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Talk:Dynamometer car

message: Dynamometer cars are by no means obsolete for testing of new vehicles at specialized test centres. Here is an example. David Jaša (talk) 06:52, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Obsolete? 

message: A few months ago I made a trip down to the IRM and this dynamometer car was running: http://www.irm.org/cgi-bin/rsearch.cgi?icwork=Chicago+Milwaukee+St.+Paul+&+Pacific+%28Milwaukee+Road%29=X5000
It's probably worth mentioning that car in the article, since it is operational (I got the pleasure of riding with the crew inside) although it isn't the prettiest, nowadays.
I got very good photographs and video of the interior and exterior. I'm not sure if I can share them without waving my rights to the photos. I could probably find information on that, but I'm too lazy to do it now.
I was also told that dynamometer cars are used in training new drivers, since they can be used to make sure the crew isn't straining the engine or anything else like that.
Trainguyrom (talk) 16:27, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  I have better photos including interior...  
Talk:Argumentum ad numerum

message: Isn't this the same as Bandwagon Fallacy? --Hob 12:36, Dec 16, 2004 (UTC)
:Yes, it should be merged. Shawnc 16:16, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Please see Talk:Bandwagon fallacy for discussion. Shawnc 17:21, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
Talk:Tai Po District

message: Should Tai Po District, which includes Tai Po, Ting Kok, Sai Kung North, Ping Chau, Lam Tsuen, and Tai Po New Town be separated in two articles, or as two sections in one article?
I suggest embedding. - Alexander the Mans 09:27, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Seperate?

message: :File:Tai Po District Council.svg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a non-free use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.
If there is  other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page.  Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation can be deleted one week after being tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.
-- Marchjuly (talk) 01:58, 5 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Fair use rationale for File:Tai Po District Council.svg
Talk:Tseung Kwan O

message: I've touched up the article a bit, since it's the least service I can do for the town where I live :-p. Next step is to find some relevant sources to back up certain information on the page: (1) history of the name, (2) history of new town development. I'll also add a population section and cite the Census and Statistics Department website for that.--Lapin rossignol 16:04, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Touched up a bit 

message: Should this page be merged with Tseung Kwan O? - jlao 04 08:23, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger? 

message: Has someone cut about six sections from this article?  I found a much longer mirror version at Netipedia:
http://www.netipedia.com/index.php/Tseung_Kwan_O
(of course this link may soon be updated to lose that info, but I've stashed it just in case)
1 Geography 
2 Name 
3 History 
4 Tseung Kwan O Village 
5 Population and Constituent Areas 
6 Facilities 
7 Transport 
8 Industrial Estate 
9 Shopping 
10 See also 
11 References 
12 External links 
In particular, this population info seems useful:
:Population and Constituent Areas
:According to statistics from the 2001 Census, the population of Tseung Kwan O New Town is around 290,095. 
:As Tseung Kwan O is not considered a formal entity in the census, the above population figure takes into account residents of the following areas in Sai Kung District which comprise Tseung Kwan O New Town: Hang Hau, Sheung Tak, Tsui Lam, Hong King, Po Lam, Yan Ying, Wan Hang, King Lam, Hau Tak, Fu Yu, Tung Ming, On Hong, and Kwon Ming.
Earthlyreason 09:06, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lost information?
Talk:Ja'far Pishevari

message: So someone put in a dispute notice without rasiing anything on the talk page. Refdoc 12:50, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Roozbeh added the NPOV tag on 18 Jul 2004, but I don't know why. I guess we can remove it. --Pouya 13:39, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: while the issue of the secession is obviouly very interesting and article worthy, I do wonder whether the secession, the republic, the parrty etc should not get put all into one article and the remainder left as stubs/redirects. Refdoc 13:59, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  wikification and spin-off articles
Talk:Ian Liddell-Grainger

message: Is it POV to describe his father's castle as "rather splendid"? Thryduulf 23:30, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: POV

message: He isn't included in the list at Royal Marriages Act 1772 as having received permission from the Queen to marry. Opera hat (talk) 13:21, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Marriage 

message: This is a style given to Scottish lairds and feudal barons. He is not said to be either. Robin S. Taylor (talk) 18:12, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: The Much Honoured
Talk:Ayerbe

message: My English is not 100%, I agree, but this article is written in almost ununderstandable English. Can someone please take a look and make it readable. Thanks, --Jeroenvrp 13:22, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]
Talk:Saturn V instrument unit

message: I'm not aware of any SIVBs going into Lunar orbit; that would require another engine burn as it approached the Moon, with associated fuel. Does anyone have any evidence to support this or should we delete it? Mark Grant 16:29, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No S-IVBs ever went into orbit around the Moon. Andy120290 19:23, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  OK, I've removed that comment. Mark Grant 22:50, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lunar orbit? 

message: The concept of empty weight does not apply to the Instrument Unit; it carried no fuel or bombs, and weighed about the same at the beginning of the mission as later. 
Instrument Unit Fact Sheet. Saturn V News Reference. Changed December 1968.
P. 1: Weight (average) 4,500 lbs, Diameter 260 inches, Height 36 inches
SA-507 Flight Manual
PDF p. 11: Dry weight = At launch weight = 4,306 pounds.
SA-503 Flight Manual
PDF p. 11: Dry weight = At launch weight = 4,873 pounds.
I propose to delete the empty weight from the Specifications.
The references quoted above illustrate how the Instrument Unit varied from mission to misson. It was not a single configuration. I will point out in text to accompany some historical images how components were moved around. E.g. some missions had 3 batteries, some 4. 
I also propose, therefore, to put a tilde in front of the weight.
Edgar Durbin 01:38, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sure, sounds like a good idea to me. Mark Grant 02:06, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Specifications
Talk:Arunachal macaque

message: I have posted a long comment in the Talk section of the main Macaque genus article, about the renaming of all the macaque species articles to "[Name] Macaque" (e.g. "Barbary Macaque") from their traditionally names (e.g. Barbary Ape).
Would you please take a look at that here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Macaque#Killer_Dolphins
And then correct this individual species article as necessary — I'm not sure which macaque species may have actually been called "[Name] Macaque" traditionally.
(And I hope you can see that the fact that I don't know that, after reading a Wikipedia article about the species, is why rewriting reality in Wikipedia is a problem.)
Thanks!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.180.30.135 (talk) 12:19, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Killer Dolphins
Talk:Free, White and 21

message: * Exactly why is this listed for speedy deletion? 129.177.61.123 13:56, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: This article is about two things: the movie Free, White and 21, and then there's a section about the phrase "free, white, and twenty-one". But we don't construct articles like that. There should be a disambig page and two separate articles. However, the article about the phrase would just be dicdef. (In addition, the movie, which after all grossed just $40,000 is probably not notable, but that's a different issue.) So I removed the section about the phrase, beyond a mere mention with a link to the Wiktionary entry.
The removed material, which was entirely uncited, was:
:This phrase has a historical basis which predates its use in motion pictures.
:The phrase is used in the 1922 film Foolish Wives, with the retort being "Well, I'm married--sunburned--and forty-one--"
:The phrase "Free, White and 21" is also used in the 1932 film I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang starring Paul Muni.  Muni stars as prisoner who escapes from a chain gang and falls in love. While on a romantic outing with his young love, Muni asks the young lady if there is anything that requires her to be home and she responds by saying she has no responsibilities, she is "free, white and 21".
:The phrase is used in the movie, The Conquerors, a 1932 Radio Film, by character Matilda Blake, played by Edna May Oliver.  The phrase is spoken in the last five minutes of the film. Ruby Keeler utters the phrase in the film "Dames" (1934). 
:The phrase is also spoken by Henry Fonda to Bette Davis in the 1937 film "That Certain Woman".
:Ginger Rogers declares "I'm free, white and 21," as Kitty in the 1940 film "Kitty Foyle" to assert her right to make her own decisions. Similarly, Inger Stevens utters the phrase to Harry Belafonte in the 1959 film, "The World, the Flesh and the Devil".
I see the Soft Machine lyrics here, and the Wiktionary entry has a cite. It's possible that an article about the phrase could be created. It's an interesting social artifact. Herostratus (talk) 05:43, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removing refs to phrase "free, white, and twenty-one"
Category talk:Redirects from plurals

message: It's needless. There are myriads of redirects from plurals. If we list them all, this category will become way too large. Science3456 22:13, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needless? 

message: Please see Category talk:Redirects from other capitalisations#Is something wrong? for why I changed to the  template. 
 —  Paine Ellsworth ( CLIMAX )  06:03, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template:LargeCategoryTOC2 

message: Email code access link siddiqueemizan20@gmail.com 103.138.145.124 (talk) 00:05, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  My Facebook account has been locked
Talk:Laurie R. King

message: The sentence "Her family moved from England to California, U.S., at the beginning of the 20th century."
is unclear to me.  Apparently it refers the the authors ancestors, otherwise she's over 100 years old.  My first thought was it meant 21st century rather than 20th.
:What's more, it's not exactly true, since it implies the move was directly from England to California. And it's out-of-place in the article. You know what, I think I'll just delete it. --Paul A 03:54, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comments 

message: I got the list of awards from her web site bio page at http://www.laurierking.com/bio.html.  However, several of these awards don't seem to have wikipedia entries.
Edgar Award for best first novel from the Mystery Writers of America does.
John Creasey award from the Crime Writers' Association (Britain doesn't (yet).
Macavity award from Mystery Readers International  and the Anthony awards don't.
Agatha best novel award doesn't.
The Nero Wolfe award, best novel doesn't.
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I added an entry for the presenters of the Macavity and I'm researching the Nero now. RJFJR 05:16, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Awards
Talk:West Kennet Long Barrow

message: I've been here.  It scared the be-jesus out of my girlfriend.  It's much more authentic and spooky than what Stonehenge has become. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.22.43.96 (talk • contribs) 14:21, 16 December 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment

message: I've created a new template for megalithic sites, Template:Megalith, as used on Pikestones and Round Loaf.  Some instructions on the template talk page, to show how to use it.  Cheers! --PopUpPirate 13:29, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Template:Megalith

message: The gallery of photos doesn't seem to be functioing except for 2 photos, on 1 June 09.  --Jduley.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.27.62.92 (talk) 06:16, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Gallery
Talk:Gordon Keith (radio host)

message: I removed some trivia and copy edited the lead. --Tom 14:42, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Removed trivia

message: Does this have to be 1/2 the article? Maybe a line or two? TIA --Tom 14:44, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Controversey section

message: Please add the following to the bio...
Keith did not graduate from college, however in 2015, Keith was presented with an honorary doctorate degree from the Unversed ion North Texas. 
RSCHMI33 (talk) 00:23, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: It appears that you'll be autoconfimred within 3 days, at which point you can make the edit yourself. — Andy W. (talk) 20:59, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 2 November 2016 
Talk:Muzak

message: Elevator music has been merged to  Muzak per WP:OVERLAP - overlap, context, and duplicate - the two articles work better together, otherwise Elevator music fails  WP:DICDEF. The section is at Muzak#Elevator_music, and will need editing to reduce duplication. SilkTork ✔Tea time 12:02, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Merged from Elevator music

message: The statement "The word Muzak has been a registered trademark since December 21, 1954 of Muzak LLC,[4]" is supported by a dead link.  The WIPO Global brand database shows a TM registration in Germany in 1965, now inactive, but nothing earlier.  Only a French TM registration (from 1987) is still active.  I'm not sure what the original writer intended to convey with the statement, but it is inaccurate and somewhat misleading because it does not convey the geographic limitations of the registration or that at least the earliest registration is now inactive.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.168.162.7 (talk) 17:17, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Trademark Status

message: "Muzak merged with Yesco in September 1986. When Muzak began programming original artists in 1984, it was after merging with Yesco, and the programming was done by Yesco."
: In addition to fixing the chronological contradiction, suppose one of you rewrites that without the grinding example of WP's endemic, compulsive name-overmentioning? (We need a good acronym for that syndrome, too.) – AndyFielding (talk) 11:33, 6 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yesco confusion 

message: The article currently claims that there was internal company research done to prove that their music was effective, but the claim is unsourced, and I couldn't find anything proving it in the literature. Indeed, even now it seems that the effectiveness of music on productivity has not been fully proven. Did Muzak know if their music actually work? Kczaj (talk) 05:20, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Was any research actually done? 

message: I've added an issue template to the section regarding Muzak's connection to the World Trade Center, which is too excessive and unsourced, and I don't see why it should be significant to the article as a while. 46.39.172.198 (talk) 22:50, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed the whole thing. --jpgordon𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇 00:21, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Section on World Trade Center
Talk:Economy of the United Kingdom

message: I accidentally got rid of the infobox! I don't know how to replace it! Help! StatisticsUpdater (talk) 11:39, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox 

message: In the 2020 section it says "... estimation that the economy could shrink by 35% in Q2 2020". Should this sentence be removed, I don't think an article summarising the UK economy should include estimates or forecasts that do not link to subsequent actions or results (ie it is OK to include a reported estimate if followed with an actual outcome or some change in policy). Wikipedia:NOTFUTURE John a s (talk) 23:05, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, should be removed. Plus it is a very rough estimate and likely to be superceded with better data. Jolly Ω Janner 01:13, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  2020 section - remove forecasts 

message: No unbiased independent organisation is calling the UK an emerging market. Only the UK's back-stabbing economic rivals are saying that. Firebrace (talk) 19:52, 15 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know what you mean by "back-stabbing economic rivals", which doesn't sound like the kind of description that has a place in discussion of article content, but the editor who keeps adding this is . Thegoodsoul, please stop - a few speculative opinion pieces aren't enough to change the classification of an economy. Cordless Larry (talk) 20:45, 15 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, it got your attention. Firebrace (talk) 22:53, 15 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "UK is an emerging market" 

message: (moved from :Category:Wealth in the United Kingdom)
The difference in wealth between the wealthiest 10% and the poorest 10% has been increasing since 2008.  The richest 10% of households owned 45% of national wealth in 2018, while the poorest 10% owned only 2%.Gap between rich and poor grows alongside rise in UK's total wealth The Guardian
--Estopedist1 (talk) 07:07, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wealth in the United Kingdom 

message: This seems a little out of place as the section is, by definition, about things that are recent.
If no-one objects I think it should go. Lukewarmbeer (talk) 11:32, 2 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Rather than removing it completely, I've moved it to the start of the history section as a whole, which only starts in 1945. Cordless Larry (talk) 12:45, 2 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  The 'Recentism' template
Talk:Joseph Proust

message: Someone needs to add a summery of this guy before the first headline like most of the bio's have.  -Scruff323
Why has everyone been so worked up about gold for so long? Apparently this guy's got the recipe, lol... -John  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.62.26.100 (talk) 21:12, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Stephen Milligan

message: ...led to a greater public awareness of auto-erotic asphyxiation and self-bondage and their risks.
Yeh, every cloud has a silver lining!
That last sentence needs some work.
It is true that it greatly increased awareness in the UK of autoerotic asphyxia; it gained considerable media coverage. Prior to Milligan's death, most people knew little or nothing about the practice, for many people, it was the first time they had heard of it. Biographies 2 (talk) 13:57, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Public awareness 

message: A colleague of mine, who is rather strange, had a back-door key to Stephen Milligan's house at the time of his death. We were 12/13 at the time. I never found out why he had the key and the colleague (then good friend) went very strange a few years later and now doesn't talk to anybody and is an alcoholic.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.223.81.88 (talk) 09:13, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Back door key 

message: # Orange, or orange segment? 
#There is much speculation on the web that he had used the orange as a way of self-administering amyl nitrite. Does anyone have an authoritative cite (such as, say, the coroner's report) either confirming or refuting this? 
-- The Anome 11:27, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: [This blog http://www.newsmedianews.com/milligan.shtml] claims that amyl nitrite was not found, and that this removed a major plank from the misadventure theory, but then there is the "wake up" theory of citrus fruit below.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.251.226.41 (talk) 22:26, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

text: The coroner's verdict was "death by misadventure". Nobody's suggesting it was suicide.
Segments of citrus fruit are used to "wake up" when somebody is almost passed out during autoerotic asphyxiation.  This is well known.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.174.181.141 (talk) 06:46, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  That orange 

message: Should his date of death not be given as "c. 5 February 1994," as this is an assumption rather than certain fact? P M C 19:13, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: In any event, it seems rather odd that his death of date is given as both 5 February 1994 and 7 February 1994 on the page. It's a shame that there hasn't been discussion on the matter as it's rather difficult to reach a consensus without it. --GusF (talk) 20:11, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of death. 

message: The 'details box' and the 'Personal life' section give conflicting information on this. Could someone please check their sources? Harfarhs (talk) 22:12, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Relationship with Julie Kirkbride
Talk:Earl of Wessex

message: The present holder of the title remains Prince Edward who is now the Duke of Edinburgh.  His son, James, who has since birth been known as Viscount Severn will know be known as James, Earl of Wessex.  In both cases, Viscount Severn and Earl of Wessex are courtesy titles for James.  His father, Prince Edward remains the holder of the title. 2.96.46.87 (talk) 15:20, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Present holder of Earl of Wessex follow Prince Edward becoming Duke of Edinburgh 

message: Only Viscount Severn is a subsidiary Earldom of Wessex. The Earldom of Forfar is of the same rank so cannot be subsidiary, by definition. 2.96.46.87 (talk) 22:59, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Apologies for reverting your edits earlier, you're correct Earl of Forfar is not subsidiary. Although, titles of the same rank can still be subsidiary titles. An example is the dukedom of Wellington where dukedoms and a princely title are subsidiary titles of Duke of Wellington. DDMS123 (talk) 23:31, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I just realised that these two earldoms are similar to the dukedoms of Cornwall and Rothesay where Cornwall is used in England and Rothesay is used in Scotland. In this situation, Wessex is used in England and Forfar is used in Scotland. DDMS123 (talk) 23:37, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I reverted the edits back to your version. DDMS123 (talk) 23:40, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Subsidiary Titles
Talk:Easy rider (slang)

message: Beginning with the railroad "references" in the third paragraph this article veers off topic badly. The article needs a serious re-writing. Teneriff 03:43, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Veers off 

message: Isn't it a violation of copyright to post song lyrics on Wikipedia?
: If the lyrics are under copyright it is; if not it is not. -- Infrogmation 00:59, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Do the Led Zeppelin lyrics differ from other versions? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 12.75.234.239 (talk) 03:18, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: An earlier reference in rock and roll was made by Iron Butterfly [] Zrylam 07:24, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Led Zeppelin Lyrics