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Talk:May 17 Statement

message: I have moved the original "May 17 Declaration" to "May 17 Statement".  It seems that even the official Taiwan Affairs Office does not call the text a "declaration" .  Moreover, it appears that many such statements have been issued in the past.   So one must wonder whether this particular one deserves a specific article.   Certainly in its current state it ought to mention any official Taiwanese response to be considered NPOV A-giau 15:33, 4 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Talk:Basil of Caesarea

message: The statement "Basil was born into the wealthy family of Basil the Elder, a famous rhetor,[7] and Emmelia of Caesarea around 330 in Caesarea Mazaca in Cappadocia[8]" is absent from the indicated footnote i.e. Rousseau (1994), p. 1. Rousseau does not even mention Basil's birthplace. He simply says that "Basil belonged to a relatively prosperous and locally prominent family in Pontus". I am about to correct this and add other references that are more enlightening on this subject.--Dipa1965 (talk) 12:30, 11 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birthplace 

message: I am reading Retrieving Nicaea by Khaled Anatolios.  On page 72 he says "... Basil of Caesarea apparently died of a heart attack after reading Eunomius's Apology", and references Philostorgius's Church History 3.15 and 8.12.  I can't find any on-line text, and my local library doesn't have the work (I'm not an academic).  It seems to me that a second-hand source (Anatolios) might not be what Wiki requires for a reference.  Am I correct? Would I need to verify the actual text? or would I need to be able to link to an on-line text? --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 17:26, 23 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  death of Basil 

message: Why is his name given in Coptic?  Everything would have been written in Greek in his day, and he was not Egyptian.  in any case it appears as boxes in my screen.  Shall I delete it?--Richardson mcphillips (talk) 17:28, 23 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coptic?
Talk:John Prettyjohns

message: I think that the page needs editing.  There is too much quoting of primary sources for this entry to be classically "encyclopedic."  68.34.69.93 20:32, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Eel River (Wabash River tributary)

message: The river lay between the Miami and Potawatomi tribes.  Which language, if either, does "kenapocomoco" come from?
It is supposed to mean "river of the snake fish".  In the Potawatomi language, "river" is sibe, "snake" is mnlto or mjumnito, and "fish" is gegos.  In the Miami language, "stream" is siipiiwi, and "fish" is kiconessa.   I cannot find any more comprehensive online Miami-Illinois dictionaries, though there seem to be several hardcopy sources that I don't have ready access to.  Both languages are in the Algonquin family, so playing amateur linguist and hazarding a guess based on phonology would be, umm, hazardous.
Kbh3rd 15:48, 4 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Bingo!  The just-added literary reference has "kenapocomoco" from the Miami language. --Kbh3rd 22:38, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Which language? 
Talk:Round Table (band)

message: From VfD:
Google shows only a page about an obscure Tokyo Gig and a few people's Winamp playlists. Is this worthy of Wikipedia? Aljandy 16:18, 4 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: [ Not a vote] Try this then: "ROUND TABLE featuring Nino" because ROUND TABLE is obfuscated with King Arthur... -- EmperorBMA|話す 16:21, 4 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Moved from the Votes for Deletion page

message: On the one hand, attempt to even have a discussion on this issue was prematurely closed, on the other hand, it doesn't really make sense not to talk about this. My proposal is to have casing information in the article that complies with whatever that is permissible at WP:MOS-TM, along side with information on actual usage outside of Wikipedia. Similar examples of what I'm thinking of include:
* "Sicko (or SiCKO) is a 2007..." over at Sicko
* "Se7en (also known as Seven) is" over at Se7en (interestingly, btw, the article was moved from Seven (movie)  to Se7en, which apparently doesn't require the extra parenthesis and piped links.)
What I am attempting is presenting  information without distortion. Please add a reply if you disagree with this proposal, but avoid unconstructive insults. —Tokek 20:56, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Casing issue
Talk:Billy Whizz

message: Would a mention of the other use of "Billy Whizz" be inappropriate/irrelevent? pomegranate
:Not at all, assuming that usage is encyclopedic (e.g., don't do it if it's your old college roommate's nickname or something). For a model, see Richard Cohen, and look at Wikipedia:Disambiguation. best, Meelar (talk) 16:57, 2004 Aug 4 (UTC)
:Well, the other meaning I'm referring to, which I'm guessing you aren't aware of, is that "Billy Whizz" is a British slang term for the drug amphetamine/speed. As this is derived from the cartoon character, it's not appropriate to have another article. It's because of the child-oriented nature of cartoon that I asked if the inclusion would be apt. pomegranate 22:23, Aug 4, 2004 (UTC)
::It's quite acceptable. Thanks for the edit. Meelar (talk) 22:29, 2004 Aug 4 (UTC)
:::Thanks for refining what I said, it's helpful. pomegranate 19:52, Aug 5, 2004 (UTC)
:::: Does the slang term for amphetamines come from the comic strip, or is it the other way round? Amphetamine's street names include: speed, billy, whizz and others. Note that 'billy' and 'whizz' are two seperate names . The article states that the comic strip was created in 1964. Interestingly, this is the year that the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act was introduced, which made unlicensed possession and importation an offence. This Act was introduced due to the growing popularity of illicit amphetamine use in the early 60s [Tim Newburn, Criminology, 2005, 479]. So is there any way for us to tell if the slang terms 'billy' and 'whizz' where in use before the creation of the comic? I came here specifically to find this out, but I'm not satisfied that this is completely reliable. I know that nobody has posted here in a while, but hopefully someone will come along. I'll post sources if I find any. Zestos (talk) 20:03, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Bond Hill, Cincinnati

message: There was a guy, a white supremist arrested a few years back, who confessed to the killing of two black kids using a hunting rifle back in the mid 80's.
He confessed to his cellmate while in jail for something else.
I really wish I remembered who he was, especially since it was so big.
Also, I think it would be helpful to add that information to give my old neighborhood a bit more personality.
- 16:58, 4 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:American Black Duck

message: This does not look like Daffy. Gzuckier 17:58, 4 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I suspect the male is a a 2nd or third generation hybrid: a backcross with a Mallard X Black Duck hybrid. It has green in the crown--a feature not shown by pure Black Ducks. Suggest we replace the photo. Natureguy1980 (talk) 03:54, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Identity of drake in lead photo
Talk:911 (number)

message: I removed this from the article:
*a bit-flip in computer data, in which byte 9, bit 1, is set to 1, as in this  example C code:
 char string[]="George Walker Bush";
 string[9] |= 1 << 1;
The result of this C code is to change George Walker Bush's name to "George Wanker Bush." Don't get me wrong, I don't like Bush (anyone too coward to let the Marines at his inaugural parade carry rifles with bolts doesn't deserve to be President), but this 911 bit-flip sounds like a needlessly elaborate joke (when Bush is a much simpler joke) and not an actual operation programmers use on an everyday basis. As such, it is my opinion that it is irrelevant to an article on the integer 911. PrimeFan 20:38, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  George Wanker Bush
Talk:Alfred Schmitt

message: Does anyone know what the initial A stands for? If so, shouldn't we move the page to "André Schmitt" or "Anatol Schmitt" or whatever? <KF> 18:09, 4 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Unfortunately, I don't know what the A stands for.  In the scientific literature, only his first initial is given. -- Curps 02:13, 6 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Squib (wizard)

message: Is this page really necessary? I think a redirect to the 'Squib' entry in Magic in Harry Potter would be preferable to avoid duplication. neatnate 18:35, 4 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, and have made the move. Kevyn 22:54, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Redirect
Talk:The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)

message: I think the additions were all good, but the Cold War section ends with the affirmation by some source that the Kennedy assassination in November of 1963 brought the Cold War to an end. This is not true. It is true that the unsolved mystery of the Kennedy assassination was an integral part of the Cold War in its peak years, but it's accomplishment did not end it. It continued until the 1980s with the fall of the Berlin Wall according to official American historiography. But what we see these days in the Ukraine is in some form still a continuation of it. Thank you, warshy (¥¥) 17:28, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cold War additions
Talk:Pogo (dance)

message: The original text must have been through a really bad translating program, because some sentences were just plain nonsense.  Indeed - where.  Also, I couldn't help adding a wink here and there...Srd2005 20:42, 4 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Original text

message: * what about the song "Pogo" by Digitalism? Gr8dude (talk) 09:49, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other pogo references 

message: Thanks a lot for the scheme ! It's such a melancholy remembering all those punks executing all those steps in a perfect harmony, what a beautiful choreography it was, lovely. I must admit I was only doing the steps 2 and 4 in a random order, dancing pogo is so hard you know. -a pogo dancer.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.199.172.35 (talk) 14:43, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  strict dancing 

message: Sid Vicious's article says nothing about him actually playing the saxophone. This quote may be fictional, or may have been a joke on Viv's part. If the former, it should be deleted; if the latter, it should be indicated. PurpleChez (talk) 21:14, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sid 

message: Was the term "pogo" coined with "go-go" in mind, "of, or relating to the style of music played at discotheques", as in They got their surfboards and they're going to the discotheque A-Go-Go (Sheena Is a Punk Rocker)? --89.12.65.211 (talk) 15:51, 23 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gogo
Talk:Aston Martin VH platform

message: Shouldn't this be the Aston Martin VH platform since they designed it, it's built in their factory, and they're the only ones using it? -- stewacide 20:43, Aug 4, 2004 (UTC)
I think that the name of the article should be changed, at least when Aston get's sold, because then it won't be under Ford anymore.
D3v4st4t0r 13:03, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

message: Based on the discussion here, I've moved the page to Aston Martin VH platform.  During Ford's ownership of Aston Martin, there were no VH-derived products that became Fords (or Lincolns or Mercurys) and there are none currently.  As such, moving the VH platform article not only is an issue of relevance, but it prevents erroneous duplication.  -SteveCof00 (talk) 10:10, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page moved
Talk:Literary consonance

message: Sibilance redirects here. I'm not an audio engineer but I did just hear sibilance mentioned on the daily show. I think in the context of audio engineering it relates to the crackling you can get in an audio system on "s" and "sh" sounds. A google search reflects this. Should this page be forked or at least get a section on sibilance as it applies to the audio field? —Ben FrantzDale 01:22, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sibilance 

message: I wondered if anyone can confirm or deny a statement which, if correct, might clarify the relationship between alliteration, assonance and consonance;
"All alliteration is a form of assonance or consonance, it is a form of assonance where words start with the same vowel sound and a form of consonance where words start with the same consonants."
Is that a correct statement and if so might the page benefit from its inclusion?
Andrew F. (talk) 10:07, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: As far as I can tell the statement is technically true. But the part "it is a form assonance where words start with the same vowel sound" is confusing to readers, and therefore I do not suggest your statement should be included as it is formulated now into the main article. --Spannerjam 19:56, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Logical boundaries between alliteration, assonance and consonance
Talk:Eagle (United States coin)

message: Images?
It's a little confusing to say "The Eagle was the largest of the four circulating..." when the double-eagle was a larger circulating coin.
:Frankly, I've never seen such a discussion of U.S. coinage before in my life. It article reads as is somebody who has no knowledge of the U.S. coinage decided to write an article about "decimal" coinage concepts and threw in some terms relating to mathmatics. --TGC55 01:10, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The article and the information is WRONG. That 22 karet stuff was changed about 1837 when the US devalued the dollar. Gold coins after 1837 (?) were .900 fine. I don't have the time to chase down the references. This article is a mess and written by people who have little knowledge of U.S. coinage  --TGC55 01:10, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If the article needs to be corrected, it needs to be done correctly. Corrections are not made by typing a new paragraph prefaced by CORRECTION:, or by signing your name at the end of your additions to the article. It needs to still be an article when you're done. I also agree that the article needs a rewrite, the first paragraph it definitely out of place, at least to me. Bobby I'm Here, Are You There? 04:38, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Is this encyclopedic in style and content?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.189.103.145 (talk) 19:43, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Dean was so intrigued by the history of this fabulous coin that he chronicled its story in the book "King of Eagles"

message: The last sentence is unsourced and unreferenced.I'm no expert on the realitive value of money over time,but by using the CPI calculator on the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis' website ( www.minneapolisfed.org ) $10 in 1913 (earliest date one can calculate on that site.) is equal to $221.92 in 2010 dollars.The $127.76 figure in this section just seems laughable,especially since 1800 is given for the date.Jonel469 (talk) 06:06, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Eagle
Talk:An Nakba

message: I really appreciate your own personal opinions, but there is no place for that in wikipedia. let the user choose whats he wants to read. exodus of palestinians or exodus of jews from the arab lands. both of them are Nakba's. I do not understand what is your problem. freedom, peace and love. thank you 109.65.226.91 (talk) 03:33, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: The issue is whether there is a primary topic for the term "Nakba" within the guidelines and policies of Wikipedia disambiguation. The term originally came from Arabic, and referred to Arabic-speaking non-Jews who left the territories which became Israel. Later the term was applied in the phrase "Jewish Nakba". See the quotation and citation from Israeli columnist Ben Dror Yemini at Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries#Jewish "Nakba". It seems pretty clear that "Nakba" does have a primary meaning, and that the "Jewish Nabka" is secondary. The procedure set up for two possible topics where one is primary is laid out at :Wikipedia:Disambiguation#Redirecting to a primary topic, and a   dab hatnote is added to the header of the primary topic article.  Such a header exists at the 1948 Palestinian exodus article. I have restored the status quo ante; please discuss if and why change is required. --Bejnar (talk) 21:27, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: The purpose of this page is not to make a political point—There was a "Jewish Nakba" too!—but to direct readers where they're most likely trying to go, and that is the primary meaning of Nakba, the exodus of Palestinian Arabs in 1948. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 22:14, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  2013 
Talk:Elk Horn, Iowa

message: Are you sure that 600-odd people makes a city ?  Sounds like a village at best to me. -- Hackerjack 22:48, 4 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi. I created a headline for this question. I would agree that it could not be described as a city. I would call it a hamlet, as villages needs a church to be designated as such. This is the traditional English definitions on hamlets and villages in Europe at least. I can't say how it is in America or elsewhere. Im not completely sure about the use of the word 'town', but I believe it is a loose description that could fit almost all sizes? If this is true, we could just use the word town to cover Elk Horn.  RhinoMind (talk) 13:07, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

text: BTW. I can see, that this a deeply rooted category-problem. There is a 'category:Cities in Iowa' for example and many of these "cities" are the size of Elk Horn. RhinoMind (talk) 13:20, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: In the US  (or at least Iowa)- the term "city" is not related to the size of the community, just if it is incorporated or not. 204.85.253.248 (talk) 07:59, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: City, town, village or hamlet?

message: They are no longer called the danes and lady danes - they are the spartans-  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.85.253.248 (talk) 10:48, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: edited accordingly 204.85.253.248 (talk) 08:00, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  school mascot
Talk:Unity Village, Missouri

message: Visitors accommodations 2601:602:CB00:C0D0:D39D:8776:E5BE:13B8 (talk) 16:37, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hotels, motels ?
Talk:Convair B-36 Peacemaker

message: I noticed several long references to the Amerikabomber program in the Development section. Do we have any sources actually stating that intelligence of the Amerikabomber development in any way motivated or impacted the development of the B-36? Because if not, I am not sure I fully understand the relevance of this comparison other than two countries with very large military development budgets happened to be researching long range bombers at the same period in history. While I do not have the stated book sources available, I noticed that the extensive source for the date and content for the letter of intent, makes almost no mention Germany, much less that the development was a respone to the Amerikabomber on some level. While this might be true, I would be very interested in studying the sources that supports such statements? 
Additionally, while I find the initial statement of the section quite plausible: "The genesis of the B-36 can be traced to early 1941, prior to the entry of the United States into World War II. At the time, the threat existed that Britain might fall to the German "Blitz", making a strategic bombing effort by the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) against Germany impossible with the aircraft of the time." it is not supported by the quoted source. Does anyone know of a better source for such a statement? askeuhd (talk) 13:17, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comparison and references to Amerikabomber
Talk:Volkswagen Group A platform

message: I don't know much about VAG and their platforms but I assume there are a bunch of Skoda's and Seats that share those platforms but aren't listed. -- stewacide 23:34, Aug 4, 2004 (UTC)
:I think you're probably right. My 2003 SEAT Ibiza shares most of its componants with the modern VW Polo, to the extent that many engine componants are actually stamped with VW logos and not SEAT.  The only major differences are the external panels, interior dash, and suspension. akaDruid 13:08, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)

message: The NCS version of the Jetta (the big 2011- North American version) does not have an independent rear suspension except in the GLI version, but does use the PQ35 platform. This renders a bit of the text incorrect, I think.  rcousine (talk) 22:17, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: PQ35, IRS, and Jetta NCS
Talk:99%

message: On 29 July 2004, this article was nominated for deletion.  Failing to reach a clear consensus to delete, the default decision is to keep the article.  See Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/99% for a record of the debate.  Rossami 00:00, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Deletion
Talk:Judy Lewis

message: It says that Clark Gable and Loretta Young had a child. I asked my grandmother and she said that it was never proven. Is she correct? If so, it needs to be removed from Judy Lewis. Mike H 00:54, Aug 5, 2004 (UTC)
You can give Grannie the news: it's true. Judy Lewis had always said her biological parents were Clark Gable and Loretta Young, and that her "adoption" by Loretta Young and her husband Thomas Lewis was a ruse designed to preserve Loretta's image. Loretta Young had denied this, but almost no one believed her because Judy so strongly resembles both her parents. All doubt was removed with the posthumous publication of Loretta Young’s memoirs, in which she admitted the affair and confirmed Judy Lewis’s version. - Nunh-huh 04:38, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: More sources are needed in the career section. SunCrow (talk) 09:16, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Career section
Talk:Savings and loan association

message: Savings Banks were not founded to finance housing they were founded to be repositories for savings and invested in debt securities rather than making loans. Those loans they made were principally to their savings account holders against deposits. Savings & Loans were founded to finance housing through mortgages.RichardBond (talk) 18:55, 2 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Savings Bank vs Savings & Loan
Template talk:Attention (on talk page)

message: How come nobody uses this message?? 66.245.11.3 01:30, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Use

message: I like the new design!  Nice ideas.  --Eequor 06:38, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template changes 

message: Following Guanaco's addition of class "metadata" to the div as well as class "boilerplate" (what happens when a div two classes btw), I can now see this template again, when it used to be blanked out by my user css. How can I blank it out again? Pcb21| Pete 23:07, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Only the last class is used if there's multiple class= in a tag. The proper way to give something multiple classes is to put them together separated with space, class="class1 class2" Goplat 23:49, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Class, Class 

message: I propose to replace "Please improve it in any way you see fit." to "Please help us to improve it."  The words "in any way you see fit" are actually not true; we want them to make edits that are good by Wikipedia standards (NPOV etc) and not according to whatever standards they like.  Also, using "us" is more warm and fuzzy.  Objections? --Zero 12:12, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds good to me. Maurreen (talk) 13:54, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

text: To me it looks fine but maybe this is browser-dependent (I'm using Safari).  See if it looks better to you if the opening  is moved to before the .  To me it looks the same both ways. --Zero 15:27, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Change of wording proposed

message: According to Wikipedia:Pages needing attention, this template should be placed on articles requiring attention from "someone familiar with the subject, sometimes referred to as an expert.". But isn't that what Template:Expert is for? Is there any reason this template actually exists at all? --82.7.125.142 22:47, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  This template seems redundant