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Talk:Jolly Roger

message: The article indicates that a Jolly Roger is the pirate flag, and skull and crossbones is the symbol commonly found on it.  Which means most of the "sports" examples belong in the latter category unless explicitly depicted on a flag (like the Tampa Bay Buccaneers).  If there are no objections, I'm going to start moving those examples to the other article. SixFourThree (talk) 20:06, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: That argument can be made sure, but a Jolly Roger is historically often defined as a "flag featuring the skull and crossbones" or a black such, rather than "pirate flag" in general. It appears in the 1720s, by which time the black skull and bones flag had become the default pirate flag in the new world. By this definition i feel the sports flags can stay, as they most likely got their design from pirae usage, rather than old cavalry flags or danger symbols. This article is, however, full or errors and needs heavy cleanup (Odin gimme strength). The "Historical designs" section is 90% erroneous.--Blockhaj (talk) 01:27, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: To further elaborate on the name; jolly probably refers to the toothy grin of a skull and roger can mean a variety of morbid things, especially for the period, the most notable being the devil. "Jolly Roger" can thus mean something akin to "the devil is coming for you and he is happy about it". Blockhaj (talk) 01:37, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Jolly Roger" or "Skull and Crossbones"? 

message: The following passage seems to be AI generated and low quality - particularly the part on design variations. Everything has already been said in the section just before it. Furthermore, for some reason, the source it points to [20] is about One Piece. I feel this paragraph should be removed. 
"Key elements commonly found on a Jolly Roger flag include:
Skull: The skull on the flag represents death and danger, emphasizing the pirates' ruthless and deadly reputation.
Crossbones: The crossbones are often positioned behind or beneath the skull and create an "X" shape. They symbolize crossed swords or bones, signifying violence and conflict.
Design Variations: While the basic design consists of a skull and crossbones, many pirate crews have personalized their Jolly Roger flags with unique additions or alterations. These variations can include different facial expressions, accessories, or additional symbols." 2A02:C7C:BFA4:400:C508:CE75:4B26:F27F (talk) 02:36, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed.--Blockhaj (talk) 05:44, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  One Piece source
Talk:Mobility

message: As per caption, this is a measure of considerable interest in the petroleum industry, unsurprisingly. I'll have to check up the precise definitions and come back to update the page appropriately ; but I've got reports to get the units correct on just now.
Aidan Karley (talk) 02:40, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mobility of fluids in porous media
Talk:Social welfare function

message: Announcement:  The above is the discussion tab for a new article Social Choice and Individual Values.  Input is welcome through the article, the Talk page, or to me.  The plan is to gather comment, corrections, or suggestions for probably at least a couple of weeks, make final changes, then go from there.  Links to related articles (including the present one) would come after revision.  Thanks for your help. 
Thomasmeeks 22:59, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Talk:Social Choice and Individual Values]]

message: I'm relatively new here, so I may be wrong, but the introductory three paragraphs reads more like a textbook rather than an encyclopedic article. I had to read it twice to grasp the content. Thanks. --Ratha K (talk) 10:23, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sounds like a textbook - Introduction/Welfare economics 

message: Propriétaire  Gabriel6666 (talk) 07:54, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gabriel  morin  
Talk:History of the United States (1865–1917)

message: Part of the Reconstruction section seems to be missing.Rojawi (talk) 05:04, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: yes thanks for the alert. It was vandalism & i fixed it. Rjensen (talk) 06:11, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reconstruction section 
Talk:Johannes Kepler

message: I am surprised to see no reference to Arthur Koestler's "The Sleepwalkers" in the 'History of science' subsection of this article, but only in the 'Cultural influence and eponymy' subsection further down. Koestler made Kepler the central figure of his entire work, as the archetypal confluence of induction and reduction in the European Renaissance. For Koestler, in Kepler one sees an operator acting under the influence of both logical positivism and mystic inspiration, attributing them both with equal importance in his work.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.187.204.235 (talk) 09:05, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: 🤔 59.178.55.132 (talk) 08:15, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Koestler's Kepler in History of Science subsection 

message: "Though the essay did not earn him a place in Ferdinand's court, it did detail a new method for measuring lunar eclipses, which he applied during the 10 July eclipse in Graz." The eclipse of 10 July 1600 was a solar eclipse, not a lunar eclipse, so either the method was for measuring solar eclipses or it would need some explanation how a method ment for measuring lunar eclipses can be used for a solar eclipse. Proofreader (talk) 10:39, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Solar vs lunar eclipse
Talk:Murderball

message: I came here expecting an article on the playground game, similar to the more extreme versions of British Bulldog, involving getting a ball from one side of the playground to the other. Has anyone else heard of/played this definition of murderball?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.6.149.17 (talk) 12:04, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, this is what we used to play at school in the South of England. Basically, the entire school would charge from either end of the field at each other and fight it out to get the ball from the middle to the other end by any means possible. Total chaos. 86.134.199.201 (talk) 02:01, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Playground game
Talk:Kellogg–Briand Pact

message: Hello. I am high schooler from Poland. Recently we have talked about this pact on our history lesson. Our teacher told us, that the person, who came up with this idea was August Zalewski - polish Minister of Foreign Affairs. I cant give any references, just letting you know, if someone was interested.
:Unfortunately, without a reference, we shouldn't add information to this article. I did a quick Google search, and except for this Time Magazine article, I was unable to find anything giving Mr. Zaleski (preferred spelling, it appears) any credit for the creation of the League. The magazine article says "Insiders call him the real author of the Briand-Kellogg Peace Pact", and that, in totality, is all the relevant text. That's not enough, particularly since Time Magazine in the early 1930s was not particularly scholarly. -- John Broughton   (♫♫) 02:54, 18 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  The person who came up with the idea for this pact
Talk:Jerry Lewis

message: 2 different dates HockeyCowboy (talk) 18:56, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of death? 

message: What's going on that we should have such a huge number of citations in the Personal Life section? I mean, why do we need six citations attesting to Lewis' first marriage, five attesting to one son, seven attesting to his second marriage? Is there something controversial being cleared up by all these? --jpgordon𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇 20:34, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, there is a woman who claims to be his illegitimate daughter and some editors used to keep adding her to this section DonaldD23 talk to me 23:22, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: But why does that require multiple citations? What the hell is going on here?  And this is just nutty.  Such sources: a strongly negative review of a ghost written bio; an anonymously authored memorial page; and an entry in a catalog for the same bio? Same paragraph also includes as source a stock photo of Lewis with a wife at a footprint ceremony...it's like these things were tacked on not as references but like popular culture sections, "Jerry Lewis had a picture taken with a wife and someone else, and we just mentioned that wife, so let's put the picture as a reference." This over-referencing does not in any way improve the article; and arguably detracts from it by hiding the actual verifiable reliable sources to support our statement of facts. --jpgordon𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇 03:19, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Insane number of citations
Talk:Wernher Von Braun

message: I've heard from a japanese wikipedian that johnson island mentioned in the article should probably be "johnston" island. So I made the change accordingly. If anyone can confirm or correct that change, I would appreciate it (and bring back to ja. wiki). Tomos 04:46 25 Jul 2003 (UTC)
:I think "Johnston" is almost certainly correct.  I find a lot of Google hits for "Johnson" (including some gov and mil sites, who should know better), but I find this one  fairly definitive, coupled with the fact that I've never personally heard of any South Pacific island called "Johnson". - Hephaestos 04:55 25 Jul 2003 (UTC)
:It is also called Johnston Atoll. Rmhermen 04:57 25 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Thanks for your inputs. I just told the japanese wikipedian writing most of the related content about your opinions. But then s/he quickly pointed out that on that military web page Hephaestos cited as "definitive", there are instances of both Johnson and Johnston.  Tomos 04:03 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Hi, 
Peenemünde is a town, not an island, Peenemünde is situated on the island of Rügen, I made changes accordingly. I am also pretty sure that von Braun did not receive a B.S. degree, as those were not awarded in Germany at that time, he most probably got a "Diplom", which would compare rather to a Master's Degree. I don't know if his Diplom was awarded in Engineering or Physics though, so I won't change it before I can come up with the fact. 
He also didn't have a Ph.D. but the German title of Dr. rer. nat. from the University of Berlin.
I haven't committed these changes as I guess the titles may confuse readers accustomed to angle-saxon academic titles, I would appreciate input on that point.
Wernher von Braun redirects to Wernher Von Braun, but the content says "von Braun", and isn't this the correct capitalization in any case?
Thanks Dysprosia 11:27, 19 Oct 2003 (UTC)
Talk:Airbrush

message: The article needs both diagrams and photographs. Most of these uses should be easy to acquire! --Knulclunk 02:52, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Photo request

message: this article makes no mention of digital airbrushes.  I am fine with that.  But for that reason, I don't believe the MS Paint image is appropriate for this article, nor do I think it adds anything to the article.  I'm removing it.  On the other hand, a decent example of true airbrush art would be quite appropriate, and a welcome addition. -Verdatum (talk) 01:59, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  MS Paint image 

message: im thinking of adding more to the spray guns section of the acticle and put in a section on digital retouching. Also add a bit about Technique. Sherdonna (talk) 18:43, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: New section for airbrush

message: "Photo retouching is a technique that helps in editing the photos as it helps in bump out all of the worries as professional tools uses in it to retouch the photo such as adobe products. With the help of this technique photographer can restraint of the camera use. photo retouching is the relevance of the photo editing as it help in the retouching of the photos in better way."
Say what?!  And this is supposedly a B-class article??  Draggleduck (talk) 15:00, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Eh??

message: "The first airbrush, depending on your definition, was patented in 1876 (Patent Number 182,389) by Francis Edgar Stanley of Newton, Massachusetts."
Depending on my definition? If that is considered as an encyclopedic sentence then I may as well write something as:
"An airbrush is, depending on your definition, a small, air-operated tool that sprays various media including ink and dye..."
That sentence should be modified, in my opinion.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.143.169.182 (talk) 00:26, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Your Definition" 

message: This article needs at least one picture of an aibrush being used, both to show what the spray looks like between the device and the canvas and to show at least one example of how people hold them. --201.83.149.171 (talk) 22:53, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  A picture of an airbrush in use please? 

message: No mention of the electric air compressor as a source of pressurized air, but I have come across the term "electric painting" as an art form and means of tinting photographs, and wonder whether this is an obsolete term for airbrushing. Doug butler (talk) 13:02, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Electric painting 

message: Why does nobody mention the development of the past 50 years? The triple H&S? Hokushin Seiki - Harder & Steenbeck - Haosheng.
I do not understand that. It's not only much more interesting, but also important for this article, isn't it? エアーブラシ (talk) 19:06, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  True Innovators
Talk:Contemporary mythology

message: The "Encyclopedia of Fantasy" and other sources use the term "Urban Fantasy" - should we have a link to this subject?
:Urban Fantasy is fantasy fiction where the setting is contemporary urban. Contemporary mythology is an academic term, describing the current nature of the work, not the setting or motif. I don't believe the two concepts are really connected. BarkingDoc
Nice article. I tightened up the language and added a link. I also removed 2 assertions that were simply teasers: too important if true to leave unsupported, but perhaps not really true. Anyone who can support with examples is welcome to replace them. They were:
(1) contemporary mythology may have more immediate applications than ancient mythology
(2) contemporary mythology is usually understood to be fiction and metaphorical --- though some notable and debatable exceptions exist. Come on! Either put up an example or don't tantalize us with an intriguing but unsupported assertion like this. Thanks. Saurus 02:50, 27 May 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Definetly good points. Not sure what I meant when I originally wrote those. Ha! Over a year year ago. How time flies. BarkingDoc
I have redirected this page to Mythology. The previous article was unsourced original research (my mistake).BarkingDoc 22:28, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Student Life (university ministry)

message: Frankly I think even this article should be going in the AFD direction, but merging the smaller, even less notable article Student Life New Zealand into this would be a good start. Unless of course someone can find some external sources besides the groups own website. Richard001 (talk) 08:23, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Merged and plan to do the same with Student Life Australia soon, then AFD the whole thing. "Student Life" is not the easiest term to search for given its more general meaning, but there doesn't seem much (anything) around in the way of external sources. Richard001 (talk) 08:00, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge
Talk:Robert Byrd

message: I have released/semi redacted fbi documents about his mafia involvement in West Virginia. I’d be happy to provide them here. I don’t believe these specifics are public knowledge. 161.130.190.7 (talk) 19:36, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mafia involvement 

message: You might add that he was the last sitting U.S. senator to have served during the administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower. 69.112.133.29 (talk) 22:57, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 14:55, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 6 April 2023
Talk:Oracle Team USA

message: This article needs context!!! I had to read to the very end before I had any idea whatsoever what the subject of the article is, and I am still not quite sure... -- Cimon Avaro on a pogo-stick 11:50 25 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Good point, thanks. I've tried to add some context, but I don't know if it is enough. What sorts of questions would you like to see answered? --User:Halmonster
:I think you nailed it. Well done! -- Cimon Avaro on a pogo-stick 10:50 26 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Oracle BMW Racing has been renamed to BMW Oracle Racing. I'm not sure how that should be covered in this article. nroose Talk 12:58, 6 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes. it did. I have modified the article accordingly.--Gautier lebon (talk) 09:18, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: It seems to me that the section on the wing should be moved to the article USA 17 (yacht). Comments?--Gautier lebon (talk) 09:34, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. Details about the construction of the boat should be in the USA 17 (yacht) article. Boatman (talk) 11:30, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: The wing

message: Redirected page to Oracle Racing. The syndicate is know known just as Oracle Racing.--Subman758 (talk) 18:37, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirect 

message: All three links at the bottom yield 404 (File Not Found) errors. Maybe the article is no longer useful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Donfbreed2 (talk • contribs) 19:40, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed. Mojoworker (talk) 18:39, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Broken Links

message: Since the name of the team is now Oracle Team USA, I will be changing the page name to that. Bikeboynate (talk) 03:41, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title Change
Talk:The Generation Game

message: I've hardly ever watched it, but wasn't Jim Davidson the most recent host? -- S
: Yes. Fourohfour 22:54, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Bit belated - that comment was written in 2003, when the article erroneously said Bruce Forsyth was the most recent host. Still, it's good that he finally has an answer after three years. BillyH 23:15, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Jim Davidson

message: I'm sure Trivia is discouraged anyway, but the last line of trivia regarding Matthew Kelly's comment to Jim Davidson is completely unsupported, and very odd. --Scottdavies 09:09, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trivia 

message: Such lovely comments - so much better than last week's!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.30.22.214 (talk) 20:08, 30 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nice to hear you. To hear you nice!
Talk:100 Mile House

message: Fort Alexandria wasn't present day Quesnel, which was Quesnellemouth as it's article states. Fort Alexandria was between Quesnel and Soda Creek. So, that sentence "as a resting point for travellers moving between Kamloops and Fort Alexandria (present-day Quesnel)" should be changed to either Quesnel or Alexandria, as they are two seperate towns. An article is coming on Fort Alexandria with a redirect from Alexandria, British Columbia that should iron out some of these inconsistencies that keep coming up about Alexandria's location.CindyBo 02:00, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Fort Alexandria

message: Move/rename IMO I've never heard "One Hundred Mile House" - if anything "Hundred Mile House", and nearly always it's "spelled" numerically, including in government documents.  This article should be moved to 100 Mile House; if it's a city (is it a muni though?) there's no need to make it 100 Mile House, British Columbia also.Skookum1 (talk) 16:00, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Move/rename proposal

message: The photograph that has been included and labelled '100 Mile House Museum' is a little confusing. That is the main building from the 108 Mile Heritage Site is not, to my knowledge, ever referred to as the '100 Mile Museum'  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Scottfordshire (talk • contribs) 05:33, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Included photograph 

message: I removed the "BXer" addition, which I've never heard before and if it's a "new" thing from the town, isn't what people from 100 Mile are called outside of it; "100 Miler" is what I've heard and used....or "the folks from 100 Mile".Skookum1 (talk) 03:03, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Demonym??
Wikipedia talk:Nupedia and Wikipedia

message: It appears that http://nupedia.org and http://nupedia.com are both gone, which is a great pity because I was trying to port across some of the articles in process, see Wikipedia:Nupedia and Wikipedia.  There was no mention that this site was going to disappear, no announcement that it was about to go.  Most unceremonius.
In discussion with Jimbo and Mav, (see above) it appears that I could port the old articles in progress under the GFDL, further, there were actually at least one officially posted article that hadn't been transferred at all.  Not mention all the attribution links for the source material, history of Nupedia, etc. that are now gone and old contributors to Nupedia might be a little miffed about this.  Can we get it back please (at very least the content of the database so I can continue the port)?   I certainly hope something like this doesn't happen to wikipedia some day.  --Lexor 11:24, 26 Sep 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nupedia.com/Nupedia.org is gone, please bring it back 

message: Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Nupedia_and_Wikipedia .
In reviewing Nupedia sourced articles from the list kept there, I don't see any uniformity of attribution style for this requirement. I also see that the links to the original Nupedia articles are now deadends. Is there a simple phrase that would suffice to meet the requirement? - Bevo 19:54, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Nupedia attribution