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Talk:Lavinium

message: Needs context (Roman mythology? Aeneid?) and if possible the relevant cite. m.e. 08:59, 26 Jun 2004 (UTC)

message: I have no expertise in this matter, but the Italian article on Lavinio neatly contradicts the identification of ancient Lavinium with the modern resort of Lavinio:
Is this perhaps something akin to Tintagel, where later Romantics attached a mythical name to a known place (or perhaps for marketing reasons)? 
In any case, the general location of Lavinium is fairly clear from the Aeneid: it is on the Tiber but near enough to the river's mouth to be within sight of the sea. Q·L·1968 ☿ 09:35, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Correction: The location I described is for the Trojan camp, which ought (by the prophecy of the white sow) to be the same as the location of Lavinium, but apparently every other source and commentator on the subject disagrees. So fair enough, they're in different places. Q·L·1968 ☿ 09:08, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Disputed identification

message: Where did the Luwian or Luvian archaic Indo-European, Indo-Irano-Hittite-affiliated ethny reside, coincidentally? THINK. Coincidentally, Laurentum/Latium/Lavinium/Lavinia sounds NOTHING LIKE (!) the designation "Luvian" or "Luvite" or "Luwian" (ETC.), am I right...?
I suppose I am merely a victim of schizophrenic delusional disorder.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:304:B34B:A940:4136:65CD:7B72:190C (talk) 10:23, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cryptomythopoesis
Talk:Secretary-General of the United Nations

message: I saw mixed usage of one and the other in the page, for readability, I changed it to 'secretary-general'. Should we use SG instead of secretary-general in paragraphs? In Powers and duties, there's quite a lot of "secretary-general" going around, could we all shorten that to SG within the context of this article? Shadowjonathan (talk) 10:20, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I realize it's been a couple years since you asked this question, but to answer it, personally I don't think spelling it out "secretary-general" sounds that clunky, but if you think otherwise, I have no loud objections to switching it to "SG". Be WP:BOLD! Mz7 (talk) 09:06, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "SG" or "secretary-general"?
Talk:Cher (entertainer)

message: I am not strictly speaking sure of describing her as world famous is correct. But I'll leave it to consensus. JuntungWu 16:40, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually I don't think it's for anyone to say if she's world famous or not.  It's a very POV term, and completely wrong for here, so I've removed it.  Replaced it with "American actress and singer" which is exactly how the majority of the celebrity article are phrased. Rossrs 16:51, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  World famous? 

message: What's with the links in her album section? Most of them link to things totally unrelated to this artice. For example, "Foxy Lady" links to the Jimmy Hendrix song of the same name; "Mermaids" links to the article on the mythical sea creatures, etc. Is it just me or does that seem pretty stupid? I'd rather if they didn't link to anything. DMac 22:08, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Album links 

message: I will fight a bear to get this article moved. If you do not believe me, get me a bear. And I will fight it. -Silence 05:35, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I support this proposal, if only to save the poor bear. But even bears aside, this really should be just titled "Cher", and have one of those, "for other usages of the word "Cher", see "Cher (disambiguation)" or however the phrasing goes. --Qirex 12:32, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move Cher (entertainer) to Cher
Talk:Curtis Mayfield

message: Can we do a strong effort to expand this article, and get a little more into it? I will be making efforts to improve this article. A great like Curtis deserves it. Kaleidoscopic God (talk) 10:07, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll see what I can do, because I agree that this article looks nasty right now, and Mr. Mayfield deserves better. Stevie (talk) 22:07, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs Expansion 

message: Mr. Mayfield was an amazing musician, and human being. I grew up with his daughter.  We were in 4th and 5th grade together. We were inseparable.  He and his wife always treated me with kindness and welcomed me into their home.  I was so saddened when first I heard of his accident when he was paralyzed, and then his death in 1999.  His Wiki page definetly deserves an updated look and some editing.
21:48, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Curtis Mayfield 

message: Really expanded and thickened the introduction section of this article, really showcasing his many achievements as a musician, also makes the article look much more snazzy, but it has a long way to go. If any other editors can help with this cleanup, would be much appreciated. It will take work, but really looking to get this to FA status, it's definitely possible. Kaleidoscopic God (talk) 22:14, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  expansion 
Talk:Medieval Croatia

message: Correct me if I'm wrong, but what it says on the Tanais stone is XOΡOAΘOΣ, Choroathos, and not "Horoathos". 89.138.96.83 17:06, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: The Tanais stone

message: Medule, thee Serbs  may or may not have been invited by the Byzantine emperor along with the Croats.  Either way, it is not relevant nor belongs in an article on the coming of the Croats & the medieval Croat kingdom.  Hence the revert. iruka 05:35, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: But the key point is it isn't an article on modern Croatia, but on the coming of the Croats & their medieval state.  As such, information on the coming of the Serbs is still irrelevant, and covered in articles such as Serbs of Croatia.  iruka 11:30, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Patterns of Settlement

message: "The lack of common genetic lineage markers with modern-day populations that descend from the ancient Persians makes a Persian origin unlikely."
Isn't this quote a direct contradiction to the first line? And also there's no citation.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.190.60.209 (talk) 12:58, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No citation? There's not a citation or a reference in the whole article, in fact. I'd never paste one of those little "citation" bumperstickers, but some footnotes to sources, particularly the ones indirectly alluded to in the text, would be an excellent improvement here. --Wetman (talk) 09:43, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Middle Eastern People? 

message: Against merger Both topics too large for a merge. Dromadar (talk) 00:43, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Not to sound rude, but that's a very poor reason to be against a merge like this.  Both articles combined (even ignoring any overlap) would only come out to about 28K.  Removing overlap between the articles would probably bring it down even more.  For a merger of some kind since they refer to the exact same thing.Radagast83 (talk) 05:46, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Merger proposal
Talk:Jimmy Nail

message: I'm not aware of any guidelines that tell us not to make dates into links.  I just checked the biography standards and there's nothing to suggest we shouldn't - quite the opposite, in fact. Deb 15:34, 26 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Links 

message: Have edited this sentence to remove speech marks and to make it sound less trivial. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.245.18.185 (talk • contribs) 
: I think he said in his autobiography he did not actually go down for GBH; but for ABH. Will eventually do an overhaul of the article and reference everything, although I will probably not have time for a month or so. Essexmutant 23:17, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  GBH 

message: Is it really true to say that he's famous for his "strong Geordie accent"? Well, he is a famous Geordie, and like most Geordies he has a Geordie accent - but I didn't think he was famous for his accent, which is basically just a normal Geordie accent, not a particularly strong one. 217.155.20.163 19:21, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree and edited the article accordingly. The original read better, but it was not true. He just has a geordie accent.--133.62.198.24 (talk) 03:56, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Accent of fame 

message: (he had appeared as an extra in the movie Get Carter)
Oh did he?! I'm a great fan of this film and yet I can't find any evidence that he was in the movie and (if so) in which scene he appears. Some sources state that he turned up at Oxford Galleries (now Ikon nightclub) to watch Michael Caine filming various scenes, but there is nothing to state that he actually appeared on celluloid as an extra. 217.155.20.163 (talk) 01:13, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Get Carter?
Category talk:Units of velocity

message: Hello, shall we rename this category to "Units of speed"? Velocity is a vector quantity, and speed is the magnitude of velocity. Units are attached to the scalar quantity, speed. When a velocity is stated with some units, the units are attached to the magnitude in each direction (customarily unit basis vectors). I don't see that there's any precision that's gained by referring to "units of velocity" rather than "units of speed". Thoughts? Regards, Wile E. Heresiarch 16:01, 26 Jun 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I added 'units of speed' and 'units of velocity' to the category's description to cover the use of the units in either case. I agree with your statement that velocity is speed with direction. The physical dimensions of both are L/T (Speed uses L=distance; Velocity uses L=displacement, where displacement is a vector analog of the scalar 'distance'. I think it's valid to speak of a speed of 5 m/s or a velocity of 5 m/s northwards. Either way, the dimensional units are m/s. Would it help to adjust the description to mention vector vs scalar?  Icairns 00:45, 27 Jun 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, here's another way to look at it. When something is described in terms of meters per second, it doesn't say anything about direction. So meters per second must not be a unit of velocity (since if it were, "X m/s" would indicate direction). Yes? Wile E. Heresiarch 00:15, 28 Jun 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: What are your units of velocity - unit vectors? Given that there are no 'golden axes' in the Universe, indicating fixed reference directions, then will you need to specify the reference frame directions included in your unit vector definitions? On another tack, using Google, I can find university references which agree L/T and m/s for Velocity, e.g. 
as well as the SI webpage
ian cairns 00:28, 28 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Talk:Gibson ES-150

message: If anybody wants to put a picture on this page, there's a really good one at http://www.guitarcrazy.com.au/GibSES1501969.htm
I think it needs one of those charts like the other guitar pages has...I'd do it, but I don't know how.
The ES-150 is one of the most rare guitars on earth, not only was it thought of as the first REAL electric guitar but its sound and looks give it the great gibson name!!!!!!!!!!!!
The last sentance of Gibson ES-150's third paragraph, "His warm, flowing solos, and warm sound revolutionized the jazz guitar and, to this day, influence countless players." is cool.
:The picture is a bit too small, with unsufficient quality and probably copyrighted. The one from Commons is really good and copyright compatible with the Wikipedia. Hope you like it... — MyttO ✍ 13:23, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture
Talk:Uses of trigonometry

message: As for the "number theory" section:
Well, but in order to know which fractions are in lowest terms I have to already know the factorisation of 42, then I can evalue the Moebius function simplily using the definition. Therefore that formula is pretty useless. Army1987
:I find the word therefore above to be a gross non-sequitur. Michael Hardy 21:59, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Number theory usefulness 

message: Please remove the the 1st two sentences (about the "Did you know" gag) as soon as that is off the front page.
-The person who put them there.
:Removed pre-schedule. ✏ Sverdrup 17:03, 26 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: DYK gag

message: The article said:
:Anyone who has taken a course on trigonometry knows that it has applications to such endeavors as navigation, land surveying, building, and the like, but that impression is misleading in that it fails to indicate the nature and enormous variety of the other scientific applications and other uses of trigonometry.
Matt Crypto changed it to:
:Well-known applications of trigonometry include such endeavors as navigation, land surveying, building, and the like. In addition to these, there is an enormous variety of lesser-known scientific applications and other uses of trigonometry.
I think that fails to convey the intended meaning.  The point was that any list uses that are readily seen by one who knows only trigonometry would be misleading.
Since the objection to the original phrasing expressed in the summary is that badly taught trigonometry courses don't necessarily convey even those uses that can be readily understood by those who know only trigonometry, I have changed it to:
:Courses in trigonometry usually make clear the nature of some of its applications to such endeavors as navigation, land surveying, building, and the like, but that impression is misleading in that it fails to indicate the nature and enormous variety of the other scientific applications and other uses of trigonometry. Michael Hardy 22:09, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text:  I think this is OK, and corrects the original quibble. I find it strange, though, that the lead section is so focused on trigonometry courses, students and instructors — I think it would do better to avoid this emphasis. — Matt 22:34, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: "Well-known applications..."

message: Is there anyway that the trigonometric function tangent is used anyway in e.k.g's? If not, what do ekg's use to display the graph?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.19.159.27 (talk) 19:28, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: E.K.G's

message: Several sections read like a children's book. The article uses pronouns and questions that address the user which is not considered appropriate for an article for an encyclopedia. 152.27.16.231 (talk) 16:17, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Sound of the Article issues
Talk:Richard D. James Album

message: How much work does this article need to reach B-class? I can't find any reliable sources about copies sold, background or release. – electricController 15:48, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: To get it to be B-class, I would suggest posting the album at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums/Assessment#Requesting_an_assessment and note you are looking for a B-class review, someone will take a peak at it from there. Andrzejbanas (talk) 17:51, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:   Thank you. – electricController 18:07, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  Not a problem. Great work on taking a step forward on this article. I think its looking fairly good but I'd suggest we combine the smaller sections unless you think they will be expanded further. Sections that are only one paragraph or less long usually look "unfinished" even if its all the information we can get. I often combine "release and reception" sections if the albums I review don't really chart or get re-released or whatever. Might be an idea here, but no real pressure. Great work! Andrzejbanas (talk) 18:10, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks! Great suggestion. – electricController 18:11, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: B-class
Talk:Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone

message: What is the "sfc"? When I know, "SFC" will become a disambiguation page as "SFC" also stands for the Super Famicom WhisperToMe 17:31, 26 Jun 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: A bit late to reply I know but 'sfc' stands for Specific fuel consumption.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.7.147.13 (talk) 17:56, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

message: With some inline citations this would easily be a B-class article. --Colputt 17:41, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment

message: According to the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum and the September issue of its magazine, a Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat warbird modified for Unlimited Class racing sports a Wright R-3350 rated at 4500 HP:
http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/The-Bear-Is-Back.html Dick Kimball (talk) 18:28, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Horsepower
Talk:Spy fiction

message: ==Rubbish==
The article should be taken down. The title is spy fiction but it gives a list of non-fiction.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.132.103.64 (talk) 12:25, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

message: It's really a stretch to put the science-fiction writer Philip K. Dick's work in here by saying it concerns subterfuge.  I have read all of Dick's work and there is nothing in it that is remotely connected with spy fiction in the conventional sense of the term.  I think that this reference should be deleted.
----
I'm astonished there's no mention of Adam Hall's Quiller novels. They're an "anti-Bond" of another kind: where Bond is always in a tux & uses his real name (...), Quiller is always in the mud or on the run, & we don't even know his real name. And Hall's grasp of the tradecraft, IMHO, is exceptional.
I'd also mention a view from the other side, which we in the West almost never get: N G Smirnov's novel Diary of a Spy, featuring agent Edward Kent, notable as being the cryptonym adopted by a real GRU agent & mem thd Red Orchestra, Viktor Sukulov-Gurevich.  Trekphiler 14:21, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Stretch

message: Inconsistency: The spy fiction article implies that spy-fi is an abbreviation of spy fiction.  The spy-fi article says that spy-fi is spy fiction + science fiction.  Which is it?  —Quarl (talk) 2006-11-27 10:19Z
Likely both depending on who you ask. Legacypac (talk) 23:11, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  spy fiction vs spy-fi 

message: The article states confidently that the popularity of spy fiction waned post-1989: I would like to see some evidence for this.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hudspith (talk • contribs) 16:09, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Waning of popularity? 

message: The paragraph on video games reads like it was written by an 8 year old  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.65.121.24 (talk) 07:24, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Video game section 

message: ::After the successful Russian Revolution (1917), the quality of spy fiction declined, because the Bolshevik enemy had won the Russian Civil War (1917–23); thus, the inter-war spy story usually concerns combating the Red Menace, which was then perceived as another "clash of civilizations".
I am dubious about the causality there.  I haven't read widely enough to contest the assertion that the quality of spy fiction declined starting about 1917, but by what evidence or authority do we say that it was because of the  Russian Revolution? --Jim Henry (talk) 12:57, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Causality? 

message: Maximilianklein (talk) 23:52, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: WorldCat Genres

message: “unflattening“ should be “ unflattering” AbeBehr (talk) 11:52, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Typo 

message: From the description "In the sham state of Manchukuo..." until the next section, this seems to be a book description instead of the history of the spy thriller. Uve bianche (talk) 19:33, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Content of a book instead of history
Talk:The Terror State

message: What exactly is an automatic pistol? Go to the wiki page for automatic [pistol] and it says "may refer to machine pistol or semi-automatic pistol". In other words, there really is no such thing as an "automatic pistol".
From the album cover, it appears to be a machine pistol. Recommend changing the text to machine pistol. FiggazWithAttitude (talk) 17:31, 14 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Automatic pistol ?
Talk:Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster

message: His middle name was Lupus? How unfortunate. Mike H 19:11, Jun 26, 2004 (UTC)
:At least his first name wasn't "Peregrine"... ugen64 17:32, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: It was most likely given him after their Norman ancestor, Hugh Lupus, who has a colossal statue in the grounds of Eaton Hall.Cloptonson (talk) 22:34, 12 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Grosvenor married in April 1852 and the article goes on to state that: "Their first child, a son, was born in (April) 1853." However, two sisters (Elizabeth and Constance) precede him in the article's list of issue although no d.o.b.is given for them. I would guess that Elizabeth was the elder of the two and that Beatrice was named after the Queen's youngest daughter (born May 1856) and so born after then (the next sibling arrived in May 1860). I can't find any sources online for the sisters' dates of birth but I'm going to alter the order of the list of issue based upon this conjecture - either way, Victor should be listed at the top as first born, primogeniture or not. Plutonium27 (talk) 18:34, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Cracroft's peerage clarifies - Elizabeth and Beatrice were both younger than Victor.  Elizabeth was born on 11 October 1856; Beatrice on 14 November 1858. john k (talk) 05:50, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eldest daughters (d.o.b. missing).
Talk:Treaty of Washington (1871)

message: Umm, doesn't this belong on Wikisource (or whatever it's called)? older ≠ wiser 13:32, June 26, 2004
:It probably belongs in both places. I uploaded the text of the treaty to Wikisource, but analysis should stay on Wikipedia. Ourai т с 17:07, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Of course. My long ago comment was in regards to the article as it was then like . older ≠ wiser 17:21, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Wikisource?

message: It looks out of place and awkwardly pushes the ordered list beside it. Anyone see a better place for it? Freddy Jade (talk) 03:44, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: British High Commissioners Picture