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Talk:William Ellis (British missionary)

message: I'm not entirely sure, but the information appears to be taken from the 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.  The problem is that it reads like 1907. Viriditas (talk) 09:43, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Well I have a litle time today, but it could probably use more. I did mention on the talk page for the sidebar template that I think it is too big and tends to dominate articles. Perhaps just remove the people links, since many are in the template on the bottom, which is less intrusive. He was English, so using British English might be expected (e.g. "Whilst")? Ironically the dates are in American so I will adopt that style since that is what I speak. W Nowicki (talk) 17:44, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Great. There's still some outstanding issues.  For example, in 1907, they did believe that people died from catching cold, and the article still implies that is true. Viriditas (talk) 03:30, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Rewrite needed

message: I would like to see more information about this work in the article.  Viriditas (talk) 09:40, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Polynesian Researches
Talk:William Emerson (minister)

message: The Family history section might be of interest to some, but it is distracting to the encyclopedic style.  I suggest placing it in a collapsible section that readers can expand to view it.  This has been done with great success for some other biographies.  I will try and find an example. IPBiographer (talk) 14:29, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Family history

message: Was Emerson buried in the chuch (i.e., like a crypt) or in the church yard? The current text reads like the former, which I question. IPBiographer (talk) 23:55, 6 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Boston history
Talk:William Evans Burton

message: Both the article and the entry on Burton in DNB give his date of birth as 24 September 1804; the account of his funeral in the New York Times of 14 February 1860, though, says the inscription on his coffin read "WM. EVANS BURTON, Born Sept. 24, 1802, Died Feb. 10, 1860."  This could easily be a typo, but www.familysearch.org also gives an entry for a William Evans Burton, son of William George Burton and his wife Mary, b. 24 September 1802 (but not christened until 1809).  
Burton married his first wife 10 April 1823.  If he was born in 1804 he'd still only be 18, but if he was born in 1802 he'd be just a few months shy of his 21st birthday. 
Who to believe? RLamb (talk) 23:53, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Clarification?
Talk:William F. Gordon

message: I expanded and organized this article today despite continued cyberbullying, which may also account for problems with this locked laptop's touchpad and keyboard and failure to update. Because of the keyboard/touchpad issues, I have not tried to redefine the bioguide as that cited in the problematic "external links" section as footnote 1.Jweaver28 (talk) 23:10, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  more work needed
Talk:William Sturgis

message: Most reliable sources refer to Sturgis simply as "William Sturgis". Therefore I have moved this article to reflect the most commonly used name, per WP:COMMONNAME. A number of dubious, unreliable, self-published websites have given him the name "William F. Sturgis" (WikiTree, Find a Grave, etc.), but this may be simple mistake perpetuated by subsequent careless/uncritical users.  Even if the middle initial can be verified in reliable source, it would represent a very small minority of uses, and should not be used as a title. Unfortunately, this article has been called "William F. Sturgis" since 2006, meaning countless mirror websites, bots and humans who unquestioningly rely on Wikipedia may have propagated the dubious name in the meantime, muddying the veracity of the claim ("citogenesis"). --Animalparty! (talk) 20:20, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  dubious middle initial
Talk:Demographics of Iceland

message: The article states both that "15.7% are foreign born" and "Estimates show that the number of immigrants could be as high as 15% of the total population by 2030.", which seems slightly contradictory (since 15.7% in 2019 is already higher than 15%). 惑乱 Wakuran (talk) 23:14, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I belive it's due to the Icelanders who are born abroad. People with a foreign citizenship are currently at 11%. – Thjarkur (talk) 01:14, 7 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Immigration numbers

message: Template:Largest cities of Iceland has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. --Triggerhippie4 (talk) 10:43, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nomination for deletion of "Template:Largest cities of Iceland" 

message: I think average populations shouldn't be rounded to the thousands in the vital statistics table with such a low population, this causes unprecision in the data. These figures should be rounded to the hundreds. Givibidou (talk) 18:29, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: An other issue : from 1900 to 2009, the "average population" from the source https://px.hagstofa.is/pxen/pxweb/en/Ibuar/Ibuar__mannfjoldi__1_yfirlit__yfirlit_mannfjolda/MAN00000.px is the population in the begining of the year, not the average population. I will correct that. Givibidou (talk) 13:06, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, wrong calculations, average population 1900-2010 is correct (when rounded). Givibidou (talk) 18:35, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Average population
Talk:Strange Weirdos

message: When a site is invoked in the case of the first, is it really necessary to invoke it again in the following section immediately following? Pseudo Intellectual (talk) 13:17, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  references and/or external links 

message: * http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/2mjw
* http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16248773
* http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/jun/08/folk.shopping1
* http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/loudon-wainwright-iii-strange-weirdos
* http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/loudon-wainwright-iii/strange-weirdos-music-from-and-inspired-by-the-film-knocked-up.htm
* http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/may/20/folk.shopping1
* http://www.houstonpress.com/2007-05-17/music/loudon-wainwright-iii/
* http://articles.livestagemagazine.com/index.php?/archives/446-CD-Review-Loudon-Wainwright-III-Strange-Weirdos.html
--Another Believer (Talk) 16:44, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources 

message: I'm not disputing the credits as they appear now. But I'm holding the disc in my hand and it explicitly says "Songs and score written and produced by Loudon Wainwright III and Joe Henry" with no "except for..." Anyone have any idea how to reconcile the Peter Blegvad or Mose Allison credit with that unambiguous blanket statement printed on the disc? I'm baffled. Lafong (talk) 18:00, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusion re Songwriting Credits
Talk:That's a Plenty (album)

message: The title of this page assumes that the text "That's A-Plenty" is about the album by the Pointer Sisters.  That album was named after the title track, which is a 1924 composition by Lew Pollack and Ray Gilbert.  That song is notable in that it was widely recorded and is still played by period jazz bands.
This page should be moved to a new title which is scoped to the album.
Lucas gonze (talk) 08:49, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Flockton (architects)

message: After merging of two parishes, the parish is now the parish of st thomas and st James. However, the church is the church of st thomas not of both saints. 82.46.221.38 (talk) 19:21, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  St Thomas Worsbrough
Talk:William Floyd

message: The ancestry of William Floyd is is only partly correct in that His Great Grandfather was one of three brothers that settled in and near Jamestown Virginia starting with Nathaniel Floyd who is given in passenger lists of ships reaching America from 1623-1625 as a Nathaniel Floid ,24 years old,a passenger on the ship "Bona Nova". Other researchers had said "Nova" but another researcher based on LDS records found the above mentioned muster rolls on Automated Archives cdrom under "Immigrant Ancestors" category. It did not list his brothers as coming on this ship.They did come to" James Cittie" during the above listed years. James Cittie is Jamestown,,VA. Recently "I" found the same data in The Complete Book of Immigrants 1607-1776, vol,II, Chapter 20, 1625.It is under the caption "Mr. Blaney's Plantation, James Cittie." Gale Research did a resaearch on ship passengers that says Nathaniel Floid reached the shores of Virginia in 1625 at the age of 24. In the book "Kentucky-Virginia Floyd's", on page 6 it states that his brother Walter came with him on the Bona Nova but these same records says that Walter Floid reached Virginia in 1675. Gale Research did not Have William listed as coming on the "Bona Nova" with his brother Nathaniel Floid. Nathaniel is the first immigrant and started using the spelling FLOYD. 
Their father was Sir John Floid of Wales per LDS records  THIS writer found and they had an older brother John who never came to America. The mother of the four is identified as "A Lady of Queen Elizabeth's Court".
added by William B Floyd  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.1.180.207 (talk) 21:14, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:William Fothergill Cooke

message: Note that per the discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Richard Warren Lipack, this article has been reverted to a state prior to the edits by user Richard Warren Lipack/Epochwiki77. Apologies for any useful edits reverted in the process. AndyTheGrump (talk) 14:19, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Collateral damage worth taking, I would say. I have restored some small bits & pieces. GiantSnowman 14:24, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text:  That's a lot of information that is gone. I think the chances are low that anyone except Lipack will take the time to build this article back up. Couldn't much of that content been salvaged? The ANI might not approve of him using his own material as a source but that wasn't the bulk of the citations. Newjerseyliz (talk) 22:54, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text:  The vast majority of the references were Lipack's own. GiantSnowman 08:22, 9 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: First time I came to this page was after stumbling across the Lipack debacle, but it looks like Lipack makes up less than half of the pre-revert reflist. Is it the case that he drew primarily from his own work and included the others only superficially? --Rhododendrites (talk) 14:31, 9 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Large-scale revert
Talk:Berta and Elmer Hader

message: Berta and Elmer now have a website.  Their address is www.haderconnection.com  Their niece, Joy Hoerner Rich, is working hard to enable people to continue to enjoy and be impacted by the Hader's art and writings.  She is arranging exhibits and presentations.  Information can be obtained by visiting the website. HaderFan (talk) 18:51, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Official website

message: Berta at Library of Congress Authorities --a useful catalog entry point
Elmer at LC Authorities
--P64 (talk) 21:38, 7 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I added templates  to the personal redirects  and . --P64 (talk) 15:17, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Authority control data 
Talk:The Else

message: Personally, I don't like the citations that I used for the reception section, as they are time sensitive URLs, even with the Access date in the ref. Is there a more stable link that I could use that anybody knows of? -AtionSong 21:11, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

message: Granted , this IS their 10th STUDIO album … but … The CD itself , and the interior booklet , quite clearly state it is T.M.B.G.'s "12th Album". Does it matter to the public at large? Probably not. The real question is , should it read , instead , something along the lines of: "The Else" is They Might Be Giants 10th Studio album / 12th album overall." ? Just a thought. 75.104.163.77 (talk) 18:53, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Numerical Confusion!
Talk:William Frend (reformer)

message: Sophia Frend, wife of Augustus de Morgan was Frend's daughter, but who was her mother? 82.8.60.69 (talk) 16:42, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: According to the article, her maiden surname was Blackburne.  According to this source, her first name was Sarah.Deb (talk) 19:17, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
Talk:The Man with the Golden Gun (soundtrack)

message: Added the bit about Prodigy's song. I hope that's okay. Thanks. 84.129.162.195 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment was added at 15:18, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Mindfields
Talk:Bessie Anderson Stanley

message: Is the first a middle and the last her birth surname? Or could it be a surname gained through marriage judging by the "Mrs." cited? 184.145.18.50 (talk) 22:58, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: See this - which I think is sufficiently robust that it can be added to the article.  She was born Caroline Elizabeth Anderson in Newton, Iowa on March 25, 1879; married Arthur Jehu Stanley in Salina, Kansas on April 26, 1900; and died in Kansas City on October 2, 1952.    Ghmyrtle (talk) 08:53, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Anderson and Stanley
Talk:President of Iceland

message: On the sentence: 
While this is true by convention (actual practice), in theory (constitutional powers), the President of Iceland is entrusted with a large degree of executive power and can even form and dismiss cabinets with full discretion. Ministers cannot even resign from their posts without being dismissed by presidential decree. This situation is in parallel to that of the President of Austria, as both countries have president-parliamentary (semi-presidential) constitutions, except their actual role is only to exercise their wide powers on the advice of their heads of government. --B.Lameira (talk) 16:48, 15 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: You are right, most scholarly material refers to Iceland as a parliamentary republic but only really because of the passive roles of past presidents. If you strictly interpret the constitution then it is more akin to a semi-presidential system and a few scholars have pointed that out. Stefán Örvar Sigmundsson (talk) 00:23, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: The article on the President of Austria provides information about the disparity between their constitutional powers and political convention. This is something similar to what happens in Iceland and worthy of being mentioned in the article. --B.Lameira (talk) 16:55, 17 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  President of Iceland has "limited" powers 

message: Where does this style of address come from? There's no source for it and as far as I know there's no direct Icelandic equivalent. Margretarson (talk) 12:08, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  His Excellency
Talk:William George Ward

message: A couple of connections:
:Ward, William George, 1812-1882.
:Catholic theologian and philosopher.
:1861 CD sent W Gray's pamphlet Natural selection not inconsistent with natural theology—Darwin-Gray 76, where Henshaw Ward is suggested.
:Wareham, Dorset.
:1847 Jul. CD and family visited on way to holiday at Swanage.
The latter entry should be 1848, I believe, when Darwin and his son went by Wareham and Corfe to Swanage. Shtove (talk) 11:27, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Charles Darwin
Talk:Prime Minister of Iceland

message: Dose the Icelandic Prime Ministers have numbers like the Swedish Prime Ministers ?
:No (and I am rather sceptical that these Swedish numbers are in any way official). Stefán 01:40, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That may be true. However, please do not add any more images which are not free to be used on Wikipedia. Please read Wikipedia:Non-free content about what images are acceptable here. Stefán 01:40, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment

message: Whoever changed this page also ruined the colour scheme and the coalitions. See fit to amend at your convenience. Io 15:46, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I liked the old colour scheme better so I brought it back (being bold and all that). The Icelandic political system is one of coalition building so I think it is more important that the colours reflect the parties in each coalition rather than the party affiliation of the PM. --Bjarki 22:02, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. But the recent change has removed the coalitions. Cheers Io 15:47, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Removal

message: He is on WP:Iceland, but not the PM. Please fix for us.--Dthomsen8 (talk) 01:47, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson 

message: According to the Independent, Icelandic Prime Minister Johannsson resigned after he lost the election. Currently, the office is vacant. 
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/iceland-prime-minister-resigns-sigurdur-ingi-johannsson-pirate-party-a7387846.html
:No, if you read that article it states that he has handed in his resignation following the success of the Pirate Party, but that as is stated in the Constitution that he will continue as caretaker until a new Prime Minister is appointed. Ebonelm (talk) 16:59, 27 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  PM Johannsson's Resignation 

message: The ministers in office during the Home Rule era (1904–1918) are listed as Ministers for Iceland in the Minister for Iceland article, and as Prime Ministers here. Please resolve this contradiction. If they were not Prime Ministers then they should not be listed here. Should these articles be merged? Verbcatcher (talk) 03:17, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ministers for Iceland 

message: Hello! I truly hope this message finds the reader well! I was wondering about the term length and whether it would be a good idea for it to be changed a little in the sense that it would also show the years for each Prime Minister (where it is the case, of course). Having a term length section in the table which only shows the days is a bit insufficient for the reading experience in my humble opinion. Not that it would be wrong, it's very precise, on the contrary, but having years there as well might be a good idea, only if it's approved here beforehand, naturally. Please let me know if you find this as a good idea and if you'd like it to be implemented. All the best!
Sincerely and respectfully, Rosenborg BK Fan (talk) 10:30, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Term length
Talk:The Vow (song)

message: I think there's a Russian movie called The Vow. Drutt (talk) 02:39, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Movie
Talk:2007 Icelandic parliamentary election

message: Can someone explain how proportional representation works in Iceland? In the North Reykjavik constituency, the Independence Party won four seats with 36.4% of the vote, while the Alliance Party won three seats with 29.2%. But then the Alliance is allocated two additional seats ("Uppbótar") which gives them five, a gain of one, despite a lower vote and a decline of 7% since the last election. Why is this done? Intelligent Mr Toad 07:56, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's because the d'Hondt rule used for allocating seats to parties sometimes leads to parties not having the amount of seats their percentage of the total vote (in all constituencies) should warrant them. At this point they get allocated one of a fixed number of extra seats (the uppbotar-) available for each constituency. This is to guarantee that a partie's number of seats is always correct with regard to their proportion of the votes in total. It can actually be really complicated to anticipate where (i.e. in which constituency) the extra seat that the party should get falls. I think it is where the party is closest to getting the next man inside at that point. In this case the Alliance won both of the extra seats allocated for Reykjavik north, whereas in others it got none. Regards... --Akigka  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.220.104.152 (talk) 14:23, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Icelandic PR
Talk:En ventre sa mere

message: I have amended the article to cite the earliest authority to be found for the phrase "en ventre sa mere" in legal language. The concept did not originate in the 1972 Australian case as it was used at least as far back as the nineteenth century but (given its French name) probably far earlier. The Australian case is relevant to the extension of the use of this concept from testate/intestate succession to compensation claims. Francobriton 21:24, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Foreign relations of Iceland

message: There is now a upstart WikiProject to establish a concensus about WP's International bilateral relations articles, including "X-Y (country) relations" articles, at Wikipedia:Centralized discussion/Bilateral international relations. Interested parties should add their names at Wikipedia:WikiProject International relations/Bilateral relations task force if they wish to play a part in the discussions or have an Interest in this going forward. Thank you for your attention.
CaribDigita (talk) 23:54, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure if you are referring to WikiProject International Relations in your comments, but I have recently added this article to that WikiProject.--TommyBoy (talk) 00:30, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed WikiProject - Bilateral relations 
Talk:This Delicate Thing We've Made

message: Support material is needed for the suggested b-side "Mystery" – if such material or confirmation cannot be obtained, the song reference will be removed. Sunhawk 16:02, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  B sides 

message: This section is for songs that weren't released on the actual album; not for various remixes of the album tracks. I just cleaned up this section after various versions of album tracks were added, as well as songs that were claimed to be unreleased. However, those songs were released but under different song titles. The songs claimed to be unreleased were working titles. If people think various versions of album tracks should be added, a remix section could perhaps be added to the article? -- Laced Sarcasm (talk) 02:01, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Related tracks and B-sides section
Talk:William Greener

message: The article mentions Thomas Edison when really there is no need to.  Thomas Edison and his company developed a filament for lightbulbs, not an electric lamp.  Those already existed, the principle was displayed sometime before 1810.  (A pair of Canadian inventors also made a filament lightbulb, but slightly different.)
I've heard that Claude Etienne Minié developed his bullet along an independent French line of research.  No English input was available.  --71.172.37.93 (talk) 04:39, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Electric Lamp
Talk:Biagio Marin

message: It seems that the entrys that where made before my entrys where directly copied from this link http://www.amazon.com/People-Province-Gorizia-Elisabeth-Carinthia/dp/1156564441  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Essentialmovement (talk • contribs) 17:01, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: "... his poems in the Venetian language, which had no literary tradition until then.[3]".
This is grotesque. Ever heard of Ruzante, of Goldoni. of Giorgio Baffo,  of a theatrical masterpiece such as La Venexiana? For a start, have a look at the Italian article on Venetian literature. The purported offline source makes the statement even more farcical. Besides, Marin writes in Gradese, whose relationship to Venetian is rather complex and  which is not even mentioned in the article. 84.73.134.206 (talk) 16:00, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: What?