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Talk:Homeopathic proving

message: I added a sentence to the last paragraph mentioning placebo effect.  rmosler 08:39, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Perhaps something was lost in translation from the German.  The empirical sciences do not deal in proofs of natural phenomenon. We validate and verify, but proof is the realm of the abstract.
"... in science there is no 'knowledge', in the sense in which Plato and Aristotle understood the word, in the sense which implies finality; in science, we never have sufficient reason for the belief that we have attained the truth. ... This view means, furthermore, that we have no proofs in science (excepting, of course, pure mathematics and logic). In the empirical sciences, which alone can furnish us with information about the world we live in, proofs do not occur, if we mean by 'proof' an argument which establishes once and for ever the truth of a theory." from Sir Karl Popper, The Problem of Induction, 1953 
 
"It is the aim of science to establish general rules which determine the reciprocal connection of objects and events in time and space. For these rules, or laws of nature, absolutely general validity is required — not proven."  from Albert Einstein, in Science, Philosophy and Religion, A Symposium, 1941. 
-- Paleorthid 21:56, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ironic
Talk:Post and lintel

message: to know what "trabeated" was should be redirected to a page which told him/her in the first line it was a synonym for post and lintel construction. --Mcginnly | Natter 00:26, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

message: A lintel can also be a purely decorative element, especially once a more global view of architecture is recognized rather than just Western or Greek/Roman.  The article lintel (architecture) was written because the view of Post and lintel is too narrow for many uses in other architectures of the world. --Mattisse 19:57, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Decorative element 

message: I merged the stuff from Lintel per a merge proposal in place since 2006. Zab (talk) 15:47, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merged from [[Lintel]] 

message: I find the usage here needs editing. I am going to use this space as a sandbox until I get it together.
One of four ancient structural methods of building, the others being corbel, arch-and-vault, and truss. L. Sprague De Camp, Ancient Engineers: Technology & Invention from the Earliest Times to the Renaissance (U.S.A.: Barnes and Noble, 1993 edition), 35.
"The earliest, simplest method of spanning a space is the post-and-lintel system..." Allison Lee Palmer, Historical Dictionary Of Architecture (U.S.A.: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2008) 213.
arcuate(d) arched, trabeated (post and lintel)
Post and lintel is the main structural system in Northern China, the southern traditional timber buildings which use a column-and-tie structural system. "Structural Mechanism Of Southern Chinese Traditional Timber Frame Buildings" SCIENCE CHINA Technological Sciences.2011, Vol 54(7) ://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112427956/structural-mechanism-of-southern-chinese-traditional-timber-frame-buildings/  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jim Derby (talk • contribs) 17:22, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: working on edits
Talk:Rabbit-skin glue

message: There appears to be some present/past tense problems in at least the first paragraph. Lord GS-41 05:43, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tense 

message: I removed the unattributed claim that oil paint will eventually delaminate from acrylic gesso.  Where did that come from?  I no longer like the stuff, but I've got oil paintings I did on acrylic gesso 45 years ago that are in perfect condition. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jive Dadson (talk • contribs) 05:57, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: *It can take weeks to dry. It can also take mere days. This is an article on rabbit skin glue; not on the drying times of oil paints. There are many factors that can affect the drying times of oil paints. Thickness of application (of the oil paint) is one factor: thin coats dry more quickly. The ratio of oil to pigment matters. More oil results in slower drying times. The choice of pigment matters. Zinc white is a fairly slow drier; lead white dries more quickly. (Titanium white falls in between.) The choice of oil itself can be a factor. Many paints, especially light colors, such as white, use less "yellowing" oils than linseed oil, and this can slow down drying times. The addition of other pigments, such as one of the umber pigments or cobalt blue, can speed up drying times. (Check out "Oil Paint Drying Time And How You Can Manipulate it".) Environmental factors matter too. Why not just note in the article that oil paint dries slowly, and leave it at that? That simply distinguishes it from acrylic paint, which dries much more quickly.  Bus stop 14:28, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  archival properties 

message: Page nos and edition nos are advised + ISBN if available. Tyrenius 23:25, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Notes and refs

message: Rabbit skin glue is commonly used in book binding. I'll revert the last edit and reference it (prob. the Thames & Hudson Manual of Bookbinding) when I have a moment.
Andy Dingley 08:31, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Bookbinding

message: Some discussion of why rabbit skins are used would be appropriate. (As a contrast to other hides, like horse, which are traditional for other applications.) Animal glue says it's due to flexibility, but that information is unsourced. -- 160.129.138.186 (talk) 22:16, 4 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why rabbits?
Talk:Shaolin Wooden Men

message: This is the same film as Shaolin Wooden Men and there was already a stub on it. Bangers 20:06, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: In the UK the standard name for this film is "Shaolin Chamber of Death", and in the US it appears to be "Shaolin Wooden Men". What is the original Hong Kong title? I think the article title should be one of these and all alternative titles should be re-directs. Gram 09:44, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I guess this is just one example of the incomplete info on JC films flying around the net. It would be good if as many of his films as possible had decent articles, which clarify naming issues etc. According to IMDb, the (Romanised) Cantonese title is Shao Lin mu ren xiang - what does this translate to? Also noted the actual number of "wooden men" varies in different reviews - from 36 to 100 to 108. Gram 10:00, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The literal Chinese title is 'Shaolin Wooden Men Alley', so 'Shaolin Wooden Men' is the most accurate title. Also, Hong Kong Legends have recently released a new remastered DVD under that title, so the 'standard' name for the film in the UK has changed. I strongly recommend changing this article to 'Shaolin Wooden Men', as I was never happy with Chamber of Death being the title, and from the evidence I've just presented you might understand. Also, Shao Lin mu ren xiang is NOT the Cantonese title, that is the Mandarin title, the Cantonese title is Siu2 lam4 muk6 yan4 hong6. The IMDB seem a little haphazard with what the language for the film should be, Chan's 80s films appear to have changed to Cantonese but the early ones remain Mandarin. Psyklax 08:50, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: 36 Wooden Men

message: I've submitted a move request at Wikipedia:Requested moves#Other proposals to move this article to Shaolin Wooden Men. My rationale is as follows:
Article was originally created using UK title. Old and new US titles, and new UK and Australian titles are Shaolin Wooden Men. No releases still in print in English-speaking countries have the title Shaolin Chamber of Death, and it's arguable that it was never the most commonly known title anyway. Google search results for "Shaolin Chamber of Death" = 3,900. For "Shaolin Wooden Men" = 31,300. Gram123 (talk) 11:38, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed move

message: Hi,
Seems like Shaolin Wooden Men redirects to this article. However, Shaolin Wooden Men is also the name of a psytrance act - see http://gracenote.com/music/search.html?q=shaolin+wooden+men&f=artist&f=disc&x=0&y=0 . I think the redirection should be changed into a disambiguation page and a stub created for the music group. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.145.237.73 (talk) 22:38, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shaolin Wooden Men redirection
Talk:Pinball (1984 video game)

message: Agree with merge request. I also copied the text from List of cameos in Pinball and added a merge request there. Nach0king 10:10, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

message: Do both Nintendo seals exist for this NES Pinball game?  The White seal and the Black seal? --172.250.226.251 (talk) 07:24, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nintendo Seal
Talk:Method ringing

message: This reads like a quote from the CCCBR's literature: 
* "this system gives method names sound that is evocative, musical, and quaint"
* "something any ringer can be proud to complete"
A little heartfelt for an encyclopaedia.  (Also, desperately short of citations.)--82.72.123.240 (talk) 13:25, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: What is wrong with quoting from the CCCBR?  They are the accepted authority for the exercise.  Would changing to "this system gives method names that to many sound evocative, musical and quaint" be better?  I would suggest however that "something ... complete" is a fair summary.  Any ringer could be proud, and most certainly are. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 08:43, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Encyclopaedic?

message: Other methods on 3 bells? I may be wrong but I thought that there were only 2 valid methods for 3 bells (Plain Hunt and Reverse Plaint Hunt). It's famous for that. --Andrew Hyde 10:14, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This is easy to demonstrate: there are only 6 rows and each row has only two "neighbors" (either the first two or second two bells swap positions); so they we can diagram these six rows as forming a loop; and there are only two ways to navigate a loop — clockwise or counter- (anti- for the Brits). Doops |  talk 20:07, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Of course, people will refer to non-valid methods as methods - if you've haven't rung the frontwork of Stedman on 3 or the front half of Bristol on 4, you haven't lived ;-) --62.58.152.52 12:59, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: 3 Bell Methods

message: I see that Kent Treble Bob Major, Grandsire Caters, Erin Triples, Chartres Delight Royal, Percy's Tea Strainer Treble Place Major and Titanic Cinques are all in italics? Is this correct. I had previously thought they should be in quotes, but it has also been suggested they should be in plain text, as they are "... systems of producing the changes that make up the peals, not names of the peals themselves." Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 07:52, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Method names 

message: Curiously, the simple building block of plain hunt has been omitted. I have now added this. Dougsim (talk) 17:08, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you! ◅ Sebastian Helm 🗨 11:26, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plain hunt added 

message: Under  there is the statement “[change ringing "methods"] allow a large range of possible different changes to be rung; even to the extent of the full factorial sequence of changes.” (which btw probably better fits in a more general section). For six bells that would be 6! = 720 changes. But the peal board depicted here claims “5040 changes […] each called differently”. How is that possible? ◅ Sebastian Helm 🗨 11:26, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Factorial
Talk:Hidden Agenda (1988 video game)

message: The text below contains a lot of POV wording. BTW, shouldn't it be called criticism of the game. A critique is some kind of review, which Wikipedia is specifically not. - Mgm|(talk) 10:21, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: A short "criticisms" section which gives a brief overview would be better. It is rather hard to be NPOV when discussing policies in-game, because the game decides what is right and what is wrong. If you decide to prosecute the death squads, you have to side with the National Liberation Front, which sends you into socialist policies and usually means the NLF has a hand in rigging the elections. The US is also portrayed in a pretty negative light (funding the reactos who attack clinics, for example). Of course, whether this is accurate or not is arguable... Anyway, some of these points are good, but the section below is too long and in-depth for an encylopedia article, as well as being NPOV. --Doug (talk) 15:39, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I think this article is fairly pov and probably 100% original research.  I think it definitely needs to be improved, however I'm uncertain of what to do.  It does seem that large sections of Wikipedia tend to read like its slightly slanted toward socialism/communism, so I guess maybe there's just more socialists/communists than capitalists interested in the Wikipedia, but I definitely think this article needs to be cleared of any bias either direction.
By the way, I've played the game and I think that while the Popular Stability and Christian Reform give very realistic advice, the National Liberation advice is pretty poor and always causes the country to go broke, but if you always oppose unrealistic ideas (price controls always lead to less food and people starving), the National Liberation party will have you killed.  This game does have major flaws once it gets late in the game because there simply is nothing to do.  However, I think its a good model to create a better political game from. 206.251.1.22 21:57, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV
Talk:Asom Gana Parishad

message: Hello, I deleted this sentence from the history section: "deletion of their names from the country's electoral rolls" because I could not find any sources supporting this claim. If any are found, feel free to reinstate this statement.
Another issue: regarding the paragraph that starts with: "AASU then constituted the All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad (AAGSP)...." It is unclear what this paragraph is trying to say. Would appreciate anyone who could simplify it for the average reader.
Cheers —Gatito999 (Report bug)  — Preceding undated comment added 13:01, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  History section
Talk:James Orengo

message: Is Orengo's wife Betty Murungi? Source please or it should be deleted. Creeddd (talk) 10:16, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Orengo's wife 
Talk:Flattbush

message: "...not true, Flattbush is AGAINST social-darwinism"
which I am guessing was contributed by a member of the group or an insider from the group.  However I have a link here that might set the record straight.  Why do you want to go against the Communist party line? Wouldn't that constitute a total ban and exile from the party?
watch and learn, 98.198.232.225 :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFqCzWCK-uI
Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater. Albert Einstein 11:58, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Ramesh Jigajinagi

message: --avnp* 10:47, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Henry Glass (admiral)

message: Please feel free to add. This is my first edit so there might be some rules I did not know about and I am sorry if I have broken any of them.
We now have 3 people named Henry Glass. Attempting to create a disambiguation page. Mccainre (talk) 06:53, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Ken Skinner

message: This article has been kept following this AFD debate. Sjakkalle (Check!) 10:02, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  AFD debate link 

message: This article was originally an obituary for Kenneth Skinner Sr.  As there were no verifiable sources of his existence, and per some of the discussion on the AfD page, I've changed it to refer to Kenneth Skinner Jr., who is much more widely known. --Xyzzyplugh 22:24, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rewrote article to feature the son 

message: I have removed the entire section: it was entirely unverified and possibly unverifiable. For the It Takes Two note, for instance, see this search--no hits at all in Google News or Google Books. If they were in it, it wasn't a very big part, to say the least. BTW, the article in general suffers from a complete lack of sources and an unencyclopedic tone. Drmies (talk) 16:16, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Other artwork
Talk:Hills (store)

message: Who is "Goldberger?" This article needs a re-write. --Captadam 15:18, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Bergensk

message: I removed the following anon edit (added 09-Feb-2006) because it its not very accurate:
:Bergensk has at least two sociolects: Kalfaretbergensk, named after the former upper-class Kalfaret part of Bergen, which is almost analogous to Riksmål. This sociolect is about to disappear. Recent development has seen the emergence of Fanabergensk, mostly spoken in the suburbs Paradis and Hop, which is similar to Bokmål. Sissel Kyrkjebø is a speaker of the latter.
The names of the Bergen sociolects are more often referred to as "posh bergensk" (close to Riksmål/Bokmål) and "street bergensk" (close to Bokmål/Nynorsk) than linked to specific geographic areas. The "posh bergensk" may be shifting from Riksmål towards Bokmål, but it is not disappearing. And it may be spoken by anyone anywhere, even striler. However, I think it would be more interesting to describe the differences between "posh" and "street", and also the fact that there are several dialects within Bergen, not just sociolects. --Eddi (Talk) 15:57, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If gatebergensk (street bergensk) and finbergensk (posh bergensk) aren't sociolects, what is a sociolect? Gatebergensk versus finbergensk seem to me like the prime example of sociolects within one dialect. --Aqwis 21:32, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sociolects 

message: What kind of crap is this? I am Norwegian.. born and bred. We have TWO languages in Norway.
Whats next? Analyse every single American dialect?   — Preceding unsigned comment added by TomV71 (talk • contribs) 13:00, 26 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I suggest that you re-read this article. It doesn't say Bergensk is a language, it says it is a dialect of Norwegian. The two languages you're talking about are not languages either, but rather just two written standards of a single language (Norwegian). Peter238 (talk) 14:23, 26 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Language? 

message: Having read this section I found it interesting and wanted to find out more, unfortunately there is no source provided and googling this only returns results copying Wikipedia. I have asked a friend from Bergen about this and they have said they aren't familiar with this being a regular feature but it may be used for nicknames. This claim also doesn't appear in the Norwegian version of this page. If this is not from a reliable source should it be removed? 212.250.152.253 (talk) 13:44, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I have found that the bergensk dialect article on store norske leksikon says this, I have added a link to the article and rewritten the section to reflect the article. I'm not so good at editing wikipedia so if someone is able to clean up my edits that would be nice. 212.250.152.197 (talk) 17:10, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Definite form of given names source?
Talk:Robert Southwell (priest)

message: This entry mainly comprises material from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, which is rather outdated.  Much has been learnt since then.
:Well, the page is for editing. It is quite acceptable to copy edit the EB 1911, which tends to be verbose; to correct it; to add anything of importance; to build up contemporary references and so on. See it as an ongoing process, to upgrade the article. Charles Matthews 17:35, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Outdated? 

message: "To my Worthy Good Cousin, Master W.S." The article makes it seem as though this title existed in 1595. The consensus seems to be that "Master W.S." was not added until 1616. The 1595 title seems to have been, "The author to his louing cozen." Fotoguzzi (talk) 15:52, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quotes 

message: Copyright by Boosey & Co LTD, ISMN M-060-01545-8 "This Little Babe" is a 3-part round cycle based on his four stanza poem of the Nativity. Text by Robert Southwell (1561? – 1559) and the composer is Benjamin Britten.  Here is a YouTube recording that is very popular and very moving!  — This should be an 'External link' entry. FYI, Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 00:06, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Credited with the text of "This Little Babe"
Talk:Alex Bogdanovic

message: Bogdanovic is currently British no2 as he is currently ranked above Josh Goodall as at 25 May 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/top_20_men/default.stm Kateab (talk) 17:06, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Ranking

message: Perhaps a Controversy section is needed?  Bogdanovic has had ten years of having what, for most people, would be a playboy lifestyle.  At 26, he has singularly failed to do anything in the game, and yet he has continued to make a very nice living at the LTA's expense.  Some way of reflecting this in the article would be only fair. The Guardian has said: "British tennis, surely, will not gamble much longer on Alex Bogdanovic. He went on to Court Two against Tomas Berdych – one of those on‑his-day supermen, off-his-day easybeats – with seven Wimbledon wildcard entries behind him, seven first-round defeats in as many years, and buoyed by the sort of financial support from the Lawn Tennis Association that would bring a smile to the face of the laziest MP."  And Greg Rusedski has been amongst his critics: "I can understand why Alex Bogdanovic had his LTA funding cut and will not get a Wimbledon wildcard this year.  You need certain standards...  if you have been receiving funding for a full decade by the time you reach the age of 26, you can see their point of view.  There has to be a cut-off point and by 26 you should be selfsufficient... You have to say: 'If you are not good enough, go and do something else.'  You could not continue for so long in any other job in the world without paying your own way. Guv2006 (talk) 09:57, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Controversy 2010