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Talk:Course credit

message: pros and cons of  the Credit System.lets discuss? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.200.157.254  (talk • contribs) 08:53, 18 November 2006
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:Pros: flexibility, both in terms of time to complete the degree and number of areas one can major or minor in. It also  facilitates moving from one school to another, both domestically and internationally.
:Cons: I can't think of any really, especially compared to other systems. Toeplitz 14:05, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: While the section on the US claims that there is no standard, the "see also" references  the Carnegie Unit and Student Hour says that it is standardized in the US. Why is this article then so offhand and vague and why doesn't it prominently feature the other article?Student7 (talk) 10:47, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Standardized in the US

message: Unclear whether this is supposed to address seat time or course credits - seems to vary from region to region. Would be useful to work on restructuring all articles which refer to US/Canadian seat time and the Carnegie Unit for clarity... - Sara FB (talk) 23:45, 18 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Purpose of article
Talk:Eastern Swing

message: This is a very odd entry. There is no credible historical evidence that anything known as Eastern Swing preceded Lindy Hop. The earliest forms of swing dance were the Charleston and Black Bottom that grew out of the black American communities of the south, followed by Lindy Hop, which was first documented at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem in 1927 - the year that "Lindy Hopped the Atlantic". All subsequent forms of swing dance have evolved from Lindy Hop. When the Arthur Murray studios simplified the footwork and adapted Lindy Hop to 6-count steps in the 1940's was the first period when these dance styles were referred to as "swing". The standardized form was called "East Coast Swing". None of the old-time dancers that are still alive today (from the 1920's) called the dance form "swing" until more modern times looking back on the era. This entire entry for "Eastern Swing" has no basis except as an alternate name for East Coast Swing. Jazzdanse (talk) 03:19, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
Talk:Herräng Dance Camp

message: This page needs lots more information - I'll add bits and pieces as I have time.
Interesting things about Herrang:
- teachers and students mix as equals during the camp (which is unusual in the swing world)
- the camp uses a school and other community buildings in the village - hence the concerns that the camp might close if the school was closed in 2007
- the camp includes many other activities beyond dancing - regular meeting with performances; 'cultural activities' day; etc
- it has its own sauna, cafe, bar, dining room and ice cream shop and has wireless internet access
- the actual scale of the camp needs to be discussed - the sheer amount of space taken up by dancers
- the living accomodations are unique and worth discussing
- some discussion of private classes and the free 'taster' classes would be interesting
- some reference to Herrang as the most important camp in contemporary swing culture would be useful
PlainJane 06:47, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Can someone please paraphrase the history that has been copied into the wiki?  Obviously the text that's been copied over from the HDC website shouldn't be there but is right now for reference purposes. apanda 19:59, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Just altering the wordings in a copyvio text does not change the fact that the material is originally copyvio. Please use the information on the official web site  and/or other sources to write a new orginal text to make up a history section; until that is done we'll have to do without. // habj 04:58, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: History
Talk:Tranky Doo

message: Is this really by Frankie Manning?  Other sources attribute it to Pepsi Bethel.
65.16.145.177 (talk) 00:22, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Choreographer? 
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cue sports

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thread_title:  One of your project's articles has been selected for improvement!
Talk:City of the Chasch

message: The presence of a mothership is supposition, and is not reflected in the actual text. This supposition is perhaps based on the description of the ship Adam and Paul are in as a "scout-boat" rather than as a "space-ship." At no point do the two scouts mention the loss of a mothership or express regret at the loss of life (crew/friends/colleges) that would have been killed with the motherships destruction. It would perhaps be more accurate to say that their ship is damaged by a near miss, and forced to crash-land.
:What the heck are you talking about? The main spaceship and its destruction are described in the book. There is no "supposition" about it. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:06, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Mothership
Talk:In Dreams (film)

message: In the opening paragraph of the article it states the running time is 1 hour and 40 minutes (100 mins). However on the right hand-side of the page beneath the picture it states the running time as 98 minutes. This may be a small inconsistency but I feel that for the sake of a factual Wikipedia article it should be rectified.
123dylan456 (talk) 16:03, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conflicting 'Running Time' figures. 
Talk:No Pokies

message: Since when was No Pokies a political party?--cj | talk 09:12, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed. Timeshift 11:15, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Party?

message: Unless someone knows about Australian politics, this article is pretty cryptic. It needs a decent introduction that explains (at least):
* what a pokie is (that's a singularly Australian expression, I think)
* why the pokie problem is so bad that someone would start no-pokies movement
* what, beyond the very vague phrase "anti gambling", the No Pokies people's policies in this regard actually are
Thanks. 87.115.44.201 (talk) 19:09, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Added pokies/poker machines sentence... not hard. The second two I don't feel require attention but if you do, you're more than welcome to contribute. Timeshift (talk) 01:30, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: No context

message: Did this party contest the latest elections in South Australia?--80.201.199.187 (talk) 18:18, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: No. Timeshift (talk) 23:24, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: South Australia Election 2010

message: Xenophon has not used the No Pokies moniker for a number of elections now, instead he uses his own name as his brand name these days.  At the 2013 federal election his ticket was referred to as the "Nick Xenophon Group", at the 2014 state election, his sponsored ticket is named the "Nick Xenophon Team".  Should this article now be renamed Nick Xenophon Team?
:Due to historical significance, no, but you could add something like "also Nick Xenophon Team" in the lead if you want. Timeshift (talk) 22:42, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Enh, actually I think a move would be OK. The lead at the moment is incorrect, since it says "No Pokies is a ..." when it's no longer called No Pokies. Either the article is about specifically the 2006 ticket, which seems kind of unnecessarily narrow, or it's about the grouping Xenophon has established, in which case it should be at either NX Group or NX Team. (I'd go with Group, since that's the federal registration.) Frickeg (talk) 01:17, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Could go Nick Xenophon Team, previously No Pokies etc. Timeshift (talk) 01:24, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I like that suggestion. The Drover's Wife (talk) 02:51, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Time to rename article?
Talk:Wakko's Wish

message: Isn't it ironice that Cartoon Network has the rights to run this but not The Show itself Matthew Cantrell (talk) 16:50, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Airing 

message: Just what I typed up there. Also someone please cite the source regarding the "no plans" to release the movie on DVD format.65.173.90.94 (talk) 00:03, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: When is this going to be released on DVD?

message: The article says there is no Christmas theme. They do sing a Christmas carol, though (an adapted version of Jingle Bells).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Spetnik (talk • contribs) 22:02, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Christmas 

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thread_title: Pending changes
Talk:Flame Nebula

message: "is near the easternmost star in Orion's Belt, Alnitak."
The article here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(constellation)
suggests that Alnitak is on the left - ie, western - end of Orion's belt. Or have I misread that?
:If you're looking at Orion from the Northern hemisphere you're generally facing south, so the left end is the eastern end. HairyDan (talk) 14:15, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

message: There is another free use image available at flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/christopherbatt/156824739/. Royalbroil T : C 17:43, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Another free use image

message: The app magnitude has been specified as +2. Is there a reference?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by EPharaoh (talk • contribs) 16:45, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Apparent magnitude 

message: The article (and http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap990713.html) states that the star Alnitak is the source of UV causing the ionisation which makes the nebula glow, but it also says that the nebula is 900 to 1500 light-years away, while the article on Alnitak says the star is only 736 light years from Earth - in other words, they're nowhere near each other but just happen to be aligned as viewed from Earth. Also, http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap070202.html suggests that the UV source is probably a star which is hidden from us by dust.
Does anybody know which is correct?
HairyDan (talk) 14:21, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I just found this: http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0303029 Could somebody please correct the article? I don't know how to do stuff like putting journal references in.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by HairyDan (talk • contribs) 14:30, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is it anything to do with Alnitak?
Talk:13th Golden Globe Awards

message: I can't find any Dangerous Curves anywhere around 1955, with or without award. I've looked in imdb and amg. If found please state source. Hoverfish 09:31, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Encountered the same problem and discovered the solution--although nominated in 1955 (and listed on the Golden Globes own website as being from the United Kingdom), the film is actually a 1950 Mexican film named Curvas peligrosas. Newspaper article is the source: https://imgur.com/FMv4xPS  KyuEdits (talk) 17:13, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment
Talk:BMW 700

message: Randroide 09:39, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: 1959 World`s first monocoque sportscar: BMW 700 
Dubious claim as Berkeley cars had a fibreglass monocoque sportscar already in 1956 and there were probably earlier monocoque sportscars. // Liftarn
I don't think the BMW Mini counts as a 'very small car'. The BMW 1500 is 200 kg lighter. Grassynoel (talk) 12:36, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
Talk:Conciliarity

message: Hi. This article came about as a result of an editor (appropriately) adding a reference to conciliarity in the article conciliarism.The reference was in red, so I decided to do something about it. It is a work in progress and seems to be getting bigger and bigger. I make some references to Catholic practice, and I want to expand the reference to Eastern practice also. I am conscious that I am covering material already covered in other articles, but I don't believe a redirect is required. At the same time, I don't want to go into too much detail. If anyone would like to help, please go ahead.--Gazzster 09:50, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]
Talk:Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway

message: Some of the text in the introductory paragraphs of this article appears to come from a copyrighted website at http://www.rosekennedygreenway.org/about-us/greenway-history/  NewtonCourt (talk) 02:29, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright issue? 
Talk:Storrow Drive Connector

message: I'm confused; I've never heard of this. Is this the same thing as the Leverett Circle Connector Bridge?  -- Kendrick7talk 19:44, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes it is.  In fact, the external link at the bottom of this page refers to the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority website which describes these bridges, which would be one of the authoritative sources, and they called it the "The Leverett Circle Connector Bridge."  During the Big Dig construction, media sources called this the "Leverett Connector."  I believe these are all different terms for the same thing.  Someone else here please clarify; I don't know how to rename pages or redirect/merge stuff though. Midtempo-abg (talk) 19:57, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is this article about?
Talk:Storrow Drive

message: Eh... could someone please explain to me how this parkway is notable as per Wikipedia:Notability? I'd prod it, but I get the feeling it'd be removed in no time... Jobjörn (Talk ° contribs) 01:52, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: 35 hours have passed and I'm prodding it now. My concern is that there is not even any real assertion of notability, except for The road is notorious for speeding and aggressive driving because police enforcement along the road is difficult without a breakdown lane. I'm going to AfD this if someone removes the prod, for sure. Save me the hassle. Jobjörn (Talk ° contribs) 11:26, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Wow, prod removed after two minutes. A new record. Jobjörn (Talk ° contribs) 11:27, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

text: It's a major road in Boston, with 1680 hits in the Google News Archive:  --NE2 11:30, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sure, but those are just news that happened ON Storrow Drive. Not ABOUT Storrow Drive. Jobjörn (Talk ° contribs) 11:32, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Anyways, see the afd. Jobjörn (Talk ° contribs) 11:33, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notability 

message: Which bridge is it on anyway? I think its the Longfellow Bridge, though the uploader said Logan Bridge which is spurious. -- Kendrick7talk 21:04, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reverse the Curse sign 

message: This entry does not rise to encyclopedia entry value. It's the kind of thing they put at the end of the local news, with the News Babe giggling while she reads it. "Humourous Trivia" doesn't cut it. MarkinBoston 14:48, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed "Reverse the Curse"
Talk:Olmsted Park

message: You state Olmsted Park continues north of Route 9 all the way to The Fens.
This 2010 map by the Emerald Necklace Conservancy says Olmsted Park stops at Route 9.  It says the park located north of Route 9 is the park Riverway.
N.B.: This URL resolves to a PDF file: emeraldnecklace.org/filelibrary/map
Jim Luedke Jimlue (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 06:54, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Your boundaries for Olmsted Park differ from Emerald Necklace Conservancy's

message: Me again.  This article has been online for a dozen yrs. and still there is no map of the subject.
Clicking on the inset graphic only launches a zoomable map of the entire Boston area, the only relevant datum being a blurry (why blurry? Although, I suppose that's Wikipedia's design, which if it is, is bone-headed) icon marking some arbitrary, infinitesimally small point.
Give us a map of the park, showing its boundaries.  Either take the present map and overlay them on it, or if Wikipedia doesn't support that, give us a static map.
You must also show the Boston (Jamaica Plain) / Brookline town line.  That datum is critical and missing as well.
Jimlue (talk) 20:32, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Map
Talk:Jamaica Pond

message: Since it's a 1924 map, I"m pretty sure it's not older than 1923.MarkinBoston 19:01, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed the map link 

message: We need a map of the pond, that also delineates the watershed that feeds it, and any source streams.
Is there any connection between Jamaica Pond (source of Muddy River) and Stony Brook, which is fed by Turtle Pond, which was called Muddy Pond?
The book "Water resources and the urban environment, lower Charles River Watershed" (ISBN:1428983651) can be accessed online at google boook search.  Page 23 has a partial watershed map, showing that Muddy River and Stony Brook are separate watersheds.  There is a table on page 25 that shows that Muddy River drains 4005 acres, and Stony Brook drains 8393 acres.  This is hard to believe, or understand without a good map.  Presumably most of the Muddy River watershed drainage passes through Jamaica Pond.
Mark Bulger at stonybrookinboston.blogspot.com has gathered a large collection of historic material and current field research, "Stony Brook - Gone But Not Forgotten".  He says that Turtle Pond is one source of Stony Brook, which has been greatly manipulated over the last centuries, but does end up in the Charles, separate from Muddy River.  And that Stony Brook does not feed Mother Brook and the Neponset, even though based and nearness on maps it would look like they would be likely to connect.
-69.87.199.7 (talk) 14:02, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map 

message: The 2nd sentence of the article says "pond and park," without identifying the latter.  This article is about a "Pond".  What "park" is being talked about?
Jimlue (talk) 03:32, 15 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Park?
Talk:Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu

message: Why is the issue of the prince's diary repeated in almost exactly the same sentences in both DURING and AFTER WWII sections?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.245.0.152 (talk) 14:23, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is the issue of the diary repeated? 

message: Would it be possible for some clarification on the different names to be used (i.e. Nobuhito and Takamatsu) to be added? I am not especially familiar with Japanese Imperial naming conventions, but would be interested to know why and when each name is used. — Sasuke Sarutobi (talk) 14:27, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Naming conventions 

message: This doesn't belong in the body of the article --> " The photo comes from the illustrated biography on Prince Tokugawa Iesato titled The Art of Peace." I'm assuming this needs to go to Commons and then the source will be properly seen in the caption? 50.111.51.247 (talk) 02:01, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  moved photo source to TP
Talk:Boston Public Garden

message: Question:  This article dates the Equestrian Statue of George Washington to 1869, but also provides a link to an article about the sculptor Thomas Ball, which dates the sculpture to 1864.  I suppose it is POSSIBLE that the statue was created in 1864 and installed (and dedicated) in the Garden in 1869, but some clarification would be appreciated. STillotson (talk) 15:47, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Good suggestion. I added a little information on the trees and flowers, but it could stand to be expanded (and sourced) by someone who has the time. 65.213.77.129 (talk) 18:07, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you! Every contribution helps! Sometimes I wish I was a gardener, but really I'm more of a historian. pmcyclist (talk) 00:55, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Ideas for improving the article?

message: I moved all the photos to a gallery at the bottom and added new photos. I did this because the length of the photos was beginning to exceed the length of the article! Now, however, the article seems a little bland. Do you think we should sprinkle some of the more scenic photos back in the article?
Pmcyclist (talk) 19:55, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Picture gallery thoughts?

message: In Marvel Comics the Washington Statue was used, inside the Public Garden, by the hero called Captain Britain to smash murdering Nazis. U.S. Avengers #10, published in 2017. Lots42 (talk) 20:28, 15 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Marvel Comics appereance 

message: I think there should be a Wikipedia category about this public garden, since there are several related articles. Articles to include:
* Boston Public Garden
* Ether Monument
* George Robert White Memorial
* Friends of the Public Garden
* Statue of Edward Everett Hale
* Statue of Wendell Phillips
* Statue of Thomas Cass
* Statue of Charles Sumner (Boston)
* Statue of Tadeusz Kościuszko (Boston)
* Small Child Fountain
* Triton Babies Fountain
There should probably also be an article for Equestrian statue of George Washington. 
Related to the above discussion, is :Category:Boston Public Garden or :Category:Public Garden (Boston) a better title? ---Another Believer (Talk) 02:09, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Eh, no replies, so I went ahead and created :Category:Boston Public Garden and :Template:Boston Public Garden, per the current title of the article. Feel free to move if the community decides to move the parent article. ---Another Believer (Talk) 02:29, 20 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Category
Talk:Freedom Trail

message: This article could benefit from development to cover the separate sites along the trail, perhaps as is being done for the Oyster Bay History Walk article (still a work-in-process). doncram (talk) 18:13, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Development

message: Should this article include alternate versions of the Freedom Trail?  For example, in one alternate history of the United States, perhaps this could have been the "Tyranny Trail" that celebrates the arrival of Emperor Washington I in Boston and the subsequent merciless execution of the British soldiers stationed here, helping herald in the absolute rule of the American Empire (the term the historical Washington actually used).  What do others think?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.25.34.102 (talk) 23:12, 9 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alternate versions
Talk:Carsten Peter Thiede

message: Is anyone able to clarify whether this bible scholar was a Knight of the Venerable Order of St John (the British Order]], the Order of St. John (Protestant Continental Europe) (the European Protestant one), or the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (the Catholic Order of St John)? I am trying to sort out the dismabiguation links to 'Order of St John' and I cannot discover from the article itself which of the Orders he was part of...Abbeybufo (talk • contribs) 14:00, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Order of St John - a query

message: Prof. Dr. Theide's ideas were, to be charitable, on the fringe of scholarship. This article is a eulogy and not an assessment of his work. To say that he's "controversial" is hardly getting at the point.
69.246.216.233 (talk) 07:00, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you have sources to attest to this description? As far as I can tell from the sources cited here, his scholarship provoked debate, but it was hardly considered fringe. Tiamuttalk 07:08, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: We can't use this I believe, but some people do call him fringe, comparing him with Baigent and Thiering.  Dougweller (talk) 18:52, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: POV