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Talk:Francis B. Spinola

message: There seems to be some misunderstandement about the ethnic background of General Francis B. Spinola. Spinola is a common Portuguese surname of Genovese origin, introduced in Madeira Island during the 15th century. At this point, most of us Maderians, myself included, descend at least from one of the 2 Spinola brothers who came here as merchants at that time, whether we carry the name or not. After so many generations, the Italian ethnic percentage is almost irrisory, when compared to the Portuguese one, and describing him as ethnically "Italian" seems to me a bit forced, not to mention that when the Spinolas came here to Madeira there wasn't even a "Italy", they came from the Genova Republic.--Darwinius (talk) 19:01, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Eleven years late, but as this article was featured on the front page due to possessing the "picture of the day," I stopped by to give it a look. The guy's Italian-American, regardless of his other ancestors, because we don't use blood quantum to qualify people's ethnic heritage. That aside, eight references for the simple proposition that Spinola was, in fact, Italian-American (by personal identification, no less!) is a bit silly. I cleaned it up, kept about half of the sources as a representative selection and formatted them so they're a bit more readable. Someone let me know if there's disagreement with that. RexSueciae (talk) 03:03, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Francis Barreto Spinola ethnic background 

message: Hello! This is to let editors know that the featured picture :File:SPINOLA, Francis B (BEP engraved portrait).jpg, which is used in this article, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for March 19, 2021. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2021-03-19. For the greater benefit of readers, any potential improvements or maintenance that could benefit the quality of this article should be done before its scheduled appearance on the Main Page.  If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:46, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  File:SPINOLA, Francis B (BEP engraved portrait).jpg scheduled for POTD
Talk:Francis Bell (New Zealand politician)

message: Can anyone cite any sources as to which religion he practiced? It is noted he had a Jewish mother which makes him Jewish under Jewish law but did he actually practice? If so, he would be the second practicing Jewish PM of New Zealand (after Vogel) and one of the few outside Israel. BroadArrow 04:42, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: My understanding is that unlike Vogel he wasn't a pactising Jew. --Lholden 04:52, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Jewish?

message: Surely Francis Bell (politician) is a more suitable name? GiantSnowman 18:32, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name
Talk:Francis Biddle

message: Good basic information.  More expansion required for elevation to B status.  ludahai 魯大海 00:06, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Rating

message: Although Biddle served in the United States army during World War I era, no reliable sources found as of yet state that he served overseas during the war. Accordingly, :Category:American military personnel of World War I was removed from the article. Semper Fi! FieldMarine (talk) 13:36, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: World War I service
Talk:Francis Bond Head

message: The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Edofedinburgh 23:02, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography/Assessment#Class_parameter|Biography assessment rating]] comment 
Talk:Saint Edward

message: Saint Edward's → Saint Edward – The base name for this disambig page is blocked by a redirect – Swid (talk | edits) 15:53, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Requested move

message: Add "* Support" or "* Oppose" followed by an optional one-sentence explanation, then sign your opinion with ~~~~
*Support It is silly having the simple redirect to the more complicated. -- Beardo 20:33, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: Add any additional comments
This article has been renamed as the result of a move request. Vegaswikian 21:48, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion
Talk:Francis Dana

message: @User:Randy Kryn: Francis Dana is considered a Founding Father by whom? Since you didn't add a citation, we have no way of telling. So please apply one so we can discuss what your source is and then what other sources have to say. Allreet (talk) 09:03, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Removed "Founding Fathers" title as unsourced. Articles of Confederation not recognized as a "founding document" by either National Archives or U.S. Congress. Also removed Dispute template. Allreet (talk) 10:07, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: @User:Randy Kryn reverted removal of unsourced material, but has yet to respond to the above request for a source. Allreet (talk) 16:38, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: @User:Randy Kryn: I have provided sourced text qualifying Dana's alleged status as a founding father, presumably for having signed the Articles of Confederation. Perhaps he is, but we have no way of knowing who shares this view. Meanwhile, the sources I referenced do not consider the Articles a founding document. My belief, based on sources, is that this is a minority view. Perhaps someday the Articles will be more widely accepted in this regard. Meanwhile, it is my understanding that Wikipedia follows such trends; it does not lead them. Allreet (talk) 22:23, 4 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Why does it follow that one has to sign one of the founding documents to be a "founding father." He was a leader of the US at its inception. His seat in the Continental Congress and signing of the Articles of Confederation confirms as much. How is he not a founding father? Jasonant (talk) 05:45, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dispute title Founding Father
Talk:Sir Francis Edwards, 1st Baronet

message: Per WP:EMBED, tables and other data can disrupt the flow of the narrative, which is told by prose and images.
So I have moved his election results to a separate section for now, so that the text can be read without miles of scrolling.  They  should be removed per WP:CONTENTFORK.
Note similar discussions at Talk:Sir Ellis Ellis-Griffith,_1st_Baronet#Election_tables, and Talk:Adam Rolland Rainy#Too_much_detail, and Talk:Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett. At the Birkett article, Ironholds notes that other similar articles either omit this data or place it in a separate section. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 20:35, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Glad to know it's not just me who has an issue with this styling - I thought I might be going crazy(er). User:Graemp, we now have 3 people saying they don't like it to stronger or weaker degrees. Is this sufficient consensus for you? Ironholds (talk) 23:06, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Election results break up narrative
Talk:Joseph W. Alton

message: Is there any reason to prefer the obituary retrieved through Newspapers.com rather than from the Baltimore Sun web site. -- Pemilligan (talk) 18:43, 12 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: no particular reason; sometimes Balt Sun has a paywall though, but not sure if that applies to obituaries. --Engineerchange (talk) 18:58, 12 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Which source of Sun obit? 

message: Note, I removed this detail about his father's profession and date of death in 1949 (not 1950) because the source used was findagrave (which is considered not reliable per WP:ELPEREN). Feel free to add back details with reliable source. --Engineerchange (talk) 12:58, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Father's profession and death date
Talk:Huguette Dreyfus

message: I don't want to add this article to :Category:Onomastics because it really has nothing to do with Onomastics.  However, Sheynhertz added a bunch of red-links to it, but I don't want to just revert because he also added links to the French Wikipedia's articles on some of those people; which could be useful.  So I'm adding the talk page to Category:Onomastics so that people working on cleaning up Sheynhertz's mess know that there's something here to be done. ~ ONUnicorn (Talk / Contribs) 15:57, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Francis Evans Cornish

message: This Times article tells a tale (no. 17 in the list)  that in 1874 Cornish had to try himself for public drunkenness, found himself guilty, fined himself $5 with costs but then remitted the sentence on grounds of good behaviour. I don't know whether that one article is enough of a source, but it's amusing! 86.143.48.55 (talk) 14:09, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trying himself?
Talk:Jimmy McLarnin

message: This article makes reference to him as a Methodist, or of a Methodist upbringing?
http://www.tomhawthorn.com/node/3181.77.105.141 (talk) 15:40, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Religion 

message: The old discussion about his nationality is popping up again. Can someone check on this issue, on what has been agreed upon? Thanks. Super48paul (talk) 10:22, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Irish or Canadian?? 

message: Ireland was part of United Kingdom until 1922 and every Irish born in Ireland before 1922 is a British citizen. That's a historical fact. 
Articles:--Donniediamond (talk) 23:24, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: You are confusing citizenship with nationality. This has already been discussed a number of times above.--Donniediamond (talk) 23:24, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: British citizen until 1922
Talk:Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell

message: The main article body states he was born in Lambeth, London, but the info card states Swansea. The latter part of the article also refers to his 'native Swansea' - which is it? Hishmacla (talk) 08:15, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Place of Birth
Talk:Robert Lloyd Praeger

message: Have entered only one of "Praeger's publications. When I find more I shall add them. If you find some please add them.Osborne 13:55, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Praeger's Publications
Talk:Francis Case

message: Regarding the move of this page, Francis Case (92%) and F. H. Case (6%) are the only iterations of Case's name that constitute over 5% of references to him on newspapers.com. Star Garnet (talk) 22:52, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Common name
Talk:Bajiprabhu

message: I suggest this article be merged into Baji Prabhu Deshpande because the name is correct. Secondly, this article has more content that could make a perfect addition to the other article. -- Mayuresh 16:01, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Merge Complete -- Mayuresh 16:25, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge to: Baji Prabhu Deshpande
Talk:Joshua Homer

message: As of the 1887 election, New Westminster (electoral district), became a two-seat riding, so there were two successors, Donald Chisholm and T.J. Trapp; so it strikes me that both should be in the succession box.  Thereafter individual successions may be traced, as with Chisholm dying in office in 1890 he had one successor only, but in general in dual seats (sometimes triple or more) should be succession-boxed showing both members.  No?  Comments pls. Skookum1 21:06, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Successsion box issue
Talk:Francis Lovelace

message: Charles II never defeated Oliver Cromwell! Olly died in office, as Lord Protector (essentially, a president). Charles II was invited back because of Richard Cromwell's (Oliver's son) inability to form a stable government (and the people were tired of puritan excesses).
DanBrodman (talk) 11:29, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The reference to Cromwell's defeat has been deleted.  I have added information from the ODNB to fill in on Lovelace's career pre New York, and to better chronologise his last year or so after return.  (Previously the reader may have been left with the impression Lovelace died in prison.)Cloptonson (talk) 12:32, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cromwell defeated? 

message: I am augmenting this article with information from the ODNB.  I am deleting London as a death place because of lack of certainty he was in London when he died.  He was released from the Tower in April 1675 because of his health, having not been charged with any offence, and went to live in Woodstock, Oxfordshire.  He died by 22 December 1675 when administration of his estate was granted to a brother.Cloptonson (talk) 11:57, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Upcoming amendments 
Talk:Josiah Chinamano

message: The article had this sentence:
The Central Intelligence Agency funded Chinamano's activities. - Wood, J.R.T. 'So Far and No Further!' Rhodesia's Bid for Independence During the Retreat from Empire 1959, 2005. Page 174.
I wasn't able to get a hold of the source yet, but from a check on Google Books for that page, it doesn't appear that this statement properly reflects what the source has to say.  Does anyone have the source in hand? Shell   babelfish 07:52, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Concerns about statement
Talk:Josiah Quincy Jr.

message: Wmcewenjr (talk) 21:48, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

message: Shouldn't he be Josiah Quincy IV, there's already a Josiah Quincy, Jr.. --Brock Oli (talk) 20:48, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: It seems seems a pointedly false conclusion to state Josiah Quincy was not impressed by Joseph Smith, since his most widely quoted statement from his posthumous book Figures of the Past states: "It is by no means improbable that some future textbook, for the use of generations yet unborn, will contain a question something like this: What historical American of the nineteenth century has exerted the most powerful influence upon the destinies of his countrymen? And it is by no means impossible that the answer to that interrogatory may be thus written: Joseph Smith, the Mormon prophet. And the reply, absurd as it doubtless seems to most men now living, may be an obvious commonplace to their descendants."  Why is an obscure more disparaging comment included instead of this one?  This hardly reads as being "not impressed."  At its worst, Josiah shared mixed impressions. 199.188.138.185 (talk) 18:59, 30 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not Impressed by Joseph Smith?
Talk:Francis Muthaura

message: Recent edit by User:41.191.228.194 lifted straight from http://www.muthaura.co.ke/ - tagged 'all rights reserved 2011' Wizzy…☎ 18:03, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Josiah Winslow

message: At first glance I thought this was Josiah's ancestors since that is what it stated.  However the ancestry is about Penelope not Josiah.   If you want this information in an article you must create an article about Penelope and she must meet WP:Notable standards   Mugginsx (talk) 20:28, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with this assessment entirely. Penelope's ancestry is beyond the scope of this article. Agricolae (talk) 22:37, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  The ancestry is also beyond [[Wikipedia:Scope|Wiki Article Scope]] 
Talk:Josias Tayler

message: Somebody added these three URLs to the article, which I am moving here today:
* https://www.perthcounty.ca/en/doing-business/resources/files/Index-of-Schedules-Maps/A4-6-WEST-OF-STRATFORD.pdf
* http://www.perthhs.org/documents/neighbour/shaw-masters-servants-web.pdf
* http://www.perthhs.org/documents/neighbour/shaw-the-devil-web.pdf
I checked the last one, and while it mentions Josias Tayler I don't see how it could be used as a reference as the article stands today.  We can save these here just in case they turn out to be useful in future.  PKT(alk) 01:15, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: that was one of my three accounts, but the last link was printed as a story in a paper article when he was the Judge Of Perth ON, so it shows some relevance to an old paper article the was published over the course of days maybe weeks, when I put that link here I thought instead of adding 6+ different links to paper articles, this would have been more efficient Mauwie Edits 01 (talk) 18:58, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Bare URLs
Talk:Newry City F.C.

message: In July 2010, this article was quite rightly tagged for its resemblance to . Evaluation suggests the content evolved on Wikipedia naturally and was then copied by that site for its own use. See Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2010 July 30 for details. The Wikimedia Foundation takes copyright concerns very seriously, and we very much appreciate contributors remaining conscious of these concerns. In this case, lacking further evidence, it seems that no copyright infringement has occurred on the part of Wikipedia's contributors. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 19:29, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Backwards vio

message: This page is no longer needed, given how closely linked it is to Newry City AFC, as such i have merged alot of the significant info from the old page onto the new. Portsfc1887 (talk) 23:01, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Motion for Deletion
Talk:Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds

message: There doesn't appear to be any pronoun consistency in this article. Leeds is probably entirely inappropriate, Carmathen less so; but surely 'Osborne' would be the most appropriate as that was the surname of the subject.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Speaktorob (talk • contribs) 14:25, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Leeds vs Carmathen
Talk:Yuval Levin

message: Please add more details about his family. You don't get people like this man without strong influence from his family and connections. Who are his parents? Why was he born in Israel? His page is seriously lacking information that would complete the biography. 2405:9800:BC30:7644:D1EE:C01E:E00E:91CD (talk) 00:27, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please add more details about his family

message: Yuval is so biased in all his commentaries, he should develop a non-partisan view and only then will his real potential come out.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.245.35.211 (talk) 22:10, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yuval is too partisan 
Talk:Joyce Mojonnier

message: As part of GOCE Backlog elimination drive for March 2024, I will attempt some cleanup for this article. This may be overkill, but I'm a novice; so I made a list of issues to fix, with rationale. These include:
* Spruce up lede, to make it more like similar entries 
* Improve readability of content, convert 'listing' into prose (or proper list?)  
:: I condensed "Career" section, and added a short list of notable legislation passed  — Yogabear2020 (talk) 17:18, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text:  I added section "Other contributions" — Yogabear2020 (talk) 17:18, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

text: (see note below)  — Yogabear2020 (talk) 18:00, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

text: (but see note below) — Yogabear2020 (talk) 18:00, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

text: (but see note below) — Yogabear2020 (talk) 18:00, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Issues for improvement 

message: I removed some material from the "Career" section:
This seems to general to be sourced; and the info about the 75th District is available there.
I also removed (and condensed) some of the material about the WICP:
Again, it also seems more relevant to an article on the org itself. (And I removed material that 'announced' the Museum opening, which was dated, like an advert, and obviously not relevant here. All of this is probably not going to be controversial: just trying to do due diligence.) — Yogabear2020 (talk) 18:34, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Material removed 

message: Some legislation, or it's 'intent' (what it hoped to accomplish), isn't clearly sourced.  I added a few sources, but found it difficult to find others quickly, given the pre-Internet time frame. Some descriptions of 'intent' could probably even be cut? without a source.  
If someone has the time, or interest, here is one website that has the gov't records of California legislature/legislation (including 1982-1990), with 'hard copy' pdf-scans of gov't documents. Keyword search "Mojonnier". 
*https://digitalcommons.law.ggu.edu/
— Yogabear2020 (talk) 19:12, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Career" section : citations needed?
Talk:Warrenpoint ambush

message: From the article, it can be inferred that there were no prosecutions, much less convictions, in relation to his attack. Can we say so explicitly, with a source? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:31, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. --Bsherr (talk) 03:54, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  No prosecutions 

message: The 'Belligerent' sections uses the flag of Ireland to represent the IRA. The IRA is/or was a terrorist organisation. It may have aspired to a connection with The Republic of Ireland, but was not sponsored by it, did not represent it and was in fact pursued by its law enforcement agencies for decades. Is this appropriate? Hanoi Road (talk) 00:21, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes. It was the flag of the Irish Republic before it was the flag of the 26-county state. FDW777 (talk) 13:48, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I take your point, but the tricolour is a state symbol. Furthermore, the Provisional IRA, INLA, etc do not act on behalf of the Irish state in any capacity, official or otherwise. One would not, for example, use the flag of The United Kingdom to represent the UVF. There is a difference between perceived allegiance and official status. Hanoi Road (talk) 12:35, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

text: No, the IRA did not act on behalf of the 26 county state. They acted on behalf of the 32 county Irish Republic, as previously stated that use of the flag pre-dates the existence of the 26 county state, never mind their adoption of the flag. The tricolor is the flag of the IRA, and Wikipedia is not censored. FDW777 (talk) 15:10, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: This is not a question of "censorship", but an issue of the misuse of a national flag on Wikipedia. There is a difference between republicanism and terrorist activity. Do you understand that difference? Hanoi Road (talk) 17:12, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: This was already discussed years ago, and the current banner (only used for republican groups) is a result of that discussion. Take a look to the flagicon, the image is not the same that the national flag of Ireland. Agreed with FDW777, as the file rationale explains, the tricolour predates the 26 county-state.--Darius (talk) 22:13, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: If the "banner" is "not the same" as the Irish flag (ie: Green, White and Orange, with Green at the hoist) the distinctions are lost on me; and I suspect, most others. However, if the matter has previously been thrashed out, fair enough. Hanoi Road (talk) 12:57, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of Flag of Ireland 

message: It may have been called a "massacre", it may have been called all kinds of things in Britain; but currently we're treating this as if it's a legitimate name and not an absurd propaganda term. Whatever you think about the attack: it targeted armed active soldiers on duty. How can that ever be called a "massacre"? 90.186.170.100 (talk) 22:35, 28 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Massacre"
Talk:Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford

message: The page states Elizabeth Seymour-Conway married Luiggi Giafferi, PM of Corsica (1736), but the link to HIS page gives his lifespan as being from 25 March 1668 – 1 October 1748 (that's a cut & paste).  If Elizabeth lived from 1754–1825, as stated on the 1M Hertford page, it would've been impossible for those two to have married.  At least in my opinion... Ted.brandi (talk) 23:45, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  disputing information about his daughter Elizabeth