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Talk:Winterlude

message: Apparently the tasdfasdfitle of longest skating rink in the world for the Rideau canal is in dispute! A few days ago the NCC folks were out on the ice with GPS sets to measure exactly how long it was.
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It was finally confirmed by Guinness World Records as the world's largest naturally frozen ice rink on Thursday, August 4, 2005. The official Guinness designation said the skateway is equivalent to 90 Olympic-sized skating rinks, or 7.8 kilometers. --PW 19:22, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: This article contains a stub about the Rideau Canal as the world's longest skating rink. I propose that the section be removed and replaced with only a mention and that any detailed information regarding the canal as a rink should be put in the Rideau Canal article as skating on the canal is not purely a Winterlude activity.
Peacimowen 22:04, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Longest Skating Rink stub
Talk:Baron de Clifford

message: The earlier holders of this title were generally known as "Lord Clifford" rather than "Lord de Clifford."  john 18:40, 7 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: *This article does not specifically cite its sources; it does have an external document listed as further reading, but it should specifically state the source of the information is from this external document, or if not, where.
*There are also several broken wikilinks in the article.  Before inserting a wikilink in an article for a non-existent article for future use, the editor should create a stub article.
Jerry lavoie 17:22, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Suggestions for Improvement
Talk:Creature

message: I've added the VfD notice as it's been listed and so the notice should have been added. Personally I have voted to keep it. See VfD. - Andrewa 19:50, 7 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: VfD

message: I asked for this article to be split because of the Magic: The Gathering content, which is not at all related to the description of "creature" as an animal or animalistic human being.  Really what I think should happen is the article split and then merge the section on Magic into the article about Magic, where it would be more useful. --Jemiller226 05:22, 4 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Split or what?

message: What about creatures -- like "Wikipedia Creature"? Is there a wikipedia creature out there? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.72.133.91 (talk • contribs) at 03:08, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: creatures
Talk:Sun Ce

message: The article mentions an area named Qu'e; I have only ever seen it as Qu'a. Anybody? Cao Wei 19:49, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There is some conflict over where Sun Ce actually buried his father.  There are two main beliefs: Ce buried him in Qu'a and Ce then went to Jiangdu or Jian was buried in the Qu'e plains and he went to Dangyang.  I'm currently looking into this but I suspect he was buried at Qu'a.  I haven't found a great deal of information on Qu'e myself.  --Emperor Wu 20:05, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

text: I've just enquired about it and it turns out that Qu'a and Qu'e are likely to be one and the same plains but with different Romanization.  This would explain why Qu'e is rarely spoken of; Qu'a is the more common term for the area.  --Emperor Wu 21:07, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

text: I would say that right now it's unnecessary.  Other related articles all use Qu'e and so there is a pattern of consistency.  It would only be necessary to note it in an article about Qu'e.  If you happen across any other articles that use Qu'a, post something about it and it can be discussed.  --Emperor Wu 19:50, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Place name 

message: "In the game, Sūn Cè is just one more victim of the infamous treatment of Koei to ridicule the characters of the era of the Three Kingdoms, just like Zhang He, Xu Zhu and Guan Ping." This sounds like point of view to me and according to wikipedia, you can't include that in an article.
I personally don't think Koei ridicules any characters in the era of the three kingdoms. I mean it is just a game after all. I think i will delete that line from the text.69.236.165.96 20:27, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is this point of view?
Talk:Progressive Party of Canada

message: I've done some geenral clean up on this article, and have removed two things;
# The claim that Progressives had something to do with Diefenbaker and Mulroney's success in the West in 1958 and 1984. Mulroney's western supporters were conservatives, not progressives. I am less sure about Dief's support, but it sounds like unsupported speculation to me, so I've removed it. If someone can provide evidence and references to support the claim, we can put it back in.
# The references to Tom Daschle and Newt Gingrich. These were just weird, and more confusing than enlightening. The comparison between 21st century American politicians and an early 20th century Canadian party was really tenuous.
Kevintoronto 18:25, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: 10 Feb 2005 copyedit

message: The statement The party also had no national organization, this seems odd since I have a published clipping from Yellow Grass our Prarie Community that mentions John Morrison winning a Progressive nomination meeting in Weyburn for the Weyburn electoral district, in 1921 and it being the largest organized political event in the city to that point.
How can it be argued that the United Farmers were provincial wings when there existed a federal United Farmers party at the same time? --Cloveious 03:30, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: No national organization means that they did not have any organization beyond the local riding level. The Progressives were well organized in each riding, but there was no organization coordinating a national campaign. The federal United Farmers were pretty much the same thing as the Progressives. The party was loose enough that they didn't even regulate what name candidates could run under. The United Farmer's MPs in parliament sat in the Progressive caucus, and the remains of the Progressive Party would eventually rename itself the United Farmers of Alberta. - SimonP 13:44, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: A couple things confuse me

message: The United Farmers article and Progressive Party of Canada cover a lot of the same ground - I think they should be merged. Reggie Perrin (talk) 19:35, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal
Talk:United States textile workers' strike of 1934

message: I added a few more publications for further reading.  Some are more related to Textile workers in general than the strike per se.  We can move them to the other pages when they are created. 
Here's another: 
* Textile Workers Union of America Unity and progress through democracy; the program of the Pre-Convention Committee for a Democratic TWUA. the Committee, n.pl.. [195-?], [12p.], wraps, 8.25x 10.75 inches. Issued by union dissidents.
 DJ Silverfish 00:06, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Textile worker resources 

message: It's an excellent article, but I recall that the textile industry was segregated at this point. Isn't that worth mentioning, since everyone was struggling for jobs in the Depression? I don't know when textile jobs were opened to African Americans. Just trying to fit the pieces together.--Parkwells (talk) 14:18, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Question on segregation

message: Would this constitute an external link? http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1026
Justin --Duboiju (talk) 16:48, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: External Link

message: This article is about a strike that is described by the adjective phrase “textile workers.” It is NOT about a strike that was possessed by textile workers. Therefore, the correct article title does NOT contain an apostrophe. Jeff in CA (talk) 09:24, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not possessive
Talk:David Peterson

message: How was he Leader of the Opposition before he was Ontario Liberal Leader? - Fishhead64 03 February 2006 20:35 (UTC)
He wasn't; the numbers have been corrected.  CJCurrie 20:40, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Leader of the Opposition

message: This assessment seems to be very disputable. We need to get some references in here. However, I don't think we should remove it because it does provide quite a bit of information.
:"The media reported the election call as cynical, and the party appeared desperate when they unexpectedly proposed to cut the provincial sales tax halfway through the campaign"
:Perhaps this turned out to be a major gaffe specifically *because* the Liberals were the ones who raised the tax from 7% to 8% originally. While it's odd the electorate didn't crucify him on the spot at that point, by later proposing to revert this (but never actually doing so) Peterson implicitly is admitting that it never should have been increased... an admission which inevitably cost him the election. I doubt Patti Starr has much to do with anything (without looking up that name, I don't remember - who was she?) but increasing the cost of living 1% for all Ontarians in such a visible manner and then calling a pointless snap election just because backlash hadn't appeared in the polls yet is political suicide. 66.102.83.61 (talk) 15:40, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: "Warning Signs" Section

message: He has been sued for sexual harassment in Ontario, it has been covered prominently by many reliable sources, wondering whether we could include that in his bio. Kanatonian (talk) 20:57, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Sued for sexual harassment
Talk:List of premiers of Ontario

message: The 1985-87 government was not a coalition.
-I agree with the above. The NDP had agreed under an accord to support the Liberals in their attempt to form a government by showing the house did not have confidence in the Miller government. After Peterson was asked by the Lt Governor to form the government, the NDP remained in opposition. --Mphilp 14:21, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Can someone add a "length of tenure" column? I can't figure out how to edit the template. 69.158.42.160 (talk) 18:04, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree but User:117 appears to have launched an AFD against the original article with the outcome being consensus to merge. He has subsequently appeared to attempt to frustrate any attempt to merge. Hopefully he will behave from now on or I am prepared to start an RFC about his behaviour which borders on vandalism. Perhaps, Arctic Gnome, you can start a process to have the original AFD overturned and the article(s) restored given that "length of time in office" tables/articles are pretty standard in Wikipedia for offices such as president, PM, Premier etc. Downwoody (talk) 17:42, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: The dates of tenure are unreferenced, any length of tenure is original research. 117Avenue (talk) 05:18, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: The dates are now referenced as per the Legislative Assembly of Ontario website. Please do not remove the table again. Downwoody (talk) 17:39, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Length of tenure? 
Talk:Swiss Civilian Service

message: I just changed the percentage of the taxe (Taxe d’exemption , in french) from 1 to 3% 01:15 24 feb 2011  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.1.228.21 (talk) 00:16, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I've re-added the bit on the Swiss abroad and slightly changed the wroding. I hope this makes it clearer. Kokiri 06:49, 19 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments
Talk:William Kelly

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Tried to add "William Hill Kelly Jr. was a salesman who died in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center." but User:Wik kept deleting it, stating that "actually, we don't have articles on non-notable 9/11 victims so they don't need to be listed here either."  First of all, there is no policy against having 9/11 victims in Wikipedia, that is handled on a case by case basis.  Secondly, just because there isn't an article about the person in Wikipedia doesn't mean he can't be mentioned on a disambiguation page.
:I see no problem with his mention. If he's not important, no one will write an article on him anyway, and I see no harm with mentioning him on a disambiguation. Sarge Baldy 20:38, Feb 8, 2004 (UTC)
::I agree....plus posting a link will discourage people from continuing to write articles about 9/11 victims and point them to the appropriate wiki. Jwrosenzweig 21:48, 17 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Talk:List of ticker-tape parades in New York City

message: — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.65.68.24 (talk • contribs) 15:47, 15 July 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inserts on both sides of the sidewalk on Broadway list the parades in date order starting at Battery Park and going North. Does anyone know if NYC has a list of these inserts/parades? 

message: I checked the NY Times archives 1850-1980.  There are articles mentioning an enthusiastic reception, but not mention of a ticker tape parade. I do see it mentioned in contemporary news papers running lists of TT parades. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Geo8rge (talk • contribs) 23:27, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Your are correct. I deleted the Einstein ticker-tape parade. Oksuzanne (talk) 23:25, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Unless you have an RS that says it wasn't it should stay. I added Time.com's mentioning of it. Plenty of RS say it happened - GalatzTalk 18:35, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

text: I would tend to believe the Encyclopedia in this. BMK (talk) 20:51, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: There's also nothing in the New York Times archive. BMK (talk) 20:54, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed this now, as there is actually no ticker-tape parade mention in Isaacson,  the TIME listing is dubious and a probable example of Wikipedia citogenesis, and this is absent from authoritative sources such as TEONYC. (I advised Oksuzanne on her original comment, we were working together in-person at an editathon.)--Pharos (talk) 23:56, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  I have doubts about Einstein. 

message: I've removed Jack Binns from the list, as I've spoken to Downtown Alliance in New York City and they say their researcher turned up no evidence to support it. They have never placed a commemorative plaque, so I guess that is their official position. Unless somebody can provide good evidence that it did occur, I don't think his name should be replaced on the list. Emma May Smith (talk) 21:25, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jack Binns 

message: Does anyone have any specific information about when the ticker-tape parade for Ralph Bunche occurred? The only references I can find only mention it in passing. There's no marker listing for it in HMDB (though its list of the NYC ticker tape parade markers appears to be incomplete) and I can't find a record of the parade in the NYT archives either.
I'm not claiming this didn't happen, but I was curious about where "December 1950" came from. The Arab-Israeli Armistice Agreements happened in 1949, which is why I am confused. If someone had a proper source, I would be appreciative. 68.203.139.89 (talk) 17:53, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ralph Bunche
Talk:William Kelly, Sr. (politician)

message: Anthony, apparently you have contacted the Kelly Jr. He didn't tell you what his father's achievements were or (at least) when he died? "He is presumed dead" is just not very helpful. Lupo 22:33, 7 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I never contacted anyone. Anthony DiPierro 22:36, 7 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, I was misled by somebody not signing his comment on a talk page. Sorry. Lupo 09:38, 9 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Lands of the Bohemian Crown (1526–1648)

message: Whew. Such a sensible move to this historical designation. Thank you. Wetman 23:01, 7 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Move
Talk:Chicago "L"

message: :This article is currently assessed as B-class. It was nominated but failed the good article criteria. I have noticed there are several inline "Citation needed tags for 2010, 2013, and 2019. It also has a June 2021 "Gallery" section tag: "This section contains an unencyclopedic or excessive gallery of images" that I do not agree with. This is under a history section that I think better served as a subsection but the historical aspect is interesting and not distracting.
:However, the criteria (#1) states:  The tags are evidence there have been challenges. 
:At this point solutions to solve career tag issues include:
# Supply citations
# Remove unsourced content
# Reassess the article.   
: #4 of the criteria states:  On a first and fast read I only saw a few things that could be improved but aside from the tags I would think B-class appropriate therefore I would think #3 the last choice.  Otr500 (talk) 07:34, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article issues and assessment 

message: I see both "Chicago "L"" and "Chicago 'L'" used across the web and was wondering which one was the right way to punctuate it (with quotes or apostrophes). I noticed that the Chicago Transit Authority uses "Chicago 'L'" on its website. Here's a quote from their site: "CTA's train system is known as the 'L' (a now-official name originally short for "elevated")" https://www.transitchicago.com/howto/riding-the-train/
I apologize if my grammar or formatting, etc. was bad or if this topic was poorly written. I was in a hurry, and am relatively new to editing on Wikipedia. 68.150.108.209 (talk) 16:39, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Whether to use single or double quotes was discussed previously. Since use in sources is mixed, standard double quotes was preferred. That said, they really aren't quote marks originally, but two apostrophes indicating the elision of letters, so I would not object to moving it back to single apostrophes. oknazevad (talk) 17:14, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chicago "L" or 'L'? 

message: Purple line express trains stop at Wilson since it reopened in 2017. See https://www.transitchicago.com/station/wils/ DavidSSabb (talk) 18:41, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: You're probably better off asking at the map image's page on commons, or even posting on the talk page of the person who last updated it there. That tends to work faster, as they already have the file and the ability to update it. oknazevad (talk) 20:04, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map update
Talk:List of scientific units named after people

message: So why is the siemens marked as 'no longer in use'? The SI website at BIPM (http://www.bipm.org/en/si ) doesn't mention any of this. Please explain.
Herbee 2004-02-08
:The change was made by User:Ed Poor. Jay 12:13, 8 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Up till a year ago I used siemens almost every day at work, so I'd say they're still used. Gentgeen 07:09, 9 Feb 2004 (UTC)

text: it's already listed (as of 2009) in List of humorous units of measurement. Bennylin (talk) 10:01, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Axis

message: "In mathematics, an axis is a straight line around which a geometric figure can be rotated."
How can anything rotate around a straight line? Is this a typo or am I ignorant?-Hyacinth 00:53, 8 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, I'm afraid you're ignorant.  Imagine a spinning top (also imagine that it's not wobbling or doing anything fancy).  It's rotating about a line passing from its tip through its handle.  --Smack (talk) 19:30, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: This could also describe rolling a top like a wheel around a dowel. Hyacinth 21:07, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question of understanding 

message: I've moved an interwiki link (cs, I recall) from this page to Axis of rotation.  I don't speak Czech, but I do speak enough Russian to know that it belongs there and not here, so please don't try to reinstate it. --Smack (talk) 22:02, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Interwiki link 

message: Article has been cleaned up the tag has been removed. Mahanchian 13:47, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambiguation cleanup
Talk:Scientific materialism

message: :When people talk of contradictions between science and religion, technically thay are speaking of contradictions between scientific materialism and religion, since science is 'agnostic' regarding the validity of religion.
Science (as opposed to scientific materialism) is not agnostic of religion when religion makes a scientifically falsifiable claim.  E.g. the world is only
several thousands of years old.  Then science (not only scientific materialism) and religion contradict.
An alternative/additional change to my addition of sometimes might be not to use contradiction or to add that the claims of religion can contradict science (not only scientific materialism).
Psb777 00:54, 8 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Unfortunately redirecting this to materialism only confuses matters, as it suggests atheist materialism. Science uses Methodological materialism which redirects to Naturalism (philosophy), a page which fully covers the subject. ...dave souza 10:58, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
Talk:Xebec

message: Would these also be known as Dutch Flute-ships? - Sparky 01:18, 8 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I always thought flutes were kind of tallish and narrow, opposite of xebecs, but despite all my refs, I can't seem to find a good definition here. Stan 01:33, 8 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Fluyt -- ALoan (Talk) 23:44, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Would these also be known as Dutch Flute-ships?

message: The Arabic word ش ب ك not only generates the word net, but also the word 'combat' اشتباك .. Scholarly sources on شباك should be preferred to shallow modern dictionaries,--عبد المؤمن (talk) 03:25, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Don't disrespect etymonline! 
Wikipedia talk:Miniseries of Style and Operations

message: ===MiniSeries===
*Yes
*No
===Style and Operations===
*Yes
#168...|...Talk
*No
What's this page?? -- Taku 01:48, Feb 8, 2004 (UTC)
It's a directory.168...|...Talk 02:15, 8 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Nominations and votes below

message: *Yes
#168...|...Talk
*No
What's this page?? -- Taku 01:48, Feb 8, 2004 (UTC)
It's a directory.168...|...Talk 02:15, 8 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Style and Operations
Talk:Strength

message: I'm still a novice editor with wikiPedia but am actively recruiting notable members of the positive psychology community to contribute and steward pages related to their expertise.  Character strengths like those listed in the VIA Inventory have become very popular as a way of understanding oneself and others, so it seemed appropriate to include a reference to it here, with hopes we can help create a Character_Strengths article soon that is more comprehensive. We would love love love to find more experienced wikiPedians to help - learning how to contribute successfully takes a lot longer than we currently have time available for!  Please post a note to my talk page anytime.  Thanks!
DrMel (talk) 19:59, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Character Strengths