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Talk:Lost Generation

message: "though the eschatology of Jehovah's Witnesses uses this term differently"
With no disrespect to the beliefs of the Jehovah's Witnesses, their eschatology is not relevant to giving an overview of American generations.  I'm going to delete this phrase, recommend citations as to its prominence in English language thought before restoring.23.129.0.30 (talk) 14:38, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jehovah's Witnesses 

message: As I said in the main page's history I am going to formally switch this page over to using British spelling, it didn't have any variety of English specified previously. My reasons for doing this are that I wrote most of this article and use a fair bit of terminology which is fairly specific to the UK (e.g. Victorian and Edwardian) so it probably looks more consistent to use British spelling throughout. Also a lot of the sources used are from the UK and interest in the First World War in particular is probably more of a British thing anyway. I'm happy to change it back again if anyone has any objections.--Llewee (talk) 16:08, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Variety of English Used
Talk:List of exclamations used by Captain Haddock

message: Think we can get rid of the Needs Work box.  Anyone know how?216.162.196.11 19:18, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree. ike9898 15:33, Feb 5, 2004 (UTC)
We're in real trouble if the fact that all needed related articles on a topic are not written yet means we must delete what is there. The Fellowship of the Troll 21:01, 5 Feb 2004 (UTC)

message: Erm, am I the only one who's noticed that, although a point is made of "pneumothorax" in the article proper, it doesn't actually appear on the list?
Is this true of anything else mentioned in the narrative-text portion of the article?
4.225.130.185 09:06, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  pneumothorax 

message: I've merged the useful information (IE. the prose, not the exclamations) to the Captain Haddock article, and redirected this article to that one.--Drat (Talk) 12:26, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge
Talk:Skull

message: In line with making items non specific to human Iztwoz (talk) 22:36, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge with [[Human skull]] 

message: Since the merger, the "Structure" heading appears twice: once for skulls in general, and once for humans.  Also, the article addresses human skulls first and doesn't much describe skulls in general until late.  I'll rearrange the sections to make it more clear which sections apply specifically to humans.
Cephal-odd (talk) 13:50, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  some rearrangement 

message: Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?
 
Hi there,
This article was a fascinating read thank you!
One element that popped out at me was the ordering of major sections in the Table of Contents. Perhaps introducing a sequential flow to the article would allow readers to absorb a more efficient understanding of the scientific and factual information. Below is an example that categorizes the information from factual, to historic, to modern day knowledge:
1. Lead section
2. Terminology
3. Structure of the human skull
4. Development of the human skull
5. Skeletal similarities/differences between human and vertebrate animals
6. The human skull in cultural societies
7. Clinical significance of the human skull
Just a thought to ponder!
Many thanks,
Sammyturch (talk) 00:46, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello Sammyturch - was just looking at the page thinking along similar lines - the layout you suggest is a very good one imo, and hope it will be implemented. There was a lot of pressure in the past to lessen the emphasis of 'human' in articles. I shall put it to the anatomy project. Would be good if you stayed around - editing? --Iztwoz (talk) 05:56, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re-structuring the Table of Contents 

message: I was hoping to read more about the evolution of the skull.  Are there existing articles that cover this? - Gilgamesh (talk) 18:54, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Evolution
Talk:Thumbnail

message: Daryoush1941 23:18, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

message: Isn't a thumbshot exactly the same as a thumbnail? However, the latter seems much more widely used:
* Google definition search for thumbnail vs. thumbshot
* Googlefight
Actually, I don't believe this "as small as a thumbnail" to be the correct etymology, or at least, not a unique root.
As an artist, I've always used thumbnail sketches and for me it always means making a preliminary sketch by scoring literally into the art surface with my thumbnail. It's unique in being something I always have to hand and more importantly, it does not colour or taint the art surface. 139.222.203.19 (talk) 15:28, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: OK so please go ahead and explain what the difference is. The Google definitions above don't help because thumbshot is only defined here in wikipedia. The googlefight doesn't help at all either because popularity doesn't indicate meaning. How is "thumbshot" different from "thumbnail"? Does it have to do with the navigational element? They're both used for navigation via preview. 198.49.180.40 01:02, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: A thumbshot is a special sub-case of a thumbnail image, restricted to the subset that is exact representations of the whole item. Thumbnails, particularly in artistic/creative contexts, are often not the whole of the image but may be selective subsets designed to highlight a particular feature. Jamesday 05:55, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge from [[thumbshot]]? 

message: I think there is no need to describe the way some web designers make thumbnails by just changing the image size in the HTML tag.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.248.191.16 (talk) 15:38, August 26, 2007 (UTC) 
:I have to disagee; some mention of this (and the fact that it's considered poor coding practice) should be made - maybe not here, but somewhere.  (I came here today looking for a good definition of "dumbnail" to refer others to, and didn't find one.  Could somebody at least add a redirect page or something?) 71.255.102.131 (talk) 14:32, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  No need to mention the web designer thing 

message: User:Comet Tuttle recommended here that I create a redirect to this article. I was looking for information on this topic and so far have not found it. All I know is what he told me here. Obviously if I had to ask the question about what it was called, Wikipedia is missing some information. If anyone knows a source, I'd appreciate it.Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 18:17, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is a video thumbnail? 
Talk:Venus de Milo

message: I've removed: "Pausanias, who described many of the great artworks he saw on his travels, apparently did not mention the Venus, and thus presumably did not consider it a great masterpiece," -  as there is no reason to assume he ever saw it.  His very comprehensive account of his travels does not mention Melos, or indeed visiting the Cyclades at all. He was no art critic, barely mentioning the style of the statues he describes, and that he had probably never heard of it means nothing. Arguably a better proof of its lack of fame in ancient times is that the Romans did not bother to steal it. Johnbod (talk) 02:45, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pausanias
Talk:400 (number)

message: How do you name a 400th anniversary, quadricentennial or quatercentenary?? "Centennial" and "Bicentennial" have the same suffix, so using extrapolation, "quadricentennial" should make more sense?? Any opinions?? 66.245.124.50 01:56, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Quadricentennial sounds more correct to me. PrimeFan 18:08, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  400th anniversary 

message: I tried the 495 digit thing with a number I randomly typed, 194. Got to 495 after about seven steps. Haven't checked for any other three-digit integers. PrimeFan 18:08, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eventually yields 495 

message: Currently, the introduction reads thus: 400 (four hundred) is the natural number following three hundred [and] ninety-nine and preceding four hundred [and] one.  Why does the introduction say "three hundred [and] ninety-nine" as well as "four hundred [and] one"?  The word and is not used in numbers unless expressing fractions.  --דניאל - Dantheman531 00:01, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's common language, but it's improper.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by PixelScientist (talk • contribs) 16:48, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

text: In standard British English it is always used: "Four hundred one" sounds very odd. The classic game of darts ends with the cry of "One hundred and eighty" when the final score is reached. Always. 85.211.13.188 (talk) 12:07, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Introduction 

message: Is there any greater meaning to the number 425?  I've seen hats with the number on them.  --Brandon Dilbeck 23:16, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  425 

message: The sum of the factors of 427 (1, 7, 61, and 427) equals 496, which is a perfect number, but there are 4 factors, which is not a perfect number, so 427 is not a sublime number.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.73.31.50 (talk) 20:23, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  427 
Talk:The Concert for Bangladesh

message: How much are these worth? 2600:1700:2F60:7FF0:701A:E83:DB39:844F (talk) 12:28, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  George Harrison Guitar pick,  1974 concert with ravi shankar, billy preston, Leon russell with concert ticket 

message: Ggggghjkikjnvbvhhjjvvgyujvg 103.158.207.168 (talk) 14:26, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  English
Talk:Garter (disambiguation)

message: I say, chaps, shouldn't this be moved to "Garter"? Isn't that the Wikipedia way? --64.25.14.157 21:51, 2 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, no, not really, since garter is a disambiguation page. --Rcsheets 07:19, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Not at all. It seems entirely reasonable to me (an admitted novice in such matters) that the (putative) origins of the Order of the Garter could not be explained in verse until the Order was in fact established. Same way the New Testament couldn't begin to be written until after 1 AD. Makes perfect sense. --Quuxplusone 23:35, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The explanation of the Order's roots, however, is not the explanation given in the Order of the Garter's article, and despite several possible origins being given, Sir Gawain isn't even mentioned. Reveilled 15:36, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's absolutely not impossible and it's a common connection drawn by scholars. See the Sir Gawain and the Green Knight article. (your dates are only approximate, John.) If you're looking for a connection to the Order's roots, it may be a bit hard to find, but other connections do exist. Wrad (talk) 23:40, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
Talk:United States federal judicial district

message: Quoth the article:
Federal judicial districts have also been established in the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Courts in other insular areas are territorial courts under Article I of the Constitution, not United States district courts, although they have similar jurisdiction.
How are DC and PR courts different from other territorial district courts?  They surely aren't state courts... --Jfruh 21:16, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The United States District Courts in D.C. and P.R. are just that, Article III district courts that have precisely the same jurisdiction as the federal courts in the other districts.  The "district courts" of the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands are territorial courts; their judges are not appointed for life, and their jurisdiction is different in some respects (they can hear appeals from the local judges, and hear some cases that arise under territorial).  --Russ Blau (talk) 22:12, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I know I'm re-asking this months after the fact, but I guess I'm wondering why these courts are Article III, not Article I.  Or, more specifically, why do some territories get Aritcle I courts and others Article III courts.  DC I guess I can see as being part of the "metropolitan U.S.," but what distinguishes Puerto Rico from, say, Guam, such that PR gets an Article III court and Guam an Article I court?  Is it some matter of distinct status for Puerto Rico, or can Congress erect an Article III court for any territory it wants, and it has only chosen to do so for DC and PR? --Jfruh (talk) 05:08, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Article I courts?

message: I've made a few significant changes to the list.
*I removed all wikilinks to pages on states and added links to each district court.
*I put all the cities where each court sits in the same line as the district, separated by commas, instead of each city getting its own bullet.
*I visited the official website of each district court to determine the correct cities where they sit (many districts previously had too many cities listed, and a couple were missing cities). I included the actual geographic location of each courthouse, not necessarily the name given it by the district itself.
*I removed the boldface and the reference to the districts being "headquartered" somewhere—with the exception of a couple of the Texas districts, none of the district websites referred to any of their courthouses being more important than any of the others.
Skiasaurus (/ˌskiːəˈsɔːrəs/) 17:33, 6 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of districts 

message: I think it would be helpful to have information on how the districts were created and why (population, geography, consolidating courts etc.) Coinmanj (talk) 00:48, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  How/why are districts created?
Talk:Augustin-Louis Cauchy

message: Hi main authors, the sentence "Cauchy had two brothers: ... who also wrote several mathematical works." appears twice in the article. Is that intentional? Regards: Herbmuell (talk) 21:06, 8 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Twice 

message: The article gives the pronunciation as /koʊˈʃiː/; that is, with the stress on the second syllable.  It's not clear whether this is meant to be an English or French pronunciation (normally we use square brackets and a narrower phonetic rendering for foreign-language IPA).
If it's supposed to be English, I've (almost) always heard /ˈkoʊ.ʃiː/ with the stress on the first syllable.  If it's supposed to be French, well, French doesn't have phonemic stress, so it's not clear what it's supposed to mean.  (Anglophones usually hear French as being stressed on the final syllable, but I suspect this is largely a reaction to the fact that most English words are de-stressed on the final syllable, so if you pronounce them equally, it sounds like it's stressed on the final.) --Trovatore (talk) 01:05, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation bis
Talk:Octanitrocubane

message: Is this the same as cubane? Fuzheado 04:21, 3 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: The octanitrocubane molecule is the same as the cubane molecule except all eight hydrogen atoms in cubane are replaced by nitro groups.  H Padleckas 06:38, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I am fairly certain the picture is incorrect O2N is not the same as N2O. If there is such a group as O2N (and the picture is correct), then the text in the article stating 8 Hydrogens had been replaced by 4 NO2 is wrong. Please examine the picture at link: Octanitrocubane | C8N8O16 | CID 11762357 - PubChem (nih.gov). I do not know how to edit the picture. Also, I am NOT an expert in this area. Orec51412 (talk) 15:39, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: It's O2N- and -NO2 and it's the same. In lead there's  "each of the eight hydrogen atoms is replaced", just as you can see in there. The picture isn't perfect, but only because of bond lengths and angle, certainly not connectivity. So, you're wasting our time :( Mithoron (talk) 15:48, 28 May 2023 (UTC)

text: These diagrams are designed to show not only formulas, but also details of the physical structure, i.e. which atom connects to which other atom. That's why each N is shown closest to its corresponding carbon atom, and why a line is drawn specifically from the letter N rather than just from the general area of the NO2 grouping. TooManyFingers (talk) 16:52, 24 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture or first paragraph is in error 

message: It simply says it's a high explosive that is shock-insensitive. That description is not strictly false, but it seems to me the fact that it is not in production, no one actually uses it for anything, and no one is entirely certain exactly how it performs, ought to be part of the first sentence - or at least inside the first paragraph. TooManyFingers (talk) 17:01, 24 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Misleading lead section?
Talk:Cubane

message: Is this the same as Octanitrocubane? Fuzheado 04:22, 3 Feb 2004 (UTC)

message: Could we have articles (or just simple definitions) of homocubane, brendane, brexane and the rest please. Jeff Knaggs (talk) 22:53, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Be bold and write about them! I personally have only heard about homocubane; the others are new to me. --Itub (talk) 12:32, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other similar compounds 

message: It appears that cuneane has a higher density.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Esbboston (talk • contribs) 13:47, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Highest Density of Hydrocarbons?
Talk:Simon of Cyrene

message: Not sure whether it should be mentioned in the article, but there's a reference to the Simon of Cyrene story in "Life of Brian"... AnonMoos 11:20, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Cultural reference

message: Is Simon not Peter?  There should be mention of Peter in this article?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.156.60.53 (talk) 04:37, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Peter also went by "Simon", but was not this Simon of Cyrene.  Many people share given names. —ADavidB 15:03, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peter 

message: Citations and sources are required. Comadoof (talk) 06:04, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citations and sources are required. 

message: 1) I am moving the paragraph about the Sicari to the article on Cyrene, since the events described there all happen significantly after those that this page is devoted to.
2) I am moving the Emmerich paragraph to the popular culture section. It's kind of a strange place to put it, but the visions of someone 1800 years after the event—someone whose visions also convinced her that there were unicorns in the Himalayas—is neither a biblical nor any kind of a historical source that can shed light on this event. (The other alternative would be to give her her own section, which I don't believe is warranted in this article.)
WindSandAndStars (talk) 01:38, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some reconfigurations
Talk:Victoria (state)

message: Hello all
Please note that according to the official ABS data, Sydney is the largest city in Australia. This has been thoroughly dicussed on the Sydney and Melbourne Talk pages. The official data is here.
Happy to discuss Aemilius Adolphin (talk) 07:45, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Other measures say Melbourne is bigger today . The difference is small. I've thought about this and begun to feel that it's a silly competition. What's more significant about Australia is that its two biggest cities are almost the same size. And both fairly large by global standards. I wonder if we could start to say saying something more along those lines in all the articles that mention these things. HiLo48 (talk) 11:17, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Largest city in Australia
Talk:Myrmecology

message: Merge List of notable myrmecologists with this article? --Hemanshu 06:35, 3 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text:  User: Wloveral, you added a lot of mymecologists to the list that don't have their own page. please at least include a line or two about what makes each one notable. Thanks, AJseagull1 (talk) 21:23, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Notable Myrmecologists

message: This is just a list of ancient references to ants. These statements don't imply any attempt to understand or study ant society. I think this section needs to be heavily modified or removed. AJseagull1 01:21, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Early Examples of human attempts to understand ant society

message: There is a duplicate of "Later Studies" under "List of notable Myrmecologists." I will delete it.--[color=purple]Chykka207[color] (talk) 05:14, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: What does "Later studies" mean? Studies to come later? Studies from later in myrmecological history? What? Thmazing (talk) 00:56, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Later studies duplucate 

message: Dear god, that opening paragraph is terrible.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.93.40.145 (talk) 19:25, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, I tried to clean up the opening paragraph. I agree, it needed some work. It still does, but I think it is better than it was. In the future, there is no need to leave sarcastic comments like "Junior High Book Report". If you see something that needs to be fixed, please point it out, but please do not insult someone's contribution. AJseagull1 (talk) 21:40, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Junior High Book Report 

message: The only scientific references I can find to Fergus O'Rourke are about fish. Please clarify what he did to make him a notable Myrmecologist.Or he will be deleted. AJseagull1 (talk) 00:07, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I'm Still not clear on what FJ O'Rourke did to be notable.  Can you give an example of an area of myrmecology he worked on, or at least an example of a peer reviewed journal article? Thanks -- AJseagull1 (talk) 00:08, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Fergus O'Rourke

message: What's the purpose of this article? I read it, and all it is is a few sentences on what it is, some useless information on old opinions of ants, and a long list of myrmecologists. In short, there's really no notable information on this page. Kevin (talk) 06:14, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Point? What's your point?

message: Does the study of termites, which belong to a separate order, also fall under "myrmecology". Wapondaponda (talk) 23:37, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Termites