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Talk:Pierre Mendès France

message: Just a remark. Mendès France has no hyphen as it is the Frenchified version of the original Portuguese name Mendes de França. The common ancestor of all the Mendès France was Luis Mendes de França who arrived in France in 1683( having escaped from the Inquistion after having been tried for judaizing). Firstly he signed the Portuguese name then adopted Mendès France.
For more information it is possible, under certain conditions, to consult the genealogical and historical archives of Pierre Mendès France at the Alliance Israelite Universelle,Paris.
Signed82.125.235.242 11:44, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Spelling and derivation of name Mendès France

message: "(pronounced Man-dez-Fronce)" -- I removed this as it is neither fish nor fowl. 
*"Man" as in English or as in French? (well, it's as in French, since in that language "en" rhymes with "an")
*"dez" as in English or as in French? (well, this time it must be as in English, since "dez" in French is pronounced "dé")
*"Fronce" as in English or as in French? (well, neither, since in English the last part of the man's name rhymes not with "once" but with the second syllable of "seance" -- and in French "on" certainly does not rhyme with "an")
 
If we are to have any pronunciation shown it really ought to be in IPA. -- Picapica 21:26, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed, no help is better than misleading help, in my view. My ordinary desk dictionary, by no means a specialist publication aimed at "linguists only", uses IPA to indicate pronunciations. Ideally, all foreign-language names in the English-language Wikipedia, as well as English-language proper names with unusual pronunciations, will eventually have attached sound-files, as an increasing number already have. In the meantime, IPA is our best tool. -- Picapica 22:20, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

text: Well, that's precisely the trouble with using individually "made-up" pronunciation schemes. I don't pronounce "once" as "wunce". (You are right, though, that I chose badly since that word is pronounced "wunce" in US and some varieties of, especially southern, British English). For me, "once" rhymes with "bonce", "nonce", and "ponce". "Seance", however, does not rhyme with any of those words: the anglicized pronunciation of séance is -- eschewing IPA -- "sayahnss". -- Picapica 22:20, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Pronunciation

message: When or where did he say or write this?Paulturtle (talk) 17:30, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: To Govern is to Choose
Talk:Webb–Haney Act

message: I found this topic today when doing some poking around for the COTW: Roaring Twenties. I am having a difficult time finding the exact text of this law and/or when it was repealed. Also I don't know if it is more common to refer to this law as the Webb-Haney Act or the Alien Land Law, so someone with a more appropriate background should move this page if necessary.
Of course this brings up a whole series of Immigration Laws that have not even been started. Jacob 21:27, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

message: California Alien Land Law of 1913.  Oyama v. California should be mentioned... AnonMoos (talk) 12:23, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Duplicate?
Talk:Tomographic reconstruction

message: Apart from fig. 1, the indices are missing, and perhaps not correct.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.158.85.214 (talk) 14:01, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Figure indices need review 

message: These images were posted at the sinogram page, but as that is a disambiguation page I thought they belonged here.  Someone with expertise in the subject can post them if you want ... Agradman (talk) 18:36, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Images

message: I am a mathematician, but I found this article confusing to the point of being useless. In the diagram, the letter r is used for two entirely different objects, and it has yet a third different use in the alleged explanation. The formulas are not explained adequately. I make no sense of it.
This is far from my areas of expertise, so I am unable to attempt a fix. Someone please tag this article.
--  Solo Owl   18:04, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs to be rewritten by an expert 

message: The "ART based reconstruction" video is definitely an example of a filtered-backprojection where the backprojection is visualized step by step.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:CA:A3E2:8000:4134:5826:CCE4:E3D9 (talk) 21:22, 8 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gallery contains wrong statement 

message: In this equation,
:p_{\theta}(r)=\int^\infty_{-\infty}\int^\infty_{-\infty}f(x,y)\delta(x\cos\theta+y\sin\theta-r)\,dx\,dy
what is \delta ?
MathPerson (talk) 14:26, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for pointing that out. It is the Dirac delta function. I have added a link in the article. -- {Talk} 17:59, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is delta?
Talk:Ingalls Memorial Hospital

message: Ingalls Hospital in Harvey,Illinois is neglecting my 83 year old mother-in-law(she has dementia). The nurses have screwed up or ignored her on several occasions.She had a pacemaker installed last Friday and the leads on it are supposed to be checked at least once or twice per day,everyday. They waited 2 days before they checked them at all. Plus a nurse came in to check her blood pressure,turned on the machine and went to talk to the other patient in the room and her husband for an hour while leaving the wrap on my mother-in-law. I had to take it off myself. Then the nurse came to take her off a machine and pulled it away without unhooking my mother-in-law and yanked her arm hurting it.They have a rule that no person of the opposite sex can stay in the room overnight. My mother-in-law has been there since Feb 9th and my wife or her sister has stayed there every night with her to help her stay calm. Last night the other woman patient in the room wanted her husband to spend the night and they broke the rules and let him. He spent the night arguing with her and at 11:30 pm my wife had to get them to move her mom to a different room. Bluewolf1122 (talk) 13:55, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Los Angeles Rams

message: Village Pump Discussion Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#Notable fans Sections
Should Notable fans section be governed with the same guidelines as WP:IPC  On the grounds each entry should have a reliable source that supports the fandom?   - FlightTime (open channel) 00:30, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't see why not. Though if I'm being honest, I'd rather that section not exist at all. Hey man im josh (talk) 11:42, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
replies: text:  Agreed, not very Encyclopedic.  - FlightTime (open channel) 20:02, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

text: That. It can be reasonable content like at Diriliş:_Ertuğrul#Reception, but on the whole a section for that seems a bad idea. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:38, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

text: Yeah, I guess, but man: this is WP:FANCRUFT at its cruftiest. The prose in the Culture section seems okay; the list of 29 semi-celebs (who apparently live in the LA area, and go to the local team's games, as one does) seems completely unwarranted. — JohnFromPinckney (talk / edits) 21:06, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

text: It looks like I'm the 5th to reply, with apparant unanimous agreement to eliminate the section.  Alsee (talk) 09:13, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

text: Already done, I know, but add me to the unanimity in opposition to the notable fans section existing at all. --Hammersoft (talk) 17:30, 23 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable fans 

message: it says 49ers started in 1950,but that's the year they started in the NFL before that they played in the aafc since 1946. 2601:644:4700:5800:ADB4:3B87:CCA0:819A (talk) 23:32, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Change at the begging of 49ers rivalry section  

message: Matt Lafleur was offensive coordinator for Los Angeles rams in 2017 not his brother Mike. You even have on Mike Lafleur’s page here that he was with San Francisco at the time not Los Angeles. Pro football reference confirms this information, along with your own pages of each respective coach 2600:1012:B16E:8A73:B8D4:AFA4:DFC5:8161 (talk) 04:19, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done It's unclear what edit you wish to make. The only mention of either Lafleur on the page is the current staff, which correctly identifies Mike as the current OC. oknazevad (talk) 10:28, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 26 January 2024
Talk:2005 Dutch European Constitution referendum

message: I'm afraid I removed this pretty pie chart:
225px|none|Pie chart indicating the majority vote against the Constitution
On two main grounds:
*The captions aren't even English.
*It's redundant and mildly insulting my intelligence, such as it is. You are not going to convince me a glitzy 3D highlighted pie chart comparing all of two percentages aids the understanding. 
I'm probably offending the person who made it, for which due apologies, but I really really hate redundant pictures. It's a pet peeve. I'm getting treatment for it. JRM · Talk 21:51, 2005 Jun 2 (UTC)
What the hell happened to this article? Someone vandalised the hell out of it.--Zorbo 13:52, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: "Only in 26 of the 467 Dutch municipalities was there a majority on the subject. In 446 municipalities, the majority voted against." 26 + 446 = 472, not 467. 71.235.184.247 (talk) 23:38, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Math
Talk:Dust bunny

message: "Dust Bunny" is not a character in the cartoon strip User Friendly. That would be Dust Puppy
What do you call the carcasses of insects that are dropped in corners by spiders, and (generally) covered in dust and fluff?  Are these not also dust bunnies? Sittingduck123 09:07, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Older discussion

message: Just wanted to say, I couldn't ask for a better picture to illustrate this article. Those dust bunnies actually are rabbit-shaped! ;-) Stonemason89 (talk) 16:46, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture 

message: Author Merlin Fraser has recently penned a children's story based upon dust bunnies. 
It comprises two stories in one;  the first being that of a modern day grandmother charged with looking after her two lively grandchildren during their Summer holidays.  Problem is, this is an English summer and it’s raining.     In an effort to settle them down she tells them the Dust Bunny story.
Based in England during the 1950's it relates to a young girl called Maggie who, following a riding accident, is confined to her bedroom and the adjacent nursery. One day she hears strange noises coming from under her bed where she finds a spider stuck to a sticky sweet wrapper.   Her efforts to rescue the spider are not made any easier when she hears a small voice dishing out advice.
Enter Floater, a cheeky little dust bunny, who befriends Maggie and becomes her mentor and introduces her to the Dust Bunny world and the adventures begin. 
This is a charming tale and one worthy of publication, the author sees it more as an audio book, read by a woman as if she is the Grandmother of the story.
Trouble is neither he nor I know anything about the publishing world and so the story my live forever in his computer  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fan of Merlin (talk • contribs) 10:10, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dust Bunnies come Alive 

message: I want this article to be featured so bad andyzweb (talk) 21:14, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  featured 

message: I have removed, for the second time, content added by .  I've explained the necessity of verification to Koermendi on their user talk, and explained the problems with the source they cited on my user talk.  I'm bringing this matter here so that Koermendi may have an opportunity to explain their justification for the addition of their content. Tiderolls 01:22, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsourced content 

message: Do dust bunnies cause allergies, in addition to housing dust mites? If so, this article should mention that, and there should be a Medicine WikiProject.--Dthomsen8 (talk) 01:36, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Medicine?
Talk:Argus Filch

message: Following the merging proposals for Flitwick, Sprout and Lockhart, Filch's article is also considered for merging into Minor Hogwarts teachers. Lord Opeth 17:34, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge

message: On the infobox, Filch's allegiance is listed as "Hogwarts," yet his name's coloration implies that he is loyal to the Ministry of Magic (see WikiProject:Harry Potter's guide to coloration). Though a good argument could be made both ways (Filch supported Umbridge, but he never leaves Dumbledore to show any particular support for the Ministry), it would be best to go with one for the sake of consistency. Phi*n!x 23:24, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: The Question of Allegiance

message: can we get a good picture of mrs.norris and what happened to that old image of filch?. anyone?
:I removed the second image of Filch because it was redundant with the other image and thus violates fair use.  However, it remains on the list of images for the WikiProject.  I'll see about getting an image of Mrs. Norris.  I added Mrs. Norris to the list of needed images at the WikiProject image page. -Phi*n!x 20:47, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  mrs norris picture and old filch picture 
Talk:Reader (liturgy)

message: It would be good to have information on the canonical status of female readers, and whether there is an institutional preference for male readers, as might be the case for altar boys or eucharistic ministers. In fact, the question was asked at the 2008 synod of bishops, and as of yet there is no formal response, in spite of the fact that feminine readers are rather common in many Western countries and dioceses. 69.157.229.14 (talk) 08:01, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Gender

message: This article does not make mention to Baal keriah. That is technically a reader used in liturgy. Perhaps there should be a sub-section about this with a link to the full article. 96.232.98.218 (talk) 14:57, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mention of [[Baal keriah]]
Talk:Irma Pince

message: Either this page was taken from wikicities or they took it from here...
--Ariadoss 08:55, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

message: This article should be merged with the Minor Hogwarts Teachers, as Pince has very little appearances and importance in the series. Lord Opeth 22:06, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge
Talk:Superlative

message: Unless someone has sources which support superlatives being ungrammatical in groups of cardinality less than three, they oughtn't make that claim on this page, I left it as a claim made by some as part of their grammars, but it would be best if they would link to a specific English grammar which made this claim.  It certainly isn't Universally accepted. -- 216.143.191.131
The article starts by defining superlative as "...an adjective or adverb [that] indicates that an entity transcends at least two other entities," But then goes on to say later that one other entity is sufficient, contradicting itself. I assume this was the result of differing opinions editing at different stages, but the article really should be unified. I'll get round to this later if no-one has any objections. — Asbestos | Talk 12:44, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

message: I see a reference to "elative" (as a third category alongside comparative and superlative). It seems from the discussion that "elative" refers to the preceding section on "superlatives with absolutes", but I cannot find a definition here or elsewhere laying out what exactly "elative" means. Any thoughts / recommendations?
TimothyMills (talk) 18:41, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Elatives? 

message: From the article: "Browsing in some of the best-known search-engines for "more complete" or "most complete" would establish the frequency of this usage by many millions of examples."
I'm not sure that "go look it up for yourself" is the ideal approach for Wikipedia.  Have we got an actual citation we can put in here?  Also, I've tagged a couple of statements in the paragraph in question because they seem to be assertions made without any actual citations (the claim that using a superlative with incomparables like 'unique' is grammatically okay because it doesn't really mean what it says, but actually means something else).  Usage might make this point, and yes, a Goog Your Favourite Search Engine search might support that to some extent, but I'd be hesitant to rely on an Internet search alone to give me an authoritative answer on anything. - Skadus (talk) 10:26, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Find Your Own Citations? 

message: I think you mean ROMANIC languages
:See Romance languages. Langrel (talk) 21:33, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Romance Languages? 

message: I suggested that Superlative case be merged into here. It would be easy to include a section, and it is an unreferenced stub as-is. DietFoodstamp (talk) 22:24, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge 

message: Please visit and comment here:
*Talk:List of tallest buildings in the world#Opinions welcome
Many thanks.
Anna Frodesiak (talk) 06:55, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opinion needed on a possible page move
Talk:Louisiana Hayride

message: Pete Fontana that is listed as one of the Hayride performers was actually DJ Fontana. He was the paid in-house Drummer, he was also the drummer for Elvis in a band called the Blueboys put together by Sam Phillips at Sun Records. He remained with Elvis after the band broke up.
DJ Fontana is listed under his name in another Wikipedia article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.140.118.61 (talk) 21:22, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  The person Listed as Pete Fontana really was DJ Fontana.
Talk:The New What Next

message: Potential sources for use in expanding this article:
Reviews from sources approved by Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums/Sources:
*https://www.punknews.org/review/3320/hot-water-music-the-new-what-next (staff review)
*https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-new-what-next-mw0000146145
*https://exclaim.ca/music/article/hot_water_music-new_what_next
*https://www.popmatters.com/hotwatermusic-newwhat-2495929223.html
I've got some old issues of Alternative Press that I know have news, interviews, and reviews related to this album too. I'll dig them up when I have some spare time & drop useful bits here. --IllaZilla (talk) 21:46, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources
Talk:Biggest ball of twine

message: According to both World's Largest Things and the  Roadside America article, there are at least two other giant twine balls, but not sisal twine.  Anyone care to research those?  -- Ventura 22:55, 2005 Jun 2 (UTC)
:Somewhere I read about another ball of twine which was even larger than the two listed here, but was disqualified because it was made by a machine rather than by hand.  (No idea what kind of twine it was, or even why that matters...)  Wish I remembered where - some magazine or something.  Must be referenced somewhere. --Lurlock 22:33, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Other balls

message: I may have my roadside attractions mixed up, but didn't the archangel Michael insist on stopping to see one of these balls in the film Michael? --Mothperson 30 June 2005 00:48 (UTC)
There are too many cultural references to visiting a giant ball of twine for wikipedia to reasonably include most of them.128.101.70.121 19:40, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Cultural references

message: This page is currently referenced in today's XKCD comic. There might be some minor vandalism incoming to try to influence today's xkcd comic.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.226.68.3 (talk) 17:22, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: XKCD

message: So this article claims the diameter of the Cawker ball decreased by 3 feet from 1974 to 2014?! --Espoo (talk) 01:26, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: There's references. Prove the references aren't correct.  • Sbmeirow • Talk • 05:26, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cawker nonsense 
Talk:Adam Jerzy Czartoryski

message: What is the reason for that category?--Witkacy 23:00, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov

message: Should "rumors" (that Czartoryski was the result of his mother's affair with a Russian ambassador, and that he himself was a lover of the Empress consort to Tsar Alexander I) be in the article's lead?  I suggest that they be moved to appropriate places in the body of the article.  Nihil novi 18:06, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I moved the rumour about Repnin to Early life section. The problem is that the two "rumours" aren't equivalent. Repnin left Poland two years before Adam Czartoryski was born, and there's no prove whatsoever that Repnin might be his father. There's only some malicious gossip. Izabela did have an affair with Repnin, but it was after Adam was born. On the other hand, Czartoryski's own romance with Louise of Baden is a fact, and is well described in his own memoirs, as well as those of others.--SylwiaS | talk 06:14, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Rumors

message: Some sentences taken from : This book is, according to the historian Marian Kamil Dziewanowski, indispensable to an understanding of the Prince's many activities conducted in France's capital following the ill-fated Polish November 1830 Uprising. Czartoryski wanted to find a place for Poland in the Europe of the time. Poland, in his concept, could have mediated the conflicts between Hungary and the Slavs, and between Hungary and Romania. Czartoryski's plan seemed achievable during the period of national revolutions in 1848-49 but foundered on lack of western support, on Hungarian intransigence toward the Czechs, Slovaks and Romanians, and on the rise of German nationalism. 
Some of these sentences are also present in the Międzymorze article. Novickas (talk) 17:39, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: On which page of Central-European Case Studies does this text appear? Nihil novi (talk) 09:23, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Pages 245-246. Novickas (talk) 13:59, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

text: Plagiarism does indeed appear to have been perpetrated—by Matylda Urjasz-Raczko, author of "Intermarium—History of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth or an Alternative for the Future? The Polish Perspective", in Central-European Case Studies, volume 2, Győr, Universitas-Győr Nonprofit Kft, 2008, ISSN 2060-0461, pp. 245–46.  The sentences in question first appeared three years earlier, in the 06:15, 25 September 2005, edition of "Międzymorze" on the English-language Wikipedia.  Nihil novi (talk) 17:31, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Astonishing, good catch. I was giving the author the benefit of the doubt, since its provenance looked so scholarly. No need to pursue further, then. Novickas (talk) 19:33, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Copyvios
Talk:Adam Malkovich

message: Where was it said that Adam's death drove Samus to "forgo the military and become a bounty hunter", as the article states? I searched the game script and a transcript of the manual and didn't find anything. Then again, I was sorta skimming. Agent CH 03:15, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't remember hearing about this either. ~GMH talk to me 07:01, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

message: His name seems to be a nod to John Malkovich, who starred as himself in Being John Malkovich, a movie wherein people could go inside his mind and control him as a puppet, thus learning what it would be like to be him.
Sorry, I don't see it. This statement really needs a reference for it to stay in the article. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 08:26, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  nod to ''[[Being John Malkovitch]]''
Talk:J'accuse (disambiguation)

message: Nothing is said here that is not already in the Dreyfus affair article. I'm going to Be bold and redirect to there. Please reverse this if there is soemthing to be said for the phrase that's isn't or can't be covered in that article. --Doc (?) 23:22, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

message: There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:J'accuse (letter) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you.  —RM bot 23:31, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Move discussion in progress