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Talk:Murder

message: I changed the first line of the lede from "Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought" to "Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse committed with the necessary intention as defined by the law in a specific jurisdiction." I made the change because the term "malice aforethought" is no longer used in most US states; and insofar as it is still used, in its traditional meaning, it is an element of first degree murder/aggravated murder, rather than murder. Where it is still used as an element for murder, it has a different meaning from its original meaning. Last but not least, malice aforethought is a common law term, and, as such, it is inappropriate to use it as the definition of murder, since most countries in the world do not have common-law legal systems. Most jurisdictions require a specific form of intent for murder (eg. intention to kill, intention to cause grievous harm, gross recklessness - the latter may or may not qualify for murder depending on jurisdiction). For this reasons, I think "committed with the necessary intention as defined by the law in a specific jurisdiction" is appropriate for the lede.2A02:2F0F:B110:B500:1492:F9C7:4AFA:EAA6 (talk) 21:00, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Definition in lede

message: Crimes against humanity is a specific legal concept. In order to be included in the category, the event (s) must have been prosecuted as a crime against humanity, or at a bare minimum be described as such by most reliable sources. Most of the articles that were formerly in this category did not mention crimes against humanity at all, and the inclusion of the category was purely original research. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:49, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Crimes against humanity category removal 

message: Change "Parker argues that seven motives that explain homicides are anger, concealment, jealousy, revenge, love and gain." 
To "Peter argues that six motives that explain homicides are anger, concealment, jealousy, revenge, love and gain. Jkilograms (talk) 18:47, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I just removed the entire sentence as unsourced, as it was not clear who "Parker" was. This was not added at the same time as the material above it, so not likely the same source. And I doubt it was Peter Parker. That kid's too nerdy to be involved in murder. He probably just sits at home all day playing with a chemistry set. -- Nat Gertler (talk) 19:27, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 20 March 2024
Talk:Goy

message: Is the problem that some non-Jews think that the word "Goy" is a slur is because they use the word "Jew" as a slur?  SunDog |  Talk 19:28, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Since when does the person saying the supposed slur get to decide whether it is a slur or not? Many racists don't think their words are racist. They're still racist. 209.181.62.178 (talk) 16:19, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Modern derogatory sense 

message: The question of whether goy in English has a pejorative sense is a constant source of contention on this page.
There are a number of considerations here:
1) We are talking about the meaning of the word "goy" in English - not Hebrew or Yiddish
2) Three English dictionaries are cited as references on this point all of which confirm that there is sometimes a pejorative sense. If anything the dictionaries say it more strongly - eg the oxford dictionary cited says Goy is "often offensive." 
3) The article says that goy "sometimes" has a pejorative sense. Not always. 
4) The article has a detailed section on "goy as a slur" which presents views of people who don't believe it should be primarily understood as pejorative.
Atrapalhado (talk) 11:50, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Pejorative Sense
Talk:Harry Houdini

message: Not sure if this may be of any assistance of the article, but a recent article by the Telegraph-Journal goes over Houdini being close to giving up on his career prior to an 1896 tour of the Maritimes after being invited by "Marco The Magician" to perform in Saint John and Halifax.
* Article (subscription required, I have access incase this may be worthy to add to the article): https://tj.news/telegraph-journal/102154660?ref=tw
B3251 (talk) 20:41, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  1896 Maritimes tour 

message: Using Arthur Conan Doyle as a source on Houdini's death seems really bad. They had a feud. This article also quotes Snopes which in turn quotes the Arthur Conan Doyle book but notes that there is "much dispute remains over exactly what took place". This "dispute" is not reflected in the article. Óli Gneisti (talk) 10:42, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Biased sourced
Talk:Brezhnev Doctrine

message: The English translation on Wikisource doesnt indicate who was the translator.  If you know of any details that may help us determine who provided the translation, please comment on the talk page: s:Talk:Brezhnev Doctrine. John Vandenberg (talk) 07:26, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  English translation 

message: "The Soviets also begged that it was out of protection of their Southern border. It was also explained by the Soviets that they owed help to their friend and ally Babrak Karmal. While the real reason seems to be for the sake of their own expansion, the world will never really know their exact intentions." and other parts of the article contain too many opinions.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.231.155.98 (talk) 14:52, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opinions 

message: This article reads like a discussion paper for the National Endowment for Democracy. Anybody relying on Wikipedia as a source for studying contemporary world history since 1945 should be warned about the consistent right wing free market bias across its articles and steered towards texts and historians with a more balanced approach outside of the USA. 2A02:C7C:E048:500:1C0F:ED05:AE18:6755 (talk) 12:32, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Western bias 

message: The section titled "Post-Brezhnev Doctrine" is not well written, and I propose it for deletion. To focus, first take note that there is no such thing and cannot be, "Post-Brezhnev Doctrine". Kotika98 (talk) 21:34, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Post-Brezhnev Doctrine
Talk:Torah study

message: As with many articles pertaining to similar subjects, all the links provided have the smell of POV to them (the word "non-fundamentalist" says it all). JFW | T@lk 22:57, 12 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Links 

message: What is  doing on tis page? The article is about Torah study, and shouldn't include it. The template is very long, too.—msh210℠ 19:07, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  {{tl|Torah portion}} 

message: We should have an article that briefly discusses Torah commentaries. Mark3 19:57, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Need an article on Torah commentaries

message: On the Wikipedia pages for Torah and Halakha, why is תורה transliterated as Torah (with the letter H at the end), but הלכה is transliterated as Halakha (without the letter H at the end)?  They both end in the Hebrew letter Hei, it's not like one of them ends in Alef or something else that would not deserve a H.  The English letter H, although it is derived from the Hebrew letter Chet, nowadays it is pronounced like Hei.  Therefore, for consistency's sake, I propose that either Torah should become Tora, or Halakha should become Halakhah - you shouldn't be able to have it both ways! 129.98.153.127 (talk) 01:08, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Transliteration should be Tora 

message: The full text of the open-response (not multiple choice or Yes/no) questionnaire is available online at http://nishmaresearch.com/assets/pdf/Report%20-%20Nishma%20Research%20Profile%20of%20American%20Modern%20Orthodox%20Jews%2009-27-17.pdf
The wiki article's "But a 2017 survey of Modern Orthodox Jews found nearly unanimous support for women studying Torah on an equal intellectual level as men." is 1950s era: Separate but Equal. The question was if "Religious classes for women should be on an intellectual level generally equal to those offered to men." The wiki sentence ignores the open-response section cited above, where one seemingly representative sentence includes a raised-Orthodox woman saying 
::"courses should be geared to intellectual and knowledge of woman [sic] as well as to men" but follows with "changes should slow down."
An honest one-sentence summary would simply say "A 2017 survey of Modern Orthodox Jews found support for women studying Torah." and point to the above .pdf file. Pi314m (talk) 16:09, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: about the 2017 study by Nishma Research survey
Talk:Law (principle)

message: Why was this turned onto an article titled Principle(disambiguation)?? Whatever distinguishing that need be done between law (principle) as a universal in the social sciences and a universal in the physical or natural sciences was previously introduced in the article on "law (piniciple)".  It could readily have been further improved with a suitable title. This maneuver plainly was done without an adequate understanding of what a scientific laws and/or principles are.  ... Kenosis 16:24, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with this statement.  This doesn't seem well researched. Any suggestions?  --Fcsuper (talk) 04:01, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Disambiguation??
Wikipedia talk:Wikipediholic

message: We could add as part of Level V or IV that they wish for the end of the world so WP:Beyond the end can happen. Hcoder3104☭ (💬) 15:21, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed from Level IV, Level V may work but, maybe better yet, make your dark thought a stand-alone Level VI (although the linked essay isn't funny and needs work). Randy Kryn (talk) 15:24, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: p.s. well, a bit funny, I like your Louvre link. Has potential if funnified (for Level VI). Randy Kryn (talk) 15:37, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Thats funny to me, its also just about the least dark take on the end of the world possible... I don't actually think its dark. Could go in level IV or V. Horse Eye's Back (talk) 17:25, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

text: @Randy Kryn How is it now? I expanded it. Hcoder3104☭ (💬) 18:13, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Better, liking the images. C'mon, Level VI or bust (Level V at least, as it is an 'ending'). Hcoder3104, mind if I join in editing the lead or is it a personal project? 'hanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 18:18, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: @Randy Kryn Of course you can edit it! Also, about the Level VI, I don't believe an entire new section is warrented for a single article. Hcoder3104☭ (💬) 18:29, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding [[WP:Beyond the end]] 

message: I understand this idea of a wiki addiction can be humorous to some, but I don't think should be dismissed purely as humor. Wikipedia can be addictive, and we should acknowledge that in a serious manner.  Iamreallygoodatcheckerst@lk 03:13, 21 August 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: i guess, (according to this page i may be a level I wikipediaholic) Abdullah raji (talk) 12:00, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

text: edit: i scored 31, some of those points come from other wikis but whatever haha What was the glider's apgcode? (talk) 21:19, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Humor?
Talk:Frank Delgado (American musician)

message: There is a Cuban songwriter called Frank Delgado, too. If one googles for "frank delgado", the first non-Wikipedia hit (that is, barring this page), refers to the Cuban songwriter, not the Deftones guy. Of the first 10 Google hits, 1 is for Wikipedia (1st), 6 for Cuban FD, 2 for Deftones FD (7th and 10th) and 1 for both (3rd).
I propose:
*Frank Delgado (Cuban songwriter) for Cuban FD
*Frank Delgado (Deftones) for Deftones FD
*Frank Delgado either a disambig or redirect to Cuban FD
Votes? — Isilanes 16:54, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think it needs a vote. This is standard procedure, so I'm going to effect the change. — AlekJDS talk 19:44, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move to [[Frank Delgado (Deftones)]]
Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Layout

message: Is there any guidance anywhere for how long is "too long" for a paragraph in the new Vector skin or mobile view? This isn't a question about how to write better paragraphs and I'm not looking for answers about writing style. It's a question more about web accessibility. eg, now that the default skin maintains a narrower paragraph, do we hit "wall of text" problems in shorter paragraphs than before, or is that concern less relevant now? -- asilvering (talk) 18:45, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: No. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 22:28, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

text: Thinker78 (talk) 03:41, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: It doesn't affect screen readers. Graham87 (talk) 04:36, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Word count per paragraph guidance 

message: Hello 
On the list List of universities in Ecuador I can't get the image to stay to the right and the table to the left in order to mimic the page in spanish --HarveyPrototype (talk) 05:30, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: as it stood at the time that you posted here. I don't see what the problem is. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 13:48, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello @Redrose64 thank you for your time. I just saw the page and it has been formated. HarveyPrototype (talk) 17:21, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh, I see; it's a page width issue. If your screen is narrow, or you use a skin that constrains the width (such as Vector 2022), or if you zoom in, the table may then be too wide to fit between the image stack and the left sidebar. The problem does affect the current version of the page, but only appears at narrower widths or greater zoom levels. If you go to the spanish page and zoom in a few times, you will see the problem appear there too. Really this should have been a matter for WP:HD, since this is the page for discussing improvements to Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 18:01, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for your input HarveyPrototype (talk) 15:12, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Help Formating
Talk:Jean Sylvain Bailly

message: I plan on contributing to this article by adding relevant information on Jean Sylvain Bailly along with info on some of the backgrounds of the French Revolution, as well as improving some of the information already provided on the page. However, before any changes are made, I would like to share the sources I will be using and get some feedback on it. The list of sources to be utilized when making such contributions and improvements go as follows:
 
:Brucker, Gene A. (1950). Jean-Sylvain Bailly: Revolutionary Mayor of Paris. Illinois: Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
:Arago, François. (1852). Biographie de Jean-Sylvain Bailly: astronome de l'ancienne Académie des sciences, membre de l'Académie française et de l'Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, premier Président de l'Assemblée constituante, premier Maire de Paris, etc. Paris: Typographie de Firmin Didot frères.
:Andress, David. (2000). Massacre at the Champ de Mars: popular dissent and political culture in the French Revolution. Rochester: Royal Historical Society: Boydell Press.
:Bailly, Jean Sylvain. (1821). Mémoires D’un Témoin de la Révolution, ou Journal. Paris: Baudouin frères. 
Iarbi002 (talk) 03:33, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm sure everyone will be delighted with your contribution.  But in the meantime, please note that striking out text in the published article is definitely not the right approach, and particularly striking it out and leaving it that way for weeks as you have.  The way to edit is to prepare what you want to do and do it directly (with edit summaries, of course).  Striking-out just creates an eyesore.  Look forward to seeing your contribution from your sources (and reversal or replacement of those strike-outs ASAP).  sirlanz 09:20, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  This is really great advice from . Make sure that you pay attention to how your changes on the main article page affect how everyone worldwide sees the page. You have done some great preliminary research for now, so I'm looking forward to your additions. Thank you for the comment, ! Alfgarciamora (talk) 13:04, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for both of your comments,  and . I'll make sure to go over the suggestions brought up by you. I'll take a look at the strike-outs as soon as I can so the article can be improved. Once again, thank you. Iarbi002 (talk) 19:16, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Article's Contribution and Improvement
Talk:Nichiren Shōshū

message: @User:Fujimann: This edit is unsourced and needs rephrasing because it can not be said in Wikipedias voice (Nichiren Shoshu adherents believe that ...). Please add a reliable source and rephrase to comply with WP:NPOV and WP:V. Thanks  JimRenge (talk) 16:52, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: In other words, Wikipedia is neither pulpit nor pew. Ian.thomson (talk) 16:53, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: This article is in very bad shape regarding verifiable, third-party, NPOV sources. I've done my best to search for NPOV sources, but cannot find any other than the few that are already listed in the reference section. Until someone can offer any additional valid sources, I've removed the references that were listed from Nichiren Shoshu's official websites, since those are not appropriate sources for the material on Wikipedia. Nihonjimu (talk) 22:16, 10 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  Good work, , but please take into account WP:TAGBOMBING.--Farang Rak Tham (talk) 12:31, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV 

message: This article would be about one third as long if all the un-referenced and self-referenced statements were removed.But that would have the effect of rendering what's left void of context and virtually unintelligible. It's been pointed out, long ago, that this problem exists and that the article is largely original research. Would any of the original editors please fix this? --Daveler16 (talk) 18:29, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Seriously -- citations 

message: Changed the name of the "doctrine" section from "Buddhist Doctrine" to "Nichiren Shoshu Doctrine". It starts out placing Nichiren Shoshu's  doctrines in the realm of previous Buddhist thought, but then goes into doctrines that are not shared by other Buddhist schools. I think this is more accurate. --Daveler16 (talk) 21:45, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Buddhist" to "Nichiren Shoshu" 

message: I am very sorry to be controversial, but the translated names of the three expelled groups are not referenced, and they are not even supported by dictionary definitions. They actually seem to be an attempt to translate the names by changing the individual kanji characters into English, and these groups don't actually use these names when describing themselves in English. Thus I've removed the translated names again. I've left the Japanese kanji names in there since the other editor put them back when I removed them before. If the translated names must also be added back, could the editor kindly add a reference for the translation? Thank you in advance. PeepleLikeYou (talk) 02:34, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Names of expelled groups 

message: An anonymous editor keeps inserting this but it is clearly not what the reference says. The reference supports some of the text but does not support the assertion that the sect is "known for vehemently opposing". Even when corrected, the anon keeps putting it back. What to do here? PeepleLikeYou (talk) 00:23, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Addition of material not supported by reference
Talk:Four-letter word

message: This might cause trouble, but shouldn't we list common four-letter words? There is already a substantial article on fuck; shit and cunt redirect to feces and vagina, respectively. -- Merphant
:Go for it.  See what happens.  I just put fuck in Term of disparagement.  Ortolan88
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Anyone who sees יהוה spelled backwards (like I do) should look at Bi-directional text. Cyan 04:05, 7 Aug 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: There are many ethnic slurs with 4 letters, here are a few examples: 
Spic
Gook
Kike
Dago
Haji
Taig
Bule
Should we add a list of these as well?
aminy23 (talk) 22:58, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ethnic Slurs 

message: I'm removing again the English less-rude words: tits (slangish questionable spelling), piss, dick/cock (can be non-rude).
We don't need to put in an excessive listing here anyway, esp. if we have the "in addition to several others" reference.
BACbKA 16:59, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The KJB is the benchmark for modern English? Why not Chaucer or Boewulf while we're at it? Tits is a rude/potentially offensive four-letter word for most English-speakers today. Teats is not. 83.165.108.154 (talk) 07:02, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  removed less-rude words 

message: The 'international' part names a Spanish equivalent with a tacked on note:
[NOTE: this is not used in Spain]
Why?
Another four letter word is nice  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.198.184.139 (talk) 21:18, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not Spanish? 

message: gros means fat not big, big is grand. Ra-raisch (talk) 17:32, 18 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: In that context, gros means rather “coarse” or “gross” in the sense of “lacking refinement”. —C.P. (talk) 21:22, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  gros mots (big words)