy Adams, it can reasonably be inferred that “Adams” is referring to John Quincy, and besides, the article text refers to him as Adams.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Someonefromohio (talk • contribs) 20:46, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo captions 

message: If I knew how I'd fix it myself.
https://share.icloud.com/photos/03fxR-SYufGvlNLcSw5DRgXyg
I don't know where the error is. deisenbe (talk) 09:46, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Error needing correction 

message: In mid-November 1846, the 79-year-old former president suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed. Harrison McGray (talk) 18:14, 26 October 2023 (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. WanderingMorpheme 18:31, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text:  The article currently states that he had a stroke in mid-November 1846 at the age of 78. As he was born in July 1767 he would indeed be 79. However, the "mid-November" appeared in this edit from May 2020, without a source. PBS says 78 with no mention of the month, and so does The New England Historical Society. I propose that we drop the month. Favonian (talk) 18:56, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah that proposal sounds good to me, thank you for looking out. WanderingMorpheme 19:45, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 26 October 2023
Talk:History of the separation axioms

message: Yes, I am working on this.
— Toby 02:41 Aug 9, 2002 (PDT)
Thanks, this looks like a good start. We might consider doing a table outlining the various common definition sets that are in use, such as Willard's and Steen and Seebach's. Then again, maybe it would get to cluttered to be useful. -- Fropuff 15:36, 2005 Feb 8 (UTC)
::Reference to Wikipedia should be avoided (WP:SELF). Charles Matthews 09:25, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  untitled 

message: The last sentence in "Origins" reads
   For example, a regular space (called T3) does not have to be a Hausdorff space (called T2),
   at least not according to the simplest definition of regular spaces.
All the sources I can find state the T3 axiom as (T1 and regular), which is equivalent to regular Hausdorff. It may well be possible that there is an example of "Tj does not imply Ti, even though i<j", but this example is simply confusing. I think the example given of "T3 does not imply T2" should either be changed or removed completely. Espen180 (talk) 11:09, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradiction in terms
Talk:Sighthound

message: "sighthounds are gräoid shaped dogs" - what does this word (gräoid) mean? Sounds Swedish! Is it an esoteric cynological term, or a typo? Google only points to this page. Muad 04:48, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gräoid? 

message: The article is written mainly for readers interested in showing dogs. Worse, there isn't context provided for readers who can't imagine this point of view. Best wishes,Rich Peterson75.45.97.146 (talk) 06:58, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: whoa dude. assume good faith.Strange presumption.75.45.106.99 (talk) 01:18, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I needed to step back for an hour. I now realize I should not have responded to you as "dude', and maybe not have said "assume good faith", according to WP:Good faith. I didn't mean to step on your toes, I'm sure you've put a lot of work into this article. I do think quite a bit of the article is related to Kennel societies, which in my mind were (possibly wrongly)the same as dog show clubs.Perhaps I have a lot to learn.But kennel societies are rather alien to my point of view, which (was)my point.So from your point of view, I made a strange comment, and from my point of view, since I put my name to the comment, it's strange to presume it's vandalism. Peace.Rich (talk) 03:48, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: i added the pov tag
Talk:Second Boer War

message: The references in this article have become something of a mess. I have gone through the list of books etc and fixed nurmerous errors and enhanced some. 
I am keen to tackle sorting out the actual article references which are a mix of Harvard and adhoc references. If noone objects, I'm going to jump in and do that. 
I have found that using direct references in the text, and not Harvard, seems to last better here as more editors understand it. BoonDock (talk) 20:02, 21 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I know I’m a little late on responding here but for what it’s worth I say 100% you should/that would be a very much needed and positive contribution.  OgamD218 (talk) 07:48, 15 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Awesome. I'll take that as permission then. BoonDock (talk) 15:19, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Harvard references are dreadful. Prone to error and decay. DuncanHill (talk) 14:14, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Glad we agree ;-) BoonDock (talk) 21:10, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 

message: There description of the article has been extensively vandalised can someone fix this? Tea4life (talk) 15:28, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article Vandalism
Talk:Rosh (disambiguation)

message: Is this entry necessary for a general interest encyclopaedia? Just because Eaton's public domain 1800s Christian encyclopaedia has thousands of entries doesn't mean that this encyclopaedia needs to do so. If we followed this kind of micro-entry format, we'd end up with thousands of tiny entries for Christianity, Judaism, Islam, etc. I totally agree that Wikipedia needs many comprehensive articles on religion, but Wikipedia is not meant to be a religious dictionary or encyclopaedia. All I am asking is that we make sure that our entries are comprehensive, and not unnecessarily fractured into micro-entries. Sub-entries should only be created when there is a compelling need to do so. RK
I wonder if the observation above might pique scrutiny of its underlying presuppositions. Can it be that the academic secularist mindset to deny religious expression and inquiry a place at the intellectual table is at work here?  If we indeed live in a post-modern age, why cannot we allow the world-views and interest of the audience to allocate the topics?  The delight of the Wikipedia concept is that it responds to the real world that is "out there," rather than to the values of dead, white Euro-centric rationalists.  Moreover, this amazing electronic medium is simply not constricted in its topics by "pressure on the pages," printing costs, and library shelf-space.  If you don't like an article in Wikipedia, no one is forcing you to read it, and it costs no one anything to leave it in. Since any article is searchable, there is no clutter; one no longer needs to riffle through heavy volumes of other articles. The physical constraints that generated the impulse to limit information, thankfully, no longer apply: if the reason for it is gone, so should the artifical limits! Someone might find, on criteria that have not been dictated to them by traditionalist, nanny academic gate-keepers, that particular sliver of knowledge quite fascinating.  Stop quenching the joy of discovery and the freedom of information, I say!   71.216.58.211 23:28, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
Talk:E. E. Cummings

message: Obviously in the context of this article I was looking for Edward Estlin, but I'm pretty sure it isn't that rare a name that there are no people to disambiguate amongst? Obviously I managed to find the article, but I really wasn't sure how to search for someone who is mostly famous for going by his initials in lower case. 
My bad! Just answered my own question (so I'll share the answer here). I looked again and discovered a surnames link at the bottom of the disambiguation page, which leads to a large list of such people. However, I think it would be better if that personal disambiguation page also included an entry for Edward Estlin, just in case. 
Not sure if it's worth clarifying the context that brought me here, but I found a reference to another author who used lower case for her pen name. That article claimed it was common, but this was the only other example I could think of. At this point I'm basically stumped as far as Wikipedia goes, though I'm pretty sure I can figure out a websearch that will find other examples...
My bad squared! The (more powerful) websearch led me back to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_with_lower_case_names_and_pseudonyms
Shanen (talk) 00:28, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  No people named "cummings" for disambiguation page? 

message: Perhaps, it is worth keeping the lowercase "e. e. cummings" spelling in the infobox. This is how cummings signed his works, and the spelling many researchers use nowadays. Викидим (talk) 02:55, 15 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  e. e. 

message: The majority of cummings' work depends on typological "play" therefore the word "some" is preferable to "many" as it is more accurate to the poet's actual body of work's reality. HashemK101 (talk) 13:48, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit I made
Talk:Infant education

message: Merge to Early childhood education? Thoughts? pfctdayelise 11:14, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Merge: Yes, this should be merged somewhere. This page is pretty confused about its scope and purpose. --- Rixs (talk) 17:21, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

text: 'Merge:  No, I teach Early Childhood Education which covers the study of children's learning and development from conception to age 7.  One can also study Infant Education, which would include conception to say age 2.  I would suggest that there be links between content rather than a merge.Ctrala (talk) 10:23, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge to Early childhood education
Talk:J. Neil Schulman

message: The version of this Wikipedia entry on me, as of February 14, 2005 contains my own corrections and additions. I found that the previous version was very narrow in its focus, concentrating on my politically-oriented writings. The most complete bio of me is still kept updated on my own website at http://www.pulpless.com/jneil/jnsbio.html but this entry hits the highlights.Jneil (talk) 08:12, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Official Version -- permission to republish granted 

message: Isn't it more usual to list books by the date of first publication, rather than most recent republication? —Tamfang (talk) 22:38, 18 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  book dates 

message: I remember that news of Schulman's death was suddenly scattered about the internet on the 10th of August, including statements from people who knew him, but the next day someone cited a source conventionally considered reliable—maybe it was a newspaper obituary?—saying he died on the 11th. Then nine days later someone corrected this article, citing his sister's statement. Maybe questions are raised about how much weight should be given to various sorts of evidence. Michael Hardy (talk) 21:32, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of death 
Talk:Sino-Japanese War

message: I'm afraid this page will soon need an update.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.13.228.241 (talk) 11:49, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Afraid
Talk:Rectangle

message: This fact is given under "miscellaneous" but does it not belong as a "characterization"? This seems rather inconsistent to me. TheGrappler (talk) 16:39, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: This characterization is already given in another form: a parallelogram with diagonals of equal lengths. Circlesareround (talk) 09:59, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  "The two diagonals are equal in length and bisect each other. Every quadrilateral with both these properties is a rectangle." 

message: Please add phonetic and audio pronunciation of the word 'rectangle'. Thanks Shimmy (talk) 04:12, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: The OED has  Brit./ˈrɛktaŋɡl/,  U.S./ˈrɛkˌtæŋɡ(ə)l/ and the American audio can be found at wikt:rectangle.  Wikipedia's IPA retains 1950s /æ/ for British, so it would be  for both.  Perhaps someone can check this before inserting into the article.  Dbfirs 09:28, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation 

message: Show that Ac bisects BD 41.113.63.39 (talk) 07:36, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Analytical geometry 

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I guess this means: of all the fold-lines that pass through the center, find the one (or two, in the special case) that minimizes the area of the overlap.  Is that right? —Tamfang (talk) 02:29, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, indeed.I just wanted to highlight the special case. Do you like other text of the theorem? Migvnk (talk) 10:18, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  folded rectangle theorem
Talk:Rainforest

message: This article starts with a statement defining rainforest in terms of rainfall. The reference seems to be deadlinked, but is apparently an article about "tropical rainforest". In Australia, at least, rainforest is not defined by rainfall, but by the types of vegetation found there - in particular, epiphytes, lianes (lianas), the absence of sclerophyllous tree such as eucalypts, and importantly a closed canopy. One of the problems with defining rainforest as having annual rainfall between "2.5 and 4.5 metres", is that it precludes the important, although uncommon, dry rainforest, and possibly other types as well.
I propose to rewrite the lead paragraph, defining rainforest in terms of the structure and types of vegetation found in them, and to change the headings "Tropical" and "Temperate" to "Tropical rainforest" and "Temperate rainforest" respecively and to add another - "Other types of rainforest".
For those who may not have heard of "dry rainforest", I include some references and hope to read the thoughts and opinions of other editors. Gderrin (talk) 08:45, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Definition of "Rainforest”
Talk:Draupnir

message: as this is a Norse myth and deals with multiplying rings i feel this may have been the inspiration for J. R. R. Tolkien one ring. specially as he was inspired by mythology and epic poems like Beowulf.Guyver92 (talk) 12:05, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Of course it was. TLOTR is entirely Germanic. Though he denied it. Recently works he wrote were published about ancient Germanic Sagas, proving him a liar and a closet Germanophile. Which is good. Too bad he denied it in life... 73.220.34.167 (talk) 23:56, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  The One Ring 

message: Should something be added to the popular culture section about it being in the Tsukimichi series? The elder dwarves made it to suck up the main character's power and they keep having to make more and more due to the rings getting full on a weekly basis. So it does keep with the basic mythology (dwarves made the ring and a present and it keeps multiplying). https://tsukimichi.fandom.com/wiki/Makoto_Misumi#Equipment Guyveru01 (talk) 07:24, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tsukimichi
Talk:Berry Berenson

message: The only quote on this section is of her sister. I think the "Quotes" section should contain quotes of the article subject. Maybe the quote should be moved to the "Death" section, which already mentiones her sister? Thanks Kvsh5 (talk) 19:47, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Quotes
Talk:Syrinx

message: Well, this is a poser.  Pan pipes is by far the better known name, but the Syrinx article was pretty complete (except for the pipes).  I cut the Syrinx article out of EB1911 and substantially rewrote it, including important information that the instrument was predecessor of pipe organ and harmonica, then belatedly looked at Pan pipes and discovered there was an article already there, mostly quoting from the article on Pan.  
I decided, arbitrarily, to make Pan pipes the redirect and Syrinx the main article, but it is surely a coin flip, given the reliability of redirection.  If you want to flip them back, you are welcome, but using Syrinx as the main article has the advantage of picking up the extra meanings of syrinx and the interesting info on its plural. I think also that one article is better than two here. Ortolan88 16:07 Aug 10, 2002 (PDT)
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And then someone else decided two articles was better than one.  I made some changes to make two articles work.  So it goes.  Ortolan88 13:41 Sep 2, 2002 (PDT)
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Is this the best place for "Temples of the Syrinx" section? It seems a bit out of place. Scix 07:27, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: A computerised algorithm has generated a version of this page using data obtained from AlgaeBase.  You may be able to incorporate elements into the current article. Alternatively, it may be appropriate to create a new page at Syrinx (alga). Anybot (contact operator) 23:49, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bot-generated content 

message: "Pan cut the reeds to fashion the first set of pan pipes, which were thenceforth known as syrinx."
So he got to play her flute after all?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.93.196.165 (talk) 08:26, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, he got to blow her as much as he liked. Syrinx the Nymph (talk) 18:45, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  clarification 

message: I think "a syrinx" means "a set of pan pipes" Syrinx the Nymph (talk) 18:45, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Syrinx is a singular word

message: The syrinx
The larynx is a cavity in the throat and contains our vocal chords. The avian syrinx is called a lower larynx, being differently situated at the other end of the windpipe. It is as if the human larynx were positioned in the chest. 2600:1004:B055:B4A8:0:46:B5C7:D201 (talk) 19:46, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Syrinx
Talk:Cinema of Australia

message: I suggest cutting out the list of actors, and the gallery - perhaps scatter a couple of the most well-known in the body. This article is just too long and unwieldy. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 11:48, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Article is unwieldy

message: It might be a good idea to add a section about indigenous filmmakers. There are some incredibly important projects that have been created by the community and I personally find it extremely odd that an article about Australian cinema makes minimal reference to the Aboriginal community or any actors/creators whatsoever. *Katnotcat (talk) 17:37, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The hard part is finding reputable independent sources. Doug butler (talk) 21:23, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Indigenous Filmmakers are entirely missing from this article?
Talk:Nicolas Roeg

message: This article describes Roeg as cinematographer of Walkabout, while the article Walkabout (film) says he was director. I suppose one of the two needs correcting. PJTraill 19:01, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The credits for the film say "Directed and Photographed by: Nicholas Roeg" Sherurcij (Speaker for the Dead)  11:30, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Walkabout: director or cinematographer? 

message: The lead mentions Lawrence of Arabia, but it's not in the list of films.  So did he or didn't he?  83.70.224.72 (talk) 13:55, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Apparently, yes. But no longer mentioned in the lead. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:20, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cinematographer 

message: The article claims that Roeg employs the cut-up technique.  Note that this is a literary technique, and montage techniques already existed in film before Brion Gysin et al employed it in the literary context.  More likely that Roeg draws on film techniques, e.g. the Kuleshov Effect.  In any event there is no attribution that Roeg uses the (literary) cut-up technique to make films.  (Also see my comments at Talk:Cut-up technique) -- Gyrofrog  (talk) 20:30, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: No longer mentioned. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:23, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cut-up technique 

message: Roeg also made the videos promoting Roger (Pink Floyd) Waters' first solo album, The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, as well as a lengthier backdrop film shown during Waters' concerts for that tour J Edward Malone (talk) 18:11, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Pros and Cons of HitchHiking 

message: The information in the "Film career" section pertains more to Roeg's directorial style and impact rather than an account of his career as a cinematographer and director. I have been looking to expand this article to include such a section and am willing to source reliable information in the process. Any thoughts on this? Hayal12 (talk) 20:51, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Film career