lflage/wiki-talks huggingface dataset:
Talk:Jeffrey Sachs

message: I took the freedom to post a summary and my interpretation of an interview with Prof J. Sachs by CNNnews18 during the recent G20 New Delhi summit in September 2023. I think J. Sachs' analyses of the current geopolitical situation deserve some attention, but I don't share all of his views. In recent months, foreign policy interventions by the US State Department were positive, particularly the release of prisoners in Iran and in the US, as well as the lifting of some oil-related sanctions that allow Iran to purchase some essential goods for its population. I am not trying to subvert the work of US diplomats and their attempts to find peaceful solutions during a time of conflict. Thank you. ML (Zurich, Switzerland) 31.10.147.97 (talk) 21:18, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: We need an independent source that demonstrates any mention of this interview or his opinions deserve mention in an encyclopedia article about Sachs. --Hipal (talk) 21:34, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you. 31.10.147.97 (talk) 21:47, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  India 

message: In general, political endorsements are WP:NOTNEWS and WP:RECENTISM without high-quality, independent, in-depth references that clearly indicate why the endorsements are important to the subject's life. --Hipal (talk) 18:03, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Political endorsements 

message: It is imperative his knowledge of post Cold War NATO, specifically American foreign policy. He offers a level of truth backed by historical events. Americans should know what generations of our leaders have been up too. This interview is Gold and should be covered in the article. 2605:A601:A5C9:7E00:A55A:6819:EA8E:23A7 (talk) 17:54, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Unlikely, given Wikipedia's content policies. --Hipal (talk) 18:43, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tucker Carlson Interview
Talk:Chainik

message: I personally vouch for the term to be in use during my high school times (late 1960s), the times the bastard operator from hell was not even born yet. :-) Mikkalai 05:32, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)

message: In Polish there is also word "czajnik", lanowned form ours east brothers, witch now is used in juvenal slang in this same idiomatic meaning ;-) Follow by white rabbit 07:28, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  In Polish too!
Talk:Brookfield High School (Ottawa)

message: I believe Miss Kingsbury would say that an apostrophe forms the posessive,not the plural of a word.Dhodges 05:45, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: What does the word "composite" mean in this sense (bottom of the lead)?  It's linking to a website that seems to have absolutely nothing to do with this subject.  Spangineer ∞ 20:25, Apr 19, 2005 (UTC)
1. comprehensive school, composite school -- (a large British or Canadian secondary school for children of all abilities). Incidentally, thanks for pointing this out. I’ll have to check the other Ottawa schools to see if they point to the same link. --Dhodges 23:37, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: composite
Talk:Kumbh Mela

message: The piping is per the IMOS rules and the use of "People" rather than "Famous people" or some variant is standard usage in IrlProj articles. Sarah777 (talk) 15:39, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Stop edit warring at [[Calverstown]] 

message: added the following to the lead without a citation:  The editor also add a picture (see right).09:28, 28 February 2023
There needs to be a citation for the text.  This was requested, but not provided. The additions have therefore been deleted.-- Toddy1 (talk) 15:45, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsourced text with red link and picture
Talk:Church of St Walburge, Preston

message: I wish someone would take some nice pictures of this church on a sunny day! Amandajm (talk) 12:37, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Lighter is definitely better, thank you! Amandajm (talk) 03:07, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Photo
Talk:Stuff

message: See also: 
*Wikipedia:Bad jokes and other deleted nonsense/Stuff
*Talk:Stuff (disambiguation), some minor discussion--Commander Keane 11:53, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

message: I like stuff  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.38.140.34 (talk) 16:55, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: All that information seems suited to Wiktionary, but not Wikipedia. LWizard @ 03:07, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  common language of the word stuff fed) 

message: It says that in baseball, "stuff" refers to the drugs that players are doing. Is this something I'm not aware of, or is it vandalism?-- 23:02, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, it appears to be vandalism, so I'll go ahead and remove it for now.  If anyone comes across a reliable source for this use of the word stuff, please add it back. Shanata (talk) 13:47, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Drugs? 

message: hi  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ricky495654 (talk • contribs) 14:04, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 29 April 2024
Talk:Fahri Korutürk

message: ==Surname==
Can the rest of us get an explanation of what his surname means?
--82.143.195.102 16:54, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comments 

message: Can the rest of us get an explanation of what his surname means?
--82.143.195.102 16:54, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Surname

message: "He is considered to have ruled the country with an iron fist until 1979. He had great admiration for the founder of Turkey, Ataturk. However, he is widely believed to be a lesser person as a military man, or a leader due to the many verbal gaffes he has made."
This text remarkably overlaps (except for the year) with Kenan Evren. Is it correct? Sander Spek 08:55, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment
Category talk:Abstraction

message: I have a problem with the whole existence of this category. It doesn't make sense. What do these have in common? It's too vague and arbitrary. Revolver 09:12, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Natural language satisfies this requirement, so by this definition, ALL of wikipedia belongs to this category. Revolver 09:13, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  ? 

message: You're right. A natural language will employ 500 to 50 000 words to describe the universe. And an abstraction is a device to make something more manageable. Since the Hrair limit of 7-9 ideas is our natural limit of cognition, we need additional devices to survive the huge number of terms that Natural language can provide us. Thus, some categories, like number, form etc evolved to address this huge mismatch in our ability to think versus talk.  The WP category is a step in this direction. Your thoughts on this problem are welcome. We need all the help we can get. Ancheta Wis 11:38, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: This category (or its position in the hierarchy) looks decidedly POV and confusing to me, especially putting it on the Main Page. --Henrygb 00:38, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  You're right. It is a [[technology]]. 

message: Should this or Cat Thought be the fundamental? Thought makes more sense to my mind. Marskell 15:26, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fundamental cat 

message: I think that there should be some more examples of abstract concepts so that you get a beeter idea of what abstract concepts are.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Howlinghooves (talk • contribs) 02:44, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Examples 

message: I have no problem with this category, it is itself an abstraction. I do agree that we need more examples and I will see if I can shed some light. My overall feeling right now is that abstraction is a reduction in detail (topicality), but affords an increase in applicability. Perhaps I need a knowledge theorist to help me with the language side of this.
I use abstraction a lot to solve complex problems, like how to improve intelligence analysis.
Jas (talk) 12:01, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  It is Abstracted 

message: by definition, abstraction is a conceptual systems. So abstraction is a conceptual systems's subcategory, not reverseZipodu (talk) 15:43, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Abstraction become  a conceptual system's subcategory.
Talk:Sanaag

message: Hello, 
Please change “Sanaag is a region of northeastern Somaliland” to “Sanaag is a region of Somalia”. A  search into Google map or UN or other credible sources can prove Somalia’s sovereignty. 
The description of Sanaag region as provided in this article is highly inaccurate and promotes only the Somaliland version. To be objective, please allow others to edit and provide enough credible citation for each statement. 
Sanaag is a region of Somalia, a sovereign state recognized by the United Nations. Somaliland was founded by former rebel group leaders aspiring to dismember the country. No single country recognizes its unilateral claim to statehood. That is a fact. Second, with respect to who controls the region, except for Elafwayn, the rest of the official districts: Erigavo, Badhan, Dhahar, and Las Qoray are self-administered by the Warsangali, a major clan that helped establish Puntland, a federal member state of Somalia. 
See this report https://www.fao.org/3/ae507e/ae507e.pdf
In sum, the Wiki article is far from the truth. It seems intended to promote a political objective and that is secession. Somaliland promotes lies and fabrications about this region to hoodwink unsuspecting foreigners or international aid agencies.
Please revise. 
Mohamed Elmi 67.4.148.113 (talk) 08:11, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the  template. Actualcpscm (talk) 08:22, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 27 March 2023 

message: Monamohamud (talk) 11:14, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Lightoil (talk) 14:14, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 9 August 2023 

message: Sanaag, officially "The Egyptian State of Sanaag," per July 15, 2021 constitution of the State. 198.153.9.213 (talk) 14:04, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: why would a region in Somaliland call itself an Egyptian state?   –Skywatcher68 (talk) 14:57, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 17 August 2023 

message: The page need to be changes from sanaag being part from illegitimate and unrecognized somaliland to being part of the the legitimate regognized country of Somalia. Adam yuusuf (talk) 14:03, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please establish consensus before using the  template. It seems that the suggested changes would have Wikipedia take a side in a dispute to right a wrong. HouseBlastertalk 23:11, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 1 October 2023 

message: The dispute is against Somalia, not puntland only. Puntland is apart of Somalia. Dervish10 (talk) 19:56, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's already described as a "Federal Member State of Somalia". M.Bitton (talk) 13:11, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 10 February 2024
Talk:Ferryhill

message: This page may be useful
Wikipedia:WikiProject UK geography/How to write about settlements
--ClemRutter (talk) 23:46, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Moving forward
Talk:Roxburgh

message: How do Scots pronounce this name?
rocks-burra
This town was once called Marchidun, and might have been Arthur's "Camelot," according to Alistair Moffat's "Arthur and the Lost Kingdoms." ---G.T.N. (talk) 17:57, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

message: The old Time Team page isn't there any more. It must have gone somwhere - I can't imagine they've just binned it. It's still in the web archive and the book linked to from the archives site is available from The Rowans - 91.125.183.157 (talk) 13:27, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Further reading 

message: There are many OTHER towns and localities..
scattered all across the world.. 
Which bear the name of:
ROXBURGH.
Sadly.. Facebook - being one of the largerst social media websites..
CANNOT distinguish between any "other" town or locality of:
Roxburgh.
And thus enforces all ROXBURGH citizens.. to "accept" Roxburgh, UK as their hometown.
Sadly..
in my case.. 
I HAVE NEVER EVER BEEN TO THE UK..
(and more the merrier - neither do i ever WANT to go to the UK)
However.
Roxburgh, New Zealand.
never gets a mention..
When anyone "searches" wikipedia for "ROXBURGH"
One has to already know that Roxburgh, Otago (NZ) exists.. to ever find it.?
WHY IS THERE NO REFERENCES..
ON A LANDING PAGE..
For alternative localities of:
ROXBURGH
Do you mean 
"ROXBURGH" -- in...
UK
NZ
USA
?
?
?>  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.237.24.156 (talk) 23:15, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other Places Called: ROXBURGH
Talk:Tiwanaku

message: An interesting and potentially useful paper about :Arthur Posnansky that includes discussion about his research at Tiwanaku is:
Marsh, E.J., 2019. Arthur Posnansky, the Czar of Tiwanaku Archaeology. Bulletin of the History of Archaeology, 29(1), p.1. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/bha-605
I do not known this journal's reputation. Paul H. (talk) 01:16, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arthur Posnansky, the Czar of Tiwanaku Archaeology 

message: Hi, there is a back and forth discussion about various aspects of the Tiwanaku Site occurring in the talk section of the article about :Arthur Posnansky. Commentary with numerous links to web pages and citations to reliable references have been posted. Paul H. (talk) 17:03, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discussion about Tiwanaku Site occurring in talk section of article about Arthur Posnansky 

message: This article says some of the stonework at the site suggests (without citation) "the existence of aliens" - I assume that's not really Wikipedia approved language? 64.92.51.254 (talk) 23:07, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Aliens?
Talk:Lady Hester Stanhope

message: Hi,
just wrote the german article about Hester and read yours...
selamlar! --81.213.28.12 12:50, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: In your article it is mentioned that Lady Hester Stanhope visited Israel, there was no Israel at that time, she visited Palestine as you rightly mention. Please correct your article accordingly.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.174.47.96 (talk) 08:22, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: , thanks. – Joe (talk) 10:55, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Israel
Talk:Dan O'Connor (actor)

message: For a May 2005 deletion debate over this page see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Dan O'Connor
From VfD:
A game show contestant, otherwise non-notable. As far as I know, Wikipedia doesn't have articles on people who've won other types of game shows (EG Jeopardy, Password), why should we make an exception for reality shows? Simply outlasting a dozen other people seeking their 15 minutes of fame doesn't seem notable in my book, especially considering how many reality shows there are nowadays. Wikipedia is not paper, but come on, 100 years from now, is anyone going to care who won Big Brother 5 or Amazing Race 3, let alone who participated? And if info is to be kept, how about a single table for the show's winners, not breakout articles for each otherwise non-notable contestant. Niteowlneils 13:03, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Ok, that image that was put up wasn't of good quality & didnt have the appropriate copyright tags, so in the meantime I'm taking down the image.  I had no idea why the last image was deleted, but a better quality image with the appropriate copyright tags would be useful. --Arnzy (talk • contribs) 13:18, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Image

message: As it won't let me do this anywhere else, I will state it here. 
According to Wikipedia rules;
"Wikipedia is not an advertising service. Promotional articles about yourself, your friends, your company or products, or articles created as part of a marketing or promotional campaign, will be deleted in accordance with our deletion policies. For more information, see Wikipedia:Spam."
Also, this user has multiple articles using Dan O'Connor and Daniel O'Connor. This would also constitute a Spam violation of the policies noted.
Removal of this article is justified. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Grouchysmurf71 (talk • contribs) 13:43, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Violation of Stated Rules By This User
Talk:Mastodon

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: not moved.  – robertsky (talk) 13:36, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Mastodon →  – The informal name "Mastodon" can refer to a lot of proboscidean genera because of the historic usage of the junior synonym as a wastebasket taxon, but it is most often used for M. americanum and not commonly other mammutids of the same genus. Therefore, the genus Mammut would be more appropriate for this article, and it already pulls up nearly 20,000 results on Google Scholar. PrimalMustelid (talk) 11:16, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

text: oppose per WP:NCFAUNA we should stick to the common name—blindlynx 16:42, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: WP:NCFAUNA doesn't apply here, though. This article here isn't about M. americanum alone, it is about the entire genus Mammut of which "mastodon" most often refers to the type species M. americanum. PrimalMustelid (talk) 17:58, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: It does not seem that 'mastodon' refers to just m. americanum—blindlynx 23:05, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

text: Support per WP:PRECISION and nom. Happy editing, SilverTiger12 (talk) 18:38, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

text: Oppose I agree with Hemiauchenia that the occasional use of "mastodon" for other genera historically is not significant enough to warrant the move. I also don't think "mastodon" is necessarily restricted to M. americanum; for example, the paper describing M. pacificus referred to it as a mastodon. Finally, Hemiauchenia has a point about "Mammut" being used for mammoths in other languages; "mastodon" seems less confusing/ambiguous. Zach Varmitech (talk) 22:01, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 25 April 2024
Talk:Mammutidae

message: Here is the error, this page is Mammutidae, which is the mastodons, but it is redirected to the mammoths, who did not belong to the Mammutidae but to Elephantidae. Dan Koehl 14:08, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I think this page should be wiped out, and the Mammutidae search term should be redirected to Mastodon.  I would do it myself, but I am unsure of the process or protocol. 24.21.137.12 14:36, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Thing is Mamutidae contains more than just the mastodon we know and love. It is a genuine family, in fact the most basal elephantimorph. It has relevance. TheDarkMaster2 (talk) 01:10, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, the family contains more than just mastodons (the genus Mammut). FunkMonk (talk) 08:24, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Though to be fair, some of the pages other than the Mastodon (the genus Mammut) could use more information and pictures. It's a shame people don't care about the less famous proboscideans. TheDarkMaster2 (talk) 21:15, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Content of the family

message: It should be Oliver Perry Hay, not his son William Perry Hay; see e.g. this source. WolfmanSF (talk) 18:56, 7 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Taxon authority 

message: I find it odd that the family was apparently first described in 1922, but no discoveries prior to the 21st century are described. Would not a description of the original discovery be appropriate here? --Kent G. Budge (talk) 02:50, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: You can find this info in the mastodon article. WolfmanSF (talk) 04:27, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discoveries 

message: It seems that these two pages are describing the same thing. What are people's thoughts on merging the two? Procyonidae (talk) 06:04, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: The lead of Mastodon states that it refers to only the members of the genus Mammut, i.e., is the common name of those animals, whereas Mammutidae concerns several genera in addition to the mastodons of Mammut.  Merging the two is out of the question in the same way Felidae should not be merged into Cat.  Mastodon should focus on mammutides of Mammut, while Mammutidae should at the very least discuss additional genera.--Mr Fink (talk) 06:38, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, Mammutidae contains genera other than that of the mastodon, so there is no reason to merge. One is a genus, the other is a family. FunkMonk (talk) 12:30, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge with [[mastodon]]?
Talk:Tikhonov regularization

message: I am not convinced that there is a link to to Bias-variance dilemma and reference sentence
do not support this. Bias-variance is about model selection, regularisation do not address model selection but
well-posedness.
--mcyp (talk) 02:00, 29 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  No connection to Bias-Variance 

message: So the ridge estimator is defined as the ordinary least square one with the difference that one adds an additional 
multiple of the identity matrix to the moment matrix. There is one additional parameter, namely lambda. Now, in the "reformulation", where lambda is understood as a Lagrange multiplier, there is an additional parameter c which is nowhere chosen. This does not make sense. This minimum over beta is a function of lambda and c. I think what you mean is just the norm of beta, that is, c=0.--Limes12 (talk) 15:08, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Weird reformulation of definition 

message: Looks like an IP added some extra content that could be integrated here, though merging will probably require expertise. ~ Ase1estecharge-paritytime 10:16, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge of [[Ridge regression]] into [[Tikhonov regularization]]
Talk:Mission, Texas

message: I LIVE HERE  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.162.169.15 (talk) 01:54, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  I LIVE HERE 
Talk:Poogle

message: From VfD:
More categorizable trivia -- belongs on a single NeoPet page if at all.  I'm not going to list all of these.  Kbh3rd 14:54, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: There is a list at List of Neopets. I vote to consolidate all individual pages into the list page, and maybe politely tell User:Joizashmo that it would be good to try and not create 10,000 pages if there isn't anything to say about the subject other than their color and shape and etc. --Fastfission 15:20, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)

message: Why on earth is this redirecting to Neopets? I was looking for information on a poodle-beagle cross, not Neopets. A CTRL-F search of the Neopets article does not yield any occurrence of ``poogle. --143.85.199.241 (talk) 20:13, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Article titles are often redirected to other, related pages. I presume that a Poogle is some form of Neopet, and seeing that this page has no other content it was redirected to the main page of the related article. You will likely have more luck on the Poodle, Beagle and other related pages on crosses (Such as, for example List of dog breeds by country). Excirial (Contact me,Contribs) 20:16, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: What?!