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Talk:Autothysis

message: Some citations would be nice - it sounds a little hoax-like. Why do the termites blow themselves up in the first place? Andjam 04:05, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: A defence mechanism?  It gets very few non-Wikipedia Google hits, but some Google Group hits seem to confirm it.  This is one of those things where we need some off-net sources.  violet/riga (t) 09:34, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

text: A New interpretation of the Defense Glands of Neotropical Ruptitermes (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae) By A. M. Costa-Leonardo ... from the abstract: The termites of the genus Ruptitermes are known for the suicidal behavior of the workers which liberate a sticky defensive secretion by body bursting ... KEY WORDS: defensive behavior, autothysis, termites, salivary glands, dehiscent glands found at http://www.csuchico.edu/biol/Sociobiology/volume/sociobiologyv44n22004.html --Graatz 19:42, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

text: Definitely not a hoax. There was an article ~20 years ago in Scientific American about the astounding chemical warfare tactics of many genera of termites; it was written by a scientist looking into the chemical aspects (and getting taught a few things by the termites). Exploding is just the half of it. There were the "slash-and-daub" soldiers, who with one arm would rent the enemy's body, then use the other arm to quickly fill the wound with a corrosive substance. In some species, the self-explosion is caused by mixing two chemicals, maintained separately in the body until moments of extremis, mixing which causes an explosion -- much like the old Soda-Acid fire extinguisher which worked on this principle, when sulphuric acid came into contact with soda water. The explosion coats the enemies with sticky or downright damaging materials from the soldier's innards. In other cases the soldier would expel the corrosive substance towards the enemy exactly like a fire extinguisher. --MikeQ 18:18, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Citations desired

message: I'm guessing it means killing oneself (in reverseorder...if it makes any sense), but can someone add the latin or greek meaning
:Auto is clearly self, thysis could be a portmanteau of thantos, death, and lysis, rupture, but I really have no clue. I looked around and didn't find anything.-Craig Pemberton 04:55, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Latin/greek

message: The section on Ants reads very repetitive: 
Autothysis works better against arthropods than vertebrates. 
Another example. The following sentence sounds like circular reasoning to me:
"This self-sacrifice is most useful against arthropods because the sticky adhesives in the products work best against the bodies of other arthropods."
Paraphrasing:
"Self-sacrifice is most useful against arthropods because it works best against arthropods."
Maybe I'm just reading it wrong... ?  Helghast (talk) 21:58, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sophistication of wording needs improvement
Talk:Mithridate

message: This article leaves out a very important question - did it actually work? Ariel. 02:13, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The dead didn't complain. The living kept renewing their prescriptions. (shrug) Modern medicine generally regards the specific mithridatum as mythical. If you read The Poison King, the point is made that Mithridatus himself probably worked a specific dosing of poison into a daily habituation to make himself immune to the poisons regularly used at his own court. Therefore, it was specific and not universal, but he was such a hardy survivor that later tellers of his legend assumed that he had found this magical mixture that would neutralize (instead of habituate) any poison. Hithladaeus (talk) 15:08, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Did it work?
Wikipedia talk:Mediation Cabal/Coordinator's Desk

message: What's this, Wgfinley. Grand Poohbah? Like Snowspinner? Oh my! Kim Bruning 04:10, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There is no Snowspinner (TINSS), some dude named Phill ate him!  :P  --Wgfinley 04:35, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Ford SHO V8 engine

message: This page does not seem to be written from a neutral viewpoint. All of the cam problem links link to the same very biased webpage, (www.v8sho.com) and much of the article makes the engine  and Ford sound like they are trash. This needs to be changed.
:I agree that all of the links at the bottom of the page point to one webpage and should probably be consolidated, but my paragraph on the cam problems seems fairly neutral, and I did point out that cam problems aside, the engine seems to be a good one.  I don't think there is any debate that Ford made a mistake in their manufacturing process and their subsequent handling of the cam issue, ie: ignore it and hope it goes away.  As far as changing, fire away!  Your changes will either stand or fall, hopefully on their merits.--MARQUIS111 14:07, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The article is about different engines. It should be split up. Ford currently has no engine named a Yamaha V-8.Thomas Paine1776 00:23, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

message: This nothingburger of an engine was derided by the press as being pointless as it offered a rather small power gain versus the old V6 engine.  It was almost as if to say "Wow!!  What's next???  A twin-turbo V12 with 255 horsepower???".  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.215.54.124 (talk) 01:24, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Derided by the press 

message: I cleaned up the article a bit, mainly rewriting for clarity and consistency and removing everything about the Volvo/Yamaha engine that the article itself admits is unrelated. --typhoon (talk) 10:50, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article clean-up
Talk:Trade sanctions

message: Economic sanctions includes discussion of trade sanctions.  I'm unconvinced the difference between economic sanctions imposed due to a trade dispute vs. other reasons, is worth splitting the topic into two articles.  It's also unclear to me that the two terms are firmly defined in a distinct fashion; there is no reference supplied to support this assertion. -- Beland (talk) 18:20, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge
Talk:Inductionism

message: Unless someone objects, I think this should redirect to Induction (philosophy) Fikus 04:35, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think a redirect to Inductive reasoning is more appropriate.  There is no evidence that there is any such philosophy as "Inductionism", and there are no citations of any kind in this article.  This makes the article subject to deletion per WP:NOR.  -- noosphere 09:19, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I did find some sources specifically citing inductionism and these attributed the concept to thinkers like Bacon. However, I also believe this article is related to Inductivism, Inductive Reasoning, and Problem of induction. Maybe these three pages should be merged. My readings even point to some shared history between Inductionism and Inductivism. Could these two terms refer to one philosophy? Additional inputs are needed. Thanks. Darwin Naz (talk) 03:44, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
Talk:Kum & Go

message: :On April 23, 2007 Gabriela Perez Ramirez, an employee of an overnight cleaning service, was fatally stabbed by her boyfriend, also a cleaning service employee, in a large conference room of the company's headquarters in West Des Moines, IA.
This news item was added to the page on November 5, 2010, by an individual in St. Paul, MN. Based on guidelines from "Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not," specifically in relation to news items, I feel this section is not relevant to the article.
--Mike Templeton 18:50, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Removed from article

message: :Kum & Go is currently proposing to rezone, demolish, and build over a one-hundred year old apartment building in the Drake neighborhood located near Drake University in Des Moines Iowa. Neighbors are concerned that this type of truck-stop sprawl will ruin the character of a historic neighborhood. Neighbors also grow tired of the trash and crime brought in by the store, and wonder how a company incapable of running a 20,000 square foot property could possible run a 40,000 square foot space any better. Kum & Go, however, has refused to compromise, and will displace 18 people from their apartments if the city Planning and Zoning Commission agrees.
While I'm aware of this issue, I don't feel this belongs in the article because of how it concerns only one store out of 400+. --Iowahwyman 04:37, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Removed from article
Talk:Bersa Thunder 380

message: :I've got one of these guys; it's not the simplest model but it is fairly 'stock'.  I'll see if I can get a picture of it put into place here tomorrow.  69.61.196.180 00:03, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: magazine 

message: Why was the Bersa Thunder Resource Site and Forum link removed?  The page referenced there is one of the absolute best resources for information on this handgun.  Of all the links on this page, that one is the most useful. Lord Bodak 15:52, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, my bad. I misinterpretted the style guide. Please add it back. --Celestianpower háblame 16:58, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Lord Bodak 19:53, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Geocities link 

message: It's just another pistol. If no more sourced material can be found I'll redirect it to Bersa. Felsic2 (talk) 18:02, 5 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Notability
Talk:Financier (cake)

message: Is there genuinely no difference between a financier and a friand, in common usage? Google Images return somewhat different kinds of almond-cakes for the two words, and in Australia a friand is always an oval cake with some kind of topping (typically one of date, berry, almond-flake, etc) whereas it seems like a financier is typically rectangular and unadulterated with other toppings. --Maebmij 04:52, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: These two are obviouly different cakes, so they should have separate (stub) entries. Also, please, please get rid of the recipe -Wikipedia is not a how-to book (WP:NOT).--Ramdrake (talk) 15:44, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. See Friand. Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 19:46, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Financier/Friand 

message: I propose that the Citations Flag added to this article in March 2013 be taken down.  I have added 12 sources of reference used throughout the article. At the time of the March 2013 flag, the article cited only 1 source. Camellia wagashi (talk) 04:27, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 10:26, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citations Flag
Talk:Pedro A. Sanchez

message: If people feel a need to post irrelevant content, they should do so in the appropriate locations. Specifically, separate articles should be created if they are encyclopedia-worthy. Otherwise, they do not belong on Wikipedia.
M. Kristall 04:52, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Irrelevent content
Talk:Fidelity, Illinois

message: Is the main business really a whorehouse?  I would like to see some source on this, or recommend that the last line be deleted.  ERTBen 04:57, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

message: I grew up near Fidelity in the mid-20th century. There was certainly no Army barracks, and very little of anything else commercial.68.98.110.11 (talk) 04:18, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  During the mid-20th century, Fidelity was reportedly the site of "a small Army barracks, grain elevator, several doctors and dentists, a blacksmith shop and grocery stores."
Talk:Transmigration of the soul

message: "Blowing away" Plato's hypothesis?
:Is it appropriate for an encyclopedia article to heavily criticize a philosophical concept? The arguments laid out against Plato's conception of transmigration seem solid -- but do they really belong in an encyclopedia? It hardly seems NPOV. We're here to present neutral information, not sway opinions one way or the other. 66.17.118.195 15:59, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV language 

message: Does this ever occur in Shinto? Chris 23:58, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Shinto]]

message: I'm having difficulty understanding what the difference is between transmigration, reincarnation and Metempsychosis. It would be useful to have a short sentence at the beginning of each of these articles to explain that difference (althouhg metempsy.... does say it is used in a greek context). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Haseler (talk • contribs) 12:08, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello Haseler, as I understand it Reincarnation is a general term meaning 'to take birth again', whereas Transmigration is a specific philosophy of reincarnation. Metempsychosis is a Greek term for a philosophy very similar (if not identical) to Transmigration. Thus some people may believe in Reincarnation, but would disagree with Transmigration which an ancient Greek would refer to as Metempsychosis. You're right it should be made more clear. Best Wishes, Gouranga(UK) 12:34, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I came here to ask part of the same question, what is the difference between transmigration and reincarnation.  The current article contains the sentence "Some psychic mediums of a variety of religious persuasions (including Hinduism and Wicca) and some Spiritualists believe in transmigration of the soul but hold that reincarnation is an anomaly if it occurs at all."  This seems to imply that transmigration is not a subset of reincarnation.  But I cannot find anything in the article clear enough to distinguish them in any way. --Ørjan (talk) 21:42, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  What's the difference between transmigration and re-incarnation
Talk:Bayview Heights, Queensland

message: Is this article really worthy of an individual entry? It doesn't tell us much. There are no other entries for Cairns suburbs. Instead of deleting it, should we add some information on Cairns suburbs on the Cairns page? QazPlm 05:05, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it is pretty standard for suburb stubs to be created in the hope that somebody will expand them later on. I don't think that merging this into the Cairns article would add any value to that article, so I'm inclined just to leave it here. I think that there is a chance that stube will be created at some point for suburbs with some history behind them such as Edmonton, Gordonvale, Smithfield, Redlynch, Paramatta Park, Portsmith, and Palm Cove (Smithfield used to be a significant settlement on the banks of the barron River in the late 1800's before it was swept away in a flood) - so I think there isn't any harm keeping this one. There definitely wouldn't be any benefit in merging it with the Cairns article. -- Adz|talk 12:06, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed the merge notice - it has been up for long enough. QazPlm 00:36, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge?
Talk:Bahadur Shah of Gujarat

message: Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that :File:Flight of Sultan Bahadur During Humayun's Campaign in Gujarat 1535.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on October 29, 2014. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2014-10-29. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. Thanks! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:42, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[:File:Flight of Sultan Bahadur During Humayun's Campaign in Gujarat 1535.jpg]] to appear as POTD 
Talk:Samudragupta

message: The article says Samudragupta's inscription was found in "Kaushambi (present day Delhi)".  This is wrong. Kausambi is near teh city of Allahabad, som 600 south-east of modern Delhi, and the inscription is now in the Allahabad fort.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.32.168.30 (talk) 04:03, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled 

message: This for the Citation needed link near Samdrugupta in the first line.
For many years everyone thinks Chandragupta Maurya grandson Asoka is considered as the GREAT.But in reality and according to sources(Kota Venkatachelam "The Plot in Indian Cronology") and many others this Asoka full name is Asokavardhan Maurya. Samudragupta is considered as Asoka the Great.Anybody can check with the sources.This may seem to idiotic but this is facts and i believe it.
14.99.31.107 (talk) 18:14, 25 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Great 

message: This section comprises mostly of verbatim text -- it should be split out into a new article. utcursch | talk 19:33, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Is it notable enough for a standalone article? — Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs)  21:54, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:   It is mentioned in ~500 books, so seems to be notable.  If you have some sources ready, you can create a draft -- I'll add to it. utcursch | talk 19:10, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the relevant question is, is there some advantage to giving it its own article, and removing it from this one, if the only content is the text of the inscription and one sentence introducing it?  It seems relevant and useful here; removing it might make this article less useful.  If there were more scholarship or useful information about the inscription, perhaps enough to write a couple of helpful paragraphs, then it would make more sense to split it off into its own article, and just summarize it briefly here.  P Aculeius (talk) 02:28, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eran inscription
Talk:Vikramaditya

message: In ancient times, Indian mothers used to tell stories to their children about the name of a king called Vikramaditya. At that time, the name Vikramaditya was very popular. But King Vikramaditya was fictional. At that time, ancient Indian mothers used to tell their children that King Vikramaditya ruled the whole of Asia. But nothing like that. Indian people of that time named Chandragupta II as Vikramaditya. The name of Chandragupta II's kingdom was Gupta Empire. This Gupta Empire was not so big. Youshan Ahmed (talk) 07:53, 15 June 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. SKAG123 (talk) 03:15, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vikramaditya
Talk:Duleep Singh of the Sikh Empire

message: Should the title in the Succession box be 'Duleep Singh'? I would have thought it would be 'Maharaja of Punjab'? ::Supergolden:: 14:38, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Succession Box

message: There is a biography of Duleep Singh's guardian at http://www.buyorkney.com/roots/biographies/ that you might like to link to. It concentrates on Sir John, rather than his ward, but is based on the two books written by Lady Login, 'Sir John Login and Duleep Singh' and Lady Login's Recollections. She was obviously very fond of Duleep Singh and felt he had been badly treated by the British Government.
According to Lady Login, her husband, though indeed devout, was disturbed at Duleep Singh's decision to convert to Christianity, knowing how it would appear to his countrymen. The trip to England was not exile and was only intended to be for two years - the Mutiny intervened. If you can get hold of them, the books make very interesting reading. Although the very basis of their presence there now seems wrong to us, the Logins clearly loved the Punjab and did their best for it.Merrydancer 10:02, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sir John Login 

message: The article is under Duleep Singh, while the talk page is under "Duleep Singh of the Sikh Empire". One of them needs to move. Frickeg (talk) 23:49, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Just Duleep Singh is enough! (Ekabhishek (talk) 08:58, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move needed 

message: A number of prints and watercolors of Maharaja Duleep Singh have been source at the British Library - India Office Brief Display (Ekabhishek (talk) 08:58, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Images and Prints at British library
Talk:Ahilyabai Holkar

message: section seems unfinished. FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 20:12, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  popular culture 

message: I'm just passing by but I thought I'd disagree with the tag. The quotes help flesh out the subject in popular estimation. I recommend leaving them where they are until the article is considerably improved, just deleting them would be destructive. JohnHarris (talk) 14:15, 17 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  "too many or overly lengthy quotations for an encyclopedic entry" tag from May 2019 

message: The work done by ahillya bai holkar 2409:4042:2C89:C31A:48FC:DF23:89EA:3970 (talk) 10:43, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  History and civics 7th std 

message: Oque fazer quando eles tem os seus documentos 201.182.15.70 (talk) 18:04, 18 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Estelionatario  

message: Add connections to her work with 18th century feminist movements, including the work of Mary Wollstonecraft and others.  Effectivealtruism (talk) 15:55, 6 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Research on her connection to global feminism
Talk:Bukka Raya I

message: A helpful claim was made on my talk page that he is from the Dhangar community.  This can be added to the article if indeed verified. GenQuest "scribble" 14:40, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Research

message: @Kautilya3 @TrangaBellam Would you be able to verify the edit , and see if the lineage is from Yadava or Dhangar? The cited book "Rise of a Folk God: Vitthal of Pandharpur"  has references to both and I'm not able to lookup. (see also above talk section) Thanks! — DaxServer (talk · contribs) 13:25, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: ...and all other edits from the user Special:Contributions/Kaushalsinghdhangar — DaxServer (talk · contribs) 13:26, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: How do I decide whether this page is "attractive" or not? TrangaBellam (talk) 13:46, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe we should write a WP:ATTRACTIVE !! Thanks for the tags on the page — DaxServer (talk · contribs) 14:04, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lineage 

message: Everyone please try to keep your own views about religion with your own self. Dont try to politicalise the history if you dont have enough evidences or sources to say both of them had practiced islam. They were always known as hindu resistance to islamic invasions. And they never ever claimed yadava lineage because they were completely south indian linguistic wise. So please, make sure to provide enough souces to claim it because they were also claimed as balijas too. Chandra 2000 (talk) 21:09, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Religion and caste of Hari-hara raya and Bukka raya.
Talk:Iltutmish

message: "Please verify who completed the Qutub Minar. Origins of the Qutub minar are disputed. It is believed to have a Hindu origin. Therefore the credibility of this article is also disputed."
I've moved the preceding unsigned comment from the main article space. Valentinian (talk) 21:25, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Qutub Minar 

message: Note:  Project Banner with Delhi workgroup parameters was added to this article talk page because the article falls under :Category:Delhi or its subcategories. Should you feel this addition is inappropriate , please undo my changes and update/remove the relavent categories to the article -- Amartyabag  TALK2ME 15:46, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[WP:INDIA]] Banner/Delhi Addition 

message: Could someone let me know if Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga is the temple that was destroyed by Iltutmish in 1235, and then rebuilt. Then it can be linked to that article. Thanks. --Kansas Bear (talk) 21:25, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Help! 

message: I don't know anything about the subject, but it seems like Shams-ud-din Iltutmish would be a more logical article title. TimBentley (talk) 02:32, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title of article 

message: Did Iltutmish persecute Hinduism and destroy Hindu religious sites and objects? 173.88.246.138 (talk) 22:43, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Religious issues

message: Hhj 2405:204:578A:277C:0:0:22B4:48B0 (talk) 10:24, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  History