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Talk:Autostop (Anna Vissi and the Epikouri song)

message: Interesting, "autostop" is also the French word for hitch-hiking. Makes sense: auto=car, stop=stop. :) Stevage 08:38, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: And in Polish and in numerous other languages... (see the "hitchhiking" article) - this has already caused some (ahem!) controversy... Bravada, talk - 11:13, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: This article is one of thousands on Wikipedia that have a link to YouTube in it.  Based on the External links policy, most of these should probably be removed.  I'm putting this message here, on this talk page, to request the regular editors take a look at the link and make sure it doesn't violate policy.  In short: 1. 99% of the time YouTube should not be used as a source. 2. We must not link to material that violates someones copyright. If you are not sure if the link on this article should be removed or you would like to help spread this message contact us on this page. Thanks, ---J.S (t|c) 03:20, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  YouTube links 

message: This article is one in a series that has been subjected to disruptive editing for several months. Accordingly, it has been semi-protected for a like term. Logged in contributors who have been autoconfirmed are still able to edit the article. If you are not registered or autoconfirmed, you can still request that an edit be made to this article at this talk page. If the talk page is not active, you can place  (brackets and all) next to your suggestion, and another editor will soon review your request. See Wikipedia:Protection policy for more information. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 21:20, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Article protected
Talk:Doug Gillard

message: Looks like our sources conflict about this information. Insound is no more or less official than a print publication, but I won't change it again until I get the answer from a fully reliable source, hopefully from Gillard himself. Lwarrenwiki (talk) 14:27, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: For the record, Sandusky, Ohio, has been confirmed. Lwarrenwiki (talk) 17:35, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birthplace 
Talk:Doug Henwood

message: I removed the "Contemporaries" section; every living person is a contemporary of every other living person. --Horse Badorties 05:04, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Contemporaries" section 
Talk:Doug Hoyle

message: We need a reference. Is it 1926 or 1930 ? --Racklever (talk) 11:16, 6 November 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: It is 1926. Birth registered Chorley Registration District, Jan-Mar 1926, vol 8e page 169 2A02:C7C:A683:8800:152F:9F0A:89A4:6E20 (talk) 11:19, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

text: The fact is for some reason, throughout his career, his DoB was given as 1930. [e.g. Stenton & Lees; Times Guide to the HoC, etc.] We now know that was wrong, but still, I think it should be noted. RodCrosby (talk) 22:00, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Year of birth
Talk:Doug Ireland

message: There is an RfC on the question of using "Religion: None" vs. "Religion: None (atheist)" in the infobox on this and other similar pages. 
The RfC is at Template talk:Infobox person#RfC: Religion infobox entries for individuals that have no religion. 
Please help us determine consensus on this issue. --Guy Macon (talk) 19:38, 23 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Template talk:Infobox person#RfC: Religion infobox entries for individuals that have no religion|Request for Comments]] 

message: As someone who is known chiefly/exclusively as a gay rights activist, Ireland's support for persecuted gays on Iran is perfectly unsurprising and, unless it's any more significant to his life or to Iranian politics than anything else he wrote about in a 60-year career, doesn't even warrant its own section on this page, let alone a rambling denouncement of the subject's views that amounts to "executing gay people isn't so bad because imperialism." It's anyone's guess why this article devotes fully 20% of its space to parroting apologism for the Iranian regime whose "citations" are exclusively to opinion pieces by regime stooges such as Rostam Pourzal. If one of many instances of "a gay rights activist condemning persecution of gays" even rises to the level of significance needed to be mentioned here at all, it needs to be totally rewritten to get rid of the nonsense.  Predestiprestidigitation (talk) 04:04, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Bizarre section on Iran
Talk:Doug Jolley

message: Added life section to introduction.GarbledLecture933 (talk) 02:07, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Life
Talk:Doug Liman

message: The article claims Bourne Identity was "his most potent commercial and creative success" but Mr. and Mrs. Smith outgrossed it substantially, over 2 to 1 worldwide. Source is boxofficemojo.com:  I will attempt a quick fix but I may resort to weasel words. Feel free to improve upon my correction. --Do Not Talk About Feitclub (contributions) 14:46, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Commercial Success - correction
Talk:Doug Lowe (Australian politician)

message: The infobox seems inconsistent with the article text. The box says ALP to 1979 while the article says Mr Lowe resigned from the ALP in 1981. Further, to say his party was 'independent' after that is confusing; being independent isn't being a member of a party. The box also lists his time as an MLC and his electorate under his premiership, which is not really correct. I'll look up the references before making any changes.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by RichardA64 (talk • contribs) 02:24, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: It's been like that for 6 years, probably my mistake, well spotted! I've changed the year. It's fairly standard to list "Independent" in the party section of the infobox, I can't think of any better place to put it. Could probably do something about the MLC electorate appearing under the Premiership... --Canley (talk) 03:03, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dates in infobox inconsistent
Talk:Doug Mientkiewicz

message: It's pretty much a lock that he's going to sign with the Yankees, but until he officially does so, he is still a free agent.  Tentative/prospective deals should not be taken as fact until they're officially announced.  No source has said that the contract has been signed yet.  Brad E. Williams 21:39, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Yankees deal

message: Back in the early to mid-1990s when Mientkiewicz was at FSU, I was in grad school at Clemson and working on my MA in History; my thesis pertained to baseball history. I love the Tigers baseball team and went to all their home games the entire time I was in Clemson. The visiting team's dugout is on the third base side; I always sat pretty much behind home plate. This was also during the time that Bud Light had their, "Yes I am!" ad campaign, which had started out with the guy pretending to be a doctor with a surname of similar ethnicity to Doug's in order to nab the doctor's limo, which was confirmed to hold Bud Light. If y'all haven't seen the ads, they are available on YouTube. So one game against FSU, in between innings, one group of Clemson students over by the FSU dugout shouts out, "Hey, aren't you Doug Mientkiewicz?" and another group shouts in response, "YES I AM!" I thought it was hilarious. I'm probably the only person who remembers it. Kelelain (talk) 16:40, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Smartest heckling I ever heard at a baseball game
Talk:Kirsty Williams

message: How is there an AM born in 1992? You can't be an AM unless your over 21?
Amlder20 21:14, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: This article appears on the WP Somerset cleanup listing as a BLP lacking sources, however every statement appears to be supported by a citation - can the banner be removed?— Rod talk 21:51, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: As there were no responses I have removed the banner.— Rod talk 19:57, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  BLP sources banner 
Talk:Doug Sanders

message: While the PGA Tour counts Jack Nicklaus playoff victory as an official win though it wasn't considered a Tour event at the time, they didn't include the playoff in either Nicklaus or Sanders records. I did some checking. The 1963 British Open playoff participants, Bob Charles and Phil Rodgers plus Tom Watson and Jack Newton from 1975, don't have their participation in their open championship playoffs in their playoff records either.
I'll include them if I get some consensus from other golf editors.- William 18:14, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  1970 British Open playoff 

message: Years ago as a sports writer with the Pensacola, Florida News-Journal I got to know Doug quite well during the Tour's annual stop at the Pensacola Country Club tournament. He'll remember my article to Golf Magazine about him and his little dog. However, my reason for writing is to pass along his reasons for his abbreviated golf swing as he told to me. As a young fellow working on a golf course in (I believe Georgia) he said the management did not allow caddies to play golf, so he chose to practice his swing behind a bush which shielded him from the pro running that particular country club course. In order to not be noticed, he would tee up behind the bush and make as short a swing as possible so as not to be seen by the management. Regards, Jim Pomeroy  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.154.86.112 (talk) 00:10, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Jim, thanks for sharing that anecdote about the origins of Doug Sanders' notoriously short swing.  Does your Golf magazine article exist somewhere om the internet that we could link to it?  Or do you have a file copy of the article that you could transmit as a PDF email attachment?  Wikipedia's policy regarding the biographies of living persons ("BLP") requires us to source all statements about living persons.  If we had a copy of your Golf magazine article that would no doubt help us flesh out the Wikipedia article.  Regards.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 00:38, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Doug Sanders' short swing 
Talk:Doug Saunders

message: Under "The Myth of the Muslim Tide" it says:
"to the political movements of Geert Wilders and Anders Behring Breivik"
ABB does not have any 'political movement', he was a lone nutcase imagining himself to be some freemason knights templar, but there is not a single trace of his 'organisation' to be found anywhere.
85.228.201.36 (talk) 12:00, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Breivik's political movement? 

message: I think the third paragraph of the article mis-describes Mr Saunders' ideological underpinnings (social democracy and economic liberalism), and there does not appear to be a source cited for this.  I would propose to replace these descriptors with more accurate ones (possibly global integrationism and rentier capitalism, though I'd like to hear other options).  Let me know what you think, please.  I will implement the change in a couple of weeks if no-one objects.69.157.3.80 (talk) 14:42, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi there. Thanks for posting on the talk page before editing. I reverted your recent edit because you didn't provide a reliable source, and globe integrationism is not a widely used term. What is the basis for your description? FuriouslySerene (talk) 14:16, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

text: I've removed that description entirely, along with much of the content on the page which had no sources and which I assume was likely WP:OR. More info can be added in if there are reliable sources available. FuriouslySerene (talk) 14:21, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ideology 

message: The third paragraph indicates that Mr Saunders had/has an editorial role at his newspaper.  Unfortunately the citation (#2) is merely a link to a page of the newspaper website that says nothing about Mr Saunders' role.  I will change it to 'citation required'.69.157.3.80 (talk) 15:38, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Source for editorship 

message: To the IP editor who keeps adding content to this article, please be aware that information added to this article must meet the criteria of WP:BLP. Unless you have a source, it should not be added. FuriouslySerene (talk) 13:31, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unreferenced information being added 
Talk:Doug Wimbish

message: 'The rhythm tracks for this song were played by the group Positive Force': I read that its based on a sample from Chic's Good Times (according to: The Rifftionary Bass. Faber Music Ltd. London 2008.). --88.74.94.99 (talk) 08:39, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: You are right that the rhythm tracks to Rapper's Delight (the famous bass line in particular) were based on the song Good Times by Chic (not sampled though if that's what you mean). Not sure if it's necessary to mention it here. After all, the article is about DW and he did not play on the song. The only reason it's mentioned is to avoid people thinking that DW having played bass for Sugar Hill Gang he must have also played bass on their greatest hit. --Vunzmstr (talk) 10:44, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rapper's Delight 

message: I have another pic of Wimbish but the article seems crowded so I'll put it here for now. PermanentVacay (talk) 21:51, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  new pic
Talk:Dougal Dixon

message: In the current page it says that Dougal Dixon supposedly wrote a book called "If Dinosaurs Were Alive Today" or something like that. Is there any actual proof that he wrote/is writing such book? There's no mention in his site's book list. ~Falconfly  —Preceding undated comment added 19:10, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Reliability
Talk:Dougie Donnelly

message: Does Dougie's mention in the  Clyde FC Wikipedia article count as a verification or proper citation of him being  a Clyde FC Fan? The claim of him being Clyde fan is sitself unverified on Wikipedia.   I always  thought his Rangers leaning was something of an open secret Paul210 21:42, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The reference I've given - to Clyde FC's website - is a better citation than anything I've found for him being a Rangers fan. Js farrar 21:50, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

text: It links to http://www.clydefc.co.uk/articles.cfm?id=64&page=1 - that's not a Wikipedia article. Js farrar 14:35, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Rangers or Clyde?
Talk:Office of State Protection

message: I don't think the description of ABW as the "Polish FBI" is actually precise. First and foremost it deals with the same sort of things as the British MI5 with some additional responsibilities with regard to fighting certain types of crime (corruption, arms dealing, the most serious frauds).--Powerek38 21:19, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: As Noted by @JHK on the article on the article creators talk Page, the title should be changed to the english translation "State Protection Office" or "Office of State Protection" as the article states. Mavthedev (talk) 13:25, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title Change
Talk:Dougie Freedman

message: The style of this entry desperately needs to be altered. Thorough re-write needed.
UPDATE: I have just done some work to help improve this entry/article.  I have altered and added sub-headings. I have done some copyedit work in various parts.   Much more work is required however.
Roland Sparkes (talk) 02:49, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Entry as at August 2011

message: Please edit Freedman's goals scored when on loan at Leeds Utd, under 'Senior Career'. I don't know a source to verify the correct number, but nobody scores 64 goals in 14 games.
Scottishcabbage (talk) 19:39, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Leeds goals
Talk:Dougie Lampkin

message: Anyone know of a proper source for all his titles, since his own homepage is so skew-wiffy? I'll e-mail the dougielampkin.co.uk and see if they can get it sorted at their end. --DeLarge 22:30, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Despite being an "expert" in this field (though by means an expert trials rider!) i haven't got to hand a really kosher source. one could site numerous industry/sport media articles on the subject but under strict notability guidelines, me citing say Trials and Motocross News (www.tmxnews.co.uk - the UK sport's main weekly newspaper) saying he won & (or whatever it is) world titles. The FIM website isn't that great (www.fim.ch). The world trials website (i've forgotten the URL) might have something, while if you want a confirmed answer the best source in English would be the forum at trialscentral.com (todotrials for spanish). Pickle 19:37, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  And once again in English?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.189.120.153 (talk) 03:01, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Titles won
Talk:Dougie MacLean

message: In the article, it comments that the song "Gael" is his most famous piece... yet "Ready for the Storm" has been covered by far more artists and shown greater tenacity in the long run.  To be honest, I've never even heard "Gael" till it was mentioned here in this article and I have roughly 5 of his CD's.  Guess I'm missing that one?   Nevertheless... I'd be interested in source material stating this song is his more famous piece overall... and not merely someone's opinion.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.12.193.83 (talk) 19:27, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe what's going on here is that "Gael" has been heard more than his other songs, due to the high exposure of the Mohicans version. It's not a song that most people associate with Dougie. On the other hand, "Caledonia" was well-known, and is now surely his most famous piece, thanks to the Scotland advert. "Ready for the Storm" is probably his second most covered song. Bloody Viking (talk) 13:14, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Somehow it is not of interest that "The Gael" and I quote the wiki: "MacLean's most famous pieces include "The Gael"" is a cover, but it may hurt some national pride.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.184.88.14 (talk) 20:57, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Gael
Talk:Douglas Anthony Cooper

message: The article is discussed by the Douglas Anthony Cooper himself in Wikipedia Cuts on the Bias. — fnielsen (talk) 09:03, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

message: This article does not meet guidelines for notability.  I will repeat my objections:  The sum total of the subject's achievements are two little-known novels published more than 15 years ago, and two self-published YA novels with no critical success or recognition. The majority of references on the page link to the author's own blog or website.  
Since the key criteria for notability is "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject", I feel this article does not meet the requirements for notability. WP:GNGWP:SPIP  JohnDopp (talk) 17:36, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Micropitt, placing a notability tag on a Wikipedia page is not a personal attack.  I'll do it for any Wikipedia page I see which has a legitimate question of notability.  Furthermore, I contribute to a number of topics with the purpose of improving those pages -- not just defending self-glorifying edits to one individual's ego page.  Wikipedia is a community.  It's not a place for puffery and self-promotion.  It's not a place for unsubstantiated claims.  And it's not a place for someone to stake out territory and drive off opinions they disagree with.  Please get over it.  JohnDopp (talk) 06:10, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: You asked a legitimate question, and I dare say the article has had too few eyes over the five intervening years. So, notability tags. They are not a permanent fixture. They lead to either a better article, more appropriate tags, or a deletion. It soon comes time to shit or get off the pot when you put one on a biography. What are your plans, JohnDopp? -- zzuuzz (talk) 07:27, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Honestly, I feel the article has been improved drastically since the original placement of the notability tag.  A half a dozen credible references have been added to the page, there are now independent sources outside of the author's own blog/website, and they are verifiable.  The additional sources address my original concerns, and I'm inclined to remove the notability tag. JohnDopp (talk) 08:12, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

text: Agree. .--Tomwsulcer (talk) 02:00, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Excellent, thanks. -- JohnDopp (talk) 02:07, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Notability tag

message: I'm removing the merge tag from Amnesia (novel). There are more than enough RS in that article to show that it deserves its own article.Tokyogirl79  (｡◕‿◕｡)  11:32, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge from Amnesia?
Talk:Douglas Biklen

message: I'm going to check & archive sources, maybe add a few more, and organize the article. I'll work in my sandbox so please leave suggestions here. Light&highbeautyforever (talk) 17:11, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Wonderful job Sgerbic (talk) 22:53, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page look-over/expansion/rewrite
Talk:Douglas C. Waller

message: Would an interview with transcript with Douglas Waller from 1987 be useful here as an external link? Focus of conversation is nuclear weapons policy. http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F07D1B4FEEA44552B1ED7E1F848087CE (I have a conflict of interest; otherwise I would add it myself.) Mccallucc (talk) 15:48, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  External link?
Talk:Douglas Campbell (actor)

message: Would be nice to add a small note of his powerful voice in Loreena McKennitt's "Lullaby" song.
Some background info found here. --Marooned MB (talk) 10:35, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Loreena McKennitt - Lullaby 
Talk:Douglas Ewart

message: What is his citizenship?  Badagnani 02:20, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citizenship 

message: What sizes of sax does he play besides alto? Someone just added on the Sopranino saxophone page that he plays that instrument. Badagnani 19:06, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Saxes
Talk:Douglas Gordon

message: Nearly all of them are currently broken, or redirect to the wrong place. Aviad2001 (talk) 10:32, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  external links 
Talk:Douglas H. Ginsburg

message: A temporary subpage at User:Polbot/fjc/Douglas Howard Ginsburg was automatically created by a perl script, based on this article at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges. The subpage should either be merged into this article, or moved and disambiguated. Polbot (talk) 22:58, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Bot-created subpage

message: Links to decisions of interest  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asherkobin (talk • contribs) 04:13, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs section on court decisions
Talk:Douglas H. Wheelock

message: I've altered the bar of space station commanders to reflect that Scott Kelly is now the commander.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Syd Henderson (talk • contribs) 00:41, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Douglas Hill

message: Here - the Independent only keeps articles online for a week, so get to work! - David Gerard 12:14, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Obituary
Talk:Qadry Ismail

message: This site appears to be a missionary website. I don't see any evidence of reliability. If someone disagrees feel free to say why.Bless sins (talk) 04:55, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Per Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#TheGoal.com the source is not reliable for subjects other than itself. I'm removing it.Bless sins (talk) 03:01, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Neither is there any evidence that it's unreliable.  It exists, and it's useful information for those who want to know more about Ismail Qadry. I vote to keep the link.  It's just the tiniest counter-balance to an intentionally deceptive article. Santamoly (talk) 16:24, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Missionary website