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Talk:Walter Starkie

message: The dates of the unabridged and abridged translations were incorrect. I have the unabridged edition (Signet paperback). It says Copyright 1957. This page shows the copyright date. New Macmillan published the unabridged Starkie translation in London in 1957, not 1954. The Signet Classic edition, both abridged and unabridged, is the one published in 1964. AlbertSM (talk) 22:27, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Don Quixote

message: Starkie's Raggle Taggle is an excellently fast-paced and evocative travelogue, precious for its in-text citations of Hungarian and Transylvanian Rromani or Rromani-influenced melodies, some of which may now be otherwise lost. However, nothing could be more remarkable about the book than its antisemitism - he is always 'sounding off' against Jews, and he surpasses himself when he encounters a man who is fluently multilingual - at least Hungarian, German, French, English, Romanian and a Rromani dialect! - as well an enthusiastic amateur of the Gypsy music and the Mulatni rasam that Starkie loves most and is the whole point of the book; yet, because he's a Jew, somehow there's a fraudulent and corrupt flavour to all these qualities in him.
Not until I read this Wikipedia article did I learn that Starkie had attended Shrewsbury School. I'd always attributed the antisemitism of English graduates of that institution (known as 'Old Salopians'; contemporary but circa 10-20 years older than I happen to be), such as the late Paul Foot or Richard Ingrams or Michael Palin, to the influence of the famous housemaster in their time, Michael Hoban, who went on to be Headmaster of Harrow School and was cited in court for antisemitism in that role. However, maybe the case of Starkie shows that Shrewsbury may have an antisemitic tradition going far back to the early twentieth century, one that really does win over its students to this stance on the world and its politics.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by UnknownSage (talk • contribs) 14:07, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Starkie, classic Salopian antisemite?
Talk:Walter Tenney Carleton

message: I'm a descendant of Walter Tenney Carleton. I started this article based on the listed references which are pretty limited in scope. I identified the references based on Carleton family recollection and records. Most of the references were provided by the Rauner Special Collections Library at Dartmouth College. Walter T. Carleton had two sisters, Clara and Grace. Grace married Forrest F. Dryden, son of New Jersey Senator John F. Dryden. It's possible that the descendants of Grace Dryden may have more material
If anyone else can add references, I'll incorporate them into the article.
Rbcwa (talk) 16:59, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Additional References
Talk:Walter Thiel

message: According to Neufeld ("Rockets and the Reich"), the bombing raid that killed Thiel started at 1:10 A.M. August 18 and lasted about 20 minutes.  In UTC, I believe that is 0:10 AM, which is still strictly speaking August 18, not August 17.  Theil's house was undamaged, but his bomb shelter was hit directly, killing him and his entire family. DonPMitchell (talk) 07:01, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The RAF Stations from which the aircraft taking part in the raid flew from would have been on Double British Summer Time (+2 hours ahead of GMT) so the British date may vary from the German if the raid was around midnight local time. That's why there are sometimes discrepancy in dates of raids between German and British sources. Also, RAF bombers generally took-off on one date and, as the operation progressed passed midnight, returned home and landed on the next date, e.g., March 24/25. RAF operations (raids) were dated from the day the aircraft took off, rather than the day (or rather, night) that they were present over the target.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.40.254.20 (talk) 21:25, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Time of Death 

message: Article should provide English translations for titles of Thiel's papers. The exact nature of his university training is not clear. Is it rocketry or what? Article continues as though it is obvious what Thiel had studied. Maybe it is - if you read German.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 156.98.253.233 (talk) 20:08, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Early Papers 
Talk:Walther Bauersfeld

message: So:
:The Zeiss I planetarium in Jena is also considered the first geodesic dome derived from the icosahedron, more than 20 years before Buckminster Fuller reinvented and popularized this design.
I saw a grainy contemporary photo of the dome under construction in a magazine article on show at the Museum of Modern Art; it was described as a 'cable cupola', as if this was a known technique at the time (although picture seemed to show something flatter than a dome). It is indeed geodesic-looking, although what it looked like most was the roof of the Great Court at the British Museum. I'd be very interested to know more about that technique of building, and the history of techniques which presumably connects it and the Great Court. A quick google doesn't turn up anything on the web.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.96.235.0 (talk) 22:54, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Geodesic domes 

message: I have removed the following text: The Düsseldorf planetarium did not survive the war,  but its destruction was not by military action: it was removed by the Nazi government because it had been a donation of a Jewish businessman. The Dusseldorf planetaium is still standing, in 1978 it was converted to a concert hall, see: http://dieselpunks.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/dusseldorf-planetarium-tonhalle.html for example. That webage also says the architect was Wilhelm Kreis. Meowy 01:35, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Liste der Planetarien in Deutschland claims that the planetarium was in operation until 1943 when it was destroyed by air raids. And Tonhalle Düsseldorf also notes heavy damage to the building in WW II and that it had to be extensively rebuilt after the war. So yes, the information you removed from the article does not seem to hold much water. --Morn (talk) 12:09, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: False content?

message: the german WP is stating that Bauersfeld went to west germany after WW2. either en or de is wrong. --Lofor (talk) 21:58, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: en says he died in Heidenheim, which was/is headquarters of west German Zeiss, which seems to indicate he went to the west. In theory he could have moved after retirement, but that seems unlikely, I would say. --86.146.183.209 (talk) 21:22, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: after 1945
Talk:Leisure (poem)

message: what the meaning by this poem?...
:.... perhaps that the finer and more precious things in life may be appreciated only if one pauses. That Nature, wherein Beauty may be found, when sought through slow contemplation, may ease the cares of this busy world. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:08, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Meaning 

message: was this used in a television ad? i remember the exact voice of the narrator, and there was one scene of a bath overflowing. does anyone else remember this? (on british tv btw)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.188.248.17 (talk) 21:46, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Apparently, Centreparcs and Orange Mobile have used the poem on their TV ads. I will add it to the main article Talskiddy 10:44, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  television ad 

message: I have corrected this to Category:English poems. Yes, Davies was born in Newport and thus Welsh by birth, although he was only `proud' of this fact when it suited him. In fact he found Welsh people in general "unfriendly", by choice spent most of his adult life away from Wales, and after marrying an English girl, retired to Nailsworth, Gloucestershire. He never spoke Welsh and certainly never wrote in Welsh. The poem, like most of Davies' work, has an universal theme, and not a Welsh one. This is an English poem written by a Welshman. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:28, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I see that my change has been reverted by Enidmawr (talk). I wonder could we agree the criteria for "Welsh Poem"? Martinevans123 (talk) 16:30, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Category:Welsh poems
Talk:Wanda Hendrix

message: "Hendrix resumed her career but found it difficult to obtain good roles." Resumed? But the article lists 3 movies in 1949 and 4 in 1950.  Resume sounds like she stopped being an actress when she married Audie Murphy, but the list of movies seems to contradict that.  The article is written as if she was unsuccessful as a movie actress and was reduced to a few TV roles here & there; yet there appears to be an enormous list of movies in which she acted -- and that list supposedly only a select list.  So some clarification seems needed. (PeacePeace (talk) 18:00, 1 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article Seems to Contradict Itself. 

message: Added details from Audie Murphy entry with citations from there.
Full reference is given as:  Graham, Don (1989), No Name on the Bullet, Viking, ISBN 978-0-670-81511-1.
Would someone please set up correctly as I am not familar with the process.
Thank you 92.10.175.225 (talk) 18:51, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Audie Murphy
Talk:Warner Oland

message: Southborough is a suburb now, and not just of Boston but of other municipalities as well. When Warner Oland lived there is was largely a farming community. It didn't begin to develop into a suburb till after 1950.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Telegonus (talk • contribs) 05:27, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Warren Lewis

message: Quickly added Nationality Irish for Warnie Lewis and removed Nationality Irish for CS Lewis on this page.  Seems to be a matter of debate on the CS  Lewis page.  Warnie's self identification as Irish seems undisputable.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.43.85.115 (talk) 12:58, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The article says that Jack (C. S. Lewis) was sent across the Irish Channel to a boarding school in southern England. Does this assert that he went via Scotland, which is where a voyage across the Irish (North) Channel would take you from Belfast? Not terribly important, but looks a bit unlikely. Snugglepuss (talk) 19:44, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Irish Channel 

message: C.S. Lewis is given as British on his Wiki page - given that both brothers were born in Ulster and lived/died in Oxford, why is Warren given as Irish? Were their circumstances not the same? 79.68.96.84 (talk) 15:07, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Irish vs Brirish
Talk:Jeremiah Brandreth

message: Can we say he has made false claims? I suspect not unless we have a source which says that. Meanwhile, do we have any source(s) that even say "dubious"? Alternatively, should it all be simply removed, as we don't generally give any credence to false claims? Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 14:42, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Gyles Brandreth]]
Talk:Washington Phillips

message: I removed the reference to "sixteen songs", as it seems Phillips recorded more -- I certainly count more than 16 on his extant recordings. Any citation for this number? 24.199.65.167 (talk) 04:43, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, looks like 16 is actually the correct number. Does anyone have a valid citation for this, though? (I've only seen it in Amazon reviews and the like.) 24.199.65.167 (talk) 04:59, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  All the evidence suggests 18 recorded songs, of which 16 have survived. See the citations in this article, and the one from wirz.de in List of songs recorded by Washington Phillips. Narky Blert (talk) 21:27, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Sixteen songs" 

message: See here Good write-up but I don't have time to incorporate it myself. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 01:36, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Possible source

message: I can't believe it but I have been playing the style similar to his and 6 months . I just heard of him yesterday. And I have one of what his 2 Zither instrument is made of and know exactly what the others he played were!!!! How do I let the world know? Tyler Basho (talk) 05:58, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Write an explanation here.  But, it will only be included in the article if you provide reliable sources to justify it.   Ghmyrtle (talk) 07:50, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mystery solved!!!
Talk:Federal Student Aid

message: The first sentence of this article reads as follows: "Federal Student Aid, an office of the U.S. Department of Education, plays a central and essential role in America's postsecondary education community." There are no citations backing up this claim, though. If reliable evidence cannot be found to support this, that sentence should be adjusted. Oriolesfan8 (talk) 16:02, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Neutrality
Talk:Watson B. Duncan III

message: Somewhat trivial, and not really relevant for the article, but the Shakespeare-fanatic Duncan used to tell students, perhaps jokingly, that he recommended acting to Reynolds because he thought Burt would make a fine Shakespearean actor, and when he saw the comedy/action direction Reynolds took instead, Duncan regretted his advice. 207.38.172.146 (talk) 23:39, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Duncan and Burt Reynolds
Talk:Waxey Gordon

message: A minor point but Waxey Gordon is described as having come from a Polish Jewish family. The family was Romanian Jewish, originating I believe in Vaslui (I don't know if that was Vaslui City or Vaslui Province, a bit west of Jassi. He was my grandmother mother's cousin (a sonofabitch who should have died when young). My source is my family (Charles Harwood of San Marcos, TX)
70.101.250.102 (talk) 15:21, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Way Bandy

message: I plan to re-write this article. Way Bandy was truly a makeup legend, and this entry doesn't do him justice. Over the course of the next few weeks I'll be updating the article finding what sources I can (information on him is almost impossible to find, but I have found mention of him in several books, and several websites as well).
--Cwinnipeg 11:12, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article Re-write
Talk:Robert Sanderson McCormick

message: Seems like a major link of the story is missing, his connection to the Joseph Medill family. W Nowicki (talk) 18:06, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Medill connection?

message: "He formed a parternship McCormick & Adams to invest in a grain elevator at St. Louis, Missouri in 1876, but it failed in the aftermath of the panic of 1873.[2]:39" How fortunate that he bought it after it failed, then? I think this should be clarified. Ehusman (talk) 17:49, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Am I missing something? 

message: His and his wife's families had plantations in antebellum Virginia, which was a slave society, and they held slaves as laborers. Let's make it plain, not use euphemisms like "estate". Changed both references to "plantations".  A slave, Jo Anderson, helped his uncle develop the mechanical reaper.Parkwells (talk) 22:13, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Don't use euphemism
Talk:Robert Septimus Gardiner

message: This article states he (probably) died in 1936, but son Gerald's page states 1939. Which year did he actually die in? Werdnawerdna (talk) 03:56, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: 1939 Vernon White . . . Talk  00:06, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Year of birth
Talk:Robert Serber

message: In 1948, he had to defend himself against anonymous accusations of disloyalty, mostly because his wife's family were Jewish intellectuals with Socialist leanings, and also because he tried to remove politics from discussions of the feasibility of the fusion bomb, leading to arguments with Edward Teller.[citation needed] Serber went on to be consultant to numerous labs, businesses and commissions.
, I think "correct" is pushing it, at least regarding the motivation.  He was investigated, along with a goodly number of others, but the cause is at least partly speculation.  Anmccaff (talk) 02:32, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Are you planning on fixing up the whole article? Hawkeye7 (talk) 03:37, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Dunno.  Might.  Unlike the Librarian of Death, though, this part is reasonably close to factual; any errors are more a question of possibility vs solid fact.  A lot less urgent than outright hoax.  Anmccaff (talk) 05:21, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:   (This part is correct) (undo | thank)
Talk:Robert Sheldon Harte

message: Apparently, Harte's body was buried in quick lime.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.194.4.21 (talk) 09:25, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: See the article "Quicklime and Communists", in "Time" on Monday, 8/7/1940.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.44.108.96 (talk) 10:15, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quick lime 

message: I think the claim that Pablo Neruda was directly involved in Harte's murder is unfounded.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Convit (talk • contribs) 14:11, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Give reasons for supposing that what you think is so.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.24.107.219 (talk) 16:35, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neruda's involvement
Talk:Robert Smith (Canadian judge)

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. 
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:Robert Smith (judge) →  – Insufficient disambiguation as against Robert L. Smith (judge) and Robert S. Smith, both also judges. BD2412 T 14:30, 14 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 14 November 2022
Talk:Robert Soblen

message: The article apparently contradicts itself when it says first that "In August 1961, Soblen was sentenced to life imprisonment" then at the end says "Soblen was never convicted of any espionage charge."  If he was sentenced to life imprisonment, he must have been convicted of something.  According to the Haynes and Klehr book cited in the references, he was convicted of two counts of espionage (p. 226).  The Time article cited also describes the trial as an espionage trial. If these sources are correct, the claim that "Soblen was never convicted of any espionage charge" should be removed. If these sources are incorrect or debated, or there is further information which has been omitted, please put up a note here for discussion. Otherwise I will go ahead and remove final sentence. Rgr09 (talk) 13:21, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Espionage conviction 

message: After fixing the point noted above, I also attempted to provide inline citations for the article, but found there were a number of points that were not supported in the sources listed. In addition, big pieces of the article were devoted to trivial points such as how Soblen raised bail after his trial, and the reputation of the hospital where he worked, while major points, such as Soblen's activities in Trotskyist circles in the 1930s, where he was a well-known figure under the name Roman Well, and details of the activities he was charged with, were all omitted.  A number of other inaccuracies were also in the article; for instance, Boris Morros was listed as the major witness against Soblen, but as far as I can tell, he did not appear in Soblen's trial at all; the main witness was Soblen's brother Jack.  The new version is therefore pretty much a complete rewrite.  I've put in a new list of sources and inline citations as well.  Hopefully this will be an improvement.  Look forward to comments and corrections. Rgr09 (talk) 12:38, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article rewrite
Talk:Robert Stout

message: The article gives the following seats he represented:
*Caversham in the 5th New Zealand Parliament (1875), Dunedin East in the 6th New Zealand Parliament (1875–79) and in the 9th New Zealand Parliament (1884–87), Inangahua in the 11th New Zealand Parliament (1893), and the City of Wellington in the 12th New Zealand Parliament and 13th New Zealand Parliament (1893–98).
Wilson    gives the following dates:
*Caversham - 20.8.75 to 6.12.75
*City of Dunedin East - 20.12.75 to 23.6.79 (resigned) & 22.7.84 to 15.7.87 (defeated) 
*Inangagua - 8.6.93 to 8.11.93 Li = Liberal 
*City of Wellington - 28.11.93 to 10.2.98 (resigned) NB: Con/96 (not Li.) Hugo999 (talk) 00:58, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, Stout did not represent Dunedin East in 1875–79, but Dunedin (New Zealand electorate). See Talk:Dunedin East for an in-depth look into this issue. Schwede66 09:03, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Electorates
Talk:Róbert Tábori

message: There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Robert Gulya – Requested move which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. 02:31, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Move discussion in progress
Talk:Robert Tyndall

message: There's a photo of Major General Robert H Tyndall at Camp Shelby online, if anyone's interested. Mingusboodle (talk) 22:20, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled 

message: After a brief discussion here, Category:Members of the American Legion was deleted.  The Robert Tyndall article belonged to this category because he was an early member who helped established chapters and acted as the national treasurer.  Per the discussion, we should put this article in :Category:American Legion.  However, the bots will not allow him to be assigned to that category because it's not for biographies.  Anyone know what we're supposed to do? Canute (talk) 17:15, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Also, I tried to discuss on the Creating Category talk:Members of the American Legion as I was directed to by the archived discussion, but it was also deleted.  So I don't even know where to discuss this except here. Canute (talk) 13:52, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  The result of that CFD discussion was that biography articles should not be categorized by the organization unless they were National Commanders, so Mr. Tyndall shouldn't be in the American Legion category. However, we also have :Category:American veterans' rights activists which might come close to what you're looking for but the "activist" categories require that a person's involvement is WP:DEFINING. I can certainly imagine he was an activist since he rose to the rank of national treasurer although the current article really doesn't get into his post-War veteran's advocacy but maybe it can be expanded. - RevelationDirect (talk) 04:52, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  American Legion category
Talk:Robert W. Paul

message: If it is, then I think it should be added to the article.
Nothing mentioned in the article really rules him out.
He lived in the correct country.
He lived in the correct time period.
Does anyone know?
71.179.173.156 (talk) 21:49, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does anyone know if this is the same Robert Paul who met with Charles Lechmere after the Polly Nicholes murder?
Talk:Robert Winters

message: A person can't die in an ambulance in California.  Either they are pronounced dead at the scene or they are dead on arrival at the hospital.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.154.232.160 (talk) 05:21, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled